What are you playing?

[pilonv1]

The best games in FTL are the ones where everything goes wrong at once.

[Bebpo]

Had a cold today so sat around playing games a bunch.

Picked up Gemini Rue again.  I'd played the first 20% or so and it was just ok, but playing the Primordia demo had me hankering for a short adventure game that doesn't have a horribly slow or clumsy UI/gameplay (like the Cognition demo...yikes).  I'm probably about 75% in now and it's alright.  It's really slow for a while, and there's a lot of "walk 2 mins across the map to try something" -> "doesn't work" -> "walk 2 mins back across the map to try something slightly different" which definitely irks me.  But ever since it picked up the pacing has been good, the art is great, and the writing is solid. 

Tried Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams and goddamn does it look good in DX10/11 mode (though framerate maxed is probably 30-40ish for me).  Definitely want to play this.  I really enjoyed the DS remake of the original years back.

Also started playing Hotline Miami - LIVES UP TO HYPE.  Awesome awesome game.

[Bebpo]

Ending up finishing Gemini Rue

Hmmm...that was....surprisingly good.  I can see why people liked it.  The game is so weird, the first half of the game (aka first 2 hours or so) is this slow paced detective/space jail game with tons of backtracking & very few locations.  Then the 2nd half is a very, very linear excitingly paced sci-fi action thriller.   

I really enjoyed the 2nd half and the twists and turns and ending were actually pretty good and satisfying.  And the art/music were great throughout.  Overall I found it to be a lot better than Resonance, but that's probably just because the story in Resonance was fairly dumb in the end and stories make or break adventure games.  If you have 4-5 hours to kill, you could do a lot worse than play Gemini Rue.  I'm definitely up for playing more Wadjet Eye published stuff in the future like Primordia.

[tiesto]

Gonna finish up Last Story, try to finish up Kid Icarus, then I think I'm gonna start Fortune Summoners, I'm a sucker for side scrolling action RPGs/Metroidvanias, even the better with graphics.

[Bebpo]

Hotline Miami is either just really, really difficult or really really difficult to control on a trackball mouse.  Think I'm gonna try using a X360 pad.

[Great Rumbler]

Hotline Miami is either just really, really difficult or really really difficult to control on a trackball mouse.  Think I'm gonna try using a X360 pad.

I actually didn't like using an Xbox360 pad for Hotline Miami, just felt way too sluggish.

[Bebpo]

Yeah, I tried it and I did way better with the X360 pad, but it also has its drawbacks.  The "click L3" in to lock-on gets triggered accidently so much that it can cause a lot of deaths.

[Don Flamenco]

i was thinking about picking up another PS1 rpg, then I remembered I got the Parasite Eve 1 post-game to do.  fuk yeh

and Vagrant Story, but that game is daunting and I'm putting it off.

[cool breeze]

Dustforce feels like it requires too much dexterity to play on a keyboard.

 

[Positive Touch]

and Vagrant Story, but that game is daunting and I'm putting it off.

bad idea

[Bebpo]

Dustforce feels like it requires too much dexterity to play on a keyboard.

Dustforce honestly isn't that great.  It has amazing music, good art, and the concept of speedrun style game is a great one.  That package should create another Super Meat Boy, Cave Story, vvvvvvv classic indie platformer.  But the controls are not very good.  You can do the stages, but it never feels smooth.  It's always jerky and trying to get from one motion another just right.  I almost never felt like I was "in the zone" and having fun like when you're speedrunning a good platformer.  It's a decent game, but not a great one.  One of those cases where Soundtrack > Game.

[Timber]

Controls are 100% smooth and accurate. I was in the zone like all the time. Very sorry to hear about your lack of l33t sk1llz.

[BobFromPikeCreek]

I don't like how Dustforce is open. A game like that thrives on linearity. You need a very controlled incline in difficulty in something like that.

[Big Barry Jazz]

I'm with Timber on this. The controls took a while to master, but once you did you could fly through the easier stages on your first try.

I don't like how Dustforce is open. A game like that thrives on linearity. You need a very controlled incline in difficulty in something like that.

Yeah, the key system didn't work that well, and I feel sorry for anyone that strolled in to the lab first.

[Don Flamenco]

 


is this fight in the demo?  is the demo any good/lengthy?  I might have to buy ZOE HD today just to get it...


edit:  nevermind, demo on JPSN on 12/13: 
http://www.siliconera.com/2012/12/03/metal-gear-rising-revengeance-demo-slicing-up-psn-on-december-13/

[Himu]

looks like i'm buying a new metal gear game. never though i'd say that.

[iconoclast]

Gonna watch that vid later, but the demo isn't particularly great. Sword Mode (or whatever it's called) might be the most overpowered ability in action game history. You can slide into grunts, hold LT to enter sword mode and rip everyone to pieces by mashing X/Y before they even have a chance to react. Then you can zandatsu to refill your meter and do it again. Hopefully it's more balanced in the full game (or on higher difficulties).

[Positive Touch]

  that music

[Nintendosbooger]

Completed Devil Survivor 2 Overclocked a few weeks ago, and am now in the process of getting the true ending to 999 (DS). I should be done with that today, then it's on to Radiant Historia.

[Himu]

good taste

[Great Rumbler]

booger is back

[iconoclast]

Wow. I was just in the middle of an hour-long Lumines run when all of a sudden some connection error message pops up and boots me back to the Vita's home screen. What a joke.

Sony/Q?/Ubisoft/my router

[D3RANG3D]

Hotline Miami

Started playing this today, got because of the sale and the word of mouth and it lives up to it! Dat Soundtrack

[Bebpo]

Hotline Miami

Is it just me or is the "fists of fury" mask totally overpowered?  You pop into a room, then run at and hang by the door and 1 hit kill everyone as they run out with your fists.  Works surprisingly often.  It's like always having a knife on you.

The only thing that bugs me is how enemies who are standing facing a direction while smoking a cig instantly see you when you walk up behind them from the other side.  Seems kind of bs.  Otherwise it's GoTY.

[fistfulofmetal]

Chivalry is a pretty dope game. chopping dudes heads off. sick

[Great Rumbler]

I'm definitely going to pick that up sometime this month.

[BobFromPikeCreek]

I fucking hate myself for missing out on Chivalry during the Fall sale, but they'll drop it again with the winter sale so whatever.

[Great Rumbler]

I fucking hate myself for missing out on Chivalry during the Fall sale, but they'll drop it again with the winter sale so whatever.

It'll be 50% off [plus another 25% with the handy code] on the 13th at Green Man Gaming:

http://blog.greenmangaming.com/2012/12/weeks-worth-of-winter-vouchers.html

[BobFromPikeCreek]

Oh, awesome. Thanks for the heads up.

[The Sceneman]

bah I'm so sick of Fallout New Vegas freezing all the time. Busted ass game. I'm just blitzing it for the achievements, almost there

[Don Flamenco]

wow, we got bodied by asians at the SF25th tournament.  No surprises there.

[Joe Molotov]

Those screenshots you keep posting are nasty, Borys. At least in 480i, you can't tell how bad it looks.

[Don Flamenco]

Also gotta @ the most guarded chest in the dungeon having... a Silver Rupee in it. Can you believe it? Bollocks.

i totally hate this about zelda.  I'd go exploring in TP, find some cool offshoots that took some time to get through...and find rupees that don't fit in my wallet and can't be spent anyway because there's nothing to buy.


what's the point of bloating the overworld to include this stuff? 

[Purple Filth]

Played some Sleepy Dogs Nightmare in North point and it was ok.

The best part was the ending cutscene 

[Himu]

You get hook shot before Great Bay because again Majora is the best Zelda and doesn't play that shit. Pirate thing is the worst part of the game.

Have you done the mini dungeons?

[Himu]

Mm was all Aonuma at the helm.

Also fill your bomber book.

[Himu]

Stone temple is the best Zelda dungeon. Enjoy.

You have to have epona at least. That counts as a quest. And the quests are jam packed with stories.

[Himu]

Oh. I do epona asap.

[Positive Touch]

  the bomber book is like 50% of the game. why would you skip it?

[Huff]

Really hope Majora's Mask comes out for the 3ds. I'd love to play it again, but without trying to get a hold of another n64 or fix my broken one

[tiesto]

Completed Devil Survivor 2 Overclocked a few weeks ago, and am now in the process of getting the true ending to 999 (DS). I should be done with that today, then it's on to Radiant Historia.

Nice picks there, absolutely loved Radiant Historia...

I was just playing more NSMBU, I like the difficulty of the game even though I may be a tad Mario-ed out after playing 3D Land and NSMB2 a few months ago. Also beat Last Story.

[BobFromPikeCreek]

Do these really need to be 1440 x 810?

[fistfulofmetal]

what you don't enjoy large blurry screenshots of a 12 year old game?

[demi]

You guys have seen Bory's regular desktop shots... he's got astigmatism or some shit

[hampster]

Orcs Must Die 2

I bought it off steam in the current sale and I'm really enjoying it. Between this and Dungeon Defenders I've determined that I'm an action tower defense whore. I just want every single one of them in my steam library now. And that Ratchet game needed to hit vita yesterday, stupid delay

[Beezy]

Orcs Must Die 2

I bought it off steam in the current sale and I'm really enjoying it. Between this and Dungeon Defenders I've determined that I'm an action tower defense whore. I just want every single one of them in my steam library now. And that Ratchet game needed to hit vita yesterday, stupid delay

Get Defense Grid

[Bebpo]

Finished Hotline Miami

Really good game.  There's definitely a few flaws but overall the gameplay is really exciting and satisfying and the story presentation is tops.

I think as you get further and you learn how dumb the AI kind of takes away from the smart planning and makes it easier as the game progresses.  Likewise the story is super super interesting until the last act where they kind of drop the ball and just have some so-so ends.  I thought it was going to be a more interesting Killer 7-esque tale than it ended up being. 

Not sure if it's Goty, but it's close for sure.  I think their sequel really has a chance to be a 10/10 goty title if they just smarten up the AI while still keeping them fair and not BS.


I do like all the replay value with the different masks and score rankings.  Will probably run through it again trying the various masks.

[Raban]

After trying to dig into some of the games in my backlog and being short on patience for just about every one, I flipped on The New Tetris for N64. I never get tired of this game. The last round I played I got ~1500 lines, hit rank 30 and felt pretty awesome about it. I agree with the opinion that the infinite-spin kinda breaks Tetris, and this version has a variant of it. It's not apparent at low speed, but there were a couple times where I pressed the hard drop and tried to direct the next piece only to slide the previous one around and fuck myself over towards the end.

Still, I feel pretty good about my skill in this game. I think I might go for an older version without the infinite-spin and 4x4 gimmicks, though. Maybe one of the PS1 versions or just spring for the NES classic on Virtual Console.

EDIT: Also, one of my favorite things about this game is the rant of a disgruntled programmer hidden in the code. It's worth a read if you've got a minute.

[Himu]

Jesus Christ, Masamune Date.

This nicca needs more health. Even at level 16 this dude doesn't have life that goes past the second musou bar.

Also, these generals in SW2 die real easily. On one map as Masamune, I killed that twerp Kanetsugu Noae and then was in the middle of whacking Keiji Maede, when the bitch made commander of my army suddenly dies. From who? From mooks and not an enemy commander.  Samurai Warriors 2 bringing the heat.

On the flip side, Masamune is fun to combo with.

[demi]

i am playing devil may cry 1, which is still a pretty awesome game

i am also playing mario and luigi 2, which is a pretty fun game

and i am playing some distinguished mentally-challenged castlevania puzzle game on my iphone, and it is also a fun game.

lol, I actually finished Encore of the Night. The encoutners got super annoying.

[Himu]

Played that Ken's Rage 2 demo off friends ps3 after Raw.



Goddamn, shit. is. ill.

Why do you have me around your finger, Koei? WHY AM I SLUT FOR YOUR VIDEO GAMES. I am half tempted to try out Pokemon Conquest because I like Nobunaga's Ambition so much. Do you control taxes, peace treaties, that kind of traditional Nobunaga stuff, or is it just Poke'mon x Nobunaga for babbies?

[demi]

No, after you beat Richter you go to a straightforward tunnel with bosses from the I-Castle, then you fight Dracula and you win

[chronovore]

I am increasingly of the opinion that Zumba Fitness is making fun of me.

It wouldn't be off-base to make fun of my uncoordinated dancing while trying to mirror what the onscreen instructor is doing, but the timing seems so suspect. The only time the game compliments me is when my body is at rest. When I'm standing with my legs still, "Nice legs!" when my arms are at rest, "You're really working those arms!" It has to be sarcasm.

The game's UI is asstastic as well, but I imagine it is pure folly to expect anything from a partnering of Foundation 9 and Majesco.

Apparently Zoe Mode was later brought in to handle the series, and it becomes less of a trainwreck.

[tiesto]

Up to World 6 in NSMBU, think this game has an awesome level of challenge. Anyways, I haven't found any secret exits aside from the 2 in the illusion forest area you need to get to progress... does this game still have secret exits/levels?

[Don Flamenco]

i beat MGS2 HD last night and understood all the end cut scenes perfectly. 

it taught me that when you have a child, you pass your genes to them and that you should also pass on culture and things you've learned, and that's what our purpose is on this earth.  then i went into existential crisis because that's too boring of a reason to be alive.

so MGS1 ending -- you must live! 

MGS2 ending -- live, but also have babies and pass culture on to them.

gonna play 4 then 3 then peace walker.  The patriots are such a cool plot device but I know it gets shitted up at the end of 4. 

[BobFromPikeCreek]

I haven't played 3 or 4. Let me know if Kojima ups the ante to Philosophy 102.

[Don Flamenco]

I haven't played 3 or 4. Let me know if Kojima ups the ante to Philosophy 102.

well that's a pretty dumb reason to not play MGS games 

anyway, 3's story is legitimately awesome and doesn't have as much shlocky crap. 

don't touch 4 with a 10 foot pole. I think it's literally 50% cut scene. 

[demi]

It's not like the gameplay is any reason to.

[Don Flamenco]

It's not like the gameplay is any reason to.

no u

[BobFromPikeCreek]

It's not like the gameplay is any reason to.

There's game play?