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Question for Holmes. Did you buy a DS with that Pokemon White in Japan, because I've read that the new pokemon games won't work on a North American DS?
Phantasy Star Portable 2 has been pretty fun so far. Played more of that than anything else last week. Working on the Ventus path in KH:BBS as well.
Etrian Odyssey III has been pretty great, too. Class system is a major upgrade from the previous two games, I feel like my characters are already reasonable powerful. I have a Ninja that can copy herself to the frontline and have her shadow fight as a playable character. And if I keep leveling her up, it can end up being the tank and die in a explosion that does fire damage to her enemies. Farmer is awesome too, the first weak class that can't melee for anything, but finds tons of benefits to bring to the party.
Also starting up on No More Heroes.
Now I'm just waiting for that announcement about the 3DS this week, I want to know when its coming out and how much. Mostly so I know how much time i have before its release to work on getting a new PC so I can Photoshop something worth a damn and play FFXIV.
Etrian Odyssey III has been pretty great, too. Class system is a major upgrade from the previous two games, I feel like my characters are already reasonable powerful. I have a Ninja that can copy herself to the frontline and have her shadow fight as a playable character. And if I keep leveling her up, it can end up being the tank and die in a explosion that does fire damage to her enemies. Farmer is awesome too, the first weak class that can't melee for anything, but finds tons of benefits to bring to the party.
Also starting up on No More Heroes.
Now I'm just waiting for that announcement about the 3DS this week, I want to know when its coming out and how much. Mostly so I know how much time i have before its release to work on getting a new PC so I can Photoshop something worth a damn and play FFXIV.
I played Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light to death. Everything unlocked and discovered. Just waiting for some online co-op and that free DLC I heard something about.
Also played through King Kong which I picked up cheap. AWESOME game.
Today I just got Tomb Raider Underworld which I will start soon.
Other than that I've had a mixed bag of multiplayer Bad Company, Rainbow Six Vegas 2 co-op.
Also played through King Kong which I picked up cheap. AWESOME game.
Today I just got Tomb Raider Underworld which I will start soon.
Other than that I've had a mixed bag of multiplayer Bad Company, Rainbow Six Vegas 2 co-op.
I started a PC playthrough of HL2 episode 1, played smatterings of PC multiplayer shooters, played some Xbox 360 games to help my housemate gain gamerscore and started doing the BioShock 2 protector trials.
A little bit of Halo: Reach and Blur.
I tried to play Rainbow Six Vegas 1, but after 5 mins I couldn't do it anymore. Yuck on all levels.
I tried to play Rainbow Six Vegas 1, but after 5 mins I couldn't do it anymore. Yuck on all levels.
@Aziz: Not just me, then. I haven't beaten that boss yet because there's no mid-fight checkpoint, and the second form has that giant one-hit-kill eye laser that can vapourise you even when you're behind cover for some retarded reason. He keeps killing me. After a while I got fed up of redoing the first-form boss and gave up. Might well still get the game though; it's tons of fun, even coming from a PC gamer's viewpoint. Using dodge + slo-mo to snipe the gunners out of those AT-ST type things is great fun.
I've been playing tons of demos this week. I now own my first ever game console, an old Xbox 360. Beat Dante's Inferno in a couple of days - loved the combat system, boss designs (Cerberus, uuurgh) and general theme, but the constant instakill platforming pissed me off, and the at-times-silly puzzle design. Still a good game, but short as hell, only about six hours, and Gates of Hell mode (a repetitive arena fight thing) does *not* count as replay value. So, since then, it's been demos, because they're free and there's loads of 'em.
I was pretty impressed by Fracture, but found it a little awkward to control. Were it a PC release, I'd get it. Loved most of Vanquish, but as I mentioned, the boss fight killed me every time. Ninja Gaiden 2 is a ton of fun - fast, intuitive, with seemingly simple controls allowing you to concentrate on crowd control and not dying instead of trying to do combos (*cough*Bayonetta*cough*). Also, the sheer amount of dismemberment... holy crap. Ninja limbs everywhere. Brutal Legend is a must-buy for me now; the gameplay's a bit meh but it's incredibly funny and chock full of heavy metal lovin'. Oh and while I wait for Rock Band to crop up for cheap I've been playing Guitar Hero demos with the drum set I got for a tenner from HMV (how good's that?). GH:Hits and GH:Metallica have impressed me.
What didn't I like? Bayonetta seemed confusing and muddy, although I've never been good at Devil May Cry games. Quantum Theory was utterly disappointing - just Gears of War with an additional hot-chick-with-sword character (seriously, what is this, a fantasy RPG?!) and retarded enemy placement. I never expected Fatal Inertia to be good, but it was horrendous. Soul Calibur 4 didn't impress; it seemed to lack all sense of impact or solidity compared to SC2, pretty graphics or no pretty graphics.
I also currently have 460mb of the Civ V demo downloaded. That's going to kill my productivity for the next couple of days...
I've been playing tons of demos this week. I now own my first ever game console, an old Xbox 360. Beat Dante's Inferno in a couple of days - loved the combat system, boss designs (Cerberus, uuurgh) and general theme, but the constant instakill platforming pissed me off, and the at-times-silly puzzle design. Still a good game, but short as hell, only about six hours, and Gates of Hell mode (a repetitive arena fight thing) does *not* count as replay value. So, since then, it's been demos, because they're free and there's loads of 'em.
I was pretty impressed by Fracture, but found it a little awkward to control. Were it a PC release, I'd get it. Loved most of Vanquish, but as I mentioned, the boss fight killed me every time. Ninja Gaiden 2 is a ton of fun - fast, intuitive, with seemingly simple controls allowing you to concentrate on crowd control and not dying instead of trying to do combos (*cough*Bayonetta*cough*). Also, the sheer amount of dismemberment... holy crap. Ninja limbs everywhere. Brutal Legend is a must-buy for me now; the gameplay's a bit meh but it's incredibly funny and chock full of heavy metal lovin'. Oh and while I wait for Rock Band to crop up for cheap I've been playing Guitar Hero demos with the drum set I got for a tenner from HMV (how good's that?). GH:Hits and GH:Metallica have impressed me.
What didn't I like? Bayonetta seemed confusing and muddy, although I've never been good at Devil May Cry games. Quantum Theory was utterly disappointing - just Gears of War with an additional hot-chick-with-sword character (seriously, what is this, a fantasy RPG?!) and retarded enemy placement. I never expected Fatal Inertia to be good, but it was horrendous. Soul Calibur 4 didn't impress; it seemed to lack all sense of impact or solidity compared to SC2, pretty graphics or no pretty graphics.
I also currently have 460mb of the Civ V demo downloaded. That's going to kill my productivity for the next couple of days...
Been kinda burned out on games after my 2 weeks of hardcore playing of halo reach. Got playstation move and loving the sports game and I really hope somebody users the sword fighting game and improve on it. Also tried the demo for tumble, balancing blocks was fun. Then I tried all the other move demos and thought the were all garbage.
Picked up a PSP this past week, mostly for train rides, so I've been playing the hell out of Peace Walker. Otherwise, I downloaded God of War: Chains of Olympus and played a bit of that.
Also, Reach. Building epic Forge maps and gametypes for an upcoming LAN party.
Also, Reach. Building epic Forge maps and gametypes for an upcoming LAN party.
Playing LoZ: Twilight Princess but power went out last night with out me saving it so I'll probably be avoiding it for awhile. I'm near the end I know that though.
Kingdom Hearts II - I forgot most of the story but working my way to the PSP version.
Kingdom Hearts DS - Playing alongside so I can just get through it and to the PSP version.
Hotel Dusk - Because I haven't played it since release and don't remember it at all but want to play the sequel.
After all those are Beaten I'll jump on the Silent Hill series on my PC. KH on PSP. Okami on Wii. Red Dead Redemption on 360. Maybe finally get around to playing Resistance on PS3 but I don't know.
Kingdom Hearts II - I forgot most of the story but working my way to the PSP version.
Kingdom Hearts DS - Playing alongside so I can just get through it and to the PSP version.
Hotel Dusk - Because I haven't played it since release and don't remember it at all but want to play the sequel.
After all those are Beaten I'll jump on the Silent Hill series on my PC. KH on PSP. Okami on Wii. Red Dead Redemption on 360. Maybe finally get around to playing Resistance on PS3 but I don't know.
Congrats on the house Jim... and now you get to play the "endless renovation game". I've been playing it for 20 years now and I'm still not winning. :(
... that Flixist game sounds fun, can't wait till release date!
(and nobody is playing Deathspank Thongs of Virtue?? It's good, though frankly there seems to be more running back and forth between distant areas than there was in the first game... but I do like the new co-op guy - Steve!)
... that Flixist game sounds fun, can't wait till release date!
(and nobody is playing Deathspank Thongs of Virtue?? It's good, though frankly there seems to be more running back and forth between distant areas than there was in the first game... but I do like the new co-op guy - Steve!)
Final Fantasy Tactics A2. My god what a time sink this game is. I'm above 80 hours and the story is finally starting to present a real plot. God if only the story from the first two games was in this, it would be one of the better SRPGs on the market.
Other than that it was a little bit of Deadly Premonition, MvC2, and Hexic.
Other than that it was a little bit of Deadly Premonition, MvC2, and Hexic.
@Vanquish demo - yeahhh, as soon as I realized that ammo was scarce once you got up to the platform, I went into super conservation mode. I remember killing the boss with my final shotgun shell, and I have no idea what I would have done after that. It was interesting, frantic, and fun overall, but just a few shades away from awesome. I hope they can tune it up before release. I DO approve of the get-you-behind-cover-laser though because that forces you to move and makes the fight that much more interesting.
What I'm playing: still Arc Rise, that game is longer than I thought it would be (I'm well into hour 50); it really is JRPG long, and to that I give it kudos. The story never ceases to do interesting things too, although the weird gnostic subtexts that went over my head made my dad laugh. I think it's of the point where the voices no longer grate on me either, except in certain situations.
Besides that, it's been DS week between Layton 3 and Etrian Odyssey 3. Layton's been as solid as ever, and I have yet to see a Tower of Hanoi puzzle so even better! I'm getting pretty close to the end so that probably won't take much longer. Meanwhile, I sat down to "just make my party" in EO3 and ended up trawling through the first two levels and doing some serious sea exploration. It definitively goes down a lot more smoothly than EO2 did, access to the more powerful skills is a lot less difficult, items are cheaper, money more plentiful (thanks to the sea), and the sea quests even let you try out some of the other classes without having to train up a new one. It's certainly more accessible than the previous EO titles, but that's not saying much.
360, just played the Quantum Theory and Vanquish demos, really. Vanquish I mentioned, and I really have nothing to say about QT. That one is a pass for sure.
Lastly, I just started and finished VVVVVV last night. AMAZING.
What I'm playing: still Arc Rise, that game is longer than I thought it would be (I'm well into hour 50); it really is JRPG long, and to that I give it kudos. The story never ceases to do interesting things too, although the weird gnostic subtexts that went over my head made my dad laugh. I think it's of the point where the voices no longer grate on me either, except in certain situations.
Besides that, it's been DS week between Layton 3 and Etrian Odyssey 3. Layton's been as solid as ever, and I have yet to see a Tower of Hanoi puzzle so even better! I'm getting pretty close to the end so that probably won't take much longer. Meanwhile, I sat down to "just make my party" in EO3 and ended up trawling through the first two levels and doing some serious sea exploration. It definitively goes down a lot more smoothly than EO2 did, access to the more powerful skills is a lot less difficult, items are cheaper, money more plentiful (thanks to the sea), and the sea quests even let you try out some of the other classes without having to train up a new one. It's certainly more accessible than the previous EO titles, but that's not saying much.
360, just played the Quantum Theory and Vanquish demos, really. Vanquish I mentioned, and I really have nothing to say about QT. That one is a pass for sure.
Lastly, I just started and finished VVVVVV last night. AMAZING.
Since it's fall break for me I went through a bunch of short games to check off of my backlog. I played and completed Lost Winds 2, Cave Story and Loom this week.
So i finally started Resident Evil 5, good game, but hating Sheva and the inventory system, Sheva tends to do the exact opposite of what i do in RE games: wastes my ammo, gets in my way, gets into trouble and needs me to bail her out and is a constant liability (get out of that damn furnace you moron!)
Civ 5 is such a heavy time suck but loads of fun.
I'm so close to finishing Darksiders but those stupid pieces of sword bullshit is starting to get really old... anyone else find it tedious?
The iTouch has been getting tons of killer free apps so that's been played constantly.
And I have started Lara Croft on the PC but the controls are a hassle.
I'm so close to finishing Darksiders but those stupid pieces of sword bullshit is starting to get really old... anyone else find it tedious?
The iTouch has been getting tons of killer free apps so that's been played constantly.
And I have started Lara Croft on the PC but the controls are a hassle.
@pneuma08
I so loved VVVVVV... apart from maybe two endlessly frustrating puzzles: the one with the partner and the three fluctuating platforms, which took ages, and the last-but-one room where you had to do an omega-shape in the air with tiny bits of land to jump off in a sea of spikes AND the tower rising up beneath you... man that was a bitch. I do suck at this kind of game though. Racked up an amusing 1280 deaths. Nice.
Fully with you on Quantum Theory. It's a shame, 'cos it looked so cool in the preview footage, but turns out to just be Gears of War but crapper. Some developers need to realise that Gears of War, despite its success and the innovations it made, is not actually that good a game to ape. Almost everything besides the cover mechanic is actually kind of crap, or at least, was once I played Mass Effect 2, which does GoW-style combat about five times as well as GoW does (this isn't bashing GoW, it was the first to do what it did and I applaud its developers [Epic?] immensely for that) and has colours and decent characters and things. GoW's action movie crap-but-still-awesomeness amused me at first, but after playing ME2, it just annoys me. Ah well.
...Sorry. I digressed a bit.
Just bought Rock Band and Brutal Legend online. Metal time! I was considering Guitar Hero: Metallica, but my friends might not have appreciated that so much... and while I do enjoy playing the drums on these games by myself, I have most of Metallica's music and can pretty easily just sit behind a real kit and play them that way. Master of Puppets ftw.
I so loved VVVVVV... apart from maybe two endlessly frustrating puzzles: the one with the partner and the three fluctuating platforms, which took ages, and the last-but-one room where you had to do an omega-shape in the air with tiny bits of land to jump off in a sea of spikes AND the tower rising up beneath you... man that was a bitch. I do suck at this kind of game though. Racked up an amusing 1280 deaths. Nice.
Fully with you on Quantum Theory. It's a shame, 'cos it looked so cool in the preview footage, but turns out to just be Gears of War but crapper. Some developers need to realise that Gears of War, despite its success and the innovations it made, is not actually that good a game to ape. Almost everything besides the cover mechanic is actually kind of crap, or at least, was once I played Mass Effect 2, which does GoW-style combat about five times as well as GoW does (this isn't bashing GoW, it was the first to do what it did and I applaud its developers [Epic?] immensely for that) and has colours and decent characters and things. GoW's action movie crap-but-still-awesomeness amused me at first, but after playing ME2, it just annoys me. Ah well.
...Sorry. I digressed a bit.
Just bought Rock Band and Brutal Legend online. Metal time! I was considering Guitar Hero: Metallica, but my friends might not have appreciated that so much... and while I do enjoy playing the drums on these games by myself, I have most of Metallica's music and can pretty easily just sit behind a real kit and play them that way. Master of Puppets ftw.
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