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!

Actually the Prelude/Prologue (Roxas Part) of KH2 was about the only thing I liked in the franchise up to Birth by Sleep. lol

"pain barrier" *makes a mental note of that term* :)

Finished Ghost Recon yesterday, got started on Life Is Strange and Resident Evil: Reveleations 2.

Right now, I'm going to replay Dragon Age: Origins before getting started on Dragon Age 2.

Played a bit of .hack Vol. 3 Redemption. Got handed to me by this Heatwave Hound.

If I was captured by a Jigsaw style serial killer and locked in one of those crazy trap rooms, where my choices were 'Play through Kingdom Hearts 2's intro again or be turned inside out and thrown into a bath full of salt', I'd need some time to figure out which would be the more agonizing.

I *never* want to play that intro in Twilight Town again. Doing odd jobs around town, waking up and doing the same crap day after day after day after day. I get what they were going for, but it went on far too long after making its point about the banality of life, the daily grind and feeling like there's something more out there that you could be/ should be doing etc. Its like that awful bit in Shenmue where you have to work undercover as a fork lift truck driver - and actually have to do the job, all day, for several days! I felt like I was going crazy playing that game, thinking 'Why am I doing this - its so boring, I think I'm actually going to die from it'.

But yes, the sequences at the start of JRPGs are usually the worst. Whatever the sleepy hamlet your hero is in happens to be called in each game, be it IntroTown or ProloguesBurg, its always the same soporific 'You lead a *painfully* ordinary existence, and wouldn't it be great to get out of here and do something epic and adventrous?' Yes! Yes it fricking would, so let's get *on* with it already!

And just on the subject of Kingdom Hearts... Yeah, I'm not a big fan of those games, but they have their moments. For me they served as a useful reminder of how good a lot of the old Disney stuff and characters are, as unfasionable as it may be nowadays. Characters like Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck are legendary, and it'd been a long time since I'd seen them in anything good (like Quackshot or Mickey's Magical Quest etc). I think the Final Fantasy stuff is less successful, a nice idea but I don't think most of it is used very well, and I say that a big Final Fantasy fan. The Disney characters and worlds are the standouts in that series for me.

I seldom play games as fervently as I did last week. I am currently at the last boss battle in FINAL FANTASY XIII-2, and gotta say I do LOVE that game, but it has its bad points as well. I also love the OST so much, I am going to buy it soon enough. After this, it is LIGHTNING RETURNS! Shivers.

Had gotten a 3DS XL, the NES model recently and played the following: Fire Emblem for regular DS, Ultimate NES Remix and currently playing Super Mario 3D Land. Fire Emblem is quite hard, even on normal, but the other 2 are enjoyable.

^Would that be Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon? I hate that game lol...

I finally got a platinum trophy today... My first and most likely my last, for Disgaea D2.

Yeah, it is. Don't really like the fact that once a unit dies, they never come back. And that can't be helped too much in tactical games. Congrats on your platinum. Took me much less time.

Depends what games you play, really. Some platinums you can get in no time (Secret of Monkey Island for example), but some require such ludicrous amounts of work and time that it really isn't worth it, unless the game has you hooked and you get it just by dint of playing it a lot.

I've had a PS3 for over 5 years, and I still only have a handful of Platinum Trophies. Lost some when my old PS3 died, but it probably wasn't much more than 10 Platinums I would think. And I always finish my games, and try to get my full money's worth. Its just that most Platinum trophies ask for too much, and it stops being fun.

Console-wise: Started on Atelier Shallie for PS3.
Portable-wise: Been alternating between Super Mario 3D Land and Hatsune Miku: Project Diva 2nd and recently started on Extend, too. Anyone who's played The Intense Voice on Extreme in Diva 2nd knows that song is pure hell.

I don't go for achievements at all. I got it for Disgaea D2 because I have over 400 hours on it, and when I completed the item list, I looked at the trophies and saw I only had 2 left to get, so I just did. I still haven't beaten Baal yet, not even close, so that game will never be finished until I do so.

About 98% done with Sleeping Dogs (PS3). Story mode done, just collecting those last lock boxes for my completionist tendencies...

Far Cry 4 (PS4), will probably take forever to finish the game due to me climbing mountains and just enjoying the scenery. Story mode is that long, so will eventually hunker down on that point.

Shin Megami Tensei 1 (SNES), because why not?

Collecting Triple Triad cards in Final Fantasy XIV as well as running endgame dungeons. Also been playing Infamous Second Son and Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag on PS4.

Still playing Agarest Generations of War on the PS3.

Finished Dragon Age: Origins, Awakening, and Witch Hunt.

I'll get to Dragon Age 2 later.

Console-wise - Going to start on Awakened Fate: Ultimatum.
Portable-wise - Final Fantasy Tactics A2.

Resident Evil 5 - unfairly criticized game.

Finally finished up Armored Core 4 yesterday. Gotten started on Armored Core: for Answer.

Finally finished up Armored Core 4 yesterday. Gotten started on Armored Core: for Answer.

Thoughts on AC4? I have it but haven't played it yet.

Beat Zone of the Enders: 2nd Runner HD yesterday (glad that's over too... very frustrating lol...) and playing Shining Force EXA right now.

Playing Final Fantasy Type 0.

Thoughts on AC4? I have it but haven't played it yet.

Beat Zone of the Enders: 2nd Runner HD yesterday (glad that's over too... very frustrating lol...) and playing Shining Force EXA right now.

I think it's pretty good, despite it being the first Armored Core game I've ever played. It's very fun engaging enemy Nexts, but very difficult at times. At the same time, it feels rewarding when you defeat them. It may get repetitive in terms of missions(destroy some Normals, destroy these Nexts, destroy this, destroy that), but if you don't mind that, it's very fun. It can be frustrating when you get destroyed in some missions(hard mode especially, it's pretty brutal at times)either due to how your mech is customized, or pilot error. :p

I'd say give it a try. If you played previous AC games, I'm not sure how you'll like it, because I imagine fans of the older ones either didn't like AC 4, or had mixed feelings about it. Oh, and the soundtrack (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JBlWOQ6WHY&index=16&list=PL86B01520A0E84F93) is great (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gbj8KF5us9Q&index=6&list=PL86B01520A0E84F93). Make sure the music volume in Options is maxed.

Dragon Age 2

Well, it would be my first AC game too, so I wouldn't have to worry too much about comparisons. So that's good. I feel like after the brutal ZOE2 HD, I'm ready for any mech piloting game, lol...

Started up Summon Night: Twin Age again, to play on my breaks at work. We'll see how far past the beginning I get this time. (Why why why couldn't Swordcraft Story 3 come out in the U.S.??? T_T)

Still waiting my Final Fantasy: Type 0 Collector's Edition to arrive...

Also, Theatrhythm: Dragon Quest will be released soon, played the demo yesterday like crazy, man I love Sugiyama Kouichi's compositions... I hope the game won't be over 15 000 ~ 20 000 blocks though, I only have 29 000 blocks on my SD card and I still need space for DLC... :( If it's bigger, I gotta buy a physical copy and that takes some time...

Finished Dragon Age 2 on Friday last week, as well as my tapestry on Dragon Age Keep. Now, I'm officially ready for Dragon Age: Inquisition. :D

Played some Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter two days ago, and right now, Samurai Warriors 3.

Yay, the forums are back!

Console-wise: Bought and completely finished Crash Bandicoot 2 off the PSN. As good as the soundtrack is, gettin all the gems in some of the levels is a real pain in the neck. Played a bit of Rayman Legends on the PS3 for nostalgic purposes.

Portable-wise: Continued on Final Fantasy Tactics A2, but I just bought Sonic Chroncles, so I'm gonna play that.

Bladestorm Nightmare

Spider-Man 2: Enter Electro
Rugrats: Royal Ransom
Kingdom Hearts
Spyro: A Hero's Tail

God of War 2 PS3
Ninja Gaiden 3 Razor's Edge PS3
Tomb Raider Anniversary PC

Finished up Samurai Warriors 3. I haven't gotten through Historical Mode yet, but it's no big deal. Murasame Castle was hard. The first 2 parts at the last castle were frustrating(escort nonsense, that's why), so I had to switch to Tadakatsu Honda to finish Murasame Castle(I was trying to play through it with Yukimura at one point).

I'll get started on Gears of War: Judgement tomorrow.

Ys: Memories of Celceta (PS Vita)
Ragnarok Odyssey Ace (PS Vita)
Brave Frontier (Android)
One Piece: Treasure Cruise (Android)
Final Fantasy Record Keepers (Android)
CivCraft (Android)

Just finished a replay of Theresia for the DS. Now going back to PW: Dual Destinies to start the 3rd case.

That case has one of the best villains in the whole Ace Attorney series - Turnabout Academy is my favorite case of that game.

Grand Theft Auto V (PS4) - Ignoring the Online, staying with the SP.
Final Fantasy XIV A Realm Reborn (PS4) - Endgame raids/dungeons and working on my Novus weapon for Black Mage.
Ghostbusters (PS3) - Just got it again and wanted to replay.
Overlord Dark Legend (Wii) - Why not?

Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath Of Cortex for PS2

Finished Gears of War: Judgement. I forgot how fun the Gears of War seris is. :)

I guess I'll give Rayman: Legends a try, since I never actually played a Rayman game(except for a Dreamcast demo of a Rayman game). First, I'll get started on Samurai Warriors 3 Z, and try to unlock the brand new characters, since I technically finished the original SW 3. Maybe I'll give Original Career Mode a try as well.

Edit: Nvm, apparently, they're already unlocked. :p

Rayman Legends is awesome on PS3. The soundtrack is just as awesome.

Completely finished Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex. Where I go from here is unknown.

Finished Masanori Fukushima's story. I also just remembered that the characters that didn't have their own story mode in the original SW3(like Yoshimoto Imagawa, and Ranmaru for example)are the ones I need to unlock, actually. I'll do that later though, I'll get started on Rayman: Legends tomorrow(Xbone, it was part of Games with Gold, it still is, I believe).

Etrian Odyssey Untold. I know Dungeon just came out in the US and I want to finish both before Untold 2 drops.

I'm still on Rayman Legends. I'm really liking it. Loving it, in fact! It feels like I'm playing a old-school game that got an HD makeover, and I'm loving every second of it. The humor and overall feeling of the game has a certain charm to it I especially love. :D

Edit: I also forgot to add; I love the musical stages(like Zombie Rock). Whoever came up with these stages, major props to them. They're just pure genius.

Summon Night: Twin Age (chapter 6)
Dragon Age Origins (level 15 or so. I don't really like this game, so I don't know if I'll continue it.)
Tomb Raider (Shipwrecked Beach area)
Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth (Just started)

(like Zombie Rock)

It's Castle Rock, dood. The song is the similar version to Ram Jam's "Black Betty".

It's Castle Rock, dood. The song is the similar version to Ram Jam's "Black Betty".

Right, Castle Rock, my mistake. :p

I finished Rayman Legends(I love the fact you can break apart the credits). I'm not 100 percent complete with, but I don't feel like 100 percenting it, so I'll probably do it when I feel like it. All in all, I had a blast with Rayman Legends.

Catherine

Recently finished the story portion for Final Fantasy Tactics A2. Still have a lot more quests to go if I hope to complete all 300 of them.

Just finished Catherine. It was challlenging, and after many, many undos, I triumphed(except for that one puzzle (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZO0LIoxzMC0) that was a real brain teaser for me, it was seriously the only one I had to look up a solution for it). I didn't get the true ending for Katherine, but the good ending's good enough for me :).

One of the best games I've ever played, imo. This'll definitely be one of my most unforgettable titles.

I'll be playing some Ace Combat: Infinity, and tomorrow, who knows? :p

Catherine gave me my rarest trophy, an Ultra Rare (I got the True Freedom aka True Neutral ending). So for that reason alone, it rules :D

But yeah, good game. Wasn't overly thrilled with the gameplay, but the experience as a whole was great. I love Vincent and his gang of likeable loser friends.

mw2. surprised to not have seen a single hacker yet.

mw2. surprised to not have seen a single hacker yet.

Probably because not much play it anymore. Wouldn't surprise me, really.

Going to pick a random game I haven't played before to finish my night. Also been busy with Final Fantasy Tactics A2. 190/300 quests done now. Also mounted the lv 99 Red Chocobo at Goug successfully.

Been playing Kingdom Hearts Remix 1.5 and 2.5 in my spare (and lately rare) time. In hopes of platinum them (although the Critical Mode trophies will be the most irritating ones to get) XD

Started on Hyperdimension Neptunia. It's ok so far.

Started on Hyperdimension Neptunia. It's ok so far.

I need to play that still, if only for the humor.

Started Deus Ex Human Revolution last night.

Started Final Fantasy Type Zero HD a few days ago and i expected more u.u

Finished WATCH_DOGS and the addon, Bad Blood.

I'm thinking about replaying the entire Resident Evil series, not including Operation: Raccoon City, because it's a "What-If" scenario, and Dead Aim, because it's extremely short and it isn't totally connected to the main canon. Plus, I need to finish Outbreak and Outbreak: File #2, because I never finished them, due to how challenging they were at times.

Penumbra: Overture

Edit: Finished Penumbra: Overture. I'll go ahead and play RE 1(PS1) all the way to RE Revelations 2(I only finished Episode 1, so far).

Started on Tales of Vesperia for the XBOX360. It's my 7th Tales game and I'm likin it so far.

999 on ds
Animal crossing NL on 3ds
MOH on ps3
condemned criminal origins on 360
SH shattered memories on psp.

You're playing the PS1 version of Resident Evil, Dodo?!

For God's sake, why?! :D The remake is *thousands* of times better!

You're playing the PS1 version of Resident Evil, Dodo?!

For God's sake, why?! :D The remake is *thousands* of times better!

Lol, don't worry, I'll be getting to that too. :) I'm just playing them in the order they were released.

Currently on RE 3, then I'll get to Survivor(to this day, I STILL have not figured out how to save in RE: Survivor. Like in the past, I'll just have to play it in one sitting).

So where are you fitting RE:0 into this? I marathoned the RE series a year or so back, and I couldn't decide whether it should be done first, or after RE1, seeing as how it kind of screws the narrative flow if you view its events before RE1.

I didn't bother with the Gun Survivor games, though. HUNK is the best, but the spin offs like Gun Survivor and Outbreak etc are all awful IMO. I still think ORC is underrated though. On the off-chance you're off for it, I'd be up for co-op in RE5 or 6. No pressure, just keep it in mind, hey?

So where are you fitting RE:0 into this? I marathoned the RE series a year or so back, and I couldn't decide whether it should be done first, or after RE1, seeing as how it kind of screws the narrative flow if you view its events before RE1.

I didn't bother with the Gun Survivor games, though. HUNK is the best, but the spin offs like Gun Survivor and Outbreak etc are all awful IMO. I still think ORC is underrated though. On the off-chance you're off for it, I'd be up for co-op in RE5 or 6. No pressure, just keep it in mind, hey?


i wanna coop ORC

I played REmake before RE Zero, from what I've remembered. The only thing I found confusing was how did Rebecca end up at the Spencer mansion. She's just...there.

I never understood that either. She starts near the mansion (because Alpha Team find Bravo's helicopter in the RE1 intro and they are walking/running distance from the mansion). But then she boards a train, takes a lengthy high speed trip to another facility, which opens out into some areas from RE2 which are under/very near the RPD. But judging by the location of the RPD which is in the heart of Raccoon City, that would mean she's a *huge* distance away from the mansion at that point (because the mansion is up in the mountains outside town). But coming out of the facility, she is somehow on a ridge overlooking the mansion???

I also have problems deciding who to play in RE1. Chris' scenario makes sense as it follows on directly from RE:0 and shows what happens next for Rebecca. It also makes sense for Code Veronica as Chris is surprised to learn that Wesker is alive in that (Wesker is seemingly killed in Chris' scenario by the Tyrant, whereas he escapes in Jill's scenario). But then again, Barry's betrayal and even the 'You almost became a Jill Sandwich' line are now canon as of the end of RE3 and some dialogue from Revelations 2.

In the end, I usually choose Jill, as I think it makes for the more interesring game and her final confrontation scene with Wesker is better IMO. It does feel odd having to wait until the the second half of Code Veronica to play as Chris though!

Rok:
I like ORC, but I don't have a mic headset and that would probably be an issue in that game for co-op. Not having a mic doesn't really affect RE5 and 6, because you're usually pretty close to each other and the partner commands are good enough to let people know what's on your mind. And there's always messaging for the few times when you need to say something specific. But in ORC with 4 people on a team, it could get a little awkward. Not sure what the partner commands are in that game (I've never tried co-op in ORC, but I done loads of RE5 and 6 co-op).

Anyway, my door is always open to my FF Shrine brethren :D If anybody wants to do some RE or Dark Souls 2 co-op, then just send a message and we'll try and sort something out. Just remember - no mic. (And no, I won't be getting one - the horror stories of abuse over those things put me off).

Just a very little break, for Darkest Dungeon.

Finished RE 3 and Survivor.

Got an E rank, sadly, on RE 3, but apparently, I did very well on Survivor(Finished in 1 hour, 22 minutes, and 15 seconds, A rank, 74% accuracy, 173 monsters killed, 5 guns out of 8 found). Next, will be Code: Veronica X on PS2, and then REmake HD on Xbox One. :D

Rok:
I like ORC, but I don't have a mic headset and that would probably be an issue in that game for co-op. Not having a mic doesn't really affect RE5 and 6, because you're usually pretty close to each other and the partner commands are good enough to let people know what's on your mind. And there's always messaging for the few times when you need to say something specific. But in ORC with 4 people on a team, it could get a little awkward. Not sure what the partner commands are in that game (I've never tried co-op in ORC, but I done loads of RE5 and 6 co-op).




ORC is far more linear than re 5 and 6 combined.
and shorter than homefront. (not counting the half that was sold as dlc. which i dont have in the ps3 version but bought in the xbox version)

mic are hardly required unless playing coop. because coordination is key there.
in story, not at all. just make sure one of the players, or an AI, is bertha.

The issue is that it doesn't tell you when someone gets KO'd, and doesn't direct you to them. So unless you monitor everyone else like a hawk, you're not going to know when it happens. I tried playing last night in fact, and this was pretty much what happened. Anticipating this, I played as Bertha myself and tried to keep an eye on everyone, which mostly worked.

Without the partner commands (and even just the Praise/Thanks buttons), it all felt a little unengaging. I still love playing that game, but IMO if you're going to get no feedback at all, then you might as well be offline. That's why I think games like Dark Souls and RE5 and 6 strike the right balance. The gestures and partner commands allow for some interaction between players without having to resort to headsets and have people chattering away or abusing you.

And Dodo... Ah, Code Veronica, one of my favorites. Makes me want to play it myself, but there's no way I'm rooting around to unpack my PS2! :D

Finally finished CV: X. God, I always forget how frustrating the game was a certain points, especially the final boss fight. Not that it ruins the game for me, of course, I still think it's great game.

I'll get to REmake tomorrow. After that, it'll be RE: Zero.

I was never wild about RE:0 really. Feels like a filler game, and most of it seems pretty far fetched. Just doesn't ever really feel like any of that *actually* happened before RE:!. And I *really* hate how the inventory works in that game, having to drop items literally just on the floor. It felt so lame lugging stuff back to the entrance hall and just kind of arranging it all in a corner... daft. Its a solid RE game, but there's nothing that memorable about it IMO. Peaks too early as well (the train is by far the best section of that game IMO).

But yeah... Code Veronica. I just love that game. The Ashfords are such enjoyably insane nutcases, and its got that awesome fight against the Tyrant in the plane, the creepy carousel in the attic, the return of Wesker, the re-created version of Spencer's mansion. Its just awesome, like Resident Evil on Acid.

You've got to love how Chris Redfield has been through so much crazy stuff by now that when he's running from giant laser beams being shot by fericious tribesmen in full traditional get-up in a lost ancient underground city during RE5, he's like 'Just another day at the office...' :D

I'm still on REmake HD with Chris. So far, I'm doing alright, despite almost running entirely out of ammo at certain points(although, I'm probably doing about the same like in the original Gamecube version). The real challenge will be the second half, because of the hunters.

Edit: Just finished REmake HD. 13 hours, 50 minutes, 50 seconds of play time, 91 monsters killed, 274 ammo used, 12 ink ribbons used, 22 health items used(and I died twice, once to Plant 42, and twice for stupidly firing while carrying the fuel at the underground lab lol). Doesn't really give me a grade, but I think I did a good job, despite taking a long time. :p

The game's pretty draconian with its grading, unless you're super quick and don't really save at all. The speedrun trophy for the game is 3 hours, which... forget it! I like to enjoy my time in a game, and doing it in under 3 hours would mean some *serious* hustle. I usually clock in at around 7 hours. That's good enough for me.

Not a fan of speedrunning in general. I like to take my time and enjoy games. In the early RE games, I'm pretty obsessive about gathering all the herbs and ammo, and spend quite a while ferrying stuff about to the item boxes. Usually means I end up with a vast treasure hoard of ribbons, health items and enough ammo to arm a small country but that's not the point. The STARS motto is 'If it ain't nailed down, swipe it'.Or at least it would be if I was running the unit :D Judging from how he acts in RE5, Chris seems to take this to heart, carting off priceless African treasures to fund his little war against Wesker!

Chris Redfield: International looter lol!

I'd also issue a general memo to people like Jill and Chris saying 'When out on missions, try packing more than a knife, 9mm pistol and about 3 bullets!' Barry's got the right idea - his basic weapon is a magnum! He probably doesn't take a shower without having a rocket launcher handy. You know... just in case.

Hatsune Miku: Project Diva F 2nd. Played through some of the songs on Extreme. It's a real big pain in the neck after the 7-7.5 star songs.

Been playing Hyrule Warriors nonstop for months... and still got a lot left to do mainly in the Termina map and collecting gold skulltulas, heart pieces and containers etc. Not counting wasting materials and time and rupees on Tingle though. He can remain at level 1. :p

Playing Mario Kart 8 to try out the 2nd dlc pack. Big Blue is pretty cool. They could have picked a better course from double dash than baby park to remake though. 200cc is just plain silly...

I've been a great fan of Skyrim. Now I've just finished Far Cry 4. This was a lot of fun. Don't miss the Shangri-La missions. They're hard, not as open-spaced as the main campaign, but really beautiful.

I beat Deus Ex Human Revolution last night.
I also played Ys: Oath in Felghana tonight and beat it about an hour ago.

Well, I WAS playing RE: Zero, but rage quit due to having so little ammo and health items when I got to the part where you had to save Rebecca in the 2nd floor basement. Guess I'm gonna have to restart the entire game and switch the difficulty to Easy. :/

I know I'm late to the boat, but I got Bioshock: Infinite as a free download on XBox Live -- so I'm playing that. As for mobile, stuck on Star Wars: Force Collection. Those new events always pull me in.

PS4:
Final Fantasy XIV A Realm Reborn

PS3:
Mass Effect

New Super Mario Bros. 2. Midway through World 3 at present.

It was those gorillas and the leech dudes that always got me in RE:0. Damn both of those enemies! Chucking molotov cocktails at the latter sure was satisfying though. Burn, you little swines! :D

And hey there Star, what did you think of Deus Ex: HR? I wasn't much for it when it came out, but I enjoyed it very much when I played it again last year. At some point I surrendered to the This is a stealth game, so at least try and work with it' and got on with the game much better than when I just blasted through as a combat Adam first time round. (Not a stealth game fan, but in limited doses, I can put up with them). Really looking forward to the sequel actually, and there's not many games I can say that about.

On a semi-related note, I just finished playing Alpha Protocol again. Damn it Sega, just let them make a sequel! Its got some problems, but the good *far* outweighs the bad. World, characters, RPG elements, dialogue, all first rate.

Finished RE: Zero. Not too happy having to play it on easy, but I at least finished it. I'll get started on trying to finish Outbreak tomorrow since the only level I remember playing, but never finishing, was "Hellfire".

And hey there Star, what did you think of Deus Ex: HR? I wasn't much for it when it came out, but I enjoyed it very much when I played it again last year. At some point I surrendered to the This is a stealth game, so at least try and work with it' and got on with the game much better than when I just blasted through as a combat Adam first time round. (Not a stealth game fan, but in limited doses, I can put up with them). Really looking forward to the sequel actually, and there's not many games I can say that about.

I absolutely loved it. Granted, I hadn't played a shooter from start to finish since the original Xbox days, so I can't really compare it to anything, but still. I enjoyed every second of it. Being able to complete missions in various different ways that I could choose from was awesome. I'm no fan of gunning in general, so the ability to complete the entire game without killing anyone was a very welcome feature to me. On the other hand, I actually like stealth and puzzle solving, so it was a no-brainer when it came to how I'd approach each scenario. The hardest parts of the game for me were the bosses since you HAVE to kill them, so I went into those fights with little experience under my belt.

The story and how it's presented was also very well-done too. I liked how choices you make affect future events, including how your choices can backfire, but doing so never makes the game unbeatable (like my abilities being blocked at the third boss, which made that fight extremely difficult). The in-game world felt so alive because of all the readable backstory, which I'm a sucker for (see: Metroid Prime and Morrowind, two of my all-time favorites), and all of the interesting characters I met, all of whom I see as more than just characters- they are people. I grew attached to some, disgusted at others. All of this contributes to the overall tone of the dystopian future setting of the game, which made for an extremely immersive experience.

I too am looking forward to the sequel now. If it's anything like HR, it will be good.

Actually, I think I'll skip the Outbreak series, for now. It's not that I think they're bad, it just reminded me how frustrating they can be, especially because of the fact you can't pause the game when you open the inventory menu, read files, or check the map. I can understand not being able to pause if you played it online, but offline? No thanks.

I'll get started on RE 4 HD, and then The Umbrella Chronicles. I won't play through Umbrella Chronicles entirely, I'll just play the "Umbrella's End" scenario, since it's canon.

Xenoblade Chronicles 3D - I keep hearing about Xenoblade Chronicles X so I figured I'd give the first game a chance. I seen the original Wii version at gamestop a while ago but it was $80 so I didn't buy it. Not too far yet but it's interesting so far.

Xenoblade Chronicles 3D - I keep hearing about Xenoblade Chronicles X so I figured I'd give the first game a chance. I seen the original Wii version at gamestop a while ago but it was $80 so I didn't buy it. Not too far yet but it's interesting so far.

The Wii version's only 60 bucks right now. For a preowned one, but really good games that are rare do hold their value. It used to be 90 at one point.

I know they do but I've never played it before and I didn't want to spend around $100 on a game if I don't like it. It was kind if an impulse buy cause I wasn't really planning on it But I'm glad I did.

The Wii version's only 60 bucks right now. For a preowned one, but really good games that are rare do hold their value. It used to be 90 at one point.

It's $80+ on Amazon. The $59.99 price point on Gamestop is moot since they never have it in-stock and it's currently unavailable on their website.
I would say that Xenoblade is actually worth more than $60, but Dragon is right not to take a chance like that. I always tell people to do whatever they can to borrow or rent it from someone rather than buy the 3DS version because that tiny screen does not do the game justice. They should have upscaled it to 1080p and made that available on Wii U instead.

If their website says it's 60, it's 60. There were not that many copies made hence the price. Plus I would know prices in a heartbeat there. I go there A LOT.

They never have it in stock online or in-store though... Sure, if someone happens to find one at Gamestop, then yeah, it will be $60, but the chances of that are so slim these days.

I figured it was a rare game when I seen it. It was probably a month or 2 ago when I seen it. I'm sure it is a lot better on the big screen cause of the huge open world it has. I guess I missed out on it then... oh well, it'll make Xenoblade Chronicles X look that much better to me when it comes out then.

If you see a copy of Xenoblade Chronicles for the Wii... get it. It is worth it's high price and is pretty damn rare (Extremely rare here in Australia, just like Fire Emblem Radiant Dawn).

On topic:

PS4:
Final Fantasy XIV (still working on Animus Weapon and farming tomes for endgame gear)
Watch_Dogs (been on my backlog for awhile, so figured I'd give it a go)

PS3:
Mass Effect (Just have Feros, Virmire, Ilos and then the Citadel and my Engineer playthrough is complete... and hopefully get the trophy for having Liara in my party >.<)
White Knight Chronicles (Another title in my backlog... trying to get my backlog cleared (or at least lessened) before June 23rd, when Heavensward comes out for FFXIV)

Persona 4: The Golden

Platinumed Dark Souls 2 at last. I'm feeling good, I'm feeling... sexy!

(Saxophone music blares out, Vrykolas twirls his jacket slowly about his head).

That's right... the pants are coming off! :D

Platinumed Dark Souls 2 at last. I'm feeling good, I'm feeling... sexy!

(Saxophone music blares out, Vrykolas twirls his jacket slowly about his head).

That's right... the pants are coming off! :D

That's awesome, dood. I'll never be able to do something like that in a super hard game.

Still playin New Super Mario Bros. 2.

(From the back of a police car, having been arrested for public indecency in his last post...)

Ah, nonsense! The Souls games are tough, but its by no means an unbeatable challenge. You've posted some impressive platinums on here, so give yourself a chance before writing yourself off! We're a forums of winners, man! We're... what's that? Oh, seems I have to go and have my fingerprints taken. They weren't happy about where I was sticking that saxophone either...

Seriously though, don't be put off by the blurb on the internet. The Souls games are not impossible, and the difficulty does not strangle all fun from the experience. Beating these games doesn't make you some kind of elite - it just means you're someone who's played a lot of a very good game!

Most of my platinums were time consuming and not that hard. The hardest game imo I did platinum was Atelier Meruru. Some of the bosses in that game were really difficult.

Well, it still sounds like you're selling yourself a bit short here. Its not for me to make any kind of insistence that you appreciate your own accomplishments, but I don't think there's any shame in accepting credit where its due. Different games make different demands of the player, require certain disciplines and talents that come naturally to some, but not to others. Different skillsets required, but still needing concentration and dedication.

So I wouldn't be so quick to dismiss perseverance, i.e the willpower needed to finish long and demanding tasks/games. It takes a lot of dedication to platinum JRPGs for example (and isn't that the truth!) So having that perserverance to platinum games like Disgaea etc, is in itself a very useful and impressive trait, and one that many people lack. If a job seems too long, or needs too much commitment, then many will give up. Just take a quick swing through your friends list, and I'm sure you'll see that a great many people have no Platinum trophies, or just 1 or 2. And not because they're bad gamers, but because they don't have that bit of wiring that makes them stick to their task.

Skill at games, belief in your skills, perserverance to get the job finished. It all helps. And if you have 1 or 2 of those traits, then who's to say you can't develop the others? There's nothing wrong with having none of that, and not caring at all about platinums or finishing hard games by using only the power of your own personal awesomeness (lol!)

But there's nothing with having those things either, or striving to have them. And without wanting to sound like some personal motivation guru, you shouldn't dismiss the value of the talents you do have. As long as you have fun, its all good, right? I'm just saying that nothing is lost by trying. And this isn't specific or some prodding to go and play Dark Souls. I just think its good to try new things, and good to believe in yourself that you could do these things. (That's kind of why I sometimes punish myself trying to improve my frankly awful 'skills' at Stealth games :D)


Other than this though... not sure what to start up next. Thinking of getting Resistance: Fall of Man. Probably not an amazing game, but it is the only one I haven't played.

...Thanks for the pep talk, dood.

Finished RE 4 3 days ago, finished Umbrella's End on The Umbrella Chronicles 2 days ago(?), finished RE 5 yesterday, and I finally 100% finished The Darkside Chronicles a few days ago. I found out that in order to unlock chapter 6 and 7 of Operation Javier, you had to defeat the boss as quickly as possible(which is ridiculous to me, I think it should've been "get an A rank or higher to unlock them"), so I had to back the difficulty down to easy in order to unlock them. Sadly, chapter 6 and 7 are pretty much chapter's 4 and 5, only it delves into what was going through Jack Krauser's mind.

Currently on Resident Evil: Revelations.

Edit: Finished RE: Revelations. Now, it's on to RE 6. :)

I'll play through the game as the other characters, like Helena Harper, for example.

Had gotten all the Star Coins and Moon Coins in New Super Mario Bros. 2. Just gotta get the million coins and I'm fully done. Don't really care about maxin out the coin counter.

Halo The Master Chief Collection... but Halo 3 isnt working anymore... curse microsoft.

Finished RE 6. Now, on to RE: Revelations 2.

Finished all 300 quests in Final Fantasy Tactics A2. Attempted the secret quest, but omg, the 4th battle...that clan is sooooooo cheap. I'm done with it and will start on Tales Of The Abyss after I get off work today.

I just played Hyrule Warriors for 14 hours straight- all while listening to 80's new wave music.
I "beat" the TP Adventure map, meaning I've unlocked all the costumes, found and beat Ganon.

dirt 2 on psp.
sega gt on dreamcast.

got a sudden urge to play those 2. specially sega notgran turismo

80's music rules. I still fondly remember beating Ganon in Ocarina of Time for the first time, as Spandau Ballet's 'Chant No. 1' was playing on my CD player.

I don't need this pressure onnnnnnnn :D

Portable: Tales Of The Abyss on 3DS. Got farther than I did on the original PS2 version when I had it. Hopefully will make it to the end.

Console: Nothing really in particular. I mostly play Chocobo Racing to kill off time.

Tales of the Abyss... Luke fon Fabre... arrrghhh :D

God, I hate that character... Game's alright though.

Finished all secondary quests in Mass Effect, and now the final push (Virmire, Ilos and Citadel) and then my third playthrough on PS3 will be complete. Need to finish off using AI Hacking and Damping to get the trophies for them... as well as Quarian Ally and Asari Ally. Got a few games to play next on PS3... Agarest War 1, Red Dead Redemption, White Knight Chronicles or LA Noire... one of them will be next on PS3.

As much as I love Mass Effect, you couldn't pay me to play it again on the PS3. That version just seemed riddled with bugs and crashes. I had a terrible time getting through it. The 360 version is far superior IMO.

Haven't encountered any bugs/glitches so far in Mass Effect, and this is my second playthrough.

Finished all secondary quests in Mass Effect, and now the final push (Virmire, Ilos and Citadel) and then my third playthrough on PS3 will be complete. Need to finish off using AI Hacking and Damping to get the trophies for them... as well as Quarian Ally and Asari Ally. Got a few games to play next on PS3... Agarest War 1, Red Dead Redemption, White Knight Chronicles or LA Noire... one of them will be next on PS3.

Between those 4, I'd go with Red Dead.

Well, you're very lucky then, Revan. That game crashed *all* the time for me. The dialogue would cut out, cutscenes would freeze and not play (including the final cutscene after Saren dies, and that's a well known bug so if you dodged that one, then I may have to come round to your house and steal your PS3 :D). And that's when the game wasn't just straight up crashing, which it did frequently, Add in corruption of save files, which meant I had to do the whole of Feros twice, and the litany of small bugs (the 'companion sticks like glue to Shepard's back being particularly irritating), and... Gah!

It was a nightmare. I love me some Mass Effect 1, but I'm never playing it on PS3 again.

Between those 4, I'd go with Red Dead.

Yeah... I'm thinking about going with RDR as well. Something about that game I find to be very calming...


Well, you're very lucky then, Revan. That game crashed *all* the time for me. The dialogue would cut out, cutscenes would freeze and not play (including the final cutscene after Saren dies, and that's a well known bug so if you dodged that one, then I may have to come round to your house and steal your PS3 :D). And that's when the game wasn't just straight up crashing, which it did frequently, Add in corruption of save files, which meant I had to do the whole of Feros twice, and the litany of small bugs (the 'companion sticks like glue to Shepard's back being particularly irritating), and... Gah!

It was a nightmare. I love me some Mass Effect 1, but I'm never playing it on PS3 again.

I have noticed Tali sticking to my back like glue at times... but I tend to put her and Liara on point while I sneak around and flush the mooks into their line of fire. No corruption of save files or anything else... so far.

... damn you, now you've jinxed me Vrykolas...

Finished RE: Revelations 2. I had to start from Episode 3 again, because I accidentally got the bad ending. I was actually shocked, thinking that it was the actual end, until I looked up online and found out it was ONE of the possible endings, with the good ending being canon, I assume. I'm happy I got the good ending, though, because the bad ending was bullshit. I'll get started on Raid Mode later.

Now, I wait and see what's to come from Resident Evil 7, the conclusion to the main series, from what I've gathered.

I'll check out Mortal Kombat X

Oh, I had it all in my playthrough! The Mako would regularly get caught on open, flat terrain and be unable to move and with me unable to get out. Several times, the Mako fell through the ground and I died! I had companions vanish completely for the duration of the mission, and the game *really* doesn't like you using the Warp power (it freezes if you use it too often!)

Just... no. Mass Effect 1 is a fantastic game, one of my all time favourites, but I'll stick to playing it on the 360. I'll take some frame rate issues over all those bugs, any day of the week! And this coming from a guy who usually doesn't care at all about such things :D Its a shame, because the PS3 version of ME2 was basically fine, and only having the one disc for ME3 is much more convenient. Plus the text just seems bigger and easier to read on my PS3 for some reason. Its not the worst port I've seen. But in a game that I like so much, it was a real pain to have all these new technical niggles getting in the way of my enjoyment of the game.

Started Resonance of Fate yesterday.

And yeah, I hate Luke from Tales of the Abyss too. I loved Jade and most of the other characters though.

Still playin Tales Of The Abyss on my 3DS. Just got out of the abandoned factory. The item usage is sure eatin me alive.

Final Fantasy XIV A Realm Reborn = Finished my lv 45 Warrior quests and have the first 4 pieces of Artifact armor and the weapon skill 'Steel Cyclone'. Also, so close to completing my Black Mage Stardust Rod Animus upgrade to Novus... not long left to go.

Took a break from Tales to start on Shin Megami Devil Survivor 2 that just came out here. Not bad so far.

adding test drive le mans for DC

I finally finished Fable 3 after putting it off since 2012 :P

Samurai Warriors 3 Z

The Evil Within!

I finally finished Fable 3 after putting it off since 2012 :P

Thoughts on Fable 3? I usually hear it's total shite from others, but is it really that bad?

Thoughts on Fable 3? I usually hear it's total shite from others, but is it really that bad?

Ehh, I think it's good. Not the best in the series, imo. The first one is the best, and the 2nd one was great, while the third was a bit of the same. It's between 6 or a 7 outta 10 in my book.

Far Cry 4 was the last game I finished. I haven't played Far Cry 3 before so I started on that a little while ago (FC4 is better so far imo). In the meantime, I've been setting up an emulation lanbox to go on a MAME-binge.

Fable 3 is my personal favourite of the series. I just like the general steampunk punk of that game, and the whole style of how it looks and how Albion is developing really hooked me in. I think some of the criticisms are fair enough (the game is terribly rushed towards the end), but overall I think it was extremely harshly treated by critics and gamers.

Just finished playing X-COM: Enemy Unknown. Fantastic game - it seems they do make em like they used to, after all! lol!

Finished Samurai Warriors 3 Z.

Going to try Samurai Warriors 3: Empires.

Edit: Thanks to these translations (http://s13.zetaboards.com/koeiwarriors/topic/6821685/1/)(and doing some things by accident :p)the game's pretty easy to get in to. The only thing I find disappointing is that they didn't include SW 1 and 2 music you can change while in battle.

Played some Saints Row IV: Re-Elected, finished Life Is Strange EP 1, and right now, I'm going to try out the The Evil Within dlc.

Recenly I am playing Dust: An Elysian Tail again... on my old XB360. (I do have an XBONE though)

Resident Evil 2

Finished the "The Evil Within" DLCs

Going to play some PC games.

Been playing Earthworm Jim HD on my PS3. Had just beaten the game on Original difficulty, which was a real pain in the neck. The two trophies associated with that difficulty are a real pain to get. You have to beat the game without losing a life and within 50 minutes, and you can't quit during any point, so it must be done from start to finish.

Dark Souls 1. Was absolutely crusing through the game, crushing all before me with my trusty Divine Mace... and then Anor Londo. Tightrope walking across ceiling beams whilst fighting guys, running across rooftops whilst Knights with Greatbows pincushion you and finally every Souls fan's oldest and dearest friends... Ornstein and Smough.

Many, many, many, many deaths later, I was victorious. But they dealt me an *epic* beatdown before that happened! Still reckon that's the hardest fight in the whole series.

Finally finished The Witcher - Enhanced Edition. I'll get to Witcher 2 later.

Same as before, I'll be playing some PC games since I got so many I haven't touched. I can't be exact as to which one I'll be getting to. :p

Trying Xenogears...again. And taking turns on Suikoden with a friend who's never played it before.

Played through Eleusis. It was ok, but it wasn't great, sadly.

Samurai Warriors 3: Empires

Been playing Gex on my PS3. Made it to the final world, but the first level's a pain in the neck. Somehow missed the remote.

Trying Xenogears...again. And taking turns on Suikoden with a friend who's never played it before.

How far are you on Xenogears? I highly recommend playing it through to the end. It may be a drag in some parts of the first disc, but the story gets better the further you go.

As for me, I just beat Donkey Kong Country Returns, I'm in the middle of Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia, and I just started Darksiders II. Resonance of Fate and other RPG's are on hold until I have more spare time... :/

resistance 1. and 999 on ds.

Lego City Undercover on Wii U and LOVING IT! LOTS of humour and comedy... and already cameo's of Starsky and Hutch, Crockett and Tubbs, Sherlock Holmes and Watson, Columbo and even Dirty Harry himself lol. Loving it.

Started on You Don't Know Jack for PS3. Finished 10 episodes so far.

Platinumed Dark Souls 1 this time - I'm on a roll lol! And yet... I feel this slight emptiness now that I'm done. My last week has been filled with Dark Souls torment, so it feels really odd to be suddenly free and out from under its challenge. Its enough to turn a man hollow... :D

Not sure what's next. After all that though, I think a simple action blaster might be in order!

Finished a free mode scenario on Samurai Warriors 3: Empires.

Going to finally get my BF 4 fix now that the Spring Patch is finally out.

Finished a free mode scenario on Samurai Warriors 3: Empires.

Going to finally get my BF 4 fix now that the Spring Patch is finally out.

I wish Koei released this and the Xtreme Legends outside of Japan... now, have to wait for Samurai Warriors 4.2 and (if they make it) Samurai Warriors 4 Empires...

Still playing FFXIV, getting close to upgrading my final piece of gear to ilevel 130 and maxing out my Black Mage. Also, still using my Wii U and playing Lego Grand Theft Auto (Lego City Undercover) and having a blast. Best Lego game ever imo.

I will need to try that Lego game... I've heard nothing but very good things about it.

As for me, I started a new file on Xenoblade Chronicles, and started Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze.

The Witcher 2: Assassin of Kings(PC)

Crypt of the Necrodancer with the Mega Man Mod and some RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 on the Side.

I will need to try that Lego game... I've heard nothing but very good things about it.

If you can get it, get it. It's an older title (released in 2013) and if you can find it at a good price, even better. Thing is, it IS a sought after title... it's essentially a Grand Theft Auto in Lego and PG rated. Still fun as Hell though.

Currently playing FFXIV (still). Trying out Toukiden Kiwami as well, Dynasty Warriors meets Monster Hunter. Only played the first two levels and it's interesting enough... but... I don't know.

Chrono Trigger...for the second time! I don't know....this game triggers:-P so many emotions......and I never get bored.....the story itself, the characters, the music....they are all fantastic!

Been playing Lord of Magna: Maiden Heaven for the 3DS. Enjoyin it so far.

Dragon Quest VI

Dungeons of Dredmor, 300+ Hours so far and no signs of ever getting bored with it.

Also eagerly awaiting Patch 1.3 for Terraria, 31st of June can't come soon enough, looking forward to test the Portal Gun they included.

Played some Contra(XBLA). I made it to level 3, but I still can't beat the damn game.

Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce(360)

Played the last chapter of The Walking Dead, S1. It was the only chapter that didn't survive my previous PS3's meltdown, so I figured I might as well nip back in and regain my platinum trophy. Reminded me how good that game is. Might have to think about S2, but I heard it wasn't so hot. We'll see...

Got Xenoblade Chronicles for Wii yesterday and been playing this. Definitely worth the wait imo.

I hope you enjoy Xenoblade as much as I do. I'm currently about halfway through my second playthrough.

My copy of Steins;Gate for Vita arrived today, and I think I am in love with it.

Getting back to The Witcher 2.

Sonic & Knuckles. Still my favourite Game of all Time.

Just finished The Witcher 2. Great sequel. :)

I can't wait to get to The Witcher 3 some time.

I'll finish up NaissanceE (http://store.steampowered.com/app/265690/)(strange and interesting game)tomorrow.

Just got my FIRST PLATINUM trophy (I usually don't care about trophies) ever from Steins;Gate. Pretty awesome feeling.

El. Psy. Kongroo!

Continuing on You Don't Know Jack on my PS3. Got through 22 episodes so far.

Finished NaissanceE a few hours ago.

I'll be trying out The Witcher 3, and then, back to Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce.

Playing DIGIMONSTORY CYBERSLEUTH after a pause. Awesome game, but some characters are seriously annoying, hmm...

Broforce.... BRO YEAH !!!

Finished Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce with Shu. Surprising that chapter 6 was the FINAL, final chapter. I'd get to the other kingdoms, but considering the amount of grinding you have to do at times, I don't feel like it, so I'm fine with the fact I'm finished.

Armored Core: for Answer

Finished Bloodborne earlier (and I guess in other news, I have a PS4... and Bloodborne obviously).

And well... meh. It was okay I guess, but its nowhere near as good as any of the Souls game IMO. Short, easy, dull world, muddled and uninspiring story, forgettable characters, poor bosses, no real variety in weapons, armor, styles of play. Add in that there are hardly any covenants, and both co-op and PvP have issues, then it was a pretty underwhelming package all told.

Having some trouble on the last mission on Chapter 3 of Armored Core: for Answer, so I'll be taking a break from it. Hopefully, I'll get my NEXT (http://imgur.com/TctDJ8o) to the point where it can take down faster NEXTs. I'll be on my PC.

Edit: Just finished AC: for Answer, and was surprised that it was a a bit shorter than AC 4. I was also surprised that there are, apparently, multiple endings when I saw the achievement pop up saying "Ending 1".

I'll get started on AC V, since I'm rather happy with the ending I got. I might come back to AC: for Answer later.

Haven't been online in a week, but my gaming's been keepin me entertained. Played a good portion of games including Ridge Racer 7, Rayman Legends, Ar Nosurge and Final Fantasy Tactics on my PS1.

Super Mario Galaxy, that game is just amazing

i've also been playing some League of Legends

Getting back to Diablo 2.

Farcry 4 and Rudra no Hihou

Stein's Gate.

Science was never my strong suit. Its an interesting game, truly fascinating and superbly written. But the science... it burns :D

Doing an Ace Combat Hard Difficulty marathon(except AC 3: Electrosphere, because I'm going to wait for the Japanese version to be fully translated. It's good, but there was too much good stuff(in terms of story)cut from it.)

Edit: Finished Air Combat last night, and finished Ace Combat 2 today. Currently on AC 4: Shattered Skies.

Oh, and the translation of the first disc for AC 3 is finally here (http://useatoday.blogspot.com/2015/06/ac3-e-ie-disc-12-status-quo-alteration.html#more)! :0

Finished Stein's Gate (well, with one of its many endings anyway). Excellent game, and had me bawling like a big girl during the later chapters :D

And platinumed Bloodborne. Bring it on From Software - I can take whatever pain you throw at me. You made me into this monster, the consequences are yours lol!

AC:R

The Order: 1886.

An unfortuantely wasted opportunity, but despite the game being almost entirely comprised of elements that don't quite work or aren't quite good enough, I still somehow really enjoyed it. I hope it gets a sequel, but man this game has a ton of problems. Probably the most glaring for me is that it feels like a sequel to a game which doesn't (but should) exist. One where we meet the characters properly and have the world and its various elements fleshed out and shown to us.

This game hurries past all that, and upends everything almost before we even begin! It goes into flashback to explain, but this leaves it with the task of introducing characters, world, plot and resolution to the crisis in a game which lasts about 6 hours! They really needed to use this first game as an establishing launchpad, to welcome us to The Order's world and let us get to know and care about the characters. I did become engaged, but it was just too short and there wasn't enough time or room for the characters to breathe.

But like I say, despite the fact that I probably shouldn't have, I did like it. I truly hope it will get a sequel, because a bad start doesn't necessarily mean the whole enterprise is a bad one.

Recently started on Star Ocean: Till The End Of Time again.

A man of taste and distinction :D That game is just awesome.

I can now finally say I've fully completed Xenoblade Chronicles as of last night, having beaten Avalanche Abaasy and the rest of the game's superbosses, defeating every unique monster in the game, and completing every side quest. Took me 144-ish hours.

Platinumed The Order.

That game has a very easy platinum trophy lol!

Good work, Vry.

Well cheers for that, but it kind of happened by accident really! But hey, I'll take it :D

You wait though - Dark Souls 3 will probably have 1 trophy, and that'll be the platinum. 'Complete everything and do absolutely everything and get 100% completion... or else you get nothing!'

I wouldn't put it past them...

Doubtfully, but we can dream...and I'll never play Dark Souls. Ever.

Not even once? You get a bronze trophy just for dying - easiest bronze trophy you'll ever earn :D

Anyway, other than that... can't decide what to play next. I feel like a demobbed soldier, with no wars left to fight, now that I've finished all those From Software games! The Order was a good palate cleanser, being a honest to goodness blaster that didn't demand much from me, but now what?

Its just typical that I run out of games to play, right as the summer games drought starts to kick in...

Play Batman.

Nah, I'm done with Batman games. Arkham Asylum is one of the best games of the last generation, but enough is enough. The open world stuff of Arkham City did nothing for me, and I'm just done with that gameplay, as good as it is.

Speaking of 3D actioners though, the game I really want to play is Bayonetta 2. But its only on the Wii U, and there's no way I'm buying a Wii U. I was kind of hoping Platinum Games would outfox Nintendo and find a hidden clause that meant they could release it for other consoles, but no such luck. Nintendo hires all its lawyers straight from Satan's law firm - they never mess up a contract :D

Guess drivin the Batmobile around doesn't even phase you. Too bad.

I tried Arkham City, I didn't like it.

I hate driving games - I *hate* them.

Now, having vehicles in action games doesn't make them driving games of course, but I still hardly ever enjoy using them. I like zipping about on the Ghost jetbike in Halo, but that's a rare exception to the rule. So the batmobile being in Arkham Knight is actually a big mark against the game in my book, especially as I've heard they seem to have gone out of their way to force its use down your throat.

Forget that!

I've been bouncing between Terra Battle, League of Legends and Tera Online lately, but I'm probably going to drop it all (again) when the next batch of Monster Hunter 4 DLC comes out. I skipped out on last month's so I'll have a lot to catch up on.

I bought 18 PS3 games.
XD

Not sure which one to start.

Platinumed Stein's Gate. My Platinum Trophy roll is becoming a landslide...

Which now definitively leaves me with nothing to play. Hmm...

Finished Ace Combat 5 on hard. Man, I always forget why it's one of the best Ace Combat games ever made. Despite some screw ups(a couple of times from pilot error, and getting shot down :p) it was very satisfying. I'll get started on Ace Combat Zero on Hard, and continue tomorrow.

I'll be playing some Warthunder(a lot of fun, despite those damned Russian planes spoiling the fun)and some Minecraft.

I finished the Walking Dead: Season 1 & 2 last two months - I wailed like a baby.
I finished Valiant Hearts: The Great War last week - I wailed like a baby.
And yesterday I finished To the Moon - I wailed like a baby.
Today I start Tiny & Big: Grandpa's Leftovers.

right here


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17nOQ4JDw7Y

Finished AC Zero: The Belkan War. Gotten a good amount of S's(surprisingly), a few A's, and probably one B.

Right now, getting started on Ace Combat 6 on hard.

Edit: Finished AC 6(hard) in the afternoon, and just now finished Ace Combat: Assault Horizon. Great entries in the series, imo(though, they'll never top AC 5 and Zero :] ) and here's hoping we'll get another Ace Combat on Xbox One and PS4.

Finished Tiny & Big: Grandpa's Leftovers. A very short game.

Been replaying SMT III Nocturne, only two more bosses to finally finish off Kagutsuchi.

Oh, yes! Platinumed on Dark Souls II (PS3 version).

Well, a round of applause is in order! What's that? Platinum trophy? Oh... well, sure. The applause was actually for playing an awesome game like Nocturne, but...

Nice job there, Franz. I always find it relaxing to load up my trophy screen and have a good gloat over my Platinum trophies! :D

I always find it relaxing to load up my trophy screen and have a good gloat over my Platinum trophies! :D

I'm not the trophy-whore type but a little showing off sometimes is fun XD

Its not obnoxious to gloat about your achievements and rub it in other's faces, pointing out how very much *better* at games you are than them. Its for their own good, you see. It lets them rest assured that whilst they may not be good enough, at least someone is. Makes the world a brighter, happier place.

Wait, that's not right? Man... I don't see what the problem is though. This attitude *seems* reasonable enough...


lol! Yeah, the really hardcore trophy hunting nutcases are a bit much. But so long as they don't brag too much or lecture others on how they should be doing the same, I'm happy to admit how impressive such things are. I've got some guys on my friends lists with more than 80 Platinum trophies. 80!!! But they're decent guys and they know its all just a bit of fun at the end of the day. Gaming is about having a good time, not trying to lord it over others.

But you're right, a little showing off now and then never hurts :D

Most of my "online friends" aren't that trophy virtuosos but they do know how to make the most of matches. I myself got like what, 3 platinums? Dead Space (the 1st ever), RE 6 (which I don't even have anymore) and now Dark Souls II. I'm this close to platinum Demon's Souls and the first Dark Souls.
Maybe one day.

Its not obnoxious to gloat about your achievements and rub it in other's faces, pointing out how very much *better* at games you are than them. Its for their own good, you see. It lets them rest assured that whilst they may not be good enough, at least someone is. Makes the world a brighter, happier place.

Wait, that's not right? Man... I don't see what the problem is though. This attitude *seems* reasonable enough...


lol! Yeah, the really hardcore trophy hunting nutcases are a bit much. But so long as they don't brag too much or lecture others on how they should be doing the same, I'm happy to admit how impressive such things are. I've got some guys on my friends lists with more than 80 Platinum trophies. 80!!! But they're decent guys and they know its all just a bit of fun at the end of the day. Gaming is about having a good time, not trying to lord it over others.

But you're right, a little showing off now and then never hurts :D

I have about 25 platinums. I don't have a PS3 or a Vita anymore, but I have my sights set on a PS4 someday.

I don't have a PS3 or a Vita anymore, but I have my sights set on a PS4 someday.

Same here. Have you heard about the lighter, quieter PS4 version in Japan (for now)?

12 Platinums for me. In most games, the requirements are just too much. I don't mind putting time and effort into a game I love, but some of the things they ask to do are just crazy and would take far longer than most sane people could possibly stand, for no real reward. I mean, a Platinum trophy sure is nice, but if it means hundreds of hours of slow, grindy work just for that, I'll pass.

I'm glad trophies exist, but some games definitely have more thought and creativity put into their trophy lists than others. A good trophy list will encourage a player to try new styles of playing the game, urge them to seek out the secret stuff they missed the first time. Bad trophy lists just say 'You know that mechanic where you do X? Well do it 5 billion times perfectly, and we'll give you a bronze trophy'.

A good trophy list will encourage a player to try new styles of playing the game, urge them to seek out the secret stuff they missed the first time.

Like Dragon Age.

Precisely. Great example.

Finally finished Crash Bandicoot yesterday. It's one of those games I've played a lot, but never finished.

Been playing a lot of Warthunder lately(finally got the P-51 Mustang).

Finally finished Crash Bandicoot yesterday. It's one of those games I've played a lot, but never finished.
Been playing a lot of Warthunder lately(finally got the P-51 Mustang).
I Try getting 100% on Spyro games.
I suck.

Armored Core V

Same here. Have you heard about the lighter, quieter PS4 version in Japan (for now)?

Not me, is it better than the one we have now?

Right now I'm currently addicted to Far Cry 4. I haven't played a sandbox game in-depth for quite a while so it's been pretty fun trying to find all the collectibles and hidden areas.

Believe it or not, but I've been busy playin Solfege: Sweet Harmony for the PSP. A Japan-only game, the game has one hell of a lengthy storyline and not much gameplay, but I just got through the main story. Doing the Special Story one now.

Not me, is it better than the one we have now?

They call efficient:
New PS4 Model Is Lighter, Quieter, More Efficient - GameSpot (http://www.gamespot.com/articles/new-ps4-model-is-lighter-quieter-more-efficient/1100-6428651/)

I see. Hopefully we'll get it soon.

Life is Strange.

That game... When its good, its pretty damn awesome. And to be fair, its highly engaging most of the time. But the pace is pretty glacial, and whilst the cast is generally quite engaging in their own way, it does get a bit much at times such that you want to give the characters a dry slap.

But yeah, its got something. Its definately got something.

Currently (and surprise surprise) I'm playing Batman: Arkham Origins on PlayStation3. I've played it through three times before (normal, New Game Plus and then the ridiculously-insane I Am The Knight mode) but having recently played through all the other Arkham videogames by Rocksteady, and spending more than enough time getting the 100% ending on Arkham Knight (screw you, Riddler), I wanted to revisit it and play through without the pressure of trophy hunting and / or sweaty-palm gameplay. Methinks I'll also take a pass at Arkham Origins Blackgate on PS Vita when I'm done.

After that, tidying up a few of my classics before September and Metal Gear Solid V - The Phantom Pain, which looks incredible.

I am currently playing... nothing.

Its depressing how often that last statement is true for me also, these days lol!

Finally got vacations, I'm playing Pok�mon Omega Ruby and Oreimo Portable till die hahaha

Taking a break from endgame in Final Fantasy XIV and gone back to Lego Marvel Superheroes.

I am playing thief HD.I finished my lets play of plants vs zombies, which i am taking a break from.

Finished AC V. Huh. Kinda disappointed that it just ends abruptly. Not even a credits sequence started, I'm just at the world map with some unfinished side missions. The boss fight on the final chapter was b.s. hard, though.
I had to look up some tips on it.

Guess I'll get started on Armored Core: Verdict Day(and HOPEFULLY, it doesn't have a near impossible boss fight).

Still playing Star Ocean: Till the End of Time.

Finished Resident Evil: Revelations 2. It was okayish I suppose, neither great nor awful. The episodic nature of it was painfully obvious, and the whole thing felt very cheaply made and low key. It wasn't bad by any means, but it did feel a bit B list compared to other entries. Even moreso than the first Revelations game, which also felt like a slightly more budget affair than the main series.

The Combat Character/Support character idea was okay and worked pretty well. Not reinventing the wheel or anything, but it did a turn. Quite a few irritating one shot KO enemies though, which got on my nerves. The narrative and characters were a bit of a bust though. The basic setup is reasonably interesting, and it was nice to see Claire and Barry return at last. But Claire in particular seems very subdued, and hardly says or does anything really, being completely overshadowed by Moira in all their sections. Barry is good fun, he has good screen charisma with Natalia and they make a good duo. Overall story and villain felt a little undercookedm and didn't make much impression.

I guess the game was alright, but it did feel very subdued and clipped. Seems to have been treated as a filler installment by Capcom, a shot of RE to the fan's arms to tide them over. Which is fine I suppose, but I hope the next RE game will have a little more meat on the bone.

Just made it into post-game in Star Ocean. The first of 2 files. The 2nd is my main one.

I don't usually consider videogames on my smart(ass)phone as "gaming", but I'm really enjoying Hitman: Sniper at the moment.

Finished Crash Bandicoot 2 yesterday. Getting started on Crash Bandicoot: Warped.

Finished KHOLAT earlier today. What a terrifying game that is.

Finished Crash Bandicoot: Warped. I didn't really feel like 100%ing it(as well as the second one), so I'm just glad I finished it.

Winback: Covert Operations. If I don't get the good ending(I've read that if you take too much time in the game, you'll get the bad ending), I'll just watch it on YouTube and pretend I didn't get the bad ending. ;p

Last night I downloaded and played Batman: Arkham Knight - A Matter of Family, the Batgirl DLC mission.

Was absolutely fantastic. As sweet as it was short (and it was short).

Welp, I'm about to give up on Winback. It stopped being fun about 15 - 20 levels later, and got increasingly frustrating.

Edit: Yeah, I'm done. Just going to watch someone else's playthrough.

Gundam Battle Assault 2. I kinda regret getting the first one from Amazon in the past since it seems...lacking, compared to GBA 2. It's not a bad game by any means, but it's just lacking in terms of content.

Watching a guy called Tyrannicon playing From Software games on Youtube. Its hilariously awesome. The whole point is that he adopts this bizarre deep macho voice, swaggers about with overconfidence but is terrible at the games, and rages hard when he dies (which is all the time).

Its one of the best things I've seen in years. Plus he sings.

Been playing Spyro The Dragon since I never finished it as a kid. Just 120% finished it today.

Got to post-game on the second file on Star Ocean: Till The End Of Time, but there's still a lot of work to do.

Playing lost odyssey again.Lost my saves a bunch, so restarted a lot.Trying to get all the seeds and memories.
At the moment, Xbox live is not giving away anything good, just gears of boredom 3:More shooting aliens.

I started Borderlands the other day as well as Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin.

Desperately trying to get through my Batman mood by starting LEGO Batman 3 - Beyond Gotham on PS Vita while also downloading and starting Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate - Deluxe Edition (damn, that's a long title) on PlayStation3.

Hopefully should have every bat-thing finished by the time Metal Gear Solid V - The Phantom Pain comes out in September.

Played Final Fantasy 6 again on my Vita. Finished it without too much bother - the final battle was a bit hectic for a while, but I prevailed... just. And yeah, it was about the same as I remember it really. Decent game, fun at times, but I still struggle to see why its considered one of *the* great FF games. Its good, but not one of my favorites,

The ending is pretty cool though - I'd completely forgotten what happens during that. The little escapades your character get into as they flee the burning tower are great. Its a shame there wasn't more of that in the actual game, as the scenes were really fun and it was nice to see the characters bantering away in death defying scenarios.

Playing Heavy Rain. Heard good things about it and as it's been in my collection for awhile, thought why not give it a go. So far, its pretty interesting with a dark overall tone. My kind of game.

Still playing Star Ocean: Till the End of Time. Over halfway done at the Maze of Tribulations.

Hatoful Boyfriend on Vita, OK, it's buggy and looks kinda cheap, but still... it's an awesome visual novel. What I can't understand is the size of it, 2GB for game with no videos and voices and only a handful of music tracks...

Been playing War Thunder and Samurai Warriors 3: Empires(just playing on the easiest difficulty so I can unlock the "Gathering of Heroes" scenario if it's in the game. If it isn't, I'll be very disappointed).

I've gotten started on Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare(Dreamcast) with Carnby since I never finished the game. A few of the clues are a bit vague(I had to look some of them up), but I'm making decent progress, so far. I finally reached the library.

I always kind of liked AITD: The New Nightmare. I guess it was a bit rough around the edges, but it was easily the only AITD game that I've ever really cared for (although slapping people across the face with that pallet thing in AITD 2 was always great fun - plus you got to dress up as Santa at one point!)

Playing mass effect 1, which I started yesterday.Been playing on and off some dead island, which does have a good system for making weapons.

I still want to finish baldurs gate 1&2 on pc, and figure out a way to get knights of the old republic to work.Its so old, that it can't run on mun6 year old pc

Playing Castlevania Dracula X Chronicles on my Vita... and oh man, is this game hard!

Just reached an area where I have to fight 3 bosses (at least, maybe there's even more after), back to back. Looks like I'll be pulling an all nighter on this one...

Playing Castlevania Dracula X Chronicles on my Vita... and oh man, is this game hard!

Just reached an area where I have to fight 3 bosses (at least, maybe there's even more after), back to back. Looks like I'll be pulling an all nighter on this one...

I love Dracula X Chronicles. I played it a lot in highschool. :D

Feels more like the game is playing me right now! lol

I mean Christ, I used to be pretty good at the old Castlevania games, but I'm getting whipped (a ha) mercilessly. Fighting Death on the ghost ship level was such a pain, but it sure did feel good when I worked him out and slapped him whilst barely being hit! Punk...

Its a great game, but its *brutally* hard. With the branching levels, and the fact that there are 2 whole games included free as unlockables (one of which is Symphony of the Night!) its fantastic value for money too.

Feels more like the game is playing me right now! lol

I mean Christ, I used to be pretty good at the old Castlevania games, but I'm getting whipped (a ha) mercilessly. Fighting Death on the ghost ship level was such a pain, but it sure did feel good when I worked him out and slapped him whilst barely being hit! Punk...

Its a great game, but its *brutally* hard. With the branching levels, and the fact that there are 2 whole games included free as unlockables (one of which is Symphony of the Night!) its fantastic value for money too.

I saw videos of both castlevania 3 and Dracula castle x rondo of blood which is the one on snes, and I have no idea how you are supposed to kill Dracula.Dracula shoots at you and you have to jump over pits and avoid being knocked into a pit or falling into a pit.Its so ridiculously hectic.I know some people love the impossible game, but I don't know if I would play it.I would probably lose interest, because such ridiculous difficulty just gets tiresome.

Its a cultural thing really - a lot of us grew up playing ridiculously hard platformers from back in the day. This game is hard, but its no Super Mario Bros: The Lost Levels. The only time the game really pushes its luck is when it makes you do pixel perfect jump over death drops, considering you only have a couple of lives before being forced to go back to the start of the level, and checkpoints can be pretty far apart. That can get pretty annoying.

Castlevania has a cult following, but its never really been a sales smash. The hardness of the games were one of its USPs, and some fans only like the really hard ones. That said, 2 of the most loved installments (Super Castlevania 4 and Symphony of the Night) are very easy by the standards of the series. SotN is an RPG, so you can just grind levels if you get stuck on a boss, and Simon Belmont from SC4 is so unbelievably mighty with a fearsome moveset, that he's ever inch the One Man Army that fans regard him as.

Its a cultural thing really - a lot of us grew up playing ridiculously hard platformers from back in the day. This game is hard, but its no Super Mario Bros: The Lost Levels. The only time the game really pushes its luck is when it makes you do pixel perfect jump over death drops, considering you only have a couple of lives before being forced to go back to the start of the level, and checkpoints can be pretty far apart. That can get pretty annoying.

Castlevania has a cult following, but its never really been a sales smash. The hardness of the games were one of its USPs, and some fans only like the really hard ones. That said, 2 of the most loved installments (Super Castlevania 4 and Symphony of the Night) are very easy by the standards of the series. SotN is an RPG, so you can just grind levels if you get stuck on a boss, and Simon Belmont from SC4 is so unbelievably mighty with a fearsome moveset, that he's ever inch the One Man Army that fans regard him as.

I am used to difficult games, as I have beat ninja guiden 1 and 2 without cheating, star tropics was pretty hard as well as the original Mario, castlevania 1, which is legendary for being hellish and I beat double dragon and contra.Both snes contra and nes contra.

I don't mind difficulty, as long as it isn't retarded like karate kid, or silver surfer, where it is next to impossible to beat.

Just finished Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare. I'll get to Aline later. The game also has an awesome credits song, which I didn't expect.