Author Topic: What are you playing? (Read 4360426 times)

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #27840 on:** March 11, 2016, 03:23:38 AM »

Quote from: Mr. Nobody on March 10, 2016, 04:52:21 PM

Beat Parasite Eve some days ago

tiesto · « **Reply #27841 on:** March 11, 2016, 09:09:30 AM »

Final boss of Undertale genocide route is kicking my ass. I even tried hacking the game but you can't really do much with that

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #27842 on:** March 11, 2016, 11:01:58 AM »

Quote from: Stoney Mason on March 10, 2016, 11:11:52 PM

Just started playing Arkham Knight. I don't understand the side quest missions. Do I just need to roll around until I find these extra side missions or something?

I think five of them are vague like that, yeah. The most beneficial thing to do is take out the ground drones and then when you're able to, the air drones. Doing so will let Cash redeploy cops to that island, which will let you listen to their radio coms to hear if they found anything related to a side quest. For example, a cop will radio out saying something like "got a situation near Perdition bridge – looks like one of the missing firefighters has been taken hostage."

Using information like that, you can scope out that area.

octopushover · « **Reply #27843 on:** March 11, 2016, 08:44:48 PM »

what's the story on this new hitman? more blood money or absolution?

VomKriege · « **Reply #27844 on:** March 12, 2016, 01:35:34 AM »

Quote from: octopushover on March 11, 2016, 08:44:48 PM

what's the story on this new hitman? more blood money or absolution?

Closer to traditional Hitman games, but in extreme episodic / season pass / buying an unfinished game format.

The Legend of Sunblade · « **Reply #27845 on:** March 12, 2016, 01:44:54 AM »

Quote from: tiesto on March 11, 2016, 09:09:30 AM

Final boss of Undertale genocide route is kicking my ass. I even tried hacking the game but you can't really do much with that

If you can't beat him, just give it up. You don't have to go all the way.

spoiler (click to show/hide)

You're his friend after all, aren't you?

[close]

Bebpo · « **Reply #27846 on:** March 12, 2016, 04:35:44 AM »

Just finished Sen no Kiseki/Trails of Cold Steel. That ending WTF; this is totally not a finished development game. What the fuck did I just spend 60 hours to get like 90 mins of plot movement and then CREDITS. Arghhh; worst game in the series by far. I would have been so pissed if I finished this when it came out and had to wait a year for the sequel.

Bebpo · « **Reply #27847 on:** March 12, 2016, 01:59:05 PM »

More ok with Sen1/Cold Steel1 now that I've realized it wasn't supposed to be a complete videogame. It's a lot more akin to a Ps1 jrpg disc 1, and Sen2/Cold Steel2 is disc 2. It's half a game.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #27848 on:** March 12, 2016, 05:53:04 PM »

Sounds like it's a Trails game. I mean, the box for Cold Steel even comes with an empty space for you put the sequel in.

chronovore · « **Reply #27849 on:** March 12, 2016, 10:08:02 PM »

Started Airtight Games' DARK VOID today. It's kind of a mess. On ground, it wants to be a gears of war cover shooter, which it occasionally creatively turns into a vertically-oriented scenario. It starts with a Rocketeer-style dogfight, jetpacks against UFOs and then shifts to straight ground-based cover hallway shooting. There are audio errors all over the place; stuttering and overlap. The enemies are ammo sponges. I may just play through and delete it to get it off my HDD; this was a purchase which Capcom has since region-locked for non-USA download, so I had to download it on a friend's 360 during my last visit. Disappointed.

I hope they did a better job with MURDERED: SOUL SUSPECT, but I bet not. (checks wikipedia) Oh, crap. They're dead. Huh. I guess betting on the Ouya as a last stab was probably the lastmost of several weak choices.

demi · « **Reply #27850 on:** March 12, 2016, 10:16:15 PM »

Quote from: Bebpo on March 12, 2016, 04:35:44 AM

Just finished Sen no Kiseki/Trails of Cold Steel. That ending WTF; this is totally not a finished development game. What the fuck did I just spend 60 hours to get like 90 mins of plot movement and then CREDITS. Arghhh; worst game in the series by far. I would have been so pissed if I finished this when it came out and had to wait a year for the sequel.

Ummm this is exactly how Trails in the Sky is and you love that game rofl. Bu bu bu bu my character development

Bebpo · « **Reply #27851 on:** March 12, 2016, 10:46:10 PM »

Quote from: Joe Molotov on March 12, 2016, 05:53:04 PM

Sounds like it's a Trails game. I mean, the box for Cold Steel even comes with an empty space for you put the sequel in.

Quote from: demi on March 12, 2016, 10:16:15 PM

Quote from: Bebpo on March 12, 2016, 04:35:44 AM
Just finished Sen no Kiseki/Trails of Cold Steel. That ending WTF; this is totally not a finished development game. What the fuck did I just spend 60 hours to get like 90 mins of plot movement and then CREDITS. Arghhh; worst game in the series by far. I would have been so pissed if I finished this when it came out and had to wait a year for the sequel.

Ummm this is exactly how Trails in the Sky is and you love that game rofl. Bu bu bu bu my character development

Trails in the Sky FC is a complete game with a cliffhanger ending. If you didn't have the cliffhanger ending, you'd never know the game wasn't over. It builds up to the final chapter and then stuff happens, there's a final dungeon, there's a final boss, there's an ending...and then a cliffhanger after the ending and to be continued.

Trails of Cold Steel doesn't have a final dungeon, doesn't have a final boss, there's no ending, and it just cuts out midcutscene to the credits right when the story starts. It's like if Trails in the Sky FC ended at the start of the final chapter with

spoiler (click to show/hide)

The capital city being attacked and they rush in to stop the Coup and it cuts to credits and says "to be continued"

[close]

Also Zero/Ao split is even less connected than Sora FC/SC split. At the end of Zero you have a complete story. Everything is wrapped up. There's a couple of larger world questions still unanswered but Ao is a new game, new story. So Cold Steel splitting like this is a big step down. But it seems like Cold Steel's split wasn't intentional and was because of FFXIII style HD development is hard problems they had so they had to just cut the game at a certain point and sell it to give them another year to finish the rest of it.

With Sky FC/SC and Zero/Ao I normally tell people not to play them back to back since you'll get burned out. But Cold Steel/Sen 1/2 I would tell anyone I knew not to play #1 until they have #2 because you'll want to play them back to back so make sure you have a 120+ hours free.

I mean I'm already 4 hours into Sen/Cold Steel 2 and I wasn't planning on starting it for a few months, but that non-ending...yeah. I need some satisfaction for all the 65 hours I put into Sen 1 with no payoff.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #27852 on:** March 13, 2016, 11:37:07 PM »

Finished Remember Me. Ehhhhhhhhh. The graphics, character models and world design are top tier AAA so kudos to that team. The game itself isn't badly designed, but it never ventures into any interesting mechanics and just feels like an incorrect bad facsimile of Batman games or something. It was okay enough to not be too boring.

The story though, sheesh. Some of the technological and societal concepts are kinda cool but the whole premise is butchered by your typical adolescent videogame storytellers. I imagine a lot of dialogue and pivotal plot moments were nutted out in a stinky boardroom full of obesity French nerds shitting and pissing in each others mouths. Definitely feel like I've lost brain cells after completing it. Oh well easy 1000/1000

I give it 6/10, with the graphics and music accounting for most of the score.

I've got ONE achievement left to get in Spelunky, which is beat the game without collecting any treasure. I've made it to Olmec once and I threw pretty hard. I'll get it eventually and finally have all the achievements in the damn game. A real achievement!

tiesto · « **Reply #27853 on:** March 13, 2016, 11:39:01 PM »

Beat Guardian's Crusade (charming as hell!) and collected all the photos in Life Is Strange. I dropped Kirby and the Rainbow Curse shortly before finishing, now I'm going back and collecting the medals/treasures I missed. Won't do challenge mode since that seems like it'll be a bitch, I'll just 100% the main game levels. And I'm almost there, like 5 more to go.

Shenmue3 · « **Reply #27854 on:** March 14, 2016, 01:45:26 AM »

still on King's Quest and Yoshi Wii U

The Sceneman · « **Reply #27855 on:** March 14, 2016, 05:20:39 AM »

Has anyone played Silent Hill Downpour? I'm wondering if it's any good

Bebpo · « **Reply #27856 on:** March 14, 2016, 06:20:53 AM »

It's mediocre but not a bad Silent Hill. Much better effort than Homecoming. Worth a play if you're a fan of the series.

Positive Touch · « **Reply #27857 on:** March 14, 2016, 09:49:58 AM »

nothing left to do in ff14 but a few superbosses and uh maxing out my characters i guess.

what is life after an mmo addiction? i feel so empty

demi · « **Reply #27858 on:** March 14, 2016, 10:08:56 AM »

You find a new one and start all over again

Am_I_Anonymous · « **Reply #27859 on:** March 14, 2016, 10:48:19 AM »

Playing the Division, World of Tanks, and Rocket League occasionally on my x-bocks.

chronovore · « **Reply #27860 on:** March 14, 2016, 07:55:26 PM »

Quote from: The Sceneman on March 13, 2016, 11:37:07 PM

Finished Remember Me. Ehhhhhhhhh.

You could finish that whole review right there.

It's sad but so many AAA visual and audio resources were cast on the barren shores of such an empty and halfhearted game. They tried some interesting stuff, but it never gels into a cohesive whole. Traversal in the game could have been interesting, but they try to hard to handhold you all the way through it. Memory hacking could have been more closely implemented in line with the main gameplay controls.

Sure was pretty though.

The Legend of Sunblade · « **Reply #27861 on:** March 14, 2016, 08:02:57 PM »

I waited in line for something under 2 hours at the Capcom booth at PAX East 2013 to play their Remember Me demo. :'(

chronovore · « **Reply #27862 on:** March 14, 2016, 11:15:18 PM »

Quote from: The Legend of Sunblade on March 14, 2016, 08:02:57 PM

I waited in line for something under 2 hours at the Capcom booth at PAX East 2013 to play their Remember Me demo. :'(

Ouch. Did you ever buy the actual game, or was the demo enough to REVEAL THE TRUTH?

chronovore · « **Reply #27863 on:** March 15, 2016, 01:31:00 AM »

Quote from: WRATH VICE™ on March 14, 2016, 11:40:31 PM

Remember Me is one of the most dull games I've ever bought, I don't care about why John Carpenter thought it was the best game of the year.

Good on the developers for moving to making Life is Strange, though.

Yeah, your guys' level of engagement with Life is Strange has made me very curious about picking it up. I'm interested in playing more from them, just not another action/traversal game.

The Legend of Sunblade · « **Reply #27864 on:** March 15, 2016, 03:20:50 AM »

Quote from: chronovore on March 14, 2016, 11:15:18 PM

Quote from: The Legend of Sunblade on March 14, 2016, 08:02:57 PM
I waited in line for something under 2 hours at the Capcom booth at PAX East 2013 to play their Remember Me demo. :'(

Ouch. Did you ever buy the actual game, or was the demo enough to REVEAL THE TRUTH?

It was enough to show me that it was a really boring hallway simulator with some atrocious platforming, jank controls and hilariously brain dead combat. I played a bit of it when it was free on PS+ and I got to the demo section. It was just as shoddy as the vertical slice they were showing back then.

Meanwhile, there were THREE open booths for Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen with no lines and this dumb ass didn't even touch it back then cause it looked like a shitty souls clone. I'm STILL mad at myself.

chronovore · « **Reply #27865 on:** March 15, 2016, 03:38:34 AM »

Epic.

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #27866 on:** March 15, 2016, 06:39:36 AM »

Shame the next Dotnod game is supposed to be action again

Quote from: Am_I_Anonymous on March 14, 2016, 10:48:19 AM

Playing the Division, World of Tanks, and Rocket League occasionally on my x-bocks.

Division and World of Tanks on PS4 here

The Sceneman · « **Reply #27867 on:** March 15, 2016, 07:15:42 PM »

I was happy enough with the piece-of-piss 1000 gamerscore in Remember Me

#cheevowhorin2016

chronovore · « **Reply #27868 on:** March 15, 2016, 07:36:07 PM »

I couldn't face more time in it; I rinsed it for most of the gamerscore (770/1000) but could not bring myself to play through more of it.

demi · « **Reply #27869 on:** March 19, 2016, 01:39:16 PM »

Ummm Devils Third is awesome

Positive Touch · « **Reply #27870 on:** March 19, 2016, 07:32:18 PM »

D3RANG3D · « **Reply #27871 on:** March 19, 2016, 08:30:52 PM »

Terrordrome janky as shit Fighter Maker game featuring famous movie monsters like Freddy, Jason, Michael Meyer, etc.; it's oddly entertaining though...

Miracle Fly if you ever played lethal application it's kinda like it in a way where your means of movement is also your weapon.

spoiler (click to show/hide)

That phone ui tough

[close]

tiesto · « **Reply #27872 on:** March 20, 2016, 08:54:06 PM »

Started playing Trails SC, only up to the first chapter though. Game seems a bit more challenging than the first game, the dungeons are a bit longer, bosses are a bit tougher, and resource management is much more important than the first (which was cake aside from a few of the chapter 5 arena battles).

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #27873 on:** March 21, 2016, 11:30:11 AM »

So Stardew Valley's got me, y'all.

I didn't realize how to give gifts to the townfolk until a day before the Spring Dance so nobody wanted to dance with me

Yulwei · « **Reply #27874 on:** March 21, 2016, 01:19:27 PM »

Been playing FF record keeper and really enjoying it. It's nothing but battles, rpg mechanics and cool sprites/music. The game has a surprising amount of depth and a pretty ui too. First mobile game I've ever really gotten into.

The Legend of Sunblade · « **Reply #27875 on:** March 21, 2016, 01:22:31 PM »

Quote from: Yulwei on March 21, 2016, 01:19:27 PM

Been playing FF record keeper and really enjoying it. It's nothing but battles, rpg mechanics and cool sprites/music. The game has a surprising amount of depth and a pretty ui too. First mobile game I've ever really gotten into.

Abuse the current Spring Festival for orbs and you'll be set for a long time, on top of getting some really easy EXP for your characters + gil.

Fifstar · « **Reply #27876 on:** March 22, 2016, 05:49:56 AM »

Queelag in Dark Souls is giving me heat. Thought she was supposed to be one of the easier bosses?

The Sceneman · « **Reply #27877 on:** March 22, 2016, 06:59:33 AM »

"easier" is a pretty subjective thing in Souls. It's all about the build.

Catch-all boss advice is: have you tried grinding humanity and summoning an NPC/actual human asshole to assist? If you want to cheese a boss that generally works well.

iirc Qeelag is about mastering her attack sequences and just getting the hell away when she does her AOE attack. Souls is also about lots of practice and trying to keep your cool, and patience!

brob · « **Reply #27878 on:** March 22, 2016, 07:00:19 AM »

Quote from: Fifstar on March 22, 2016, 05:49:56 AM

Queelag in Dark Souls is giving me heat. Thought she was supposed to be one of the easier bosses?

she has a pretty exploitable pattern, where you are able to get in real close and do some hits, back off and she'll always do her AOE attack, repeat. But I wouldn't call her one of the easier bosses since a couple of good hits have a good chance of killing you regardless of armor/def and it can be a bit tricky to navigate the various lava pools she lays down.

Fifstar · « **Reply #27879 on:** March 22, 2016, 11:02:38 AM »

I tend to get stuck on her legs when she does her AOE attack or roll back into a sea of lava. I use a bandit built, souls level 36, mostly leveled up endurance and strength. Still using the starting weapon, upgraded to +5. Think this should actually be a decent built for her.

I also always run through the swamp and get poisoned, which means I have to invest 2 flasks to make up for the posion damage, which obviously doesn't help. The safe way takes too long and annoys me. I think I should be able to kill her if I could doge the heavy attack more reliable.

As for humanity. I still haven't grasped that concept. I have about 15 units of humanity in my inventory but barely ever used it. I heard that I can summon npcs but have never seen those signals the few times I approached a boss in human form.

brob · « **Reply #27880 on:** March 22, 2016, 11:52:19 AM »

you're right about your build being good.

are you not using moss (the item that heals poison) after running to the boss door? you shouldn't need to drink to shots if that's the case.

Humanity is a bit strange, but essentially consuming 1 humanity makes you human which gives you better stats (it would take you slightly longer to get poisoned, etc) and enables you to play with other players online, so you could summon players to help with the boss, tho you could also get invaded. If you are human and get to queelag's boss door there is a summon for a AI character, who is pretty helpful - does good damage and tanks heavy.

You can also use humanity to upgrade a bonfire, which means it gives you more flasks iirc. humanity isn't plentiful, but it's a useful investment if you are finding yourself in a tricky spot and could use more flasks.

Bebpo · « **Reply #27881 on:** March 22, 2016, 05:27:31 PM »

Quote from: Fifstar on March 22, 2016, 05:49:56 AM

Queelag in Dark Souls is giving me heat. Thought she was supposed to be one of the easier bosses?

I died a handful of times (and that run through the mud back each time sucks), but you gotta learn her instant kill activation animation so you can get the fuck out of dodge when you see her going into it. I didn't even realize what was going on the first 2 times when I was doing good and then suddenly instant killed for just being near her.

chronovore · « **Reply #27882 on:** March 22, 2016, 07:10:14 PM »

I think she was the last boss I killed as well. I remember dying a couple times without ever knowing what had happened. As Bebsy says, there are an animation or two which mean "BE SOMEWHERE ELSE." Her regular stuff wasn't too hard to learn to evade... (I think it took me three more attempts)

PRO TIP (RETIRED): Don't upgrade your zwei with lightning once you get to Anor Londo, prior to the church boss fight. :'(

demi · « **Reply #27883 on:** March 24, 2016, 11:44:53 AM »

Dark Souls is out on XB1 BC and seems to run on par if not better than on 360. Def gonna jump in on this soon and start my playthroughs.

Fifstar · « **Reply #27884 on:** March 24, 2016, 07:00:47 PM »

Beat Queelag, just two trys after upgrading the estus flask.. not quite sure where to go next.

Bebpo · « **Reply #27885 on:** March 24, 2016, 07:43:39 PM »

If that's the second bell you've rang, then go to where the first blacksmith is and the gate to Sen's Fortress is open now.
If that's the first bell you've rang, then go upstairs at the cathedral after the boar.

Fifstar · « **Reply #27886 on:** March 25, 2016, 08:33:14 AM »

Yeah, I know that. Was the second bell I rang. I think level soul level wise (just shy of 40 if I use the souls from the Queelag fight) there a couple of areas I could tackle now (Darkroot basin/garden, catacombs, Sen's Fortress; Valley of Dragons looks to tough so far), but I'm not sure if my gear is good enough. Probably time for some roaming around until I have a better idea and testing some of the stuff I already have. The eagle shield I got in Blight Town is supposed to be good for melee, no?

brob · « **Reply #27887 on:** March 25, 2016, 09:02:22 AM »

I'd recommend doing the darkroot garden/basin fully. several good things to pick up there and the area isn't too difficult.

Mr. Nobody · « **Reply #27888 on:** March 25, 2016, 06:02:39 PM »

The Bravely Second demo rekindled my interest in the series. Last chance tbh

demi · « **Reply #27889 on:** March 25, 2016, 08:59:44 PM »

Series? Its been literally one game. rofl

Mr. Nobody · « **Reply #27890 on:** March 26, 2016, 12:48:48 AM »

Quote from: demi on March 25, 2016, 08:59:44 PM

Series? Its been literally one game. rofl

And now it's 2, you fat fuck

spoiler (click to show/hide)

pls dun ban :'(

[close]

tiesto · « **Reply #27891 on:** March 26, 2016, 11:04:56 AM »

Just got a copy of SNATCHER

so I'll probably start that soon.

Positive Touch · « **Reply #27892 on:** March 26, 2016, 04:21:46 PM »

ever play it before? it's worth booting up right now just to hear the awesome intro music

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #27893 on:** March 27, 2016, 02:42:35 AM »

Quote from: tiesto on March 26, 2016, 11:04:56 AM

Just got a copy of SNATCHER so I'll probably start that soon.

Really jealous

bork · « **Reply #27894 on:** March 27, 2016, 08:45:16 PM »

Quote from: Premium Lager on March 27, 2016, 02:42:35 AM

Quote from: tiesto on March 26, 2016, 11:04:56 AM
Just got a copy of SNATCHER so I'll probably start that soon.

Really jealous

I got a copy of that for like $12.

spoiler (click to show/hide)

Back in 1996 when nobody cared

[close]

Positive Touch · « **Reply #27895 on:** March 27, 2016, 09:21:56 PM »

i looked for a copy constantly back when nobody cared and could never find it

then metal gear solid came out and the price shot up

chronovore · « **Reply #27896 on:** March 27, 2016, 10:28:51 PM »

Started my Japanese PS4 edition of Uocchi Doggusu. I am soon to be awash in Ubisoft-standard levels of collect-a-thon. Will post updates to the main watch_dogs thread so I can maintain my Thread Necromancer title. So far the game is crazy gorgeous. I remember being so hyped for this when the initial teasers came out, and so sad when the actual product launched. I'm sure I'll get ¥1500 worth of fun out of it.

tiesto · « **Reply #27897 on:** March 27, 2016, 11:40:06 PM »

Trails SC, making some good progress with the game but it's definitely a long one. I like how the game has a lot of sidequests to do, and some of them are a bit more interesting than the good ol' "kill 10 boars". Like, trying to catch a criminal by investigating hotel patrons or figuring out how the lighthouse light powers up. Battles are a bit more strategic and harder than the first TITS, although now that I have a 4 character roster, things have become a lot easier. It still takes a while to kill bosses though.

Am_I_Anonymous · « **Reply #27898 on:** March 28, 2016, 10:09:03 AM »

Quote from: chronovore on March 27, 2016, 10:28:51 PM

Started my Japanese PS4 edition of Uocchi Doggusu. I am soon to be awash in Ubisoft-standard levels of collect-a-thon. Will post updates to the main watch_dogs thread so I can maintain my Thread Necromancer title. So far the game is crazy gorgeous. I remember being so hyped for this when the initial teasers came out, and so sad when the actual product launched. I'm sure I'll get ¥1500 worth of fun out of it.

demi · « **Reply #27899 on:** March 28, 2016, 10:39:47 PM »

Perfect Dark XBLA (for Rare Replay) - giving 360 BC the ol test run

News:

Author Topic: What are you playing? (Read 4360426 times)