What are you playing?

[GigaShinMechaSonOfSamusV]

Yes its back.

The rules? Post any games, video or otherwise, that you are playing.

Tell us something about it if you want.

I'll start off with Bioshock. Damn good quality right here folks.

[Spruce Moose]

Serious Sam: The Second Encounter. For the second time, only on the new computer.

[Cooper]

PC or 360 cause I heard the PC version has some wicked bad copy protection on it...

Also just got my dad Nascar 2008 and the 360 Wireless racing wheel for his Bday.
And the damn wheel wont work. Uhg

[Anubis]

Leasure Suit Larry

[Spruce Moose]

PC. Never knew how much easier a decent framerate could make a game.

[GigaShinMechaSonOfSamusV]

No moose he was talking to me.

360 Cooper. Thank goodness too, after hearing the news.

[Cooper]

No moose he was talking to me.

360 Cooper. Thank goodness too, after hearing the news.

When good games go bad...

I have the demo sitting on my xbox right now. Guess I'll have to go give it a try.
Speaking of demos have you tried the New Katamari? I liked it except for the scratchy record sounds coming from the king. MAde my ears bleed

[Charlie Deuce]

I've got a couple of thriving Gaul villages on Tavian.com, a slowly growing planetary empire on Ogame.org and a screwed-up pirate on Darkpirates.com.

[Anubis]

I think I am going to have to get more credit on WoW

Jinni wants to get a Kia succubus

[Reincarnation of Neol]

Still playing persona 3. Damn those tower bosses get harder to beat everytime!!!


Must ...climb...tower...must ..shoot self in head..to summon..........whatchamacallits.

[Charlie Deuce]

It's easier when you buy the swimsuits for the girls. Or use the maid outfits.

[aquarosewater]

I think I am going to have to get more credit on WoW

Jinni wants to get a Kia succubusYeah, sure, blame it on your pink-haired vampiress. XD

[Anónimo]

Doom3. I know, it's old...but it's excellent. Scares you like a kid :D

[hk0]

Cave Story.

Currently trying to play it with my wiimote... that'll kick ass when I get it working.

[GigaShinMechaSonOfSamusV]

Doom3. I know, it's old...but it's excellent. Scares you like a kid :D

Doom 3 is at least twice as good as people claimed when it first came out.

[Anónimo]

Doom 3 is at least twice as good as people claimed when it first came out.

Indeed! But ID's mistake was launching a game that required a PC at least twice as powerful than what was available for the "common" people at that time.

"It's a game for the future" they said in the interview on the "extras" in the movie DVD:cool: Lame excuse.

[SovietCommissar]

NavyFIELD. All the way.

NavyFIELD CS (http://navyfield.com)

[Macky]

Still playing Stella Dues, am now on Chapter 4. Can't believe what just happened in the story at end of third chapter...

Other game I'm playing is RE4, am now on chapter 5, damn that game rocks on the Wii.

[The Rookie]

BIOSHOCK

next week probably Metroid

[GigaShinMechaSonOfSamusV]

Indeed! But ID's mistake was launching a game that required a PC at least twice as powerful than what was available for the "common" people at that time.

"It's a game for the future" they said in the interview on the "extras" in the movie DVD:cool: Lame excuse.

Well that, and people didn't seem to understand that if you play the game on a harder difficulty and get into the idea of walking around like a shotgun toting badass motherfucker blasting away every creepy crawly that comes out of the woodwork in the glorious Doom 3 engine , the game actually works.

I wonder if people would have been happier with dialogue trees and crippled squad based AI. All I know is I loves me some Doom

[Anónimo]

Although I like games that motivate light stealth tactics combined with sudden "suicidal courage" (like when you land among the enemy screaming and wielding your lightsab...er, never mind :D), I also like the classic "Killing Machine Games", aka "Shoot-EVERYTHING-that-moves-games". Of course, in D3 I also blow corpses' heads off; I don't want any guy return from death and invite me to Hell...via biting and striking.

[Chren Rohay]

Cave Story.

Currently trying to play it with my wiimote... that'll kick ass when I get it working.

Hell yes.
Cave Story is incredibly awesome, misery especially so.

[xdiesp]

I simply can't believe the wank storm concerning Bioshock. I have been in this world long enough to know that mobs are mindless beasts, but the behaviour of the internet never stops to amaze me. It's become hip to give this game a perfect score, like 100/100 or 10/10, while zero dot zero titles in the past have ever had such honor. It's the last of a billion fps out there, with much good narrative and graphics, in a setting all too reminiscent of Doom 3 and with none of some other titles free action enviroment like Far Cry or even Halo. It's good, but it's not the second coming.

When System Shock and Deus Ex were released, the world still had some of its dignity left and didn't build a golden calf for those games even if they were exceptional.

[Spruce Moose]

I simply can't believe the wank storm concerning Bioshock. I have been in this world long enough to know that mobs are mindless beasts, but the behaviour of the internet never stops to amaze me. It's become hip to give this game a perfect score, like 100/100 or 10/10, while zero dot zero titles in the past have ever had such honor. It's the last of a billion fps out there, with much good narrative and graphics, in a setting all too reminiscent of Doom 3 and with none of some other titles free action enviroment like Far Cry or even Halo. It's good, but it's not the second coming.

When System Shock and Deus Ex were released, the world still had some of its dignity left and didn't build a golden calf for those games even if they were exceptional.

Good point. Even if the game is good, like those that came before it, and its contemporaries, people are going overboard(as usual on The Internet, it seems).

[Eastside2000]

I'm currently playing C-evo, and it's pissing me off because I do not understand the best way to play. And on the subject of Bioshock, I'd need a new video card to play.Wait, Bioshock installs a rootkit? (http://www.gamingbob.com/2007/08/23/bioshock-installs-rootkit-including-demo/)

[GigaShinMechaSonOfSamusV]

There is lots we could say about Bioshock.

Ultimately, the game really is way too hyped. But I'm actually not surprised.

Remember when Oblivion came out? It sold pretty damn well on all platforms. That is not due to there being an army of Elder Scrolls fans out there from the days of Morrowind. No, it was because your favorite college frat types decided they just had to have Oblivion. Play up the amazing graphics, give the trailers a Lord of the Rings vibe, and you've got a large pool of customers that normally would never jump for this kind of game. The plan worked well.

So we have Bioshock. This is even more of a stretch than Oblivion to successfully hype. Or is it? The game has its own gorgeous visuals, and a kooky art deco style. It has the Big Daddies as a perfect mascot of sorts. Despite the game underneath coming from a heritage of cult classics, 2k Games saw that they could easily make people want this game. Graphics Whores, Hipsters, and all those kids who champion "story over gameplay". They could fool them all into a purchase. People said that 2K buying out Irrational was a risk, but I'm starting to feel that it was anything but.

Now aside from the hype, we have the review scores themselves. The first thing you have to remember is that this stuff happens all the time. Remember how many Game of the Year awards Halo 2 garnered? Now the fans and even Bungie themselves feel that yeah, Halo 2 was a let down. Why didn't anyone say this in the first place? Because the hype machine doesn't stop when the game hits shelves, and it gets into people's heads. When we're waiting so long for something, we don't want to tell ourselves it isn't up to snuff. Scores are inflated. If we could only wait even an extra month before giving our impressions, it was have a drastic effect. But in this industry, you know that's damn well impossible.

There's also some irresponsibility on the part of reviewers. I think a lot of them felt pressured to give it glowing reviews. Not necessarily pressure from 2K, but from their own conscience. Beyond all the hype and pretty graphics, Bioshock is a very good game that does an okay job at upholding the heritage of the Shock games. This is the kind of game reviewers would like to see succeed - something with some heart and some depth. I personally would much rather see people play this than the next installment of Advanced Warfighter. And so if giving the game a perfect score will impress that many more people into buying it (and trust me, it will), then mission accomplished I guess. I mean just look at Game Revolution - those guys never give out an A. Bioshock got one, despite listing a fair deal of flaws. This reads like an A-, maybe B+ review. It definitely looks like a padded score. That's what we're dealing with here.

So what can we do? Realize that whenever you see a futile "Games as art" debate, this will be the game brought up. People are going to play it and act like they are a wise sage of gaming taste. There's nothing much you can do about it. Just have fun with Bioshock yourself, laugh off all the craziness, and realize that its this, or Heavenly Sword.

IRT playing Bioshock - I love and hate how the wrench gets so powerful. Its cheap, but I love being the melee king.

[xdiesp]

taidan: when games' reviews had to be written one month earlier than their actual release on the market, because game magazines have to be assembled and printed weeks in advance, inaccuracies were at least due to the need to approximate. Now the software house PRs can just play the internet public and reviewers like violins without them even complaining...

Another story: I recently went through detox after leaving WOW. I still follow the news though, because the thing is that addicting. Now, they got one expansion coming, probably more than one year in the future (2008? I say 2009). So far they have done mostly nothing of it, it's like a pre-alpha. But the wow sites are crazy with rumors and ferocious discussions over every bit of scrap lend them by the company. They will be foaming at the mouth until the day of release, fighting for the next dose of spoilered info. People who haven't yet fallen into the WOW trap, see how's life in hell and never repeat our mistakes!

[GigaShinMechaSonOfSamusV]

Yeah, when news only came through print things were a bit different. Back then you had a chance of actually playing a game before you read opinions on it. Then you could see if they matched up. Or, when they did get it first, the hype machine wasn't the same, as you said, and so a review was pretty key for everyone involved.

The sad thing with WOW is best put by my WOW playing roomate; the first expansion ruined your character, and made you play to get strong again. By the time the next one comes out, you will be plenty strong, but then ruined again. Its a vicious cylce to get you to keep playing, and some realize then, and only then, that all their past effort was a serious waste of time.

Also, I think I saw an add that showed the WOW CCG can grant you a pet monkey in-game. Not a big deal, but I guess Penny Arcade was eventually right.

[Foxhole Tom]

I recently reinstalled Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth to give it another try. Computer doesn't totally like it, but its fun.

[The Rookie]

Sad to say it but PC gaming is on the back burner compared to console gaming which is why games like Bioshock, Oblivion and Knights of the Old Republic, all three VERY PC flavored games are only shedding some light to themselves being X Box releases then they would had they remained PC exclusives.

Nature of the game industry.

Hype aside though it IS a good game, you can't deny it that.

[xdiesp]

I love KOTOR 1! Christmas 2003 has been indeed a happy time with Kotor, Prince of Persia SOT and Splinter Cell all at the same time. And lots of alcohol to forget.

[Anónimo]

I love KOTOR 1! Christmas 2003 has been indeed a happy time with Kotor, Prince of Persia SOT and Splinter Cell all at the same time. And lots of alcohol to forget.


Oooh yeah...KotOR made Ep III look too fast and almost boring...;) Nah, I'm kidding, but it's a wonderful game! New characters, some familiar planets and subjects...made me like RPGs.


(And Darth Malak still kicks Jerec's and - especially -Thrawn's butts!):D

[GigaShinMechaSonOfSamusV]

(And Darth Revan still kicks Jerec's and - especially -Thrawn's butts!):D

At least the way I see it. I know I know, Malak tricked him or whatever. Revan still did way more awesome stuff.

But overall I'm sad to say that I felt KOTOR was one of the more dissapointing games I've played. Too many problems that kept it in the same league as a standard jRPG.

[Anónimo]

On another note...since I've been quite busy these last weeks, I've only been fooling with some MAME roms (I'm a nostalgic guy, what can I do?). So far, I've downloaded the roms for Street Fighter III, but I can't find any emulator that runs it. I've checked the official MAME page, but none works. Any help?:(

[xdiesp]

Anonimo: grab the CPS3 emulator on this page http://nebula.emulatronia.com/descargas.php

I understood that Kotor was made for me when they said that Tatooine was Dune in the past.

[GigaShinMechaSonOfSamusV]

Finished Bioshock, now working on Headhunter.

Good god that game is like a time capsule. Jokes about the Florida recount, Elian Gonzales. It feels like a generic action game in 2007, but back then this would have been much more than an MGS wannabe.

[Anónimo]

Anonimo: grab the CPS3 emulator on this page http://nebula.emulatronia.com/descargas.php

I understood that Kotor was made for me when they said that Tatooine was Dune in the past.


Thanks! Will the standard MAME roms work with this emulator or do I have to download different ones? I'll try it as soon as I get to my PC. Thanks in advance (if this work, you'll get paid, i can assure)

Tatooine, Dune in the past? If any of the creatures at Anchorhead would have said "The Spice must flow", I'd have lightsabered it with no delay...:D...although that would be a nice crossover...:rolleyes:

[xdiesp]

Anonimo: they should, but I'll try running this SF3 to be sure http://www.superroms.co.uk/sfiii3.htm I'm quite ignorant of any SF after the SNES ones...

edit
It works! I downloaded the cps3 emulator from http://nebula.emulatronia.com/downloadgw.php?get=cps3emulator.zip (which is not standard nebula: it's cps3 nebula) and installed it into c:\cps3. Other paths are possible, but you have to edit manually the file emulator.ini. Then I downloaded the split rom, unpacked a couple of times and put the files into c:\cps3\roms\sfiii3. Finally I ran the emulator and loaded the rom whose romset is "sfiii3".

If you are interested in these new SFs, the 3D ones are supported by the Zinc emu: http://www.emulator-zone.com/doc.php/arcade/zinc.html

[GigaShinMechaSonOfSamusV]

Oh snibbley snaps, CPS3 emulation is getting people to discover Street Fighter 3.

This pleases me immensly.

[Chren Rohay]

Oh snibbley snaps, CPS3 emulation is getting people to discover Street Fighter 3.
Yes it is.
http://www.drunkduck.com/Street_Fighter_III__Fightstravaganza/

[Eastside2000]

Playing Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08 on the Wii. It's just like real golf, I make a bad shot and I get pissed. But I keep playing cause I want to make that one perfect shot... I hate this game so much, it's TOO real...

[GigaShinMechaSonOfSamusV]

so I see that if they removed a few extra frustrating areas, Headhunter could be beaten in maybe five hours and as many beers.

Really glad I never got around to importing this on the Dreamcast back in the day.

[JackTaco]

I'm currently playing C-evo, and it's pissing me off because I do not understand the best way to play. And on the subject of Bioshock, I'd need a new video card to play.Wait, Bioshock installs a rootkit? (http://www.gamingbob.com/2007/08/23/bioshock-installs-rootkit-including-demo/)

REFERENCES TO ROOTKIT HAVE BEEN REMOVED, FURTHER INVESTIGATION HAS REVEALED A MISUNDERSTANDING IN THE SECUROM SERVICE

Currently, I'm playing a lot of Counter-Strike: Source - Gun Game.

That and skirmishes against computer opponents with a friend in Rise of Nations: Thrones and Patriots.

[Deathninja]

Streets of Rage, in a retro mood.

[xdiesp]

I am playing this cute anime flashgame:
http://nigoro.jp/game/hikkoshi/index.php

I will be playing the LOTRO free trial:
http://www.lotro.com/trial

I thought I would be playing HL2: EP2 sooner than later, but greedy Valve put it in a shitty compilation for 50 bucks.

[GigaShinMechaSonOfSamusV]

How is it shitty when it has Portal and Team Fortress 2?

[xdiesp]

It could come bundled to Jesus and I would still be only interested in the EP2 content (surely not worth alone 50 bucks). Bundling different games is a trick, get an axe.

[Anónimo]

Okay, XDiesp...that emulator you linked me to works perfectly...even more, with the roms I had previously downloaded. Thanks a lot again!

Now, your "fee"...since I can only pay you with drawings, think about one (please, make it simple!). I'll be more than glad to do it.;)

[GigaShinMechaSonOfSamusV]

It could come bundled to Jesus and I would still be only interested in the EP2 content (surely not worth alone 50 bucks). Bundling different games is a trick, get an axe.

I generally hate bundles too man, but come on. Team Fortress 2. And a small game of Portal technology written by the guys from Old Man Murray.

Its destined for greatness.

[xdiesp]

Anónimo: that's awesome, thanks a lot! :eek: Later on I'll pm you some hot pic of myself.

[sm6]

Metroid Prime: Corruption. Finally a "real" game for the Wii. Not just a compilation of 10 or so mini games...

Anyway, I wish they sold Portal separately. I don't care much for Half Life, but those previews for Portal sold me. An FPS where you have to think about how to move yourself and other things about in three dimensions. ::drools::

[xdiesp]

For those unaware, Portal is an innovative fps about solving puzzles by creating wormholes: 1) you set the entry point and the exit point, then 2) you travel through and finally 3) profit. Just like Mighty Max. There is a spiritual predecessor to this game which is called Narbacular Drop, freeware and very odd:
http://www.nuclearmonkeysoftware.com/narbaculardrop.html
http://www.nuclearmonkeysoftware.com/screenshots/prealpha_13.jpg

[GigaShinMechaSonOfSamusV]

Narbacular drop was sweet.

Sm6 I know I won't change your mind, but I agree with someone I once read that said Half Life 2 should be standard install on any new PC :)

[xdiesp]

In the past I have had the honor to partecipate in an early minimod for HL2, now made incompatible by the evolution of the engine. This was our greatest achievement. Ehe.
http://ludus1942.ngi.it/images/killingspree.jpg

[Cooper]

Burnout: Revenge is pretty fun. Still don't like the crash into a bunch of cars to make money sections though. The additional jumps and shortcuts gives it a nice Sanfrancisco Rush feel to it though.

[Reincarnation of Neol]

Wild arms 5, Blue Dragon, and Metroid Prime 3 Corruption.. Been jumping around those the last two days...

[xdiesp]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUrptKzZN2w

I envy these guys from the deepest recess of my soul.
They are playing together "Uru: Ages Beyond Myst", the first 3D spin-off of the graphic adventure Myst. It's a calm, reflective game of contemplation, lonely exploration and reading of ancient books. And it's breath-takingly beautiful, if only I could go back and play it again for the first time now with fellow myst fans. Unfortunately it was not made available online until recently.

Here's how games looked like in 2003:

http://img45.imageshack.us/img45/7905/kadish3ru3.th.jpg (http://img45.imageshack.us/my.php?image=kadish3ru3.jpg)

[GigaShinMechaSonOfSamusV]

Metroid Prime: Corruption. Finally a "real" game for the Wii. Not just a compilation of 10 or so mini games...

So I guess titles such as Call of Duty, Madden, Tiger Woods, Splinter Cell, The Godfather, SSX, Far Cry, Need for Speed, Super Paper Mario, etc don't exist on the Wii?

Or do they just not matter to you? If that's the case, well they still exist, and they do matter to other people. If this is how you feel, the fact that I had to explain your own potential reasoning for you is rather sad, and it destroys your own statement regardless. If you agree that they're important, then it still destroys your statement. You pretty much lose.

The Wii is in bad shape now. It is criminal how much more PS2 and 360 I play these days. In this case we could benefit from looking at why it is doing poorly, and how the ports of the above mentioned games aren't always very good. This is far more interesting and constructive than making the same blanket, untrue statement as a million other morons.

I'm getting sick of your sensationalist, standoffish "cool nerd" response to gaming (if I can borrow Moose's phrase). Half of your arguments don't even make sense if you even choose to back them up. I know you claim to be angrier, but don't let that cloud your logic, or make other's think for you.

And don't tell me I'm over thinking this stuff. A trip to fucking Walmart will refute you. Its not that hard to think before you post.

[xdiesp]

NSFW http://www.secondlifeherald.com/slh/2007/09/afternoon-delig.html

God, I'm glad I didn't end up playing Second Life when I first went to detox after quitting WOW. They seem to hit new lows on a weekly basis... Here you can see how an unicorn can make your female (only?) character pregnant, with actual intercourse.

[GigaShinMechaSonOfSamusV]

I can't decide if that's worse than the SL pedo-town that was posted on Something Awful a while back. Still, the angle on that third pic. . . nice.

[Charlie Deuce]

Charlie demands MOAR.

[Cooper]

I can't decide if that's worse than the SL pedo-town that was posted on Something Awful a while back. Still, the angle on that third pic. . . nice.

it took me awhile to figure out what was happening there because of the hair clipping through the neck

[xdiesp]

I have been able to try a couple of games these days:

Halo 2: compared to the first one, the action is faster and has much more variety. Unfortunately the story sucks, it took off to Midichlorian Land instead of sticking to that good concept of the ring world\dyson sphere. It's a good game with flawed narrative.

Bioshock: instead this one is on the exact opposite, the narrative part is great but the game drags on and can be boring. Either you are committed to get into the story and listen\read to every tiny little bit of it (which slows the level progression to a crawl), or you won't find much meat on its gameplay bones. Actually closer to a survival horror, than to a FPS.

[Deathninja]

I have been able to try a couple of games these days:
Bioshock:Actually closer to a survival horror, than to a FPS.

As a spiritual successor to the System Shock games, that was the plan.

[xdiesp]

Rotfl to the Eurogamer review of Halo 3: lasts 8 hours, gameplay is just Halo 2 refined, graphics is by no means next-gen but is optimized for fps in multiplayer, later levels are rushed as usual in the Halo series. Vote: 10. I don't want to say that the internet is becoming hostage of fanboys, but I would have never imagined to feel drawn back to paper magazines...

[xdiesp]

The menu for today is brought to you by online multiplayer for emulators:

Twinkle Star Sprites
http://hg101.classicgaming.gamespy.com/twinklestar/instruct6.png http://hg101.classicgaming.gamespy.com/twinklestar/dreamcast2.jpg
It's a vertical shoot-em-up with a versus mode in a splitscreen: the enemies you shoot down, proceed to your opposing player's side of the screen and vice versa.

TMNT IV: Turtles in Time
http://www.force-emu.com/dossier/turtlesnes_2.jpg http://www.videogamesblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/turtles-iv-shredder.jpg
Side scrolling brawler with exceptionally fast and varied combat. And a series of upbeat tunes that rival Megaman 2's.

[Macky]

Rotfl to the Eurogamer review of Halo 3: lasts 8 hours, gameplay is just Halo 2 refined, graphics is by no means next-gen but is optimized for fps in multiplayer, later levels are rushed as usual in the Halo series. Vote: 10. I don't want to say that the internet is becoming hostage of fanboys, but I would have never imagined to feel drawn back to paper magazines...

You can only assume the fanboys rushed the building just before he put his final verdict. I mean, a 10, after all that criticism? The hell?

Ohh, and I'm playing Rogue Galaxy. Loving it too, it's one of the best RPG's I've played in ages. Though at the moment I'm pissed cos I just killed in a one-on-one boss fight (easy to die in those) that I didn't even know was going to happed, and I hadn't saved after doing over an hour of grinding. It's not a game you need to grind in, I was simply trying to get a specific item and level up my weapons at the same time.

[JackTaco]

As a spiritual successor to the System Shock games, that was the plan.

[Yahtzee said]
"I'm sure System Shock will be proud of it's normal mapped fong (?) shaded bastard child because it takes after it's daddy almost to the degree of George Bush and I know what you're going to say, 'Yahtzee you charismatic stallion, what kind of complaint is that? System Shock 2 was brilliant and any game that's in any way like it should be equally good!' But that's the thing, it isn't LIKE System Shock 2, it IS System Shock 2!"

[xdiesp]

[Yahtzee said]
Yahtzee you charismatic stallion, what kind of complaint is that?

Rotfl, I have to steal that quote.

[GigaShinMechaSonOfSamusV]

There are good games in this thread.

Aside from Halo co-op, I need to get back to Panzer Dragoon on my newly acquired Saturn.

[sm6]

I picked up Harvest Moon: Rune Factory since I had some Best Buy coupons (Basically got it for 20 USD). It's kind of addicting now that they've added some dungeon crawl/hacknslash and monster catching elements. They've also let you walk on top of your crops so you don't have to make loopy patterns in order to harvest the crops in the middle.

[Charlie Deuce]

...so you don't have to make loopy patterns in order to harvest the crops in the middle.

Really? You had to do that before? WTF?

[sm6]

Yeah, it sort went:

XXX XXX XXX
XXX XXX XXX
X_X X_X X_X

with X = crops and _ = spaces.

[SovietCommissar]

NavyFIELD. As usual.

sovietcommissar @ xFire (http://www.xfire.com/profile/sovietcommissar/)

[Macky]

Played some FF III on the DS, found it to be quite fun. I thought I would've hateds it, because it's so old and the battle system so retro, but I think it gets past all that by looking better and using the DS controls. I have heard though that it gets bullshit later with the job classes and needing specific ones for certain bosses.

[DeeMer]

That's not entirely the case. In the original, at least, there are a few dungeons which force you to be "Mini," neccesitating mages; there is a boss which is LARGELY favors dragoons; and there is a cave (and a half?) with "splitting" enemies, requiring Dark Knights with their black swords and more mages/summoners with heavy attack/status magic.

Alex played through the DS version, whereas I have not, but I understand that dungeons are easier, with less monsters per battle and generally stronger characters leading to better job lenience, while bosses are harder, now getting double (or triple (or quadruple!)) turns.

[xdiesp]

It took me 10 years to finally come to terms with a decent joypad for my PC and start playing Zelda 64 on an emulator. So far, so good, but I can't help thinking back to FF7 which came out just one year earlier.

[aquarosewater]

I bought Cthulhu Munchkin for my dude. He's ecstatic.

We need to teach his sister how to play- it's kind of hard to backstab someone when you're dating them.

[Charlie Deuce]

I bought Cthulhu Munchkin for my dude. He's ecstatic.

I am? Really? :confused:

[Stanistani]

I am? Really? :confused:

You are coming to a sad realization. Cancel or allow?

[aquarosewater]

You are coming to a sad realization. Cancel or allow?Allow-

Charlie... we've been over this before.

fantasy =/= reality

[Macky]

Alex played through the DS version, whereas I have not, but I understand that dungeons are easier, with less monsters per battle and generally stronger characters leading to better job lenience, while bosses are harder, now getting double (or triple (or quadruple!)) turns.

I find it to be the complete opposite. On the third one I've found that going into a new area the enemies are tough to the point of being lethal til you level up a few levels. Whereas every boss I've encountered I've killed in two or three turns, mainly thanks to knowing it's weakness. And yeah, I've done the Mini dungeon, ran like a bitch through there cos my attack and defense were at 1. >_>

[hybridial]

Sam and Max Season 1.

Me and Macky's brother sat and completed the first two episodes last night. Such an awesome and funny game.

[xdiesp]

I claim the superiority of fantasy over reality, when surfing the net.

[sm6]

Well I broke down and finally got World of Warcraft. Goodbye social life, I hardly knew ye.

[hybridial]

I've also been playing Guild Wars. It has an "Have a social life" option at least.

[sm6]

Actually, I still play Guild Wars. I just shifted to WoW because my coworkers at Best Buy have been pestering me to get on.

What's one of your character names by the way? Maybe we can go clear FoW or do EotN crap?

Edit: I usually get on Barr En. However, if you see someone on by the name of TC Dece, that would be my sister. She's a damn good at AB.

[hybridial]

Currently I'm playing Factions, though i do have all the releases.

My character's name for that is Kasumi Masters, a level 19 mesmer/Necromancer.

[StalkerHank 0.2]

Only play the main game, but rarely. The computer I'm normaly on is a generic labtops, so it's too wimpy to run it.
But if you're ever in the game and see a Necro/Monk named
"Greyeye Moundshroud;" thats me.
And yes, I have noticed my name is long, gothic, and pretencious.

[sm6]

Factions sucked. The introduction of AB was its only good point. Nightfall was awesome and EotN had an alright story (the ending doesn't make much sense until you read the GW2 release they had a while ago.)

[Charlie Deuce]

It seems I'm playing with emotions, since some people here have taken my comments awfully seriously.


...which is odd, since this is the Internet and the Internet is not serious business.




...unless Krakow Forums really did become 4chan-lite some time after the reset.





...in other words, what are ye? Conservative Republicans?

[hybridial]

It seems I'm playing with emotions, since some people here have taken my comments awfully seriously.

Charlie, I have seen harmless teasing in many a forum, and your not very skilled at it. If you never mean to be malicious, it does not come off like that.

I would seriously suggest if that is honestly how you feel, to maybe reassess the way you act.

[StalkerHank 0.2]

No. We're not doing this here. Ok? No.

Personally, I'm cool with it. But if our italian brothers says stops, I respect that.

If we want to have this conversation somewhere else, I have to problem with that, but I refuse to stand by an let his tiny matter take over the whole forum.
Charlie, you shouldn't have brought he conversation to this.
And Hybridital, you shouldn't have responded.

Now everyone think of kittens and puppies and cute, happy things.

P.S.- I hate drama. I WANT TO BE SILLY AND FUN RIGHT NOW, DAMMNIT>

[hybridial]

Okay, fine, I think I got off my chest what I wanted to say anyways.

Hm, I also have been playing Persona 3. Pretty interesting game, it's nice to be a school student who shoots himself in the headf to summon demons...

[StalkerHank 0.2]

We're you playing Persona 3 for a while Charlie? Or am thinking of someone else. I know someone who owns it but I only saw them play for a while. Something about being frustraited after these to huge-royal-looking things smacked him down.
The style and music is great.:)

[Chren Rohay]

HOPEFULLY I'll be playing Phantom Hourglass after sometime this weekend.

[Reincarnation of Neol]

Persona 3 was an awesome game.. I love all 80 hours I put into it..

End game got friggen tough.. Some of those tower fights are just plain unfair, and require tons of luck..

[hybridial]

HOPEFULLY I'll be playing Phantom Hourglass after sometime this weekend.

Can't wait for that. Last Zelda awesomeness was last December, and it's still too long ago.

[GigaShinMechaSonOfSamusV]

I have a PSP.

Mock me if you will. But I got it with two games for less than the DS Brain Age 2 bundle. With a car charger. And 2 gig memory stick.

I got new Syphon Filter to play, and next week some FF Tactics.

Right now I am full of win.

[Reincarnation of Neol]

I have a PSP.

Mock me if you will. But I got it with two games for less than the DS Brain Age 2 bundle. With a car charger. And 2 gig memory stick.

I got new Syphon Filter to play, and next week some FF Tactics.

Right now I am full of win.

Hehehe Syphon filter any good? I was thinking of picking it up. Tactics most likely will hold my interest for a good while, but syphon might be something I pick up in the future, if funds and time allows it.

[hybridial]

Factions sucked. The introduction of AB was its only good point. Nightfall was awesome and EotN had an alright story (the ending doesn't make much sense until you read the GW2 release they had a while ago.)

Well, by the end of tonight I'll have entered all the lands, so we can play wherever, if you want to.

I have found myself in a fairly decent guild somehow...

[Charlie Deuce]

Still puttering along in Travian, Ogame and Darkpirates. If they weren't free, I wouldn't play 'em.

Though them goat demon chicks in (what is it, WoW?) look pretty hot, what with their butts sticking out like that...

[xdiesp]

Hyrule is safe, once again. Zelda 64 marathon over.

Now, hypersleep. With a little help, the network will pick me up. Come on cat. Xdiesp over.

Edit
Now with 100% more pictures!

http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc123/xdiesp/ZeldaOcarina.jpg

[Alexander]

Just picked up P3 and Soul Nomad with a $70 gift card I won. Haven't played any P3 and only 2 hours of Soul, but it's definitely "NIS does Ogre Battle."

[Reincarnation of Neol]

Just picked up P3 and Soul Nomad with a $70 gift card I won. Haven't played any P3 and only 2 hours of Soul, but it's definitely "NIS does Ogre Battle."


I loved Soul Nomad.. That game took hilarity to a whole new level...

Or maybe my NIS fanboyness just took over my sad excuse of judgement..


Whatever works..

[hybridial]

Soul Nomad looks fairly cool.

I'm thinking of putting in an order for Growlanser: Heritage of War today.

[Charlie Deuce]

Just picked up P3...

PLAY. NOW.

[Alexander]

I've only heard good things.

[GigaShinMechaSonOfSamusV]

Some Syphon Filter Dark Mirror in my bed while waiting for my buddies to hop online for Halo 3.

I think playing regular multiplayer with your buddies is more fun than co-op.

Anyway, Halo 3 matchmaking. It can be a pain. It took forever to find most games for us, and while it could be due to having an odd 5 man party, it could also be that my ranking of Private was holding everyone down (they were Corporal or higher). Finding a match with such a spread of ranks is tough.

Worst part is, I'm not a lower rank due to skill, but lack of play time. In the first four games we played I had the most kills/captures/whatevers of anyone of my friends by a long shot.

I played a final round alone to get my rank up. Hopefully that helps next time. I'm not having my roomate brag about his rank-ups when I'm the one helping our team to win.

[Deathninja]

Ugh, have a Problem-Based Learning class at uni, and my group are complete fuckwits. Every session I come home so pissed off I can't concentrate.

I need a new game to vent. Something either on a non-PS3 console, or with fairly tame specs, either pure carnage or hack and slash, but without being too complex, or death being a massive setback (to give you an idea, I'm using Titan Quest atm, if I die as I'm not really focusing too much, it's a short walk back and that's it). Sick of D2.

Any suggestions? I just need something with lots of violence and very little thought.

[hybridial]

Well, I got the Unreal Anthology, and whilst I've yet to delve in deep, I do have to say it seems to offer a fun online experience... dare I say that's more than a certain other game...

Also Sam and Max are still making me laugh on a regular basis with their hilarious misadventures.

[xdiesp]

If any of you is interested in some versus at Puzzle Bobble, Magical Drop, Twinkle Star or similar on the MAME... open a topic to organize.

edit
I am playing Majora's Mask, which is Zelda 64's sequel. The story is a crazy mix of Groundhog Day and Donnie Darko: our hero has to live the same doomsday over and over, until the people of the place will be happy and the evil banished. Narratively, the game becomes very complex very soon: because all the stories are happening at the same time, and reset once the day is over. Kind of Zelda Shenmue.

[Spruce Moose]

Ah, Majora's Mask. I remember when it was coming out, and really being hyped. Since OoT was such a smash hit piece of brilliance, people were really riding its wave, and even professional wrestling had a totally serious promo for it. Freakin' awesome sight, to see Nintendo with that kind of marketing power at the time.

[DeeMer]

I was seconds from lamenting about Majora's Mask's (damn apostrophes) relatively low popularity. But a moment of research shows that approximately 3.3 Million copies were bought world-wide. That looks like more than Wind Waker sold.
I always assumed that it was never particularly well known/appreciated, but I suppose that was just in comparison to Ocarina. (But what isn't eh?)

Anywho, Majora's Mask simply exudes a better atmosphere than it's predecessor. Additionally, the masks and transformation mechanics are very nicely done, even if a few masks have but a singular function and are otherwise utterly useless. There are a lot of other things I enjoy about the game, the specifics I cannot recall or articulate at this time. But the important thing is that I really really enjoy this game, and it's not just because I have an affinity toward meteorics.

[xdiesp]

I take the chance to post the sales figures for all zeldas:

The Legend of Zelda 6.51 (NES)
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link 4.38 (NES)

Link To The Past 4.61 (SNES)

Link's Awakening 6.05 (GB+GBC, GB 3.83, GBC 2.22)
Oracle of Ages 0.41 (GB) <---
Oracle of Seasons 0.41 (GB) <-- did everyone buy one of each?

Ocarina of Time 7.60 (N64)
Majoras Mask 3.36 (N64)

Four Swords 0.33 (GBA)
Minish Cap 0.27 (GBA)

Wind Waker 4.38 (GC)
Twilight Princess 5.10 (GC+Wii, GC 1.32, Wii 3.78)

In millions of copies sold. Sales spikes are underlined. Data by VG Chartz (http://www.vgchartz.com/) and Wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_video_games#_note-zeldaseries). The numbers show there is a reason if everyone remembers so kindly Ocarina and Awakening. Abysmal sales for every late GB and GBA titles are puzzling. Odd, how Zelda 3 was able to sell more than WW more than 10 years earlier. One every two buyers of Ocarina deemed it worthy enough of a sequel and bought MM. If I remember correctly, the lift-off point for "big" sales is 3 millions.

[DeeMer]

Thanks for those numbers. I suppose the information I ran across was a bit dated in regards to Wind Waker sales. So it looks like Majora's Mask is the lowest selling of the console Zeldas. What of the two NES titles? I'm sure they did pretty well.

[Snake]

Well indeed. But games in those days never had near the publicity or the hype or fan base of gamers that there are today, im guessing theyre proboly the lowest of them all.

[xdiesp]

DeeMer: I updated the post with the NES titles

Such numbers as the ones in the NES games' sales make one realize two things: first, there is a reason if Nintendo suddenly rised as a colossus of videogaming in the '80s; second, it's an error to believe that in the '80s videogame sales and their distribution were kind of primitive or limited compared to nowadays.

[Macky]

I'm playing FF III and getting pissed off because I just can't beat a boss and grinding to get up just one level would take about an hour. Also the Job system can be a huge liability sometimes, usually in boss fights. I can't see me playing this game for much longer if it gets much worse.

EDIT: Ohh, and almost completed Rogue Galaxy. I love that feeling you get when you're getting close to beating a game you've spent 40+ hours on.

[GigaShinMechaSonOfSamusV]

I traded Rogue Galaxy in to help me pay for FF Tactics on PSP.

Yes I hate trading in games but I don't have a job right now.

Its fun, but I already knew that.

I also have five bucks in leftover credit that I will use for when King of Fighters XI allegedly comes out.

Seriously, two weeks away and EB doesn't have fucking boxart on its website? I might use that credit to do a preorder just in case. I am not missing out on this game.

And if I do, yeah, I know. Import. Need to stop being cheap and lazy.

[The Rookie]

I'm still playing Halo single player though to be fair i took a break to finish up Metroid last week (weak sauce ending... i guess i shouldn't be shocked but I'm still upset)

also: I'm probably the worst halo player ever

in three weeks: likely getting my guitar hero 3 on, CULT OF PERSONALITY YES!

[hybridial]

I'm playing FF III and getting pissed off because I just can't beat a boss and grinding to get up just one level would take about an hour. Also the Job system can be a huge liability sometimes, usually in boss fights. I can't see me playing this game for much longer if it gets much worse.

That is why Jonjon told me the game was crap, and I chose to listen. :p

[DeeMer]

Nonsense. Final Fantasy III is wholly excellent. You just can't play it like a modern RPG.

[xdiesp]

I would like to ask you a question, since you are all fine conneisseurs of JRPGs: how old is the battle system of Chrono Trigger, compared to the latest games of the genre? I was wondering how much they would screw it up when finally it will be remade.

[hybridial]

Nonsense. Final Fantasy III is wholly excellent. You just can't play it like a modern RPG.

I played FFI and FFII. My conclusion is old (or non-modern, if you'd rather put it that way) RPGs are... well, crap.

Actually, I didn't enjoy any Final Fantasy till VII. You can crucify me now. I just won't find it painful. ^_^

[sm6]

Are we talking about FFIII US or FFIII JP? Because FFIII US was pretty awesome IMO. Its predecessors weren't though...

[Alexander]

I played FFI and FFII. My conclusion is old (or non-modern, if you'd rather put it that way) RPGs are... well, crap.

Actually, I didn't enjoy any Final Fantasy till VII. You can crucify me now. I just won't find it painful. ^_^

As long as you tried them before knocking them, no one should have a problem with it. And by "tried" I don't mean play it for five minutes and dismiss it for not being another game. It really bugs me when someone will dismiss a game or a movie or a TV show out of hand without playing/watching it.

Not that I'm accusing you.

[xdiesp]

I prefer the Enix trilogy, always found old FF to be cliched.

So, anyone bold enough to comment the Chrono Trigger battle system compared to present games?

[GigaShinMechaSonOfSamusV]

I prefer the Enix trilogy, always found old FF to be cliched.

So, anyone bold enough to comment the Chrono Trigger battle system compared to present games?

It holds up marvelously well until the end, where some of it just seems to fall apart under the weight of options and party management.

[hybridial]

I prefer the Enix trilogy, always found old FF to be cliched.

Is that Soul Blazer, Illusion of Time, and Terranigma? If so, hell yes. Action RPGs were so much better on the SNES than turn based ones were.

[GigaShinMechaSonOfSamusV]

Is that Soul Blazer, Illusion of Time, and Terranigma? If so, hell yes. Action RPGs were so much better on the SNES than turn based ones were.

Illusion of Time = Illusion of Gaia? confirm/deny.

[hybridial]

Illusion of Time = Illusion of Gaia? confirm/deny.

Confirm. One of those silly title changes they did between the US and Europe.

[xdiesp]

>> Enix trilogy
> Soul Blazer, Illusion of Time, and Terranigma

Exactly! I liked the both for the action-rpg fact, and certain subtleties of the story that appeal to me: mysteries, revelations, kind of new age things.

The first time you got out of the house where you started the game in Terranigma, you were speechless at the audio-video galore in front of you. Speechless I say, it was 32 bit (whoa!) on the SNES. And the last time you saw the village... in the end, you know... tears were flowing.

On a side note, I am having a lot of fun with those videogame sales site.
So far you already know stuff as this (numbers mean millions of units sold, 3M is the lift-off for big sales today):

Bioshock: 1.31 million copies and up (good but not excellent)
Halo 3: 4.64 million copies and up
Halo 2: 8.30 million copies
Halo 1: 6.43 million copies

But when you look back to the eighties, you know, that prehistoric time of videogaming where barely anyone had electricity in their homes:

Super Mario 2: 7.46 million copies (the one in dreamland)
Super Mario 3: 17.28! million copies (best game on the NES)
Super Mario 1: 40.24!!! million copies (OMG!!!)

In comparison the other Marios are:

Super Mario World: 20.61! million copies
Yoshi's Island: 4.12 million copies (never been a hit, but was a fantastic game for its time)
Super Mario 64: 11.89 million copies (deserved more, actually)
Super Mario 64 DS: 4.99 million copies
Yoshi's Island DS: 2.54 million copies (ouch)
Super Mario Sunshine: only 5.91 million copies (Halo 1 sold more than the latest Super Mario, what an ugly sign of our times...)

[hybridial]

I take satisfaction in the notion that Halo will never, ever, ever, touch the likes of Madden, Mario, Pokemon or Finala Fantasy in sales.

It's the one thing in that I can take satisfaction. It's popularity at best will be fleeting, it's jsut not got any real timelessness about it. This is where the fact that it does nothing wrong, yet nothing special, defeats it. But mind you, I'm sure Bungie and Microsoft don't care all that much as long as they make money.

[GigaShinMechaSonOfSamusV]

I'd much rather have Halo outsell Final Fantasy as a series.

Won't happen, but one is junky goodness by a developer that gives a shit about its product and community. The other is junk by a company that doesn't mind exploitation to gain sales.

But hey enough of this bullshit I don't want no fights.

[hybridial]

But hey enough of this bullshit I don't want no fights.

Neither do I. Anyway, lets just go back to the point of this thread.

The only game I did play today was some more Unreal Tournament 3. I enjoyed myself, and I seem to be a pretty darn competent player. Hopefully I'll be able to play some of you guys. Oh wait, not true, I played a bit of Guild Wars to. I tend to play that in short bursts and beat a quest or two.

[The Rookie]

I'm kind of curious as to "who says" 3 million is the "lift off" of a big hit game

not that I don't agree or anything, but I've always come to expect a million is considered a big deal (it's usually the number 1st parties use for the greatest hits budget line) with many smaller companies being "very happy" with unit sales as "low" as 600,000

[The Rookie]

Oh and as for what I'm playing now, still Halo but also I actually bothered to look at the Wii store and saw SIN AND PUNISHMENT and snatched it up

it plays like ass on gamecube controllers though, i'm seriously of thinking of getting the n64 to gamecube port cords just for this...

[Charlie Deuce]

I'm playing "The Crying Game" with Akyho. So far, I'm winning. ;)

[xdiesp]

The Rookie: I found the 3 millions figure not long ago in an article from IGN or the likes, but indeed I would assume that a small company with digital distribution would keep a lower profile...

Sin and Punishment, I always wanted to check it but I was kept away by the language barrier. Now I'm at work, but when I get back home I will give it a try. The company which made it is a cult one, Treasure, the ones from Gunstar Heroes on the megadrive.

Emulator
http://www.emulator-zone.com/download.php/emulators/n64/project64/project64_1.6.exe
Rom S&P
http://www.coolrom.com/roms/n64/6791/Sin_and_Punishment.php
Translation hack
http://www.racketboy.com/downloads/sin-and-punishment-n64-translation-download.htm

[hybridial]

I have played the Japanese version of Sin and Punishment... and what Language barrier? The only things in Japanese are the menus, and there are things called translation FAQs for those.

Hm, then again, I'm used to playing Fire Pro Wrestling with a much greater language barrier.

[xdiesp]

and what Language barrier? The only things in Japanese are the menus, and there are things called translation FAQs for those.

I wouldn't even touch a translation FAQ with a stick, but what I meant is that the game has japanese text and english voices: some years ago they were still a problem for me with comprehension.

[hybridial]

I wouldn't even touch a translation FAQ with a stick

Since I cannot come up with a possibly good reason for that, I'll have to chalk it up as some weird, stubborn, pointless resistance to common sense that every person periodically employs.

On the other hand, I can understand if part of the problem was being unable to understand the English voice acting to. But even so, the game is an arcade shooter. None of the text in the game really impinges on the fun that actually can be garnered from playing it, the same reason I'm imported a fair few fighters from there.

[xdiesp]

some weird, stubborn, pointless resistance

Or maybe I have some higher standards than you do. (joke :p ) Subbed movies from abroad are my daily bread, but a separated translation of the do-it-yourself kind done by some kid would be both risky and ankward for the natural flow of the movie\game.

[hybridial]

Or maybe I have some higher standards than you do. (joke :p ) Subbed movies from abroad are my daily bread, but a separated translation of the do-it-yourself kind done by some kid would be both risky and ankward for the natural flow of the movie\game.

That would be an issue for a game with a flowing story that you wanted to pay attention to, but for menu translations, which is I use them for, they've never steered me wrong.

[The Rookie]

It's a shooter, if you accidentally set the difficulty to "hard" you did something right

[xdiesp]

There are cutscenes with no subs on every level.

edit
I just completed Majora's Mask, the second Zelda for the N64. As mentioned earlier, the story is a mix of Donnie Darko and Groundhog Day. And after 10 days of gaming, I was indeed starting to say "Bless You" to people who would sneeze a second later. After riding for half an hour in order to reach them on the top of a mountain. Really, the game can be inconprehensible and unapproachable if one is looking just for another Zelda: on the other hand, if you happen to be a Groundhog Day fan, then it's the rage.

http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc123/xdiesp/Groundhog_Day_Epic_473647_2.jpg

The gameplay is much more refined than Ocarina of Time's, but it lacks its most recognizable epic aspects: the mood of the game is more often undertoned than fanfared, which makes sense but also brings the loss of OOT's climatic encounters (after hours and hours of absolute nothing for filler...). It's also one of those game when you can work with your imagination and build your own character psychology for the protagonist: in example, my Link kept stealing and harassing people, leaving them perish in absolute indifferency - until his bank account got fat enough that he became more of a philantropist and started caring about the world, after all the tricks played on old people and greedy money hunts when everybody around him was begging him for help.

[Macky]

Still playing Final Fantasy III. Hate to say it, but my opinion of it did a complete U-Turn. I can't remember what in particular happened to make me hate the job system, I think it was a particular boss pwning me because of the classes I'd chosen to use. But basically all you do is pick the right class(es) for certain bosses and areas and your fine. I'm now at the final boss of the game, after 21 hours, and I have to say, unless there's some hidden trick, it's bullshit of the highest order. Xandes, pwned on the second turn. Next fight, The Darkness (don't know what it's called) pwned me on the first turn, 9999 damage on all characters. Yeah, because that's really fair. Going to read an FAQ, see if there isn't a hidden trick. If there isn't I'm fecked.

It's an incredibly fun RPG to play through, I've really enjoyed it, but it looks like I'm going to have to do the same thing I did with Magical Starsign and quit at the last boss. Did it on that because I'd basically screwed myself.

I think I mentioned at some point that the DS controls make it better and not feel so much like an old RPG. I'm going to have to retract that as well, because I basically ditched using the DS controls because they were too awkward, just using the buttons and d-pad is much easier.

Need to get back to Rogue Galaxy, FF III has really stolen my life this past week. I've found myself taking my DS everywhere and not being able to put it down.

[Alexander]

Please, PLEASE don't tell me you just turned off the game when she killed you. You're supposed to lose that fight.

But I'm not going to lie to you: the end is HARD. It's a brutal, grueling ordeal. Not only do you have to go up the whole Sylx tower and beat Xande without saving, you also have to go through another short dungeon with four more cruel, bitter bosses before finally fighting the Dark Cloud for real. All without a single save point. I died at one of them and put the game down to play FFXII. I haven't picked it up since. This was last November, but since I beat the Famicom version a few times it doesn't nag at me.

It's a true test of endurance! Go!! Fight with all your power!

[Macky]

Please, PLEASE don't tell me you just turned off the game when she killed you.

...

...

...

I have no fucking comment.

[xdiesp]

The power of emulated save-states compels you!

[Alexander]

There there.
There there.

[Macky]

The power of emulated save-states compels you!

Can't do that with my DS. Anyway, reckon I'll get back to it today.

[Macky]

Ohh. My. God. So I got past the bit where The Darkness is supposed to kill you. Then went on the face the Cerberus. It gets 3 turns (for each head I assume), it's faster than you, it pwns and it WILL pick on a character til they're dead. Got game over. Ohh, and I need to do the whole fucking tower again because FF III doesn't let you save in dungeons.

I died at one of them and put the game down to play FFXII. I haven't picked it up since.

I don't blame you, it's just going to end up seeming like a chore doing that damned tower over and over again. I thought level 50+ was high enough...

[hybridial]

Broken Sword.

This time, I will not get completely and utterly stuck in Syria and give up!

[Alexander]

This is where the game gets harder than the Famicom original: not only are the bosses getting double and triple turns, but they seriously nerfed the Ninja and Sage. Plus, DC didn't have tentacles to better kill you with.

[Anubis]

help meeeeeee
im trapped in Maple Story.....

[Macky]

Yeah, I give up on FF III. You're right about the Sage sucking, he's only good for curing, which he does a lot. The Ninja I gave up on, was only using him for the shurikens. The Summoner I like though. And the Ranger is the most awesome class in the game. Ohh, and the reason I give up? I beat Cerberus and the other 3 bosses, only to get pwned by Dark Cloud. I mean, 4 fucking turns, and taking off over a thousand with one attack if magic is used, which it is once a turn? Not to mention one of the snakes is invincible. And now I need to do it all again. If a guide doesn't give me any cheap tactics to use, I'm done.

[xdiesp]

Urrrgghhh!

/breaks the controller in two

This Sin and Punishment is too hard!

[Macky]

There there, I know how you feel right now. Only it's not a controller I want to break, it's a portable console. Or preferably the cartridge, which I honestly did almost break. Only the fact that it isn't mine stopped me.

[Macky]

So I played the Unreal Tournament 3 Demo tonight. It's been such a long time since I played a frag fest type game, I'd forgetten how damn fun it was! Played 4 matches, my team won all 4, though it was against bots. Now that I'm used to it, will play with the difficulty up or in a humans vs humans match.

[Macky]

Triple Post!

Completed FF III. :D My party was Dark Knight, Ranger, Mage and Summoner. Changed it to Knight, Black Belt, Mage and Geomancer. Grinded from level 50 to 55 then went and took on the tower. Geomancer pwned because job class was already 50+. finished game at level 58. Particle Beam is unfair, after so long she uses it every turn, I think the next one was going to kill me. Happy I beat it anyway. And now back to Rogue Galaxy.

[Alexander]

How far along are you in Rogue? I don't want to ruin anything for you, but the game's essentially awful. No Dark Cloud 2, that's for sure.

[Macky]

I'm in Eden. So at the end. And I don't think it's awful, it's one of the best RPG's I've played in ages. Not for the story though. I like everything about it so much that the story is just there for me to get through and observe.

[hybridial]

How far along are you in Rogue? I don't want to ruin anything for you, but the game's essentially awful. No Dark Cloud 2, that's for sure.

It seemed a lot better than Dark Cloud 2 (Dark Chronicle here) from what I observed DC2 seemed flat out uninteresting and dull to me. I actually want Macky to finish the damn game already, so I can play it, it being my copy after all. I've seen quite a lot of it from Macky playing, and it seems utterly far from awful to me. Very, very far from awful.

At least I worked out how to progress along Persona 3's nasty difficulty curve. I think I just missed on getting the top grades on the mid term exams though. :(

[Alexander]

Different strokes, then.
Perhaps I'm biased against it because I had a hell of a time getting the game to run on my PS2. The game would constantly freeze and fail to load at the beginning of the game, making the start of the game a desperate attempt to make it to the next save point before failure. Then, it started working fine. Go figure.

[Macky]

Different strokes, then.
Perhaps I'm biased against it because I had a hell of a time getting the game to run on my PS2. The game would constantly freeze and fail to load at the beginning of the game, making the start of the game a desperate attempt to make it to the next save point before failure. Then, it started working fine. Go figure.

Slimline or old model? I tried to play it on my friend's old model and it wouldn't work full stop, it wouldn't even read the disc.

[Alexander]

Old. Circa '02.

[Macky]

Guess that pretty much explains it. I don't think Rogue Galaxy likes the old model PS2's. Can anyone think why that would be?

[Alexander]

A lot of people had this problem. When the game launched, about 20% of topics on its GameFAQs board were about this. I'd say it's because Level 5 is proud of their No Load Times claim and achieves this via constant streaming of the disc. Perhaps this, with perhaps a physical blemish on the disc from the manufacturing process, could explain why it only happened when I started playing, and then just stopped.

Or not. Who knows? I'm still scratching my head about the whole thing. If something doesn't work, it should just not work, right?

[Akyho]

my friend has rouge galaxy and he plays it with no probs, on an old ps2.

[Macky]

So I played DOA 4 on Xbox Live round at hybridial's tonight. Between us we got 6 losses in a row. Why? The lag was so bad even the character select screen was lagging. That and I couldn't really be assed with it.

[sm6]

GH III. My pinky hurts.

[JackTaco]

my friend has rouge galaxy and he plays it with no probs, on an old ps2.

Is that the cross dressing version of The Sims? ;)


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I just finished the Crysis SP demo. Quite enjoyable!

[Macky]

GH III. My pinky hurts.

GH III is out? Damn you! I can't wait for that!

[GigaShinMechaSonOfSamusV]

Gonna Be A Guitar Hero!!!

For The Fifth Time!!!

[Charlie Deuce]

my friend has rouge galaxy and he plays it with no probs, on an old ps2.
Is that the cross dressing version of The Sims? ;)

That reminds me of a conversation at another forum I frequent...

I just took some pointers from rouge trader, where they discuss clothing.
"Rouge Trader?" Is that the 40K version of "Cosmopolitan" or something?
no you nugget, the book Rogue Trader, or 40K MK1.
In the grim darkness of the far future, there is the black market in blush, the liberation of lipstick, the massacre of mascara, and in the midst of it all, one man, with one ship, travels the galaxy bringing skintone foundation to all. He is . . .

Rouge Trader!
One fucking typo, and this is the hell I get.

[xdiesp]

They tell me Crysis demo lasts more or less 20 mins...?!

Well, I can guarantee you it's not much shorter than Painkiller exp 2 and Fear exp 2 demos then. I would describe Painkiller as an "old fun fps" and Fear as "an honest shooter, a little shy".

[hybridial]

Fear as "an honest shooter, a little shy".

I like FEAR, but you've picked about the one word I wouldn't describe it with, "honest".

It tried to be a horror FPS, scary and all that shit, wasn't really very much. Good shooter though, but it should leave that crap to games like The Suffering, Silent Hill and the like.

[GigaShinMechaSonOfSamusV]

Also, let us not forget that somehow FEAR used the "creepy little girl" hook, which we have seen far too many times already in cinema, in order to create its horror, and somehow people actually praised and enjoyed it.

I didn't think it was cool with The Ring, and I think even less of it now.

Rest of the game isn't too bad.

[xdiesp]

hybridial: that's exactly what I mean, honest guys are average workers, with decent results, no frills, who apply but just don't have anything which makes them stand out above banality

/carried away forcibly by the comics code authority for idolizing crime

I think that the stupidest thing in Fear is not actually the repetitive "boo!" moments with the girl (if you go "boo!" on me, I get scared even if you are the easter bunny), but the fact that your material enemies have zero personality. They are called Replica Soldiers, and are more or less zombies moved by a telepath: consequences of any of this in the game? Zero. There is only one time when they played on this, at the end of the game and at the beginning of the first expansion, when the soldiers are shut off and just stand there as mannequins (you see a street full of soldiers who are asleep while standing), and it's not much.

[hybridial]

Also, let us not forget that somehow FEAR used the "creepy little girl" hook, which we have seen far too many times already in cinema, in order to create its horror, and somehow people actually praised and enjoyed it.

I didn't think it was cool with The Ring, and I think even less of it now.

Rest of the game isn't too bad.

Pretty much exactly how I feel. Less creepy girl, more best Shotgun eva!!!, please.

[Deathninja]

Atm just gone back to Dungeon Siege. Got Hellgate:London on preorder for later this week, but Flagship can fuck right off if they think I'm buying into the elite online version

[xdiesp]

Clive Barker's Jericho, first impression: apparently the structure is from Republic Commando, which was a very simplified squad fps (think of Rainbow Six, only for toddlers), but the game plays like Space Hulk, which in turn was a very old doom clone where you fought in linear corridors, with no strafing or hiding possible.

The game has got atmosphere and is cool, let's not forget about that: you got a lesbian sniper, a battle priest, a pistol-wielding latex-wearing goth chick with the left hand constantly on her katana whose special attack is to cut herself, plus a kind of "Charlie" ('s angels) coordinator who's a disembodied soul.

But since Clive Barker's Undying was Bioshock 10 years earlier, to see an update of that Space Hulk relic now is kind of a letdown.

[hybridial]

Clive Barker's Jericho, first impression: apparently the structure is from Republic Commando, which was a very simplified squad fps (think of Rainbow Six, only for toddlers), but the game plays like Space Hulk, which in turn was a very old doom clone where you fought in linear corridors, with no strafing or hiding possible.

The game has got atmosphere and is cool, let's not forget about that: you got a lesbian sniper, a battle priest, a pistol-wielding latex-wearing goth chick with the left hand constantly on her katana whose special attack is to cut herself, plus a kind of "Charlie" ('s angels) coordinator who's a disembodied soul.

But since Clive Barker's Undying was Bioshock 10 years earlier, to see an update of that Space Hulk relic now is kind of a letdown.

I want to play it, it has lovely design, and hey, far as I'm concerned Halo is just a doom clone, I just hate that people pretend it isn't.

Anyway, been playing Metroid Prime 3. It seems to be an excellent game and has gone the smart route and decided that if it was going to be more linear, it would embrace that linearity and take advantage of it to produce some excellent set pieces.

It's second boss fight, those who have played it will which one I refer to, was the fucking shit. One of the best boss fights ever, I honestly feel that way.

[GigaShinMechaSonOfSamusV]

I'm concerned Halo is just a doom clone, I just hate that people pretend it isn't.
Hey, it's not a Doom clone. You can't aim vertically in Doom.

[StalkerHank 0.2]

I want to play it, it has lovely design, and hey, far as I'm concerned Halo is just a doom clone, I just hate that people pretend it isn't.


I haven't seen any of Prime 3 yet. I should check that out.
As for Halo, I haven't played doom in a while, but I feel like those a few of the only shooters I can draw concreate distictions between.

Doom seems to me like a game of desperation. You're alone against a horde of hell. You pulling that trigger out of fear more than hate. Every corner is your next trial by fire.

Halo often feels more like a battlefield in the open areas. I'll admit readily that close corner sessions with Hunters and The Flood is very Doom-esque. But other parts it's you and the chumps behind you laying down suppresive fire, tring to advance and gain ground. Each rock is your next shelter and you feel like your facing an army rather than a horde. They are smart. They are coodinated. They are the enemy.

[xdiesp]

First person shooters have yet to show any credible real time mass fights between npcs: Halo's npcs don't feel natural when interacting with one another and really big battles are rare, WW2 fps achieve coolness but are actually Lunapark rides on a script\track. When I was putting npcs all over HL2's levels to make you able to fight along allies, against multiple enemies all the time, it was kind of evident that what these npcs' big actions never hit the right cords for emotions.

[StalkerHank 0.2]

I agree completely with you. While I've seen some interesting simulated battles, they really lack substance. I've seen some interesting things done with mods and the faction system in ES4:Oblivion, but the NPCs still come off as, well, dumb. Because they are.
Personality and "emotion" - pretty much hits the nail on the head. They don't have then.

[JackTaco]

Brotherhood in Arms does a fair job of small unit fighting, but for the most part, I agree with ya. Besides, the focus in FPS is not them anyway. ;)

If you want that sort of thing, you're gonna get it in Company of Heroes, tho it's more RTS than FPS.

BTW, I'm replaying Dawn of War: Winter Assault

[Hep C is BAD!]

Just beat Portal after ....4-5 hours. Ugh, I need to sleep, my head is spinning.

And Team Fortress 2 seems to be an exercise in Chaos.

Haven't dove into Half-Life 2 yet - never beat that game.

[Chren Rohay]

The Sagara Familly...

Wow I am bored.

[Alexander]

I've been playing Persona 3 for the past week.

It is very, very awesome.

[Macky]

I shouldn't even be in this thread, cos I haven't played a video game for about a week. :(

[xdiesp]

Haven't dove into Half-Life 2 yet - never beat that game.

Don't make me happy by taking a look at the work I did on that old Substance minimod http://ludus1942.ngi.it/downloads.html

[sm6]

We need to have a TF2 game or something.

[Macky]

Been playing Unreal Tournament 2004. Man the assault mode is awesome.

[Hep C is BAD!]

We need to have a TF2 game or something.

Someone make a Krakow group in steam.

[Chren Rohay]

I'm back on my Animal Crossing town because of the AC guilt trip thread. (http://4chanarchive.org/brchive/dspl_thread.php5?thread_id=7629702&x=animal+crossing+guilt+trip)

[GigaShinMechaSonOfSamusV]

Been playing Unreal Tournament 2004. Man the assault mode is awesome.
You should get UT3 when it comes out; then Hybridial and I can take turns killing you.

[Macky]

You should get UT3 when it comes out; then Hybridial and I can take turns killing you.

Hah! I don't know about you, but I don't think Hybridial will find me an easy kill. I've had a fair amount of practice at it now. Like it matters, my current PC sucks so bad it can't even run Guild Wars properly.

EDIT: Been playing FFX-2, am at 20% completion time. Despite all the times I've been told it sucks, I'm finding it fun. From playing I can see all the things that suck about it (music, camera, sometimes but not always the platforming and some of the cut scenes which can be real cringe material) but those things aside it's still a good game.

[xdiesp]

The full version of Puzzle Quest PC came out: if you want to try it in multiplayer, there is a 80 megs torrent floating around (the demo is single only).

A friend from work wanted to be initiated to the joys of FPSs, so I picked up some free game for him: Halo CE's weapons didn't pack enough power for him to like them, then it was Fear Combat which was just too dull (damn man, the last fps you played was Doom 2!).

Now it's time for Far Cry once again, since we can't afford Crysis. I still have my minimods from years ago: the most fun is the one where every weapon kills with one hit, but this mod causes post traumatic stress disorder. Then there is a team-deathmatch\CTF mod where the attacker sees things like Predator and hears nearby footsteps: in the jungle, but also in the structures around the flag, the attacker can very well kill everybody while the others mobilize.

[Anónimo]

After the guy that repaired my PC erased Doom3 from it (and all my stored savegames), I started playing "Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb". Frustrating. Really frustrating. I'm stuck at the end of the 1º mission, but I swear I'll find a way to pass it...:mad:

[xdiesp]

Anonìmo: it gets better later, as for quality of the puzzles... but the fighting system is broken: just shoot everybody, don't even try using fists or the whip

[Deathninja]

Endless ocean, it's pretty fun, and doesn't require any real thought. Great after long lab days.

[GigaShinMechaSonOfSamusV]

Playing Gears co-op with a friend. Sadly we could only start on Hardcore, which I find is way too easy with two players. Playing on Insane alone however can be a bear.

We defeated the Corpser in 15 seconds. We were so quick that there wasn't even a chance for Wretches to spawn.

[Chren Rohay]

Red Shift, visual novel.
Partially tsundere albino girl, FTW.

[GigaShinMechaSonOfSamusV]

Red Shift

Why does that sound familiar?

Oh, that's why. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redshift)

This geeking out needs to quit.

[Macky]

Played some more Unreal Tournament 2004 tonight. Man, that game is awesome. Need to correct though, I said in an earlier post that I enjoyed playing the Assault mode, which was wrong. The mode I had been playing was Onslaught. I tried Assault tonight. After a while of getting killed 2 seconds after spawning over and over from a guy camping with a one hit weapon and a guy in a tank, I gave up and went back to Onslaught. Fun was had.

Ohh, and played some more FFX-2. Am now 31% through the game, on Chapter 3. Have found that I find the mini-game Sphere Break to be to hard (even though it's simple maths), so I'll probably not be able to get that Dress Sphere (Class).

And now, a question. Has anyone played the Naruto game for the 360? Is it any good? Naruto games are something I avoid like the plague, but this one looks good.

[GigaShinMechaSonOfSamusV]

Are there any good Onslaught servers still up? Last time I checked a couple months ago, there wasn't much but deathmatch servers running.

[Macky]

Are there any good Onslaught servers still up? Last time I checked a couple months ago, there wasn't much but deathmatch servers running.

I've had no trouble finding matches. I dunno if I'm a judge of what's a good server or not, but they seemed good to me. was playing today with up to 32 people, was damned hectic, and the other day it was 15 I think.

[Charlie Deuce]

Started playing MOO3 again today. I love this game.

[xdiesp]

The Wii has officially surpassed the X360: 13.52 vs 12.93 million consoles sold. PS3 still lagging behind with 5.51.

Meanwhile on another planet, the portable console wars goes on: Nintendo DS 54.5 vs Sony PSP 26.14 million consoles sold. Yes, the number of DS in the houses of people is tenfold that of installed PS3, and 4 times that of sold Wii. It's pretty evident how portable gaming has kept Nintendo to end its career like Sega did, even when a couple of its home consoles have pretty much scored under average.

[Macky]

[QUOTE=xdiesp;3810]The Wii has officially surpassed the X360: 13.52 vs 12.93 million consoles sold. PS3 still lagging behind with 5.51.QUOTE]

You wouldn't happen to have the UK figures of those, would you? They'll be roughly the same but I'm still curious. I'm personally glad the PS3 isn't selling well, it really doesn't deserve to. The consoles worth owning right now are the 360 and the Wii. I'm regretting owning a DS at the moment, there's jack to play on it. I've done the end run of FF III about 6 more times. It's something to do on traffic-stuck bus journeys...

[hybridial]

Metroid Prime 3 has been getting quite a lot of my time lately. It's awesome and probably game of the year thus far for me... shame that'll probably last till as long before I play Super Mario Galaxy XD

Meanwhile on another planet, the portable console wars goes on: Nintendo DS 54.5 vs Sony PSP 26.14 million consoles sold. Yes, the number of DS in the houses of people is tenfold that of installed PS3, and 4 times that of sold Wii. It's pretty evident how portable gaming has kept Nintendo to end its career like Sega did, even when a couple of its home consoles have pretty much scored under average.

Not really, the N64 sold over 30,000 000 units which frankly, was not average by the standards of any console that wasn't teh PSX... that really shifted the goal posts. But anybody who calls the N64 a failure don't know what they are talking about, or even below average.

On the other hand, the Gamecube was a minor failure, Nintendo really wanted to surpass the N64 in sales with it, but got about 25 million. That's still twice as many units sold as the Dreamcast and not much under the Xbox.

30 and 25 > Sega's 11 and 12. Nintendo made enough profit on those sales numbers to viably continue to make consoles without the portable crutch... though that's always a nice help.

[xdiesp]

Tomorrow I'll finish Clive Barker's Jericho: a broken game, yet too cool an horror story to say "no" to. It's just so convoluted and absurd that it keeps your attention high, like a ranting madman does since he could jump at your throat at any time. There is even an Hellraiser homage, as the story tells you how God imprisoned his first (evil) creation into a void space outside of reality... which is commonly called the Box, and we know very well what a kind of box Clive Barker must have in mind.

http://www.designingonline.com/holiday-bargains-gifts/graphics/halloween-hellraiser-puzzle-box.jpg
There's something evil in a Rubik's cube

[hybridial]

I just started Jericho. It's definitely got it's issues, but hell, the execution of the story is superb and the voice acting is definitely above par. The game itself plays alright, but it's rather too dark and the kamikaze zombies are a goddamn pain. But I always appreciate decent execution of melee in an FPS, it has that, and there's a fair variety between the different characters that means you really have to play different with each one which helps the game's depth.

[xdiesp]

hybridial: I'll give you an input on a couple of things I missed at first, so you can avoid making my errors...

Gunner: use the fire dragon on the exploding zombies;
Sniper: the telekinetic attack stuns and burns enemies. Use her grenades as much as possible;
Ninja: if you use Blood Ward (the red portal with tentacles), she can one-shot enemies with the sword;
Hacker: enter bullet time often and throw 2-seconds grenades at the enemy;
Priest: don't use him and stay away from him in case of exploding zombies, he's a rezzer;
The seemingly useless mr. Jones: he's got the same gun of the leader, the machinegun+shotgun which is excellent. But he doesn't use magic, so he looks useless at first: all he can do is to project himself on enemies, or rather "mark" them. That's the point of the character: you have to mark an enemy and then order the squad to use a specific magic on him (telekinesis, blood ward, dragon). People rightfully complain that the game has stupid squad commands, but this guy has exactly this purpose.

[Anónimo]

I've just started (played for about 20 minutes) with "The Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of Earth"...next stop, Innsmouth! Woohoo!:D

[xdiesp]

Jericho ends too abruptly, it almost lacks an ending at all. The hints to what happens are there, but doing it so abruptly reminds one of the demented finale from Tarantino's Death Proof. Let's say a few more seconds to it would have helped ... anyway it's a happy ending.

[Deathninja]

Mario Galaxy, again they've added gameplay which is fun, feels fresh and doesn't detract from the traditional feel of Mario platformers too much.

[hybridial]

I've just started (played for about 20 minutes) with "The Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of Earth"...next stop, Innsmouth! Woohoo!:D

It will be amazing until you get a gun, then start sucking ass. Unfortunately that game really should have stayed fightless the whole way through, it was fun that way.

Anyway, got Mario Galaxy, haven't played it yet, and also Virtua Fighter 5 on the 360, and Macky probably will slap me for saying this, but after so much DOA4, I have decided that it's nothing on DOA2 and VF5 is actually a better game (than DOA4 anyway)

It's funny how Vannessa's counters work in a similar way to the DOA counters but are actually easier to do.

[xdiesp]

Anonimo: Lovecraft is the hardest to convert into pictures or movies, because his horror should be invisible and unimaginable - it should wreak havoc in your imagination while undefined. Ultimately, every attempt to represent it ends up being diminutive. Possibly the best example of good lovecraft horror in cinema is Picnic at Hanging Rock.

http://www.celtoslavica.de/chiaroscuro/films/picnic/picnic5.jpg
In aboriginal australia, the rock picnics YOU!

[GigaShinMechaSonOfSamusV]

Playing God Hand on Hard. I don't think I'll get far, but I'm going to try slowly but surely. A level a day I think.

Shit this game is still good even when it is at its toughest. This is what we should have remembered Clover by.

[hybridial]

Shit this game is still good even when it is at its toughest. This is what we should have remembered Clover by.

Yep, and not Okami. Okami got pretty dull.

Oh Taidan, I'm not sure what you feel about Virtua Fighter, but I'm having a lot of fun playing 5 over Live and there is little in the way of bullshit behaviour. I definitely recommend it.

[xdiesp]

Now approaching Crysis: my machine can only handle low-medium detail and the game basically looks like Far Cry to me, but it's good enough. If game reviewers on the internet weren't memoryless puppets fed by gaming companies (just look at the weekly contributions to Kotaku), they would have warned you that the extreme open-endedness of Far Cry ended up hurting the game, instead of telling you again it's a revolution (for Crysis). Anyway I'm proud to say that my own little mod for HL2 had all the crysis suits ideas and more, two years ago.

[Charlie Deuce]

Anyway I'm proud to say that my own little mod for HL2 had all the crysis suits ideas and more, two years ago.

So where was your game, xdiesp? Where are the loads of cash you're raking in for your "Crysis suit ideas and more?"

[Anónimo]

Anonimo: Lovecraft is the hardest to convert into pictures or movies, because his horror should be invisible and unimaginable - it should wreak havoc in your imagination while undefined. Ultimately, every attempt to represent it ends up being diminutive. Possibly the best example of good lovecraft horror in cinema is Picnic at Hanging Rock.

Well, "Alone in the Dark 1" was nice...at least for the first half of the 90s...during that time, I didn't know who H.P. Lovecraft was....I really thought the Myths were an actual cult!:o

And what about the movie? I almost fainted when I heard there was going to be an AinTD adaptation...until I saw Christian Slater in the trailer jumping around while firing two guns ...what?!?! There wasn't even a "jump" command in the games! Damn you, Slater! I didn't even watch that crap. I hope Guillermo del Toro will make a decent adaptation of "In the Mountains of Madness"...

[xdiesp]

So where was your game, xdiesp? Where are the loads of cash you're raking in for your "Crysis suit ideas and more?"

My mod has always been free, because I'm an anarchist.

[JackTaco]

I too am awaiting the arrival of Crysis. I am SO gonna bypass all kinds of shit in the game! (Enhanced Strength jumps over the hills ftw!)
Though I wonder, if it's possible to stealth one's way through the whole game and not shoot a single bullet?

otoh, I just finished playing Hitman Blood Money (along with Hitman 2 and Hitman Silent Assassin)

I'm hoping the movie isn't a disaster!

[Anubis]

um EQ2 ya its old but meh

[Deathninja]

Super Metroid, the series should've stayed 2-D.

[Macky]

I here 3 kicks ass.

And I'm playing Diablo II again. I feel like an addict who just can't give it up. I swore I was done with it!

[The Rookie]

Mario Galaxy

[Macky]

Mario Galaxy

I needs to try me that. You got it yet Hybridial?

[hybridial]

I needs to try me that. You got it yet Hybridial?

Hellz yeah. It's quite good, not seen anything amazing yet but I hear it just keeps getting better the more you go into it.

[xdiesp]

Though I wonder, if it's possible to stealth one's way through the whole game and not shoot a single bullet?

You read my mind: in perfect Metal Gear fashion, at first I tried to just down everybody with non-lethal melee attacks... but I soon learnt that 1) melee blows aren't that powerful if not powered-up, 2) when powered up, they become lethal as a gun and 3) stunned enemies return normal within no more than two minutes. So to say, it's impractical but probably possible against human targets: not having non-lethal bullets is annoying, but to be invisible is just overkill (after all, we beat Far Cry with no invisibility at all - at least not on the pc version). Against alien targets which I haven't fought yet, I guess it would be safe to say that it's either them or you with no stealth possible.

[Alexander]

Finished Persona after 110 hours.

So awesome.
The world's in danger in every RPG, but this was the first time I actually believed it. This is the only game since my first time with Super Metroid that my heart was racing. So awesome.

So awesome.

[Charlie Deuce]

So awesome.

Calm down, Al.

[xdiesp]

I beat the second expansion of F.e.a.r. in 10 hours, with no bullet time, on hard difficulty. This series' level design is a crime against God and humanity... if I see another grey industrial warehouse level, I'm gonna puke.

[Chren Rohay]

I remembered that Summon Night: Swordcraft story has been sitting in the GBA slot of my DS for forever now so I decided to play it again.

ALSO
http://chibitami.net/works/flash/dr_yagokoro/index.html

Dr. Mario + Touhou = addiction, especially the music.

[hybridial]

I beat the second expansion of F.e.a.r. in 10 hours, with no bullet time, on hard difficulty. This series' level design is a crime against God and humanity... if I see another grey industrial warehouse level, I'm gonna puke.

After FEAR, which was reasonably enjoyable, but I don't think it's shallowness makes me want to experience the expansions.

[xdiesp]

hybridial: imho the first expansion was better than the original game: there were more ghosts and gore, you also happened to visit churches and the like, plus the story was literally the beginning of the apocalypse

[hybridial]

I got Mass Effect and Unreal Tournament 3.

They really gotta stop realeasing like every motherfucking awesome game in the second half of a given year in November >_>

[The Rookie]

My friend obtained a "less than legal" copy of rock band and so far i've enjoyed it more than Guitar Hero 3 and that's JUST playing guitar and bass.

Can't wait till it comes out here, stupid delay...

[Reincarnation of Neol]

I just beat the new Fire Emblem game for the Wii.

It wasn't bad. The story kinda weak compared to it's gamecube predecessor.


They took our support conversions and added in... random.. in battle talk.

Not even good talk.. I mean like the " Don't get killed, okay?" kind of talk.

[sm6]

Just got Super Mario Galaxy. Once I got over the weird camera angles, it seems to be a pretty solid platformer for the Mario lineup. Though I think the whole "spinning attack" is out of place. Mario was about good ol' fashioned head smashing, not a "spin to stun and kick" combo. But the fact that the 2nd player controls are simple enough for my parents to play with me is a plus.

I also got Killer 7 and F-Zero for the Gamecube, Sin&Punishment from the VC. I had to put Killer 7 down after 2 hours of frustration. I just couldn't get used to the gameplay mechanics. The fluidity of the game was lost in the "stop to shoot" mechanic. In a situation where suicide demon bombers are running at you, I doubt anyone will just stand still to take potshots until the said demons explode into tiny blood droplets.

F-Zero is a game for speed-a-holics. I wish there was a way to just look at the backgrounds (since I'm often moving way too fast to see what the hell's going on anyway.) Only thing I'm mad at is I have to get 1st place to move on, yet the NPCs seem to be exempt from the requirement.

Sin & Punishment is actually quite good. It's like an arcade shooter with a limited amount of movement and the counter system isn't obnoxiously hard. Graphics are kinda muddy, but it's the N64. Story is a bit confusing, although reading the backstory online did clear some things up.

[hybridial]

Only thing I'm mad at is I have to get 1st place to move on, yet the NPCs seem to be exempt from the requirement.

Huh? That's not true, least not for the grand prix mode. But you do need a good amount of first places to guarantee you win the cup, however.

Also Killer7 is great. I probably didin't have a problem with the Mechanics because I've played all the Resident Evil: Gun Survivor games.

[xdiesp]

I played Crysis for a bit. It's Far Cry 2007: big levels with lots of nothing to do in between the fights. Most of the time, you use the much vaunted suit to stay invisible and nothing else: the super strenght and super speed are only likely to have you killed. But staying stealthy gets boring after a while, as the levels are gigantic but the enemies are all the same. Like in Far Cry if anyone ever had the nerves to finish it. They say that the levels become alien-centered later on, but it actually gets worse gameplay-wise.

[GigaShinMechaSonOfSamusV]

Am I the only one playing Call of Duty 4?

Rented it when I got home from the holiday, and wow. Just a lot of fun in so many ways.

Someone on the other side of the pond needs to play it and tell me if the SAS squad are gross caricatures of Britons.