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Title: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: MysterD on Monday, September 11, 2006, 05:25:31 PM
So yeah, what the heck are all y'all gamers playing currently....?

EDIT:
MyD is currently playing Dungeon Siege 2 and X3: Reunion.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: ender on Monday, September 11, 2006, 06:00:20 PM
I started playing Enchanted Arms and realized it was the worst and unintentionally most homoerotic game RPG ever made.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Quemaqua on Monday, September 11, 2006, 06:04:49 PM
Yeah, that one looked a bit spooky to me.  Didn't get very good reviews, either.

I'm playing Dead Rising (yes, still), Kameo: Elements of Power, and Dead or Alive 4, all for Xbox 360.  Who'd have thought?  With the PC out of commission gaming-wise until I get off my lazy ass and fix this whole HDD thing, that's really all I've got that I care to play.  I plan to pick up Okami at some point, and I really want to get my hands on Loco Roco as well, but those are future plans.  For now I'm enjoying the three games I'm playing quite a lot, and I plan to review all three for the site.  The Dead Rising review I just finished today.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: MysterD on Monday, September 11, 2006, 06:12:16 PM
Yeah, that one looked a bit spooky to me.  Didn't get very good reviews, either.

I'm playing Dead Rising (yes, still), Kameo: Elements of Power, and Dead or Alive 4, all for Xbox 360.  Who'd have thought?  With the PC out of commission gaming-wise until I get off my lazy ass and fix this whole HDD thing, that's really all I've got that I care to play.  I plan to pick up Okami at some point, and I really want to get my hands on Loco Roco as well, but those are future plans.  For now I'm enjoying the three games I'm playing quite a lot, and I plan to review all three for the site.  The Dead Rising review I just finished today.

Oooh...MyD can't wait for your Dead Rising review. :)
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: iPPi on Monday, September 11, 2006, 06:14:11 PM
I am currently play Ikaruga.

I can't pick up any other game and have much fun with it.  Oblivion is fun in short bursts, but now that I've done my guild's quests, there isn't that much I want to do with my character anymore.

Counter-strike bores me after like 10 minutes.  I just finished FEAR too.

I miss WoW.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Quemaqua on Monday, September 11, 2006, 06:15:55 PM
Did you finish all the different guild quests in Oblivion?  You can really go through all of them as any given character if you know what you're doing.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: scottws on Monday, September 11, 2006, 06:22:07 PM
I was playing Madden 07 and Dead Rising, but my brother took his 360 back to school.  I have God of War and Shadow of the Colossus.  But they are both still in the shrink wrap as my PS2 is broke and I don't want to pay $130 for a new one.

How much does it cost to get one repaired?
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: TheOtherBelmont on Monday, September 11, 2006, 08:23:06 PM
I just finished Xenosaga Episode III last week so I've jumped back into Star Wars Galaxies at the moment.  I am probably going to rent Okami when that comes out and am considering getting Guitar Hero or possibly Disgaea 2 when I get my next paycheck.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: gpw11 on Monday, September 11, 2006, 08:40:29 PM
I started playing Enchanted Arms and realized it was the worst and unintentionally most homoerotic game RPG ever made.

(http://www.penny-arcade.com/images/2006/20060906.jpg)
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: scottws on Monday, September 11, 2006, 08:41:47 PM
That guy looks like Joe Torre.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: gpw11 on Monday, September 11, 2006, 11:03:04 PM
That's who it is!  I totally couldn't place it.

Oh, and I've been playing Front Mission 3.  Thinking of playing Crono Cross again as well.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: ScaryTooth on Monday, September 11, 2006, 11:15:17 PM
Disgaea 2. Loving it.

And I plan on picking up "Okami" next week. So, thats up next.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Xessive on Tuesday, September 12, 2006, 09:19:45 AM
I've just gone back to playing Half-Life 2 singleplayer mods. I'm playing SMOD: Tactical (basically the same old HL2 campaign except with a few tactical based changes to the gameplay). And I'm going through "Coastline to Atmosphere" which is turning out to be a very well done SP campaign. I think it took the guy a year to put it together.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Pugnate on Tuesday, September 12, 2006, 08:42:52 PM
Currently playing Metroid Prime on the GC and enjoying it. Man it feels good to post something in this thread.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Xessive on Friday, September 15, 2006, 01:54:38 PM
I got the El Matador demo, but it was so full of bugs and it wouldn't start properly. However I found El Matador on the torrents, and I gave it a shot. Wow, that game sucks. It's basically Max Payne without quality + cheesy 80's movie drug story + crap graphics + terrible gameplay. Other than that it's pretty much a cheap rip-off of Max Payne. It really feels incomplete too.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: scottws on Friday, September 15, 2006, 03:02:23 PM
Hahaha, great review X.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Xessive on Friday, September 15, 2006, 08:09:42 PM
Hahaha, great review X.
Hehe well I didn't feel too articulate at the time. The game is so bad it shocked my conscious mind. The game's interface is pretty buggy too. If you don't save (quicksave is the only manual saving option), you'll have to go back to the main menu and load an autosave or start the level over, and the autosaves are pretty far apart as well. I don't this game even deserves a worthwhile review.

Ungh, I'm so dismayed with the developer's work on this game. It looked promising in the development stage.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: scottws on Wednesday, September 20, 2006, 08:41:56 AM
Currently playing:  Company of Heroes

Pretty awesome so far.  Kind of taxes my system.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: JacksRag(e) on Wednesday, September 20, 2006, 10:29:36 AM
Just ordered Psychonauts and have been waiting for that to get here.
And otherwise, been playing a little Dirge of Cerberus.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: MysterD on Wednesday, September 20, 2006, 01:35:35 PM
Currently still playing Dungeon Siege 2.

At the Final Battle w/ Valdis.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Xessive on Wednesday, September 20, 2006, 03:10:25 PM
Currently still playing Dungeon Siege 2.

At the Final Battle w/ Valdis.

That was one annoying battle!
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Cobra951 on Wednesday, September 20, 2006, 03:16:59 PM
. . . Man it feels good to post something in this thread.

Same here!

Okami for me.  Just started today.  Yummy!

(http://home.cinci.rr.com/jgoods/images/Okami09.jpg)
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: MysterD on Monday, September 25, 2006, 04:45:02 PM
Currently playing Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure.

This is a fun one, to say the least -- feels like part GTA: SA (w/ the tagging walls and areas), part Prince of Persia (jumpnig around and stuff), and part Double Dragon (beat 'em up game).

Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Quemaqua on Monday, September 25, 2006, 06:46:47 PM
I seem to remember that getting some pretty awful reviews.  I have no interest in it either way.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: MysterD on Monday, September 25, 2006, 08:25:47 PM
I seem to remember that getting some pretty awful reviews.  I have no interest in it either way.

It got an 8.4 from G-Spot:
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/marceckosgettingup/review.html?page=2

Best played w/ a gamepad, if you ask me...

Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Xessive on Monday, September 25, 2006, 08:52:38 PM
Getting Up is not too bad. I agree you definitely need a joypad to really enjoy it. I remember playing a while back, but I eventually got bored. It is a quality game though.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: MysterD on Tuesday, September 26, 2006, 01:39:25 PM
Getting Up is not too bad. I agree you definitely need a joypad to really enjoy it.
It's annoying you can't even reconfigure the KB/mouse controls.

The joypad controls are fine.

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I remember playing a while back, but I eventually got bored.
I ain't got bored....yet, hehe....

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It is a quality game though.
Agreed.

The voice-acting, presentation, and the licensed music is very good.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Ghandi on Tuesday, September 26, 2006, 02:53:34 PM
Playing Dirge of Cerberus and Madden 07, which my roomate bought. I laughed because he has 06, and he bought 07 thinking it would be so much better. It's literally the exact same game with a few new bullshit things thrown in. It amazes me that people would buy the new game every year. I guess it just shows the importance of marketing.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Xessive on Tuesday, September 26, 2006, 03:41:46 PM
Yeah, my friend bought FIFA 06 the day it was released, roughly a couple of months later FIFA World Cup 06 came out and he bough that too! It's only been a few months and FIFA 07 is coming out in a week, and he's already lining up for it. I mean I can understand the "collector's" nature, but seriously buying the "same" game three times is too much.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Quemaqua on Tuesday, September 26, 2006, 05:35:48 PM
What do you Dirge of Cerberus players think of it?  The reviews have been awful, and from what I've seen they seem completely legitimate.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Ghandi on Tuesday, September 26, 2006, 05:52:47 PM
I've only played a few minutes of it so far, but it seems fairly elementary to me, even considering that I picked the hard mode for "seasoned fps players". It has pretty cutscenes  :) The concept is kinda cool, but so far it seems like they could have done a lot more with it. Also very linear. 
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Xessive on Tuesday, September 26, 2006, 08:17:06 PM
I need a PC game to play. Ideally I'd love a Ninja game, but they're friggin' imposible to find. I went out hunting for I-Ninja (by Namco), since I heard it was released on PC too, but it's nowhere to be found. And since I have no PS2 anymore, I'm limited to PC titles.

I've replayed MGS2 way too many times, but that's the kinda game I feel like playing. I need a stealth, action, platform, or general ass-kicking game.

Any suggestions?
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Quemaqua on Tuesday, September 26, 2006, 09:14:33 PM
Okami.

Oh, right.  You don't have a PS2.

Well, you could always... go buy another one!  Trust me, it's worth it.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Xessive on Tuesday, September 26, 2006, 09:32:43 PM
Hehe well, my nbrother just bought one, sweet deal, but he's on the other side of the planet right now. I'll be there soon, but until then I really need an action/stealth game fix.

I've been playing Ninja Gaiden on SNES, Shinobi on the Megadrive (Genesis), and Bushido Blade 2 on PSX. Thank God for emulators. I actually have some PS2 and Xbox games, which I got when I actually had the consoles.

I really wish there was a working PS2 or Xbox emulator already! It's taking forever!
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: iPPi on Tuesday, September 26, 2006, 10:52:24 PM
I too am currently looking for new games to play, but nearly nothing out on the PC interests me enough to warrant a purchase.

All I'm playing is FEAR's multiplayer, which is pretty fun, and like 5-30 minutes of counter-strike before I stop.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: PyroMenace on Tuesday, September 26, 2006, 11:11:13 PM
I need a PC game to play. Ideally I'd love a Ninja game, but they're friggin' imposible to find. I went out hunting for I-Ninja (by Namco), since I heard it was released on PC too, but it's nowhere to be found. And since I have no PS2 anymore, I'm limited to PC titles.

I've replayed MGS2 way too many times, but that's the kinda game I feel like playing. I need a stealth, action, platform, or general ass-kicking game.

Any suggestions?

MGS3?
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Xessive on Wednesday, September 27, 2006, 12:14:51 AM
MGS3?
I wish, but it hasn't been released for PC. I doubt they'll bring this one to PC, but one can always hope.

I'd go for some Splinter Cell, but I've finished the 3 games several times over.

Come to think of it, I'd really love to play The Two Thrones right about now, but I'm not gonna buy it because of stupid StarForce. Besides, I'd rather wait for a trilogy pack. I'm really looking forward to Assassin's Creed too.

Man, why aren't there many (or ANY) Ninja games for PC! Somebody needs to make a "The Last Ninja" revival, with up-to-date graphics and bad-ass gameplay.

Ungh, my gaming itch is getting worse by the minute.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: idolminds on Wednesday, September 27, 2006, 12:26:01 AM
You buy Okami. Now.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Xessive on Wednesday, September 27, 2006, 12:33:30 PM
I just watched the 30 minute Gamespot Live Review of MGS3, and this game really really needs to make it to PC! Especially considering the multiplayer aspect it has!

I'm currently downlaoding the Okami video review.. Based on the screenshots the game's visuals look really intriguing! I doubt the screenshots do it much justice too, I need to see it in action.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Quemaqua on Wednesday, September 27, 2006, 05:43:21 PM
You really do.  And not just that, you have to play it.  It isn't mind-blowing in any particular sense, but the way everything comes together is truly magical.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Pugnate on Thursday, September 28, 2006, 04:00:38 AM
Playing Mario Power Tennis and WWE Day of Reckoning 2.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: MysterD on Thursday, September 28, 2006, 01:52:26 PM
Add PoP: Warrior Within (PC) to the list of games I'm currently playing...
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: MysterD on Thursday, September 28, 2006, 03:47:40 PM
Earlier, installed DM of MM SP demo. The Dark Messiah of Might & Magic SP demo was quite good -- but was over way too quickly, to suit me.

It's basically Arx Fatalis w/ much better graphics, some physics, more action-orientated gameplay, and a easier (and much better) magic system.

Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Xessive on Thursday, September 28, 2006, 04:13:31 PM
Hmm, I still wonder why I never played Arx Fatalis.. I had never even really heard of it until sometime around 2004/05. It's really weird how that one slipped under my radar.. I think I kept confusing it was Arcanum or something, or I thought it was another weird Civ kinda game.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Quemaqua on Thursday, September 28, 2006, 06:56:12 PM
Go play it.  It still holds up.  Very fun game that does some unique stuff.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Pugnate on Thursday, September 28, 2006, 10:21:17 PM
I would have lent it to you if you lived nearby. It is good, but pretty grim.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: PyroMenace on Friday, September 29, 2006, 01:48:17 AM
I'm playing Okami, just like everyone else here is and I'm also playing Megaman ZX for the DS. Its a little tough but I'm having a good amount of fun with it, its good to play a platformer again with great looking sprites and animation.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Xessive on Friday, September 29, 2006, 01:14:01 PM
I just found an Arx Fatalis torrent, so I'm gonna check it out and hopefully it will excite me (even more) about Dark Messiah!
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: MysterD on Friday, September 29, 2006, 04:15:32 PM
I just played through the FEAR: Extraction Point DEMO.

Now I remember what I loved so much about FEAR.....combat in that game is intense, vicious, and flat-out rules. :)

Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Xessive on Friday, September 29, 2006, 04:47:01 PM
Just played a bit of Arx. It's pretty awkward and stiff in terms of control. It also seems prone to crashing. It has some pretty good elements, but because the graphics are dated the overall appeal is not impressive, especially with the permanent fog. It looks a lot like Heretic II. I'm sure I would have appreciated more had I played it in its day.

Graphics aside, it just feels too awkward for me to continue playing. The interaction, the magic system, and the inventory just don't feel "right." This might be one of those games I'd rather watch than play.

I'll have to be patient and wait for Dark Messiah!
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: MysterD on Friday, September 29, 2006, 05:12:25 PM
Just played a bit of Arx. It's pretty awkward and stiff in terms of control. It also seems prone to crashing.
Make sure you patch it up to the newest version -- b/c that kills many of the game's bugs.....out the box, it was basically "beta in a box...."

W/ Arx all patched up: I had trouble w/ it crashing all the time on my older PC, but it ran great on my new one. Never had an issue w/ it.

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It has some pretty good elements, but because the graphics are dated the overall appeal is not impressive, especially with the permanent fog. It looks a lot like Heretic II. I'm sure I would have appreciated more had I played it in its day.
Arx did look great, for its day....

All this Arx talk makes me wanna go play it some more.....hehe. I do need to finish it. It is good stuff.
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Graphics aside, it just feels too awkward for me to continue playing. The interaction, the magic system, and the inventory just don't feel "right." This might be one of those games I'd rather watch than play.
I liked Arx's hand-to-hand/melee combat. For its time, it was very good. Still holds up quite well, if you ask me. And the violence is sweet, w/ the "Fatalities" and all for final blows -- depending on where you swing and how powerful it is, you can sever body parts: torsos, legs, arms, and heads.

I really did like how Arx can let you switch b/t the "mouse cursor" mode and the "regular mode" for when dealing w/ inventory and talking and stuff.

Arx's magic system is something you'll really have to learn -- to be honest, it's for Arx experts, I'd say. B/c you might have to also remember what rune combo does what. You can always do an autocast, though. Me, I prefer the magic system in Dark Messiah. Namely, I find the biggest problem is that b/c Arx doesn't allow you to "pause" when drawing. I don't mind drawing the runes and all, but it can get tough to draw when in actual combat to actually draw it right....

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I'll have to be patient and wait for Dark Messiah!
I am looking forward to it.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Xessive on Friday, September 29, 2006, 07:38:58 PM
Yeah I patched it up to v1.17 (latest patch I could find on 3D Gamers), and it still crashes to desktop occasionally.

I'm not much of a magic user, so I'm not too reliant on using spells. I just use them for convenience, like lighting torches, speed, invisibility, etc. So I'm not too worried about the magic system as of yet..  In general I prefer to do things the old fashioned way (even in Oblivion the only magic I use are Invisibility, Night Eye, and Detect Life). I'm gonna play it some more, see if I can get the hang of it, but if it crashes too much on me I'll jsut quit.

Speaking of Oblivion, I just got back into it and this time I tried out the Mehrune's Razor plugin. It's a pretty sweet mod, and I just acquired Mehrune's Razor! Oddly enough I discovered the mesh for the dagger was already in the game, the plugin just uses it.. Weird..
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Xessive on Monday, October 02, 2006, 01:38:19 PM
I just got my first atste of Prince of Persia The Two Thrones! A friend of mine just got it on his Xbox, and man is this game sweet. I only saw the beginning of the game, but it's clear that it works very well with it predecessors.

As you play, you collect "Sand Credits" which allow you unlock artwork. A little thing I noticed is that the unlockables are from all three games!

One thing they added that I LOVE is stealth kills! The game isn't stealth oriented, it's the same gameplay as before, but remember those times when an enemy was not facing you, and he hasn't noticed you yet? Well, now you can kill him quickly and quietly. The stealth kills aren't as simple as push a button and it's done, there's a bit of timing skill required. When you push the Y button, it will intiate the Stealth Kill sequence, and then it will signal you to push X for each strike to complete a successful stealth kill. If you push the X button too early or too late, well it fails and you have to fight the old fashioned way. It's pretty cool, I really like it! It's like an Arab Ninja game! So I'm happy :D Now, I'll have to ensure that Ubisoft release a Trilogy pack for PC!
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: MysterD on Monday, October 02, 2006, 01:48:54 PM
Now, I'll have to ensure that Ubisoft release a Trilogy pack for PC!
I have Warrior Within. I am planning to probably get Sands of Time soon; my Best Buy nearby has that for $10, in a small jewel case.

I do like Warrior Within, but it's often trying too hard, in many cases. I don't mind The Prince w/ his new dark and rough attitude and all, but the rock music sounds way too generic and some of the game seems way-over-the-top and often forced. I don't mind the cussing, but it does sound forced by the voice-actor. And, I don't mind excessive violence, but it just seems like every swing I make results in someone dying horribly -- that just get boring and repetitive. At least w/ Arx Fatalis, it likely won't be a decaptiation or a torso be sliced in half w/ every last strike on an enemy; it's just here and there.

The thing is w/ The Two Thrones, I really want Ubi to remove that bloody Starforce in a patch or something. I'll probably scoop that up, sooner of later -- especially if they remove that SF in a patch. If they remove SF in a patch, I'll go buy that game ASAP. Until then, I'll wait for a price drop....

Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: MysterD on Monday, October 02, 2006, 01:51:24 PM
Speaking of Oblivion, I just got back into it and this time I tried out the Mehrune's Razor plugin. It's a pretty sweet mod, and I just acquired Mehrune's Razor! Oddly enough I discovered the mesh for the dagger was already in the game, the plugin just uses it.. Weird..
Interesting. I bet that Razor item was planned to be in the game, but just didn't make it for when they planned to put Oblivion out.

Hmmm....I wonder if that entire Mehrunes' Razor quest was planned for the Oblivion game, but was cut out due to time constraints.

I really hope they plan to put all of those plug-in's on disc sometime....If so, they'll get a sale from me...
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: poomcgoo on Tuesday, October 03, 2006, 06:32:01 AM
I just got Star Wars: KOTOR.  Yeah, I know I'm behind.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: MysterD on Tuesday, October 03, 2006, 09:07:10 AM
I just got Star Wars: KOTOR.  Yeah, I know I'm behind.

Hell, I ain't even finished that -- some 35 hours into it.

And to make it worse, I do own KOTOR II, which is not even installed....
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: TheOtherBelmont on Tuesday, October 03, 2006, 12:44:01 PM
Still playing Guitar Hero, I beat it on Hard last week, now I'm about 5 songs into Expert.  Star Wars Galaxies has been cutting into my Guitar Hero playing lately, I just hit level 90(max level) recently and have been doing a lot Galactic Civil War PvP stuff they just implemented and been doing player bounties.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Cobra951 on Tuesday, October 03, 2006, 08:50:19 PM
I just discovered Gitaroo Man Lives! (http://psp.ign.com/articles/726/726769p1.html) (PSP).  This game is going to hook me.  I can feel it.  Thing is, I don't even like DDR.  It's a bit of a shock that I like this.  And of course, Okami continues to dominate my game-playing time.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: MysterD on Saturday, October 07, 2006, 10:47:50 PM
I'm not really "currently playing it yet", but earlier today, I reinstalled XIII onto my new PC.

After having trouble w/ Uru: Complete b/c of Coypright protection (Safedisc, pretty much...), installing the SafeDisc driver fix from Microsoft, and eventually getting that going by having to install Ubi's latest file fix for Uru: Complete, I figured what the hell w/ XIII --  try it again! That was another game that had issues w/ Safedisc and locating the CD. A while back, it wouldn't run -- but I wouldn't have any of that, so I uninstalled it out of frustration.

So today, I reinstalled XIII onto my PC. Installed the 1.3 Patch for it. Funny enough, bam -- it worked!!!

Wo0t!!!

Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Xessive on Sunday, October 08, 2006, 01:49:08 AM
XIII had a lot of potential to be great. I enjoyed the gameplay in general; the movement, the shooting, the satisfying kills. However the game fell short with a few things. I think one of the most annoying things about it was the Checkpoint save system, which seemed kinda buggy too. I hate it when devs don't give you the option to save whenever you want, especially in a FPS.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Xessive on Tuesday, October 10, 2006, 08:29:54 PM
Yo MyD, Uru is pretty sweet! I just played Uru: Ages Beyond Myst and it's literally "ages beyond myst." The mystery was great, the graphics were great, and now I'm kind of anxious about Uru Live!
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: MysterD on Wednesday, October 11, 2006, 02:15:03 PM
Yo MyD, Uru is pretty sweet! I just played Uru: Ages Beyond Myst and it's literally "ages beyond myst." The mystery was great, the graphics were great, and now I'm kind of anxious about Uru Live!

I created my character -- and that was about it, b/c I am in the midst of already a bunch of games.

Graphically, looks great in full 3D and all. The controls are pretty good, too. :)
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Quemaqua on Wednesday, October 11, 2006, 03:45:22 PM
I am currently playing Dawn of War: Dark Crusade.  Anyone that isn't should be punished by arco-flagellation.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: MysterD on Friday, November 10, 2006, 03:15:41 PM
Currently playing:
--Quake 4: DVD Edition
--SW: KOTOR

I must say, I just got to the part in Quake 4....
(click to show/hide)

Quake 4 SP rules. Nothing truly innovative, but it freakin' rocks.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Xessive on Friday, November 10, 2006, 05:19:01 PM
Currently playing:
--Quake 4: DVD Edition
--SW: KOTOR

I must say, I just got to the part in Quake 4....
(click to show/hide)

Quake 4 SP rules. Nothing truly innovative, but it freakin' rocks.
Yeah Quake 4 was awesome, and 'that part' was pretty sweet ;D

Right now, I am entranced in the world Faerûn.. NWN2 has sucked me in.

I got Splinter Cell Double Agent (early birthday present ;D), unfortunately my system can't run it because it absolutely requires Shader Model 3.0 and My Radeon X850 Pro (as powerful as it is) is only capable of SM 2.0. Since I'm sticking with ATi, and I'm not buying a new motherboard any time soon, my only option is the Radeon X1650 Pro AGP (Thank God! I won't have to switch to PCIe for a little longer!). Rumour has it ATi will be released an AGP version of the Radeon X1950 as well, it's expected to be released before the end of the year, so I might wait for it, but considering its price will be close to $300 I might just go for the X1650 (I found it for $175).
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: MysterD on Friday, November 10, 2006, 05:46:18 PM
Yeah Quake 4 was awesome, and 'that part' was pretty sweet ;D

Right now, I am entranced in the world Faerûn.. NWN2 has sucked me in.
Awesome. :)

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I got Splinter Cell Double Agent (early birthday present ;D), unfortunately my system can't run it because it absolutely requires Shader Model 3.0 and My Radeon X850 Pro (as powerful as it is) is only capable of SM 2.0. Since I'm sticking with ATi, and I'm not buying a new motherboard any time soon, my only option is the Radeon X1650 Pro AGP (Thank God! I won't have to switch to PCIe for a little longer!). Rumour has it ATi will be released an AGP version of the Radeon X1950 as well, it's expected to be released before the end of the year, so I might wait for it, but considering its price will be close to $300 I might just go for the X1650 (I found it for $175).

Requires PS 3.0???? Damn.....

I just looked at the requirement for DA -- those requirements are kinda' crazy:
http://forums.ubi.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/3651075192/m/2951089894/p/1

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System Requirements:

Supported OS: Windows® XP (only)
Processor: 3 Ghz Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon™ 3000 (3.5 Ghz Pentium 4 or Athlon 3500 recommended). Game optimized for Dual-processor-enabled computers.
RAM: 1 GB
Video Card: DirectX® 9.0c-compliant, Shader 3.0-enabled 128 MB video card (256 MB recommended) (see supported list*)
Sound Card: DirectX® 9.0c-compatible (EAX" recommended) - PC audio solution containing Dolby® Digital Live required for Dolby Digital audio.
DirectX Version: 9.0c or higher (9.0c included on disc)
DVD-ROM: 4x DVD-ROM or faster
Hard Drive Space: 8 GB
Peripherals Supported: Mouse, keyboard
Multiplay: Broadband connection with 128 kbps upstream or faster


*Supported Video Cards at Time of Release

ATI® X1600/X1800/X1900 NVidia® 6600 /6800/7300/7600/7800/7900

Laptop versions of these cards may work but are NOT supported.

These chipsets are the only ones that will run this game. Additional chipsets may be supported after release. For an up-to-date list of supported chipsets, video cards, and operating systems, please visit the FAQ for this game on our support website at: http://support.ubi.com.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Xessive on Friday, November 10, 2006, 08:29:54 PM
Yep, the reqs are pretty ridiculous, but the game is supposed to be some kind of technological marvel with its effects.

I misread the reqs the first time and I assumed they had listed all the Radeon X series cards, but it's just the X1K series.. The really bitchy part? My X850 Pro is technically more powerful than all but the X1900 and X1950. It just lacks the interface to run 3.0 shaders.

Having the DVD sitting in front of me really tantalizes me.

Oh by the way, what's the biggest game you've ever had installed?
SCDA is a 10.65GB install! Biggest game yet ;D
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: MysterD on Friday, November 10, 2006, 08:54:05 PM
Yep, the reqs are pretty ridiculous, but the game is supposed to be some kind of technological marvel with its effects.

I misread the reqs the first time and I assumed they had listed all the Radeon X series cards, but it's just the X1K series.. The really bitchy part? My X850 Pro is technically more powerful than all but the X1900 and X1950. It just lacks the interface to run 3.0 shaders.

Having the DVD sitting in front of me really tantalizes me.
Oh, that really sucks....Bleh!

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Oh by the way, what's the biggest game you've ever had installed?
SCDA is a 10.65GB install! Biggest game yet ;D
Good question.....
Tryna think....
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: idolminds on Friday, November 10, 2006, 09:27:10 PM
I just played and beat Armed and Dangerous. Pretty fun game with a good sense of humor. The levels all seemed kind of disjointed and didnt really flow from one to the next. I mostly played to watch the next cutscene (where were hilarious). Overall not a bad game if you get it cheap like I did ($5).

PS, Land Sharks FTW.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: iPPi on Friday, November 10, 2006, 09:41:03 PM
Interesting system requirements for Double Agent.  I think I can run the game at max settings :P

Anyway, I'm playing Killzone Liberation right now for the PSP.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Quemaqua on Friday, November 10, 2006, 09:44:22 PM
Heh, I remember Armed and Dangerous.  I didn't really play it, though, but I still have a copy lying around somewhere.  I wanted to try it because I thought GIANTS was funny as hell, but I never got around to it.  Bought it for like 10 bucks.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: iPPi on Friday, November 10, 2006, 11:44:32 PM
We're talking about Splinter Cell: Double Agent que...
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Quemaqua on Saturday, November 11, 2006, 02:01:25 AM
Yes, classic case of "read one post and saw another and switched the names subconsciously".  Heh.  Fixed.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: MysterD on Saturday, November 11, 2006, 07:54:48 AM
Oh by the way, what's the biggest game you've ever had installed?
SCDA is a 10.65GB install! Biggest game yet ;D
Some of my high installs....

I think FEAR takes it.
FEAR takes up a little over 5 GB.

Oblivion is a little below 5 GB.
Silent Hill 3 and 4 were both around 5 GB.
Dreamfall was around that, too.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Xessive on Saturday, November 11, 2006, 11:55:29 AM
Yeah I think the biggest installs I've had were:

SCDA: 10.65GB
MGS 2: ~7GB
F.E.A.R. + Extraction Point: 6.98GB
NWN2: 6.39GB
Oblivion: ~5.5GB

Man, games are getting huge. I remember back in the day when the average game was somewhere between 20MB and 300MB.. The biggest game I saw back then was Blade Runner! 1.6GB installation! My HD was 1.6GB at the time :P
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Quemaqua on Saturday, November 11, 2006, 09:25:01 PM
Fuck that.  I remember when the original Duke Nukem advertised "over a meg of stuff!" in its looping demo for the full version.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Pugnate on Sunday, November 12, 2006, 02:43:57 AM
haha I remember when I was a kid and bought a F-16 flight sim, that I was ridiculously excited about. It was 12 floppy discs! And I couldn't run it because I had 4 Megs of RAM and the requirement was 8. :(
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: MysterD on Sunday, November 12, 2006, 07:21:35 AM
I heard Duke Nukem Forever is gonna take up 50 GB of space, since it'll be done in probably 2015. :P
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: idolminds on Sunday, November 12, 2006, 10:22:59 AM
I forgot to mention I picked up New Super Mario Bros. for the DS. Classic 2D side scrolling Mario. It seems rather on the short side, as I'm already at World 8. Though there are 2 worlds I haven't found the secret entrances to, and I didn't unlock a lot of the side levels so I might not be judging it properly.

Only thing I don't like so far is the lack of save anywhere. This gets unlocked after you beat the game...but by then I don't really need it. You can only save after the little middle castles and the big castles. So if you get frustrated in between and shut off your system, you lose your progress. What I've found is there are side paths you unlock with the big coins you find, and after you spend the coins you get the option to save. So I have a bunch of those I can use to save my game.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Cobra951 on Sunday, November 12, 2006, 12:20:05 PM
I forgot to mention I picked up New Super Mario Bros. for the DS. Classic 2D side scrolling Mario. It seems rather on the short side, as I'm already at World 8. Though there are 2 worlds I haven't found the secret entrances to, and I didn't unlock a lot of the side levels so I might not be judging it properly.

Only thing I don't like so far is the lack of save anywhere. This gets unlocked after you beat the game...but by then I don't really need it. You can only save after the little middle castles and the big castles. So if you get frustrated in between and shut off your system, you lose your progress. What I've found is there are side paths you unlock with the big coins you find, and after you spend the coins you get the option to save. So I have a bunch of those I can use to save my game.
That's the ticket.  Save the special locations for, uh, saves!  I liked the game, although it was over too soon.

  Finding the secret worlds:
(click to show/hide)
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Xessive on Monday, November 20, 2006, 11:02:23 AM
I was playing NWN2, but I decided to hold off until the new patch is released. After having a lot of role-playing I was in the mood for some action so now I have F.E.A.R. Extraction Point and I reinstalled Quake 4.

F.E.A.R. EP is not bad, though for some reason some areas perform horribly (like a slideshow) and I have to look at the floor or sky for the framerate to be tolerable. It was only in the outdoor areas, but the rest of it seems fine so far.

Quake 4's singleplayer campaign is pretty sweet so I felt like running through it again. This time I found GTX (http://www.xtreme-lab.net/gtx/), which enhances the graphics of Quake 4 by adding bloom shader, reflections on metal (marine armour and weapons, strogg, hovertank, walker, etc.), and casts any object's shadow with the flashlight. Pretty cool, gives Q4 a nice refined look. It's also available for Doom 3.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: TheOtherBelmont on Monday, November 20, 2006, 12:11:54 PM
I've been playing lots of Guitar Hero 2 lately in between my occasional Doom II play sessions.  Guitar Hero 2 is so much fun, playing Megadeth's "Hangar 18" is good times.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: MysterD on Saturday, December 30, 2006, 11:05:43 AM
I was playing NWN2, but I decided to hold off until the new patch is released. After having a lot of role-playing I was in the mood for some action so now I have F.E.A.R. Extraction Point and I reinstalled Quake 4.

F.E.A.R. EP is not bad, though for some reason some areas perform horribly (like a slideshow) and I have to look at the floor or sky for the framerate to be tolerable. It was only in the outdoor areas, but the rest of it seems fine so far.
I dunno' what it is, but 2006 on the PC seems like the year of "Games That Need MORE Patches."

GRAW PC is coming to mind, as I'm currently playing that. The game is pretty good so far, but to get it running decent while still looking good, I had to drop my res' down to 800x600. W/ everything turned off in 1024x768, the framerate is absolutely UNSTABLE -- jumping ALL over the place, from 8 to even 35 FPS. Turn everything on w/ 800x600, game runs better -- yet, it still looks good.

Oh -- Why on the GRAW PC version did they NOT allow and keep the third-person view they used the X360 version (which is also the only used viewpoint that is in the X360 version)???? I like the FPS view in GRAW PC, but it'd ALSO be nice to be able to switch b/t the two, if I so choosed to while on the fly, when in-game; like say Hitman series (since Hitman 2) have allowed and Thief: Deadly Shadows.

Next, enter Scarface: The World is Yours. Do I like the game? Yes, the voice-acting, cinematic qualities, and the game itself seems good, so far. The action itself: it is very good. But, what is holding me back from truly enjoying it??? Two things: ONE - The controls can't be configured to my very own liking. Sure, they're decent, but I'd like to be able to manipulate it to my own liking! TWO - The framerate is not always too stable.

Now, let's enter NWN2. Even w/ Patch 1.02, it ran also ALL over the place. Not until Patch 1.03 was the game really in any state to be very stable, while turning most graphical features. Performance still could be better, but it's better than what the hell it was.

I ain't played Gothic 3, but from what I heard, that game can also join the "I need more patches" club. I think Xessive can vouch for me on that one.

I'm getting tired of this trend that seems to be growing on the PC, of publishers and designers going the "let's let the alpha box/beta box out and release a patch sometime later" pathway. It's starting to get annoying.

I'm currently also playing Guild Wars: Nightfall. Now, if only as many games looked and ran as good as that game does, performance-wise. 

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Quake 4's singleplayer campaign is pretty sweet so I felt like running through it again. This time I found GTX (http://www.xtreme-lab.net/gtx/), which enhances the graphics of Quake 4 by adding bloom shader, reflections on metal (marine armour and weapons, strogg, hovertank, walker, etc.), and casts any object's shadow with the flashlight. Pretty cool, gives Q4 a nice refined look. It's also available for Doom 3.
Quake 4 rocks -- SP and MP.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: idolminds on Saturday, December 30, 2006, 11:27:44 AM
Gotta agree with the Guild Wars comment by D. I'm playing Prophecies (already wanting the expansions) and the game is simply gorgeous and runs amazingly well. These guys deserve a medal.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: MysterD on Saturday, December 30, 2006, 12:01:46 PM
Gotta agree with the Guild Wars comment by D. I'm playing Prophecies (already wanting the expansions) and the game is simply gorgeous and runs amazingly well. These guys deserve a medal.
Amen to that.

Wait until you try Nightfall, in which you have fully controllable henchmen, which are called "Heroes". It's like BG2 or NWN2, where you have full control over them, if you so like to.

One thing I also love about GW is their in-game interface. Very easy to use and learn. Every in-game window is a movable window, just about -- and you can move it anywhere on-screen; for your map, for your party members list, for your list of your skills, etc etc.


Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Pugnate on Friday, April 20, 2007, 02:24:35 PM
I am still hooked on Oblivion.

On the PSP I've played a bit of Lumines, though am mostly hitting Virtua Tennis.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: MysterD on Friday, April 20, 2007, 04:18:03 PM
I am still hooked on Oblivion.

On the PSP I've played a bit of Lumines, though am mostly hitting Virtua Tennis.

Holy shit!
Pug pulled a MyD!!!
He resurrected an old ass thread!!!
 :o :o :o

Me, I'm playing namely Shiv Isles and NWN2.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: iPPi on Friday, April 20, 2007, 04:27:32 PM
Currently playing:

World of Warcraft + Burning Crusade
Hitman: Blood Money on pro
R6: Vegas and Gears of War on XBL.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Jedi on Friday, April 20, 2007, 05:29:03 PM
Finished Vegas on X360 and currently playing C&C3 on the PC.
Oh and resisting WoW.. must resist!  ::)
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Quemaqua on Friday, April 20, 2007, 06:06:08 PM
Still playing Puzzle Quest.  Addictive as all get out but I've got a couple bugs.  Haven't heard them reported anywhere so don't know what the issue is.  But they happened both on my UMD and the ISO.  Nothing major enough to stop me from playing, but you're supposed to get 6 spells at once and I only get 5 because it refuses to let me select a 6th.  Odd.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Cobra951 on Friday, April 20, 2007, 08:27:06 PM
Test Drive Unlimited, heavily since I got it.  What can I say?  Virtual Hawaii, even if only for creatures of the 4-wheel variety.  Full escapism.  Plenty of flaws, some infuriating, but still indispensable.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Quemaqua on Friday, April 20, 2007, 08:53:03 PM
You know what's crazy?  Julia's actually been playing it even more than I have.  She's new to racing games in general (other than the Star Wars Pod Racer she had on her Mac back in the day before we burned that beast and urinated on the remains), but she's having a blast.  She's obviously got the driving assistance turned on and stuff, but she's doing quite well.  I'm surprised at how much she's taken to it.  She loves the fact that you can just drive around aimlessly in order to escape daily life, but also get into races and challenges whenever you feel like it.  For her that kind of thing is a godsend because she loves games that don't force you into constant intense exchanges but let you meander and then really get down to it when you so decide.  She's already got like 3 houses and a bunch of cars, it's funny.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: PyroMenace on Friday, April 20, 2007, 10:28:41 PM
Shamefully I haven't played STALKER as nearly as much as I should. Right now I haven't been gaming all too much. I casually jam on some Guitar Hero every night or so. And every so slowly I am trying to finish Castlevania PoR.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: K-man on Friday, April 20, 2007, 10:41:27 PM
Right now I'm playing the Saturn port of Symphony of the Night.  I just got the Crissaegrim, so Drac's pretty well fucked.  Been messing around with the marvel fighters that Pyro hooked me up with too.  I've been hitting up a lot of Excite Truck lately as well.  Really fun game, one of the few Gamespot scores i strongly disagree with.  Dead Rising is on the backburner for the moment, as is Twilight Princess and Okami.  If all goes well I'm going to start a game of Civ IV in a minute.  Oh yeah, and I'm about halfway through God of War 2

This is my problem.  I start way too many damn games at once and I never get them finished.  When I was a kid this wasn't a problem.  Course, back then I was lucky to get a new NES game every couple of months.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Quemaqua on Friday, April 20, 2007, 11:28:12 PM
Yeah, I never finish anything at all these days unless it's a short shooter or something.  Though I find that it isn't game length so much as it is I just burn out on games about 3 quarters through.  Like Elder Scrolls games (Oblivion, etc.) I never finish, but I play them for hundreds of hours.  And FFXII I didn't finish, but I got probably the same ratio through that as I did most of the others I dropped recently.  Same with Okami.  It's uncanny, and it bugs the hell out of me.

EDIT - Also, why are you playing the Saturn port of SotN?  Everyone says it's the most god-awful thing on the face of the earth.  I can't even remember why, oddly enough, but there you have it.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: TheOtherBelmont on Friday, April 20, 2007, 11:43:25 PM
And FFXII I didn't finish, but I got probably the same ratio through that as I did most of the others I dropped recently.  Same with Okami.  It's uncanny, and it bugs the hell out of me.

This makes me sad, that's two great games you are missing out on.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Quemaqua on Saturday, April 21, 2007, 12:04:43 AM
Well, I don't feel like I missed out.  I played through a good 3/4 of Okami and probably about the same for FFXII.  I was just taking it slow with FF because I was doing all the side missions and stuff, ended up not quite managing to finish before burning out.  I still want to go back, I just need a good free weekend to start in on it.And for Okami, I just sort of got out of the Japanese mood. 
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Pugnate on Saturday, April 21, 2007, 12:27:40 AM
Test Drive Unlimited, heavily since I got it.  What can I say?  Virtual Hawaii, even if only for creatures of the 4-wheel variety.  Full escapism.  Plenty of flaws, some infuriating, but still indispensable.

I picked it up for my PC. I tried it for just a bit and it looks pretty decent.

And D, the reason this thread was resurrected was that out of curiosity I was viewing the threads the anonymous guests were. One of them was this, and is a good thread!
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: MysterD on Saturday, April 21, 2007, 05:54:33 AM

And D, the reason this thread was resurrected was that out of curiosity I was viewing the threads the anonymous guests were. One of them was this, and is a good thread!
Y'know, I love to do old thread resurrections! :)
And I like when others do it, too!

Damn right you picked a good thread to resurrect, bro!
Rock on!

Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: K-man on Saturday, April 21, 2007, 07:44:36 AM

EDIT - Also, why are you playing the Saturn port of SotN?  Everyone says it's the most god-awful thing on the face of the earth.  I can't even remember why, oddly enough, but there you have it.

Technically its far inferior to the PS1 iteration.  There is a lot of slowdown in places (especially huge boss fights) and the transparency effects are horrible.  However, there are two areas that were added to the Saturn version, as well as extra boss fights and items.  I figure since I've beaten the PS1 version every which way I know how the Saturn version was worth a play through.

Even with the slowdown I haven't been terribly disappointed.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Quemaqua on Saturday, April 21, 2007, 11:06:15 AM
Well that's cool.  I didn't even know there was extra stuff there.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Cobra951 on Saturday, April 21, 2007, 01:09:30 PM
I picked it up for my PC. I tried it for just a bit and it looks pretty decent.

TDU is for Vista only, isn't it?  I've thought of getting the, er, trial version.  After all, I did pay full price already.  But then I remembered the forced OS situation.

I can see why Julia would take to it, after hearing so much about her.  When the personal situation is difficult, a game which transports you to a beautiful big world you can roam at will is more than welcome.  I've invested way too much time into it, and there's still some more left to do.  It's far from perfect, though, and if racing realism is what matters most, then there are better games out there, even for the X360 (Project Gotham Racing 3, from personal experience).
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Pugnate on Saturday, April 21, 2007, 01:37:19 PM
No I have it on XP.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Cobra951 on Saturday, April 21, 2007, 03:47:48 PM
Oh?  Super.  So I guess Microsoft doesn't have their tentacles too deep into Atari or Eden Games just yet.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: K-man on Saturday, April 21, 2007, 04:49:35 PM
Well that's cool.  I didn't even know there was extra stuff there.


Yeah, they're not huge areas though.  One of them just kinda ties two other areas together.  Would it be worth the 66 bucks I paid to other people?  Probably not.  However, since SoTN is probably in my personal top 5 games of all time I relish every bit of extra game I can get.  It's my original reasoning for even picking up a Saturn to begin with.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Quemaqua on Saturday, April 21, 2007, 10:16:01 PM
NiGHTS and Panzer Dragoon Saga would be mine, but yeah, I hear you.  SotN is definitely in my top 10 as well, and I'm pleased as punch to have it on my PSP now.  That's one of the holy grails to have portable for me.  It's just pure comfort.  One of those games you love that playing just instantly makes you feel better about life.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Pugnate on Saturday, April 21, 2007, 10:39:43 PM
Lumines is so awesome and so are handhelds. I was wrong.

Oblivion looks better after the new patch and seems to be playing smoother.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Cobra951 on Sunday, April 22, 2007, 09:37:24 AM

Yeah, they're not huge areas though.  One of them just kinda ties two other areas together.  Would it be worth the 66 bucks I paid to other people?  Probably not.  However, since SoTN is probably in my personal top 5 games of all time I relish every bit of extra game I can get.  It's my original reasoning for even picking up a Saturn to begin with.

I found out about the extras when I played through SotN on the X360.  There's a 200.6% achievement that I just could not get.  So I looked at some full maps over at GameFAQs.  The Saturn-exclusive areas are highlighted in a different color.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: gpw11 on Sunday, April 22, 2007, 05:27:27 PM
Shining Force 3 is the game I'd like to see ported over to a current system (with the two later scenarios translated).  I doubt it will happen though.

Anyways, just finished xenosaga episode 2.  Look forward to Ep. 3 and hope the battle system is a bit less tedious.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: MysterD on Saturday, April 28, 2007, 02:07:02 PM
Far Cry (PC).

FINALLY, got by the level that was driving me nuts that I'd try, here and there -- then give up on, due to frustration and lack of quicksaving.

FC is getting VERY enjoyable again, since I got by that hump in the road.

Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: wizall on Saturday, April 28, 2007, 04:03:33 PM
Broke out GH2 on the 360 last night.  It's so dreamy.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Quemaqua on Saturday, April 28, 2007, 04:15:55 PM
I want it really bad.  I mean, I play guitar, but those games are just fun.  But I can in no way even come close to affording that.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: wizall on Saturday, April 28, 2007, 05:15:31 PM
Yeah, I hear ya, man.  The only reason I could afforid it is that a friend could get it for 20% off, but that's still $72.  Yikes...but the game isn't going anywhere, and who knows, the next iteration is due out in the fall with a wireless guitar, so it's probably worth holding off.

But in the meantime, I'm going to pretend I know how to play the guitar--it's a hell of a lot fun.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: MysterD on Saturday, April 28, 2007, 07:00:53 PM
Made my way to the Archives in Far Cry.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Xessive on Sunday, April 29, 2007, 04:13:50 AM
Well, I've had very little game time lately but when I do play I stick to Shivering Isles! I'm really enjoying it!
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: MysterD on Sunday, April 29, 2007, 06:38:51 AM
Well, I've had very little game time lately but when I do play I stick to Shivering Isles! I'm really enjoying it!

Shivering is awesome. I spent about 15-20 hours into it.....

...Then, once the nasty bug was announced, it was break-time. I don't wanna lose my stored items in my homes over all of Tamriel! hehe.

Please, put out a final patch -- enuff w/ Beta Patches!

I'm ready to plung back into Shiv!

Anyways, I will keep pluggin' at Far Cry. I always loved Far Cry -- except, didn't really love the Sucky Checkpoint Save System.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: MysterD on Sunday, April 29, 2007, 02:42:35 PM
I know Que will LOVE what shooter I decided to play some more of, since I never finished...
PAINKILLER!!!!!!

I'm in Chapter 2 -- I'm at The Town
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: TheOtherBelmont on Monday, April 30, 2007, 12:57:10 AM
You're actually playing a game besides Oblivion or NWN 2?  Maybe I did see that pig fly today.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Pugnate on Monday, April 30, 2007, 02:29:58 AM
Actually I think he plays everything at once.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: MysterD on Monday, April 30, 2007, 01:41:36 PM
Actually I think he plays everything at once.

Pretty much, yeah -- especially when I want to take a lil' break from somethin'....
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Pugnate on Tuesday, May 01, 2007, 10:22:06 AM
I think that's my problem. I play too many things at once and become overwhelmed and instantly turned off. I have 600 GB of HD space so I installed every game I had, and then couldn't decide what to play :P

I am currently playing Chaos Theory and am 75% through it. I love the game. Also on the PSP I am going through the world tour option of Virtua Tennis 3. The mini games kick ass.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Quemaqua on Tuesday, May 01, 2007, 06:53:36 PM
I think D needs to outsource a little.  Seriously, dude.  You play every game out there for like 2 hours then stop but leave it installed on your HDD for no apparent reason, and then you see every movie ever made and make threads about them.  I think you seriously need some books in your life.

But who am I kidding?  He won't listen to me.  The printed page is lost on this generation.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Jedi on Tuesday, May 01, 2007, 07:15:02 PM
I think D needs to outsource a little.  Seriously, dude.  You play every game out there for like 2 hours then stop but leave it installed on your HDD for no apparent reason, and then you see every movie ever made and make threads about them.  I think you seriously need some books in your life.

But who am I kidding?  He won't listen to me.  The printed page is lost on this generation.

Unless its a pick-a-page book I think the printed page would be too linear for D to handle.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: MysterD on Tuesday, May 01, 2007, 08:55:29 PM
Unless its a pick-a-page book I think the printed page would be too linear for D to handle.

Y'know, Jedi's got a point...

...Though, I watch movies and they are often quite linear...
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Ghandi on Tuesday, May 01, 2007, 09:46:52 PM
You need to get one of those books that you can choose the ending. You know, if you choose door number 1 go to page 235- those sorts of books. Very open ended. And fun.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Quemaqua on Tuesday, May 01, 2007, 10:31:30 PM
No.  No he doesn't.  He needs to sit down and read an actual book with real lasting value.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: idolminds on Tuesday, May 01, 2007, 10:45:15 PM
Que, we should totally write a choose-your-own-adventure book! It could be about zombies!

Page 2: "...and then you hear a scream. If you want to investigate, goto page 40. If you want to ignore it and look for ammo, goto page 45."




Page 40: "You crack open the door to look for the source of the noise, and 30 zombies pile in and eat your brains. You die. The end."




Page 45: "As you're looking for ammo, 30 zombies bust down the door and eat your brains. You die. The end."
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Quemaqua on Tuesday, May 01, 2007, 10:51:05 PM
Dude, we should completely do it.  I write, you take care of formatting and general plot development?  And for the cover, I can draw horrible zombie death lineart and you can color it!  This idea is actually sounding more awesome even though I was joking a second ago.  We could sell this stuff to nerds like us on lulu.com and make moneys!  We totally should!
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: PyroMenace on Tuesday, May 01, 2007, 11:01:12 PM
You guys should make a comic with it, that'd be sweet.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: idolminds on Tuesday, May 01, 2007, 11:05:21 PM
I like this plan of action.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: MysterD on Wednesday, May 02, 2007, 01:38:26 PM
Sounds kick-ass
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Cobra951 on Wednesday, May 02, 2007, 02:42:11 PM
...Though, I watch movies and they are often quite linear...

Hahahaha!  D, that is the funniest thing I have ever read from you.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: MysterD on Wednesday, May 02, 2007, 03:33:53 PM
Hahahaha!  D, that is the funniest thing I have ever read from you.

thanks bro.

*bows*
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Quemaqua on Wednesday, May 02, 2007, 06:13:03 PM
I think Pug needs a humor transplant, stat.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: MysterD on Wednesday, May 02, 2007, 07:57:37 PM
I'm currently playing Shivering Isles.

Oh, and I installed Fallout 2 on my Win XP PC -- and played that for a lil' bit. :)
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Xessive on Wednesday, May 02, 2007, 10:22:24 PM
I just installed Infernal. I don't if anyone knows of it. I think it was originally called Diabolique or something. So far it's a pretty decent game. Quite good looking too, and performs extremely well!

The only noticeably bad thing so far is the lip-sync, but it doesn't ruin the game for me.

I'll let y'all know how it turns out.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Quemaqua on Wednesday, May 02, 2007, 10:37:23 PM
Definitely let us know.  I was pretty curious about that one.  For some reason I thought it got canned.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Pugnate on Wednesday, May 02, 2007, 11:20:44 PM
I think Pug needs a humor transplant, stat.

But I didn't even say anything...  ;D
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Quemaqua on Wednesday, May 02, 2007, 11:23:55 PM
Oh God... you're right, it was Cobra!  Holy crap, we've lost another one...
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Pugnate on Wednesday, May 02, 2007, 11:45:41 PM
And I didn't detect any sarcasm from him either :P
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Quemaqua on Thursday, May 03, 2007, 12:45:10 AM
You people have serious mental defects.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Pugnate on Thursday, May 03, 2007, 03:44:49 AM
MysterDeffectsNF.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Xessive on Thursday, May 03, 2007, 08:34:04 AM
Definitely let us know.  I was pretty curious about that one.  For some reason I thought it got canned.
Yeah I thought that too when Eidos announced that they dropped "Diabolique," but it seems they just dropped the title and renamed the project.

There's actually a really weird thing between this game and myself.. I mean artistically.. A while back, around 2002 when I was still in university, I had a graphic novel idea which I had called "Diabolique" and a lot of the ideas I had at the time seem to manifest themselves in the game! It's like telepathic plagiarism! How did they know?! Holy sheet! One of my characters resembles the main character of the game too hehe, well same hairstyle anyway :P
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: MysterD on Thursday, May 03, 2007, 08:04:05 PM
MysterDeffectsNF.
Oh yeah!!!
"Hail to the King, baby!"


Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: poomcgoo on Friday, May 04, 2007, 11:52:53 AM
I just started playing Vagrant Story.  I got the wireless adapter for my 360 controllers and I've been using them with epsxe.  I just finished SOTN, which was as amazing as it was the first time I ran through it, but I never played Vagrant Story before.  It's great so far, but I haven't gotten too deep into it yet.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: MysterD on Sunday, May 06, 2007, 06:06:17 PM
I got to The Swamp in PAINKILLER, fighting that big ass swamp thing boss that....

(click to show/hide)

I wish more FPS's had bosses as bad-ass and such awesome boss fights like PK does.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Quemaqua on Sunday, May 06, 2007, 06:35:12 PM
I am *still* having trouble with Vagrant Story.  I really do like it, but for some reason the game just hasn't completely clicked for me yet.  I've taken a long break from it due to some problems with the rip I had for my PSP, but... eh.  Eventually I'll figure it out.  I just love the art design and storytelling so much that everything else is irrelevant.

I was at Sy's the other night and got in this hardcore MGS mood that I haven't been in in years, so I'm ripping MGS for my PSP and I picked up Acid.  If all goes as planned, maybe I'll actually go back and finally beat MGS 2.  I found 3 for like 10 bucks not too long ago, but I really can't play it yet because I want to finish 2.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Quemaqua on Tuesday, May 08, 2007, 12:32:26 AM
So... now I'm playing through MGS on my PSP and MGS2 on my PS2.  I can't believe how fucking good MGS2 still looks.  There are current gen games that don't look this good.  And I really don't know what it was that caused me to kind of go sour on the stealth thing and the MGS games, because I'm having a blast this time around.  Maybe it's just the fact that it's been about 5 years since I've played one.  In any case, I'm very happy to get reacquainted with the franchise.  It seems I was really missing out after all.  I always wanted to love them because I was such a gigantic fan of the NES games when I was a kid, and I guess it just took some time away to rekindle the romance.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Xessive on Tuesday, May 08, 2007, 05:57:38 AM
So... now I'm playing through MGS on my PSP and MGS2 on my PS2.  I can't believe how fucking good MGS2 still looks.  There are current gen games that don't look this good.  And I really don't know what it was that caused me to kind of go sour on the stealth thing and the MGS games, because I'm having a blast this time around.  Maybe it's just the fact that it's been about 5 years since I've played one.  In any case, I'm very happy to get reacquainted with the franchise.  It seems I was really missing out after all.  I always wanted to love them because I was such a gigantic fan of the NES games when I was a kid, and I guess it just took some time away to rekindle the romance.
Nice. Those are two of the best games I've ever played. MGS2 still looks great even on PC!
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: TheOtherBelmont on Tuesday, May 08, 2007, 12:04:03 PM
I just bought Rogue Galaxy a few days ago and I've been playing it ever since.  It is tons of fun.  Yay for sci fi RPGs!
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: angrykeebler on Tuesday, May 08, 2007, 12:14:43 PM
So... now I'm playing through MGS on my PSP and MGS2 on my PS2.  I can't believe how fucking good MGS2 still looks.  There are current gen games that don't look this good.  And I really don't know what it was that caused me to kind of go sour on the stealth thing and the MGS games, because I'm having a blast this time around.  Maybe it's just the fact that it's been about 5 years since I've played one.  In any case, I'm very happy to get reacquainted with the franchise.  It seems I was really missing out after all.  I always wanted to love them because I was such a gigantic fan of the NES games when I was a kid, and I guess it just took some time away to rekindle the romance.

What I thought was crap about MGS2
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Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: idolminds on Tuesday, May 08, 2007, 12:22:27 PM
Funny I check in to this thread. I reinstalled MGS2 on PC, and was just thinking that...hot damn it looks good.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Quemaqua on Tuesday, May 08, 2007, 06:02:47 PM
I hear you, keebs.  That bugged me a bit too.  Then again, I never played any MG games because the dialogue or situations were at all realistic.  Now I sort of enjoy the fact that they're completely nonsensical.  It used to bug me (forgivable for NES, but not so much for a pretty serious PSx game with heavy exposition), but for whatever reason I find it all really amusing and endearing now.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: MysterD on Saturday, June 02, 2007, 08:12:54 AM
Currently playing on my PC...

1. Gothic III
2. Diablo II: LoD
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: TheOtherBelmont on Saturday, June 02, 2007, 11:19:55 AM
I just beat Rogue Galaxy and Prey recently, now I'm playing and highly enjoying, Odin Sphere.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Quemaqua on Saturday, June 02, 2007, 12:16:27 PM
Totally hooked on Dawn of Mana, still slowly progressing through FFXII, and still hoping to jump back to the MGS thing I was doing before I got sidetracked.  Put a large chunk of time into Metal Gear AC!D which I was loving... looking forward to trying MGS3.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: idolminds on Saturday, June 02, 2007, 12:40:08 PM
Paper Mario: Thousand Year Door. But I'm progressing very slowly. Not playing it as much as I want to.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: wizall on Saturday, June 02, 2007, 12:53:06 PM
I'm into the third act of Call of Duty 2 on the 360.  I also occasionally pick up Guitar Hero II to keep my skills merely bad, rather than awful. 
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: MysterD on Saturday, June 02, 2007, 03:02:09 PM
I'm into the third act of Call of Duty 2 on the 360. 
I still been meaning to play that on my PC, since I got it installed and all.

Though, I need to finish CoD: United Offensive first...
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Xessive on Thursday, July 05, 2007, 02:48:02 AM
I just finished Tomb Raider Anniversary! That was a fun ride. It definitely honours the original and expands on it. I loved it.

Now that it's done I need some suggestions for the next game to play :D Any PC recommendations?
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: scottws on Thursday, July 05, 2007, 05:46:17 AM
I just beat Shadow of the Colossus a couple days ago, but I have to rebeat it because I was interrupted during the ending cutscene.

I just started Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door last night.  I played for about two hours.  So far, I hate it.  I hope it gets more challenging and more complex real fast.

Forza Motorsport 2 and S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl are on hiatus. I still play a game or two in Madden '07 a week.  I'm partially through a second play-through of Quake IV, but it's slow going.  I play an hour or so maybe once every three weeks.

Okami is waiting in the wings.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: MysterD on Thursday, July 05, 2007, 01:42:15 PM
I just finished Tomb Raider Anniversary! That was a fun ride. It definitely honours the original and expands on it. I loved it.

Now that it's done I need some suggestions for the next game to play :D Any PC recommendations?

If you haven't played STALKER, I think it's probably one of the best FPS's this year, so far...

And it's open-ended, too!
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: iPPi on Thursday, July 05, 2007, 03:41:42 PM
I just started Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door last night.  I played for about two hours.  So far, I hate it.  I hope it gets more challenging and more complex real fast.

The game doesn't get any more challenging or complex.  But the dialog (re: reading), the characters, and the overall gameplay make the game pretty damn fun to play.  I mean, it is by no means a hardcore gaming experience.  This is a light game with a fun story and good characters.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Xessive on Friday, July 06, 2007, 12:10:18 AM
If you haven't played STALKER, I think it's probably one of the best FPS's this year, so far...

And it's open-ended, too!
I played STALKER, and it just didn't draw me in at all.. I got bored of it pretty quickly.. I played about 10-12 hours and I couldn't enjoy it. I was hoping it would be as open as a game like Oblivion, but it just felt so restricted; especially with all the tedious running around.

I don't know if it was due to the game's atmosphere but I always felt uncomfortable and dulled out. Maybe it's the lack of sunshine in the game world and the overall greyness of the environments.

Anyway, I played a bit of Dark Crusade again. That game is awesome.

I was contemplating reinstalling FEAR, but for some reason it always messes up my DX9 installation. So now I'm considering going through Condemned: Criminal Origins again, since I haven't finished it.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: scottws on Friday, July 06, 2007, 09:01:14 AM
I started playing Okami today and wow!  It's a better Zelda than Zelda itself!  I love it.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: MysterD on Friday, July 06, 2007, 01:52:05 PM
I played STALKER, and it just didn't draw me in at all.. I got bored of it pretty quickly.. I played about 10-12 hours and I couldn't enjoy it. I was hoping it would be as open as a game like Oblivion, but it just felt so restricted; especially with all the tedious running around.
I loved STALKER. It's not an RPG, so it ain't gonna be as open as say Oblivion. For an FPS, yeah -- it's much LESS linear than most FPS games.

Though, yeah -- there's a lot to do. And often, if you just step into an area, a new mission might just suddenly pop up at a certain location on the map -- usually a "help this faction in a shootout" or "defend this base" mission.

Often, when you kill enemies and search them, their PDA will tell you of "secret" stashes -- often, these tell you where "artifacts" might be and other goodies lingering in the world. And often, the barkeep or Duty's leader might be looking for such an item, if you ask them what missions they have for you.

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I don't know if it was due to the game's atmosphere but I always felt uncomfortable and dulled out. Maybe it's the lack of sunshine in the game world and the overall greyness of the environments.
Now, see -- this is what I loved about the game. The bleak, dark atmosphere from the fallout in Chernobyl. I loved every second of it.

I love that the areas are often just littered w/ baddies that just seem to be there. Maybe you'll find a bloodsucker, or a zombie, or a human-crawling zombies, or a invisible-cloaking monster. Yeah, I dug this game, as you can tell. :P

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Contemplating reinstalling FEAR, but for some reason it always messes up my DX9 installation. So now I'm considering going through Condemned: Criminal Origins again, since I haven't finished it.
Condemned is pretty good. Not long, but still damn good. Hard to get sick of bludgeoning people w/ melee weapons upside their skull!
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Quemaqua on Friday, July 06, 2007, 06:07:28 PM
I started playing Okami today and wow!  It's a better Zelda than Zelda itself!  I love it.

It's an amazing game.  One of my all-time favorites.  Going back through it now, actually.  I started before I was playing The Darkness, took a break for that, and now that I'm done I'm heading back to Okami again.  It's so much fun, and so relaxing.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: MysterD on Friday, July 06, 2007, 07:30:46 PM
Currently playing R6: Vegas on the PC now.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: MysterD on Saturday, August 04, 2007, 05:46:22 PM
I bought Freedom Force vs. The Third Reich at CC for $6.02 today. Good find!
I played a lil' bit of it, today -- this looks and plays like the original Freedom Force that I loved. :)
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: MysterD on Thursday, October 04, 2007, 11:11:32 PM
I got the El Matador demo, but it was so full of bugs and it wouldn't start properly. However I found El Matador on the torrents, and I gave it a shot. Wow, that game sucks. It's basically Max Payne without quality + cheesy 80's movie drug story + crap graphics + terrible gameplay. Other than that it's pretty much a cheap rip-off of Max Payne. It really feels incomplete too.

Mind you, I'm talking here about a year and a month later here and all -- so, for the hell of it, I picked up Boiling Point and El Matador, for dirt cheap -- $4 a pop each.

El Matador
El Matador does indeed feel like a lesser Max Payne game. Actually, I'd say it feels like two games combined, which are much better than this one. It really does feel like a cross b/t Max Payne and Far Cry, when it comes to the gameplay (feel like Max Payne's action) and the settings (feels like Payne early on, now it feels like Far Cry in the jungles and all). Unfortunately, El Matador's storyline, dialogue and characters are nowhere even close to being as interesting as Max Payne 2's. The voice-acting isn't bad here, it's actually quite decent -- but, who wrote this damn game?? The writing is worse than the original Max Payne's writing!

Though, I do have to admit -- the graphics are good (especially in the jungle areas) and the action's pretty good. These are the best two things this game got going for it. As far as action goes, you really can't go wrong here -- since there's non-stop killing and lots of blowing up stuff.

Difficulty settings -- People talk about Normal being too easy in Halo 3. Well, in El Matador, we go to the other extreme where Normal is ridiculously hard. Yes, even for shooting game vet like myself who've played loads of shooters! El Matador's Normal setting makes Max Payne's Hardboiled difficulty look like Easy! I played it for around a half-hour, getting just about nowhere in the first nightclub level; barely out the first room! These guys just don't miss -- and when they hit you, you get slammed! So, I was very frustrated. I decided to start over and put it on Easy and that's not too bad -- you still got shot like holy hell, but you ain't getting creamed on damage, as much. I die here and there, but nothing like on Normal. There should be another setting, b/t Easy and Normal, since there feels like there is still a huge gap b/t the two difficulties. Y'know, I don't even wanna picture how tough the game will be on even Hard or Nightmare...

Here's an oddity w/ this game -- Anytime you hit the ALT key (it  acts as if you hit ALT+TAB, sometimes), this game freezes up or switches you to your Desktop. Weirdness. That's the only technical issue I've had w/ this game, as I'm running this w/ the newest patch of the game and all.

Boiling Point: Road To Hell
Well, well. I finally get my hands on this one...FINALLY. Been wanting to play this, for a while -- despite all of the technical issues it is known for. Let's begin at the first point here -- pretty much, we all know how bug-ridden and how horrible the game performed on most new PC's at that time, BP was straight up canned by the world, being released in pretty much an "Alpha" state when it was. So, even after US Patch Version 1.1 came out, which did fix a lot of issues, most said it was still a nasty mess; more like a "Beta", after Patch 1.1, many said. Funny enough, this was the last version officially released by Atari for the US Version of the game; though, Atari released the Euro Version 2.0 -- and so did Deep Shadows (the game's makers). Atari never released a US Version 2.0, oddly enough.

From what I've read on message boards, it is recommended for everybody that runs BP to run (official patch) Euro Version 2.0 Patch, regardless of whether you have the USA or Euro version of the game. So yes, you can slap this Euro patch right over the USA version of the game; it actually won't screw anything up, if you do. Given that, it makes me wonder -- why the hell didn't Atari just let this Euro patch out also for the USA version of the game???? Not a good way to support a game that you published, guys. They sure let out this patch for the Euro Version of the game -- and it works fine for the US Version, so not putting even that same exact file for the US Version is really poor tech support on Atari's half. Yeah, like that's anything new from Atari.....

After playing w/ BP Version 2.0 and looking through Version 2.0's wicked long laundry list (in the 2.0 Patch's README) of bug fixes, additions to the game (improved physics and mechanics for driving, for one), etc etc -- holy cow!!! How come Atari didn't just wait to release this game in THIS state in the first place, is way beyond me!!! The game runs quite well, in 1024x768 for me -- never dropping below 30 FPS (even w/ a lot of stuff happening on screen where there's cars on the road, numerous enemies on-screen shooting and tossing grenades). Most of all that graphical stuff is turned on, too. Car driving is fine w/ the keyboard, control-wise -- you can use the mouse to steer, also. And, you can switch b/t 3rd and 1st person viewpoints, while you're driving. The FPS action itself is pretty good, which feels a lot like STALKER -- but, of course, minus all the creepy horror elements. I even feel like I did in STALKER, as I'm barely into the Boiling Point game, yet I've seem to be standing back and letting shootouts go, then I'll be taking a lot of weapons and equipment off dead bodies that get caught up in shootouts!!!

The game itself does feels like a cross b/t both STALKER (open-ended gameworld with a handful of factions yo join and do missions for) and GTA (we have car-driving elements here). I can definitely see the STALKER style of gameplay here w/ a handful of factions to join and a good number of quests to do. BP feels like STALKER in the regard that just out of nowhere, you'll have some big shootouts happening while you're out in the open-world b/t some factions. Makes sense, since some who worked on Boiling Point actually did work at GSC Game World (which is even noted on Deep Shadows' website).

So far, I like this game. I will need to spend more time w/ it. So far, it's good with patch 2.0 installed.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Xessive on Monday, October 08, 2007, 01:48:43 PM
Back to playing Oblivion! The game is truly beautiful when it's set to Ultra High quality and running at blazing fps!

Now I only wish that Bethesda will make a DX10 update to pusb the game's looks even further. I'm not complaining, just some wishful thinking.

Still one of my favourite games.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: MysterD on Monday, October 08, 2007, 02:31:23 PM
Back to playing Oblivion! The game is truly beautiful when it's set to Ultra High quality and running at blazing fps!

Now I only wish that Bethesda will make a DX10 update to pusb the game's looks even further. I'm not complaining, just some wishful thinking.

Still one of my favourite games.

Oblivion's a masterpiece.
I do need to finish Shivering Isles, myself -- especially since they fixed that nasty "Form" bug.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: gpw11 on Monday, October 08, 2007, 03:42:15 PM
Persona 3.  GREAT GAME.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Xessive on Monday, October 08, 2007, 10:02:30 PM
Oblivion's a masterpiece.
I do need to finish Shivering Isles, myself -- especially since they fixed that nasty "Form" bug.
Yeah man, SI is a great expansion. For a little while you're in a whole new world in Oblivion! In my case I adapted to the madness of the Shivering Isles, and when I went back to Cyrodiil there was a bit of a culture shock! I had to re-adapt myself to the "normal" world.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Pugnate on Tuesday, October 09, 2007, 02:48:29 AM
I am playing the shit out of Company of Heroes.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Ghandi on Tuesday, October 09, 2007, 09:33:07 AM
Playing - Resident Evil 0 and Viewtiful Joe for the Gamecube I just bought. $39.99 for a refurbished GC -- not bad.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Quemaqua on Tuesday, October 09, 2007, 07:20:12 PM
I am playing games.  Yes.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: MysterD on Tuesday, October 09, 2007, 08:28:25 PM
I am playing games.  Yes.

Like what...?
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Quemaqua on Tuesday, October 09, 2007, 11:16:35 PM
Jeanne d'Arc, Vagrant Story, Dead Head Fred, Eternal Sonata, and like 5 others I was in the process of playing and have forgotten about by now.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: idolminds on Tuesday, October 09, 2007, 11:26:55 PM
Zelda Phantom Hourglass (fucking repeating dungeon), Quake 2, some DoD:S with Pyro, little Picross when I have time to kill...
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: gpw11 on Tuesday, October 09, 2007, 11:42:38 PM
I started playing Okami today and wow!  It's a better Zelda than Zelda itself!  I love it.

So true, so true.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: iPPi on Wednesday, October 10, 2007, 07:21:45 AM
Playing World of Warcraft, Zelda: Twilight Princess, Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, Bioshock, and Halo 3.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: MysterD on Wednesday, October 10, 2007, 01:41:57 PM
Jeanne d'Arc, Vagrant Story, Dead Head Fred, Eternal Sonata, and like 5 others I was in the process of playing and have forgotten about by now.

Hey, how's that Dead Head Fred?

I saw a G4 Review on that last night -- and they liked it a lot.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: MysterD on Monday, October 22, 2007, 01:34:33 PM
Recently finished (this past Saturday) Matrix: Path of Neo on the PC.

Currently playing NWN2: Mask of the Betrayer.

Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Pugnate on Monday, October 22, 2007, 11:01:57 PM
... you finished Path of Neo?
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: idolminds on Monday, October 22, 2007, 11:09:38 PM
Finished Phantom Hourglass. Good game, though the "magic" ended up wearing off fairly quickly thanks to that single dungeon. Plus the final boss battle wasn't nearly epic enough.

Now playing Team Fortress 2, and again...magic wears off. Severe lack of map variety is killing the fun for me. Also playing Portal. Gotta get back and try some more of the challenges.

Looking for something else to play, but I have no idea what exactly I want. Hmmm. If I had my new system I've got a bunch of things to play. But I dont, so I'm looking at my back catalog. Thinking of NWN1, but for some reason I've been unable to truely get into that game.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Xessive on Tuesday, October 23, 2007, 02:01:15 AM
Haha I think MyD is the only one with the patience and dedication to go through Path of Neo :P Lord knows I tried!

At the moment I'm playing FEAR again, mainly just to see how it looks with all settings on max. I also got my hands on SafeCracker (http://www.bigfishgames.com/download-games/2080/safecracker/index.html?afcode=af2696a4f7dd&src=bfg12y09engssafc&gclid=CPLN_7_TpI8CFReQGgod1H-3RQ) since I was in the mood for puzzles. Not bad so far.

I'm hoping to pick up Mask of the Betrayer soon, and I can hardly wait for The Witcher, Gears of War, and UT3!
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: PyroMenace on Tuesday, October 23, 2007, 04:45:55 AM
I played through HL2 again and continued on and finished Episodes 1 and 2. The episodes were great, 2 so better than 1, however the way they end them is just terrible. I just can't stand it, these guys dont know how to tell a fucking story, the best way to describe it is watching a dragon ball Z episode. I did get used to it and sort of expected it after the grand epic shitty ending that was the HL2 game itself. Crappy endings aside, the games pace and atmosphere are spot on. I just love the varied gameplay they throw at you, there's some little puzzle solving bits in there, then the next moment your running and hiding from a massive ant lion beast, or driving frantically from a hunter chopper, its magnificent, I never get bored, its just really addicting.

After finishing that, I wanted more FPS action so I reinstalled Doom 3 and started playing it again for the 3rd time. Damn this game for being so atmospheric and awesome yet so damn tense... I really hope I have the balls to finish it this time.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: MysterD on Tuesday, October 23, 2007, 06:27:45 AM
... you finished Path of Neo?

Sure did.

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Haha I think MyD is the only one with the patience and dedication to go through Path of Neo Tongue Lord knows I tried!
The action in the game was enough to keep me going. I liked all the powering up after finishing a level and gaining new powers -- it kept the combat fresh. Combat was actually good and much improved over ETM.

Unfortunately, framerates were all-over-the-place at times (not as bad as ETM was); the graphics weren't technically good enough to warrant such all-over-the-place framerates (it doesn't look much better than ETM did); and the story basically requires you basically seen ALL THREE Matrix movies b/c of the lack of explanation. Plus, this is the weirdest part -- they told the game-levels in exact order, but they inter-weaved and cut FMV scenes from all THREE flicks, after every level -- so, if you saw all three flicks, you know what's going on. If you didn't see all flicks, you might be wondering why all the FMV's seem so all-over-the-place.

It was nothing great, but still the combat was hella' fun.

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After finishing that, I wanted more FPS action so I reinstalled Doom 3 and started playing it again for the 3rd time. Damn this game for being so atmospheric and awesome yet so damn tense... I really hope I have the balls to finish it this time.
I liked Doom 3, but some of the in-between middle levels were blah to me.

Granted, the game started awesome and the end levels in Hell were awesome. Should've been more Hell levels, I say!

Speaking of which, I need to finish Doom 3: Res of Evil, which actually did start off good. Hope the rest of it is as good.

Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: MysterD on Tuesday, October 23, 2007, 06:39:53 AM
Looking for something else to play, but I have no idea what exactly I want. Hmmm. If I had my new system I've got a bunch of things to play. But I dont, so I'm looking at my back catalog. Thinking of NWN1, but for some reason I've been unable to truely get into that game.
If you're doing the SP stuff, skip NWN: OC -- its greatness comes and goes like the wind. Namely, I liked Chapters 1 and 4. Other two chapters had their moments, but seem so rushed and a major lack of choice in finishing quests. At least if you're not giving much choice in doing quests, give us a good amount of side quests to do to keep us going!

I'd say to go either straight to NWN: Shadows of NWN: Hordes.
I think Hordes was the best of the NWN1 SP campaigns, by far.

I should get back to NWN2: Mask -- hehe. So far, so great -- I'm already into Chapter 2 of the very dark expansion. I really can't seem to put this one down, since I got it this Sunday. Mask looks like if it keeps this pace up, it's going to be up there w/ Hordes -- and this is definitely the best thing Obsidian's done so far for NWN2. Great action, great storytelling, and all of the new NPC's are very interesting. Plus, the voice-acting is really good.



Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Pugnate on Monday, December 31, 2007, 10:53:15 AM
Been playing Bioshock which is awesome, and UT3 which is almost as awesome.

I also found myself returning to Oblivion.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: TheOtherBelmont on Monday, December 31, 2007, 02:23:40 PM
I'm actually finally getting to play Bioshock, a good friend of mine has let me borrow his 360 for a week while he is on a skiing trip!  I'm loving it so far.  Hopefully I'll have enough time to crack into Mass Effect too, I have Wed, Thurs, and Friday off so I plan on playing a lot.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: MysterD on Monday, December 31, 2007, 02:37:57 PM
Currently playing Hellgate: London.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: wizall on Monday, December 31, 2007, 08:45:17 PM
CoD4 should be delivered this week at some point. 

I'm also considering replaying Oblivion, though actually 'restarting' would be more accurate.  I didn't get very far my first go around with a pure mage.  What are you playing as, Pug?
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Quemaqua on Monday, December 31, 2007, 09:02:55 PM
I'll probably pop back into Oblivion again at some point, but not yet.  Gotta' finish The Witcher first, which will be the next RPG I play again if I play one.  Unfortunately, Guild Wars has me by the short hairs right now, as well as Disgaea for PSP.  I haven't had much luck keeping myself from playing either one.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: MysterD on Monday, December 31, 2007, 09:12:49 PM
Man, I need to get back into GW...
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: PyroMenace on Tuesday, January 01, 2008, 03:16:07 AM
I finished Bioshock over the holiday when I was off, can't really add much other than its a very addicting and amazing experience. Theres some little stuff I didnt like but it didnt really impact the overall experience of the game. I'm playing Assassin's Creed now which has been sweet so far, I also bought Mass Effect which I plan to tackle next.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Quemaqua on Tuesday, January 01, 2008, 04:06:46 AM
Arg, I want Mass Effect really bad.  But I think I'm going to get FFXII: Revenant Wings tomorrow instead.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: MysterD on Tuesday, January 01, 2008, 07:16:45 AM
Arg, I want Mass Effect really bad.  But I think I'm going to get FFXII: Revenant Wings tomorrow instead.

I could go for a Mass Effect port to the PC!

C'mon, we knows it's eventually coming -- especially since Bioware just won't comment on it getting a PC port; which is what happened w/ KOTOR and Jade Empire.

In due time,  Iguess -- probably 6 months to 2 years or so, I'd guess...

I still think Baldur's Gate II will be very hard for Bioware to actually ever top. That game was just that amazing.

Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: ren on Tuesday, January 01, 2008, 11:17:51 PM
I recently played Metroid Prime III on Wii for a few hours so now I'm going through Metroid Prime again. Easily one of the greatest games ever made.

Also going through Quake for the first time. Blasphemy, I know. I'm only a few levels in but this game is just so...badass. It's mostly the sound that does it for me. The screams of the soldiers and the dogs and the sound of the weapons are just so unforgiving.

As for Paper Mario and the Thousand Year Door. I rented it and played it for a few hours. It got tedious though, just more of the same so it was never worth a rental. Time went by quickly when I was playing it but I couldn't say I was enjoying myself.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Quemaqua on Wednesday, January 02, 2008, 12:10:36 AM
Julia and Pyro are going to kill you in your sleep for that last comment.  As for your other two... I concur.  Good stuff.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: PyroMenace on Wednesday, January 02, 2008, 04:09:47 AM
Theres been a number of people here that really show some distaste for the game. I'm not sure why... I didnt find it tedious at all. I loved every second of it.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: MysterD on Sunday, March 02, 2008, 07:38:41 PM
F.E.A.R.: Extraction Point (Expansion Pack).
I'm on Interval 3 and so far, its action has been really damn good.

The new mini-gun is pretty sweet.

I wish there more to the story and all, though....

Basically, it reminds me of HL2: Ep One in story, in a sense -- basically, you're just trying to get the hell out of the newly destroyed area.

Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Quemaqua on Sunday, March 02, 2008, 08:22:50 PM
I just beat The Darkness for the almost third time (I didn't quite make it to the end on my 2nd run because it was right after the first).  Truly, this is one of the best FPS games ever made.  I honestly can't believe it didn't garner more praise for all the things it did right.  My old review (http://www.overwritten.net/forum/index.php?topic=2387.0) is still floating around in our site-related forum somewhere, used as a template to talk about some things.  The story and movement of the thing are just fucking perfect, and the whole ending area is one of the most potent and mind-blowing things I've ever experienced in an FPS.  It could use a little tweaking in a few spots, but this game deserved a PC port and a hell of a lot more attention.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: MysterD on Sunday, March 02, 2008, 09:11:14 PM
I would so jump for joy if The Darkness came to the PC...
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: gpw11 on Sunday, March 02, 2008, 09:12:51 PM
Yeah, I'd love a PC port of The Darkness.

I'm currently playing through Psychonauts again, and probably liking it even more than I did the first time.  I'm noticing all sorts of little things I don't think I really did before.  I'm also playing Marvel Ultimate Alliance a bit, but might hold off finishing it until I get a new card.  Mainly because the 'next gen' graphics have grown on me and don't run so well right now, but also because it's the type of game that gets a bit tedious after a while.

Beyond that, I've just fired up Shining Force II and I might play through that on Gens+.  Fuck, they really need a new Shining Force game like the old ones; none of this action-rpg garbage.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Cobra951 on Sunday, March 02, 2008, 11:08:49 PM
I'm fighting this ridiculous Yiazmat boss in FF XII, and I mean right now.  I've automated as much as possible, because this is going to take hours.  It has like 50 HP lines, and each one is taking a good 5-10 minutes to deplete.  I've beaten the game, so FAQs are fair game now.  I missed a ton of stuff, and I've been chasing it down.  One thing I read is that I can leave this guy behind, save, and come back later. I already did tat once, and I'm about to do it again.  I'm all for a challenge, but this is more an exercise in boot-camp-like endurance than skill.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Quemaqua on Sunday, March 02, 2008, 11:14:28 PM
Heh, I haven't gotten to him yet, but I'm kinda' looking forward to it.  That'll probably be a few months from now, depending.  I've taken so long with the game who knows when I'll ever beat it.  Part of me doesn't want it to end.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: iPPi on Sunday, March 02, 2008, 11:57:29 PM
Playing Mass Effect (level 37 now I think), Mario Galaxy (finished the game, just going back to get all the remaining stars), World of Warcraft (raid Tues-Thurs), Crysis (don't know how far, but I've put in about 6-7 hours into it).

Games that I haven't played in a while, but are on the list to finish: Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Bioshock
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Xessive on Monday, March 03, 2008, 01:13:00 AM
Kinda missed this thread :)

I am currently playing:

The Experiment (a.k.a. 112 Experience), a unique puzzle/mystery game where you look into the game through security cameras and try to help a woman geth through obstacles and uncover clues.

GRAW2, which more interesting than the original GRAW, has all the things the fans have been asking for (more weapon choices, better HUD, etc.) but feels "cheap." It seems like they really payed attention to the fans but went with faster, second-rate graphics and interface design.

Still playing Oblivion too, of course!
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: K-man on Monday, March 03, 2008, 11:30:54 AM
Playing a lot of:

Capcom vs SNK 2
Tekken 5
Tekken Dark Resurrection for PSP
Just finished God of War 2
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Cobra951 on Monday, March 03, 2008, 01:36:43 PM
Heh, I haven't gotten to him yet, but I'm kinda' looking forward to it.  That'll probably be a few months from now, depending.  I've taken so long with the game who knows when I'll ever beat it.  Part of me doesn't want it to end.

The sudden and complete ending was a letdown.  Not the ending itself, which was your typical Square big boss fight and lots of pretty cutscenes and FMV, but the fact that it was all over.  I got used to coming to this world every day or two, exploring, discovering and getting better.  This freaking side boss I'm tackling now, though, is just there to see how much they can piss you off.  Are you really so obstinate that you're going to spend 8 hours of your life whittling away at something with 100 times the health and endurance anything has a right or reason to have in any game?  I quit after I got about a third of the way done, and saved.  I can go back and continue where I left off.  I dread the prospect.

Aside from FF XII, I'm still heavily into Burnout Paradise, even though I've done absolutely everything there is to be done without going online--which I can't do (apparently because of my ISP, but I'm not convinced).  Here's another case of a world and set of activities I just don't want to leave behind.  Driving all over like a maniac is too entertaining.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: MysterD on Monday, March 03, 2008, 06:34:25 PM
Kinda missed this thread :)

I am currently playing:

The Experiment (a.k.a. 112 Experience), a unique puzzle/mystery game where you look into the game through security cameras and try to help a woman geth through obstacles and uncover clues.
Interesting....

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GRAW2, which more interesting than the original GRAW, has all the things the fans have been asking for (more weapon choices, better HUD, etc.) but feels "cheap." It seems like they really payed attention to the fans but went with faster, second-rate graphics and interface design.
I ain't finished GRAW1, but recently got GRAW2 cheap from Gogamer. :)

I do look forward to GRAW2, once I get by GRAW1....

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Still playing Oblivion too, of course!
I need to finish Shivering Isles...

EDIT, March 4, 2008:
Finished FEAR: Extraction Point. Liked it, but it still was not as good as the original FEAR -- especially storyline-wise and all.

Started FEAR: Perseus Mandate today. This one, so far, seems to have less story than Extraction.... *Scratches head*
And less of those spooky moments FEAR games usually has....
*scratches head some more*

Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Xessive on Tuesday, March 04, 2008, 08:36:24 PM
Started FEAR: Perseus Mandate today. This one, so far, seems to have less story than Extraction.... *Scratches head*
And less of those spooky moments FEAR games usually has....
*scratches head some more*


Not to mention worse graphics. Somehow Perseus Mandate looks horrible. They've removed specular lighting for some odd reason.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: MysterD on Saturday, March 08, 2008, 11:54:47 AM
I finished FEAR: Perseus Mandate last night.

Perseus was decent -- not b/c of the story really, but b/c all of the shootouts and all of the weapons are awesome on that damn engine. The shooting mechanics in all of them FEAR games are just awesome and intense.

Perseus sure wasn't as good as FEAR: Extraction, nevermind FEAR: Original.
Perseus was nowhere as good as FEAR: Original was.

Of course, FEAR: Original was the best of the games, so far.

Regardless, all this FEAR here, it got me really craving that Project Origin now...
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: JacksRag(e) on Saturday, March 08, 2008, 02:49:23 PM
Finished God of War: Chain of Olympus.  Trying to finish up Jeann D'arc, finished up Me and My Katamari, can't get into Disgaea at all, sadly...Waiting on Smash Brothers later tonight.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Xessive on Sunday, March 09, 2008, 01:26:08 AM
Just finished GRAW2. It was meh, although better than GRAW1. Apparently everyone (especially Gamespot) have stated that GRAW2 is a very unforgivingly difficult game compared to GRAW1, but I found it soooooo much easier than GRAW1. I was playing on Normal difficulty and it was pretty straightforward; less eagle-eyed tangos than GRAW1 definitely.

Just reinstalled Crysis, updated with the new patch (~360MB) and the game's running a little smoother.

I also reinstalled Gears of War.

Those two games are gonna always be on my system from now on. Along with UT3.

On the adventure/mystery side I'm goign through Sam & Max Season 1, just reached the second episode.

Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: MysterD on Sunday, March 09, 2008, 07:25:33 AM
I've been playing Silverfall (Original) again, which I do like quite a bit. It's just, yeah -- it's a fun, yet sometimes tough (even on Normal Diffuculty!) hack-n-slash RPG that has a little more thought to it on some quests compared to other hack-n-slash RPG's b/c you often have to decide between helping out technology or nature, in most quests.

Especially playing it since I'm Level 40+, and since I put down my order for the Silverfall: Earth Awakening stand-alone expansion ( UK English Import) Gogamer (http://www.gogamer.com/Silverfall--Earth-Awakening--I--PC-Games_stcVVproductId37932444VVcatId444758VVviewprod.htm) has on sale for $20.

Silverfall: EA is out in the UK already.
Has not been released in the US yet; I don't think they have a publisher here in the US yet.


EDIT -- March 13, 2008:
Been playing Far Cry (PC), past few days.
Finally finished it.
YAY!!!

Great shooter, yes.

But still not a fan of their all-over-the-place checkpoint save system -- sometimes it feels like it takes too long to get a save....
...yet other times it feels like they come too quickly and/or with very bad timing, when you're getting damaged and you'll wind up w/ a checkpoint w/ bad health).
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: MysterD on Saturday, March 15, 2008, 10:00:27 AM
Currently playing Culpa Innata.

The story is so far excellent. And yes, so is the dialogue and the voice-acting.

The puzzles so far have not been really super-hard or super-illogical. Most of them are easy or moderate, so far.

We need more adventure games -- especially ones that are this good.





Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: TheOtherBelmont on Saturday, March 15, 2008, 10:06:52 AM
I picked up Folklore for my PS3 a couple of days ago and have been playing through that, pretty cool so far.  When I'm not playing my PS3, I'm playing Tabula Rasa.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Quemaqua on Saturday, March 15, 2008, 10:16:24 AM
I'd love to be playing Folklore, but it hates SDTVs.  Squishes the aspect ratio and looks fucking stupid.  Burnout Paradise on the other hand looks great, so I've been playing the hell out of that, along with Uncharted which scales properly as well and looks bloody amazing.  I was doing great with God of War: Chains of Olympus on PSP until I got to a boss I can't figure out how to beat, so I put that on the back burner and have mostly been playing Professor Layton on the portable side.  I also picked up Condemned: Criminal Origins for 360 (I had it before on PC, but for some reason thought I'd try the console version) and have been playing through that again in preparation for Condemned 2 which I have preordered for PS3.  I can't wait for that one, and the original is still pretty awesome.  The models look a lot more primitive than I remember (amazing how far we've come even since the 360's launch), but the game is still something really special I think.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: MysterD on Saturday, March 15, 2008, 04:24:37 PM
Silverfall: Earth Awakening (stand-alone expansion).

ISSUES
Well, I'm "trying" to play it....

Here's the problems:
--Anytime I try to entire the new area in the game, whether it's w/ a brand-new character or an imported character, the game CTD's every freakin' time.
(Thinking I might have to reinstall, thinking some in-game map area might not have copies from disc to PC; which is a common issue I luckily didn't run into w/ the original Silverfall game.)
--And anytime I try to pick-up the game w/ an existing character after it CTD'd when trying to enter that area before-hand, the game will CTD.

New Technical Features
Okay, let me talk about what I did get to play and check out, which is before the new area I can't get into. I'm gonna talk about the complete overhaul of everything -- Interface, Camera, Inventory, everything.

The game finally got customizable controls now!
(You could not customize any controls in the original Silverfall game).

Game camera is now FULLY unlocked a la NWN games -- and you have an entire set of controls you can customize for all kinds of stuff! Excellent.

The Mini-Map Box, Left Click Action Toolbar, Right Click Action Toolbar, Health-Power Bars Box, and Companion Boxes are no longer locked into place on-screen. These are now in-game windows, which can be manipulated to sit ANYWHERE on the screen; wherever you want to put it. Wicked cool.

Inventory is now split up by types. No more messy inventory of different items all over the place, w/out some sort of Auto-Sort Option. You can sort by your Inventory by Armor, Weapons, Miscellaneous, and Materials (for Crafting).

Journal is much easier to read w/ a much smaller and nicer font; quests can be sorted even further than before. You can now even sort quests by even their Location (of where you actually got them from).

NPC's in the gameworld had icons overheard in the original to often symbolize a quest-giver or whatever. It goes further. There's even some to symbolize if they are Merchant, NPC That Can Join Your Party, etc etc.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Pugnate on Sunday, March 16, 2008, 12:29:31 AM
I am in the middle of Bioshock. I love the damn game. Much of the internet backlash is undeserved.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Xessive on Sunday, March 16, 2008, 02:48:34 AM
I am in the middle of Bioshock. I love the damn game. Much of the internet backlash is undeserved.
Internet backlash?? Really? I thought the world unanimously loved Bioshock!

The only complaint I remember was about the lack of a sniper rifle. That complaint was shot down quickly with the crossbow.

I liked Bioshock a lot, but not as much as Crysis.. I'm more of an outdoorsy type I suppose.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Pugnate on Sunday, March 16, 2008, 03:29:53 AM
Well the critics loved it, but not teh internet fans.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Quemaqua on Sunday, March 16, 2008, 03:30:45 AM
I wouldn't say that.  The game sold quite well.  Just because some dipshits on the internet complained doesn't mean anything.  They do that for everything that isn't Halo.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Pugnate on Sunday, March 16, 2008, 05:34:19 AM
Yea I know that is true for every other game, but for even the best games you can find a split crowd. I'd say for Bioshock an alarming percentage of people seem to hate the game. It is almost at Black & White levels, and seems to be coming outside of the Halo crowd.

I've found the amount of hate to be a touch frustrating to be honest. I've noticed it on the forums of PC gamer, 1Up, Gamespot, IGN and even Anandtech. It could have something to do the Yahtzee video, which people took very seriously, as if sharing that opinion made them more intelligent.

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/editorials/zeropunctuation/1394-Zero-Punctuation-BioShock1

A few weeks ago, I thought I was imagining the hate, until Chris Remo mentioned on his shacknews podcast how he had been noticing a weird Bioshock backlash.

Then I started coming across stuff like the following quite regularly.

Eurogamer lashes the Bioshock backlash. (http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=88881)

So yes. I think it may have to do with the near perfect scores the game received (which were probably a bit too high). For what its worth, I did find that Bioshock was essentially System Shock 2 in terms of mechanics, but I didn't understand why that detracted from Bioshock in the eyes of so many.

It wasn't as if SS2 had been released recently, or that those mechanics had been overused. So Irrational built on an earlier successful model, so what?

Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Xessive on Sunday, March 16, 2008, 06:01:00 AM
But wasn't Yahtzee's video kinda praising Bioshock? And as Yahtzee said he "learned from his Psychonauts review" that people don't react very well to very positive reviews, at least to his reviews being positive :P

I can understand if someone takes issue to a game due to technical problems, but if it's over the art style it's not really an argument; you either like it or you don't. For example, I really liked the art style of Okami but my brother didn't, yet we both agreed that it is a technically superb game.

Anyway, on to my "currently playing" scene:

I generally dislike MMO's, but I'm trying to expose myself a bit more to the MMO culture. Since Flyff doesn't seem to work in my region (they won't let me register an account since "they cannot provide service to [my] region" even though I can download the installer) I have turned to Fiesta by Outspark. It's looking quite decent so far. Monotonous like all MMORPG's, yet I'm pushing through.

Tales of Pirates also seems quite decent. Funky art style, but I had some difficulty connecting to a good server.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: MysterD on Sunday, March 16, 2008, 07:21:24 AM
But wasn't Yahtzee's video kinda praising Bioshock? And as Yahtzee said he "learned from his Psychonauts review" that people don't react very well to very positive reviews, at least to his reviews being positive :P
Yes, Yahtze did state at the beginning that Bioshock was one of the best games of the year, despite its similar-ness to SS2 -- and then went on to complain about the game (like he always does w/ every game; even games he loves he does this with).

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I can understand if someone takes issue to a game due to technical problems, but if it's over the art style it's not really an argument; you either like it or you don't. For example, I really liked the art style of Okami but my brother didn't, yet we both agreed that it is a technically superb game.

I thought a lot of Bioshock's issues w/ people was not the game itself, but namely the damn Securom Internet crap that came w/ a SP-Only product w/ a limited number of installs allowed.

Also, some people didn't really care for the last 3rd of the game. I did like that last 3rd, though. To each his/her own

Bioshock talk...
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Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Cobra951 on Sunday, March 16, 2008, 11:53:09 AM
I don't understand hate for Bioshock, at all.  I understand that someone may not like the genre, or even any computer games, but that's not the crowd you referred to, I'm sure.  I don't believe it's hate in an absolute sense.  I think it's disappointment because it didn't come from God Himself, as the hype and their own imaginations led them to believe it would.  Compared to God, Levine sucks, even Carmack sucks.  If it really is hate, I have no respect for them.  Hate is an intense destructive impulse, and nothing about Bioshock deserves that.  Babies throwing tantrums over dashed fairy tales need to grow up one hell of a lot.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Quemaqua on Sunday, March 16, 2008, 12:03:03 PM
Babies throwing tantrums over dashed fairy tales

Also known as The Internet.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Pugnate on Sunday, March 16, 2008, 12:13:12 PM
Yea I think the internet either "hates" or "loves" a game. I am sure they don't mean hate, even when they say they do, like you say. All the negativity was pretty amazing, and I just stopped trying to defend the game.

But most of the words from the haters were "disgusting", "consolized", "retarded dumb"... etc. A few editors apparently got frustrated into some forum wars heh. I'd say it was elitism, but I can't believe all of these complainers were old enough to appreciate System Shock 2.

Anyway do read that article from Eurogamer. It basically covers all of the "hate". I haven't read it completely, because I am still playing the game.

Which ummm.... is what I am currently playing. :P
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: K-man on Sunday, March 16, 2008, 05:15:55 PM
My complaints about Bioshock are well-documented here.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Xessive on Sunday, March 16, 2008, 10:59:07 PM
Pug, those sound like my complaints on Deus Ex IW! hehe

I had no quarrels with Bioshock, I think it's a work of art. That said, the only two issues I had were 1) the online registration and install limit, and 2) the widescreen cropping. Both of which I believe have been addressed or will be.

I recall reading a crapload of "hate" for R6 Vegas on the R6 forums.. While such online rage was well deserving of Lockdown, Ubisoft actually did a decent job with Vegas.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: idolminds on Sunday, March 16, 2008, 11:39:26 PM
Internet backlash is usually pretty stupid. Its just a bandwagon for people to jump on. I remember when people thought Doom 3 was a good game. Not "OMG GOTY!" but certainly not a bad game. Then the backlash came and suddenly its the worst game ever made.

Heh, someone recently on IGN made the dumbest post. First stating Doom 3 was nothing like the original Doom games (which if it was, people would have complained that it was more of the same). Then later in the same post said the enemies were lame and designed by a 13 year old. "A skeleton with a rocket launcher on its back, hur hur" or something like that. Hmm...skeletons with rocket launchers on their back were in the original Doom! Which is what you wanted Doom 3 to be more like! Right?!

Same thing happened to Tomb Raider. First game was fantastic, and while the later games were progressively worse and probably deserved the criticism, no one would ever admit to liking the first game.

Oh, and Myst. Remember when Myst was cool?
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Pugnate on Sunday, March 16, 2008, 11:43:12 PM
Exactly, those do sound like out complaints of IW. Except where Bioshock sacrificed on some of the complexity, it added a lot of gorgeous art and atmosphere.

BTW much of the Deus Ex mechanics were based on SS2. Except SS2 was a very good game, and Deus Ex was simply a classic.

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I recall reading a crapload of "hate" for R6 Vegas on the R6 forums.. While such online rage was well deserving of Lockdown, Ubisoft actually did a decent job with Vegas.

Yea I have to say, PC games fans are the bitchiest fans. Well, at least when cross platform titles are concerned.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Cobra951 on Monday, March 17, 2008, 12:26:31 AM
I finished The Darkness on normal difficulty, and immediately started a new game on easy.  I want to pay more attention to the story and to things I missed the first time through.  I like this game enough to try hard mode later on.  It's very well put together.  Both the shooter and dark-powers aspects are excellent.  The only things marring it are some issues with the creeping dark power (which I used about 5 times more than anything else).  My biggest problem with it is getting disoriented.  It can go sideways on walls and upside down on ceilings.  Some surfaces make it pirouette all over the place, and I end up not knowing what I'm facing or at what orientation.  Fortunately, I can just back out at that point, which triggers this unreal fast animation that traces your whole creeping route in reverse.  I love it.  Another issue is that it will occasionally get stuck, or can't climb over some objects like boxes and dead bodies.  It can scale walls and go through windows, but it can't go over a corpse.  Bah.  Then there's the context-sensitive issue.  Particularly in the ancestor scenario, the creeping dark often won't make heart devouring available unless you're at just the right distance from your kill.  Too far away makes sense.  Too close does not.

Nitpicking, that is all.  The game is glorious, or would that be anti-glorious?  I highly recommend it, and I thank Que for his recommendation.  It sat on my shelf since late last year, and it was high time I got into it.  It also spawned my interest in the whole story of The Darkness, so I'm now also working my way through Volume 1 of the comics.  I'm through Issue #4.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Quemaqua on Monday, March 17, 2008, 01:35:47 AM
Very glad to hear that it grabbed you the same way it did me.  I know Pyro liked it quite a bit as well.  I think it was really underappreciated.  There were definitely a few flaws, such as some of the creeping dark issues and somewhat funky darkling AI, but those were to me very minor problems in the grand scheme of things.  I've played the game nearly 3 times through, which is quite a lot for me in such a short time.

And I again must thank you for your Burnout Paradise recommendation, Cobra.  I picked up a router today and got it set up, so I was playing it a bit online just to get my competitive juices flowing, and then I stayed up until a half hour past my bedtime (which is now... 1:30) trying to get my stunt run scores higher offline.  I'm pretty freaking far from the Millionaires Club, but I did manage to break I think 130k or so, which I was proud of.  It's all about getting the right car, finding the right stretch of road, and then running one bigass chain... I love it!  It's so addictive.  A little frustrating if you don't know an area as well and can't find good stunts, or if they're tricky to run between.  My favorite so far is starting up on that high point where you can drop down 3 cliff faces onto a road below, then 3 more almost right away off another road, then hit those train tracks and do jumps along there until boosting for the several bigger jumps that bump the multiplier.  It'd be better if there were some billboards to get the multiplier up, but there's so much other stuff it's hard to complain.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: PyroMenace on Monday, March 17, 2008, 02:31:22 AM
Your playing online with your 360!! Dude we need to play!
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Quemaqua on Monday, March 17, 2008, 07:37:58 AM
Sadly, that isn't so.  I'm playing online with my PS3.  PS3 online play is free and the thing supports wireless connectivity out of the box.  Microsoft wants me to pay a monthly fee for multiplayer and drop a hundred bucks on a wireless thing.  I'm realizing now that while the PS3 was always more expensive, to make my 360 do everything I want it to do, I'd have to actually pay considerably more than the PS3's original price to get it there since I was stupid and bought a core system.  Now, I could get a wire to hookup to my router for the 360, but that won't do me any good once the system gets moved to the living room with the big TV.  So... yeah.  No 360 online for Que.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: K-man on Monday, March 17, 2008, 07:48:24 AM
Sadly, that isn't so.  I'm playing online with my PS3.  PS3 online play is free and the thing supports wireless connectivity out of the box.  Microsoft wants me to pay a monthly fee for multiplayer and drop a hundred bucks on a wireless thing.  I'm realizing now that while the PS3 was always more expensive, to make my 360 do everything I want it to do, I'd have to actually pay considerably more than the PS3's original price to get it there since I was stupid and bought a core system.  Now, I could get a wire to hookup to my router for the 360, but that won't do me any good once the system gets moved to the living room with the big TV.  So... yeah.  No 360 online for Que.

Do what I did and get a 50 foot cat 5 cable for 10 bucks.  A lot more peace of mind than using the wireless dongle, as I don't have to worry with any signal issues. 

As far as paying for live goes, I understand.  However, XBL is much more robust than PS3's service is at this point.  I've also had ZERO issues whatsoever with playing online on 360 (that little outage in December notwithstanding).  The 50 dollar investment per year is personally worth it, as I play a number of games online. 

It really is the most stable and robust online setup available to you on a console at this point.  PS3's will improve dramatically once Home hits, but that might be a while.  I hear that Sony is having trouble shrinking the OS' footprint so new features such as in-game voice and home can be added.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Cobra951 on Monday, March 17, 2008, 09:41:59 AM
Yes, I heard about Sony's dirty little secret.  The OS is so big that it puts some serious hurt in the memory games can use.  Another thing that shocked me is that the PS3 cannot scale to higher resolutions (like 720p to 1080i) without impacting performance.  The 360 has independent hardware after the game code does its work, but the PS3 uses the GPU for scaling.

Que, my top stunt score in Burnout Paradise under my online profile is now close to 10 million.  Under an offline profile, I got close to 20.  At first, I didn't understand stunt chaining at all.  Then it all sort of clicked.  You can keep a stunt run going forever, all around the map.  Where you start is irrelevant.  Watch the white wedges count down.  When you have one left, *tap* the boost.  Drive fairly slow in between jumps so you don't risk crashing.  Find all the *safe* superjumps and billboards you can.  The train tracks over on the west side have several.  The long bridge followed by the naval yard is about the best single run.  Never let the wedges run out, and the chain continues.  The timer is irrelevant.  Drifting around turns helps refill the boost meter.  Some cars drift much better than others.

I finished The Darkness on Easy.  I still didn't get all the collectables, but I did get the 100-point achievement for being one with the dark.  (You need to get a certain number of kills with each of the powers.  It's expressed as a percentage, so I don't know how many.  The demon arm is the only bitch here.  I only scored like 8% with it during the first game.  I hardly used it.)  It was too easy on this setting.  Next up: Hard.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Quemaqua on Monday, March 17, 2008, 07:36:03 PM
Pretty crazy, Cobra.  I used the demon arm probably more than anything else.  I love that thing to death.  A combo of that and regular weapons was my standard setup, and it's cool using it to pick up garbage cans and the like for shields against gunfire, not to mention as giant bowling balls if you can get it right (though that can be tricky).

As for the PS3 versus 360 thing, I don't doubt that Microsoft's actual framework is better, but the fact that it costs money is 100% prohibitive for me (and there's no way I'm running cable all through my house for something I'll likely only use once in a blue moon, so it's really a moot issue for me).  I'm sure there are indeed problems with the PS3, probably even some that will annoy me at one juncture or another, but so far all I've run into is the pickiness of the credit card address info.  You have to enter it character-for-character to what it is at your bank, otherwise it won't go through.  I actually had to set up an online banking thing just to view it (or call my credit card's lame customer service and attempt to figure it out over the phone since it doesn't print up on my statements).  Thankfully it works now, so hopefully some flOw and Everyday Shooter will be mine.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Cobra951 on Tuesday, March 18, 2008, 12:27:16 AM
Ha.  I never thought of using trash cans as shields.  I have to try that.  Bowling?  I know you can throw stuff, but I didn't think it was accurate enough to use while the bullets are whizzing by.

I'm well into the game again on Hard mode.  Wow.  The difficulties are aptly named here.  "Easy" was way easy, and "Hard" is as nails.  The AI seems to ramp up as well as damage.  I almost couldn't get out of the construction site at the very beginning, and the cemetery after that had me seriously consider quitting.  I died over and over until I managed to take out the first 2 guys before they moved, then jumped my way back toward the construction site, where the friendlier geography allowed me to keep the rest of them in front of me, and hold them off.  The gravestones are a bitch to defend from.  After I got my powers, things became a lot more manageable.  The creeping dark from afar is still the safest way to play.  I can't imagine egging on the waves of bodyguards at Paulie's place so they would charge me and get impaled on the demon arm.  I did that until I got the achievement I mentioned before, but that was on the Easy setting.  I wouldn't last a minute against the Hard thugs that way.

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Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Quemaqua on Tuesday, March 18, 2008, 12:53:19 AM
Yeah, hard is definitely tougher.  I play most of these games on hard first time through now, and you're right, the first couple areas before you get your powers are just *hard*.  It gets a lot better once you've got your pal, though, so no worries.  It's definitely doable, barring a couple of potentially frustrating spots.  But with some foreknowledge of what's going on you should be fine.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: shock on Tuesday, March 18, 2008, 08:57:47 AM
Forgot this thread was around..

SWAT 4 mainly, with a little bit of STALKER thrown in.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Cobra951 on Tuesday, March 18, 2008, 12:09:36 PM
Yeah, hard is definitely tougher.  I play most of these games on hard first time through now, and you're right, the first couple areas before you get your powers are just *hard*.  It gets a lot better once you've got your pal, though, so no worries.  It's definitely doable, barring a couple of potentially frustrating spots.  But with some foreknowledge of what's going on you should be fine.

OK.  Then explain to me how I can survive Shrote's ambush in the church for more than 20 seconds.  Actually, my record I think is longer than that, maybe 30 seconds.  I've died about 50 times, and I'm taking a death break.

Edit:  That's it.  Unless someone tells me something I don't know, I officially give up.  This stage is beyond my abilities on Hard.  100 attempts is good enough to convince me.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: MysterD on Tuesday, March 18, 2008, 01:33:04 PM
Forgot this thread was around..

SWAT 4 mainly, with a little bit of STALKER thrown in.

I got SWAT 4 and its Expansion.
Just ain't got around to it.

So, how do you like the game???
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Quemaqua on Tuesday, March 18, 2008, 06:03:26 PM
OK.  Then explain to me how I can survive Shrote's ambush in the church for more than 20 seconds.  Actually, my record I think is longer than that, maybe 30 seconds.  I've died about 50 times, and I'm taking a death break.

Edit:  That's it.  Unless someone tells me something I don't know, I officially give up.  This stage is beyond my abilities on Hard.  100 attempts is good enough to convince me.

I don't know what to tell you other than that part is hard as nails.  I'm pretty sure I basically just used the black hole to take out the first guys that drop from the ceiling in the back of the room, used whatever decent guns I had to slay the other guys that then popped out in that immediate vicinity and around the middle of the room.  Then I tried my best to hide behind a pole in the corner of the room, popping out some darklings when I could and hopefully keeping my darkness powers charged enough that I don't die when taking hits from gunfire.  It's definitely a crapshoot, but I'm pretty sure that's more or less what I did both times during the initial parts of that battle.  Eventually you whittle things down enough where you just have to take out the guys on the top floor, who can be a real pain in the ass, but you can take them without getting killed as long as you're careful (black hole does wonders there).

So to sum it up:


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Worst illustration evar.  You should always stay on the outside of the pillars, next to the wall, never in the middle where my arrow thingy is, but you get the idea.  Run back toward the back wall, kill the 3 or 4 guys that drop using black hole, retreat behind that first corner pillar to recharge and use your guns to kill whoever can still see you (tough), and if you don't die, then run to the opposite side, where the arrow in my illustration ends.  Hide behind that pillar, summon any darklings you can (if you run halfway down that side, the righthand side, I think there's another spawn point), and just try to hole up there as best you can until you can kill a few guys.  If you need to get out, retreat down the righthand side of the room there and use the pillars as best you can to take out whoever is left on the ground floor.  Watch for the guys up top so they don't kill you, but worry first about taking out whoever is down on your level.  Once you've gotten that cleared out (it should be fairly obvious), then worry about the upstairs guys.  Spawn lots of darklings at that point just to give them something else to shoot, and sometimes the gunners will help you find where the bad guys are hanging out.  And don't worry, the game really doesn't have any other parts that are that hard... if you can get past it, you should be able to get through the rest of the game without wanting to throw yourself off a cliff.

Anyway, that's far from any detailed strategy.  Maybe there's some rhyme or reason to it, maybe there isn't, but that seems to be how I remember going about it both times I played through the game (I stopped just before that on my 2nd run, which is why I didn't quite finish it 3 times).
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Cobra951 on Wednesday, March 19, 2008, 01:18:09 AM
Well, I figured I needed to keep the pillars between me and the shooters as best as possible.  Problem is that it never seems to be good enough.  Many of the deaths were nearly instant.  I got to hear "Estacado" from Shrote, and then curtains.  I tried summoning darklings as often as possible, and I tried the black hole.  The problem with the black hole is that it leaves you without a shield.  I can't see everything that's shooting at me.  I get blindsided every time.  The pistols aren't fast enough, and the Uzis have too much muzzle flash.  (Can't see past it.)  The save point has me whip out the pistols, and just trying to select anything past those 2 options gets me dead.  Sheesh. I'm all for challenge, but not flat-out unfairness.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: wizall on Wednesday, March 19, 2008, 01:19:29 AM
I'm still playing CoD4, almost obsessively.  I'm still only passable, but I'm getting better.  The MP is the most enjoyable gaming experience I've had in ages...provided I mute all the dumbshits.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Quemaqua on Wednesday, March 19, 2008, 07:25:05 AM
Well, I figured I needed to keep the pillars between me and the shooters as best as possible.  Problem is that it never seems to be good enough.  Many of the deaths were nearly instant.  I got to hear "Estacado" from Shrote, and then curtains.  I tried summoning darklings as often as possible, and I tried the black hole.  The problem with the black hole is that it leaves you without a shield.  I can't see everything that's shooting at me.  I get blindsided every time.  The pistols aren't fast enough, and the Uzis have too much muzzle flash.  (Can't see past it.)  The save point has me whip out the pistols, and just trying to select anything past those 2 options gets me dead.  Sheesh. I'm all for challenge, but not flat-out unfairness.

The only time you'll be safe using the black hole is that first shot, really.  Otherwise it's too risky (though if you can manage to eat a heart in the middle of firing it, it will instantly refill your dark powers and set you up for another shot right away, which might be worth considering).  I'd recommend an assault rifle as opposed to the uzis for this scenario also, if you've got any.  You shouldn't be instantly dying... not sure why that is.  Fire the black hole at the guys in back, break left toward the wall, kill anyone the black hole didn't get, recharge, cut across the room to the other side by staying next to the back wall, hole up and kill anyone you can.  If you can't see very well, maybe adjust your TV temporarily to settings that make it a bit easier to see?
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Cobra951 on Wednesday, March 19, 2008, 10:06:10 AM
Yeah, I really, really miss the gray-scale purity of CRT.  Very low-light detail goes to mud on LCD by default.  I've spent inordinate amounts of time trying to get that without washing out the image.  Over-brightening it is definitely a good suggestion.  Right now, though, I'm in no rush for more torture.

But thanks for the tips.  I appreciate the help, truly.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: MysterD on Wednesday, March 19, 2008, 01:33:51 PM
Currently still playing Culpa Innata.

Probably the best pure adventure game I've played since TLJ and Shadow of Destiny.

There's a few annoying tedious pixel hunt puzzles (two are coming to mind), but it don't get much better than this for pure adventures in this day and era.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: shock on Wednesday, March 19, 2008, 06:51:39 PM
I got SWAT 4 and its Expansion.
Just ain't got around to it.

So, how do you like the game???


It's really hard.  Haha.  I played through Swat 3 forever ago, and really liked it, but I feel like they really upped the ante (Spelling?) with this one.  I find myself failing a ton of missions, and I am only playing through on Medium/Average/whatever.  It's good, though.  Really enjoyable.  I can't recall if 3 had as much emphasis on the team dynamic as 4 does, but I like that fact.  The AI can be pretty stupid, sometimes.  Team members, specifically, seem to run in like dumbasses and die pretty quickly in the later levels.

Overall, though, it is enjoyable.  I like the emphasis on only using deadly force when absolutely necessary.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Quemaqua on Wednesday, March 19, 2008, 07:15:28 PM
Currently still playing Culpa Innata.

Probably the best pure adventure game I've played since TLJ and Shadow of Destiny.

There's a few annoying tedious pixel hunt puzzles (two are coming to mind), but it don't get much better than this for pure adventures in this day and era.

I'm sorry, but that's one of the ugliest games I've ever seen, and I'm not even talking just technical graphics, either.  That thing is fucking ugly.  All I can figure is that they hired a blind guy as art director.  I had nightmares just from looking at the screens for 10 minutes.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: MysterD on Wednesday, March 19, 2008, 08:00:22 PM
I'm sorry, but that's one of the ugliest games I've ever seen, and I'm not even talking just technical graphics, either.  That thing is fucking ugly.  All I can figure is that they hired a blind guy as art director.  I had nightmares just from looking at the screens for 10 minutes.
The graphics are not the draw of the game by any means, Que. Hence the very low system requirements -- especially by today's standards.

Yes, Shadow of Destiny graphically probably looks better than this Culpa (which is a much older game, too). But, if we're gonna talk good puzzles (except them two annoying pixel hunts), non-linearity in an adventure (we need more of that done to push the genre forward), good voice-acting, storyline depth, and other things -- Culpa sure got that part down. Other games should takes notes from this one there, when it comes to that stuff.

If you want to talk about a very good looking adventure game, just graphically look at Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened.



Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Quemaqua on Wednesday, March 19, 2008, 08:23:45 PM
Again dude, I'm not talking technical graphics.  Whoever designed that shit should be shot in the face.  I challenge anyone else here to look at screens for that game and then tell me that they want to play it.  Seriously.  I'm not saying the game is bad necessarily, just that the art fucking sucks.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: MysterD on Wednesday, March 19, 2008, 08:53:41 PM
Graphically, on the technical and artistic fronts, Culpa's character models and artwork are not gonna win any awards -- even if this 2007 game was say put out 5 years before that. There's no way.

I guess at least it ran great, 60 FPS always w/ it running in 1024x768 w/ AA and AF turned up all the way and graphics quality maxed-out. LOL.

Though, one oddity -- I do wish the game had a gamma/brightness setting to bump up and down, myself -- like most games do.

The artwork is definitely nothing to write home about (it's passable and by far the game's biggest weakness, as far as I'm concerned), but the rest of the game is something to write home about. Just about everything else this game does, it does right; extremely right. More adventure game companies need to take notes from these guys on how to make an adventure game when it comes to story depth, dialogue (there's tons of it and its all good stuff, too), non-linearity (plus there's multiple endings), and puzzles (minus the two tedious pixel hunt puzzles; adventures need to stop w/ the tedious type of pixel hunt puzzles).
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Pugnate on Wednesday, March 19, 2008, 10:28:16 PM
I googled the screenies, and remembered reading about the game somewhat. PCG's Andy Mahood gave it a cautiously positive review, saying there was a decent story buried somewhere in there. The premise seemed interesting as well. Your character was a citizen of a futuristic Utopian society that was part of a one world government; basically a union of all the first world countries. I think your character was sent to a third world Eastern European country, to conduct an investigation into a murder of a diplomat or something. 

But Andy Mahood did express his disappointment with the visuals, saying that he was very disappointed considering visuals were the strength of the genre.

I am surprised I remember so much. I guess I was wanting to play the game, seeing as how I love Adventure. I think they mentioned the game was developed by some Turkish team, which might explain the bland visuals. I suppose they didn't have the budget to hire some quality artists.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: MysterD on Thursday, March 20, 2008, 01:59:57 PM
I googled the screenies, and remembered reading about the game somewhat. PCG's Andy Mahood gave it a cautiously positive review, saying there was a decent story buried somewhere in there. The premise seemed interesting as well. Your character was a citizen of a futuristic Utopian society that was part of a one world government; basically a union of all the first world countries. I think your character was sent to a third world Eastern European country, to conduct an investigation into a murder of a diplomat or something.
Mr. Bogdanov (the guy who is killed) is not a diplomat, no. He is a citizen/member of the World Union, but is actually killed over in one of The Rogue States that is NOT a part of this World Union (he's killed over in Odessa, Russia). That is why you're investigating; he's one of your own that was killed not on their own soil and the World Union wants this case solved. As Phoenix Wallis (of The World Union), you basically conduct interviews galore throughout most of the length of the game to find out the why and the who.

The game has TONS of dialogue and options in dialogue, I should note. Basically, murder doesn't exist in this squeaky-clean society; it hasn't in YEARS.

There are a lot of subjects and themes touched on in this game, which range from sex to immigration.

The puzzles ain't too hard, but the majority of them are fair game. Nothing really there for "irrational puzzles" -- like we've seen in some other games. There are two pixel hunts puzzles that are ridiculous, though.

I'll actually go into them, a little bit...

Single Butterfly Assembly Puzzle
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Footage Re-Assembly Puzzle
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But Andy Mahood did express his disappointment with the visuals, saying that he was very disappointed considering visuals were the strength of the genre.
I definitely think they're majorly dated. Again, I think this is easily the weakest part of the game, myself. the rest of the game is great, despite the two pixel hunt puzzles.

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I am surprised I remember so much. I guess I was wanting to play the game, seeing as how I love Adventure. I think they mentioned the game was developed by some Turkish team, which might explain the bland visuals. I suppose they didn't have the budget to hire some quality artists.
Yes, a Turkish team put together the game.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Cobra951 on Saturday, March 22, 2008, 06:52:44 PM
I'm into Zelda Twilight Princess again.  Started over, since it's been so long since I played before.  I also moved it to the Wii, which was a good move.  (I have the Gamecube version.)  The system gave me the option to run it in progressive mode (480p), and it looks so much better.  Some backgrounds have like a cloth-looking texture, I guess because they're designed to vibrate on interlaced displays.  (The even fields are a slightly different shade from the odd fields.)  But other than this artifact, it looks great, and moves so well.  The image is PC-stable, if not PC-sharp.  The colors are significantly better defined.  Must be the component cables.  (I use S-Video with the GC.  Don't know if progressive/component is even an option here.)  I'm in Kakariko village, and headed to Goron mountain next.  But yeah, the news, to me at least, is that the Wii handles GC games really, really well.  I will verify that it isn't just the latest Zelda that can benefit from this.  It could be that there's something built into the game, but the progressive option came from the Wii OS, not the GC virtual system running under it.

Edit:  I'm wrong.  It looks like the progressive option is part of the game itself, or the GC system.  It's chosen with the GC controller. 
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Pugnate on Sunday, March 23, 2008, 01:41:06 AM
I've paused my Bioshock experience, and am reinstalling Oblivion. This time I will be playing with the OOO 1.3 mod, which apparently fixes a lot of stuff -- at 450MB, it must.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Quemaqua on Sunday, March 23, 2008, 01:56:55 AM
If by "fixes" you mean "alters to suit personal preference", then yes.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Xessive on Sunday, March 23, 2008, 03:30:35 AM
The Unofficial Oblivion Patches (http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/author.php?id=175121) fix a lot of stuff.

I'm trying STALKER again. The patch fixed a lot of the bugs. I'm finding it very difficult to like this game though. I'm not a fan of the theme or many of the visuals. I still find the interface is unappealing too. It's just a very ugly game to me (I'm not talking about texture quality). Maybe that's the look they were going for. Sorry, I had to get the visuals out of the way before I get down to the mechanics.

The gameplay is just not working for me either. Sometimes it's punishing and other times it's too easy. Then there are times when it is completely confusing. The most annoying thing so far is the ridiculous amount of traveling I have to put in. I have yet to find a weapon I like. So far all the weapons are crap and I end up having to use the weapon with the most available amount of ammo (since ammo is so scarce too). What I do like is that a headshot is an instant kill; with that in mind seven 9mm rounds in a guy's leg should at least disable him if not kill him.

I don't really get a feel for any of the factions. The NPC's are just dry, generic folks. The story (whatever there is of one) is just so bland.. It's very hard to care. I'm just finding it very tedious to play this game.

On a positive note, I'm glad I found a game I don't enjoy just because I don't like it, rather than a game-breaking bug or crappy design (although the design in STALKER is disputable).
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Pugnate on Sunday, March 23, 2008, 06:29:00 AM
If by "fixes" you mean "alters to suit personal preference", then yes.

Well when its something the majority want then its more of a fix. :P
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: MysterD on Sunday, March 23, 2008, 06:45:39 AM
The Unofficial Oblivion Patches (http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/author.php?id=175121) fix a lot of stuff.

I'm trying STALKER again. The patch fixed a lot of the bugs. I'm finding it very difficult to like this game though. I'm not a fan of the theme or many of the visuals. I still find the interface is unappealing too. It's just a very ugly game to me (I'm not talking about texture quality). Maybe that's the look they were going for. Sorry, I had to get the visuals out of the way before I get down to the mechanics.
I liked the game's look and atmosphere. The atmosphere really made the game, if you ask me.

About the Inventory Interface, I thought it was fine, myself.
It wasn't great, but it did serve its purpose just fine.

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The gameplay is just not working for me either. Sometimes it's punishing and other times it's too easy. Then there are times when it is completely confusing. The most annoying thing so far is the ridiculous amount of traveling I have to put in.
STALKER: Clear Sky will have a quick travelling system like Oblivion or Silverfall.

Where once you visit the place once, all you'll need to do next time is click on the location map to get there instantly, regardless of where you are on the would map.

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I have yet to find a weapon I like. So far all the weapons are crap and I end up having to use the weapon with the most available amount of ammo (since ammo is so scarce too). What I do like is that a headshot is an instant kill; with that in mind seven 9mm rounds in a guy's leg should at least disable him if not kill him.
Ammo is NOT scarce if you kill anything that walks.

B/c I took on this style of playing when playing STALKER, I wound up often having too many weapons and too much ammo often -- so I often had to drop stuff from my Inventory b/c my character would weigh too much and could've move.

I often wound up selling lots of ammo and weapons, too -- resulting in having loads of money, even after buying things.
GREEDY ENDING
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I don't really get a feel for any of the factions. The NPC's are just dry, generic folks. The story (whatever there is of one) is just so bland.. It's very hard to care. I'm just finding it very tedious to play this game.
Are you following all of the "Strelok" quests?

Those "Strelok" quests are the best story-based stuff in the game. Especially when you find out who Strelok is, actually. Though, I did like the plot and premise of it a lot; there's not too much depth to the actual "Strelok" story, when compared to games like Deus Ex, The Witcher or Planescape: Torment.

I hope Clear Sky has more storytelling depth, myself.

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On a positive note, I'm glad I found a game I don't enjoy just because I don't like it, rather than a game-breaking bug or crappy design (although the design in STALKER is disputable).
I loved STALKER, myself. I wish there more open-ended world shooters w/ non-linear gameplay, myself.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Quemaqua on Sunday, March 23, 2008, 09:09:18 AM
Well when its something the majority want then its more of a fix. :P

Then the majority want you to ditch OOO and reinstall.  There's your fix.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Xessive on Sunday, March 23, 2008, 10:32:19 AM
I liked the game's look and atmosphere. The atmosphere really made the game, if you ask me.

About the Inventory Interface, I thought it was fine, myself.
It wasn't great, but it did serve its purpose just fine.
STALKER: Clear Sky will have a quick travelling system like Oblivion or Silverfall.

Where once you visit the place once, all you'll need to do next time is click on the location map to get there instantly, regardless of where you are on the would map.
Ammo is NOT scarce if you kill anything that walks.

B/c I took on this style of playing when playing STALKER, I wound up often having too many weapons and too much ammo often -- so I often had to drop stuff from my Inventory b/c my character would weigh too much and could've move.

I often wound up selling lots of ammo and weapons, too -- resulting in having loads of money, even after buying things.
GREEDY ENDING
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Are you following all of the "Strelok" quests?

Those "Strelok" quests are the best story-based stuff in the game. Especially when you find out who Strelok is, actually. Though, I did like the plot and premise of it a lot; there's not too much depth to the actual "Strelok" story, when compared to games like Deus Ex, The Witcher or Planescape: Torment.

I hope Clear Sky has more storytelling depth, myself.
I loved STALKER, myself. I wish there more open-ended world shooters w/ non-linear gameplay, myself.

You're right about the ammo if you've got the right weapon. The ammo isn't that big of a deal for me, unless I'm using a specific weapon like the L82 Enfield (not sure what it's actually called in STALKER but that's what it looks like).

STALKER is just too open, too much stuff goes on and I get lost too easily. By contrast in Oblivion it's easy to keep your bearings and track down your quests. And Crysis is technically quite linear, but the gameplay is open.

The game gives me little motivation to go on. I'm following the Strelok mission but they're the ones that are getting really tedious, making run to the side of the world and shit.
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Right now I'm having a hard time distinguishing if STALKER is more tactical or arcade. It feels like the game is undecided.

It's a real task to go on with this game.. It feels more like a mundane job.. I'm going back to more fun adventures.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Pugnate on Sunday, March 23, 2008, 10:47:44 AM
Then the majority want you to ditch OOO and reinstall.  There's your fix.

 :o

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Right now I'm having a hard time distinguishing if STALKER is more tactical or arcade. It feels like the game is undecided.

I'll give it another shot at some point. I hear that it pays off eventually.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: gpw11 on Sunday, March 23, 2008, 02:14:24 PM
I'm currently playing through the great Shining Force II on a Genesis emulator.  The game hasn't really aged all that well in that there are some features that seem like a complete shame to not have in there  (positioning should affect your attacks and such), but it's still fun.

Apart from that I'm still messing around quite a bit with Saturn emulation.  It's a bitch in that none of the hardware accelerated emulators work very well. 2D games such as Dragon Force and Legend of Oasis are perfectly fine in SSF's software graphics environment, but 3D games like Shining Force III (the later two scenarios have been fan translated) and NiGHTS look so bad after being stretched out to a playable resolution that they're almost unplayable. I don't know if this is something that will ever be fixed.

All of that aside, I think I might try to pick up Chronicles of Riddick today when I make my hungover walk of shame to pick up my car.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: gpw11 on Sunday, March 23, 2008, 02:34:03 PM
Sorry for the double post, but I've also been messing around a bit with n64 games with high resolution textures.  Specifically Paper Mario, and the difference is huge.

Old:

(http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/9489/paperoldwp9.th.jpg) (http://img296.imageshack.us/my.php?image=paperoldwp9.jpg)


New:

(http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/5629/papernewgw4.th.jpg) (http://img216.imageshack.us/my.php?image=papernewgw4.jpg)
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Quemaqua on Sunday, March 23, 2008, 05:14:36 PM
Damn, I need to get me some of that.  I never got to play that one.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Xessive on Sunday, March 23, 2008, 10:14:00 PM
Sorry for the double post, but I've also been messing around a bit with n64 games with high resolution textures.  Specifically Paper Mario, and the difference is huge.

Old:

(http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/9489/paperoldwp9.th.jpg) (http://img296.imageshack.us/my.php?image=paperoldwp9.jpg)


New:

(http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/5629/papernewgw4.th.jpg) (http://img216.imageshack.us/my.php?image=papernewgw4.jpg)

Wow that is a drastic change! I should get back into N64 emulation.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: gpw11 on Monday, March 24, 2008, 12:21:36 AM
I played a few hours of OoT with a new texture pack a few years ago, but it didn't come close to having this level of change.  It really works fantastically with Paper Mario (and apparently there are some really cool ones for Mario64 as well).  The only downside is that this one is a work in progress, so some textures aren't upgraded yet.  You probably won't even notice with the environment textures, but because the characters in the game are made of nothing but textures there's a pretty stark contrast if one hasn't been changed yet.  Beyond that, there does seem to be some cases where a single texture for animation of a character hasn't been done yet and the character will flicker between the two as it moves about. 

By no means is it a huge deal at all and with the new textures combined with the general art style make this one of the more visually appealing games I've come across recently.  Pretty good for a game that's pretty close to 8 years old (or more...I have no idea).

Anyways, I just set my ps2 back up and got back into Persona 3 because of this little piece of awesome (http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=2762167).  I'm fully back into it and fully enjoying it.  It's also cool to see that Persona 4 will be based closely on P3, and Persona 3: FES (an expansion) has been announced for North America.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Quemaqua on Monday, March 24, 2008, 01:31:00 AM
Playing Folklore now when I get the chance.  Since OWmeet2008 is happening, that's basically from like 1 - 3 in the morning when everybody else has gone to bed.  I'm not too far in, but other than the game being aurally appealing and bleeding gorgeous, the story is ramping up nicely too.  It starts off in quite stilted fashion, but if you keep at it and go through the prologue chapters for Ellen and Keats, the two characters, you should end up feeling satisfied and motivated to continue (and the beginning of Ellen's first chapter has made me even more interested).  You get the choice of using either Ellen or Keats for each chapter, and you'll have to play each chapter as both no matter how you choose to do it, but it's weird because it seems like it's best to simply play a chapter as Ellen, then as Keats, then move on to the next in the same order, yet you're allowed to play a bunch of successive chapters as Ellen then go back and play them all over again as Keats.  It just doesn't quite make sense when the story logically seems to want Ellen-Keats-Ellen-Keats.  Whatever.

Anyway, really liking it.  Bought and downloaded the first two content packs in a little bundle that cost I think $5.99.  That nets you eight quests, 2 new folks (the monsters whose souls you steal and subjugate in order to take on their abilities), and 2 new outfits for each character.  Not too shabby.  We'll see if it ends up being worth it, but fans of the game so have thus far not complained at all and have expressed to the developer that they're happy to have the extra stuff.  There's no more DLC planned, so at this point there are 6 packs total, which can be purchased at a slight discount if you buy them in the 3 2-pack bundles instead.  If I enjoy the game as much as I feel like I'm going to, I'll likely spend the extra money.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Cobra951 on Monday, March 24, 2008, 03:08:36 AM
Sorry for the double post, but I've also been messing around a bit with n64 games with high resolution textures.  Specifically Paper Mario, and the difference is huge.

Last time I tried Paper Mario in emulators, it would flicker like crazy.  It was too nasty to play it.  I guess they've fixed that in the graphics plugin.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: gpw11 on Monday, March 24, 2008, 03:18:39 AM
They have for the most part.  I have come across it (at least the backround flickering) in one screen in the Star Road area though.  It might be fixable but I haven't really looked into it since it hasn't popped up again.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Ghandi on Thursday, March 27, 2008, 10:05:08 AM
I'm playing Chrono Trigger since I never got a chance to play it before now. Great game. I did find it a little easy until I got to the boss that I'm on (I forget his name), who is kicking my ass. I think that I need to level up some more before I fight him.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: MysterD on Sunday, April 27, 2008, 05:01:35 AM
You're right about the ammo if you've got the right weapon. The ammo isn't that big of a deal for me, unless I'm using a specific weapon like the L82 Enfield (not sure what it's actually called in STALKER but that's what it looks like).

STALKER is just too open, too much stuff goes on and I get lost too easily. By contrast in Oblivion it's easy to keep your bearings and track down your quests. And Crysis is technically quite linear, but the gameplay is open.
What STALKER could've done is what many RPG's do for quests such as Silverfall, DS2, -- split them up on your Journal/PDA between "Main Quests" and "Optional Quests."

Though, many of the "Optional quests" such as The Finding Strelok Quest-Line, depending on whether you do them or not, do result in what ending you will receive...

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The game gives me little motivation to go on. I'm following the Strelok mission but they're the ones that are getting really tedious, making run to the side of the world and shit.
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Right now I'm having a hard time distinguishing if STALKER is more tactical or arcade. It feels like the game is undecided.
Cross of both.

I think it can be quite arcade, when fighting the monsters. Just shoot, shoot, shoot. They pretty much just rush you.

I say this b/c the game is often quite tactical when taking humans on -- and if you ain't tactical, expect to die. And fast. Especially when taking groups on.

EDIT:
Oh, since this is the Currently Playing thread, I'm all over the place with what I've been playing of late on the PC:
--Elder Scrolls IV: Shivering Isles
--GTA: San Andreas
--Sacred: Underworld
--Arcanum
--Timeshift
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: MysterD on Sunday, May 11, 2008, 09:55:18 AM
Finished Elder Scrolls IV: Shivering Isles, which was pretty good, to say the least. :)

Currently playing recently, for the most part:
--NFS: Carbon
--GTA: SA

Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: gpw11 on Sunday, May 11, 2008, 04:27:53 PM
-Everyday Shooter

-Persona 3.  Almost done here, I think I have about a month left (gametime).  Still pretty awesome, and like I said before I'd like to be able to play through it again now that I understand the Persona and fusing system more, but I don't think I have the energy.  Even this last month is starting to feel a bit like a chore because I want to finish it and move on.

-Just recently got into TF2 again....a bit.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Quemaqua on Sunday, May 11, 2008, 05:50:09 PM
I've been mostly on GTA4.  About 38 hours in now at 46% game progress.

Also playing The World Ends With You which I continue to think is pure awesome.

I kind of crapped out with FFVII on my PSP when GTA4 came along, but I'm right at the very end and the only reason I haven't beaten it is because I want to do a few of the optional end-game things.  I should probably just go beat it instead, but I can't help myself.  Optional content is hard to pass up for me.

Folklore is still great.  Enjoying it thoroughly when I give it the time it deserves.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Xessive on Sunday, May 11, 2008, 11:42:19 PM
Assassin's Creed
Ninja Reflex
Rainbow Six Vegas 2

And I have occasional laps in Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: MysterD on Sunday, May 18, 2008, 05:14:50 AM
Star Wars: KOTOR 2 - The Sith Lords (PC)

Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Cobra951 on Sunday, May 18, 2008, 03:24:05 PM
Just to post, and to make it somewhere other than the GTA 4 thread:  GTA 4.  (Surprise.)  I'm a bit burned out on it, but I keep coming back.  There's nothing else waiting that's anywhere as compelling.  I've slowed way down on the missions, and I'm going more for side stuff.  I have the whole map unlocked, and that was my only real urgency with the missions.  I'm sorely tempted to use the points I have left on the XBL account to grab Assault Heroes 2, but that won't happen very soon if it does at all.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: gpw11 on Sunday, May 18, 2008, 04:24:41 PM
Star Wars: KOTOR 2 - The Sith Lords (PC)



Are you playing the vanilla version or have you used some mods/community patches?
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: PyroMenace on Sunday, May 18, 2008, 05:33:42 PM
My plate has been full at the moment. Ive been playing bits of Rock Band here and there. Even though Ive already finished with GTA4 Im still coming back to it doing various little things like races, stealing cars for Stevie, police missions, and just fucking around on the attack choppers is really damn fun. Then on the DS I got my hands on Zelda: Phantom Hourglass, which Im liking a whole lot. I almost picked up Conker's Live & Reloaded for the XBox, but that turned out to be a bust as it was the demo disc, but a friend who works at the gamecrazy where I bought the game friend told me he has 2 copies and he'll sell me one for cheaper.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: MysterD on Sunday, May 18, 2008, 05:51:58 PM
Are you playing the vanilla version or have you used some mods/community patches?

Last official patch from Obsidian -- Version 1.0B
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: gpw11 on Sunday, May 18, 2008, 09:54:55 PM
KotOR II Restoration Project (http://www.team-gizka.org/)

I never played past the first hour of the game or so, but always intended to.  I personally figured I'd wait for this.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: MysterD on Sunday, May 25, 2008, 06:26:06 PM
Currently playing on the PC:
--Crysis MP
--Overlord
--KOTOR 2

Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: TheOtherBelmont on Sunday, May 25, 2008, 06:37:09 PM
I just finished Silent Hill Origins a couple of days ago so I've been playing Persona 3.  I've also been playing little bits of Echochrome and Everyday Shooter when I'm wanting to play something lighter.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Xessive on Sunday, May 25, 2008, 11:31:09 PM
Ok, I've taken the plunge and uninstalled Oblivion in order to prevent myself from resorting to it so much. Plus it'll give me a chance to miss it. I also reinstalled Gothic 3. The community patch really helps!

I've got this urge to replay some older titles again. I just installed Theme Hospital, but I had to get the XP fix for it. I haven't played this game since the days of DOS (they were actually the days of Win95 but my computer was so fawked at the time I only had DOS up and running).

I'm also playing Crysis on the hardest difficulty. Ironically it's easier to kill soldiers for some reason.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: MysterD on Monday, May 26, 2008, 05:38:28 AM
Ok, I've taken the plunge and uninstalled Oblivion in order to prevent myself from resorting to it so much. Plus it'll give me a chance to miss it. I also reinstalled Gothic 3. The community patch really helps!
Yeah, the patch does help A LOT.
But, the load times are still killer.  >:(

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I've got this urge to replay some older titles again. I just installed Theme Hospital, but I had to get the XP fix for it. I haven't played this game since the days of DOS (they were actually the days of Win95 but my computer was so fawked at the time I only had DOS up and running).
Wow, I remember that one. Never played it, though.
Was it any good?
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I'm also playing Crysis on the hardest difficulty. Ironically it's easier to kill soldiers for some reason.
Probably b/c you're pretty good at the game? :P
Hell, I dunno.

EDIT:
Hey, do any of y'all guys that got Crysis think you'll be up for playing some Crysis MP sometime soon?
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: MysterD on Sunday, June 01, 2008, 08:57:26 PM
Finished SW: KOTOR 2: The Sith Lords, a little bit ago.
Game clock: almost around 42 hours.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: gpw11 on Sunday, June 01, 2008, 09:32:33 PM
How was the later bit of the game?  Was it noticeably rushed?  That's pretty much what's been keeping me from playing it.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Xessive on Monday, June 02, 2008, 04:32:19 AM
I've reinstalled Oblivion. Fawk, I'm addicted to it. I keep coming back to it.

I'm anticipating the upcoming Euro release of Mass Effect.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: MysterD on Monday, June 02, 2008, 02:04:22 PM
I've reinstalled Oblivion. Fawk, I'm addicted to it. I keep coming back to it.

I'm anticipating the upcoming Euro release of Mass Effect.

I'd anticipating EA/Bioware removing the DRM protection for MEPC. :P
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: MysterD on Monday, June 02, 2008, 02:08:31 PM
How was the later bit of the game?  Was it noticeably rushed?  That's pretty much what's been keeping me from playing it.


Very much so. Namely, in the storyline.

Like most RPG's, the last say 1/4th of the game is pretty linear -- regardless, there's still decisions to make there that are still very important; which is something Bloodlines did, which is fine.

But, that's not the major problem. The major problem is the story doesn't in the last 1/4th of the game doesn't feel fleshed out. Namely, the important characters -- The Sith Lords. And the last few boss battles seem too similar to each other, despite having tiny little differences in how to defeat them and in how they actually fight you.

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Lack of Story & Character Depth to The Sith Lords

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SPOILERS
Part 2
About The Last Few Battles

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Part 3
FINAL BATTLE

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Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: gpw11 on Monday, June 02, 2008, 11:39:00 PM
Interesting.  I was just getting back into Final Fantasy Tactics (On ePSXe with a bump map shader that actually worked really well for the game), but my 9600 pro arrived, as did my headset (grrrrr) with Assassin's Creed, so I think I'll get into that.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Ghandi on Monday, June 02, 2008, 11:44:11 PM
I tried to play Final Fantasy Tactics but it didn't work well on my rig. I've been playing FFIX, which I was kind of addicted to until I got into Guild Wars. I'm going to finish it, but at the moment I need my Guild Wars fix.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: gpw11 on Tuesday, June 03, 2008, 12:41:43 AM
How didn't it work and what emulator are you using?
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Ghandi on Tuesday, June 03, 2008, 08:28:01 AM
Well, it worked but I could never get it to run smoothly. I'm using epsxe.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: gpw11 on Tuesday, June 03, 2008, 04:23:45 PM
I shall help you in a new thread.  I'd do it in PMs but the information may be useful to others at some point.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Quemaqua on Tuesday, June 03, 2008, 04:33:35 PM
Ghandi doesn't have time for Playstation.  He's playing GW, damn it!
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: scottws on Tuesday, June 03, 2008, 06:04:58 PM
Playing Galactic Civilizations 2: Twilight of the Arnor.  Kicking ass in my current game after being humbled... no, demolished... in my previous few games.  I have more population in my civilization than the rest of the races combined and easily swing the United Planets vote in my favor every time.  I also have over a 370 military rating and my economic and research ratings are right around 200.  I do something like 70% of all research occurring in the game.

I'm a powerhouse, which is nice after completely getting my ass handed to me in previous games.  I think my problem was that I didn't understand that you want your production slider at 100% all the time (I think it defaults to 60%), and that you can control your income/expenses via managing the construction of factories and research centers.  If you have too much income, you want to build more factories and or research centers.  Once I understood that, I did a lot better.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Quemaqua on Tuesday, June 03, 2008, 06:16:42 PM
Glad to see more people enjoying GalCiv.  Good stuff.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Xessive on Saturday, June 21, 2008, 03:15:26 AM
Well, I finally took the plunge and got a PS3!

I got as a birthday present for my bro, but another driving factor is MGS4. While I haven't picked it up yet, I've been gorging myself on Heavenly Sword! Beautiful. It plays a lot like God of War.

I was kinda torn between the PS3 and the Xbox360 but now that I have PS3 I have no doubt in my mind, no regrets. Sure I'll miss Gears of War 2 (which I'll probably get for PC anyway) but it's small price to pay for such a gorgeous machine.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: MysterD on Saturday, June 21, 2008, 05:09:55 AM
PC Games I am currently playing:
--Icewind Dale (Version 1.42, with Heart of Winter and Trails of the Luremaster also installed)
--Sins of a Solar Empire
--Unreal Tournament III
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: MysterD on Sunday, July 06, 2008, 01:09:49 PM
Just finished today on the PC:
--NFS: Carbon (Single Player portion)

Currently playing on the PC:
--Icewind Dale
--Gears of War
--Diablo II
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Xessive on Sunday, July 06, 2008, 01:37:53 PM
Hehe MyD, you always remind me to fill in my current gaming updates ;D

I am currently playing:
Mass Effect (already finished but I having another run through with a different class)
ArchLord (2006 MMORPG that has recently been re-released for free!)
Shaiya (MMORPG)
Shadowgrounds Survivor
Happy Tree Friends: False Alarm
MGS4

I'm kinda torn between ArchLord and Shaiya in terms of which one is the "better" MMORPG. Each one has its pros and cons but for the moment I'm more into ArchLord.

Shaiya is a good looking game though! Probably the best-looking free MMORPG out there.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Quemaqua on Sunday, July 06, 2008, 04:02:31 PM
I'm playing... a lot of Metroid.  Like, a lot a lot.

Currently:

I'm about halfway through my second run of Metroid Zero Mission on hard, a little over halfway done with Metroid Prime 2 (hoping to finish today so I can start on Prime 3 or possibly take a break and try Super Mario Galaxy), enjoying the hell out of Metroid Prime Pinball which is way cooler than I expected it would be, and unlike many, I'm actually enjoying Metroid Prime Hunters despite it being the most inferior game in the series.  Probably just under halfway through that one.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: TheOtherBelmont on Sunday, July 06, 2008, 04:56:58 PM
I'm still playing Persona 3: FES like I was last time I posted. I've got about 75 hours put into it so far and I'm guessing I'm close to being done with the non FES part of the story.  I took a break on Persona 3 last month when Metal Gear Solid 4 came out though.  Haven't been playing much else besides those games though.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: gpw11 on Sunday, July 06, 2008, 04:59:19 PM
I'm still playing Persona 3: FES like I was last time I posted. I've got about 75 hours put into it so far and I'm guessing I'm close to being done with the non FES part of the story.  I took a break on Persona 3 last month when Metal Gear Solid 4 came out though.  Haven't been playing much else besides those games though.

What month are you in?  How's the Persona fusing aspect treating you?
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: TheOtherBelmont on Sunday, July 06, 2008, 05:08:56 PM
What month are you in?  How's the Persona fusing aspect treating you?

I'm in early November after I killed the Hanged Man shadow and fought the two Strega guys.  Also, I've pretty much got the hang of all the stuff in the game at this point, I've maxed out several social links and fused some pretty powerful Personas because of it.  I have several Personas that are higher level than me because I've made them after I maxed out a social link, I have a lvl 59 Thor persona and I'm only lvl 54-55 I think.  My compendium is at like 58%.
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Post by: Quemaqua on Sunday, July 06, 2008, 07:21:48 PM
Julia's still enjoying FES as well.  She bought it and started over, abandoning the progress she made on the original game.  She said she liked it too much to keep playing the stock game when she knew there was a superior version out there, and she learned a lot about fusing the first time she played, so she's playing on a harder difficulty with FES and doing a bit better, though she's dying now and again with bosses.  I think she just played on easy with the original since she'd never really played anything like P3 before, but stepped it up to normal after that.  And FES is supposed to be harder in general, I think, with the end scenario being on hard difficulty regardless of what you play the main campaign at.

She's also going through Okami on PS2.  We thought about picking up the Wii version, but as soon as I heard you have to use motion controls to actually do *normal* attacks and not just the *brush* stuff, I said forget it.  That's just stupid.  It should be button presses for regular attacks, then the wand for drawing stuff.  I don't want to fling the thing around every time I just want to swing my sword.
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Post by: Cobra951 on Sunday, July 06, 2008, 08:36:02 PM
She's also going through Okami on PS2.  We thought about picking up the Wii version, but as soon as I heard you have to use motion controls to actually do *normal* attacks and not just the *brush* stuff, I said forget it.  That's just stupid.  It should be button presses for regular attacks, then the wand for drawing stuff.  I don't want to fling the thing around every time I just want to swing my sword.

They also couldn't duplicate all the needed filters to give the graphics the same textured looks from the original, which is why I decided against it.  I didn't know about the control evils.
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Post by: PyroMenace on Sunday, July 06, 2008, 09:02:56 PM
Ive heard bad things about the brush controls too, which to me is the only reason id consider checking it out. If it cant pull that off right then its a rather useless port.
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Post by: gpw11 on Sunday, July 06, 2008, 11:07:43 PM
I'm in early November after I killed the Hanged Man shadow and fought the two Strega guys.  Also, I've pretty much got the hang of all the stuff in the game at this point, I've maxed out several social links and fused some pretty powerful Personas because of it.  I have several Personas that are higher level than me because I've made them after I maxed out a social link, I have a lvl 59 Thor persona and I'm only lvl 54-55 I think.  My compendium is at like 58%.

Awesome.  I think my compedium was at like 30% until the last month or so when I really got into the fusing.  Thor is pretty badass as well, one of the first really powerful mother fuckers out there.  As a warning, if you have two of the higher level Persona in the game, you gain access to a fuse spell that basically breaks the game by allowing you to kill pretty much every enemy in one shot at no MP cost because of a standby skill one of them has.  Actually, it's pretty awesome, I don't know why I threw that in as a warning.


As for Okami, yeah.  What I've come to understand by browsing gamefaqs and digg stories on it is that anyone claiming the Wii version is superior in any way is basically a giant fanboy or hasn't played it on PS2.   I haven't tried the new version myself, so  I couldn't really say, but I never had a problem with the PS2 drawing, and although I could see how the remote would be 'better' for it, all the drawing glyphs are so simplistic that it'd almost be overkill in my mind.
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Post by: Quemaqua on Tuesday, July 08, 2008, 12:29:24 AM
Well, I just beat Metroid Prime 2, and I have somewhat mixed feelings.  They are as follows, tagged with spoilers for those who care (though it is only about one end-game boss mechanic, not really anything about plot, etc.), from a conversation I had with Sy on IRC.

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Post by: PyroMenace on Tuesday, July 08, 2008, 12:56:36 AM
I think I know what you mean, it took some time for me to beat the first boss. When I finally did I nearly shit myself when I had to fight another one, so I was all high stressed, but I managed to figure it out and beat it in the nick of time. Its easy once you know what to do, but yea, it doesnt really clue you in on it.

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I do hate it when a frustrating moment can taint a little bit of the awesome experience your having in a game, example God of War.
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Post by: Quemaqua on Tuesday, July 08, 2008, 06:42:23 AM
Yeah, both God of War games had a single moment like that each for me.  The first was the last boss fight which apparently I was just too stupid to do properly in the original game, and the second was that huge gauntlet run before the fat chick in 2.  That killed me so many times.

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Post by: wizall on Tuesday, July 08, 2008, 06:48:25 PM
Not a goddamned thing since my 360 went tits up.  I am going to buy Civ Rev, though, the moment I get the fucker back.
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Post by: Quemaqua on Tuesday, July 08, 2008, 10:40:55 PM
So I started Prime 3 tonight, and holy shit.  What an opening.  They start you off with some stunning graphics that really drive the point home that this isn't a Gamecube.  The graphics are similar in technology, but there's so much extra polish.  Wow.  What a stunning game.  Then they wow you with the control setup and how well it works.  Takes some getting used to for sure, and seems a bit wonky at first, but it didn't take too long to get used to it.  It gives the game a more frenetic feel, but I think is ultimately preferable to the old method.  It just feels more natural.  And then they wow you with a great opening sequence that lasts forever and has all kinds of cool shit happening.  You can't really even call it a straight opening, since you're back in the fray continuing what almost amounts to more of the same sequence.  People compared this endlessly to Halo, but I don't really see it.  That one did have a cool opening for the time, but it was basically just... aliens invading spaceship.  The similarities end there, so I think the comparison is stretching just a ton.

Anyway, things don't feel Metroid enough yet, but I hear that's mostly just a fault of the opening, which is super action-packed, and it should settle down into a more familiar groove shortly.  If that's the case I can totally get behind it, because I had great fun with the opening stuff anyway, including several "Wow!" moments that Julia and I shared since she was watching.  Good fun all around, and being able to play with the inside of Samus's gunship is pretty much concentrated Nintendo geek bliss.

Thankfully I also figured out how to turn the remote's speaker down, so I'll be able to play Super Mario Galaxy now without waking the entire house every time I grab an item.  Might give it a whirl tonight, but not sure.  Prime 3 is definitely my primary game at this point, though.

Oh, and I got a chance to play with Endless Ocean for a bit... and it's cool.  Pretty much exactly what it looked like.  The graphics won't wow you, being decidedly Gamecube-esque, maybe even a little on the low end there, but there's still a lot of very nice art and atmosphere to be had.  The fish aren't the most detailed in the world, and your interaction with them is somewhat limited, but it's still very addictive to roam around finding them and stuff.  If you had any interest in what the game seemed to have presented, you should definitely give it a shot.  It seems to live up to what it advertised quite well, and while there are a few low points and quirks, thus far I've completely enjoyed the hour or so I spent with it.  And though I didn't think it'd manage it, it did completely relax me, putting me into a semi-blissful state at the end of the hour.  Not bad at all!
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Post by: gpw11 on Wednesday, July 09, 2008, 12:32:55 AM
Tomb Raider: Ann. It's good, but like I said before, Assassins Creed may have ruined the game for me.  Climbing and platforming in any other manner than that set out in AC just feels wrong now.
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Post by: iPPi on Monday, July 14, 2008, 08:24:52 AM
I don't remember MP2 very well anymore, but I don't recall having too many troubles with it.  It's been a while though, since I got the game at launch. 

MP3 was a pretty good game.  I agree with you that it didn't feel like a Metroid game at the start, but it begins to feel more Metroid like almost immediately after the opening.  They've definitely made some drastic changes though.  You're basically carried through the storyline (ie, you are told where to go for your next objective almost at all times), items are not particularly hard to find, minus a few exceptions, and the game is very much easier. 


Anyway, I'm currently play Bioshock and nearing the end of it.  I bought this game at launch, but to be honest I was not impressed with it because the story was very incoherent at the start, but once the story finally picks up, the game is amazing!  I'm now near the end.  Hoping to finish it relatively soon.
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Post by: Quemaqua on Monday, July 14, 2008, 05:13:16 PM
Yeah, that's my big complaint with MP3... I have the hint system off, and yet it still constantly tells me what to do.  What the hell could it be like with the hint system, I wonder?  And it's definitely too easy, though a couple of the bosses so far have been just the right amount of challenge.  I think playing the game on whatever is above Veteran will feel right... just a shame that isn't unlocked by default.  Coming off of Echoes, this thing is a cakewalk.
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Post by: MysterD on Sunday, July 20, 2008, 07:37:46 AM
Finished CoD2 - Single Player Portion.
Was pretty damn good.
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Post by: Xessive on Sunday, July 20, 2008, 02:52:10 PM
I am currently playing:

Devil May Cry 4
Mass Effect (again)
GRID
Archlord

And a bit of Shadowgrounds Survivor. If you get a chance check this one out. I think Que, Idol, and Sy would love it! Great for Coop too.
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Post by: Quemaqua on Sunday, July 20, 2008, 05:44:17 PM
I've been playing a bit of the original Shadowgrounds.  It's good stupid fun, though I think ultimately I'd rather be playing the sequel to Alien Shooter.  Never could find a copy.

I haven't been playing much of anything.  I've tried to play some stuff, but I've just been too tired.  I'm still embroiled in Metroid Prime 3, but I haven't had enough time to devote to it, so I'm sort of waiting.  I'd have played some today, but Julia was using the big TV.  So I mostly just sat around and played Rune Factory, which I'm finally having a lot of fun with.  The beginning was really fun, but then it ground to a halt and became an exercise in tedium because there simply wasn't enough to do, as is fairly typical of the beginning of Harvest Moon games.  I finally got enough cash and stuff to get going, though, so now I've beaten one cave, tamed some monsters and built a hut for them, and opened the second cave.  This also progressed me far enough to get the hammer so I can mine for ore, so that's led to further spelunking.  The game is much more interesting than other Harvest Moon games since there's a more immediate sense of progression (as it's kind of an RPG), and that helps you feel less stagnant or clueless about what to do next.
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Post by: iPPi on Monday, July 21, 2008, 10:01:27 AM
I've finally finished Bioshock.  Great game, but a somewhat disappointing ending.  The final boss was a pushover as well.
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Post by: scottws on Monday, July 21, 2008, 10:43:58 AM
Playing Starcraft single player again for like the 4th time.  Just beat the Terran campaign again last night.

I can't believe this game is 10 years old.  While the visuals are definitely dated, they aren't horrible considering its age.  The gameplay stands the test of time very well and doesn't seem too antiquated, and really I still think it's a great pattern to follow.  The control scheme is a bit old-fashioned, especially in terms of how you scroll around the screen (put mouse on edge of screen).  Hotkeys would be great to activate the "magic" power of some of the units like Protoss Templars and Zerg Queens.

I'm still wow'ed by the story.  It's so well presented and told given the constraints of the game format.  I wish there were some other way to participate in the universe rather than this one game.  I mean this could easily be a Star Wars type thing.  The universe is very large with tons of stories that could be told.
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Post by: Quemaqua on Thursday, July 24, 2008, 08:10:33 PM
So I just picked up the limited edition of Quake Wars, and, finally, Portal.  Hooray!  I guess that'll help flesh out my time with CivRev and Rune Factory on my DS.  Plus I hope to finish up Metroid Prime 3 this weekend, if all goes as planned.

I LOVE GAMES.  Even when your life is total crap, they're always there for you.  Aw.
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Post by: MysterD on Thursday, July 24, 2008, 08:13:19 PM
Despite having a stack of games I ain't finished, began or even installed, eh -- I dunno' what the hell game to get into...
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Post by: Quemaqua on Thursday, July 24, 2008, 08:32:04 PM
Anyone ever tell you you're overstimulated?
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Post by: gpw11 on Thursday, July 24, 2008, 10:53:50 PM
So I just picked up the limited edition of Quake Wars, and, finally, Portal.  Hooray!  I guess that'll help flesh out my time with CivRev and Rune Factory on my DS.  Plus I hope to finish up Metroid Prime 3 this weekend, if all goes as planned.

I LOVE GAMES.  Even when your life is total crap, they're always there for you.  Aw.

It's too late, you had to play Portal like 6 months ago, before you were sick of inter-nerds posting every line from the game as a catch phrase and then patting each other on their backs over and over again.  Now the game will just seem stupid.
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Post by: Quemaqua on Thursday, July 24, 2008, 11:03:39 PM
I tried it not *too* long after it came out, and I really didn't see what the big deal was.  But a podcast brainwashed me today, and I wanted to play something in a single sitting, so I figured what the hell.  My biggest complaint is that everything is really easy, and for a puzzle game to require almost no thought... that's kind of stupid.  And apparently I'm not the only one who feels that way, but I guess most people hate thinking.  Oh well.

Still, I expect to enjoy it once I sit down and force myself to get going.

In other news, Quake Wars is fucking awesome.
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Post by: gpw11 on Thursday, July 24, 2008, 11:33:13 PM
Yeah, they were mostly easy, but you can ramp it up with some custom maps.

Edit: Anyways, I just recently finished Devil May Cry 4, which was awesome but lacked the unlockables to make it worth playing through a second time back to back.  I'm now kind of at a loss.  I just reinstalled Bioshock, but I'm not really feeling it and Tomb Raider: Anniversary isn't something I'm in the mood for all the time.  DoD on Steam is pretty sweet though and I think I'll pick up God of War II if it's cheap by now.
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Post by: Xessive on Friday, July 25, 2008, 05:02:31 AM
Now that I've finished most of the games on my hands I'm jumping into the MMORPG field again. I'm trying out the recently released open beta of Florensia (http://www.florensia-online.com/), an intriguing new MMO from Netts (Japanese developer) with standard MMORPG as well as MMO sailing!

If you're into MMO's I'd recommend checking it out. The art syle is very benign and "cartoony" but pleasant. Sometimes I'm in the mood for saturated colours :)

I think the title "Florensia" sounds like some kind of disease or syndrome though.
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Post by: scottws on Friday, July 25, 2008, 06:04:01 AM
I tried it not *too* long after it came out, and I really didn't see what the big deal was.  But a podcast brainwashed me today, and I wanted to play something in a single sitting, so I figured what the hell.  My biggest complaint is that everything is really easy, and for a puzzle game to require almost no thought... that's kind of stupid.  And apparently I'm not the only one who feels that way, but I guess most people hate thinking.  Oh well.
Yeah, Portal was a good, fun game, but it's not the game people were making it out to be.

In other news, Quake Wars is fucking awesome.
Do you just play against bots?  Or do you play online?  If I can ever figure out why my rig is dropping packets like a banshee (yes, banshees are renown for dropping packets), I wouldn't mind jumping in a game with you.  I think my wireless card is just shot.  I've noticed the signal strength seems to be going down over time, and I'm like fifteen feet from the wireless router.  Something similar happened when my last wireless card was going.

As far as ET:QW goes, I'm way out-of-practice though.  I played a lot of CoD4 much more recently, and that's a whole different combat philosophy.  Still, it's fun to go back and play some of the old Wolf-style gameplay.

Edit: Anyways, I just recently finished Devil May Cry 4, which was awesome but lacked the unlockables to make it worth playing through a second time back to back.  I'm now kind of at a loss.  I just reinstalled Bioshock, but I'm not really feeling it and Tomb Raider: Anniversary isn't something I'm in the mood for all the time.  DoD on Steam is pretty sweet though and I think I'll pick up God of War II if it's cheap by now.
That's precisely the time I go back and play some classics.  I've played Deus Ex, X-COM: UFO Defense, and Starcraft all within the last year for significant amounts of time.  In fact, I'm about to play the last mission of the Zerg campaign.
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Post by: Quemaqua on Friday, July 25, 2008, 07:06:09 AM
I'd be down to play sometime, scott, at least once I learn the ropes.  I literally just picked the game up, so I haven't spent more than a couple hours with it.  But compared to the other experiences I've had with online FPS games lately, this thing takes the cake.  It's just really solid where a lot of other games might shine more brightly in an area or two, but ultimately feel like paper mache in all the areas where they aren't quite up to snuff.  I doubt I'll have the time to devote to the game as seriously as I used to play games like it, but if I were to do so, Quake Wars would be my game over TF2 or UT3.  I actually really like UT3, but there's something about it that just doesn't jive with me.  I suck at it and can't seem to find my groove.  I'll probably suck with Quake Wars too, but it seems ultimately to be a much more rewarding game, and I love the objective/mission system where you always know that there's something your class should be doing, and get rewarded for doing it.  That's really quite cool.
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Post by: nickclone on Friday, July 25, 2008, 12:27:36 PM
Final Fantasy 4 - I don't really like this game, the battle system is different from a traditional RPG and I find it jarring. However, this is the best looking and sounding game on the DS.

Gourmet Chef - Kind of like Cooking Mama, but this game focuses making the meals instead of the little mini games you have to do in Cooking Mama while cooking. Sleeper hit, go check it out.
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Post by: MysterD on Friday, July 25, 2008, 03:55:24 PM
Anyone ever tell you you're overstimulated?

Well...you just did! :P
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Post by: PyroMenace on Friday, July 25, 2008, 07:52:03 PM
Final Fantasy 4 - I don't really like this game, the battle system is different from a traditional RPG and I find it jarring. However, this is the best looking and sounding game on the DS.

Gourmet Chef - Kind of like Cooking Mama, but this game focuses making the meals instead of the little mini games you have to do in Cooking Mama while cooking. Sleeper hit, go check it out.

I want to pick up FF4, the only thing that worries me is that they used voiceovers with it which I thought was unnecessary.
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Post by: nickclone on Friday, July 25, 2008, 08:07:50 PM
I want to pick up FF4, the only thing that worries me is that they used voiceovers with it which I thought was unnecessary.

Not every thing is voice acted, I've only put in about six hours, but there hasn't been a lot of voice acting.
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Post by: Quemaqua on Friday, July 25, 2008, 09:34:57 PM
So I really, really, really like Quake Wars.  I still suck at it, but I can't believe this game didn't get more fanfare.  It blows the fucking shit out of all the Battlefield games, IMO, and the "meh" response to it makes no sense to me.  If you have even a passing interest in team, objective-based shooters, you should really try this.  It only cost me $30 for the limited edition (which basically just has a pretty box and some cool glossy cards that server no real purpose), and I'm now very sorry I didn't pick this up straight away.  It's much, much better than I was led to believe.

A little gushing from IRC:

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<Que|warquakes> Okay seriously, Quake Wars is the fucking best team FPS ever.
<idolminds> heh
<Que|warquakes> I'm not even kidding.  I don't know that it really is, of course, but it's obviously the one that fits me best.
<idolminds> thats cool
<Que|warquakes> I love the feel of it, the look of it, the maps, the objectives, the sound design... wee!
<idolminds> I need to get the update with the tutorials. Pre-patch I dont see any tuts, and I feel very lost
<Que|warquakes> It's just fun, and the whole gaining experience and bonuses thing works really well, especially if you're playing a campaign (three related maps in a row).  It really gives you that "let's do just that much better next time!" thing, since you actually earn rank as you go.
<Que|warquakes> So it's like, next time I'll make First Lieutenant!
<idolminds> heh
<Que|warquakes> And you get extra stuff like more grenades or health, faster sprinting speed, that sort of thing.  Really gives you incentive to get shit done.
<Que|warquakes> Engineers are often boring, but they're a blast in this game.
<Que|warquakes> And they balance the necessity of each class really well, so you always feel necessary and like you're getting rewards for pulling your weight.  And especially in a campaign it trades the most-needed class between maps well, so while your must-complete objectives may be for an engineer one map, the next it may be that a soldier is who has to be the hero
<Que|warquakes> Really fucking good game.  I'm really surprised that this didn't get a more excited reception, and I'm now very sorry I didn't pick it up day one.
<Que|warquakes> Though yes, I'd be lost without the tutorials.  They're definitely really helpful.
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Post by: gpw11 on Friday, July 25, 2008, 11:18:26 PM
Do you think the time it was released might have been a bit of a problem?  TF2 being packaged in Orange Box, CoD 4, and UT3 (well...sort of) kind of drowned it out?
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Post by: scottws on Friday, July 25, 2008, 11:20:52 PM
Didn't all those games come out quite a bit later?
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Post by: gpw11 on Friday, July 25, 2008, 11:22:31 PM
I have no idea.  I was out of PC gaming at that time.
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Post by: PyroMenace on Friday, July 25, 2008, 11:32:34 PM
I want Quake Wars really bad, but it runs like shit on my PC and its supposed to suck on consoles...
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Post by: Quemaqua on Saturday, July 26, 2008, 12:56:00 AM
Really?  I'd think it would run okay.  My rig isn't the beefiest, but it runs pretty great with nearly everything cranked up.  I'd think it would scale well.  It's just the Doom 3 engine, right?

But yeah gpw, idol and I were talking about it and we're pretty sure all the other games coming out were ultimately what killed it.  It makes sense, especially since a lot of those competing franchises are really popular, so it was a tough group to beat.  What bothers me more is that even critically things were kind of uneven, and I'm sorry but there is no fucking way in hell that TF2 is anywhere even close to as good as Quake Wars.  I was a big TF fan back in the day, and I don't think TF2 is a horrible or anything, don't get me wrong, but in my mind there's really no comparison.  The games aren't trying to do exactly the same things either, granted, but I think TF2 has some pretty significant problems with lack of content and gameplay balance, yet those issues seem more or less accepted without much thought by everyone, where Quake Wars, a much more solidly built game, seems to have people on both sides of the fence.  Battlefield Vietnam, that catastrophic piece of bug-ridden garbage in the tradition of all its bug-ridden brethren, has the same rating as Quake Wars on Metacritic, and the other 3 Battlefield games all rate higher, despite the fact that Quake Wars was more or less rock solid from the beginning barring a couple issues, and the gameplay is at least as good in most respects, maybe better in some others depending on your tastes.  And it doesn't explode every time you poke it.

The critics just seem conflicted.  Some call the mechanics dated, some say it's brimming with new ideas; some say the gameplay is tight and balanced, others claim there's spawn camping; some say the maps are superlative examples of grace and balance, some say the maps are a little imbalanced or out of whack; some say the game "welcomes newcomers", others say it has a "fairly harsh learning curve for newcomers".  I just wonder where the conflict is coming from since I feel the game is extremely well built in a lot of very obvious ways, and it would make sense to be conflicted with something like TF2 or Battlefield, games that are great in concept -- and in certain elements of execution -- but have/had some serious issues that hold them back.  I think Splash Damage really didn't get their due with this one.  Enemy Territory was great, and this is a very finely honed evolution of that with some real craftsmanship on display.

Anyway, rant over.  Go buy the game, it's sweet.  And you get to blow up shit in Jersey.

EDIT - Oh, and it's got pretty great bots, too, which can be used however you want.  Not perfect, but a lot better than many games of this type, rivaling UT3 and other top-notch AIs.
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Post by: MysterD on Saturday, July 26, 2008, 04:54:27 AM
In regards to Quake Wars and UT3 -- I really don't know how the hell can anyone go wrong w/ either of those MP-based games. They both are pretty damn good.

EDIT:
Performance in Quake Wars -- On my PC (see the sig), but back when I had a 128 MB GF 6600 in there, I had most of the graphical bells and whistles on Medium at 1024x768 and it ran really good; never below 30 FPS.

Of course, w/ the 512 MB GF 8800 GT OC in there, everything's on full blast now.

Doom 3 Engine was never great at running outdoors areas, when it first came out. But now, w/ much better hardware around and w/ the engine been tweaked-out to handle really outdoors environments for QW, it's been fine.

The ray-tracing experiments are interesting for QW, though...
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Post by: Quemaqua on Saturday, July 26, 2008, 06:15:08 PM
Man, I'm completely hooked on this game.  Like most MP shooters I probably won't play it for a really extended period (I've never been the type to keep going at these for months on end), but it's amazing how all the other games I was planning to play this weekend just fell off the map.  I just finished going through all the maps as Strogg, though I did play as GDF a couple times, and I haven't been that exhilarated by a game in ages from a pure adrenaline standpoint.  This is a very fast-paced game in the face of many other team shooters like Battlefield.  I honestly can't remember, was the original Enemy Territory this quick?  It really does feel like a Quake brand of team shooter, which is great for me because I enjoy the slightly more frenetic pace.  The only drag about it is it does make the march from spawn points to the front lines feel a little extra lame, where in some other games the slower pace makes it a little easier to ignore.

Love the maps, though.  Makes me really wish they'd release a map pack or something just to see more of what they can do.  Different maps change the dynamics of certain gameplay elements the way a good selection of maps should, which is something a lot of games seem to fail at these days.  It does seem like certain objectives are ridiculously hard to take compared to others, though I suspect a good lot of that is because I haven't even gone online yet... just playing with bots.  Real meatbags to play with would probably improve things a good bit.
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Post by: gpw11 on Saturday, July 26, 2008, 06:21:35 PM
In regards to Quake Wars and UT3 -- I really don't know how the hell can anyone go wrong w/ either of those MP-based games. They both are pretty damn good.


I'm glad you and the 15 other people actively playing UT III see it that way.  Personally, however, I like to play my online mp games with other people and it doesn't really deliver in that category.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Quemaqua on Saturday, July 26, 2008, 06:25:01 PM
I didn't have any trouble finding people playing UT3, but I did have trouble finding any of them who weren't super-ultra-hardcore and could kill me with their eyes closed while operating the keyboard with their feet.  It's a smaller group, but sort of prohibitively so.  The people playing are just way too good at it.

I suspect it'll be the same with QW once I take it online, and that's part of the reason I haven't yet.  I want to get to know the maps pretty well before I even get my feet wet.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: MysterD on Saturday, July 26, 2008, 06:58:13 PM
Que pretty much hit the nail in the coffin.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: idolminds on Saturday, July 26, 2008, 11:20:40 PM
I bought Assassins Creed for PC. I am getting my shank on.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: MysterD on Sunday, July 27, 2008, 04:05:38 AM
I'm playing a few things, here and there.
Not really able to set myself on ONE game to dedicate myself to.

Anyways, here's what I been up to:
--Brothers In Arms: Road to Hill 30 (this is getting the most time, of the bunch, surprisingly...)
--Overlord
--Scarface: The World Is Yours
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Xessive on Sunday, July 27, 2008, 05:04:34 AM
I'm still hooked on R6 Vegas 2! The multiplayer is highly addictive!

By the way I also checked out Kung Fu Panda on PS3 as well as PC, usually Movie-to-Game conversions suck ass, but this one is pretty decent especially for kids. It also has the best water effects I've ever seen in a game! The way the water ripples, splashes, or just flows down a stream is beautifully rendered. And it has some great light and shadow rendering too! The way the light shines on (and passes) objects and characters is fantastic! It looks surprisingly good among the common movie-games.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: idolminds on Tuesday, July 29, 2008, 10:36:17 PM
Assassins Creed = beaten! Not sure what I want to play next.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Quemaqua on Tuesday, July 29, 2008, 11:01:24 PM
Quake Wars.

 :-[
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: scottws on Wednesday, July 30, 2008, 03:32:06 AM
The critics just seem conflicted.  Some call the mechanics dated, some say it's brimming with new ideas; some say the gameplay is tight and balanced, others claim there's spawn camping; some say the maps are superlative examples of grace and balance, some say the maps are a little imbalanced or out of whack; some say the game "welcomes newcomers", others say it has a "fairly harsh learning curve for newcomers".
I find that hilarious because spawn camping is by far the worst in the Battlefield series.  There's no spawn invulnerability, so when you spawn, you get capped by someone that's standing behind you, or worse, an attack helicopter hovering low behind the spawn that just unleashes rockets anytime a group spawns there.

As far as the map balance though, I agree.  The demo map... I can't remember what it's called but that one where you have to build the bridge as GDF right away... that one is horribly balanced.  The Strogg get two Tormentors, a Cyclops, two hover tanks, two of those cars, and the jetpacks.  At best the GDF get a tank and that missile truck.  I once saw where the two hovertanks were sitting on the hill above the tunnel.  You could get a vehicle and start shooting, but if they'd get badly damaged they'd just go back over the crest of the hill where an engineer guy would repair them.  If you got out and tried to go around the hill, a pair of snipers would waste you.  That's on top of the jetpack guys dropping bombs everywere and the Tormentor unleashing hell.

The GDF never got the bridge built in 30 minutes because the Strogg had their defense set up so well and it was nearly impossible to do anything against them with what the GDF have at the beginning.  And I feel like the bridge is actually one of the easier parts of that map for the GDF.  Very rare to see the GDF win that one.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: MysterD on Saturday, August 02, 2008, 06:00:22 AM
I recently started (last Saturday weekend) True Crime: NYC on the PC.
Finished it Thursday night (the main quest).

It was decent.
It sure ain't no GTA, but it was still was fun.

The game ran well at 1024x768 on my PC -- it should, given my system and what the game's requirements are. For the most part, no controller really needed for the driving and shooting elements -- which is good. KB/moue controls are fine, for the most part. Though, a controller is necessary for any of the hand-to-hand brawling portions of the game, since the camera sometimes can be very wonky AND since the game doesn't have a button to press to put the camera right behind the player (like say Silent Hill series does have) at any time.

There's some side quests and stuff -- that are preset and all. I ain't done many of those, though.

But also, I did like was it has those STALKER moments, where you'll be in the middle of just driving around and a random quest will just pop-up to where you can take care of the matter however you feel; good or bad; up to you. Maybe a big shootout. Maybe a few people got into a fight. Maybe someone stole a car. Who knows. The quests ain't deep, but they just keep popping up like there's no tomorrow. So, that part is cool.

I like the whole "good cap/bad cop" meter, too -- which all depends on if you kill people (when you shouldn't, when not in self-defense) or if you actually arrest people. You can frisk anyone and try to find evidence. If they got evidence, you can arrest them. If you like, turn in evidence to increase your rank. If you find evidence on someone, you can even plant evidence you find on people and arrest them! LOL. Too funny.

The voice-acting ranges from not-so-good at all to very good (Lawrence Fishburne, Mickey Rourke, and Christopher Walken come to mind here). It's usually dead-on or completely off; there's no real in-between. The script was defiintely nothing special, though the action was definitely good enough to keep me going.

The game does have a very annoying bug in the Shadow Tong quest, which can cause you to have to restart the mission so you might be able to finish it (same issue is on the XBox version of the game, still).

Though, one additional thing to note -- the licensed soundtrack in the game is awesome. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_Crime:_New_York_City#Song_listing)
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: gpw11 on Sunday, August 03, 2008, 01:54:07 AM
A lot of DoD:Source and some God of War II.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Xessive on Sunday, August 03, 2008, 02:59:31 AM
I just jumped back into Phantasy Star Universe! I found it and the expansion at Virgin Megastores for about $4 each! And Prey was selling for about $9! They had some crazy discounts.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Quemaqua on Sunday, August 03, 2008, 03:04:48 AM
X-Com, fuck yeah!  That's why it's 3 in the morning and I'm still awake making useless posts about why Audiosurf is stupid.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: gpw11 on Sunday, August 03, 2008, 04:33:26 AM
Did I mention I like capping Germans in DoD?  That's why I'm up at 4 am and making posts about why Audiosurf kind of isn't stupid.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: MysterD on Sunday, August 03, 2008, 08:41:39 AM
I just finished a few minute ago TimeShift (Single Player Portion) for the PC.
When it's all said and done, it was decent.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: TheOtherBelmont on Friday, August 08, 2008, 09:55:00 PM
I just finished up the main part of Persona 3 FES called The Journey, got close to 110 hours of playing time in.  Damn good game, now I have to get started on the FES part of it called The Answer which is supposed to be about 30+ hours.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: idolminds on Friday, August 08, 2008, 10:09:14 PM
Dwarf Fortress. At least, trying to. I'm getting better at it, though.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Quemaqua on Friday, August 08, 2008, 10:33:25 PM
Playing Haunting Ground (http://www.gamespot.com/ps2/adventure/demento/index.html?tag=result;title;0).  I really like this game.  In fact, I think I'll make a thread on it.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: TheOtherBelmont on Friday, August 08, 2008, 10:55:18 PM
Playing Haunting Ground (http://www.gamespot.com/ps2/adventure/demento/index.html?tag=result;title;0).  I really like this game.  In fact, I think I'll make a thread on it.

Hmm, sounds interesting, I'll have to check that game out.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: MysterD on Saturday, August 09, 2008, 06:51:56 AM
Spending a good amount of time w/ Sacred: Underworld.
I'm working on the Sacred: Ancaria Campaign (that's the game's Original Campaign).

It has that addictive action-RPG crack feel (like Diablo II, TQ, HGL), despite its lack of story depth.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Xessive on Saturday, August 09, 2008, 01:48:41 PM
Wish I could have a real update on my current games but I'm still hooked on R6V2!

Now that I'm playing online more often I am having a blast!
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: MysterD on Sunday, August 10, 2008, 04:11:53 AM
Yesterday afternoon, my copy of Sam and Max: Season One arrived.

Played a good deal of Episode One: Culture Shock last night.
Yeah, it's absolutely hilarious.

Ahhhh....we need more of the adventure gaming genre to be this good....

EDIT:
This morning, knocked off from Season One Culture Shock (Episode One).
Just finished moments ago, Situation: Comedy (Episode Two).

Man, when's Season Two coming to retail boxes?


Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: wizall on Sunday, August 10, 2008, 10:16:27 AM
I've been playing a lot of Civ:Rev and Puzzle Quest.  God damn, these are fun games.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: scottws on Monday, August 11, 2008, 06:09:22 AM
Oh, I should mention I crushed the Overmind and its various Zerg broods upon finishing the original Starcraft late last week.  The great Protoss High Templar Tassadar, sadly, was lost in the carnage but his heroism will never be forgotten.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: PyroMenace on Wednesday, August 13, 2008, 11:45:25 PM
*sigh* WoW... again.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Quemaqua on Thursday, August 14, 2008, 06:17:17 AM
Aww, Pyro.  Couldn't even wait for the expansion?

I'm playing Pinball Hall of Fame.  There's the Gottlieb Collection (http://www.gamespot.com/psp/puzzle/pinballhalloffame/index.html?tag=result;title;3), the first, and the Williams Collection (http://www.gamespot.com/psp/puzzle/pinballhalloffamethewilliamscollection/index.html?tag=result;title;1), the second.  Both are awesome games.  They have them for a wide variety of platforms other than PSP, including PS2 and Wii (plus the first game was on Xbox and GC).  Great games with recreations of real pinball tables.  They aren't perfect on PSP, mostly since the textures aren't quite super-sharp and the view is a bit limited, but having so many awesome tables in my pocket is truly a dream come true.  Wish I'd found these earlier.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: K-man on Thursday, August 14, 2008, 07:18:56 AM
Just finished Fable:  The Lost Chapters in anticipation of Fable 2.  Now I'm playing Oblivion and Madden 09.  I feel dirty, but I wanted a football game this year and 09's shaping up to be a good madden year.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: MysterD on Thursday, August 14, 2008, 03:46:40 PM
Currently playing Sam and Max: Season One - Episode 5: Reality 2.0.

EDIT, August 16, 2008:
Last night, finished all of Sam and Max: Season One.
Great season, I must say.

I think Episode 5: Reality 2.0  was my fav. of the episodes, despite all them being pretty great.

Reality 2.0 Spoilers
(click to show/hide)
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: MysterD on Sunday, August 17, 2008, 07:04:54 AM
Got back into Gears of War PC last night. Been playing that again.

Game still stutters now and then, but not as crazy as it once was -- since putting those new NVidia drivers in...
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: PyroMenace on Monday, August 18, 2008, 10:53:50 PM
Well before I reformatted my computer and started playing WoW I was playing the flash map pack for Portal. Its probably was the first Portal maps should have been, they are longer and more challenging, it was very satisfying.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: MysterD on Thursday, August 21, 2008, 02:50:10 PM
Finished Gears of War PC last night.

Despite the annoying stuttering issue that Epic still has yet to fix (mostly happens outdoors on me), it was still pretty good.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Cobra951 on Friday, August 22, 2008, 01:14:57 AM
I've been on an emulation retro kick lately, and that led me to finally track down everything I need to play Dracula X: Rondo of Blood (http://castlevania.classicgaming.gamespy.com/Games/rondo.html), the one remaining classic Castlevania game I've never played.  SOTN is the direct sequel to this, and I now know where it got its inspiration.  But man, this sucker is HARD!  Thank God for save states.

(http://home.cinci.rr.com/jgoods/images/CD_072EAB00-017.png)
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: TheOtherBelmont on Friday, August 22, 2008, 01:22:24 AM
I've been on an emulation retro kick lately, and that led me to finally track down everything I need to play Dracula X: Rondo of Blood (http://castlevania.classicgaming.gamespy.com/Games/rondo.html), the one remaining classic Castlevania game I've never played.  SOTN is the direct sequel to this, and I now know where it got its inspiration.  But man, this sucker is HARD!  Thank God for save states.

(http://home.cinci.rr.com/jgoods/images/CD_072EAB00-017.png)

Rondo of Blood is so fucking awesome.  What emulator are you using to play it?  I lost the stuff I needed to play it when I had a hard drive crash about 3 years ago and forgot about downloading it again.

If I ever get a PSP, I will definitely be getting the remake they did of that game since I've heard great things about it and it has the original Rondo of Blood and Symphony of the Night with it.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Cobra951 on Friday, August 22, 2008, 01:31:03 AM
The emulator of choice for the TurboGrafx-16 is Magic Engine (http://www.magicengine.com/uk_index.php?sessid=rUxrlwNp5f5EDAvEMBzlQw3RiDGQ).  It's technically not free, but neither is the game, which can fetch up to $100 last I heard.  I didn't spend any money. *Waits for shock to die down*

ME does a seemingly perfect job with everything, including the Super-CD attachment.  I'm very impressed.  I had version 0.96 from years ago, but the newest versions far surpass it.  You can find version 1.0.0 PR 10.1 elsewhere.  That seems to be the most stable version prior to the current 1.1.3.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: TheOtherBelmont on Friday, August 22, 2008, 01:57:00 AM
The emulator of choice for the TurboGrafx-16 is Magic Engine (http://www.magicengine.com/uk_index.php?sessid=rUxrlwNp5f5EDAvEMBzlQw3RiDGQ).  It's technically not free, but neither is the game, which can fetch up to $100 last I heard.  I didn't spend any money. *Waits for shock to die down*

ME does a seemingly perfect job with everything, including the Super-CD attachment.  I'm very impressed.  I had version 0.96 from years ago, but the newest versions far surpass it.  You can find version 1.0.0 PR 10.1 elsewhere.  That seems to be the most stable version prior to the current 1.1.3.

Thanks for info, now to find the game.  Also, I don't know if you have a DS or not but the new Castlevania: Order of Ecclasia is coming out in October and it looks pretty awesome so far in case you were interested.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: MysterD on Friday, August 22, 2008, 01:38:40 PM
I been trying GOW PC over Windows Live -- but unfortunately, seems that nobody on the PC is really playing this thing on the PC. Everybody must be still playing it on their 360.

I did the most generic search for servers I could on GoW PC, to try and get ANY kind of game to try on the MP side. There's barely any servers of people playing this -- like, there was like 4 to 5 servers up when I tried this, yesterday night. And, all the servers were doing WarZone mode, too!

Yet, boot up say an old game like Quake 3 (though, it is a MP classic) -- and there's tons of servers going on w/ tons of different game modes happening (CTF, Duel, DM, Etc).
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Xessive on Friday, August 22, 2008, 01:51:57 PM
I been trying GOW PC over Windows Live -- but unfortunately, seems that nobody on the PC is really playing this thing on the PC. Everybody must be still playing it on their 360.

I did the most generic search for servers I could on GoW PC, to try and get ANY kind of game to try on the MP side. There's barely any servers of people playing this -- like, there was like 4 to 5 servers up when I tried this, yesterday night. And, all the servers were doing WarZone mode, too!

Yet, boot up say an old game like Quake 3 (though, it is a MP classic) -- and there's tons of servers going on w/ tons of different game modes happening (CTF, Duel, DM, Etc).
I find very few servers too. I've noticed it's more common to find coop than versus servers.

This is one game that I think should have been cross-platform. At least the coop side of it. It's not like there's any custom content to interfere with the console players either.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: MysterD on Friday, August 22, 2008, 01:55:41 PM
I find very few servers too. I've noticed it's more common to find coop than versus servers.

This is one game that I think should have been cross-platform.
I wouldn't mind playing against X360'ers -- or with them, in CoOp.

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At least the coop side of it. It's not like there's any custom content to interfere with the console players either.
I dunno -- but the game did come with an Editor/SDK.
Are there any GoW PC mods out there really?
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Xessive on Friday, August 22, 2008, 05:11:14 PM
I dunno -- but the game did come with an Editor/SDK.
Are there any GoW PC mods out there really?


I have yet to find any custom content. Even Planet Gears of War (http://planetgearsofwar.gamespy.com) lacks a files/downloads section other than videos and images.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: MysterD on Friday, August 22, 2008, 05:38:34 PM
I like the MP for GoW PC (it's a littlebit different than most b/c of its pop-and-cover style), but yeah -- not enough people are really playing it and not enough games going to make me wanna keep this installed....
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: gpw11 on Saturday, August 23, 2008, 01:19:15 AM
I'm totally between games now.  I kind of went on a STEAM kick for a bit there with a lot of DoD, a little TF2, some HL2, Audio Surf, and Portal, but now I'm totally bored.  Kind of off of Company of Heroes at the moment as well.  I don't really know what to play.  Finish God of War 2?
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Quemaqua on Saturday, August 23, 2008, 10:19:32 AM
Quake 3!
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: MysterD on Saturday, August 23, 2008, 11:58:21 AM
BG&E on the PC!
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Xessive on Saturday, August 23, 2008, 01:09:49 PM
I've been getting acquainted with MMRPG's (I intentionally left out the O because I agree with Scott in that it is redundant). I never particularly liked any but then I realized I had never given any a fair trial. I owed it to myself to explore the phenomena of Massively Multiplayer games.

I have been off on my own little quest to find my ideal free-to-play Online RPG adventure. I've tried Anarchy Online, Dungeon Runners, Fiesta, Solstice, 12Sky, DOMO, Last Chaos, Shaiya, Archlord, RF Online, Scions of Fate, Tales of Pirates, Florensia, and even Wolf Quest (which is a pretty cool idea though it's dull). I've tried a few other ambiguous titles too. Of this bunch I'd say DOMO, Shaiya, and Florensia are the best.

After searching for so long I think I've finally found it! Ironically, it's called Perfect World (http://www.perfectworld.com)! It's a Chinese mythology themed adventure with 3 races to choose from and 6 classes (2 classes each). Doesn't seem like much but they cover the playing styles generally. You can check the details at the official website.

Perfect World is the first MMRPG I came across that actually has a comprehensive character customization; with facial manipulation and all (almost as detailed as Oblivion)! It has some presets you can choose from too but it's so much sweeter to make your own! You'll never come across another player that looks exactly like you! It's also got some of the best graphics I've seen in a MMRPG, technical & artistic.

With a lot of options, clean user interface, and the ability to jump like I'm in a fantasy Asian movie I am content.

While I was checking out some Multiplayer news I came across this:
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Final Fantasy XI Boss Fight Lasts 18 Hours

We've all encountered lengthy RPG boss fights that lasted for more than an hour or two, but an 18 hours long MMORPG boss fight might be a little too much.

The fight took place in Final Fantasy XI, where "Beyond The Limitation" guild fought a new boss, Pandemonium Warden, who changed into 20 different forms through 18 fighting hours before the band finally gave up.

"People were passing out and getting physically ill. We decided to end it before we risked turning into a horrible new story about how videogames ruin people's lives", said one of the guild members called Sylphet. "None of us doubt that Pandemonium Warden can be killed. We just call into question exactly what the development team thinks is reasonable from human beings."

Keep in mind that those 18 hours weren't enough to finish the fight. Beyond The Limitation guild members believe that at least another 3 to 5 hours are needed to kill Pandemonium Warden.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: scottws on Saturday, August 23, 2008, 02:21:15 PM
I'm back to playing Enemy Territory: Quake Wars again.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Quemaqua on Saturday, August 23, 2008, 05:40:44 PM
An excellent game.  If I can get enough people to install it, I'm hoping we can set up an FNFF for it one of these weekends.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: MysterD on Saturday, August 23, 2008, 07:48:02 PM
Ain't gonna be hard to get me to install Quake Wars.
I never uninstalled it, since I bought it -- even though I don't play it too often.

I tend to be like that w/ MP-based games; just not uninstall them.
I still have yet to uninstall HL2 DM, TF2, and even UT3.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: gpw11 on Saturday, August 23, 2008, 09:05:05 PM
Apparently they sell something called Painkiller: Triple Dose which consists of Painkiller, the expansion or whatever, and Overdose.  I bought that motherfucker for $20 with Company of Heroes Gold and just remembered I have it.  I'll probably spend some time with those since I never really got into Painkiller before.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Quemaqua on Saturday, August 23, 2008, 09:30:09 PM
If you at all enjoy just mowing down hordes of guys who suffer death and dismemberment in awesomely hideous ways, it's impossible to go wrong with Painkiller.  I still don't have Overdose, though.  Can't find it cheap enough on its own.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: gpw11 on Saturday, August 23, 2008, 09:54:53 PM
Yeah, just mowing guys down satisfying me depending on the game.  With games like Serious Sam and what I remember of PainKiller, I can find it really fun in short bursts.  I do not, however, find it even mildly entertaining in games like Doom 3 and Quake 4 where the enemies lack total AI and just run at you, but there aren't nearly enough of them and the level isn't designed to take advantage of that.  In that case, it's just dated gaming as far as I'm concerned. 

Edit:  And Overdose is $20.....on steam sadly.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: MysterD on Sunday, August 24, 2008, 04:17:47 AM
Gogamer sells the UK Import of PK: Overdose for $17.90. (http://www.gogamer.com/Painkiller-Overdose--I--Front-Page_stcVVproductId28937997VVcatId444710VVviewprod.htm)

USA version for PK: OD is like $32.90 at Gogamer... (http://www.gogamer.com/Painkiller--Overdose-Front-Page_stcVVproductId21520139VVcatId444710VVviewprod.htm)

Damn, Circuit City sells PK: Overdose for $39.99 (http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/Painkiller-Overdose-PC-625904542502/sem/rpsm/oid/194327/rpem/ccd/productDetail.do)

Best Buy sells PK Triple Dose Package for $19.99 (with PK, PK: Battle, and PK: Overdose). (http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8940239&st=painkiller&lp=1&type=product&cp=1&id=1215217076438)
Best Buy sells PK: Overdose alone for $15.99 (http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8623206&type=product&id=1193451618730)
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: gpw11 on Tuesday, August 26, 2008, 07:21:33 PM
Um, are some levels of the original Painkiller only playable on some difficulties?  Because after beating Chapter 1, I went straight into Chapter 2, Episode 2...which seems weird.  The spot for Ep. 1 is there but it says I can't access it and I'm on the default difficulty setting.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Quemaqua on Tuesday, August 26, 2008, 07:24:17 PM
I forget, but that sounds kind of familiar.  But I honestly can't remember.  I think I remember a few levels not being accessible if you were being a pussy, but I didn't think it was the first level of anything.  I thought it was later levels.  It's been a while...
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: MysterD on Tuesday, August 26, 2008, 08:01:00 PM
Um, are some levels of the original Painkiller only playable on some difficulties?  Because after beating Chapter 1, I went straight into Chapter 2, Episode 2...which seems weird.  The spot for Ep. 1 is there but it says I can't access it and I'm on the default difficulty setting.

This is correct.
Some levels are only available when running harder difficulties.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: gpw11 on Sunday, October 05, 2008, 02:16:23 AM
I haven't touched Painkiller in, like, forever and never tried Overdose.  I just finished playing through Chrono Cross on ePSXe with a nice shader effect going. I totally forgot about the whacked ass real life ending sequence, but think I have a better grasp of the overall story arc than I did the first time I played it eight years ago.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: MysterD on Sunday, October 05, 2008, 05:02:01 AM
I haven't touched Painkiller in, like, forever and never tried Overdose.  I just finished playing through Chrono Cross on ePSXe with a nice shader effect going. I totally forgot about the whacked ass real life ending sequence, but think I have a better grasp of the overall story arc than I did the first time I played it eight years ago.

Chrono Cross was great. Ahhh...I have very fond memories of that one on my PSX.

About Painkiller, if you want Doom on major steroids, don't resist it. One of the best things PK has going for it is its combo guns, tons of different enemies PER LEVEL, and EVERY LEVEL has a majorly different look.

Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Xessive on Sunday, October 05, 2008, 01:18:09 PM
Painkiller is in a genre of FPS games that I have a lot of trouble tolerating. I get frustrated with them very quickly and inevitably bored out of my mind. I need a plot-related driving factor to get interested and immersed in a game's universe. That said, I was still inclined to respect Painkiller and acknowledge it as one of the best (if not the best) game I've ever played in the genre. Technical and compatibility issues aside I think People Can Fly did a great job with their first game and it volleyed them straight into the mainstream gaming industry.

I am currently palying Crysis WARHEAD, Gears of War, and Pure (great ATV racing game). I'm also toying around with Sould Calibur IV on the PS3.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: MysterD on Sunday, October 05, 2008, 03:35:26 PM
Today:
--Fallout

Yesterday:
--STALKER: Clear Sky
--Alone in the Dark 2008
--Witcher: EE

Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: MysterD on Saturday, October 11, 2008, 06:28:07 PM
Today:
--Sid Meier's Pirates! (picked it up for $9.82 + tax at WalMart's in a cardboard-sleeve jewel case)
--Fallout
--Defcon
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Quemaqua on Saturday, October 11, 2008, 06:51:28 PM
Fallout 2.  This game seems a lot harder than the first, but that might be because my character is totally different this time.  I seem to suck at everything now.  Still, looking forward to getting a little further and finding some better gear that hopefully I can use more effectively.

I just finished up the first Fallout, which was inconceivably awesome.  I had a great time.  Very curious about the plot stuff with 2 now since there are a few things they don't fully explain in the first.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: MysterD on Saturday, October 11, 2008, 06:52:32 PM
Que, do you have FO2 on disc from the Interplay days? Or buy it from GOG?
Or both? :P
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Quemaqua on Saturday, October 11, 2008, 06:54:03 PM
Haha, both.   :P
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: MysterD on Saturday, October 11, 2008, 07:07:33 PM
Haha, both.   :P

I bet you bought it again from GOG for the extras and MP3 soundtrack. :)
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: MysterD on Sunday, October 12, 2008, 10:40:07 AM
Been playing lots of Sid Meier's Pirates!
Arrrrrrrrrr, great fun, matey.

Been looting, plundering, and sinking ships; impressing daughters of Gov's with my dancing; became the #1 pirated; saved a daughter that got kidnapped; then married that Gov's daughter; and that's it, so far.

Character's 30 years old, but in poor health. Though, rich as sin -- like over 70000 in Gold.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Pugnate on Sunday, October 12, 2008, 09:08:46 PM
I have more dollars than that...


Zimbabwean dollars...
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: gpw11 on Sunday, October 12, 2008, 09:23:34 PM
I've been playing Rogue Galaxy and Pure.  Pure is pretty fun.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: MysterD on Sunday, October 12, 2008, 09:40:26 PM
Reinstalled Vampire: Bloodlines tonight.
Started playing that again.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: TheOtherBelmont on Sunday, October 12, 2008, 10:44:15 PM
Took a break from Disgaea 2 to play Silent Hill: Homecoming, both are great games so far.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Quemaqua on Sunday, October 12, 2008, 11:51:28 PM
I'm eager to hear more impressions on SHH.  I think Julia and I will be buying that soonish.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: MysterD on Monday, October 13, 2008, 07:00:01 AM
Took a break from Disgaea 2 to play Silent Hill: Homecoming, both are great games so far.

I was hoping SH: HC would turn out great.
And from the reviews, from what I could dig out of most of 'em, looks like it would be.

Would love to hear some impressions of yours on that one.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Pugnate on Monday, October 13, 2008, 07:02:48 AM
I am spending more time talking about games than playing them.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: MysterD on Monday, October 13, 2008, 07:12:37 AM
I am spending more time talking about games than playing them.

Usually when I take a break from a game, here I am -- on the boards.
I need breaks from games, sometimes. :P
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Xessive on Monday, October 13, 2008, 07:18:55 AM
Usually when I take a break from a game, here I am -- on the boards.
I need breaks from games, sometimes. :P

I need breaks from work!

My current endeavor: The Witcher EE!
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: MysterD on Monday, October 13, 2008, 07:23:32 AM
I need breaks from work!

My current endeavor: The Witcher EE!

Yeah, so how you liking it so far?
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Pugnate on Monday, October 13, 2008, 11:18:02 AM
Usually when I take a break from a game, here I am -- on the boards.
I need breaks from games, sometimes. :P


I just have other problems. :P
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: MysterD on Monday, October 13, 2008, 11:20:14 AM
I just have other problems. :P

Problem of me like posting like there's no tomorrow?

To say on topic with thread...

Playing Vampire: Bloodlines with Wesp's newest unofficial patch 5.7 installed. Playing as a Malkavian, this time around. So far, yeah -- been enjoying it. :)

Been too long since I last played this game.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Xessive on Monday, October 13, 2008, 01:37:57 PM
Yeah, so how you liking it so far?

Pretty good! I'm going through the Side Effects adventure right now. Really enjoying the the atmosphere. The first notable change is the inventory; it's not perfect but it's a lot better than before. The only other differences I've spotted so far are the ehnaced shaders, slightly higher resolution textures, and a few subtle character animations.

I understand some of the issues a few people had with the voice acting, and it's not such an issue for me because while 2 or 3 voices are irritating (or just bad acting) the majority of the voices are great. I think the fact that everything is voiced (more diversely than Oblivion I might add) should count as a merit to the overall work.

So far so good, I'll fill you in on how I'm experiencing it :)
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: MysterD on Monday, October 13, 2008, 03:52:33 PM
Pretty good! I'm going through the Side Effects adventure right now. Really enjoying the the atmosphere. The first notable change is the inventory; it's not perfect but it's a lot better than before. The only other differences I've spotted so far are the ehnaced shaders, slightly higher resolution textures, and a few subtle character animations.
I wish you could sort the Inventory to display only say Food, Drinks, or whatever -- but that new "Autosort" option thing went a long way for me.

Quote
I understand some of the issues a few people had with the voice acting, and it's not such an issue for me because while 2 or 3 voices are irritating (or just bad acting) the majority of the voices are great. I think the fact that everything is voiced (more diversely than Oblivion I might add) should count as a merit to the overall work.
I agree.

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So far so good, I'll fill you in on how I'm experiencing it :)
Awesome! :)

Without EE, Witcher was amazing. And from what I played so far, with EE, it's even better.
I think when it's all said and done, Witcher: EE to me is one of the best RPG's of all time.

Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: gpw11 on Tuesday, October 21, 2008, 12:22:05 AM
Games I have given up on:

-Riddick.  We already went over why

-Saga Frontier 2.  The combat was boring as hell.

-Pure.  Some of the worst PC load times ever. No lie.  Like, I actually went and took a shower and came back and the load screen was still there....for the fucking title screen.

-Rogue Galaxy.  Space Pirates = awesome.  Goofy Robots, long ass boring cutscenes, and reject Disney afternoon characters = lame.

Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: TheOtherBelmont on Tuesday, October 21, 2008, 12:32:07 AM
I just got done playing a couple of hours worth of Little Big Planet!  The local Wal-Mart here was the only place that had them since it seemed everyone else was wise to the recall.  I enjoyed the bit of story mode I played and look forward to playing more tomorrow after work.  I couldn't do any of the online stuff with it since the servers are down for obvious reasons but the story mode should keep me happy until next week.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Xessive on Tuesday, October 21, 2008, 12:49:14 AM

-Pure.  Some of the worst PC load times ever. No lie.  Like, I actually went and took a shower and came back and the load screen was still there....for the fucking title screen.


The load times are ridiculous in Pure!

If the demos are any good measure the console version loads a heck of a lot faster.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: gpw11 on Tuesday, October 21, 2008, 01:01:49 AM
Oh, there's definitely a bug with the PC version.  Sadly, I think it will outlast my interest.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Pugnate on Tuesday, October 21, 2008, 01:59:33 AM
haha I've never heard of Pure, but now want to try it as well so that I too can bitch.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Xessive on Tuesday, October 21, 2008, 07:00:01 AM
haha I've never heard of Pure, but now want to try it as well so that I too can bitch.
It's actually a lot of fun. It's first ATV racing game I've enjoyed so far. If you have the option go for the console version. The PC controls are a bitch even if you have a controller.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Pugnate on Tuesday, October 21, 2008, 07:35:24 AM
Dead Space?
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Xessive on Tuesday, October 21, 2008, 08:05:34 AM
Dead Space?
No, I meant Pure. Although I've heard the same of Dead Space.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Pugnate on Tuesday, October 21, 2008, 08:56:49 AM
MyD?
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: MysterD on Tuesday, October 21, 2008, 01:33:54 PM
MyD?

I am not a Dead Space. :(
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: gpw11 on Thursday, October 23, 2008, 12:56:54 AM
I have a lot of games that I don't feel like playing for whatever reason.  I just got back into God of War II though, and that should probably hold my interest until something new comes out.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: gpw11 on Thursday, November 13, 2008, 01:01:52 AM
I just put another hour or so into God of War II so I can clear that out before Persona 4 hits.  Holy shit, the Kraken fight is like the best thing ever.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Pugnate on Thursday, November 13, 2008, 01:13:34 AM
Thanks for the update.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Xessive on Thursday, November 13, 2008, 06:08:45 AM
I'm a Spider-Man fan so naturally when Web of Shadows came out I jumped all over it. Sadly, and craptastically, the only controller it recognizes is the goddamn 360 gamepad. It won't even recognize my Logitech Dual Action or Logitech Cordless Rumblepad 2. Been playing it with keyboard and mouse. It's not terrible, but definitely more at home with a gamepad.

Oh and I tried plugging my PS3 SIXAXIS via USB, the good news is it was detected properly and it even shows up in the Game Controllers list (Control Panel) but the pad doesn't switch on. I'm gonna try connecting it via Bluetooth once I find my Bluetooth key.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: gpw11 on Thursday, November 13, 2008, 06:17:11 PM
Thanks for the update.

You go to hell.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: wizall on Thursday, November 13, 2008, 07:43:41 PM
Gotta admit it:  I picked up the new CoD and it's a hell of a lot of fun online.

I've also been playing Fallout 3 intermittently, though I'm considering making a new, more murderous character.  The heavy speechcraft thing isn't really working for me.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: K-man on Thursday, November 13, 2008, 09:53:41 PM
Just finished Gears 2.  Great game.  Much better paced than the first.  Suffers from "Empire Strikes Back" syndrome.  Meaning tons of loose ends and no real conclusion at all.  Basically a long advertisement for Gears 3.  I was going to buy 3 anyway, why not throw a fucking bone or two my way?
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: MysterD on Thursday, November 13, 2008, 10:12:29 PM
Just finished Gears 2.  Great game.  Much better paced than the first.  Suffers from "Empire Strikes Back" syndrome.  Meaning tons of loose ends and no real conclusion at all.  Basically a long advertisement for Gears 3.  I was going to buy 3 anyway, why not throw a fucking bone or two my way?

I think b/c you're playing something that they are aiming for to be a trilogy. I think a lot of games, movies, or books that have had a "Part 2" wind up in the situation where "Part 2" leaves so many dangling threads, so that the trilogy finished them all off in a very satisfying way.

Look at for film, the LOTR series and Matrix series -- you'll see what I'm talking about; Part 2 in each of those series leave a good amount of threads hanging. In games, you can look at Half-Life 2 and Baldur's Gate 2: Shadow of Amn -- you'll see a handful of threads still dangling by the end of that game. (Of course, BG 2: TOB finished off all of BG2: SOA's dangling threads).

Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: PyroMenace on Thursday, November 13, 2008, 10:35:00 PM
You do realize LotR movies were based on books right D?
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: gpw11 on Thursday, November 13, 2008, 11:25:18 PM
To be fair he did mention books as well...but then he only mentioned the movies.  ARgh.  My mind just got blown.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Quemaqua on Thursday, November 13, 2008, 11:41:34 PM
That seals my decision to avoid Gears 2, then.  I was really disappointed with how they handled the plot and setting in the first one, with tons of potential that just wasn't realized.  If they didn't do anything different with 2, I really don't need it.  I've shot enough aliens in my life, and after all, I could go back and play the first game again for free.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Pugnate on Friday, November 14, 2008, 01:46:22 AM
You do realize LotR movies were based on books right D?

Wait, I thought they were based on the game..
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: K-man on Friday, November 14, 2008, 09:22:55 AM
That seals my decision to avoid Gears 2, then.  I was really disappointed with how they handled the plot and setting in the first one, with tons of potential that just wasn't realized.  If they didn't do anything different with 2, I really don't need it.  I've shot enough aliens in my life, and after all, I could go back and play the first game again for free.

I wouldn't avoid it.  Game is absolutely excellent.  The campaign itself is much better paced than the first, and there are a few environments/scenes in the game that just made my jaw drop.  Game is beautiful too, maybe the best I've seen on 360 yet.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Quemaqua on Friday, November 14, 2008, 07:06:34 PM
Well, I don't mean avoid forever, just either wait until there's a long lull with nothing else that I want, or until it gets dirt cheap.  It isn't that I don't think there are things I'll like about it, just that I have so little spare money for games now that I have to start getting much pickier about what I buy.  Which I hate.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: gpw11 on Thursday, November 20, 2008, 02:13:54 AM
So, I just finished God of War II.  When the fuck is the next one coming out?  I mean, I think that's another game I should buy a PS3 for.  Damn.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Xessive on Thursday, November 20, 2008, 04:52:39 AM
So, I just finished God of War II.  When the fuck is the next one coming out?  I mean, I think that's another game I should buy a PS3 for.  Damn.
My brother and I are waiting on fire for it! The official announcement at the last E3 said that it would be released "beyond this holiday season." Estimates suggest early to mid 2009.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Quemaqua on Friday, November 21, 2008, 12:00:48 AM
I'm gonna' be all over it.  I don't really look back on those games with these fond memories and think "Oh it was the best thing evar, I have to go back and play it!", but at the same time, with both games I've gotten sudden cravings which have resulted in me going back and playing them through from the beginning.  And I really enjoy them when I'm smack in the middle of them.  Though I never did finish Chains of Olympus, which I feel bad about.  It wasn't as good as the others, but it was still quite good... I just got burnt out.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: MysterD on Friday, November 21, 2008, 03:16:37 PM
You do realize LotR movies were based on books right D?

Of course. Though, I've only seen the movies. Never read the books -- but I'll bet the movies end in probably pretty much the same fashion as the books did...or pretty damn close to the books (to satisfy the original book fans).
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Xessive on Wednesday, January 21, 2009, 04:38:42 AM
I just created a character on Shin Megami Tensei Imagine Online (http://megaten.aeriagames.com/). It's pretty interesting so far and seems to be quite story-driven, atleast in comparison to other MMOs.

It reminds me a lot of Phantasy Star Online. Worth a look.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Quemaqua on Wednesday, January 21, 2009, 07:36:21 AM
I could certainly be persuaded to take a look.  I was curious about it but didn't realize it was going to be free.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Xessive on Wednesday, January 21, 2009, 08:29:45 AM
I could certainly be persuaded to take a look.  I was curious about it but didn't realize it was going to be free.
It's still in Beta but it looks pretty stable and established.

The gameplay is pretty traditional but it does feel like it mixes some PSO, especially with attack combos.

It's not the most technically proficient MMO out there but the art style is pretty good. It looks like it'll be fun. It's too bad it doesn't spport widescreen, at least not yet.

If you log on look me up, my character is called Karim. Apparently Kaze, Onimaru, Onikaze, Kazemaru were all taken.. Naturally, since it's a Japanese game.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: MysterD on Sunday, February 01, 2009, 06:38:05 PM
Currently playing on the PC:
--NWN2: Storm of Zehir
--GTA: San Andreas
--Left 4 Dead
--Mount & Blade

In regards to GTA: San Andreas...
Catalina spoilers...
(click to show/hide)
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Xessive on Monday, February 02, 2009, 05:30:24 AM
In regards to GTA: San Andreas...
Catalina spoilers...
(click to show/hide)

Hehe Catalina is fackin' nuts!
(click to show/hide)
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: PyroMenace on Monday, February 02, 2009, 06:00:11 AM
Nothing really right now. I was making good headway into Mass Effect, then I just stopped, I think Im not far from the end and I really need to finish it. I was really enjoying myself with it.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Xessive on Monday, February 02, 2009, 12:55:41 PM
While we're here, I've been jumping back into some PS2 gaming:

-Final Fantasy XII
-Persona 4
-Okami

All of which are pretty big titles so I'm gonna try to just dedicate myself to one at a time.

On the PC front I'm going through Fallout 3 again, since my last buncha saves were corrupted, but it's ok. FO3 is the sort of game I don't really mind going through several times. It does kinda make me miss Oblivion too.

And of course Left 4 Dead satisfies my multiplayer coop cravings.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: TheOtherBelmont on Monday, February 02, 2009, 02:11:25 PM
I just finished Persona 4 a couple of weeks ago, so I've been playing through Dead Space and I'm enjoying it so far.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: W7RE on Monday, February 02, 2009, 03:09:52 PM
Halo 2
Gears of War 2

I was putting in a couple of hours a night into Halo 2, but then I switched of to Gears 2 and lost track of time. I should just finish Halo 2, I've got like 2 levels left. I've also been trying to bring my GoW2 multiplayer skills up to par so I don't get completely destroyed so much. Too much WoW has killed my gaming skills.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Xessive on Friday, March 20, 2009, 04:30:18 AM
Just started playing Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X and it's pretty fun. If you love Ace Combat this is the next best thing on PC.. At least since Crimson Skies, which I love dearly.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: PyroMenace on Friday, March 20, 2009, 04:32:33 AM
HAWX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: K-man on Friday, March 20, 2009, 06:27:36 AM
Still playing Deus Ex.  I also picked up FF IV DS on the cheap so I've been hitting that up.  It's quite difficult compared to the other iterations.  Any given random encounter can and will hand your ass to you if you're not careful.  You almost have to grind out a few levels every time you go somewhere new.  I'm rather enjoying it though, and it was more than worth the 20 spent on it.  Even though I've purchased the game 3 times now.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: MysterD on Friday, March 20, 2009, 10:57:28 AM
Mass Effect PC.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: MysterD on Thursday, April 02, 2009, 03:14:31 PM
Kinda missed this thread :)

I am currently playing:

The Experiment (a.k.a. 112 Experience), a unique puzzle/mystery game where you look into the game through security cameras and try to help a woman geth through obstacles and uncover clues.


Hey, how was that game, after all was said and done?
Was it any good?
Worthwhile?

You think it's worth $4 plus shipping from Gogamer? (http://www.gogamer.com/The-Experiment-for-PC-All-PC-Games_stcVVproductId20515187VVcatId444774VVviewprod.htm)
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread
Post by: Xessive on Thursday, April 02, 2009, 03:31:18 PM
Hey, how was that game, after all was said and done?
Was it any good?
Worthwhile?

You think it's worth $4 plus shipping from Gogamer? (http://www.gogamer.com/The-Experiment-for-PC-All-PC-Games_stcVVproductId20515187VVcatId444774VVviewprod.htm)

I reached a point where I was stuck and had no idea what to do. Eventually I just gave up.. that and when I formatted I forgot to backup my save file.

It's actually not a bad game. Think of it as an elaborate minigame. For $4, sure why not? You may as well get something else at the same time to justify the shipping cost.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Quemaqua on Thursday, April 02, 2009, 03:49:48 PM
Damn, that's actually tempting.  I wanted to try that one out.

EDIT - All right.  I snagged that and The Movies.  Why not?  Not bad for under ten bucks.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: nickclone on Thursday, April 02, 2009, 03:55:26 PM
Pokemon Platinum...yeah you heard me!
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: MysterD on Thursday, April 02, 2009, 04:05:06 PM
Damn, that's actually tempting.  I wanted to try that one out.

EDIT - All right.  I snagged that and The Movies.  Why not?  Not bad for under ten bucks.

Already got The Movies.
And I got the expansion, too.

Never started them, though.

*keeps lookin' for a 2nd game*
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: MysterD on Thursday, April 02, 2009, 05:06:10 PM
Que, I'm tempted to order THIS game right along w/ Experiment. (click me!)
Good pick? (http://www.gogamer.com/viewproduct.htm?productId=4761570&categoryId=65152)

EDIT:
I know Que loved Undying...hehe.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Quemaqua on Thursday, April 02, 2009, 05:13:49 PM
YES.  If you don't have it, get it.  One of the better FPS games of its era, with an excellent story and lots of quality writing.

A shame that Jericho didn't turn out so well.  I think the problem there was that Jericho really didn't make all that much use of Barker beyond concepting stuff, and it didn't have a journal system like Undying, so couldn't disseminate information via the written word.  Though I still say people were needlessly hard on it.  It was functional, fun, ridiculously violent, had some cool monster designs, and some nice camera work.

But I digress.  Yeah, Undying is still really great.  The polygons show their age, but the story is interesting, the atmosphere is still oppressive, and the artistry that went into the game is still apparent.  And there's a decent amount of content there, too.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: MysterD on Thursday, April 02, 2009, 05:26:25 PM
Ordered both Experiment and Undying.

I thought people were very hard on Jericho, as well. Sure, it wasn't great or anything -- but I thought what was there was a solid and still good. It didn't disappoint me; yet, didn't really knock my socks off, either.

About graphics showing their age with Undying -- eh, that shouldn't be a big deal to me.
*shrug*


Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: beo on Thursday, April 02, 2009, 06:18:16 PM
just finished The Lost And The Damned. it was good, more GTA is always good. obviously it's shorter than the main game, but quality wise, i can't say that it stood out as significantly better or worse. if you've got the 360 version and hunger for more GTA, it's certainly worth the price of admission. this is not horse armour.

now i'm wondering what they're going to do for the next DLC. maybe something from the other side of the thin blue line could be interesting...
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Ghandi on Wednesday, April 22, 2009, 09:05:45 PM
Playing Sam and Max Hit the Road. Haven't played it since I was very young. This game is such a classic. Worlds Biggest Ball of Twine ftw.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: gpw11 on Wednesday, April 22, 2009, 11:37:20 PM
Just finished/gave up on Persona 4.  I'm like clocked at 110 hours (although probably 15-20 are idle time) and at the last boss.  Totally burned out - no desire to go on.  PoP time I guess.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: beo on Thursday, April 23, 2009, 03:48:16 AM
playing gears 2 at the moment. a couple of my friends recently signed up for gold accounts and convinced me to get gow2 for the horde multiplayer mode. been playing that for a couple of nights now and having a real blast. have only put a couple of hours into the single player campaign so far - but what i've played seems very solid.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: MysterD on Thursday, April 23, 2009, 06:33:23 PM
Finally got back into NFS: Most Wanted and after lots of aggravation, finished the SP Portion not too long ago tonite.

NEXT!!!
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Xessive on Thursday, April 23, 2009, 07:40:04 PM
Just finished Far Cry 2. While unsatisfying I was glad I got it over with and finally uninstalled it.

Currently taking a crack at The Last Remnant on PC and stumped with FFXII on the PS2.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Quemaqua on Thursday, April 23, 2009, 08:19:16 PM
Stumped?  Do tell.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Xessive on Thursday, April 23, 2009, 09:06:44 PM
Stumped?  Do tell.
I'm running around the tomb of Raithwall and I've realized that my characters are too low level. Puny mortals. I very narrowly defeated one of the demon gate crushers, had to use as many Quickenings as I could muster. Vaan is my highest lvl char at 18, everyone else is between 12 and 17. I came across these strange ghosts that can kill any one of my characters with a single hit, so I'm running around trying to grind and gradually lvl up. I think I'm gonna have to backtrack out in the desert. I'm just at a point where I can't move forward (yet).

I'm focusing Vaan on swords while Ashe and Fran are my healers and spellcasters. Balthier is my ranger and Basch is my tank. Penelo is my resident useless peon. I've set "heal ally with health < 50%" gambits on most of my characters.

Any advice on the grid and using gambits?
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Cobra951 on Thursday, April 23, 2009, 09:29:06 PM
If I remember correctly, just stay away from those ghosts the first time you go there.  You're not strong enough for what they're blocking yet.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Quemaqua on Thursday, April 23, 2009, 09:53:47 PM
My best advice is to get all your characters equipped with a fair stable of gambit slots, and set nearly all of your gambit slots to white magic.  And you're going to want to get *everybody* all the white magic there is to get.  All the white/green magic in the game is useful to every character, really, but white especially.  You'll want auto-heal gambits for sure, but the percentages are sort of personal preference.  You may micromanage them at least a little during tough fights anyway.  But yeah, once you get a fair way into the game, you're going to want everyone with all white magic and you'll want at least a few people with a full set of gambits set to just removing status ailments.  I basically had the three girls on heal/status duty, with the three guys doing primarily attacking but switching their gambits around in any circumstance that required it.  If there were good opportunities for the girls to go apeshit, I'd just manually have them attack or cast aggressive magic.

Anyway, that's the goal I'd work towards.  For me, having the status stuff taken care of was a huge load off my mind.

I think what Cobra is thinking of is the Stilshrine of Miriam.  There are several really bad dudes guarding something in there that will probably kick your ass when you first get there.  I'm not sure what your issue might be with the Tomb of Raithwall, but yeah, leveling a bit never hurt.  I never found it necessary to spend *too* much time grinding for levels, but I did occasionally do runs for items to sell in areas where I could rank my chain up super high to get better stuff more quickly.  In doing that, I tended to also level a bit.

Sorry I can't be of more help.  It's been a long time since I was that far back in the game.  If you're getting killed by status stuff, that's something to watch.  There are a metric crapton of enemies in the game that can do horrible status stuff to you, etc., and it very much helps to have ways of dealing with that automated and decent stocks of items to deal with it in case you need to have status effects removed quickly (spells take longer) or run out of magic.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Xessive on Thursday, April 23, 2009, 10:16:57 PM
Thanks guys. Looks like I'm gonna need to find some gambits for status effects.

I was worried that I was spreading my characters skillsets thin when I started getting White and Green magic for my fighter classes, but your advice has calmed those concerns. I guess I'll keep doing what I'm doing and hope for the best.

I'm really loving the game so far. Great story, beautiful visuals, and an intriguing atmosphere. In terms of graphics I have noticed that, in comparison to other PS2 titles, FFXII really suffers on a HDTV. I connected to a classic SDTV and it's back to gorgeous and crisp visuals.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Quemaqua on Thursday, April 23, 2009, 10:37:41 PM
Yeah.  It's a shame, too, because the game looks almost like a current gen title on 360 or PS3 if you up the res on an emu.  I mean, not quite, but close.  It's a truly fantastic looking game, and the art design easily covers up any small blemishes once you get it at an acceptable res.  If there was an HD retail update of the game for PS3 or something, I'd buy it in a heartbeat.

But yeah, don't worry too much about characters being thin or getting pigeonholed.  If you spend a good deal of time in the game, you can unlock the licenses for almost everything for each character.  Does take some effort, but for as long as I've been playing now, I've got the top board almost entirely unlocked for everybody, and probably 50% of the bottom.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Pugnate on Thursday, April 23, 2009, 10:59:17 PM
I was looking for screenshots to remind myself of exactly what FF this was, and this is the first image that popped up on Google.


(http://www.adventchildren.net/ff7ac/movie/reports/images/tgs_2004/cosplay_ffxii.jpg)

I just find that so disturbing.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Quemaqua on Thursday, April 23, 2009, 11:00:07 PM
That's scary as fuck.  Even scarier that somebody would willingly cosplay Vaan.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Pugnate on Thursday, April 23, 2009, 11:02:22 PM
So what the hell do people do when they cosplay? They wear these clothes and just giggle or what?

And yes, very very scary.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Quemaqua on Thursday, April 23, 2009, 11:32:12 PM
I honestly don't know what they do.  Probably just walk around and enjoy whatever show they're at, occasionally posing for pictures.

There's only one cosplay I ever really and truly liked, and that was the Naija (Aquaria) cosplay this one chick did.  It was actually pretty cool.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Xessive on Thursday, April 23, 2009, 11:33:26 PM
Hahaha weirdies!

I never got cosplay either. Although Triumph's (the Insult Comic Dog) coverage of the Star Wars fanboys was enlightening.

I'm pretty open-minded so I would explore costume parties and the like for fun. Don't know if I'd attend a convetion in costume unless I was paid to do it, even then it would have to be a really cool costume.

I think the effeminate characteristics of most of Square's leading male characters are what appeal to (especially) Asian pop culture. East Asian. Really far East of Asia.

Hehe, remember this (http://kotaku.com/5103736/how-to-design-characters-the-square+enix-way)?
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Pugnate on Friday, April 24, 2009, 03:52:28 AM
I honestly don't know what they do.  Probably just walk around and enjoy whatever show they're at, occasionally posing for pictures.

There's only one cosplay I ever really and truly liked, and that was the Naija (Aquaria) cosplay this one chick did.  It was actually pretty cool.

I always assumed they played some sort of a weird role playing game or something. :P

And Xessive, that is really funny.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Ghandi on Friday, April 24, 2009, 09:01:36 AM
Hehe, remember this (http://kotaku.com/5103736/how-to-design-characters-the-square+enix-way)?

Heh, that's pretty good.

Cosplay's remind me of furries. I'm sure some freaky shit goes on behind closed doors but I really, really don't want to know about it.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Cobra951 on Friday, April 24, 2009, 12:00:32 PM
Hahaha!  The problem is when women start wanting men that look like that.  I'd need a nair bubble bath and estrogen shots.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Xessive on Friday, April 24, 2009, 12:35:31 PM
Hahaha!  The problem is when women start wanting men that look like that.  I'd need a nair bubble bath and estrogen shots.
Haha God! I'm a feral beast compared to those androgens!

The two most annoying FF protagonists (at least in my eyes) are Tidus and Vaan.. Tidus more so than Vaan.

EDIT:
I came across this ad for FFXII Potion Energy Drink (http://mooblar.com/flash/FFXII_Potion.swf)! AWESOME!! haha
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Quemaqua on Friday, April 24, 2009, 08:51:13 PM
I will never apologize for looking like a man.  Though this one time a guy at a drive through called me "ma'am" because all he saw was my hair.  It was pretty funny how bad he felt, probably because I looked like I was about to kick his ass.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: W7RE on Saturday, April 25, 2009, 02:03:18 AM
I have a problem that I can never seem to finish any game, but I've sort of made it a goal to finish some of the more important FPS that I've neglected. Since FPS is by far the genre I play most, I should have certain games under my belt. So I keep jumping back and forth between a few, plus a few non FPS games.

Half-Life 2
Far Cry
Bioshock
Peggle
Tomb Raider: Anniversary
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Xessive on Saturday, May 02, 2009, 07:40:55 AM
I reinstalled Jade Empire SE for kicks. Man, that game has not aged well. The in-game graphics are not bad (way better than KotOR) but the menus and UI are terrible. I started the game with my gamepad plugged in, completely forgetting that the control scheme had been altered and assuming it was just like on the Xbox; it's terrible. It's with kb+mouse but this is not a game that demands kb+mouse control accuracy, speaking of which the original control cheme works with kb+mouse anyway so I have no idea why they changed it. Anyway, the bad things (UI, menus, controls) were all the things Gray Matter LTI had done, not Bioware. The core game is still great just bastardized for the PC port.

Uninstalled it rather quickly. Brought back a lot of bad emotions.

I do still feel like playing it but it's the sort of game I wanna chill back on the couch with a gamepad for, as I did with the original Xbox version. I don't wanna hunch up close to the screen and witness the painfully disgusting interface and menu graphics.. It's a travesty what they did to this game.

Well, back to Mass Effect for grand Bioware glory.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: MysterD on Saturday, May 02, 2009, 09:50:59 AM
Since STALKER: Call of Pripyat got announced, I started trying to get back into STALKER: Clear Sky -- as much as I do like the game, goddamn -- at its lowest difficulty, since the enemy hardly misses, you really still can get crushed; and quickly.

Regardless, been playing it a fair deal, past few days.


Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Xessive on Sunday, May 03, 2009, 06:37:55 AM
In my journey through the library of games I've got tucked away in some storage shelves I dug up Titan Quest! Which I am still impressed by visually. Wading through a field of barley or tall grass looks good as the vegetation waves around my character. The game still holds up and it's a good way to prepare for Diablo III. I'm trying to get my brother into it so we can LAN it up.

P.S. W7RE, thanks for the SteamCard idea ;) Makes more sense for me since I barely use XFire at all these days!
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: MysterD on Sunday, May 03, 2009, 01:27:08 PM
I started playing Sacred: Underworld again. Addictive action-RPG. It ain't the best RPG -- as the voice-acting and presentation is not anything special and also the quests don't vary too much -- but like Diablo 2, there's just too much hacking-n-slashing, character upgrading, and loot-grabbing to just not get bored.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Quemaqua on Sunday, May 03, 2009, 08:17:46 PM
I decided to give Neverwinter Nights another go since I really hated it the two times I tried it before, but now I'm actually into D&D itself, so thought maybe it would make a difference.

Surprisingly, it has.  Not a lot, but a little, and there's something different about the game that doesn't feel like anything else I've played in a while.  It's more... modular than a lot of games, and more obviously based on D&D where even some stuff like Baldur's Gate didn't throw it in your face quite as much.  Or at least it seems like that.  I don't know.  Anyway, it's interesting.  Not perfect, and whenever I run up against something that's particularly difficult I get the urge to quit... but I've stuck with it enough that I think I could play a ways into it, see what happens.

The only downside is I forgot how boring it is to play a cleric in pre-4E D&D.  Lots of spells, hit like a girl.  The monk guy following me does like 3 times the damage and doesn't miss as often.  Damn!
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Pugnate on Monday, May 04, 2009, 03:30:23 AM
NWN2 is much improved, so give that a go once you are done with this. Once you get into act 3 of NWN1, you will enjoy it even more, though I enjoyed all acts because I am a sucker for these games.

If you've never finished Baldur's Gate II, you should. It is one of the greatest games ever made.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Xessive on Monday, May 04, 2009, 05:36:26 AM
Hehe listen to Pug! If it weren't for his persistence I would have stopped playing in the first act assuming the game was boring and tedious. I persevered until I got to the second act when I really began to get into it. I owe it to Pug that I now love NWN.

Anyway, on to "currently playing" I checked out the new X-Men Origins: Wolverine demo on PS3 and I'm impressed. It plays just like God of War, so I understand the reviews bashing the game for lack of originality. Visually it's pretty good, very cinematic too, Unreal engine! If the demo speaks for anything it's that the game is a lot of fun. Ravensoft often make great, fun games.

It's violent! It's visceral! And I'm glad they focused the game on action beat'em-up gameplay, which is exactly what a Wolverine game should be! The last one (X2: Wolverine's Revenge) was trying too hard to be a lot of things, like Tomb Raider meets X-Men Legends. XO: Wolverine is definitely worth a shot.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: MysterD on Monday, May 04, 2009, 01:40:12 PM
I decided to give Neverwinter Nights another go since I really hated it the two times I tried it before, but now I'm actually into D&D itself, so thought maybe it would make a difference.

Surprisingly, it has.  Not a lot, but a little, and there's something different about the game that doesn't feel like anything else I've played in a while.  It's more... modular than a lot of games, and more obviously based on D&D where even some stuff like Baldur's Gate didn't throw it in your face quite as much.  Or at least it seems like that.  I don't know.  Anyway, it's interesting.  Not perfect, and whenever I run up against something that's particularly difficult I get the urge to quit... but I've stuck with it enough that I think I could play a ways into it, see what happens.

The only downside is I forgot how boring it is to play a cleric in pre-4E D&D.  Lots of spells, hit like a girl.  The monk guy following me does like 3 times the damage and doesn't miss as often.  Damn!

I think Hordes is the best NWN1 Campaign, myself -- by far.

I think Mask is the best NWN2 Campaign, myself -- by far.
As much as I do like the new gameplay features and stuff in Storm of Zehir, the story and characters are just majorly lacking compared to Mask.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: W7RE on Friday, May 15, 2009, 12:49:31 AM
I just finished Half-Life 2 two nights ago, Portal last night, and Episode 1 tonight. HL2 Ep 2 is next.

I'm trying to push through some old games (FPS specifically) that I'm ashamed of not finishing, or just not playing at all. After the Orange Box I'll do Bioshock.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Pugnate on Friday, May 15, 2009, 01:26:51 AM
I had one of those "finish the old classics" bug a few years ago. I finished HL1, Opposing Forces, and Blue Shift. :P
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Xessive on Friday, May 15, 2009, 02:34:39 AM
I checked out Velvet Assassin! Hoping it would scratch my stealth itch, I dove into the role of a WW2 spy behind enemy lines. It was alright although very rudimentary for a stealth game. Visually it was decent, not impressive but acceptable. Gameplay elements were very mundane. They really didn't stretch too far to build the core mechanics of this game. The story was passable at best, there were no transitions between levels except for plainly assembled briefing videos at the beginning of each chapter.

Conceptually the game had some promise, however the final product is so generic and unsatisfying it may as well have gone straight to the bargain bin.

If you're a stealth buff, like me, then it's worth checking out but only after it has a significant price drop. Otherwise you'll probably hate it and harbour a disdain for the stealth genre altogether.

I'm kinda sad because I wanted this game to be great. Finally, someone took a different angle on the WW2 theme and it flopped.

I'd give it a 5.5/10.

Back to Fallout 3 and my new stealthy adventures in a Chinese Stealth Suit (available from Operation: Anchorage). When you crouch it simulates a Stealth Boy effect! Be warned you can still get detected if you're not careful.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: wizall on Friday, May 15, 2009, 12:30:43 PM
I just started in on Mass Effect finally. It is a great looking game, but I'm having a difficult time getting into it, mostly due to the interface. I tend to play it like a shooter, which hasn't worked out well. And a few times I've tried the methodical approach, one of my cohorts dies. Also, I don't much care for the equipment interface. Well, I don't know if I don't like it or rather just not used to it. I'll stay with the game, though.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: MysterD on Friday, May 15, 2009, 01:53:45 PM
I just finished Half-Life 2 two nights ago, Portal last night, and Episode 1 tonight. HL2 Ep 2 is next.

I'm trying to push through some old games (FPS specifically) that I'm ashamed of not finishing, or just not playing at all. After the Orange Box I'll do Bioshock.
Dude, all those games you mentioned, I think, are timeless.
No matter when you play then, in the end, I think you'll love them.
You can't go wrong w/ ANY of those titles.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Quemaqua on Friday, May 15, 2009, 05:45:43 PM
Mass Effect suffers from those issues even on PC.  Interface is a little wonky, and the difficulty can seem super high as soon as you get done with the first mission and go off course to some random thing.  The game does take some getting used to, but definitely stick with it.  You'll get over those things before long and get the hang of it.

But yeah, it doesn't really play like a shooter.  You have to kind of get away from that fairly quickly because you'll die very, very fast.  Make use of pausing the game to select abilities, get the lay of the land, and order your mates to perform some well-timed, tactically precise maneuvers.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: W7RE on Saturday, May 16, 2009, 06:24:55 PM
Just finished HL2 Episode 2. Damn, now I want more.


Haha, now my Steamcard in my sig shows HL2 for all my recently played games (HL2, Ep1, and Ep2).
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: MysterD on Saturday, May 16, 2009, 07:16:47 PM
Just finished HL2 Episode 2. Damn, now I want more.
With the way Ep2 ended, I think we all want Ep 3...like NOW.
But, they're too busy trying to emulate 3DR and DNF... :OP

Valve are masters are leaving nasty cliffhangers to make you want their next work in a series -- they've done this so much in HL series, it ain't even funny...

Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: beo on Thursday, May 21, 2009, 08:37:29 PM
since my 360s are on the fritz, i've been indulging in some pc gaming on my woefully underspec rig. been playing a bit of hl2 again along with some cs: source. it's been a while and from my cs performance, i can tell that so much time spent with a gamepad has taken it's toll - i'm nothing like as fast as i used to be. other than that, i've been having another stab at metroid fusion. first time through i got pretty near the end, but i left it for too long and forgot where i was. hopefully i'll make it this time!
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: MysterD on Monday, October 05, 2009, 05:33:58 PM
Currently playing:
--> Gothic 3
--> Drakensang
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Xessive on Monday, October 05, 2009, 06:32:21 PM
Wow, I nearly forgot about this thread! hehe

I am currently playing.. well.. more like juggling between:

PC:
Resident Evil 5
UT3

PS3:
Batman: Arkham Asylum (Challenges)
The Bourne Conspiracy
Street Fighter IV
Valkyria Chronicles

PSP:
Lumines II
Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops

I only play like 15-30 mins of 2-3 games a day (averaging around 1 hour to 1½ hours a day). I should try to focus on just one game for a while but my attention span is so limited these days.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Cobra951 on Tuesday, October 06, 2009, 05:13:49 AM
I love the GBA Metroids, though not on the GBA.  I played through both of them again recently.  I've finished Shadow Complex with 100% items on Easy, Normal and Hardcore.  Dare I go Insane?  It's really an easy game once you know what to do.  Once you get the helmet near the end, dying at all would be a real screwup.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: MysterD on Sunday, May 09, 2010, 01:20:53 PM
Currently playing:
Bioshock 2: Multiplayer - PC
Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood - Single Player - PC


Recently finished yesterday:
Bioshock 2: Single Player - PC

Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: PyroMenace on Tuesday, August 24, 2010, 02:55:45 AM
I played through Darksiders about a week ago, had a lot of fun with it, towards the end I had found most of the collectibles so I used a guide to find the rest of them.

And then just the other night I sat down, started and finished Singularity in one sitting. It was fun, pretty standard FPS stuff, the time manipulation device is fun to play around with. Though i think the game was geared more to be played on a console, I played it on normal difficulty and just felt it was way too easy. The assault rifle just felt over powered, you don't even need to use your other abilities really. Anyhow it's probably more worth looking into at a lower price point.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: K-man on Tuesday, August 24, 2010, 09:15:54 AM
I picked up two Nyko Perfect Shots on clearance at K-mart and grabbed House of the Dead:  Overkill.

Zombies were shot, fun was had.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: PyroMenace on Tuesday, August 24, 2010, 09:21:37 AM
Dude you need to check out Dead Space Extraction, another awesome light gun shooter, give you some more use out of those accessories.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: K-man on Tuesday, August 24, 2010, 09:49:05 AM
Will do.  I saw it the other day, but didn't know if it was a shooter or not.

Sorry I haven't responded to your text.  Been very busy this past week.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: K-man on Tuesday, August 24, 2010, 09:51:01 AM
I want to track down a copy of House of the Dead 2 & 3 Returns. Gamestop has a new copy here, but I don't want to pay 30 bones for it.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: W7RE on Tuesday, August 24, 2010, 10:06:13 AM
Played through Limbo and Deathspank over the last week. Now I just decided to dig into Fallout 3 finally - working on the Wasteland Survival Guide and just did Grayditch.

Also, getting bored of WoW again and only logging in for raids and 10 arena games per week.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: K-man on Tuesday, August 31, 2010, 08:32:55 AM
I picked up a copy of Ghost Squad for the Wii yesterday to give my gun shells something to shoot at besides zombies.  Game is great, but very short.  There are only three 15 minute levels.  Course they all branch in different directions depending on what options you choose.  I'm not going to complain for 20 bucks, as it's a pretty faithful representation of the arcade game with some extras thrown in.

The bad part about it is that these light gun games are inherently flawed on the Wii.  The IR remote is a poor substitute for the light gun technology of the arcades (and duck hunt circa, you know, 1985).  Even with calibration, the remote is always going to be more accurate near the center of the screen than the edges because of the way the Wii controls triangulate.  They're still a fun romp with friends, but they're never going to be as accurate as their arcade counterparts.  And that sucks.

I'm still making my way through Dragon Quest IX.  It is a wonderful game.  If you enjoyed RPG's from the 16 bit era you will fall in love with the game.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Cobra951 on Tuesday, August 31, 2010, 08:49:47 AM
The old light-gun games need a CRT to work.  When the gun tells the system "I see the raster beam", the system knows where the gun's pointing based on the precise time, because the display hardware is synched to the TV.  This can't work with modern TVs where the pixels are all lit constantly.  I don't know if there's any easy (i.e., cheap enough) way to get the old high precision with modern hardware.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: K-man on Tuesday, August 31, 2010, 08:54:54 AM
If there is a way I don't know about it.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Xessive on Tuesday, August 31, 2010, 09:02:53 AM
Getting the old light-guns to work on modern TVs would be difficult, if at all possible it may be inaccurate. The only ones I've seen work are on the Wii since it's a completely different technology.

I'm curious, I'll try to test out some methods with my Sega Saturn since I have the light-guns.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: MysterD on Tuesday, August 31, 2010, 01:46:47 PM
Recently finished (this past Saturday) - Assassin's Creed 2 (PC).
Currently playing - Batman: AA (PC).

Hoping to get Batman AA done soon, since I'm picking up where I left off, the other night...
(click to show/hide)

EDIT:
Just finished - Batman: Arkham Asylum (PC).
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: PyroMenace on Tuesday, September 07, 2010, 08:06:04 AM
Over the passed couple weeks I've been playing the Dawn of War 2 expansion Chaos Rising and I managed to finish it off tonight. If you have played through the Dawn of War 2 campaign, you will know what to expect, but it deals with Chaos instead of Tyranids. Its got a whole new system in place for items and such for the Chaos theme pack and its pretty damn awesome. I'm already pretty excited for the Ork expansion.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: W7RE on Tuesday, September 07, 2010, 08:21:22 AM
Currently working on Fallout 3, still need to get back to the last section of Shank. I've been distracted by Minecraft though and haven't played anything else since buying it.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: MysterD on Tuesday, September 07, 2010, 01:36:08 PM
I've been bouncing around, past few days b/t these PC games....
Gothic 3 - with latest Community Patches, of course
Divinity 2: Ego Draconis
The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition [Steam]
Mass Effect 2
- began my 2nd run-through...
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: gpw11 on Tuesday, September 07, 2010, 08:10:42 PM
Mainly World of Goo and Zelda: Spirit Tracks.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: MysterD on Sunday, October 03, 2010, 06:15:56 AM
Currently playing on the PC:
Gothic 3 - with latest 1.74 Community Patch.
Avencast: Rise of the Mage
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: MysterD on Sunday, April 17, 2011, 09:27:44 AM
Recently finished:
Two Worlds 2 PC

Currently playing:
NFS: Hot Pursuit PC
Borderlands: General Knoxx DLC PC

Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: idolminds on Sunday, April 24, 2011, 06:09:43 PM
I just beat Enslaved. Figured I'd knock it out pretty quick before I delve into too many games at once. Its an enjoyable game, I had a good time. Only complaints would be UE3 texture loading issues and sometimes the platforming wasn't as smooth as it could be.
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Post by: MysterD on Sunday, April 24, 2011, 06:30:11 PM
I tried the Eschalon: Book I - DEMO, since the series is on sale on D2D and PC IGN. This feels like I just got plopped back into 1990's era of PC RPG gaming...in a good way.

Stat-heavy; option-heavy; psuedo-TB combat system; no voice-acting; lots of text flying to tell you vivid details on everything (objects, environment, combat damage, etc); old-school style of graphics; etc.
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Post by: idolminds on Sunday, April 24, 2011, 06:38:53 PM
I played the demo for that a while back. It was pretty neat.
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Post by: MysterD on Sunday, April 24, 2011, 07:01:02 PM
I played the demo for that a while back. It was pretty neat.
Agreed 100%.

I really wish some of the more modern RPG's had some of the descriptiveness this game has, when interacting w/ objects and entering areas and stuff.
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Post by: MysterD on Saturday, July 02, 2011, 07:49:36 AM
Currently playing:
Hydrophobia: Prophecy

Recently finished:
Borderlands: Knoxx DLC
The Ballad of Gay Tony [from GTA: Episodes from Lib City]

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Post by: PyroMenace on Saturday, July 02, 2011, 10:07:09 PM
Recently finished Bulletstorm. Really fun game, it takes a little bit for it to get going but once it starts ramping up, it gets epic fast. Plus the dialogue stuff isn't really stupid as you think it is and ends up being quite funny at times, especially the main antagonist. Really hope another one gets made.

After that I started play Crysis 2. Looks amazing with with DX11 features turned on. Also this game feels much more streamlined and tighter than the first, even the environments aren't as confined as you think they might be even though it's in an urban setting. I even feel it makes better use of space than the first one does with more vertical and subterranean approaches. So far I'm really digging this.
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Post by: MysterD on Sunday, July 03, 2011, 05:51:19 AM
Recently finished Bulletstorm. Really fun game, it takes a little bit for it to get going but once it starts ramping up, it gets epic fast. Plus the dialogue stuff isn't really stupid as you think it is and ends up being quite funny at times, especially the main antagonist. Really hope another one gets made.
Bulletstorm's awesome - I agree w/ you 100%.
Once you get the leash and connected to the Skill system, the game gets awesome.
Definitely looking forward to a Bulletstorm 2.
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Post by: Pugnate on Sunday, July 03, 2011, 07:00:37 PM
I've been playing Crysis 2. It got me back into things after I bought a new PC.

Yea the game looks good and it is quite good as well. The music from Hans Zimmer is fantastic:



Quote
Justin Bieber: God sent me to make some music.

Hans Zimmer: No I didn't
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Post by: MysterD on Monday, July 25, 2011, 03:05:33 PM
Just finished Singularity (PC).
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Post by: Xessive on Friday, July 29, 2011, 04:29:16 AM
Just started playing White Knight Chronicles II, which I discovered actually contains a complete and remastered version of the first game! Great value for money and I was lucky enough to grab it for about $20!

So far it has its ups and downs. Very Japanese, and by that I mean the English dub also feels like a crap Japanime English dub.
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Post by: idolminds on Sunday, September 04, 2011, 10:35:38 AM
Just beat Uncharted 2.
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Post by: MysterD on Sunday, September 04, 2011, 11:01:33 AM
Just beat Uncharted 2.

How'd you like it?
Is it as awesome as many gamers and reviewers make it out to be?
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Post by: K-man on Sunday, September 04, 2011, 11:06:27 AM
How'd you like it?
Is it as awesome as many gamers and reviewers make it out to be?

I'll answer for him:  Yes
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Post by: idolminds on Sunday, September 04, 2011, 11:08:42 AM
I liked it. Same sort of complaints I had about the first, mostly me wanting more exploring and less mass slaughter. I played on the very easy difficulty and still killed over 600 dudes. How many people does that bad guy employ? Its funny because the game itself even references this.

I would recommend it to anyone, though. If you own a PS3 then you should play Uncharted.
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Post by: K-man on Sunday, September 04, 2011, 11:17:21 AM
Also:  it cures cancer and various STD's
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Post by: Pugnate on Sunday, September 04, 2011, 11:17:13 PM
I am reflecting on it now, and while I loved Uncharted 2 more overall, I thought the combat in UC1 was done better. I liked the scarcity of the weapons in the first game, etc.
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Post by: iPPi on Sunday, September 04, 2011, 11:52:08 PM
I liked it. Same sort of complaints I had about the first, mostly me wanting more exploring and less mass slaughter. I played on the very easy difficulty and still killed over 600 dudes. How many people does that bad guy employ? Its funny because the game itself even references this.

I would recommend it to anyone, though. If you own a PS3 then you should play Uncharted.

Why did you play it on very easy?
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Post by: Xessive on Monday, September 05, 2011, 12:16:46 AM
Uncharted was one of those games that got me by surprise. I picked it up just to have some variety on my PS3, it looked like a generic adventure game, nothing special. I was so impressed when I loaded it up and started playing, not just by the visuals but by the gameplay, the emerging plot, the sound, everything! That game won me over despite the frequent need to aim with an analogue stick :P

Based on my experience with the first game, I had no doubt that Naughty Dog would deliver with the second but I never expected it to be quite as grand!
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Post by: idolminds on Monday, September 05, 2011, 07:44:20 AM
Why did you play it on very easy?
Of the things I like about Uncharted, the combat ranks fairly low. Its not bad but I don't like bullet sponges and waves of enemies. Restarting an area because I get killed is frustrating (even on ve it still happened if I was careless), and what I play Uncharted for is to explore the new areas and to see the story unfold. Those things don't change between difficulty levels.
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Post by: Xessive on Monday, September 05, 2011, 07:54:36 AM
It's rare but I'll play a game on easy if I'm only interested in the story. I've a come a cross a few games with crap gameplay (or gameplay that's just not for me) but with a great story right behind that hurdle.

I generally like to play on Normal difficulty "play the game the way it was meant to be played" but I've noticed that in stealth-oriented games I usually start on the hardest difficulty just to make it more interesting. In DXHR, I've noticed almost no difference between Normal and Hard just because I never got spotted by enemies to begin with; kept getting the "Ghost" award at the end of each mission ;D

Same with Splinter Cell games. I think with Stealth games I operate on a higher plane that no matter what difficulty I will essentially get the same experience.
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Post by: MysterD on Monday, September 05, 2011, 07:59:24 AM
It's rare but I'll play a game on easy if I'm only interested in the story. I've a come a cross a few games with crap gameplay (or gameplay that's just not for me) but with a great story right behind that hurdle.

I generally like to play on Normal difficulty "play the game the way it was meant to be played" but I've noticed that in stealth-oriented games I usually start on the hardest difficulty just to make it more interesting. In DXHR, I've noticed almost no difference between Normal and Hard just because I never got spotted by enemies to begin with; kept getting the "Ghost" award at the end of each mission ;D

Same with Splinter Cell games. I think with Stealth games I operate on a higher plane that no matter what difficulty I will essentially get the same experience.

I played Deus Ex: HR on "Give Me A Challenge".
I didn't touch the easiest mode - namely b/c I saw some AI stupidity complaints in reviews.
I didn't notice any odd AI stupidities on this difficulty, either.
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Post by: K-man on Monday, September 05, 2011, 04:18:01 PM
I will say this:  I think I played both Uncharted games on the default difficulty, but I'd seriously consider giving them another go on a more difficult one.
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Post by: MysterD on Friday, September 09, 2011, 09:34:29 PM
Just finished Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (PC).
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Post by: Cools! on Friday, September 09, 2011, 11:22:36 PM
I'm replaying old games right now: StarCraft, StarCraft: Brood War and Ground Control.
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Post by: MysterD on Wednesday, September 14, 2011, 08:24:11 PM
Just finished Bully: Scholarship Edition [PC].

Yeah, I know - I finally got this game running this past weekend. And of all PC's, ran fine on my new rig, not my older rig [which is the PC I tried to run it on numerous times, back in that PC's hey-day]. Been unable to put it down since I began it and just finished it.
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Post by: wizall on Friday, September 16, 2011, 04:02:32 AM
Still a shitload of Eve. Pretty much all I play these days. It's half-job/-entertainment. I still really enjoy it. Did any of you ever stick with it? I'm pretty well setup in a wormhole finally, which is a pretty cool experience. Also I manage to buy GoG games on a regular basis though haven't spent much time actually playing them.
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Post by: K-man on Friday, September 16, 2011, 06:48:28 AM
Just finished Bully: Scholarship Edition [PC].

Yeah, I know - I finally got this game running this past weekend. And of all PC's, ran fine on my new rig, not my older rig [which is the PC I tried to run it on numerous times, back in that PC's hey-day]. Been unable to put it down since I began it and just finished it.

How does this compare to other rockstar games?
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Post by: MysterD on Friday, September 16, 2011, 02:54:58 PM
How does this compare to other rockstar games?
Put GTA gameplay and structure [of doing main missions and side-quests] and throw it instead into a high-school and a big town surrounding it.
No killing for combat, but instead you beat the shit out of people.
Classes are just some of the side quests - play dodgeball; do wrestling; and other kinds of stuff.
You can tag things [w/ spray paint]; shoot slingshots; shoot spuds out of a cannon; dress up as a mascot and dance as the mascot;\ and other kinds of off-the-wall madness.
Forget cars, you use bikes and skateboard to roam around the gameworld.
The game is often VERY hilarious, too.

Personally, I loved it.
Bully is my favorite Rockstar game since GTA: Vice City.
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Post by: TheOtherBelmont on Friday, September 16, 2011, 05:14:20 PM
In preparation for Dark Souls next month I have been playing through Demon's Souls a second time.  I fucking love this game.
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Post by: MysterD on Sunday, September 18, 2011, 08:55:19 AM
Just finished Fallout 3: The Pitt DLC (PC).
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Post by: MysterD on Monday, September 19, 2011, 07:10:28 PM
Just finished Fallout 3: Mothership Zeta DLC (PC).
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Post by: Xessive on Saturday, September 24, 2011, 07:12:40 AM
I am replaying Mirror's Edge. That game is frickin' awesome. It is truly a work of art. Yeah, EA needs to let DICE make the sequel pronto!
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Post by: MysterD on Saturday, September 24, 2011, 09:45:45 AM
Just finished SP portion of Duke Nukem Forever [PC].
Been checking out the MP - feels like a throwback to the good old days of UT days; Quake 2 + 3 glory; and DN3D of course.
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Post by: MysterD on Tuesday, October 04, 2011, 09:59:14 PM
Just finished SP portion of Wolfenstein [2009] (PC).
Past few weeks, been playing a lot of Test Drive Unlimited 2 (PC).
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Post by: idolminds on Friday, October 28, 2011, 10:25:32 PM
I "finished" Yakuza 4, as in I completed the main story and all substories for all 4 characters. Even with that and a final play time over 50 hours my completion was 50.99%. I have plenty to do still. Train fighters for the arena, fight in the arena myself, train hostesses, date hostesses, and play all the many, many minigames.
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Post by: Cobra951 on Saturday, October 29, 2011, 03:19:11 AM
Of the things I like about Uncharted, the combat ranks fairly low. Its not bad but I don't like bullet sponges and waves of enemies. Restarting an area because I get killed is frustrating (even on ve it still happened if I was careless), and what I play Uncharted for is to explore the new areas and to see the story unfold. Those things don't change between difficulty levels.

That caught my eye because it was at the top of the page.  It also pretty much describes my feelings about Red Dead Redemption, which I've been playing heavily.  I love exploring and roaming the world.  The combat is well implemented, but losing progress because of dying is unacceptable to me anymore.  Duels are a serious pain in the ass, and I will never accept one unless I just saved the game.  I'm also still heavily into Borderlands, particularly farming for new and rare weapons.  Rounding out the package is Forza 4, which is superlative on the track (and mediocre in the menus).  Very addictive once I get driving, trying to perfect my performance and tuning on particular cars and tracks.
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Post by: MysterD on Saturday, October 29, 2011, 05:53:46 AM
Recently finished this past week:
Dead Rising 2 (PC) -> received Ending D
Borderlands: Claptrap's New Robot Revolution (PC)

Currently downloading:
Dead Island (PC)
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Post by: PyroMenace on Saturday, October 29, 2011, 09:43:12 PM
That caught my eye because it was at the top of the page.  It also pretty much describes my feelings about Red Dead Redemption, which I've been playing heavily.  I love exploring and roaming the world.  The combat is well implemented, but losing progress because of dying is unacceptable to me anymore.  Duels are a serious pain in the ass, and I will never accept one unless I just saved the game.  I'm also still heavily into Borderlands, particularly farming for new and rare weapons.  Rounding out the package is Forza 4, which is superlative on the track (and mediocre in the menus).  Very addictive once I get driving, trying to perfect my performance and tuning on particular cars and tracks.

Sorry to go onto a RDR tangent, but you keep saying that you lose progress from dying in RDR which is simply not true. You simply load back in a different part of day in the gaming world. Nothing is lost, there are no timed missions, if you cant access somebody during that time, just setup camp and sleep. The penalty you are talking about simply doesn't exist, you are just thinking about it wrong.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Cobra951 on Sunday, October 30, 2011, 07:14:51 AM
No, sorry.  You are wrong.  I lost hours of hunting spoils--pelts, meat, antlers, feathers, etc--all gone.  This wasn't imagined.  It's happened more than once, because of lost duels, except that since I became aware of the design deficiency, I don't allow too much time to pass without saving, so what I lose is a lot less.  When you die, and you're not in a mission (where you get to retry from a checkpoint) the result is the same as if you had a power failure, and you had to turn on your system again and load up your most recent save.  That's archaic, and just plain shitty.  6 hours of the game day are lost when you save, every time, whether in a room or at a campsite.  You may not think that's a big deal, and that's fine.  Personally, I don't like it.
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Post by: PyroMenace on Sunday, October 30, 2011, 07:37:17 AM
Well sorry it frustrates you, that sucks. I don't remember losing items, but then again I never checked nor did I care about that stuff since there's no real use of it in the game. I think if you play it a bit longer then you'll start to understand that it doesn't hinder you.
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Post by: K-man on Sunday, October 30, 2011, 07:58:14 AM
Actually Pyro the save system is a hindrance.  Surely it's a design decision on Rockstar's part to make saves like they are.  But he's right, if you're just out exploring and die without saving (or doing something to warrant a save like taming a horse), then you can theoretically end up losing hours of progress.

The solution is to obviously save often, but I definitely sympathize.  It's very easy to get caught up in this game and lose track of time quickly.
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Post by: MysterD on Sunday, October 30, 2011, 08:21:04 AM
I remember that GTA4 auto-saves after you finish a mission even.
Does RDR do that?
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Post by: K-man on Sunday, October 30, 2011, 08:26:53 AM
It does.  Considering past Rockstar titles, the save system is as generous as its ever been.  Compared to other games it's flat out terrible though.  There really should be no reason why I shouldn't be able to just press 'start' and hit 'save' in this game.  If you don't want me saving in the middle of a mission, that's fine.  but if I'm just traversing the overworld let me save my game.
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Post by: MysterD on Sunday, October 30, 2011, 08:42:46 AM
It does.  Considering past Rockstar titles, the save system is as generous as its ever been.  Compared to other games it's flat out terrible though.  There really should be no reason why I shouldn't be able to just press 'start' and hit 'save' in this game.  If you don't want me saving in the middle of a mission, that's fine.  but if I'm just traversing the overworld let me save my game.
Can't argue w/ that one bit.
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Post by: K-man on Sunday, October 30, 2011, 08:52:04 AM
Granted you can use a campfire in the overworld and save that way, but it's way more time consuming than just hitting 'save' in a menu.
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Post by: PyroMenace on Sunday, October 30, 2011, 10:43:50 AM
No, you are all wrong and suck at games.




And life.
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Post by: Cobra951 on Sunday, October 30, 2011, 12:38:43 PM
I don't want to derail this thread, so I'm done here.  I'll gladly discuss the game in its own thread.  Love ya bye!    8)
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Post by: Cools! on Wednesday, November 09, 2011, 10:24:53 AM
Playing Sacrifice (Shiny, 2001) again. I got it a few months after it came out, but never finished it because of other games I was playing at the time (Tribes 2 came out around that time).
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Post by: Quemaqua on Wednesday, November 09, 2011, 05:46:39 PM
Awesome! Still one of my all-time favorite games. I think I finished it twice, and I could easily go through it again. It holds up pretty well today, and there's a lot to discover if you really get into it. Plus it's a cool little story and a fantastic world. After all this time I still recommend the hell out of it.
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Post by: TheOtherBelmont on Wednesday, November 09, 2011, 07:09:13 PM
After finishing up my second playthrough of Demon's Souls and finishing up Dark Souls last month, I finally touched upon my backlog by starting up Yakuza 3 that I picked up at the last meet and have about 25 hours in it so far and its been great, but god damn there is so much stuff to do!
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Post by: idolminds on Wednesday, November 09, 2011, 09:15:05 PM
I picked up GTA4 Complete the other day and have been diving into it. Pretty fun, but like in real life sometimes you just have to leave your phone off.
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Post by: Cools! on Wednesday, November 09, 2011, 09:31:20 PM
Awesome! Still one of my all-time favorite games. I think I finished it twice, and I could easily go through it again. It holds up pretty well today, and there's a lot to discover if you really get into it. Plus it's a cool little story and a fantastic world. After all this time I still recommend the hell out of it.

Yeah, I'm really digging the world and the numerous paths you can take. I'm already planning on playing it again just to see what creatures I get with other gods.
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Post by: K-man on Friday, November 11, 2011, 07:13:20 AM
I finished Uncharted 3 last night.  Fun game, worth playing, but can't shake the feeling that 2 was the better game.  I played it upon release though, so my judgment could be a little cloudy.  Just remember being more wowed with the setpieces in the second game, and I felt like 2 flowed better.  That could be because I played 2 in a handful of sittings and ended up progressing a couple hours at a time in 3. 

If they were to end the series here, I'd be fine with it.  However, I'd be just as fine playing more of them.  If that makes sense.

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Post by: Cobra951 on Friday, November 11, 2011, 08:41:25 AM
I picked up GTA4 Complete the other day and have been diving into it. Pretty fun, but like in real life sometimes you just have to leave your phone off.

Haha!  Yes, turn it off so you can explore in peace.  Tell OCD chick that your battery died or something.
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Post by: MysterD on Thursday, December 08, 2011, 08:18:56 PM
Just finished Fallout: New Vegas - Lonesome Road (PC).
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Post by: W7RE on Thursday, December 08, 2011, 09:17:47 PM
SKYRIM


I also played about an hour of Serious Sam: TFE, picking up where I left off a few months back. Good fun, though a bit heavy for extended play sessions.

Other recent plays have been:
Diablo III beta (wanting to try out each of the classes)
DC Universe Online (was wasting time with this while waiting for SWTOR beta weekends, leveled a new character to max, then got bored)
Star Wars the Old Republic (final beta weekend ended, just waiting for release now)
Portal 2 (got it for $10 during the Steam sale and played through it start to finish)
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: MysterD on Thursday, December 08, 2011, 10:58:38 PM
Besides what I mentioned that I finished 2 posts up, I've been playing of late on my PC....
Batman: Arkham City - Been playing this A LOT since Black Friday.
Homefront - bought it today. Played for a little bit today.
Bastion - bought it yesterday. Not played much. Made sure it worked and whatnot.
 
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: MysterD on Tuesday, December 13, 2011, 10:27:32 PM
Just finished Homefront (PC) - the single player campaign portion of the game.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: idolminds on Tuesday, December 13, 2011, 10:43:49 PM
So I sorta burnt out on GTA4 rather quickly, haven't played in a few weeks now. Its fun but the repetition gets on my nerves.

10 Get mission
20 drive across town
30 kill some dudes
40 run from cops
50 if fail at any point, then GOTO 20
60 GOTO 10

I played through both Assassins Creed 2 and Brotherhood back to back. Really enjoyed it, but its time to take a break from them. Might try for the AC2 platinum trophy at some point since it seems doable. ACB platinum requires me to get multiplayer trophies so basically its impossible. These games are a big step up from AC1. A lot less repetitive and the missions are interesting. ACB added an interesting mechanic where you are given a sub goal for each mission, usually some special way to complete it such as using a particular weapon to kill the target, or not killing anyone but the target. Makes them a little more interesting and gives a reason to replay missions, but some of them seem hard as balls so again its something Im probably not going to go back to get 100% on.

Next up for PS3 play is going to be Arkham Asylum and then Arkham City. PC I'm digging into Basion and all the games in the Royale and Humble bundles, starting with the Blackwell Trilogy.
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Post by: PyroMenace on Wednesday, December 14, 2011, 01:48:54 PM
I can't remember if I did all of those sub goals for ACB but I remember trying to do a lot them and they did get pretty hard. Awesome game, shitty ending compared to AC2 but I'm not really into those games for the plot so much.

Recently finished Arkham Asylum and I am now plowing into Arkham City. Loved AA and AC is completely phenomenal. Like ACB, there's absolutely tons of side stuff to distract you. I am not sure if I can get all the Riddler stuff because there is just soooo much, much more than AA. I am going to try though, if the puzzles aren't too daunting, then I can see myself getting them all.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: idolminds on Wednesday, December 14, 2011, 02:18:15 PM
Yeah the AC endings are really weak. The "history" story is alright, but the overall "modern" story is just left wide open for sequels and doesn't feel like its going anywhere.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: MysterD on Wednesday, December 14, 2011, 05:46:12 PM
So I sorta burnt out on GTA4 rather quickly, haven't played in a few weeks now. Its fun but the repetition gets on my nerves.

10 Get mission
20 drive across town
30 kill some dudes
40 run from cops
50 if fail at any point, then GOTO 20
60 GOTO 10

I played through both Assassins Creed 2 and Brotherhood back to back. Really enjoyed it, but its time to take a break from them. Might try for the AC2 platinum trophy at some point since it seems doable. ACB platinum requires me to get multiplayer trophies so basically its impossible. These games are a big step up from AC1. A lot less repetitive and the missions are interesting. ACB added an interesting mechanic where you are given a sub goal for each mission, usually some special way to complete it such as using a particular weapon to kill the target, or not killing anyone but the target. Makes them a little more interesting and gives a reason to replay missions, but some of them seem hard as balls so again its something Im probably not going to go back to get 100% on.

Next up for PS3 play is going to be Arkham Asylum and then Arkham City. PC I'm digging into Basion and all the games in the Royale and Humble bundles, starting with the Blackwell Trilogy.

I thought GTA4 was great, BUT I really LOVED Ballad of Gay Tony [from EFLC]. That's the kind of GTA stuff I been waiting for since Vice City - the off-the-wall and insane over-the-top missions were what GTA4 kind of lacked.

Batman: AA was great, but AC is even GREATER. I need to finish AC up.
I need to give Bastion some time...
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Post by: MysterD on Saturday, December 17, 2011, 11:57:19 AM
Finished earlier today Batman: Arkham City (PC).
Damn, what an awesome game...
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: TheOtherBelmont on Saturday, December 17, 2011, 09:20:37 PM
I finished up Yakuza 3 earlier this month and haven't been playing much of anything since I was taking care of some certification exams. I finished that up on the 14th though so I have finally started playing Resonance of Fate.  The tutorial was awful but now I am finally getting the hang of the battle system and having fun so far.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: MysterD on Sunday, December 18, 2011, 06:53:55 AM
I'm bouncing around, playing Bastion (PC) and Just Cause 2 (PC).
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Post by: Xessive on Thursday, December 22, 2011, 06:44:38 AM
Costume Quest is awesome. It's such a simple game but it keeps me going. It can get monotonous at times but it's still awesome.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Cobra951 on Thursday, December 22, 2011, 07:12:18 AM
It's too bad that it doesn't go on for longer.  I had a blast while it lasted.

I'm hooked on Forza 4 at the moment.  So very nicely done.  I played through Bulletstorm and enjoyed it, but it didn't really grab me enough to keep chasing scores and killing methods.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: K-man on Thursday, December 22, 2011, 10:03:26 AM
I'm in the middle of Bulletstorm.  Agree with Cobra.  Game is hilarious and fun.  If I didn't have a backlog 10 stories high I might devote some more time to it after I finish.  But I'll probably move on when I finish the story.

My plan was to tackle Chrono Cross after Bulletstorm, but a friend and I got to talking about Elder Scrolls at our Christmas party so I've been sucked back into Morrowind.

on deck:

Fable 3
Batman:  Arkham City
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: MysterD on Thursday, December 22, 2011, 03:35:54 PM
RAGE: Anarchy Edition PC
This would be a REALLY good game, if they could get the texture-pops and blurry up-close textures fixed...
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Xessive on Monday, January 02, 2012, 01:18:41 PM
Just started playing Rochard. It's an awesome little physics platformer. The gameplay is in the vein of Trine (but it's singleplayer only), you solve platforming scenarios using your gravity gun. It's very polished and yet further proof that physics are fun!
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Cools! on Wednesday, January 04, 2012, 02:18:18 PM
Still playing SC2. Thank you very much!
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Cobra951 on Wednesday, January 04, 2012, 02:56:17 PM
Checking through Games on Demand, I noticed Dragon Age: Origins dropped another $5 to $15, so I finally grabbed it.  That's the same price as a lot of little arcade games.  Underwhelming graphics, as reported everywhere, but it's very engrossing already.  I just made it out of the castle and into that camp at some ruins.  Playing as a warrior the first time, as I usually do.  I'm not a fan of the indirect feel of attacks, something that always bugs me about Bioware games.  Make them turn-based, or make them real time--pick one!  This hybrid mishmash is disconcerting.  I'm sure I'll get used to it, though.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Quemaqua on Wednesday, January 04, 2012, 03:48:01 PM
What I never got used to was the utter cliche of every written word and concept. I lasted until I met the elves then realized I'd played the game 12,000 times before. A shame, too, because I actually found the combat pretty awesome. It took a bit to get going, but when it started to open up the combat system was a lot of fun.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Xessive on Wednesday, January 04, 2012, 09:27:56 PM
I liked DAO. The only thing I disliked about it is the same thing I dislike about most turn-based/dice-roll combat RPGs: the animations don't line up with what actually happens e.g. character dodges but hit registers or character hits, sword clipping right through enemy body, hit doesn't register. I have to keep reminding myself that the visuals are vastly exaggerated representations of a paper'n'pen dice-roll game.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Cobra951 on Thursday, January 05, 2012, 06:39:32 AM
What I never got used to was the utter cliche of every written word and concept. I lasted until I met the elves then realized I'd played the game 12,000 times before. A shame, too, because I actually found the combat pretty awesome. It took a bit to get going, but when it started to open up the combat system was a lot of fun.

That took me by surprise.  I thought the game was pretty much everyone's darling here, marketing missteps aside.  Whatever.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Quemaqua on Thursday, January 05, 2012, 07:20:14 AM
Sadly not. I really wanted to like the game and tried. I just couldn't stomach the averageness of the world and story. The only edgy stuff it tried to do, which they played up so much, it stole directly from The Witcher.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: TheOtherBelmont on Wednesday, January 11, 2012, 09:20:02 PM
Finished up Resonance of Fate tonight which I had a lot of fun with.  I will be jumping into To The Moon later tonight.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: MysterD on Thursday, January 12, 2012, 03:49:55 PM
Alice: Madness Returns (PC)
Artistically, this game is BEAUTIFUL.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Cools! on Monday, February 06, 2012, 12:00:29 PM
Skyrim!
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Cobra951 on Monday, February 06, 2012, 03:09:48 PM
I got that and Mass Effect 2 the same day.  I haven't even taken the shrinkwrap off of Skyrim yet.  I'm playing both ME2 and Dragon Age: Origins, a Bioware marathon of sorts.  I'm getting near the end in DAO.  It's been quite an experience.  The world is so rich, and there is so much going on.  I'll still get surprised now and then by a long whimsical conversation I hadn't heard before.  There is just a staggering amount of stuff crammed in that disc.  Too bad the 2nd installment turned out to be a disappointment.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: MysterD on Saturday, March 10, 2012, 10:57:11 PM
Just finished Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - Single Player Campaign in one day.
Took approximately 8 hours, according to Steam.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Cobra951 on Sunday, March 11, 2012, 05:22:05 AM
My Skyrim character is at Level 29, and I'm still discovering major new places.  It's hard to stay focused on anything, since I run into so many alluring places while chasing particular quests.

Forza 4 is the best sim racer I've ever played.  I'm going to be into that for a long time to come.  They keep it fresh with new cars and events popping up constantly.  I love the rivals mode, where you race against someone's ghost.  Every month, a new set of challenges is added, and you race against whoever's performance is just above your previous one.  The purpose is to climb up the leaderboard by beating their lap time, while the ghostly image of their car races along with you.  I was ecstatic when they added the '95 Cobra R, which can be made to look like my car with a street hood, a tweaked paint job and some Brabus Monoblock wheels.  That's one I definitely had to get.

(http://public.blu.livefilestore.com/y1p1yR74RDt2uW54gAX-bN9keP_Zi6QhToS2rlq0Z2hrTC_7Z-dkluDqemg3cK4tQ2b2De5BpZurCSkW-A1kA93HA/My95Cobra_sm.jpg?psid=1)
(http://public.blu.livefilestore.com/y1pMrmqfu4_U0UaAbvj-e4I0OYrNK_Dyh4hwn49o7G85xYmwjiYNc6xpddpZ9H7wPeI3xK2x8rFPYYtMqP5TGChLw/Mycar_sm.jpg?psid=1)
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: PyroMenace on Sunday, March 11, 2012, 05:28:13 AM
Glancing at the images from my phone, I swore both pics were actual real pics of cars.

The top one is in game while the bottom one is your actual car correct?
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Cobra951 on Sunday, March 11, 2012, 06:13:44 AM
Yes, that's right.  The rendering in the game is stellar, though there is an extra layer of antialiasing when you take still shots, which you can then upload to the Forza website from the game.  I used an environment ("homespace") that somewhat matches the illumination of my car's photo, and I tried taking the virtual photo from the same perspective as the real one.  I came close.

The cars look awesome in motion in the game too, which runs at a full 60 fps.  I love watching the replays.

Edit:  Also, the accuracy of the car model is outstanding.  I know my car very well, after 16 years.  After examining the model from every possible angle, including peering into the interior, I can say everything is just about exactly right.  The differences I've seen I checked online, and sure enough, they're all due to the deletions in the racing-only Cobra R model.  (For example, no rear seat and no radio.)  Whoever put this together spent some quality time doing it right.  I can't say that every single car model has this level of accuracy, but I suspect most of them do, after this experience.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: K-man on Sunday, March 11, 2012, 09:07:23 PM
Cobra I may have asked previously, but are you using the official steering wheel?
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Cobra951 on Monday, March 12, 2012, 04:09:54 AM
No, just the controller.  Even if I could afford a good wheel, I probably wouldn't get it because of my cramped quarters.  (Where would I set it up?)  The controller works very well for me.  They did a fine job with the controls and layout.  The only thing I'm doing without is the manual clutch.  My lap times are consistently top 1%, so I don't think I'm at much of a disadvantage, though the consensus on the FM4 forums is that the manual clutch is important for the best times.

Do you have the game?  I don't ever see any times from OW friends showing up on the friends LB.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: K-man on Monday, March 12, 2012, 06:53:29 AM
Well, no, although I don't think you're on my friends list.

I bought Forza 2 and the official wheel (which for some reason they stopped making) back when Forza 2 first came out.  Got REALLY into the game.  Then my xbox RRoDed for the first time.  So I ended up losing the momentum in the game that I had going.  I loved it though, and the wheel made for a pretty realistic experience.

My username is Very Unclever, or Veryunclever...whichever one works. either PSN or XBL won't allow spaces and I can never remember which one it is.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Cobra951 on Monday, March 12, 2012, 09:09:34 AM
Must be PSN.  I'm fairly sure XBL allows them.  I'll try to remember to add you next time I'm online.  While I'm into Skyrim, I have the ethernet cable pulled out of the back of the Xbox.  The game seems more stable that way.

I have FM2 as well, but I didn't get into that one nearly as much as 4.  I tried it out again recently, and there is no going back.  Everything that matters is markedly better now, and that includes physics and handling.  They're modeling 4-tire behavior using data from Pirelli.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: MysterD on Sunday, September 02, 2012, 10:34:18 AM
Currently Playing on the PC:
-- Xenus 2: White Gold (AKA Boiling Point 2; AKA White Gold: War In Paradise)
-- Driver: San Francisco

Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Cobra951 on Monday, September 03, 2012, 08:02:30 AM
Driver SF is a blast.  I've been away for it for a while, though,  I hit a slow spot where I had done most of the exploring and leveling up I could, and I wasn't finding an obvious way to progress.  Meanwhile, Minecraft on XBLA (beta 1.7.3 + limited-size worlds) is consuming my game time all by its lonesome.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: MysterD on Monday, September 03, 2012, 08:21:02 AM
Driver SF is a blast.  I've been away for it for a while, though,  I hit a slow spot where I had done most of the exploring and leveling up I could, and I wasn't finding an obvious way to progress. 
I agree -- Driver: SF is a lot of fun. The gameplay with the Shift mechanic is just awesome.
I like a lot of the side quests, which seem to have their very own mini-story.
Though, I'm still curious...where the hell the main story is going w/ this odd over-the-top angle...  :o
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Cobra951 on Monday, September 03, 2012, 08:23:53 AM
Same here.  I'm stuck in the story progression at the moment.  There are a lot of areas still blocked out by those red phantom walls, and I want to get to them.  I'm assuming I need to move the story along to get there, somehow.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: MysterD on Monday, September 03, 2012, 08:30:50 AM
Same here.  I'm stuck in the story progression at the moment.  There are a lot of areas still blocked out by those red phantom walls, and I want to get to them.  I'm assuming I need to move the story along to get there, somehow.

Ditto.
I'll probably get back to Driver: SF soon - since I'll need a change of pace, after my work here on Xenus 2: White Gold.
I've played A LOT of games w/ heavy-shooting elements of late - Syndicate 2012, FEAR 3, Darkness 2, Binary Domain, SR: The Third, Xenus 2: White Gold, etc etc.

EDIT -- 9-7-2012:
Finished Xenus 2: White Gold tonight.
Even despite my laundry list of complaints, it was still pretty damn good. Definitely an ambitious "diamond in the rough", if you're ambitious enough to try and stick with the game despite its nuimerous problems.

Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: MysterD on Thursday, November 29, 2012, 04:06:39 PM
A bit ago or so (11-18-2012), finished Prototype 2 (PC).
It was fun & a blast - it's more Prototype 1 basically, but better -- more to do (side quests galore!) and destroy; and the story builds upon the original (and is a little bit more interesting).

Finished up Max Payne 3 - the SP Campaign portion last night.
As the Remedy CEO put it - it's "fucking brilliant." (http://www.vg247.com/2012/04/10/remedy-boss-describes-max-payne-3-as-fucking-brilliant/)

Next up starting tonight: Dishonored (PC).
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: MysterD on Tuesday, January 01, 2013, 07:08:41 PM
So here's everything I finished in 2012. (http://www.gog.com/forum/general/games_finished_in_2012_1/post1301)

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MysterD's PC Games Finished in 2012 - FINAL LIST
Sleeping Dogs -- 12-29-2012
Dishonored -- Completed w/ "High Chaos" on 12-05-2012
Max Payne 3 -- 11-29-2012
Prototype 2 -- 11-18-2012
Hotline Miami --> Main Game; Extra Chapters up to 19; Highball level -- 11-10-2012
Need For Speed: The Run -- 10-22-2012
Spec Ops: The Line -- 10-10-2012
Diablo III -- 10-6-2012 on Normal Difficulty as Witchdoctor.
Battlefield 3 -- 9-22-2012
Xenus 2: White Gold -- 9-6-2012
Bastion -- 8-1-2012
The Darkness II -- 7-29-2012
Saints Row: The Third -- 7-25-2012
Kingdoms of Amalur - The Legend of Dead Kel (DLC) -- 7-11-2012
Binary Domain -- 7-8-2012
FEAR 3 -- 7-2-2012
RAGE -- 6-28-2012
Risen 2: Dark Waters -- 6-5-2012
Mass Effect 3 -- 5-22-2012
Dead Island: Ryder White (DLC) -- 4-29-2012
Dungeon Siege III: Treasures Of The Sun (DLC) -- 3-31-2012
Deus Ex: Human Revolution - The Missing Link (DLC) -- 3-25-2012
Crysis 2 -- 3-24-2012
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 -- 3-11-2012
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning -- 3-7-2012
L.A. Noire: Complete Edition -- 1-3-2012
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: nickclone on Thursday, January 10, 2013, 03:50:30 PM
Syndicate: I'm actually not playing this anymore ( I quit), but this game didn't know what it wanted to be. You can't run and gun, you can't sneak, the breaches you use (or skills) don't actually help you out. This game was a big disappointment for me.

Skyrim: Still playing it, still loving it!

The Saboteur: I forgot all about this game, then I just started playing it this week. I really like it, you can be stealthy or Rambo and both works.

Deus Ex 2: Haven't played this in a couple of weeks, its not a bad game, but its not Deus Ex (thats a bad thing).

The Force Unleashed 2: Its ok, but the combat gets repetitive.

Dead Island: Only played a little bit so far, but I like it so far.

Fable 3: Again, only played a little bit, but like it a lot.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: MysterD on Thursday, January 10, 2013, 04:07:39 PM
PC Games

Currently playing:
NBA2K13
Hitman: Absolution

Recently finished:
The Walking Dead - The Game (by Telltale)
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: W7RE on Friday, January 11, 2013, 01:21:53 AM
Recently Finished:
Halo 3. A friend bought me Halo 4 for Christmas so I finally played through Halo 3, in 2 sittings. The story is boring, and I don't think I was really paying that much attention. The last bit was good, where you're driving the warthog. it reminded me of the end of Halo 1.

Doom 3 BFG Edition. I just finished the base game for the first time, only 8.5 years late. There was still a lot of good stuff in there. And still a lot of annoying stuff lol. Enemies spawning around you never stops getting annoying. I think I'm gonna take a break for a couple weeks at least before I dive into Resurrection of Evil and the Lost Levels, mostly because of that. I was super annoyed for pretty much all of the last 2 levels.

Now I might play through Dead Space 1 and 2 again in anticipation of Dead Space 3 in a little over 3 weeks. If so, expect some bitching about the asteroid sequence. ;D




Currently Playing:
Too many games. My current to do list looks like this:
Far Cry 3 - my "when I'm not trying to finish something else" game
Borderlands 2 - Mr Torgue's Campaign of Carnage
Amnesia - haven't even started yet
Dark Souls - have barely touched it so far
Rage
Space Marine
Quake 4 - have barely touched it so far
F.E.A.R.
Splatterhouse
Halo 4 - Haven't even loaded up the campaign yet, but I intend to. Mostly waiting for my coop partner.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Cools! on Friday, January 11, 2013, 11:33:51 AM
Only playing BF3 right now. Will get back into Skyrim and SC2 at some point.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: W7RE on Saturday, January 12, 2013, 11:17:38 PM
*Dead Space 1 asteroid defense sequence bitching*

Only took me 2 tries though. I can't believe I got the achievement for finishing with more than 50% shields last time I played this.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Xessive on Sunday, January 13, 2013, 11:41:30 AM
My brother and a friend of mine collaborated and got me a PS VITA as a very belated birthday gift (they felt bad for missing my birthday). Awesome piece of portable hardware but I do not understand why Sony insist on locking it down and preventing it from reaching its true potential.

Anyway, I started playing Gravity Rush and it is pretty awesome. I really hope Sony smarten up and really pump out a massive, eclectic library for the VITA. That's what will make or break it.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: MysterD on Sunday, January 13, 2013, 01:59:08 PM
Just finished the SP Campaign for Hitman: Absolution (PC).
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: W7RE on Wednesday, January 16, 2013, 09:23:40 AM
It's been 4 years since the first time I played through Dead Space, but there's certain rooms that I will walk into and say, "oh shit". I either instantly remember what happens in that room, or I just remember it being something crazy but can't remember the specifics.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Cobra951 on Wednesday, January 16, 2013, 01:36:21 PM
I just finished Far Cry 3 last night.  Absolutely fucking horrible last boss "fight".  It's all QTEs, and critically timed ones at that.  After every failure at being a good trained little monkey, I was treated to 20 seconds of reloading the scene from the beginning, and having to watch all the dialog again, all so I could fail again afterward in 3 seconds.  Fuck whoever thought QTEs are legitimate gameplay.  I hope they die painfully in a fire.

Fortunately, there's a fun section after this abortion which actually uses the strengths of the game rather than its dismal weakness.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Xessive on Friday, January 18, 2013, 10:33:39 AM
Gravity Rush is awesome. I've had more time with mobile games since I'm moving.

I've been thinking about classic games a lot lately and one game I would love to see come back is Guardian Heroes. That game was frickin' awesome.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: shock on Friday, January 18, 2013, 11:19:01 AM
Just finished Dishonored.  Really enjoyed it.  Action/stealth was top-notch and the levels were huge.  Storyline was pretty bad, though, and it was really short.  8/10

I've been having mindless fun with Torchlight 2.  Not sure if I want to start Max Payne 3 or Far Cry 3 next.  Choices.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: nickclone on Saturday, January 19, 2013, 01:59:13 AM
I've been playing the hell out of Dead Island and I'm in love with this game! I've noticed two types of people though: those who love this game and those who hate this game. This game is glitchy when you play it online (the glitchiest xbox game I've ever played), which sucks because playing it online is the way to go.

People also seem to bitch about the zombies leveling with you, but I love the idea. As you level and get better weapons the zombies are still dangerous (even when there is just one), but you can handle them much better. Hopefully, with the new DLC/sequel, they will address some of the minor things.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: W7RE on Saturday, January 19, 2013, 04:05:35 AM
I really liked Dead Island, but never finished it. I blame this 100% on achievement hunting. I was playing with 2-3 guys who wanted to get all the achievements in the game, and wanted to help me get all of them. We ended up spending more time trying to explore every inch of the island and get every side quest than we did just enjoying ourselves, and I sort of lost interest.

Sort of the same thing happened with Borderlands 2. We were so focused on doing side quests that it would be days between main story missions. At this point a new DLC has just come out (Hammerlock), and I haven't even started the previous one (Torgue).
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Xessive on Saturday, January 19, 2013, 06:11:26 AM
I really liked Dead Island, but never finished it. I blame this 100% on achievement hunting. I was playing with 2-3 guys who wanted to get all the achievements in the game, and wanted to help me get all of them. We ended up spending more time trying to explore every inch of the island and get every side quest than we did just enjoying ourselves, and I sort of lost interest.

Sort of the same thing happened with Borderlands 2. We were so focused on doing side quests that it would be days between main story missions. At this point a new DLC has just come out (Hammerlock), and I haven't even started the previous one (Torgue).
Same exact scenario here. I really enjoyed what I played of it but I never finished it.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Cobra951 on Saturday, January 19, 2013, 06:24:56 AM
Is it worth playing solo, and is it better behaved (technically) that way?  I've been curious about it since it came out, but I've stayed away because of such negatives.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Xessive on Saturday, January 19, 2013, 07:07:46 AM
Is it worth playing solo, and is it better behaved (technically) that way?  I've been curious about it since it came out, but I've stayed away because of such negatives.
To an extent, it is a more straightforward experience, allowing you to progress as you see fit. However, like Borderlands, it gets boring very quickly on your own.

I'm looking forward to the sequel Dead Island: Riptide which should be releasing around April-May 2013. If you can grab the first one for $10 or under it's worth checking out. Otherwise I'd say hold off until the second one comes out.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Cobra951 on Saturday, January 19, 2013, 07:38:22 AM
Borderlands boring?  Not to me.  Borderlands 2 is unfair solo.  That lost my interest fairly quickly.  (Good thing I don't believe in season's passes.)  But BL1 remains one of my top games of all time, and I only played it solo.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: W7RE on Saturday, January 19, 2013, 08:33:15 AM
Yea, I played most of Borderlands 1 solo and thought it was great. I got halfway through and a friend decided to get it so we could play together. Halfway through the game he flaked on me and sold the game, so I finished it solo. Then I did most of the DLC solo too.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Quemaqua on Saturday, January 19, 2013, 08:38:19 AM
BL got a bit monotonous for me SP-wise. Then again, it also got a bit monotonous for me in multi. It was just that kind of game. Play for too long, the rhythm was a little too familiar. I didn't play much of Dead Island due to performance issues and the fact that I have next to no time for games, but what I played was totally awesome. And it was all solo for me.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Cools! on Saturday, January 19, 2013, 01:11:58 PM
You guys should all get BF3 so we can own some newbs!
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Xessive on Sunday, January 20, 2013, 06:13:43 AM
You guys should all get BF3 so we can own some newbs!
Totally. Plus we have to get on it too! We have to sort out our timezone schedule!
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: MysterD on Sunday, January 20, 2013, 01:10:24 PM
BL got a bit monotonous for me SP-wise. Then again, it also got a bit monotonous for me in multi. It was just that kind of game. Play for too long, the rhythm was a little too familiar. I didn't play much of Dead Island due to performance issues and the fact that I have next to no time for games, but what I played was totally awesome. And it was all solo for me.

I think this is the thing w/ most of these ARPG's. After 10-20 hours of these non-stop breakneck-paced action-packed games, you just need a break - especially even more so true, when there's a lack of story-telling, character-depth, lore, and/or banter w/ other NPC's bots. All of this is the stuff that was in D3 and actually kept me into Diablo III - all there (optional) extra-stuff that gave me time, at points, to just stay in the game to sit back & relax (lore, story, etc) while out-of-combat (into a town) - and then get back to the chaos, when playing...which most of the time was alone.

This is always this format w/ the ARPG formula - get this item(s); get to/find this location(s); find these person(s); kill one particular person or a bunch of people; get some more loot (from killing enemies or buying enemies); sell some loot back to the stores; tinker w/ loot (craft, upgrade, socket, break-down, etc); level-up (to upgrade and/or learn new skills; repeat formula.

I went through this w/ Torchlight 2 recently. After 11 hours total of it, I just needed a rest. Took a break from it for a while - played it last night and now I wanna get back into it like there's no tomorrow.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: iPPi on Monday, January 21, 2013, 10:41:31 AM
Just finished the SP Campaign for Hitman: Absolution (PC).

Are you going to go back and try to redo some missions? 
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: MysterD on Monday, January 21, 2013, 04:45:09 PM
Are you going to go back and try to redo some missions? 

Probably not right now & probably not anytime soon.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: iPPi on Monday, January 21, 2013, 04:52:29 PM
I have to say that this is one of the most frustrating Hitman games I've played.  I've put in like 50 hours into the game and I'm still only on the Operation Sledgehammer mission (escaping the jail) so far.  Now, I am very much a perfectionist player, so I'm trying for a stealth playthrough (no detection, all evidence, no disguises) and that takes a lot of trial and error.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: MysterD on Monday, January 21, 2013, 05:51:30 PM
I have to say that this is one of the most frustrating Hitman games I've played.  I've put in like 50 hours into the game and I'm still only on the Operation Sledgehammer mission (escaping the jail) so far.  Now, I am very much a perfectionist player, so I'm trying for a stealth playthrough (no detection, all evidence, no disguises) and that takes a lot of trial and error.
Took me around 32 hours to finish - and that's having numerous deaths; and reloads from an in-game save point OR just a flat-out level reload.
Sometimes, there were points in some levels that I just gave up and didn't care about the score anymore - and I then decided to just try to get to the next level.

That's probably your best strategy - before you decide to replay levels to get better scores.

Yeah, even on Normal, it's just NOT an easy game. Definitely NOT for everyone.

Regardless - I still enjoyed the game quite a bit.


Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: shock on Monday, January 21, 2013, 06:26:18 PM
I'm playing through Max Payne 3 right now.  I did it on Hard difficulty for some dumb reason.  I'm about halfway in and it is getting really hard.  I think I'll try and finish, though.  It's pretty fun. 

Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: MysterD on Monday, January 21, 2013, 06:34:20 PM
I'm playing through Max Payne 3 right now.  I did it on Hard difficulty for some dumb reason.  I'm about halfway in and it is getting really hard.  I think I'll try and finish, though.  It's pretty fun. 



I thought Max Payne 3 (SP portion) was awesome & fantastic.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Xessive on Monday, January 21, 2013, 08:43:32 PM
I have to say that this is one of the most frustrating Hitman games I've played.  I've put in like 50 hours into the game and I'm still only on the Operation Sledgehammer mission (escaping the jail) so far.  Now, I am very much a perfectionist player, so I'm trying for a stealth playthrough (no detection, all evidence, no disguises) and that takes a lot of trial and error.
It's got its ups and downs but the checkpoint system certainly does the game no favours, especially with the trial & error approach the game encourages players to go for.

I'm replaying it now and I'm going for the Suit Only, stealthy style. I've noticed a problem though. I'm on the Chinese market stage and I've just finished a segment of it  (sneaking through the restaurant kitchen etc.) Did the whole thing Suit Only, I reached the next segment of the stage where the game saves and I quit (since I had to go do something). When I got back, loaded the game, it automatically put me in a shopkeeper/cook outfit! It assumed that it was the only way to get through that part! Lame! I'll have to finish that mission to see if this affects my Suit Only score.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: iPPi on Monday, January 21, 2013, 10:27:49 PM
I'm playing on Expert as well, so I get no checkpoints. 
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: iPPi on Sunday, January 27, 2013, 11:30:49 PM
I finally finished Hitman Absolution tonight.  Got through most of the game suit only, with a few exceptions early on that I will probably redo now.

I was checking the leaderboards of the game and I realized that I am in the top 30 scores nationally for most of the levels, especially late in the game.  I think I have the 5th highest score for Blackwater Roof, and the 9th highest score for the last level in the game.  That was very surprising.

I have to say, while going the stealth, no detection, and suit only approach can be extremely frustrating, I still found it incredibly satisfying when I finally found the right approach to the level and how to sneak about.  What's interesting about taking this approach though is that you exploit the AI flaws a lot in the game, such as shooting a wall or throwing a distraction nearby to get the guards to turn around and look away as you walk by.

Still, it appears that that is the way the game is meant to be played since a disguise's usefulness is very limited in this game.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: nickclone on Monday, January 28, 2013, 11:40:39 PM
I used to be a huge fan of Hitmanm but as the series went on I started to like it less and less. No one else agrees, but I like the first one the best.

I just beat The Saboteur and I really liked this game, was actually kind of sad when it was over.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Xessive on Tuesday, January 29, 2013, 02:40:36 AM
I used to be a huge fan of Hitmanm but as the series went on I started to like it less and less. No one else agrees, but I like the first one the best.

I just beat The Saboteur and I really liked this game, was actually kind of sad when it was over.
I actually agree with you to an extent; Hitman: Codename 47 (the first Hitman game) was my favourite until Hitman Absolution. I liked all the others as well, but the first one left the strongest impression on me.

The Saboteur was a great game. It's one of the few sandbox games that tried to change things up.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: nickclone on Wednesday, January 30, 2013, 12:13:34 AM
I loved the first Hitman, not only did it have realistic painskins (which is just recently coming back), but it was one of the first games I can remember having rag doll physics. I didn't like how they changed how being in disguise worked from the first game. It felt like the enemies would recognize you at random, really hated that.

I really liked The Saboteur, its had a lot of style and great action moments. I felt it was too easy though, I only died a few times and that was because of gampleay issues (stuck on invisible walls, etc).

I'm playing Max Payne 3 and I don't like this game. I'm on the third level and I can't stop dying (I always start on a normal difficulty setting), but it doesn't feel like it's my fault that I'm dying. I really hate games that do the white dot reticle, what good is a reticle if I can't see it? There isn't enough ammo (something that was never a problem in the other Max Payne games) and Max seems to like to drop the weapons I want him to switch to. This game feels broken, which sucks, because it seems pretty cool.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: W7RE on Tuesday, February 05, 2013, 03:25:03 AM
I just finished playing through Dead Space Extraction on a borrowed Wii. I hate ethat system even more now. The game was great, but was dragged down so much by the controls. That damn remote is laggy and inaccurate. I also got seriously sick of, "Shake the Wii remote!" Also the scrounging for stuff was kind of shit in the game. Instead of checking all areas like in the other Dead Space games, you they give you half a second to kinesis grab something while your character whips his fucking head all over the place.

This was part of me going through everything Dead Space in anticipation of the 3rd game. In the last week or so I've played/watched/read:
Dead Space (comic)
Dead Space Downfall (animated movie)
Dead Space Extraction (Wii)
Dead Space 1 (Xbox)
Dead Space Aftermath (animated movie)
Dead Space 2 (Xbox)
Dead Space 2: Severed (Xbox)

I still have Dead Space Salvage (comic) to read. I'm skipping Dead Space Ignition (the shitty downloadable XBLA game) because it's shit. I thought about watching it on Youtube again just for the story, but really it just sets up one character that gets less than 30 seconds of screen time in DS2.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Quemaqua on Tuesday, February 05, 2013, 04:57:42 PM
Extraction was fun on PS3. Though I don't know if I got to see the real ending because it crashed at the end and didn't save and I was like, fuck you, no, I'm not doing that again.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: W7RE on Wednesday, February 06, 2013, 12:06:41 AM
Extraction was fun on PS3. Though I don't know if I got to see the real ending because it crashed at the end and didn't save and I was like, fuck you, no, I'm not doing that again.

Well in case you missed some, it was just
(click to show/hide)
Then the story picks up a couple years later on The Sprawl in Dead Space 2: Severed.

One thing I find weird though is Lexine and her men.
(click to show/hide)
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: K-man on Saturday, February 09, 2013, 05:15:59 PM
I just finished up the main quest in New Vegas.  I left quite a bit unfinished, but I'm going to wait until I can snag the Ultimate Edition for cheap.

Was going to jump into Dark Souls, but decided to space out my long play titles.  So I jumped into Arkham City.  Game looks fantastic.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: idolminds on Saturday, February 09, 2013, 09:08:44 PM
I ended up watching Dark Knight again the other night, and you playing Batman reminded me that I still havent played through them myself. Not going to jump into AC yet, so I started up Asylum. My old save was real early in the game plus it had a date of Dec 2011 so I figured Id start fresh. Already way past where my old save was.
Title: Re: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: gpw11 on Sunday, February 10, 2013, 03:26:45 AM
I just finished Uncharted 3, an awesome end to an awesome series.  Not sure what to get onto next.  I have a ton of Wii games I haven't played and a few PS3 games (Ratchet and Clank: Tools of Destruction, Infamous).  I'll probably move on to one of those or the Metroid Prime Trilogy.


Also, slowly playing some PC games as well. It's funny, I probably only play a fee hours of games a week now, but it is spread all over the place
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: MysterD on Sunday, February 10, 2013, 05:45:18 AM
Since Friday afternoon's Steam sale (which Amazon DVG did match that day for Non-Steam version), when we've actually had power here (before 7:35 PM EST and after around 3pm yesterday), I've been playing...
Test Drive Unlimited 2 (PC) w/ an online profile.

{SIDE NOTE: You can do a separate offline profile - but you just don't have access mainly to the MP-based content - which is the competitive MP racing spots on the map; ride shotgun driving w/ another players online; and don't see other players in real-time roaming the world}

I just really like this racer / driving game, despite its rough edges. A true flawed-gem, if I ever played one. Not many racing / driving games like this one.

The physics and whatnot ain't great - but they're decent enough. Also, the game's got a learning curve and a half - especially when it teaches you how to race. Cars turn, slide, and whatnot like garbage early on - so until you get better cars, you better not play aggressive on turns, slides, drifts, and stuff like that like you can in other racers (think NFS series or Burnout series). And earning a License to drive a certain kind of car - the first stuff you have to do before you can proceed into Championship races - and they are NOT easy. So

It's like a racing / driving MMO. There's a leveling system - the more you do in the specific categories (there's 4 of them - each w/ their own Leveling number), which all adds the sum up to your Total Level #. The more you do, more things you unlock. There's so much to do (SP Racing championships; SP-style side-quests); so much in the world to explore; and the game-worlds (Ibiza and Oahu - you have to level-up to unlock Oahu) are just ridiculously huge.

Have no interest in racing? Just cruise the game-world; find wrecked-cars (for cars and/or car-parts); see the sights; find collectibles in the game-world; buy clothes for your characters to outfit that character you created (which can be male or female); etc etc. Want to do it all? Then do it! World's your oyster. Just...it can be very time-consuming, if you do decide to plunge in.

TDU2, more or less, has been my racing Elder Scrolls game, since I bought it a while back (Sept 2011), more or less - I'l play it for a number of hours for a while consistently; drift away for a period of time; and then I always eventually come back to this game.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Cobra951 on Sunday, February 10, 2013, 07:07:28 AM
How does it stack up against the first game (if you've played it)?  I loved TDU 1.  What I've read hasn't been encouraging, so I've passed on 2.

While I'm here, the talk about Wind Waker going HD got me playing that lovely game once more.  (My Wii still works, after being idle over a year.  Yay!  It's a superior Gamecube, with progressive-scan display.  It's gotten a lot more use as a GC than a Wii.  How sad.)  WW, being cel-based, still looks terrific.  The blurry textures are few and far between, with much of the rendering being shader-based. This may be why Nintendo chose it as something to upgrade for the new console.  That and the Tingle tuner being a shoe-in for the pad screen.  From there, I went on to Twilight Princess (the GC version--the only proper version of that game), which I'm still playing.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: MysterD on Sunday, February 10, 2013, 08:06:59 AM
@Cobra
Unfortunately, for some reason, I missed TDU1 - and do regret it. Especially since it's very hard to find these days (especially on PC); and some seem to prefer the original TDU1 over TDU2.
Kind of odd I missed-out on this - as I like racers.

I don't know how well console TDU2 got patched-up, though.
TDU2 PC version's in better shape than it was during review-time. Features that were missing (Online Clubs), performance issues, and stuff of that nature have been improved & implemented in PC version.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: gpw11 on Sunday, February 10, 2013, 06:15:05 PM


While I'm here, the talk about Wind Waker going HD got me playing that lovely game once more.  (My Wii still works, after being idle over a year.  Yay!  It's a superior Gamecube, with progressive-scan display.  It's gotten a lot more use as a GC than a Wii.  How sad.)  WW, being cel-based, still looks terrific.  The blurry textures are few and far between, with much of the rendering being shader-based. This may be why Nintendo chose it as something to upgrade for the new console.  That and the Tingle tuner being a shoe-in for the pad screen.  From there, I went on to Twilight Princess (the GC version--the only proper version of that game), which I'm still playing.

Ha. After hearing about the remaster I went and loaded Wind Waker up in Dolphin again.  I've actually never played it even though I consider myself a Zelda fan (I actually haven't played much of the recent console versions past MM).  It looks awesome and runs great on my 2007-ish computer (which has had a video card update to be fair), but there are little problems with emulation that probably won't be corrected until I get a new PC one day (sound errors in the DSP plugin requiring the slow emulation of audio, which causes a bit too much of a drag.  Playing at fullspeed with wonky sound is a tough pill to swallow). I do have a Wii, but no GC controller.  Realistically, if I ever get the motivation to figure out how to run GC games off of USB I'll probably pick one up (shhhhh).

I do, however, have Twilight Princess and Skyward Sword for Wii, although I had a hard time getting into Twilight Princess (I was playing on a 20" CRT at the time).  I may cave and try one of those out, but WW is the Zelda I really want to play these days.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: idolminds on Monday, February 11, 2013, 11:06:20 PM
I blasted through Arkham City pretty fast. Only have a bit over half of the Riddler trophies but whatever. I don't want to burn out searching for them and instead moved right into Arkham City. Which is pretty cool, its got the same sort of feel but in a much larger and more open environment. Running across the rooftops reminds me of all the time I spent in the Assassins Creed games. One things thats sorta sad about that is there is all this great city detail down at street level but since you'd get in a fight every 2 minutes and traveling anywhere would take forever there is really little incentive to walk around down there.

After this I think I'll do some backlog cleanup. Got a ways into Metroid Prime 3 that I should finish, as well as Yakuza Dead Souls. Probably do Prime first since I can pretty much guarantee that can be completed a lot faster than Yakuza. Then Cobra reminded me that I should totally play Twilight Princess. Gamecube version, booya!
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Cobra951 on Monday, February 11, 2013, 11:34:17 PM
I just finished that.  My last time through the game was in 2009, going by my save files.  I had forgotten enough about it for it to be fun solving again.  Super game.
Title: Re: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: gpw11 on Tuesday, February 12, 2013, 01:04:34 AM
Twilight Princess is the great game you're talking about?  I have it. I should play it, shouldn't I?
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Cobra951 on Tuesday, February 12, 2013, 09:02:54 AM
Yes, and yes, you should.  It needs some time investment, though.  Do you play GC games on Dolphin?  Save states would be a big help for someone who can't see a dungeon through all in one shot.

The game takes maybe a dozen hours to really open up to Ocarina-like goodness.  The early going is very linear and at times feels constricting.  It's very much worth it, imo.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: K-man on Tuesday, February 12, 2013, 09:31:28 AM
IMO the game suffers until you can change out of your wolf form at-will.  I finished it right before Skyward Sword came out.  I was pushing myself to get through it, so I likely didn't enjoy it as much as I would have otherwise.

In my opinion, Wind Waker still tops it.

Also, if you're able to play in dolphin that's what I'd recommend.  Cobra's right.  Some of the dungeons take a while, and I was forced to keep playing long after I wanted to stop a few times just because I didn't want to have to traverse back through it.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Cobra951 on Tuesday, February 12, 2013, 09:59:29 AM
Most dungeons can be saved out of safely once you pick up a key item (the unique device or the big key--even small keys help a bunch).  Traversing from the beginning of dungeons with these is usually much quicker.  They are designed with the save-system flaws in mind.  It's too bad the Ooccoo character doesn't help in this regard.  They missed an opportunity there.
Title: Re: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: gpw11 on Saturday, February 16, 2013, 07:46:02 PM
And I'm going to hold off until I can run games a bit better in Dolphin. 


In unrelated news, now playing through Infamous.  Fun but the side missions are pretty repetitive.  Probably going to have to just start ignoring them.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: K-man on Sunday, February 17, 2013, 10:04:54 AM
I took advantage of a nasty bout of stomach flu to lay around and finish the main story in Arkham City this weekend.  Great game.  Any future Batman games have a LOT to live up to.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Cobra951 on Sunday, February 17, 2013, 12:27:00 PM
The Batman Arkham games are ridiculously good.  I only wish there were more reasons to keep playing them.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: MysterD on Sunday, February 17, 2013, 06:51:41 PM
Took me a little over 8 hours total playing just today alone from start to finish...
...but Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (PC) just got its Single Player Campaign finished.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: W7RE on Monday, February 18, 2013, 11:07:16 AM
Took me a little over 8 hours total playing just today alone from start to finish...
...but Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (PC) just got its Single Player Campaign finished.

Did you play MW1 and 2? Is it worth it for the story/characters? (lol) As strange as it sounds I really got into the characters by the second one, and the ending was really intense. I'd love to see what's going on with them after the fact, but wasn't ready for another yearly CoD game by the time MW3 came out. (and I heard the multiplayer had balance issues)
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: MysterD on Monday, February 18, 2013, 04:12:30 PM
Did you play MW1 and 2?
Yup.

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Is it worth it for the story/characters? (lol)
That's up for debate.

If you want some finality on certain characters and story-arcs, then yes....to some of that.
Otherwise - some of it is pretty ridiculous...and even predictable, at times. So, on that part - I don't know. {shrug}

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As strange as it sounds I really got into the characters by the second one, and the ending was really intense. I'd love to see what's going on with them after the fact, but wasn't ready for another yearly CoD game by the time MW3 came out. (and I heard the multiplayer had balance issues)
MW2 and MW3 are nowhere as grounded as MW1 was.
MW2 and MW3 are both WAY-the-hell over-the-top, in terms of story, character & plot.
Hell, MW3's even more over-the-top in all than aspects more so than MW2.

MW3 is a roller-coaster ride of a shooter - so I played through it b/c of its intense action and awesome set-pieces that I couldn't let go of...
...and b/c I had the time to do so.

I certainly got my $10 worth on the SP, IMHO. {shrug}
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: W7RE on Monday, February 18, 2013, 08:08:24 PM
I just remember that by the end of MW2 I really liked Soap and Price, and wanted to see what happened with them in MW3.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Pugnate on Monday, February 18, 2013, 11:31:58 PM
Unless it is action/fighting/sports games, I just can't bring myself to play games on a console. But ever since I've moved my 360/TV out of the bedroom, strangely, I've found it far more appealing to spend long hours in front of the thing.

Any ideas why?

Regardless, have finally started played Red Dead Redemption. Only played 3-4 hours, but the game is really sweet!
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: idolminds on Monday, February 18, 2013, 11:42:20 PM
Red Dead Redemption is simply amazing. You're in for a great ride.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Pugnate on Tuesday, February 19, 2013, 03:45:11 AM
I see what you did there.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: PyroMenace on Tuesday, February 19, 2013, 05:24:38 AM
I envy you Pugnate, going into RDR for the first time, soo good.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: K-man on Tuesday, February 19, 2013, 06:16:45 AM
Pug, whatever you do, DO NOT READ STORY SPOILERS.  Don't read anything about the game.  Just play it.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Pugnate on Tuesday, February 19, 2013, 01:42:37 PM
I only remember reading one spoiler about the protagonist. Hint:

http://www.overwritten.net/forum/index.php?topic=8863.0

At least that's what I think I remember reading.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Cools! on Tuesday, February 19, 2013, 02:21:50 PM
With the recent re-release on GOG I reinstalled System Shock 2 last night so that's what I'm planning on playing next. With the latest unofficial patch and some mods the game looks pretty good for being 14 years old. :)
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: W7RE on Tuesday, February 19, 2013, 04:04:09 PM
Oh, I beat Dead Space 3 yesterday. The leadup to the end was way better than the leadup to the end of Dead Space 2 (which was a clusterfuck). Final clock time was 28 hours. First two games took me about 15 hours each, for comparison.

Maybe back to Far Cry 3 now. Still slowly working on the Aliens: Colonial Marines campaign with a coop friend, a couple levels a night.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: shock on Tuesday, February 19, 2013, 05:35:03 PM
I'm playing Skyrim again for some reason, even though I have a huge backlog of other games.  I'm doing a dual wielding, one handed, unarmored guy.  Screw blocking.  This character is awesome so far, especially with the Elemental Fury shout (increases attack speed substantially).

Oh, and I finished New Vegas a few days ago.  Great game.  Although, according to the ending, I missed quite a bit of stuff along the way.  Oops.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: MysterD on Tuesday, February 19, 2013, 07:15:08 PM
I'm playing Skyrim again for some reason, even though I have a huge backlog of other games.  I'm doing a dual wielding, one handed, unarmored guy.  Screw blocking.  This character is awesome so far, especially with the Elemental Fury shout (increases attack speed substantially).

Oh, and I finished New Vegas a few days ago.  Great game.  Although, according to the ending, I missed quite a bit of stuff along the way.  Oops.
It's not crazy you wound-up back to Skyrim.

Skyrim is one of two games for me (TDU2 is the other) that are just big, massive, have so much to do, and whatnot...
...that I always end-up back to them eventually, even if it's just a few hours or numerous hours/days at hand.

BTW - I thought New Vegas was awesome. And especially its Old World Blues DLC.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: K-man on Thursday, February 21, 2013, 07:45:25 AM
I decided to play Resistance 3 next.  Frustrating that the game required a good bit of patching up (and an installation) before I could even play the game.  I was going to play two nights ago, but by the time all that was finished I wanted to go to bed.

I've always had a soft spot for the Resistance games.  I thought the first one was fantastic.  In fact I played through it twice back to back because on the second trip through you accumulate new weaponry.  The second was good, but there were a few design deviations from the first game that made it suffer (limiting your available weapons instead of letting you keep every model you run across like in the first game - not good when one of your main draws is the inventive weaponry).  It also felt like it went on a little too long.  All three have gotten good reviews, but the series doesn't seem to garner the "AAA exclusive" buzz that other titles do.  In fact I read one reviewer for Resistance 3 say that the series has played something of the "B-team" to Sony's primary shooter, the Killzone series (What?!).

So far the game presents itself well.  I find shooters more comfortable with a 360 controller, so the DS3 is taking some getting used to again.  The game is move compatible (not happening) and 3d compatible (I may experiment with it since I just got a shiny new TV). 

I dunno, if anything it'll be worth the 9.99 I paid for it on a Best Buy deal of the day.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Cobra951 on Thursday, February 21, 2013, 08:54:13 AM
I'm playing Zelda: Skyward Sword.  I've resisted up to now because the game needs a new hardware gadget, the Wii Motion Plus.  Together, they run $70-$90 retail (depending on whether you get just the adapter, or a whole new remote with the functionality built in).  But I found a deal on Amazon where I was able to get both together for around $56, and I jumped on it.  It seemed perfect to keep the Zelda ball rolling, and finally get to play the one real game in the series that I've missed.

It's a mixed bag.  First, the negatives.  Wii motion controls.  Yeah, OK, you can do some cool things with the sword now.  Not quite 1-1 motion, but it's close.  Swing at different angles, even thrust forward for stab--cool.  But that still saddles you with the very poorly laid out Wiimote/nunchuk functions.  I want a gamepad so bad for this thing, and screw the swordplay.  It was fine the way it was in WW and (GC) TP.  Even more annoyingly, they're using the Motion Plus for everything, including screen pointing.  This just blows.  It's much less sensitive than the excellent standard functionality the Wii has always had, and it's relative.  So you need a greater range of motion to cover the screen, and it doesn't seem as solid.  And if you're pointing in the wrong direction when you press a pointer-related button, it tries to be nice to you and recenter, which means you're now way off.  All you have to do to correct it is aim at the center and press a button, but this shouldn't even be necessary.  It should only recenter if I so choose.

Also, incomprehensibly, the new gadget wants to recalibrate itself every time it comes back from a sleeping state.  So if I take a bathroom break, when I get back I have to press a button, lay the thing flat on the table for a few seconds, point at the screen center and click.  Every damn time.  Stupid beyond belief.

So the first few hours were spent getting used to the odd controls.  They work fairly well once that happens, and I was able to get into the game, which seems very worthwhile.  If you've played the other 3D Zeldas, you know what to expect.  Little has changed as far as the philosophy and overall design.  Some past obtuseness has returned, unfortunately--the use of statues to save, rather than saving at any time (which WW and TP allow).  But so far, this hasn't been a problem.  There are plenty of them around.  The world is huge, and the flying mechanic brings a smile to my face.  That's despite the disappointing loading break whenever you transition from pedestrian to avian, or back again.  It seems the world data changes completely from one form to another.

That brings to mind the general tech limitations.  They really show!  It's sad that Wind Waker looks better to me than a much newer game designed for this system, rather than a past one.  I think the biggest reason is that they're both the same resolution, but SS spreads out those pixels to fill the 16:9 screen, while WW keeps them closer together in a 4:3 window.  SS tries to combine the cheerful colors of WW with the more realistic style of TP, and largely succeeds.  But the old tech just hurts.  Blur and artifacts abound.  Pity.

Despite all the baggage, it's still an exciting and compelling world.  Skyloft has a lot to see and do, and that's just the starting hub.  You can move easily between the sky world and the land below, giving it all a very open feeling.  Combat is satisfying and more challenging than usual (not just because of the unfamiliar controls, I think).  The most advanced enemies I've met so far will block at different angles, and you need to swing the sword accordingly to get around their defenses.  I have yet to enter my very first temple/dungeon, though.  That comes next.  I quit last night right outside of it.  More to come.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Xessive on Sunday, February 24, 2013, 01:05:44 PM
I know that I would love Zelda games given the chance to play them. The last one I played was Ocarina of Time on the N64, a looong time ago, it was awesome.

I just started playing Scribblenauts Unlimited (now that it has finally unlocked for Europe) and it is awesome! It looks like a cute game but it can get deeply creative!
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: K-man on Monday, February 25, 2013, 07:30:43 AM
I started Resistance 3, but found out quickly that I'm currently not in the mood for a FPS like this.  I got frustrated and put it away for the moment.

That said, Idol and I are going to play through Dark Souls, and as a "break" from that I also pulled out my copy of New Super Mario Brothers Wii.  Or at least I thought it was a break.  I am finding that either suddenly I suck at platformers or NSMB is just tough.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: MysterD on Monday, February 25, 2013, 04:42:40 PM
I spent some good 5 hours yesterday w/ Assassin's Creed: Revelations (PC).
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: W7RE on Saturday, March 02, 2013, 12:50:57 AM
I just spent about 90 minutes with Amnesia: The Dark Descent.

I don't think this game is for me. The overwhelming feeling I got wasn't fear, it was boredom. I know, I sound like some ADD dumbass who didn't give it a shot, but I really did. I turned off the lights, put on the headphones, I was reading all the diaries and shit. I was really trying to get into it, but felt like I was just wandering around a lot. I saw one monster, and he was walking away from me and I never saw him again. The insanity stuff just felt artificial. The whole game felt like it was trying to scare me by creating the side effects of fear, instead of by giving me something to be scared of. "You're going insane, you must be really scared! Go hide in a corner to avoid the monster, it'll surely make you scared!"

Then I got stuck in a room for 20+ minutes. By this time I'd already seen multiple instances of "the ceiling caved in behind you, so you can't go back where you came from. Find another way to go." I entered a room in the wine cellar, and the ceiling caved in behind me. Then a barrel falls from the rafters in a quick cutscene. I feel like the game is telling me, "ok, you can't go back, but you can go up." Wrong. I spent like 20 minutes shoving shit around trying to climb up there, then finally got up and there wasn't anything there. So then after all this time, a tip appears onscreen: "you can move heavy objects by blah blah blah." Oh, shit. You wanted me to move the rocks that caved in behind me? Great, now that I've piled up like 8 rafters and 5 rocks in front of the door while trying to climb up. It took me another 5 minutes to clear the door. Once I cleared all that out, I saved and exited. It's late, and I'm too frustrated to continue at the moment.



I just don't think a horror game without combat works, at least not for me. I felt the same way about Slenderman and SCP Containment Protocol. Slenderman was too hard to avoid and it felt like the game wasn't meant to be finished. In SCP the creature was so hard to avoid that he wouldn't do shit to me because it would make the game impossible. In SCP I found a button that would open a door for like 5 seconds. So I hit it, and went through the door. Oops, it's a containment room that can only be opened from the outside, now you're stuck.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: MysterD on Sunday, March 03, 2013, 03:36:15 PM
At around 19 hours & 43 mins (according to Raptr), SP Campaign for Assassin's Creed: Revelations (PC) is done with.

So, yeah - ACR was good.
ACR is better than AC1 - but, that's about it.
ACR is nowhere as great as AC2 + ACB, IMHO.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: nickclone on Tuesday, March 05, 2013, 06:34:49 PM
I started playing Just Cause 2 and L.A. Noire, but JC2 just wasn't as much fun as it should've been and L.A. Noire is killing my computer (I'll have to play it on Xbox). I'm thinking about going with The Witcher, but I haven't decided if I should start with the first or go straight to the second one.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Cobra951 on Tuesday, March 05, 2013, 10:31:12 PM
Finished Zelda SS last night.  I haven't used this much profanity against all other Zelda games combined.  I'll do a post-mortem eventually, but right now, I'm too conflicted to be trust my judgment.  The first line from A Tale of Two Cities comes to mind.

Ive been playing Dirt 2 for the past few days as well, and that is amazingly good.  It must have been the best ever seen when it launched back in '09.  I'd say I'm sorry I waited this long--but at $5, not really.  Score!
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: K-man on Wednesday, March 06, 2013, 11:29:05 AM
How many hours overall did you have in Zelda, Cobra?
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Cobra951 on Wednesday, March 06, 2013, 12:38:10 PM
It reports something like 113, but that has to include all the idle time.  The game was often on all day, and I'd leave to run errands, eat, mess around online (like now), etc.  There's no way I played 113 hours for real.  It is a big game, without a lot of padding.  I'd say 60 hours is a realistic estimate of actual involvement.  I chased a lot of extras, but not all.  Some things are too frustrating for me to bother with.

I started a Hero Mode game after finishing, but after finding out what that is, I wimped out.  You get double damage from everything, and there are no hearts given to you by anything. To regain health, you need to rely on potions, fairies, and the few places to sit or sleep.  I thought the game was plenty hard enough at normal difficulty.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: nickclone on Monday, March 11, 2013, 07:26:11 PM
I listened to all of the people on GameFAQs and went with the first Witcher. I have to say, this game is extremely frustrating. The controls are clunky, theres no fast travel and I'm stuck on a boss battle and it won't let me save before the battle so I have to go thru the same dialog and cutscenes over and over again just so I can die. I hope the second one is a lot better...
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Xessive on Monday, March 11, 2013, 09:10:39 PM
I listened to all of the people on GameFAQs and went with the first Witcher. I have to say, this game is extremely frustrating. The controls are clunky, theres no fast travel and I'm stuck on a boss battle and it won't let me save before the battle so I have to go thru the same dialog and cutscenes over and over again just so I can die. I hope the second one is a lot better...
The second one is certainly better on all fronts. The first one is great but you're right, the controls can be clunky. Which camera mode are you using btw?
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: nickclone on Monday, March 11, 2013, 10:39:32 PM
The second one is certainly better on all fronts. The first one is great but you're right, the controls can be clunky. Which camera mode are you using btw?

I forgot the name, but it's the camera angle where its over my shoulder and I move around with WASD.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Xessive on Tuesday, March 12, 2013, 12:05:12 AM
I forgot the name, but it's the camera angle where its over my shoulder and I move around with WASD.
Ah ok, that's the least clunky of the camera angles and control schemes! haha

In my opinion, the prologue and the first chapter were the most tedious and least interesting parts of the game. Persevering through them did pay off though, the second and third chapters are great and they account for a much larger percentage of the game. When I got into Vizima that's when the game really picked up for me.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: nickclone on Tuesday, March 12, 2013, 09:03:34 AM
I'm on the outskirts of Vizima right now, I still haven't killed the beast yet, thats where I'm stuck at.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: MysterD on Sunday, April 07, 2013, 08:39:52 PM
Took me some of yesterday and a good deal of today, Mark of the Ninja (PC) is done.
Just an awesome game.

EDIT -> April 21, 2013:
Finished RAGE: The Scorchers DLC (PC) in 4.3 hours (according to Steam).
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Cools! on Wednesday, February 26, 2014, 02:37:24 PM
Bringing this thread back.

Currently I'm playing:

GTA V: About 70%. Fun, but not as much as I remember enjoying Vice City or San Andreas.

Tomb Raider: Played about 15 minutes, but plan on getting through it soon.

StarCraft 2: Been playing it for the last 3 years. Played it almost daily at one point, but stopped a few months ago, now back to playing 1v1 once or twice a week.

Left 4 Dead 2: It was free on Xmas. Playing it on and off with a friend.

BattleField 3: Played a few games with friends recently. Lots of fun. *Cough* Stop being so busy all the time Pyro! *Cough*

Diablo 3: Installed it again. Wouldn't mind playing some games with you guys (see Retro Gaming Night thread).

Skyrim: Installed it again. Setup all the mods I had before, now deciding wether to continue my old character or starting a new one.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: K-man on Wednesday, February 26, 2014, 03:28:29 PM
I am too lazy to put game titles in italics.

Spelunky - Been failing daily challenges miserably LIKE A BOSS

Zelda:  A Link Between Worlds - I finally finished this the other night.  Didn't 100% it.  Left some of the malimari's or whatever and a bunch of heart pieces out there.  Very satisfying final boss fight and ending.  Game wasn't mind blowing for me like it was with other people.  Firmly in the "good but not great" camp. 

Fire Emblem something or other for 3DS.  Just started this last night.  too soon to tell.

I haven't really had time to play much of anything lately.  But I'm mentally prepping myself for Dark Souls 2, which releases on March 11.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Quemaqua on Wednesday, February 26, 2014, 04:45:44 PM
Playing Diablo 3. Started in again before the new patch, was having fun, and now having fun after it. Eagerly anticipating expansion, which is funny, because I sort of thought I was really done with the game. I guess it's been so long since I've played a good Diablo-style RPG I just needed to binge.

You guys should come play. Go a 37 wiz, 36 monk, 29 barb, and planning to fiddle with a doc and DH too, for kicks. Aiming to get my wiz to 60 to unlock Torment difficulty for the new patch. Crusader looks awesome as well, I'll likely start one with the expansion.

This is the most gaming I've done in a long, long while, actually. I hadn't touched anything for more than a spare minute or two since pretty much Dark Souls. I'd like to play that too, of course, but doubtful I will at launch (as predicted). I did come into a little money, but the few things I've gotten for myself have already wasted enough of it to satisfy my minimal spending urges, and at some point this gaming binge will have to stop and I'll have to get back to work.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: MysterD on Monday, January 01, 2018, 07:32:19 AM
Here's my 2017 Finished list, from newest to oldest:

10. Dex -> Classic Difficulty = 11-05-2017.
09. Quantum Break (Steam Version) -> Normal Difficulty = 10-23-2017.
08. Mirror's Edge: Catalyst -> 08-03-2017.
07. Dreamfall Chapters:
--> Book 1 = 07-02-2017.
--> Book 2 = 07-08-2017.
--> Book 3 = 07-13-2017.
06. Batman: A Telltale Series:
--> Episode 1 = 07-02-2017.
--> Episodes 2+3 = 07-28-2017.
--> Episodes 4+5 = 07-29-2017.
05. Mortal Kombat XL
--> Story Mode at Medium = 11-12-2017.
--> Tower Mode at Medium = 5-29 as Triborg.
04. The Wolf Among Us - Season 1:
--> Episodes 1+2 = 03-25-2017.
--> Episodes 3+4+5 = 03-26-2017.
03. Homefront: The Revolution -> Base Game's Campaign = 03-19-2017.
02. Rise of the Tomb Raider:
--> Baba Yaga: The Temple of the Witch = 02-11-2017.
--> Base-Game's Campaign = 02-19-2017.
01. Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
-> Base-Game's Campaign - Give Me A Challenge Difficulty = 01-16-2017.
-> Desperate Measures DLC - Give Me A Challenge Difficulty = 08-12-2017.
-> System Rift DLC - Give Me A Challenge Difficulty = 08-13-2017.
-> A Criminal Past DLC - Give Me A Challenge Difficulty = 08-16-2017.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: MysterD on Monday, December 31, 2018, 09:09:37 PM
2018 Finished Games & DLC's List - PC Only:

11. WWE 2K18 -> MyCareer Main Story = 11-22-2018.
10. Simulacra
-> Abandon All Hope Ending = 11-11-2018.
09. Sara Is Missing = 11-11-2018.
08. Jurassic Park: The Game (Telltale):
-> Episode 1 = 09-22-2018.
07. Star Wars: Battlefront II (2017 / DICE) -> Single Player Campaign = 09-05-2018.
06. Life Is Strange: Before The Storm:
-> Episode 1 = 08-23-2018.
-> Episodes 2 & 3 = 08-26-2018.
-> Bonus Episode: Farewell = 08-29-2018.
05. Fallout 4:
-> Base Game's Main Campaign = 07-25-2018.
-> Far Harbor DLC = 7-29-2018.
04. Dishonored: Death of the Outsider = 05-25-2018.
03. Homefront: The Revolution:
-> Aftermath DLC = 05-06-2018
-> Beyond The Walls DLC = 05-05-2018.
-> The Voice Of Freedom DLC = 04-29-2018.
02. Destiny 2 -> Base Game's Main Campaign = 04-27-2018.
01. Battlefield 1 -> All of the War Stories Campaign(s) = 02-24-2018.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: MysterD on Sunday, July 03, 2022, 07:04:33 PM
Thread resurrection.

So, I'm back on Xbox for PC Game Pass, since it was $1 for 3 months.

Some notes for games on Xbox for PC Game Pass:
- Played TMNT: Shredder's Revenge & thought it was a blast of a nostalgia-laced arcade-like TMNT side-scrolling beat-em-up game.
- Played Hitman 3 (2021) and thought it was pretty good, at the very least.
- Currently working on Life is Strange: True Colors.

Other Games:
- Recently played Resident Evil 2 Remake and thought it was great.
- 4 hours into RE3 Remake and...it's good, but not as great as RE2 Remake, so far.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: K-man on Wednesday, July 20, 2022, 07:36:35 AM
Finished Borderlands 3 a few days ago.  The main story, at least.  Good dumb fun as always.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: MysterD on Friday, December 16, 2022, 04:16:22 PM
Played A Plague Tale: Requiem on PC Game Pass. It was great.
Been recently checking out W40K: Dark Tide (on PC Game Pass) and also Days Gone (Epic Store Version).
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: MysterD on Tuesday, October 10, 2023, 02:57:44 PM
Finished recently - The Quarry on Steam.

Working on - House of Ashes on Steam.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: idolminds on Monday, October 16, 2023, 10:40:28 AM
Been playing a lot of mahjong and Hitman 3. I have new stuff I should play but man these are like my gaming comfort foods.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: MysterD on Tuesday, October 31, 2023, 06:50:22 AM
Recently finished:
-> The Order: 1886 on PS4.(yup; you are reading that right; me playing on a PS4)

Working on:
-> Resident Evil: Code Veronica X on PS4. (yup, again; you are reading that right; PS4)
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: K-man on Wednesday, November 01, 2023, 05:22:00 AM
As was seasonally appropriate, I began playing Costume Quest the other day.  It really nails the feeling of being a kid on Halloween.  I had forgotten how much I needed a Tim Schafer game in my life.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Pugnate on Wednesday, December 06, 2023, 04:33:58 AM
That sounds fun. Costume Quest lol!
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: idolminds on Friday, December 15, 2023, 08:21:18 AM
Finished Yakuza: Like a Dragon. Love this series but now they are making them so fast I'm falling behind.

I've added Fortnite to my rotation. Though interestingly havent touched the battle royale. They added new modes recently: LEGO Fortnite being a survival game, Rocket Racing being...obvious, and Main Stage which is basically a new Guitar Hero/Rockband. So that and checking out stuff people are making with the editor there is a lot to see even if you don't play the BR.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: MysterD on Wednesday, February 07, 2024, 09:19:27 PM
I'm so behind on Yakuza/LAD series, it ain't funny.

Like...I've only finished Yakuza 0 and some good amount into Yakuza Kiwamia 1.
I have bought up to Yakuza LAD JRPG.
Ain't bought yet Ishin, Erased, and Infinite Wealth.
Title: Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread
Post by: Quemaqua on Friday, February 09, 2024, 10:01:10 AM
Somehow I'm playing Subnautica again. Also Persona 3 Reload, which is really good. I kind of dropped the ball entirely on Final Fantasy XVI, which is gorgeous and cool and interesting but somehow not holding my attention at all.