I don't think I've actually finished the first one on my own, but I do remember playing it when I was a little young and that ghost girl with pale white eyes scared me when I first entered that one room on the ship(the room where that had two stairs and a power box). She literally popped up in front of me and that scared me so bad(strangely, it happens at complete random because I remember times that it didn't happen). I'm getting the chills just remembering that. I feel traumatized lol. :p

So far, the spin-off is creeping me out, mainly because I'm expecting something to happen and it's just complete silence 90% percent of the time except hearing my own footsteps and breathing.

Just finished Mark of the Assassin Expansion for Dragon Age II. Not bad, new locations and such were nice. Now playing Mass Effect 2, in a attempt to get my Insanity playthrough achievement.

What in the world? Where are you at in Two Worlds II?

A lady in New Ashos gives you that quest. I posted that before I finished the quest, though. It was pretty disappointing, the "mutated-umbrellas" looked just like regular monsters, I was expecting something a bit more creative.

There's another quest though, where a woman is haunted by the spirits of her former lovers and you have to help her get rid of their spirits. Let's just say she has quite a unique taste in partners ;)

I'm still playing Two Worlds II. It's fun. Reminds me a lot of Morrowind, meaning that both games are fucking weird. And I like that :D

i never said mmx5 was hard.
its pretty fucking easy.
its pretty fucking horrible too.

Though I wasn't exactly responding directly to you, we were talking MMX7, not X5.

X7 wasn't nearly as bad everyone made it out to be, but that's just my humble opinion.

Replaying Persona 3 and trying to get going with Dark Souls.

But well, Dark Souls is proving to be a real pain. I really enjoyed Demon's Souls, primarily because of the excellent first world and great atmosphere. There wasn't much story, but there was enough to be going on with, and what little there was, was pretty good. But Dark Souls doesn't seem to have that same X factor. There hardly seems to be any story at all this time (at least not at the start anyway), the locations are okayish but largely unimpressive so far. And whilst you can technically choose from a number of different roads to take, all but one are basically impossible because the basic enemies are far too tough and one shot you.

This is quite different from Demon's Souls, where you had a choice of several different worlds, and at least 3 of them were viable even at the start of the game. Its true that you had to complete the first bit of the first world to get access to them, but that wasn't so bad as Boletaria Palace is the best world anyway, IMO. In contrast, Undead Burg is a very drab, unenjoyable opening level.

I'll probably try and stick with it, seeing as how it took me many attempts before I finally 'got' Demon's Souls (and became utterly hooked). At the moment though, Dark Souls is proving to be a bit too much effort for a bit too sparse reward.

Metro 2033

I love this game. Proves that single player only FPS is still viable.

Replaying Persona 3 and trying to get going with Dark Souls.

But well, Dark Souls is proving to be a real pain. I really enjoyed Demon's Souls, primarily because of the excellent first world and great atmosphere. There wasn't much story, but there was enough to be going on with, and what little there was, was pretty good. But Dark Souls doesn't seem to have that same X factor. There hardly seems to be any story at all this time (at least not at the start anyway), the locations are okayish but largely unimpressive so far. And whilst you can technically choose from a number of different roads to take, all but one are basically impossible because the basic enemies are far too tough and one shot you.

This is quite different from Demon's Souls, where you had a choice of several different worlds, and at least 3 of them were viable even at the start of the game. Its true that you had to complete the first bit of the first world to get access to them, but that wasn't so bad as Boletaria Palace is the best world anyway, IMO. In contrast, Undead Burg is a very drab, unenjoyable opening level.

I'll probably try and stick with it, seeing as how it took me many attempts before I finally 'got' Demon's Souls (and became utterly hooked). At the moment though, Dark Souls is proving to be a bit too much effort for a bit too sparse reward.

I don't know why you think the first world in Demon's Souls is the best. Every single one of them had such intricate design, in every sense, that I loved them all. The most majestic of them all was arguably the Tower of Latria.

As for Dark Souls, I hope you're having fun. I won't be playing it until summer comes along :(

Well, each to their own but I thought the Mines, Storm Shrine and particularly the Valley of Defilement were all utterly drab and standard issue environments. Boletaria Palace and to a lesser extent the Tower of Latria at least felt like they had some kind of ongoing storyline, and were much more impressive visually. But the Tower of Latris ultimately disappointed, because of instead of being bizarre and eldritch as it first seems, it just didn't really work for me and was often quite silly (the huge bolt thrower thing and the extremely daft looking Archdemon Old Monk, which ruins a great idea for an enemy).

The Shrine of Storms just seemed to have no relevance to anything, and was full of acrobatic, jumping ninja skeletons. Okay... It had hardly any NPCs, threw away Vanguard in a completely unheralded standard encounter, and just generally felt like a completely tacked on level (good for grinding though). And the Valley of Defilement was just rubbish, plain and simple. Dark screens, lots of instant death drops, plague carrying enemies etc etc made it a utter chore. But despite all that, its also extremely easy, with probably the easiest bosses in the game (none of them actually move at all, if I remember).

Compared to that, Boletaria Palace looks better, has storyline elements throughout, decent NPCs, the best (and hardest) final boss, some of the coolest music (Penetrator and False King's themes particularly), and is pound for pound better in every way IMO.

But anyway, I've played some more Dark Souls today. Starting to get into it more now that I've moved beyond the Undead Burg. Still have absolutely no idea what the story is, but the action's getting much more interesting now that I'm meeting various kinds of Knights and Mages. Just got clobbered in this basement by some crawling fiend with a *huge* lightning throwing staff. He was far too hard so I decided to go up instead - and got smashed by a massive gargoyle with an even bigger weapon!

Got to love these games... arrgh!

That I can understand. Boletarian Palace was definitely the one with the interesting backstory and the most characters, but I think the Tower and the Valley were just as good. Valley was impressive to me, because as far as going out of one's way to make a place look like absolute shit, they did WAY too good of a job. Seriously, if hell exists, I'm guessing it looks something close to that.

Plus, it also has good story elements. Maiden Astraea might not have been a particularly impressive fight (you can literally just go on a ledge and keep firing arrows until she dies, Garl Vinland then commits suicide /endbossfight), but as far as her backstory goes, she has a lot going on. Just take a look at what other NPC's, item descriptions say about her and, most importantly, what magic and weapons can be obtained through the use of her soul.

The Tower of Latria lost some of its magic after I played for what feels like a lifetime and learned what's behind every knook and cranny. And yes there are some silly moments. But, personally, speaking I'll never forget that I shat more pancakes at 3-1 and 3-2 than I have at every horror game I've ever played, combined. That tells me that they must have done something right.

Also, don't ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, EVER say that False King was the hardest final area boss. If you're online, and a good PvP player is summoned as Old Monk, you are FUCKED my friend.

Shrine and the Mines were disappointing, though, yes. Especially their respective final bosses.

Though I wasn't exactly responding directly to you, we were talking MMX7, not X5.

X7 wasn't nearly as bad everyone made it out to be, but that's just my humble opinion.

i was also talking about 7. never noticed i said 5.

The Old Monk is a special case though in that regard, isn't he? And however amazing the player is, it doesn't alter the fact that it looks utterly ridiculous. And at least he can't take your character's levels off you!

As for the Tower itself, I really enjoyed the first section, and I look back with fondness on my furious quest upstairs when I realised why I couldn't kill the boss! (Wait... I know that voice. I let that miserable little snot live and *this* is how he repays me?! YOU - COME HERE!!!!) But the rest of the tower was poor IMO. Too much crawling about in near pitch blackness on narrow platforms over instant death drops and flying amhushing enemies. Slowed progress right down because you had to be so careful. And putting those Black Phantom Mind Flayer things on such a narrow stairs makes it really hard for certain builds of character to take them down (but I was a hulking tank of a warrior, so I was alright I guess).

It just seemed like they let a good story go to waste in that level. There are a couple of NPCs like Lord Rydell and Sage Freke, but neither have much of anything to do with the Tower's story really, and don't end up doing anything (not on that level anyway). And for the Valley of Defilement, see my comments about the second bit of Tower of Latria. The progress was too restricted, and too slow because it was so hard to see and there were death drops everywhere. I'm okay with it being a toxic environment (and the later bits are better, admittedly), but that first section is just irritating beyond belief. Its not hard, its just really slow and the level (for me anyway) just doesn't impress me with any kind of sense of scale or importance.

And it was the other way around for me with Vinland and Astrea. Garl Vinland just stood there as I battered him, dodging his clumsy swings every down and then. Once he was out of the way, she committed suicide. I'm not denying that the Valley has a pretty intriguing story, but I felt like it was almost entirely absent from most of the level. You really had to work at it to find any story elements until the boss 'fight'.

But its a great game nontheless, and if anyone here hasn't played it, get a move on there!

Anyway, guess we should get back on topic. Still plugging away on Persona 3 and Dark Souls, but now Arkham City's appeared on the radar. I admit that I thought this would be an inferior sequel, but all the noise is that its actually much better than the excellent first game. Not sure whether to trust the critics on this, but they do all seem to be united this time, even the ones that are usually harsher with their scores. Looks like I may have to eat my cape after all.

I always thought the chances of Arkham City being a pretty good game were high. It seemed very unlikely the people who broke the mould and actually made a good licensed video game would fall into the trappings of traditional open world superhero games (like Spiderman or The Hulk). It turns out Arkham City isn't really open world after all, which is probably the absolute best solution to the problem. There's nothing worse than a bland city filled with repetitive tasks.

Nonetheless, the few criticisms that I have seen cropping up, is that the main story is not as tightly scripted as last time, and that the main villain is fairly anonymous for the most part. But yes, it does seem that Rocksteady have done it again - amazing really, considering this is only like their third game or something.

And I tend to be very sceptical about sequels. Hardly any are ever as good as the original, and sometimes they are outright awful (Devil May Cry 2...) Very pleased to see this appears not to be the case with Arkham City. But seeing as how they seem to be a safe pair of hands, I'll like them to make me a good Robocop game.

Then I'd *really* be happy.

Rage. Even if it borrows a lot from Borderlands, the game is still fun, all though I expect more from Id new engine.

i was also talking about 7. never noticed i said 5.

Looks like you made a typo.

It's all good though.

I hear it's amazing when the famous purple stuffed worm in flap-jaw space with the tuning fork does a raw blink on Hara-kiri Rock. I need scissors! 61!

Disgaea 4. currently looking for the Meowkin Pirates.

Playing Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater for the first time in three years. Forgot most of the storyline, and how tough the game can be. Might have to start over on easy :P

Playing Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater for the first time in three years. Forgot most of the storyline, and how tough the game can be. Might have to start over on easy :p

chicken. lol jk

chicken. lol jk

Nah, that about sums me up pretty well in this game :laugh: The mechanics are just different enough that it takes a little more getting used to every time >.<

indeed.

Disgaea 4's been keepin me busy since i found the Meowkin Pirates yesterday. unlocked the land of carnage and am workin on gettin the rest of the trophies.

Hoping to play DC Universe whenever it goes free-to-play.

alone in the dark wii

Just spent a couple of minutes starting and then finishing Arkham City (its an extremely short game). IMO, I was right first time about this game - its nowhere near as enjoyable as Arkham Asylum, and the story is awful. Its basically the same game in most respects, so its not a bad game by any means. But I'd take AA over this game any day of the week.

Weren't they promising like 20+ hours just for the main story, reaching up to 40+ with all the sidequests? Or were those empty promises?

The emptiest of promises, I assure you. I couldn't say about all the extra content, because I never felt moved to do any of it (I'll probably give some of the side missions a go later on today). I got the game on Friday afternoon, and I've spent 4 sessions on the game. Each session was 3 hours tops (and most were more like 2 hours).

So that makes about 12 hours tops, and I sure it was more like 9-10 (annoyingly, there's nowhere that tells you exactly how long you've been playing - not that I've noticed anyway). And that would be consistent, because it felt incredibly short. The game also does a very bad job of encouraging you to buy the extra gadgets. My first 8 levels of EXP were all spent on combat and ballistic armour, and that was enough to sail through the whole game.

You get the useful gadgets free (you have a lot of them when you start), and its just whether you want to upgrade them, But the game was so easy, that I never bothered. In the end, I was just buying stuff that I never ended up using (like something that jams enemy guns etc). But don't get me wrong, the game does have its moments - the fight with Mr Freeze is probably the only truly exciting fight though.

The game just feels like a 'greatest hits of Batman' medley. Villains, allies, NPCs all whizz on and off the screen for their 5 minutes (if that in some cases) of fame, then are gone forever. And yes, there is a lot more for me to discover if I play through it properly, but one of the greatest strengths of Arkham Ayslum was its focused, engaging storyline. It chose a few characters, developed them well over the course of the game and told a good story with them. This game doesn't do any of that.

The ending is quite good (as in the actual end sequence, not the terrible final battle), but for most of the game, I was seriously underwhelmed. Oh, and its also about 320% easier than AA.

alone in the dark wii

How is it? I've heard this game was broken, but I still had interest in trying it out. Is it even worth it?

How is it? I've heard this game was broken, but I still had interest in trying it out. Is it even worth it?

I've only played the 360 version and it's not as broken as people make it out to be on my experience. It'll probably have a few bugs and glitches here and there but it's not completely broken. Great game, but the endings are a bit disappointing. I do like how it's made to play out sort of like a TV show(or a made for dvd movie), though. If you're more comfortable with the controls on the 360 or ps3, I suggest either or. Or if your curious about the wii version, you can give it a try. :)

the game is average, borderline bad.
the driving sections are a nightmare and the controls are not very responsive (or maybe, TOO responsive). i try to open my jacket and end up drawing my gun/ turning off the flaslight.

i heard the 360 version was an absolute mess. thats why atari made the ps3 version.

both hd versions are entirely different than the wii version (main reason i bought it, the other reason is because it was the only one in the bin that didnt really suck - including sports games. i dont care if fifa 10 is way better, i will NOT buy fifa 10). however the ps3 version has none of the problems the 360 version has. so im gonna try to get that one.

i heard the 360 version was an absolute mess. thats why atari made the ps3 version.

The 360 version was completely fine to me and not as nearly as bad as reviewers made it out to be(IGNorant).

It's also pretty underrated imo, but each to his own.


however the ps3 version has none of the problems the 360 version has. so im gonna try to get that one.

I THINK I remember playing the ps3 demo. The only thing I've seen changed was where you can move the thumb-stick to walk or run instead of holding A and you have control over the camera. Personally, I've found the 360 controls more suitable, but, again, each to his own.

I read that the PS3 version was shite as well.

the game itself is shit, regardless of system.

they just have varying levels of shit.

for the few AITD fans, this game was the duke nukem forever of the series.
highly anticipated, highly hyped, then bombed.

reminder: only among the series fans.



also, currently playing nights journey of dreams.
gonna post the FC on the thread

Backtracked to some Dissidia: Duodecim to complete the PP catalog and try to master a few more characters. Started with Vaan, got from level 27 to 49 in just a few hours. I REALLY miss the chase sequences from the original, not the ruined system they implemented here. Ah well, minor gripes.

What's that sound you just heard? Why, that would be my scream of soul rending agony as my character was cursed in Dark Souls. A state which halves your HP and stays on permanently even after you die and revive, until you can find a cure! And I can't bloody well find one!

ARRGGGHH!!!

I'm currently playing a flash game called Arcuz: Behind the Dark. For a free to play browser based RPG, it's pretty well done. You save the game on the server so you can keep going back to it. It has a large variety of weapons and quests. Equipment customization and skills. Unfortunately, you can only use a falchion, sword, or axe. There is some "premium content", but it doesn't look like you really need it.

Kirby's Return To Dreamland

:D

Good game, man.

crusader extreme

Fallen Earth

Kirby's Return To Dreamland :D
If you have Wii, you MUST buy!

MMM...so good...
SeaKing, fuck yeah!

i thought it was fuck yeah seaking.

anyway, playing black ops on 360. double xp for 4 days

The Witcher.

Voice acting sucks. =/

The Witcher.

Voice acting sucks. =/

You should listen to Chaos Wars' (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16elsWbsJsg&feature=related) voice acting xD

I've heard that The Witcher is a great game, though. I'm actually interested in playing it but I've been letting the price drop for so while, I've actually forgot about the game.

Resident Evil 3: Nemesis.

He's one of the supervisors. That's all we need to know!

As in the PS1 version? Blast from the past... I remember completing that game like fifteen times or something to unlock all the endings and costumes. Got so I could do the entire game without really getting hit at all. And once you do New Game+ with weapons that can actually hurt Nemesis, you get all kinds of great items by killing him every time he shows up. Why did they never put that First Aid Spray satchel in any of the other games - that thing rules!

Almost at 100% completion for Saints Row 2, so working on that. Playing a bit of Batman Arkham City... it's ok I guess.

As in the PS1 version? Blast from the past... I remember completing that game like fifteen times or something to unlock all the endings and costumes. Got so I could do the entire game without really getting hit at all. And once you do New Game+ with weapons that can actually hurt Nemesis, you get all kinds of great items by killing him every time he shows up. Why did they never put that First Aid Spray satchel in any of the other games - that thing rules!

Correct my friend, the outstanding original PS1 experience ;) In fact, since that last post, I've beaten the game :D I've beaten the game roughly twenty-five times; eleven on one save file (the eleventh being today), and fourteen on another file. I've unlocked everything in this game, so it's a breeze ;) Some of the most epic clashes, such as the one against Nemesis at the base of the Clock Tower, or the giant Worm in the cemetery, suddenly lose all their spark as I breeze through with a bulletstorm from the gatling gun, the rocket launcher and the machine gun–all with infinite ammo! My first time through I saved 87 times. I just beat it with 7 total saves! Just amazing the replayability value that game has.

I didn't consider it to be the greatest RE, but it does have its own charm. The ruined city with mournful music playing, as you desperately fight off huge swarms of zombies was pretty cool. The game has a much more down to earth feel than the others, because it was mostly in fairly everyday looking places, rather than mansions and palaces etc. Nice change of scenery, I thought.

And that bit where the zombie dog on fire jumps out of the flames at you... I actually dropped the controller the first time and just froze in abject terror!

Zombie dogs frighten me too >.< First time through RE: Director's Cut on PS1 back in like '99, young me ran out of the room screaming when I reached the eastern hallway (the one with the lovely canines who gently open the windows and climb inside to talk to you). Overcoming that was a triumph xD. Definitely the best of the series is the GC remake of the original–hands down. That game defines Resident Evil, and I feel that the subsequent two deserve to be remade in its likeness (not just the lazy ports that they made for GC -_- And the Wii 'Chronicles' titles don't count either, because they only constitute fractions of the stories they're retelling). But you're absolutely right, RE3 does what it does a lot better than RE2 did; create the feeling of being trapped in an entire city infested with infected, cannibalistic horrors intent on ravaging anything still sane. RE2 barely even introduces you to Raccoon City before you're holed up in the police station the rest of the game :O And what surprises me is, RE3 really doesn't focus much on the actual reason for the T-virus's spread; sure, you get the story of the mercenaries there to assess the victims themselves and gather combat statistics, but Birkin's name isn't mentioned even once. I just found that kind of interesting. When played immediately after (or hell, even during) RE2, it all seems even more incredible and the scope becomes greater.

Still playin Disgaea 4. its a big pain tryin to find all the pirate groups in the item world due to low encounter rates in this game.

I'm looking forward to the new one coming out on the 3DS. It's supposed to return to the franchise's roots.

Though I haven't played much of RE beyond 4&5, I do enjoy the lore, and I just hope they don't decide to do a series reboot.

I'm still playing quite a bit of Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts. Been spending a lot of time in Mumbo's garage putting together my vehicles. Though I do like the mechanic (pardon the pun), I really do miss the traditional 3D platforming. It makes it harder to accept when it tries to distance itself from that genre, especially when it comes outright and tells you that it's intentionally avoiding those particular cliches. Hey, I was a fan of that genre, especially when you explore the environment looking for collectibles to help you on your quest. There is some of that, but the game worlds are intentionally made to take advantage of the incorporation of all sorts of vehicles. This, in turn, makes the environs much larger and open, making platforming virtually obsolete. Why climb when you could fly your plane to that high spot and grab those tough to reach notes?

Overall it has been good. Though I think I've spent far too much time in Showdown Town than in the actual game worlds.

I'm looking forward to the new one coming out on the 3DS. It's supposed to return to the franchise's roots.

Though I haven't played much of RE beyond 4&5, I do enjoy the lore, and I just hope they don't decide to do a series reboot.

Revelations looks promising, especially bringing Chris and Jill together in one game again without turning Jill into a Charlie's Angel :) A series reboot would really irritate me, as reboots universally tend to do; it's like saying, "the hell with everything we've done before, this is what we really want the series to be now." Remakes are one thing (like the masterful RE1 remake on GC) but reboots just seem to kill entire franchises for me. RE4 already turned the conflict with Umbrella into a blatant trivia within the first two minutes of the game beginning and became something new entirely, but the series' timeline still managed to remain relevant. As long as the familiar history can remain intact within the timeframe of the series, I normally don't mind how extravagant the changes are they choose to implement (within reason of course). But reboots? It's like, screw that, we've changed our minds; this is the story we wanna tell now. Urgh, I'm not making any sense >.< But neither does scrapping an entire saga just to start all over and create an entirely new story based solely on the initial premise (sometimes not even that!) . . . Wait, the Spider-Man live action films did exactly this, so I can't complain >.<

Much thumping on the desk in approval for your comments about Gamecube RE1 - best RE by far (and it had Invisible Enemy mode, which is the greatest idea ever, especially when you reach the door to the Snake and think 'Oh S**t...'. And yeah, some proper remakes of 2 and 3 would be very nice, because the ones we got on the Cube were an absolute disgrace. They make the all time best ever remake of a game, then dish out 2 sloppy cut and paste ports...

Much thumping on the desk in approval for your comments about Gamecube RE1 - best RE by far (and it had Invisible Enemy mode, which is the greatest idea ever, especially when you reach the door to the Snake and think 'Oh S**t...'. And yeah, some proper remakes of 2 and 3 would be very nice, because the ones we got on the Cube were an absolute disgrace. They make the all time best ever remake of a game, then dish out 2 sloppy cut and paste ports...

Bingo! I made the mistake of buying both on GC, and they subsequently became the first and only, thus far, games I've ever returned right back to the store the same day (angrily, at that). It was an utter waste of their time to just add a tiny bit of anti-aliasing and call that a 'graphical update'. RE1 and RE0 (previously canceled release on N64!) both got the star treatment; where's Claire, Leon, Birkin, Sherry, Carlos, Nikolai, Murphy, and Ada's share? If they think 'Chronicles' and 'Darkside Chronicles' make up for this they must be smoking the same thing SE is >.<

edit: Maybe it wasn't so much anti-aliasing as just crisping a few of the textures. Still, total waste of their time.

edit #2: haha http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFHWTmkmhi8&feature=related

Bingo! I made the mistake of buying both on GC, and they subsequently became the first and only, thus far, games I've ever returned right back to the store the same day (angrily, at that). It was an utter waste of their time to just add a tiny bit of anti-aliasing and call that a 'graphical update'. RE1 and RE0 (previously canceled release on N64!) both got the star treatment; where's Claire, Leon, Birkin, Sherry, Carlos, Nikolai, Murphy, and Ada's share? If they think 'Chronicles' and 'Darkside Chronicles' make up for this they must be smoking the same thing SE is >.<

u shouldnt be angry when walkin into a store. just sayin...

u shouldnt be angry when walkin into a store. just sayin...

Haha, the anger came and went mainly before I even got in the car xD

Haha, the anger came and went mainly before I even got in the car xD

phew. least u released it in time.

I'm naturally nice. Even if I were still fuming when I got in the store, they'd never have known :D I got my money back and everything; I was a happy zombie-butcherer ^^

RE hasn't been rebooted with RE4? :trollface:

Haha, well RE4 doesn't rewind the entire plot and start all over again. At least they keep the lore in mind and intact :laugh: Though, I guess it does depend on one's definition of 'reboot' ;)

I'm naturally nice. Even if I were still fuming when I got in the store, they'd never have known :D I got my money back and everything; I was a happy zombie-butcherer ^^

true, but imagine if another resident evil game u bought for the gamecube was also terrible...

Haha, well RE4 doesn't rewind the entire plot and start all over again. At least they keep the lore in mind and intact :laugh: Though, I guess it does depend on one's definition of 'reboot' ;)

Though I guess it depends on one's definition of Intact xD.

true, but imagine if another resident evil game u bought for the gamecube was also terrible...

If they put the effort into an overhaul and remake from the ground up like RE1, I'd be less upset; they tried, at least. Though if they did it like the RE1 remake, it'd be damn near impossible to go wrong :laugh: Not even trying, as in the case with RE2 and 3, is another story~


Though I guess it depends on one's definition of Intact xD.

LOL! Well, if I may reboot my previous statement (seewutididthar?), RE4 does quite hastily crumple up the then-intact history and throw it in the trash can before depositing us into an entirely new breed of *puts on shades* resident evil ^^

If they put the effort into an overhaul and remake from the ground up like RE1, I'd be less upset; they tried, at least. Though if they did it like the RE1 remake, it'd be damn near impossible to go wrong :laugh: Not even trying, as in the case with RE2 and 3, is another story~

lol

Battlefield 3

Finally got my hands on it. SP so far is far better than I expected, going to play MP in a bit.

To be fair to the new writers, I did actually quite enjoy the early sections of the RE5 story, and like I've said before, I consider it a more truly RE game than RE4's bizarrely camp foolery. That intro section where you walk down the street amid hostile glares from the townsfolk and that gang beating a guy sewn into a sack is genuinely unsettling. But when it became 'Lost Valley of the Inca's'... And the treatment of Jill, her look, dialogue etc was just awful.

It wasn't great, but I give them credit for salvaging anything from the Plot Nuke that RE4 dropped on the series. I really don't see how the series can continue when the main story is over, all the important villains are dead and the tone of the series is now so different from the original games, it basically is a seperate series trading on its old name.

Anyway, to haul myself off my soapbox and back on topic, I'm still hammering away at Dark Souls, curse that game's black heart. My comments on the Skyrim thread are proving to be true - I really need that game to come out and give me some fun adventuring. I don't think my nerves can take much more of the constant anxiety of Dark Souls!

Kirby's Return To Dreamland

:D

MMM...sexy...

What's pink and sucks?

For the record, I'm still hoping remakes for RE 2&3 come out. But lately Capcom has just been hating on the fans. They won't even let MegaMan Legends 3 continue in development even when Keiji Inafune offered to finish it for them. The man needed his space, and they wouldn't give it to him. So he left.

Etrian Odyssey...

I keep repeating this game I don't know why.

stronghold crusader extreme.

how do the fuck do you do anything in this game? all i see is my king and some 5 troops at the roof and a bunch of peasants gathered in a fireplace doing nothing.
then a minute late 7 billion enemy soldiers attack.

Red Dead Revolver

It's unbelievably silly. And unvelievably repetitive. Worth a shot I suppose, but I was expecting more from Redemption's predecessor.

Rockstar named it Red Dead Redemption partly because they realised the first one was so poor. Not that I really care for Redemption either though...

still playin Disgaea 4. still lookin for 3 more pirate groups in the item world.

Finally have 100% completion in Saints Row 2, so have gone back to the first Saints Row (to work on getting achievements etc). Hope to have that completed before the 15th of November, when Saints Row The Third is slated for release.

super star wars ( a new hope)

Rockstar named it Red Dead Redemption partly because they realised the first one was so poor. Not that I really care for Redemption either though...

Can't say that makes much sense to me. Also, the game is incredibly short. 6 hours.

Felt longer than that to me. But that was probably because I was doing a lot of side-stuff, mainly to help get myself more money and better guns.

Also, I've heard that the Red Dead Revolver was great, I don't see how it's poor.

I loved both games but I liked Redemption better. Better story, better horse and gunplay.

Still playing BF3. Probably the best MP game in recent years, gameplay is solid, sound and graphics are among the best.

Well, the idea of redeeming the series from its false start was presumably what they meant. Since the theme of Redemption plays basically no part in Red Dead Redemption, its as good a reason as any other. John Marsten isn't the slightest bit interested in being redeemed - he freely admits he wouldn't be hunting his old partners down if he wasn't being forced to, regardless of what they've done.

But yeah, neither of those games do anything for me. I don't hate them, but I don't really like them either.

Just not your cup of tea?

Red Dead Redemption is probably the game I dislike the least by Rockstar. So no, it not my cup of tea, but if someone was to offer me their cup, I'd manage to drink it down.

How about Gun then?

I've never played Gun. I'm not sure why, but I never seem to get around to playing games based on Westerns (never played any of the Call of Juarez games either, and it took me until the January sales to pick up Red Dead Redemption). I have nothing against westerns, and I own plenty on DVD, but as for games... A bit of a puzzle, now I come to think about it. Only video game westerns I can remember playing were some old arcades (Sunset Riders and a really old one, where you were a bandit trying to rob a train).

So anyway, is Gun any good then?

So anyway, is Gun any good then?

Imo, it is, I'd say it's a 8 out of 10. Pretty underrated too.

Also, playing Burnout 3: Takedown. Forgotten how much fun it is.

Well, if I see it in a bargain bin anytime, I'll throw a lasso around it then.

Anyway, giving serious thought to buying a 3DS. I want Professor Layton: Mask of Miracle and Tales of the Abyss, so that's enough justification to finally buy one, I think. Does anyone know if the Layton/Phoenix Wright game is coming out in the west?

Gun: Good, but flawed, game.


Playing:
Klonoa Wii

<3

Doom 3 AGAIN. Only until Resident Evil Zero arrives :D Never played it in all these years, so interested to retroactively experience it for the first time.

Dracula Unleashed on the old Sega CD/Mega CD (played via an emulator). Grainy, pixellated FMV and bad acting not withstanding, it's actually still pretty creepy even now. I remember now how much fun I had with this back in 1994. Good times. :)

Definitely one of the two best point-n-click adventures on Sega's failed CD console (along with Konami's sublime Snatcher).

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

Gave up after 2 hours the first time I played it and I figured with Skyrim right aroudn the corner I might as well give it another shot. It's not too bad so far, actually.

Is it really a good idea to play a game similar to one that's about to come out? Seems like you'll only burn yourself out.

Who said I was going to be playing it anytime soon? The release of Skyrim simply reminded me of Oblivion. I'll probably be playing that game during the summer.

But summer has already passed...
O_o


OT:
I've decided to get a PS3 on black friday - I hope the deals are good.

NCIS The Videogame
House MD for the DS (replaying)

Finished TY the Tasmanian Tiger earlier today. back to work on Disgaea 4...

Who said I was going to be playing it anytime soon? The release of Skyrim simply reminded me of Oblivion. I'll probably be playing that game during the summer.
I figured you were playing Oblivion out of anticipation for Skyrim. I can't see any other reason you'd want to play it at this point, really.

Been playing DC Universe since it went free to play and I love it.

Resident Evil Zero.

Poor Edward never even stood a chance out there :(

battlefield 3

I wasn't a big fan of RE 0, but it starts really well on the train. I actually quite like Rebecca, but I would rather have played as Enrico (or maybe the entire Bravo squad, swapping between them, something like that, because Forest seems pretty cool too and I always liked Richard because he gave me the auto shotgun in RE1).

I've never played Gun. I'm not sure why, but I never seem to get around to playing games based on Westerns (never played any of the Call of Juarez games either, and it took me until the January sales to pick up Red Dead Redemption). I have nothing against westerns, and I own plenty on DVD, but as for games... A bit of a puzzle, now I come to think about it. Only video game westerns I can remember playing were some old arcades (Sunset Riders and a really old one, where you were a bandit trying to rob a train).

So anyway, is Gun any good then?

I've never actually gotten around to playing it either. I was just wondering if you had any opinions on it.

The only western I've actually played was the Half Life mod known only as Wanted! When I figured out how to put bots in a game, I played it extensively. That is, until CS: Condition Zero came out.

I didn't have the internet at the time, so bots were all I had for the longest time.

I admit that my interest is piqued now - I may have to seek out a second hand copy of Gun now, just to see what its like! I was going to have a go on one of the Call of Juarez games, but a mate warned me off, saying they were terrible. Still, I might get one of them second hand - if its rubbish, I'll just deny ever owning it!

And I finally finished Dark Souls - freedom at last! When I nailed that final boss, I practically broke down in tears of utter relief. To be fair, it was actually probably an easier game than Demon's Souls, but it still felt mighty good to get that game completion trophy.

With Skyrim coming up so soon afterward, I felt like I needed something non fantasy to play, just so I don't completely overdose. Not really into Uncharted, so I picked up Resistance 3 instead. Played about 30 minutes or so and it seems enjoyable enough so far. Feels like Little House on the Prairie - but with aliens and guns and tanks.

I wasn't a big fan of RE 0, but it starts really well on the train. I actually quite like Rebecca, but I would rather have played as Enrico (or maybe the entire Bravo squad, swapping between them, something like that, because Forest seems pretty cool too and I always liked Richard because he gave me the auto shotgun in RE1).

It's got a different flare to it than the first game, and some moments are downright corny. From a gameplay perspective it's the most unique of all, actually allowing the kind of cooperation you would expect normal people to enact under such conditions ("Hey, now that we're here in these dark woods with a score of mutilated corpses and a report of a convict in custody, let's split up gang!").

I really admire your idea of swapping between Bravo Team's members, and it seems it would be a great way to get to know them better, something I highly anticipated from this game. Granted, I'm not very far in (I just got the crank handle in the mansion) so I may see some more of them in time. Looking around online I was amazed at the sheer amount of people disappointed, thinking it was all about Bravo Team's journey through the mansion. Sure, some more scenes with the rest of the guys in Bravo would be nice, but can you imagine how redundant the game would seem? We land in a forest, we lose a guy (Kevin Dooley; in RE1 it was Joseph), we run for a mansion. Then, true to Scooby Doo fashion, we split up. Kenneth and Scoob hit the dining room, while Richard goes and hunts snakes and Forest heads up to the terrace to snipe with a grenade launcher. They all meet a swift death, save for Rebecca. I think exploring entirely different areas made perfect sense for this game, and I'm anxious to see how it all ties in with the original (well, the REmake).

I can't say I entirely miss the Crimson Heads, though I wouldn't be surprised to see one pop up at some point. The only thing I will say is it kind of would've been fitting to see Richard Aiken replace Billy Coen, as tight-knit as he and Rebecca seem in the first game. It doesn't matter though; once you get used to the swapping system, the game is probably one of the best ones in the series, tied only with the REmake :)

My only gripe with RE0 was they made Rebecca more proactive and tough, but in RE1, she's all timid and scared. I understand that they made RE1 before RE0, but the character personality transition between both games was terrible.

SD Gundam Capsule Fighter

I'm really enjoying it.

The problem with the teamwork thing was that its really cheesy when a game puts in loads of 'Takes 2 people to move the lift/box/maze etc puzzles, just because you have 2 people - lucky the guys from the other games never came this way! Also, there is no point to playing as Rebecca for 99% of the time, because she isn't as tough as Billy. So I just spent all my time as him.

As for the story, its pretty bad. It starts okay, but once you reach the facility, the amount of story and the quality of it, slides pretty quickly. By the end, you'll just think its absurd that all this stuff supposedly happened before RE1 - like Arigeitsu says, Rebecca shouldn't be anywhere near as scared or helpless in RE1, considering she's beaten several huge monsters (including one that should *not* be in this game, that I refuse to accept as canon and if it must be included, definately shouldn't have been killed).

The location is also really dodgy. The teams need to take choppers to get out to the mansion, and this facility is apparently somewhere close by (as Rebecca is right by it at the end). But the action also moves to some of the areas from RE2 at times, which is crazy because they are situated in and below Raccoon City. There's no way they could be in walking distance of both areas. Either that or some of the tram car rides they take are much, much longer than it seems!

The whole game is obviously retcon, and as it goes on, it feels more and more obvious. I actually do like playing as Billy and Rebecca, and the game does have its moments, but I still find it nearly impossible to accept that all this actually happened before RE1. It feels unnecessary at best and completely unlikely at worst. And as of later installments, none of this game matters at all - Rebecca is apparently dead these days, according to some debatable canon (I hope that's wrong) and Billy also hasn't shown up (or even been mentioned) again.

Currently alternating between Xenoblade Chronicles and Sonic Generations.

Currently messing around with the Skyward Sword demo that just leaked. The sword fighting and aiming with the bow feel great.

And as of later installments, none of this game matters at all - Rebecca is apparently dead these days, according to some debatable canon (I hope that's wrong) and Billy also hasn't shown up (or even been mentioned) again.

I'm intrigued by this statement. What made people think that Rebecca is dead?

Guardian Heroes and Daytona USA on the Sega Saturn. I know they're availble on Xbox Live Arcade... but there's something about playing them on their original console which appeals to me.

Well the Saturn isn't really the original platform for Daytona USA. It's weird how popular that game was. I saw arcade machines for it everywhere growing up.

Well the Saturn isn't really the original platform for Daytona USA. It's weird how popular that game was. I saw arcade machines for it everywhere growing up.

True... but I think the Saturn was the original home console platform for it though. I still recall all the times I spent at a arcade, feeding the Daytona arcade machines my money. Hell, even when I was doing driving lessons to go for my Driver's License, I played Daytona and tried to 'hone my driving skills' in the virtual world as well lol... I was 16 at the time so that was my excuse!

Anyway to topic... Decided to give Daytona USA a go on my Dreamcast, so packed up the Saturn and games, unpacked my trusty Dreamcast... and been enjoyng myself immensely. Say what you will about the Dreamcast, it is one of my all favorite consoles of all time.

Apparently some documents or something in one of the Wii Resident Evil Chronicles games (I think - check the Resident Evil wiki, because that's where I remember reading this), either imply or outright state that Rebecca is dead.

Apparently some documents or something in one of the Wii Resident Evil Chronicles games (I think - check the Resident Evil wiki, because that's where I remember reading this), either imply or outright state that Rebecca is dead.

I'm not sure how trustworthy Wiki articles normally are, but check here (http://residentevil.wikia.com/Rebecca_Chambers).

"The English translation of the BioHazard Archives lists her as deceased after the Raccoon City outbreak, though this is a mistake. Her status was confirmed in the History files in Resident Evil 5, where she is listed as being one of the surviving members of S.T.A.R.S."

I'm not sure how trustworthy Wiki articles normally are, but check here (http://residentevil.wikia.com/Rebecca_Chambers).

"The English translation of the BioHazard Archives lists her as deceased after the Raccoon City outbreak, though this is a mistake. Her status was confirmed in the History files in Resident Evil 5, where she is listed as being one of the surviving members of S.T.A.R.S."

This makes more sense to me. Otherwise, they wouldn't have made her an additional character in the Mercenaries Reunion for RE5 if she was indeed dead.

the real question is... barry, wheres barry?

my theory is that after saving jill from raccoon city, he said "fuck it" and retired to be with his family.

Barry's the greatest. But even better is that zombie he shoots at the start of RE1 - 3 shots from Barry's 'pretty much 1 hit kill against anything' Magnum to take it down. And even then it was just playing possum, and takes off when you're not looking!

That zombie's got some serious game...

played the ps2 version of Disgaea 2 and Hot Shots Golf Fore! earlier today.

I think Barry's just been looking for another dining room the whole time :laugh:

Probably still investigating the blood for clues as well...

Oh yeah, I finished Resistance 3. Another game that took about 10 minutes to complete. It was okay I guess, but like Gears 3 and Killzone 3, it feels like a completely souless, made for the mainstream, utterly generic, short, easy shooter. A couple of fun weapons, but overall, a game that did away with what little individuality the Resistance series had.

Exactly what I was expecting, in other words.

You know, you never really do figure out whose blood that is, do you? I mean is it Kenneth's? Seems there'd be a whole trail leading into that little side hallway if it was . . . plus the video recording of him later on indicates he wasn't all that torn up until he stupidly let the zombie corner him and eat him. I mean come on, in the REmake, there's a whole other door behind him he could've run to! Freakin' wimp -_- But on the other hand, it could've been the zombie's. I mean, you don't decay that heavily and not spring a few flesh ruptures here and there, do you? Either way, I just hope Barry had fun examining this.

Kenneth's terrible - that video of him spraying all around and completely missing the zombie (who is just coming dead straight at him down a fairly narrow corridor), is hilarious. But then again, it is that super zombie who laughs in the face of Barry's Magnum...

As for the blood, who knows? Ozwell Spencer's just as big a nutcase as the Ashfords, so finding random bloodstains in his mansion isn't all that surprising really. It could be from Kenneth or Forest perhaps? He might have been able to stagger upstairs, and it would explain how such a hardcase managed to die to some birds! At least Richard had the decency to die to a proper enemy (the snake). And Enrico's so tough, he swans about that mine filled with Hunters, armed with just a 9mm pistol - and survives just fine until the traitor shoots him!

I just hope Barry had fun examining this

Hope this is not CHRIS' blood. Lol.

Been playing MW3 and the campaign is fascinating so far. I'm especially loving the "Kill Confirmed" gamemode on multiplayer.

Kenneth's terrible - that video of him spraying all around and completely missing the zombie (who is just coming dead straight at him down a fairly narrow corridor), is hilarious. But then again, it is that super zombie who laughs in the face of Barry's Magnum...

As for the blood, who knows? Ozwell Spencer's just as big a nutcase as the Ashfords, so finding random bloodstains in his mansion isn't all that surprising really. It could be from Kenneth or Forest perhaps? He might have been able to stagger upstairs, and it would explain how such a hardcase managed to die to some birds! At least Richard had the decency to die to a proper enemy (the snake). And Enrico's so tough, he swans about that mine filled with Hunters, armed with just a 9mm pistol - and survives just fine until the traitor shoots him!

Kenneth's is definitely the most pathetic of all of STARS :laugh: It's no wonder he only got that far into the mansion! I'd definitely rank the Bravo guys in order from Richard, Enrico, Forest, Edward, Kevin, and Kenneth in that order on the manliness scale. Kevin didn't have a choice; he got mugged inside a cramped chopper by a fackin' vicious dog :O I only count Rebecca out cuz that bitch managed to survive -_- Lucky girl.


Hope this is not CHRIS' blood. Lol.

Barry later found out it was BBQ sauce but left that little detail out of the official report :laugh:

That would've went great with Jill if he left her in that ceiling trap.

Barry's the greatest. But even better is that zombie he shoots at the start of RE1 - 3 shots from Barry's 'pretty much 1 hit kill against anything' Magnum to take it down. And even then it was just playing possum, and takes off when you're not looking!

That zombie's got some serious game...

over at gamefaqs, at the height of the remake, we all concluded that zombie was god.

think about it: (canonically) he survives several shots from kenneth, and then he eats him.
minutes later you see him, and you "kill it" (disregard this if you just turn around)
jill only:you then come back to the dinning room, only for that same zombie to attack both of you, it takes 3 magnum shots at point blank to subdue the zombie. you head back to the main hall but then the zombie rises again and heads to his original spot.
both characters: after that you go back to that corridor and find the zombie, you kill it again for good..... only to have him come back later as an enraged crimson head, where you finally kill him forever.

yep, that zombie is god. or maximus decimus meridius, because, like him "he just wont die"

About to start playing Skyrim.

Kinda preemptive but Gamefly just shipped my copy of Skyrim.

If it took as long as MW3 to get here, Ill be playing it saturday hopefully.

Right now, playing World of Tanks.

Got an extra 360 lying around...
GameStop will give me around 100USD for it in credit - but the PS3 I want is around 250USD...

I might be able to trade it for an older PS3 a classmate has...or I could trade it to a local game store for a bit more credit (but they have no PS3).

IF I can get a PS3, soon I'll probably Skyrim for it.

Still playing WET. Got 10 more trophies to unlock.

I'm currently playing DC Universe Online, Uncharted 3, Arkham Asylum and tonight I will be picking up Skyrim (viva midnight release!) Can't wait to play it!

assassin's creed brotherhood, in celebration of the email I recieved confirming that Revelations is in the post!

See, if Bravo had just had Barry with them, they'd have been absolutely fine. Because despite his size, that guy is like the ninja master of being in the right place, at the right time.

- Stuck in a deadly mansion full of locked doors? Hey, thanks Barry - you'd have thought the demolitions/cracksman of the team would have the lockpick, so its good that you remembered to bring it...
- Having problems with Hunters and need something with a bit of extra kick? Yeah Barry, I'll take those Acid Rounds off your hands...
- About to be crushed by a falling ceiling in a remote part of the mansion? Never fear, Barry's here.
- Being attacked and crushed by a gigantic plant monster? Baz just happens to be strolling past with a flamethrower.
- Feeling down that the city you're in is about to be erased off the map by nuclear missiles? Good thing you brought that Chopper with you, B Man.
- About to reveal details of the whole plot to the good guys, Enrico? Oh darn...

A man for all seasons...

Latest playlist:
PC: DC Universe Online
iPad: Oregon Trail HD

LBP PSP and TF2 are getting sidelined...

Hoping to play Skyrim :p. Right now, just playing the Men of War demo.

Also, I noticed I got a rep point on this thread for some reason. Was it something I said?

Mass effect! for 4th time :D i have to well prepare for last battle!

Just started Alice: Madness Return

I'm replaying Zelda: Spirit Tracks while trying to not gnaw my arm off waiting for Assassin's Creed: Revelations, then Zelda: Skyward Sword shortly after. Gonna be a busy lady.

As Saints Row The Third will be released in 3 days, decided to go back and try to get the last few achievements I need for Saints Row 2.

Recently got my plat for Heavy Rain.

Going to start on Nier soon methinks, with random bouts of NHL12.

Been playing Skyrim since the afternoon and I'm still playing it now.

Jak II. my second playthrough in a very, very long time.

Been playing Skyrim (PC) for about 4 days straight.

Picked up a PS3 - bought Skyrim.

1) On Skyrim:
I've gone almost 20 levels with hardly any battling.
My smith skills are around 65 and my speechcraft is getting up there.

Note to players:
TAKE ALL THINGS!!
Most/all folks won't buy 'stolen' items but feel free to TAKE everything else.
Even if they pay you nothing for the item it still goes to raising your Speechcraft.


2) Started Playing Skyrim @~6pm On Sunday; Didn't stop (unless you count taking a piss) till ~10:30am On Monday...
=This game consumes me.

Played Hide recently and, my God, is it disturbing.

I've been playing Skyrim too, but I'm not enjoying it as much as the others guys on this thread, it seems!

Played some of the multiplayer in Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts with a friend online in an attempt to nab some achievements. As there is absolutely nobody online in this game, we were unable to get any of the achievements associated with ranked matches. However I was able to get a couple, though I do have to say that the multiplayer options are shortlived, with little to no progression. Even though racing through the maps was fun enough, it's nothing I'd return to on a regular basis. The longevity of the multipayer modes was restricted, given that the actual game had a limited amount of available game worlds to draw from. This really was the most disappointing aspect of it all, considering that they could've done so much more if the multiplayer wasn't treated as such an afterthought. There's also a complete lack of vehicle destruction while racing. How am I supposed to slow down an opponent if I can't blast their vehicle to bits? This ruined the entire concept of the multiplayer for me. What could have been a battle royale with your custom made vehicles pitted against your opponents' own creations, was turned into a hand holding venture based exclusively on speed and traction, rather than durability and skill. There's not even a vehicle deathmatch game mode either. At least Banjo-Tooie had some sort of deathmatch options available.

The rest of the game is absolutely phenomenal, though.

call of duty 3, xbox (not 360)
why does it seem all other COD3 versions have the veteran interviews except the 360 version?

FFX for now.

Don't know if i'l play to the end or not.I keep ending the game soon.
I keep losing interest in the game every time i play.I don't know what it is,but its hard to keep interested.

Saints Row The Third

Dissidia Duodecium
Final Fantasy IV
Mother 3
Earthbound
and Resident Evil 1-3 again (Good games, hilariously bad voice acting)

Resident Evil 1-3 again (Good games, hilariously bad voice acting)

Resident Evil's 2 and 3's voice acting wasn't actually that bad. RE1's the only one that had hilariously bad acting.

battlefield 3.
WHAT THE FUCK, thats the most boring, uninteresting and downright awful single player ive ever played.
not counting short as fuck too.

still playin Disgaea 4. just got the rest of the legend rank 39 items necessary to start goin for the rank 40 stuff. I also managed to identify just about every single item in the game except for most of the fun weapons, Magichange weapons, and a few weights. still got a long road ahead, as i also have to view a number of skills as well as start capturin enemies to eventually get every ship part.

battlefield 3.
WHAT THE FUCK, thats the most boring, uninteresting and downright awful single player ive ever played.
not counting short as fuck too.

Meh, I enjoyed it.

Resident Evil's 2 and 3's voice acting wasn't actually that bad. RE1's the only one that had hilariously bad acting.

qft.

battlefield 3.
WHAT THE FUCK, thats the most boring, uninteresting and downright awful single player ive ever played.
not counting short as fuck too.

Its only marginally worse than MW3's SP imo. Seems like FPS games cant do SP right anymore.

Very few FPS have ever had a good single player campaign. I enjoyed Halo 1, bits and pieces of Halo 2, quite liked the first F.E.A.R... Oh, and there's Bioshock as well, if you count that as a FPS. But other than that, can't think of many good ones without going way, way back (like to Goldeneye and Perfect Dark etc). I guess some would say Half Life 1+2, but I never really liked those games.

Deus Ex and Deus Ex: Human Revolution are great SP first person games, the old Medal of Honor and the Call of Duty 1,2, and 4 all had great campaigns. I loved Battlefield Bad Company's SP because it didnt take itself seriously. Recently though, not much developer love for SP.

Would you really call any of the Deus Ex games First Person Shooters, though? The whole point of those games is that you *don't* have to just go in all guns blazing. And if you do try to, its quite hard...

That is true, it bends the genre too much to be considered a true FPS.

Think I'm about done with Skyrim. Ran into a few quests that messed up because I tried to approach them in ways the game didn't want me to. There's really only ever one solution or approach you can take to a quest in this game and that's pretty lame, I think.

I've booted up Rayman Origins, but I haven't put much time into it yet. I never played the original so these slippery controls do not feel great to me, but I'll give it some time.

Its only marginally worse than MW3's SP imo. Seems like FPS games cant do SP right anymore.
iloved mw3's sp. nothing short of epic.
shame there was no extra level.

also vrykolas, cod 5 sp was one of the best sp ive ever played in a long time.

I can't really comment much on Call of Duty - 'real world' shooters do absolutely nothing for me. Be they set in WW2, Vietnam, modern day, whatever... I just can't get into them at all. The only COD game I ever sat down and played to the end was COD: World at War, and that's only because it came with my PS3 and I didn't have any other games. Apparently WAW is one of the worst COD games, and I'd have to agree based on my limited experience. I thought it was okay, in a workmanlike, 'honest to goodness shooter and nothing else' kind of way, but I have no plans to ever play it or any other COD ever again.


Finished Skyrim's main quest... words fail on exactly how awful that whole storyline was. Actually manages to be worse than the main quest from FO3 (because that at least had the Tranquility Lane section), and is only better than the Oblivion main story by dint of not having to do all those Oblivion gate realms (truly one of the all time worst design decisons taken in any game ever). The kicker is that I actually much preferred Oblivion's story, if you take that aspect away. Skyrim's story is just awful from start to finish.

Looking forward to getting Layton and the Spectre's Call tomorrow.

Finally got around to playing Castlevania Portrait of Ruin on the DS (only five years too late right?) :p And, I'm really enjoying it - it's definitely taken a leaf out of Symphony of the Night's book with the non-linear exploring and RPG elements, and given a refreshing twist with the portraits opening up entirely new areas.

Even with the absence of a Belmont (well, not exactly, Richter and Maria are unlockable in the game, despite being long dead by the time period of POR - 1944 ;)), the new characters are likeable, although Charlotte's chirpy voice gets a bit annoying after a while. As antagonists the vampire sisters are also fittingly sinister too.

Yozo Koshiro and Michiru Yamane's OST is also very well done as well.

Although Portrait of Ruin will not top the certified awesomeness of Symphony of the Night, it is still a great game that all Castlevania fans should play. :)

I never got around to playing any of the Castlevania games, save for Dawn of Sorrow and Castlevania 64. They were both pretty good. Dawn of Sorrow being the better title of course.

Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift. currently have 273 quests completed. im at a crossroads, though, cause no more new quests are appearing. maybe it's time i did some hunting of my own...

Yes, I always liked Portrait of Ruin myself. Seems like most people preferred Order of Ecclesia. I'm not sure about that though, because whilst OoE is very good and I do like Shanoa, I felt that having her as the only playable character and having no holy whip wielding Belmont (or st least some guy with a whip who has some connection to the Belmonts), was getting too far off the point of the series.

Stopped playin final fantasy tactics a2 and decided to play final fantasy iii on my 3ds. currently at the Sealed Cave, but even with a full party, im gettin overpowered by the damn skeletons and mummies.

Halo: Combat Evolved, Anniversary Edition.

Spent like 10 minutes slamming my fists into the wall and crying out in despair when I saw the game has an Achievement for doing every level on Legendary. I nearly drove myself completely insane doing Legendary on the original version and got absolutely nothing for my troubles. There was the easter egg ending with Johnson, but then I learned that I could have just got that by doing 'The Maw' on Legendary.

The only thing I got was the satisfaction of seeing the Legendary Symbol on the level select screen to show I'd finished them all at that difficulty. Which was fine, because the console could hardly shake my hand and give me a tenner, but the agony involved I thought would buy me something more substantial, unlock something. And now I see this 360 version, which actually does give you an Achievement, and I just know that I'm enough of a Masochist that I might actually put myself through it all again.

I never should have bought this game.

Well, people should drop whatever they're playing, and boot up the finalized version of Minecraft that was released today.

Nah, don't do that.

Halo: Combat Evolved, Anniversary Edition.

Spent like 10 minutes slamming my fists into the wall and crying out in despair when I saw the game has an Achievement for doing every level on Legendary. I nearly drove myself completely insane doing Legendary on the original version and got absolutely nothing for my troubles. There was the easter egg ending with Johnson, but then I learned that I could have just got that by doing 'The Maw' on Legendary.

The only thing I got was the satisfaction of seeing the Legendary Symbol on the level select screen to show I'd finished them all at that difficulty. Which was fine, because the console could hardly shake my hand and give me a tenner, but the agony involved I thought would buy me something more substantial, unlock something. And now I see this 360 version, which actually does give you an Achievement, and I just know that I'm enough of a Masochist that I might actually put myself through it all again.

I never should have bought this game.

Achievements shouldn't matter if you want to feel like you've actually completed the game(unless they're all easy achievements, then that's a different story.)

I was happy to play Halo Anniversary like in the good old days. For the multiplayer, I just wish it was classic Halo instead of just Halo Reach with classic maps.

Dug out my Sega Saturn and started playing Mystaria: Realms of Lore... gonna finish it this time dammit >.<

Been a bit bored with Skyrim lately so needed a change...

Playing The Witcher 2 while testing out the WoW PTR.

Still considering canceling my FFXIV sub and waiting until Guild Wars 2 to fully commit to an MMO.

Usually I don't care that much about Achievements. I'll get them if I like the game and/or the specific Achievements. Its also a good excuse to spend more time with a particular game, giving yourself some goals to be working towards.

Maybe its the influence that Demon Souls and Dark Souls have had on me, but I feel like I want to to do it again, just to prove to myself that I'm still capable of something that's actually really hard (I constantly worry that the ease of modern games is dulling my playing skills). And it is really satisfying when you unlock a particularly sadistic Achievement...

On the other hand, one of my mates was clearing out some of his stuff and gave me a box of old games he wants to get rid of to look through and see if I want any of it. A lot of it is junk that I'll never play (racing games and such), but there's a copy of the PS3 Turok game. I remember people saying it was pretty awful, but I'm really tempted to give it a go.

Play a game that might poison my good memories of the Turok series or whip myself on the back with thorns by playing Halo on Legendary again? A bitter season indeed...

The Turok reboot wasn't that bad on my experience.

Umm... Finished Uncharted 3, now I'm collecting trophies. Finished ScribbleNauts, that was easy, yet fun. I think I'm going to now tackle Ico and then Shadow of the Colossus next.

Skyrim...I'm level 50 and I've only done like 3 of the 'story' missions.
O_o

I've been playing Skyward Sword pretty much non stop for the last day or so. GOTY :)

Son of a bitch... (Checks wallet, and goes looking for discount Wii bundles).

Battlefield 3 Awesome game.....bought MW3....only lasted a day....returned it the same day.....what a awful game

just cause2

Skyrim.

All that I can say is that this game has surpassed Oblivion. The quests are more interesting and the main questline is pretty epic.

Playing Turok, and its awesome. Well perhaps not, but its awesome to be playing a Turok game again at any rate! Although I am being reminded very painfully that I am the world's worst ever shot with the damn bow. Bring on the guns already!

Although I am being reminded very painfully that I am the world's worst ever shot with the damn bow.

In Skyrim, I'm mediorcre with a bow, haha. :p

I loved the 64 Turok titles, but Evolution just ended up being mediocre. I haven't had the chance to take on the reboot yet, but I imagine I'll get to it sooner or later.

but Evolution just ended up being mediocre

I don't know, I've had fun playing Turok Evolution back in the day. I'll need to play it again.

I'm currently playing Lost Odyssey. I've been trying to finish this game for a few years now, but I always end up getting sidetracked. xD

Gone back to Saints Row The Third for co-op carnage in Steelport.

I didn't even go near a bow in Skyrim, literally never even equipped one :D

Currently playing Rise of Nightmares.

I like the concept of the controls. A little awkward at times, but pretty easy for me to get used. A good way to exercise too. :)

Just wrapped up my Platinum trophy for WET today. Not sure whether to start playing Skyward Sword or Sonic Generations.

metal gear solid 3 and mw3.
AT THE SAME TIME,LIKEA BOSS.

I would just play MGS3 by itself :laugh:

Still a better game than most FPSs these days imo. I really need to play it again.

well i had already beaten mgs3 back in subsistence, and mw3s sp is epic.
i play mw3 while the mgs3 cutscenes are playing, i really hate watching the virtuous mission scenes (i got tired of watching them over the years)

Super Mario 3D Land. already on World 6.

Just finished Rise of Nightmares. A great and underrated game imo. And forget those other workout games for the Kinect. Rise of Nightmares was a good work out for me. So good, my feet are sore as heck. :p

Ending was a bit abrupt, but what a fun game overall. I'm gonna play it again once my fee stop hurting, haha.

Wish there were more games like this.

Edit: Watched a cut-scene after the credits. I smell a sequeeeeel. ;D

Alternating between Star Ocean: Till the End of Time & Super Mario 3D Land. currently on world 8 on super mario.

Persona 2 Innocent Sin (PSP)
Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword (Wii)
Yoshi's Island (SNES) - Recording it and uploading on youtube

finally finished up on super mario 3d land. i will not try to go for the 5th star just to get the last level, as i had loads of trouble on a number of the special world levels, namely the cosmic mario levels and i dont plan on goin through hell again just to get gold flags on every level. sorry, nintendo.

To be honest, I was actually looking forward to playing the game, and ended up being disappointed.

That was last year. Tonight I started to wrap up Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts. I beat Grungy, but I need to redeem my jiggies and get the last few TT Trophies to nab that last single player achievement. It'll be difficult, but I'll be able to manage. Once I get that done, I can actually get started on Skyward Sword.

still playing both games at the same time.
took break and im in the toilet right now, gazing on the artbook of the MGS C. its so BEAUTIFUL.

Finished Skyward Sword. No idea what I'm going to play next...

God of war 2 and 3,,this is the BEST adventure that i really really likes!

Still playing Portrait of Ruin, and I'm now up to the Clock Tower. And of course, this being a Castlevania game, this can mean only one thing: FECKING MEDUSA HEADS!!

Oh how I hate those cursed gorgon spawn! With their stupid wave modulation movements and petrifying touch (the gold ones), I can only manage halfway through before it becomes too much for the Belmont-wannabe and his chirpy witch partner. Damn you Iga, why do you have to make games so addicting and yet so damn frustrating at the same time?! :p

Suikoden V

Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword

Yoshi's Island

Will be hopefully playing Star Ocean IV and FFXIII tonight ;)

Decided to start a Saints Row Marathon.... so, playing Saints Row 1.

playing skyrim while watching(or listening, whichever one) Retsuprae's videos :P

I would like to ask anyone logged in at the time of the hacking until the forum came back online to run a virus scan. I got a virus warning just as it happened, so just to be safe, please do this.

Thanks.

Oh, really? I didn't get any sort of virus, I don't think. I have kaspersky and it would've warned me. Then again, I wasn't on at the time so, I don't know.

Playing Skyrim.

And lol at this forum thread claiming that Skyrim is worse than Oblivion (http://rpgcodex.net/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=66361&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0).

Well, I agree with that poster that although Skyrim has the looks, I'd take Oblivion (and Fallout 3, and definately New Vegas) over Skyrim, no problem. Better graphics does not mean better game. Everyone trashing Oblivion now like they hated it is absurd. It won just about every critic award going, and its User Score on Metacritic is higher than Skyrim's, even with the release hype and reviews getting everyone all excited for it.

Simply put (and IMO of course), Oblivion is much better than people are (now) saying it is. Skyrim is far less good than people are saying it is.

I would like to ask anyone logged in at the time of the hacking until the forum came back online to run a virus scan. I got a virus warning just as it happened, so just to be safe, please do this.

Thanks.



Hey Jessie how you doing? Did you play also battlefield 3 bad company? online

Currently playing the SWTOR beta.


It's basically a Star Wars flavoured WoW-clone with typical Bioware features. And it looks like utter garbage, even at max settings.

got Rayman Origins at the black friday sale today. havent played it yet, but i do plan to.

@Vrykolas

I do think Oblivion is a great game in it's own right, and same thing with Skyrim, Fallout 3 and New Vegas(Great game, but it has more bugs and glitches than Fallout 3, judging by my experience) and I do think Skyrim is better than Oblivion. But that doesn't mean I like Oblivion any less, though.(Maybe it's because of nostalgia, but I don't know.)

The only thing I don't get is why some of the people on that thread were complaining about the new UI in Skyrim. I think it's perfectly well designed and organized, especially the menus. Sure, it's tad bit confusing when some names are white but a little greyed out and some names are completely white, but other then that, I think it's nice improvement over the UI's in Oblivion and Morrowind.

On topic:
Currently playing Dead Island. We need more zombie games like this. :)

SWTOR beta for this weekend. And Skyrim after that's done.

Red Dead Redemption and Arkham City at the same time, byatches. Don't care for A.C. as much as I thought I would :O

Did you play also battlefield 3 bad company? online


battlefield 3 bad company?


bad company?

Get the fuck out.

Currently playing the SWTOR beta.


It's basically a Star Wars flavoured WoW-clone with typical Bioware features. And it looks like utter garbage, even at max settings.

Remember though, it IS still in beta at the moment and with most MMORPG's, even after release, there'll be numerous updates etc for some time, to tweak and perfect things (Case in point, look at WoW and FFXI... there are updates and patches released for them constantly). Also, I wouldn't judge a game solely on graphics, as they are only a small percentage of the overall game.

Just finished off the Los Carnales in Saints Row. Having defeated them, and the Vice Kings (gotta love Johnny Gat and his dialogue for that campaign), so have only the Westside Rollerz, and then the council of Stilwater to take care of.

Remember though, it IS still in beta at the moment and with most MMORPG's, even after release, there'll be numerous updates etc for some time, to tweak and perfect things (Case in point, look at WoW and FFXI... there are updates and patches released for them constantly). Also, I wouldn't judge a game solely on graphics, as they are only a small percentage of the overall game.




I agree about the graphics, however for a game released in late 2011, it looks rather abysmal. The constant texture pop-in really annoys me and yes, may be fixed by the time of release.

Content updates are one thing, progression style is another. The UI, the quest structure, and all of the features are almost identical to Everquest II / World of Warcraft / Rift it's scary. While I understand that this formula of MMORPG is popular, it's a formula that is over 7 years old. It would be nice to see MMORPGs break out of the cookie-cutter mold, something I'll need to wait for Guild Wars 2 to do I suppose.

There are a few good features about the game I've noticed so far. The combat is fun (even though it's basically WoW without auto-attack), the voice acting is superb (which is no surprise considering how much they invested in this) and the story and light side / dark side choices are a welcome addition.

It's fun, but unfortunately does nothing new for the genre. I can't help but feel "I've already played this game before".

I'm a Star Wars fan, and most fans will get a kick out of the game for at least a few months.

Also inb4 Dialogue choices are totally breaking the mold.

It has been really obvious for quite some time that SWTOR is just a WoW clone.

Final Fantasy XIII
Yoshi's Island
The Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword

Fixing to play the Star Wars The Old Republic beta.

I don't see why everyone has to call almost every mmo a Wow clone, Rift clone, EverQuest clone, whatever. I never played WoW or rift, but I've played the free to play beta of Everquest 2 Extended(right now, it's officially going free to play some time in December I think) and I usually play free to play mmos, and never saw them as clones. I even played Aion and I never saw it as a WoW clone. Personally, I say who cares if different mmos seem like a WoW/Rift/Everquest clone. Just my two cents :p

Edit: Currently enque for joining a server. Also, noticed a sever named "The Ebon Hawk". Ah, the memories, haha.

Mario Galaxy 2, ( be more happy if title called Mario 3D :/ )
Skyward Sword
Twilight Princess

and Kirby Return to Dreamland, game is really great
:kirbyswing:

In the beta.

Graphically, it looks nice. Gameplay, eh, run of the mill mmo style stuff, so, I don't mind. Playing as the Republic Trooper. I really like the dialogue options, really reminds me of Mass Effect :)

I think the issue is that if Old Republic is just a WOW clone, then MMO fans will probably continue to play Warcraft instead. Plus its not likely to attract many new fans (because if they liked that sort of thing, they *would* be playing WOW). Basically, its a case of Old Republic needing its own identity, which apparently it doesn't really have.

And I agree with most of what you (DoDo) said about Skyrim/Oblivion (other than the bit about Skyrim being better obviously). I don't really have a problem with the UI, but I don't really see that its added all that much. Combat is essentially the same, floaty, unsatisying mess its been since... since always with Bethesda. The favourites menu is inferior to the wheel IMO, and slows thing down as you scroll through the tiny writing to find stuff. Other than that, all that's really new is dual wield, and that's hardly anything fabulously new to get excited about.

Skyrim isn't a bad game by any means. But all this hysteria over it is preposterous.

I understand if you don't think it's better, in your opinion. I do think it's better, but that's fine if you don't think so.

Edit: Silent Hill: Shattered Memories.

Finished up Alice Madness Return I pushed and I finally did it. (For me) the game didn't start getting fun till late in chapter 4.

Vanquish.

Had to take a break from Skyrim because of the horribad lag.

Vanquish.

Had to take a break from Skyrim because of the horribad lag.

Were you playing it on PC or on one of the consoles(360 or ps3)? I hadn't gotten any sort of lag or fps drop on the 360 version.

The PS3 version starts okay, but lags terribly later on. It gets so bad that I have to quit right out of the game, and boot it back up again. That usually buys me at least 45 minutes, more if I stick to dungeons (only seems to start lagging in the world map and towns, often but not always when Dragons are about). It crashes a lot too and whilst that is a pain, I'm immune to these kinds of things in Bethesda's games now.

Oh, and Vanquish was a great little game. Best end credits for ages too.

I've heard great things about Vanquish. I remember playing the demo thinking how amazingly fast paced it was. I even saw a copy of it lying down on my couch in my dreams lol.

Were you playing it on PC or on one of the consoles(360 or ps3)? I hadn't gotten any sort of lag or fps drop on the 360 version.
PS3, I've got a gamesave of nearly 20MB now...yeah, I'm fucked.
Running or riding a horse makes the game lag like a mo-fo.

Vanquish is pretty fun, it's a Japanese take on TPS, so it's a little condescending and weird.
Reminds me, because of the art style, of ZoE.

Playin and enjoyin Rayman Origins right now.

I think the issue is that if Old Republic is just a WOW clone, then MMO fans will probably just continue to play Warcraft instead, and it won't attract any new fans (because if they liked that sort of thing, they *would* be WOW). Basically, its a case of Old Republic needing its own identity, which apparently it doesn't really have.


Quoted for truth.

If an MMO comes out that is in the same or similar style to the mighty World of Warcraft, players will eventually return to WoW because it does all of these things better, and is familiar and easy enough to get back into.

Why play a clone when you can play the original?

That's why I enjoy / enjoyed MMOs like FFXI, Granado Espada, and FFXIV...and soon to be Guild Wars 2. These games strive to be different, and end up being a more refreshing experience.

RAGE. It's the most mindless, shooty fun I've had in a while. The texture pop in is pretty ridiculous and I HATE the lack of a map, but other than that it's alright.

I could care less about WoW, to be honest. I'd take any WoW clone over WoW sense it never interested me.

Minecraft.

I'm definitely still gaming on Skyrim! I'm only 120 hours into it!

So long as you don't go in expecting 'The Greatest Game Ever', then Vanquish is one of the best pure action games this gen has thrown up. The story is a bit throwaway, but only because the focus is so squarely on the action. You could actually argue that the game has slightly too much story for its own good - the less stuff getting in the way of the action in this kind of game, the better IMO.

I enjoyed it much more than Bayonetta, but the fact that Platinum released both that and Vanquish in the same year means these guys really know their stuff. I mean I didn't love Bayonetta, but it was the best Devil May Cry style game for ages. And in its own way, Vanquish is a better Gears of War style game than any Gears game! (They not really the same thing though - Gears emphasises using cover, Vanquish could care less about taking cover when you could be strafing on your knees in slow-mo along enemy lines with a shotgun).

Its worth a look.

I just started Skyward Sword and started Super Mario Bros. Wii all over again.

I know I'm late to the party, but started The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings.

MY GOD THIS GAME IS FUCKING UNREAL.

Forget Skyrim, The Witcher 2 is GOTY. Easily.

i tried the game, indeed not bad :twochicks:

I just started Skyward Sword and started Super Mario Bros. Wii all over again.

No Uncharted 3? ;)

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Wrapped up WET last week, so started Sonic Generations. May give Skyward Sword a small whirl tonight to cure my curiosity of the game. :)

Started on Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction. not real sure if i like it or not, already have camera issues a little.

Skyrim

And, I swear, after a couple of days of not playing this game, weird things started happening. Parts of a building disappeared to where I can see the outside flickering, A spider randomly disappeared and re-appeared in a cave, Lydia randomly disappeared and re-appeared, a sword was floating above the ground(probably a few feet adove the ground) while I was traveling, a blood dragon I killed in Whiterun (and left for sometime while it's bones were sitting out in the streets) somehow teleported itself under the bridge that's behind Whiterun's entrance and keeps changing positions and spazzing out as I keep coming back to Whiterun, a guard fell through the ground after a Forsworn killed him in Markath(For some reason, I don't remember if that's what happened), after I finished that quest where you escaped from prison, and now, I saw a random skeleton's foot roll down a hill at lightning speed and suddenly stopped and was sitting there as if someone was standing there. DAMN, SKYRIM! YOU WEIRD! XDDDD

Playing currently

-Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword (And loving it *-*!)
-Final Fantasy XIII (pretty good so far)
-Chrono Trigger (recording it)

Playing currently

-Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword (And loving it *-*!)
-Final Fantasy XIII (pretty good so far)
-Chrono Trigger (recording it)

So you think Legened of Zelda Skywars Sword is worth buying? I have been contomplating it for awhile now and I'm just not sure about it. I played the other one for wii (twilight princess I think) and didn't care too much for it.

I'm currently doing walkthroughs of Final Fantasy VII and Crash Twinsanity.