Costume Quest (replaying) > Holidays are coming

Finished Two Worlds 2. Currently on TW 2: Pirates of the Flying Fortress.

Finally finished Dark Souls 2. The tale of the tape was 27 bosses and there were at least 3 more optional ones that I skipped because my character had no beef with them (King Vendrick, Royal Rat Authority and Ancient Dragon were all non hostiles as far as I was concerned). Clocked in at around the same amount of time for the other games, but it felt much longer due to the game having more locations and more bosses. Overall, it was much *much* easier than the previous games. I cruised through most of it, only really running into one truly challenging, ultra-frustrating moment.

But that section was... ARRGGH! It was so blatantly ridiculous that I looked online afterwards to see what people made of it, and was comforted to see that the area (and specific place I had trouble with) was indeed considered to be the game's hardest and most annoying sections. Plus I had the *exact* worst choice of character for that section - the config that you absolutely do not want for the area. (It was a sort of semi flooded area hampering movement as lots of mages fire homing spells at you, as you're being ambushed by stealth guys and clobbered by powerful melee fellows who all aren't impeded by the water - and I was playing as an ultra slow, melee-only, tank character with no real magic defense and no ranged attacks of any kind).

Fun, fun, fun...

That said though, as frustrating as it was, it was still easier than Anor Londo's Greatbow sniper gallery and the infamous duo of Ornstein and Smough from the first Dark Souls. But it was damn annoying. And its a shame really, as I was quite enjoying that level up until that point. The challenge of dodging the spells and wading through water and dodging ambushs was good tense fun, and pummeling those spellcasting slags was so cathartic when I got to them each time. But that specific part was just outrageous. I still don't agree with the calls of 'Bad Level Design' that people are throwing at it though - it was after all my own choice to use Heavy armour, Melee weapons exclusively, to not use the bow just for this occasion even though it would have made life easier. And it was also my choice to not go online and summon helpers (because I don't play this or any game online). I just didn't want to compromise how my character played, so it was my pride which forced me to do it the hard way - not the game.

So yeah, it was a good game. Lacked the atmosphere of the other 2 games, but it was still a fine experience in its own right. It never quite hit the same highs as the other games, but I still had a really good time with it. Might give the DLC a try at some point, but for now its time to bask in my victory and prepare myself mentally for The Evil Within.

Started on Fairy Fencer F. Interesting, to say the least. Still getting used to the battle system.

Mainly focusing on "Brave in search of spirit dancer" which is unpolished and pretty meeh action platformer but my god does it have some really impressive views at times. The valley where you fly with the eagle is fricking gorgeous and the people that made the game deserve a lot of credit for that area.

Altering between the following:

On Xbox 360:
Grand Theft Auto V/Online
Battlefield Bad Company 2

On PlayStation 4:
Final Fantasy XIV A Realm Reborn
Warriors Orochi 3 Ultimate
Destiny

On Wii U (via Wii Emulator):
Samurai Warriors 3

Started Fairy Fencer F. Started out unimpressed, then started liking it, now I'm torn. A certain part in the story right after the desert region is the cause. I really hate parts like these.

Finished Pirates of the Flying Fortress a couple of days ago. I might get to Two Worlds 2's Castle Defense some time. Currently on Sniper Elite 3(Xbox One)

Edit: Right now, The Cat Lady. A very interesting, bizarre, disturbing game, I'm really liking it, so far.

I beat Fairy Fencer F just now. I don't know what I'll play next.

SC2:
Took me, how many years?
But I FINALLY got it to work.

Playing Disgaea - Afternoon of Darkness some more... Forgot how to access a bunch of stuff in it, and online guides aren't helping. Trying to unlock the dungeons from the character next to the promotions/voting character (thats where the Prinny after Prinny god is Chou Mou or whatever). Also trying to unlock the last class - the mage class that starts with Terra spells. Haven't found the character when I've been persuading by force at all. (This is a replay; after I had a memory card get stolen)

Finally beat Zetta, and the demonhall mirror bosses.

Can't remember how to get Don Joaquin or the three power ranger knockoffs to join (2 die on me almost immediately when I start the fight). I've seen Astro Carter show up as playable in youtube videos, but have no idea how to do that.

Still missing a bunch of music from the sound test menu but actually have like 300 billion HL so I can afford it, its just not showing up a bunch of the songs, which says I'm missing a few endings.. unfortunately the ending info on online guides I already have :x

Farming for stuff to make it easy to powerlevel. Tempted to start transmigrating my 9999 characters to try to skill them up more, but avoiding it until I pull out some of the high end weapons and armsmaster stats. Trying to find another super robo suit - exitted out at level 100 in my robo suit trying to find more awesome hands to steal with

400 hours into this game and I still haven't finished everything...

I'll be going back to costume quest soon, I need to find one costume and I'm finished again.

Going to do a Max Payne marathon.

Getting severely ticked off with the god damn RNG for the loot system in Final Fantasy XIV... so went and played some matches of Mass Effect 3's MP with some friends. Played about 7 matches, and each match I came first with at least double the amount of points compared to second place... and I haven't even played ME3's MP for well over a year lol

Recently replayed and beat both Croc: Legend of the Gobbos and Croc 2. Man, I wish there was a Croc 3...

i play again shenmue :-)

Well, I'm still playing Dark Souls 2! I decided to make a new character, buy the DLC and (fanfare please) actually took the plunge on doing some online gaming. Been having great fun helping people beat the bosses. Seeing everyone waving and cheering when the bosses go down is really great :D

Had a go at the first DLC Crown of the Sunken King and Holy moly -the enemies in this don't mess about! It wasn't too bad until I got to Elana, the Squalid Queen, but she gave me a royal thrashing. Took a few tries, but I got her eventually. It just goes to show - if in doubt, batter people over the head with a giant hammer.

Words to live by...

Started on Xillia 2.

Civ5:BNW

I really enjoy playing Civ5, and I'm still AMAZED at how the BNW makes the end game SO much better.

Finished my Max Payne marathon.

Record of Agarest War

Started Zone of the Enders 2nd Runner last night, but since I had a massive headache, I couldn't play it for long...

Gonna take a break from Fairy Fencer F to get started on Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures 2.

Gonna take a break from Fairy Fencer F to get started on Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures 2.

Thoughts on FFF so far?

It's a pretty fun game, tbh.

I'm not always in the biggest hurry to be an early adopter of things.
I tried skyrim when it first came out and was disgusted by the consolized interface.
So I waited 3-4 months until they came out with SkyUI and now its a staple for me.

Any who,
I've finally moved on to CSS from 1.6,
seven years later.
:)

I like it.
Having a ball sharpening up my skills, although the bots are still handing me my axx.
I've been scouring gamebannana for all the best maps and best models and mods and swollen my install from 2 gigs to 14.

I tried CS:GO, but unfortunately for everything that I liked about it there was something I hated about it.
But what made me finally give up on it was the way they've made it intentionally difficult to add 3rd party maps except through their source store.
And some of the more sophisticated CSS maps I've found are as good looking as what GO has to offer IMO.

So I figure in 7 more years I might move on to GO after they've opened it up to freer modding and mapping there's some interface mods so that I dont have to be bombarded with news about things that they want me to buy every time I boot up the game.

Crown of the Ivory King DLC. Looking for 50 Loyce Souls...

Been playing Pac-Man & The Ghostly Adventures 2. Close to platinuming the game, but at a crossroads at the moment.

Spent the evening being utterly brutalized by the Fume Knight in the Dark Souls 2 DLC 'Crown of the Old Iron King', And eventually I had to concede defeat - I didn't even have enough spirit left in me for it to count as a proper ragequit. The fight is utterly insane. I can manage the first half okay, but as soon as he powers up its a different story. A short story that goes something like 'You Died'. I could of course summon help, but my pride won't let me. I just can't bear to break my code of not summoning other players now (especially since I soloed Elana, Sihn and the Blue Smelter Demon), but I have to accept that I just can't do damage anywhere near fast enough to live with his crazy powerful attack patterns in the latter half of the fight. Oh well, maybe I'll get around to New Game plus sometime and try it again sometime later.

So... really deflated right now.

It does give me some crumbs of comfort to read that the success ratio against this boss is a miserable 7% worldwide! Just 7% of people who attempt the fight have won... and now I know why. At least I can say that I was involved in a victory against him (I helped another player kill him before I even attempted to kill him myself!) But in my gaming world... he's got my number. Gah, the bitter taste of defeat... damn youuuu, Dark souuulls!

Legend.of.Grimrock.2:
It's everything I love about the first game, just more of it.

Eating my HD Pork Buns in Sleeping Dogs Definitive Edition on PS4. Really good to go back to Hong Kong and tear it up again. The fights are just as good as I remember, with more environment kills adding more enjoyment to the game for me. The driving is still the same as in the Xbox 360/PS3 versions, so it's taking me a bit of time to get back into the swing of things there (still think the motorcycle is the best way to get around Hong Kong).

In short, glad I got this and I'm enjoying it far more than Bungie's hype-less thing

Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light on Xbox

Pretty fun Tomb Raider spin-off.

Edit: Dark Souls 2. I know the location for "Crown of the Sunken King", but for the last 2, I'll have to find them, which is gonna be a while. I do love me some exploring, either way, even if I don't like backtracking in any game. :D

The Master Quest DLC for Hyrule Warriors. There's quite a lot of new stuff...

At the moment Star Wars: The Old Republic and Thor The Dark Kingdom on my tablet :p

Mass Effect; the first one is staring to get interesting

Had to lay off Hyrule Warriors' Adventure mode before I start breaking things in epic fits of nerd rage.


Started Final Fantasy X HD. This'll be the third or fourth playthrough of X...

Project Diva F on the Vita and Saint's Row 3 + Battle Princess of Arcadias on the PS3.

Finally finished Dark Souls 2 yesterday. Started New Game + since I missed some things, like the fact I never knew that you needed Souls of Giants to fight King Vendrick in the Undead Crypt. I consumed them not knowing that lol. Thankfully, I got one of them from one of the memories I missed before proceeding to New Game +.

Ace Combat: Infinity and then The Evil Within

Platinumed Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures 2. Now playing Tales of Graces F.

Samurai Warriors 4. While the story mode is limited in the amount of battles per clan, it's still fun. Chronicle mode is the best imo... create your own officer and travel across Japan, encountering the main cast of characters on your own journey.

Legend of Korra (PC):
Solid budget game, nothing extraordinary, but a VERY solid B+.
The game play is good, the story is...okay, the graphics are solid, the music/sounds are work out, and now I want a Pro-Bending game.
->Would have been a C+, if not for the very cheap price of 15USD and managing to look so nice on said budget.

Shadow of Mordor (PC):
Moar liek Creed of Mordor, ham i wite?
Okay, but, seriously?
Yeah, I like it.
It's a fun game that punishes you for failing by making the fights harder the next time.
I just wish there was a little bit more, meat, to the game.
Maybe in the sequel?

Warship Gunner 2 (PSN-PS2):
It's the aesthetic of Ace Combat meets the customization of Front Mission meets the game play of a Navel Ops game.
-Basically, <3.

So, yeah, I LOVE this game, it's the second time I've bought it, but man are some of the bosses HARD.
-Still, I loved it for my PS2 and I love it again for my PSN.

Anyone here playing Insurgency (http://store.steampowered.com/app/222880/) the standalone retail game on Steam?, it's just one of the best tactical hardcore MP FPS out there at the moment giving you the best mix of Red Orchestra, Counter Strike and Battlefield QCB infantry gameplay. And its workshop mod support is just fucking glorious as well, plus free DLC and great patch/update support till this day, no BS.

Here's some good videos giving better depth info & gameplay on this game. Cheers!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6hh-DJ4iyc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZUGV5434X0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rWn55gN7VM

Still on The Evil Within

I'm really enjoying it. It's not scaring me, unfortunately(except for a few jumps here and there), but I do love the Resident Evil feel to it. Chapter 9 was a pain in the beginning, though. :/

started shovel knight on 3ds! love it so far~

Finished The Evil Within. Very nice game from Shinji Mikami, and the rest of the guys at Tango Gameworks.

Dark Souls 2

Edit: Right now, Alien: Isolation.

Having basically killed everything and reached a truly mighty soul level of around 250, I'm ready to consider moving on from Dark Souls 2. With all the 3 DLCs done and dusted, I don't really have much else that I can do. But yeah, that game's real good.

Just started The Evil Within, and it seems... okay. I'm only about an hour or so in. It isn't remotely scary, and the storytelling/characters/plot are not exactly filling me with confidence as to their quality/ But then again, the game also hasn't done anything to make an enemy of me yet either. I know some people are complaining about the letterbox big black bars, but they don't bother me in the slightest.

I guess I'm not sure what I think about the game yet, other than I really wish they'd let me get to know my character Sebastian a bit more. I want to like him, I do kind of like him, but I feel like he's not getting enough lines, considering he's not actually a silent protagonist. Also (and this might sound a bit odd considering its Halloween soon), I'm just not really in the mood for survival horror right now.

What I really want to play is Bayonetta 2, but there's no way I'm buying a Wii U just for that.

I want to try both Bayonettas as well. Haven't played the first one yet, so I'll get 2, since it includes the first one with it.

Back to Hyrule Warriors again... Got two of the illustrations complete...

Ar NoSurge : Ode to a Unknown Star on PS3. Kinda weird to be getting back into a JRPG after so long...

Star Wars - TIE Fighter (1994) GOG:
O, GOG, you so amazing of a site.

I've still got my old, WinXP, flight stick.
It took more work to get it to run with Win8 than it did to get the game to run.
XD

TIE Fighter rules. It will always be with me... forever.

Still hammering away at The Evil Within. I have to say that though this game isn't perfect by any means, I think some of the critics have been (unusually for them), extremely harsh. There are some odd design choices now and then, the plot and characters are acceptable at best, and some sections really push it with the trial and error gameplay.

But even so, its a good game IMO. At times it even feels like a great game. Combat is actually really fun when you get into it, because the survival horror aspect is not just a marketing slogan for once. Ammo is scarce, but if you use it wisely, make good use of your AOE weapons to catch bunches of monsters then burn em all at once, mix in some stealth kills... its good, intense fun. And sure, it isn't the scariest game ever, but some of the scenes in the hospital place where Seb goes to power up, have been scarier than anything I saw in RE4. Frankly I'd take this game over RE4 any day of the week.

It has its problems, and they aren't trivial ones. But the critics are really laying the boot in, and a lot of much worse games get away with much lighter treatment from them. TEW is about as good as I could have hoped for. Shinji's still got it!

Ar NoSurge : Ode to a Unknown Star on PS3. Kinda weird to be getting back into a JRPG after so long...

I got that on day one and have yet to play it. Been busy with other stuff recently. Is it any good so far?

Platinumed Back To The Future: The Game. Probably gonna go back to Tales of Graces F.

The King Of Fighters '98 on GGPO.

I got that on day one and have yet to play it. Been busy with other stuff recently. Is it any good so far?

Platinumed Back To The Future: The Game. Probably gonna go back to Tales of Graces F.

I'm curious what you guys will think of that game as well. I've heard some good things about it, one person even claimed it's the best RPG he's ever played. I've only played the first Ar Tonelico game, which I had very mixed opinions on.

I'm curious what you guys will think of that game as well. I've heard some good things about it, one person even claimed it's the best RPG he's ever played. I've only played the first Ar Tonelico game, which I had very mixed opinions on.

Despite what people might think about the third one, I really enjoyed the hell outta that game. nearly every hymn i heard was fantastic. the bgm's themselves were good as well. gameplay could use improvements, but most games have that flaw and most of the time, it's not a bad thing.

Diablo 2: Lord of Destruction

Figured I might as well get started after finishing the first Diablo a few months ago.

Icewind Dale Enhanced Edition

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare(Xbone)

I've gotten into HOA games, just finished the first Ravenhearst game, and Strange Cases Tarot Card Mystery, now today I'm gonna start Serpent of Isis(got the 3pack for less than $5 off Amazon, including shipping).

Civ5:BNW

Civ Beyond Earth..and soon when nice mail/man/woman/boy/girl brings my copy from Bayonetta 2.

I'm currently playing Borderlands The Presequel, CIV BE, and Smash 3ds.

I got that on day one and have yet to play it. Been busy with other stuff recently. Is it any good so far?

Ar NoSurge is a decent enough game, I just haven't devoted as much time to it as I should... I'll get back to it later.

Currently playing Fairy Fencer F... Enjoying this a lot, which is a surprise for me as I turned away from JRPG's sometime ago.

got carrier for the DC so... carrier on the dc.

Dark Souls 2 NG+1

I collected ten Loyce Souls, trying to get Aslanna's soul(50 is required), but you know what? Fuck it, it's not worth it. I'm gonna kill her, and take her soul. I desire more power, anyway. :p

Getting those souls is really easy if you just get summoned to other people's worlds for the fight. Unlike most items, they still drop for phantoms and at a much higher drop rate. You'll get 50 in no time.

I guess I'm just too lazy for that sort of thing.

Ace Combat Infinity, and then Dark Souls 2.

Well there's also the fact that the Ivory King fight is easily one of the best sources of souls for high level (200+) characters in the game. Killing all those black knights and the king nets you big amounts of souls for very little work, and is practically the only decent way to continue levelling up at that stage.

I guess I'm just too lazy for that sort of thing.

Ace Combat Infinity, and then Dark Souls 2.

we should pair up for both games.

Thanks, but I'm good.

Close to finishing Metro 2033 Redux(on Ranger Hardcore, and man, they must've reworked how the creatures behave, because I don't remember them being so frustratingly aggressive in the original Metro 2033. I think I've been spoiled by the original version haha), and I'll then move on to Last Light Redux. I didn't get the good ending in the original Last Light after finding out that knocking people out in stealth sections contributes to your Karma points. Since I've been killing my enemies, I didn't rack up enough good Karma points, I guess.

Getting close to beating Tales of Graces F for the first time.

Persona 4 Golden (PSV)

:) Oblivion :)

Civ5:BNW

I've got the biggest map, with everything maxed, and only way to victory...is WAR.

:3

I'm going to do something I never thought I'd do again - play Red Dead Redemption.

I have no idea why (or even why I still own this game), but casting an eye over my collection, its the only thing I feel like playing. Maybe its some kind of winter fever or something...

FarCry 2

I haven't played this in two years. I'm trying to finish it up, now(although, it's very frustrating). I forgot how annoying the enemies are in this game.

Edit: Finally finished it. It was struggle throughout, but I finally finished it. It's such a shame, too, because there's a good game somewhere, but it's overshadowed by some of the frustrating issues with it.

Edit 2: Finished Rise of the Argonauts after putting it off for long time. Currently on Lollipop Chainsaw

Professor Layton vs Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney

I haven't made it into the meat of the game yet but I like how certain aspects of each franchise creep into the others. Like how the dialogue box and its sound effects are from PW. The models for Layton and Luke are noticeably different and Luke's voice is higher. I think they used the voice actor from the Layton anime Eternal Diva for him.

This War of Mine (PC)
&
Valkyria Chronicles (PC)
&
Alice Madness Returns - The Complete Collection (PC)

Hatsune Miku: Project Diva F 2nd. Harder than the first game, but still just as fun.

Shooter spree: G Darius, X Multiply, R-Type Delta and the Mega Man Xs for PSX to give a little break

The Cat Lady

Ni No Kuni (PS3)

Devil May Cry 3 & 4

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U - The graphics do look a lot better than the 3DS version but there is something wrong with the gravity. It feels really weird to play this game and I tried 3 different control schemes now. So I'm disappointed about that. It's definitely not like the 3DS version. I hope they come out with an update that fixes it or speeds it up or something cause it's making it hard for me to get into this game... not just that but there is no adventure mode or anything either. This is by far my least favorite Smash Bros. game and for other reasons too.

dark souls 2
dead island
gta v
gow collection

On PlayStation 4:
Final Fantasy XIV A Realm Reborn
Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag

On Xbox One:
GTAV
Call of Duty Advanced Warfare

Mega Man Xs for PSX

Finished up Dishonored, I'll get to the dlc missions tomorrow. Gonna play some Battlefield 4.

Metal Slug Defense - A fun little time-waster.
Streets of Rage Remake - Really great fangame (I mostly play the mods for it only nowadays).
King of Fighters 2002 - Usually switch between this and 2000 at times.

Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn (PC)
Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate (3DS)
Animal Crossing New Leaf

Final Fantasy XIV A Realm Reborn (Collecting Endgame gear) on PS4
Lego Batman 3 Beyond Gotham on PS4
Mario Kart 8 on Wii U

Far Cry 4 (PC):
BARELY got this to run, thanks to a fan 'hack'.

Woo Hoo?

Haven't posted here in a while. I've been playing Hyrule Warriors, FFX HD, Zelda: Phantom Hourglass, and a bit of Smash U and Rock Band 3 here n' there.
Right now, though, I'm back into Nier so I can unlock the other endings. I just finished every sidequest except the moonflower one, which I refuse to do, and re-completed ending A. Lost track of time playing it too... sun just came up lol...

I was playing Warhammer: Battle March, but the second Dark Elf mission made me quit, for now.

Currently on Assassin's Creed: Rouge.

Platinumed Hatsune Miku: Project Diva F 2nd a couple nites ago. Got a taste of Ar Nosurge, but gonna start on Kingdom Hearts 2.5 later today after I get off work.

I recently got an ML Ranger on Ragnarok Online 2 which is really fast (I only played for a month or so)
and I'm playing FFXIV ARR on Zodiark server

I've been replaying Persona 4, never finished actually. Gotta do it before Persona 5 comes out

Far Cry 4 (PC):
BARELY got this to run, thanks to a fan 'hack'.

Woo Hoo?

FUCKING HONEY BADGERS!

Kingdom Hearts 2.5. Took care of Kingdom Hearts Re: Coded and have started on II Final Mix. Currently at Hollow Bastion.

Was playing some Mercury. Right now, I'm going to do a few things in AC 3 before starting 'The Tyranny of King Washington'.

Injustice Gods Among Us Ultimate Edition on PS4

Just got around to Alien Isolation and reccently bought Halo MCC (but there isn't much gaming to be had since it's so broken).

Oh yeah, and I'm playing Legend of Mana. I have never finished this game, so I might as well try now. It's only my second play through.

currently playing Pok�mon Alpha Sapphire, already beat the game and it's AMAZIIIIIIING

Finished The Tyranny of King Washington. I'll get to AC 4: Freedom Cry, sometime tomorrow.

Assassin's Creed Unity on PS4
Fire Emblem Radiant Dawn on Wii

The Last of Us. I needed to get away from FFX for a while.

Ni No Kuni
Clash of Clans if that counts

Crash Bash
Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories
Kingdom Hearts II
Spider-Man (2002)
Breath of Fire III
Arc the Lad: Twilight of the Spirits

Back to Final Fantasy XIV A Realm Reborn (PS4) and working on Ninja. Also working on Samurai Warriors 4 (PS4), Tales of Tiara 2 (PS3), Fire Emblem Radiant Dawn (Wii) and GTAV (Xbox One).

Going though some of my backlog.

Found a save for the original Battlefield that I never finished.
It's from like 2003.
XD

Still playing Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix on PS3.

Finished up Assassin's Creed: Rogue last night. I'm going to try and finish up Alien: Isolation.

I'm really enjoying it. I love how authentic it feels. Creative Assembly as done a very a good job with this Alien game, as far as I can tell.

Playing Prison Architect fun little game

I beat The Last of Us, and now I'm playing Beyond Good & Evil on the XBAX.

Finished Alien: Isolation last night. I'm going to finish up Dream Mode in Warriors Orochi 2.

Beat Beyond Good and Evil. Now starting Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen.

I was trying to finish up Dream Mode, but after finding out that some of the scenarios have high requirements(eg, required characters have to have level 50 proficiency , required characters have to be level 99, etc) I decided to get back to it later, cause that's a lot of work for me lol.

Murdered: Soul Suspect

Endless Legend

Fugitive Hunter for the PS2

I remember I used to play this when I was a kid. Looking back on it, it's a mediocre shooter, yet, I can't help but somehow enjoy it because of how dumb the game is. I don't exactly like it, but... I don't hate it, either. :p

Grand Theft Auto V (Playstation 4)

I did not play the original releases but from videos I've seen the remastering is quite spectacular. Rockstar wanted to blow people away and it's like almost visually a new game. The story mode is to me the best so far in a GTA game.

Still playing Kingdom Hearts 2.5 on my PS3. Currently farming for materials to fill up the journal.

Finished Fugitive Hunter. Going to max out Ina in Warriors Orochi 2 to unlock one of the Dream Levels. I'll be so glad when I'm done, too, because the requirements are ridiculously high.

Edit: Finally done, now I can focus on just leveling up characters for the last 2 Dream Mode stages.

With being unable to log in to PSN or XBL since midmorning of Christmas Day due to Lizard Squad's attacks on them, been playing Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag on PS4. Was able to play GTAV on Xbox One when XBL was restored 6 hours ago... but still... no PSN. smh

With being unable to log in to PSN or XBL since midmorning of Christmas Day due to Lizard Squad's attacks on them, been playing Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag on PS4. Was able to play GTAV on Xbox One when XBL was restored 6 hours ago... but still... no PSN. smh

Xbox Live should at least be back up now. I'm not sure about PlayStation Network.

I finished Bravely Default and started Harvest Moon A New Beginning.
I kinda wanna play HMANB until I feel done with it, seeing as there's no real "end" to the game.

Oh I'm also playing FF8 and Harvest Moon Another Wonderful Life.
So many games, lol.

I just started star wars knights of the old republic as a scout.I don't really know what i am doing because i have points in demolition and persuasion since i played so much of dao that i love persuasion for quests and of course fallout series is heavy on persuasion.

I did notice tha because the game is a little old, the game doesn't like running on windows 7, and i need to update my graphics cards software.

Don't take Stealth - it sucks in KOTOR. It rules in the sequel, though.

Trying to do my best with Metal Gear Solid 3's CQC techniques.
Need to come back to Dragon Age Ultimate Edition.

Far Cry 4 (PC):
Latest update has made the game run a lot smoother.

Going for the Stealth Camouflage in Metal Gear Solid PSX

Captain Toad :) I love it!

Been working on a Let's play of Captain Toad, let me know what you think of it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sT8hiosDEbA&list=PLQWz7Y_QbVVwRowi2WTM7x0uBY78J-dkH&index=8

Disgaea 4 on the Vita.

GTAV Online on Xbox One
Samurai Warrior 4 on PS4

Nostalgia trip! Put my Sonic Ultimate Genesis Collection to play.
The "next-gen" is still a complete stranger to me

Alice: Madness Returns. It's so batshit and morbid and I love it!

Platinumed Sly 1 on the Vita. On to Sly 2.

FINALLY, 100 percented Warriors Orochi 2. Man, I wasted literally weeks trying to get the last character, and finish the game entirely. The game is such a grind post story mode, ugh.

Motocross Madness

Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories
Kingdom Hearts II
Spider-Man (2000)
Contraption Maker

On PS4:
Lego Batman 3 Beyond Gotham
Lego Marvel Super Heroes

On NDS:
House M.D.

Done with Motorcross Madness.

Going to play Kingdom Under Fire: A War of Heroes, since I've been putting it off for too long. Tomorrow, I'll make some progress on Kingdom Under Fire: Circle of Doom.

A flower that sings of death... A dragon to become her sword !

Alpha Protocol-

Great game, needs a sequel. Soon...

Too bad the world hates obsidian

Jade Empire for XBAX. I like the story so far and the setting, but the combat is annoying.

Also, Ar Tonelico Qoga for PS3. This game will probably make me break an IRL facepalm record if I continue. Some things in this game are just... so stupid. But, it's fun to play at least.

Didn't you hear? After South Park: The Stick of Truth, people like Obsidian now. Hurrah!

Except that I hate South Park and will never play that game...

Also, Ar Tonelico Qoga for PS3. This game will probably make me break an IRL facepalm record if I continue. Some things in this game are just... so stupid. But, it's fun to play at least.

Maybe, but most of the game's soundtrack along with the vast majority of the hymns were absolutely amazing to me. I don't normally play M-rated games, but I managed to platinum that game.

Still playing Sly 2 on the Vita. In Chapter 5 now.

100%'d Thomas Was Alone in 3 hours. Great story (up until the last chapter) but insultingly easy puzzles that I think were probably actually intended for kids, lol. Oh well.

Spent all day with a friend trying to get Alien: Isolation to work on my craptop. Fucking RADEON driver won't work. More money down the drain.


Except that I hate South Park and will never play that game...

Touch�. Game was overrated imo.

Didn't you hear? After South Park: The Stick of Truth, people like Obsidian now. Hurrah!

Except that I hate South Park and will never play that game...



Touch�. Game was overrated imo.

Haven't played it. Not interested much in a South Park RPG. Though from what I've seen, I liked the approach. Still not thrilled...

About Alpha Protocol though...

Man there's some serious Yellow Journalism outhere. I mean, this game got SMOKED by every magazine and so called "game-journalists" and reviewers...

Really unfair things were said, and the AI nowhere near as bad as they made it out to be. As if MGS had any coherent AI whatsoever in any game.

AP has one of the best Level-Design I ever saw in the past 9 years.

And the story and dialogue is by far it's best feature. This game dared to waltz into the fire and took many risks with it's approach.

Maybe, but most of the game's soundtrack along with the vast majority of the hymns were absolutely amazing to me. I don't normally play M-rated games, but I managed to platinum that game.

Don't get me wrong, I plan on continuing because aside from all the nonsense, there seems to be an interesting plot buried in there, just like when I played AT1. Plus, I quite like the battle system, for the most part.

Metal Gear Rising. Ridiculously fun, violent and outrageous.

Assassin's Creed: Liberation HD

Currently trying to get the last persona collectables for the Lady Persona.

To be fair to the critics, I think they had some justification about Alpha Protocol, at least in terms of gameplay. The actual gameplay is nowhere near as polished as it really needed to be. That's a budget issue mostly though, and out of Obsidian's hands. Basically they had 2 choices - make the ambitious spy RPG that they wanted to make, or compromise and produce something less interesting that would have worked properly within the budget they had.

Some may say they may the wrong choice, but I support it. As I've said many times, I would rather play a game that interests me and grips me, even if it only works as intended 50% of the time, over a game that bores me to death, but which looks and plays like a dream 100% of the time. There's more to a good game than graphics and controls, *but* if a game doesn't have them (as AP frequently doesn't), then its going to have a really tough time convincing most people to play it, no matter how great an experience it is.

Many of the (British) critics I read at the time, did actually like the world, story and characters, along with the generally excellent standard of the writing. But the presentation, graphics and controls... I'm not happy that a game like this can't get a break from at least some critics, but I guess I can see why they rated it as they did. The brutal truth is that to sell copies and generate goodwill on a large scale, a game has to look and play the part. Don't get me wrong - I think people who judge games in those terms missed a *fantastic* game in Alpha Protocol, but that's just the way it goes unfortunately.

Sega just seem to be cursed these days. Look at some of the games they've developed and published in recent times - Alpha Protocol, Vanquish, Bayonetta 1, Condemned: Criminal Origins, Valkyria Chronicles... Not a dud among them - all fabulous games, but none of them were a sales hit. And that's on top of the premature failure of the Dreamcast (which I still consider to be the best console of its generation).

It sucks, but again that's just the way the cookie crumbles...

Platinumed Sly 2. Now on to Sly 3.

I friggen LOVED Alpha Protocol, despite some of the issues with it. I've been thinking about replaying it again, some time.

Finished AC: Liberation. Just going to get one more easy achievment I missed, and then make some progress on Yakuza 4.

Like I say, I love that game too. But in terms of gameplay, I consider Deus Ex: Human Revolution or the original Perfect Dark to be a better spy thriller (again, just in terms of gameplay - NOT story!)

That said, Elvis was pretty rad... :D

Basically, I loved AP's story, world and characters, but I don't really like *playing* the game all that much. I still consider it to be a great game, and I care about it more than I do Human Revolution or PD. But even as someone who usually doesn't really care that much about the gameplay in RPGs particularly, I thought AP's gameplay was pretty weak.

Still playing Drakengard 3.

I, kind of suck at it.

To be fair to the critics, I think they had some justification about Alpha Protocol, at least in terms of gameplay. The actual gameplay is nowhere near as polished as it really needed to be. That's a budget issue mostly though, and out of Obsidian's hands. Basically they had 2 choices - make the ambitious spy RPG that they wanted to make, or compromise and produce something less interesting that would have worked properly within the budget they had.

Some may say they may the wrong choice, but I support it. As I've said many times, I would rather play a game that interests me and grips me, even if it only works as intended 50% of the time, over a game that bores me to death, but which looks and plays like a dream 100% of the time. There's more to a good game than graphics and controls, *but* if a game doesn't have them (as AP frequently doesn't), then its going to have a really tough time convincing most people to play it, no matter how great an experience it is.

Many of the (British) critics I read at the time, did actually like the world, story and characters, along with the generally excellent standard of the writing. But the presentation, graphics and controls... I'm not happy that a game like this can't get a break from at least some critics, but I guess I can see why they rated it as they did. The brutal truth is that to sell copies and generate goodwill on a large scale, a game has to look and play the part. Don't get me wrong - I think people who judge games in those terms missed a *fantastic* game in Alpha Protocol, but that's just the way it goes unfortunately.


Personally, I will not be fair to the critics when they flatout give it a 2/10 because some bugs (which they're not very intrussive compared to... Oblivion) and because the AI stutters or does not respond logically.
The controls are just fine, when you have "poor" controls and good lvl design you have, Castlevania, not bad game at all.

That being said, AP doesn't have bad or poor controls, it needed some polishing, yeah. But I really loved the Missions, the Enemy Positioning, the environment in general showed some real love.
But being the first game of what, at the time , was a possible franchise. It caught me off-guard. The game isn't half as broken as they made it out to be.
The game is really forgiving and the boss fights were really well designed and challenging. You can be really methodical. I think people who come from ME felt whiplashed by the bosses in AP.

I find the gameplay kindof addictive too. I don't know how you've built Thorton, but I went kung-fu on their asses. And it was fucking badass and amazing.

And really the graphics were bashed? Men... what can I say, to me the graphics still holds to this day. Gaming culture these days is embarassing.





Sega just seem to be cursed these days. Look at some of the games they've developed and published in recent times - Alpha Protocol, Vanquish, Bayonetta 1, Condemned: Criminal Origins, Valkyria Chronicles... Not a dud among them - all fabulous games, but none of them were a sales hit. And that's on top of the premature failure of the Dreamcast (which I still consider to be the best console of its generation).

It sucks, but again that's just the way the cookie crumbles...

Sega's been cursed forever.

I can't think of a time that the company ever felt comfortable.

I think they don't have any solid advertisement also. Save Valkyria Chronicles and Bayonetta. The rest went unnoticed.

Personally, I will not be fair to the critics when they flatout give it a 2/10 because some bugs (which they're not very intrussive compared to... Oblivion) and because the AI stutters or does not respond logically.
The controls are just fine, when you have "poor" controls and good lvl design you have, Castlevania, not bad game at all.

That being said, AP doesn't have bad or poor controls, it needed some polishing, yeah. But I really loved the Missions, the Enemy Positioning, the environment in general showed some real love.
But being the first game of what, at the time , was a possible franchise. It caught me off-guard. The game isn't half as broken as they made it out to be.
The game is really forgiving and the boss fights were really well designed and challenging. You can be really methodical. I think people who come from ME felt whiplashed by the bosses in AP.

I find the gameplay kindof addictive too. I don't know how you've built Thorton, but I went kung-fu on their asses. And it was fucking badass and amazing.

And really the graphics were bashed? Men... what can I say, to me the graphics still holds to this day. Gaming culture these days is embarassing.




Sega's been cursed forever.

I can't think of a time that the company ever felt comfortable.

I think they don't have any solid advertisement also. Save Valkyria Chronicles and Bayonetta. The rest went unnoticed.

Actually, the Hatsune Miku games for PS3 and the Vita have done quite well outside of Japan. Alien: Isolation hasn't done too bad, either. I'm still waiting for Sega to release a good Sonic game again. Generations was a fairly decent game with one of my all-time favorite bgm's, Crisis City Act 1.

Going to play Mega Man 8. I'm still stuck outside of Wiley's fortress. I've been having a hard time trying to get pass that blasted ice boarding part. I start doing well getting past certain points, and then I start to suck and fall off. :/

Edit: YES, I finally made into his fortress! I'm finally on the 2nd portion of Wiley's fortress. Holy crap, haha. I never made it this far as kid(I never made it to the first part of Wiley's fortress as a kid as well, lol), so this is completely new to me.

Well, any critic that gives 2/10 to pretty much any game that isn't some Steam trash, is pretty dodgy anyway. I'd be very suspicious of what such a critic had to say about anything, to be honest. 2/10 is the kind of score that should be reserved for games that literally do not work, that constantly crash and where controls do something different to what they are supposed to etc.

My point was that the critics that I saw didn't react this way to the game - they mostly gave it scores ranging in the 5-6 of 10 bracket, and that I think is fair enough from a technical standpoint. I would simply argue that judging any RPG purely on technical issues is pure folly, as their strengths usually lie elsewhere than the gameplay and controls. I don't often agree with critics, but AP is the kind of Mid-Tier game (in terms of production values and level of gamer interest/anticipation) that you can usually get a reasonably honest answer out of them. Because if a game isn't a really big AAA game, they don't have to worry about upsetting people if they say bad things about it, and are unlikely to have been overly 'incentivised' by the publisher to praise it etc - they save that kind of bribery for their AAA games).

We'll have to agree to disagree on the controls and gameplay in AP. Like I say, I love that game but I consider the gameplay to be deeply flawed. I usually take a martial arts character, because I have no faith in the shooting in that game, nor the stealth (as well as the fact that the sneaking animation looks utterly ridiculous, like he's some sort of scuttling rodent). Much easier and more reliable to simply run up and whack the enemies in close combat - that at least does work properly.

I really love the game, and I hoped for a sequel too. But the fact is that whilst I loved the overall experience, the gameplay itself has put me off playing the game in the way I replay other favourite RPGs (which despite their length, I've played dozens and dozens of times).

Well, any critic that gives 2/10 to pretty much any game that isn't some Steam trash, is pretty dodgy anyway. I'd be very suspicious of what such a critic had to say about anything, to be honest. 2/10 is the kind of score that should be reserved for games that literally do not work, that constantly crash and where controls do something different to what they are supposed to etc.

Check Destructoid. They smoked the game.

Also other Reviewers (Angry Joe, IGN, Gamespot) felt like they didn't actually took the time to explore the game.



My point was that the critics that I saw didn't react this way to the game - they mostly gave it scores ranging in the 5-6 of 10 bracket, and that I think is fair enough from a technical standpoint. I would simply argue that judging any RPG purely on technical issues is pure folly, as their strengths usually lie elsewhere than the gameplay and controls. I don't often agree with critics, but AP is the kind of Mid-Tier game (in terms of production values and level of gamer interest/anticipation) that you can usually get a reasonably honest answer out of them. Because if a game isn't a really big AAA game, they don't have to worry about upsetting people if they say bad things about it, and are unlikely to have been overly 'incentivised' by the publisher to praise it etc - they save that kind of bribery for their AAA games).

I think the game was a 7/10 all things considered, accentuating it's negativities. The Dialogue System and it's save system is so inviting of Replayability that I reloaded same save games many times to see how the paths branched. And it also was amazing to see that YOUR CHOICES ACTUALLY HAD AN EFFECT.
Compare to most games so far as 2010 goes, it was one faction or the other most of the time.



We'll have to agree to disagree on the controls and gameplay in AP. Like I say, I love that game but I consider the gameplay to be deeply flawed. I usually take a martial arts character, because I have no faith in the shooting in that game, nor the stealth (as well as the fact that the sneaking animation looks utterly ridiculous, like he's some sort of scuttling rodent). Much easier and more reliable to simply run up and whack the enemies in close combat - that at least does work properly.

I guess so...
The shooting is pretty dodgy, specially in early game. I contribute that to the case of trying to blend RPG elements with the shooting. They didn't know how to combine that, and it shows.
But when you max your weapon of choice it works pretty well i dare say. And as usual, with the RPG elements, the shotgun is bullshit. But hey, Vincent Limit Breaks in FF7 weren't any useful too right?.
The Assault Rifle works pretty fine though. I have no quarrels with that weapon, even in early game it works properly. Maybe it takes a bit too long to charge the precision shots.

I don't know, I'll have to disagree with the stealth. I had more fun with Stealth in this game than with MGS3 so far. Evasion makes things really forgiving and Shadow Operative is downright broken. But it serves it's purpose pretty well.



I really love the game, and I hoped for a sequel too. But the fact is that whilst I loved the overall experience, the gameplay itself has put me off playing the game in the way I replay other favourite RPGs (which despite their length, I've played dozens and dozens of times).

I seriously hope for a sequel too. Or at least a Spiritual Successor with another Publisher.

Well, I never pay attention to what IGN, Gamespot and Destructoid have to say anyway. They simply have too many vested interests and have been caught numerous times falsifying reviews and blatantly showing favoritism to industry big hitters who can afford (what is effectively) bribery.

The point with AP, is that if Sega hadn't tried to over hype it, and make out like it was going to be this AAA James Bond/Jack Bauer simulator (the first time I ever heard of this game was when an excitable friend who likes that sort of thing, enthused about it as we were riding on the bus one morning). At the time, I dismissed it because such AAA stuff rarely interests me. I only became interested when I found out Obsidian were involved. Even then I managed my expectations as I always do, but most people (my friend included) do not do this, and always buy into industry hype.

It was hyped up to be something it wasn't. He hated the game, I loved it. The tale of this industry right there.

Finally finished Meg Man 8. Wiley was pretty tough. I had to look up a strategy to beat him, and apparently, Flash Bombs are rather effective once you know how to dodge his attacks. Still, I'm glad I finally finished Mega Man 8.

Excalibur 2555 AD

On the Sega Subject. Remember when I said that there wasn't a time of comfortability in the company?

well fucking confirmed.

Shooting Incident Outside Sega Exec's House (http://kotaku.com/shooting-incident-outside-sega-execs-house-1679400728)


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Jokes aside. Horrible news. Good thing is, nobody is dead. I think...

EDIT: Yakuzas perhaps? xD

Got Hatsune Miku: Project Diva 2nd in the mail today and played a bit of that. Feels a bit different from the Project Diva F games I'm used to other than the Japanese letters. Also going through Sly 3 on the Vita. Still in the first area so far.

new vegas, 360
cod ghosts, ps3
smash bros, 3ds
DQ4, ds.

Dragon Age Inquisition (pc) !!!

Samurai Warriors: Xtreme Legends

Advance Wars.

Please make a new one for the 3DS, Intelligent Systems! I'll pay any price!

Advance Wars.

Please make a new one for the 3DS, Intelligent Systems! I'll pay any price!

There is Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising on the GBA, and two more AW games on the DS if you haven't played them yet.
There's also the spin-off Battalion Wars for the Gamecube and a sequel to that on the Wii, but they play much differently.

My bro let me borrow New Super Mario Bros. U + Luigi U, and I got Darksiders today, but haven't played it yet.

I've played all 4 Advance Wars games gazillions of times, and they're all ace (although the first 2 are the best ones). But all of those are old now, and we really need a new one.

A new Advance Wars would be pretty cool. I have played the first two but not the DS ones. I should probably fix that some day, but playing AW2 just reminded me of how much I suck at strategy games. It was an all-around frustrating experience lol.
If you're really itching for some more AW, there might be a fan translation of the older ones before the GBA that were never released outside of Japan. I don't know if they exist though.

Played some Smash 4 with my younger bro today. He's a lot better than me now because I mostly stick to the single player stuff but he has over 1000 battles in For Glory, which is about 100x more than I have lmao...

Warriors Orochi 3 Ultimate... team of Kasumi, Ryu Hayabusa and Kai... yup, laying waste to any enemy in my path.

Kingdom Hearts II
Phantasy Star Universe
Arc the Lad: Twilight of the Spirits

Advance Wars: Dual Strike is okay and has some interesting new mechanics, but the Tag Power system is just broken. If both your COs level up their power meter, then they both get to have a turn one after the other, reactivating all your units to move and act again! Do this with characters like Eagle who has a power to then have *another* turn and it just gets crazy! Its a great game, but the new characters aren't that good, not all the old characters are in it, and the new enemies are a bit 'meh' (except Jugger, who is the best character in the game).

Days of Ruin (or Dark Conflict depending on where you live) is a bit more hardcore in every sense. Its set in a different world, isn't really played for laughs anymore and is much harder. Its still a great game, but its very different to the previous games. There also isn't much choice of COs - the cast is large, but you only use a few of the COs with any regularity (which to be fair is like the first Advance Wars, but Andy, Max and Sami are much more fun than the Dark Conflict bunch IMO).

I want an Advance Wars where you can fight space battles and have starships, jetpack soldiers as units etc etc, and also have groundside missions that are similar to the older games (with tanks, planes etc). Sturm was from outer space, so why not? In recent times, we had Fire Emblem: Awakening from the same guys, which was a fine game but not as engaging as Advance Wars IMO.

MOH, ps3

Been devouring Kingdom Hearts 1.5, so good! :rockwell:

Still playing Sly 3 on my Vita. Very close to finishing it.

An update: Just platinumed Sly 3. Now I can move on to Thieves In Time.

Currently on MegaMan X4 as Zero. After that, I'll get back to Samurai Warriors: Xtreme Legends

Edit: Finally beaten Sigma! His giant face is a bitch to fight when he spits out trash.

Just bought Shantae and the Pirate's Curse on the eShop for Wii U and its quite good, the soundtrack is awesome.

is no one here planning to play this game? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lb_lU2gZnk8)

Tried Wonderful 101 today. It's so chaotic, I can't see all the tiny things going on with my small TV. It was frustrating, to say the least.

Still playing Sly Cooper: Thieves In Time. Currently in Episode 3.

Close to finishing up Samurai Warriors: Xtreme Legends. The escort missions are terrible in this installment(Crossing Iga being the absolute worst stage because of these missions). They're simply frustrating, especially since the friendly AI always gets itself in harm's way. No wonder why you hardly see escort missions in the later installments of the Musou series.

A terrible escort mission? Now there's a surprise.

I mean they're usually so much fun...

I don't know, maybe I've been spoiled by other certain Musou games where I had a better experience with the escort missions.

Well, to each his own, I guess. To me, the words 'escort mission' send chills of horror down my spine. I absolutely hate them.

is no one here planning to play this game? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lb_lU2gZnk8)

No.

Currently alternating between Final Fantasy XIV A Realm Reborn and Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag.

I like escort missions, if they're done right. Heck, I didn't even have any complaints in RE 4 when you escorted Ashley. But if the AI isn't competent to stay out of harm's way, and/or if you can't tell the escorted person what to do(like hold position, hide here, hide there), it's automatically not a fun escort mission, imo.

I finally finished Samurai Warriors: Xtreme Legends.

Kingdom Under Fire: Circle of Doom

The thing is, you young 'uns probably don't have the horrific traumas that us 'seasoned campaigners' have. You know how old time gamers are always bellyaching about how games used to be harder back in 'the olden times'?

Well, escort missions are a prime example. Games like X-Wing, TIE Fighter, Goldeneye 007, Wing Commander etc etc were all sensational games, but they also had some of the most brutally hard escort missions you can imagine. Trying to defend Natalya as she works on the computer in the Control Center on 007 difficulty ranks as one of the most excrutiatingly hard thing I've ever done in any game. And the sight of a wing of Jalthi blowing up my Draymen transports at the end of a long and arduous mission in Wing Commander, when I'm almost back to The Tiger's Claw... it haunts my dreams to this day :D

There are just no words to describe the hours and *days* and *months* of torment, escort missions gave me in games like this. The games were fantastic, so you had to keep playing, but you would fail again and again and again and again and again and again...

And again and again and again and again and again...

:D I miss a lot of things about how gaming used to be, but this is one thing that I am happy to have stay in the past. Escort missions are still a royal pain, but they're nowhere near as irritating as they used to be (though there are still some throwbacks).

I found the Escort missions in X-Wing and TIE Fighter to be rather... fun... Of course in the latter I flew in a TIE Defender or Missile Gunboat (With max load of Advance Concussion Missiles) and it was difficult, but still fun.

Escort missions, can be terrible I admit... I've been in some bad ones in the Samurai Warriors and Dynasty Warriors games, but one of the worst was in Vandal Hearts. The target had low HP and was one shotted by a archer class first time. Second time, mage blasted them... In the end just had my mage Zohar, Phase Shift the damn battlefield then zerged them.

Well, if I ever meet the guy who programmed Bhurak Starkiller's AI in Wing Commander, then I'm going to invent my own 'SAW' style torture chamber and get payback, I swear it :D

And the challenge to be let free? Well, isn't it obvious? I'd let him out if he can kill Starkiller and keep his transports alive on that f**king impossible mission he created! Otherwise, he's going to find out exactly how much pain he put me through... :D All for a lousy medal, but I *had* to do it! That game nearly drove me insane at times, and most of it was down to damned escort missions! Here are the Kilrathi in their super quick, super punishing ships and here's my slow ass, weak armour transports that I have to defend *all* of...

I'm gripping the sides of my keyboard in anger just remembering it :D

I don't remember much about the Natalya escort mission in Goldeneye. It's probably because I played that part, as well as the rest of the game on easy when I was a kid. :p I'll have to replay Goldeneye some time(on normal, of course, I'm not that hardcore, heh heh).

She stands at the computer decrypting for like 5 minutes of real time, not moving even when grenades are thrown at her feet (in which case she's dead and you fail). You have to frantically run about killing respawning guys for that whole time, and they focus pretty much solely on her. So whilst its easy to kill them, its just insane because hse dies so easily. And they come on lower and upper levels of that room (which is pretty open anyway).

And that's just one section of the level - you still have all the rest of it to do after that! On 007, it was just crazy hard.

One of the worst experiences in Escort Mission I've ever had was in MGS3. Yes, I prefer Emma Emmerich to EVA.

Stupid bitch got me killed far too many times.

Did you feel THE PAAAAAIIIINNNN? :D

Did you feel THE PAAAAAIIIINNNN? :D

Oh yes I did.

Worst MGS...

Or we could simply say 'MGS is the worst' and leave it at that...

I really wish I could understand what people see in that series. The first one is okay I guess, but the rest... Ah, some mysteries aren't meant to be understood, I suppose.

One of the worst experiences in Escort Mission I've ever had was in MGS3. Yes, I prefer Emma Emmerich to EVA.

Stupid bitch got me killed far too many times.

I don't recall having issues escorting EVA, based on my experience.


Worst MGS...

Hey, you take that back, or I'll...I'll...I'll e-slap you on the wrist! >=c

Kingdom Hearts 2.5, I went all the trouble to let the ridiculous KH Re:Coded to play like a movie for 3 hours, seize the trophies and go back to KH 2.5 Final Mix and KH BbS Final Mix.

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Or we could simply say 'MGS is the worst' and leave it at that...

MGS 2 plays much like the first (which is cool), except the star is Raiden and the plot is WTF. MGS 3 is a mixed bag where I still can't make all the CQC techniques work, and I get hungry and eat spoiled food frequently. MGS 4 I'm getting around with...

One of the worst experiences in Escort Mission I've ever had was in MGS3. Yes, I prefer Emma Emmerich to EVA.

Stupid bitch got me killed far too many times.
Just tranq. her and drag her around:

- Silly comments.
- She can't act stupid.
- Her stamina won't deplete that quickly.

Deal with the guards following you with a combination of smoke grenades, thermal googles and Mk22 = what's supposed to be an annoying part becomes a walk in the park. I'd say that out of all the main chapters, Snake Eater had at least the best balance between actual gameplay and cutscenes. Sons of Liberty+Guns of the Patriots, on the other hand… Apart from that, I've personally enjoyed Eater's setting and having to rely on camouflage. The Soliton Radar makes things way too easy.

Currently playing through PEACE WALKER HD EDITION, Ashley Wood's art is awesome, but other than that, meh. I'm glad I've put all that grinding and vehicles battles behind me. The A.I. in that one is way too dumb, also. At least its online community on PS3 is still fairly active. Not impossible to Platinum, yet.

My enduring memory of Metal gear Solid is that ridiculously long cutscene in MGS4 that lasts for about 45 minutes (if not longer). I wasn't exactly enjoying myself up to that point, but that was too much. How people love this nonsense is completely beyond me, The dialogue is just so awful.

Guns of the Patriots is the worst entry in the series, an interactive movie dedicated only to those who "jerk" off to the saga's plot, it's best to pretend it didn't happen. Up until that thing, what I've appreciated most about the saga was the freedom it gave to the player, in choosing how to deal with most situations throughout the game(s), as far as the stealth-genre is concerned, that is.

I loved MGS 4, personally(sorry if I keep sounding like I'm trying spite you guys for not agreeing with your opinions, lol xP).

Still on KUF: Circle of Doom. I'm close to finishing up Leinhart and then Duane and Curian is all that's left.

Or we could simply say 'MGS is the worst' and leave it at that...

I really wish I could understand what people see in that series. The first one is okay I guess, but the rest... Ah, some mysteries aren't meant to be understood, I suppose.

Heh, I really get you. But still, there's something addictive about it. I think that the first one is an undeniably masterpiece.


I don't recall having issues escorting EVA, based on my experience.



Hey, you take that back, or I'll...I'll...I'll e-slap you on the wrist! >=c

Slap me. Won't take that back.


Just tranq. her and drag her around:

- Silly comments.
- She can't act stupid.
- Her stamina won't deplete that quickly.

Deal with the guards following you with a combination of smoke grenades, thermal googles and Mk22 = what's supposed to be an annoying part becomes a walk in the park. I'd say that out of all the main chapters, Snake Eater had at least the best balance between actual gameplay and cutscenes. Sons of Liberty+Guns of the Patriots, on the other hand… Apart from that, I've personally enjoyed Eater's setting and having to rely on camouflage. The Soliton Radar makes things way too easy.


Haven't realized about the tranq her. Good tip. I forgot that.

Real men play without play in Extreme without Radar.

I thought that the gameplay in MGS3 was so jarring that it has the most boring boss fights in the series. The Health System is one of the biggest failures.

Camouflage was ok. If only you hadn't have to enter a stupid menu (with long loading time) every time you change terrain.


My enduring memory of Metal gear Solid is that ridiculously long cutscene in MGS4 that lasts for about 45 minutes (if not longer). I wasn't exactly enjoying myself up to that point, but that was too much. How people love this nonsense is completely beyond me, The dialogue is just so awful.

Still better than 3 to me. Also better than 2.


Guns of the Patriots is the worst entry in the series, an interactive movie dedicated only to those who "jerk" off to the saga's plot, it's best to pretend it didn't happen. Up until that thing, what I've appreciated most about the saga was the freedom it gave to the player, in choosing how to deal with most situations throughout the game(s), as far as the stealth-genre is concerned, that is.

I guess that's the final verdict on the dis likable things in the series. I enjoy the series point up to a certain point. I agree that there was far too many retconned story arc's and "nanomachines" that I listen people complain about. Which I agree, again, to a certain degree. After 2 & 3 (specially 3) I think it's kind of stupid to get mad a game to pull stuff like that on it's storyline.

To me 4 if it had the ending were Snake and Otacon were executed as it was originally planned. It would've served as a nice conclusion to the series. Instead it got kinda ruined or to say the least unsatisfying conclusion to me. But I still enjoyed it a lot more than 3 or 2.

As far as gameplay goes in 4, I think it had some beautiful levels. Specially the first Infiltration sequence on the final Act.

Slap me. Won't take that back.

*Slap* :p

*Slap* :p

http://i.imgur.com/W3ivc8d.gif

I don't even want to think about what MGS 2 and 3 must be likem if MGS 4 is better than them! (I have played a little of both 2 and 3, but only on other people's consoles and couldn't give full attention etc etc).

The first MGS was okay, but not really my kind of thing. The fourth game was so bloated and pleased with itself, that it frequently seemed to forget to be a game at all. I just don't find it as hilarious when Snake hides under cardboard boxes and oil cans as other people seem to. To me, it just seems lame and makes the idea of Snake being some kind of hardcore badass farcical if he's scuttling around like this.

And that scene with the polar bears at the end of 1...? What was all that about?

And that scene with the polar bears at the end of 1...? What was all that about?

I haven't read so much hate to a franchise embodied in one phrase in a long time.

I think the snake in a box thing became a joke when snake got introduced into Super Smash Bros. I think I may know the initial reason why Snake in (under) a box, he was hiding under an overturned box to be covert, they could have chosen a way that can't become a joke in a SMB game - I think it was brawl.

I've been playing Shadowbound (a browser MMO) and Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix. (For most of KHIIFM until now I was playing it without scan on and it made stuff so hard, because up until that point I didn't know my enemy's health)

L.A. Noire - Complete Edition.

I have a thing for Crime Drama's, and this is pretty damn good. Kicking myself for not picking it up earlier, but meh... gonna enjoy it now. Gonna have to get Mafia II next...

Now, if you were *playing* as the polar bears...

On second thoughts, maybe I shouldn't give Kojima ideas.

Metal Polar Bear Solid, hahaha.

Broken Sword 2.5

Now, if you were *playing* as the polar bears...

On second thoughts, maybe I shouldn't give Kojima ideas.


Metal Polar Bear Solid, hahaha.
lol That's funny. Wait, I shouldn't be giving Kojima ideas.

Still playing Sly Cooper: Thieves In Time on the Vita. Getting closer and closer to platinum. Currently in Episode 5.

Aces - you seem to platinum more games in a month, than I buy in a year! I should hire you, and see if you can up my trophy collection rate! :D

Because hey... *Platinum* Polar Bear Solid. Now we're talking!


Anyway, I've been playing Grim Fandango Remastered. Still good, but it runs of steam a bit after Chapter 2. Kind of bittersweet playing this again because a) it was the end of the Lucasarts Golden era and b) games like this aren't really made any more. Adventure games still exist after a fashion, but they're not the same kind of awesome as the old ones (Monkey Island, Full Throrrle, the Sierra Quest games, Freddy Pharkas etc etc).

Aces - you seem to platinum more games in a month, than I buy in a year! I should hire you, and see if you can up my trophy collection rate! :D

Because hey... *Platinum* Polar Bear Solid. Now we're talking!


Anyway, I've been playing Grim Fandango Remastered. Still good, but it runs of steam a bit after Chapter 2. Kind of bittersweet playing this again because a) it was the end of the Lucasarts Golden era and b) games like this aren't really made any more. Adventure games still exist after a fashion, but they're not the same kind of awesome as the old ones (Monkey Island, Full Throrrle, the Sierra Quest games, Freddy Pharkas etc etc).

Heh. I feel embarassed a little, but I had platinumed the games on the PS3 previously. I just platinumed Thieves In Time. Where I go next is unknown yet.

dusted off my dc, playing a bunch of games ATM:

SOA1
time stalkers
carrier
incoming
crazy taxi
evolution 1

Continued on Disgaea 4 for the vita. Console-wise, I started on Tears to Tiara II. Gameplay feels similar to both Final Fantasy Tactics and Disgaea, but what I find boring about it so far is all the story. Had to sit through over a half hour just to get into a battle. C'mon, Atlus...too bad they're gone.

Update: I gave up on Tears. There's just WAY too much story and not enough action. Like Jak and Ratchet, I NEED MORE ACTION THAN THIS!

Continued on Disgaea 4 for the vita. Console-wise, I started on Tears to Tiara II. Gameplay feels similar to both Final Fantasy Tactics and Disgaea, but what I find boring about it so far is all the story. Had to sit through over a half hour just to get into a battle. C'mon, Atlus...too bad they're gone.

Update: I gave up on Tears. There's just WAY too much story and not enough action. Like Jak and Ratchet, I NEED MORE ACTION THAN THIS!

That sounds like something I'd like, lol. One of my favorite JRPG's ever has a 45-minute series of cutscenes near the beginning. :P
Did they ever add English voice-overs to TtT2? I remember reading that it would be Japanese voices with English subtitles only...

That sounds like something I'd like, lol. One of my favorite JRPG's ever has a 45-minute series of cutscenes near the beginning. :P
Did they ever add English voice-overs to TtT2? I remember reading that it would be Japanese voices with English subtitles only...

No English voice-overs. Considerin the anime was only in Japan, I expected that.

Bummer. Maybe I'll try it out in the future if I can find it really cheap, but otherwise, meh.

Finally finished Curian on KUF: Circle of Doom. It was frustrating playing as him,(specifically, Valley of Solitude and up)due to his low defense. I'll be doing some achievement hunting, and I'll be 100% done with Circle of Doom.

Star Wars: Rouge Squadron 3D


GOG
FUCK YES YOU'RE BETTER THAN STEAM!

Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix

After I found the recipe for Ultima Weapon...I'm not fighting the other Xemnas fights...gonna try and synth that first.

Hyrule Warriors! Love how the breathe new life in this game with the DLC content! (Majora's Mask was just released a couple of days ago!)

Currently playing League of Legends and a bit of Diablo 3 :)

Recently got back into Sonic Generations for the PS3. Gonna try for platinum this time. Shouldn't be too difficult, I hope...

Recently got back into Sonic Generations for the PS3. Gonna try for platinum this time. Shouldn't be too difficult, I hope...

oh god, I havent played Sonic Generations on PS3 since forever and I still have the game XD

Finally, I 100% completed KUF: Circle of Doom. Encablossa was a BITCH on Extreme difficulty. Gonna play Battlefield Hardline Beta, if it's still running.

Still Kingdom Hearts II Final mix.

Finally figured out how to level up limit form. (I'm so stupid, for the longest time I thought it was just finishing a regular attack combo with limit form, not actually use a Limit Attack and finish with it [and when I did figure it out I didn't let go of L1 after starting the move])

Samurai Warriors 2: Xtreme Legends(360)

Finally got one of the true endings to Ar Tonelico Qoga. Going to either play Darksiders next, or try Zone of the Enders 2 again.

Portable-wise: Criminal Girls: Invite Only for the Vita
Console-wise: still Sonic Generations for the PS3.

Final Fantasy XIV A Realm Reborn on PS4
Grand Theft Auto V on Xbone
Mafia II on PS3

Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix

Doing the Mushrooms (Mushroom XIII) I did hours ago again cause the surge protector went out and I didn't save. (the socket is bad.) It's not so bad the second time around though...since I learned what to do.

Currently on Dark Souls 2

I met the Scholar of the First Sin and it told me to meet King Vendrick, but unfortunately, I did the quest line involving the crowns DLCs and I can't go back to him, which means I have to do New Game ++ since I already finished New Game +. >_<

On the bright side, I finally beat those two black sabertooth tigers at the Frigid Outskirts. I couldn't beat them(despite having help with summoned NPCs) in the first New Game, but I finally beat them with the help of the summoned NPCs. :D

The first meeting with the scholar frightened the life out of me - I had no idea such a thing had been added. I was playing through again a couple of days ago, was happily gloating over an easy victory against Freya, and then BOOM - I'm sent flying across the room and stare in utter terror as this giant... thing, rises out of the ground in flame and fury, which hadn't happed before in 4 previous playthroughs!

It was awesome :D

Finished Professor Layton vs Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney

Now on to Phoenix Wright: Dual Destinies and Level 5's The Starship Damrey

Beat Super Luigi U recently. What a trip.
In the middle of Zelda: Spirit Tracks.

Internet browser wise: Shadowbound...finally won a single server branch of a cross server tourney...against a guild mate. We fought hard to the end...constantly changing formations, but in the end I came out victorious (despite our huge raw power numbers [Battle Ratings] being kinda close [10,000 difference]). I also got married (in game) to the other deputy of my guild).

My cousin let me play through his Pok�mon Alpha Sapphire. I'm making it more challenging by not using starters or mega-evolutions, and keeping the (broken) Exp. Share off. Currently have 3 badges.

Digimon All-Star Rumble on the Xbox 360. I'm going for all the acheivements, digimon cards, and alt evos! I can actually unlock all the stuff for the fighters compared to Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3.

I began my HUNTER journey in Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate for 3DS. I have always disliked MonHuns but for some reason I find the latest iteration very compelling...

Finished Dark Souls 2 for the third time and chose the alternate ending, as well as 100% completed it.

DEFIANCE(360)

Going to check out the post Season 2 missions.

Edit: Going to get back to Assassin's Creed: Unity, now that it finally got patched.

Took a break from Criminal Girls to get started on Rayman Legends for the Vita.

MM 3D

100% completed Assassin's Creed: Unity yesterday. Going to get started on Resident Evil: Dead Aim.

Edit: Just finished it. Wow, I have to say, this was the shortest Resident Evil game I've ever played. Still, pretty good game, imo. :)

Darksiders. It's alright. Zelda-like with more combat, but it got old pretty fast. Also SO EDGY.

Playing FINAL FANTASY XIII-2, and I think I finally love it. I have had the game for ages, but I always gave up almost instantly after starting. Now, after playing it more. it's getting more and more better.

circle of doom

All JRPGs are like that IMO Lefance - they have an all action intro, then a deathly pain barrier of anywhere up to 8-10 hours where basically nothing happens as you try desperately to escape from 'Startville', before the games finally burst into life. 13-2 doesn't really get going until the first time jump to the ruins where that giant hand attacks you.

But from there on, the game rules. And the pain barrier in 13-2 is actually only a couple of hours (though it sure feels like more... New Bodhum... doing odd jobs and looking for cats in town... arrrrrrggh!) Reminds me of Kingdom Hearts 2, and that seemingly never ending section at the start in Twilight Town. If I never see 'The Usual Spot' again, it will be too soon!

As I finally got my Stardust Rod Animus in Final Fantasy XIV A Realm Reborn, decided to take a break and play Agarest Generations of War. Always liked TRPG's, starting with Mystaria Realms of Lore on Sega Saturn and Vandal Hearts on PSX... and as I haven't played one in ages, this should be good.