Finally i get my hands on Killzone 3 ( so far ive had different priorities ) aaaand its actually worse then second part...
Reason for that is even that controls are better and coop is cool thing, they did short campaign and multiplayer? Something between 6 maps in standart, not much original structure of maps, no 32 players, only 5 ribbons and why in the hell i cant now just come to random squad? Its shame because they did a great job on weapons, class modes and other stuff like 3D or Move controling... The best is of course main villain Stahl with great voice acting by famous actor who once played Caligula ( i really dont member a name but his voice i recognise anywhere ) and new civil war between Helghast it could be much more better... I miss Hakha, where the hell is he anyway?
Second game is Final fantasy XII, its my first cut in this serie so im learning how to fight in another way then in real time ( i mean like in God of war for example ), still i have always compulsive need block attacks myself and not waiting if he does that for me...hehe

Torchlight 2

Got it to work on my mediocre laptop, it runs around medium-low.

Finished Silent Hill Downpour, but sadly, I didn't get one of the endings I intended to get.

Finished Silent Hill Downpour, but sadly, I didn't get one of the endings I intended to get.

then try again. slacker. lol.

replayin Kingdom Hearts II on Proud Mode.

KH II is b..chslaping on proud mode, i was not finished that yet and still long way away from end...

i beat the game on proud mode once before...a long time ago.

Spent the weekend playing Resident Evil 6. Loved Chris and Jake's campaigns, Ada's is pretty good but Leon's was dull. I'm current collecting characters and costumes for The Mercenaries.

Quick question... did your game come with an instruction manual? Mine didn't and I want to see if this happened with anyone else.

Torchlight 2

Is it just me or are the pets REALLY overpowered?

Resident Evil 6.

Despite many problems with the controls, I'm actually enjoying this a lot more than I expected to. Only played Chris Redfield's campaign so far, and I'm only up to chapter 3, but so far its not nearly as calamitous as I'd feared. Sure, his campaign feels like Call of Duty, but Chris is a character who suits a military setting, as does the BSAA. Its a natural progression for the story to see the bioweapons actually being used by militias around the world (as Umbrella weren't making these things for the fun of it). So despite it obviously being a million miles away from what RE sued to be, I didn't expect for one second that they would return to survival horror. Therefore, I'm trying to enjoy the game for what it is, not what I hoped it might be.

Liking how the story is panning out so far (although some sequences are cringeworthy, as you might expect - the hostage rescue bit in Chapter 1 was unintentionally hilarious). Still too early to say for sure, but first impressions are more or less positive. The controls really are a pain though - the cover system only works when it feels like it, and the camera often jumps right onto your back, making it impossible to see what's going on. Combat kill animations are fun and violent, but they often leave you disoriented, as you lose track of where you are relative to the enemies when you come out of it.

But its just a case of getting used to it. Every so often it will annoy me, but I'm getting over it. Really enjoying being able to melee people properly as well. Running about, hacking and blasting with a shotgun and machete = win.

I'm glad to hear you're enjoying it.

I also liked how instead of getting the herbs as plants, they're converted into medicine tablets you can save up without having them take up space in your inventory. And they only restore one health square instead of the traditional way, which I also like, because it makes it a bit challenging and makes you want to try and avoid taking a lot of damage. I don't have the game, but I'm going by what I've experienced in the demos.

Edit: The Witcher: Enhanced Edition

Resident Evil 6.

Despite many problems with the controls, I'm actually enjoying this a lot more than I expected to. Only played Chris Redfield's campaign so far, and I'm only up to chapter 3, but so far its not nearly as calamitous as I'd feared. Sure, his campaign feels like Call of Duty, but Chris is a character who suits a military setting, as does the BSAA. Its a natural progression for the story to see the bioweapons actually being used by militias around the world (as Umbrella weren't making these things for the fun of it). So despite it obviously being a million miles away from what RE sued to be, I didn't expect for one second that they would return to survival horror. Therefore, I'm trying to enjoy the game for what it is, not what I hoped it might be.

Liking how the story is panning out so far (although some sequences are cringeworthy, as you might expect - the hostage rescue bit in Chapter 1 was unintentionally hilarious). Still too early to say for sure, but first impressions are more or less positive. The controls really are a pain though - the cover system only works when it feels like it, and the camera often jumps right onto your back, making it impossible to see what's going on. Combat kill animations are fun and violent, but they often leave you disoriented, as you lose track of where you are relative to the enemies when you come out of it.

But its just a case of getting used to it. Every so often it will annoy me, but I'm getting over it. Really enjoying being able to melee people properly as well. Running about, hacking and blasting with a shotgun and machete = win.

This kind of review so far is filling my heart with joy. I'm literally only five minutes into the game (I just wanted to see the opening introduction), so I'm very much looking forward to what the game has to offer.

Quick question... did your game come with an instruction manual? Mine didn't and I want to see if this happened with anyone else.

most new games nowadays don't come with instruction manuals anymore, just in-game tutorials.

Making steady progress with RE6. Finished all but one chapter of Chris's campaign, but decided to stop there for the moment and go over to Jake's campaign. Reason is that the stories intersect, and I don't really want to do the final chapter of Chris's campaign yet, because it will necessarily give spoilers for what happens with the other characters too. My plan therefore is to finish Chapters 1-4 of Jake and Leon's campaigns first, before I do anyone's final chapter.

The game has its ups and downs, but one thing that nobody can complain about is that you get an awful lot of bang for your buck. 3 campaigns, with a choice of 2 characters in each one. And even though I only finished up to the start of Chapter 5 with Chris, I felt like I'd been through the wars. Some sections work better than others, but it felt like the game was trying out something new pretty much every stage of the way, whilst still giving lots of general action too. I confess too that whilst the game doesn't seem very scary, there was one bit in Chapter 4 which freaked me out completely.

Whole game feels really cinematic, like a good quality action film or series (24 for example). Like I say, it doesn't all work, but its much more hit than miss IMO. The game is at least trying, and that scores a lot of points with me.

So yeah, playing as Sherry Birkin at the moment in Jake's campaign. I like her - she's really fast!

Final Fantasy: VII (I never played it before) and after that... The Last Story.

Final Fantasy VII (I never played it before) and after that... The Last Story.
Ive just start playing Final fantasy VIII because my friend was telling me that is the best ( even many people says the same thing about VII ), so far good i guess, there is one anoying though, being attacked every third second is little bit stupid...

no ari, NTSCU copies of 6 dont include a manual. which is fucking lame

Playing through Nier on 360 atm, then will move onto FFXIII-2.

My PC is broken atm (for gaming) so I have to rely on my 360 :(

Really want FFXI on the 360 but can't find it anywhere.

Resident Evil 6

TES IV: Oblivion

Edit: RE 6

Been playing it 2 or 3 hours straight. Loving this game now. 9/10 in my books, so far.

This C-Virus seems to be much stronger than the T-Virus. The C-Virus zombies are a little smarter and a bit more resistant to bullets than the ones from Raccoon.

That's to be expected - science is constantly evolving, improving (if that's really the right word), to make newer products better than the old ones. Its like all fields of research - if you're not on the cutting edge, then you're nowhere. Ergo, each new successful virus will be stronger than the last.

I'm currently starting Leon's campaign. Played through Chris and Jake's first 4 chapters, and I have to say I'm really enjoying the game. All the complaining about the game seems crazy - its easily the most ambitious and consistently entertaining RE game for years and years.

Crysis 1. Finally have a computer that can run it at a decent framerate.

Finished the 3 main campaigns of RE6. Leon's campaign was by far the worst - I'm greatly relieved that I didn't let his campaign be my introduction to the game. His fourth Chapter is okay, but mostly his campaign is a huge letdown. It all seems so disconnected to everything else, his big bad doesn't actually have anything to do with the main global threat, he has almost no variety in the enemies he faces (he spends 90% of his time fighting basic zombies and bosses). Plus his dialogue is noticeably worse than the other characters - his cheesy quips aren't funny at all, and make him seem like a bit of a fool at times. Helena is also very poor, being by turns surly, ungrateful, manipulative, humourless, outrageously unprofessional given the importance of her job and just all around an unlikable character in how she displays no interest in helping people in trouble. She has her reasons, but her behaviour is still every kind of unacceptable IMO.

I just didn't get much out of his campaign at all. There was barely any story at all for the first 2 chapters, and what little there was, has a few oddities (like how Leon doesn't seem to know any of the main characters in the early stages of his campaign, despite him being in a position where he surely would have met them even if only in passing). They also include a scene where he watches a tape of something very important, then completely forgets about it, and doesn't inquire about it to the relevant people ever, despite it being of vital importance to what is actually going on (which means he never find out, and misses out on most of the plot because of it!)

Add in that his levels ranged from mediocre to actively bad, with him seeming to spend enormous amounts of time messing about underground, doing absolutely nothing, and his campaign was a chronic failure. Even the much touted survival horror of his early levels is really, really bad (despite a good opening 10 minutes or so). Thankfully as I say, the other 2 campaigns are much better, so my overall extreme of the game hasn't been affected.

New Super Mario Bros. 2. It's good. I still like 3D Land better though because I like the 3D levels and the boomerang power up but it's still fun with all the coins to rack up.

Finished all 3 campaigns on RE6

Awesome game, awesome campaigns, just amazing. It's crazy to me how this game got a 4.5 on gamespot.

I'll get to Ada's campaign later.

ninja gaiden sigma

Bah - be a real man, and play Ninja Gaiden Black! :D

you do realize sigma is equally as hard as black? the only thing missing are half the extras.
besides, this is ninja gaiden, playing on a difficulty lower than hard is an insult

The only Ninja Gaiden game I've played was the 2nd one and I had to stop playing it so I can get the first one and go from there. Another reason as well, is because I couldn't defeat Genshin and rage quit because of him. I personally don't play any Ninja Gaiden game on hard, because it'll piss me off and get me frustrated to where I won't enjoy it(actually, any game on "hard" or up is torture for me depending on what it is). I don't play any game on easy, but I don't play any game on hard.

Edit: [prototype]

Toggling between Lost Planet and Super Mario 3-d Land. Kind of loving the special levels more than the main game!

Some of the level design is different in Sigma, and it always makes the game easier. Its still a hard game, but Black is the definitive Gaiden IMO. And how dare people be even talking about the sequels. Both NG2 and NG3 are awful.

And how dare people be even talking about the sequels
Lol.

Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

Some of the level design is different in Sigma, and it always makes the game easier. Its still a hard game, but Black is the definitive Gaiden IMO. And how dare people be even talking about the sequels. Both NG2 and NG3 are awful.

never played black (didnt own an xbox back then, and i cant find the game locally), so that the level design is different has no impact nor relevance to me

Fun game.
Really cheesy, some camera issues, and kind of short.

But, still, fun game.

I've been wanting to get that. As well as Rising Zan.

Edit: Planetside 2 closed beta

Dishonored. It's actually very cool.

My point was that the only real reason to play Ninja Gaiden is to test yourself against one of the hardest games out there. The difficulty is what makes that game so essential, so the definitive experience is obtained by playing the hardest version IMO. If you don't have an Xbox, then as you say, its a moot point. I just assumed you would have one, as you came across as a big collector on that thread a couple of months ago. My mistake.

what part of "didnt have an xbox back THEN" and "cant find the game locally" dint you understand?

Playing Super Smash Bros. Brawl again after not playing for about 1-2 years. Holy crap I suck. I'm not NEARLY as good as I used to be. All the enemies in the SSE and multi-man modes keep making a mockery of me... :erm:

For someone who is so adamant that people pay attention to what he writes, you don't pay much attention yourself do you, Rok? Try actually reading what people write, before having a go. 'Assumed' means I *had* assumed it, before you told me otherwise. If I had still held that assumption, I would have said 'I assume you have one, because etc etc'.

Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars on 360

Yeah! I love that game! Reminds me that I have Wrath of Kane knocking around somewhere, and I never got round to playing it. Have to dig it out sometime...

Fun game.
Really cheesy, some camera issues, and kind of short.

But, still, fun game.

If you have a Wii, might I recommend Red Steel 2. An excellent take on the Asian/Western mashup.

I'm currently going through Black Mesa. You know, that Half Life remake that was just released. It's quite awesome so far, not nearly as buggy as some people claim it to be.

Completed all circuits in the Beginner and Standard divisions in F-Zero: Maximum Velocity for GBA. It's a hard racer, but once you get a handle on the controls, it's not too bad. At least until you get further along, and then the bots get brutal.

I also finally finished Baten Kaitos Origins with a time of 113 hours and 33 minutes. It is officially the longest game I've ever played. I also received the best ending after doing everything I had to do to get it. With no cheats or tutorials. Good stuff, and I am entirely satisfied with the conclusion.

Resident Evil 6 on The Mercenaries

Dishonored and Halo 4.

However you choose to approach Dishonored, it's a game that asks you to think, plan, be smart. It's a wonderfully empowering game because of this, as you lurk in the shadows knowing the powers you possess and the options you have. It's elegantly designed to make the most of those tools, but isn't afraid of changing the rules in order to keep its (admittedly quite predictable) story bubbling along.

Halo 4

Wait, what? Wasn't it supposed to come out in November?

Dragon's Dogma

resident evil 6 and heavy rain.
also cod 4 on wii

Wait, what? Wasn't it supposed to come out in November?

I'm calling shenanigans as well. Though he could've gotten a pirated version from another region, as I was once able to play Halo 3: ODST before its U.S. release by playing a pirated french release via a hacked Xbox 360. The same could be said for him.

In any case,

I played some MarioKart: Double Dash for GCN with a buddy. I cleared my save and started fresh. Haven't actually been through it myself as I was using my older brother's save file from way back. Figured it was time to go through all the cups since I've done that with every other MK title.

I beat Black Mesa. My frame rate dropped considerably at the end as there was so much going on at once. If you guys haven't tried it yet, I highly suggest it. It's an awesome experience, especially considering it was community developed by a group of modders. Best mod I've ever played, and best of all, it's accessible to everyone as the Source SDK Base is free to download via Steam.

Started playing Bit.Trip Fate for Wii. Made it to the fourth level, aptly titled "Frustration." I'm stuck on it at the moment, but I shall plow through. I've mostly been downed by the boss, so it's basically down to figuring out his pattern.

And some Minecraft, because I got fed up with that friggin' boss.

From what I've heard, Halo 4 has already been leaked pre-release on the net - it's what happens when you outsource production to other countries on the cheap.

Been in another retro mood lately and fired up my Mega Drive emulator - been playing Dracula Unleashed (Mega CD). Despite the grainy, badly pixellated FMV and rather hammy acting, it's still fun. Also it's at least involving proper vampires, not the stupid glittery sugar-coated Twilight posers. ;)

Castlevania still does it best however.

Quite a bit of Minecraft. I fleshed out the remaining floors on my high-rise structure. I fixed my chicken/egg farm by adding an additional piston to keep the chickens from going off where they're not supposed to when I activate the cooking mechanism. I'm now currently working on the landscaping around my high-rise as the cleared space looked rather plain and lifeless. Dug out a river with a waterfall, and put a road parallel to it. It's beginning to look awesome.

Once I get this done, I'm going to work on my next project: a cabin on top of my mountain base. I'm gathering ideas from YouTube, though it's not going to be quite as grand, it's still going to be pretty cool.

I remember, back in the day, when folks were doing all this sort of 'custom build'....but in TES3.

Finished X-COM yesterday, and its pretty damn good. The slight changes to the gameplay are generally for the better (although combat units like the Chrysalid really got shafted by the new system), and the game is basically as good as it always was. Falls apart towards the end, with an extremely rushed final third, but overall a pretty great game.

I remember, back in the day, when folks were doing all this sort of 'custom build'....but in TES3.

Morrowind had building elements?

Modern Warfare 2 and Dead Island

Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit, Darkspore and Hotel Miami.

Payday: The Heist

Dishonoured.

Being someone who as a rule despises stealth games, it was only the unusual Bioshockesque world that drew me to this. I hate playing as thieves, assassins etc etc, so this game had a lot to do to convince me to play beyond the first couple of hours. So its a tribute to Arkane that I did manage to get through the whole game, and stealthily enough to get the good ending. It was touch and go at times though, and I really hated the way that the game says 'Hey, you can do combat or stealth - but if you do combat, its the wrong choice and you'll get the bad ending'.

But I put up with it, and at times this is a pretty great game. I will never be someone who enjoys stealth or assassinating people etc etc, but the world was quite interesting and the story (though it has big problems) was sufficient to keep me going to the end. The game's real problem is that it tries to cram in too many different ideas and images, rather than focusing and developing a smaller number of the more core ideas. For example, the plague sweeping the city, the swarms of rats, plague zombies etc etc sounds good on paper, but in practice, barely seems to matter at all. Whenever you encounter such things, you almost feel like you must be going the wrong way, because it has such little relevance to anything.

The game's characters also disappoint, and not because they are bad ideas, but because you know so little about them, and they do and say so little. Characters, quests, whole locations can often feel frustratingly underused and/or undeveloped. The Masquerade Ball in Mission 4 for example should have been the best level. Go undercover to a masked ball, mingle with the guests trying to find which of 3 sisters is your mark, then work out how to kill her in the middle of a huge crowd. Sounds great, but its so easy and is over so quickly that I was hanging around for a full hour afterwards trying to find something else to do, because the main mission had been so heartbreakingly unsatisfying.

It may sound like I hated this game, but I did quite enjoy it. The fact that I even finished it, and wanted to play it at all, is much more than most stealth games ever evoke in me, so the game must have done something right. It just feels like a bit of a mess in terms of narrative and world building/storytelling etc. Key ideas are never explained (The Outsider and your magic powers), whereas others feel like they are there just to pad out the game (Flooded District, The Lighthouse etc etc). But overall, from a man who usually really doesn't like this sort of thing, I thought it was pretty good.

Silent hill 3 is what i'm playing.I got achievements too, which is cool.I might beat a second time to unlock more stuff.

Mega Man X4.
Listening to X's "manly" cries it's annoying.

Still playing the odd game of Mass Effect 3 Multiplayer. With the recent Retaliation MP DLC, with four new characters as well as the new Challenges system, has breathed some new life into this game. Hell, playing as a Volus Engineer has been the most fun I've had in this mode for awhile... and with the rotating Hazard maps, makes gameplay on higher difficulties rather... challenging.

Also playing Grand Theft Auto San Andreas as well, arguably the best GTA game.

dementium, its pretty nice actually

Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3.
A remake that is better than the original game.

Minecraft.

Finishing up my cabin, which will officially be recognized as "Home". It is looking quote nice with a second floor balcony and a swanky master bedroom.

Not quite as extensive and crazy as some I've seen on YouTube, but it's still pretty cool.

Persona 2.

The spreading rumours thing is a great idea, and its a welcome relief from the first game that you don't have random encounters on the city map screens. The characters are pretty good, although the more Persona games that you play, the more you realise that they are just recycling the same basic characters and stories. Still, its a fun game for the most part. No demon fusing in this one, but you still have to do the whole negotiation thing, which is a pain. Definitely an area that the newer games improve on.

Other than that, going through Killzone HD. Its still pretty awful, but I don't mind - I always did like the Killzone universe.

A considerable amount of Counter Strike: Source with a bud. I have a spare Steam account which I use when I want to play some CS:S locally without actually forcing my friends to buy the game if they don't have it. So I opened the account up to him and we were tearing it up with the bots, because it's more fun that way -- you die less. Plus, I have access to a multitude of community-made maps which particular servers may or may not have in their cycle. Either way, I was having a good time.

pokemon diamond

Assassin's Creed Brotherhood

House MD on my DS and NCIS on Xbox 360.

House MD on my DS

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TO AMAZON!

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TO AMAZON!

Yup...

Someone likes licensed games. Thing is, is it any good?

Free weekend for Counter Strike Global Offensive for PC. I've had it since release, but now there's a good excuse to whoop some scrubs.

league of legends

crysis 3 close alpha, planetside 2 beta, the new nfs most wanted.

lol, I'm playing Minecraft, Assassin's Creed, Assassin's Creed II, Assassin's Creed Brotherhood and Assassin's Creed Revelations (all in preparation for Assassin's Creed III).

Playing some Shatter and Skyrim. Just reinstalled Windows on a larger bootcamp partition and got a large 1tb external drive just for windows. Yes, games do run (well) off of an external drive! USB 3.0!

Flash Flash Revolution. I'm a little under 400,000,000 from getting Veteran Status. :)

Someone likes licensed games. Thing is, is it any good?

Officially, the reviews for both House MD and NCIS were poor... but as a fan of those two shows, I thoroughly enjoyed them. Both played out as episodes of their respective shows and were fun to play.

Currently playing:

Crysis 3 MP Alpha

Assassin's Creed Revelations after finishing Brotherhood

Edit: Halo 4

I just finished Bit.Trip Fate ~ Wii.

Just started Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask (3DS)

(Like the title better as "The Mask of Miracle")

Cel shading looks okay except Luke looks a little funny. Maybe he aged since he looks taller. I turn off the 3D most of the time, except on animated cut scenes.

Not a fan of the horse riding segment but it was interesting to see an action element added to the series.

Only completed the first 2 puzzles so far which were easy peasy.

Ghost Recon on Xbox

recently got back to Fallout New Vegas

Just finished the Weekend Operation for Mass Effect 3 multiplayer "Operation: Blast Furnace". Now, gone back to Skies of Arcadia Legends on my GC.

I finished Final Fantasy: VII some days ago, it was wonderful. Now, I'm playing Mega Man Zero.

Logged into FFXIV for the first time in months - with only a day to go before the original version is shut down in preparation for the rebooted '2.0' version's release in January, the current game environment very much shows a world in it's last pitiful dying throes - with the Dalamud meteor looming huge overhead like the Sword of Damocles, imperial airships flying over every city unhindered and all zone music replaced with a haunting a capella version of FFXIV's vocal theme Answers - it really does seem like the lead up to the apocalypse.

I was half expecting to hear someone running around shouting "IT"S THE END! REPENT SINS!" :p

New Super Mario Bros Wii, Pokemon Black 2, and Final Fantasy VI. I'm not very exciting I guess.

Playing regular ArmA 2: Operation Arrowhead

I'm trying to finish the Red Harvest campaign, but I had to skip some parts(using the endmission cheat)that involved going from point a to b to find stuff, like find the weapons cache, find this woman and arrest her, find these bunkers, it really tried my patience at times(plus, it felt a bit boring to me). I'm not too proud of it, but I just can't stand some of the Red Harvest missions that feel more like police work. That doesn't mean I dislike the game and would prefer to play BF3 and CoD, I just don't find missions like that ArmA 2 interesting.

Had the sudden urge to replay Gears of War 3, which seemed a lot better this time, than I remember it being. I still think the main story is disappointing (aside from the excellent Chapter 1, most of the story feels like padding and characters like Dom, Anya etc hardly get anything to say or do). It was still great fun to play through - but I wanted to play at least one level as Carmine!

Just started Halo 4. Early days yet (Chapter 3), but so far... Hmm. Some of the visuals have been very impressive, and the intro movie with the Doctor talking to the guy was great. But I don't know... the first couple of levels have felt a bit lifeless and small time. Encounters with enemies often feel strangely flat and unengaging, and having to fight the Covenant so much again is extremely dispiriting. That story arc was done and dusted - they should have waited at least 1 game, before bringing them back as allies. I just don't really want to fight them again!

That said though, I'm just starting to meet the new enemies now. And both Halo 2 and Halo 3 were slow starters too, so here's hoping.

I beat a couple games the past couple of days. Both short, and both in one sitting each. Up first is Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1 for Wii. A fun game, just like the Sonic games I used to play from the Genesis. I didn't have a problem with the way Sonic was animated or with the tightness of the controls. It felt like a Sonic game should. Though the quirky music was incredibly obnoxious, and annoying. It was about the only thing I really disliked about the game. This coming from someone who loves video game music, the Sonic games especially. The game was short, though acceptable as Sega was initially going for an episodic format, that went the way of the Half Life 2 episodes. I suppose it would have taken me a bit longer had I hunted down every last Chaos Emerald, but the special stages are kinda ridiculous.

On the following night after work, I sat down and played Bit.Trip Flux for Wii, the last of the Bit.Trip saga before Runner 2 is released. Started out on Normal difficulty, but I wasn't getting anywhere, so I dropped it down to Easy. I NEVER do that, unless the game is absolutely unrelenting. Apparently Easy was too easy as I breezed through it. Good enough for me. I only really wanted to listen to the awesome music, and failing at the game prevents that from happening.

Since I beat those two games, during the interim while I wait for MegaMan X8 to arrive in the mail, I've been playing a little bit of TrackMania Nations, Team Fortress 2, and some Goldeneye: Source.

I've also been spending quite a bit more time in Minecraft. I just did some interior decorating for my cabin, which I have dubbed, "Skywalker Ranch". Got some red carpenting down, and added some lighting via redstone lamps. Though hunting for glowstone in the Nether is a pain. Stupid Zombie Pigmen. I'm going to start construction on my next project, which will be the first level from Wolfenstein 3D. I know people have done it already, but I want to do it for myself, and perhaps get it at a 1:1 ratio.

Xenoblade (Wii), Kirby's Dream Land 3 (SNES), Robotron: 2084 (Arcade)

Finished Halo 4 - odd game. There's a lot wrong with it, but it still manages to do the really important things well enough, that its actually my favourite installment since Halo 1. Whilst the storytelling is very hit and miss, with lots of half-formed ideas, poor explanation and development of key elements etc, it manages to recapture some of the 'sombre but adventurous' magic of the first game. It showed me enough to get me excited about the series again - I want to know more, I want to know what happens next etc.

But like I say, lots of issues too. The Covenant and their whole presence in the game, motivations etc is left completely blank. Not only that, but when Chief and Cortana finally meet some people who might know why they are attacking again, it never comes up! The main bad guy and his minions are pretty poor too, and that's a real shame. Its not totally hopeless though - they feel like a first draft that wasn't developed, rather than an out and out bad idea. They just need a bit more work, and some more variety, and they should be fine. But both factions lack personality - the Prometheans for obvious reasons, but the Covenant aren't their jolly old 'Ho ho ho - further proof of my prowess, rraggh!' selves in this game. They're supposedly more fanatical, but they just come across as zombie covenant, with none of that old spark that made them such lovably eccentric crackpot enemies.

But the tone feels right, the relationship between and personalities of Master Chief and Cortana have never been better, plus the ongoing story looks to be moving in an interesting direction.

Yeah, I never quite understood if the Covenant I faced were the ones that still believed in "The Great Journey" or they broke the truce(btw, I wonder what The Arbiter has been up to since it's been 4 years.) Either way, the campaign was great.

Plus, the soundtrack is amazing (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCrL76vGpNA)

MSG Battle Operation, then going to play Rise of Nightmares.

I understand that Chief and Cortana can't be discussing it all the time, nor would it make any sense to go up to a Covenant battle squad and ask them nicely - as all you'd likely get for your troubles is a grenade! Plus, it isn't a big stretch for Chief and Cortana to just assume that the truce with the Covenant and Humanity was hardly set in stone, and was unlikely to last (Lord Hood as much as says this in Halo 3's ending - that he's grateful and all, but still considers the Covenant to be murdering swines etc).

The part I don't get though, is why neither Chief or Cortana ask the Infinity crew if they have any idea what's going on, if the truce is officially off, what's been going on between the Covenant and Humanity etc since they last saw everyone. A bit more info (or any at all!) would have been handy. As it is, the apparently motiveless Covenant is something that everyone is scratching their head about, and detracting from what was (as you rightly say) a pretty great campaign, all told.

And if the Arbiter is anything like he was when I was playing as him, he's probably spent all his time between the games plasma swording his way about and into people etc - you have to admit that it never gets old! :D

ghost recon on ps2

Final Fantasy: IX
I was not really sure that I would like it at the very beggining but now, I love it.

Playing Call of Cthulu: Dark Corners of the Earth on Xbox. Arrived from Amazon. I'm only on the 2nd chapter and it's very interesting so far.

Slogging through the first Assassin's Creed as part of a full series runthrough. So repetitive. Also the DLC for Dark Souls when I actually can coop with people.

Playing World of Warcraft. And playing World of Warcraft...

Black Ops 2

boosting points in fear 2. honestly who the fuck thought it was a good idea to have a trophy after a million points? (average earn per game: 300)

Battlefield 3

Finished Black Ops 2. Man, I have to say, the campaign was fantastic. Better than Modern Warfare 1-3, I have to say.

And after the ending I got(I won't spoil anything), the very last part was funny and awesome at the same time. I give Treyarch major props for it. I also give them props for trying to do something different with Call of Duty.

I just started Assassin's Creed 3, it's good with some climbing and fighting issues but overall good.

Max Payne 3... just started it and it seems ok so far (only about 15 minutes in...). Just wondering, which of the currently available DLC is worth getting...

Super Mario 64 DS on a 3DS XL

Final Fantasy 4 on the DS. That and the occasional Red Alert 3 and Command and Conquer 3 matches.

Fate Extra. Interesting game, with a great 'Hunger Games' style central idea, and very well written for the most part. Further proof that the great 'tragic, macabre, but also uplifting' atmosphere of Atlus' older games may in fact have been the influence of Ghostlight. Regardless, it was nice to play a game with that kind of atmosphere again.

And hey, any game with a cannibal girl who ate her own parents to show how much she loved them, dresses like the Joker, and has Count Dracula as her henchmen, has to be worth at least some praise, right?

Fate Extra? Never heard of that one.


cannibal girl who ate her own parents to show how much she loved them, dresses like the Joker, and has Count Dracula as her henchmen

o_0

Fable II and KOTOR II at the moment.

platinumed Atelier Meruru last week. workin on Atelier Totori now.

Fable II and KOTOR II at the moment.

I need to find out if the KotOR collection is still going to be released...

Still playing Max Payne 3. Not a bad game, the combat is pretty good and the story, while nothing new, fits well.

Finished Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth.

Great game despite some frustrations I had along the way.

The ending, while it's not bad or disappointing or anything like that, it's a real downer. That's just me, I don't like non-happy endings :p

The ending, while it's not bad or disappointing or anything like that, it's a real downer. That's just me, I don't like non-happy endings :p


Well my Friend. That's just Lovecraft. So if you are going to play or read anything related to him, this kind of thing is expected.

Nintendo Land for Wii U

Resident Evil 6 PS3 and Resident Evil Operation Raccoon City PC at the moment.

Fate Extra is (to my knowledge anyway), only on the PSP. I downloaded it from the store - not sure how old it is, or if you can get it anywhere else. It might not be all that incredible in terms of actual gameplay (its okay, just nothing special), but the story was very good. Best analogy I can make is Killer7 - amazing story and worthwhile experience overall, but the game itself... isn't the reason to play. And like I said, the characters were great - being hunted through the school by Robin Hood, who was trying to assassinate me with poisoned arrows, was another highlight!

And yeah, you kind of had to expect a downer ending if you were playing a game based on Lovecraft. The whole point is that the greater forces are completely beyond Man's ability to understand or resist. If you want a Lovecraftish experience that does have a more empowering and happier ending, then try Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem. There are lots of downer moments (most of the cast end up being gruesomely killed), but they mostly all achieve something useful before they die, and you do get to defeat the evil properly in the end.

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Yeah, I've already played Eternal Darkness. Love that game, such a shame there's not that many Lovecraft inspired(or based)video games.

Also, I never actually read any of Lovecraft's stuff, so, I couldn't really expect the game to have a downer ending. Some of his book sound interesting though and that one movie I've seen on Amazon I've been wanting to get, Dagon, looks interesting.

Yeah, I've already played Eternal Darkness. Love that game, such a shame there's not that many Lovecraft inspired(or based)video games.

Also, I never actually read any of Lovecraft's stuff, so, I couldn't really expect the game to have a downer ending. Some of his book sound interesting though and that one movie I've seen on Amazon I've been wanting to get, Dagon, looks interesting.

There's Shadow of the Comet & Prisoner of Ice, Graphic adventure games Inspired by lovecraft's work. Which I haven't heard if the got somekind of rerelease or port to this generation of software. You still have DOSBox to make them work, but it's kinda hard if you are not used to emulation and configuration of stuff on PC.


You could check those out if you liked some Broken Sword or Monkey Island games.

CORPSE PARTY!! <3 that :D

Most of Lovecraft's work is collections of fairly short stories (Dagon certainly is). They basically all have the same plot (Guy happens upon creepy goings on, investigates against his better judgement, sees something absolutely horrific, loses his marbles completely). I find the idea and the atmosphere of the universes(s) he created, to be more entertaining than the books themselves actually (as they are a bit repetitive, and I rarely feel all that close to the characters). But Lovecraft's importance as an influence for the horror genre cannot be overstated.

And yeah, in an ideal world, there would be more games based on his work, more horror games in general. But as ever, its about what sells and horror very sadly doesn't sell anywhere near as well as straight up action. Now that games cost so much to make, less popular genres are really getting squeezed. Still, we manage to sneak a few titles under the radar every now and then! So here's hoping...

Just finished the Nod campaign on Command and Conquer 3. Went back to it after I saw Dodo was playing it a couple of weeks back. I'd been meaning to give it another playthrough, and its just as ace as I remember it. Nod always have the best campaign - Kane rules!

Love that too! It sucks that some awesome characters are there just to die though.

God of War on my PS2, soon to be Final Fantasy XII; I just finished Dead Rising on my 360, and i'm playing Resident Evil 4 on my Wii.http://www.ryak.info/15.jpghttp://www.ryak.info/09ht.jpghttp://www.ryak.info/09ax.jpghttp://www.ryak.info/16.jpg http://www.ryzu.info/6.jpghttp://www.ryzu.info/18.jpg

mw3 on ps3.

As FFXIV servers are now back up after a nearly two-week hiatus and the apocalyptic impact of Dalamud (if you could even call it an 'impact' ;)), and as a recent hardware upgrade to my computer means the game runs so much better for me, I've started getting back into the game - and all things considered, two-years of improvements definitely make for a much better experience than it was at launch, even though there is now going to be no new additions to the original version, it's going to remain active for as long as player logins remain constant.

Either way, I can't wait for the 2.0 reboot in a few months. :)

From Dust.

I don't know why I put off of it.

Assassin's Creed 3 ^^ loving it so far.

Getting ready for Operation: PRIVATEER for Mass Effect 3 this weekend. As the fans have been asking, the Allied Goal has returned. Only thing to decide, which character to play as... Turian Soldier, Turian Sentinel, Turian Ghost Infiltrator, Turian Havoc Soldier, Batarian Soldier, Batarian Sentinel, Batarian Brawler Vanguard, Vorcha Soldier, Vorcha Sentinel or Vorcha Hunter Engineer...

Probably gonna go this guy, the one with two omniblades...

Mega Man Zero 2 and Final Fantasy: IX

Walking Dead. Finished it, and it was pretty damn good. The final episode was okay, and had several great moments, but the identity of the final villain was disappointing, and lacked credibility. It feels utterly bizarre and contrived when you find out who he is, but is somewhat saved by the fact that the character is very well written and acted. Basically, its a really good scene, but it feels like they plucked the villain out of nowhere.

Elsewhere, the events were mostly satisfying. One important supporting cast member got a really good final scene, but most of the others just sort of faded out. I guess all that really matters is that the closing scenes with Lee and Clementine don't disappoint. Its been a great ride, and definitely the best adventure game I've played in an age and a day.

Walking Dead. Finished it, and it was pretty damn good. The final episode was okay, and had several great moments, but the identity of the final villain was disappointing, and lacked credibility. It feels utterly bizarre and contrived when you find out who he is, but is somewhat saved by the fact that the character is very well written and acted. Basically, its a really good scene, but it feels like they plucked the villain out of nowhere.

Elsewhere, the events were mostly satisfying. One important supporting cast member got a really good final scene, but most of the others just sort of faded out. I guess all that really matters is that the closing scenes with Lee and Clementine don't disappoint. Its been a great ride, and definitely the best adventure game I've played in an age and a day.

Damn you! I only have Episode 1 & 2! Lol. >.<

Edit: Dark Souls

Hi all

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The game "Guardian Cross" is a card based game with Final Fantasy like monsters. The link with Yu-Gi-Oh and Final Fantasy is undenieable. I am a fan of both, so it is a nice game to play :)

I need people who download the game "Guardian Cross" from the store and register an account. It is important to use the invitation code "JR93709" (without the " " offcourse ;)). We will then both get a nice bonus. The more people who register with the code the better :)
Game is free, so it will only cost some time.

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Thanks all!!

Fire Emblem 12, now that the translation patch is out.

Mega Man Zero 3 (finished it today.)

Dead Or Alive 5

Metroid Prime Trilogy. Currently playing Metroid Prime 2: Echoes

Resonance of Fate/End of Eternity

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Dishonored

Kirby Super Star Ultra

Recently, Harvest Moon: A New Beginning in down time~
Also, RE6, The Elder Scrolls V and Mass Effect 3. ♥ :'D

Borderlands 2

Okami

:love: Wonderful.

MegaMan X8 for PS2. Much better than X7, though there are still some annoying levels. At least they tried something different for every level. Gotta give them that much credit.

I'm also building an adventure map from scratch in survival mode within Minecraft. It's actually a recreation of E1M1 from Wolfenstein 3D. The YouTube videos I saw of the few who actually posted didn't really satisfy me, even with custom texture packs, so I took on this project initially just to have it as a project in my world. It then occurred to me that I could feasibly construct it into an adventure map by digging out natural mob spawners and creating a key puzzle by putting secrets behind locked doors, while hiding key levers in various spots around the map.

I already have the map laid out, and the mob spawners set, now it's come down to detail work. Getting paintings up and laying out props and putting in piston powered doors. It's looking pretty sweet.

Beat Hazard

Paper Mario: Sticker Star

Plays about the same as past Paper Marios. Having fun with the "paper thin" mechanics. Definitely a game that's difficult to put down.

So many stickers and so little space.

Sleeping Dogs

Finished The Walking Dead. I tried so hard not to cry on the last episode. This is the first game I've played that made me want to cry so much.

I think I've sank more time into Sleeping Dogs then I did GTA4...

O_o

New Super Mario Bros. U. It's fun so far. I like that the Yoshi's are back and have different abilites for each color. Most of the music is recycled yet again but they finally did make a new main theme and new map themes.

I am currently playing Ghost In The Shell on my PSP - pretty much constantly.
If I'm not playing that, I'm on my PS2 trying to beat Final Fantasy X again.

Mass Effect 2 on the PC.

... and Crisis Core on the PSP as soon as I have time. Due to a slight mishap, I had to restart from scratch just when I'd almost finished the game. T.T

Street Fighter X Tekken Mobile... just cuz its a dollar ._.

The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim. Going to get that last damn achievement, now that the glitches are patche... I hope >.<

Super Paper Mario. Going to start a new Final Fantasy VII game I think too soon. Also doing post-game on Pokemon Black 2.

Finished The Walking Dead. I tried so hard not to cry on the last episode. This is the first game I've played that made me want to cry so much.

Portal 2 brought me to the verge of tears. It was at the point when GLaDOS tells Chell that she's going to be reunited with her parents after being told she was an orphan in the first game. Then of course there was no such reunion. That's what got to me.

I am not an orphan... though thinking about her situation nearly brought a tear to my eye. I practically put myself in her shoes, thinking that if I was somehow ripped away from parents for a long period of time. Then to be told I would be able to see them, only to be fooled into giving into false hope.

I am also a grown man who doesn't live with his parents...

FlashFlashRevolution. I have finally achieved Veteran status! This is a massive accomplishment for a noob like me. :p

Really? Your life is now complete? Something tells me you haven't lived much of a life.

Regardless, rock on, dude. Whatever floats your boat, I guess.

I've been playing Minecraft.

Really? Your life is now complete? Something tells me you haven't lived much of a life.

Regardless, rock on, dude. Whatever floats your boat, I guess.

Lol I was being sarcastic. :p

Starting my insanity playthrough for Mass Effect 3... for the third time (Failed the first time due to save file corruption and second time due to 'Clearing system cache')... this time though, going as a Soldier and going to wear the Cerberus Apex Armor from the Alternate Appearance Pack 1, as the bonuses from it far outweigh the bonuses from the other armors, imho..

Bonus power wise, going with Flare, incredibly OP biotic ability (Which, what can one expect as it was a ability of Aria T'Loak's from Omega DLC) specced for 4A (Damage and Force), 5A (Rechaarge Speed) and 6B evolutions (Improved Damage), so on Insanity it should help with clearing out the low-mid level mooks.

Weapon wise, not going to overburden my power cooldown, but a little unsure of what weapons to take... I do have both of the Weapon DLC packs, which I'm almost 100% certain are the original, UNnerfed MP weapons (Typhoon, Piranha, Krysae, Acolyte etc) though. Ahh well, I'll figure it out.

Persona 4, Because my addiction for playing several Megami Tensei games without finishing them cannot be satiated. This J-Pop is very troll music.

P4 is massively overrated, but still a great game. Its in the same vein as Mass Effect 2, Resident Evil 4 etc, in that because its the installment that the mainstream and non series fans etc like the best, that means it *is* the best, according to them. Don't get me wrong - I like the game, but the main story is terrible (which is very annoying, since the opening hour or so makes it seem like it'll be great). Seriously, its one of the worst paced stories ever. After that opening hour, the story barely moves at all until the very, very end - which is ridiculous and guilty of all the usual crimes that have plagued the second halves of JRPGs down the ages.

Its a shame, as the game has a likeable (if overly familiar in terms of their archetypes) set of characters, and an interesting premise. In the end though, it felt a bit too lightweight, and too willing to tone things down to keep gamers comfortable and entertained. Atlus games should be edgy and challenging IMO.

I'm playing far cry 3 lately one of the best FPS games I've ever played

SMITE & Halo 4.

Star Wars the Old Republic and Pokemon Red

Dark Souls

Finally beaten Seath the scaless after dying about 10 times or more.

I actually found Seath to be rather easy - got him first time. Although I was very high level at that point, having done excessive grinding to get past Dragonslayer Ornstein and Executioner Smough. Those two kicked me right up the arse - to death. Dark Souls is an ace game, but the thought of having to beat them again puts me off attempting another playthrough! And that bit where you have to run along those narrow ledges in Anar Londo, whilst those knights fire bolt thrower sized arrows at you... Rrrghh!!!

Still, managed it all in the end - so many great moments. The battle against the Four Kings in the Abyss, creeping through the pitch dark Tomb of the Giants, fighting the Hydra, laughing with relief at that little croc then gulping in terror as you see its grafted on the back of the enormous Gaping Dragon... But the cutscene when Sen's Fortress opens was probably my favourite moment - there's just something magical about that shot from inside the entrance hall, the sunlight coming sparkling in as the gate rises. And I'd been trying to work out how to get in there *forever*. Mind you, I didn't last long inside before I came screaming back out, pursued by those giant snake men! :D

Just an awesome, awesome game. And there's a sequel on the way - I'll allow it!

Currently playing Resident Evil 6, Devil May Cry HD Collection, Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (Multiplayer), Assassin's Creed: Revelations (Multiplayer), Assassin's Creed 3 (Multiplayer) and Far Cry 3.

Yeah, I've read about Dark Souls 2. I never thought they were going to make a direct sequel. Thought they were going to make another spiritual successor, but I'm rather glad it's getting a sequel. I'm pumped for it after reading up some of the details. :)

Dark Souls

As BioWare has made it possible for members to download all the promotional items for the three Dragon Age games for free, and after downloading them myself, gone back to playing Dragon Age II. Despite it's flaws, I still do think it's a good game.

Far Cry 3, and now is aiming for Guild Wars 2 :P

Rayman Origins

Dead Rising 2: Off The Record

Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition.

I acquired all but one achievement. It requires me to lay down 500m of track, then sit in a minecart the entire length in one direction. This should be fun.

The only game I play nowadays is very much Starcraft 2. Would love to begin again with Star Wars:Kotor, but its so time consuming adventure :(

Deus Ex Human Revolution, just got it and cannot wait to tear into it :D

Deus Ex HD - it's a fan mode.

I finished MegaMan X8 for PS2 last night. About bloody time, though I only clocked 21 hours. It was a fun game, and about as good as X7. Though if you didn't care too much for 7, this one's not going to convert you, I would say that the improvements made in 8 make it technically better than its predecessor. As far as gameplay and level design, they come out about the same. Enjoyable all around.

Since I took care of that game, I've moved onto Mafia II for the Xbox 360. I have been through the first game, so I'm looking forward to this one.

Far Cry 3

I seem to be getting killed by the wildlife more than the actual HUMANS WITH GUNS...

It's actually kind of cool.

Played Mass Effect 3 yesterday and today, but right now, playing Starcraft.

I managed to find two games on ME 3, but I don't get why I was having difficulties finding a game yesterday.

Finished Batman Arkham Asylum a few days ago. Now working on Arkham City. The only disappointment I have with these games is not playing them sooner. Dear god they're freaking amazing.

Played Mass Effect 3 yesterday and today, but right now, playing Starcraft.

I managed to find two games on ME 3, but I don't get why I was having difficulties finding a game yesterday.

If you're having trouble findng a match in ME3 MP, form your own match and start it. Usually by Wave 3, you'll have a full team with you from people joining while the match is in progress.

Currently playing Saints Row The Third... cause I'm bored.

Got accepted into the last few weeks of the FFXIV 'A Realm Reborn' Alpha Test, and gave it a 'brief' try last night, which lasted for well over six hours. :p

NDA is in force though so my lips are sealed in regards to details. All I'll say is I can't wait til release. ;)

Far Cry 3 pisses me off, in a good way.

The dudes with guns SUCK, but the animals are even worse.

I can't tell you how many times I was gonna take out a group via bow but then got killed by a fucking animal.

Heh...this is GREAT!

Got Assassin's Creed Revelations a while ago, so decided to give it a try. Not bad (only 4 hours in) TBH, just hope I don't get bored halfway through and put it aside, as I did with the others...

Budokai 3

Resident Evil 6. Trying the "No Hope" difficulty level. Definitely requires some intelligent decision making and ammo rationing. Chris Chapter 3 is a major bitch in this mode.

White Knight Chronicles 2

Chapter 5 in Mafia II for 360. It's the same mission used in the demo, except there's snow on the ground. Definitely a fun game that keeps the tension built in the crescendo events of each chapter. Though I can't wait to be let loose a bit, and be allowed to choose which missions to handle next, if at all. The original Mafia had some pretty tight reigns, so at least I'm accustomed to it.

Also played some DLC in Left4Dead 2, and some Blur on the 360 this past week when I went down to my parents in North Carolina.

Mega Man X Street Fighter

Doing new game plus in Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2. Trying to do the Anguished One's route and then Yamato's route.

Beat Hazard Ultra

Resonance of Fate

Combat system is a bit strange, yet interesting, I have to say.

Blazblue Continuum Shift Extend, Persona 4 Arena, and...Monster hunter

Synesthetic

The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim : Dawnguard.

Tenchu Z

I never understood the letter, is it sigma or just "zee?"

cod 5 DS

Klonoa 2: Dream Champ Tournament.
My favorite game for the GBA.

Team Fortress 2
Fallout New Vegas


I should really pick up a different game.

Resonance of Fate

Really enjoying this game, especially with the way the combat system is.

The music is very rocking as well, I love it.

Sonic the Fighters. Some of the music this game has has really awesome melodies, and the game itself is quite a charming spin-off. A good deal for around 7AUD.

sonic generations on my ps3. beat the game but gettin all the trophies seems next to impossible to get.

Pokemon Black 2. A friend recently gave me their old PS2 with a crapload of games, so soon it'll be on to games like Kingdom Hearts. Yay!

I still need to finish Days on my DS, but I also need to finish FF III and IV, and Pokemon Diamond and Leaf Green... play all the games?

currently playing Borderlands 2. trying to finish leveling up my Siren. She's at lvl. 48

Playing the last few days of FFXIV 1.0 service which shuts down at Japanese midnight on New Year's Eve. I find it ironic that I've done so much more in just one month than in the previous two years of service from when I originally started in the game (and done it all on my own with no other players helping). If only FFXI was so soloable. :(

Started Morrowind for the first time a few days ago. I'm also planning to pickup Dragonborn once that shows up on Steam.

I just picked up Ys: The Ark of Napishtim for the psp. I've never played any of the Ys games, but I will have to pick up the other titles on the psp seeing how much I'm really enjoying this one!

Got it during the Steam Christmas sale. Pretty interesting. I especially love the soundtrack.

ZOMBIU. I really like this game but I freaking suck at it. I'm playing standard mode since I thought beginner would be too easy. I'm far now after dying 50+ times. It's kind of annoying that you have to keep picking up all the weapons after you die but it's part of the challenge I guess. Maybe I should quit dying?

As far as I know, the game is naturally like that. I've heard plenty of comments in regards to a player's lifespan within the game usually ending up being quite short.

I beat Mafia II for 360 right before the New Year. First time in a while where a bittersweet ending to a game got to me. One heck of a way to end it off.

I also spent a couple of days on Kirby's Dreamland for Gameboy. The game took me a grand total of two hours to complete. If I didn't have to quit after reaching the final level the first time, it would have only taken me an hour. The game doesn't allow for saves as it is an incredibly short experience. It was a good time, and the first completion of 2013. The game tells me there is a harder difficulty setting after beating it for the first time. Screw that, I'm moving on.

To Armed and Dangerous for PC, specifically. Is it just me, or does it seem like this game hasn't aged very well? First thing to note, is the compression on the FMV cutscenes. It's so bad, that the grainyness leads to discoloration. I haven't seen compression this bad since the FMV at the beginning of ChexQuest. To make matters worse, the animations are incredibly stiff and disjointed. I can't tell if it was intentional or not, but it looks horrendous. I expect animation like this from an N64 or PSone game, not something that came out last generation, let alone a LucasArts funded title.

Speaking of LucasArts, the typically excellent sound design that this publisher lends carries over here, however it's covered with lackluster third person shooting, drab environments, and shoddy animations. Gripes aside, the music and excellent voice acting is a treat to the ears, though too bad the voice actors weren't given a better script. The writers tried to be funny, but a lot of the jokes seem forced, and failed to illicit even a chuckle. I usually don't laugh at games, so maybe it's just me.

On the plus side, the crazy weapons are inventive, and the objectives are varied enough to keep me interested. Gameplay and control is solid with friendly AI that actually helps instead of hinders.

would be playin Sonic Unleashed on my ps2 if it wasn't defective...

Beat Far Cry 3...
Both ending are kind of retarded, though I do like the 'bad ending' if only for the giant middle finger it gives the player.

Gonna, finally, start up Spec Ops: The Line.

Yesterday I beat Final Fantasy: IX! It was amazing!
Now, I'm playing Final Fantasy: Dawn of Souls.

Ratchet & Clank - Q Force on ps3 - (not as intelligent as previous releases) but still fun to play

Running over idiots, leeches and scabs in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and having a damn good time!

Playing at the Moment:
PSP: Warriors Orochi 2, Final Fantasy IX (PSOne Classic), Final Fantasy IV The Complete Collection
NDS: Pokemon Black 2 (Got it recently.....as in two days ago.), Golden Sun Dark Dawn (STILL can't find a guide that mentions the 4 emotion decisions more clearly.), Legend Of Zelda Four Swords Anniversary (I was LUCKY to get this while it was free. ^_^), Shantae: Risky's Revenge, Pokemon Heart Gold, Advance Wars Dual Strike, Advance Wars Days Of Ruin (I REALLY want to do a map EXACTLY like the final map of Advance Wars 1).

Sonic Unleashed on the ps3.

on a side note, yesterday at gamestop, i saw a rare physical copy of Ratchet & Clank: Quest for Booty for the ps3.

Currently playing DJ Hero because I loved the second one, but so far its not as good as the second one; Maplestory (if you play, holla at me!); FF XIII, SSBM (forever and always); Soul Calibur IV.

Borderlands 2- Still pretty early in to it. Had to restart since I was having trouble finding any good weapons, I've had much better luck after restarting. Enjoying it so far....

Hitman: Codename 47

Bought it from Steam, but it doesn't run because of the DRM, so I had to torrent download it.

I'm sorry, but the control scheme and the camera is just so awkward for me, I can't stand playing it. The only way I'm playing this is with a trainer. I'm not too proud of that, but I just want to see what happened in the first one since Hitman 2 was my first Hitman game and Hitman Contracts was my 2nd Hitman game.

-Saints Row the Third (Steam/PC)
-Pokemon White 2 (NDS)
-Banjo Kazooie (N64)

Borderlands Game of the Year Edition.

Resident Evil 5...

Going to play Hitman: Contracts some time, now that I understand the connection between Codename: 47 and Contracts. I just wish I could've actually played the first one legitimately since I couldn't stand the way the control scheme and camera was.

Right now, Empire: Total War using DarthMod.

Hotline Miami

:D

I've been playing so much Kingdom Hearts lately. I only have Kingdom Hearts, Kingdom Hearts II, and Days. I need re:Coded and re:Chain of Memories. I can't get the others though as I don't have a PSP or a 3DS. :(

I think Dearly Beloved and Passion/Sanctuary will be in my head forever, though.

BBC2

Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes

Alternating between Skyrim (Just hanging out in the frozen wastelands around Dawnstar and Winterhold) and Dead or Alive Xtreme 2 (Beach volleyball with the Dead or Alive girls in string bikini's... yum).

SiN

It was bundled with SiN Episodes: Emergence since I purchased it from Steam during the Christmas Sale. Rather glad I did since I never played these two.

It's a lot of fun. I love the soundtrack, too.

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Prince of Persia: Warrior Within
Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones

Saint Paradise - Saikyō no Senshitachi.
An RPG based on Saint Seiya for the Game Boy.

Darksiders - Wrath of War

I am getting really pissed off at Ursula in KH. DIE BITCH DIE!! I finally had to quit for the night because I was getting frustrated.

Saint Paradise - Saikyō no Senshitachi.
An RPG based on Saint Seiya for the Game Boy.

i remember playing the rom.
much, MUCH better than the NES games

Currently playing Paper Mario: Sticker Star. I really like the jazz music and I'm not that far yet but I can already say I like it far better than Super Paper Mario.

A WALK IN THE DARK

It's a shame the animation for the cat isn't more fluid.

Chivalry: Medieval Warfare is the bomb

A Walk In The Dark

I wish the game had a little more...polish.
The game is SO pretty, but the cat's animation is kind of shitty compared to the rest of the game that it takes you out of it.

SMITE and Halo 4.

DARK SOULS on 360
BBC2 on ps3.
cod 5 on ds

Hitman: Contracts

Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones

Just bought Heavy Rain and Indigo Prophecy.

Just bought Heavy Rain and Indigo Prophecy.
ID, Oy Vey...
I suggest playing about half of the game...and then reading a fan-fic or something.
XD



OT:
Found Persona 4: Arena for 15USD for the PS3.
Playing that now.

still dark souls.
great wolf sif was so adorable i wanted to roll on its fluffy back.

manly tears were shed when i defeated it. (but not as many tears as with astraea)

I felt like shedding tears when I was fighting Gwyn.

I must be a heartless bastard since I didn't shed any tears when it came to Sif and Astraea. :p

King Arthur - The Role Playing Wargame

its understandable on gwyn because thats when you realize youre the bad guy.

Resident Evil 3: Nemesis