Author Topic: What are you playing? (Read 4360432 times)

tiesto · « **Reply #15180 on:** January 29, 2012, 05:41:32 PM »

Just about up to the final boss in Brain Lord. Will probably finish it soon, then start XIII-2 when that shit drops.

demi · « **Reply #15181 on:** January 29, 2012, 06:00:39 PM »

Quote from: Bebpo on January 29, 2012, 05:10:27 PM

Is 2 worth playing? It's the only one I have.

It's ok. I think Fable's orb system is awesome. You can have all these random orbs representing actual people playing as you run around the world. And you can even hear them if they have their mics on. Makes the world feel more alive than it would be.

Bebpo · « **Reply #15182 on:** January 29, 2012, 06:03:26 PM »

Might be lost if no one is still playing Fable 2 though

cool breeze · « **Reply #15183 on:** January 29, 2012, 06:27:07 PM »

I played some #sworcery

It says I'm 17% through the game. All I did was walk for 10 minutes.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #15184 on:** January 29, 2012, 08:17:27 PM »

back to Kinect Adventures for dem cheevs. Gotta 1k this shit for the high TA ratio

demi · « **Reply #15185 on:** January 29, 2012, 08:22:06 PM »

Quote from: Linkzg on January 29, 2012, 06:27:07 PM

I played some #sworcery

It says I'm 17% through the game. All I did was walk for 10 minutes.

THIS GAME UFCKING SUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCKS god you got robbed its not even a game

demi · « **Reply #15186 on:** January 29, 2012, 08:22:59 PM »

Quote from: Bebpo on January 29, 2012, 06:03:26 PM

Might be lost if no one is still playing Fable 2 though

Plenty of orbs still in Fable 3, which is maybe a year old.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #15187 on:** January 29, 2012, 08:45:35 PM »

I should get back to Fable 2 so I can say I beat it and thus hate on the game even more. Eaaaaasy cheevs

tiesto · « **Reply #15188 on:** January 29, 2012, 09:01:05 PM »

I got nearly all of the achievements in Fable 2, just not the online/multiplayer ones... haven't opened my copy of 3 yet. Fable 2 was OK, combat system and music sucked, but I really liked being a slumlord and running around dropping farts...

I need to get on TA one of these days, one of my friends writes for it - her and I (and some other people) were actually out last nite in Williamsburg chilling...

The Sceneman · « **Reply #15189 on:** January 29, 2012, 09:34:23 PM »

is it PunkyLiar?

yeah, TA is the achievement tracking site OF THE PROS. Love it. Makes setting up boosting and planning your achievement hunts a breeze.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #15190 on:** January 29, 2012, 10:09:53 PM »

oh and I beat the last boss in Tales of Vesperia. Ending was hot shit. Doing the EX dungeon and other postgame shit, grinding titles, etc. Should hopefully have the 1000 before too long. There are so many friggn items to synthesize!

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #15191 on:** January 29, 2012, 10:21:59 PM »

Quote from: demi on January 29, 2012, 08:22:06 PM

Quote from: Linkzg on January 29, 2012, 06:27:07 PM
I played some #sworcery

It says I'm 17% through the game. All I did was walk for 10 minutes.

THIS GAME UFCKING SUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCKS god you got robbed its not even a game

Is that the iOS game that GAF has been fapping about?

demi · « **Reply #15192 on:** January 29, 2012, 10:25:18 PM »

Yes, and somehow won GOTY for some shit

FUCK its so bad

Anyway, I've been joining random peoples games on Fable and slaughtering the villagers. LMFAO

Hilarious

cool breeze · « **Reply #15193 on:** January 29, 2012, 10:34:37 PM »

does it ever become a game? I didn't understand what was happening. At one point I fought a guy, but not really. There's a shield button and sword button. I hold shield, he attacks, I press sword; repeat 3 times and continue walking.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #15194 on:** January 29, 2012, 10:40:32 PM »

"psycho-social audio/visual experiment"

"meandering mytho-poetic adventure"

BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #15195 on:** January 29, 2012, 10:58:52 PM »

Finally playing Arkham Asylum and it's uhmazin.

demi · « **Reply #15196 on:** January 29, 2012, 11:41:20 PM »

Quote from: Linkzg on January 29, 2012, 10:34:37 PM

does it ever become a game? I didn't understand what was happening. At one point I fought a guy, but not really. There's a shield button and sword button. I hold shield, he attacks, I press sword; repeat 3 times and continue walking.

No, and they treat it like Farmville. You cant continue the game until it is a specific moon phase, at which you have to wait up to 10 days for it to occur without cheating.

demi · « **Reply #15197 on:** January 30, 2012, 12:20:49 AM »

Everything goes smoothly until you fart on one person, then you get kicked

Too funny, I love this game

Bebpo · « **Reply #15198 on:** January 30, 2012, 12:42:46 AM »

Wait, is it cool to hate on Sword and Scorcery here?

Because I got it thinking it was going to be totally next-level hip indie shit that I am totally down with like Suda games.

Then it was some slow ass boring point and click adventure game. I beat the first chapter episode or whatever and it took me back to the break room and I never touched it again. I don't get it.

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #15199 on:** January 30, 2012, 12:45:40 AM »

It's crap IMO

The Sceneman · « **Reply #15200 on:** January 30, 2012, 02:20:26 AM »

Fable 4 needs to take it to the next level, by enabling the player to blast liquid shit in peoples faces, like this:

cool breeze · « **Reply #15201 on:** January 30, 2012, 02:47:41 AM »

Shadows of the Damned was pretty alright in the end. Not great. Some parts were really bad, and sometimes it was great, but most of the time it's a competent, if not dull, shooter.

Most enemies are instantly killed with lightshot+context melee, the rest have simple enough patterns. Bosses feel like a chore. There's no challenge in this game (played on hard mode, btw).

I liked it. Maybe a disappointment? I don't know how much Mikami was involved, or Suda, or the Italian director guy. Whack by Mikami's standards; an improvement by Suda's.

oh, and it has like zero replay value. unskippable cutscenes, no new game plus, nothing unlocked for finishing except an extra hard mode.

Bebpo · « **Reply #15202 on:** January 30, 2012, 02:50:37 AM »

Gameplay might have been an improvment by Suda standards, but creativity/style/uniqueness was whack by Suda standards. Game needed a lot more crazy next-level stuff.

cool breeze · « **Reply #15203 on:** January 30, 2012, 02:54:04 AM »

agreed, but the last Suda game I played was NMH2 and this was way better. NMH2 was try hard territory.

Johnson was coo

Himu · « **Reply #15204 on:** January 30, 2012, 03:04:21 AM »

Back to playing the game I always go back to when I have nothing else to play.

DYNASTY WARRIORS 7.

Featurin' my gal Wang Yuanji.

Bebpo · « **Reply #15205 on:** January 30, 2012, 03:21:45 AM »

Quote from: Linkzg on January 30, 2012, 02:54:04 AM

agreed, but the last Suda game I played was NMH2 and this was way better. NMH2 was try hard territory.

Johnson was coo

Except for the shooting stage :|

Cravis · « **Reply #15206 on:** January 30, 2012, 08:47:45 AM »

I beat Uncharted 3. Not sure where I would rank it would the other 2 since it's been so long.

Also beat Infamous 2. Great game. Bummer of an ending. The Beast's revelation at the end felt forced and really didn't make much sense with the sacrifices Cole made in the first one. Still a better game than part 1. Found all the shards just need to find the last dead drop.

Also started playing Armageddon Riders which I bought 6 months ago on PSN but never got around to trying. It's basically Carmageddon which is cool. I'm looking forward to going home tonight and playing some more.

Timber · « **Reply #15207 on:** January 30, 2012, 10:51:08 AM »

BEAT DUSTFORCE, double S on all the levels including GIGA DIFFICULT. I can't believe the time and patience it took me, feel like the world's greatest dude right now.

Also BEAT THE WITCHER and put up a review on Youtube, you can find it here:

Gaming HARD, so hard.

chronovore · « **Reply #15208 on:** January 30, 2012, 01:46:12 PM »

Spent 90 minutes watching my friend play Battlefield 3's single player campaign. The game is very pretty, even on 360, but there are too many points where it takes away player control, it's incredibly heavy-handed in herding the player around, making you play the game the way they expect, and there is almost no ramp of difficulty. The first bit is a run-n-gun, where the player character can take a lot of hits, and then there's a stealth-ish section where the supposedly same character is getting chewed up incredibly quickly.

Glad I didn't buy it. I'm still curious to go pick up a cheap copy of Battlefield Bad Company 2 though, since it sounds like the campaign there is actually fun.

brob · « **Reply #15209 on:** January 30, 2012, 03:10:13 PM »

Played a bit of Wipeout HD today and holy hell am I shit. Could barely hang on Rapier and pinballed all over the course on Phantom. Plus I've gotten the nasty habit of only being able to play in internal view due to playing too much rally, so just addressing that became a gargantuan issue.

Managed to get skilled medals on most stuff in the HD campaign though, prolly try to see if I can't reclaim my elite status from the glory days of my ps3 phat tomorrow.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #15210 on:** January 30, 2012, 07:31:16 PM »

I'm continuing the end game grind in Tales of Vesperia. Man, theres a lot of work to do. Farming synthesis items, grade, and cooking and all that.

magus · « **Reply #15211 on:** January 30, 2012, 07:37:38 PM »

Quote from: The Sceneman on January 30, 2012, 07:31:16 PM

I'm continuing the end game grind in Tales of Vesperia. Man, theres a lot of work to do. Farming synthesis items, grade, and cooking and all that.

you only need one character to max his cooking skills,don't be like me who wasted a lot of time training other character too

you do get some skits when certain characters do certain dishes tough

spoiler (click to show/hide)

most amusing,try to make ice cream in the ice dungeon or spicy food in the desert

[close]

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #15212 on:** January 30, 2012, 07:39:07 PM »

Vesperia was such a fun game

The Sceneman · « **Reply #15213 on:** January 30, 2012, 07:43:10 PM »

Quote from: magus on January 30, 2012, 07:37:38 PM

Quote from: The Sceneman on January 30, 2012, 07:31:16 PM
I'm continuing the end game grind in Tales of Vesperia. Man, theres a lot of work to do. Farming synthesis items, grade, and cooking and all that.

you only need one character to max his cooking skills,don't be like me who wasted a lot of time training other character too

you do get some skits when certain characters do certain dishes tough
spoiler (click to show/hide)
most amusing,try to make ice cream in the ice dungeon or spicy food in the desert
[close]

yeah I'm working on getting Yuri maxed out with his cooking. I'm about halfway there and i have all the recipes already. Lol, sweet, I'll try cooking in those places. I love the skits, they're awesome. Especially the ones after you get the hot springs outfits. Raven going on about his 'manly musk' was hilarious.

Bebpo · « **Reply #15214 on:** January 30, 2012, 08:20:45 PM »

Finished Renegade Ops Inferno Campaign. Ending was AWESOME

I like the game a lot, gorgeous graphics, really fun and good gameplay, leaderboards, co-op, 2ndary objectives. The voice acting was amazing. I think the only reason I'd give it like a 3 1/2 out of 4 instead of 4 out of 4 is after about halfway the game stops introducing anything new and it's just fighting the same enemies over and over again doing the same objectives every level. It's fun but I wish each stage had something new about it. Even the final stage/boss was just the same stuff you'd been fighting the whole game. Still great though.

1p once I got the hang of it was pretty easy with Roxy as long as you took your time and took out a few enemies at a time. Air striking every big enemy and using 2ndary weapons like flame -> machine gun lvl.3 made short work of it all on normal difficulty. I think the only times I'd lose lives is when my vehicle trips and ends up upside down sitting still while all the enemies pound on me.

I tried co-op for a bit and it's fun but LOOOOOOOOOOL. The fact the difficulty doesn't scale AT ALL when you have added players/firepower makes it so ridiculously easy in 2p on normal. I can't even imagine what a joke it is 4p even on the higher difficulties. The AI doesn't even target more than 1 player so everyone else can pound on it without worry. Fun co-op but there really should be some scaling depending on the player count

Time to do the Coldstrike campaign and max my Roxy!

etiolate · « **Reply #15215 on:** January 30, 2012, 08:28:19 PM »

I'm playing Risen. This game has some shitty targeting system that drives me nuts. WHen its 1v1, the combat sort of works. As soon as there's two enemies, you're not sure of anything. Who am I blocking? Who will it attack? GRARRRRGH

demi · « **Reply #15216 on:** January 30, 2012, 08:37:17 PM »

Quote from: etiolate on January 30, 2012, 08:28:19 PM

I'm playing Risen. This game has some shitty targeting system that drives me nuts. WHen its 1v1, the combat sort of works. As soon as there's two enemies, you're not sure of anything. Who am I blocking? Who will it attack? GRARRRRGH

doooood i was just about to start this myself on the trey nasty. but since FF13-2 is out tomorrow i put that on hold.

Timber · « **Reply #15217 on:** January 30, 2012, 08:43:08 PM »

I think I just got invited to the Illuminati.

Have fun casting your anime spells at your anime bosses in your anime games, guys, I'm gonna go hobnobbing with the Bilderbergs. C U @ the end of the world...

etiolate · « **Reply #15218 on:** January 30, 2012, 08:48:06 PM »

I like the pace of the game so far and the quests are okay so far. There's a dude in the swamp who sells you weed and beer.

I am getting tired of JRPGs all being morally straight and wrpgs being totally morally ambiguous. Either everything you do is judged right by the game so it doesn't matter what you do or everything you do doesn't matter because moral ambiguity removes any singular good from existing.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #15219 on:** January 30, 2012, 08:52:39 PM »

Risen has it's good points, but the combat was just dreadful and slow up to the point where I leveled up my swords skills to the highest level and got some decent moves.

Timber · « **Reply #15220 on:** January 30, 2012, 08:56:18 PM »

Morality doesn't really factor into Risen. It's mostly about exploring and fucking up ecosystems.

Beezy · « **Reply #15221 on:** January 30, 2012, 08:56:29 PM »

Quote from: Bebpo on January 30, 2012, 08:20:45 PM

I tried co-op for a bit and it's fun but LOOOOOOOOOOL. The fact the difficulty doesn't scale AT ALL when you have added players/firepower makes it so ridiculously easy in 2p on normal. I can't even imagine what a joke it is 4p even on the higher difficulties. The AI doesn't even target more than 1 player so everyone else can pound on it without worry. Fun co-op but there really should be some scaling depending on the player count

Time to do the Coldstrike campaign and max my Roxy!

Lol wow, co-op should be ridiculously easy then. I think I'm gonna get the Coldstrike campaign also and max my character. There aren't any other games out that I'd like to spend my 400pts on.

etiolate · « **Reply #15222 on:** January 30, 2012, 09:29:39 PM »

Quote from: Timber on January 30, 2012, 08:56:18 PM

Morality doesn't really factor into Risen. It's mostly about exploring and fucking up ecosystems.

I don't mean a moral system a la Bioware, but more that everything has to be tainted so that no matter what side you pick or what thing you do, it's bad in some way. It's like everything has to be tainted. If Children of Men was a WRPG, the baby would have to also possibly be a satan spawn with bionuclear warfare hidden in its tears.

tiesto · « **Reply #15223 on:** January 30, 2012, 09:39:05 PM »

That sounds more like the Witcher series (especially 2)... I kinda like it when there are no 'obvious' choices though in a western RPG though. Because I'm always so tempted to do everything the 'right' way in a Bioware game. It's like fuck it, why even bother with a moral system at that point?

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #15224 on:** January 30, 2012, 09:59:47 PM »

Quote from: Timber on January 30, 2012, 08:43:08 PM

I think I just got invited to the Illuminati.

(Image removed from quote.)

Have fun casting your anime spells at your anime bosses in your anime games, guys, I'm gonna go hobnobbing with the Bilderbergs. C U @ the end of the world...

Respect

BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #15225 on:** January 30, 2012, 11:53:42 PM »

Ugggh this fight with the titan and FLOODS of enemies in a tiny little room is BULLSHIT.

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #15226 on:** January 31, 2012, 12:11:02 AM »

At Bebpo's request, posting my Alpha Brotocol ending:

spoiler (click to show/hide)

- Was allied with SIE (+3), Albatross (+6), and STEVEN HECK!! (+10). Chose Albatross as my handler for the last mission.
- Got ground support from Albatross/G22.
- Got technical support from Omen Deng.
- Allied with Shaheed and Al-Samad.

- Turned Marburg's alliance by persuading him he was just being used. I still had to shoot him, tho.
- Exposed Madison's death to her father, Alan Parker. Alan stabbed Marburg as revenge, but died in the attempt.
- Sniped Darcy.
- Spared Westridge and Leland, letting them suffer through indefinite courtroom trials.
- Mina was killed. :'(
- Scarlet escaped, and her current whereabouts are unknown.
- Sailed off into the sunset on a shitty fishing boat while talking to myself.
- In the end, I successfully exposed and took down both Halbech and Alpha Protocol LIKE A ROGUE BOSS.

[close]

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #15227 on:** January 31, 2012, 12:12:46 AM »

spoiler (click to show/hide)

Did you sail off into the sunset on a shitty fishing boat while talking to yourself? Best game ending in forever.

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Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #15228 on:** January 31, 2012, 12:14:03 AM »

Quote from: MrAngryFace on January 31, 2012, 12:12:46 AM

spoiler (click to show/hide)
Did you sail off into the sunset on a shitty fishing boat while talking to yourself? Best game ending in forever.
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I assume that's every ending, lol. It was very

spoiler (click to show/hide)

MGS. "Well, we don't know how to end our spy game, so I guess we should just hop on a vehicle and drive off!" Was my name Dave all along???

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Bebpo · « **Reply #15229 on:** January 31, 2012, 01:21:44 AM »

Actually

spoiler (click to show/hide)

you can sail off with other people if you keep them alive.

I think my favorite ending is when you get scarlett to assassinate leland. Sexy redhead assassin ftw.

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And of course, no completion of Alpha Brotocol is complete without watching this after you finish:

Also whenever I re-watch clips of AP it reminds me how amazing Thorton's deadpan voice acting is. I know a lot of people complained about it, but it's freaking GENIUS and makes the retorts all the more funny.

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #15230 on:** January 31, 2012, 01:32:41 AM »

Yeah Scarlett ruled

Bebpo · « **Reply #15231 on:** January 31, 2012, 02:48:44 AM »

Where I am in Edna and Harvey (around 50%) the puzzles are tough and there's a looot of tedious movement trying to figure them out. I can see where the reviews were frustrated. Game is pretty long too. I hear 15-20 hours, which is long for a PnC adventure. I'm pretty open to faq stuff after 15 mins of being stuck though, so maybe more like 10-15 for me.

Bebpo · « **Reply #15232 on:** January 31, 2012, 03:16:23 AM »

Finished Coldstrike Campaign. That was fun. Now gotta wait for Renegade Ops 2 after Just Cause 3.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #15233 on:** January 31, 2012, 03:36:36 AM »

Quote from: Bebpo on January 30, 2012, 08:20:45 PM

Finished Renegade Ops Inferno Campaign. Ending was AWESOME

I like the game a lot, gorgeous graphics, really fun and good gameplay, leaderboards, co-op, 2ndary objectives. The voice acting was amazing. I think the only reason I'd give it like a 3 1/2 out of 4 instead of 4 out of 4 is after about halfway the game stops introducing anything new and it's just fighting the same enemies over and over again doing the same objectives every level. It's fun but I wish each stage had something new about it. Even the final stage/boss was just the same stuff you'd been fighting the whole game. Still great though.

1p once I got the hang of it was pretty easy with Roxy as long as you took your time and took out a few enemies at a time. Air striking every big enemy and using 2ndary weapons like flame -> machine gun lvl.3 made short work of it all on normal difficulty. I think the only times I'd lose lives is when my vehicle trips and ends up upside down sitting still while all the enemies pound on me.

I tried co-op for a bit and it's fun but LOOOOOOOOOOL. The fact the difficulty doesn't scale AT ALL when you have added players/firepower makes it so ridiculously easy in 2p on normal. I can't even imagine what a joke it is 4p even on the higher difficulties. The AI doesn't even target more than 1 player so everyone else can pound on it without worry. Fun co-op but there really should be some scaling depending on the player count

Time to do the Coldstrike campaign and max my Roxy!

I should have bought this when it was on sale over xmas. Instead I blew 1200MSp on Batman content which I could barely play as my console chewed my Batman disc. Yes I mad. I'll get the disc resurfaced at some point and finish off those achievements.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #15234 on:** January 31, 2012, 03:50:12 AM »

Quote from: etiolate on January 30, 2012, 09:29:39 PM

Quote from: Timber on January 30, 2012, 08:56:18 PM
Morality doesn't really factor into Risen. It's mostly about exploring and fucking up ecosystems.

I don't mean a moral system a la Bioware, but more that everything has to be tainted so that no matter what side you pick or what thing you do, it's bad in some way. It's like everything has to be tainted. If Children of Men was a WRPG, the baby would have to also possibly be a satan spawn with bionuclear warfare hidden in its tears.

thats the main thing I didn't like about Skyrim. I like to be a good guy in games with moral choices (I play Mass Effect full paragon, even though renegade Shepard is lulz) but so many quests in Skyrim require you to be an ass and do morally reprehensible shit to complete them. I do like JRPGs and their good values. "We can do it because we're friends and we work as a team!" etc etc. Better than you are badass Hitman with a dark past or some shit. I dunno. I hate videogames

Timber · « **Reply #15235 on:** January 31, 2012, 11:44:59 AM »

Played The Darkness 2 demo for a bit. Lots of cutscenes and people saying fuck because they are tough guys and an FOV that felt like it was causing permanent damage to my eyes.

Robo · « **Reply #15236 on:** January 31, 2012, 03:08:41 PM »

Quote from: Bebpo on January 31, 2012, 03:16:23 AM

Finished Coldstrike Campaign. That was fun. Now gotta wait for Renegade Ops 2 after Just Cause 3.

WTF, this is the first I'm hearing of the Coldstrike Campaign. I guess I know what I'm doing tonight.

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #15237 on:** January 31, 2012, 03:40:39 PM »

new characters! New (but shorter) campaign

Bebpo · « **Reply #15238 on:** January 31, 2012, 04:07:37 PM »

It's fun; has a Zelda boss, new cheevs.

BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #15239 on:** January 31, 2012, 06:09:59 PM »

Do I just suck at video games, or is this part from Arkham Asylum really stupid? I'm stuck on the part where just after you shut down the pumps you have to fight a titan and FLOODS of fodder enemies simultaneously. I'm on hard mode and it's fucking busting my balls!

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Author Topic: What are you playing? (Read 4360432 times)