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mjemirzian

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Re: What are you playing?
« Reply #21660 on: November 07, 2013, 03:25:03 AM »
I triggered the overflow for the first time in training mode just now. Excite!
Didn't they patch that on at least one of the console game modes?

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« Reply #21661 on: November 07, 2013, 04:12:17 AM »
There's an option to turn it on and off in arcade mode (the bug doesn't exist in version 1.5 or 360 mode), but I think it's always on if you play Score Attack. I'm glad the option is there, but it sucks that I'll have to play offline if I want to try to trigger the overflow on a real credit. That's probably why the Expert leaderboards are barren, as well.
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« Reply #21662 on: November 08, 2013, 10:23:27 PM »
Holy shit. PS Plus is fucking awesome.

All I bought in the past month was Resident Evil 4 and One Piece Pirate Warriors 2 and they send me ten bucks to my e wallet for taking part. In which I see Guacamelee is 10 bucks so I decide to spent the money on that, but wait! The PS plus price for Guacamelee takes two bucks off its final price so it actually costs 8 bucks, and I spend the rest on One Piece Pirate Warriors 2 alt costumes.

And all I did was just buy a game during a sale.

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« Reply #21663 on: November 08, 2013, 11:53:14 PM »
Guacamelee is the real deal.  :leon :whoo
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« Reply #21664 on: November 09, 2013, 12:37:49 AM »
Guacamelee is the real deal.  :leon :whoo

I need to continue that game one of these days

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« Reply #21665 on: November 09, 2013, 12:53:50 PM »
Gonna start Tales of Graces F in a few.
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« Reply #21666 on: November 09, 2013, 07:58:45 PM »
The Bureau is pretty sweet. It's basically Mass Effect XCOM - same exact gameplay.
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« Reply #21667 on: November 09, 2013, 08:38:34 PM »
this mario luigi 3ds rpg is fun but no way i can see it sustaining my interest for 40+ hours

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« Reply #21668 on: November 10, 2013, 10:57:05 AM »
you know what game is still dope as fuck?

Red Faction
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« Reply #21669 on: November 10, 2013, 03:37:10 PM »
I want to finally check out the King's Bounty series. I have Warriors of the North and Armored Princess on Steam. Which is better?
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« Reply #21670 on: November 10, 2013, 07:04:27 PM »
Got Gunner and Ranger classes to the current cap of 65 in PSO2, guess now I'll get Hunter up more from 49 since that's a good sub for either of them. More def would be nice since I play as a Newearl and they are on the frail side.
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« Reply #21671 on: November 10, 2013, 07:59:05 PM »
I want to finally check out the King's Bounty series. I have Warriors of the North and Armored Princess on Steam. Which is better?
I liked Armored Princess well enough. I have no idea about Warriors of the North though. That said, I don't know how easy AP is to get into without having played the main game first. Mostly on account of barely rememberng anything about it. I think you get a fairly powerful dragon companion you can use to tip the scales a bit.

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« Reply #21672 on: November 10, 2013, 10:37:48 PM »
Decided to go with AP. Played for a couple of hours and it seems pretty cool, but man, that dragon is pretty OP. To the point where my regular units barely feel like they matter.
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« Reply #21673 on: November 11, 2013, 01:11:09 AM »
Graces F is awesome but a little too linear, and all the subsystems in the game are to the point of ridiculously excessive. Like I'm playing a NIS game or something. Vesperia is still #1 in the series.
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« Reply #21674 on: November 11, 2013, 11:20:45 PM »
I played Xbone at the MS store in Huntington Mall (didn't know MS had whole stores). Watched some of Forza (not much for racing sims) and wasn't all that impressed. Lots of jaggies and graphically didn't look like that big a leap over what we have now. Also got to play Killer Instinct, it feels pretty stiff compared to its contemporaries, and the graphics looked kinda... ugly? Played against someone who teabagged me when I lost... :piss typical Xbot fanbase :piss2

Also got to play Mario 3D World on WiiU since they had that Pottery Barn promotion going on at the mall. Was pretty fun but I only played the first stage and then the WiiU gamepad's battery died (go figure :P). Looking forward to the full release.
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« Reply #21675 on: November 12, 2013, 10:53:47 PM »
I've been playing Metro: Last Light... it's definitely a bit consolized compared to 2033 (which was already a lot simpler then STALKER) but I think it's probably found a better balance. Combat feels much better and the gamepad controls are certainly improved.
The game is gorgeous of course and doesn't run too badly on my rig. Playing this on the couch and I get that next-gen feeling right now. PC gaming can be great like that.

The pacing of level variety has been pretty pleasing and I'm really digging it so far. Playing stealthy is stupid easy but it's still pretty fun. The spiders are legit gross.

It's great to play a quality linear FPS with some immersive slow sections like this one... I wouldn't say it quite reaches that Half-Life vibe but it's closer then just about anything else nowadays.

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« Reply #21676 on: November 12, 2013, 11:43:04 PM »


Cracked one trillion in training mode. :jawalrus

There's still one more adjustment I can make that might get me WR-level scores (1.2+ trillion), but it's really fucking hard to time properly. Either that or I haven't practiced it enough. Probably both.
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« Reply #21677 on: November 13, 2013, 04:49:55 AM »
The Bureau is pretty sweet. It's basically Mass Effect XCOM - same exact gameplay.
The way it was treated pissed me off. I guess two quality XCOM titles couldn't fucking exist.

I'm gonna rerent The Bureau again one of these days. I regret not beating it.
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« Reply #21678 on: November 13, 2013, 09:58:34 AM »
The Bureau is pretty sweet. It's basically Mass Effect XCOM - same exact gameplay.
The way it was treated pissed me off. I guess two quality XCOM titles couldn't fucking exist.

They announced the XCOM FPS waaaay ahead of the XCOM strategy game, for no apparent reason since both were well into development at that point [and, also for no reason, 2K's president even went out of his way to trash strategy games]. Then the FPS fell into development hell for, like, three years. If you want to blame someone blame 2K for making some incredibly stupid, nonsensical decisions.
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« Reply #21679 on: November 13, 2013, 10:18:26 AM »
The Bureau is pretty sweet. It's basically Mass Effect XCOM - same exact gameplay.
The way it was treated pissed me off. I guess two quality XCOM titles couldn't fucking exist.

They announced the XCOM FPS waaaay ahead of the XCOM strategy game, for no apparent reason since both were well into development at that point [and, also for no reason, 2K's president even went out of his way to trash strategy games]. Then the FPS fell into development hell for, like, three years. If you want to blame someone blame 2K for making some incredibly stupid, nonsensical decisions.

it was?

i thought the strategy came after the FPS ended up in development hell.

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« Reply #21680 on: November 13, 2013, 12:52:56 PM »
The Bureau is pretty sweet. It's basically Mass Effect XCOM - same exact gameplay.
The way it was treated pissed me off. I guess two quality XCOM titles couldn't fucking exist.

They announced the XCOM FPS waaaay ahead of the XCOM strategy game, for no apparent reason since both were well into development at that point [and, also for no reason, 2K's president even went out of his way to trash strategy games]. Then the FPS fell into development hell for, like, three years. If you want to blame someone blame 2K for making some incredibly stupid, nonsensical decisions.

it was?

i thought the strategy came after the FPS ended up in development hell.

Enemy Unknown started development as far back as early 2008, The Bureau wasn't officially announced until April 2010.
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« Reply #21681 on: November 13, 2013, 04:12:07 PM »
The Bureau is pretty sweet. It's basically Mass Effect XCOM - same exact gameplay.
The way it was treated pissed me off. I guess two quality XCOM titles couldn't fucking exist.

They announced the XCOM FPS waaaay ahead of the XCOM strategy game, for no apparent reason since both were well into development at that point [and, also for no reason, 2K's president even went out of his way to trash strategy games]. Then the FPS fell into development hell for, like, three years. If you want to blame someone blame 2K for making some incredibly stupid, nonsensical decisions.

it was?

i thought the strategy came after the FPS ended up in development hell.

Enemy Unknown started development as far back as early 2008, The Bureau wasn't officially announced until April 2010.


whoa

Any links to the Enemy Unknown stuff?

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« Reply #21682 on: November 13, 2013, 04:52:32 PM »
It's all kind of scattered around in different interviews, but Julian Gollop of Fireaxas mentions in this March 2012 interview that the game had been in development for "three-and-a-half, four years" up to that point:

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-03-06-firaxis-xcom-is-a-very-very-big-budget-game
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mjemirzian

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« Reply #21683 on: November 13, 2013, 05:04:13 PM »
Enemy Within is out and I haven't even got around to playing it. I'm a terrible person. :'(

There's still one more adjustment I can make that might get me WR-level scores (1.2+ trillion), but it's really fucking hard to time properly. Either that or I haven't practiced it enough. Probably both.
You have to move to Japan and train under the WR holders.

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« Reply #21684 on: November 13, 2013, 08:18:10 PM »
GameFly sent Ratchet Pussy: Into the Nexus
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« Reply #21685 on: November 14, 2013, 08:05:04 AM »
Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption
First of all, I don't know why I did this to myself, especially since I had already played it years ago. I couldn't help myself when it popped up on GOG for 50% off or something (before the Insomnia Insanity crap they're running now) so I started it up and got lulled in. I just like the way this games moves for some reason. And you go from medieval times to modern times in the otherwise completely shit story, so I'm on the hook automatically.
As for the game... It's crap. Utter shite. It's decent so long as you are alone, which is just during two brief instances in the game. At all other times you're saddled with incredibly stupid AI companions. They will gets stuck on corners constantly, stay in your way, block each other from attacking enemies, spend all of their ammunition shooting into a wall (you HAVE to turn on the "freeammo" cheat if you want them to use ranged weapons, otherwise they're a complete waste of time) and crucially, immediately blow all of their blood/mana on their strongest and most expensive Disciplines/Magic even if you turn it off in the options (they'll just do it less).

The dungeons are boring and filled with repetitive fights that later on just get frustrating if you haven't built your character to one-shot or incapacitate the enemies. It got to the point where I had to cheat to pass certain fights.

"Highlights":
- The Treme Haven. Filled with vampire mages. A lot of people stop playing at this point. The Tremere lords will freeze you, set you on fire, zap you with lightning and summon one of the most annoying enemy creatures. Small monkey-like abominations that take too many hits and block your movement. Ironically these are exactly the same tactics you will need to adopt to finish the game. I think this is where you find the book that teaches freezing magic. Do not leave without it.
- The dungeon where you have to run from shadow to shadow because you're out by day even though the sun kills vampires. Remember, the AI pathing is utter shite. Your companions WILL fry themselves. You could theoretically use the pause feature they patched in later, but you'd also have to open the console and turn off AI entirely to make it useful. Just run through and hope for the best.
- The last boss before the transition to modern times. If you're unlucky (you will be), he will do his strongest attack twice in a row, which will likely kill any of your characters. Forget revive scrolls, they resurrect you with pitiful amounts of HP and no blood. And right next to the thing. The only non-tedious solution is to use freezing magic and/or hope to kill it ASAP. Don't have freezing magic? Fuck you, have fun re-loading.
- The Tower of London. Filled with giant spiders and wraiths. The wraiths are a big problem. They hit hard and take a lot of hits. Say, do you have freezing magic yet? To top it off, as you exit the tower you'll be ambushed by a werewolf out of nowhere. You should really have freezing magic by this point. OR that one weapon from an earlier dungeon which does more damage to werewolves and only exists for this one, singular, random encounter with a werewolf.
- The infamous Giovanni Warehouse, mafia vampires essentially. Every fucking enemy there can and will spew a poison cloud and summon wraiths. Poison cloud makes you go berserk within seconds, which means loss of control for that character and any party member they decide to sink their teeth in. Wraiths are just hard to kill. And to top it off, a lot of them have rocket launchers as well. Have fun relying on autosaves for this one. This is where I gave myself a bunch of XP using the console to spec into fire magic and long distance blood-sucking. Fuck this dungeon.
- The last boss. If you got to this point without freezing magic, you're either insane or autistic. You're not finishing the game without cheating. He will rip you to shreds and even if he doesn't he'll just steal all of your blood so in the long run you're fucked anyway. Possible alternative strategy: Bring a rocketlauncher, fill your inventory with rockets and pray. Or do the sensible thing and chain-freeze him while the others attack without pause.

And to think that when it came out you coudln't save anywhere. :psyduck Only autosaves on area transition and hard saves in your "Haven", which you can at least open a portal to if you have the scroll or learned the appropriate magic. Ranged combat, outside of magic, is just broken due to the dumb AI and ammo mechanic. Thankfully they let you buy swords and maces even in modern times. And chainsaws, which for some reason DON'T need fuel. Small mercies, I suppose. Melee will just fuck you down the line if you rely on it too much. So - be a vampire mage AND pick the right spells or get fucked, basically.

And now, on to Marlow Briggs. :jawalrus

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« Reply #21686 on: November 14, 2013, 08:56:07 AM »
You played the wrong Vampire: The Masquerade game.
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« Reply #21687 on: November 14, 2013, 09:17:34 AM »
I've played Bloodlines three times already. :smug

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« Reply #21688 on: November 14, 2013, 09:22:20 AM »
I've played Bloodlines three times already. :smug

Then I guess you'd better hurry up and play it again. :smug
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« Reply #21689 on: November 14, 2013, 09:27:04 AM »
I have thought about playing as a Nosferatu because it's bound to be very different. :larry
Which reminds me, isn't there a mod-project that aims to port it to a newer version of Source? It'll probably never come out, but...
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« Reply #21690 on: November 14, 2013, 08:25:59 PM »
Game Dev Tycoon

Initially, it comes across as an unabashed ripoff of Game Dev Story, but playing it a little bit quickly reveals that it's got a lot more depth and allows much more player flexibility than Kairosoft's hit sim. You actually have to research various game development components [save games, multiplayer, open-world, cutscenes, achievements, stereo sound], divvy up development time between the different aspects of the game [sound vs. graphics, story vs. gameplay], and the difficulty is much higher [I flamed out early on with my first game company and even though my current company is doing well it feels like a few bad decisions could seriously damage what I've built up]. I really like it.
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« Reply #21691 on: November 15, 2013, 12:41:26 PM »
Played Wordament on the xbox.com site today, the Achievements were still not popping for me. I decided to obsess over it, so I looked into a solution, and it turns out you have to make certain your PC's timezone is the same as your XBL account's country -- or maybe it just needs to be a USA timezone. Anyway, I knocked out all the Achievements in a single sitting, which was fun.

I am finally beginning to suck a little less at poker, thanks to WSOP: Full House Pro. I definitely should never play poker when I've had a couple, though. Man, the desire to see what the other guy has, no matter what a crap hand I've turned out to have... it's cost me a bit. I've got 19/30 Achievements now, but I don't know if I'll be able to compete in Ranked Tournaments.

And a bunch of GTA Online.

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« Reply #21692 on: November 15, 2013, 02:48:54 PM »
Playing some Pinball Arcade on PC still. I got the standard goals completed in No Good Gofers, but the achievement didn't unlock and it's bugging me.
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« Reply #21693 on: November 15, 2013, 04:29:21 PM »
Just started playing Contrast. So far I really like it. Kind of surprised at the mediocre reviews it has been getting.

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« Reply #21694 on: November 15, 2013, 05:49:44 PM »
Just started playing Contrast. So far I really like it. Kind of surprised at the mediocre reviews it has been getting.

I almost bought that today, but didn't because of the reviews. Let me know how it is.
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« Reply #21695 on: November 15, 2013, 05:50:28 PM »
Got Ratchet Pussy and Gravity Rush in the mail today. Wooooo games
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« Reply #21696 on: November 16, 2013, 12:47:41 AM »
Dipped my toes in Marlow Briggs. It's great how quickly this gets started. The camera is a bit too spazzy in some scenes, but the explosions make up for it. I like the quipping mask, too.

Dug up my VtM: Bloodlines disc after all because I couldn't stop thinking about it. It's been ages since I put something in the DVD drive, I had all but forgotten how loud these things can be. Slapped on Wesp's unofficial path, too. The guy is still making them, it's insane. They're up to version 8.8 now. Started a Nosferatu and so far it's not as difficult as I thought it might be. You're not a walking Masquerade violation after all. In fact you can walk around in the open so long as you don't get too close to people. I'm still going to focus on stealth though and try to stay out of sight whenever possible.
I stopped playing at the haunted hotel. I know exactly what happens and that there's no danger at all, but it still gets me. :'(

I also started Darkstone. Seems like a fun game, but I'm already missing the quest log. Of all ARPGs, this seems to need it most, since every area and dungeon is randomized each playthrough, including the main and side quests you encounter. I'm already running around with a side quest item I don't know what to do with since I forgot which NPC wants it, if I have even encountered them, that is.
There's also no stash, so this could get even more annoying, but at least I've already learned town portal magic, so I won't have to buy scrolls for my already very frequent return trips to town.

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« Reply #21697 on: November 16, 2013, 02:13:02 AM »
I played more of Puppeteer yesterday and I went from disliking it to really enjoying it.  Basically 1-1,1-2,1-3,2-1 were all kind of bad.  So many cutscenes interrupting the gameplay, controls seemed weird, and it just seemed like whimsy w/o gameplay in 20-30 min long levels.  Thought I'd wasted my money.  Then 2-2 it clicked.  There was a cutscene at the start and then nothing until post-boss and just pure 20 mins of fun gameplay with great graphics and creative level design.  2-3 was like that too.  Apparently most people don't like the game until about 2-2 and then it just keeps getting better.  I think the game is in "kids game - tutorial mode" for like 2-3 hours and it's a big turn off, but once past it, it's kind of neat.

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« Reply #21698 on: November 16, 2013, 02:29:52 AM »
Too bad I won't make it to that point. I thought it was cute but I wasn't into it. Gonna send it back to Gamefly tomorrow.
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« Reply #21699 on: November 16, 2013, 06:50:31 AM »
I played more of Puppeteer yesterday and I went from disliking it to really enjoying it.  Basically 1-1,1-2,1-3,2-1 were all kind of bad.  So many cutscenes interrupting the gameplay, controls seemed weird, and it just seemed like whimsy w/o gameplay in 20-30 min long levels.  Thought I'd wasted my money.  Then 2-2 it clicked.  There was a cutscene at the start and then nothing until post-boss and just pure 20 mins of fun gameplay with great graphics and creative level design.  2-3 was like that too.  Apparently most people don't like the game until about 2-2 and then it just keeps getting better.  I think the game is in "kids game - tutorial mode" for like 2-3 hours and it's a big turn off, but once past it, it's kind of neat.

i really liked puppeteer but between having pretty much an infinite health bar and the ability of only doing such tiny jumps it's kind of hard to call it a platformer,the "use the right head in the right place" gimmick also get annoying quickly but dang it's the whimsiest game ever and i loved every minute of it... it really should have got more attention,heck if it was a wii u game,it would have gotten more attention for sure

Anyone know if it's a bad idea to play FFX before FFIX?

is this a joke question? :beli they are two completly different game that have nothing to do with each other


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« Reply #21700 on: November 16, 2013, 09:07:05 AM »
You should probably start with Final Fantasy 1, Ruzbeh, there's a lot of plot stuff that carries over and you don't want to miss any of the numerous callbacks.
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« Reply #21701 on: November 16, 2013, 12:06:57 PM »
:dead FF1 barely even has a plot. IX is cool retro-y fun but if you're unfamiliar with the series the various callbacks will mean nothing to you. Probably still a good game. X was the last mainline FF I really got into.
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« Reply #21702 on: November 17, 2013, 12:41:26 AM »
I seriously just beat Ratchet Pussy in a day. Wow. I guess I was expecting a full length game.

The disc doesnt come with Quest For Booty - it is a code you use.

Anyway, this game is literally 4 planets, final boss - end of game. Weapons only level up to 3, and only evolve to 6 on Challenge Mode, when you buy the Omea version with a Gold Bolt.

Had ot look up the price of this game - $30 on PS3 - which I guess is ok for QFB and Nexus.

Rent this game for the weekend, move on.
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« Reply #21703 on: November 17, 2013, 02:03:35 AM »
Play FFIX before X because it's a better game. X is low-tier FF fare and has an HD remake out next year.
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« Reply #21704 on: November 17, 2013, 03:24:43 AM »
I seriously just beat Ratchet Pussy in a day. Wow. I guess I was expecting a full length game.

The disc doesnt come with Quest For Booty - it is a code you use.

Anyway, this game is literally 4 planets, final boss - end of game. Weapons only level up to 3, and only evolve to 6 on Challenge Mode, when you buy the Omea version with a Gold Bolt.

Had ot look up the price of this game - $30 on PS3 - which I guess is ok for QFB and Nexus.

Rent this game for the weekend, move on.

Ah, you didn't know the price.

Yeah it was a "you get half a game for half the price" Ratchet because Ratchet games don't make any money so they can't afford to make a full length Ratchet and after their cheap spinoff attempts with All4One and Full Frontal Assault, this was all they could make for traditional Ratchet. 

Should've been $15 PSN game, but the way our industry works, this game is too much effort for $15 and you only deserve like 2 hours of gameplay for $15 like QFB says the industry.

I'm gonna grab it when it's $15.

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« Reply #21705 on: November 17, 2013, 04:16:07 AM »
Some time with Free2Play games from Steam.
Gotham City Imposters: Free to Play: I...uh...er...what just happened?

Blacklight: Retribution: Like this quite a bit, weapons are decent, movement is decent, unlocks and such aren't horrible, maps are pretty nice, etc. I wish there were more servers so something other than TDM or playing on just one map was easier to find, but the Batman-like detective vision is pretty cool. I remapped it to the middle mouse click so I could do it pretty instantly and got accused of hacking because I could remember how many people were coming through what hallway or whatever.

I think I'll keep both. Until I forget about them for a while and randomly try to play and there's no servers and I google and find out they shut down two years prior.

Tactical Intervention: Counter-Strike Plus. The car chase maps can be pretty interesting when people actually know what to do, but I haven't really played anything except that or TDM/planting the bombs. The entire menu interface is potentially one of the worst I've ever seen.

Garry's Mod Adventures:
1942RP, DarkRP, Prison Break, etc.: These can be some of the strangest servers. Sometimes it's just people deathmatching and then the next day you go on and it's people running stores and following laws. The 1942 one is like halfway to being an interesting game, except there's no real continuous goal possible. Some people take it way too seriously though and freak the hell out with demands for votekicks and bans at the slightest fun. I was dicking around as a thief breaking into peoples houses and crap. And this guy threw a fit demanding the mods permaban me because I kept breaking into his house and taking his guns and money while he was gone. I asked what the thief was supposed to do if not breaking into peoples crap and they admins told him to shut up.

At the same time you can see some of that EMERGENT GAMEPLAY©® when things line up perfectly. I setup a bunch of small houses and closets around the city for my illegal money printers. These blow up eventually and make a distinct sound. One did and the Nazi's put out an arrest warrant for me and started raiding everything I owned. So I was racing across the map to grab the printed money and sell the doors so my name wasn't on them anymore before they found them. One printer I had stashed in a closet in the subway stayed there for like an hour printing out tens of thousands of dollars.

EXTREME FOOTBALL THROWDOWN: The best sports game of the last decade probably. The momentum model alone is probably better designed than any "real" sports game anymore. With the greatest game song ever that plays on one of the maps:


Though it can be really really terrible on certain overly complicated maps. The simpler designed ones let more of the game happen than trying to deal with the map.

Every video on YouTube the people have like the same reaction "what is going on? what do i do? how do i run? okay i can punch and TAKE THAT, DIE, NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO GET THE BALL"

G The Resurrected

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Re: What are you playing?
« Reply #21706 on: November 17, 2013, 04:41:44 AM »
I seriously just beat Ratchet Pussy in a day. Wow. I guess I was expecting a full length game.

The disc doesnt come with Quest For Booty - it is a code you use.

Anyway, this game is literally 4 planets, final boss - end of game. Weapons only level up to 3, and only evolve to 6 on Challenge Mode, when you buy the Omea version with a Gold Bolt.

Had ot look up the price of this game - $30 on PS3 - which I guess is ok for QFB and Nexus.

Rent this game for the weekend, move on.

I had a playtest for this game and ended up beating it on all difficulties within the two days they gave us to play it. I was pretty critical of it then and I don't think anything they could have done would change that now. The story is so brisk and gives little time for character development its almost insane. I did love some of the museum parts though, but that doesn't make up for the lack of gameplay there. The arena planet was also super easy. I'm glad they packed in QFB cause at $30 it was not worth it for the 4 hours of content the game has.

Hitler Stole My Potato

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Re: What are you playing?
« Reply #21707 on: November 17, 2013, 01:11:56 PM »
I haven't been playing shit lately because.....well you know, life.  I just don't have the time anymore and the little free time that I do have the last thing on my mind is playing games.  However yesterday with the kids away for  the weekend and my wife in bed with bronchitis I booted up Tomb Raider.  The 2013 one.  I bought it over the summer but never touched it until now.

Holy balls, this thing is awesome!  I'm playing it on the 360 and I can't believe how good this looks.  The god damn 360.  Maybe it's been awhile but imo it's easily visually on par if not better than the Uncharted games. And it certainly plays a hell of a lot better than Uncharted 3.  I'm probably about halfway through the thing so maybe it'll take a turn for the worse later on but right now I'm loving this. 

I know I'll get a PS4 sometime down the line but if the freaking 360 can pump out stuff like this, I'm in no hurry.
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Re: What are you playing?
« Reply #21708 on: November 17, 2013, 10:46:32 PM »
More Graces F... still think Pascal is awesome, still think the music is the weakest yet in the series. I just beat the lab dungeon in the mountains. Fighting and collecting titles is addicting, as well as mixing ingredients and cooking. I can't help read the ancient race of "Amarcians" as "Americans" though :P
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etiolate

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Re: What are you playing?
« Reply #21709 on: November 18, 2013, 02:32:44 AM »
Finished Contrast. Clocked in 4 hours total. You can do it faster than that, but I like to poke around.

I can see why it got some middling reviews. The game is missing polish, and some of its concepts could be more fleshed out. The 3d parts feel very floaty, like a 90s platformer. The 2d stuff works great, but sometimes the engine struggles. I get framerate jugglings here and there.

Outside of that, I really liked the game. It's best stuff is when it's combining its stylized shadows to tell story, while you're using the shadows as platforms.

chronovore

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Re: What are you playing?
« Reply #21710 on: November 18, 2013, 06:20:27 AM »
Well excuuuuuuuuse me for not being completely familiar with the series. I've never played a FF game other than dabbling a bit with the FFVII PC demo many years ago.

That is normal. I mean, how many other games out there have sequels with no connection to their predecessors?

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Re: What are you playing?
« Reply #21711 on: November 18, 2013, 08:40:54 AM »
After 14+ hours in Mario and Luigi's 3ds rpg I'm taking a bit of a break from it.  It's way too samey for me to sit there and grind it out in one chunk. 30 more hours of this?  Woof.  I like it but I just don't have the patience for that.

Grabbed Link's Awakening DX thanks to the sale.  Never had a gameboy or GBC so this is new to me. haven't played a "two button" zelda in such a long time that some dungeons are a pain in the butt w/ the need to switch items via the select screen.

also playing Drakensang, the OG one.  I played River of Time and the Expansion first so this game is a whole new experience for me.  It's quite a bit of fun, but I forgot just how different this PnP system is from many other RPGs.  People who love DnD3.5 or Pathfinder would probably cream their jeans for this game's underlying mechanics.

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Re: What are you playing?
« Reply #21712 on: November 18, 2013, 09:23:11 AM »
After 14+ hours in Mario and Luigi's 3ds rpg I'm taking a bit of a break from it.  It's way too samey for me to sit there and grind it out in one chunk. 30 more hours of this?  Woof.  I like it but I just don't have the patience for that.

Pokemon X has me feeling like this after just 7 hrs. This shit is so easy.

demi

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Re: What are you playing?
« Reply #21713 on: November 18, 2013, 09:33:50 AM »
Pokemon X is dire, then it actually tries to introduce some semblance of a story (an old war, ancient powers, ancient kings, etc...) then you beat the bad guy within 10 minutes of that, and now you're back to being a happy go lucky pokemon trainer.

It's extremely jarring.
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Re: What are you playing?
« Reply #21714 on: November 18, 2013, 10:30:32 AM »
Darkstone is really good. I should have tried the AI co-op, but now I'm too far in to start over. One thing that annoys me massively is that there's no way to highlight loot on the ground. Sometimes, smashing containers near a wall will make the stuff drop on the other side of the wall, or bits of smashed vase will cover it. The FAQ in the game's directory even has a section on it. Jewelry is especially difficult to spot, so you better pay attention to the distinct sound it makes on drop. "I can't see the lootz! ...Uh, turn the camera and feel around with your cursor like a blind man. And have you looked on the other side of the wall?"
I also wish the camera were fixed. You can have it rotate automatically, but it's not ideal. You either drive it yourself all the time (using the arrow keys, which is uncomfortable and makes it harder to reach other hotkeys) or re-adjust it half as much by letting the game turn it for you semi-intelligently.

Beezy

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Re: What are you playing?
« Reply #21715 on: November 18, 2013, 01:02:19 PM »
Pokemon X is dire, then it actually tries to introduce some semblance of a story (an old war, ancient powers, ancient kings, etc...) then you beat the bad guy within 10 minutes of that, and now you're back to being a happy go lucky pokemon trainer.

It's extremely jarring.
:lol

I'll force my way through as much as I can before Zelda comes out. I'll be taking a break from it until I'm done with that.

BobFromPikeCreek

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Re: What are you playing?
« Reply #21716 on: November 18, 2013, 10:22:04 PM »
Tower of Guns is dope. Totally worth a dollar.
zzzzz

chronovore

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Re: What are you playing?
« Reply #21717 on: November 19, 2013, 12:37:35 AM »
Tower of Guns is dope. Totally worth a dollar.

Am I missing something? Was a buck the Steam Greenlight price?

It's $9.9 now, and pre-ordering gets the WIP build.

BobFromPikeCreek

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Re: What are you playing?
« Reply #21718 on: November 19, 2013, 12:55:50 AM »
It's pay what you want right now over hyuh:
https://indiegamestand.com/

Don't judge me. I'm poor.
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chronovore

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Re: What are you playing?
« Reply #21719 on: November 19, 2013, 02:23:39 AM »
Purchased! For US$5! Because I'm out of work, too!