It's that time of the week where we discuss the videogames we've been playing here on Destructoid and frankly, if you are yet to experience the Engrish greatness that is Omega 5's "narrator," then we really, really pity you. The game itself is pretty damn fun, but Gracial Fortlesses put it over the edge. Give that voiceover a medal.
So, another week, more games. You know the drill by now, hit that jump and see what the Dtoid crew have been up to.
TheGoldenDonut: After reading Chad's latest Memory Card I felt the strong urge to hook up my SNES and replay Chrono Trigger. I've beaten the game at least twenty-five times over the years and it still hasn't gotten old.
Brad Rice: I've finished Portal, and when I'm out and about, I'm still chugging through Disgaea: Afternoon of Darkness, but I'm dedicating my time to a special little game that'll pop up on Dtoid very soon (maybe tomorrow!)
Faith: I've been playing My Sims and I've almost got a 5 star town. I played Cooking Mama 2 on DS and Puzzle Quest on XBLA when I could spare a few moments.
Also I finally caved and bought a Wii points card. Now I'm addicted. I bought Paper Mario which I've never played before. The game holds up pretty well for a Nintendo 64 game.
I also bought the original Super Mario Bros. which looks amazing on a high def. big screen TV. *snicker* My boyfriend and I played it all Friday night and only made it as far as World 5-3. We only warped after we made it to a world and died though. We were honest about it.
Next I plan to download Startropics. See my games time forgot post and you'll see why. Then I want all the Zelda games, Pokemon Snap and Bonk. Yes, I must have Bonk.
Jonathan Holmes: Been playing a lot of VC console games this week. Punch Out, Bubble Bobble, Air Zonk, and Super Castelvania IV have each gotten about a half an hour of my time. I think I'm drawn to the VC because being in 2008 has made me feel exceptionally old and nostalgic. I still can't believe that I am alive and still playing video games three years after the climatic battle inside Unicron's taint area between Rodimus Prime and Galvitron. The future truly is now.
I also spent some time reminiscing with Pikmin 1 and Pikmin 2. Those games are so much more awesomely brutal than I remembered, more so than any WWII game I've ever played. Finally, I'm still finishing up Phoenix Wright 3. There needs to be an anime of this game, just so more people can experience it. I think it's the best read I've had all year, and that's counting games, books, and comics.
Yeah, I know we're only two weeks into the year. That doesn't mean PW3 wont blow your mind.
BlindsideDork: I have been plowing through The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass and I am at the end. But I have got a bunch of wires in my place up for some stellar TF2 action. Now I just have to start on the other 10 games I have piling up. Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings here I come!
Aaron Linde: HAIKU TIME
Omega Five
Aegis Wing be damned
An original shmup and
Easy on the eyes
Kingdom Under Fire: Circle of Doom
What a pile of sh*t
Even at the price of "free"
I feel ripped off
Chad Concelmo: Besides enjoying Aaron's amazing haikus, it's been nothing but Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn this week.
Jim Sterling: As if you couldn't tell, Omega 5 has taken up a lot of my time. I also feel that I'm about done with Halo 3 now, and when February's mini-festival of gaming hopefuls arise, it will likely take a trip with me to Blockbuster for some part exchanging. Other than that, it's been more practice with Guitar Hero III, some of the usual CoD4 and even a smattering of Warriors Orochi.
Hamza Aziz: I beat COD 4 the other night. The game left a great impression on me which I'll be writing up about later. The only bad thing it left behind was how horribly short the title was. Now I just need to hop onto multiplayer. Too bad I just downloading the Heroic Map Pack for Halo 3 which will be taking up my multiplayer time now. That is, of course, IF MICROSOFT WOULD F**KING FIX XBOX LIVE ALREADY!!! WHY IN THE HELL CAN'T A BILLION DOLLAR CORPORATION FIX ONE OF THEIR BIGGEST SELLING POINTS BY NOW! IT'S BEEN ALMOST A MONTH!
Also playing I Wanna Be The Guy. Well, more like cursing out my computer and the designer of the game because of how frustrating it is. And a flash game similar to I Wanna Be The Guy that Ogu.RPG turned me onto which also makes me hate Ogu.RPG for it.
Dyson: I finally secured the title of The Last Person on Earth to Play Portal. Are you proud? I know I'm happy about the whole ordeal, although I'm sad that I've missed my window on the whole Cake is a Lie popularity.
Colette Bennett: I have played nothing for days but Move Your House and Fight The Crowds at Ikea. Actually, that's a lie - the day before I moved I quite enjoyed Omega 5. I LOVE THE GRACIAL FORTRESS!!!!
Nick Chester: I've been spending more time with my PSP, catching up with some older games, the first of which is Ratchet and Clank: Size Matters. High Impact did an awesome job of bringing the series to life on the handheld; Size Matters contains as much polish and variety as Insomniac's console titles. I'm really looking forward to Secret Agent Clank, for shizzle. More Giant Clank, please.
Also: Super Mario Galaxy , Rock Band, and a freeware indie PC title, Synaesthete.
Tristero: Amidst some personal drama I found relief in the sweet embrace of Doki Doki Majo Shinpan. Nothing warms the soul like hiding in an equipment shed overnight in order to ambush a cheerleader and touch her in strange places until she admits she's a witch. God, I love videogames. Picross and Phantom Hourglass have been snatching up a lot of my time also. It's been a DS week all around.
Gameboi: I've been quenching that insatiable zombie fix with Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles.
Grim: Omega Five is so much fun, even if I can't beat the boss in stage 3. I also had a prepubescent kid scream profanities at me in Call of Duty 4 because I was doing better than him, even though we were on the same team. The Internet confuses me.
Tell us, fair gamers, what you have been playing this week.
Contest:
9:51 PM on 01.13.2008
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pokemon diamond
super metroid
puzzle fighter
Deep Purple - “Highway Star”
Molly Hatchet - “Flirtin’ With Disaster”
Iron Maiden - “Run to the Hills”
The Outlaws - “Green Grass and High Tides”
Aerosmith - “Train Kept A-Rollin’”
I’m positive that I beat the Iron Maiden song, and that I only got 80% through “Green Grass and High Tides” and “Highway Star” before failing. I’m also pretty sure that I beat the Aerosmith song, but I can’t remember if I beat “Flirtin’ With Disaster”.
But i tried to squeeze as many TF2 for my PC as i could.
Still playing Assassin's Creed, I can only take it in bursts, should finish it this week.
Always playing fucking Bomberman Live. Sometimes I wonder if the real reason I bought a 360 was for this buttery gaming goodness.
I might try finishing Disgaea 2 this week. But my main focus is waiting for 2 games: No More Heroes next week, and my friend importing Brawl from Japan so we can play it on his modded Wii.
Some Super Mario Galaxy.
Some G.I. Joe for the NES, because I just discovered my favorite cartoon as a child had a NES game.
Metroid Zero
Tetris DS
Mega Man 7
Metal Slug 1, 2, X and 6
In the DS is all about Puzzle Quest Challenge Of The Warlords.
(First Dtoid comment!)
chromehounds
condemned criminal origins
kengo legend of the 9
and cellphone tetris.
so much cellphone tetris.
great first 2 days of holiday I think :-p
a well, lets hope karma comes on time and lets me have 2 sweet weeks of holiday :-)
If I do the latter, I'll wait until I actually get my head around this Prestige mode thing.
Also, Bioshock a bit and the Halos when there is a LAN game up at my school. That's about it (which is sad, my NES misses me and I lost my R4).
Xbox 360: Tomb Raider Anniversary, COD4, Halo 3, COD2, OMEGA FIVE
PSP: Searching for homebrew without pandora's battery from 3.73, Disgaea.
DS: Earthbound (hurray for SNES emu), FF4, FF:CC, Pink Street Night ed, Super Princess Peach, New Super Mario Bros.
@droobies, go suck a cock.
@jimmles, 200K? At least try man.. :D (The trick is getting the first fire powerup which will lvl your weapon to lvl2, then immediately picking the water powerup which will of course be lvl2 and later there are more blue powerups to get to lvl3.)
CoD4
Legend of Zelda: OoT
Kingdom Hearts
MGS2: SoL
Super Smash Bros (Original)
Super Mario 64
Starfox64
Halo 3
Mass Effect
Devil May Cry
and some WoW
Basically it's been a busy week for me.
Oh and also playing an assload of Kingdom Under Fire. Yes the reviews for it have been lame. YES a good chunk of Xbox owners hate it. But I, along with a ample population of owners, actually like this game. It's just the thing to tide me over until DMC4 and Lost Odyssey =).
Or, has anyone successfully destroyed the big worm thing in THE ESCARATED INVASION?
Its not necessary, but it seems they can be destroyed.
Shadow of the Colossus on Hard
Finishin up RE: Umbrella Chronicles
Phantom Hourglass (damn you Ocean King!)
Silent Hill 2 (playing for the first time with my lady as co-pilot)
Aquaria
Missed the Audiosurf beta (DAMN), but now downloading Synaesthete
And of course the usual Melee, Naruto, SCII... and getting dirty looks from Contra 4...
Also there was Ghost Squad, Metal Slug 3, Geometry Wars, Crackdown and I finished CoD 4 single player.