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Post by lurkerx on Dec 30, 2011 9:11:07 GMT -5
Rayman Origins for Xbox its a great looking fun game to play, had lots of laugh playing 2 player mode with my son. Best Buy was having a sale so: I got God of War: Ghost of Sparta for PSP recently played through that and replayed Chains of Olympus  Also picked up a few others for a "steal": * Fat Princess it really wasn't what I thought it would be. * Loco Roco II is great * Palpaton II is ok can't seem to get pass killing the T-Rex Right now its Little Big Planet for PSP I didn't realize how fun this game is, I've had it for a while never really played it till now..... That's all for now still eagerly awaiting a MH3 NA release on any console..... |
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Post by boricua on Dec 31, 2011 2:10:21 GMT -5
I got me a chiped ps2 and the scramble commander 1 and 2 games for it. I'm just pushing buttons because I cant understand japanese, but they are so cool it doesnt matter!!!!
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Post by krimpov on Dec 31, 2011 10:26:17 GMT -5
Sonic Generations for PC. At ~$10 on Steam, it was a steal. I know that the PC version of a game is usually cheaper, but I wonder why it's by so much on this one. Even on day 1 the PC version could be bought for less than half the price of the console version. Anyway, the game is awesome. The best of classic and modern Sonic with none of the flaws that dragged the series down since its Dreamcast days.
Also playing Batman : Arkham City. Nothing more to add about this one. Except maybe that it's even better in 3D. And I wish there was an Adam West skin to unlock. 'Cause you know Mr. West has done his share of "skin unlocking" in his days. ;D
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Post by TheMazingerZ on Jan 2, 2012 20:15:56 GMT -5
I think I had a translated menu somewhere for both of the Scramble Commander games. However, I don't really know where they could be right now. Anyway, I got them from the web a long time ago, so you may be able to find them with some luck.  }D |
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Post by coldiron on Jan 11, 2012 16:41:21 GMT -5
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Post by Philo Beddoe on Jan 14, 2012 12:07:03 GMT -5
I'm playing Ikari Warriors and Shinobi on MAME. Two of my favorite games from back in the day.
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Post by quinjester on Jan 16, 2012 10:37:46 GMT -5
I played through modern warfare three this weekend. All of it. Not even across both days, just saturday afternoon. It's kind of amazing how so much can be going on and exploding around you and yet the game manages to feel boring and uneventful.
I'm also juggling Skyrim and Saints Row the Third - mostly Skyrim, but man there's a lot going on there. I feel like I need to take a break from Skyrim every so often just to keep from getting too overwhelmed by it.
Someday I'll get back to finishing Resonance of Fate and FFXIII...
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Post by supergetterv on Jan 16, 2012 20:04:34 GMT -5
Yeah, pretty much the entire Call of Duty franchise, the campaign mode is an after though. I got MW3 at launch day and didn't play the campaign mode at all. COD has always been about winning matches and being skilled at killing other people without getting youself killed. It is the fast pace shoot your opponent dead and laugh at them over the internet that was the driving force behind the popularity. But too many players nowaday are playing like whimps, not even doing the objective and hide in dark corners for cheap kills.
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Post by coldiron on Jan 16, 2012 23:48:52 GMT -5
Yeah same for me on MW2. I only beat the campaign a couple months ago, and I had the game since launch. Its the sort of game you get for online play. I need MW3, but in no hurry. Blockbuster down the street is going out of business so I grabbed Gears of War, Human revolution and LBP2. If the prices come down on MW3, I will go pick that up too.
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Post by xTIMMYxCOREx on Jan 17, 2012 9:15:35 GMT -5
MarioKart 7 on 3DS. Anyone else got it?
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Post by Vendetta on Jan 19, 2012 0:31:09 GMT -5
MarioKart 7 on 3DS. Anyone else got it? Me! I received the Zelda 3DS bundle for Christmas and have been playing the system a fair amount since then. I've also been playing Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 (offline). |
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Post by recca74 on Jan 22, 2012 14:05:41 GMT -5
Tried out the Kingdom's of Amalur: Reckoning demo on PSN. It was cool, but probably not the best representation of what the final game is gonna be. Half way through one of the many quests I lost all sound. Other than that it looks like it should be solid. I had a good time over all picking up armors and weapons.
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Post by quinjester on Jan 23, 2012 13:10:23 GMT -5
Tried out the Kingdom's of Amalur: Reckoning demo on PSN. It was cool, but probably not the best representation of what the final game is gonna be. Half way through one of the many quests I lost all sound. Other than that it looks like it should be solid. I had a good time over all picking up armors and weapons. I had the same bug. The game seemed pretty neat. Action-y but with some good voice acting and cool character design, if nothing else (I'm a sucker for good character face creator). I'll keep an open mind and wait on initial reviews, but it's certainly got my interest for now. |
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Post by recca74 on Jan 23, 2012 16:15:48 GMT -5
I had the same bug. The game seemed pretty neat. Action-y but with some good voice acting and cool character design, if nothing else (I'm a sucker for good character face creator). I'll keep an open mind and wait on initial reviews, but it's certainly got my interest for now. Oh for sure! When given the opportunity, you should always rock the face tattoo. Also, got a chance to mess with the Armored core V demo. Pretty cool. Full of apocalyptic environments and giant robo-things that want to kill you. Nice! |
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Post by ancer on Feb 4, 2012 14:52:03 GMT -5
Finally got around to the COD MW2 campaign. Man is it short
If it wasn't for the achievements there really would not be a
need to play this game again. I just have to finish SPEC Ops
Next up Bioshock 2 or Mass effect 2 . Fallout New Vegas
had consumed most of my free time and with that done,
I can move onto other games.
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Post by jay27 on Feb 16, 2012 1:26:47 GMT -5
Just finished metal gear 4 "son of patriots" on my ps3 and now playing batman arkham asylum...
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Post by ancer on Feb 22, 2012 8:36:09 GMT -5
Playing Red Faction Guerrila - I'm not liking this game. it has its moments where its fun but the start of this game just isn't working for me. I hope that changes.
In other game news, I got in on the pre order for the Portal gun at BBTS.
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Post by krimpov on Feb 22, 2012 17:32:26 GMT -5
Fire Emblem : The Sacred Stone (GameBoy Advance on 3DS Virtual Console). For some reason, I never got around to give this series a try until this week.
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Post by Cyrano on Feb 28, 2012 18:28:40 GMT -5
Man, it's been a while since I posted in this thread. I'm sure I neglected to mention a lot of great stuff in the past months, too.
In this past week I finished Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey (DS) for the first time, playing on the Neutral path. I've seen the story praised by some, but IMO it wasn't anything special (although to be fair, it's more an issue of dry writing/localization than plot). But oh my was the gameplay fun. I've always had a bit of trouble getting into first person dungeon crawls, but that wasn't an issue at all after the first few minutes. I spent well over 100 hours on it in a little over a month and barely even noticed how long I'd been at it. I have every intention of going through for the other two endings and getting 100% completion, too. It's that fun. For all of you reading this who have a DS (that should be all of you! Really!) and enjoy RPGs, I strongly recommend picking this up. Feel free to disregard the kind of strange box art.
I also finally picked up Catherine (PS3), when Amazon had it on sale for $30 a week or two ago. I finished it the day before yesterday. The difficulty is just as steep as others have said, even on easy mode. I did enjoy it quite a bit, but I don't think it's quite what it could have been. I ended up with Katherine's bad ending, which wasn't very fulfilling. I haven't decided if I'm going to go back for the other 5 (?) endings yet. Pretty sure that I'm never getting the platinum trophy. The production values were pretty high across the board. The dub wasn't flawless, but very, very solid and I can't think of a better one in anything else I've played. I would love to see Persona 5 or something similar made with this graphics engine. Anyway, I think it's probably worth picking up for anyone who liked the demo, but patience is required.
I also just started Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne (PS2). It's surprisingly pretty, but so far I'm kind of lukewarm on it. The combat is solid and moves decently fast, but I just don't like the system as much as the Devil Survivor, Strange Journey, and Persona systems. The story is pretty much non-existant so far too, and the game is suffering heavily from the old RPG kill-stuff-because-it's-there mentality without much else going on. The difficulty is kind of wobbly too -- there are several apparently notorious early bosses that I've made it past without dying or even really preparing for, but the scarcity and high cost of heal points makes the random encounters more hazardous than they probably should be. MP is pretty much a constant issue. The camera also kind of sucks. I have a feeling the game would have seemed pretty earth-shattering if I'd played it when it was new, but now I don't think it's that interesting or fun compared to its newer siblings. I'll stick with it and report back later though, it's still too early for a final judgement.
Whew, that's a lot of Atlus. I just found Kirby Super Star Ultra (DS) on clearance at Target (must've been lost somewhere in the stockroom...), so maybe I'll temper my demon fiesta with that.
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Post by quinjester on Mar 1, 2012 10:22:51 GMT -5
^^ I really need to work on finishing Strange Journey - I'm up to the final (?) HUUUGE map area with all the teleporters, but I haven't really played it in ages.
I found that Nocturne was very much a slow burn, for me. It really kind of dragged at the start, but as the game progressed I found that the atmosphere and overarching character interactions (what few ones are there) really drew me in. Plus, it's one of the few JRPGs I can think of off the top of my head that will have completely different dungeon and boss battles for whole late game sections depending on your actions.
If you like the style of gameplay but would like something with a bit more story, I'd recommend checking out Digital Devil Saga 1 & 2. They use the same basic "press-turn" battle system as Nocturne, but remove the "leader dies = game over" battle mechanism and let you change your unlocked skills at will. This makes the game both easier (because you can build for any situations) and more difficult (because the game knows this and will make some sections brutally difficult without the right skills equipped), and it's got one hell of a story arc across the two games.
For me, I'm trying desperately to finish Platinum-ing Hyperdimension Neptunia, which is essentially a pretty terrible game but one that I've found myself inexplicably caught up in. The sequel is coming out like ... now, and I'd like to have the first game totally laid to rest before it shows up. On top of that I've been re-playing Ghost Trick on my DS during my work lunch breaks. That's a damn fine game. Damn fine.
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