What are you playing right now?

[Phoenix Gamma]

I started up the Disgaea 2 remake for PSP. I put a shitload of time into the first game, and didn't get much time with the second.

That said, I've reached the point where I've broken the game over my knee and levelled up my troops over 100 Levels in two battles. In one day, I unlocked a secret character, and levelled it from 50 to 600 two days later.

I'm gonna see if I can make it to 9999. This game's got enough shit to abuse that it's actually feasible this time.

[Guitar Woman]

Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30.

...It's fucking awful. What the hell, Gearbox, I thought we were bros.

[Ant10708]

Took a break on the new zelda and rented the new game Darksiders for 360. Having fun with it so far at about two hours into it. Some very cool kills to be performed. The game borrows heavily from various games but it executes most of it well. Overall I'd call it an action adventure game thou.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Way to accept my friend request on Live Ant. Castle Crashers are waiting.

[Ant10708]

Havn't been on Live in awhile. Had no idea you ever even saw that post of mine. I'll sign on when I return from the dog park and will try to play around 5 pm eastern time today(sat)

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Saul Goode. I get out of work at 6pm but have to sleep then go out drinking tonight.

[Sam]

Are you practicing for July?

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

OH YEAH.
Oh, We should bring a Wii because I'm awesome at Brawl but the online sucks. I went camping at Six Flags one weekend in middle school and brought a TV, PS1 and Diablo. I had to quit playing though because girls with beer wanted to hang out.

[Zomboid]

What is happening in July?

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

http://www.comic-con.org/cci/

[Fathom Zero]

SNITCHES GET STITCHES, B

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

What I meant was http://trash.com/

[bigtimecow]

i'm trying to play mass effect but it crashes as soon as i open :(

windows vista suuuuuuccckkkks

[Sam]

BAYONETTA, DIRT, RUMBLE ROSES XX, RESIDENT EVIL 5, AND NEED FOR SPEED: UNDERCOVER

I have video game ADD :(

[darkvare]

i'm triying to finish god of war 2 in titan mode currently at euryales temple thesus always gives me a hard time

[Fathom Zero]

i'm trying to play mass effect but it crashes as soon as i open :(

windows vista suuuuuuccckkkks

It doesn't work on any Vista machine. Sorry, Chalie.

[LordSappington]

Motherfucking L4D2! Love this game.

[bigtimecow]

It doesn't work on any Vista machine. Sorry, Chalie.

are you fucking serious? then thank you steam for telling me i just need to run it as administrator

fuck

[kahljorn]

Well according to what ive read it does run on vista (what i've read is about 100 people saying they have vista but it works) but fathom zero's the pro.

what kind of laptop do you have? What happens when it crashes? have you tried changing compatability mode even though that usually doesnt do shit? Is your vista updated? You got direct x updated/your video drivers updated? And some people say you need ageiaphysix but i dunno about that :O QUESSSSTIOOOONS. before you do all that i would try turning user account control off though.

WINDOWS VISTA OR WINDOWS 7 USERS: Launching “Mass Effect” from Steam requires the setting “Run as Administrator”. If the User Account Control feature of Windows Vista is enabled, launching “Mass Effect” from Steam will result in failure. For users with User Account Control enabled, launch Steam using the “Run as Administrator” option or launch from the windows shortcut.you should just turn run as administrator on the mass effect launcher, the .exe that actually loads the game AND steam i guess ;/ you're launching from steam right? :O

THATS ALL THE CRAP I WOULD START WITH IF I WERE YOU :( You can also turn off user account controls entirely which might make it easier for you. To do that open the microsoft security center which you can access through the control panel. Then click other security options or something and that should be one of the options. IF THAT DOESNT HELP ILL TRY TO GIVE YOU SOME OTHER SUGGESTIONS.

[Dr. Boogie]

I saw in one thread that a guy was having that same problem, but that downloading the Bring Down the Sky content pack solved it.

http://masseffect.bioware.com/me1/galacticcodex/bringdownthesky_pc.html (http://masseffect.bioware.com/me1/galacticcodex/bringdownthesky_pc.html)

They have it for free here, but you have to register the game with them.

[kahljorn]

lol yea i saw that too :P

[Fathom Zero]

BAYONETTA, DIRT, RUMBLE ROSES XX, RESIDENT EVIL 5, AND NEED FOR SPEED: UNDERCOVER

I have video game ADD :(

Red Faction Guerrilla, Street Fighter IV, Shadowrun, Osmos, Halflife 2, Uplink, and Psychonauts. :/

[kahljorn]

Supposedly the reason why bigtimecow is having problems is cause it edits the registry when the game runs the first time and user account control stops that from happening. Prolly the downloadable content might add the registry data automatically :O
but anyway regarding that some dude having the same problem was all, "THIS GAME EDITS THE REGISTRY? I DONT WANT NO GAME MESSIN WITH MY REGISTRY"
:lol

[Fathom Zero]

Red Faction also had a problem with that. It edits the registry so that, at the end of the process, a patch is downloaded and installed for the game. Well, when a lot of people bought it off of Steam like I did, they found that it wouldn't patch itself because the update wouldn't download itself, and if it did, it wouldn't install. That means you couldn't sign into GFW and couldn't get any multiplayer on.

So I just found the address of the patch on Microsoft's servahs and manually downloaded it.

I'm actually having to do that with more and more games. I wonder what my computer's beef is.

[Zhukov]

I hate Vista. Sorry Kahl, I didn't notice you offered me good advice in my "installing xp" thread until recently.


Anyway, I downloaded the Bayonetta demo, and while I can see why people would enjoy it, and I can see why they see it as a good game; it's not really my type of thing. In other news, Darksiders is still enthralling me.

[kahljorn]

its cool dude, just trying to help.

[Fathom Zero]

http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/7203/cboxgauntlet.jpg

Soon...

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Vista is horrible. I need to get some 7.

[kahljorn]

I lurve it :(

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

It never wants to run my FFXI so I had to quit playing it. That and Age of Empires II has a lot of trouble with compatability.

[Pentegarn]

Did you try run as admin for FF11? That worked for me with DAoC

[bigtimecow]

heyyyyy, if i install a second operating system (say, XP) and run steam on that then will mass effect work?

[executioneer]

maybe?

[Sam]

It never wants to run my FFXI so I had to quit playing it. That and Age of Empires II has a lot of trouble with compatability.

JUST PLAY FFXI ON 360 MANG

[kahljorn]

probably bigtimecow, assuming its not a hardware/driver issue. Just try turning off user account controls or doing that thing boogie said first, though. You only need to run it once and it should work permanantly after that, and it will only take you a couple minutes to do it.

[bigtimecow]

haha i probably should've read this thread before asking another question :(

UAC has been turned off, and i've been doing run as administrator. but i'm gonna try installing the DLC now

edit: EA WHAT THE FUCK LET ME CREATE AN ACCOUNT MY EA ID HAS NO NUMBERS, -, OR _ EVEN THOUGH I KNOW I CAN USE THEM I JUST CHOOSE NOT TO IS THAT A FUCKING PROBLEM UAHSDHASD

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

JUST PLAY FFXI ON 360 MANG

Also don't have any time anymore. Busy 360'in my girlfriend :orgasm

For real though I want to play some Zombie related game tonight. I have off work tomorrow but I'm do in court as a witness at 9:45AM.

[Fathom Zero]

heyyyyy, if i install a second operating system (say, XP) and run steam on that then will mass effect work?

Oui.

[MarioRPG]

I started playing Majora's Mask a few days ago. Just got the mirror shield.

[bigtimecow]

bring down the sky downloaded and installed, but alas, no mass effect

however, i think over the weekend i'm going to wipe my computer clean and set up two OS's: one vista and one xp. unless, is there a way for me to install XP as a second operating system right now?

[Fathom Zero]

Yes. Partition your hard drive and install it on the new partition.

I dunno if XP installs a bootloader or not, though. It'd be ass if it doesn't. Windows 7's got one, though.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/7203/cboxgauntlet.jpg

I got mad when we got to level 100 and nothing happened

Soon...

Did you try run as admin for FF11? That worked for me with DAoC

Yeah, no such luck.

[Fathom Zero]

Bitch, it's the journey that's the reward.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Its a few hours I'm not getting back is for sure. Would have spent that playing Dark Legacy at the very least.

[OxBlood]

Finished Mario & Luigi 3 earlier tonight (awesome game, still the best DS Game of 2009), then made the mistake of falling asleep on my couch again. 2:24 in the middle of the night and I am awake AND hungry.

What sounds like the premise for an extremely shitty teen-vampire-novel is really just an annoyed guy in his late twenties walking up and down in front of his game shelf trying to figure out what to play. Hrmm...

[darkvare]

i started playing dead space today and i made it to the part with a huge meteor and i keep diying triying to plant a beacon :(

[executioneer]

i beat dragon age! wish i'd fucking seen the ballistae scattered around the rooftops BEFORE i tried fighting the archdemon hth ten times and losing, though

[dextire]

Nice! Do you have any idea how long it took you to beat it?
I haven't had much time to play, and was hoping for a 60+ hour game.

[Phoenix Gamma]

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Played this at a friend's. Kinda bad, but pretty funny.

Also, Dark Void Zero for DSiWare, which is pretty awesome. And still playing Bayonetta. Love that game.

[executioneer]

Nice! Do you have any idea how long it took you to beat it?
I haven't had much time to play, and was hoping for a 60+ hour game.

a long goddamn time. and i've only done two out of ?9? origin stories so far :x 60+ hours seems about right, especially if you play thru all 9 origin story quests and all the sidequests

[Dimnos]

Im on my 2nd play through on Dragon Age. Just went to the mage tower and and killed Wynn right off the bat. :lol To hell with that old bag.

[Zomboid]

I did that too on my second playthrough. I've also been telling Alistair to fuck off every chance I get.

[Dimnos]

Im trying not to use Alistair this time around. Although he makes one hell of a tank so its kind of hard. Sten just cant take as much punishment. :\

[Zomboid]

The first time through, I was the tank of the group, so it wasn't a problem, but I still ended up using Alistair in some parts. My group was usually Alistair, Morrigan, and Dog. Shale is also a reeeeeally good tank and I used it a lot during the first playthrough and that's continuing into the second.

[Dimnos]

Please tell me the dog gets better. I didnt use him last time but Im trying to now. He doesnt seam to do much good other than his AOE stun.

[executioneer]

i used alistair + dog + morrigan until i got wynne, because fuck not having a healer and fuck listening to someone bitch about every decision i make

[Dimnos]

Who was bitching? I think you can tell Morrigan to STFU and you can "harden" Alistair so he doesnt cry about doing evil things.

[executioneer]

well i don't do evil things so it was just morrigan

THIS IS, IN MY OPINION, THE MAIN ADVANTAGE OF THE DOG: IT NEVER SAYS SHIT

also: fuck romance subplots

[Dimnos]

YOU DONT DO EVIL?! :hypno

[executioneer]

not on the first run, anyways

[Babs]

Recently pulled the Dreamcast out of the wood works and couldn't be happier doing so. Nothing better than making a dozen or so self bootable Dreamcast games.

Currently playing Skies of Arcadia.

[Zomboid]

I liked the dog, but that might be partially because with the Human Noble origin, he's your first ally, so I'd been leveling him from the start and I learned to use him pretty well.

I'll just train Morrigan with some healing shit this go around.

[darkvare]

damn i already finished dead space is really short :/

[Fathom Zero]

ALIEN VS. PREDATOR 2000 AWWWW YEAH

[LordSappington]

I only have the Swamp Fever chapter to beat before I have all the achievements for L4D2. I play through all the levels no problem; I only used maybe two medkits. So, I get to the plantation house, and hold up pretty damn well for a while.
Then, out of nowhere, another Tank comes in, beats the fuck out of me, and dies. So I figure I'll heal while I have a chance. Right about when I'm halfway through, all at once, a Smoker drags Rochelle across the field, a Charger takes Coach across to the other side, Nick outright got killed somehow, and I'm just running for the boat for my last bit of hope.
Then, I got flanked by three Tanks. THREE. I didn't even know the game could DO that.
Fuck you, Valve. :(

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

I only have the Swamp Fever chapter to beat before I have all the achievements for L4D2. I play through all the levels no problem; I only used maybe two medkits. So, I get to the plantation house, and hold up pretty damn well for a while.
Then, out of nowhere, another Tank comes in, beats the fuck out of me, and dies. So I figure I'll heal while I have a chance. Right about when I'm halfway through, all at once, a Smoker drags Rochelle across the field, a Charger takes Coach across to the other side, Nick outright got killed somehow, and I'm just running for the boat for my last bit of hope.
Then, I got flanked by three Tanks. THREE. I didn't even know the game could DO that.
Fuck you, Valve. :(

Yeah, just in that finale the Tri-Fecta Tank totally takes your top off. By top I mean your head.

[Dimnos]

I only have the Swamp Fever chapter to beat before I have all the achievements for L4D2. I play through all the levels no problem; I only used maybe two medkits. So, I get to the plantation house, and hold up pretty damn well for a while.
Then, out of nowhere, another Tank comes in, beats the fuck out of me, and dies. So I figure I'll heal while I have a chance. Right about when I'm halfway through, all at once, a Smoker drags Rochelle across the field, a Charger takes Coach across to the other side, Nick outright got killed somehow, and I'm just running for the boat for my last bit of hope.
Then, I got flanked by three Tanks. THREE. I didn't even know the game could DO that.
Fuck you, Valve. :(

I still havent even opened my L4D2. Damn you Dragon Age. :(

[dextire]

The problem of having too many good games is a great problem to have. :)

[bigtimecow]

damn i already finished dead space is really short :/

and really fucking repetative. which is too bad, because the controls for that game are great and the atmosphere is perfect for a horror game

[Fathom Zero]

I don't agree. Nor do I believe it was too long.

[Dimnos]

I think it, Dead Space, should have been more "open world". Instead of the "Here is a section of the space station you can explore for now and these are the objectives for this section.". If the game had just dropped you off and then killed off most of your team, like it did, then just left you to hopefully find your girl friend or wife or whatever she was and a way off, it would have been much better IMO. Kind of like a 3rd person Metroid.

[darkvare]

the last boss was a joke all i had to do was crab walking and he didn't even touched me, ah well i'm gonna make a trophy run for the trophies i missed

after i finish god of war 2 in titan mode and soul reaver and resident evil 2 :P

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

HHUUUNNNKKKK

[LordSappington]

I think it, Dead Space, should have been more "open world". Instead of the "Here is a section of the space station you can explore for now and these are the objectives for this section.". If the game had just dropped you off and then killed off most of your team, like it did, then just left you to hopefully find your girl friend or wife or whatever she was and a way off, it would have been much better IMO. Kind of like a 3rd person Metroid.
From what I understand, Dead Space 2 is going to be a lot more like that. I'm going nuts in anticipation; Dead Space is easily my favorite game.

[liquidstatik]

..

[executioneer]

what did everyone playing DA name their dog

i named mine SHITHEAD :eek

[OxBlood]

My dog´s name was Loki, somehow I thought that was the only name he could possibly have, anything else would be silly :)

[Mockery]

Traded in some old freebie DVDs at Amoeba music and noticed they had a used copy of Deadspace. That's a PS3 game I didn't have so I figured what the hell. I'm enjoying it so far... particularly stomping on things like crazy and slowing down time with stasis.

[OxBlood]

I made the mistake to get on the hypetrain for Mass Effect 2...damn I want that game...should be really really awesome...but noooo I have to wait until Feb 2nd or something like that...

[Pentegarn]

That's not that far off though. At least they haven't bumped it back lately :knockonwood

[LordSappington]

Traded in some old freebie DVDs at Amoeba music and noticed they had a used copy of Deadspace. That's a PS3 game I didn't have so I figured what the hell. I'm enjoying it so far... particularly stomping on things like crazy and slowing down time with stasis.
Any game that lets you curbstomp zombie babies is a winner in my book.

[kahljorn]

Is DW and dragon age the same thing? Cause i named my dog Refugio :O

[Sam]

I named mine dog "Dog" :(

[executioneer]

Is DW and dragon age the same thing? Cause i named my dog Refugio :O
YES WHOOPS :x i got two things with dragons in them mixed up

[Zomboid]

Bart, and then Lono. After my real dogs :O

[Phoenix Gamma]

Started playing Fire Emblem 4. Supposedly it's the best in the series. The characters are kinda lame, but the cool part is making your troops hook up and have kids join your ranks when the game jumps ahead a few years.

[Dr. Boogie]

Dark Void.

The game is so short, and the story so disjointed and rushed, that I didn't even realize I was playing the final level until the jetpack was destroyed in the final cutscene.


In any case, it only took me a single afternoon to play from start to finish, and I can't see myself playing it again on account of the lousy flight controls for the PC.

[OxBlood]

I hope you just rented it?

[Dr. Boogie]

In a way, yes.

[Zhukov]

You wouldn't burn a purse.

[MarioRPG]

Zhukov, you are great.

[darkvare]

i bougth mgs anyone wanna play mgonlie add my psn donvarone

[Dimnos]

what did everyone playing DA name their dog

i named mine SHITHEAD :eek


Bear on my first go round. Then Teener this time.

[Nick]

I named my dog Tom.

[Phoenix Gamma]

My buddy got an arcade rip of the new BlazBlue game, which I guess runs off of Windows XP?

Game's pretty sweet. I mean, it's BlazBlue, but more of it. Which is awesome.

[Zomboid]

SO BACK TO DRAGON AGE: I've logged over 100 hours in this game. I love when I really get my money's worth. Long live Bioware.

[darkvare]

i wanna try dragon age but i'm short in funds and they don't have it for rent i would buy it but i'm saving to go to a metallica concert

[Nick]

Just listen to some Linkin Park on youtube. You should be able to afford Dragon Age then.





You know instead of listening to it in concert.















You get it?





I'm comparing Metallica to Linkin Park.

[Phoenix Gamma]

I might try it. Now that I reformatted my computer and deleted a bunch of shovelware shit that came with it, I actually have space for that whopping 20Gb install.

[darkvare]

Just listen to some Linkin Park on youtube. You should be able to afford Dragon Age then.
You know instead of listening to it in concert.
You get it?
I'm comparing Metallica to Linkin Park.
is really more about the trip rather than the concert

[executioneer]

X-COM: UFO DEFENSE :eek

[Sam]

WILLLLLIEEEEE

I was playing The Dig and Indiana Jones and Atlantis or some shit :(

SUPER AWESOME

oh and Torchlight

[kahljorn]

I like dragon age but it kinda gives me the impression that its basically like five dungeons and then the end of the game, but maybe I'm wrong.

also the origin stories kind of seem retarded cause its like, "here's ten minutes of something different at the very begining of the game then the rest will be pretty much the same" but again I haven't played it as much as some of you.

[bigtimecow]

WILLLLLIEEEEE

I was playing The Dig and Indiana Jones and Atlantis or some shit :(

the dig got so fucking confusing because all of its puzzles weren't based in reality :( just this crazy alien technology that i don't understand

i have both indy games and want to try them, which should i start with?

[Chojin]

fate of atlantis

[bigtimecow]

then i shall start that soon

while awaiting that answer i started secret of evermore. so far the gameplay is :love, and the main character's fake pop culture references are kind of lol

[darkvare]

is secret of evermore the game where your dog changes with the time period you are in?

[Guitar Woman]

Yeah, that's the one.

I always thought it was way better than Secret of Mana. Not that it's hard to be better than Secret of Mana.

[Phoenix Gamma]

I really didn't like Secret of Mana when I tried it a few years ago. Just felt kinda janky and lame.

Tatsunoko vs. Capcom was leaked this morning. Been playing that with my roommates. Have everyone but Yatterman-2 unlocked. Pretty fucking fun, despite the fact that I have no idea what a "Yatterman" is. Frank West is totally fucking awesome and really fun to play. Whole game's really good; fast and crazy, but more tame than MvC2, which is a pro and a con.

[lumpisan]

FF3 just dusted off the ol snes

[executioneer]

HEY SAM CHECK UR PMS FOR A SUPRISE

[Fathom Zero]

DEAD RISING :eek

[OxBlood]

Mass Effect 1 for the final time. This way, I get my 60-Shepard where I want him to be and I get to remember the smaller aspects of the story as well when Part 2 arrives next week...

[MarioRPG]

Tatsunoko vs. Capcom was leaked this morning. Been playing that with my roommates. Have everyone but Yatterman-2 unlocked. Pretty fucking fun, despite the fact that I have no idea what a "Yatterman" is..
I'm probably getting the game despite I do not know what Tatsunoko is. :lol

[Dimnos]

Yeah, that's the one.

I always thought it was way better than Secret of Mana. Not that it's hard to be better than Secret of Mana.

Overall you are probably right. However if you had a multitap and two friends to play with, Secret of Mana was pretty fucking bad ass.

[Dimnos]

Back in its day that is... :\

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Yeah, that's the one.

I always thought it was way better than Secret of Mana. Not that it's hard to be better than Secret of Mana.

I really didn't like Secret of Mana when I tried it a few years ago. Just felt kinda janky and lame.

Pfft, you two are both lame. Secret of Mana is amazing. You just need to play it with two or three people. We used to rent Secret of Mana and then Super Bomberman because it came with the multi-tap so three of us could play SOM at the same time.


edit: Beaten to the punch

Overall you are probably right. However if you had a multitap and two friends to play with, Secret of Mana was pretty fucking bad ass.

Didn't see that you already posted that ahead of me. I only got as far down the page as "I didn't like Secret of Mana" and my fingers started replying automatically in fury.

[King Hadas]

Policenauts was fan-translated recently and I'm playing it now. I like it. Though, I'm not sure how I feel about the fact that your character is given the option to grope and harass nearly every girl in the game. The scene with Chris and the massquito is just embarrassing.

[Phoenix Gamma]

Another leak: No More Heroes 2.

Pros: still silly. Actually, they crank the silliness up to 11. The second boss is a mech fight. Blowing up the other mech results in assassins #50-26 being killed. Woops. Also, no overworld and no mandatory jobs. The jobs are all optional. Oh, and Classic Controller support.

Cons: You're still mashing A to win (unless playing with classic controller. Then high and low attacks are mapped to two different buttons). Game still feels janky, and really dated compared to the recent Bayonetta. Lotta closeups on ugly textures and inconsistent framerate during cutscenes. Plus, I'm at a point where OMG8BITGAEMZ has lost its novelty and feels a little like pandering. Also, no cellphone conversations yet?

Eh, I'd give it a C, maybe B- at best.

[darkvare]

i finally downloaded the 1.34 update for mgo i effing love this multiplayer i already got to level one in less than half an hour

[Fathom Zero]

I stopped at 18 or something. Had a bunch of friends with it, so it was fun for a while. I'd be an asshole and use the Moisin Nagant for everything and get all stuns with no kills. Stuns put the enemy out of the game indefinitely, whereas, if one kills them, they can respawn. I loved getting headshots with it. LIGHTS OUT, MF.

[darkvare]

yeah i have 75% of my kills done with head shots i'm a beast with the sniper

[Fathom Zero]

For kills, I loved the SVD. Even just running around with it and coming across people, three quick body shots takes 'em out. It was the only weapon I went for in deathmatches.

[Zhukov]

I really want to be playing either The Neverhood or Zork: Grand inquisitor.

[Babs]

Quake III arena for dreamcast. Just finishing connecting this sore thumb of a system to my PC via dial up cable so I can play online with it.

[Phoenix Gamma]

Okay, nevermind. NMH2 is starting to be more fun now. Fuck yes, dual wielding light sabers, ninja chick with a jump button, and crazy Irish jedi. Some of the bosses require stupid amounts of hits, though, and the minigame to increase your attack has some weird collision. I like that they're mixing up the ranked missions, though, even if Revenge Missions have absolutely zero reward to them.

[MarioRPG]

Starting up SNATCHER because Hadas mentioned a game made by the same guy so I decided to actually play it then let it sit on my hard drive.

[OxBlood]

Been playing the pc-version of Mass Effect 2 while I wait for my 360-version to get shipped. Yes, wanting to play a game can make you drive over to the store, walz through the games-section angily mumbling to you self, and then you feel bad for the rest of the day because you essentially payed another 50€ just to play the game NOW instead of next week.

Thanks to my rather old PC, it looks and performs like the 360 ME1...rather bad, but what the hell.

Concerning the game itself...AWESOME! Not sure I like some of the changes they made but still, there´s so much soul and heart in that game, I do think I already have my GOTY 2010.

[Fathom Zero]

YOUR ASSERTION THAT THE FIRST MASS EFFECT IS UGLY ANNOYS ME

[Guitar Woman]

It was ugly as fuck, though

Not to mention horrible!

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

It was ugly as fuck, though

Not to mention horrible!

Did you have the television ON when you were playing?

[Fathom Zero]

It was beautiful. The only problem with the graphics were the ugly terrain textures of those extraneous, side-mission planets and the bizarre texture load times.

[King Hadas]

I can't find fault with it's graphics but I hated Mass Effect's game mechanics.

Thinking of Mass Effect, when you make your character do you try to make them as ugly as possible? Since I can't make a character that looks like me I tend to make them either stupid looking or real frumpy.

[Guitar Woman]

I'd spend like 15 minutes in the character creator making someone I thought looked like a babe capable of kicking substantial ass and garnering much wealth and respek knuckles, only to find out once I actually started playing that she looked fucking retarded in cutscenes and had developed a severe case of Librarian's Turtle Lip in the two seconds between exiting character genesis and the game's opening.

Getting past that, I still fucking hated playing the goddamn thing.

I did try to make a ridiculously ugly character at one point, but it's not nearly as hilarious as Oblivion where you can distort the sliders so hard you end up with something resembling Jar Jar Binks after having his head flattened like a Chinook child.

This abomination was made twice as terrifying when I opted for it to be a female character that ran around in undergarments punching people in the face.

[OxBlood]

I never said that ME1 was ugly, it just had severe framerate-issues AND the second one looks a little better. Take my weak PC that shows me about 80% of the details of ME2 and you get something like ME1. Nothing to do with ugly.

Trying out the Vanguard right now, my class of choice from the first game...but I don´t really like him that much this time. Too strange somehow and that charge thing is just a test to see if you are stupid enough to actually charge into more than one enemy...

[Fathom Zero]

http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/arcanum_of_steamworks_and_magick_obscura

woooo

[Sam]

:O no waaayyyyyy

[BatmanJohnson]

Just got a Ps3, Playing sooooo many games. Working on Metal Gear 4, Katamari Forever, Infamous, and to a much lesser extent warhawk.

*edit* Feel free to add me on PsN If you feel so inclined. Batmanjohnson.

[Dr. Boogie]

http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/arcanum_of_steamworks_and_magick_obscura

woooo

Man, I played the shit out of that back in the day.

Is that the latest patched version where they toned down the pyrotechnic axe, because that thing was ridiculous?

[Bubsy]

cureent playing ME2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i ordered TVCC for the BABY WIII!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :lol :lol still hasnt come in yet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :( :( :(

[Fathom Zero]

Man, I played the shit out of that back in the day.

Is that the latest patched version where they toned down the pyrotechnic axe, because that thing was ridiculous?

Man, I don't even know. I can only assume as much. I never played it the first go around. Still love it.

[dextire]

Just finished part one of "Final Fantasy IV: The After Years".
A little short, but a lot of fun if you like old school Final Fantasy.
I'm getting part two tomorrow.

[Dr. Boogie]

Bangai-O Spirits


I love that there can be so many missiles at once on the screen that the game actually locks up for a few seconds.

[Phoenix Gamma]

Beat No More Heroes 2. Kind of anticlimactic, and those last few levels were tedious exercises in attacking goons for 30 minutes on end in the same room.

[bigtimecow]

cureent playing ME2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i ordered TVCC for the BABY WIII!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :lol :lol still hasnt come in yet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :( :( :(

bubsyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!

[Dr. Boogie]

Started up Mass Effect again.

It turns out that in the two years since the PC version was release, Bioware hasn't done a damn thing to fix the permanent overheating bug I mentioned when I reviewed the game. Sure, they know about it and acknowledge it, but the only fixes are shaky, unofficial workarounds. Great company.

[Fathom Zero]

Started up Bioshock again. Playing it on Hard. And it is hard.

[MarioRPG]

Finished off Majora's Mask with 19 hearts. Still playing SNATCHER and trying out Policenauts too. Both are cool but there's a lot of "hey you haven't seen all the evidence in this room keep looking" for me because I'm impatient.

[Zomboid]

Started up Mass Effect again.

It turns out that in the two years since the PC version was release, Bioware hasn't done a damn thing to fix the permanent overheating bug I mentioned when I reviewed the game. Sure, they know about it and acknowledge it, but the only fixes are shaky, unofficial workarounds. Great company.
I've actually spoken with one of the guys responsible for that glitch, and he said that he left it in there just to spite you.

[Dr. Boogie]

So that's why my name was in the "Special Thanks" part of the credits.

[LordSappington]

I finally got GUitar Hero 5 back. I'd love it to death, if almost all the songs didn't suck. They went from being fun, heavier songs to classic rock. That's REAL fun to play to.

[Fathom Zero]

Because everything not from the early to mid nineties must suuuuuck.

[LordSappington]

It's not that the music sucks, it's that it's boring to play. A lot of them are fairly slow and repetitive, compared to faster, more challenging songs on Rock Band.

[Dimnos]

30w8DyEJ__0

Best song on any fake plastic instrument game.

[Guitar Woman]

While y'all fags are busy with Mass Effect 2, I'm playing Jade Empire, a much better game probably.

Kung Fu > Space Opera

Using the keyboard and mouse setup is sorta klunky, and since the combat system looks to be flow-y I'd probably do well getting a game pad or something.

I like it otherwise, though! Kung Fu exploitation is something that can be whored to me any time.

[Fathom Zero]

I was gonna get Jade Empire, but I couldn't remember if I liked it or not, so I didn't. :\

I know the Kung Fu was aight, though.

[OxBlood]

While y'all fags are busy with Mass Effect 2, I'm playing Jade Empire, a much better game probably.

Kung Fu > Space Opera

Using the keyboard and mouse setup is sorta klunky, and since the combat system looks to be flow-y I'd probably do well getting a game pad or something.

I like it otherwise, though! Kung Fu exploitation is something that can be whored to me any time.


As much as I love Jade Empire...ME2 is WAY better in a lot of ways. One thing that JE does better though is this little feature in the conversations. In JE, you can see the emotion that is tied to the response before choosing it by looking at your character´s facial expression.

[Dimnos]

To bad JE felt totally incomplete. And that only a few of the styles were actually worth a damn. :( Other than that a good game though.

[darkvare]

i'm addicted to mgo but as for now i'm playing silen hill 1 cause i got it from psn

[LordSappington]

Playing Fallout 3 again. On the hardest mode. I thought Raiders sucked before....

[silvering]

I am playing Mario Strikers now!

[executioneer]

that's definitely not a suspicious first post

[Zhukov]

:lol

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

The FYE superstores are closing in my area so everything is 50% off. Picked up Devil May Cry 4 for $15 and its pretty fun. I like that Nero is voice-acted by Johnny Yong Bosch too.

[LordSappington]

I found out today that GameStop doesn't even sell used xbox original games anymore. Every time I go into that store, I walk out a little more pissed off than last time.

[Ant10708]

Taking a break on Darksiders and playing No More Heroes for the first time which I just got after purchasing it used for relatively cheap. First impressions is that the game kind of feels like Madworld.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Played Saints Row for a bit at my cousins house. It reminds me more of like a modded version of GTA III than a good game.

Things I did like about it:

When you jump in the water off a bridge you do a cannonball; and have the option of warping back to land.
The vehicle names for the cop car are "Five-O" and the cop motocycle is names estrada. :p
The kills with the Samurai Sword.
If you go on the side missions where you dress as the police its called "The fuzz" and a camera man will hang out your p/s door to videotape your "justice".

Things I did not like about it:
No one really cares if you shoot/kill people right next to them.
The cops are pretty terrible at their jobs.

[Pentegarn]

I grabbed Torchlight off of Steam. It shamelessly rips off Diablo and Diablo 2. Still, it is fun especially if you love the Diablo games

[Dimnos]

Played Saints Row for a bit at my cousins house. It reminds me more of like a modded version of GTA III than a good game.

Things I did like about it:

When you jump in the water off a bridge you do a cannonball; and have the option of warping back to land.
The vehicle names for the cop car are "Five-O" and the cop motocycle is names estrada. :p
The kills with the Samurai Sword.
If you go on the side missions where you dress as the police its called "The fuzz" and a camera man will hang out your p/s door to videotape your "justice".

Things I did not like about it:
No one really cares if you shoot/kill people right next to them.
The cops are pretty terrible at their jobs.

The first one or second one? Second one is WAY better than the first. Really fun multiplayer too.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

I'm not sure but leaning toward Saints Row 2. I was only there for about 30 mins. I might rent it sometime but I need to finish Devil May Cry 4 first.... and Star Ocean TLH too :(

[Fathom Zero]

I think you're talking about the second. It's a classic, really. I'd go back to playing it before GTA IV.

[Dimnos]

Oh yeah. I liked it much better than GTA 4. I would pick it up again myself if I knew anyone to play it online with.

[Sam]

I WILL PLAY SAINT'S ROW 2 ONLINE WITH PEOPLE

[Fathom Zero]

It's fun online.

I BOUGHT DAWN OF WAR DEUX TODAY.

[Pentegarn]

I found out today that GameStop doesn't even sell used xbox original games anymore. Every time I go into that store, I walk out a little more pissed off than last time.

I have almost completely written GameStop out of my life. I go to Play It Trade It they sell everything console-wise

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

When Electronics Boutique first started it was called Stop & Save which I always thought was hilarious because it sounded like a quicky mart.

[darkvare]

i have saints row 2 in ps3 add me and lets all play

[LordSappington]

I have almost completely written GameStop out of my life. I go to Play It Trade It they sell everything console-wise
There's a Game Over or something not too far away, but their used games are a little sketchier, and their return policy not so great.

[Guitar Woman]

The thing I hate the most is Gamestop's whole "Preorder [hot new title] and get exclusive content! BUT ONLY WHEN YOU BUY IT FROM US."

I mean, today it's something worthless like an extra weapon or piece of armor, but what about tomorrow? Bioshock 2's already got multiplayer options stripped from it. What if you couldn't play as Dr. Doak in Goldeneye unless you bought into GameStop's bullshit?

Where's it ending, too? We might be refused entire sets of sidequests in Bioware's next thing because we weren't little whores about preordering it.

[Dr. Boogie]

We wouldn't miss those sidequests; we'd just have to pay to play them as DLC.

[Zomboid]

I hate EA's influence on Bioware. It seems like they've infected the company with their fucking cheap piecemeal way of getting people to buy extra shit. HAAAAATE THEM!

[Fathom Zero]

Finished Bioshock on the hardest setting. Took me twelve and a half hours total. PUMPED FOR NUMBER TWO, BRAH.

[Guitar Woman]

I wish the harder modes on Bioshock did something other than make every enemy take twice as many hits to kill.

Corruption did that too and it was a fucking chore more than it was challenging.

[Fathom Zero]

I don't even see it as much of a change in difficulty. It's stronger enemies, like ya say. And I dig that.

I used to hate that stuff, but after a play through, it's fun to see what you can do with the same amount of stuff you get. I was using way more trap bolts this time around, as well as a lot of telekinesis.

[Guitar Woman]

I always saved trap bolts for killing big daddies. Just put 5 or 6 of them in a row and get his attention, the dumb bastard will electrocute himself charging at you. Good fun!

[Fathom Zero]

The heat-seaking RPGs kinda blew it, though. You can only carry 6, sure, but I was able to invent 24 at a time. The multiplayer is gonna be good fun. I CAN FEEL IT FROM THE TRAILER.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Who the fuck is dr doak gw?

[Zomboid]

He's the guy you meet up with in the lab on the facility level. Considering gw was like 6 when it came out, though, I'd say that it's a moot point and that's probably just another thing he picked up on the intarwebs.

[Sam]

who the fuck wanted to be Dr. Doak anyway?

ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU COULD BE ODDJOB AND BARON SAMEDI

[The Leader]

I always like to play as the Soviet General guy. :(

[Fathom Zero]

I was Samedi. Guy had a nice hat.

[MarioRPG]

Haha, I'd play Samedi and helicopter pilot.

[Zhukov]

We banned Oddjob because you had to aim down at him.

I used the Soviet snow patrol dude because he blended in with the walls.

[darkvare]

i used boris he was cool with his hawaiian shirt lol

[Fathom Zero]

Zomboid, I like your gamerpic on Xbox Live. :lol That's badass.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Haha, I'd play Samedi and helicopter pilot.


:lol :HIGHFIVE I always played as the helicopter pilot.

[OxBlood]

I don´t remember who I played in Goldeneye anymore, but I just got Bioshock 2. Let´s see what it can do.

[Dimnos]

http://www.greencine.com/images/static/moonraker_jaws.jpg

[Guitar Woman]

I was 7 or 8! I remember wondering why some nameless lab guy got multiplayer status! Boris was actually my favorite guy to play as!

Oh hey, I finished Shattered Memories. I like it about twice as much after beating it as I did initially.

[stevetothepast]

valentin all the way in goldeneye.

[Zomboid]

Zomboid, I like your gamerpic on Xbox Live. :lol That's badass.
Which? The Fallout mascot?

Also, I finally got my copy of Mass Effect 2 last night. Some of the changes take a bit of getting used to, but it's pretty solid so far.

[Fathom Zero]

http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/8964/45959380.png

This'n.

[Guitar Woman]

The "Drunk Dad" ending of Shattered Memories is fucking awesome, y'all

Without spoiling much, the final scene is a home movie of Harry just being a drunken slob and yelling at Cheryl, it's hilarious

[LordSappington]

Ever since I remembered MW2 has throwing knives, my kill/death ratio has gone in the gutters. :(

[Phoenix Gamma]

The "Drunk Dad" ending of Shattered Memories is fucking awesome, y'all

Without spoiling much, the final scene is a home movie of Harry just being a drunken slob and yelling at Cheryl, it's hilarious

It's horrible :(

All of them make me really sad...

I've been polishing off games I started awhile back. Boy and His Blob has an awesome finale where Blob turns into a mech that you pilot and use to beat the shit out of a boss with. I also beat Muramasa's second story. Lotta side content that more or less amounts to playing character specific content with the opposite person, but harder. I'll probably pick at it bit by bit over the next few months, cause the combat is still really fun.

Was thinking of starting up Fire Emblem 4, but that game's got just 10 maps, and they take fucking forever to beat.

[Zomboid]

http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/8964/45959380.png

This'n.
Gotta represent muh country.

[MarioRPG]

I'm starting up No More Heroes, and Tatsunoko Vs Capcom once I have some friends over.

I'd play Silent hill again if I felt it was worth it.

[captain516]

Age Of Empires 3
I'm terrible at it now :(

[Phoenix Gamma]

I'm starting up No More Heroes, and Tatsunoko Vs Capcom once I have some friends over.
You can always start without them. Gotta play arcade a lot to unlock different characters.

I think getting 4 Capcom endings = Frank West. Which is really all you need. He's awesome :love

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Age Of Empires 3
I'm terrible at it now :(

I hate how long it takes to level up each civ to find out which one you like long term. I just ended up sticking as the French.

[dextire]

I'm playing Red Faction: Guerrilla. I loved the first one, and so far this one is just as much fun.
It's great to be able to kill guys by taking out the floor under them, or bringing the whole building down on top of them.

Actually, right now I'm having fun just causing buildings to fall in different ways. :)

[Fathom Zero]

It gets better with the Nano Rifle. Oh, yes it does.

[OxBlood]

My short impression of Bioshock 2 after 6 hrs:

Good game. Not as original as the first one, which was to be expected, but good nonetheless. The whole "protect the little sister"-mechanic is WAY less annoying as I thought, Weapons and Plasmids are fun too, of course, the Rivet Gun is a very nice replacement for the Revolver.

Only the graphics surprise me, they seem worse than in the first one, especially the time it takes to get textures on some things can he cruel sometimes. Ready the drill-weapon and sometimes you get a bland, untextured object and the game takes about 6 (SIX!) seconds to apply layer after layer of textures and bumpmapping and whatnot to it in front of your eyes. VERY disturbing.

[Fathom Zero]

Kinda like Mass Effect, then?

[OxBlood]

It´s the same effect, yes, only much worse at times, the drill is about the most horrifying example, you just...stop and...gawk at the bleakness of that strange object while it slowly takes shape in front of your eyes, like some blob of interstellar slime struggling to take on a familliar form, so it can attempt cross-species-communication with you...horrible I tell you.

The level-objects and walls have that problem too from time to time, not as much as ME1, but it´s still noticeable. Also, many of the textures, even if completely loaded just look like shit, I can´t remember BS1 looking that cheap...it´s not everywhere but it´s there.

[darkvare]

are you playing on ps3 360 or pc?

[OxBlood]

360. Some dude in another forum reported the same shit though and he´s playing it on PC.

[darkvare]

i'm gonna try on ps3 but i must admit that texture popping on ps3 has been an issue ith me since the beggining

[MarioRPG]

You can always start without them. Gotta play arcade a lot to unlock different characters.

I think getting 4 Capcom endings = Frank West. Which is really all you need. He's awesome :love

Oh figures, haha. I played it once through to test it. Which controller do you use to play? I just used the WiiMote but it almost feels like cheating.

[Phoenix Gamma]

Classic. But I play lots of fighters. Playing the simplified controls is for people new to the genre. I actually hear it's pretty good for learning the mechanics without getting fucked up by button inputs. Even though the VS. games have easier inputs for moves.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Wu Tang: Shaolin Style
Countdown...
Are you ready? are you mad inside?
Got you strapped down to your seats
Outta the doorway, bullets ripped, full clip
God speed, approach follow my lead
Firewinds gust, empire crush
Full thrust, fall in the hole, roll wit the rush
Untouchable chunk of ? air, wax and soul?
Soundwaves slay out the back, ? cave? smoke
My belly-full prance dance, avalanche quote
Down slope, elegant as fantasia
Killer whale tale inhale, black male from asia
All out the wood works, hood shirts and wizards
No match, unhatch, the rap is rigid
In the shaft, shotty cop, hip hop to the limit
Nightwatch, pad mark
Sparks spin a quake nuclear blast, heavy on the cash
Gimmie what it takes now!!

Chorus [u-god] 2x
Rage rock roll fight
Brawl fall rumblllllleee!!!

[letha face]
The diabolic witty, dialects darker than gotham city
Wit the possibilty to stop your walkin ability
God forgive me, spark enemies wit pistol grips
The missle tips impact hit you so hard, you shit through your dick
Official scripts strikes when physical hits
You physical bitch, watch for the imperial blitz, serious shit
Submit, subject to the wreck wartone, and thought poems
Liver than wwf warzone
Walk upon ? tracks, bodies collapse
Rap for lottery stacks, shatter like when pottery cracks
Logical facts from the terror dome
Spill from the guts, trail to you ? puss? from where you bust
In God you now entrust
Dog you like hound and mutts, pound pups get sound struck
Clown what? you'll get drowned in the cut
While crowd round up

Chorus 2x

[ U-God Lyrics are found on www.getlyrics.com (http://www.getlyrics.com) ]
[inspectah deck]
Aiyyo yo
I spit bars
Travellin tremendous speed measurin far
Been bustin satellites circlin mars
Verbal onslaught, bring forth physical force
Of a hundred wild niggas piled in a trojan horse
Thought method, set it on generic mic ethic
Professional neck shit, left foes beheaded
This music, is mind control like computer chips
Been doin this for numerous years, refuse to lose it
Wit turbo tactics, manuever like a trained soldier
Hall of fame flame thrower, take game, it's game over
Ayatollah, high roller nine totter
Mind controller, 2009 time folder
My coalition, bring the demolition
Wu-blade decision, slate the competition, wit no intermission
Spittin hazardous darts, up front like rosa parks
Makin million men march

Chorus 2x

[method man]
Yo, who got next? meth got next
I chin check, all these mcs line em up god, I go ? hard
Declare holy war, it be hard to dip and dodge
Police squads tryin to bogard, we rip and rob
The boulevard aint safe for your kids, that's how it is
In the ghetto, we aint scared to death, but scared to live
So goldy, mosey to the spot, get that moldy
Rusty-ass .38 special, niggas owe me
Slowly I turn, face the one and only
Naughty by nature, I do my dirt all by my lonely
Ask pretty tony, when I got a bitch I keeps a bitch
36 chambers, enter at your own risk
Take that watch off and tuck your necklace
City never sleeps, streets is restless
Rap stylell slave you, when you least expect it
Pull the plug on your respirator, leave you breathless
Wu-tang forever and a day, better warn your boys
I deploy battleship rap, seek and destroy

[Guitar Woman]

Sirent Hirr Spoirers
So a possible interpretation of the ending to Shattered Memories is that Heather/Cheryl is a fucking delusional psychotic who created two games worth of fantasy in her head to cope with her dad dying. Basically, Silent Hill 1 and 3 never happened, and the entire thing was just an invention of Heather's to pass her dad off as a big hero, and to re-assign blame from herself to forces beyond her control, followed by revenge in 3. Presumably she was imagining all of this while she was in a fucking straight jacket.

It's sorta like how in Silent Hill 2 James is so traumatized by killing his wife that he invents a bunch of shit about getting a letter from her saying to meet her in Silent Hill after she's been dead for 3 years, when in reality the game takes place about two or three days after she dies; if I remember right, there's a part that implies Mary's corpse is even in the trunk of his car. Although I think the "Heather is fucking completely insane" angle Shattered Memories might or might not present is pretty creative and dark and awesome, I'm not sure whether to consider it canon or not.

Yeah, it's sort of a stretch, but fuck you, half the fun of Silent Hill is reading into it too much.

[Phoenix Gamma]

I just interpreted it as a "what-if", alternate dimension type thing. Not that I've gotten around to the main series yet.

[OxBlood]

Okay, finished Bioshock 2 yesterday. A really nice game, I think I like the BS2-Story a bit more than the first one and gameplaywise it´s also better than the first.

[Zhukov]

I'm playing Army of Two: The 40th Day.

Because they couldn't call it Army of Two 2.

I enjoyed the sillyness of the first one, if not the weapon customisation. Plus, it was good fun two player. Playing through the sequel by myself is alright, but it seems like it's going to be a really short and easy game; I already have the "Finish half the game on Hard Mode" xbox achievement after about two and a half hours play.

This time through there are less weapons as well. Which sucks, but seems to be keeping up with the trend of sequels at the moment. Another thing missing unless I am mistaken is selecting your armour (heavy, light etc) and having different face masks for each of the characters; replaced now with a few to select from for both, and a "make your own mask on the EA website" thingo which doesn't seem to let people without a gold xbox live account use it.

I do like the character design, however, and some of the enemies look especially cool. In fact the concept art is the best part of this game. A lot of it reminds me of Akira.

http://www.co-optimus.com/images/upload/image/2009/armyoftwocharart.jpg


All the scripted sequences where you have to snipe two people at once, or tactics where you have one guy distract and the other flank are difficult to pull off in single player. It's much more rewarding with two people; you can even play paper, scissors, rock!

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

I really want to play Army of Two 2 too. I just don't want to spend $60 on it and the rental store never has it.

[Zhukov]

Is $60 the usual price for a new release game in the US? Here it's $AU99, which is $US87.40. :(

Big name games that people will buy no matter the cost (Modern Warfare 2 for examaple) are usually $AU119, which is $104.

[Fathom Zero]

Modern Warfare 2 was like that for everyone. Expensive for absolutely no reason.

And most new games are $60 here.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Wow that's a lot of money. Sometimes shops will have games on sale for $US45.

All currency should be $$DOUBLEDOLLARS

[Fathom Zero]

Yeah, I'm finding a hell of a lot of games for $30 that just came out of the holiday.

[stevetothepast]

It's usually 69$ Canadian where I am, only 65 US. I still usually wait to buy em though.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

I'm going to eat some pizza, then drink some beer and play Left 4 Dead 2 on XBOX tonight.

[Grislygus]

POKER

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

I'd like to nominate kahljorn as the best person Left 4 Dead 2'er ever.

[Phoenix Gamma]

So with Sonic 4 probably going to suck, I decided to play all of the 2D Sonics until I got pissed off and moved on to the next game. What I learned:

-Sonic 1 wasn't all that fast. It was just a platformer with bad controls and sometimes you went fast but you usually got hit for going too fast anyways.
-Tails was a totally useless addition, whether you played with someone or not.
-Chaos Emeralds are the worst thing to happen to the whole franchise.
-Sonic Advance was the last good Sonic game, period. Sadly, the graphics are ugly.
-Sonic Advance 2 is pretty horrible in terms of gameplay, since all you do is hold right, but dammit, the game gets you so excited to start holding right. The music builds up, Sonic does a warm-up stretch, the announcer counts down, and bam, you're running. And it's awesome. Until you realize you haven't done a damn thing the whole level.
-Sonic Advance 3 is pretty horrible until you get to Sunset Hill, which is a Green Hill remix right down to the music. Then the game goes right back to being horrible.
-Sonic Rush and Rush Adventure have great soundtracks. Too bad boosting ruins the entire game and anything it aspires to be.

So really, Sonic hasn't ever been that great, but if you're 8 years old and stupid, he's pretty cool.

[Ant10708]

Tails wasn't useless. He was very useful for boss battles if tails was being controlled by a human since he could die unlimited times.

[Ant10708]

And holy shit the rank 8 assassin named shinobi in 'no more heroes' was very difficult!

[darkvare]

damn i wanted to play mgo but the servers are down :(

[Phoenix Gamma]

Tails ruined the minigames in Sonic 2 if you were playing solo. And the bosses only last 30 seconds anyways. The rest of the time, he pops up on screen then falls behind.

And holy shit the rank 8 assassin named shinobi in 'no more heroes' was very difficult!
Yea. Probably the hardest boss in the game for me. I really can't think of any other that pissed me off as much.

[darkvare]

i sold my ds for 130 bucks plus a cellphone to fuel my needs for ps3 games

[MarioRPG]

And holy shit the rank 8 assassin named shinobi in 'no more heroes' was very difficult!

Oh jeez I'm just about to start that mission. :lol

[Guitar Woman]

I started playing No More Heroes again last night. I forgot how good it is, and now I really want to get the second one. :(

AND THE VIRGIN CHILD MADE A WISH UPON A STAR, THAT NIGHT HER MOTHER TALKS NO MORE

Shinobu's probably the best boss in the game, with Bad Girl being a close second, then Henry and Jeane.

I like all of them, though!

[Ant10708]

No More Heroes has been great so far. Currently trying to kill the rank 6 assassin on the beach. The game just has such a fun personality.

[kahljorn]

I'd like to nominate kahljorn as the best person Left 4 Dead 2'er ever.:bow
Oh man last night I played with this group that got all pissed off cause i threw some gas cans next to the gas thing and a spitter spit on them (CAUSE ThAT NEVER HAPPENED TO THEM) so they kicked me. We had been winning every game (since i joined) before I got kicked. When i came back from being kicked i was on the other team and we ended up winning every round and even got 16 gas cans in :lol
i sent them messages saying, "SCHOOLED."

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Hahahaha, what a bunch o chumps. I'm still amazed you killed that tank after getting charged and smoked somehow by yourself. They were mad pissed after. :lol

You were all like "HOUDINI BITCHES. YOU'RE DEAD"

[Zhukov]

Are you guys playing on xbox360? Man I wish I wasn't always in the wrong hemisphere.

Also, how come nobody ever told me how god damn awesome Batman: Arkham Asylum is? It's fantastic!

[bigtimecow]

no one told you? that game got amazing reviews universally. AND YES IT IS FUCKING AWESOME DUDE I LOVE THAT GAME

[Phoenix Gamma]

I'm pretty sure we've talked about it a lot before. Shit's a perfect Batman simulator. Won a few GotY awards. Must be a pretty thick rock you've got there :P

I'm waiting to play Mile Edgeworth Investigations. I have no idea why; I skipped Phoenix Wrights 2 and 3 because the new characters were annoying and the music wasn't as amazing. Apollo Justice was pretty great, though. And the first one was pretty good. Admittedly, I hate adventure games, so I'm not sure if walking around will make the investigating more or less enjoyable for me. It was definitely my least favorite part of the games.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Are you guys playing on xbox360? Man I wish I wasn't always in the wrong hemisphere.

Also, how come nobody ever told me how god damn awesome Batman: Arkham Asylum is? It's fantastic!

yes Lockeness108 on XBLIVE

[OxBlood]

12 hours into Tales of Vesperia and loving it, even though I normally really don´t like the Tales Battle-System. Great game and all the skits just make it even better...