What game right now?
The World Ends With You for the DS.
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What game right now?
The World Ends With You for the DS.
Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia for the DS.
It returns to the Gothic style of Symphony of the Night that Portrait of Ruin and others replaced with the anime style. But it is still made by the same developers who made Portrait of Ruin, so the game is just as good. Interesting mechanic of combining glyphs, which serve as weapons, spells, some abilities, and summons. It's a lot like SotN in that way.
But earlier reviews were right, the game is hard. You really have to think through every boss fight, and save rooms are not anywhere near where you might find them convenient.
It's an awesome game though. If you've liked Castlevanias, this one is definitely one you shouldn't miss.
I only played like the first 30 minutes maybe and it's a lot more interactive it seems. With the magnetism circle thingy you use to launch yourself.
Yup. Order of Ecclesia is pretty tough, but its a lot of fun. Died quite a few times before finding out an easy way to defeat the skeleton boss at the prison :p
Just bought Sega Rally for $48 AUD. It gained pretty favourable reviews as one with awesome arcade play. Really the only thing missing is all the car customisation that's common with all modern driving simulation games, but that isn't really what this one's about. I've yet to try it yet, but it should be the fun, multiplayer racer I'm looking for.
Fable 2, Farcry 2 and Resistance 2 beta. Yeah, I know a lot of 2s.
Fable 2's been pretty fun so far, combat feels a little too simple.
Farcry 2's single players like a FPS sandbox, can get quite droll. The multiplayers ok, feels like Battlefield: Bad Company and not that much unlockables, there's 5 classes, each with 3 levels to upgrade them. Biggest gripe, the game doesn't look nearly as good as I thought it would. I actually feels it looks worse than CoD4, probably cause there's no sheen or shine and it's color palette on the yellow side.
Resistance 2 is pretty fun. 30 vs 30 with no lag is pretty fucking amazing, guess that's what dedicated PSN servers would do for you. Only gripe is that the guns feel so artificial and awkward, and yeah I know the guns are made up. But even the supposedly most realistic gun, the Carbine doesn't quite shoot like a carbine.
Also playing Fable 2.
The combat gets harder, that's for certain. Some of the enemies get really strong, especially if you wanted to play a gunfighter. Playing as purely Skill-based (ranged attacks) didn't nearly work out as well as I had hoped. Some better equipment and another level to get Zoom will help, but I've been relying more and more on a speedy katana to get by. It's still super satisfying to go "[slice], [slice], BOOM" and kill a bandit though.
That said, I'm really enjoying it. This time, Peter Molyneux wasn't all full of hot air. There's dry humor everywhere in the series, from dialogue to the descriptions on the items. You do tend to get attached to the dog after a while too. Especially once it starts ripping throats out after you ground enemies with a well placed flintlock shot.
(Hint: Dye all your clothes black, you can get the Goth Achievement, "Because everyone knows black is the coolest colour.")
I haven't played too far atm. Just got Hannah to "join" our cause. Really enjoying just running around looking for stuff. The dog makes the hassle of conventional stuff way less tedious, and the dog's actions are quite realistic.
Hopefully there's like some better looking clothing or plate armor or something, cause atm I'm in this noble gent's get up that I'm getting way tired of and looks ridiculous when you're hacking away at Hollowed Men.
I regret pumping Physique now, my dude's so fat.
I don't regret focusing on Skill anymore, the middle was tough (the Crucible beyond frustrating) but it worked out in the end. I got up to/past ranks three in both Speed and Accuracy, and with the ability to pick a specific target spot (including head), I am utterly lethal with any firearm. Bandit swarms are left to headless stumps in short order thanks to a quality Blunderbuss. With a revolver, I can hit a guy 5 times in the head before he hits the ground.
I'm still weak when most things get in real close though. They just usually don't make it there :D
I just did the first 5 crucible rounds perfect, I barely made the 5th with 2:10 being the cut off and making it with 2:09 lol. I don't think I'm gonna perfect all the rounds. But this round was gay due to the fact that the bandits like to run around. Good thing I got the Fire Dragon pistol from the Shooting Challenge. That thing owns.
edit: Got all 8 rounds perfected, woot. But it took like 5 tries on the troll at the end to get under 1:50. I heard there was supposed to be an item I can get if I perfect it, but I guess it's another time I have to do again ;(.
Damn, i really want to play fable 2.. but i will have to wait for pc or (nearly impossible) ps3 vers.
I'm playing Dead Space right now - atmosphere is awesome, gameplay is sweet too. There are none annoying strike from behind = dead scenes, so you dont get frustrated like in doom3. Plot looks good so far(act 3 right now). Every ecounter is fun and diffirent(and difficult especially on pad not keyboard).
This gaming season is pretty awesome, Dead Space, Far Cry 2, Mirror's Edge, Red Alert 3, Guitar Hero IV, Valkyria Chronicles, and much more.
Whilst playing Fable 2, I really was itching to replay Peter Molyneux's old studio's epic series Dungeon Keeper. Downloading the first and second as we speak.
I used to play this game so much as a kid. Yeah, I know weird game to be playing as a kid, but it's probably really high up there when it comes to favorite games. Too bad, the 3rd was cancelled, and probably won't ever be made again.
PM's announcement of something new will probably be a new IP, but it'd be amazing if it was DK3.
Dungeon keeper is/was awesome. It's still one of the better games, even today imho
Btw it had it's own song which was shown on TV multiple times (MTV and Viva.tv which is a german music programm... however it's in german)
take a look :)
this game (and song) is really funny... a lot better than Overlord!
it's just really awesome to be evil... slapping your Imps so they work faster etc ^^
and let's not forget, it has one of the best battle themes.
Oh man, you made me want to play it too, good thing that I own both... DK1 and DK2 ^^
It took quite a bit of digging, a couple of DK1 downloads would just refuse to work on XP.
And lol @ the music vid.
Yeah DK was awesome series, but my childhood games were Command and Conquer, Tomb Rider....and Duke Nuke'em.
I guess you got close enough.Quote:
Originally Posted by Xelbair
Anyway, I'm still on my renewed WoW fix. Finally got up to 61 on my mage and aiming for 62 tonight.
Childhood games for me were PutPut Goes To The Moon, Freddie & LuLu etc. Good times, in all honesty. Then I mucked around with the Quest for Glory 1,3,4 for most of my childhood. First "gaming experience" would have been Starcraft.Then came my Playstation in 1997.Quote:
Originally Posted by Xelbair
My first game ever was the original Doom. I used to watch my uncle play it all the time, and he let me play sometimes. He even gave me his old computer. I was like 6 at the time and I had no idea how it worked. All it had installed on it was DOS, Windows 3.1 and Doom. Since I was a little kid and had no idea how DOS worked, I'd type some retarded commands like, "get more games" lewl. Then further on I'd play Heretic, Hexen, Duke Nukem 3D, Shadow Warrior (Made by DN3D makers, but way less popular).
Man, I've been playing a ton of FPS. And that's just PC games. I had a Genesis hand me down from my cousin, and played all the classics. Streets of Rage 1 and 2, Sonic, Kid Chameleon, Moonwalker (Lawl Michael Jackson game), NBA Jam (Man that game was awesome), etc. My first RPG was Suikoden for the PSX. And it got me hooked to using SNES emulators and playing old classic RPGs. I did have an SNES though, but all I had was the original Donkey Kong Country ;(
I pretty much will play anything as long as it's good.
Well i never had any console other than atari in my childhood.
And Command and Conquer is way better than starcraft and its robo... i mean korean people.
I remember Shadow Warrior - it was really fun to play.
That's a matter of opinion, i myself find C&C somewhat boring due to the lack of variation in units. Complaining about Korean peoples aside, Starcraft really does excel at giving you different strategy to work with depending on the race you are playing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Xelbair
I've been playing Far cry 2 recently and i would have to agree with animus. I think a sandbox fps is an interesting, even though it turn out to be quite boring. The main problem with the single player in Far cry is every single mission pretty much boil down to going from A to B and shoot C. The lack of variation in mission and bosses to break up the monotony really kills the fun which is a shame since an FPS in the plains of Africa is a great idea.
Well - starcraft units just annoy me - i can't find ones that suit me and work well.
I'm playing guitar hero Aerosmith on PC now, i think that in some songs on expert should be pause and their vocalist should say "This part is for guitar hero players, just to annoy them" and then not-so-epic sounding solo that is damn hard.
got the new Brothers in Arms just yesterday for PC... in english and uncut
Really, really good game.. I think it is a lot better than RTH30 or Earned in Blood, not only because of the graphics, but also because of the gameplay.
It's not that difficult to hit people anymore, and the multiplayer looks very good too
Too bad I don't have an original copy, I hope I can use a german key for my cracked game, because I don't want to play it without gore.
It's not that there is so much blood or something, but the voices sound a lot better in the original language. "Scheiße! Ein Zebra!" (german) < "Sheiße! Ein Siebra!" (german/english mix xD)... but ok, I have to admit that the gore is awesome too.. You can shoot of limbs or half of the enemy's face when you hit in the head. And grenade explosions tear soldiers in part... sometimes you can see the upper part of a body (which is missing an arm or even the head) flying over your head. Too brutal? I say "No!" because it doesn't happen all the time and I believe things like that happend during war too.
But man the multiplayer (have only played it with my brother yet) looks like it will be very good.
You've got a Squad leader who can order a recon or airstrike and the rest of your team (all human players) are divided into 3 squads.
3 players = 1 Squad
1 squad has special weapons like a heavy MG, Bazooka and sniper.
1 squad is controlling a Tank ( MG on top, canon-turret, Driver+Mg)
1 squad uses normal weapons (Garand, Thompson etc)
The Squad leader can order these 3 squads around on the map and as a player in that squad you (can) follow them.. this way, he can help you to flank the enemy or to warn you if you are flanked by ordering you to fall back.
Sounds cool, doesn't it? I don't know if this actually happens during online play, but I'm pretty sure that this situations appear during a Clan-war
Btw my comp =
Athlon 2000 Mhz
1gig DDR Sdram
Nvidea GF 7900GT/GTO (256MB)
and I can play the game without problems on low graphic and 1024x768
but don't be fooled, the game looks still better than CoD4 on high graphics with 2/4x AA
I was really amazed that it runs so well on my computer, I can play it smoothly.. (I don't have a FPS monitor ingame but I guess it's around 40-50 most of the time and sometimes ~20-30)
Story: I had tears in my eyes at the end... and Baker.. well, let's just say he has a lot of problems and feelings of guilt because of Leggit. All the cinematics make you think you are watching a Movie. You encounter 2-3 ingame-cinematics during every mission which look awesome and are well made.
I'd give this game 95 Points out of 100
The only bad thing about this game is the AI... They arn't supressing your people, do not throw grenades and do not charge in even though they have the upper hand in different situation... So even on Authentic, the game wasn't really that hard to beat.
Wow... long text.. but the game is really awesome, which is why I'll buy it, even though I could just use my Cracked version ^^
I also got Dead Space here, but I doubt that my comp will be good enough for that game... and I'm already fucking scared just by seeing all the trailers and stuff..
I played the new Brothers in Arms on the X360 and I wasn't impressed. Still the same suppress and flank routine from the first game. The storyline and characterizations were
pointless unless you're a WWII buff and haven't seen enough from all the other WWII games and movies out there.
Dead Space is pretty bad ass on the X360. Graphics are amazing. I'd love to play it on an SLI PC, but even on the console it looks fantastic. The gameplay is unfortunately nothing really new. It's like all the other shooters out there but with some cool little tricks and gimmicks to spice it up. The horror aspect is what sets it apart, though it's like Doom or FEAR, except scarier.
I'm also playing FarCry 2 on the PC. I think they should have stayed with the stranded-on-an-island storyline. The environments are impressive but repetitive and drab. Nothing amazing like the crystal clear blue water in the first game. It's all mission based like GTA, sandbox style. So far I'm enjoying it, but they need to tie the storyline together better. Basically you're doing missions to earn money and friends while trying to progress the larger (hackneyed) story of pursuing an arms dealer. Not much compelling you to play except to kill a bunch of people but nowhere near as enjoyable as GTA:IV.
I'm currently playing:
Mana Khemia: Alchemists of Al-Revis
Lol, why on an SLI pc? it runs crazy fast on a single card for me ( 80+fps, compared to console ~30).
And Brothers in arms? meh, only cause im dutch really, supposedly historically correct, but everything looks more like some old american village.
Right now I actually dunno what to play, some castlevania in the train and smash melee and armored core 4a at school. Then at home I have too much choice and wind up just watching some anime instead >_>
I'm playing Time Hollow, for the DS.
It's a great "game" (more like visual novel), the music, the visual, heck it even have animated cut scenes, and a good story. (Though confusing as hell in the beginning..)
I currently finished the game once, gonna "continue" from the prologue to start the alternative path. (After finishing the game, you follow Sox(the cat) in the prologue, and end up meeting with Irving, which you don't during the first play through.)
Played through the Mirror's Edge demo a few times.
This game was getting a lot of hype it seemed, and I wasn't too sure about the first person free-runner concept, but amazingly, it works brilliantly. Being in first person as opposed to third, it is really easy to get drawn into the game and develop immersion. You feel the gentle thuds of shoes when you are running really fast, hear the wind whipping past (especially when you fall to your death), and everything else involved in the coordinated movements. You can only see what she sees, so you really need to look around and find the angles, and despite the fact that most of it is colored in red, some of them are hidden rather well unless you know exactly where to look. Observation and quick assessment of the surroundings is still key.
The controls were a little awkward at first, but they fit really well after you get used to them.
I'll definitely be picking this one up when it comes out.
Cause if it looks that good on a single card, I imagine it would look even better on an SLI system.Quote:
Originally Posted by darkshadow
Last night I played Dead Space in a dark room at night with no one else around. Pretty freaky.
Fallout 3
It's awesome.
The hardest game ever made. Contra Alien Wars.
Just got Fallout 3...its kind of hard for me, but really engrossing. Actually, i'm having a lot of trouble with it. I cant pickpocket for shit, even though I have the thief perk, plus I have like no caps and no ammo...
Just got this demo on 360 today. Amazing. I haven't felt so immersed in a game in a long time, and that's just the demo. There's something about jumping across rooftops that makes you feel so... free? Don't know.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ryllharu
Controls are good once you're used to them, I agree. I might just go and pre-order this game tomorrow, I think.
Try out the demo on either 360 or PS3 if you get the chance.
youngin...My first game was Super Mario Bros.Quote:
Originally Posted by animus
Just finished Mother 3 today. Man that was a great game.
So was mine. Actually, it was a whole lot of NES games compiled onto a single cart. I remember playing games such as Tennis, Dig Dug, Road Fighter, etc. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Assertn
Nah I think it's different this time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Animeniax
You don't really *need* to flank them because you can actually hit something this time.. in RTH30 it was nearly impossible to hit stuff behind cover.
And it's really enjoyable to *destory* their cover with your bazooka team or trenches/banks/carts wiith your MG-team
The only problem is, as I said, that the germans don't really fight back :/ They don't attack and just wait till I come for them, which makes me angry 8[
But why would the storyline and characterizations be pointless?
This is the first time in a WW2 shooter where you really get to know your team and the inner feelings/sorrow/problems of your character or squad.
and how could someone get enough of movies like Band of Brothers :P come on!
topic:
I think I'm going to buy C&C:RA3 soon. Has it actually been released already?
and on 13th I'll get WoW:WotLK ^^
I never got around to finishing the original Earthbound, should get on that =/.Quote:
Originally Posted by Assertn
Isn't there a complete english patch for Mother 3 or something?
Yep!Quote:
Originally Posted by animus
http://mother3.fobby.net/
Yeah, you want to finish earthbound before playing this one
Dead space runs pretty well in FullHD on radeon 3870, so there is no need for sli/crossfire.
Brother's in Arms seems same old game like first one - and i hate that one, flanking is damn boring, even timeshift was more fun.
Started playing Fallout 3. Maybe an hour or two into it, I''m supposed to go and hunt down the Family.
Sure the game's pretty good, the intro was pretty damn creative. But, it just seems kinda shallow. The shooting mechanics really feel quite awkward. It might be cause I haven't played it long enough. Maybe I don't enjoy it as much, is because I was never too big a fan of Oblivion either. It'll get better I'm sure.
Preordered WotLK this past weekend, and I'm grinding harder than ever to hit 70 in the next nine days. Go go those last 6 levels!
When TBC first came out, I hit 70, 4 days later. That was maybe, 10 hours a day.
You'll get more ammo and caps pretty fast. You can't really get anything at the beginning of the game. You're probably stuck with a baseball bat and a 10mm pistol (with around 30 bullets) for the first little while. It picks up once you start killing actual enemies and selling their loot. The early guns, like assault rifle and hunting rifle, will accelerate the killing process.Quote:
Originally Posted by rockmanj
One annoyance is that there's a limit on how much loot you can sell. The traders all have a finite amount of caps they can "spend" on buying your crap. Most traders have very little, so after a few rounds of selling loot, the trader runs dry. They replenish their caps pretty slow, so the only way to sell back to them is to buy things from them or pay to repair your equipment.
Is LBP really such a good game?Quote:
Originally Posted by Psyke
I was gonna get it, but I wasted so much money on games this holiday season >_>. I took Resistance 2 over LBP, since I was unsure how long it'd last me. At the core since I'm too lazy to create levels, and probably would only be playing them, a platformer doesn't seem that worth it.
Just got Valkyria Chronicles today.... OMG it's freaking awesome! lol... It's like an interactive anime. The interaction being the srpg part of course.
Yeah I got it today too, and since I preordered it I got the spiffy 15 or so page art book. Only played through the first battle atm though.
I played the demo, but wasn't too impressed. I'm still thinking whether to get Little Big Planet or Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm......
I'm going to read up on it but Fallout 3 and Far Cry 2 seem to be the same type of game, sandbox mission-based GTA-style games with RPG elements in desolate environments. Since I'm not that big on RPGs, I only want to devote time to one or the other.
So if you're going to only play one of these 2 games, which would you choose?
They way I'd put it would be:
Far Cry 2: FPS with RPG elements
Fallout 3: RPG with FPS elements
Not for the above reasons, but I'm going to get Fallout 3. I've heard that both games suffer to a degree from repetitiveness and lack of new enemy types as you progress, with Far Cry 2 suffering a tad more in this aspect. Far Cry 2's AI is pretty good though, while I haven't heard anything about Fallout 3's.
For those who've played both games, which do you think has the higher immersion factor?
Fallout is pretty much just Elder Scrolls, same company btw, but instead of swords, it has guns. I never liked the Elder Scrolls series though so I didn't bother with Fallout.
But if you did like the Elder Scrolls series, then Fallout 3 would be a good game for you.
I just finished PS2 Gundam 00. The gameplay is very repetitive but it was fun. XD
Anybody happen to have a spare real Diablo 2/LoD key they don't use anymore? I lost my case >_>
Just picked up Gears of War 2, been playing it for about 7 hours straight. Great stuff. Can't really fault it at the moment. It's just so damned good. Haven't even touched multiplayer yet.
playing Yakuza 2, some random psp games and thinking of picking up BF2142 this weekend.
I'll probably get that this weekend. There was just so many good buys this holiday season, I'm so broke XDQuote:
Originally Posted by Raven
Just finished playing the demo for Mirror's Edge. Yet another title which seems promising....
Promising yes. I was thinking of picking it up when it comes out but I've changed my mind. I'll wait to see a review on it before I buy it because even though I loved the demo and think the game is gonna be amazing, I think its gonna be too short and I'm not sure what replay value it'll have. I'll probably just end up borrowing it from someone or renting it.
It looks promising, and is the most creative new IP this year, but it's 99% a rent game, since you can probably finish it in 5-6 hours. They were talking about how you can complete different levels going different routes or using different things, but honestly it just sounds like a cheap way to try and get replay value in without much thought or hassle.
Did you play the demo? Even in the demo there were multiple paths you could take to get to where you wanted to go, it isn't cheap at all and they definitely put alot of thought into the level designs.
My only fault with this game is that I think its going to be too short, the story has only eight chapters and once that is over, there isn't much replay value which means it isn't worth buying.
I want to play Mirror's Edge, but I think I'd have problems with it. I still get nauseous when playing some games, though I've gotten a lot better in the past few years.
Then I see stuff like this and it completely puts me off:
http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2008/11/3/
I thought Mirror's Edge was pretty cool. But I'm not a big first-person fan. I still think all the stunts could have been pulled off in third-person as well. I'll probably be renting this though.
That's really the draw. All the stunts could've been pulled off and stuff in 3rd person yeah, but then it would just feel like an Assassin's Creed or a Prince of Persia.
From the few reviews that has been done of this game so far they have stated that it's roughly around 8-10 hours long (also gotten 9+ from all reviews so far) I loved the demo and will most likely pick the game up later.Quote:
Originally Posted by animus
Im currently playing Valkyria chronicles and LittleBigPlanet
Finally dragged myself away from Gears 2 long enough to play my shiny new Left 4 Dead demo. Anyone else picking this up? It's gonna be a blast multiplayer. Should get some Gotwoot games going.
I'm still playing MGO. Can't get good enough to beat those fox hounds though. :(
Played some of the Left 4 Dead demo on the 360. I'm definitely gonna pick this up. It's sooooooooo fun. It sounds simple on paper, but playing it is so much more fun.
Some Sonic Unleashed Footage
I'm really excited about this game, tbh. Though, who knows if they'll fuck it up like the past couple Sonic games. The last good sonic game was Sonic Adventures, so yeah. I grew up playing Sonic on the Genesis, so I just pray this'll not be a piece of shit.
I picked up Mirror's Edge today (full game). It's... a lot more difficult than I imagined. I thought it'd be pretty cruisy. Anything but.
Finally, the deed is done. Five hours off of my scheduled deadline, I've hit 70, and it feels awesome. Now, on to 80. At least this time I won't have to fight the clock :P.
Too bad you didn't get to do any of the 70 content. Or did you?
Gonna pick up a copy later, not hardcore enough to scour for midnight openings and play all night.
I just bought my Mirrors Edge Copy, i'll leave it for nighttime and tomorrow morning. I only finished training - controls = awesome, graphics = very good, gameplay = epic, especialy with ps3 motion sensors.
Well, Animus, I didn't, but I suppose there's always an ability to backtrack to Outland and PuG Illidan, right? As for WotLK, I picked up my preordered copy earlier tonight, and now all I'm waiting for is the digital upgrade to finish (go go not having a DVD drive on my computer).
I had to download my shit. Turns out my dvd drive is busted.
Maybe SecuROM messed up your DVD drive.
I'm still playing Dead Space which I find I can only play for 30 minutes at a time. It does set your nerves on edge, though it's not really twisted freaky axe-murderer scary. It's scary because of tricks they play like sudden messages or something falling on you out of nowhere or moody music. Still a great game for FPS-lovers and horror game enthusiasts.
I'm starting on Rainbow Six Vegas 2 on the X360. Pretty fun game. Kind of different feel since I played Vegas 1 on the PC and I'm better with the keyboard and mouse than the game controller.
Dead Space doesn't set your nerves on the edge, compared to F.E.A.R. - i'm at act 4 beginning(so much other games to play - and finally i got my hands on ps2. and time to do my homewor... i mean God of War, Devil May Cry(i played only the 3rd), Tales of..., Finals etc :] - so i don't have enough time for Dead Space). In fear just seeing girl walk up to you can freak you up - especially if you are going down a ladder and hear steps and laugh and just see Alma's foots. And those silent scenes - nothing happens for like 5 minutes while you are in such state that somebody walking to your room might give you heart-attack. Still combat in dead space is 10x better than in fear - it was too easy on hard(just get the bolter and pin heads to wall), and overall dead space is fun to play
Is FEAR (original) worth finishing? I haven't touched it for like a year. I got bored of it for some reason I can't remember.
Yeah, it's a great ending IMO. Play through it if you get the chance. I haven't touched the expansions yet though.
You two really need to play a Fatal Frame (preferably 1 or 2) if you think that Dead Space or F.E.A.R. is the scariest game you've played. I can't play for more than 15 minutes or less at a time.
Every noise in the game or in your house freaks the shit out of you. Then a little broken-neck girl ghost squirms along the floor three times faster than you can run...which is slower than walking speed in Dead Space for reference.
Isn't Fatal Frame the game where you take photos of ghosts in order to kill them? I think I tried it once and didn't like the gameplay mechanics.
Dead Space isn't scary psychologically, it just spooks you with gimmicks.
Yeah i heard of Fatal Frame - i just got my hands on ps2 so i'm gonna do my gaming homework. After Devil May Cry 1, God of War 1 and 2, Tales of Abyss, and some other titles.
Also i were having fun with Soul Calibur's 4 character creation. I made Rei Ayanami, Saber, Assassin, Gilgamesh, Dante and Vergil there.
Dead space isn't scary at all, mostly cause of the fact that there is pretty much infinite ammo, and the plasma cutter rapes pretty much everything.
Same with Fear.
Actually no game is scary, for me at least, I mean how can you get truly scared of something that is on a screen? I can understand ppl getting spooked/startled or even unnerved, but scared? real fear? c'mon :/.
Fatal Frame does a pretty good job of being unnerving/-settling though.
Cool man, I did that not long ago, went and bought a PS2 and played God of War 1 and Okami. I got GoW2 but haven't played it yet. I also want to play the Silent Hill games on the PS2 which are supposed to be better than the newer SH games.Quote:
Originally Posted by Xelbair
Dead Space is fun to play, has some very innovative gameplay techniques, or at least modifications of existing ones (stasis=bullet time). I pumped up the plasma cutter but also a little bit on the other weapons for some variation. Unless the mobs come at you real fast, it's easy to kill them all without much effort. Reload times are slow so that makes it tricky.Quote:
Dead space isn't scary at all, mostly cause of the fact that there is pretty much infinite ammo, and the plasma cutter rapes pretty much everything.
I'll assume you don't like horror flicks either.Quote:
Originally Posted by darkshadow
I remember why now. I'm stuck :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Buffalobiian
Still playing:
NDS - FFTA2 (252 missions now)
PS2 (on PS3) - Nocturne (halfway I think) and Tales of the Abyss (5 hours to go it seems)
PS3 - Disgaea 3
Pending to play:
PS3 - Metal Gear Solid 4 (unlikely though)
PS2 - Digital Devil Saga, Digital Devil Saga 2, Devil Summoner
NDS - Final Fantasy IV DS
Pending to retake or finish someday:
PS2 - Resident Evil Code Veronica X
GC (on Wii) - Resident Evil
Pending to ever use (bought for collection purpose)
GB (on NDS) - Final Fantasy IV, Final Fantasy V, Final Fantasy VI, Tales of Phantasia
PSP - Final Fantasy, Final Fantasy II
Buying between this month and february:
PS2 - Persona 4, Ar Tonelico 2
PS3 - Valkyria Chronicles, Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm
NDS - Chrono Trigger
PSP - Star Ocean
Thinking of buying:
NDS - Dragon Quest IV
Are the Dragon Quest really worth buying? I've never played one.
Yes... I have a severe bag log of games... that happens when I use my free 'entertainment' time watching anime or writing fanfiction...
The older Dragon Quest games are hit or miss. Some are great, some are garbage. The first is fun for nostalgia purposes, but it's really hard (just one character).
VIII though, is a masterpiece. A true classical-style, turn-based rpg. The kind where you don't start as super epic heroes right from the start, and you have only a single task at the start, and hard. The characters are great, Akira Toriyama design at it's finest, the voice work is phenomenal, and the game is hard enough to give you just enough of a challenge the whole way through.
Most of the time, you really do have to pay attention during each and every encounter. If you get lax during even a random encounter, you can end up with a dead character, and in true Dragon Quest form, you cart their dead ass all the way back to a church in town for a res, and they are not cheap.
Boss fights are another matter entirely. If you haven't leveled enough or focused skills properly, one false move can leave your whole party dead.
Plenty of replayablity too. There are more skill types than there are points to level them up. You can always start over and try a totally different play style the next time around. Scythes or axes, swords or spears, whips or staves/magic?
That reminds me...I still need to finish DQ VIII again.
Just got my hands on Left 4 Dead, been playing it non stop for 4 hours now it's really really good. Just having a hard time getting enough of my IRL buddies to pick it up in order to play 4 player co-op.
If anyone else here picked it up it would be fun to have a gotwoot survivor team going
Did you get it on 360 or PC? I got it on PC, myself.
Is it really that good? I saw it on the shelves today, and it's got the most expensive pricetag.
Just get it from Steam, it's much cheaper. And yeah, if you've got friends to play it with, it's brilliant.
Yeah got it on steam, been playing online mostly. And so far most people i have played with have had a mic too. But would still enjoy it a whole lot more playing with 4 close friends and would be able to take on the Expert difficulty then.
So is L4D not worth it for single-player recluses like me?
Probably not. I played the L4D Demo some weaks ago for like 4 hours straight playing the same 3 levels and over, with different people. It was awesome. Some even screamed over Live at their surprise when he got rolled by a tank (super tough zombie dude).
Does online gaming tax heavily on your connection Ani, or is it simply personal preference?Quote:
Originally Posted by Animeniax
Does L4D on PC require really high specs to play? My comp's specs are from like 2004.
Yeah we're on a satellite uplink that is both slow and monitored, so online play would be impossible. I used to love CS:S online, but had to quit that because of the slowness too. Fortunately I should be out of here by the end of February, and will be able to enjoy MP L4D on a 6Mbps/768kbps cable modem connection then.Quote:
Originally Posted by Buffalobiian
I'm can't tell your comp spec from something that vague but if you had what could be considered a "good" computer in 2004 then you should have no problem running L4D. Valve games all scale wonderfully, you could compare them to the FPS version of blizzard so unless your comp has like 500 mb of ram and some video card you bought for $50 five years ago, you should be okay.Quote:
Originally Posted by Idealistic
I gave in and started playing castlevania.
It still hasn't ruined my entire social life, but it's close.
I've got some mixed feelings about the game, but I can full heartily say that it's better than PoR.
also, I'm starting to hear the gametunes from whatever radio I'm listening to. so I guess I'm coming down with some sort of game-mania.
I'm playing co-op at tales of the abyss with my friend - its awesome, but killing normal mobs is not fun - we have to get to boss to have fun.