What are you playing?

[Madrun Badrun]

Uncharted 2 is damn good.

[Hock]

Playing Shinobi for the PS2. That whole animation that starts when you kill all the guys in a row hasn't gotten old yet and probably never will.

[Don Flamenco]

Playing Shinobi for the PS2. That whole animation that starts when you kill all the guys in a row hasn't gotten old yet and probably never will.

the camera always pointed in some weird direction whenever I did that...

[Purple Filth]

Playing Shinobi for the PS2. That whole animation that starts when you kill all the guys in a row hasn't gotten old yet and probably never will.

really need to get back a copy of this game

[Madrun Badrun]

Just finished Uncharted 2 in one sitting.  Very very good game.  One of the best this gen.  Basically felt like I was playing an Indiana Jones movie for the entire thing.  AI was worse than the first one though.

[Himu]

my goty that year.

[demi]

I thought Donkey Kong Returns was supposed to be really hard? I am on World 5, and still have 99 lives. This game is casual as fuck. Did they dumb it down for 3DS? Was it jus the shitty waggle controls that made it hard?

Which mode did you choose when you started the game?  The default choice is a dumbed down version of the original.

Classic, with 2 hearts.

[mjemirzian]

It's mirror mode that's considered hard by platform gamers. No items, no diddy, no checkpoints, and you die in 1 hit. Then there's the expert time trials. That's where you'll find your challenge.

[demi]

That's not really difficult. Just needless masochism. Guess this was just another case of wussy casuals.

I still prefer the original Trilogy.

[mjemirzian]

Forms or amounts of difficulty you don't like aren't "really difficult". Got it.

[demi]

Just saying there is a clear difference between DKCR and Meat Boy.

[magus]

Just saying there is a clear difference between DKCR and Meat Boy.

one is a really good game and the other is just overrated?

[demi]

Depends who you're talking to. I think they're both overrated

[demi]

I decided to play FFV for that fiesta thing.

Someone tell RK to learn to code, or outsource it, his bot is junk and his website is horribly optimized.

[Don Flamenco]

I remembered there's an iOS version and decided to check it out...$16?! 

 


no wonder they're focusing on mobile if they're getting away with that.

[demi]

I thought about buying iOS version, but apparently they fixed some stuff that people use to exploit these runs. Maybe when it drops in price next year.

Using my GBA SP 101 for dat backlit goodness.

[magus]

i'm surprised oscar like yakuza so much cause if i have to deal with some other orphan related bullshit i'll start screaming,i kinda pegged him as the sort of guy who would snap at this sort of shit no matter what

they should give me the ability to use one of the kid as bait to fish a shark and then let me use the shark to beat up bad guys,that would make the game 200% better
 

[Himu]

Um. Don't buy ffv iOS.

[demi]

Suck my clitdick, I'll buy what I want.

[Himu]

Mm9 being hard gamers

[magus]

i'm surprised oscar like yakuza so much cause if i have to deal with some other orphan related bullshit i'll start screaming,i kinda pegged him as the sort of guy who would snap at this sort of shit no matter what

they should give me the ability to use one of the kid as bait to fish a shark and then let me use the shark to beat up bad guys,that would make the game 200% better

I'm a father who teaches children as young as 3 for a living.  I'm actually quite a gentle fellow in real life.

i didn't meant in that way,i meant in a "when do i get to punch bad guys in the face?" way as you are the sort of guys who complain about tales for having too many animu cutscene... i mean it's not made from the same cut of cloth but it's still wasting your time at not getting into the good part of the games like the actual plot moving around or punching people in the face

[Don Flamenco]

Um. Don't buy ffv iOS.

i didn't.   but i did jailbreak my ipod just to check it out and it looks like some flash game.  The frame rate isn't all that smooth.  ios is so ass, I can't even think of things to pirate.

[demi]

And coming from a Vita owner, too.

[Madrun Badrun]

Put in uncharted 3.  DLC does not work again, those fucking cocksuckers.  Game also has an hour long 263MB update.  Also my PS3 froze.  Will not be getting a PS4.  PC gaming

[magus]

i just remembered season 3 of sam & max was a thing,i don't think i've ever heard anybody talk about it,was it that bad? was the fact that didn't get a wii release meant the only people that were desperate enough to play tell tale games couldn't play it? what gives? the previous games had their moments like this



they need a modern remake

PS4 as the phone
Xbone as the arcade cabinet
Wii U as the pong machine
and uh... i guess the ouya as the last one?

[Madrun Badrun]

Seriously 1/11 of my play time will be a fucking 263MB download.  Does it think I have a 56k modem?

[Rufus]

Last I heard something about the network stuff in the firmware is critically garbage. So in essence, yes, kinda.

[chronovore]

I thought about buying iOS version, but apparently they fixed some stuff that people use to exploit these runs. Maybe when it drops in price next year.

Using my GBA SP 101 for dat backlit goodness.

What's the "101" part? My GBA SP isn't all that hot, as screens go.

[chronovore]

And of course I need a 30min system update to play a three year old game.  The PS3 is a mess.

Seriously 118MB update is a half hour download.  WTF

Whats odd is I hated PC game for the longest time because of these issues.  I hated the installing, pin codes, updates etc. Console  gaming was great because all that had to be done was put the game into the system.  Now its pc gaming that feels simple, and when it doesn't I'm consoled by the fact that I didn't pay more than 20$ for the game.  Unless there ends up being a megaton console exclusive game I'm thinking I'm sitting next gen out.

[magus]

i'm surprised oscar like yakuza so much cause if i have to deal with some other orphan related bullshit i'll start screaming,i kinda pegged him as the sort of guy who would snap at this sort of shit no matter what

they should give me the ability to use one of the kid as bait to fish a shark and then let me use the shark to beat up bad guys,that would make the game 200% better

I'm a father who teaches children as young as 3 for a living.  I'm actually quite a gentle fellow in real life.

i didn't meant in that way,i meant in a "when do i get to punch bad guys in the face?" way as you are the sort of guys who complain about tales for having too many animu cutscene... i mean it's not made from the same cut of cloth but it's still wasting your time at not getting into the good part of the games like the actual plot moving around or punching people in the face

Oh, I just hate anime.  Those kids in Yakuza 3 are actually behaving pretty close to normal kids, and I feel that "slice of normal life" part of Y3 is useful both to give Kiryu a bit of decompression after the craziness of Y2 and to really set the stakes for what follows, so I don't mind it at all.

i see,i kinda pictured you as a guy who would "fuck this shit" if a game involved too many cutscene ,in fact i really hope the game improves after leaving okinawa because right now i'm searching for a dog and i'm sick of this stupid pointless filler

i'm also really annoyed that they decided to remove the mahjong minigame,i think at a certain point i started playing that more than the actual game,they didn't even have to translate anything and they didn't have any problem into having it in the previous game so there is no fucking excuse
EDIT: so it's back in yakuza 4? goddamit!

[Himu]

Yakuza games have always been cut scene heavy Magus.

I'm surprised Oscar likes a "slice of life" section of a game myself tho. That's totally up my alley.

[demi]

I thought about buying iOS version, but apparently they fixed some stuff that people use to exploit these runs. Maybe when it drops in price next year.

Using my GBA SP 101 for dat backlit goodness.

What's the "101" part? My GBA SP isn't all that hot, as screens go.

[The Sceneman]

Started Resonance of Fate. Seems pretty awesome (just finished the prologue) but:



I heard the battle system was weird, but FUCKING HELL. I thought I was clever and had JRPG chops, but this shit is so tech and unusual. I'll look for a beginners tips guide on Gamefaqs or something

[demi]

Its actually pretty simple and exploitable, but yes it can be confusing immediately.

The basic idea is - form a triangle, and do a super attack.

[The Sceneman]

Yeah I completed all the tutorials at the arena, but still didnt really know what I was doing lol. I just a run-down of tri-attacks in an FAQ, I think I understand whats going on a bit better now.

I like it how they made it so you can progress the story when you want, so theres no chance of missing any side quests

[demi]

Have fun with the arena

[The Sceneman]

 I will be going for 1000, so ruh roh

Do I need to keep a checklist for the side quests, or is the game pretty good at telling you if you havent done any?

[magus]

I will be going for 1000, so ruh roh

Do I need to keep a checklist for the side quests, or is the game pretty good at telling you if you havent done any?

just check the sidequest board and you get them all

[The Sceneman]

thank you based Tri-Ace

[Madrun Badrun]

And of course I need a 30min system update to play a three year old game.  The PS3 is a mess.

Seriously 118MB update is a half hour download.  WTF

Whats odd is I hated PC game for the longest time because of these issues.  I hated the installing, pin codes, updates etc. Console  gaming was great because all that had to be done was put the game into the system.  Now its pc gaming that feels simple, and when it doesn't I'm consoled by the fact that I didn't pay more than 20$ for the game.  Unless there ends up being a megaton console exclusive game I'm thinking I'm sitting next gen out.

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Fuck this gay real world

[Bebpo]

Decided to finally plug in Rocksmith and see if I can upgrade my weak ass guitar skills.  HOLY SHIT THIS IS HARD.  Somehow watching the notes on the screen makes it like 1,000 harder to just play simple notes.  There is a learning curve I assume.  Will stick with it and go on tour next year.

[tiesto]

Beat both Shiva and Vishnu, 2 of the optional bosses, in Digital Devil Saga 2. Also tried fighting Seth, another optional boss, and died. Think I'm just gonna go for it tomorrow evening and beat the game.

[chronovore]

I thought about buying iOS version, but apparently they fixed some stuff that people use to exploit these runs. Maybe when it drops in price next year.

Using my GBA SP 101 for dat backlit goodness.

What's the "101" part? My GBA SP isn't all that hot, as screens go.

101 is the backlit version, as opposed to the front-lit 100.  It was never sold in Japan, unfortunately.

Just checked; I've got the AGS-001, the grey, low contrast screen. Mebbe I'll get the GB Micro from Nipponbashi.

[Don Flamenco]

Contra Shattered Soldier on PSN last week and Lament Of Innocence this week   

[Himu]

Contra Shattered Solider my fave contra

[archnemesis]

Decided to finally plug in Rocksmith and see if I can upgrade my weak ass guitar skills.  HOLY SHIT THIS IS HARD.  Somehow watching the notes on the screen makes it like 1,000 harder to just play simple notes.  There is a learning curve I assume.  Will stick with it and go on tour next year.

I only played it for 30 minutes, but I found it to be a bit too simple. The nice thing with it is that it adapts after your skills and changes the difficulty accordingly. I think I'm going to get the 2014 edition for PS4 or PC later this year.

[Bebpo]

It's too simple early on as it's all just single notes and I'm wondering how many hours I need to play to get to chords.  BUT I'm terrible at knowing what fret my hands are on when watching the screen.  When I normally play guitar I don't need to look at the frets and just have a feeling for at like the first 5 frets or so, but even just doing the 2/5/2/5's in the first song kept having my fingers being in the wrong place.  Then again I'm playing on my electric which I never play (I use a classical acoustic guitar), so I probably just need to get used to the positioning.

[Bebpo]

Ok, got to the chords part in Rocksmith...this is pretty awesome!  For my level of guitar, this is just perfect.  Learning some new chords and how to play Nirvana & Radiohead songs woooooooooo


 

[Shaka Khan]

Status update:

- Halfway through Dawn of Sorrow-- shits all over OoE. In other words, even though IGA wasn't solely responsible for SotN, he's capable of designing something that's not as brain dead and uninspired as OoE. Nothing mind blowing, but at least decent. On the other hand, as Oscar said, touch screen parts of boss fights suck balls and it's way more grindey than OoE.

- Halfway through The Last of US: Great game, worth $60, nothing mind blowing here from a technical perspective. Very cinematic and story driven, but done right. Has a bunch of problem, but nothing game-breaking. Bleak, intense, not "fun." 8/10 for gameplay, 9/10 for the narrative and characters (compared to other games, obviously). Solid all around.

Next:

- Going to finish Ni No Kuni after TLoU.

- HOLY SHIT I thought I didn't bring DQVI and IX but it turns out I *did*. I'm going to tackle IX after Dawn and hopefully I'll be done with it before I get SMTIV.

[The Sceneman]

Also known as the Metal Gear Solid point

[Rufus]

I think I'm near the end of Ghost Trick. Neat little game and I've gotten much better at seeing what I'm supposed to do. Turns out it's all a lot more linear than previously assumed. Every level is basically one giant Rube Goldberg machine, where you (a Poltergeist) form the connections as it's running.

Continuing to make progress into Icewind Dale. I'm now one dungeon past where I stopped playing ages upon ages ago. Starting to regret my decision to go with a very basic four-man party (Fighter, Cleric, Thief, Mage), because I have to save scum my way through a lot of fights to get anywhere, but pulling it off with only 4 people (as opposed to rolling through it with six multiclassed killng machines) has its own appeal. I still hate D&D though, and I know Icewind Dale 2 is even worse in that regard.

[magus]

Pinball Arcade

got the milwaukee jackpot in the harley davidson table! got the double slide in elvira,i've basicaly wizarded most of the tables not in the william collection and have 60% of the trophies

Atelier Meruru



wow i think this is the first time i've fought something that can be called a "boss" in an atelier game,guy even get his own minions! not much else to say since once again there isn't much plot or stuff happening other than more zone opening up (the fact that i don't have to wait around like an idiot like in totori is a huge plus though) i've got to rank 6 and i'm on year 3 and that's about it... frankly i'm amused this game isn't more popular with the persona crowd,while they might be thematicaly opposed they still feature some common element when it comes to time management and social elements and where most of persona s.link are of DRAMAAAAAAAA nature most of the atelier event are of humorous nature instead

Ys Origin

started this,the control are so fluid that it feels really good,i got to the first boss,got killed and quitted,there is a bit where you have to climb on his head but it's kinda hard to do so because your character is 2D but the monster is in 3D and it's hard to keep the perspective

[Himu]

Status update:

- Halfway through Dawn of Sorrow-- shits all over OoE. In other words, even though IGA wasn't solely responsible for SotN, he's capable of designing something that's not as brain dead and uninspired as OoE. Nothing mind blowing, but at least decent. On the other hand, as Oscar said, touch screen parts of boss fights suck balls and it's way more grindey than OoE.

- Halfway through The Last of US: Great game, worth $60, nothing mind blowing here from a technical perspective. Very cinematic and story driven, but done right. Has a bunch of problem, but nothing game-breaking. Bleak, intense, not "fun." 8/10 for gameplay, 9/10 for the narrative and characters (compared to other games, obviously). Solid all around.

Next:

- Going to finish Ni No Kuni after TLoU.

- HOLY SHIT I thought I didn't bring DQVI and IX but it turns out I *did*. I'm going to tackle IX after Dawn and hopefully I'll be done with it before I get SMTIV.

lol

[Don Flamenco]

Still trying to punch through Ryu ga Gotoku 5.  This game is a draaaaaaaaaaaaaaag.  It's officially reached the point where you spend more time setting the controller down and watching than you do playing.

How is Yakuza 4?  Got that on my shelf.  I've only played parts of the others...

[ferrarimanf355]

Getting into Super Stardust Delta for the PS Vita while waiting for new Pinball Arcade releases...

[Don Flamenco]

Beat the first part of Nier tonight.  The game is a lot of fun, but I am waiting for the story to go wacky off the rails.

Liked the Zelda and Resident Evil references...those both came out of nowhere   

[magus]

the story of niers never go wacky off the rails... there is just lot of people dying for the sake of dramaaaaaaaaaa and then a very stupid plot twist which add even more dramaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[Mr. Gundam]

Still trying to punch through Ryu ga Gotoku 5.  This game is a draaaaaaaaaaaaaaag.  It's officially reached the point where you spend more time setting the controller down and watching than you do playing.

The cutscenes are ridiculously long. Definitely can't sit down and play for 15-20 minutes like past titles.

[Purple Filth]

The last game I played was Marvel Heroes and honestly its doesn't seem so bad (price horseshit not withstanding)

[magus]

Pinball Arcade

in an unforeseen twist,i've got all in a single game of ripley believe it or not

- trip to atlantis
- frog multiball
- infinite million shot (twice actualy)
- a score of 292 millions

that felt really really really good but alas i think with this i have run out of pinball mojo,the magic sauce that keeps your ball afloat,noneless the quest for the 100% continues