I found my moonstone.The moonstone was under an item.
Oh yeah:This game is ridiculous.What the heck?

I entered despise and now i have a ton of loot.I literally can't believe just how generous this game is.
There is literally trashloads of stuff on treasures and or lying around.

Republic Commando

Speaking as a greek person, I just find the accent the greek units have absolutely hilarious.

Brosteckba? Vulome!

I've also found it funny how in the cutscenes, or certain dialogue that's triggered, everyone speaks complete English, but in-game, they speak their language. :p

Edit: Playing Cry of Fear on my 2nd playthrough. Also, I'm hearing that GAME won't be able to sell Mass Effect 3 or other EA titles because of financial issues they're having.

been playin Hot Shots Golf on my vita. got the True Ending trophy earlier today, but theres still a lot to do.

BF3 on ps3. fuck, its such a miserable game when playing it alone

I never played warcraft before.That is a strategy game right?

Which one is good? I am curious because i have seen videos of warcraft.
Warcraft II is a great game. He doesn't know what he's talking about. I would suggest trying it out, however if you're looking for something closer to the feel of WoW, it might be a good idea to check out the third installment (WCIII).

I've never played the first one, so I couldn't tell you how that one fairs though.

WarCraft 2

This game hasn't aged very well...

your mom hasnt aged well. WC2 beats the shit out of WC3 and WOW

Currently trying to decide between beating ultima 1,and starting an ultima 7 part 2,the serpent isle game.
My biggest issue with ultima 1, is trying to figure out how the space travel system works.

your mom hasnt aged well. WC2 beats the shit out of WC3 and WOW
Building one unit at a time - no queue & Pants on retarded path-finding?

Yep REALLY aged well.

I just beat ultima 1 first age of darkness.

Building one unit at a time - no queue & Pants on retarded path-finding?

Yep REALLY aged well.

thats the battle. net edition, on the originals you can queu. but even then, its still better because you have to be on the lookout of which of you 12 barracks isnt building a soldier

Just finished Mass Effect and moved onto Mass Effect 2.

Star Wars: The Old Republic. Just hit level 10 on my Jedi Consular and finally got my lightsaber. Next I'm off to Coruscant to get my ship as well as my Advanced Class upgrade. :3

Sadly though I really should upgrade my computer's specs (I'm lacking slightly in RAM), as from time to time it starts to really lag badly like a Star Wars-themed Powerpoint slideshow.

Still excellent either way. :)

Hot Shots Golf: World Invitational. Got the Hole in One and Double Eagle trophies earlier today.

Aion since it's the reactivation period

I'll be so happy when the "Truely F2P" model is implimented :)

VirtualBoy WarioLand. Not on an actual VirtualBoy, mind you. I have The Homebrew Channel installed on my Wii, so I'm taking advantage of its emulation capabilities. The emulator also gives me the option to view the game in monochrome black and white, that way I don't strain my eyes looking at a blood red screen for hours on end. Looks more like a regular Gameboy game now.

So for a VirtualBoy game, WarioLand is pretty good. In fact it's excellent. It harkens back to the original WarioLand for the Gameboy which actually allowed Wario to die, and it also reincorporated the various hats from the previous game as the powerup system. I'm actually enjoying this quite a bit more than WLII which ended up boring me. I'm only about an hour in, and I've defeated the first boss. The game shows you how far you've got to go, and it doesn't look like it's going to be very long. So at this rate, I'll have it finished pretty soon here.

For the record, this is my first VirtualBoy title. I don't imagine I'll be playing any more though, as WarioLand is the only one I had an interest in looking into. It's not like the VB has a massive library or anything.

Beat "Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning" for the PS3. Only a few side quest, some traps and juggles, and I'll get the plat. ;)

Mass Effect 2, Modern Warfare 3, Skyrim.

Those are the main 3 I'm putting in my PS3 at the moment.

warioland is the best game on the VB

Just finished Mass Effect and moved onto Mass Effect 2.

I heard that there were no subtleties in mass effect 2,is that true?.

Also:Is the skill system the same in me1 and me2?

I heard that there were no subtleties in mass effect 2,is that true?.

You can turn the subtitles on via the options menu.


Also:Is the skill system the same in me1 and me2?

It's somewhat similar, but also limited to specifics, depending on your class. For example, my current Shepard was a Sentinel, so the powers I had access to were: Cryo Blast, Warp, Throw, Tech Armor, Overload and Defender, with Stasis as my bonus power. Each 'power' can be upgraded to level 4. At level 4, the power evolves into one of two powers, chosen by the player. Warp can evolve into either Heavy Warp or Unstable Warp (I chose Heavy Warp).

I've heard the leveling system in Mass Effect 3 is different... allowing the player more room to customize their powers. I didn't really experiment with it in the demo, but as I will have the full game in my hands in about 12-13 hours, I'll be able to better experiment with the whole leveling system and such fairly soon.

So... back to topic. Finished Mass Effect 2... ready for Mass Effect 3.

I wasn't refering to subtitles,rather i was asking if it was true that the story in mass effect was direct,with no suprises.
I saw someone complain about mass effect 2,and said there were no subtle stuff.

Demon's Souls

I'm close to getting to the End Game. I only have Bolitaria and the Valley of Defilement to finish.

Bioware just churn out the Star Wars, Babylon 5 and Lord of the Rings main plots over and over again. They go for spectacle and genre cliches, but they do it in a mostly entertaining way. But no, there isn't a hell of a lot of depth to the stories. They throw a few "Luke, I am your father' twists in every now and then, but mostly its just popcorn munching 'Beat the evil Empire/Dragon/alien invaders' stuff.

Its what made them all that money, so its not like they're going to change now, is it?

I've been playing a little Mass Effect 3. Mostly it's fine, but so far I like it less than 1 and 2 (with the first being my favourite). The dream sequences in the game are really dumb.

The first one is my favourite too. That, Dragon Age: Origina and KOTOR are their best games IMO.

Finished Demon's Souls with the Good Ending and now on new game +.

I'm surprised how easy the endgame boss was.

bought Pac-Man World 2 for the ps2 yesterday. first time i played it, yet i beat the game in about 7 hours. didnt want to go for a completion, cause the levels startin with the volcano levels were hard to tedious. but it was a good game.

went back to Star Ocean: Till the End of Time. got to the post game on my first save file and did a little bit on the Maze of Tribulations. gonna continue later.

I am currently playing ultima 4.

So...after about 150 hours of KoA:R I tried to get back into Skyrim.

Doesn't look like that's happening anytime soon.
I've been spoiled with low loading times, great combat, easier to manager inventory, and a more atheistically pleasing graphic style.

>_>

Maybe I'll FINALLY beat 3D Dot Heroes and/or Dark Souls and/or DE:HR.
I've got WAY too many games on my 'to finish' list.

I wasn't refering to subtitles,rather i was asking if it was true that the story in mass effect was direct,with no suprises.
I saw someone complain about mass effect 2,and said there were no subtle stuff.

Sorry... lack of sleep made me misinterpret what you were asking.

To answer your question, Vyrkolas's reply is pretty much spot on. I will say this though... IMO, the story to Mass Effect, while your stereotypical sci-fi driven story, it does flow well and I admit I've enjoyed the first two installments.

Currently, playing (no surprises here) Mass Effect 3. Have to admit, I'm enjoying myself so far.

I am currently playing Sonic The Hedghog 1 16-bit emulated (Bought from PS Store, not illegally emulated) on PS3, going to try and get all of the trophies in it.
Once i'm finished i'll start Sonic The Hedgehog 2 which has my favourite character in it :D (Guess?)

So...after about 150 hours of KoA:R I tried to get back into Skyrim.

Doesn't look like that's happening anytime soon.
I've been spoiled with low loading times, great combat, easier to manager inventory, and a more atheistically pleasing graphic style.

>_>

Maybe I'll FINALLY beat 3D Dot Heroes and/or Dark Souls and/or DE:HR.
I've got WAY too many games on my 'to finish' list.
At the very least Skyrim has better sidequests than KoA. Which is saying a lot, because Skyrim had a lot of poor sidequests.

I don't think I'd say KoA has great combat either. It's pretty mashy and even on the hardest difficulty the game is very easy.

warioland is the best game on the VB

I was under the impression that, aside from Tetris, WarioLand was the only good game on the platform. Even the Mario game looked like it had issues. Plus, it looked boring.

I just finished Mass Effect 3.

I just finished Mass Effect 3.

Is it any good orphanage? From what darth revan said about me2,it leaves me with little desire to play it.I played the second a bit,but i didn't like it.To me:The fps parts weren't to my liking,i prefer traditional rpgs in a sense.
Then again:If you don't like the first game,there is a chance that you won't play the second one,and i played the second game and didn't like it,so it is likely i won't play the third.

I am kind of curious about kotor though

It's fine. It has a few more RPG elements than the second does, but it's still nothing like the first. I don't think 3 is worth playing unless you've finished 2, though. There are a few things about the game I don't like, but I obviously can't get into any of that.

What are the biggest changes in me3?

To the gameplay? They've sort of made an inventory again, but not really. There's more guns this time. You pick them up during missions or buy them at the Citadel. You can upgrade and modify (mods are also found on missions and in Citadel stores) each weapon individually. There's also more armour customisation, with 5 (I think) different parts you can equip to. There's also expensive sets of armour that are just a one piece thing. Armour affects your stats, but this is all represented with percentage bonuses rather than plain numbers. They also expanded how you upgrade your powers a little too, with the later tiers being broken up into two paths so you can specialise a certain way.

The changes are very minor.

The Old Republic.

Same. :) Currently I'm level 14, got my advanced class (Jedi Sage), and am running around Coruscant's steamy bowels thinning out the ranks of the city-world's criminal underbelly.

Despite what some people have said, I'm thoroughly enjoying it (to me, it's essentially KOTOR III played online rather than a Star-Wars-themed WoW-clone), and the fully-voiced cutscenes are a hoot. :)

Can't wait til I finally get my ship and can explore the galaxy at large. :)

Playing ME3 now :D

Also, I love how Liara unintentionally made a rhyme. "Process of elimination, with a little bit of desperation.

Same. :) Currently I'm level 14, got my advanced class (Jedi Sage), and am running around Coruscant's steamy bowels thinning out the ranks of the city-world's criminal underbelly.

Despite what some people have said, I'm thoroughly enjoying it (to me, it's essentially KOTOR III played online rather than a Star-Wars-themed WoW-clone), and the fully-voiced cutscenes are a hoot. :)

Can't wait til I finally get my ship and can explore the galaxy at large. :)

Are there a lot of places to explore?

And:How does the skill system work in kotor?

In KOTOR? Or TOR? (I presume you mean the later ;)).

There's about 18 planets so far available in TOR (Typhon, Korriban, Hutta, Ord Mantell, Coruscant, Balmorra, Alderaan, Tatooine, Dromund Kaas, Taris, Belsavis, Voss, Hoth, Nar Shadaa, Corellia, Ilum and Quesh) but some of those are class/faction specific (in particular, each class starts off on it's own specific world which other classes can't visit yet - for instance, Jedi classes start on Typhon, the world where the order was first founded; Sith classes start on the Sith homeworld of Korriban, Smugglers on the Hutt homeworld of Hutta etc).

Having said that though, the zones on each world are huuuge, and really do take forever to fully explore every detail of them. It's also obvious that Bioware has plans to introduce even more playable worlds to the game later on as well (I'm hoping for Dantooine myself ;)).

As for TOR's skill system, it's not too different to the DnD-derived system used in the first two KOTOR games - with some changes. Each class has their own set of abilities - however, unlike KOTOR I and II you can't access new abilities to learn them directly through the menu. Instead, each time you level up, you have to find a special class trainer NPC in every city, and actually buy the abilities (which are then automatically added to your ability list), kind of like buying magic spells in old-school RPGs. It can be annoying though, especially when you're stuck in the middle of a dungeon and you level up, and are unable to get back to a city area to gain new abilities.

The Skill Tree system gained with an advanced class at level 10 though is very much straight out of the original KOTOR games and most MMOs in general - each time you level you gain a Skill Point to use to boost stats and ability parameters, further tweaking your character's strengths and weaknesses. It's actually very straightforward (I thought so anyway). :)

Crusaders Thy Kingdom Come

I heard that daggerfall was huge as well.So kotor is like that? What about decision making? I saw options of the actual choices.Are there many endings in kotor?
Kotor doesn't have that annoying stat rolling thing right? I hate it.I was playing wizardry recently to try it out,and i spent a really long time trying to get the proper stats,because at least 70-85% of the time,i got 5-9 points.

Do you ever plan to put up a video of a lets play?

Crusaders Thy Kingdom Come

I saw a footage of that game.It looks like some sort of strategy mid evil game.
Graphics look nice enough for having so many npcs in 1 area.I wonder if it lags with so many npcs in 1 location.

Crusaders is a decent game(7/10 imo),the gameplay's just a bit slow. Not the best, but "King Arthur: A Role-Playing Wargame" is a major improvement, judging by the demo I've played.

I'm curious about kotor,and i'm also curious about system shock as well as disgaea.

Disgaea is a jrpg,but it is turn based?

Well, Disgaea is a strategy RPG, rather than a JRPG as such. I've only played Disgaea 3, and it was okay I guess. Nothing to rave about, but then I'm not much of a SRPG fan anyway.

The most important factor is that its a Nippon Ichi game, and they are an acquired taste. They make no effort at all to modify their games for western audiences, so they're *really* Japanese in style and tone. They are made for Jap gamers, and are released over here to appeal to the niche audience that appreciate such games and everything that comes with that.

Basically, they're just about as niche as it gets.

ddr mario mix.

probably the only ddr game i will ever buy.

Finished Mass Effect 3... rather disappointed to be honest (Won't go into detail here, as I don't want to spoil it for anyone else who wants to play it and hasn't yet).

Anywayz, gone back to Dynasty Warriors 6 Empires...

I've been playing WipEout 2048, Super Stardust Delta and MotorStorm RC for my PS Vita. I have Uncharted Golden Showers Abyss, but it's still in the shrink wrap. I'm still trying to complete all of the races on "Elite Pass" in WipEout before I open Uncharted.

Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker

I really cant believe I didn't play this game when it first came out. It's definitely a great entry into the series.

Crysis 2.

Close to finishing this.

Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker

I really cant believe I didn't play this game when it first came out. It's definitely a great entry into the series.

I'm a bit time fan of mgs.

So:How is it?

Midway point of Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception in Crushing Mode. Hoping to have the game entirely finished and all trophies unlocked by the end of the week.

nothing atm

I'm a bit time fan of mgs.

So:How is it?

Hard to describe. The gameplay is kinda like MGS4, with a variety of stealth and combat missions along with the story missions. Also you can recruit soldiers to fight for your group of mercenaries, upgrade and research weapons and gear, and even constuct your very own -REDACTED-. For a PSP game, the sound and graphics are great. Controls transfer well to the PS3. I haven't finished it yet.

Story follows Big Boss in 1974 Costa Rica. He is leading his own merc outfit, Militaires Sans Fronti�res (Soldiers without Borders), and gets embroiled in a CIA and KGB plot for the fate of Latin America.

REDACTED=
Metal Gear

I busted out my SNES for the first time to play the remake of Super Mario Bros. from Super Mario All-Stars. It's been awhile sine I've last played a 2D Mario platformer, so I'm a little rusty.

Though I did just beat Virtual Boy Wario Land, and that was good, but Wario controls differently than Mario. Anyways, it was a short game. Took me 5 hours and 47 minutes.

[QUOTE=Vrykolas;1940341]Well, Disgaea is a strategy RPG, rather than a JRPG as such. I've only played Disgaea 3, and it was okay I guess. Nothing to rave about, but then I'm not much of a SRPG fan anyway.

There is a snes port of this game,and also a sega one i think it was? I was looking at them to try em out.

I am also eying morrowind,because i am curious about morrowind now.

Phantom Dust

This game goes in between being interestingly fun and amazingly frustrating. Whoever thought it was a good idea to give the enemy the ability to dodge, and give you no way whatsoever to dodge needs to be shot. :/

Never heard of phantom dust.Is that game new?

Pac-Man World 3

Never heard of phantom dust.Is that game new?

It's a rather obscure(and unique) game for the original xbox.

Obscure Action Game: Phantom Dust - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdD2key5tIk) Here's footage I've posted

Phantom Dust - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phantom_Dust)

[QUOTE=DoDoRay9000;1942057]It's a rather obscure(and unique) game for the original xbox.

Obscure Action Game: Phantom Dust - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdD2key5tIk) Here's footage I've posted

What the fuck is going on in this game? What the heck? i see some kid with japanese type animu haircut throwing red hadoukens and picking up red and blue orbs in real time,while some other animated character picks up another ball.
This phantom dust game is confusing me.

Why is there a bunch of flying rubble all around? what kind of simulator is this? what is this? like the matrix?

I'm not criticizing it,i'm just genuinely confused.I'm wondering why they are all fighting,and what the heck is going on.

Front Mission 3

I finished the Alisa missions and now I am playing through the Emma missions. Ryogo continues to be freakin' hilarious!

demons souls.
getting my ass kicked and LOVING IT

Assassins Creed II

So far, the PS3 is getting quite the attention in terms of games I'm playing all at once.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
Call of Duty: Black Ops
Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance (part of HD Collection)
Mortal Kombat
Silent Hill (PSOne Classic)
Final Fantasy VIII (PSOne Classic)

Haven't played the other Metal Gear games that's in the collection yet because I want to get all the trophies in each game before moving on. And then after I do that, I plan on playing them in the right order of events (MGS3, Peacewalker, MGS2, MGS4) because I'm like that for some reason.

I'm on the last set of levels in Super Mario Bros. ~ SNES, and it keeps kicking my butt, though I'm so very close. They certainly don't make games like this anymore.

I'm curious about kotor,and i'm also curious about system shock as well as disgaea.

Disgaea is a jrpg, but it is turn based?

Disgaea is a SRPG and it is turn-based. it plays a bit like final fantasy tactics, but with some different features and tons of side-questin stuff. it'll eat away hours and hours of your life.

playin my other save file of Star Ocean: Till the End of Time. gonna get the other battle trophies that weren't possible to obtain in my first save file. once i'm done, it's back to the other file.

Blackwater

MW3

Finished Bulletstorm.

Another amazing game that will never get a sequel. :(

Currently having withdrawals from the TERA closed beta, can't wait for next test.

Right now I'm pretty much bored with all games. Tempted to grab Silent Hill 2 and 3 on PC just to give me something to do.

In the last week I have finished Uncharted 3 and Silent Hill 3.

I bought Silent Hill 4: The Room today, which I'm currently playing.

Was playing Star Wars: The Old Republic, but now I'm stuck on a boss fight in the Jedi Temple Ruins on Coruscant - no matter what I try, I just can't seem to defeat that stupid Mysterious Sithlord and his two Sith Acolyte flunkies with my level 17 Jedi Consular/Sage in the Jedi Archives. I can get him down to around 100HP left, but my companion inevitably succumbs and before I know it, the damn darksider is tearing through my HP with Force Lightning and Force Choke. A brutal lightsaber strike inevitably finishes me off.

Lightsaber strikes, Force attacks/enfeebs (especially Force Lift and Mind Crush), even stims, but nothing seems to give me that edge I need to finally beat him. And med packs/Force healing are not much of a help either - med packs have a stupid cooldown delay timer on them (in keeping with most MMO healing items), and the Force healing abilities available to a level 17 Consular/Sage are lackluster at best. Meaning they're pretty much next to useless.

I know I could shout for help for someone to help me duo the prick, but half the reason I like the game so much is so far up to now I've been able to solo pretty much everything in the main storyline with just my Trandoshan NPC companion. I know it's not the Jedi way to give into feelings of hate and anger, but damnit I can't help it! :p

Ah well, I guess Sith really does happen. ;)

played lots of games lately.

Pac-Man World for the PSX. enjoyable so far.
Hot Shots Golf for the PSX. find this boring compared to later titles i've played.
Star Ocean: Till the End of Time. got the battle trophies for the rest of the super bosses and plan to do some more trophy hunting before i start a new game on Universe difficulty.
Hot Shots Golf: World Tour. have only 5 trophies to go before platumun, but is gonna take quite awhile.

Chrono Trigger DS

Was not excited about this when it first came out as I played it to death when I was a kid but picked it up in a bargain bin at Best Buy and it's been so long that I have a nostalgic feel when I play it which is nice.

Assassin's Creed Brotherhood.

Mass Effect 3

I'm curious. Who is that boy I've seen a couple of times?

To tell you, would spoil it for you DoDoRay9000. All I'll say... is the word: "Symbolism".

3D Dot Game Heroes

Stopped playing it a while back, getting back into it.

To tell you, would spoil it for you DoDoRay9000. All I'll say... is the word: "Symbolism".

I've read somewhere that he symbolizes humanity. But I'm not entierely sure, so, I'll probably find out sooner or later.

I appreciate you for not spoiling it, though. :)

I've read somewhere that he symbolizes humanity. But I'm not entierely sure, so, I'll probably find out sooner or later.

I appreciate you for not spoiling it, though. :)

Only other thing I'll say about Mass Effect 3, while it is a good game in it's own right, it does have it's faults. We'll talk about it more when you finish it, if you like (Officially BioWare says it takes about 20 hours to get the main quest done, with an extra 20 for side quests etc).

You're not kidding about the extra 20 hours part. Total hours I've spent so far is 26h.06m

I'll be off to bed, now. I'll be playing some more when I wake up.

Was playing Star Wars: The Old Republic, but now I'm stuck on a boss fight in the Jedi Temple Ruins on Coruscant - no matter what I try, I just can't seem to defeat that stupid Mysterious Sithlord and his two Sith Acolyte flunkies with my level 17 Jedi Consular/Sage in the Jedi Archives. I can get him down to around 100HP left, but my companion inevitably succumbs and before I know it, the damn darksider is tearing through my HP with Force Lightning and Force Choke. A brutal lightsaber strike inevitably finishes me off.

Lightsaber strikes, Force attacks/enfeebs (especially Force Lift and Mind Crush), even stims, but nothing seems to give me that edge I need to finally beat him. And med packs/Force healing are not much of a help either - med packs have a stupid cooldown delay timer on them (in keeping with most MMO healing items), and the Force healing abilities available to a level 17 Consular/Sage are lackluster at best. Meaning they're pretty much next to useless.

I know I could shout for help for someone to help me duo the prick, but half the reason I like the game so much is so far up to now I've been able to solo pretty much everything in the main storyline with just my Trandoshan NPC companion. I know it's not the Jedi way to give into feelings of hate and anger, but damnit I can't help it! :p

Ah well, I guess Sith really does happen. ;)


Enki, are you enjoying SWTOR? I played the closed beta and absolutely loathed it.

At the moment I'm really enjoying experiencing the TERA beta every fortnight. Currently level 30 Popori Sorcerer and while I was skeptical at first, I really am in love with this game. Already pre ordered and can't wait until launch.

I'm definetely enjoying TOR Purrr - not only is it an MMO I can (mostly) solo-play, but it's also a direct sequel to the first two KOTOR games (which I love). So yeah, it's win-win for me. :D

As for my earlier post, I just think in hindsight my level might be slightly too low, so I guess a little grinding is in order then. ;)

To tell you, would spoil it for you DoDoRay9000. All I'll say... is the word: "Symbolism".
Well, no. He's a very real boy that Shepard is inexplicably haunted by throughout the game. What they use him for at the end is just more retarded shit. The entire ending is extremely stupid.

SO

BAD.

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Enki, are you enjoying SWTOR? I played the closed beta and absolutely loathed it.

At the moment I'm really enjoying experiencing the TERA beta every fortnight. Currently level 30 Popori Sorcerer and while I was skeptical at first, I really am in love with this game. Already pre ordered and can't wait until launch.
I was going to check out the beta but the download was too big for it to be worth it. Initial impressions of the game from Monster Hunter dudes expecting a similar battle system were disappointed, so I lost a bit of interest. Looks more like PSO/God Eater than MH to me, which doesn't interest me at all.

Saying that, I've been messing around with the RaiderZ alpha the last couple days because it is apparently inspired by Monster Hunter Frontier. It's okay, but the monsters not being instanced and the combat system being simple/hotkey based is a little disappointing.

I wish I could play MH Frontier.

Well, no. He's a very real boy that Shepard is inexplicably haunted by throughout the game. What they use him for at the end is just more retarded shit. The entire ending is extremely stupid.

SO

BAD.

I didn't want to spoil it for him... however,

the Boy does have three aspects. The first he is a live boy Shepard meets while leaving Earth (though I'm skeptical as no one sees him to help him on the shuttle). Second, he appears in Shepard's dreams, as a embodiment of what was lost. Third... the Catalyst (when originally it was meant to be Javik the Prothean squadmember who was the Catalyst, but due to the leaked script in November last year, everything was changed... for the worse) in control of the Reapers... stupid deux ex machina...

The ending made no real sense at all, too many inconsistences. Also, a lot of choices from the first two were rendered moot (Big one being the Human-Reaper hybrid and the destruction of the Collector Base meant nothing as Cerberus has outfitted all of their troops with Reaper tech... and the Human-Reaper hybrid (or remains) are located within Cerberus's headquarters).

In a way, I can understand the fans 'outcry' regarding the ending... and I guess I can understand the polls/petitions and other online movements to change the ending... Even the BBC in the UK has taken note of this.. 'drama'. Though some are going too damn far... one fan'atic' has even filed a suit with the FTC about this. Some on other forum suspect BioWare has deliberately kept the 'real' ending aside to be released as DLC and say that the current ending involves

Shepard being indoctrinated, by all of the Reaper tech you encounter in the games and dlc, and manipulated by Harbinger/The Catalyst.

That 'theory' has garnered a lot of attention and some suspect it to be true. In any event, not going to derail this thread into a Mass Effect 3 discussion. If a thread is created for it, fine.

Back to topic at hand... had the urge to go back to Dragon Age: Origins.

Currently playing Silent Hill 2 on PC.

This screenie is for Neg~

I'd make a comment about how you could be playing it in HD, but

HD Collection isn't out here yet ; ;

I edited just to mention that~

ME 3

Some these politicians are just dirty, like the Salarian dalatrass. Every dirty deal given to me, I just turn them down, no matter how worthy the rewards are.

Edit: Just spoke with EDI at Purgatory where Joker's at too. For a sophisticated AI like her, I didn't expect her to say "called him on his bullshit." xD

The Salarian's deal is considerably more reasonable if Wreav is in charge of the Krogan, rather than Wrex. And be fair to the Salarians - the Krogan are the ones who bring politics into this in the first place. Despite the fact that the galaxy is being destroyed, they refuse to lift a finger to help until they get what they want.

Look at it like this - if your country was being invaded and someone suggested you open up all the prisons and let people who had proven themselves to be violent, aggressive and an enemy to your people free to combat the enemy, give them all pardons etc, would you think it was a good idea? Particularly if you knew they blamed you for being in there in the first place and had been dreaming of getting even with you all that time?

I'm not saying the Krogan don't have a right to freedom (I support them in fact), but it isn't a Black and White issue. They *are* dangerous, under Wreav they *are* looking for revenge, and negotiaton at the barrel of a gun is no negotiation at all. Curing the Genophage could well lead to a murderous campaign of bloody revenge against the Salarian Union.

Bioware have always been biased against politicians and romanticise the 'good honest working class folk'. They over simplfy issues of all kinds, and this is no different.

I guess I would've went with the dalatrass' deal if Wreav was in charge. But I'm glad Wrex is in charge instead of Wreav on my side, because he wants to lead the Kroagan forward and not into a fight with the Salarians.

No way - Wreav is a milllion times more interesting than Wrex in this game! Seriously, having played with both in charge, I enjoyed the Wreav playthrough far more. Wrex isn't written very well at all in this game - he's far too laid back and passive (for a Krogan, and particularly compared to Wreav). Wreav's banter with Mordin is also much, much better (Mordin absolutely detests him).

I agree that Wrex is 'the better choice' from the perspective of wanting peace. But that's just the chance you have to take with these things. Its hypocritical in the extreme to go around extolling the virtue of freedom for the Krogan and how wrong the Genophage was, then only cure them if they have a leader who promises to behave and not cause trouble for you.

Its still a measure of control that you are exerting over another race. Shepard has a damn cheek coming along and shouting the odds at all these races like he knows what he's talking about. Its like if Obama went to Israel and Palestine and said 'Look, instead of fighting all the time, just don't. Can't you see how stupid you're all being?'

He'd be chucked out on his ear at best, lynched at worst.

I just beat ultima 8,so i guess its time to finish ultima 4.

Meh, I like Wrex. Never really cared for Wreav. I guess I'm probably a little biased on doing what I think is right since I do my best to be a good person irl. :p

3rd playthrough on Cry of Fear

So do I (which is why I hated ME2, because I refuse point blank to work for Cerberus), but I'm just saying that Wreav is an enjoyably horrible person with a lot more charisma than Wrex. Wrex is an optional character, based on a choice you made in ME1 (which a lot of people haven't played). The canon version of ME2 (the one you got before that interactive comic intro was made available) states that Wrex died on Virmire.

And if you play through with Wreav in command, you can see they put in a *lot* more effort with his story than with Wrex's.

Anyway, currently trying to decide if I really want to buy RE: Operation Raccoon City. The reviews suggest that its a truly appalling game, and not in any way like a RE game, or indeed good in any way at all. But... its got zombies in it again, and its RE and I really, really want to play a RE game again...

It looks fun to me. Plus, it has a Nemesis Mode(where two teams fight for control of Nemesis, I think) for download at a cheap price. That, and I'd say screw reviews. It's up to you if you want to buy it or not. Though, I suggest letting the price drop because every single game is not worth buying at full price imo.

Thinking about playing Minecraft, but I'm not sure.

Mass Effect 3~

So do I (which is why I hated ME2, because I refuse point blank to work for Cerberus), but I'm just saying that Wreav is an enjoyably horrible person with a lot more charisma than Wrex. Wrex is an optional character, based on a choice you made in ME1 (which a lot of people haven't played). The canon version of ME2 (the one you got before that interactive comic intro was made available) states that Wrex died on Virmire.

And if you play through with Wreav in command, you can see they put in a *lot* more effort with his story than with Wrex's.

Anyway, currently trying to decide if I really want to buy RE: Operation Raccoon City. The reviews suggest that its a truly appalling game, and not in any way like a RE game, or indeed good in any way at all. But... its got zombies in it again, and its RE and I really, really want to play a RE game again...

When it comes down to it, reviews are reviews. Someone is always gonna like something you don't like and vice-versa. The only way to truly know if a game is worth playing is try it for yourself. I take reviews with a grain of a salt.

Neg & company will probably lynch me for this, but despite the great reviews Silent Hill: Shattered Memories got, I thought it was awful. I stopped playing 15% into the game because it was so boring to me. I even tried to go back and play it after a month hiatus from it and simply couldn't not get immersed into it at all. However, for those who found the game interesting and playable, more power to them.

You still don't know when or where it's going to happen :169:

KOTOR

Pac-Man World. beat the game last nite.

now playin Hot Shots Golf: World Invitational. only 4 trophies to go for platinum.

I never asked for this....

BMURRMRMRMRMRMRRMMRMRUM...

You still don't know when or where it's going to happen :169:

<3 Neg

When it comes down to it, reviews are reviews. Someone is always gonna like something you don't like and vice-versa. The only way to truly know if a game is worth playing is try it for yourself. I take reviews with a grain of a salt.

Neg & company will probably lynch me for this, but despite the great reviews Silent Hill: Shattered Memories got, I thought it was awful. I stopped playing 15% into the game because it was so boring to me. I even tried to go back and play it after a month hiatus from it and simply couldn't not get immersed into it at all. However, for those who found the game interesting and playable, more power to them.

The only thing I hate about Shattered Memories is that stupid cell phone bug that deletes your saves. That really made me mad when that happened. Thankfully, it didn't happen again when I tried again :)

I get what you guys are saying about reviews, but the price of games is just too steep now to take any chances. Op: Raccoon City got a 3/10 from a review site that I generally agree with for most games. Apparently its a woefully made game that is technically incompetant on just about every level. And Downpour has got a rash of 'Its okay, but nothing special' reviews that are typical of the later Silent Hill games.

Waiting for the prices to drop is one solution, but the longer you wait on these things, the less you bother after all. There's always something else coming out that demands your attention more than some game which got crushed in its reviews. (The fact it has gotten bad reviews means it very likely is rather bad, as reviewers hardly ever hand out really damning reviews for full price games, these days).

I don't know... I might give them a go, if nothing else turns up.

Mass Effect 3 ... wan`t a better Ending but the most time of the Game is...epic and dramatic. Damn...i cry on many scenes in the game...god damn it BioWare! :)

I haven't played ME3, but I think that the people that complained about it's ending, I'm pretty sure they've never finished KOTOR 2.

And while we're at it, What's with the hate of VII's Ending? Just finished the game today and it's still as awesome as I remembered it.

I haven't played ME3, but I think that the people that complained about it's ending, I'm pretty sure they've never finished KOTOR 2.

And while we at it, What's with the hate of VII's Ending? Just finished the game today and it's still as awesome as I remembered it.

I played...KOTOR 2 finished....and the End from ME 3...in my opinion is it..no comment, don`t wan`t spoiler the End but ME 3 is an epic game. But the end...sad for me.

I haven't played ME3, but I think that the people that complained about it's ending, I'm pretty sure they've never finished KOTOR 2.

I play and finish KotOR II TSL (and KotOR) each year topopoz lol... and after finishing ME3, well it IS a disappointment. Won't go into detail here, as I already posted a bit about it on the previous page. BioWare is in PR damage control at the moment and I honestly can't be bothered going about whether to change the ending or not. Hell... Even the BBB, FTC and even Forbes are apparently caught up in the 'Retake Mass Effect 3' movement. If a new ending comes out via DLC, there will still be people who complain about it. Guaranteed.

To topic... Finished Dragon Age: Origins with a Female Human Noble Rogue (Ranged Attack build), so carried over into Dragon Age: Awakening. This time, I wil get that last damn achievement for Dragon Age: Origins... Grim Reaper.

I play and finish KotOR II TSL (and KotOR) each year topopoz lol... and after finishing ME3, well it IS a disappointment.

Yeah, but you're not the type of guy that will go into a raging rampage because of a bad ending to game or franchise as it seems on this case. Specially on the Mass Effect series.

I mean, did you found it worse than KotOR II's Ending?

Because it's really hard to top that.


If a new ending comes out via DLC, there will still be people who complain about it. Guaranteed.


Agreed.

Yeah, but you're not the type of guy that will go into a raging rampage because of a bad ending to game or franchise as it seems on this case. Specially on the Mass Effect series.

I mean, did you found it worse than KotOR II's Ending?

Because it's really hard to top that.

Well the ending to KotOR II TSL goes into the Star Wars novel, Revan by Drew Karpshyn, which in turn ties into The Old Republic. When I finished ME3 the Monday after it's release here in Australia... I honestly thought wtf is this? There were too many inconsistences and things which just didn't make sense at all. Some choices which were critical to the plot of ME and ME2, in ME3 were voided anyway. Only read the spoiler if you A: have already finished ME3 or B: don't want spoilers.

Big one here... the Collector Base and ProtoHuman-Reaper hybrid... if you choose to destroy the base in ME2, in ME3 tech from the base is implanted into Cerberus soldiers and the ProtoHuman-Reaper hybrid is stored in Cerberus HQ! Therefore your choice at the end of ME2 is rendered pointless.

Even the so called 'only backdoor' to the Citadel in ME3 is incorrect. Instead of the 'Beam of Light' protected by Harbinger... what about the Conduit on Ilos? That's still active... so instead of going to Earth straightaway, why not head to Ilos and use the Conduit and get it done? Why not tell the Catalyst (Who aparently can't activate the Mass Relay by itself, so it sends a message to the Reapers, who then send a message to the Keepers to open the Citadel Arms? wtf?) to take his Control/Destroy/Synthesis endings, shove it down it's throat and go fight the Reapers and destroy them with all the ships/troops etc you've amassed? AND WHY THE FRAK IS THE NORMANDY ESCAPING IN A MASS RELAY FROM EARTH, CRASHES INTO A PLANET AND WHEN JOKER EXITS, WHY DOES HE HAVE YOUR TWO SQUADMATES WHO WERE BY YOUR SIDE ON EARTH WITH HIM? There's just too many damn inconsistences in the ending we have...

BioWare lied multiple times to their fans about ME3. One: Multiplayer will not be in ME3. Lie, as it was put in. Two: You can get the best ending in ME3 without playing multiplayer. Lie, as if you don't play multiplayer, you can't increase your galactic readiness rating past 50%, to increase your Effective Military Strength (At 50%, your EMS is half of your Total Military Strength) to beyond the 5000 EMS mark to get the 'best ending'. Also... you need to play the multiplayer regularly to keep your readiness rating up, as it decreases by about 1% a day...

In a way, I can understand why people are so upset/angry about this... but going to the FTC about it? Even the BBB? Even Ray Muzyka and Casey Hudson have said they stand by ME3 and it's current ending. Any possible ending dlc, no matter how it's implemented, will cause more unrest amongst the fans and ME community. Some want a 'Fallout 3 "Broken Steel"' style ending fo ME3... others want a new ending altogether...

Currently playing Silent Hill 2 from the Silent Hill HD Collection. Played through it once already with the new voices. Sorry, but I like the original voices way better.

I get what you guys are saying about reviews, but the price of games is just too steep now to take any chances. Op: Raccoon City got a 3/10 from a review site that I generally agree with for most games. Apparently its a woefully made game that is technically incompetant on just about every level. And Downpour has got a rash of 'Its okay, but nothing special' reviews that are typical of the later Silent Hill games.

Waiting for the prices to drop is one solution, but the longer you wait on these things, the less you bother after all. There's always something else coming out that demands your attention more than some game which got crushed in its reviews. (The fact it has gotten bad reviews means it very likely is rather bad, as reviewers hardly ever hand out really damning reviews for full price games, these days).

I don't know... I might give them a go, if nothing else turns up.
I would probably play ORC if it was developed by Capcom. I've played a lot of Capcom games that didn't score well on Metacritic and enjoyed them a ton. However, it's made by Slant Six Games, who previously worked on some SOCOM spinoff games which weren't any good at all.

The solution to this problem is to rent it.

I would probably play ORC if it was developed by Capcom. I've played a lot of Capcom games that didn't score well on Metacritic and enjoyed them a ton. However, it's made by Slant Six Games, who previously worked on some SOCOM spinoff games which weren't any good at all.

The solution to this problem is to rent it.

Interesting. I had never heard of Slant Six until REORC. I actually never played any games like Call of Duty, SOCOM, or any of the like before, so this game will be the first time experiencing this type of gameplay. Should be interesting.

KOTOR 2 isn't a fair comparison at all - it was rushed because of a deadline that Lucasarts brought so far forward, they had to rush to get the final third of the game to even exist at all, let alone make sense. Obsidian even offered to put the extra content in later, but Lucasarts refused. Mass Effect 3's ending wasn't a victim of someone else's enforced deadline - it was just a rubbish, self indulgent ending. A bad ending, as opposed to an unfinished ending.

You can't blame Obsidian for that ending - it is in no way their fault.


Oh yeah, and I bought Operation Raccoon City after all. Its titanically awful... but I'm enjoying it lol! It really isn't a very good game at all, but I have never liked the series once it stopped focusing on Umbrella, Raccoon City, STARS, etc. So this has all been like coming home to a time when I truly loved this series. The zombies are back, Raccoon City's back, Umbrella are back, even HUNK's back! So as dodgy as the gameplay (and voice acting) is, I still kind of love it, because its as close as the series has come in ages to being 'Proper Resident Evil'.

By which I mean its at least including the themes and characters and events that made the series great. It still isn't a survival horror (though this game in particular never pretended that it was), but I'll take what I can get. The story of RE from RE4 onwards, just bored me to tears and I'm pretty much done with the series this days (no interest in Revelations, and very likely won't bother with RE6 either).

But yeah, this is proving to be a terrible game that I really, really like!

Basically, for you, it's so bad, it's good. :)

KOTOR 2 isn't a fair comparison at all - it was rushed because of a deadline that Lucasarts brought so far forward, they had to rush to get the final third of the game to even exist at all, let alone make sense. Obsidian even offered to put the extra content in later, but Lucasarts refused. Mass Effect 3's ending wasn't a victim of someone else's enforced deadline - it was just a rubbish, self indulgent ending. A bad ending, as opposed to an unfinished ending.

You can't blame Obsidian for that ending - it is in no way their fault.

Wasn't blaming anyone, I actually think that the ending of KotOR II would be good if it had a better execution. I hate the Engine of KotOR because it make looks the expresions and the actions all cheezy and ugly. I still find the game fun though. And I love the Storyline.

But the ending although it was rushed, it closed the storyline well. But because it was rushed a proper cutscene wasn't made so it feels empty and Unrewarding.
Yeah, it wasn't Obsidian's Fault. But it wasn't fault of the players either to buy an unfinished game when it was sold like a fully completed game.
Same case of FFXII, we have a game with 65% of storyline completed, the rest was filled by other people.

And I'm totally with ya on supporting Obsidian & FFXII, hell I'm the first person to raise from my chair and defend XII from the Haters and one of the few that say that KotOR 1 sucks compared to KotOR II.

But it doesn't change the fact that KotOR II ending felt unrewarding.

And for Mass Effect 3 to have a ending that people are so vocal to actually go and make a whole internet movement to request for a new Ending.

I have mixed feelings on this.

Its not really a case of 'so bad, its good' - i.e its not good, because its comically bad or anything like that. Its more a case of it satisfying a need I have (i.e nostalgia for the story and setting of RE when it was at its peak), despite being a pretty bad game in and of itself. Its also criminally short, and I finished in about 5-6 hours, so I wouldn't recommend anyone buy it full price. But despite its litany of failings, it has its moments.

And despite claims that it isn't considered canon, there is no reason it couldn't be, unless you choose the 'evil' ending. If you choose the Good ending, there's nothing in this game that would disrupt the canon timeline (it would alter a few scenes from RE2 very slightly, but only in small, easy to accept ways). I quite enjoyed the story, and I hope they reconsider the game non-canonical status, because I'd like to see the Umbrella team return. They don't get much charterisation, but I have to say I like all of them. Its interesting to see the regular Umbrella staff's perspective on things (the USS and their commanders are efficient and ruthless, but are nevertheless generally sane and practical, unlike the complete nutjobs that own the company - i.e the Ashfords, James Ford and Sir Ozwell Spencer etc). The team may look larger than life on paper, but they're actually a pretty sensible and professional bunch.

As for KOTOR 2 and ME3 - my point was that comparing them is unfair and potentially very damaging for innocent parties like Obsidian. Both games have bad endings, but for totally different reasons. ME3's ending was simply down to poor writing and hubris from the creators to create an 'arty' ending, instead of the one that the players would have wanted. They completely disregarded the needs of the player for closure and completion, going instead for one of those irritating endings that leave people going 'Huh?'

I know you have a solid grasp of the situation on these things, but so much ignorance persists on the internet about games like KOTOR 2 and FF12, with people just going for knee jerk 'Obsidian screwed it up/Square screwed it up' etc etc, willfully refusing to accept that there were mitigating circumstances in both cases. But with ME3, this is the exact opposite - it actually *was* just a case of Bioware's senior writers and management screwing up.

Deadstorm Pirates

Its not really a case of 'so bad, its good' - i.e its not good, because its comically bad or anything like that. Its more a case of it satisfying a need I have (i.e nostalgia for the story and setting of RE when it was at its peak), despite being a pretty bad game in and of itself. Its also criminally short, and I finished in about 5-6 hours, so I wouldn't recommend anyone buy it full price. But despite its litany of failings, it has its moments.

And despite claims that it isn't considered canon, there is no reason it couldn't be, unless you choose the 'evil' ending. If you choose the Good ending, there's nothing in this game that would disrupt the canon timeline (it would alter a few scenes from RE2 very slightly, but only in small, easy to accept ways). I quite enjoyed the story, and I hope they reconsider the game non-canonical status, because I'd like to see the Umbrella team return. They don't get much charterisation, but I have to say I like all of them. Its interesting to see the regular Umbrella staff's perspective on things (the USS and their commanders are efficient and ruthless, but are nevertheless generally sane and practical, unlike the complete nutjobs that own the company - i.e the Ashfords, James Ford and Sir Ozwell Spencer etc). The team may look larger than life on paper, but they're actually a pretty sensible and professional bunch.

This may interest you: Resident Evil: Operation Free DLC deploys on April 10 | Joystiq (http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/15/resident-evil-operation-free-dlc-deploys-on-april-10/)

Well, it would be foolish to complain about free DLC, but why are they doing this? Wouldn't it just have been easier to put it in the game in the first place, given that the thing only just came out? Seems odd, but its free, so its good news.

I'll take a look when it comes out - cheers for that.

Well, it would be foolish to complain about free DLC, but why are they doing this? Wouldn't it just have been easier to put it in the game in the first place, given that the thing only just came out? Seems odd, but its free, so its good news.

I'll take a look when it comes out - cheers for that.

My guess is replay value. If the game is as quick to beat and play through as you described before, this is to probably get people come back to play it a month later. But who knows? Heh.

Cry of Fear on my 3rd playthrough

This game, however, suffers from Fallout New Vegas syndrome: A Great game with a lot of bugs.

Frustrated beyond all doubt with the Dragon Age: Origins DLC, 'Golems of Amgurrak' and trying to get the last damn achievement. Level 35 Ranged Attack Rogue, with the best gear I can get, over 100 Greater healing potions etc and having my companions battle tactics set appropriately... Kill the boss's first form, but the second form and all the frakkin undead roaming around...

Frak that.

Now playing Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas... having the time of my life again lol.

Its just that free DLC seems like such an unusually nice thing for Capcom to do. They're usually utter swines.

Hot Shots Golf: World Invitational. only need 2 more Gold trophies to get platinum.

Star Ocean: Till the End of Time. still doin battle trophy huntin.

Its just that free DLC seems like such an unusually nice thing for Capcom to do. They're usually utter swines.

*Cough*paid DLC on the disc*Cough*

*Cough*paid DLC on the disc*Cough*

Another thing which caused some fans outcry with Mass Effect 3... the DLC "From Ashes" which was available in the N7 Collector's Edition was also availble for purchase on PSN, Xbox Live etc on the day of it's release.

Another thing which caused some fans outcry with Mss Effect 3... the DLC "From Ashes" which was available in the N7 Collector's Edition was also availble for purchase on PSN, Xbox Live etc on the day of it's release.

It doesn't help that one of the devs at Bioware said that unlocking any content already on the disc is comparable to piracy.

Another thing which caused some fans outcry with Mass Effect 3... the DLC "From Ashes" which was available in the N7 Collector's Edition was also availble for purchase on PSN, Xbox Live etc on the day of it's release.
Worst of all is that they had the nerve to make something like that DLC. Never would I have imagined they would take out something so important to the series and make it DLC.

According to one of the many 'leaked' blogs and statements to various online sites, EA were behind the push for the multiplayer "Galaxy at War", using fear tactics on BioWare staff (according to one 'statement' a EA official threatened to sack a female BioWare employee), the DLC "From Ashes" being paid DLC on Day one and other things... That's only IF you believe what's being said.

Regarding the DLC... apparently that was included in the original game but was different than what it is now. The Prothean Squadmember, Javik, was meant to be the Catalyst and sacrifice himself at the end. But because of the leaked script in November last year, BioWare was scrambling to write a new ending... which in the end Casey Hudson and Mac Walters wrote it themselves, against what the writers had and because of EA wanting the game ready for release in March. In short, and according to what's being said online, it's EA's fault for the mess Mass Effect 3 is.. but that's only IF you believe it. Myself... Done with it and moving on.

Although I don't support the idea of Day 1 paid for DLC, I'm actually relieved that 'From Ashes' wasn't a mandatory part of the game. I have a real problem with the idea of a Prothean sqaudmate. It just seems too much, too hokey an idea - the old 'Last surviving member of his race' wheeze).

So whilst EA or Bioware or whoever's behaviour on this issue is as repulsive as we've come to expect from modern game companies, it actually worked out pretty well for me.

Hot Shots Golf: World Invitational. only need 2 more Gold trophies to get platinum.

Star Ocean: Till the End of Time. still doin battle trophy huntin.

I played the demo. Pretty fun.

I just finished Robot Alchemic Drive.
Good lord, was it funny.

Oh, I see Mass Effect discussion! There's nothing wrong with it as far as I can tell except for the part Shepard seemingly does shrooms.

I finally defeated Bowser in Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels, so now I've started Kingdom Hearts: Re:Coded for the DS. It's fun, but it seems like an abridged version of the original game with some new content and an entirely different story. I don't mind playing Kingdom Hearts again, because it brings back some nostalgic memories, albeit in a much more condensed form.

The only problem I have with the game is the way it shows the in-level dialogue. This can be attributed to the fact that it's merely a conversion of an iPhone game, as it is quite jarring when it pops up with stills of the characters speaking to each other through text bubbles. I suppose it's acceptable to some degree as some RPGs incorporate this method of storytelling, but I think I would have preferred an anime/manga look vs. a flat representation of their in-game models.

Speaking of flat, I totally did not expect Kingdom Hearts to throw a sidescrolling platformer at the end of a level. Talk about being broadsided by a new game mechanic.

Hot Shots Golf: World Invitational. I am very close to platinum, just need to max out 1 more character's loyalty which i just started workin on.

Pretty much doing a time crisis marathon run now :P

I hate how the boss fights in Deus Ex: HR are so different then the rest of the game.

BAH!

I knuckled under and gave the 'Galaxy at War' for Mass Effect 3 a go... and much to my surprise, I'm actually enjoying it (More than likely because I'm imagining the mobs I gun down, are BioWare staff).

Mass Effect 3 Multiplayer....fun and i like the Sniper Rifles :D

My Engineer uses a 'Phaeston II' assault rifle... until I get a 'N7 Eagle', then that'll be my Engineer's weapon of choice.

Currently playing STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl (heavily modded of course).

I am playing 3 games so far:

When my nephew is watching a movie:

Ultima 7 part deux:The serpent isle,with the silver seed expansion.
Ultima 4:Quest for the avatar

When i have access to my tv:Zelda:Skyward Sword.

Fight Night Round 4

I love the ring entrance feature :D

On handheld: FFVII - Crisis Core (PSP)
On console: Tales of Symphonia (NGC)

Bought, started and finished Journey all within two hours. I feel like I should point out the game costs $20 here in Australia, rather than the $15 it costs in the US. I feel pretty good about the game, though - it was pretty amazing. The game makes use of its camera and sound/music so well. It's probably the best looking game I've ever seen, too.

You should probably play it if you haven't already.

Oh yeah, I've seen footage of Journey. It looks very interesting.

Runescape, cause Imma nerd. Lol :p

Currently Replaying Valkyrie Profile and hopefully finishing it with the "A" Ending.

Right now i'm replaying Sonic The Hedgehog 2 on ps3, just about up to the final few zones and will soon have 100% trophies.

I bought SWTOR today but the website is down at the moment so I cannot start playing.

I only bought it to fill the month void with my friends until TERA comes out.

Will be on Balmorra server.

The SWTOR website is up and running at the moment Purrr - I just checked it and it loads fine for me.

Also, come to the Wall of Light instead! Yes, it's a US server, but it's not too bad for lag and population (most of the issues I experience with the game are purely hardware related, namely, lack of RAM). Also despite being a PvE server I still the occasional douche who hassles me wanting to duel and then gets shirty when I decline. Idiots.

Trying to play Resident Evil Operation Raccoon City. I'm finding this game incredibly frustrating with the lack of controller responses. I can't even get pass the first damn missions because of Birkin.

Playing ME3 on Galaxy at War. I'm surprised I wasn't paired up with any annoying little kids that bitch and moan about everything.(Except for one annoying kid I was annoying on purpose by blocking him while he was saying "Move, nigga!" on MW3 on Infection

I'm playing Sonic 4 (Episode 1) off Steam. I'm thinking of starting up a Backloggery profile. Does anyone use Backloggery?

Just finished FFI and now I'm currently working on FFII. :)

Backgloggery? Never heard of it. I'm checking it out now.

The SWTOR website is up and running at the moment Purrr - I just checked it and it loads fine for me.

Also, come to the Wall of Light instead! Yes, it's a US server, but it's not too bad for lag and population (most of the issues I experience with the game are purely hardware related, namely, lack of RAM). Also despite being a PvE server I still the occasional douche who hassles me wanting to duel and then gets shirty when I decline. Idiots.

Yeah I have registered on the website. I wasn't aware that I needed a sub / game time card as well as purchasing the game so I will head to EB Games today to pick one up.

The only reason I am going on Balmorra is because my old WoW friends are on there. I am really surprised that you chose to play on a US server lol.

A few points Purrr on TOR:

Firstly, you don't need a prepaid game card to play TOR - you can use a Visa or Mastercard debit or credit card for the subscription fees if you have one (which I assume you do seeing as you played FFXI and XIV after all ;)). I use the same Visa debit card that I use to pay for my FFXI and FFXIV fees myself, so I know debit cards are accepted (as long as the card is active with money in the account naturally ;)).

Secondly, the reason I signed up on an US server, even though I bought the game on it's Australian release, was because when I went to create my character, the three Aussie servers had just gone online and were all congested at that time, so rather than wait til their current populations dropped, I just went 'bugger it' and chose a US PvE server at random instead - Wall of Light was the one chosen.

Finally, according to the official Old Republic website (http://www.swtor.com/server-status), there is no server named 'Balmorra' listed - I think you might be confusing the Australian server Dalborra with the actual planet in the game called 'Balmorra' (which is the starting world for Republic Troopers and Imperial Agents). Either way, there's not too much trouble being an Aussie player on a US server as I stated earlier. :)

Ah yes, looks like I am getting confused lol. Dalborra is the server.

Also I don't have a VISA / Mastercard. I borrowed one for FFXI and FFXIV and just paid cash to that person.

Heading off to EB games now to buy a game time card. Thanks for the info! :)

Level grinding in Kingdom Hearts Re:Coded. Not because I'm stuck, or anything, but simply because I like to be ahead of the curve just in case there's an increase in difficulty later on. That and I found out that you can go through the Olympus Coliseum to tackle a longer dungeon crawling session after beating it the first time through. It really should be randomized though.

Just finished playing a game named Singularity for the PC and what a great FPS game. I definitely recommend this game for those who are into the FPS genre.


On the multiplayer side; I'm still playing Battlefield 3 MP, making CoD kiddies rage, and going strong.

Starting another playthrough for Red Dead Redemption, damn this game is so good, one of the best of this generation for sure. And I'm highly anticipating receiving Super Robot Wars Z2-2 for PSP, just got my sent notification for it, I'm psyched.

Oh yeah, I've seen footage of Journey. It looks very interesting.

Runescape, cause Imma nerd. Lol :p

Runescape sucks though.There isn't much to do unless you pay to get extra content,and even then:It gets pretty boring.There are way too many macroers,and waay too many lurers in runescape.
The pvp in wow is better,or at least in my opinion.

I never played WoW and probably never will. I just like exploring, crafting weapons, cooking food, doing some killing, plus, the events can keep you busy. PVP, I could care less about.

The luerers, I guess you're talking about the people that lure players out in to the wilderness, kill them and take their stuff? Had that happen to me once(thankfully, I've only gave him some money and that was it) last year, learned my lesson, and never trusted anyone in Runescape.

But you can't really compare a browser-based game with a game like WoW. I'll just quote what Speff said


It is a terrible MMO, if you compare it to ones you download. This is a browser-based game. If you compare it to other browser-based games, it is the best.
And what Mario Kinnikuman said.
It's like trying to compare a handheld game to a console game, they're two discrete categories

I'm going to try out the original SCP 087. I'm probably going to be down right freaked out because of the darkness and how random the events are. Plus, I've seen footage of that thing and I didn't want to meet it at the end.

Edit: Welp, I was downright terrified seeing shadows coming at me twice, making me breath so hard and leaving me shaking and my hands and legs tensed up. And since I knew what as going to be waiting for me, I just quit. Ugh, this game played with my fear of the dark. I'm feeling cold now. :(

[QUOTE=DoDoRay9000;1963299]I never played WoW and probably never will. I just like exploring, crafting weapons, cooking food, doing some killing, plus, the events can keep you busy. PVP, I could care less about.
A person gave me a membership for a short time,and i got bored.
Mining is boring as it gets
Agility course is almost as boring,but at least the track in karamja is slightly more fun than mining with a bunch of bots who butt in and take the mines before you can
Cooking is less boring,but its still boring and tendious.Heck,without a macro,this game would be too boring in some areas,but at the same time:Macros ruin the game.

The people are also all children,so you can expect a lot of immature kids out there who troll,and let me tell you:The actual people in runescape are the worse community in online gaming.Seriously,these kids are obnoxious.

The lurers, I guess you're talking about the people that lure players out in to the wilderness, kill them and take their stuff? Had that happen to me once(thankfully, I've only gave him some money and that was it) last year, learned my lesson, and never trusted anyone in Runescape.

The pvp sucks anyways,i mean:Getting loot revolves around pvping,and the pve and pvp content is imbalanced.Heck,what are the drop rates of good loot? and you know why? its because people rip off other people and sell their goods.This is a very bad system that is saying:Take advantage of the suckers who are too weak or too new at the game.Its not exactly a good idea to be having people steal all your shit while you are desperately trying to farm dragon bones,or simply farming for slayer,and then some asshole shows up and ganks you and steals all your hard earned work,while he does 0% work and gets 100% profit.

But you can't really compare a browser-based game with a game like WoW. I'll just quote what Speff said

Yes i can,browser games are low budget games,while big team games are higher budget games.High budget games get professionals,and besides:People compare wow and runescape all the time.I hear people on both side hating on one and the other.
I keep hearing runescape sux wow da best,or:Runescape da best wow sux.

Its not that bad of a game,but it is low on my list of games i would play.It wouldn't be so bad if they added more content for free players,because otherwise:It isn't worth it.This is one of those games that you truly benefit from being a paying customer,because unlike its title:It may be free,but it is mostly pay to play.

Its areas where you pay can be fun,because you get all sorts of goodies,but if you are going to pay,you might as well pay a little extra in time cards in your electronics store,and get twice as much contents graphics and better gameplay.

I don't see any reason to compare Runescape and WoW, they're completely different. There's just no comparison, imo. In fact, Runescape came out in 2001 and WoW came out in 2004. So, I really don't see why people are making stupid comparisons between them.

Yakuza 3

Edit Actually, Irisu Syndrom since I've been hearing stuff about it.

been playin Rayman Origins on my vita. very close to platinum.

Been trying to play Silent Hill: Downpour, but... man. At times it seems to have promise, but the exploration is so unutterably boring, and the combat is pretty damn awful. Its also a real kick in the teeth that the only thing this game faithfull replicates from the older installments is the miserably bad puzzles.

To be fair, I am actually quite interested in the story (its not amazing by any means, and the voice acting is fairly flat, but its good enough that I do care to know more), but I just don't know if I'm going to be able to last the distance. I'm really not enjoying playing it at all, and gritting my teeth and bearing the pain for the meagre scraps of story I'm getting, is pretty thankless work. I'm thinking I might just watch a playthough video on Youtube or something instead.

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And, of course, GREAT prices.

If something like Steam eats up too many resources on your computer, it's probably time for an upgrade.

If something like Steam eats up too many resources on your computer, it's probably time for an upgrade.
It's DRM, fuck DRM.
I don't buy from companies (new) that have any kind of jackass 'must always be online at start of or something randomly during the game' shit.

RE ORC.

despite the flaws, i love it

Sing it brother - I've been playing ORC for a week straight. Its not a great game, but for some reason I can't get enough of it! Its my favourite RE game for years and years and years.

It's DRM, fuck DRM.
I don't buy from companies (new) that have any kind of jackass 'must always be online at start of or something randomly during the game' shit.
Sure, whatever. I was only talking about the resources it uses.

I've not found Steam to be any sort of hindrance over the years I've used it, though. It's just a convenient way to catalogue the games I own/have installed. Steam isn't what you described, there.

got platinum on Rayman Origins. now playin Disgaea: Afternoon of Darkness.

I've read some news that Bioware is going to release free dlc called "The Extended Cut" which will fix the ending in Mass Effect 3. I haven't seen the ending yet, but when I do(if the ending really is that disappointing)I'll definitely be getting it. It comes out in the summer. This is very generous of them and it's also nice to see that they listened to their fans.

Mass Effect 3

Its not a fix - the ending will stay. They're just offering a bit more explanation, which isn't in any way what the fans were asking for. They were dismayed at how awful the ending and its implications for basically everything about that game's setting was. And that is not changing, and Bioware have said as much.

Also, you speak as though they're doing this out of the kindness of their hearts and how much they love their fans etc. This is absolutely not the case - they've been getting slammed by those fans for over a month now in an extremely public and humiliating way. The fans have been review bombing them, trying to shame them by donating to charity, and just generally trashing them every hour of every day. For *weeks* now. Do you honestly think there is any love left at Bioware for their fanbase now? I know what EA probably think of them...

This is the cheapest way they have available to try and salvage something out of this mess. Redoing the whole ending would be so expensive they would have to charge for it (which would be an outrage), and it would take too long anyway, when they are getting thrashed in terms of PR. So they are simply adding a couple of cutscenes to the ending, but without changing the content of those endings, its like putting a plaster over a chainsaw wound.

And yes, the ending is every bit as bad as people say it is.

Well, I don't know whether or not they're doing it out of kindness or not, I'm just saying it's nice that they've at least listened. =/

Played a little bit of that Barbie Adventure flash game since I've seen PewDiePie play it, and man, the controls don't respond that well. I can understand why it frustrated him.

But its not a nice thing if you're only doing it to save your skin, is it?! They have to do this, because they are getting crucified every day. Their hardcore fans who have been so loyal for so long are threatening to leave them and not buy anymore of their games - *that's* why they are doing this.

Was playing ME3.

Hell yeah, got the geth fighting for me. :D

Pre ordered the North American version of TERA today; can't wait!

I've enjoyed the beta testing so much I had to make sure I grabbed a copy - with a head start on April 28th!

In the interim I've been playing SWTOR (currently level 23 Sith Assassin), and frankly, it's garbage. The storylines are great but as an MMO, it falls flat on it's face and is ugly and boring. The content that is there is stale and I find myself now skipping through the cutscenes that aren't centred around the main story. Most of the time I just sit in Imperial Fleet doing PvP dailies and space flying missions.

STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl

In the interim I've been playing SWTOR (currently level 23 Sith Assassin), and frankly, it's garbage. The storylines are great but as an MMO, it falls flat on it's face and is ugly and boring. The content that is there is stale and I find myself now skipping through the cutscenes that aren't centred around the main story. Most of the time I just sit in Imperial Fleet doing PvP dailies and space flying missions.

I recall you saying something similar to this, regarding FFXI Purrr... specially the parts about 'ugly and boring'. I'd comment further, but I honestly can't be bothered...

Been playing Mass Effec 3 Multiplayer a bit lately... have my Engineer and Soldier at 20, wih my Infiltrator close behind at 18. Not bad for a add on, and apart from being required to play it regularly to ensure you can get the retail 'best' ending (until Summer in the US, with the Expanded Ending DLC will be released free of charge), it is rather enjoyable. On Tuesday (10th of April), the Resurgance pack will be made availablem with two new maps, as well as more character races... I'm dreading the Krogan Vanguard, as the majority of Vanguard players in MP suck.

alternating between Suikoden IV and Star Ocean: Till the End of Time.

majority of Vanguard players in MP suck.

I'm a pretty good vanguard since that's what I've been playing as from the first one to now(mainly because I like the biotic powers :p).

ME3

Edit: I'm really getting sick and tired of these people leaving without at least saying they're leaving on Galaxy at War.

I'm a pretty good vanguard since that's what I've been playing as from the first one to now(mainly because I like the biotic powers :p).

That's why I said the 'majority', as most use a Human Vanguard and spam biotic charge and nova, non stop. I've lost count of how many missions I've been on with Vanguards in the party, who 'Lone Wolf' and get stuck on the far side of the map, with no other team mate near them and die, because of that damn combo.

I'm going to try to get Infiltrator, Adept and Sentinel to 20, then promote my Engineer and Soldier and then just work on those last two classes, as I enjoy them the most (Maybe Infiltrator too... as I hate the Sniper Rifles this time around, so I use my Avenger X Assault Rifle and Predator VII Heavy Pistol combo). Vanguard? I honestly don't know if I'll ever level that class... more than likely I'll just leave it to level up whenever I get a Vanguard XP card from a Veteran/Spectre/Premium Spectre Pack.


Edit: I'm really getting sick and tired of these people leaving without at least saying they're leaving on Galaxy at War.

I try to say that I'm leaving after X amount of matches to the squad leader, though most of the time if we're in the lobby and a person ups and leaves, that's fine tbh. It's when they leave DURING the match, on Wave 10 or so, when it bugs me.

That's why I said the 'majority', as most use a Human Vanguard and spam biotic charge and nova, non stop. I've lost count of how many missions I've been on with Vanguards in the party, who 'Lone Wolf' and get stuck on the far side of the map, with no other team mate near them and die, because of that damn combo.

Yeah, I know what your talking about, met one for the first time recently who was practically "stealing all the glory" so to speak and kept getting himself in harm's way, which irritated me. I thought to myself after that "the next time I meet someone that does that crap, I'm not going to revive them, because that's they're own fault for not sticking with me and the others." Plus, two players didn't even attempt to go one of the points where you have to disable something. They just camped at a certain point and kept killing the enemies while me and the "Biotic Charge Nova combo whore" were dead.


It's when they leave DURING the match, on Wave 10 or so, when it bugs me.

Yeah, me too. It doesn't bother me in the lobby, just in-game.

Yeah, I know what your talking about, met one for the first time recently who was practically "stealing all the glory" so to speak and kept getting himself in harm's way, which irritated me. I thought to myself after that "the next time I meet someone that does that crap, I'm not going to revive them, because that's they're own fault for not sticking with me and the others." Plus, two players didn't even attempt to go one of the points where you have to disable something. They just camped at a certain point and kept killing the enemies.

On Bronze difficulty (Go 'Lone Wolf' on Silver or Gold, kiss your ass goodbye), you can 'sort of' go off on your own depending on your class. For example, when there's a mission to upload data terminals (4 of them), as a Infiltrator, I do run off for the teminals, cloaking when enemies are near or right on top of the terminal. Sentinals can take a decent amount of punishment as well, thanks to their Tech Armor (Especially a Krogan Sentinal... they're damn tanks!), but if a Adept or Engineer runs off and solo's, you have to either keep near them or just kill the enemies asap, as at the end of a wave, any dead teammember is brought back online automatically.

Like I said in post #4693, I'm truly dreading when the Resurgence Pack is made available tomorrow night (Tuesday), as Krogan Battlemasters (AKA Vanguards) will be coming:



I'm interested though in the Geth Infiltrator and Engineer though, more so than the Batarian Soldier and Sentinal (The Asari Justicar class will also be brought out). Also with the Resurgance Pack the following will be available:

Two new maps (Firebase Condor: Located on Palavan’s moon (most likely the one from the SP campaign) and Firebase Hydra: An abandoned ex-Quarian colony (Which actually looks quite interesting)), three new weapons (Striker Assault Rifle, Kishock Harpoon Gun (as I do like the Graal Spike Thrower, I'm a little intrigued about what this one'll be like) and Geth Plasma SMG (If it's anything like the Geth Plasma Rifle, should be very nice), as well as four new consumables (Strength Enhancer (melee bonus), Targeting VI (headshot bonus), Stabilization Module (weapon stabilization bonus), Shield Power Cells (shield recharge delay bonus)). There's even a trailer for it Mass Effect 3: Resurgence Trailer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BasebmHiqIo) and the good thing about this pack, there's no cost involved for downloading it.


Yeah, me too. It doesn't bother me in the lobby, just in-game.

To be fair though... if some people have to leave for certain situations and let the squad know about it via mic, then it's ok I guess...

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Cool. I've always loved checking out GOG's catalog of games, though I do not share your resentment towards Steam.

Is the offer still good? I've been looking to get into Fallout.

At the moment, I'm on my third run through Olympus Coliseum in Kingdom Hearts Re:Coded. This time, there are 30 layers of dungeon crawling goodness, and it has gotten quite difficult. Hopefully I'll have enough licenses for the boss at the end, but it has gotten harder to go through the layers without relying on those defense and strength boosts. Triple damage is not fun to receive when you've been attacked from behind. At least compiling commands regenerates over time, but the cool-down time after each use takes too long sometimes.

Krogan Battlemasters (AKA Vanguards) will be coming

Really? Sweetness. Then again, I don't have enough MS points, depending on how much Resurgance costs.

Also, that picture gave me a good laugh haha.

Been thinking about finishing Klonoa on the Wii since I no longer have the original ps1 version.

Edit: The House of the Dead 4 comes out on PSN tomorrow. I'm waiting until midnight(if it doesn't come out, then meh, I'll just go to bed).

Edit: Confused the release date, it comes out later. My mistake.

That's why I said the 'majority', as most use a Human Vanguard and spam biotic charge and nova, non stop. I've lost count of how many missions I've been on with Vanguards in the party, who 'Lone Wolf' and get stuck on the far side of the map, with no other team mate near them and die, because of that damn combo.

I'm going to try to get Infiltrator, Adept and Sentinel to 20, then promote my Engineer and Soldier and then just work on those last two classes, as I enjoy them the most (Maybe Infiltrator too... as I hate the Sniper Rifles this time around, so I use my Avenger X Assault Rifle and Predator VII Heavy Pistol combo). Vanguard? I honestly don't know if I'll ever level that class... more than likely I'll just leave it to level up whenever I get a Vanguard XP card from a Veteran/Spectre/Premium Spectre Pack.



I try to say that I'm leaving after X amount of matches to the squad leader, though most of the time if we're in the lobby and a person ups and leaves, that's fine tbh. It's when they leave DURING the match, on Wave 10 or so, when it bugs me.
Adept is garbage in the multiplayer and Sentinel only slightly less so. Tech abilities are about a million times more useful than biotic abilities in the multiplayer. Infiltrator and Engineer are the best.

Really? Sweetness. Then again, I don't have enough MS points, depending on how much Resurgance costs.

Resurgence is free of charge. To unlock the new characters/weapons/consumables though, I imagine you unlock them via purchasing Veteran/Spectre/Preimum Spectre packs from the ingame store.


Also, that picture gave me a good laugh haha.

How about these, in spoiler tabs to save space.

http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/376408_10150427267081645_85811091644_8605383_95875 2362_n.jpg



Adept is garbage in the multiplayer and Sentinel only slightly less so. Tech abilities are about a million times more useful than biotic abilities in the multiplayer. Infiltrator and Engineer are the best.

Yeah, I'm finding Adept to be particularly annoying... and only the Drell Adept is any good, only against Cerberus Guardians as they can 'Pull' their shield away. Apart from that...

Haven't played Sentinel yet in any ME game, and I would've thought that with Tech Armor, that'd give them some extra survivability. I agree about Engineer though... Only Human and Quarian Engineer though, thanks to their having a Combat Drone and Sentry Turret... the Salarian Engineer only has Decoy, which may be helpful in some situations but not all. Infiltrator is pretty good as well... I have to learn how to use a sniper rifle effectively in MP though...

Gaming wise, apart from Mass Effect 3 MP, decided to give Shenmue on my Dreamcast another try. Really wished Sega continued/finished this series as it was damn good.

Kinect Star Wars

I. Effin. Love. Rancor Rampage.

So the Skyrim 1.5 patch fixed one of my quests but I still can't get rid of 'The Legendary' and finish up 'The Companions' arc.
Frell.

So the Skyrim 1.5 patch fixed one of my quests but I still can't get rid of 'The Legendary' and finish up 'The Companions' arc.
Frell.

Any news of any more patches coming Tanis? I've got about a dozen or so quests unfinished, for various reasons (One I recall vividly, is 'The Forsworn Conspiracy'... Can complete the majority of the quest, except at the end when I'm supposed to speak to the NPC who gave it to me, I find him dead in the Temple of Talos in Markath... an even reloading save file, doesn't help). Can't even get the last thieves guild achievement for some reason, and I've fulfilled all the quests needed to get it done, except for one... which wasn't given to me in the first place >.<

Vrykolas,

Do you have yourself and a set of friends who play multi-player REORC? I want to start playing multi-player soon (still messing around with campaign mode). Are you PS3 or XBox? If PS3, would love to play with you to earn some trophies.

Let me know.

Suikoden IV. almost finished the first playthrough.

Arigeitsu:
Sorry to be a party pooper, but I don't play Multiplayer with any games. Part of it is me just not being interested in competitive multiplayer *at all*. Its not why I play games. Co-op is a different matter, and I would give that a shot, if I could ever be bothered to get myself all set up with microphones and other whatnot (I really don't know anything about it, since it matters so little to me). My mates all happily play online, but its just not for me, I think. And since I've gone this long without it, that opinion's not likely to change anytime soon.

Plus, its also not very practical for me anyway, because I can't get on the internet whenever I want. Our only phone is in an awkward place, and we can't leave it connected without wires being strung across the hall etc. I therefore have to take a couple of hours on the 'net, whenever I see my opportunity. One day, I'll sit down, get myself educated about all this stuff, get proper equipment, another phone and then we'll be cooking. I wouldn't advise anyone holding their breath for that day though :D

So, sorry about that. And I mean that, because this is one of the very few occasions that I actually would like to play a game co-op. I really am enjoying playing ORC, and I'm forced to admit that I can't really continue to keep saying it isn't a good game. It must be doing something right, as I'm still playing it after 2-3 weeks! I've completed it with everyone (Four Eyes is my favourite), and I'm planning to download that free DLC later on today.


Oh, and I finished Silent Hill: Downpour too. Have to say I quite enjoyed it in the end. Bit short and all, but that's nothing new these days. Combat was dodgy, wasn't scary at all, but it still managed to be the best Silent Hill for years and years. Definately the best story since SH2, and some of the side quests are pretty good too. The voice acting was bit up and down, but I felt that the actors were really good when it mattered. They upped their game for the important moments.

BUCK YEAH!

My major quest glitch some how corrected itself in Skyrim V1.5.
I can now finish up the 'Companions' quest line and get rid of my werewolf curse!

Plus, its also not very practical for me anyway, because I can't get on the internet whenever I want. Our only phone is in an awkward place, and we can't leave it connected without wires being strung across the hall etc. I therefore have to take a couple of hours on the 'net, whenever I see my opportunity. One day, I'll sit down, get myself educated about all this stuff, get proper equipment, another phone and then we'll be cooking. I wouldn't advise anyone holding their breath for that day.

It would be advisable to learn before you move out of your parent's house, because the world now runs on the internet. Though it sounds like you're running on either dial-up or DSL, and multiplayer gaming is next to impossible on dial-up as you're going to have a hard time getting a good speed through a phoneline. DSL is a bit dodgy, but still doable. Just all depends on your location. Your best speeds will come from either cable/broadband or fiber optic. There's also satellite internet through a dish, such as what DirecTV offers, but good luck getting a solid signal, especially if there is any sort of precipitation or heavy overcast.

With dial-up or DSL, you don't need another phone, you need another phoneline, or an additional port in the wall with which you can use to hook up a modem or router.

Arigeitsu:
Sorry to be a party pooper, but I don't play Multiplayer with any games. Part of it is me just not being interested in competitive multiplayer *at all*. Its not why I play games. Co-op is a different matter, and I would give that a shot, if I could ever be bothered to get myself all set up with microphones and other whatnot (I really don't know anything about it, since it matters so little to me). My mates all happily play online, but its just not for me, I think. And since I've gone this long without it, that opinion's not likely to change anytime soon.

Plus, its also not very practical for me anyway, because I can't get on the internet whenever I want. Our only phone is in an awkward place, and we can't leave it connected without wires being strung across the hall etc. I therefore have to take a couple of hours on the 'net, whenever I see my opportunity. One day, I'll sit down, get myself educated about all this stuff, get proper equipment, another phone and then we'll be cooking. I wouldn't advise anyone holding their breath for that day though :D

So, sorry about that. And I mean that, because this is one of the very few occasions that I actually would like to play a game co-op. I really am enjoying playing ORC, and I'm forced to admit that I can't really continue to keep saying it isn't a good game. It must be doing something right, as I'm still playing it after 2-3 weeks! I've completed it with everyone (Four Eyes is my favourite), and I'm planning to download that free DLC later on today.


Oh, and I finished Silent Hill: Downpour too. Have to say I quite enjoyed it in the end. Bit short and all, but that's nothing new these days. Combat was dodgy, wasn't scary at all, but it still managed to be the best Silent Hill for years and years. Definately the best story since SH2, and some of the side quests are pretty good too. The voice acting was bit up and down, but I felt that the actors were really good when it mattered. They upped their game for the important moments.

You've been playing RE:ORC alone? Gross, man.

You've been playing RE:ORC alone? Gross, man.

Yeah, I heard that the friendly AI isn't all that smart in the game. You'd have to play with friends to fully appreciate the entire experience.

I actually played quite a bit of Magic the Gathering yesterday. I made my friend a mono white deck and I dueled with my handicap decks so he could get accustomed to the cards.

Then we rented Dead Island, and played that for like fifteen minutes before I had to leave to pick my fiance up from work. Really didn't get much of an impression of it yet, though as I only got past the initial introduction sequence. The cutscene at the startup was pretty cool.

I live in a shared house with friends, not with my parents, but thanks anyway! Like I say, I'm not going to bother anytime soon, and I know enough IT professionals that can set me up properly.

As for ORC, I'm used to the friendly AI being worthless in most games. They keep the enemies off my back, even if its only by being attacked themselves, and that's fair enough by me. The main problem is that they don't make best use of their skills. Honestly, I haven't found it to be a problem. They give me about as much help as I expect from the friendly AI in any game (i.e not much, but anything at all is a pleasant surprise).

Yeah, I heard that the friendly AI isn't all that smart in the game. You'd have to play with friends to fully appreciate the entire experience.

I actually played quite a bit of Magic the Gathering yesterday. I made my friend a mono white deck and I dueled with my handicap decks so he could get accustomed to the cards.

Then we rented Dead Island, and played that for like fifteen minutes before I had to leave to pick my fiance up from work. Really didn't get much of an impression of it yet, though as I only got past the initial introduction sequence. The cutscene at the startup was pretty cool.
Obviously not the same, but I love Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012. I play that game a ton.

I don't have the money to play real magic.

The Fight: Lights Out

Putting up a pretty good sweat. The speed bag is the most fatiguing for me, so, I need to work on that.

Edit:
I'm used to the friendly AI being worthless in most games.

Heh, me too. I usually don't care if the ai is stupid, as long as they don't do something that hinders my progress, like getting stuck in something.

Journey.

Star Ocean: till the end of time. finally got the Total of 100 Hours in Battle battle trophy when i woke up this mornin. still more to go.

Warriors Orochi 3

Yeah, I think with friendly AI, you have to expect it to be fairly useless. After all, the enemy AI is usually awful in most games, so expecting the allies AI to be intuitive and helpful is asking for a bit much! I think most single player games take this into account, and expect you to do pretty much all the work yourself, with your team mates there as glorified moral support and as people to follow you about taking bullets on your behalf.

And really, it would only be an issue if a game was incredibly hard and so challenging that it *required* your whole team to be on top form all the time. This obviously isn't the case in most games, and so when you do see people teaming up for co-op, it usually always makes an easy game into an absolute walkover. A game's AI can barely cope with one actual living mind set against it, let alone 3-4!

Halo was an interesting series for this. Halo 1's allies were so worthless, that they frequently all died almost as they joined up with chief. Their weapons were awful (they pretty much all had the human assault rifle, which was pretty dire in the first game), they had very little health and seemed unable to grasp the need to run away from live grenades. Beyond manning the gun on the Warthog therefore, the Marines were pretty hopeless. And yet in Halo 2, they seemed to have been pumping iron furiously. Now they could take a hellacious beating before dying, their weapons were much better, and they could win most fights that didn't include Hunters or guys with Plasma Swords by themselves if you left them to it long enough. It was a remarkable change, and actually made you feel a bit surplus to requirements most of the time!

So basically, if its a choice between the ally AI doing too much or too little, I'll go for the latter. When I'm playing, I want to be the guy getting the kills, making the dash into the thick of the enemy, waging my little one man war against the unfeasibly large hordes of people ranged against me. If the ally AI is so good that they can just kill everything anyway, then I kind of think 'Well, why even bother then?'


And on the subject of ORC, I was playing the DLC Spec Ops mission. Its not a great introduction to the Echo 6 team (the game plays its cards really close to its chest, refusing to actually tell you the player, what your team's mission is! We'll find out later I'm sure, and you can make a guess based on the main game, but still...) So it starts a bit slowly, but it picks up about halfway through, and its great from there to the end.

I think its just about done enough to convince me I want to buy the later DLC, but it'll need to be good. This was dangerously close to being 'Meh, I can live without this', before it got better. But if the DLC that I do have to pay for is only half good... well, we'll see.

Warriors Orochi 3

What's it like? Still waiting for it to be released here in Australia...

Currently playing Saints Row 2... for the umpteenth time.

Disgaea 2 on my vita. just finished subduing all the lovers i had spawned and combined them all. next is more felony madness.

still playing ORC, by myself

Obviously not the same, but I love Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012. I play that game a ton.

I don't have the money to play real magic.

I really don't spend a whole lot of money on Magic. If I do, it's because I really want a specific card. This month, I spent $30 for cards, simply because I did have a little extra money, and there were a few cards I needed that were in the Knights vs. Dragons duel decks box set. I also took chances on a few booster packs, and I usually never get those unless I'm fishing for something.

As far as Duels of the Plainswalkers is concerned; my fianc�e is an avid MTG player, and she loves the game. It actually a good way to clarify rulings on cards too, especially when it comes to the stacking of activated abilities and instants.

Aion

Played the demo for Skullgirls.

It LOOKS good, but the controls are too loose and it's missing 'things-that-should-be-in-every-fighter' like a move's list.

I'll probably pass until it hits half price on PSN.

Maybe it's the ps3 controller, cause it can feel a little loose depending on what you're playing. Maybe try the 360 version, if you got a 360?

Maybe it's the ps3 controller, cause it can feel a little loose depending on what you're playing. Maybe try the 360 version, if you got a 360?
I do, but I'm not a big fan of the 360 when it comes to any kind of 2D/side-scrolling games.
It just doesn't 'feel' right.

Oh, ok.

Feeling pretty tired, but I'm going to play Mass Effect 3 online now that I got the Resurgence Pack(can't wait to play as a Krogan Vanguard c: )

ME3

Can't wait to find Kai Leng and fight him again, and kill that bastard, The Illusive Man.

I think I'm going to cave and BUY Persona 3:FES for PSN.
>_>

Mass Effect 3 Multi Player...god damn i love the Sniper Rifles :D

I think I'm going to cave and BUY Persona 3:FES for PSN.
>_>

lemme know how it is. i've been pendin whether or not i want to try this series.

I've finished Mass Effect 3. The reapers are gone, the Earth and the entire galaxy has been saved, and my Shepard lives to tell about it.

The ending I got was satisfying, and I'm not disappointed, honestly, because I feel like I've actually I won the war. If you ask me, the people that were mad about the ending(whichever ending it is) were overreacting.

I'm so happy that the reapers are finally gone. Anderson, though...I should've reacted faster. :(

lemme know how it is. i've been pendin whether or not i want to try this series.
I already own P3, P3:FES, & P3P plus the rest of the series.

It's just justifying buying the same basic game for a 4th time.

Rock of Ages

I already own P3, P3:FES, & P3P plus the rest of the series.

It's just justifying buying the same basic game for a 4th time.

so i take it it's good?

more Disgaea 2 on my vita.

so i take it it's good?
more Disgaea 2 on my vita.
I REALLY enjoyed it.
Some folks are put off by the HS sim aspect (which adds to your overall stats and furthers the side stories) but I found it a nice addition to the series.

If you're gonna play one version I'd suggest the PSP version because you can control all your party members.
In the PS2 versions you could only given 'suggestions' and the AI was rather mixed.

maybe ill consider it. maybe. i dont have a psp, so i may get a ps2 game to see how it is.

replaying Shadow Hearts II

maybe ill consider it. maybe. i dont have a psp, so i may get a ps2 game to see how it is.
Don't you have a PSV?
I think it's available to play on the PSV, not too sure.

its only downloadable from the network. i dont want to buy anything im not entirely sure i want.

Time Crisis: Crisis Zone

DodoRay:
Considering how happy you were to recruit the Geth, you don't seem very cut up about betraying them in the most conclusively genocidal way possible, in your chosen ending! What happened to being a nice guy?! What about Joker? The guy serves you faithfully for years, asks for absolutely nothing during all that time, (even keeping quiet about his home being invaded by Reapers and not knowing if his father and sister are alive, because you have enough on your plate without worrying about him). The one request he makes of you at the end, is to keep EDI safe - and you chose *that* ending, and are satisfied with it?!

And you do realise that the unavoidable act of destruction on probably *the* most important piece of technology in existence (particularly given where everyone is at the end of the game), means the galaxy is completely and utterly shafted, right?

The ending was terrible IMO (and I'm far from alone in thinking that!) Not only is it a complete rip-off of 'A Fire Upon the Deep' (as in, its *exactly* the same), but it comes out of nowhere. I do happen to agree that the fans have over-reacted to a staggering degree, but I also think that the basic root of their protest is justified. Because just about everyone from fans, other games developers, critics etc etc thinks the ending was really poor - its just that some sections of fans outright despise it, and have done themselves no favours with their various antics.

Bioware don't deserve the grief they've been getting, but neither do they deserve much praise either. Even aside from the endings, Mass Effect 3 (and 2 for that matter) wasn't that great IMO. It was a decent game with a couple of good levels, but nothing special. The first game is still the best.

Well, I'm happy that I've destroyed the reapers, so I fail to see how it affects the Geth and EDI. The crucible destroyed the mass relays, but eventually, they may be rebuilt, but I'm not sure. And Joker, and the others survived as well, so, I don't know what you're talking about about betraying the Geth and not fulfilling Joker's request.

Edit: Wait....Damn, my fault. NOW I remember. The catalyst said something about the Crucible "affecting synthetics", I think? I was half paying attention since I was feeling tired. I don't know why that never crossed my mind. I guess I could've sacrificed myself, but I wasn't sure. I'm sure as heck won't be controlling the Reapers since they deserved to be destroyed. But I don't know. I think I'll replay from the point before the assault on the Cerberus headquarters that was automatically saved. About the Geth and Joker, I never wanted to betray the Geth, and I didn't mean to break Joker's request, I just didn't pay attention to what the catalyst was saying. That, and because I was rather hellbent on destroying the Reapers, I must've forgotten about them.


A Fire Upon the Deep Never heard of that. I looked it up and it's a sci-fi book. But I never read it, cause I was only a baby at the time and I haven't seen it in the school libraries I've been to.

I really don't spend a whole lot of money on Magic. If I do, it's because I really want a specific card. This month, I spent $30 for cards, simply because I did have a little extra money, and there were a few cards I needed that were in the Knights vs. Dragons duel decks box set. I also took chances on a few booster packs, and I usually never get those unless I'm fishing for something.

As far as Duels of the Plainswalkers is concerned; my fianc�e is an avid MTG player, and she loves the game. It actually a good way to clarify rulings on cards too, especially when it comes to the stacking of activated abilities and instants.
That isn't always the case, really. DOTP 2012 messes up the rules in a lot of cases and it's really frustrating.



I've finished Mass Effect 3. The reapers are gone, the Earth and the entire galaxy has been saved, and my Shepard lives to tell about it.

The ending I got was satisfying, and I'm not disappointed, honestly, because I feel like I've actually I won the war. If you ask me, the people that were mad about the ending(whichever ending it is) were overreacting.

I'm so happy that the reapers are finally gone. Anderson, though...I should've reacted faster. :(
The ending is very lazy. The ending has its own plot holes and introduces some to the main story. It's very poorly written and you can tell it was a rushed job. Anybody who is upset about the ending because of a lack of closure is fucking stupid but it seems those are the people Bioware are catering to with the revised ending anyway.

Still, I'm not sure why you'd be happy about any ending to the game. All of the endings are pretty grim. You may have destroyed the reapers but shit's pretty much fucked for everybody anyway.

That's why I'm going to replay the game from the Cerberus Headquarters part again and have myself see the bigger picture as to how bad it is, because, like I said, I was so hellbent on destroying the Reapers at that point, I was probably half paying attention or not.

The point that Fight is making I think, is that the destruction of the relays is catastrophic. It completely eviscerates the galactic community, as people can no longer travel the vast distances that seperate the various systems (or rather they can, but even the most advanced races would need years to get anywhere, now that they cannot jump between systems).

Not only that, it traps a huge proportion of the community at Earth. Given that many of them can only eat very specific kinds of food, and are allegeric to human food, this places them in a dire state to say the least. The fact that the old way of doing things no longer applies, means that all the choices you made, all the conflicts you resolved, people you interacted with etc, is torpedoed. Because those choices all affected a status quo that now no longer exists.

Eveything basically has to start over from scratch.

Basically, the ending is fine, up to and including Anderson death (though he can live too). Everything after that is just awful, and unravels everything you have been working towards, replaced with 3 extremely grim options. And as Fights says, its written poorly and very rushed.

I mean, 'Control' is surprisingly the most ethical of all the choices! In the other 2 endings, you are making decisions that affect trillions of lives, without consulting them. You can volunteer EDI and every last one of the Geth to sacrifice themselves without even asking them, or you can change how all life works(!), again with no consultation of anyone (and the logic behind Synthesis is absurd anyway).

At least in 'Control' the only race you are affecting is the bad guys. But its just bizarre that the obviously Renegade option ends up being the only remotely ethical choice. And yet it all seems so far fetched that it would actually work, and I didn't want to control anyone (my character being a firm opponent of any kind of indoctrination, slavery, brainwashing etc etc). So I ended up having to choose Synthesis, simply because I refused to betray the Geth after I had assured them that Organics were not their enemy, and EDI had professed a clear desire to live, so I couldn't betray that either.

And Synthesis is a ridiculously nonsensical ending. So yeah, it just kind of sucked all round for me!

Yeah, I chose control too.

I wonder how the mass relays were destroyed in such a way that the didn't release a massive amount of energy and destroy the systems they sit in.

Speaking of mass relays - why weren't they shut down once the Reapers arrived? That would have stopped you and your army from fighting back and it was said in ME1 that this is what Reapers do when they start harvesting people. The Reapers were a joke in ME3, ugh.

Plants vs Zombies... =P

I already own P3, P3:FES, & P3P plus the rest of the series.

It's just justifying buying the same basic game for a 4th time.

It's Persona. That's all the justification needed.

Begin Rant

This response is to those who've recently spoken about Mass Effect 3 and my own opinion about the game and it's developer in question.

I've given up on any hope for a conclusive ending to Mass Effect 3. The ending was a joke and one could tell it was just thrown together and written by a different team than the one who wrote the first part of the game. The Control and Synthesis endings, imo, still let the Reapers win... with the destroy ending being the only one which A: Destroys them completely at the cost of losing all synthetic entities (The Geth as well as EDI) and B: Was the only ending in which Shepard survives, IF your EMS was 5000+ that is.

There are a lot of 'theories' going around about the ending... some say Shepard finally succumbed to Reaper Indoctrination, others that it was all in Shepard's mind and that they are still on Eden Prime with the later events of Mass Effect, Mass Effect 2 and Mass Effect 3 all happening inside Shepard's head. Even with BioWare 'promising' on delivering a Cinimatic Expanded Ending this Summer for Mass Effect 3, the majority of the idiot fans will STILL bitch about it.

While I have enjoyed the multiplayer... having it linked to the singleplayer campaign as one of the only ways to increase your Galactic Readiness rating (Other being to use certain iPad Apps and other ios devices), thereby 'forcing' people to play it when they might not of used in the first place... and knowing EA, they'll probably shut down the servers for the multiplayer in a year or so, especially with all the games coming later this year with multiplayer aspects, I doubt many will return to ME3 multiplayer.

I like the first two games, and for the most part, most of the third... but the ending is garbage and to me, proves that Casey Hudson, Mac Walters and Ray Myzuka don't give a rats ass about what people want... only that the want more $$$ from the fans. Canceling the third expansion, Exalted March for Dragon Age II to apparently 'focus on Dragon Age III' which include a rumored 'multiplayer mode' being developed on DICE's Frostbite 2, the same game engine used for Battlefield 3. The multiplayer is supposedly an arena-based affair and features player versus environment elements as well as player versus player.

I admit, I was looking forward to Mass Effect 3 ever since Mass Effect 2 ended... Now, I feel a bit disappointed but there's not much which can be done to alleviate it (other than Casey Hudson, Mac Walters and Ray Myzuka issuing a formal apology (not just for releasing a piss poor ending to a much anticipated series, but also by screwing over the characters and universe they created) and announcing their resignations) an with what's being planned, supposedly, for Dragon Age III... Congratulations BioWare... while you may've made some new fans with making Mass Effect 3 appeal to a broader audience (Come on... choosing either Action, Story or RPG mode? It's a fucking RPG! If people want a Action game get Gears of War etc... ), you've effectively ostracised yourself from the fans who made you in the first place.

End rant.

Back to topic...

Packed my Xbox 360 away, dug out my Dreamcast and enjoying myself immensely. Just finished Shenmue and loved it... so, gong to start Shenmue II later tonight. Also played a bit of Crazy Taxi 2 and Wacky Races, the former fun for a bit while the latter had memories of that Hanna Barbera cartoon of the same name rushing back. Mario Kart? Pssh... Wario and Waluigi have got nothing on Dick Dastardly and Muttley.


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Dick Dastardly and Muttley FTW!

Time Crisis 3 on Crisis Missions to get music player

Best way to describe Crisis Missions: frustrating dick-move central that's expects so much out of you. I wish I had the Guncon 2 :/

Worst mission ever was the one where it just removes the cover system entirely, which imo, just ruins it for me. It's like Gears of War with no cover system whatsoever.

The best part about Shenmue was going down to the Arcades and blowing your daily allowance on 'Space Harrier'.

The best part about Shenmue was going down to the Arcades and blowing your daily allowance on 'Space Harrier'.

Agreed, haha

Edit: You know what, screw Crisis Missions on Time Crisis 3. Day 5 missions 2, 3, 4(with 4 being the absolute worst mission ever), and 5 are impossible. I give up. Just going to rip whatever is available.