Currently Playing Games

[Baberific]

nothing at the moment, but if you count a crappy ipod touch game.......then yes!!!

[PSRT]

I just got a gaming laptop for Christmas, so I've been catching up on a bunch of PC games I've missed:

Half-Life 2
Company of Heroes
BioShock
Crysis
Fallout 3

[Heiae]

I'm mainly playing MGS4, Prince of Persia and.. well.. That's it.

After I finish those, I'm going to jump back into my long RPGs sitting on backlog: Valkyria Chronicles and Persona 4. I put them on hold for a while.

[KnightAttack]

FALLOUT 3!

Any more questions?


Age of Empires III too.

[RimDot]

Well, I finished Mirrors Edge a few days ago. I was a bit disappointed. All the running and jumping was good but, everything else was a bit... meh.

[Umbrae]

^ I know what you're talking about.

Currently playing:
Prince of Persia
Resistance 2
Persona 4

[AmuroRay]

Fallout 3, just got me Dogmeat, and doing Reilly's Rangers Quest.

[HeartlessCloud]

Rock Band 2
Soul Calibur IV
Call of Duty 4
Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix
Metal Gear Online

[RedWizard]

Mostly I'm playing Mega Man 9 and Duke Nukem 3D. Hail to the king, baby.

[AlucardsFate]

Age of Empires 3...and much of it....Portuguese! Level 18!

[WanderingMind]

Finished Uncharted yesterday, now playing Medal of Honor: Underground. The controls and the enemy AI may be outdated, but the game is still a lot of fun.

[KnightAttack]

Fallout 3, just got me Dogmeat, and doing Reilly's Rangers Quest.


He's awesome yes?

[ReverendHobo]

I went to Blockbuster to rent me some prince of Persia... unfortunately it was all checked out, so I decided to give Dark Sector a try.

It looks real pretty, and the glaive is really fun, but it tends to get repetitive. Also, the aiming is a bit slippery.

[Baberific]

Playing some HD remix against my cousins.....even though it's SF2, I still completely destroy them with everyone. It's basically a slaughter when I use guile against them.

[WanderingMind]

Finished a couple missions in Medal of Honor: Underground. The game throws some unexpected surprises at you, like knights in armor.

[RedWizard]

I actually beat the first boss in Duke Nukem 3D.

I know, I'm just as surprised as you are.

[Heiae]

I polished off the Concubine yesterday in Prince of Persia. Just about 6 Fertile Grounds and two more bosses to go!

I'll probably try and make a little MGS4 progress today too.

[PSRT]

I think I'm the worst RTS player ever...and am I the only person who can't manage to play tense and/or stressful games (such as Half-Life 2, for example) without taking a break ever 45 minutes or so? It's kinda getting annoying, and it's making HL2 feel like it's taking forever to get through.

[WanderingMind]

Time to escape from some castle in MOH Underground.

[RimDot]

Mass Effect is so bloody boring! So much talking, I don't care! He runs so slowly! Die already!

[Heiae]

Mass Effect is so bloody boring! So much talking, I don't care! He runs so slowly! Die already!

It's an RPG first, an action game second. I absolutely love it. It's one of my favorite games ever and I can't wait for the sequel.

The only thing that bugged me was the texture pop-in and inventory system. Which the PC version fixed.. Sadly, my PC can't play it, so whatever!

[GlassAdam]

I realize that there are stats and whatnot governing the shooting in Mass Effect, but I don't care-- the gunplay sucked. It never felt "good" if you know what I mean. By the end of the game my guy was powerful as hell but it still didn't feel like he could aim for shit, though his stats said that he was very accurate.

If they could make lightsaber-fighting work beautifully in an RPG setting (KOTOR) then I'm surprised they couldn't do FPS. Stop trying to shoehorn in all this action-RPG stuff and just gimmee a great turn-based combat system like you did with KOTOR!

I actually have a laundry list of complaints against Mass Effect. I liked the game I guess. But it still goes on the list of these giant, epic-style current-gen games that fail horribly at getting some of the smallest, most basic stuff right (along with, say, GTA4 and Fallout 3), such as its conversation system and its morality system, and yes-- the combat.

[Heiae]

I never had an issue with the aiming. As long as I used weapons my character specialized in, I was pretty much always hitting the mark.

But, I'm not going to sit here and say Mass Effect is a perfect game. It wasn't. But I enjoyed it so I guess that's all that matters.

[RimDot]

My biggest complaint is the talking. They talk so damn much and the writing is terrible. I try to listen but, my mind wonders onto something more interesting like counting the pixels on my TV. I also get lost a lot. "Ok, were am I supposed to go"? It's not that I hate RPGs, In fact I love em' But, Mass Effect doesn't know what it is. Is it a shooter? Is it an RPG? Now don't get me wrong Combining genres is a great thing. If done properly. In Mass Effect's case it should have leaned to the shooter side a bit more.

[Heiae]

I didn't think the writing was terrible at all. Again, my opinion.

I didn't know there was so much to dislike about Mass Effect. I've only ever heard good things. It must be one of those great cases of "different strokes for different folks."

And now that I'm bored with talking about Mass Effect, I'm going to go play Prince of Persia!

[RedWizard]

I really should get around to finishing Mass Effect. Its fun.

But anyway, if you treat Fallout 3 as an FPS, of course its gonna come up short. Its an RPG first, and an FPS second. That said, it still can't hold a candle to Fallout 1 or 2 (for example, removing two of the three armor stats was a gameplay blunder), but its still good in its own right.

[RimDot]

Fallout 3 had that VAT system. So there really wasn't any need to shoot from the side. I could probably count the times I shot from the side on one hand.

Fallout 3 is a million times better than Mass Effect in my opinion.

[RedWizard]

Mass Effect wasn't even marketed as an FPS though. It isn't in the first person, after all. Its an RPG before anything else, and a TPS second. I am not a fan of TPS games (Gears of War, Army of Two, etc etc), but it is the RPG elements that make Mass Effect worth playing. At least to me.

[WanderingMind]

I've never played Fallout 3 and Mass Effect.

Some more thoughts on Underground:

The enemy AI in Underground really took me by surprise after playing Uncharted. In Uncharted, it was always a good idea to be on the move because enemies could sniff you out if you camp somewhere too long. I died a number of times because I did just that. In Underground...things are a lot easier for me. I fire a bunch of shots near a bunch of Nazis, run for cover, and wait for them to come to me. That or I shoot them before they shoot me.

[GlassAdam]

What I meant by the aiming issue: yeah, when your stats are up you hit the mark just like you're supposed to, that's not what I mean. It's that it gives you full control of the aim like any dedicated shooting game, but without the finesse and nuance and subtlety. So, for example, if I've maxed out my aiming on a weapon, I can aim somewhere in the vicinity of my target and get a perfect shot. BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT I WANT! If it's gonna pretend to be a shooter, than it had better go all the way and get the controls up to snuff... Or do like Fallout 3 did and gimmee VATS (not that Fallout 3 got VATS right, but that's another story). What I'm saying is, if you're gonna be a shooter, then be a shooter-- you can't just pretend.

[KnightAttack]

Fallout 3 continues to take up much of my time.

I'm searching the Hospital at the moment.

By the way, where are the survivors I hear on the radio?

[WanderingMind]

Medal of Honor: Underground is now on hold. One of the levels won't load properly because of some scratches on my disc, which means I will have to find another copy of the game.

[PSRT]

Fallout 3 continues to take up much of my time.

I'm searching the Hospital at the moment.

By the way, where are the survivors I hear on the radio?

I need to install that game already...Listening to people rant and rave about it is absolutely killing me.

[Heiae]

I've got the final power in Prince of Persia, so now it basically comes down to healing the final 4 Fertile Grounds and beating the Alchemist and the Hunter. And fighting the final boss and whatnot.

I got slowed down because I didn't have enough Light Seeds to acquire the final power, so I had to do some backtracking. I usually have enough before hand, but that didn't happen this time.

Now, do I finish of PoP or play the rest of MGS4's Act 3..

[KnightAttack]

I need to install that game already...Listening to people rant and rave about it is absolutely killing me.

You have it for PC? Or PS3? the PS3 version is really good.


Probably should start just a FO3 topic. Me and Amuro talk about it lots. You can join us!

[AmuroRay]

By the way, where are the survivors I hear on the radio?

You can't do anything about that till you get to the quest named "Reilly's Rangers."

I'm doing that quest right now.

[RimDot]

I've got the final power in Prince of Persia, so now it basically comes down to healing the final 4 Fertile Grounds and beating the Alchemist and the Hunter. And fighting the final boss and whatnot.

I got slowed down because I didn't have enough Light Seeds to acquire the final power, so I had to do some backtracking. I usually have enough before hand, but that didn't happen this time.

Now, do I finish of PoP or play the rest of MGS4's Act 3..

It boggles my mind that you have MGS4 sitting there and you have not finished it.

[Heiae]

Heh. Well, I'm already late - why not be a little later?

I just finished Act 3. That was one really long cut-scene. I actually had to pause it because it ran over into midnight and I wanted to watch the ball drop.

Snake got burned. Hasn't he gone through enough?! =(

Hearing stuff about Rex makes me excited.
!

And now I'm bored because I haven't gotten to play the game in over half an hour. So that's all for today.

[AmuroRay]

Having that spoiler happen to snake just makes him more bad ass. Also, You will get more excited later.

[RedWizard]

In an epic twist of fate, I started playing Final Fantasy IV (DS) again.

[Marioarm2]

In an epic twist of fate, I started playing Final Fantasy IV (DS) again.



And eventually you'll be playing Final Fantasy XI with me, yes? That is as soon as I finish installing the 7-hour update on my 360 lol.

[RedWizard]

And eventually you'll be playing Final Fantasy XI with me, yes? That is as soon as I finish installing the 7-hour update on my 360 lol.

Hell yes I'll be there. Did you get just the basic game? Or some extra expansions with it?

[GlassAdam]

I think I may start Advent Rising today. I'm gonna look up some reviews for it...

[Marioarm2]

Hell yes I'll be there. Did you get just the basic game? Or some extra expansions with it?

It has: Rise of the Zilart, Chains of Promathia, and Treasures of Aht Urhgan. All for $13 dollars! W00t!

[RedWizard]

It has: Rise of the Zilart, Chains of Promathia, and Treasures of Aht Urhgan. All for $13 dollars! W00t!

You made out like a bandit. I've always wanted Treasures of Aht Urhgan for the Blue Mage class, but as long as I have my Red, I'm happy. Chains of Promathia is a disappointment since it introduced no new classes.

[Marioarm2]

You made out like a bandit. I've always wanted Treasures of Aht Urhgan for the Blue Mage class, but as long as I have my Red, I'm happy. Chains of Promathia is a disappointment since it introduced no new classes.

That's okay. I'm not picky! I signed up using the account with my 14-day trial so I hope it didn't ruin my chances of using the 30 days that are supposed to come with the game. I couldn't find the code but maybe I'll check again considering I have 6 hours and 25 minutes left to install. Hurrah!

[RedWizard]

That's okay. I'm not picky! I signed up using the account with my 14-day trial so I hope it didn't ruin my chances of using the 30 days that are supposed to come with the game. I couldn't find the code but maybe I'll check again considering I have 6 hours and 25 minutes left to install. Hurrah!

I guess in FF you don't have to be too picky anyway. Most classes are variations of the basic 6. Paladin? Warrior + White Mage. Ninja? Warrior + Thief. Dragoon? Just a Warrior who can jump. But, I digress. Nothing's as cool as a Red Mage. Except maybe an Onion Knight, a class suspiciously absent from FF11...

You're going to get an account for Tetra Master, right?

[ChukoLiang]

Rogue Galaxy.

Insectrons! INSECTRONS! OH GOD, the INSECTRONS!

There are no words. No words.

[Heiae]

MGS4.

Holy CRAP. METAL GEAR SOLID?! WHAT IS GOING ON!?

Also, Shadow Moses. I feel so nostalgic right now.

Also, Raiden, stop being stupid. Why not finish your dialysis and THEN come help Snake? Nooo.. You just wanna whine. FINE.

Whatever. You're still pretty cool in this game. But they're probably going to kill you off. If you inherit the Cyborg Ninja mantle, there's a 99% chance you're done, boy!

Actually, I get the feeling Raiden isn't going to die..

[SnakeEyez]

Rogue Galaxy.

Insectrons! INSECTRONS! OH GOD, the INSECTRONS!

There are no words. No words.

Good to know that somebody gets to enjoy the Insectrons. I could never catch the stupid things. Every time I set down a trap, the damn bugs would just escape with the bait before I could get to them. After this happened to me about 20 times, I just said "Screw it" and never bothered with the Insectrons again.

[AlucardsFate]

Good to know that somebody gets to enjoy the Insectrons. I could never catch the stupid things. Every time I set down a trap, the damn bugs would just escape with the bait before I could get to them. After this happened to me about 20 times, I just said "Screw it" and never bothered with the Insectrons again.

That's kinda what I did with the game as a whole!

[ChukoLiang]

oh man, insectrons are amazing.

What you do is, you use the factory (which is incredibly obnoxious) to make the third rank trap, buy the second rank trap, get a TON of sanchez fruit, and go to town. Bait all your traps with sanchez fruit and post em all at once in the same place, in different areas each time. I've found that if they're in the same area, they have the same results.

I've got a ladybug (Lady Death) with maxed attack and near maxed defense. I've got a shovelnose named David Spade. I had a mantis (PsychoMantis) before I bred him to make SUPER OMEGA AWESOME MANTIS PRIME who can annihilate anything, or at least will be able to when I'm done training him.

It's incredibly addicting and I recommend going back to this otherwise OVERLY mediocre game to try it again.

[SnakeEyez]

oh man, insectrons are amazing.

What you do is, you use the factory (which is incredibly obnoxious) to make the third rank trap, buy the second rank trap, get a TON of sanchez fruit, and go to town. Bait all your traps with sanchez fruit and post em all at once in the same place, in different areas each time. I've found that if they're in the same area, they have the same results.

I've got a ladybug (Lady Death) with maxed attack and near maxed defense. I've got a shovelnose named David Spade. I had a mantis (PsychoMantis) before I bred him to make SUPER OMEGA AWESOME MANTIS PRIME who can annihilate anything, or at least will be able to when I'm done training him.

It's incredibly addicting and I recommend going back to this otherwise OVERLY mediocre game to try it again.

Aw man, you mean I have to use the Factory too? That's something else I never bothered with since it just confused and frustrated me.

[AlucardsFate]

Nobody is making a case for why I should retry this game....

[WanderingMind]

I have yet to touch Rogue Galaxy because I have other games higher on my priority list like Chrono Trigger DS.

[Hero_X]

left4dead

[AlucardsFate]

All of WanderingMind's MOH talk has me thinking...I may give Call of Duty another shot....

which one however?

[KnightAttack]

I still have to finish the first one, but I can't get by the one level, because it's glitched on the ship after a *certain* event.

Anyone who has the next save/mission, and would be willing to part with it, that'd be great. I'd love to finish the game.

[AlucardsFate]

I may still have that game...Maybe I should try to get that far...

[KnightAttack]

I may still have that game...Maybe I should try to get that far...

You know what part I'm talking about right?

It's not that far in, but it's really pissing me off that I can't get farther than that. I just want to beat the damn game.

[PSRT]

Half-Life 2 is finally complete!! Man, that was probably the most fun I've had playing a final level in a long time. On to Episode 1...

MGS4.

Holy CRAP. METAL GEAR SOLID?! WHAT IS GOING ON!?

Also, Shadow Moses. I feel so nostalgic right now.

Also, Raiden, stop being stupid. Why not finish your dialysis and THEN come help Snake? Nooo.. You just wanna whine. FINE.

Whatever. You're still pretty cool in this game. But they're probably going to kill you off. If you inherit the Cyborg Ninja mantle, there's a 99% chance you're done, boy!

Actually, I get the feeling Raiden isn't going to die..

Give it time. If you think what's going on where you are now is weird, just wait till you're finished.

[Heiae]

I just finished Prince of Persia.

Now, let me talk about this controversial ending:
I thought it was actually okay. The Prince destroying the trees of light to bring Elika back was just to show that he loves her. The problem is that their relationship didn't develop quite as much as it should have to make this feel more legitimate.

It was close. They were getting really friendly and pretty obviously cared about each other, but it's rather abrupt, to say the least, for the Prince to destroy what is keeping a massive, malevolent god at bay that they just sacrificed so much to restore.

But I realize that this is his nature. He wasn't opening up at all throughout the entire game. Elika's past and her world was explored, but the Prince constantly put up a front.

I have a feeling we'll be getting a lot of character development for the Prince in the sequel. We know very little of him now, and I think that will come into play later.

And now to end the speculation and junk. To put it simply, I am satisfied with Prince of Persia. At a later time, I think I'll write a review and point out exactly what I didn't like - because there's some stuff that really irked me. Otherwise, though, this was one fantastic looking, fun, and worthwhile game. With, you know, an ending that was just ALMOST there.

Perhaps people wouldn't be giving it so much hate if it wasn't so obviously setting up the sequel.

[WanderingMind]

Played Chrono Trigger for 4 hours straight. I went back to prehistoric times and powerleveled some of my characters. Once I realized where I was supposed to go next, I went to 600 AD where I fought a bunch of enemies on a bridge. I found my way to the woods, dodged every single enemy, and met Frog once again. Looks like I would have to do a fetch quest....across time! I went to the mountains, found the broken Masamune, went back to the present time, talked with some guy who could repair the sword, went back to 600 AD, and went to Frog's place once more. I wasn't done yet. I go way, way back in time where I meet Ayla. I get the stone I needed to repair the sword, only to have my Gate Key stolen. Time to kick some ass. I beat up a bunch of dinosaurs and other creatures and got the key back.

Say...how I do I get Ayla to join my party for good? Am I at that point where I can do it?

Time to go to the present! I get the Masamune repaired, go back to 600 AD, and give the sword to Frog. He joins my party once again...yes! I make my way to the Fiendlord's Keep, which is where I am right now.

[KomodoAce]

Just finished Fallout 3. Full details in other thread.

Now, onto Episode 1 of hl2.

[Hero_X]

i dont know what to play.

[AmuroRay]

Played some FO3, and came across my first Deathclaws, surprisingly, they were easy.

Maybe cause I sneak around em mostly, and sneak attack their legs first. I love my Lincoln Repeater.

I also played some KH:COM, and killed the boss in Wonderland, the fighting takes time to get used to and I need more powerful cards.

[Heiae]

Ayla will join you indefinitely later, Wandering.

[GlassAdam]

Played Chrono Trigger for 4 hours straight. I went back to prehistoric times and powerleveled some of my characters. Once I realized where I was supposed to go next, I went to 600 AD where I fought a bunch of enemies on a bridge. I found my way to the woods, dodged every single enemy, and met Frog once again. Looks like I would have to do a fetch quest....across time! I went to the mountains, found the broken Masamune, went back to the present time, talked with some guy who could repair the sword, went back to 600 AD, and went to Frog's place once more. I wasn't done yet. I go way, way back in time where I meet Ayla. I get the stone I needed to repair the sword, only to have my Gate Key stolen. Time to kick some ass. I beat up a bunch of dinosaurs and other creatures and got the key back.

Say...how I do I get Ayla to join my party for good? Am I at that point where I can do it?

Time to go to the present! I get the Masamune repaired, go back to 600 AD, and give the sword to Frog. He joins my party once again...yes! I make my way to the Fiendlord's Keep, which is where I am right now.

That all sounds really, really confusing. I was thinking about picking up the DS version because everybody operates all over themselves whenever Chrono Trigger is mentioned, but now I'm not so sure... The game sounds complicated.

[Heiae]

That all sounds really, really confusing. I was thinking about picking up the DS version because everybody operates all over themselves whenever Chrono Trigger is mentioned, but now I'm not so sure... The game sounds complicated.

It's not. It never leaves you lost. If you need to go somewhere, there's a good chance it's going to pretty much straight up tell you.

It's just the way the story works. Time traveling between set time periods. It's great.

[KnightAttack]

Half-Life 2 is finally complete!! Man, that was probably the most fun I've had playing a final level in a long time. On to Episode 1...

Half Life 2 is an awesome game. Episode one is not bad, but Episode Two blows it right out of the water.


Played some more FO3, but think I'm going to have to use an old save now....

I got mad enough to play CoD4 online.

[SnakeEyez]

Still playing Star Ocean: Second Story. I'm almost finished with my second play-through. I just defeated Decus and Vesper in the final dungeon and am preparing to ascend to the top to challenge the ludicrously strong Indalecio once more. Will he beat me up with embarrassing ease? All signs point to yes.

This time, my party consists of Opera, Bowman, Claude, and Rena.

[AlucardsFate]

Still playing Star Ocean: Second Story. I'm almost finished with my second play-through. I just defeated Decus and Vesper in the final dungeon and am preparing to ascend to the top to challenge the ludicrously strong Indalecio once more. Will he beat me up with embarrassing ease? All signs point to yes.

This time, my party consists of Opera, Bowman, Claude, and Rena.

SECOND playthrough...no wonder you don't have time to get to stuff...

Your not just lazy like me...

[KomodoAce]

I'm going to pick up Chrono Trigger when I have the chance. So good.

[SnakeEyez]

SECOND playthrough...no wonder you don't have time to get to stuff...

Your not just lazy like me...

Two things about that:

1.) Star Ocean 2 is really short for an RPG. My first play-through was a little over 30 hours while my second play-through is currently at 26 hours and change. Playing through the game twice is roughly equivalent to playing through a "regular" RPG once.

2.) You can't see all the characters in one play-through. There are 12 playable characters, but you can only have 8 of them in your party. That means that if you want to see all the characters in action, you have to play the game twice. Again, though, it's a short RPG, so that really isn't a big deal.

[AlucardsFate]

Two things about that:

1.) Star Ocean 2 is really short for an RPG. My first play-through was a little over 30 hours while my second play-through is currently at 26 hours and change. Playing through the game twice is roughly equivalent to playing through a "regular" RPG once.

2.) You can't see all the characters in one play-through. There are 12 playable characters, but you can only have 8 of them in your party. That means that if you want to see all the characters in action, you have to play the game twice. Again, though, it's a short RPG, so that really isn't a big deal.

30 hours is a decent length...I hate for the game to drag on too long...

I beat FFVII in 25...

[SnakeEyez]

30 hours is a decent length...I hate for the game to drag on too long...

I beat FFVII in 25...

Oh. Well, I guess I should also point out that I'm a bit of a completionist when I play RPGs, so it usually takes me a while to finish them. Most RPGs typically take me about 50 to 60 hours to beat (maybe 70 to 80 if I really like it).

[RedWizard]

30 hours is a decent length...I hate for the game to drag on too long...

I beat FFVII in 25...

30 hours? I'd call that short. 60 hours is average.

Anyways, I'm playing Final Fantasy XI again, and does anybody know what exactly I'm supposed to do for the Crystal Line mission in Bastok? I found the Crag of Dem but I have no idea what my next move is to be.

[AlucardsFate]

But if every game you play is like 90+ hours...how will you ever get around to playing others?

[WanderingMind]

That all sounds really, really confusing. I was thinking about picking up the DS version because everybody operates all over themselves whenever Chrono Trigger is mentioned, but now I'm not so sure... The game sounds complicated.

I just did a lot in 4 hours. Unlike some games that make you go on really complicated fetch quests, Chrono Trigger is easy to play.

[ReverendHobo]

I finished Dark Sector and got Prince of Persia.

So far it's pretty good. I love the parkour elements and the visuals are real purty, but the combat makes me cringe sometimes. I miss the Sands of Time, flippy, wire-fu esque battles. The new PoP's combat is almost like a fencing sim; thrust, parry, riposte, touche, rinse, repeat. Hell, on more than one occasion I beat a boss "battle" in two strikes. He slashed, I rolled around him, two quick sword swipes and he tumbled off the edge of the arena, just like that.

And fighting The Warrior is just plain irritating. The first three battles consisted of me trying desperately to position him in front of the environmental kill zones with a camera that doesn't show where they are. And he constantly deflects my attacks. More than once we'd go back and forth: I attack, he parries, he counter-attacks, I parry, I counter attack, he parries, etc. etc. ad nauseum.

Took me forever to realize that Elika apparently can't be counter-attacked.

Another thing that irks me is the camera when freerunning. It has a habit of moving to catch a more epic angle, which I don't mind, but the thing is, the directional controls stay the same for the original angle. So I'd jump and land on a column, with a wall for me to run up on the right. So I'd think to myself, "The wall is on the right, so I want to hold the left stick to the right in order to jump that direction and propel myself to safety." But after tapping right and pressing A, the prince suddenly moved around the column 90 degrees and proceeded to jump into oblivion.

Good thing Elika has the ability to fly my ass to safety every time I jump where I don't want to... Which begs the question, why doesn't she just fly both our asses to where we're going? And don't tell me it's because the prince is too heavy to fly for extended periods, 'cause there's been moments where I'd be on a really long line that extended halfway across the area, and then fall, and she'd fly me back to the starting area with no problem.

Which brings up another griping point for me, why in the fuck can't the prince take a 5 foot drop without yelling for Elika like a scared bitch? I don't know how many times I'd be grip-falling down a wall, and I'd be about 4 feet off the ground and figure, "Hey, might as well jump and save a little time right?" So I jump.

Well apparently Mr. Clown Britches is a little scared of heights for a guy who apparently plunders super-tombs and jumps off canyons, because Elika has to come in and save his ass from a 4-foot drop, which makes me bite my controller in rage*.

But overall, I enjoy this game. I haven't finished it yet, but the freerunning (minus iffy camera) and the characters make me want to keep going. I really enjoy The Prince and Elika's conversations, especially the rather random ones. (My favorite was when they played "I spy")

*Warning: Biting your controller in rage may cause the plastic to fragment and give really bad owies.

[ChukoLiang]

I just did a lot in 4 hours. Unlike some games that make you go on really complicated fetch quests, Chrono Trigger is easy to play.

Frog is AWESOME. Awesome character theme, awesome design, awesome speech.

I especially like....well, I bet you've seen this part if you've played four hours since the last time:

When frog cuts a FREAKING MOUNTAIN in half with the masamune.

and snakeeyez, I want you to know: Disgaea wants you back. It wants your soul. It does. Offer it up and you will receive immense power. That, or you could just make a wood golem. Wood golems are the win button of disgaea.

[RedWizard]

and snakeeyez, I want you to know: Disgaea wants you back. It wants your soul. It does. Offer it up and you will receive immense power. That, or you could just make a wood golem. Wood golems are the win button of disgaea.

Gee, I've never seen such devotion (or obsession) in a PSM before. This is slightly more annoying than when he went around singing "la la la la la katamri damashy" all the time. Guys, I think its time for an intervention.

[Heiae]

I finished Dark Sector and got Prince of Persia.

So far it's pretty good. I love the parkour elements and the visuals are real purty, but the combat makes me cringe sometimes. I miss the Sands of Time, flippy, wire-fu esque battles. The new PoP's combat is almost like a fencing sim; thrust, parry, riposte, touche, rinse, repeat. Hell, on more than one occasion I beat a boss "battle" in two strikes. He slashed, I rolled around him, two quick sword swipes and he tumbled off the edge of the arena, just like that.

And fighting The Warrior is just plain irritating. The first three battles consisted of me trying desperately to position him in front of the environmental kill zones with a camera that doesn't show where they are. And he constantly deflects my attacks. More than once we'd go back and forth: I attack, he parries, he counter-attacks, I parry, I counter attack, he parries, etc. etc. ad nauseum.

Took me forever to realize that Elika apparently can't be counter-attacked.

Another thing that irks me is the camera when freerunning. It has a habit of moving to catch a more epic angle, which I don't mind, but the thing is, the directional controls stay the same for the original angle. So I'd jump and land on a column, with a wall for me to run up on the right. So I'd think to myself, "The wall is on the right, so I want to hold the left stick to the right in order to jump that direction and propel myself to safety." But after tapping right and pressing A, the prince suddenly moved around the column 90 degrees and proceeded to jump into oblivion.

Good thing Elika has the ability to fly my ass to safety every time I jump where I don't want to... Which begs the question, why doesn't she just fly both our asses to where we're going? And don't tell me it's because the prince is too heavy to fly for extended periods, 'cause there's been moments where I'd be on a really long line that extended halfway across the area, and then fall, and she'd fly me back to the starting area with no problem.

Which brings up another griping point for me, why in the fuck can't the prince take a 5 foot drop without yelling for Elika like a scared bitch? I don't know how many times I'd be grip-falling down a wall, and I'd be about 4 feet off the ground and figure, "Hey, might as well jump and save a little time right?" So I jump.

Well apparently Mr. Clown Britches is a little scared of heights for a guy who apparently plunders super-tombs and jumps off canyons, because Elika has to come in and save his ass from a 4-foot drop, which makes me bite my controller in rage*.

But overall, I enjoy this game. I haven't finished it yet, but the freerunning (minus iffy camera) and the characters make me want to keep going. I really enjoy The Prince and Elika's conversations, especially the rather random ones. (My favorite was when they played "I spy")

*Warning: Biting your controller in rage may cause the plastic to fragment and give really bad owies.
You have the exact same problems I've had with the game. Except for the camera. I really didn't have an issue with it.

Wait until you get Wings of Ormazd. I'll never understand why, when you finally do get the ability to fly, Elika will literally go exactly where you need to go, bank down and go ALL THE WAY AROUND THE LEVEL to another pad and THEN go to the destination.

UGH.

Combat needs less quicktime events and more variety next time. I liked fighting, but I didn't like getting knocked back into a quicktime event, and if a screwed that one up I was in another quicktime event.. UGH. Just give me a dedicated DODGE button and don't make these segments outside of normal play - get rid of the quicktime and just make it happen like a normal attack. Base all of the combat off of the Prince's, so that if you get grabbed, you can counter it by slamming on the grab button or something.

The whole dying-during-4-foot drops is nothing new, though. I remember in Warrior Within how many times I'd make the smallest jumps ever and the Prince would DIE. What?!

Still, I loved the game. Hahaha.. I'm sure the sequel can fix a while lot of the little issues that mar this one.

PS: I loved that I Spy conversation too. It was hilarious.

[ReverendHobo]

Oh yeah, I've gotten the wings or ormazd and literally yelled in frustration*.

I also got the jumpy boots of ormazd, and I sat back for a minute and thought, "Wait... this is the exact same thing... it just has a different animation... what the fuck!?"

Also, I don't know if anyone else has had problems like this, but on two occasions it seems that certain buttons just stop working. Last night, after posting that the back button suddenly stopped. I could not open the map no matter what I did. I opened the xbox guide, and hit back, so the button itself still worked, the game just didn't seem to register it. So I saved and reloaded and it seemed to work fine, but about 10 minutes later I couldn't use Elika's compass ability. So I reloaded again, and it still didn't work. So I called it a day and went to sleep. I'm playing now, and it seems to work again.

*Warning: yelling in frustration tends to wake up sleeping relatives.

[ChukoLiang]

intervention my ass, you need to play it too!

LA LAAAAAAAAA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA KATAMARI DAMASHIIII

[Heiae]

Yeah. The Hand of Ormazd and the.. Boots of Ormazd or whatever are both VERY similar.

I don't really like most of the powers because they just break all the awesome platforming. When they're using sparingly to connect the awesome platforming segments, which you do have in some instances, they're great, but not when they're overused.

Especially that shitty Wings of Ormazd crap.

And about your button issue: I didn't really run into that. Two or three times Elika didn't respond to my calling for the compass, but that's it.

[ReverendHobo]

*sigh*

As much as I want to love this game... This light seed collection bullshit is wearing thin...
I've killed two of the Corrupt, and cleared two of the four grounds of the others. And to get the last power I need 540 seeds... after killing a corrupted and clearing two more fertile grounds, I have 460, and I've already gotten all the obvious ones...

There's a reason I didn't get the flags in assassin's creed.

[Heiae]

*sigh*

As much as I want to love this game... This light seed collection bullshit is wearing thin...
I've killed two of the Corrupt, and cleared two of the four grounds of the others. And to get the last power I need 540 seeds... after killing a corrupted and clearing two more fertile grounds, I have 460, and I've already gotten all the obvious ones...

There's a reason I didn't get the flags in assassin's creed.

That annoyed me as well. I just warped to areas with a low light seed collection number and went at it.

[ReverendHobo]

That's what I've been doing... but it's still wearing on me...

[WanderingMind]

Frog is AWESOME. Awesome character theme, awesome design, awesome speech.

I especially like....well, I bet you've seen this part if you've played four hours since the last time:

When frog cuts a FREAKING MOUNTAIN in half with the masamune.

I saw that part and it sure was awesome. I did another Chrono Trigger gaming marathon today and I'm now clocking at 13 hours. I got Ayla to join my party for good and I'm now up to the boss in the underwater temple in 13,000 BC. After a failed attempt to fight that boss, I got out of the temple and made my way to Terra Cave, my stopping point as of now. The next time I play, I plan to stock up on a lot of items and level up some of my characters.

[AlucardsFate]

That's one thing about CT...I never minded having any of the characters in my party...

But I typically stuck with Crono, Marle and Frog....

I must have access to the vaunted X-Strike!

[RedWizard]

I saw that part and it sure was awesome. I did another Chrono Trigger gaming marathon today and I'm now clocking at 13 hours. I got Ayla to join my party for good and I'm now up to the boss in the underwater temple in 13,000 BC. After a failed attempt to fight that boss, I got out of the temple and made my way to Terra Cave, my stopping point as of now. The next time I play, I plan to stock up on a lot of items and level up some of my characters.

Underwater Palace already? Damn. Oh, and you're talking about the Golem Twins? I f*cking hate them. First time I fought them, I though I was supposed to lose! Bastards. And I too typically ran around with Crono, Frog, and Nadia (I just have a hard time calling her Marle for some reason), mostly because I love their Triple Tech, Arc Impulse. And I used it well against the Golem Twins.

Also, I beat the Boss from Episode 2 of Duke Nukem 3D. And what really scares me, is that he didn't touch me, not even once!

[AlucardsFate]

That's the one in space right? Where you crap down his neck at th end?

Get ready for Episode 3 boss...I remember him being pretty hard....football field and all that....

But I haven't played that game in over 10 years...

[RedWizard]

Yeah, that's the one in space. Lunar Apocalypse.

[AlucardsFate]

Now it's time for Ed to kick ass and chew bubblegum...

...and he's all outta gum...

[WanderingMind]

Underwater Palace already? Damn. Oh, and you're talking about the Golem Twins? I f*cking hate them. First time I fought them, I though I was supposed to lose! Bastards. And I too typically ran around with Crono, Frog, and Nadia (I just have a hard time calling her Marle for some reason), mostly because I love their Triple Tech, Arc Impulse. And I used it well against the Golem Twins.

Also, I beat the Boss from Episode 2 of Duke Nukem 3D. And what really scares me, is that he didn't touch me, not even once!

For some reason, I like to pronounce Marle like "Marley" The Golem Twins are really annoying, as if one wasn't bad enough.

[Heiae]

I pronounce Marle "Marley" as well. Hahaha..

[ReverendHobo]

I always pronounced it "Mar-el"

[AlucardsFate]

I always pronounced it "Mar-el"

As did I...

[ReverendHobo]

I just recently got it on the DS (I don't remember if I told you guys yet...)

I'm in the middle ages killin' shit right now.

[Heiae]

I think that's the right way.

I'm waiting to see if I can get a SFIITHDR game going tonight with Foxkeiers.. I have been playing it a lot today and getting raped, though.

My Fei Long is still decent..

[Hero_X]

so i was playing haze last night, not a great game but i still wanted to finish, i came to this part of the game where i find my way to the rooftop. the guy told me through a certain door, so i meeleed the door, the only way to open doors in this game so far. i meeleed and meeleed it some more. i finally made it through the doors, but i fell through the world when i passed the doors. that's right, i meeleed so hard that i broke the game and starting falling through a dead zone. i started to free fall through the floors, and the best part is that it saved it at that spot for a checkpoint. that's right, that's the real kicker. the checkpoint is beyond the doors i meeleed. so everytime i would restart to the last checkpoint, it would bring back to where i was falling. stupid game.

i hate you haze.

i would redo the whole game, but it's not a game worth doing over for now. maybe when i have some time to kill.

[PSRT]

I was so excited for Haze, until I played the demo. That was a painful 15 minutes. The writing and voice acting alone almost made me hurl.

[AlucardsFate]

I was so excited for Haze, until I played the demo. That was a painful 15 minutes. The writing and voice acting alone almost made me hurl.

I never finished the demo...

[RedWizard]

Man, I saw the commercial for Haze and I thought it sucked.

[WanderingMind]

I never played it, not even the demo. Therefore, I'm the best off.

In other news, I did whatever practice I could for Street Fighter II. Afterward, I played Disgaea 3 for the first time. I'm definitely going to play more of this game when I have the time this summer. I won't be bringing my PS3 with me to school, so it will have to wait.

[SnakeEyez]

Finished my second play-through of Star Ocean: Second Story in a little over 27 hours. My final team was Opera, Bowman, Claude, and Rena. I got the Opera -> Claude ending and the Celine -> Rena ending. If you can ignore the God-awful dialogue, it's actually a pretty good game. Unfortunately, it has not aged very well. I'll give it a 6.5 out of 10.

I couldn't decide what to play next, so I consulted the fortune cookie on Backloggery; it said Dragon Quest IV. School starts back up again on Monday, so I imagine it will take me all semester to beat it. Hopefully I'll be done with it by the time summer rolls around so I can devote my full attention to Persona 3. That's the plan at the moment, so we'll see how that goes.

[AlucardsFate]

Huh...I didn't even notice that "Fortune Cookie" till you mentioned it...

[RimDot]

I rented Prince of Persia. I played for an hour or so and I am loving it so far. The games on the PS2 were some of my favorites on the console.

[ReverendHobo]

I just finished Prince of Persia.

Now, let me talk about this controversial ending:
I thought it was actually okay. The Prince destroying the trees of light to bring Elika back was just to show that he loves her. The problem is that their relationship didn't develop quite as much as it should have to make this feel more legitimate.

It was close. They were getting really friendly and pretty obviously cared about each other, but it's rather abrupt, to say the least, for the Prince to destroy what is keeping a massive, malevolent god at bay that they just sacrificed so much to restore.

But I realize that this is his nature. He wasn't opening up at all throughout the entire game. Elika's past and her world was explored, but the Prince constantly put up a front.

I have a feeling we'll be getting a lot of character development for the Prince in the sequel. We know very little of him now, and I think that will come into play later.

And now to end the speculation and junk. To put it simply, I am satisfied with Prince of Persia. At a later time, I think I'll write a review and point out exactly what I didn't like - because there's some stuff that really irked me. Otherwise, though, this was one fantastic looking, fun, and worthwhile game. With, you know, an ending that was just ALMOST there.

Perhaps people wouldn't be giving it so much hate if it wasn't so obviously setting up the sequel.

Well, I just finished it too. And I agree with you about the ending, I was okay with it; it wasn't great, but it wasn't bad either.

And I love how it's blatantly setting up a sequel, hell the name of the finished game achievement is fucking, "To be continued..."

[Heiae]

I somehow figured me and you would be on the same page with the game. Hahaha..
Elika wouldn't even look him in the eyes after what he did. Hahah..

I wonder what the world is going to be like in the sequel? And I wonder how the Prince's and Elika's relationship is going to be, too. And I wonder where the second game will take place..

Hopefully, the follow-up won't disappoint.

Wait.. WHERE'S THAT DONKEY?!

[PSRT]

Every time I walk downstairs and see LittleBigPlanet next to my PS3 I feel guilty....I really need to play it more, but every time I do, I'm reminded of just how uncreative I am, and it depresses me.

[KnightAttack]

Every time I walk downstairs and see LittleBigPlanet next to my PS3 I feel guilty....I really need to play it more, but every time I do, I'm reminded of just how uncreative I am, and it depresses me.

THAT'S why I can't buy the game.

I'm not creative enough....at least...not yet. Maybe in a while.

[RedWizard]

Its too bad Little Big Planet isn't out for the 360. I have ideas. IDEAS! Floating all about my head. Oh, the fun I would inflict on everyone!



Don't worry about not being creative enough though. I hear they regularly delete user-created content without any warning. Chances are the stuff you create would be deleted anyway.

[KnightAttack]

Its too bad I can't own a PS3. I'm so sad. I cry myself to sleep every night. You guys are so lucky getting, MGS4 and LBP.....*cries*


*Fixed*



:D

[Baberific]

some rockband 2, with all it's headache inducing difficulty.

[Heiae]

I rented LBP and didn't enjoy it very much. The creation tools were awesome, but the core platforming just didn't satisfy me. Yes, you can make some amazing levels, but the platforming with your sackboy itself is boring, even if you add in a ton of awesome pulleys and rocket packs and rocket cars. You're slow, unagile and.. I dunno.

LBP just wasn't for me. Levels are awesome, but I prefer to have a little more control over my character than just run slowly, jump, grab and move between planes. (Which I realize is mostly void because the game is all about the LEVELS, so don't call me out on that.)

[WanderingMind]

Finished my second play-through of Star Ocean: Second Story in a little over 27 hours. My final team was Opera, Bowman, Claude, and Rena. I got the Opera -> Claude ending and the Celine -> Rena ending. If you can ignore the God-awful dialogue, it's actually a pretty good game. Unfortunately, it has not aged very well. I'll give it a 6.5 out of 10.

I couldn't decide what to play next, so I consulted the fortune cookie on Backloggery; it said Dragon Quest IV. School starts back up again on Monday, so I imagine it will take me all semester to beat it. Hopefully I'll be done with it by the time summer rolls around so I can devote my full attention to Persona 3. That's the plan at the moment, so we'll see how that goes.

I think I'll wait until Star Ocean: Second Story comes out for the PSP. I imagine the dialogue and cutscenes will be redone.

Huh...I didn't even notice that "Fortune Cookie" till you mentioned it...

I haven't used the Fortune Cookie option yet...but I discovered it before you. I gave it a test run...didn't play the game it suggested.

Heiae and I had another awesome match of awfulness on Street Fighter II. Some guys joined our room and owned us. A lot.

Now then...I'll only have one day left with my PS3 before I leave it home and go back to school, so I'll try the last game I got for the PS3 from a while back. (I used to have a PS3 at my dad's house, which disappeared in June never to be seen again...but I took all the remaining games with me) That leaves...Resistance 1. First level is going to be a pain.

[Heiae]

Wandering, that guy whoring Balrog was ridiculously annoying. I already hate Balrog with a passion, but this guy picked NO ONE ELSE. For over 12 matches in a row.

UGH.

[ReverendHobo]

I somehow figured me and you would be on the same page with the game. Hahaha..
Elika wouldn't even look him in the eyes after what he did. Hahah..

I wonder what the world is going to be like in the sequel? And I wonder how the Prince's and Elika's relationship is going to be, too. And I wonder where the second game will take place..

Hopefully, the follow-up won't disappoint.

Wait.. WHERE'S THAT DONKEY?!

I dunno, I wondered where/how the sequel would take place for a bit. But all I really want is that they fix the combat and the 4-foot death.

[WanderingMind]

Wandering, that guy whoring Balrog was ridiculously annoying. I already hate Balrog with a passion, but this guy picked NO ONE ELSE. For over 12 matches in a row.

UGH.

Is there any way we can keep people from joining our game like that guy? It would make things a whole lot better.

[Heiae]

Is there any way we can keep people from joining our game like that guy? It would make things a whole lot better.

Yeah. I could have just made it two slots and private, but I didn't 'cause I saw you on MGS and didn't know if you were coming.

[WanderingMind]

Yeah. I could have just made it two slots and private, but I didn't 'cause I saw you on MGS and didn't know if you were coming.

No problem...I just started MGS...so it wasn't like I was anywhere important...

[KomodoAce]

Played MGS4......


....for about 15 minutes. 10 minutes of it is CG. I'm in Act 3 and I just couldn't get into it.

[PSRT]

Played MGS4......


....for about 15 minutes. 10 minutes of it is CG. I'm in Act 3 and I just couldn't get into it.

Welcome to the second half of MGS4.

[KomodoAce]

I already finished the game once, but I just don't feel motivated to complete it a second time.

EDIT: The scene between Meryl and Snake reminded me how much of a bitch Meryl is nowadays.

[KnightAttack]

I already finished the game once, but I just don't feel motivated to complete it a second time.

EDIT: The scene between Meryl and Snake reminded me how much of a bitch Meryl is nowadays.

That she is.

I don't understand why she is so mad.

[PSRT]

I think I'm in Act 2 of my second playthrough right now (whatever act was in South America...) and I'm trying to complete it on the hardest difficulty without killing anybody or being spotted. Thanks to the god-awful checkpoint system in place, combined with the huge areas, I am sufficiently unable to play anymore without absolutely hating the experience. Maybe when the next integral podcast is released I'll give it another shot.

[WanderingMind]

I played Resistance 1 for the first time in a while and it hasn't aged well in the months since I've played it, which has to do with better games coming out. It looks nice and there are a lot of cool weapons (Insomniac made this game, after all), but I don't feel too motivated to play it further for now.

[PSRT]

Well, HL2: Episode 1 is complete...definitely not as incredible as the first game, but it was still pretty interesting. I hate all the stupid dark sections, though. Waiting for my flashlight to recharge isn't my idea of a good time.

[Heiae]

Episode 1 isn't too great.

Episode 2 is AWESOME.

[KnightAttack]

Well, HL2: Episode 1 is complete...definitely not as incredible as the first game, but it was still pretty interesting. I hate all the stupid dark sections, though. Waiting for my flashlight to recharge isn't my idea of a good time.

The part that pissed me off (and that they fixed with in Episode 2), is that your Run, Breathe, and Flashlight is all on the same bar.

Going to play a little AOE3 now.

FO3 later.

[PSRT]

That's what everyone tells me, so I think I'm gonna take a break before I dive into Ep. 2. I'm feeling shooter fatigue.

[ChukoLiang]

I won't be bringing my PS3 with me to school, so it will have to wait.

Great idea, man. I've heard that college is a dangerous place for precious items.

[SnakeEyez]

EDIT: The scene between Meryl and Snake reminded me how much of a bitch Meryl is nowadays.

That she is.

I don't understand why she is so mad.

Umbrae is gonna lynch you guys when he reads this. Just so you know.

[RedWizard]

I'm about to start Final Fantasy IX for my, oh... 16th playthrough? Heh, I jest. The only Final Fantasy I've played that many times is the original and IV. But what is it that brings me back to the ninth installment so many times? The atmosphere? The music? The characters? The Everything? Definitely the everything. So great. I've always said that Square should make Tetra Master cards for people to collect and play with. It would be good times.

[AlucardsFate]

I'm gonna open my Fortune Cookie...I'm intrigued....

Hmph....Ed would like this...Too bad I don't see that happening...

I am still on the AOE3 train....but also installed Call of Duty 2...cause it was there....

What else to play? (He says as P3 FES suffocates under a pile...)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v180/G-Prime/sdfgsdfg.jpg

[Baberific]

some COD: WAW, since the game needs to be finished....and that's the only reason, nothing more. But still, hearing Japanese imperial soldiers scream the same goddamn phrase never gets annoying.

[AmuroRay]

some COD: WAW, since the game needs to be finished....and that's the only reason, nothing more. But still, hearing Japanese imperial soldiers scream the same goddamn phrase never gets annoying.

I need to get that game.........when it's cheaper.

I still need to finish P4, FO3, Kingdom Hearts:Chain Of Memories, Midnight Club LA, GTAIV (Yes I didn't finish it yet), HL2, Tales Of Eternia, and Star Ocean:First Departure.

Geez that is a lot.

[GlassAdam]

Currently playing: nothing. I've already grown tired of Advent Rising's combat, and I haven't even gotten any cool powers yet. It's just so damned combat-heavy, but the gunplay is not fun at all... So I put the game down. Unfortunate, since the first half-hour (before you started fighting) or so had so much promise. The game's so awesomely cinematic it's a shame they have to go and ruin it with combat.

We'll see, maybe I'll pick it back up again.

[RimDot]

I played some more Prince of Persia today and I'm still loving it. The game is so beautiful it's still blowing my mind. My only real complaint is that it's really easy, fun but, easy.

[Baberific]

I played some more Prince of Persia today and I'm still loving it. The game is so beautiful it's still blowing my mind. My only real complaint is that it's really easy, fun but, easy.

You know, a game can do that to you, especially when YOU CAN'T EVER DIE!!!

I still loved it though, and with an hdtv!! EVEN BETTER!!

about to play some more world at war, haha, those damn japanese and their shuri castle.

[KomodoAce]

Umbrae is gonna lynch you guys when he reads this. Just so you know.

I liked her a lot in MGS, but the nanomachines and SOP must've made her get never-ending pms.

She's so unbelievably bitchy, I hope Johnny divorces her ass after a month of marriage.

[Heiae]

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF SPOILERS.

Ow.

[KomodoAce]

Oh son of a bitch, I am so sorry heiae :(

[RimDot]

You know, a game can do that to you, especially when YOU CAN'T EVER DIE!!!

I still loved it though, and with an hdtv!! EVEN BETTER!!

about to play some more world at war, haha, those damn japanese and their shuri castle.

It's not even that I need to be saved by Elika a lot. In fact I barely ever need to be saved by her. Good thing she's not annoying.

[Heiae]

It's not even that I need to be saved by Elika a lot. In fact I barely ever need to be saved by her. Good thing she's not annoying.

Elika's a really cool character. I thought the Prince was a fun guy too (I like asshole type characters for some resaon), and I hope he gets developed a lot in the sequel.

Oh son of a bitch, I am so sorry heiae :(
Hahah.. It's okay. After all that crap at the end of Act 3 I kinda figured they'd be getting together or something.

I didn't expect Johnny to look so.. Well, not-ugly, though.

[AmuroRay]

Elika's a really cool character. I thought the Prince was a fun guy too (I like asshole type characters for some resaon), and I hope he gets developed a lot in the sequel.


Hahah.. It's okay. After all that crap at the end of Act 3 I kinda figured they'd be getting together or something.

I didn't expect Johnny to look so.. Well, not-ugly, though.

Johnny looks like awesome, kinda like a Blond Solid Snake.

[Heiae]

Yeah. He does look like Snake. Which I thought was funny.

[AmuroRay]

And yet again Heiae gets spoiled....dammit....

He does look like it!!! You don't need me to tell ya.

[Heiae]

No, I had already seen him. I just thought some people might still like it to be a surprise.

I honestly thought he was going to be some strange looking asian dude. lolkojima

[AmuroRay]

No, I had already seen him. I just thought some people might still like it to be a surprise.

I honestly thought he was going to be some strange looking asian dude. lolkojima

True, that's what I thought he would look like too.

Just wondering, who hasn't played MGS4 yet? Other than Chuko.....sorry Chuko.

[Heiae]

Don't forget Reverend.

[AmuroRay]

Ahh, Reverend.

For those I have spoiled, I apologize.

Hopefully no one....

[GlassAdam]

I haven't! And I plan on buying a PS3 and MGS4 within a couple of months, maybe. But I don't care about spoilers myself, because I just avoid all talk of MGS4!!!

[WanderingMind]

Great idea, man. I've heard that college is a dangerous place for precious items.

Fortunately for me, I live on a floor where people are really trusting. We leave our video game consoles in the lounge overnight and they never get stolen, except for my roommate who took the power cord to my Wii, but that's another story.

[PSRT]

I decided to start Episode 2, but I only got a few minutes in when I decided to put it off until exam break, which is the week of the 19th, so it doesn't distract me from school. Tried playing some more FO3, and i gotta say...I'm not enjoying it as much as I thought I would, at least so far. It feels like a cross between a mediocre shooter and a mediocre RPG, at least in terms of combat. It's a little too close to Oblivion for me as well, in terms of feel and style. I know, I should've been expecting this, but it doesn't make it any more enjoyable.

Played more Company of Heroes...I'm finally decent with the Americans, and can easily handle a number of strategies I encounter, unless it's Wehr MGs or damn Panzer Elite halftrack rushes, but...practice makes perfect, I suppose.

[AmuroRay]

Fortunately for me, I live on a floor where people are really trusting. We leave our video game consoles in the lounge overnight and they never get stolen, except for my roommate who took the power cord to my Wii, but that's another story.

Speaking of your cord, you ever gonna hunt that dude down?

I'm playing, "Get Heiae on SFII now game"

[WanderingMind]

Speaking of your cord, you ever gonna hunt that dude down?

I'm playing, "Get Heiae on SFII now game"

You can count on it.

[KnightAttack]

Fallout 3...always more FO3.

Also, I am really addicted to a flash curling game.

[AmuroRay]

Curling is fun.

[ReverendHobo]

Ahh, Reverend.

For those I have spoiled, I apologize.

Hopefully no one....

Actually I've had quite of bit of it spoiled already... So there's probably not much left for me to learn.

I'm still gonna play it someday though!

[PSRT]

I fired up Team Fortress 2 for the first time, and this game is crazy fun! Looks incredible too. I just gotta get a headset that'll work with my machine, and I'll be good to go.

[Hero_X]

juggling between Left4Dead. MGO (rarely) and NHL09

[SnakeEyez]

Started up Dragon Quest IV DS earlier tonight. It's decent so far, but since I'm only about two hours into it, not much has happened yet.

Once I started chapter two, though, something very odd happened: the dialogue suddenly became horrendous. It was Engrish-y beyond belief. It was so bad that I honestly don't know whether they made it this bad on purpose or not. Fun to read, sure, but my inner English major cringes with every line.

[GlassAdam]

I played some COD4 tonight, and once I got back into the swing of things I was rockin' pretty good. Not as any socially retarded assholes tonight, which is a plus.

[AmuroRay]

Not too many Socially retards on COD4 is a rare thing to come across.

I played some P4, and justgot sucked into the flat screen TV in Junes with Chie, and Yosuke. Then got kicked out by the bear.... haha

[KnightAttack]

I fired up Team Fortress 2 for the first time, and this game is crazy fun! Looks incredible too. I just gotta get a headset that'll work with my machine, and I'll be good to go.

Give me a shout if you wanna play.

I'm shitty at it, but I'll still play.



Fallout 3 is still awesome.

[ChukoLiang]

wow, amuro, you're WAY behind me.

[GlassAdam]

I'd like to play Team Fortress 2. I wonder if I can find The Orange Box for cheap nowadays...

[AlucardsFate]

Cheap? Ebay always Ebay....

I've wanted to try that game...and I own The Orange Box...

After a few glitches...

I've started playing the subject of my next review!

[RedWizard]

So I started playing Eternal Sonata today. Why did nobody tell me it was the Metal Gear Solid of the RPG world? And by that I mean, 20 minutes of cinematics followed by 5 minutes of gameplay. The music is bangin though. And its kind of refreshing to see a decent RPG with a female lead. Why, I haven't played such a game since Final Fantasy VI. Good times.

[Heiae]

She's not the lead at all. She just has more focus at the start. She's a boring character, too.

That game is sooo mediocre...

But.. Yeah. The music is good.

[AmuroRay]

wow, amuro, you're WAY behind me.

No duh....I just got it 3 days ago. I'm only 2 Hours and 30 min in the game...

EDIT: Just got Yosuke's Persona.

[ChukoLiang]

Rogue Galaxy. Damn you insectrons, damn you. Also, DMC3. DMD! is near impossible.

[RimDot]

I've unlocked two of the circles at the temple in Prince of Persia. Almost three.

[ReverendHobo]

Fallout 3.

I started a new file, going good this time around...

P.S. Where'd the quick reply go?

Edit: nevermind, it came back...

[KnightAttack]

Fallout 3.

And played some more AOE3

[AlucardsFate]

Age of Empires 3? We may have to play at some eventuality..not tonight though....

[KnightAttack]

I'd like to play Team Fortress 2. I wonder if I can find The Orange Box for cheap nowadays...


Yes, you can. It's around $30 now.

[AmuroRay]

I remember seeing the Orange Box in Target for the PC for only $20.

[KnightAttack]

I remember seeing the Orange Box in Target for the PC for only $20.

Well, there ya go.

You should be able to find it cheap. Very worthwhile if you have a PC that plays it.


If anyone Has NEVER played HL2 or Episode 1, I have a dummy account that you can play it on for a while at least. All Legit. I never gave my copies away, well, I did to a friend, but he's played them through now, and doesn't really use it that much anymore.

[GlassAdam]

Hmmm I mean for the 360. I'm sure The Orange Box for the 360 will be cheap eventually. My PC has trouble running just about anything beyond the Windows Start menu...

[AmuroRay]

Hmmm I mean for the 360. I'm sure The Orange Box for the 360 will be cheap eventually. My PC has trouble running just about anything beyond the Windows Start menu...

Oh you will not like TF2 on 360. Trust me, the multiplayer community is crap, always going to the same places. Because there are only a few maps on the console versions... :(

[ChukoLiang]

Hmmm I mean for the 360. I'm sure The Orange Box for the 360 will be cheap eventually. My PC has trouble running just about anything beyond the Windows Start menu...

CRAPPY COMPUTER FORCE UNITE! Go go powergamers!

[KnightAttack]

Hmmm I mean for the 360. I'm sure The Orange Box for the 360 will be cheap eventually. My PC has trouble running just about anything beyond the Windows Start menu...

Oh you will not like TF2 on 360. Trust me, the multiplayer community is crap, always going to the same places. Because there are only a few maps on the console versions... :(


It's not near as good on the consoles. Either PS3 or 360. [watching Hard News at this point: Circuit City has it for $15]



Don't let people fool you about the PS3 version though. It's still a good game collection, and plays well, it maybe just takes a slightly longer time to load, which for 99% of the population, that's okay.

[ReverendHobo]

crappy computer force unite! Go go powergamers!

unite!

[WanderingMind]

I played a lot of Chrono Trigger yesterday. I finished most of the side quests and I'm now trying to bring Chrono back to life.

By then, I should be ready to fight Lavos.

[SnakeEyez]

I played a lot of Chrono Trigger yesterday. I finished most of the side quests and I'm now trying to bring Chrono back to life.

By then, I should be ready to fight Lavos.

Did you recruit Magus?
What party are you using? Or are you just kind of alternating members and using everybody?

[RimDot]

I have The Orange Box on both the 360 and the PC. You may have to wait until I get my new computer up and running to play with me on that.

[AlucardsFate]

I have The Orange Box on both the 360 and the PC. You may have to wait until I get my new computer up and running to play with me on that.

I have that on PC...we'll have to get it going sometime...

[RimDot]

I have that on PC...we'll have to get it going sometime...

Yeah, I have CS: Source too. Although I hear that's not in favor. I wouldn't know I've never played it, even if I had it since it came in the CE of HL2. Haha

[ReverendHobo]

I just played a bit of Left 4 Dead... apparently they released a patch which made it easier... I'm a little disappointed.

[PSRT]

After playing TF2, I want Left 4 Dead! Too bad I can't afford anything, thanks to Christmas.

[AmuroRay]

Yeah, I have CS: Source too. Although I hear that's not in favor. I wouldn't know I've never played it, even if I had it since it came in the CE of HL2. Haha

Speaking of CS: Source I need to reinstall that on here. So we can rock.

[ChukoLiang]

I haven't played anything today.

[AmuroRay]

I haven't played anything today.

For Shame!!!!!

I played some Fallout 3, I finished it, but didn't get a chance to finish the whole ending movie. Weird huh?

[ReverendHobo]

Really?


It's like, 2 minutes long.

[AmuroRay]

Really?


It's like, 2 minutes long.

Bad timing, since I was playing in the Living room tv, I had to close it mid movie....I can always do it again.

EDIT: Surpassed Red by one post!!! MWAHAHHAHA

[RedWizard]

I finished the third episode of Duke Nukem 3D earlier. On to the fourth and final!

[AlucardsFate]

Fourth? I only remember there being 3...

[Baberific]

what are you talking about??? After red the mighty took down the freaking huge ass alien in the Stadium, he proceed to finally rid the world of the alien scum, ONCE AND FOR ALL!!!!

but yea, that game get's ridiculously hard at one point. Anyways, more chrono trigger, for the mighty BABERA has seen lavos at his most powerful point, now he is nothing more than a soul....oh no, what will happen now???

[WanderingMind]

I finished Chrono Trigger an hour ago. I brought Chrono back to life and then fought Lavos. I took the well to 1999 AD, where I fought the outer shell of Lavos. It was a walk in the park compared to the fight that would come after. For the real fight against Lavos, I used Frog, Lucca, and Ayla. I equipped Ayla with an item that let her counter attacks and an item for Frog that increased his critical rate. I had to constantly heal Lucca, but it paid off in the end. Inferno was the one tech that made all the difference during the fight against the last form of Lavos. It deals very high damage and you are sure to win if you keep on using it after getting rid of the left thing.

[Baberific]

You gonna try to get the best ending possible??? Cause at the moment, my Chrono is at level 51 with some pretty good equipment.

the way to get the best ending, if you already didn't know, is to fight lavos, with only chrono.

[WanderingMind]

Nope. I just got the regular ending. I'll go back to that game once I finish some other games in my backlog.

[KnightAttack]

More Fallout 3.

I found all 3 documents in the Archives.

[WanderingMind]

Current goal: to finish at least 7 RPGs this year.

1 game down, 6 to go.

[Crunkman2000]

FFIVDS and No More Heroes.

NMH is so over-the-top, that any flaws it has are easily washed away by the hilarious geysers of blood.

Except the driving. It makes my blood boil.

[WanderingMind]

I'll start Sonic Rush as a break from RPG playing.

[AlucardsFate]

I'll start Sonic Rush as a break from RPG playing.

That's exactly why Alucard's is playing Call of Duty 2...I don't dig shooters as much as I used to...but occasionally they hit the right spot...

[KnightAttack]

Is it just me, or does anyone else hardly ever play RPG's anymore?

I'm just not engaged by RPG's these days. I mean, I am currently playing one [Golden Sun], but I have no interest in buying one for my console.

[Yes, I know FO3 is a semi-RPG, but, it's not really what I would call an RPG].

[AmuroRay]

I still play RPG's, I've been playing a RPG for the past 2 months..Tales Of Eternia, KH, Star Ocean, Persona etc.

[WanderingMind]

I play a lot of RPGs on portable gaming systems since it is easier to play them on the go.

[ChukoLiang]

persona 4, disgaea 2, let's see...

disgaea 1 persona 3:FES rogue galaxy devil may cry 1 devil may cry 3 shin megami tensei nocturne ace combat zero.

Of those games off the top of my head I'm interested in playing, most of them are RPGs.

[RimDot]

More Prince of Persia... I've killed one of the bosses and I have three of the powers.

[Marioarm2]

Still playing World of Warcraft, and Final Fantasy XI Online. I just received Call of Duty 2, and Turning Point: Fall of Liberty from GameFly so I'll be playing those real soon.

[PSRT]

You're gonna be playing Turning Point soon? I'm sorry...

[WanderingMind]

Time to start Sonic Rush for the DS.

[Heiae]

I'm nerding out so hardcore right now, I feel like I could piss my pants.

I'm piloting a FREAKING METAL GEAR?! And fighting RAY?! REX has always been my favorite Metal Gear, and I'm PILOTING IT?!

THIS IS SO AWESOME!

The fight with Vamp was okay.. It took me FOREVER to figure out what to do. And fighting off those Suicide Gekkos was kind of annoying, because I was trying to watch Raiden and Vamp fight at the same time. I failed. I only really saw Raiden win. Hahaha..

ANYWAY.. Yeah.. Absolute epicness..

And on a side note, seeing REX and RAY detailed so well.. Well, particularly RAY due to its similarity to Orbital Frame designs, really makes me wonder how beautiful a new ZOE would be.

[KomodoAce]

I would've loved it if:

they had ended the game on the REX vs RAY fight. Probably my favorite boss battle in the game. It doesn't get anymore epic that that.

[AlucardsFate]

I'm nerding out so hardcore right now, I feel like I could piss my pants.

I'm piloting a FREAKING METAL GEAR?! And fighting RAY?! REX has always been my favorite Metal Gear, and I'm PILOTING IT?!

THIS IS SO AWESOME!

The fight with Vamp was okay.. It took me FOREVER to figure out what to do. And fighting off those Suicide Gekkos was kind of annoying, because I was trying to watch Raiden and Vamp fight at the same time. I failed. I only really saw Raiden win. Hahaha..

ANYWAY.. Yeah.. Absolute epicness..

And on a side note, seeing REX and RAY detailed so well.. Well, particularly RAY due to its similarity to Orbital Frame designs, really makes me wonder how beautiful a new ZOE would be.

That was pretty swanky...despite how over the top I thought it was...I didn't care...too awesome...

[Heiae]

When hasn't Metal Gear been over the top?

PS:I'm kinda glad Naomi's out of the picture. She was starting to annoy me.

[LuminousAtelier]

Fortunately for me, I live on a floor where people are really trusting. We leave our video game consoles in the lounge overnight and they never get stolen, except for my roommate who took the power cord to my Wii, but that's another story.

Wow that's cool but sucks about the powercord,hope you get it back in one piece.:)
I've been play Tales of Symphonia 2. It's fun or atleast for someone like me who has played the first Symphonia game and other Tales of games.

[Marioarm2]

You're gonna be playing Turning Point soon? I'm sorry...

Yeah I like to try almost everything that seems somewhat interesting and I seem to enjoy WWII games. I started it today and it's... not so great so far lol. It just feels awkward and clunky but I'm definitely no game reviewer. Hopefully it will get better!!

[KnightAttack]

Yeah I like to try almost everything that seems somewhat interesting and I seem to enjoy WWII games. I started it today and it's... not so great so far lol. It just feels awkward and clunky but I'm definitely no game reviewer. Hopefully it will get better!!

TP always kinda appealed to me.

I know it was suppose to be mostly a terrible game, but, I always wanted to try it.

[AlucardsFate]

Yeah I like to try almost everything that seems somewhat interesting and I seem to enjoy WWII games. I started it today and it's... not so great so far lol. It just feels awkward and clunky but I'm definitely no game reviewer. Hopefully it will get better!!

You should start reviewing stuff...it gets easier as you do it...and you get better and better...

I can show you my old reviews...vs my recent ones...it's weird...

[RedWizard]

Anybody here besides myself an Marioarm have FF11? I need a buddy to help me out some...

[RimDot]

Just finished Prince of Persia. Great game. But, "To Be Continued..."? Damn't I want to know what happens now!!!! I'm happy that Elika is alive, though. They created some good chemistry together. Maybe we'll get more on the Prince. I mean they didn't even mention that he was a prince.

[Crunkman2000]

Going back to the old days for a bit with some Sinistar, Smash TV, Robotron, and Sunset Riders.

[ReverendHobo]

Just finished Prince of Persia. Great game. But, "To Be Continued..."? Damn't I want to know what happens now!!!! I'm happy that Elika is alive, though. They created some good chemistry together. Maybe we'll get more on the Prince. I mean they didn't even mention that he was a prince.

In the manual it says that the Prince was born to a common family and is a prince in "Nickname only"

Although they could just be fuckin' with us.

[Umbrae]

Still playing PoP, so thanks for spoiler tag~

[RimDot]

In the manual it says that the Prince was born to a common family and is a prince in "Nickname only"

Although they could just be fuckin' with us.

Really? That's just stupid if they're serious. Man, I haven't bothered looking at a game manual since the PS1 era.

[WanderingMind]

Last manual I read all the way through was the original Wario Ware for the GBA.

[NosLived]

<--- Currently Playing:

Little Big Planet
BioShock
Dead Space
Metal Gear Solid
Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4

There's actually a TON more I'm playing, but I'm trying to limit myself so that I finish a game for once.

[ChukoLiang]

<--- Currently Playing:

Little Big Planet
BioShock
Dead Space
Metal Gear Solid
Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4

There's actually a TON more I'm playing, but I'm trying to limit myself so that I finish a game for once.

good man. Which MGS? I own every major game (excluding the GBA, PSP, and VR titles) plus the document of MGS2.

Of those, for story MGS1 was my favorite, and for gameplay 3 took the cake.

I am a fanatic about trying to play MGS4 when I do play it with zero spoilers. So if you've played it, please mark your spoilers.

[NosLived]

Ah. I meant to incude that it is Metal Gear Solid 4. I've only played the Metal Gear Solid Series (1-3 and now nearly done with 4) and Portable Ops for the PSP.

Worry not, my friend. I remain Spoiler Free.

besides, I don't even know how to use the spoiler tag. ^_^

[ReverendHobo]

Really? That's just stupid if they're serious. Man, I haven't bothered looking at a game manual since the PS1 era.

I usually don't read 'em either, but when I rented it the manual was included, what was odd... So I decided to read it for shits.

[Crunkman2000]

Well, finished Smash TV and Sunset Riders.

STV's final boss
was a ripoff. Mutoid Man with the announcer's head? WEAK!

Sunset Riders...well...I thought I'd beat it...

After the credits...the game started over at the first stage with my lives and score intact. I didn't bother playing through again, but I take that as a sign that SSR has no end other than the game over screen.

[Marioarm2]

You should start reviewing stuff...it gets easier as you do it...and you get better and better...

I can show you my old reviews...vs my recent ones...it's weird...

Well, I've never really thought about it but I'm sure it wouldn't be too bad. I don't play a lot of games to review, and the games I do play are so outdated lol. But I'd love to check out your reviews. Maybe it will spark my desire to write!

[Heiae]

I just got to Act 5 in MGS4. The ending boss fight of Act 4..

was one of the most epic boss battles I've ever played and stirred up so much love and nostalgia, along with my hardon for giant robots, that I almost wanted to cry.

I finished off RAY with an epic dodge and one final kick from REX's right leg.

*Sniff*

Also, lol at them acting like Raiden died only for Otacon to mention he'd be fine and junk. I know he isn't going to die in the end, but it would have been rad for him to just come back from the apparent dead and kick some faces.

I'm sure he will anyway, though. Thanks to my friend and his MOUTH. I'll forgive him - he did buy me the game!

I assume this is the last act? If it's following the standard play style of five acts and maybe an epilogue or something.

I'll probably beat the game this weekend. Here I come, feature-length-movie final cut-scene! 50 bucks says Big Boss is alive or something!

[AlucardsFate]

Well, I've never really thought about it but I'm sure it wouldn't be too bad. I don't play a lot of games to review, and the games I do play are so outdated lol. But I'd love to check out your reviews. Maybe it will spark my desire to write!

Hopefully...it won't be long...as I am playing a game I plan on reviewing right now! Just gotta finish it...

till then...all of my reviews are archived (without badges unfortunately) on my Gamespot account (http://www.gamespot.com/users/AlucardsFate/contributions?tag=profile-nav;contributions)...

You can tell the old ones...not only are they for older games...but they are somewhat shoddily written and very short...especially compared to the new ones...

[NosLived]

I just got to Act 5 in MGS4. The ending boss fight of Act 4..

was one of the most epic boss battles I've ever played and stirred up so much love and nostalgia, along with my hardon for giant robots, that I almost wanted to cry.

I finished off RAY with an epic dodge and one final kick from REX's right leg.

*Sniff*

Also, lol at them acting like Raiden died only for Otacon to mention he'd be fine and junk. I know he isn't going to die in the end, but it would have been rad for him to just come back from the apparent dead and kick some faces.

I'm sure he will anyway, though. Thanks to my friend and his MOUTH. I'll forgive him - he did buy me the game!

I assume this is the last act? If it's following the standard play style of five acts and maybe an epilogue or something.

I'll probably beat the game this weekend. Here I come, feature-length-movie final cut-scene! 50 bucks says Big Boss is alive or something!

It truly was.

I wanted to set a little kitten on fire once I saw Raiden remove his arm. And then the whole talk with Rose as he died? Didn't help. I really wanted Raiden to shine. I haven't started Act 5 yet.

[Heiae]

Me and you are basically in the same spot. I'm going to try and finish it this weekend!

[NosLived]

Me too. I put it off for Little Big Planet and Persona 4. I couldn't handle all the heartbreak. lol.

[Heiae]

I put off Persona 4 as well. Persona 4 and Valkyria Chronicles.

Can't wait to get back to those, but I love MGS4 so much. I don't know if I want it to end.

[NosLived]

Valkyria... I haven't even opened mine yet. I abused my discount at GameStop and got a ton of games, but haven't opened a bunch of them.

[Heiae]

Valkyria is amazing. I'm sure you'll enjoy it. You can't help but to.

It's another long game, though. I might have to put it back even longer as Persona 4 saps up 99% of my time. It's a needie girl.

[PSRT]

When I first saw trailers of Valkyria, I was really interested, but with all the other great titles coming out, I can't really justify the cost, especially after spending so damn much on games before Christmas.

[WanderingMind]

I would be playing Valkyria right now if I had my PS3 on me.

[Heiae]

Valkyria is up there, if not better than, most of the titles that came out this holiday season.