What are you playing?

[The Sceneman]

there is online co-op, the netcode was crap but has been patched apparently. I highly recommend local co-op as a bonding experience! if your nephew likes NSMB Im sure he'll dig splosion man

[cool breeze]

Have there been any good games like Freelancer in the past couple years?

totally random question, but I was thinking about that game today and I remember really enjoying it.

[bork]

Finally hit G2-A (10,000 GP) tonight in SF4.  Now I have to get there again on PS3.  Good night; had some great matches, surprising number of perfects, and one lol-worthy rage quitter.  5,000 more GP to go until G1...

...where everyone else already is!   

[Bebpo]

How many s.links are there?  I thought there were only 13 in the original?  I probably maxed about 6-7 on my first run.

[Ichirou]

Mass Effect 2 - just started the second round of recruitment. Going to the planet with a billion things to do. Have unlocked some awesome thing that gives me 2x the Paragon/Renegade points

P3P - in the last week now. Main char at lv86, have also completed about 86% of the Persona encyclopedia, and now finishing off a couple of ultimate weapons while I level up in Monado. Might try and get my main char to 99. Not sure. I maxed my money counter once, but it's back down to about 7 mil thanks to all the persona fusion I've been doing. Still got shitloads of drops from the gold hands I can sell if I need cash. Maxed 13 of the s.links and probably won't be able to max another before the 31st, though I have two which are lv8/9. My god, there is a blatant phallus-shaped persona later on, isn't there?

Yup, and it's riding a carriage.

[Don Flamenco]

NMH2 plays great with a CC Pro.  Buy one of those the second they're out, if you haven't imported one yet.

Been playing the shit out of ME2 like everyone else.  Only drag is probing for minerals.  That shit really sucks and every review really understated how much you have to do it. 

[Bebpo]

How many s.links are there?  I thought there were only 13 in the original?  I probably maxed about 6-7 on my first run.

22, I think. A bunch were added for FES, but no new ones for this, apart from the girl side.
And for fuck's sake, I can't make my main char's ultimate weapon because I didn't max out Star s.link. DAMN! I've read you can make Lucifel by accident, but I dunno if that would work without the s.link max anyway. I have got 95% of the encyclopedia now, and I think there is 1 more I can make when I get to level 90.

I played P3 before it was patched and you could fuse a Lucifer with a skill "harmageddon" that did 9999 damage for the cost of full SP (which you just restored with an item afterward).  Made the end sooooo easy   I hear they fixed that with FES and P4 though. 

[Bebpo]

So Dante's Inferno is getting shit reviews everywhere but I have it pre-ordered at Amazon for $6.99 because back in December I used a bunch of promotional credit that had to be used by the end of December on it because I thought it'd be good (since Dead Space was) and because I like action games.  Now I don't really want it, but if I cancel the order I'll lose all the credit.  I'm thinking I should try it and then resell it back to Amazon.  They seem to offer about $30 for used copies of week1 games.

[bork]

I am still waiting for Dante's Inferno to be released on the PSP internet store-- will try it out that way instead.

NMH2 plays great with a CC Pro.  Buy one of those the second they're out, if you haven't imported one yet.

Been playing the shit out of ME2 like everyone else.  Only drag is probing for minerals.  That shit really sucks and every review really understated how much you have to do it. 

Ugh, yeah-- not fun at all.  Slow, boring, and tedious.

[The Sceneman]

alright beat Mass Effect 2, better play something else.

Might stick Tales of Vesperia back in because its awesome and Im still only 15 hours in

[Mr. Gundam]

So Dante's Inferno is getting shit reviews everywhere but I have it pre-ordered at Amazon for $6.99 because back in December I used a bunch of promotional credit that had to be used by the end of December on it because I thought it'd be good (since Dead Space was) and because I like action games.  Now I don't really want it, but if I cancel the order I'll lose all the credit.  I'm thinking I should try it and then resell it back to Amazon.  They seem to offer about $30 for used copies of week1 games.

It's only $7. Bite the bullet.

And I'm sure you could sell it on Half for ~$50 or so during launch week.

[demi]

- finished mario luigi 3
- finished mass erect 2

- waiting IMPATIENTLY for either Dante Inferno or Bioshock 2

- playing original Xbox in the meantime, Still Life for some good ol point and clickan

[OptimoPeach]

Took Gayonetta back to Blockbuster and got Red Faction instead. Don't feel like learning to play with the default controls after using custom controls in DMC 4 for 40 hours. Hopefully they patch it in as an option eventually

Asian Buttmuncher Kamiya

edit: That was an unexpected wordfilter lol

[cool breeze]

So Dante's Inferno is getting shit reviews everywhere but I have it pre-ordered at Amazon for $6.99 because back in December I used a bunch of promotional credit that had to be used by the end of December on it because I thought it'd be good (since Dead Space was) and because I like action games.  Now I don't really want it, but if I cancel the order I'll lose all the credit.  I'm thinking I should try it and then resell it back to Amazon.  They seem to offer about $30 for used copies of week1 games.

It's only $7. Bite the bullet.

And I'm sure you could sell it on Half for ~$50 or so during launch week.

He can also just call Amazon and tell them to move that credit to another game.

[Junpei the Tracer!]

Hopefully they patch it in as an option eventually

lol thats not happening

[Eric P]

i bought Arcanum

[OptimoPeach]

Hopefully they patch it in as an option eventually

lol thats not happening

[iconoclast]

Replaying Bioshock to get the last achievement I'm missing (collect all audio diaries) and to refresh the story for BS2 this Tuesday. Think I might play through TWEWY as well while I wait for BS2, but I really hate Neku. Main reason I dropped it a few hours in.

And more Williams Pinball.

[BobFromPikeCreek]

there is online co-op, the netcode was crap but has been patched apparently. I highly recommend local co-op as a bonding experience! if your nephew likes NSMB Im sure he'll dig splosion man

It definitely is a bonding experience, because it tests your patience with whoever you're playing with. Big time.

"No, you fucking idiot! I said 'splode on 1! Not jump on 1! Now we have to do the whole thing again!"

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

Borderlands - I'm ready to turn this into Gamefly.  Gamefly is taking their sweet ass time getting me a replacement for my second game (it is in Texas - if it was an area hit by weather I'd understand)  I might just turn it in today and rack up some XBLA shit since once I move I won't have an internet connection that is good enough for a game.

I'm probably not even a quarter of the way through this one but I had some fun with it but I think the challenges are just getting more annoying now.  It isn't that they were too hard, it is just that a lot of them require more work than they're worth IMO.

[Ichirou]

I'm playing the Battle of Forli DLC in Assassin's Creed 2, and wow...it feels so completely unpolished and so unlike the rest of the game.  The game even glitched on me while playing it...first time that's happened to me in AC2.  I was using Leonardo da Vinci's flying machine and when I stopped and went back to the regular map, I was stuck in an area and couldn't move forward.  Had to quit the game and reload.  I'm lucky it didn't reload in the same spot or I would've been FUCKED.

Battle of Forli DLC gets like a 6/10 from me so far...I think I'm almost finished with it.

[Ichirou]

Just finished the Battle of Forli DLC.  I'd actually downgrade it to a 5/10 since it doesn't even feel like a complete chapter, it just leads to the Bonfire of the Vanities DLC that's coming at the end of the month.

And sucker that I am, I'm going to buy that one too. :/

[tiesto]

Just beat God, multiple times in DW7. Got one more (short) bonus dungeon to do and then after 130 hours I can finally close the book on this one. Might start up Mass Effect 1 depending on whether or not I get snowed in tonight.

[Tucah]

Just finished Uncharted, about ready to delve into Uncharted 2 (although I might take a bit of a break between games). Going to restart Demon's Souls next, as well as continue with Infamous. As much as I love the series and was excited to play the game, I just can't be motivated to start up MGS4.

[demi]

- finished mario luigi 3
- finished mass erect 2

- waiting IMPATIENTLY for either Dante Inferno or Bioshock 2

- playing original Xbox in the meantime, Still Life for some good ol point and clickan

- finished Dead Space Extraction (weak ending, even moreso than the original)
- finished No More Heroes 2 (very disappointing)

- still waiting impatiently for either Dante or BioShock

- cant make a decision to save my life on what to play

[duckman2000]

Glorious Bad Company 2 and MW2. Also got all the bags in ME, and I really think there should have been some cool reward for that, like a damned wallpaper or something.

[Junpei the Tracer!]

- finished mario luigi 3
- finished mass erect 2

- waiting IMPATIENTLY for either Dante Inferno or Bioshock 2

- playing original Xbox in the meantime, Still Life for some good ol point and clickan

- finished Dead Space Extraction (weak ending, even moreso than the original)
- finished No More Heroes 2 (very disappointing)

- still waiting impatiently for either Dante or BioShock

- cant make a decision to save my life on what to play

:/ Just beat Alice. My hand hurts :/

[Ichirou]

In honor of Junpei, I just started Magna Carta II.

[Junpei the Tracer!]

It's a nice time.

[Ichirou]

You said it was like twenty hours, right?

[Junpei the Tracer!]

Yeah but I had the DLC which made me a tad overpowered. So I'll add another 5.

[Ichirou]

Just started up after installing the first disc.  Game is ugly as fuck. :/

[Bebpo]

- finished mario luigi 3
- finished mass erect 2

- waiting IMPATIENTLY for either Dante Inferno or Bioshock 2

- playing original Xbox in the meantime, Still Life for some good ol point and clickan

- finished Dead Space Extraction (weak ending, even moreso than the original)
- finished No More Heroes 2 (very disappointing)

- still waiting impatiently for either Dante or BioShock

- cant make a decision to save my life on what to play

:/ Just beat Alice. My hand hurts :/

I'm at Rank 8 and plan to do the rest of the game in one go.  Am I in for a lot of hand destruction before I see the ending?

[demi]

Junpei probably plays distinguished mentally-challenged. Just equip the dual sabers and do the Side-In Slice (learned from Jeane mini-game) over and over. You can kill her without getting hit.

[Raban]

More FFXII

Basch

[Bebpo]

Junpei probably plays distinguished mentally-challenged. Just equip the dual sabers and do the Side-In Slice (learned from Jeane mini-game) over and over. You can kill her without getting hit.

Fuck.  I completely ignored doing the jeane stuff because I read all you get is some "side-in slice" attack and I figured one attack probably wasn't important and worth the time to play with the cat.  How long does it take to get the cat down if you haven't touched her at all the whole game until now? 

[Bebpo]

Yeah, cat is too fat at this point.  Won't be getting the step in slice.  Hope I can still beat the game without it!

The controls in this motorcycle boss are so bad it makes the madworld motorcycle boss (which was crap) look good.

[demi]

Side-In Slice isnt that important, it just makes fights ridiculously easy since all you do is flick the nunchuk and he does this 7 hit combo.

[Bebpo]

how do I win this motorcycle fight?  I've been retrying for 20 mins.  Whenever he is near the edges he is ALWAYS doing the spinning charge where he's invincible.  When he's in the middle I hit him once and he gets near the edge and goes into his spin charge.  This fight sucks

[demi]

I fluked out of that fight. I just sat there and he poked me once, then his AI bugged out and he just sat near the edge so I just bumped him off.

A lot of the AI will bug out on you. I think the only actual smart AI is the final boss.

Thats not even the worst part of that fight either, lol. Enjoy the shitty camera. What a disappointing game.

[Bebpo]

Yeah I can't beat this part.  He won't ever run himself off the edge and if he dashes and ends up near the edge he just goes straight into another spin so I can't knock him off.

This is the worst part of the entire game so far.  Getting close to bailing on this game!

[demi]

There's really no incentive to beat the game. There's no bonus fight, no ENDING, no nothing. It's just sloppy.

[Bebpo]

Finally got him off the motorcycle.  He seems to get dizzy eventually if you keep hitting him and then you can just knock him off.
After he got off the damn bike the fight was alright.  I lucked out on the part with the electric dragon though cause I just stayed near ryuji and it never touched me.

[Bebpo]

The final muscle exercise at the gym 
I just threw my controller after the 20th try

[Bebpo]

Ok, beat it 2 tries later.  But still FUCK that was annoying

[Bebpo]

So I beat spaceman and it totally exemplifies why NMH2 kinda sucks.  You think "woah, spaceman, satellite, this is gonna be cool!" and then it's not fun at all and just annoying, which describes EVERY BOSS FIGHT IN THIS GAME.  I don't think I've had a single "fun" fight yet.  The fights all have terrible camera, the controls suck, and the game intentionally makes the bosses out to be as little "fun" as possible because most of the time they break out of any combo you do so you can't even get the satisfaction of finishing a 3-4 hit full combo before getting knocked back or the enemy teleporting away or putting up a shield or whatever.  It's a boss rush game full of tedious boss fights with onechanbara level of controls/gameplay.  And when it's not you sit in a parking lot and fight guys who pose no challenge for 20 mins straight.

I'm pretty much just playing it for the cutscenes this time around, whereas the original NMH was actually a fun experience.  The original NMH felt like an adventure.  Exploring this city and the weird people/locations in it.  Going on bus rides, searching the hidden underground nazi bases, exploring the tv studios, the baseball stadiums, mines on the beach, etc... it was like Bill & Teddys excellent adventure except with lots of killing to go along with the laughs.  NMH2 doesn't have the adventure feel because there's no exploration and no story.  It's just a boss rush game with goofy cutscenes between and the boss rush part of it is pretty shitty.  NMH1's actually combat was not very good.  Suda's "gameplay" usually isn't.  So there was really no need to make ANOTHER GAME with the same sucky combat engine.  Sure Travis and Santa Destroy is fun, but the gameplay just was not worth revisting at all; especially when they couldn't come up with good boss fights within the engine's limitations.

I really really hope they don't make a NMH3.  We don't need any more of this.

[demi]

The only cutscene that shows a semblance of story is Alice's when you kill her. Before that its all poop and blah.

[Bebpo]

I think the only real improvement from NMH1 are the boob physics.  I have to admit I enjoyed the ridiculous boob bounce everywhere.  It was like DoA all over again.

[demi]

Its funny that nobody can say why they like NMH2 more beyond the minigames and overworld.

[demi]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=385367&page=35

More proof why this game is disappointing. Maybe 360 version they will add everything back in.

[Bebpo]

See but I don't even think the mini-games are an improvement.  They're cute to do once but they aren't actually "good" so you never play them for anything other than money and for the most part you don't even need money in the game!  Wtf at only 2 weapons to purchase.  Why even include Naomi's lab? (well maybe just for the boob bounce).

And I totally preferred the WAGGLE MOTION gym stuff to the retro gym games.  It was one of the few times where WIIMOTION actually makes sense since you are at a GYM WORKING OUT.  I thought they were fun and easy.

The only objective improvement is probably that the graphics are better.  That's about it.  The overworld/minigames are subjective and I think most people would agree that the story/boss fights are not as good.

[magus]

So I beat spaceman and it totally exemplifies why NMH2 kinda sucks.  You think "woah, spaceman, satellite, this is gonna be cool!" and then it's not fun at all and just annoying, which describes EVERY BOSS FIGHT IN THIS GAME

uh wasn't like that in the original too? all the bosses were about dodging them (maybe staying far from them would be more correct) until they dropped their guard,punch them in the face until you could and then it was back to the dodging
 

[demi]

I'm fully aware why you like it. Like I said you just mention the "forced bullshit" i.e. minigames. I'm not arguing against that at all.

A lot - ton - of my complaints are smaller. The Dark Step is still in and a viable option, they didnt axe it. It got a nerf yes. The problem is it's completely useless this time since every boss in the game does nothing but throw stuff at you.

What I hate about NMH2:

- Lack of swords, part of the fun of GRINDAN that money was to see how good that new sword you got was (where have I seen this mechanic before in games I love). The swords had much better designs too.
- 8 Sidejobs, no use for money. All you can buy are 2 swords, Gym upgrades, and useless clothes. Why not just drop the entire stuff altogether? Dont just stop at the boss battles.
- Lack of Lolikov Balls
- Lack of Head Beef Videos
- Lack of Robotic Voice before rank battles (alternatively, I'm glad they axed Sylvia's dumb wii phone call. But I still hate that they replaced it with one-on-one slut monologue)
- distinguished mentally-challenged Motorcycle level (I'm dead serious there is an entire level where you just drive down a highway. Complete waste of Wii Code)
- Lack of bonus boss (reading the OG script, yet another cut thing)
- Lack of ending (probably cut too)
- Boss intros are weaker (Rank 2 remedies this)
- Boss outros are weaker (see above)
- Camera was garbage (may need revisiting NMH1 to confirm)
- Shinobu levels unnecessary, complete with disgusting platforming
- More Shinobu than Henry, who is actually more fun to play as
- Revenge Missions a complete mess (reading OG script confirms this was supposed to lead to something, as usual - CUT)
- The machine gun grunts who stun you easily


At first I was like, jesus did they make this?? What happened? Then that thread on GAF showing the "real" script only confirms what I had feared. These things must have been cut for the eventual HD version with "new features".

When and if the HD verson comes to America, you are more than welcome to re-try it and see why I loved it more. If that doesnt convince you maybe the probable HD "enhanced" sequel will show you why this one was disappointing

[demi]

well that was a good use of my time

[demi]

:|

[magus]

playing puzzle quest galactrix,i hated it my first time on the ds but replaying it on pc means i don't have to deal with tiny graphics,loading times or crappy controls... i just got the plans for making a warship but it just requires so much effort that considering i'm still ripping everything off even in my basic ship i'm not sure i want to upgrade

[archie4208]

I've been messing around with Dragon Quest 7.  It is kind of fun in a retro old school kind of way, but I feel that this type of gameplay is now better suited on a handheld where I can play it in the bed or on the toilet.  I'm thinking about getting a DS and a flash cart some RPGs for it.

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

I'm still playing Borderlands lol.

At level 19 now and got out of the Lost Caves.  I got a burning sniper rifle upgrade and the corrosive rifle but you need to be level 25 or higher to use it

[demi]

[archie4208]

AC2 is SO GOOD.  This will be the first sandbox game where I actually complete the storyline.  I am not going to bother getting all the trinkets, but everything else is awesome.