Author Topic: What are you playing? (Read 4621737 times)

tiesto · « **Reply #19440 on:** April 15, 2013, 10:18:24 AM »

Finished with Sonic Generations, finally. S-ranked all stages, got every achievement aside from "Green Hill in under 1 minute" and "beat end guy without getting hit". Final battle was stupid and I had no idea what was going on the whole time, definitely the low point of an otherwise excellent game.

Also finishing up a second run through of Binary Domain, where I mop up more achievements. Should be done with that soon.

Also was playing some NES - Goonies 2 (which I beat in one sitting, go me), Rygar (this is the next oldskool game I never beat that I want to), Kid Niki: Radical Ninja (

NINJA SCHOOL WILL HELP YOU

) and Kickle Cubicle.

Raban · « **Reply #19441 on:** April 15, 2013, 11:56:06 AM »

I beat Ridiculous Fishing

magus · « **Reply #19442 on:** April 15, 2013, 01:27:38 PM »

more digital board game i've been playing

7 Wonders

7 Wonders is played between 3 and 7 players,each player start with a world wonder (like the colossus of rhodes and the pyramid of giza) which dictates it's starting resource and special powers,then the whole deck gets distribuited evenly between all the players with each card representing either basic resource/advanced resource,tech,military,points or special effect...

each card cost resource (except of course resource themself) but obviously you won't always have the resource you need (especialy since your wonder require certain specific kind of resource to trigger it's special power so most of the time you just focus on the resource that your wonder like) so to play a card you want to play you have to buy resource from your neighbourgh players (you start with 3 coins and gain more by selling card for 3 coins or using special effect,each resource cost 2 coins)

after playing a card,you pass the remaining card to the player to your right (so sometimes you might want to play/sell a card just so that your neighbourgh don't get it) until every player remains with only 1 card in hand... after that happens the age ends,each player with a military higher than his neighbourgh scores point (while also inflicting a penality to the loser) and then age 2 starts... age 2 is played the same but cards tend to have bigger value (more military,more score,more resource,tech card are always the same) as to give you a chance to catch up if you sucked in the first age... after age 2 comes age 3 and here comes a new element introduced,which are guilds,guilds are special card that scores depending on what your neighbour have played... for example there is the ship guild which gives you point if your neighbour have played tons of resource,the spy guild which scores depending on the amount of military card your neighbour have played and so on...

after the end of age 3 the game ends,tech card comes in 3 kind and you get point equal to the square root of each kind plus a bonus of 7 point (which is pretty big) for every set of 3 kinds you complete (so if you have 2 cards of all 3 kinds you'd score 4+4+4+14 = 26 points) and of course this show you the beauty of the game,if you are gathering tech cards and another player decides to bother you then he can simply eat all the tech up card he gets while not giving you any but in doing so he might score less and get fucked by another opponent... so basicaly it's a game where you might end up fucked if you decide to fuck with someone else

BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #19443 on:** April 15, 2013, 02:08:38 PM »

Magoose:

My friends and I have been wicked into Catan, and we want to branch out into new stuff. What do you recommend for people with very little board game experience aside from shit like Risk and Monopoly?

magus · « **Reply #19444 on:** April 15, 2013, 02:20:14 PM »

i can give you all my board games online site and you can just try stuff for yourself but the game i've been into the most recently is this even though it doesn't have much to do with catan

http://innovation.isotropic.org/

a game that is similiar to catan of those i played... maybe troyes?

www.boardgamearena.com - for online play
http://opinionatedgamers.com/2012/03/05/now-for-something-really-old-troyes/

oh oh! i tought of another good one! rattus! there are no dicerolls but plenty of opportunities for being a dick

www.yucata.de - for online play

Himu · « **Reply #19445 on:** April 15, 2013, 02:38:35 PM »

Quote from: Don Flamenco on April 14, 2013, 06:19:41 PM

beat em ups really got shit on last gen. Urban Reign, Spike Out, Beatdown, others-- all got like 5s on release but are good to great brawlers. even the final fight game. I guess they were rated as a $50 game at launch, which is fair enough. also, their cutscene/story attempts are bad attempts at edgy, but that only makes them more charming.

The Warriors wasn't. It was highly rated and deservedly so. Best 3d non Musou beat em up.

Don Flamenco · « **Reply #19446 on:** April 15, 2013, 02:49:34 PM »

but how much of that was that game's gameplay vs. the rest of its presentation? honest question...haven't played the Warriors in forever.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #19447 on:** April 15, 2013, 11:24:23 PM »

Finished all the missions and cases in Sleeping Dogs. Fuck that was awesome! What a brilliant game. Actually a fantastic narrative and I was really engaged with characters.

Gonna try and mop up the 1k tonight, so quick questions:

- whats the best way to earn money (I wanna buy dem Lamborghinis)
- how do you get the collectibles to show on the map

tiesto · « **Reply #19448 on:** April 15, 2013, 11:43:40 PM »

Beat Binary Domain a second time through but even though I raised a lot of trust levels to the max I didn't

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see the scene where Cain and Bo survive at the end...

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Weird. I'll just look them up on Youtube. Then go and grind Charlie and Rachel's loyalties to max at the end of chapter 2, then I'm done with it.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #19449 on:** April 15, 2013, 11:59:11 PM »

Quote from: The Sceneman on April 15, 2013, 11:24:23 PM

Finished all the missions and cases in Sleeping Dogs. Fuck that was awesome! What a brilliant game. Actually a fantastic narrative and I was really engaged with characters.

Gonna try and mop up the 1k tonight, so quick questions:

- whats the best way to earn money (I wanna buy dem Lamborghinis)
- how do you get the collectibles to show on the map

quoted for new page. I need dem tipz

Positive Touch · « **Reply #19450 on:** April 16, 2013, 12:37:26 AM »

collectables shoulda started showing up as you did the date missions

The Sceneman · « **Reply #19451 on:** April 16, 2013, 12:40:26 AM »

oh, I havent done any date missions... I gotta call the chicks up right?

Himu · « **Reply #19452 on:** April 16, 2013, 01:02:10 AM »

Quote from: Don Flamenco on April 15, 2013, 02:49:34 PM

but how much of that was that game's gameplay vs. the rest of its presentation? honest question...haven't played the Warriors in forever.

I honestly think it IS among the best 3d beat em ups. Better than those games you listed by a long shot.

Purple Filth · « **Reply #19453 on:** April 16, 2013, 01:54:47 AM »

Quote from: The Sceneman on April 15, 2013, 11:24:23 PM

Finished all the missions and cases in Sleeping Dogs. Fuck that was awesome! What a brilliant game. Actually a fantastic narrative and I was really engaged with characters.

Gonna try and mop up the 1k tonight, so quick questions:

- whats the best way to earn money (I wanna buy dem Lamborghinis)
- how do you get the collectibles to show on the map

cheese the cockfighting game if you can (it will also help with getting the gold reward attached to it which is needed for the achievement). Also get to level 10 Face so you can get the 40% discount on the cars and clothes you buy.

go on all the dates with the girls you met (their numbers will be in your phone) each completed one will add all of a specific collectable to your map (shrine, jade statues, security cameras, lockboxes, more races)

The Sceneman · « **Reply #19454 on:** April 16, 2013, 01:56:10 AM »

awesome, thanks

BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #19455 on:** April 16, 2013, 04:03:32 AM »

Man, the WarGames app is free for android on the Amazon marketplace today and it is siiiiick. It's a Dungeon Raid clone that's better than the game it's imitating in a bunch of ways.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #19456 on:** April 16, 2013, 09:00:35 AM »

getting a bit bored collecting all the crap in Sleeping Dogs. Why did they include that stupid safe cracking minigame on the lockboxes?

Beezy · « **Reply #19457 on:** April 16, 2013, 09:09:59 AM »

Quote from: The Sceneman on April 16, 2013, 09:00:35 AM

getting a bit bored collecting all the crap in Sleeping Dogs. Why did they include that stupid safe cracking minigame on the lockboxes?

I figured I'd get bored too if I saved all the side for the end, that's the only reason why I haven't finished the story missions yet. I let myself get distracted by everything I come across.

demi · « **Reply #19458 on:** April 16, 2013, 09:19:39 AM »

Yea the collecting is mundane but the cars are hella expensive. I had to save up by cockfighting to make that cheddar.

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #19459 on:** April 16, 2013, 09:26:15 AM »

Quote from: tiesto on April 15, 2013, 11:43:40 PM

Beat Binary Domain a second time through but even though I raised a lot of trust levels to the max I didn't

spoiler (click to show/hide)
see the scene where Cain and Bo survive at the end...
[close]

Weird. I'll just look them up on Youtube. Then go and grind Charlie and Rachel's loyalties to max at the end of chapter 2, then I'm done with it.

There is different endings???

demi · « **Reply #19460 on:** April 16, 2013, 09:27:28 AM »

No, it's the same ending. Just different outcomes. Cain surviving, Big Bo surviving, etc.

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #19461 on:** April 16, 2013, 09:27:39 AM »

Ill hit it up on the tube then, guess it depends on which teams you choose or something.

Quote from: demi on April 16, 2013, 09:19:39 AM

Yea the collecting is mundane but the cars are hella expensive. I had to save up by cockfighting to make that cheddar.

demi · « **Reply #19462 on:** April 16, 2013, 09:32:05 AM »

No, it depends on the trust level. You only have a short time with Cain, so it can be difficult to max him out.

Big Barry Jazz · « **Reply #19463 on:** April 16, 2013, 11:55:32 AM »

You don't need to max his trust to get him to reappear but you do need to get everyone's trust to very high which can be a bitch to do on the higher difficulties.

Multiplayer's actually pretty fun but the number of players now is so small that I must have every regular player on my friends list now. They're almost all german for some reason.

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #19464 on:** April 16, 2013, 12:02:07 PM »

Damn, maxing out trust sounds like a chore. I'm happy I didn't know this before I played the game or I would have reloaded to make the "right" choices.

hampster · « **Reply #19465 on:** April 16, 2013, 12:02:43 PM »

I'm very impressed with Life of Pixel on the vita so far. Its a great little psmobile game. It is a platformer about a pixel going through a bunch of old systems up to the NES. Its got some challenge but nothing too intense. The best part is seeing some elements evolve. The first system in the game with smooth scrolling was amazing. Helps me appreciate what a mind blowing evolution at the time that must have been

My favorite system (in the game) is the zx spectrum. It has a cool look and some great music.

tiesto · « **Reply #19466 on:** April 16, 2013, 01:05:53 PM »

Quote from: hampster on April 16, 2013, 12:02:43 PM

I'm very impressed with Life of Pixel on the vita so far. Its a great little psmobile game. It is a platformer about a pixel going through a bunch of old systems up to the NES. Its got some challenge but nothing too intense. The best part is seeing some elements evolve. The first system in the game with smooth scrolling was amazing. Helps me appreciate what a mind blowing evolution at the time that must have been

My favorite system (in the game) is the zx spectrum. It has a cool look and some great music.

Sounds like an interesting game, I had an idea similar to that... a game where you'd go through different "generations".

magus · « **Reply #19467 on:** April 16, 2013, 02:33:04 PM »

ps3 is here so i'm finaly playing atelier rorona (i've decided to go in chronological order)

and... i'm somewhat disappointed,it's somewhat empty and slow paced,the game ask you to do a task but it takes like 5 minutes to finish it,then you have like a bunch of in-game days where there is nothing to do but of course skipping them seems just like a waste so you end up dicking around doing chores for when the next task shows up... it's also pretty bad looking,i saw an atelier totori video and it looked awesome but this looks like an early ps2 game a-la dark cloud,i'm not even sure how such a huge difference is even possible

the shop music is awesome though,i also like how your party for once suck at combat,i went into the mines without the knight guy and they kicked my ass in 3 second flats

Purple Filth · « **Reply #19468 on:** April 16, 2013, 03:40:15 PM »

Quote from: The Sceneman on April 16, 2013, 09:00:35 AM

getting a bit bored collecting all the crap in Sleeping Dogs. Why did they include that stupid safe cracking minigame on the lockboxes?

Safe cracking is easy as shit though but yea just collecting the items can be a pain.

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #19469 on:** April 16, 2013, 04:48:26 PM »

Welcome to this gen magus, where most games are more shallow.

archnemesis · « **Reply #19470 on:** April 16, 2013, 05:22:54 PM »

Atelier Rorona is a bit rough around the edges. The other PS3 Atelier games are more polished.

You might think you have plenty of spare time, but you should try to use that for exploring, gathering, and synthesizing.

magus · « **Reply #19471 on:** April 16, 2013, 05:32:17 PM »

Quote from: archnemesis on April 16, 2013, 05:22:54 PM

Atelier Rorona is a bit rough around the edges. The other PS3 Atelier games are more polished.

You might think you have plenty of spare time, but you should try to use that for exploring, gathering, and synthesizing.

the game is starting to pick more steam so i'm actualy starting to like it better,i usualy spend all my free time doing junkie quest since that raise money+alchemy experience
anyway is there any point to fill all of the single bars when doing an assignment? i just give the knight item at random and that seems enough to fill the big bar and get me 3 stars and "amazing!" comment but you never know with these sort of game...

by the way the artwork rocks,i like hagel especialy

archnemesis · « **Reply #19472 on:** April 16, 2013, 05:36:04 PM »

Yep, the character art is amazing and despite being a low budget game the image quality is really good. Too bad the performance is shoddy and the environments are a bit simple.

magus · « **Reply #19473 on:** April 16, 2013, 05:54:37 PM »

Quote from: archnemesis on April 16, 2013, 05:36:04 PM

Yep, the character art is amazing and despite being a low budget game the image quality is really good. Too bad the performance is shoddy and the environments are a bit simple.

wow the 1000 looks like a total chore,totaly not going to do it

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #19474 on:** April 16, 2013, 06:05:52 PM »

The guy who does the art for those Atelier games is literally insane:

hampster · « **Reply #19475 on:** April 16, 2013, 10:35:58 PM »

Quote from: tiesto on April 16, 2013, 01:05:53 PM

Quote from: hampster on April 16, 2013, 12:02:43 PM
I'm very impressed with Life of Pixel on the vita so far. Its a great little psmobile game. It is a platformer about a pixel going through a bunch of old systems up to the NES. Its got some challenge but nothing too intense. The best part is seeing some elements evolve. The first system in the game with smooth scrolling was amazing. Helps me appreciate what a mind blowing evolution at the time that must have been

My favorite system (in the game) is the zx spectrum. It has a cool look and some great music.

Sounds like an interesting game, I had an idea similar to that... a game where you'd go through different "generations".

Its certainly not an original idea but its very well executed here. Not that anyone cares but the BBC Micro is my favorite, I had it wrong above. Dat music

I've also been playing Haunt the House on vita/psmobile. Unless more opens up I'm ~50% done after 30 minutes. The game is $4 too, kind of overpriced. You fly around as ghost possessing objects and scaring people. It has a cute artstyle and its fun to see the people freak out

Don Flamenco · « **Reply #19476 on:** April 17, 2013, 12:20:27 AM »

Quote from: Great Rumbler on April 16, 2013, 06:05:52 PM

The guy who does the art for those Atelier games is literally insane:

nice

mjemirzian · « **Reply #19477 on:** April 17, 2013, 12:34:45 AM »

Quote from: Don Flamenco on April 17, 2013, 12:20:27 AM

Quote from: Great Rumbler on April 16, 2013, 06:05:52 PM
The guy who does the art for those Atelier games is literally insane:

nice

This is the guy who made my waifu? :'(

The Sceneman · « **Reply #19478 on:** April 17, 2013, 01:51:18 AM »

I got so bored of grinding out the last cheevs in Sleeping Dogs I just took it back to the video store as it was overdue anyway. I'll rent it again if I ever see the DLC on sale, and finish the whole thing up.

I guess its back to Hard Corps, but after a week off I'm gonna SUCK! LOL!

magus · « **Reply #19479 on:** April 17, 2013, 10:34:29 AM »

on assignment 5 and i've meet puppet girl and shounen bard,for a game supposedly aimed at perverted pedo's,shounen bard sure seems to have been put in here for the kind of people that read cheap romance novel...

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of course then they have to make puppet girl boobs bounce every single thing she does in battle and suddenly i look like a pedo again

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Himu · « **Reply #19480 on:** April 18, 2013, 12:41:29 AM »

Just about done with Mark of the Ninja so I'm concentrating my efforts on Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate 3ds. Helps because I can play at work and read while at home.

Shame Soul Hackers is out and I can't play due to time. By the time I get to it Dynasty Warriors 8/SMT4 will be out. I always make SMT priority but I can't now.

adulthood

Himu · « **Reply #19481 on:** April 18, 2013, 01:21:49 AM »

MH is everything I like about the Souls games without everything I hate about them. Definitely more my style.

chronovore · « **Reply #19482 on:** April 18, 2013, 01:38:29 AM »

Played a few rounds of Tomb Raider multiplayer. It like playing the main game with a lower frame-rate, worse lighting and effects, and horribly efficient AI in the enemies.

It's also a bit like Max Payne 3's MP, which I suppose is like some other game I haven't already played; you get Salvage (money) and XP (levels). Higher levels unlock new loadout items, and Salvage allows you to buy them. It's pretty satisfying to shotgun some level 40 chappie who was clearly confident he was going to go to town on my level 3 ass.

Bebpo · « **Reply #19483 on:** April 18, 2013, 03:47:38 AM »

Quote from: Great Rumbler on April 16, 2013, 06:05:52 PM

The guy who does the art for those Atelier games is literally insane:

People have had worse hobbies

magus · « **Reply #19484 on:** April 18, 2013, 10:45:06 AM »

i've gotten to assignment 8 (which i guess it means i'm 2/3 done) in rorona and i'm really disappointed,when i talk about the original three atelier iris game on ps2 i always tell people to skip the first one,but why? that's because it just feel's noobishly made,you can only hold 9 items per kind (for no other apparent reason that they didn't bother to make a two digit counter) there is no skill system behind it,the alchemy system is just mashing random junk you find together... and this game while not as bad as it kinda feels the same,like this game should be the follow up to the first atelier iris instead of the follow up to mana khemia 2,mana khemia 2 had a pretty cool battle system where you used 5 party member and tagged them out and in battles and it was good,and you learned new skills by doing alchemy shit and everybody had like a bajillion of skills! why is this game so basic by comparison? since this game has less rpg element i'd expect it at least that the alchemy system would be more complex and/or involved but the quality and trait of items rarely comes into play so there's no reason to bother,somehow it doesn't surprise me at all this one didn't get a vita port... i can't help but hope it will end as soon as possible just so that i can jump to (hopefull better) totori

i've also got zen pinball 2,the original table are decent but the other one are awfull,i expected the street fighter 2 to be amazing just because of street fighter 2 music but all they have is a bad rock remix of ken theme

cool breeze · « **Reply #19485 on:** April 18, 2013, 01:45:18 PM »

Quote from: Eschaton on April 18, 2013, 10:33:19 AM

I like Mark of the Ninja, but i just cant get myself to play it. I just want a 3d stealth ninja game that isnt as shitty as tenchu. why is this so hard to do

Have you tried Tenchu 4 for Wii or PSP? subtitle is deadly something, I think. I'm slowly going through Mark of Ninja and it's so much like Tenchu 4 in 2D. Should probably mention that Tenchu 4 is unlike past Tenchu games, and some people didn't like that.

magus · « **Reply #19486 on:** April 18, 2013, 08:36:28 PM »

i've made a huge,huge,HUGE mistake... i decided to take a peek at atelier ayesha,it was more or less like opening pandora's vase,this game

- looks freaking amazing
- has incredible music
- all of the stupid annoyance from rorona are gone
- random rewards everywhere
- alchemy system that makes sense and were dicking around is rewarded instead of shunned
- did i already say how fucking good it looks?

like i expected it to be better,but it's not just "better" the jump is fucking huge,this is like going from FF2 to FF7,i can't stop playing,i forgot the last time i had so much fun playing an rpg

Quote

IGN 6.2

:rudy

demi · « **Reply #19487 on:** April 18, 2013, 08:38:54 PM »

Sounds like rose tinted glasses to me. It's doesn't look that good.

Rufus · « **Reply #19488 on:** April 19, 2013, 10:58:47 AM »

That music is already getting on my nerves.

brob · « **Reply #19489 on:** April 19, 2013, 11:11:59 AM »

why do those games even have fighting?

make it all alchemy and uguu cutscenes, that's why people buy them shits, right?

Don Flamenco · « **Reply #19490 on:** April 19, 2013, 11:18:41 AM »

i watched some hyperdimension neptunia gameplay and the animations were like a minute long with multiple hits doing a meaningless 79087329087540978 damage while the character shouted all this annoying anime shit.

its a shame, the game sounded like it had potential to be a really funny game industry parody. i'm sure the jokes are in there, but the main attraction is clearly not that.

magus · « **Reply #19491 on:** April 19, 2013, 12:00:37 PM »

neptunia is in my "to do" list after i'm done with the atelier's game,i'll tell you guy how much it sucks by then

Quote from: demi on April 18, 2013, 08:38:54 PM

Sounds like rose tinted glasses to me. It's doesn't look that good.

Quote from: Rufus on April 19, 2013, 10:58:47 AM

That music is already getting on my nerves.

Quote from: Brobzoid on April 19, 2013, 11:11:59 AM

why do those games even have fighting?

make it all alchemy and uguu cutscenes, that's why people buy them shits, right?

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #19492 on:** April 19, 2013, 12:06:53 PM »

The first Neptunia is unplayable bad. The second Neptunia is just regular bad. Dunno about the 3rd one, maybe it's improved to mediocre.

Positive Touch · « **Reply #19493 on:** April 19, 2013, 04:07:01 PM »

magoose cant handle his little lolis getting beat up

magus · « **Reply #19494 on:** April 19, 2013, 04:40:51 PM »

i've been playing this all day like a madman and it's going all right into my weeaboo tights,the characters,the locale,the details scattered all around the game (i friggin love the posters) the way the game keeps throwing stuff to do at you,this is how an rpg should be done... i know this will sound like horrible hyperbole but even if all other ps3 game i'm going to play turned out to be crap,this will have made getting a ps3 worthwhile

how come i have to hear how "jrpg are too linear" but when one that gives the player some freedom finaly comes i have to hear "no,we don't like this one,too much loli!"

BAH!

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B
A
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demi · « **Reply #19495 on:** April 19, 2013, 04:41:53 PM »

Maybe they should make one without loli then. What's too much to ask?

Trent Dole · « **Reply #19496 on:** April 19, 2013, 04:50:58 PM »

Quote from: demi on April 19, 2013, 04:41:53 PM

Maybe they should make one without loli then. What's too much to ask?

Asking for no lolis in a jrpg these days is probably asking too much sadly, yeah.

magus · « **Reply #19497 on:** April 19, 2013, 04:56:49 PM »

Quote from: demi on April 19, 2013, 04:41:53 PM

Maybe they should make one without loli then. What's too much to ask?

the next one has a dude in it

http://www.rpgamer.com/games/atelier/aeschalogy/art/aeschalogy3.jpg

but no i can already see it "a dude? what are we? cigarillo's?"

spoiler (click to show/hide)

there is a loli too

http://www.rpgamer.com/games/atelier/aeschalogy/art/aeschalogy2.jpg

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brob · « **Reply #19498 on:** April 19, 2013, 05:14:45 PM »

Started playing Dark Souls again what with Dark Souls 2 being so hot n exciting these days. And there are quite a few more parts of that game I dislike than I remember. Or maybe I didn't dislike them the first time around, but I certainly do now. Seath's fortress and New Londo seem like such chores. No fun enemies, no fun locales, dreadful bosses - though I suspect Four Kings will be easy due to my gear. At this point I'm just going through the motions until I get to the Kiln and Gwyn, who I remember as being fun with the caveat that you don't parry. I think I should go buy a new game. Maybe Tomb Raider is cheap these days.

Or I can just play some more Peggle...

demi · « **Reply #19499 on:** April 19, 2013, 09:59:35 PM »

Finished Dragon's Dogma... decided to go back to EO4 for a bit until I figure out what to play next. Suppose I could play Witcher that I installed the other day.

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