AAA games these days

If you're searching for GOTY there, you're looking in the wrong Place.

GOTY?
Probably Undertale or Divinity - Original Sin Enhanced Edition or maybe Rebel Galaxy.

Seeing what other people thought was GOTY is simply an interesting diversion. And there's no harm in deciding for yourself what the best games (or games) you played this year were. Its all just talking points, and what's a games forum for if not that?

Plus I like lists and ticking things off. Sad but true :D

Frankly, I thought this year sucked. Just like last year, and the year before that. This gen really needs to step it up. In all honesty, my favourite game that I played this year was Castlevania: Dracula X Chronicles and that came out years ago! Only Bloodborne and Stein's Gate really did much of anything for me in terms of new releases.

At least next year looks pretty good. Famous last words lol!

EH.... whet about ECCO THE DOLPHIN? I thought we ALL agreed dat was the game of the year, for every year, ever. You people... :laugh:

Pfft, if I was going to play a Megadrive game, it sure wouldn't Ecco! Not when I could be playing Streets of Rage, Contra, Ghouls and Ghosts or Road Rash to name but a few.

Of course I'd spend most of the time cursing the 3 button controller. I was a Street Fighter 2 master on the SNES, and the Mega Drive expects me to make do with this 'Press Start to alternate between punches and kicks' nonsense?! That crap broke my 300 match undefeated run as Ryu - my mates have never let me live it down...

Pfft, if I was going to play a Megadrive game, it sure wouldn't Ecco! Not when I could be playing Streets of Rage, Contra, Ghouls and Ghosts or Road Rash to name but a few.

Of course I'd spend most of the time cursing the 3 button controller. I was a Street Fighter 2 master on the SNES, and the Mega Drive expects me to make do with this 'Press Start to alternate between punches and kicks' nonsense?! That crap broke my 300 match undefeated run as Ryu - my mates have never let me live it down...

You do know I was half-joking, right, couldn't you tell? I partially agree, Streets of Rage, Contra, etc are all fantastic games. But can't ecco and Sonic live in harmony together? Like, why do you think this (http://liris-san.deviantart.com/art/Sudden-Encounter-Sonic-and-Ecco-330478002) picture was even made? Because both Sonic and ecco are awesome. Can't you see them being in the same universe? I sure can. Jokingly: Ecco the Dolphin (including Tides of Time and Defender of the Future) is THE Game of the Year for ALL years, ever since 1993. Even ecco SONGS OF TIME (http://vgmdb.net/album/353) is my album of the year, for every year, until the rest of time. Seriously though, Ecco The Dolphin (all of them) counts as one of my favorite games of all time (my top ten list here (Thread 17918)). I just think Ecco The Dolphin is awesome as a game and as an idea, I mean, is there ANY other game as cool as this one where you play as a Dolphin? I don't think so! ;) But you have your opinion, and thats totally fine. But remember, ecco, your old friend wishes to sing to you. ;)

Of course I could tell - I was joking too! I was sending up the outrage that Street Fighter 2 fans had at the time when it came out on MD. The diva behaviour from some of the Street Fighter fans I knew was just silly. Sure the controller was annoying, but their rage was overblown. And of course I never had a 300 match winning streak - I was good with Ryu, but I wasn't that good :D

Ecco was a decent game. It was different and that's always a good thing.

Of course I could tell - I was joking too! I was sending up the outrage that Street Fighter 2 fans had at the time when it came out on MD. The diva behaviour from some of the Street Fighter fans I knew was just silly. Sure the controller was annoying, but their rage was overblown. And of course I never had a 300 match winning streak - I was good with Ryu, but I wasn't that good :D

Ecco was a decent game. It was different and that's always a good thing.

Thats awesome dude. :)

EH.... whet about ECCO THE DOLPHIN? I thought we ALL agreed dat was the game of the year, for every year, ever. You people... :laugh:

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Sorry... disagree with you. Never liked Ecco... gameplay or music wise. If we were to talk about which game should be GOTY for musical score, then that honor goes to Castlevania Symphony of the Night. For everything else, Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic... but I digress...

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Downloaded "Jack The Ripper" DLC for Assassin's Creed Syndicate... and it was fun playing as the notorious serial killer (even though it was for a short period of time) and moved on about an hour or so in. Looks pretty good so far.

To the comment about AAA games not being the place to look for GotY... well, why not? I mean, I don't think they are of sufficient quality at the moment, but saying that they never will be is a bit pessimistic even for me!

I refuse to accept that AAA games are inherently inferior to indie games and their supposed credibility. The problem is with the quality of the games this (and the end of the previous) gen are turning out, and the priorities of developers and publishers (i.e playing it safe and endlessly churning out sequels, remasters, spiritual sucessors and remakes etc).

I like (in fact I love) unusual, niche titles al la Killer7, Corpse Party, Danganronpa etc, and those kinds of games aren't AAA or indie. But they are also in very short supply these days, and Stein's Gate was the only title like that this year really. Life is Strange showed promise, but like Walking Dead S1 before it, I loved the first 2 episodes only to be massively underwhelmed by the rest.

Dug Out My old (Dusty) PS2, Found Some Old Games.

Going to Play Destroy All Humans.

GalCiv 3.

O...the time sink.

Zone of the Enders Collection
MGS V

Fallout 4, Final Fantasy VII (PS4 port) and a little bit of Minecraft (PS4 Edition) on console. On mobile, Final Fantasy Record Keeper and Final Fantasy IV.

You're playing all those at once? You're some kind of octopus I take it? :D

Hehe, so the jig is up. I AM ULTROS! Ahem. Nah, I just shuffle between titles roughly once a day. ;p

Ultros strikes me as more of a Dungeon Keeper or Deception man...

On final playthrough of inFAMOUS Second Son... Really enjoyed this game and I like Delsin as a character.

Finished Dynasty Warriors 8: Xtreme Legends - Complete Edition around the afternoon. There are some branching paths I haven't unlocked and I haven't gotten to Other, so I'll do all that when I feel like it.

Played some Halo: MCC, and right now, Until Dawn. I'm only on Chapter 2, and I'm really liking it! Seems pretty interesting, so far.

Last one I finished was the iOS game Framed. Innovative, addicting but very short-lived.

Currently on 1112 episode 3. The story is completely out there and most of the tasks/puzzles are mundane but the artwork and music are top notch, so it's kind of lopsided, quality-wise.

Warframe: The Second Dream.

Screwed around for a while with DEVIL MAY CRY 4 Special Edition, on PS4, as of late; played the vanilla/standard edition on PS3 when it released� Been glad to discover my skills aren't all that rusty (http://imgur.com/OxEt51G).
Tackling whatever secret mission I could while playing as Vergil has been rather fun, but damn, he's way too over-powered. Sadly, I've encountered a few game-breaking bugs which weren't in the original version (bosses randomly turning invincible and the screen randomly going "dark" while playing Bloody Palace, forcing me to quit), but other than that, still think it is a better game than the DmC reboot (latter Definitive Edition included).
Not here to start an argument, I've played (and Platinum'ed) the Reboot, too, I just think DMC4 has a lot more "depth" to it, gameplay-wise.

Xenoblade Chronicles X

I'm playing Diablo 3, and it's quite a lot of fun.

Played some Smash Bros. today. Mainly used Dedede. Got some hilarious KO's and SD's just like every time I use him.

I beat Xenoblade Chronicles X last night too. Man, that game burnt me out. I have 140 hours on it so far. Ending was pretty disappointing too... But it was so much fun to play through.

castlevania sotn on saturn

Been playing different games.

Finished Halo 1 on MCC, completed the Sparrow Racing questline on Destiny, been playing DW8: Empires, and I just finished The Blackwell Legacy.

Once I finish the rest of the Blackwell games, I hope to buy The Blackwell Epiphany.

Earned the Platinum in ZONE OF THE ENDERS: The 2nd Runner HD Edition, time to continue with the previous title.

I beat Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky yesterday, and now I've started Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel.

Just got the platinum for inFAMOUS Second Son, but I loved the whole experience. Delsin's a great protagonist (imho) and the world is fits well within the lore. Really hope Sucker Punch makes another title in this series, or a direct sequel with an older Delsin, Fetch and Eugene (They did with the first two).

Think I'll play some Sleeping Dogs... something a bit different but as a fan of Hong Kong police shows (IE: Jackie Chan's Police Story and such), should be a blast

God am I glad that year is over. I don't think I can take another terrible gaming year. The last 3 years at least have been so unbelievably terrible, practically a barren wasteland with nothing that's interested me. A few gems here and there, but its been hot under that beating games drought sun...

But this year has Persona 5, Mirror's Edge 2, Deus Ex something something, Dark Souls 3, Final Fantasy 15, Mass Effect Andromeda, Dishonored 2, hopefully Ace Attorney 6, a new Fire Emblem game, a new Star Ocean game (which I honestly never thought would happen), No Man's Sky...

Many reasons to be hopeful. So if we get to the end of this year and it sucked, then I'm going to take a crash course in games development and start making my own damn games. They'll be awful, but they can't be any worse than what we're getting! So Games Industry, if you want to avoid the horror of having a completely untutored games hobbyist hack churning out material, then get your damn fingers out and MAKE SOME GOOD FRICKING GAMES!!!!

God am I glad that year is over. I don't think I can take another terrible gaming year. The last 3 years at least have been so unbelievably terrible, practically a barren wasteland with nothing that's interested me. A few gems here and there, but its been hot under that beating games drought sun...

But this year has Persona 5, Mirror's Edge 2, Deus Ex something something, Dark Souls 3, Final Fantasy 15, Mass Effect Andromeda, Dishonored 2, hopefully Ace Attorney 6, a new Fire Emblem game, a new Star Ocean game (which I honestly never thought would happen), No Man's Sky...

Many reasons to be hopeful. So if we get to the end of this year and it sucked, then I'm going to take a crash course in games development and start making my own damn games. They'll be awful, but they can't be any worse than what we're getting! So Games Industry, if you want to avoid the horror of having a completely untutored games hobbyist hack churning out material, then get your damn fingers out and MAKE SOME GOOD FRICKING GAMES!!!!

If if doesn't turn out to be a good year for games, just replay older ones. About 98.5% of gaming I do is replaying games I love.

mass effect. cant get past benezia in that ice planet lab.

Tales From the Borderlands

I hear you Clonemaster and I do that, but I've doing it for 3 years now! There's been hardly anything in the last 3 years that I care about. I just want something new to really grab me, and preferably I would like lots of games to do that!

And Rok, Benezia is much easier if you wear light armour to give you Biotic defence (so you're not getting floored all the time by her Commandos with Throw), and use either Sniper rifles or Assault Rifles to take out the Geth Rocket and Sniper guys. If in doubt, just lob grenades into the Geth.

Finished the Halo MCC a few hours ago(haven't started ODST since it's a spin-off. I can always play it later). Going to get started on Halo 5: Guardians.

Rebel Galaxy

Finally was able to get a PS1 emulator to work on El Capitan!!!

I also have that game on my collection to emulate and have played a bit of it. :3 Plays great with my PS4 controller, should get to it sometime fully. ^^

Is there a problem with your brightness or emulation?

No, I don't think so, why?

And YES, please play this game, it is amazing!

I'm 45 hours into Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel, and I think I'm only about halfway... Not sure how many chapters there are, but this is definitely a very slow-paced game with a shitload of dialogue.

No, I don't think so, why?

And YES, please play this game, it is amazing!

I dunno, something about the look of the picture quality of the emulation, seems different than mine, maybe it's just the compression of the screencap maybe.

I have played a bit of it, I just haven't got to fully play and complete it :p

Finished Halo 5 yesterday, and played a tiny bit of the multiplayer(it was a lot of fun!).

Black Ops 3

@DoDoRay9000 : The SP is garbage for Black Ops 3... and the MP not as polished as Advanced Warfare's. Here's hoping that Infinity Ward's installment this year is better.

@Topic : Just started Uncharted: Drake's Fortune of the Uncharted The Nathan Drake Collection. Trailer for Uncharted 4: A Thief's End looks' interesting, so thought I'd give the first three a chance.

I actually liked the campaign of Black Ops 3(finished it two days ago). It's no Black Ops 1 or 2, but it was good. Story got(interestingly)bizarre at some point, though. I do agree on the multiplayer, however. The hit detection is really messed up.

Also finished Until Dawn two days ago, and wow, what a crazy game(well, "interactive movie" to be precise :p). This is one of those games that's so good, you'd never want to get rid of it, imo. Sadly, only 3(Sam, Chris, and Jessica)survived based on the choices I made.

Currently on Lethal Skies: Elite Pilot Team SW, but I'm gonna be all over the place playing different games on different platforms lol

I actually liked the campaign of Black Ops 3(finished it two days ago). It's no Black Ops 1 or 2, but it was good. Story got(interestingly)bizarre at some point, though. I do agree on the multiplayer, however. The hit detection is really messed up.

To me... the SP was far too cliche... using standard sci fi plots to get through things...

Main one for me... being that it didn't happen... that your character died to their wounds they received in the first mission on the operating table before the second mission began. It was all a piss poor excuse imo for a campaign that didn't allow one to get to know the characters at all... as the simulation we played through with our character had different versions from what the characters really were.

At least Advanced Warfare did things right SP wise and MP (even though they had to add Gun Game via patch >.<) and as much griping/complaints as there was about Ghosts, it did work. Black Ops III failed, for me, across the board.

Ah, how could you let Iron Mike die, Dodo? His 80's Bruce Willis vest of macho power should have protected him lol! But yeah, Until Dawn was a great little game. Definitely the best of these sort of Interactive movie style games that I've played.

took a break from SOTN (i want to enjoy it). plugged my dreamcast and interchangeably playing evolution and carrier.

Went back to DEVIL MAY CRY 4 Special Edition after some time on Black Ops Ⅲ's Multiplayer. Trying to beat Bloody Palace with Trish, keep reaching floor #85 and then the two Blitz gangbang me; I play way better with Vergil (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbXaQ3s5sx0).

Playing Zero Wing on Kega Fusion, a Sega Genesis Emulator...



It's a pretty decent Shmup actually, nothing mindblowing but servicable.

Finished Mass Effect 2 on Insanity. Not too bad in the end - took a soldier for the extra HP, bullet time, full range of weapons and ammo etc. Found that I had an answer to every situation. Glad to finally have this monkey off my back.

Ah, how could you let Iron Mike die, Dodo? His 80's Bruce Willis vest of macho power should have protected him lol! But yeah, Until Dawn was a great little game. Definitely the best of these sort of Interactive movie style games that I've played.

Yeah, it was my fault, I jumped the gun with his plan and got him and Emily killed lol.

Trying to focus on finishing Twilight Princess(Gamecube version)since I put it off for like 3 years lol(last save was from 2013).

I only lost Matt on my first try, but that was such a brutal death that it had me down for the rest of the game! I was quite annoyed really, as his death is very hard to predict and avoid, but I saved them all on my 2nd try.

Dr Hill steals the show in that game. Every section with him in it is 100% awesome :D

Star Wars: Battlefront

Civ5

Still playing Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold steel... I'm almost at 90 hours.
Dammit, I need something shorter after this and Xenoblade X. Much shorter.

Mass effect 2 on normal I have no idea what I'm doing.Im trying to find talizora to add her to my team and to romance her.I. Have a fear of accidentally romancing kasumi or the woman in white.im really annoyed by the fact there is so limited weapons and upgrades since the game seems a heck of a lot harder than mass effect 1.Im playing on normal by the way.

Today has been devoted almost completely to gaming. Earned the Platinum in DEVIL MAY CRY 4 Special Edition; trophies I've struggled the most with were those goddamn ones requiring you to "SSS-Combo-Kill" the bosses on Son of Sparda (or higher) difficulty.

Just finished Twilight Princess, finally. Another great Zelda game :).

Some Warthunder and I'll maybe finish AGON The Mysterious Codex.

saint seiya sanctuary battle

Yaiba - Ninja Gaiden Z

Its.... not very good...

A lot of wasted Potential.

Minecraft and more Diablo 3 since my controller for my PS3 isn't working and won't charge.It was lain on the bed and wouldn't charge.

microsoft gifted deus EX, so im playing that, finally. sadly, this means i wont be getting the wii u edition. at least not in the near future

Red Dead Redemption

Currently on King's Field. Died a few times, but I'm getting used to how things work. I'm really enjoying it.

Mass effect 1 going to replay mas effect 2 to see what effects loading a save file from mass effect 1 on mas effect 2 does.

@Nostalgia gamer : Go to Mass Effect Save File Transfer list (http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/Save_File_Transfer), for a listing of choices etc from a ME1 save file transfer to ME2.

@topic: Playing a bit of FFXIV (toning down my play time with this bugbear) as well as a ME Trilogy playthrough... just felt like playing ME again...

I wouldn't bother about the ME1 choices thing. Most don't have any impact at all until ME3. And saying they have impact there would be exceedingly generous. It really doesn't make any difference - Bioware have never nailed this stuff right. Dragon Age Inquisition was a particularly stark reminder of that. They got everyone all hot and bothered over not being able to transfer save files, created a whole website dedicated to covering all the choices from the previous games... and then none of it mattered *at all* in Inquisition, making it the biggest waste of time ever.

On topic: I'm playing... nothing. AGAIN! When is this generation going to start putting out good games, for God's Sake?!

playing:
Age of Mythology: Extended Edition
http://store.steampowered.com/app/266840/

While waiting for them to release the "Tale of the Dragon" DLC.
Waiting desperately for it.

I love AoEIIHD, but come on, this is all myth units.
It's the second best mythological RTS game, right after the The Lord of the Rings: Battle For Middle Earth series.

Mad Max

Now my favourite game of all time. I've completed the main storyline, I just need to do all the sidequests and minigames.

CS 1.6, lol

Sora

Playing through Grim Fandango Remastered on PS4, taking a nice trip down memory lane.

playing:
Age of Mythology: Extended Edition
http://store.steampowered.com/app/266840/

While waiting for them to release the "Tale of the Dragon" DLC.
Waiting desperately for it.

What... why have I not heard of this? As soon as I'm able, I'll definitely be picking that up.

Currently playing Bayonetta 2.

Done with Grim Fandango Remastered.



Will probably buy FINAL FANTASY Ⅶ and get started on that in a few days.

ARK: Survival Evolved

Yeah, I platinumed Grim Fandango too. Great little game - they don't make em like they used to...

Yeah, I platinumed Grim Fandango too. Great little game - they don't make em like they used to...
I've been amazed to discover they also preserved the bugs which plagued the original 1998 game: interacting with the "Snow-Grinder" in a certain way causing crashes/inventory to act up, the crane not lowering/raising, or the screen switching and getting "frozen" on that kind of world-map view, when you attempt to leave the area with the lever just before the crane (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1XKRCNBgAc). Aside from that, the new 3D models and lighting effects were nice.

Oh, well… I'm still extremely glad this little gem is once more available "legally" and can be enjoyed without much hassle, the original game is a pain to run.

re0

Started Ratchet & Clank today.

Yeah, I know all about that damned snow grinder bug! I couldn't remember exactly what the problem was, but I did remember that there was a bug there. So I saved as soon as I got into that screen!

Great game, but I still think the last couple of chapters run out of steam a bit. It was sort of a victim of its own success - the first 2 chapters are so great, that it was probably inevitable that it had to dip eventually. Still, I had a wonderful time playing it again, and I'm really looking forward to the Full Throttle remaster.

Witcher III..

A bit late to the party.

Finished King's Field around the afternoon. Getting started on Jak II.

Isn't King's Field the precursor to the Souls games? Is it any good?

Yeah, I know all about that damned snow grinder bug! I couldn't remember exactly what the problem was, but I did remember that there was a bug there. So I saved as soon as I got into that screen!
Haha! I saved there, too. The way I triggered that bug was by interacting with the snow-grinder without putting the Bone Arm first: I've seen Manny pick up the snow-grinder and put it down immediately afterwards (and I didn't press the "pick item up" button), then, I tried to access the inventory and the game locked up on that screen… Good thing it was a soft freeze and I could still close the application normally.

Yesterday I went to my trusty store, because I wanted to buy Resident Evil Origins Collection (retail release with both Resident Evil 0+Resident Evil -Rebirth/REmake HD Remasters), I left empty-handed but I was still happy, the guy had sold all his copies… Fun fact is that the retail release landed in stores yesterday. Good to see there are still folks fond of the RE o' old, or those who want to give those games a try.

Played Dying Light for a bit, earlier, I think it's a rather fun game, but it risks to become boring soon.

I played both on the Cube, which makes me part of a relatively small circle i guess.

Shame too, because i think Zero is a great, and REmaster a superb Game.
That Gamecube Exclusive Deal backfired pretty badly.

Nice to see them getting the Recognition they deserve, REmaster figureatively makes me shit my Pants,
that Game is nervewracking for me to say the least. Damn Crimsonheads.

I think Capcom got at least one Message, Classic Survival Horror is still in Demand.

Will they be able to turn their Ship around ?



But i'll wait for the Resident Evil 2 Remake before i say aye or nay.

Bonus Round

Favourite RE Games sorted by personal preference :

Resident Evil 2
Resident Evil 4
Resident Evil Remastered
Resident Evil Code Veronica X
Resident Evil Zero
Resident Evil Director's Cut
Resident Evil 6
Resident Evil 3
Resident Evil 5

Darkside Chronicles was ok, Umbrella Chronicles was really nice, haven't played Outbreak or Operation Raccoon City.

I played extensively the REmake on the Cube, also, Zero… Not that much, I grew bored by it, back in the day, I hope I can "stomach" it now.
Crimson Heads are a wonderful gameplay mechachic/element, from my point of view, I tend to think of them as "bastard teachers": aside from a few scripted encounters, if memory serves me correctly, you can go through the whole game without seeing Crimson folks, not to mention that Hunters take their place once you go back to the Mansion. They're in the game not only to screw up with the folks who played the original version and think the REmake is going to be a breeze for them, but also to hopefully drill (or should I say "claw") a few things in the player's skull:
1) You are not supposed to stupidly gun down every zombie you see. Learn to avoid them;
2) If you feel you have to kill, make those damn bullets count ;
3) Don't waste time burning zombies, unless you can toast 3-4 of them at the same time, fuel gets to be an obstacle. Ammo conservation isn't a problem, early on, you can spend a few shotty shells.


My favourite game will always be [B]Resident Evil 2, then come CODE: Veronica X, Outbreak Files #1/#2, 3: Nemesis, Survivor/Gun Survivor, 6, 5, 4 (this gets to be the last and shittiest Resident Evil because, despite having solid game-mechanics, it "made way" for 5+6 and killed the saga).

Isn't King's Field the precursor to the Souls games? Is it any good?

Imo, yes. It's pretty easy to get into if you played any of the Souls games. Though, I'm honestly glad they didn't bring over the ACTUAL first King's Field since the King's Field we got was King's Field 2. It felt too confusing to get around in the the first one. Navigation was pretty straightforward in King's Field 2 like in Demon's Souls and up.

I've never been much of a fan of Resident Evil 0. The train bit at the start is great, and I like Rebecca and Billy, but after the train crashes, the game just kind of sucks. The inventory system is terrible, I really don't care for the 'Island of Dr Moreau' enemies (just lots of mutant animals), and the whole concept of leeches that can merge together and become humans is ludicrous even by the standards of the series. Plus, except for one pretty awesome flashback scene from Billy's past, the plot and characterization basically stop after the train.

And, as I've said many times the events that it insists happened before RE1 are entirely unlikely. Both in terms of how Rebecca is in RE1 and because the geographical layout of the areas they visit makes no sense. They pass through areas that are in RE2, so its actually in (or under) Raccoon City, but at the end they are right outside Spencer's Mansion which is far out in the surrounding mountains, such that it took STARS a while to fly there by chopper. They start near there, go on a high speed train jounrey away from that location, end up under Raccoon city and then somehow get all the way back out into the mountains?!

And the idea that they defeated a Tyrant which just happened to be there and wandering about, when retrieving the lone sample from the Mansion was the whole reason that the traitor set up the Mansion incident in the first place, makes no sense to me.

What... why have I not heard of this? As soon as I'm able, I'll definitely be picking that up.

Currently playing Bayonetta 2.

Still a lot of time before it's actually out.
They haven't announced a street date yet.

I'm hoping before Q1 of 2016 is finished.

I'm at the piggy mission and just destroying what I can before I turn back to normal.
(http://imgur.com/comGUYn)

Returned to the PS3, in order to play some ZONE OF THE ENDERS, I've already got the Platinum of the second one, I'd like to finish at least the main storyline of the first chapter, but I find myself getting bored/annoyed by it: a mixture of not-so-good Italian translation+slow-paced fights isn't helping.

I liked ZoE, I was hoping they'd revive/reboot the series one day but.... Well, Konami.

Just finished episode 2 of Life is Strange, and shit's getting real. I love this game already.

I've just beat E.X. Troopers last week and now working my way through NG+. I'd also like to try the online co-op and versus modes, but the servers are pretty empty now. Does anyone else have the game?

I liked ZoE, I was hoping they'd revive/reboot the series one day but.... Well, Konami.

Just finished episode 2 of Life is Strange, and shit's getting real. I love this game already.
I also like the franchise and I'm still hoping it won't be left to rot. That being said, I guess I can't appreciate the title starring Leo as I should because I've played "THE 2ND RUNNER" first; the sequel does a (lot) better job at delivering High Speed Robot Action, not to mention that you get the feeling JEHUTY is a kickass Orbital Frame right from the start.

I didn't play today, but I have placed an order for Resident Evil Origins Collection, soon I'll get to party again with my friends Crimson Heads.

I probably wouldn't hold my breath on that - the West never really cares about Robots in action games. Look at how lukewarm the reaction was to Vanquish. That was one of the best action games of the last gen, and hardly anyone's played it! Its criminal...

You're right, but it doesn't hurt too much to hope. Well, finished the story of ZOE: the last bit has been completely disappointing, was hoping the ANUBIS could actually "kill" you, but after a certain amount of damage health doesn't deplete any more. So much for that thing being the superior frame (at the "time"), I can't stand this kind of mandatory crap.

As someone who has been hoping for a sequel to Hotel Dusk and Last Window, I can assure you it *does* hurt to hope! :D

Grand Theft Auto San Andeas (PS3). Taking a break from my PS4 to have a blast with this... lot of fun memories from the PS2 version and the voicecast in this is excellent.

Grand Theft Auto San Andeas (PS3). Taking a break from my PS4 to have a blast with this... lot of fun memories from the PS2 version and the voicecast in this is excellent.

Boyz n the Hood straight up.

Finally finished Armored Core: Verdict Day. Got ridiculously difficult later on(like in Armored Core V)and I had to look up a AC build to fight the final boss. I guess the NEXTs in the previous installments spoiled me.

Warthunder

Life is Strange is now in my top 10 favorite games of all time. I absolutely loved it.

Playing a bit of Hyrule Warriors to pass time before my MGS4 comes in the mail.

Life is Strange was great for the first 2 episodes, but the others... eh. And the ending makes everything feel like a huge waste of time IMO.

Azle will be happy to hear this:

ARK!

Had to close it and do an integrity check though.
I remember, this game gets quite a few broken files every now and then re-checks are need often.

Installed to SSD so don't know why it breaks. Maybe download corruption from their server?

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Wow. reading in the Steam community, everyone with SSD has problems with file integrity.

No one knows but just says everyone's SSD's is failing.
Really don't think that's the case.

SSD's are designed to operate with severe file fragmentation.
A lot of defragmentors don't allow defragging of SSD's as it lowers SSD lifespan.

I'll blame it on EA.
This game has multiple issues of its own for being EA.

Wow. reading in the Steam community, everyone with SSD has problems with file integrity.

No one knows but just says everyone's SSD's is failing.
Really don't think that's the case.

SSD's are designed to operate with severe file fragmentation.
A lot of defragmentors don't allow defragging of SSD's as it lowers SSD lifespan.

I'll blame it on EA.
This game has multiple issues of its own for being EA.

EA? Yeah...

-My wishful message to EA:

Get back on Medal of Honor, no modern bullshit, bring it back to World War II.

-End of wishful message.

EA? Yeah...

-My wishful message to EA:

Get back on Medal of Honor, no modern bullshit, bring it back to World War II.

-End of wishful message.

EA = Early Access :laugh:

Steam has a lot of them. Mostly games that will stay "EA" (alpha/beta) forever.
It's a good market to earn money and keep people's hopes up.

The biggest problem with Early Access games is that they are more likely to include new things to updates rather than bugfixes.
Kids that play games have little patience, so once they play a game for 30min, they know everything and want new features added. :notgood:

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also, on the note of Electronic Arts:


They should reboot the Command & Conquer franchise to give it a more Westwood feel.
I've played Generals and stuff plenty.

Life is Strange was great for the first 2 episodes, but the others... eh. And the ending makes everything feel like a huge waste of time IMO.

I see a lot of people say that, but I didn't feel that way at all. Maybe it's because I didn't wait months for it lol...

Currently playing Metal Gear Solid 4 and Child of Eden, A.K.A. seizure simulator.

I just feel like that ending was a choice between 2 utterly unacceptable bad endings.

The game is sending out a very bad message by doing this - Its effectively saying that life is so s**t and unfair, that even if someone had superpowers (pretty much the ultimate superpower because we're talking about time manipulation), and were a genuinely decent person who tried their best to help, who learned their lesson when they unwittingly abused that power and corrected it, and just generally tried their absolute best to help people... That life is SO miserable, that even with all of that being true, there is still no way to resolve things in anything like a satisfactory way. Because in both endings, everyone is left crushed and unhappy, assuming they are alive at all!

The characters didn't ask for this power, they tried their best, and nobody can say that they didn't suffer over and over and over again along the way. And then the game just slaps you in the face and says 'Its all your fault - choose your bad ending' ?! Forget that! There should have been a third ending where Max refuses to make that choice, because it is no choice. She should have just screamed into that hurricane that if this is the best life has for peopke who have tried and suffered then life should just go ahead and do what its going to do. Because who wants to live in a world as sh**ty as that?

It can't just be doom and gloom and failure all the time. If life was really as awful as that, even if people had super powers and were of genuine good heart and intention, then we'd all slit our throats rather than bother forcing ourselves through another terrible day of pointless suffering. Yes, there has to be a price of suffering, no the Good guys cannot always have their way. But if they don't win in the end, if its still a conditional ending where they lose more than they gain, then what the hell message is this game giving us?

Life is bad enough in reality, without fiction adding to the misery. A dose of hard reality adds credibility to a story, but making you choose which Downer Ending you get after all that struggle, is just an insult.

You should play Stein's Gate - it does basically the same thing as this game's narrative, except it does it a whole lot better (and I already think LIS is pretty damn good, just so we're clear). It has the same kind of choice at the end, that the hero just refuses to make because its an impossible and cruel choice. But the game has the sense to know that if you have played in a certain way and demonstrated that you deserve a way out of this, that life is not so utterly heartless and heedless of our suffering that it will let it end like this. Its awesome, and its how LIS should have handled its ending.

Playing Halo 3: ODST.

Campaign, not multiplayer. I only play multiplayer on the computer, I'm WAY a better with a mouse and keyboard than with a controller. :p

We can make a separate thread for Life is Strange discussion if you want, but for now, you should probably spoiler-tag that.

Trying to finish the Hyrule Warriors DLC. This crap is so time-consuming...

Pokemon Shuffle.

I don't consider LIS's plot worth going into too heavily - like I said, it had great potential, but they blew it completely IMO.

Halo 2

Having fun watching my partner play through the Resident Evil REmake: she pretty much killed every zombie she came across, but she didn't burn them. At least she scored a few headshots, but I can't wait for her reaction when the first Crimson Head suddenly shots up. I suppose I could have warned her about those things, but damn… I made the same mistake the first time around; it's my turn to see someone have a heart attack. :laugh:
I bet she'll start from scratch, navigating the Mansion's going to be a nightmare pretty soon for the poor thing.

Slime Rancher.

Eh, the crimson heads aren't that big a deal though - its just a shock the first couple of times it happens. They go down easy enough to shotguns. The Hunters are far more dangerous.

Eh, the crimson heads aren't that big a deal though - its just a shock the first couple of times it happens. They go down easy enough to shotguns. The Hunters are far more dangerous.
The Hunters are pushovers in the REmake, don't have any weapon equipped and Jill is fast enough to dodge/outrun them, with Chris there's no contest at all; what often works against you is the level design. That's your worst enemy.
Crimson Heads could prove to be problematic, especially on the earlier stages of the game, I've witnessed a few Crimson take three Shotgun shells, prior to dying.

Yes, but a blast usually stuns them long enough to run past. You basically play a little bullfighting game with them, baiting them close, hitting them and nipping off, then repeating. Obviously its better to just burn zombies unless they are in a room you don't think you'll need to return to. There is actually a lot of kerosene about, enough to burn a lot of zombies if you're careful about where you do it. Some areas like corridors don't need to be visited again, because the areas beyond can be reached by different corridors etc.

But telling people to dodge enemies (particularly Hunters) is dangerous and its where most new gamers get into the most trouble. They think ammo will be so scarce and that they have to dodge enemies to conserve it. But whilst they might work most of the time, they inevitably end up getting hit now and then. The cost of some ammo used to kill the enemies for good far outweighs the slow cost of herbs and the stress on gamers trying to dodge with the awkward controls and camera angles (which are made in that way for that very purpose).

Basically people are overthinking things - just kill all the enemies by the most efficient means. Guns and knives on zombies, shotguns on dogs, Crimson heads and groups of zombies who mob you, Acid rounds and Magnum rounds on Hunters and bosses, Flame Rounds on spiders and plants.There is plenty of ammo if you just use it on the right enemies and don't waste the wrong ammo on the wrong enemies. Acid round and magnum rounds are precious, but too many people are so scared of wasting them that they never use them! True, they have lots of rounds for the bosses, but you don't need that many! Its far better to take out the Hunters (a single magnum round at close range will usually kill them for example, or at least set them up for a quick follow up shotgun blast).

I never dodge enemies, and I always have more ammo than I could possibly use at the end of the game. The only times I'll leave enemies alive is when they are in dead end rooms, where you can just grab the items and never come back to the room ever again.

The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel

You know, I was thinking of giving that a try too. Not sure yet...

Has a interesting combat system and the story seems good (haven't gotten that far in yet). The character designs are nice and the music fits. I have to admit, I'm starting to like NIS America for the games they bring out.

Nippon Ichi have always been a good source of bizarre Japanese fun :D

I've played Trails of Cold Steel and I'd recommend it. Very long game with a lot of dialogue, but enjoyable.
Instructor Sara is awesome. Just sayin'


I don't consider LIS's plot worth going into too heavily

Says the one who wrote a 5-paragraph essay about why you didn't like the ending. :P


Started Final Fantasy VII yesterday. Yeah, it's my first time.

Yes, but a blast usually stuns them long enough to run past. You basically play a little bullfighting game with them, baiting them close, hitting them and nipping off, then repeating. Obviously its better to just burn zombies unless they are in a room you don't think you'll need to return to. There is actually a lot of kerosene about, enough to burn a lot of zombies if you're careful about where you do it. Some areas like corridors don't need to be visited again, because the areas beyond can be reached by different corridors etc.

But telling people to dodge enemies (particularly Hunters) is dangerous and its where most new gamers get into the most trouble. They think ammo will be so scarce and that they have to dodge enemies to conserve it. But whilst they might work most of the time, they inevitably end up getting hit now and then. The cost of some ammo used to kill the enemies for good far outweighs the slow cost of herbs and the stress on gamers trying to dodge with the awkward controls and camera angles (which are made in that way for that very purpose).

Basically people are overthinking things - just kill all the enemies by the most efficient means. Guns and knives on zombies, shotguns on dogs, Crimson heads and groups of zombies who mob you, Acid rounds and Magnum rounds on Hunters and bosses, Flame Rounds on spiders and plants.There is plenty of ammo if you just use it on the right enemies and don't waste the wrong ammo on the wrong enemies. Acid round and magnum rounds are precious, but too many people are so scared of wasting them that they never use them! True, they have lots of rounds for the bosses, but you don't need that many! Its far better to take out the Hunters (a single magnum round at close range will usually kill them for example, or at least set them up for a quick follow up shotgun blast).

I never dodge enemies, and I always have more ammo than I could possibly use at the end of the game. The only times I'll leave enemies alive is when they are in dead end rooms, where you can just grab the items and never come back to the room ever again.

Let me guess :

Hiking-The Destination can be reached rather comfortably.

Tales of graces (ps 3) and story of seasons (3ds)

Finished Dynasty Warriors Gundam 2 story missions with the characters I've unlocked, I don't care enough to unlock the rest, considering that the game literally has no plot, which makes DWG 2 not as good as DWG 1 imo. Thankfully, DWG 3(need to finish that, too) is much better and DWG Reborn will probably just as good, too.

Warthunder

Playing mass effect 2 and I took a break yesterday played sacred citadel.Sacred citadel sucks and can't score 6666 on first level if my life depended on it.I keep getting interrupted.today I played Diablo 3 on my monk.Monks are a lot of fun with their bell strike and the kicks.I love devastating groups of enemies, but getting enough energy to use it on hard is problematic as being swarmed on harder difficulty=death.Even bosses themselves getting close will massacre you.Wish I could find more friends to play this game.Im lucky to find 1 person let alone 3 or more.Its so much more fun with a group of people.My wizard is level 70 now and I'm not sure if I can get infinite paragon points or if there is a limited amount.

Btw I'm on 360 version of Diablo 3 and PS3 version of mass effect trilogy.

Star Magician: If you don't want to read a proper explanation of why I feel how I do, then don't. Contrary to modern belief, some topics need more 12 words for a proper answer. You said it was in your top 10 of all time. I figured if I was going to challenge that, Should have I just said 'Because it sucks' and pretended I hated everything about it?

And Manray - are you for real? I shouldn't respond to such cheap accusations, but for the record, I've completed every mode of RE. I played it religiously on the Gamecube. Hard, Real Survivor, Invisible Enemy etc. The principle is always the same - use your ammo wisely, but use it! Try to dodge everything and you just make things needlessly complicated. This approach works in RE1 and 2 (and obviously all the later more action oriented games). Its much harder in Code Veronica and RE3, because enemies are more plentiful and refresh more often. A little common sense goes a long way - and of course practice makes perfect.

My partner is in the tunnels [map has the area called Garden B1, well, that's the literal Italian->English translation, sorry if it isn't accurate) about to encounter Miss Trevor for the second time.

Vrykolas, there are multiple ways to complete the Survival Horror Resident Evil(s): while anyone with a decent/good enough knowledge of the games can tell you that yes, they are loaded with ammo and it's absolutely possible to kill everything you come across and have stuff left, one can just as easily learn to dodge enemies:

- Learn enemy-placement. By that I mean stuff like which zombie is a "Sleeper" (standing still until you approach him/her) and also where he appears once you re-enter the room.

- Learn to deal with enemies accordingly. You can always trick a zombie by tapping forward and back in rapid succession until he/she lounges at you… And misses! In the precious seconds the foe's wondering just why he/she didn't get a tasty meal, you swerve to the side and leave (this a trick which works in every Survival Horror RE, REmake included). Another example: a Licker in RE2 matches the running-speed of both Leon and Claire at Fine [Green] condition (Ada Wong manages to slightly outrun them, but she's the fastest character in that game), but you should know the trick to dealing with them: walking. Yes, walking. You can actually avoid to "trigger" a few Lickers by walking around them, they rely on sound, after all.

Ultimately, it depends on how you plan to play the game and what you get good at. You define dodging enemies needlessly complicated, I think the same of the "use weapons/ammo wisely" method, why? I've no problems telling you: while I'll always say that the way you "fight back" in the Survival Horror titles works, I find it to be serviceable, at best; when I'm wasting time shooting an enemy another one might score a hit on me, not to mention all the detours I might have to take to collect ammo/etcetera. I suppose you can call me a speedrunner, as far as RE is concerned: I "Speedy Gonzales" all the way, avoiding any unnecessary fight and taking with me just what I need to survive. Fighting back = Time wasted.

Leon that isn't always true on resident evil.In code Veronica, you run out of ammo fast if you shoot down every zombie.On the other hand:You can knife down dogs if you are good enough or just dodge them, since that is probably better.I am actually getting good at dodging in re code Veronica, and I even managed to learn a trick with dodging the Bandersnatches by going on their short arm and running past them.Hunters are really hard to dodge, even if you know the way they work.You are better off killing them with a shotgun.I beat re code Veronica without cheating and died a few times getting past escaping the first island with Chris.Resident evil Nemesis is also really hard too.I learned that handguns with crit works really well on nemesis as well as cryo rounds for the grenade launcher.In re1 there is enough ammo to kill every zombie in the game on ps1.Not sure about the remake.

You may find dodging easier, but I contend that if you asked a random gamer which he found easier - dodging enemies using tank controls in fixed camera angles, or standing still and shooting them, I think I know which they would say is easier. People try to dodge not because they think its easier, but because they are scared of wasting ammo. Because people tell them ammo is scarce and they should conserve it. Use it wisely sure, but not using it at all?! Its the same mentality as when people hoard consumable items in any games - they are too scared to use them early on, get comfortable surviving without using them and then end up with thousands of them by the end. They still win, but they made things much harder on themselves than they needed to be.

I can dodge enemies - I've been playing RE for decades. But then I think why bother when I could just shoot them here and now and have done with it? It'll take seconds and I won't have to worry about them ever again. Later RE games have more boss encounters, and the zombies appear in much larger mobs (and they can even semi run in games like RE3, though its more of a fast shuffle really). Coupled with frequent refresh rates on new enemies, its much harder in those games to blast through every encounter, and saving powerful ammo is more important. RE3 encourages less aggressive play, as it adds in actual dodging mechanics, makes ammo harder to come by and puts in *tons* of enemies.

But in RE1, you rarely encounter large numbers of zombies (its fairly rare to even face 3 at once), and there are only 2 boss encounters where you need the really good weapons (because many of the bosses can be weakened or don't actually have to be attacked - only the 2nd fight against the Snake and the Tyrant require a good arsenal to defeat). Plus it made Invisible Enemy mode a lot easier, because I knew where the enemies started, what their usual route to you is, and what weapons work best against them. The little shadow on the floor gives their position away sure (not a full shadow, but there's always some slight discoloration if you look closely where the enemies are standing).

In Code Veronica, life is much easier if you take advantage of the split aiming ability of some weapons, and again assign your weapons to the right enemies. A single bullet puts down a dog, leaving it wide open to stunlock and kill with the knife. Single zombies can be baited as LSK says, and then knifed. The long arm dudes go down easily to fire arrows, and as NG says its more trouble than its worth trying to dodge Hunters when you can just kill them.

You'll obviously do what works for you. But I've been playing these for years, and my method works great for me. Dodging is something you should consider if killing the enemies is a pointless waste of ammo (i.e you never intend to come back to the screen again), but otherwise... well why even have ammo and weapons, if you're never using them? Your guys are Special Forces, not some Japanese schoolgirls with flashlights! :D

Thing is that I'm not saying don't use any ammo, because in tight corridors you have to, to get rid of zombies.There is simply no room to dodge, but if you can avoid large groups of zombies and not waste ammo, do it.Re3 is also a pain in the ass when dealing with nemesis because he eats up so much ammo.

I've started playing RE with 2 in 1998, then I "worked" my way through every other chapter. I've been playing the saga for years, too. I do take advantage of a few nifty tricks like aiming the shotgun up to improve chances of scoring a headshot against zombies, but with each chapter they "nerfed" that; heck, in REmake you have a 70/80% chance of blowing a head off and that with the zombie rather close to you.
Nowadays' random gamers aren't likely to bother with Classic RE that long, Call of Duty brain-fucked 'em way beyond repair. I have enough knowledge of the saga that I can safely admit most first-timers (and I do stress the term) would struggle with a RE played on its Standard difficulty: starting with RE4 every collectable item/ is flashing in plain sight, players weren't that lucky with the older entries, you should know just as well as I do that CAPCOM liked to hide quite a few healing items/ammunition "within" elements of the pre-rendered backgrounds; pair these design choices with the limited knowledge a first-timer has and tell me again how well shooting everything works. True, the "magic" will most likely last only through the first run, but the games do a good enough job at instilling in you the thought that maybe, just maybe, you shouldn't waste ammo. For God's sake, they're Survival Horrors, they revolve around tactical management of resources, having you wonder if you're geared well enough to face whatever may come next. Games loved to screw with you like that, keep you second-guess your ever move: could you afford to kill enemies in area X? Will you ned to go through that room/alley multiple times, or you're just going to waste ammo?
I'd dare to say you and I know valid fundamentals of playing RE, but a random gamer starting REmake or even 2 on Normal? I've my money on him/her ending up screwed soon enough and rightly so.

True enough Leon.When I first played code Veronica I tried to save up as much ammo as possible and nearly screwed myself over and ended up quitting for some time, because I was at the end of the island with Chris and ended up dying because I had plenty of ammo but no herbs.Well I actually started using ammo in the Arctic part and made it to medicine and finally won the game.

I'm also used to playing silent hill and God is silent hill 3 hard to dodge in.Pendulums overall are just a nightmare to dodge, and if you try to kill them with anything but a shotgun, they get faster and beat on you more.Re1 was pretty hard to dodge in the first place since you had so little room.I haven't beaten re3 yet or re2.I did beat re4 on the hardest difficulty though and it wasn't that hard compared to trying to get the rocket launcher in code Veronica, cause that is hard.

I'm not a fan of fps games much either.I don't play call of duty or modern warfare or any of those. Gears of war.

The Witness

My point was that you're only wasting ammo, if you aren't using it sensibly. Simply using ammo in areas where it is advantagous to do so, is not a waste. Refusing to use it when it would be useful and leaving yourself with more than you could ever possibly need however *is* a waste.

The scarcity of ammo did concern me in early playthroughs, but that only encouraged me to find the most efficient ways of killing each enemy. Claire's bowgun for example in RE2 is a bit of an awkward weapon to use. It fires 3 powerful shots, but getting the most out of it without wasting bolts can be pretty tricky, and it has no vertical component like the shotgun blast does. I've seen lots of people just say 'Oh, I don't like this weapon' and never use it, but that's placing a huge strain on her other weapons' ammo to pick up the slack. Lots of people don't use the weapons that take up 2 slots either, and that's also a big mistake.

Its as NG says - if you try to hoard all your ammo and dodge all the time, you pay a slow cost of healing herbs from the occasional hits you're taking. And judging new gamers on today's standards is slightly awkward. If new gamers play an older RE game, they are bringing all kinds of baggage with them. On the one hand, they have hysterical critics insisiting ammo is scarce and its going to murder etc and on the other they have their experiences of modern games, where you can just blaze away and ammo is everywhere, so they're apt to do daft things like run around shooting zombies with the Magnum or Flamethrower, because that's what they do in zombie modes of games like COD.

Well, if you advance the idea of random gamers trying to kill everything as a first option in earlier RE, I'm personally not left with many thoughts drifting away from the COD-crowd, why do I say that? Personal experience, it won't mean much as far as statistic goes, but every friend I "initiated" to Resident Evil (some of them died even before reaching the Police Station in 2) has come to see dodging as a rather valuable "tool" for progressing through a good chunk of the game(s). Some consistently pull off No Damage runs nowadays. Really, in regards to judging new gamers on today's standards being awkward, I don't know what to tell you, Survival Horror was a niche genre even back then, with time things worsened. You can't bring random gamers in the discussion and expect me to treat them nicely, because as you've rightly said, they would try things which don't work in the older RE(s).
Personally and I do stress that word, I try my best to avoid any unnecessary confrontation, I like to pull off No lesser-kills runs (that's something that I do also with the Metal Gear Solid games, I take pity on patrols and let Bosses have it). Speaking of those, don't worry: I get as trigger-happy as one can get on them, I make sure they hate Grenade Launcher, Shotguns or Magnums. I still use ammo wisely, I'm simply more selective in my picks.

Good for you if the scarcity of ammo pushed you to find the most efficient ways to kill enemies; I've been pushed to dodge better. Different strokes for different folks. Technically, both your way and mine are perfectly doable:

- Your "idea" works best when the player knows where to collect most ammo, at least (with no small thanks to repeated playthroughs, most likely).
- My "idea" implies that the player has done enough runs of the game to know how the enemies attack+where they are, and by doing multiple runs you also get a general idea of healing-items' positions, so even the bits of damage one might suffer while attempting to dodge aren't much of an issue. You're hardly getting worse than Caution [Yellow] and you're going back to "Fine" soon enough.

My point, instead, was that a first-timer can't exactly afford to use ammo wisely, why? Because he/she doesn't know shit about the game. Dodging may be complicated, but you should know that killing, or rather, "making your kills count" might prove to be a problem, too.


I'm going to play TEKKEN now, won't it be fun to re-download 19 GB of data.

I was actually just playing Resident Evil (2002) myself. Jill's Scenario. I'm excited for the Resident Evil 2 remake

Now playing Metroid Prime Trilogy. Metroid Prime 3: Corruption to be specific. I've only beaten this game once so I kinda need to play it again. It would be cool if these get HD versions someday

Bloodrayne Betrayal:
I like the game play enough, but dat art style and shitty looking Rayne throws me off.

It's like a fucking My Little Vampie: Blood Rain Is Menstruation look.

RE2 was the bomb. That was a real survival game.
The Walking Dead before any medium of TWD. Convserve ammo, risk life for herbs, cautiously check behind counters, avoid killing if you can, go for melee if it's entirely feasible (especially if you know the area having died a time or two), know when to run, get very used to the clunky controls. enjoy cheesy dialogue and look forward to any cinematic. 2 was non-stop fun to play.
I'm completely ignorant of the newest RE games. I hear a lot but i think I'm just going to wait until one of these christmas sales where I luck out and just grab a major bundle off Steam.

I'd really love to complete some of the other franchises I have going.



Going to play some more ARK.
Just made a composting bin so I'm going to get my hands dirty. :erm:

I actually made it to the police station without picking up ammo for the costume, and I did a lot of it through dodging Leon.

Dodging is possible, especially early on is pretty easy.

I never beat the actual game though.I do agree with vrykolas and Leon though.knife can sometimes be useful but I think it's often not too useful in early re games.Its not like re4 where the knife was really good.On the other hand I do think you have no choice but to dodge if you want to avoid having no ammo.I watched a guy named necroscope86 beat re1 by running through the game and didn't get hit.Even I managed to avoid getting bit by yawn.I ran through got the item on the floor and ran out no poisons.

Yeah, the one zombie which might get "tricky" is the one crawling inside the bus, aside from that, Raccoon City's exteriors offer plenty of room to dodge. Personally, I never understood why folks consider tank controls clunky, to me they're rather intuitive: I push forward on the D-Pad/Whatever? I go forward regardless of camera angles, God knows I often found my face getting uncomfortably acquainted with walls in many current games, thanks to the "updated" controls and sudden shifts.

I actually plan to "knife-only" REmake's Invisible mode, eventually, I've attempted it on the GameCube version, but the console died on me before I could complete the game. I just have to pick a character: Jill has an easier Scenario than Chris. I'll probably start once the lady is done with her game.

The knifing which I think is most useless, and most would agree is re1.I am used to the new controls, but I am also used to the tank controls in resident evil series too.Id like to see you try the resident evil GameCube knife only on hard.Im not good enough But I am trying do get rocket launcher in code Veronica.I think I have to beat the game under a certain time limit no saving and also no using first aid spray and no dying and continuing.Its so so so hard, that I'm not sure I can pull it off.

I myself prefer Tank Controls over the updated Control Scheme.

Something that was annoying me to death:Nobody plays Diablo 3.Its frustrating since it's boring to play alone.All I want is to do missions with others to level up my monk.

The streets filled with zombies are dead ends though (i.e you never have to come back there), so my rule of don't kill such enemies applies. Any fool can tell if you start with 15 shots, and the first zombie is still alive after your first 3 shots, then it probably isn't a good idea to try and kill all the zombies here. The intro in most of the games blatantly tries to intimidate the player with numbers and scarcity of ammo. Its a smart move to set up the mood of the game, but when you get tooled up (you get the shotgun through the first door in the game), then your ability to handle lots of zombies quickly increases. But like I said, the early screens are just one use paths you never return to, and you've only just started the game - its hardly a fair example, as you literally have just a handful of bullets there and the encounters are specifically designed to make new gamers blow all their ammo.

Secondly, using ammo wisely applies doesn't mean you need access to all the weapons and ammo - its about using what you have wisely against the enemies you are meeting, and the game scales to what it thinks you are likely to have. The game doesn't throw large numbers of dangerous enemies at you until you have a chance at beating them. The Hunters don't show up until halfway though RE1, when you'll have most of the weapons. Lickers are about in RE2 from the early going, but they treated as mini bosses ambushing you in important areas (they are usually guarding quest items), before later becoming standard enemies. You are never placed in a situation where your weapons are completely ineffective against the local monsters. When your weapons improve and you get the better weapons, the screens start to be refreshed with tougher enemies. Again, its all about common sense and best utilizing what you currently have access to. The handgun is terrible at taking out Hunters and spiders for example, but its not as if the game floods the early sections with those, is it?

You and your friends all became dodge masters if I read it correctly and do No Damage playthoughs. Well, good for you I guess. I can't deny that whilst impressive, it seems completely pointless to me, making things needlessly complicated. But its up to you (and like I say, is still impressive). Running past enemies, saving ammo for some imaginary point in the future when you'd need such a mountain of weapons serves no purpose IMO. Plus, its just boring but again that just my opinion. I've never understood the appeal of speedruns or No Damage playthroughs, Who cares? The people who want to do them, I suppose. But to me, I just cannot understand why people do it. Survival horrors are (to me anyway) creeping about eerie locations, occasionally engaging in life or death struggles and savoring the atmosphere etc. Not running past all the enemies and leaving them with dumb expressions on their faces like an episode of Scooby Doo.

But each to their own. I don't look down on new gamers for not knowing what to do, or how to play flawlessly (nor do I dismiss people's playing styles that differ from mine, as they wouldn't be doing it if it didn't work for them). As to newer gamers though, well they'll pick it up and find what works for them if they've got the perseverance and the ability to recognize a good game when they see it. My point is that new gamers are necessarily coming at this from a modern standpoint to an old game and an old genre that barely exists in its original form nowadays. That's a lot of baggage to contend with, and it colors how people approach games in general.

Finished D4: Dark Dreams Don't Die around the afternoon. A shame that it's short, I really want more. Here's hoping we get a Season 2!

Playing some multiplayer on XB1

I don't do it to become a dodge master vrykolas, I do it because of fear of running out of ammo and herbs and dying.

Digging out the old PS2, having a drive around GTA: VC then going to start BULLY: Bulworth Academy.

I wasn't suggesting you were doing it to become a master of dodging NG. I was responding to something LSK said.

Back on topic.. I'm playing nothing. Because there's still nothing out. And this generation still sucks.

Even though I've already completed it 100%, gone back to inFAMOUS Second Son. I really enjoy this game and glad I actually did sit down and get into it the second time.

Playing Lego Star Wars: The Video Game.

In some ways, it will always be my favorite Lego video game.

Also, I am pretty excited but kind of pissed off about Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

They. Should've. Waited.

Playing Lego Star Wars: The Video Game.

A good Lego game, but not the best, Lego City Undercover (sadly a Wii U Exclusive) is the BEST.

But that's just my opinion... and currently what I'm playing (Taking a break from inFAMOUS Second Son).

LEGO Star Wars is my favorite one too. I've never played the City Undercover one. I agree that they should have waited for the last 2 episodes, but I guess release it while the movie still has hype. I'll just wait until they bundle them together in one game like the complete saga one. 9 movies in 1 game would be sick.

Playing Mario & Luigi: Dream Team. I beat Paper Jam and it made me want to replay this one since I only beat it once. Now I'm playing it on hard mode

Finished the story mode of Mortal Kombat X a two days ago and I've been playing Destiny lately. Finished The Dark Below and The House of Wolves a few days ago, and The Taken King story yesterday. I'm surprised there are still stuff to do :)

So I'm playing Trails of Cold Steel on my Vita. Decent game, but its reaaaallllly long and even though I'm over 20 hours in, there is still no suggestion *at all* of any kind of main plot, or that any of this might be going somewhere. I've fought all kinds of monsterous bosses, but only 1 named character who was obviously a villain of some kind. And even then, the encounter was so vague it told me nothing.

I like a good long RPG, and this is very well written and has some very enjoyable combat. But the pace is glacial to an almost comical degree, especially in this day and age. I'm enjoying it, but it really needs to step up a gear and provide some focus to the main plot.

A good Lego game, but not the best, Lego City Undercover (sadly a Wii U Exclusive) is the BEST.

But that's just my opinion... and currently what I'm playing (Taking a break from inFAMOUS Second Son).

I do agree about Lego City Undercover. It is my favorite in the series. Love the humor in it!
I have all three of the current gen consoles and a PC so I'm all over the place with what I'm playing. I'm currently playing Dying Light because of the content update.

Star Trek Legacy

Star Trek Legacy
I remember playing that when it came out in 06. Pretty fun game. I remember how the ships would turn so slow and it gave them a real feel of size, alas I was never very good at it lol!

I remember playing that when it came out in 06. Pretty fun game. I remember how the ships would turn so slow and it gave them a real feel of size, alas I was never very good at it lol!
It's was surpsingly hard to find complete (game, booklet, cover), at a reasonable price, so I'm pretty happy about it.

It's also a shame that the game never made it to PC.

While it's not 'revolutionary', it is damn fun.

It did make it to PC later on but wasn't very well received. a lot of complaints about the controls.

It did?

Huh...I'll have to track it down then.

I guess this thing has become somewhat of a collectors item.
http://www.amazon.com/Star-Trek-Legacy-PC/dp/B000EXW52O/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1455405884&sr=8-1&keywords=star+trek+legacy+pc

At that price?

I won't feel bad about DLing it.

Mass effect 3 multiplayer and single player.

I have mixed feelings about multiplayer since it's far too hard.Im only able to get around 15k xp on bronze.In e last match the highest had 23k Xp and second over 18k.I had over 15k.I did just start multiplayer yesterday so i don't fully have every item.Seems like even with rolling with x on PS3, I end up getting ambushed and dying.Yesterday I rolled to avoid a laser beam from a reaper, and ended up ambushed and needing help.I wish I could change the camera angle so I'm not blindsided from what is behind me.I seriously do not like the camera angles at all.So far I think the pvp in gears of war judgement is more fun, due to being able to see behind you and not constantly being ambushed from behind which seriously pisses me off.

Mass Effect 3's multiplayer has the right amount of challenge as long as you're on a good team, based on my experience(except for Platinum, it's waaaay too hard). It's so much fun. Man, I really should play that again.

Been playing Tomb Raider(PS1) lately. I figured I might as well since I never played it legitimately(by that, I mean, when I was a kid, I never really..."played it right", if I remember correctly. Plus, I played off of my grandfather's saves from time to time). Now that I'm older, I can actually it play it properly. Feels pretty good.

So after nearly 100 hours of gaming on a story driven JRPG(!), I finally finished the slowest, seemingly at the time I was playing it longest game ever made - Trails of Cold Steel... And it ended on a cliffhanger, setting up for a sequel which I didn't even know existed.

I feel utterly exhausted. It was a decent game, but man they really need to sort out the pacing in their games, because that was just crazy! And even by the end, I still had basically no idea what was going on!

Mass Effect 3's MP isn't as hard as you describe Nostalgia... it's meant to be challenging but with a good setup, Bronze - Gold difficulties can easily be soloed. Don't even attempt to solo Platinum until you have tier X weapons/mods/ammo/etc... you'll need all the help you can get.

I'm taking my time with Trails of Cold Steel. It's a long game (which I'm grateful for) and I'm liking what I've played so far. Still playing FFXIV doing endgame and leveling my White Mage as well.

I like long games too, but 80+ hours? Considering that it barely has a main story at all, and the drama only really gets going in the final cutscenes?! Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed it too and I do like long games. But this game really pushes its luck, by around Chapter 4. By then, the identical forumua for each (and every) chapter really starts to chafe and you just wish the game would change things up a bit.

As well as the length of the game eventually exposing a lack of variety, narrative pacing is important in these kinds of things, and this game just does not want to give you any answers, even at the end. Its a testament to how engaging they made it, that I am still on the hook to know what happens next (although the final half hour brings in some new elements that I really wish they hadn't put it).

A lot of games are long vrykolas and get longer it seems as time passes and we have more technology.

Repetitive gameplay with little to no replayability is not a good sign though.

So far I'm disappointed with me3.There are few returning characters and zero new guys so far.Im not crazy about the story either.

Finished Tomb Raider two days ago.

Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection

I have no problems with games being long, if they justify being that length. A good RPG can hit a sweet spot in its narrative and have you ride the crest of the wave for pretty much as long as it feels like, so long as it stays exciting and you feel like you absolutely must keep playing to see what happens next etc. But that's hard to maintain, and without it a game can feel like it should have ended ages ago. And gameplay obviously matters too - a game's combat can be fun, but after 60+ hours, not many RPGs can entice you to keep playing on gameplay merits alone.

Trails of Cold Steel is long, but its also very slow, and never manages (or even tries) to maintain dramatic excitement. It has an infuriating formula for each chapter that it sticks to like the Gospel, constantly hitting the reset button just as you're really starting to enjoy yourself. Because God knows they make you work for those dramatic moments, with hours and hours and hours of busy work fetching and carrying, and seemingly endless scene setting, world building and preamble.

I was literally shaking my Vita shouting 'Yes yes, this is all very impressive, but can we PLEASE GET ON WITH IT!!!!'

Star Magician: If you don't want to read a proper explanation of why I feel how I do, then don't. Contrary to modern belief, some topics need more 12 words for a proper answer. You said it was in your top 10 of all time. I figured if I was going to challenge that, Should have I just said 'Because it sucks' and pretended I hated everything about it?

I did read your explanation, and wanted to give my own two cents, just not here because I don't want to post a bunch of spoilers where they don't belong. I offered to start a thread about it, but then you said it's not worth going into too heavily? What was the point of even reading your explanation if that's the case? Anyway, we can either move on or we can create that thread and continue there.

~

Since my last post, I've been playing:
FreezeMe, an indie Mario 64 clone. Pretty fun, surprisingly challenging, but like M64, pretty buggy. Haven't beaten the last level yet.
Disgaea 5. Got re-addicted to it, got a few 9999 characters, trying to get all of the rank 40 weapons.
FFVII. Still not very far.
Child of Eden. Beat the main game.
Bayonetta 2. Beaten on normal.
Demos of Amplitude, Hyper Void, Toukiden Kiwami, Indivisible.
Of all of these, Amplitude is my favorite so I ordered the PS2 Amplitude and Frequency.


Also, I agree with pretty much everyone here regarding Trails of Cold Steel. I liked it enough to see it through to the end, but yeah. Very long because it was needlessly slow. If I didn't like the characters as much as I did (Instructor Sara, Towa and Crow were my favorites), it probably wouldn't have been worth it to play through the whole thing. I had the same problem with Trails in the Sky too. I still want to play the sequel when it's eventually released (I knew it would be a trilogy going in, so the cliffhanger came as no surprise to me).

Also, take a shot every time someone prefixes their line with "Haha".

Pokemon Red on my phone.

Pokemon Red on my phone.

Sick.

Star,
You said it was a top 10 game for you, so you clearly felt it was worth going into. So I did for the purposes of challenging that opinion. But the fact remains that I don't consider the story to be good enough in the final analysis to continue talking about it. Like I said, it started very promising and people were really into it. But the final episodes just didn't cut it and you can already see that its being quickly forgotten because of that. It was a case of nearly, but not quite.

It is is allowed for people to post comments about games they didn't care for, contrary to the 'You must always be positive and never say anything negative' crap that so many insist on. I meant what I said in my original post, I gave credit where it was due but took issue with the rest. But that doesn't mean that I want to *keep* talking about it. I've said my piece, and I really don't have anything further to add. I'm not trying to be funny. I just feel like I've said all I care to say about LIS.


As to the cliffhanger in TOCS (and no I won't spoil anything, don't worry), I was disappointed with the nature of the new element that was introduced in that chapter (its really not my thing). But perhaps more than that, I just felt the ending was very abrupt. I wasn't that bothered with anything that happened, but I still felt like they could have given us at least a little more information than 'Game over - see you next time'. Especially when they'd left so many questions unanswered.

But yeah... slow, slow game. Good, but slooooow. And every time I hear Viscount Arseid and Rufus Albarea speak, I think 'Hey, its Barry Burton and Albert Wesker from RE... I'd rather be playing RE really...' lol On the whole, the characters were a likeable but fairly routine bunch of stereotypes. Most of my favorite characters are the crackpot NPCs from the school (Beryl, Dorothee, Munk, Lambert etc).

Still playing me3.Might redo suikoden 5.

Just tried again Mario e Luigi Superstar Saga.

Playing Jack The Ripper DLC in Assassin's Creed Syndicate. Enjoying it so far.

You play as Jack the Ripper?! Is this Dlc for Assassin's Creed or Hatred?! lol

You only play for the intro of the dlc as Jack... for the rest you play as Evie Frye. I know you hate the Assassin's Creed Games Vrykolas, but honestly you should give them a try... Black Flag and Syndicate are my two personal favorites (with the Ezio trilogy coming third).

Its my own fault for needing to play series in order. It means I feel I have to play Assassin's Creed 1 first, but I just *cannot* play that game. Its too boring and Altair just does my freaking nut in. I have toyed with the idea from time to time of skipping on to AC2 which is apparently much, much better. But... I just can't quite break the chains on this. Its an impossible square to circle - my code demands I play that first game, but it sucks so hard that despite about 20 different attempts, I just can't bring myself to play it beyond the first couple of hours.

And yes, Syndicate did look like the one AC game that I actually *should* enjoy. Its definately my kind of time period. But the idea of jumping into the series right at the end is enough to cause a Blue Screen of Death in my mind. Does.. not... compute!

Well... Syndicate only has references to the earlier games... it's a great standalone game and Ubisoft redeemed themselves BIG TIME after the disaster that was Unity. I can understand playing a series from the first... I used to be like that as well, until I decided 'Fuck it'.

Case in point, I LOVE the Dynasty Warriors series... started with the 2nd game and ignored the first.

I would strongly suggest however, that you at least consider getting AC Syndicate... it IS worth it.


AC2 which is apparently much, much better.

The Ezio trilogy is far better than AC1

I'll think about it. Hell, its not like I'm playing anything else lol!

But yeah, kicking the habit on playing series in order is brutal. It just kills me that I can't break through that pain barrier in AC1. I've completed just about every game I've ever owned, and I hated plenty of those games. But I wanted to get my money's worth and at least be able to say that I gave them a fair try. But AC1's dreadfully repetitive gameplay, and my utter hatred of Altair defeat me every time.

I know your pain. Believe me...

I have the same feelings about AC1 as you... and when ACII came out, I swore not to play it.

But... saw it sometime later on special... thought why not, glad I did.

Altair's unlikable... and that's being polite. Ezio is far better.

Amazing share..for me its Far Cry 4..hehe

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Dragon Warrior III for the Game Boy Color up the ass.

Borderlands 2...I am about to kill handsome Jack. (If I don't die again) :(

Ac1 isn't that bad, it's just the game is very Repetitive and also the combat sucks.Its always same:Go to new are climb towers and find every person willing to talk to you.After that, go find the stupid guys who will sell you info for getting flags which is a trial and error test which is boring, complete all, then rob some guys for papers, then intimidate some men and get all info and go back to the hideout and talk to the quest giver.oh yeah, don't forget to save the people in trouble for those guys in black to help you escape the guards.

Need to come back to KINGDOM HEARTS 1.5 and platinum. That boring "Unchanging Armor" trophy...

Finished Uncharted: Drake's Fortune Remastered 2 days ago, and going in between Fallout 4 and Street Fighter V.

Right now, Crimes & Punishments: Sherlock Holmes(Xbone).

AC1 has aged so poorly.
I tried going back to it, given that last I played it was when it was first released.
Nope.

I'm not a huge AC fan, but damned if AC4: Black Flag and Rouge aren't some damn fine games.
I even liked Liberation HD and the India 'Chronicles'.

It's been long enough so i can start another Play-through of Dishonored, gonna be the third one.

Man that Game is good. :)

NG: I don't find AC1 hard - I just find it so criminally boring that I can't force myself to play past the first assasination. My problem isn't that the game is hard, its that the game sucks! I couldn't stand to play one mission - I'm certainly not playing what... 8 more missions like that!

What the fuss about AC anyway?

It does nothing for me, but that's just my opinion. I've never been into stealth, and I don't like playing as thieves and assassins. It also doesn't help that I've always liked the Knights Templars, so its hard for me to get into a series where they are the baddies, and the Good guys are some surly, moody types who go around dressed in hoodies.

^O shit, Kingdom Hearts again?
:P

Then play Rouge.
The Assassins are the baddies, and it's probably the more action-based one of the series.
-Haven't played the latest one.



OT:
Started a 'Huge' map in GalCiv2.
Well, there goes my week.

From what I understood though, Rogue was just a cheap cash in on AC4's success. And the assassin's being the bad guys is very much just a cosmetic change that means nothing. And besides, I don't care for pirates either. Unlike mostly everyone in the western world it seems, I don't like pirates, ninjas, assassins, thieves, stealth games, assassination games etc etc.

There are always exceptions, but AC is not one of them (for me anyway).

Star Wars: Battlefront

Just got Jet Set Radio from Steam..playing it all over again.

Area 51(Ps1) and then Tomb Raider II

Just got Jet Set Radio from Steam..playing it all over again.

NICE.

Endless Legend

Yesterday I played for the first time in a year Everquest free to play on steam and a game called survivalist.Today I'm playing me3.I want to start all over on baldurs gate 1.I also need help figuring out how to get my game of knights of the old republic to work.

mario kart 7

finally finishing majoras mask on 3ds.

mario kart 7


finally finishing majoras mask on 3ds.

Damn right.

Playing some of Dragon Warrior III

Damn right.

Playing some of Dragon Warrior III

Damn, you're HARDCORE. That's old school RPG. Hard and tedious as shit. I bow before you. Not even kidding.

Damn, you're HARDCORE. That's old school RPG. Hard and tedious as shit. I bow before you. Not even kidding.

Thank you.

I hope it's one of these, and not a shit bow.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85e4THVEb_o

Damn right.
Playing some of Dragon Warrior III
Any thoughts on what else to buy?

Got Persona Q.

Any thoughts on what else to buy?

Got Persona Q.

Don't know, I don't have a 3DS. :p

finally finishing majoras mask on 3ds.

Any thoughts on what else to buy?

Got Persona Q.

Champions of Krynn

You want hard? Forget dragon warrior 3, play baldurs gate

^O shit, Kingdom Hearts again?

:ohgod: :ohgod: :ohgod: :ohgod:

Finished Tomb Raider 2. Well, sort of. I had to skip 4 levels in order to finish it(The Barkhang Monestery because of the b.s. mercenary spawn points, Ice Palace because I didn't like the bounce pads, Temple of Xian because I didn't have an flares, making one part impassable, and Floating Island due to a bug).

The King of Fighters: Maximum Impact

Downwell and Disgaea PC

TRON /r (run)

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Tron: Evolution now.

TRON /r kind of sucks. It has its moments but it's not that engaging.
Controls are not are as fun. The wall to wall thing kind blows.

Not to mention they're milking it with the different versions to buy.

Call of Duty: Black OPS I

^Nice.

That game is psychological and awesome, and it takes place during the Cold War.

Win. Win. Win.

Suikoden

Crash Bandicoot (1996). Haven't played it in about 6 years and it's still as difficult as I remember it being.

I keep playing space station 13, its a lot of fun.
I also played a little bit of a game called the survivalist on steam.Im starting a new save on baldurs gate too.

Spending some time on Black Ops Ⅲ's Multiplayer (PS4), not too bad, expected worse. At least it's not swarmed by hackers like Modern Warfare 2's.

I just bought this from a yard sale today for $5.00.

Paying it now. :)

Running some Rainbow Six Siege... Many problems, but the concept keeps me coming back.

Tales of Maj'Eyal

Finished Tomb Raider 3

Surprisingly, the only levels I "rage-skipped" were the last two levels in the South Pacific Islands section. The rest, I was able to manage.

I'll be taking a break from my Tomb Raider binge, so I'll be getting back to Crimes & Punishments: Sherlock Holmes.

Tales of Maj'Eyal

Still playing Resident Evil HD Remaster.

- Completed Hard mode with Jill (Got the Infinite Rocket Launcher and I wasn't even going for that; nice to know that I still pull off this stuff without trying :laugh: (http://imgur.com/WEjwdZL));
- All I have left now is to complete Real Survivor Mode (Hard Mode+Item Boxes not being magically linked+No auto-aim);
- Complete the newly-unlocked Invisible Enemy mode;
- Then I'll switch to Chris and take care of the remaining trophies.

Platinum/100% in the bag, pretty much. I only lack the time to do it soon.

Finished Crimes & Punishments: Sherlock Holmes. Really enjoyed it, I can't wait for its sequel, Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter.

I think I'll get back to Hitman GO.

Star Wars: Battlefront

Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright and Bravely Second's demo.

BroForce

Fucking awesome.

Seriously.

Currently Playing:

PC: The Legend of Heroes: Trials in the Sky SC (which is on sale now on Steam as well as FC for the next few days).

3DS: Project X Zone 2.

Shantae and the Pirate's Curse

Call of Duty (2003)

Fully finished Hitman GO. Really enjoyed it. Simple to play, yet challenging at the same time. I hope we get a third GO game.

Warthunder

BroForce

Fucking awesome.

Seriously.
Eh, it's alright. Gets pretty samey pretty quickly.

dead space

BroForce

Fucking awesome.

Seriously.

I heard it has performance issues on PS4, which is strange.

FarCry 4

Eh, it's alright. Gets pretty samey pretty quickly.

It does, but I still enjoy it just for it's cheesiness


I heard it has performance issues on PS4, which is strange.

Only played on PS4, though I do have it on Steam as well. No issues that I've experienced so far.

Currently: Level 5 (almost 6) in The Division.

Still on Resident Evil HD Remaster (PlayStation 4). Officially finished playing with Jill, completed Invisible Enemy Mode and I unlocked the message from Shinji Mikami, too. Should everything go as planned, I will only need to complete 2 runs with Chris to get the Platinum.
Wait for me, Resident Evil Zero.

Bayonetta for XBOX 360. The best version of this amazing game.

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Still on Resident Evil HD Remaster (PlayStation 4). Officially finished playing with Jill, completed Invisible Enemy Mode and I unlocked the message from Shinji Mikami, too. Should everything go as planned, I will only need to complete 2 runs with Chris to get the Platinum.

Hey Leon, tell me. Is the overall performance of RE 1 and 0 HD on PS4 that great? Planning on buy it.

Gravity Rush Remastered
Twilight Princess HD

Yes, I'm having a week playing remastered versions

Hey Leon, tell me. Is the overall performance of RE 1 and 0 HD on PS4 that great? Planning on buy it.
For the time being I can only speak of RE Rebirth HD, have yet to actually "start" Zero HD. Aside from a bunch of graphical glitches in Jill's hair, which happened at specific camera angles in the Mines area (using the Sarah Connor-inspired alternate outfit), no serious issues to report on my end. The game's prettier than ever.

Just so you know, I have the retail version of the ORIGINS COLLECTION bundle.

Into the Stars

Samurai Warriors 4 Empires

For the time being I can only speak of RE Rebirth HD, have yet to actually "start" Zero HD. Aside from a bunch of graphical glitches in Jill's hair, which happened at specific camera angles in the Mines area (using the Sarah Connor-inspired alternate outfit), no serious issues to report on my end. The game's prettier than ever.

Just so you know, I have the retail version of the ORIGINS COLLECTION bundle.


Good to know, thanks! I had the GC versions and now I own the Wii ones. Any extras for the new port besides the graphical overhaul?

Good to know, thanks! I had the GC versions and now I own the Wii ones. Any extras for the new port besides the graphical overhaul?
Not really. Resident Evil HD is supported on RESIDENTEVIL.NET, both it and Zero HD got an updated control scheme (you can still choose to play with the original layouts, if you want, I'm more used to tank controls, with the new ones I had Jill faceplant against walls way too often), a few extra outfits are unlocked right from the start in Zero HD, also, you get one extra outfit for both Chris and Jill, to have them look like their Resident Evil 5 counterparts.
The games have been Remastered in HD, as such, the only thing they should have gotten done to them are small upgrades here and there, otherwise, the required term would have been remake. At their cores, they're the same games we played back then and I'm thankful for it, personally. Players get to experience two little gems from the past exactly as they are supposed to be played.

Did the HD ports of the two ZONE OF THE ENDERS, Metal Gear Solid(s), ICO/Shadow of the Colossus get stuff added to them, or were they pretty much the same games, only looking prettier? HD Editions are more often than not ways for developers to make quick cash, but they serve another purpose: preserve games and allow nowadays' gamers to enjoy them.

Not really. Resident Evil HD is supported on RESIDENTEVIL.NET, both it and Zero HD got an updated control scheme (you can still choose to play with the original layouts, if you want, I'm more used to tank controls, with the new ones I had Jill faceplant against walls way too often), a few extra outfits are unlocked right from the start in Zero HD, also, you get one extra outfit for both Chris and Jill, to have them look like their Resident Evil 5 counterparts.
The games have been Remastered in HD, as such, the only thing they should have gotten done to them are small upgrades here and there. At their cores, they're the same games we played back then and I'm thankful for it, personally.

Couldn't agree more. The more stuff you add, the less the original game shines. I don't remember getting apprehensive while playing the original blocky characters RE for PS1 but then, when it got remastered for GC, wow, never felt so scared even around the Yawn boss. Anyway, now I have enough reasons to buy them for the 3rd time, TKS!

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Still on Bayonetta, going for the hard level achievements.