Game: What game are you currently playing??

**Idealistic** · Thu, 10-08-2009, 07:18 AM

Just picked up Demon's Souls. Time to play my weekend away.

**itadakimasu** · Thu, 10-08-2009, 02:45 PM

Originally Posted by Psyke

From magicbox:

Japanese magazine Gemaga posted a list of the 10 most disappointing games in Japan, 4 games belong to Square Enix:

1.Thunder Force VI (PS2, Sega)
2.Final Fantasy VIII (PS, Square Enix)

Surprising about FFVIII, since I've always thought IX was the one people didn't like.

FFVIII was one of my least liked final fantasy games... I didn't even beat it in my first sitting... I'd stopped playing and took some months off before coming back to it and beating it. It was a huge let down after FFVII's greatness.

My all time favorite will always be FFIV... (FF2 US) it was the 2nd one I played... I'd played the original but never beat it on the console. I beat it w\ emulator thanks to save states and frame skips!..

I - the origininal ! beaten once w\ emulator. could never beat w\ console. still have nes cart
II- played once via emulator.. was ok.
III - played once via emulator.. was ok.
IV - #1 favorite... have played through at least 10 times.
V - good- played at least 2-3 times through
VI - top 3 fave for me, played through at least 5 times. still have snes cartridge
VII - epic - played through at least 4 times.
VIII - meh, didn't like too much. played it once.
ix - it was ok- played once.
x - 5 minutes... didn't like 3 man battle system.
x-2- didn't play
xii - put 36+ hours into it and didn't have time to play it, it was ok.

**animus** · Fri, 10-09-2009, 12:31 AM

x - 5 minutes... didn't like 3 man battle system.

...wait wut?

**Ryllharu** · Fri, 10-09-2009, 03:32 AM

I loved X's battle system. Best part of the game. The turn-based format with a queue bar up the side required so much more strategy and allowed Square to make the game that much harder early on.

By the end of the game you could just completely breeze through no matter who was in your party, but for most of the first half, if you didn't actively switch and use everyone (except Kimari, he was useless) you'd have a real hard time winning. You also were required to get everyone out there, or they never earned experience. None of the learn through osmosis auto-scaling that worked in the previous games.

Enemies had a ridiculous number of immunities and dodges, such that only one or two characters could dispatch them (but usually a one-shot). They also hit that much harder because you knew the exact turn they were going to attack, and therefore had plenty of time to rectify your low health.

**Marik** · Fri, 10-09-2009, 09:52 AM

Carnage is coming to Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2

Carnage Trailer

I'm hyped for this.

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Cletus Kasady, AKA Carnage, is making his way to Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2, and he's much more than another Spider-Man clone.

Carnage is what happened when comic book writers looked at one of Spider-Man's most powerful foes, Venom, and decided he just wasn't dangerous enough.

"For Carnage, we wanted him to feel as quick as Spider-Man, but as dangerous as Venom (or worse). We ended up with a very "slashy" character. Carnage is like a lunatic knife fighter: cutting people up quickly and messily, without much concern for how he looks doing it."

**animus** · Fri, 10-09-2009, 12:40 PM

Venom was an awful character in MUA2. Carnage is bad ass, but his moves look similiar to Venom in MUA 2 (which is not a good thing). Though he gets the claw move that Venom gets in MUA 1.

**TheBladeChild** · Mon, 10-12-2009, 01:28 AM

Dusted off my supernintendo and popped in FF3. Good times I must say.

***Raven*** · Mon, 10-12-2009, 05:17 AM

I just played through the demo for Machinarium (on Steam), it's an Indie puzzle game where you control a beaten-up robot trying to make his way into a city. Beautifully designed and fun to play, the demo convinced me to pre-order the game which is released in 4 days or so.

If you have Steam, check out the demo, it's only a small download.

**RyougaZell** · Mon, 10-12-2009, 08:51 AM

Demon's Souls is hard.

Hard.

**Archangel** · Mon, 10-12-2009, 06:18 PM

Originally Posted by Ryllharu

I loved X's battle system. Best part of the game. The turn-based format with a queue bar up the side required so much more strategy and allowed Square to make the game that much harder early on.

By the end of the game you could just completely breeze through no matter who was in your party, but for most of the first half, if you didn't actively switch and use everyone (except Kimari, he was useless) you'd have a real hard time winning. You also were required to get everyone out there, or they never earned experience. None of the learn through osmosis auto-scaling that worked in the previous games.

Enemies had a ridiculous number of immunities and dodges, such that only one or two characters could dispatch them (but usually a one-shot). They also hit that much harder because you knew the exact turn they were going to attack, and therefore had plenty of time to rectify your low health.

And yet me and my insane need to grind managed to breeze through the whole thing.

I've often mentioned this, but it would make my life a lot easier if they just released a book or movie with the game's story ( with the exception of 12 and probably 13 who i played for the game and not the story )

**animus** · Mon, 10-12-2009, 07:13 PM

So Game Stop just sent me a text earlier today saying my Pre-Order for Uncharted 2 would be ready tomorrow. However, they still managed to fit it in the text for me to bring my used games in.

Money grubbing bastards.

**Marik** · Mon, 10-12-2009, 07:15 PM

They do that on the phone too, when Ashley calls. I hate it.

**animus** · Mon, 10-12-2009, 07:18 PM

Yeah, I didn't get a call this time oddly enough, just a text. Rather, it's the first time they've sent a text instead of a phone call actually.

**Marik** · Mon, 10-12-2009, 07:28 PM

This is the first time I've heard of them sending text messages. I'll have to give that a try. A text message seems like a better alternative to sitting through those phone calls.

When Sigma 2 came out, they never called me or anything. By the time I went to go pick it up, they had already given out all of the pre-order bonus codes

. I ended up having to email the website and they sent me two codes.

**Xelbair** · Tue, 10-13-2009, 03:42 PM

Re-playing The Last Remnant - this time i'm aiming for all side quests completed and battle with True Conqueror, and after that i might try hard mode(last time i tried it i died at second mini-boss battle)

**animus** · Tue, 10-13-2009, 10:18 PM

Picked up and played a bit of Uncharted 2 today. Just a bit, maybe an hour in? But so far, the game's been a blast.

**Marik** · Wed, 10-14-2009, 09:55 AM

Started playing the MAG beta late last night. The download for the beta was only 298 MB, but when you actually start the game you have to sit through over 3,000 MB worth of updates. Their update server is insanely slow. I ended up leaving my PS3 on and sleeping while it updated.

***Raven*** · Thu, 10-15-2009, 04:26 AM

Looking forward to Borderlands. Not technically playing it yet, but pre-ordered it on Steam.

Not sure if people know much about it, but apparently it's like FPS Diablo with literally millions of guns. There's character classes, talent trees and you level up and spend attribute points. Nice cel-shaded art style.

About 2 weeks away.

**LaZie** · Fri, 10-16-2009, 12:57 AM

Just unwrapped Uncharted (Not 2) for the PS3 from its plastic wrap. Bought it a few months ago.

Edit: 2 hours in and Drake sure is funny.

***Raven*** · Fri, 10-16-2009, 03:22 AM

Originally Posted by LaZie

Just unwrapped Uncharted (Not 2) for the PS3 from its plastic wrap. Bought it a few months ago.

Edit: 2 hours in and Drake sure is funny.

You're in for a treat. Probably the best PS3 game until UC2 was released.

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