What are you playing?

[tiesto]

Just finished midterms week in himusona 3, and was playing some Shatter. Pretty basic Arkanoid-esque game, but with one of the best soundtracks in all of gaming...

[Mr. Gundam]

WKC

[iconoclast]

Playing through Serious Sam 3 on Hard now.



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[MrAngryFace]

WKC

Once you get into the right mindset its a lot of weird fun

[Joe Molotov]

Played some Uncharted 1 today. I wish this game would stop being a shitty cover shooter and just let me explore some ruins. I guess the series gets better as it goes on maybe, but who would look at this first game and be like "Wow, I wish there were three of these!" 

[naff]

It's a sub 4 hour game but still, I wouldn't ever bother playing UC1 again. Such a poor game, it's amazing that UC2 was actually decent. Before it came out I thought 2 was gonna be straight up turdsville

[Joe Molotov]

It started out pretty cool with the temple and the Nazi sub and then it was like "derp bullet sponge time!"

[Bebpo]

UC1 is awesome!

It's not an adventure exploring game at all.  It's a cover shooter with traversal options.  Has great combat and lots of really good set pieces.  I know on the higher difficulties it's a bit bullshit and bullet spungy, but on normal it's challenging good shooter.

I like UC1/2 about equally for different reasons.  I really need to find time to replay UC1 for trophies.

[Cindi Mayweather]

UC1 is an average game.

[MrAngryFace]

Uncharted 1 is bad, which was only made more obvious by how good Uncharted 2 was

[Bebpo]

People dislike UC1 because they go in with the wrong expectations.  They want a tomb raider adventure when it's GEARS OF WAR SONY EDITION.

It's a great Gears of War clone.  Gorgeous visuals, good combat setups, fun story.  I prefer it to Gears 1/2 because I like being able to use the environment and climb around to vantage points to get good cover spots and I like the melee.

It's not an Indiana Jones adventure.  That's UC2 & UC3.

[Cindi Mayweather]

Uncharted 1 is better than Gears but that doesn't make it good.

Hey, we're in an abandoned cave that hasn't seen traces of humans in centuries. Oops, time to have this cookie cutter gun encounter inside this abandoned cave with conveniently placed explosive barrels!

That game has terrible variety. The only thing you're ever doing is shooting a bunch of dudes. So uninspired and canned.

[Phoenix Dark]

Playin' SC2, about to start the DS Fire Emblem

Every Wednesday night is the official GAF SC2 gaming night. We've had a nice community going since BW/before the beta. Tonight we played a bunch of the old maps from launch and man I forgot how bad they were lmao. The game has completely changed in a year. Can't wait to see where it goes in the future.

what an awesome year

[Shaka Khan]

I'm going through the stealth route so far in Deus, but man if it ain't slow as shit.

Is non-fatal take-downs considered "hostile"?

They don't sound like it, but they sure look like it.

[Timber]

This game EYE Divine Cybermancy is so fucking weird. For better or for worse it makes me feel like I'm 8 years old again playing something totally alien I only half understand.

[MrAngryFace]

This game EYE Divine Cybermancy is so fucking weird. For better or for worse it makes me feel like I'm 8 years old again playing something totally alien I only half understand.

IMO thats the games appeal- gaming is so chock full of games that borrow mechanics and style; this is one of those rare games that is so different you feel like youre exploring some weird ass dimension of gaming

[MrAngryFace]

Made it past the mines in WKC- getting used to the combat; found it funny that I couldnt do air moves inside the mines; a strange time to stick to RULES OF A REAL WORLD but whatever. Boss fight was in a room big enough for me to white knight with the dark knight and stab his knee till he died. Knee Stabbing totally works early game.

[demi]

Knee stabbing works the entire game

[MrAngryFace]

Good, cause boss fights are lame. Im all bout dat grindan low level mobs and makin yulie jealous of my princess water dancin actionz

[magus]

lufia 2 is really good,better than i remember,i wanted to try something different and as such i grinded the shit out of my character so i could win the super sword from the impossible fight,totaly worth the effort

[demi]

Now play the DS version lololol

[magus]

Now play the DS version lololol

i totaly forgot about the DS version

didn't they turn it into an action rpg or something sad like that?

[Joe Molotov]

Do you get a trophy for peeing a lot in Heavy Rain? If not, why not?

[Positive Touch]

whoever was responsible for the tips that constantly appear in battle in arkham city can fucking choke.  for some reason no one noticed or cared that in the hardest fights in the game a stupid paragraph-long message will keep appearing telling you how to counter knife attacks.  it blocks everything above batmans head and caused me so many cheap deaths in the last part of the game that i wanted to throw something.

also lol i just realized that hard on arkham asylum didnt have the counter icons.  i cant believe i played through that whole game without them.  actually now that i think back on it i still relied on visual cues - the enemies charging or raising their fists - so it wasnt that bad.

anyway, here i go on new game plus!

[tiesto]

This game EYE Divine Cybermancy is so fucking weird. For better or for worse it makes me feel like I'm 8 years old again playing something totally alien I only half understand.

So I checked out the webpage for the game, and it looks like a fairly standard FPS with poorly worded and over exaggerated text on the webpage... but I'm interested, in the way you described it. What makes the game so strange?

Playing Persona 3, just hit floor 57. The one boss at floor 35 was such a pain in the ass, but it's been smooth sailing lately. I'm near the end of June. I love the game but have a feeling I'm gonna get so sick of it by the time I'm done, Tartarus is already becoming really repetitive.

[Bebpo]

My Xmas break gaming:

Final Fantasy Type-0 - The gameplay is kind of shallow and the balance is not that great, but otherwise it's a neat Peace Walker meets Persona meets Monster Hunter style Final Fantasy.  Made for doing missions and quests and stuff in short bursts with your buddies or AI dudes.

Uncharted 3 - derp derp derp, it's nice.  Fire looks good.

Dead Space Extraction - About halfway in and really digging it.  This game is EXACTLY what the Wii Resident Evil rail games were trying to be but failed miserably at.  DSE is 100x better. 

RAGE - Actually enjoying this a lot.  It feels very old-school throwback FPS feeling (no auto-saving/checkpoints; gotta remember to save yourself; lots of corridor shooting, few cutscenes; no cover systems) combined with some new systems like loot, quests, crafting, sandbox overworld, and recharging health combined with some really impressive visuals that never drop a frame below 60fps at anytime.  I can see myself getting bored of it later on, but a couple of hours in it's a nice old-school shooter in a modern package. 

Orcs Must Die - Still working through this.  It's really fricken hard now (~halfway).  Managing multiply portals and multiple entry points at once while using portals to move between them takes hardcore micromanagement.  Really fun and cool game, but pretty tough!

Rock of Ages - Man this game sucks so much just like Zeno Clash did.  ACE Team apparently can't design gameplay for shit    But they nail art design and story telling.  The cutscenes in Rock of Ages are amazinggggggggggggggggg; I am seriously playing just to watch the 30 second cutscene intro to each battle because the story mode is hilarious.  The gameplay seems totally broken nonsense.  Place some defenses down and hope you get lucky and they actually do some damage, but mainly it's just whoever launches their 3-4 ball runs first wins since the defenses do jack shit most of the time to both sides.  lol

The Blackwell Legacy - Still early on in this.  It's not bad, not great so far.  I like the pixel art and the music is actually kind of neat; but the plot isn't all that gripping compared to the better adventure games I've played recently.  But I'm early, so hopefully it picks up.  Will stick through the first game and see if I want to play the next ones in the franchise.

 

[Timber]

So I checked out the webpage for the game, and it looks like a fairly standard FPS with poorly worded and over exaggerated text on the webpage... but I'm interested, in the way you described it. What makes the game so strange?

It's an FPS RPG - or at least it tries to be - and there are like 5 different stats for every little thing. Nothing is explained. You start as a guy suffering from Video Game Amnesia and you learn that there are bunch of factions fighting each other. About twenty minutes in you reach your faction's base which has a big Lore Dump library, but I didn't have the inclination to read any of it so now I'm playing the game having no idea what anything means. There are a bunch of people talking to you in some Frenchman's interpretation of American street slang, it's hilarious.

The levels are vast and non-linear and your objectives, no matter what they are, basically amount to you having to reach the marker, which is not easy because there are enemies absolutely everywhere and they all respawn over and over and over.

It wants to be Deus Ex but it's not. It's stat-heavy but there's no real RPG gameplay. It's about navigating through a chaotic cyberpunk warzone just laying waste to everything without knowing what any of it means. I'm six hours in and baffled.

[Shaka Khan]

I'm 5 hours into Deus, just finished my first real mission. Going for the pacifist and complete stealth play through, and I'm having a lot of fun.

Character animations are hilariously bad, though I'm sure that's been discussed to bits.

I was talking to pilonv1 two days ago and he said something along the lines of "everyone realized that there were a couple of augs that mist be unlocked asap" but forgot their names. Any ideas?

[The Sceneman]

Typhoon is must for the bosses, and I found hacking stuff really useful for loot and shitloads of bonus EXP.

But I have no idea what the common conception of the "best" augs are, I played the game and didn't read any forums or tips or anything. I found it pretty intuitive from the gameplay and my play style which augs to buy.

[Shaka Khan]

Yeah, I've got 3 pracxis points right now and the only "urgent" augs seemed like advanced hacking to me. Although unless I'll be able to store my inventory somewhere, I'm gonna have to expand my slots or learn to let go.

[Positive Touch]

hacking stuff is must-have, as are the ones that help you find shortcuts like hi-jump and wall smashing.  avoid the combat & defense ones since you will never need those.  honestly you dont even need typhoon as long as you keep a shotgun or something around because all but one of the bosses will go down in >10 seconds.  stealth upgrades like silent step and cloaking are helpful later on when youre trying to navigate rooms full of enemies.

[benjipwns]

Will just vomit up my thoughts here since I got that WiiMote Plus for $8 deal from Best Buy. (Also came with Flingsmash, which I have yet to open.) Been playing just these recently. (To go with standard PC gaming.)

Wii Sports Resort - This is awesome. I thought Wii Sports was pretty great for friends back in the day at launch. But this is really great, I've had fun tinkering around alone. Can't figure out the frisbee to save my life. But go fuck that dog. Sword fighting, table tennis, etc. All good fun, golf is much improved. Basketball is my thing and I'm probably way too into that to be honest about the title. If anything it makes me lament that the MotionPlus wasn't the default from the start. I think about the fun had with people just in Wii Sports doing all this and it's pretty insane.

Red Steel 2 - Only played like an hour or so of this. And this somewhat reiterates the issues with the Wii to start. This and Sports Resort were what everyone imagined (at least I think) with the Wii. It's not that great so far but sword fighting and shooting is pretty fun. The only real problem is I can't figure out what to do with the sword fighting, should I stay seated like with a FPS and thus limit my slashes? Or stand like when I want to "get into it" on motion controls? And it obviously has the problems all FPS does on the Wii, that I can't really figure out but I think it lack of proper turning and tactile engagement. Lining up a guy in a Call of Duty in iron sights and filling him up on the Wii is just great. Turning quickly and even surveying the surroundings, just bad. Red Steel 2 is the same way, but it's single player only...

Though I am playing them on 4:3, I should probably try 16:9 once my other monitor comes back.

Punch Out - Not WiiMote Plus, thought it was, but I've liked what I played so far. Oddly shocked it didn't force you into a tutorial (or a three minute video like Resort) so I had to figure out jabs and such but what I have played has been enjoyable. Another Wii game I can see dicking around with for a half hour, maybe an hour when the mood hits.

Overall, it's a shame Wii Sports Resort didn't come out earlier with the WiiMote Plus, that seems like a major killer app. I'll have to see if I can wrangle up some people to play it like we used to Wii Sports. It appears to have tons of content. Just testing out the various games sorta reminded me of first playing around with Wii Sports back at launch.

But they nail art design and story telling.  The cutscenes in Rock of Ages are amazinggggggggggggggggg; I am seriously playing just to watch the 30 second cutscene intro to each battle because the story mode is hilarious.  The gameplay seems totally broken nonsense.

haha, I sorta mentioned in the Steam thread, but I was going through this entire thought process trying to just do the acheesement after I "won" the game as a gift and trying to figure out, well, anything about it. Then I pulled up the store page and was like "ohhhhhhh, now all of this makes complete sense."

If I was a billionaire I might just throw money at ACE to see what kind of crazy shit they could come up with.

[Shaka Khan]

hacking stuff is must-have, as are the ones that help you find shortcuts like hi-jump and wall smashing.  avoid the combat & defense ones since you will never need those.  honestly you dont even need typhoon as long as you keep a shotgun or something around because all but one of the bosses will go down in >10 seconds.  stealth upgrades like silent step and cloaking are helpful later on when youre trying to navigate rooms full of enemies.

This is really helpful, spaaaanks. :cute

[magus]

still playing lufia 2,the ancient cave bonus dungeon is super boring,there is like 1 blue chest every 200 junk items,the loot part of my brain want to be there because i found a sword with a huge attack boost and the other is simply sick of how stupid and monotone it is

[Eric P]

thanks to the new computer, i've gotten a chance to play games which my old rig couldn't handle.  I'd just beaten Crysis 2 and loved it.  Currently playing Metro 2033 and Uncharted 1.  It's... I dunno.  It feels like Enslaved except with shooting instead of melee.  Nice characters and what not, shame about the game.

[MrAngryFace]

Orochi 3!!!!

[Positive Touch]

Dear God,

why would delete my arkham city save file?  especially when i'd just started the new game+ and had collected over half of the riddler trophies? why would you do this?  why are you such a fucking asshole?

sincerely,

positive touch

[Bebpo]

They still haven't fixed that?  Fuck, I'm sorry man 

[magus]

have you guys ever played the elephants game? there is a new one out

http://armorgames.com/play/2893/achievement-unlocked
http://armorgames.com/play/6561/achievement-unlocked-2
http://armorgames.com/play/4309/this-is-the-only-level
 http://armorgames.com/play/5351/this-is-the-only-level-too
http://armorgames.com/play/12745/this-is-the-only-level-3

achievement unlocked 2 is particulary funny

[Beezy]

They still haven't fixed that?  Fuck, I'm sorry man 

What causes that? I'm getting the game next week.

[The Sceneman]

I've been replaying Dead Space 1 after playing Dead Space 2. Dead Space 1 does some things better than DS2, DS2 fixes some of the problems of the original game, but takes away some of the good things too.

A mute protagonist suits the atmosphere of these games MUCH better. In DS2 Isaac Clarke walks around gung-ho and emo freaking out over how bad his script is and his faget ass dead GF. Much better when he says nothing in DS1.

Still, good games, I'm working on getting 1000 in both of 'em

[Positive Touch]

They still haven't fixed that?  Fuck, I'm sorry man 

What causes that? I'm getting the game next week.

apparently its who-the-fuck-knows.  back up your saves as much as possible.

[Bebpo]

They still haven't fixed that?  Fuck, I'm sorry man 

What causes that? I'm getting the game next week.

apparently its who-the-fuck-knows.  back up your saves as much as possible.

Yeah, that's the worst.  Apparently they don't know what's going on so it just random deletes your saves.  Sounds scary.

[Great Rumbler]

Is there any way to backup your saves?

[demi]

Just click the save and hit Copy... (on Xbox)

[Bebpo]

Finished The Blackwell Legacy.  Didn't realize it was a indie-length adventure game aka, 2 hours long.

Was ok, I don't usually complain about this but the story wasn't "dark" enough.  There was just no sense of urgency or excitement.  Was so-so.  Need to inquire if the next ones are better before digging in.

[Joe Molotov]

Yeah, Blackwell Legacy just seemed like it was getting started then THE END. I haven't got around to playing the other ones yet.

[Van Cruncheon]

trying to find ANYTHING interesting about bastion and failing. again.

[Beezy]

Just click the save and hit Copy... (on Xbox)

I'm guessing cloud saves would also help.

[MrAngryFace]

trying to find ANYTHING interesting about bastion and failing. again.

Yeah I dont 'get' bastion- kinda like how I dont get that sword n sworcery game

[Joe Molotov]

trying to find ANYTHING interesting about bastion and failing. again.

I read that in The Narrator's voice.

"The Kid was trying to find anything interesting about that ol' Bastion and failing. Again."

[Bebpo]

Yeah, Bastion was a bore when I played the demo on X360 and it was a bore when I played the intro again on PC for the gift achievement.  The combat is painfully boring. 

People swear by it though, so at some point I will force myself to sit down for an afternoon and really play it.

Yeah, Blackwell Legacy just seemed like it was getting started then THE END. I haven't got around to playing the other ones yet.

Yeah, I thought the suicide case was like the INTRO LIGHT STORY MYSTERY that all adventure games start with to introduce the characters/setting and then bam! the real heavy duty plot kicks in.  But nope, that was the entire game without anything really left lingering.  Hopefully it's like Yahtzee's Chzo Mythos where the first game is episodic and then he realized he wanted to make a series out of it and the 2nd game is where shit got real yo.

[Shaka Khan]

Grrr. Were there any common issues with Deus Ex on PC? I was playing last night and everything was hunky dory, yet when I started it today the framerate somehow dropped by almost half. Same settings, same area.


Please don't let it be my hardware Please don't let it be my hardware Please don't let it be my hardware

[Shaka Khan]

Never mind. I googled the problem and found out that I need something called a "restart." I tried it and framerate went back to normal.

[Timber]

Binding of Isaac is amazing. I thought Mom was the final boss but lo and behold there's more. How the hell am I going to beat this, let alone nine times?

In other news, I gave up on EYE. Could not see the diamond through the rough.

[Eric P]

beat Metro 2033.  Was a lot of fun, though the "figure out what the developers want you to do!" sections of the labyrinth were kind of annoying.

[Timber]

Omg I did it. This is the greatest game of all time.

[Eric P]

playing Bulletstorm.  It's a hell of a lot of fun.

[MrAngryFace]

beat Metro 2033.  Was a lot of fun, though the "figure out what the developers want you to do!" sections of the labyrinth were kind of annoying.

Yeah I enjoyed the ride quite a bit. A laser-focused Stalker title

[Mr. Gundam]

Getting in some Gundam Extreme Vs matches in before I head out for a NYE party.