Author Topic: What are you playing? (Read 4356211 times)

Bebpo · « **Reply #16440 on:** June 03, 2012, 08:06:24 PM »

Practice.

demi · « **Reply #16441 on:** June 03, 2012, 08:08:47 PM »

Practice... what, exactly? Are the bonus characters worth using?

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #16442 on:** June 03, 2012, 08:30:27 PM »

SMB is designed around the fact that he sticks to walls. a lot of the levels require you sliding up and down walls. so there's not really any way to make it not happen.

demi · « **Reply #16443 on:** June 03, 2012, 08:41:52 PM »

Well I got frustrated so I started Catherine. Probably not the best choice for frustration but fuck it, been wanting to start it up.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #16444 on:** June 03, 2012, 08:50:42 PM »

Asura's Wrath is done. What an awesome game.

Time for something new.

InFamous 2
Red Dead Redemption
Heavy Rain
White Knight Chronicles II
Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood/Revelations

Hmmm...

cool breeze · « **Reply #16445 on:** June 04, 2012, 03:04:03 AM »

Crysis 2

Fun game. Stealth is totally broken in some funny ways. On one hand, if you want to take out enemies, it doesn't work well at all. AI behavior is confounding and it doesn't feel like a tactically viable approach. On the other, there are sections of the game that you can entirely avoid by sneaking past including nearly the entire final level.

I played it as an action game. Sliding, climbing, more sliding, chucking aliens into ceilings n stuff. Game actually became more fun with aliens. The humans would just stand around. Aliens would jump and climb around the environment.

Still like Crysis 1 a lot more, because in general it's one of my favorite shooters. But I enjoyed Crysis 2 for different reasons. The story is unmitigated trash, though, or at least the presentation is. And the graphics are seriously incredible at times.

Ghost Trick

On Chapter 14. Really enjoying this with one or two exceptions. First is that it can be too wordy in the puzzle sections, which is made worse by some trial and error puzzles forcing you to restart and view them again. There's typically a checkpoint in the middle but sometimes you want to go back one step to not repeat a series. It reminds me of Zak and Wiki in a way.

Story is ramping up. There's nice humor and nice characters. Animations are really expressive and the entire logic of the world is neat and feels cohesive. Almost reminds me of a Tex Avery cartoon.

Timber · « **Reply #16446 on:** June 04, 2012, 07:02:41 AM »

Started playing Saints Row the Third but it kept crashing every thirty minutes. Checked the Steam and Volition forums and the few people on there who encountered the same problem found no way to fix it. PC GAMMING

magus · « **Reply #16447 on:** June 04, 2012, 07:36:23 AM »

megaman x5 feels like a fixed and better version of megaman x4,like... there's still a train stage with a "slash" boss but this time the gimmick of exploding wagon is expanded,there is still a fire stage that feature's mech suits but this time you need the mech suits to progress,both games suspiciously have a stage set in a lab where you switch gravity to get around,both games have a motorbike stage (even tough the one in x5 is super annoying)

the bosses are harder to dodge but at the same time it feels like my life bar is huge so i guess in the end it's still quite easy,some of them have interessing gimmicks,which is nice

all this stuff they added is stupid tough "EQUIP PARTS,FIND ARMOR PIECE,FIX THE SHIP,OMG TIME LIMIT,ZERO VIRUS"

i'm not sure i'm going to finish it because this part is seriously pissing me off

you can't even hug walls like you would do in megaman 2 because as soon as you do that,you start sliding lose speed and get hit by a laser

Eric P · « **Reply #16448 on:** June 04, 2012, 09:41:05 AM »

Quote from: Dr. Feelbad on June 03, 2012, 02:50:52 PM

Quote from: Dr. Feelbad on June 02, 2012, 06:24:33 PM
infamous 2

annoying sniper reapers now replaced by annoying sniper militia

- race missions suck because you can't make the slightest move without sticking to something you don't want to stick to
- camera seems worse in this one, you'll get in spots where it will just spazz out
- half your body will disappear into the scenery from time to time

woof.

Well the 1st one got better, or I have been dulled enough that it seems charming now like a distinguished mentally-challenged kitten

tiesto · « **Reply #16449 on:** June 04, 2012, 09:57:06 AM »

Quote from: Mr. Gundam on June 03, 2012, 08:50:42 PM

Asura's Wrath is done. What an awesome game.

Time for something new.

InFamous 2
Red Dead Redemption
Heavy Rain
White Knight Chronicles II
Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood/Revelations

Hmmm...

Ys Origin on PC!

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #16450 on:** June 04, 2012, 10:35:29 AM »

Quote from: Eric P on June 04, 2012, 09:41:05 AM

Quote from: Dr. Feelbad on June 03, 2012, 02:50:52 PM
Quote from: Dr. Feelbad on June 02, 2012, 06:24:33 PM
infamous 2

annoying sniper reapers now replaced by annoying sniper militia

- race missions suck because you can't make the slightest move without sticking to something you don't want to stick to
- camera seems worse in this one, you'll get in spots where it will just spazz out
- half your body will disappear into the scenery from time to time

woof.

Well the 1st one got better, or I have been dulled enough that it seems charming now like a distinguished mentally-challenged kitten

it's not all bad, i like the setting a little better (the environment is more varied), and the extra powers come a lot faster

i also like the idea of user generated missions, i played a pretty funny one yesterday where you had to take out a bunch of dancing militia

it just seems like they didn't fix many/any of the nagging issues i had with the first (with the exception of the powers menu, which is much easier to get to and laid out a lot better)

i kind of feel bad for the main voice actor playing cole, he's really in there pitching and he'd probably be good in any other game, but you can tell he's just woefully miscast here

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #16451 on:** June 04, 2012, 01:09:17 PM »

Quote from: tiesto on June 04, 2012, 09:57:06 AM

Quote from: Mr. Gundam on June 03, 2012, 08:50:42 PM
Asura's Wrath is done. What an awesome game.

Time for something new.

InFamous 2
Red Dead Redemption
Heavy Rain
White Knight Chronicles II
Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood/Revelations

Hmmm...

Ys Origin on PC!

Went with WKCII. Lovin' it so far.

Bebpo · « **Reply #16452 on:** June 04, 2012, 01:49:07 PM »

Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

2nd Worst game on your list after AC Rev!

You really should play RDR. It's my game of the generation so far. Infamous 2 is pretty fun and Heavy Rain is love/hate.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #16453 on:** June 04, 2012, 01:51:59 PM »

I'm part of that .0001% that actually had fun with WKC1.

magus · « **Reply #16454 on:** June 04, 2012, 01:52:41 PM »

i'm trying AC:Rev right now

i wanted to try an AC game so i just picked a random one without giving a fuck about the silly plot
i wanted to skip the first one cause i heard it's super boring?

Bebpo · « **Reply #16455 on:** June 04, 2012, 01:55:06 PM »

WTF MAGUS STOP STOP STOP BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE

Play AC2

Revalation is the worst game in the series. Brotherhood is alright but you only have 1 city to explore.

Play AC2

You don't have to play AC1's story to play AC2.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #16456 on:** June 04, 2012, 01:55:18 PM »

AC2 is awesome.

magus · « **Reply #16457 on:** June 04, 2012, 02:07:18 PM »

Quote from: Bebpo on June 04, 2012, 01:55:06 PM

WTF MAGUS STOP STOP STOP BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE

Play AC2

Revalation is the worst game in the series. Brotherhood is alright but you only have 1 city to explore.

Play AC2

You don't have to play AC1's story to play AC2.

what i played was kind of dull but not this level of alarm bad,is there something am i missing?

demi · « **Reply #16458 on:** June 04, 2012, 02:08:39 PM »

Revelation is NOT the worst game in the series, lol.

Shut up Bebpo.

Bebpo · « **Reply #16459 on:** June 04, 2012, 02:15:32 PM »

Fine, AC1 is worse and the PSP game.

Bebpo · « **Reply #16460 on:** June 04, 2012, 02:17:48 PM »

Quote from: magus on June 04, 2012, 02:07:18 PM

Quote from: Bebpo on June 04, 2012, 01:55:06 PM
WTF MAGUS STOP STOP STOP BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE

Play AC2

Revalation is the worst game in the series. Brotherhood is alright but you only have 1 city to explore.

Play AC2

You don't have to play AC1's story to play AC2.

what i played was kind of dull but not this level of alarm bad,is there something am i missing?

It's just really boring and the gameplay is not that great. The city is dull brown and it's missing some of the good systems from the other game.

Why are you fighting this? AC2 is perfectly bootleggable. Go do your pirate thing and start playing that if you want to check out the AC series. AC2 is good from the get go. It's almost a jrpg.

magus · « **Reply #16461 on:** June 04, 2012, 02:18:42 PM »

i was just curious gee

Bebpo · « **Reply #16462 on:** June 04, 2012, 02:20:52 PM »

Sorry, I didn't mean to go off on you. But I really don't want you to make the mistake of playing Revalations and getting soured on the series when there is a great game that you might like with AC2.

tiesto · « **Reply #16463 on:** June 04, 2012, 02:31:04 PM »

Quote from: Bebpo on June 04, 2012, 02:17:48 PM

Quote from: magus on June 04, 2012, 02:07:18 PM
Quote from: Bebpo on June 04, 2012, 01:55:06 PM
WTF MAGUS STOP STOP STOP BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE

Play AC2

Revalation is the worst game in the series. Brotherhood is alright but you only have 1 city to explore.

Play AC2

You don't have to play AC1's story to play AC2.

what i played was kind of dull but not this level of alarm bad,is there something am i missing?

It's just really boring and the gameplay is not that great. The city is dull brown and it's missing some of the good systems from the other game.

Why are you fighting this? AC2 is perfectly bootleggable. Go do your pirate thing and start playing that if you want to check out the AC series. AC2 is good from the get go. It's almost a jrpg.

I really wanted to get into the AC series, skipped 1 b/c I heard it was bad but just found AC2 to be pretty boring and "safe". Lost interest kinda quickly with it, think I would've preferred a more linear, less freeroaming puzzle platformer like the POP series.

iconoclast · « **Reply #16464 on:** June 04, 2012, 05:37:47 PM »

I thought magus was going to play Death Smiles?

That's what I'm playing. Got the Japanese version, downloaded a bunch of replays, and started relearning everything. Gonna start aiming for 300 million now.

magus · « **Reply #16465 on:** June 04, 2012, 06:50:42 PM »

Quote from: iconoclast on June 04, 2012, 05:37:47 PM

I thought magus was going to play Death Smiles?

That's what I'm playing. Got the Japanese version, downloaded a bunch of replays, and started relearning everything. Gonna start aiming for 300 million now.

spoiler (click to show/hide)

i can't find the damn thing on the internet,this is so obscure even dirty pirate don't want to share it
either that or i fail as a dirty pirate :'(

[close]

Spurgeon · « **Reply #16466 on:** June 05, 2012, 12:25:48 AM »

I finally picked up Skyrim but won't have an opportunity for a marathon session until next month. Comparing stuff like this and Warriors Orochi to Diablo III, I've finally realized that I'm a curmudgeon and just want to play games by myself.

iconoclast · « **Reply #16467 on:** June 05, 2012, 12:55:25 AM »

Quote from: magus on June 04, 2012, 06:50:42 PM

spoiler (click to show/hide)
i can't find the damn thing on the internet,this is so obscure even dirty pirate don't want to share it
either that or i fail as a dirty pirate :'(
[close]

I'm surprised - I couldn't find it either. One of the private trackers probably has it though, like bitgamer.

Anyway, first credit back on DS after spending a couple days in training mode:

Soooo close

I screwed lots of stuff up though, I should be able to get 320-340m on a good run.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #16468 on:** June 05, 2012, 09:59:52 AM »

just played through like 2/3'rds of Outland in one sitting, the game is awesome. I'm pretty sure Metroid style 2d action adventures are my favourite genre ever. I mean holy shit they are fun. The Ikaruga shit mixed with the platforming makes for some interesting gameplay. The game would have been worth 800MSP, so I'm stoked I got it for 400. Woohoo.

the 200/200 is easy too, for some reason the TA ration is kinda high, guess people just blow at platformers

demi · « **Reply #16469 on:** June 05, 2012, 10:03:22 AM »

Can you do Outland with 1 player?

tiesto · « **Reply #16470 on:** June 05, 2012, 10:04:09 AM »

Quote from: The Sceneman on June 05, 2012, 09:59:52 AM

just played through like 2/3'rds of Outland in one sitting, the game is awesome. I'm pretty sure Metroid style 2d action adventures are my favourite genre ever. I mean holy shit they are fun. The Ikaruga shit mixed with the platforming makes for some interesting gameplay. The game would have been worth 800MSP, so I'm stoked I got it for 400. Woohoo.

the 200/200 is easy too, for some reason the TA ration is kinda high, guess people just blow at platformers

I need to pick this up, I really dug the demo.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #16471 on:** June 05, 2012, 10:06:22 AM »

Quote from: demi

Can you do Outland with 1 player?

pretty much. There are several co-op stages to unlock, but you only need to complete one for an achievement, and apparently the first co-op room takes less than 2 minutes to complete. No local co-op though, which sucks. Since the game was just on sale it should (hopefully) be easy to find someone to boost it with, and it's a 2 minute boost so it shouldn't be a pita. The other 11 achievements are obtainable in single player.

demi · « **Reply #16472 on:** June 05, 2012, 10:07:54 AM »

Ok, I'll start Outland after I fight my way through Super Meat Boy (this one is a worthy 200 to earn)

The Sceneman · « **Reply #16473 on:** June 05, 2012, 10:09:06 AM »

I never got around to doing all the Dark World stuff in SMB, since I'm on a real platforming buzz atm I might get back to it once I've completed Rayman and Outland.

the last stages in Super Meat Boy get fucking ridiculous, you gotta be mad pro to beat Cotton Alley Dark World stages

Beezy · « **Reply #16474 on:** June 05, 2012, 02:08:22 PM »

<-- mad pro

demi · « **Reply #16475 on:** June 05, 2012, 02:10:09 PM »

It cant be that hard if Beezy can do it...

<-- 1000 Vanquish

Beezy · « **Reply #16476 on:** June 05, 2012, 02:28:29 PM »

demi · « **Reply #16477 on:** June 05, 2012, 02:29:49 PM »

You will probably beat my times, but I'm not playing for leaderboard.

Beezy · « **Reply #16478 on:** June 05, 2012, 02:43:32 PM »

Just A+ every stage and get all the bandages or else you didn't really complete the game.

demi · « **Reply #16479 on:** June 05, 2012, 02:51:04 PM »

I dunno man you don't need A+ on Dark World for 100%

By all means I just need 100% to complete the game

Beezy · « **Reply #16480 on:** June 05, 2012, 03:12:49 PM »

It's the demi thing to do.

Huff · « **Reply #16481 on:** June 05, 2012, 09:52:15 PM »

downloading some of dem free psn+ games. can't wait to play them in 531 minutes

iconoclast · « **Reply #16482 on:** June 05, 2012, 11:06:48 PM »

fugg yeah

chronovore · « **Reply #16483 on:** June 06, 2012, 08:59:27 AM »

Finished Batman:AC - Harley Quinn's Revenge.

Tried to go back and get additional Campaign medals in the vanilla game... I am never going to get any better at this game, am I? I love this game, but the Campaign missions are murder for me.

Eric P · « **Reply #16484 on:** June 06, 2012, 09:17:55 AM »

InFamous.

i think i have stockholm syndrome

magus · « **Reply #16485 on:** June 06, 2012, 09:45:34 AM »

i spent like 30 minutes hearing him singing,then i changed the dub language just to hear him singing more

they should do a minstrel creed game or something

The Sceneman · « **Reply #16486 on:** June 06, 2012, 11:14:07 AM »

Quote from: chronovore on June 06, 2012, 08:59:27 AM

Finished Batman:AC - Harley Quinn's Revenge.

Tried to go back and get additional Campaign medals in the vanilla game... I am never going to get any better at this game, am I? I love this game, but the Campaign missions are murder for me.

did you get the freeflow 2.0 achievement? Getting that is pretty good training for high scoring campaign runs. The campaigns can be VERY rough. I'd like to get back to them and knock them out someday. I'll still pissed I forked out for all the DLC, then my Batman disc stops working. grr

chronovore · « **Reply #16487 on:** June 06, 2012, 08:51:21 PM »

Quote from: The Sceneman on June 06, 2012, 11:14:07 AM

did you get the freeflow 2.0 achievement? Getting that is pretty good training for high scoring campaign runs. The campaigns can be VERY rough. I'd like to get back to them and knock them out someday. I'll still pissed I forked out for all the DLC, then my Batman disc stops working. grr

I haven't, no. However, I passed Combat Master and Combat Expert campaign runs this morning, though only 7/9 and 8/9, not Gold.

Positive Touch · « **Reply #16488 on:** June 06, 2012, 09:04:16 PM »

Quote from: Eric P on June 06, 2012, 09:17:55 AM

InFamous.

i think i have stockholm syndrome

that's how i felt playing it. it's such a by-the-book open world game that it never feels the slightest bit engaging or fun, but you still keep playing because the formula reminds you of going through better games. the instant the credits rolled i turned it off and never looked back.

chronovore · « **Reply #16489 on:** June 07, 2012, 01:03:30 AM »

Quote from: Positive Touch on June 06, 2012, 09:04:16 PM

Quote from: Eric P on June 06, 2012, 09:17:55 AM
InFamous.

i think i have stockholm syndrome

that's how i felt playing it. it's such a by-the-book open world game that it never feels the slightest bit engaging or fun, but you still keep playing because the formula reminds you of going through better games. the instant the credits rolled i turned it off and never looked back.

That's so weird, I really liked it. I never felt utterly overwhelmed by any of the battles, but I enjoyed them. I liked cruising around on the train tracks, and the rail/jump/glide/skid movement was very satisfying.

Oddly, so many comparisons were made between inFamous and PROTOTYPE, I was really hopeful when playing the latter, but I had less fun overall.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #16490 on:** June 07, 2012, 04:46:07 AM »

up to the last world in Outland. Game is so boner. Solid 9/10

Positive Touch · « **Reply #16491 on:** June 07, 2012, 07:30:42 AM »

Quote from: chronovore on June 07, 2012, 01:03:30 AM

Quote from: Positive Touch on June 06, 2012, 09:04:16 PM
Quote from: Eric P on June 06, 2012, 09:17:55 AM
InFamous.

i think i have stockholm syndrome

that's how i felt playing it. it's such a by-the-book open world game that it never feels the slightest bit engaging or fun, but you still keep playing because the formula reminds you of going through better games. the instant the credits rolled i turned it off and never looked back.

That's so weird, I really liked it. I never felt utterly overwhelmed by any of the battles, but I enjoyed them. I liked cruising around on the train tracks, and the rail/jump/glide/skid movement was very satisfying.

Oddly, so many comparisons were made between inFamous and PROTOTYPE, I was really hopeful when playing the latter, but I had less fun overall.

the powers were the most interesting part, of course, but the map was lifeless and the a.i. and combat felt braindead, and the story and acting were SO BAD that it made me hate the missions a little. also the games main side-quest, the territory grabbing part, was so repetitive but i felt compelled to do it because randomly spawning enemies.

Eric P · « **Reply #16492 on:** June 07, 2012, 09:03:33 AM »

hey, InFamous, fuck your terror buses and conduits in mech suits.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #16493 on:** June 07, 2012, 09:15:01 AM »

I remember enjoying the game somewhat, then giant hologram fucks on the third island ripped me a new one, and getting around was impossible. Good game, but ability/difficulty balancing is waaaaaay off, and collectible finding mechanisims are bad. Not as bad as Crackdown, but close. I enjoyed the tense soundtrack.

demi · « **Reply #16494 on:** June 07, 2012, 09:51:13 AM »

I played it on Hard mode just fine... Just spam the grenade rockets and shit. I really enjoyed it. inFamous 2 was a big disappointment.

*shrug

ferrarimanf355 · « **Reply #16495 on:** June 07, 2012, 01:34:52 PM »

Getting back into Forza 4. Will try my hand at Virtua Fighter 5 FS soon.

magus · « **Reply #16496 on:** June 07, 2012, 01:39:06 PM »

gonna play some random mame roms since gaming is fucking dead

man they should just do a mame version with achievements

demi · « **Reply #16497 on:** June 07, 2012, 01:41:52 PM »

They did. It was called Game Room.

Eric P · « **Reply #16498 on:** June 07, 2012, 01:42:24 PM »

Quote from: demi on June 07, 2012, 09:51:13 AM

I played it on Hard mode just fine... Just spam the grenade rockets and shit. I really enjoyed it. inFamous 2 was a big disappointment.

*shrug

I think that the issue is that up to a point, the game is perfectly fine with you just using your little baby zapper to get shit done, but then it suddenly turns on you without much of a ramp up. I realized that using the rockets and grenades while draining whatever electricity I could find when i could find it was the way to go. I think i'm a bit more than half way done. I borrowed this from a friend so I'm somewhat eager to get it back to him.

Story is fuck awful though.

demi · « **Reply #16499 on:** June 07, 2012, 01:51:21 PM »

The ending hyped me up bad for the sequel. And then I played the sequel. So just know that the story doesnt get any better, despite the sweet azzzzzzzzzzz ending.

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Author Topic: What are you playing? (Read 4356211 times)