What are you playing right now?

[Ex Leper]

I only have SNES and N64, if i had Wii i'd still get stuff like that. There is something about having a psychical copy of things I like though.

[MLE]

Dude. Computer Emulators.

[Ex Leper]

Thank you for explaining what he meant, I thought he meant that I should have bought it using the Wii points. I've never downloaded a game before, is there a certain way to do it for different kinds of computers?

[Dr. Boogie]

Finally coming to the end of my time with Two Worlds II.

One reviewer said he was disappointed with the game because he had to respec his mage on account of it was too difficult to put down later enemies. I've found that the only reason you would switch from a mage in the game is because you're tired of annihilating all your enemies with a single spell. I made a spell that fires a missile that blinds the person it hits, then splits into 6 more missiles, which then each spawn a monster that is a higher level than me, at which point they shred the incapacitated enemy. And that wasn't even my most powerful spell!

There are a handful of quests that become unfinishable thanks to some sloppy programming/play testing. Still a fund game, though.

[captain516]

Thank you for explaining what he meant, I thought he meant that I should have bought it using the Wii points. I've never downloaded a game before, is there a certain way to do it for different kinds of computers?

You mean like Mac and PC? Not that I know of.

[kahljorn]

added you guys. My name's QRSx on there

[Fathom Zero]

Losing to a bunch of shit teams on League is bollocks. Especially when I run amok killing people and the rest of my team bites ass.

[kahljorn]

:lol

i havent really started playing pvp. I'm scared to.
Plus i only know how to play like 3 characters

i might buy chogath or whatever that zergs name is he seems pretty good

[kahljorn]

oh man i thought iadded you guys but i guess i just made a folder with your names on it :lol

[Fathom Zero]

lololololol

At low ELOs, NOC IS KING.

[Dr. Boogie]

A friend convinced me to try World of Tanks.

There's nothing quite as exhilarating as finding a nice quiet spot, lining up that perfect shot, and pulling the trigger, only to watch 10% disappear off your opponent's health bar before getting one-shotted by a guy who's been playing the game nonstop since it was first put into public beta.

I'm thinking this game has one more shot before being relegated to the Hall of Shame.

[Guitar Woman]

Is there any way to stop the NCR from sending death squads after you in New Vegas? I've killed about 5 waves of them, you think they'd have gotten the message re: Courier, the raging wrath of god that walks like a man. The Legion was smart enough to not fuck with me anymore after I killed half of their entire country.

I mean, the Rangers are about as imposing to me as a litter of kittens armed with submachine guns, but I'd prefer to not be ambushed out of the blue all the time.

Although I did get one of those Veteran Rangers' sweet-ass dusters, so I guess it's not a bad setup loot-wise.

[Dimnos]

I killed off every NCR in every outpost and at McCarran. Never once sent a squad after me. :\

[darkvare]

well if they all died how would they send the message to hunt you?

[Guitar Woman]

I killed off every NCR in every outpost and at McCarran. Never once sent a squad after me. :\
Haha, what? All I did was shoot that Crimson Caravan bitch for Cassady.

Granted, I hadn't really gotten any NCR rep beforehand, so I guess I immediately plummeted to "Public Enemy #1." Really, they should be thanking me, since I eliminated a corrupt, backstabbing, murderous asshole with mob connections.

[Dimnos]

I marched right into NCR camps dressed in praetorian armor punching peoples heads off with my ballistic fist. Quickly got to the point where they would just attack me on sight even without legion armor. I even got a message saying they were hunting me but they never showed up. I assumed there was actually a group camped out somewhere that would move out once your rep dropped enough and that I must have killed them already. But if you have killed like 5+ waves of them then I dont know anymore.

[Fathom Zero]

LoL may be contributing to my thoughts of suicide.

[Dr. Boogie]

Been playing LA Noire.

Doubt and Lie are so similar I wish they had just made them into one option like in the Phoenix Wright games. Plus, it's kind of a pain the way some of the lies are so incredibly bald-faced, yet other lies you don't even find out about unless you tease it out of them by selecting Lie and then backing out.

I'm enjoying the game, but for all the work that's been done to take the actors' faces and put them on the models, it all could have been done quicker and cheaper with FMVs, so it's not impressing me all that much.

I did think it was funny the way they work in subtle references to other games, like the handful of Resident Evil-style puzzles, and how they play the Zelda "item get" song when you've found all the clues at a crime scene.


Also, to whoever decided that you shouldn't be able to skip any of the sequences in the game, even on repeat playthroughs, I have one thing to say: fuck you.

[OxBlood]

I somehow have no motivation to continue LA Noire. It's...just boring. Instead I played some Rift and even though I never play an MMO for very long I still like it a lot. They did a really good job there.

[kahljorn]

kennan is my new favorite

[darkvare]

now you need to stop diying

[Zhukov]

I'm enjoying the game, but for all the work that's been done to take the actors' faces and put them on the models, it all could have been done quicker and cheaper with FMVs, so it's not impressing me all that much.

That was/is my issue with this game. It just seems so strange that they map the actor's face, put it into a computer, and then have a face that looks remarkably similar to the actor's face! Just skip the multi-million dollar middleman and film the pricks, thank you very much.

[MLE]

Rift sucks.

[kahljorn]

now you need to stop diying

:lol i got a lot better with him recently. you should see my recent scores

[Guitar Woman]

Rift sucks.
it looks like an utterly generic brown and gray shit mmo that bought adspace on every single website it could afford just so people might buy it before the reviews were in

I'm so glad I got to see that middle-aged ugly knight guy run around being an uninteresting fuck in the phong wastelands something like 4000 fucking times >:

[MLE]

If you want a free to play MMO that's at least decent and doesn't pretend to do everything but half-ass it, you might want to try Vindictus.

[OxBlood]

it looks like an utterly generic brown and gray shit mmo that bought adspace on every single website it could afford just so people might buy it before the reviews were in

I'm so glad I got to see that middle-aged ugly knight guy run around being an uninteresting fuck in the phong wastelands something like 4000 fucking times >:

Nah, Rift is really good as far as MMOs go, I really like the class-customization and all that public questing that the rifts offer, those things are everywhere. Seems like there´s always something to do besides normal questing. Haven´t tried PVP yet but that stuff only makes me mad anyway. Seems to have a rather good community as well which is always nice when your last MMO was WOW...

And the Invasions, those are a lot of fun when the whole Zone goes into apocalypse-mode and giant enemies roam the land, the sky darkens, dozens of rifts open all at the same time...a sky full of tentacles is a sight to behold :D

Those F2Ps on the other hand...no thanks, those are just shit. What makes that Vindictus-thing better than the rest?

Oh and I´m still kinda interested in The Old Repbublic though after watching 90mins of gameplay the other day, I´m again disappointed that the game seems to have NOTHING going for it other than the license. Nothing.

[timrpgland]

Been playing The Witcher 2 and UOSecondAge.com mainly.

Haven't had time for much fun working on my own projects.

[Guitar Woman]

Sorry, ladies, I only play 2D MMOs. All five of them!

Speaking of, that UO link up there's looking a bit sexy.

[Dr. Boogie]

Finally beat LA Noire. A few other people have claimed that the disappointing ending is meant to be in line with noire-style endings, but it was still disappointing.

Also, I decided to go through the cases I didn't ace to see what the correct answers were. It seems like the ones I missed are just plain ridiculous, requiring paper-thin associations between the evidence and what the person is lying about. Some of the worst has been during the Red Lipstick Murder:

I ask the husband about his wife's movements, he says he doesn't know where she went. I think he's lying, so I use the evidence that the owner of the club where she went called him to say where she was. No, that was wrong, it turns out. What I needed to do was use the lighter from the bar found at the crime scene. How the hell is that lighter supposed to prove the husband knew where she was?

[LordSappington]

Friend loaned me a spare PC, and I've taken up TF2. Having a lot of fun with it; turns out I make a pretty solid Sniper, and I'm not too bad as a Medic or Spy, too.
Bought GMod with it, too; I mostly grief on it.Put thrusters on a barrel or TNT, make it invisible, duplicate, act like normal, and watch as everyone and their stuff blows up, then act surprised. Good times.

[darkvare]

finally got kahl to play pvp and he is cocky but is hilarious to play with him cause he apoligizes for everything :lol

[kahljorn]

:lol

i played last night with soem other friends and we almost ganked someone at the begining so they called us tryhards. also they were a clan or something

anyway the one whow as talking the most shit sucked the most so me and my friend talked shit on him the whoooooooollleeee time. Right at the end they tried to make a break for our nexus and me and this other dude fucked them up, went to their base and won

i was all, "gg tryhards."

[Phoenix Gamma]

Dead or Alive on 3DS is really fantastic and worth checking out if you're new to the series. Lots of different modes and content.

[k0k0]

Finally beat LA Noire. A few other people have claimed that the disappointing ending is meant to be in line with noire-style endings, but it was still disappointing.

Also, I decided to go through the cases I didn't ace to see what the correct answers were. It seems like the ones I missed are just plain ridiculous, requiring paper-thin associations between the evidence and what the person is lying about. Some of the worst has been during the Red Lipstick Murder:

I ask the husband about his wife's movements, he says he doesn't know where she went. I think he's lying, so I use the evidence that the owner of the club where she went called him to say where she was. No, that was wrong, it turns out. What I needed to do was use the lighter from the bar found at the crime scene. How the hell is that lighter supposed to prove the husband knew where she was?


I had this prolem also. They should have had a few of the items that would trigger the proof that they were lying instead of a singular one. There were so many times I could prove they were lying by the item I had when the game really wanted me to hit doubt also. Plus anytime I'd doubt someone, even a little girl, I'd be a real asshole about it to them.

The thing that bothered me was you never see cole's home life and that shit ends up really affecting things that are going on in the gameplay portion. Like you never get to see the wife and kids except for a single point in the game but the effect of it all messes with your job. I am supposed to know this guy, cole, that I'm playing, but after that I felt I didn't know him at all

[Dimnos]

The thing that bothered me was you never see cole's home life and that shit ends up really affecting things that are going on in the gameplay portion. Like you never get to see the wife and kids except for a single point in the game but the effect of it all messes with your job. I am supposed to know this guy, cole, that I'm playing, but after that I felt I didn't know him at all


There you go.

[Pentegarn]

Nah, Rift is really good as far as MMOs go, I really like the class-customization and all that public questing that the rifts offer, those things are everywhere. Seems like there´s always something to do besides normal questing. Haven´t tried PVP yet but that stuff only makes me mad anyway. Seems to have a rather good community as well which is always nice when your last MMO was WOW...

And the Invasions, those are a lot of fun when the whole Zone goes into apocalypse-mode and giant enemies roam the land, the sky darkens, dozens of rifts open all at the same time...a sky full of tentacles is a sight to behold :D

Those F2Ps on the other hand...no thanks, those are just shit. What makes that Vindictus-thing better than the rest?

Oh and I´m still kinda interested in The Old Repbublic though after watching 90mins of gameplay the other day, I´m again disappointed that the game seems to have NOTHING going for it other than the license. Nothing.

One thing you didn't mention about the zone invasions was when those multiple rifts open up you have mini invasion forces taking over all the little towns in the zone, which can be problematic when you have quests to turn in, but also adds challenge to the game and a motivation to help close rifts

[OxBlood]

True that can become a little problem but I think it´s a welcome change from regular questing since there are always Rifts and Invasion Forces geard towards all Level-ranges of that specific area :)

[Zhukov]

:lol

i played last night with soem other friends and we almost ganked someone at the begining so they called us tryhards. also they were a clan or something

anyway the one whow as talking the most shit sucked the most so me and my friend talked shit on him the whoooooooollleeee time. Right at the end they tried to make a break for our nexus and me and this other dude fucked them up, went to their base and won

i was all, "gg tryhards."

I want to play you guys :\

[kahljorn]

DOWNLOAD LEAGUE OF LEGENDS THEN

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Lego pirates demo. There are the main characters. Then some jobber pirates like pegleg pete, dusty jones and so on. Then way over in the corner of tbe character selection screen is a pirate named jimmy legs. :lol

[Guitar Woman]

The Dead Money expansion for New Vegas is so fucking awful. How did they even release this.

[executioneer]

NO IT SINT U LIER

[Fathom Zero]

fckn loony, GW. It's fantastic. Honest Hearts was baaaaaaaaad.

[MLE]

Hearts Boxcars would beat the shit out of Honest Hearts.

[Guitar Woman]

I should probably mention I was playing on Hardcore mode, so I was constantly on death's door due to toxic environment dogshit, and I always had like 5 bullets between vending machines or stashes. And then there's the goddamn motherFUCKING bear traps; I must have broken my fucking legs 57 fucking times before I got out of that shithole. Blowing Dean into a chunky corpsemist with the big tripod machine gun was little consolation.

The radios setting your collar off if you stood near them for too long would have been fucking atrociously annoying on any difficulty, too. I'll probably fly into an unstoppable berserker rage every time I hear beeping IRL from now on and murder entire apartment buildings to slake my horrendous bloodlust

[Dimnos]

Sounds like you need to pay more attention and up that survival skill. Always carry around at least 3 antivenoms. Hardcore isnt that hardcore.

[Dimnos]

Well... For companions it is. :lol

[Guitar Woman]

Oh yeah, I always have antivenom on me, but basically everywhere in Dead Money is toxic as hell except for the casino itself, so your health is constantly being drained no matter what you do. The only solution is to dripfeed yourself with stimpaks, but they take away all of your shit at the beginning, so you have to find them or buy them, and stashes and money aren't as common as you need them to be.

Once you get into the casino it gets way easier, since they pretty much give you a bunch of free shit. I had 500 reserve bullets for every gun, but the only enemies at that point are holograms and the fucking indestructible speakers anyway.

Basically all I got out of Dead Money was a bunch of expensive guns that are shittier than my main game guns, a slutty cocktail dress, and three or four levels. Not worth all the shit I went through.

[Dimnos]

Sounds like I just need to DL that shit. I was waiting for a few DLCs to come out to get them all at once.

[executioneer]

i loved the extra difficulty, and the storyline was pretty neat :( WHO CARES ABOUT STUFF

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Yeah but you got acocktail dress out of it.

[Guitar Woman]

The atmosphere was at least decent. It's like god took a shit on Ravenholm.

[Zomboid]

I've also been waiting for some DLC to bother with New Vegas again. I'll probably download and play those two and maybe another twenty hours or so, and then leave it until the next DLC comes out. For once, I have too many other games to play.

[OxBlood]

I don´t know what it was but L.A. Noire did exactly nothing for me, sold it after 4 cases. Playing Darksiders instead since that was a nice game I never finished.

Later this week I´ll pick up Hunted and the new Red Faction and then Infamous next week. All seem to be good or even great in case of I2.

[Dimnos]

New infamous next week. Not sure if I'm more excited about it or the uncharted 3 multiplayer beta that comes with it.

[k0k0]

I'm really thinking about picking up Hunted: The Demon Forge but there are no reviews out for it yet and the new red faction comes out soon, so I will probably be spending a ton of time on that one instead.

[darkvare]

i got bayonetta and red faction guerrilla bayonetta is cool and guerrilla makes me feel great destroying everything lol

[OxBlood]

Each and every guy I know that already got Hunted says it's great. Plus you get a Dungeon-Skirmish-Randomizer, whats not to like? :)

[Esuohlim]

Level 1107 on Anti-Idle and still not bored :|

[LordSappington]

I just played some Payload on TF2. Once the Blue team got the bomb around the last corner, I went Demoman and just camped with sticky grenades; whenever the got close to the bomb, I blew them up. Backstep a few feet and grab health/ammo, repeat. Racked up thirty kills before time ran out.
I'm a complete fag, and I know it.

[OxBlood]

Level 1107 on Anti-Idle and still not bored :|

I stopped letting it play itself a while ago, got really boring though it IS a great game somehow. Guess it´s just me, whatever you show me, I get bored after a while.

[Fathom Zero]

The interface is kerfuckered, to me. Hurts my eyes - reminds me a lot of Pope Lazer-Tron as a matter of fact.

[Mad Melvin]

GAMES I MUST BEAT:

BATMAN ARKHAM ASYLUM
RED DEAD REDEMPTION
DEAD SPACE 1 AND 2
L.A. NOIRE
BRUTAL LEGEND
MORTAL KOMBAT
DEAD RISING
RESIDENT EVIL 5
ALAN WAKE DLC'S

FUCK :x

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

GAMES I MUST BEAT:

BATMAN ARKHAM ASYLUM
RED DEAD REDEMPTION
DEAD SPACE 1 AND 2
L.A. NOIRE
BRUTAL LEGEND
MORTAL KOMBAT
DEAD RISING
RESIDENT EVIL 5
ALAN WAKE DLC'S

FUCK :x

Hope you have the summer off.

[Mad Melvin]

Hope you have the summer off.

I do actually. I decided to quit my shitty job at the end of this month. TIME TO LEECH OFF THE MISSUS.

[King Hadas]

Finally comfortable using Dosbox so I'm playing Warcraft and any other good abandonware games, especially rts's, I can find. Tried Warcraft 2 as well; it's a lot easier to play but surprisingly all the interfaces and graphics outside of the actually game are downright boring compared to the first one. I miss the animated sitting background you get while your being briefed for your next mission.

[OxBlood]

Been playing Hunted for about 4 hrs and so far it´s really great. The animations are poor as hell but the action is a lot of fun. 3 Spells, 3 Skills per Character, Items, a hail of arrows, millions of demons and goblin-dudes plus the nice skirmish-mapmaker? 30 bucks well spent. And let´s not forget the co-op.

[k0k0]

Been playing Hunted for about 4 hrs and so far it´s really great. The animations are poor as hell but the action is a lot of fun. 3 Spells, 3 Skills per Character, Items, a hail of arrows, millions of demons and goblin-dudes plus the nice skirmish-mapmaker? 30 bucks well spent. And let´s not forget the co-op.

If you don't play it with co-op, is it not as good? My xbox account was hacked into a month ago and they still haven't re-instated my account, although they say they're working on it. The only reason I haven't bought it is because I can't play online until they fix my account. I did get the 135 bucks back at least, although xbox wouldn't refund it til they finish their fraud investigation, I had to go through my bank.

[darkvare]

so i finished playing an amazing set of games of league of legends with kahl one of which we won alone against 3 dudes.
then i decide to play a little mk it was all good until i got to play the roof level and ninja mime posters were replaced with hangover 2 posters :lol

[Dimnos]

You guys been playing 3s?

[darkvare]

yeah its easier to manage we tried inviting you today since you seemed online but you didn't responded

[Dimnos]

Yeah I was doing some aram earlier but Im down for some 3s with you guys. To bad the servers are fucked right now. I wanna kill some fools. :tear

[kahljorn]

SERIOUSLY IM PISSSSEDDD

but yea that 2v3 game was awesome!

although the game before that when i was lee sin was kind of embarassing

[OxBlood]

If you don't play it with co-op, is it not as good? My xbox account was hacked into a month ago and they still haven't re-instated my account, although they say they're working on it. The only reason I haven't bought it is because I can't play online until they fix my account. I did get the 135 bucks back at least, although xbox wouldn't refund it til they finish their fraud investigation, I had to go through my bank.

It almost perfectly playable alone, don´t worry. The only thing that you don´t have control over is which skills your AI-Companion uses and which weapons he picks up but I´m in Chapter 2 or 3 on normal and just now it slowly starts to get harder to win. If you make good use of your skills, it should be no problem to play the whole thing alone.

[darkvare]

SERIOUSLY IM PISSSSEDDD

but yea that 2v3 game was awesome!

although the game before that when i was lee sin was kind of embarassing
that's cause you bought mana items

[LordSappington]

I'm going to buy the hell out of the new Alice game.

[darkvare]

me too cause it includes the original as well yay

[kahljorn]

i bought berserkers greaves and sheen and a lot of the builds i looked at said sheen is great for lee sin because it procs all the time

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

is lol free?

[kahljorn]

yea

[Dr. Boogie]

Tried the Duke Nukem Forever demo.

It was alright. Starts off with an updated version of the final battle from Duke 3D, then puts you into a mid-game level where you drive his 4-wheeler, then stop to do a short level where you get gas for it. It reminded me of Halflife 2, when you drove that fanboat through the canals, occasionally stopping to open a floodgate, only I never heard Gordon Freeman say things like "My balls, your face."

Seems like it'll be a pretty decent FPS. Not groundbreaking, but still good.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

yea
downloadin

[kahljorn]

sweet. my name's QRSx on there. Add me up and we'll play some games.

[Dimnos]

Yeah 10k! Im Dimnos there too, add me.

[kahljorn]

WE ALMOST HAVE AN IMOCKERY 5v5 CREW

lol

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

I have to figure out how to play first. I gotta play some lame Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 first for a bi thouh.

[darkvare]

don't worry we can play against the ai until youu feel comfortable

[Nick]

Tried the Duke Nukem Forever demo.

It was alright. Starts off with an updated version of the final battle from Duke 3D, then puts you into a mid-game level where you drive his 4-wheeler, then stop to do a short level where you get gas for it. It reminded me of Halflife 2, when you drove that fanboat through the canals, occasionally stopping to open a floodgate, only I never heard Gordon Freeman say things like "My balls, your face."

Seems like it'll be a pretty decent FPS. Not groundbreaking, but still good.


Yep, I love throwing turds around.

[kahljorn]

OMFG

DARKVARE I GOT A NEW HIGH SCORE WITH LEE SIN

50/3/6

[Dimnos]

WE ALMOST HAVE AN IMOCKERY 5v5 CREW

lol

We already have it. If only we could all be on at once.

Mattjack
Vare
Khal
FZ
Myself
and now 10k

Although Mattjack mostly plays with his bro I think, when they are on, but they are bad ass.

[Fathom Zero]

Everyone else sucks but me. For truth.

Oh yer, we have enough people for a 3v3 custom game.

[executioneer]

aw man i was all set to try and join up and then i realized it was a fucking rts

no sale

[Zhukov]

I'm downloading it right about now.

[k0k0]

Tried the Duke Nukem Forever demo.

It was alright. Starts off with an updated version of the final battle from Duke 3D, then puts you into a mid-game level where you drive his 4-wheeler, then stop to do a short level where you get gas for it. It reminded me of Halflife 2, when you drove that fanboat through the canals, occasionally stopping to open a floodgate, only I never heard Gordon Freeman say things like "My balls, your face."

Seems like it'll be a pretty decent FPS. Not groundbreaking, but still good.

I'm guessing it'd have been better if they released the game in 1998 so they could have actually reaped the rewards of it and been on Duke Nukem 5 already. But at least it's finally coming out. I'll wait and check the reviews for it before buying it though, as with all games.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

SAM tricked me into buying daggerdale last night. I should have just played LoL instead.

[Zhukov]

This LoL game doesn't seem that amazing, but, you know, probably gets better when you spend more time playing it and less time yelling at the tutorial lady.

[Dr. Boogie]

SAM tricked me into buying daggerdale last night. I should have just played LoL instead.

A friend of mine got me the same way. I believe the intended audience for that game is mostly people who've been tricked into buying it.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

It's not a terrible game for what it is but it should have been like $5 tops.

[Dr. Boogie]

Horrible presentation, crappy music, small number of enemies, and riddled with bugs to boot? It's pretty horrible. The only thing they kind of did right was the loot.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

How far are you guys in it?

[Dr. Boogie]

I've beaten it. As for my friend, I wouldn't know, as I haven't been able to use the built-in Gamespy matchmaking, and neither Atari nor Gamespy have any idea why (the guy at Atari's tech support comment said they were "looking into it"). All I can do now is hope Atari makes good on their promise to turn out a patch to fix the many, many issues.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

How many hours did it take? It seems like they tried stretching out the playtime by taking forever to level up.

[Dr. Boogie]

I don't know exactly, but Steam says I've played it for 10 hours, and that's among a lvl8 rogue, a lvl 5 cleric, and a lvl 3 fighter, so I'd say the whole game is probably 6-7 hours.

[Guitar Woman]

I think I liked the Duke Nukem Forever demo better back when it was called Half Life 2. It somehow looked a lot less horrible 7 years ago.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Fuck you daggerdale. I beat chapter 1 then it froze on me and glitched out my xbox. Was playing with my friend earlier....he bought a bunch of new weapons from the merchant...then it took his money without giving him his new gear.

I've heard they're going to patch it but what the fuck in the meantime.

[darkvare]

lol it has a level 10 cap

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

I know but it takes forever to level up. In real games I'd be like level 18 by now but I've only gotten to level 4 so far.

[Dr. Boogie]

I only made it to lvl 8 by the end of the game, and I don't plan on doing any more with that character unless they can actually fix the damn game, which seems unlikely given the severity of the bugs that made it through the initial testing phase.

[ThrashO]

Guardian Legend on the NES and Metroid Prime on GC. I love Metroid but Im finding it difficult to get into the prime games...

[Mad Melvin]

Just beat L.A. Noire. Seems to be the kind of game you either love, or think it's boring as hell. I loved it. Great storyline for a videogame and the acting was very believable for the most part. I don't think there was a single case I didn't like.

[Zhukov]

Daggerdale sounds like a racist name for a race that I can't think of right now.

[Mad Melvin]

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ezTT8Oc_86U/S-ptM5Y1lvI/AAAAAAAABwU/7S_E90qqccc/s1600/assassins-creed-2.jpg

?

[ThrashO]

Just beat L.A. Noire. Seems to be the kind of game you either love, or think it's boring as hell. I loved it. Great storyline for a videogame and the acting was very believable for the most part. I don't think there was a single case I didn't like.

My room mate's been playing that, goddamn game is four discs long. Looks really good though. I love the way the faces look, it's phenominal. I've been into alot of old school games lately except for stuff like Wipeout HD, Dead Space 2 and the Gears 3 beta, but it's something that I definetely want to check out when I get caught up.

[kahljorn]

Daggerdale

PYGMYS

[LordSappington]

TF2 has its cold, merciless claws in me. On the plus side, I've proven to be a fairly good trader, and have gotten some good loot. Got 16 crates for two crappy weapons, and unlocked a Professor's Peculiarity. Currently trying to get some damn keys now. :(

[Guitar Woman]

Yeah, don't bother with keys. I spent ten bucks on those things trying to get something useful, no dice.

God I miss TF2, but I was a horrible, degenerate, hopeless addict, I got out while I still could. What class is your favorite?

[LordSappington]

Yeah, I spent $10 on keys, and got that decent hat. Gonna sell it for more keys; a friend of mine just got that sombrero with a floating heart effect; it's worth about $100 :(
I tend to play as Sniper and Scout a lot. If we need the push, I'll go Heavy.
I like to mostly act as support, instead of going for kills. Also, I'm a horrible Engineer and Soldier.

[Fathom Zero]

I bought a key and got some paint out of the deal, so it's all good. Also, my brother gave away all my rare stuff for one of those Bill's Hats because he likes Left 4 Dead. I decided to take the high road and not kill him, though.

[kahljorn]

what a bitch face

[OxBlood]

Played some more Hunted and I still like the thing a lot, it´s great simple fun.

Also got my copy of the new Red Faction yesterday and played for about 3hrs...pretty repetitive after a while but still fun. I like the different guns a lot though some are utterly useless. I´m looking at you, Pre-Order Dual Laserpistols. You suck!

[LordSappington]

Bill's Hat is a pretty valuable item; depending on what he traded, it might have been a good deal for you. Especially since their value has been going up.

[Fathom Zero]

No, it's not valuable. Compared to the Devil's Playhouse set that he gave away, it's a piece of shit. Ditto to earbuds.

[LordSappington]

If he gave those two away, he deserves a damn beating.

[kahljorn]

you should take him to small claims court

[Dimnos]

infamous 2 baby! :rock

[Phoenix Gamma]

I downloaded a bunch of stuff off of the 3DS eShop today. Mario Land is a LOT less fun than I remember (shorter too. Beat it in under an hour...), and Link's Awakening DX is still fun as hell (I only owned the original version, so I wanna see the new content).

Excitebike's 3d effects are fucking trippy as hell. It's awesome. Too bad Excitebike fucking sucks, but I guess I can't argue with the price (free).

Also, TF2 sucked me back in after I got really frustrated with SSF4. Fighting games get me so fucking worked up unless I play with people in person. TF2 always destresses me though. I think it's because backstabbing people is therapeutic.

[Fathom Zero]

Maybe they'll put up the Oracles games. I loved 'em so much.

[OxBlood]

Im at the 65% mark in Red Faction and it got better as the game progressed. Some nice vehicle-sections, and especially the great and fun arsenal of guns makes me really like this game. I´d rate it around 80% right now. Blowing stuff up just never gets old :) Hopefully I´ll get Infamous 2 tomorrow but we´ll see.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Maybe they'll put up the Oracles games. I loved 'em so much.

:HIGHFIVE

[Chojin]

a lot of star trek online!

-4bSJgBff0c

[Phoenix Gamma]

I think we're the only three who remember the Oracle games exist :(

[Fathom Zero]

I got Ages first, so I think that soured me a bit too much on Seasons. It didn't deserve the shit I gave it. But it did have alot of those stupid season-changing stump puzzles that were hard for my dumb kid brain to figure out.

[Dimnos]

Is STO free yet? It was fun, but not fun enough to pay for.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c375/Locke9999/IMG_20110608_205850.jpghttp://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c375/Locke9999/IMG_20110608_205920.jpg

[OxBlood]

Oh I do remember the Oracle games, I just never played them (apart from 20mins on emulators). Same with the minish cap.

[Guitar Woman]

I remember them, PG.

I remember that they were shit.

[Guitar Woman]

Holy fucking christ, Ultima Online is so horrible it's almost hilarious. Did they actually charge money for this?

It's like someone beat Diablo in the face with a hammer made out of shit, and then opened 12 other games at the same time so it started running at 2 frames per second.

[Esuohlim]

I played Ages all day on 9/11

So I'll neva forget

[MarioRPG]

http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/5148/gbafireemblembox.jpg
Started this up the other day, I'm like 20 chapters in. I don't remember why I abandoned it before... Maybe the difficulty ramps up or something.

e: Also fuck yeah to seasons / ages

[Dimnos]

I have that shit on my phone, its bad ass. I play it all the fucking time when Im not at home. :rock

[Phoenix Gamma]

I remember them, PG.

I remember that they were shit.
But I tend to disregard your opinions anyways.:posh

[Esuohlim]

I played both not too long ago and they're perfect Game Boy Zelda games. Besides the headache of linking/passwords, which were sort of optional, I can't see what's wrong with them at all

[OxBlood]

Finished Red Faction Armageddon. Very very solid game. Way more fun than Guerilla imo. Great arsenal, good playtime, nice vehicle-sections. My only negatives are the lack of different enemies and the fucked up ending, that was really weak.

7.5/10

[creeposaurus]

G Darius. I hunted some guy online for a copy of it and stole my brother's PSX just to play it. Totally worth it.

[Chojin]

Is STO free yet? It was fun, but not fun enough to pay for.

it's not f2p yet, but idk wtf not since they have a cash shop in place that's both almost necessary to use and really overpriced

[Dimnos]

That was my thought exactly when my free month expired. :\

Infamous 2... 294 blast shards of 305. These last few are being a bitch to find. :(

[Phoenix Gamma]

Apparently the 3DS web browser can load images in 3D, which I didn't even think was possible since 3d images use this weird .mpo format. Cue porn.

Probably going to pick up LA Noire this coming week, and I'll probably pirate Duke Nukem tonight since I don't feel like waiting for my preorder to be available on Steam. Plus I'm spending my friday night at home :(

[Chojin]

i'm going to wait for my preorder to arrive because i'm an adult and can do things like that

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Started playing Bad Company 2 again. At gamestop I was able to trade in Black Ops straight up for ultimate edition of BC2.

[OxBlood]

Played a bit InFamous 2, so far really good, feels but 1.5 instead of 2 but I don´t care.

Also got Dante´s Inferno for a few bucks and White Knight Chronicles 2 (which comes with the first one on the disc...nice bonus). I´ve never played the first one but with so few JRPGs this generation, I can´t be too choosy.

Oh and Dragon Quest 6 for my dear old mother, she loves the series for some reason :)

[darkvare]

oh i remember dante's inferno so many cheap deaths

[dextire]

Finally tried out Super Stardust HD. Enjoying it so far.

[LordSappington]

Picked up Alice at midnight, amongst the Duke Nukem neckbeards (more on that in a bit.)
First thing that happens when I take it home: My FUCKING DISC DRIVE IS BROKEN AND WON'T OPEN. It plays the game inside it just fine, but won't let a new one in.
I registered it to get it fixed, and surprise; the warranty expired three years ago. Fucking great. I might just save up and buy a new damn xbox; I've been wanting a new model anyways.

As for the Nukem neckbeards: I was waiting around for midnight, so I could grab Alice. I played the demo of Duke Nukem, which was kind of fun, but way too loud. The place was full of guys who I've never even seen in the Gamestop before; they were all being loud, some of them were very... unhygienic, which is a huge peeve of mine, and were bugging the employees with their fedoras and 'I'M SUCH A COOL BRO' attitude.
What really took the cake was when midnight struck, each of them proclaimed 'BALLS OF STEEL FOR (insert console here).' Really? That's not even goddamn funny. When I stepped up and asked for Alice, several of them were telling me shit like "You didn't order Nukem? What's wrong with you?". One guy even asked me "Are you gay or something, bro?"
Swear to God, I don't think I've given someone the evil eye as hard as I did then. I put up with their shit, and then get called gay for not buying the UBER-MANLY game? Fuck them. They got me ranting on the internet.

[kahljorn]

the disc drives are supposed to be cheap and easy to fix

[Dimnos]

Yeah they are. Hell you could probably just pull the damn thing open. Whats the worst that can happen? You break it and have to install a new one? Your practically there anyway.

The neckbeards though. You should have told him you were just going to wait for him to sell it back in a week and buy it at half price used. Then beat it yourself in a week to return it for a full refund. :lol

[Fathom Zero]

I want Alice so bad. :O

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

That's amazing LS.

[Chojin]

WHY DIDNT YOU BUY DUKE YOU BIG FAG

[Guitar Woman]

Probably because the demo made him throw up a little

[LordSappington]

GOSH GUYS I JUST WANTED TO PRETEND I WAS A GIRL WHILE I PLAYED MY VIDEO GAMES
But from what I played of it at my friend's, it's pretty awesome. The environments are great, and the combat is very fluid.
I've heard some people reviewing it say that the combat is fluid and comfortable, but doesn't try anything new. What the hell is up with that? Is it suddenly not enough for a game to have a working combat system? Now every game has to introduce a completely new concept of gameplay? It's like your kid getting and A on a test, and getting mad at him for not getting an A+.

[Phoenix Gamma]

I never played the original Alice because I never had a not-shitty PC until a year ago when I finally built my own.

I have a feeling the original didn't age well, but I really want to play the new one. Goddammit.

[LordSappington]

Fixed my 360; dunno what I did. I jiggled a paperclip around inside it, and it started working. Whatever; as long as it works.
That said, I've been playing Alice all day, and holy fuck this is a long-ass game. I've put in at least five hours, and it says I've gotten through 1/3 of the game. Mind, I've also been crawling around trying to find all the secrets and stuff, but I figure if you're NOT doing that, you're playing it wrong.
Also, the game has dresses you unlock as you go, and it's a long-established fact that when you add any, ANY, sort of costume choices, then fuck fuck FUCK I will spend forever deciding what looks best.
No wonder everyone thinks I'm gay ;_;

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

It depends. What do the dresses look like?

[LordSappington]

It depends. What do the dresses look like?

Can't find any pictures of them yet. My favorite is the Steam Dress; moderately steampunk-ish and cool. I just got the Kimono dress, which is second best. d=Dunno about the others, but there are downloadable dresses which I am considering, since they give gameplay bonuses.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

fSIdQiaSYQU

I like the chess dress.

[OxBlood]

Swear to God, I don't think I've given someone the evil eye as hard as I did then. I put up with their shit, and then get called gay for not buying the UBER-MANLY game? Fuck them. They got me ranting on the internet.

Try to find peace in the fact that you left puberty behind you and they didn´t... Duke Nukem is about as manly as a 14 year old boy trying to grow a decent beard. Which is why it doesn´t work in 2011. Duke Nukem was funny because the players were young boys giggling at his stupid oneliners. Other than...let´s say Dolph Lundgren Movies, that specific humor hasn´t aged very well and today it´s just sad mostly.

Oh but I need to take a look at the new Alice sometime, I loved the first one :)

[kahljorn]

my xbpx360 will stop reading disks and will just always say, "Open tray" or whatever.

I found out if i pick it up and shake it a bit something inside will rattle around, and then it will start to work again

[Nick]

Duke Nukem Forever was a fun game. It's not going to change the world, but it wasn't outright horrible.


If you can't enjoy it, then why are you playing a Duke Nukem game in the first place, you serious people you.

[Pentegarn]

That's pretty much the 'breaking it down to the base elements' statement regarding DNF. If you played 3D, and you liked 3D, then you will probably want to play and like DNF. If you are an FPS frat boy who is all about Halo :puke You will probably hate it

[OxBlood]

I´m not a serious person. Fuck no, if anyone´s NOT serious, it´s me, I just can´t express it in english ;)

I just think, that the Duke-Humor is a thing from the past. It might be an okay game but I´m not into shooters that much anyway so I don´t really care how good it is.


I did buy White Knight Chronicles I+II though and I´m not sure if that was a wise decision :D

[Chojin]

german has some of the strictest gaming laws outside of the middle east. i'm kinda surprised duke4 wasn't considered contraband there.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

my xbpx360 will stop reading disks and will just always say, "Open tray" or whatever.

I found out if i pick it up and shake it a bit something inside will rattle around, and then it will start to work again


:lol It thinks its a nintendo.

[Pentegarn]

I´m not a serious person. Fuck no, if anyone´s NOT serious, it´s me, I just can´t express it in english ;)

I just think, that the Duke-Humor is a thing from the past. It might be an okay game but I´m not into shooters that much anyway so I don´t really care how good it is.


I did buy White Knight Chronicles I+II though and I´m not sure if that was a wise decision :D

I think Nick and I were openly chastising the reviewers, not you Ox.

I would think there would be a bit lost in translation and local pop culture anyway.

[Nick]

Yeah, from what I see all the review sites are ran by feminazis now.

[Dimnos]

Review sites. :lol

[executioneer]

i wanna hear what yahtzee has to say about it

[kahljorn]

I did buy White Knight Chronicles I+II though and I´m not sure if that was a wise decision :D

QUIT WHITEKNIGHT CHRONICLING FOR THE REVIEW SITES ;/

[LordSappington]

All the shit I heard about women getting upset about Capture The Babe is retarded. Listen, people, it's humor. It's a game that's already cranked up to eleven on its ridiculous meter. You have a fucking ego bar. They wouldn't be pissed off if it had a mini-game where you punch as many nutsacks as you could in half a minute.

[Shyandquietguy]

Populous DS!!

I've always wanted to play this game when I saw it on the SNES but never got the chance. They defintely made a great usage of the DS with this.

[kahljorn]

lol at populous ;/

i actually have that game somewhere around here

[OxBlood]

QUIT WHITEKNIGHT CHRONICLING FOR THE REVIEW SITES ;/


Hm...what could this post mean...I think you mean that I should stop playing because some reviewers said WKC was utter crap. Right?

I´m not sure I like the battlespeed. Feels like it should run about twice as fast but this is the enhanced version of WKC1 so I guess it was even slower in the original...


New Additions: Radiant Historia and Alone in the Dark Inferno.

RH seems to be pretty nice though the Charactersystem is too simple for my tastes.

And I know what you want to say about AITD and be assured Gentlemen, I too have said all there is to say about this game long ago. Horseshit, that´s what it was. Good ideas executed in a horrible, horrible way.

I did hear though that Inferno fixed a lot of those flaws and fuck it, I´m willing to spend 5 bucks on something like that. I even finished the game back when it came out.

[kahljorn]

nah its sort of a pun cause whiteknighting is when you get all protective over someone ;/

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=white%20knighting

[Pentegarn]

It was a nice piece of business Khal

[Phoenix Gamma]

Got the collector's edition of Alice Madness Returns, which includes the original.

The original pissed me off. Weirdass controls. I died at some part in a library because she sliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiid off a floating book and hit the ground. Then it sent me back too far to care, so I quit and started the new one.

The new one still feels weird. It was definitely built for consoles. I had to switch to gamepad because the keyboard and mouse controls were pretty shitty. It kinda reminds me of Zelda, if Zelda was a linear platformer. The combat reminds me of it, at least, with some secrets tucked away. Love the art direction, though I get random framerate issues every now and then and I have no idea why.

[OxBlood]

nah its sort of a pun cause whiteknighting is when you get all protective over someone ;/

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=white%20knighting


That´s what I like about talking with you guys, I learn something new every day :)

[kahljorn]

:lol

[Fathom Zero]

WE ARE AMERICA

I'm playing Phoenix for the iOS. Coz I need to get my SHMUPs on when I'm on the go.

[Phoenix Gamma]

Donkey Kong '94 on 3DS Virtual Console. Fucking classic.

[Phoenix Gamma]

I bought Ocarina of Time 3D because I am a hopeless Zelda whore. It's not even my favorite Zelda game. Goddammit.

[darkvare]

i'm planning on buying it even though i don't have a 3ds :C

[Fathom Zero]

Giants Citizen Kabuto and MDK are on sale and I bought the both of them for $6. FUCK YES.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Did they add anything extra to the Ocarina of 3D?

[Phoenix Gamma]

New graphics
Some tweaked dialog
Master Quest (which is now mirrored to make even harder)
Lots of little details added to different areas. Some suggest that MM3D is coming.
And some tweaks to the game engine. I swear Link's roll has next to no lag. Very easy to spam it.

Playing with 3D is totally mandatory. Looks really good, and the redone graphics are great. I'm legitimately freaked out by the Skulltula family, and I'm 23 years old.

[creeposaurus]

Angry Birds. It's been 6 hours now...

[Dimnos]

That is definitely giving FF7 a run for its money as the most over rated game ever.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Angry birds is one of the most overrated games ever.

[creeposaurus]

Happy Birds is one of the most underrated games ever.

[executioneer]

slightly miffed birds is... sort of acceptably rated i guess

i got nothin'

[Chojin]

That is definitely giving FF7 a run for its money as the most over rated game ever.

wow, i thought i was the only person who didn't like ff7

[Guitar Woman]

Master Quest (which is now mirrored to make even harder)

That's fucking awesome. There's nothing about OOT that really needs updating but I'd buy it just for this.

[Mad Melvin]

Fable III

So far, it sucks. Haven't played the previous games, so I didn't know what to expect. Game so far: I've been led around like a dog on a leash and really don't care about anything thats going on. I also wiped my ass on some guys petition paper.

[zerothree]

Playing Shadows of the Damned right now. I'm only 20-ish minutes in and I'm already in love with it.

I've also been playing the new Alice game and the Ocarina of Time remake. Both are great, but they're going on the backburner until I've had my fill with Shadows of the Damned.

[Phoenix Gamma]

That's fucking awesome. There's nothing about OOT that really needs updating but I'd buy it just for this.

The graphics needed an update. Most people don't remember how blurry that game was.

I wasn't really a fan of Master Quest when it first came out on Gamecube. Except Jabu Jabu's Belly, which was fucking weird as shit in MQ. :hypno

[Dr. Boogie]

Fable III

So far, it sucks. Haven't played the previous games, so I didn't know what to expect. Game so far: I've been led around like a dog on a leash and really don't care about anything thats going on. I also wiped my ass on some guys petition paper.

Having played all the Fable games, believe me when I say it doesn't get better.

[darkvare]

i never found master quest to be any harder to be honest but then again i've played that game so many times before i even got master quest

[Chojin]

i've never played OOT or MM, but I have played twilight princess and the NES/SNES zeldas, and the only one I liked was LTTP. should i bother with OOT?

[Phoenix Gamma]

Twilight Princess is kinda like Ocarina of Time, if the pacing was horrible and the stupid wolf shit was thrown in for no real reason, Navi was replaced with a cunty imp, and the color was replaced with lots of brown and green-brown. They tried way too hard to take Ocarina and make it EPIIIIIIIIIC.

Rather, Ocarina of Time is pretty much LttP in 3D. It actually started as a remake until they started changing things here and there, then added the time travel stuff. It's pretty much the same format (three starter dungeons to break you in, then you jump to another realm and it gets serious). It's also credited with a lot of different innovations in 3D action games. I like LttP and MM a little more for different reasons (nostalgia and my own weirdness) but it's an important game, I think. It's aged reall well, though the graphics of the original version haven't. Playing it on the 3DS, I really have no complaints other than I wish they updated the music and added the different moves from the newer Zeldas. Maybe a new dungeon too. It's a solid A game with no glaring flaws, and I really can't say that about too many games.

MM is awesome if you're willing to meet it halfway. There are some fantastic sidestories in that game that trump a lot of the stuff in other Zeldas. It pretty much flies in the face of OoT and warps it into something really weird and creepy, so a lot of people didn't like it (that, and a lot of people suck at videogames and can't cope with the time mechanics). It's probably my second favorite next to LttP.

Also, if you liked LttP, Link's Awakening DX is like that but with a little bit of a Metroid-y world map and lots of weird references to other Nintendo games, and some really awesome puzzles.

[Guitar Woman]

should i bother with OOT?
Playing video games a lot without having experienced Ocarina of Time is like claiming to be a sci-fi geek without having seen Star Wars.

So, yes.

You should also check out Majora's Mask, Windwaker, and Link's Awakening if you haven't already, they're srsly fantastic. '93-'03 was kind of the correct decade to grow up in for anyone with a thing for heroic medieval fantasy and block puzzles.

[Phoenix Gamma]

Wind Waker felt bipolar. Some of that game was flat out amazing, and some of it really pissed me off. Seriously, they didn't need to space out islands that fucking much. Goddammit. And the Triforce Quest at the end was damn near insulting. That kinda shit was never Nintendo's style.

[Guitar Woman]

Windwaker is the second-best zelda, shut your whore mouth

[dextire]

Windwaker was so easy though. I don't really remember getting killed even once.
I honestly kept waiting for Ganondorf to change into some kind of final form and then the credits rolled. :\

[Guitar Woman]

You weren't satisfied with three shadow-puppet fights and the first time we've had an honest-to-god man-to-man swordfight with the guy?

[dextire]

Yeah, but you don't really swordfight with him, you wait for Zelda to shoot him with a light-arrow and only then can you attack.
It just felt like a simplified game to me, like they decided the series was too difficult.

Anyway, are you saying that you had more fun with Windwaker than Ocarina of Time or A Link to the Past? :confused:

[Guitar Woman]

Maybe, yeah.

I've always hated Link to the Past, but it was also the very last Zelda I played, so I may just be taking for granted things that it did well and that later games copied. I still hate the dungeons, though, they're too samey-looking and the puzzles are boring/arduous, especially in Level 4.

That's the thing about it, too, I usually refer to most dungeons in Zelda by name instead of "level 1, level 2, etc," because they're so awesome and memorable that you instantly know what I'm talking about when I say "Forest Temple" or "City in the Sky," but you'd have to think for a second if I just said "Level 4/Level 7." They did start naming dungeons and having some varied overworld progression in LttP, but the levels were still just primitive mazes with palette swaps, and you didn't really think of them as actual places. Link's Awakening introduced actual dungeon features and themes and shit and gave all the levels some personality, in addition to, again, make its dungeons not awful and full of fucking tedious keyhunts.

Meanwhile, Link to the Past still feels like a NES game with beefed-up graphics. Example: All the dungeons in the game have the exact same visual design. Even the dungeon carved into a mountain at the desert, all 7 in the bizarro pocket universe, and the giant, eldritch Pyramid where Ganon is imprisoned, have the exact same walls, curtains, floor-tiles and carpets as all the other ones. They've also got the same damn soundtracks until you get to the dark world; It's not distinctive and it's incredibly monotonous to look at/listen to after a while.

Not to mention it was just generally shit. I guess I just like Zelda better when it feels like a storybook that's come to life.

[Phoenix Gamma]

Wind Waker was piss easy, the sailing was boring as shit, and the triforce quest made me vomit. That's the trifecta of human excrement right there. If it weren't for the graphics, the music, and maybe half of the dungeons, I wouldn't have liked it. The charm only made up for so much. Oh, and the final boss. That fight was more amazing than that game deserved.

LttP is the definitive Zelda template, and pretty much every game since has copied it. It also made sure not to repeat puzzles. How many times do you light all the torches or shoot all the eyeballs or hold down switches with statues in modern zeldas? Those things each happened once, and the game never swung the camera around the room to tell you what to do. It was the perfect balance between Zelda 1's "You NEED a strategy guide to beat this" and the later games' "HEY WE'RE JUST GOING TO MAKE THE CAMERA SHOVE THESE THINGS IN YOUR FACE. HMMMMMMMMM THAT MIRROR LOOKS LIKE IT MIGHT REFLECT LIGHT OR SOMETHING!" Also, I remember all the dungeon names, because I'm not a jerk >:

Link's Awakening is another fantastic one because not only is nothing spelled out for you, but all of the items are absolutely critical to navigating the entire world, like in Metroid. It's not like Twilight Princes where you'll never use the fucking Spinner after the Desert Temple. You'll be stopped right in the middle of a trail because you don't have the boots to do a running leap. But the dungeons weren't very varied, you know; they were actually more repetitive since there were a limited number of colors/tiles to work with. The only standouts are the Eagle's Tower (fucking pillars) and Turtle Rock (fucking lava).

Semirelated, but I just ordered a lithograph and signed art book from the Alice: Madness Returns website. The art is the only thing pushing me through that game's tedium.

[Guitar Woman]

The only standouts are the Eagle's Tower (fucking pillars) and Turtle Rock (fucking lava).
Maybe, but they were also actually fun to play. LttP was just generally shit at everything it did.

[Chojin]

i don't understand how anyone can hate lttp. for me it felt like the only zelda that both played like an actual videogame and was also possible to beat. the dark world music was great, the gameplay was great, the scenery was great...

maybe you just don't like video games, idk

[kahljorn]

i loved lttp i probably played that game like ten times. one time i even beat it in a day.

also i refer to them by name all the time TURTLE MONSTER DUNGEON

WORM MONSTER DUNGEON etcccc.

[Phoenix Gamma]

THAT'S TURTLE ROCK. IT'S IN A ROCK. SHAPED LIKE A TURTLE. FUCK.

THE WORM WAS THE DESERT PALACE. IT WAS A PALACE. IN THE DESERT.

GOD SO MUCH NERD RAGE RIGHT NOW. >: >: >: >: >:

[Esuohlim]

I played LttP for the first time only, like, five years ago maybe. I think I only got halfway through it, but from what I remember it was all right! My first Zelda experience was Link's Awakening and I still love playing through it every once in a while even though I could probably do it with my eyes closed at this point.

OoT is my favorite, though. I think it was just the 3D Zelda experience leaving me awestruck, but the game sucked me in big time. I know the whole game inside and out even though I only played through it twice.

[darkvare]

how can you not finish a link to the past it can be done in a single sitting

[Esuohlim]

Even in your first time through, back when games didn't hold your hand and tell you where to go next?

Maybe REAL LIFE DISTRACTIONS got in the way, who knows? I remember playing it in the spring, maybe I had finals coming up or something. Fuck you

[Phoenix Gamma]

Took me forever on my first try. But I was 5 :(

[Esuohlim]

>:

[Dimnos]

Windwaker is the second-best zelda, shut your whore mouth


I didnt read anything after this as I was to amazed GW and I agree on something. :eek

However we probably differ on the top spot.

[Guitar Woman]

Objectively, the best Zelda is probably Majora's Mask; there's basically nothing wrong with it, and the story, setting, visuals, and atmosphere are wonderfully bizarre, dark, and creepy. It's the acid overdose of Zelda games.

Link's Awakening stole my heart forever, though.

[MarioRPG]

I'm pretty sure Majora's mask has come up a million times in this thread.
because it's fucking awesome

[Nick]

Wind Waker was the first Zelda game that I ever got bored of. I still haven't finished it. The same happened with its sequels. I managed to finally finish Phantom Hourglass, but Spirit Tracks is still sitting around collecting dust.

The only other Zelda games I've haven't completed (besides the first two) is Twilight Princess and Oracle of Ages. I would have finished TP if I hadn't deleted my save data, and I kinda forgot about OoA.

[Phoenix Gamma]

I'm pretty sure Majora's mask has come up a million times in this thread.
because it's fucking awesome
No
you're fucking awesome

[dextire]

The only other Zelda games I've haven't completed (besides the first two) is Twilight Princess and Oracle of Ages. I would have finished TP if I hadn't deleted my save data, and I kinda forgot about OoA.
Don't bother with TP, it doesn't get any better :\.
I think Oracle of Ages is worth it though.

[Esuohlim]

Twilight Princess is a solid Zelda game >:

All the 3Ds are fine with me. Majora's Mask was OK, I had way more fun chillin' in Clock Town and I felt like the rest of the game got in the way.

[Guitar Woman]

Twilight Princess is really shitty and ugly and boring and empty and badly paced. Basically it's LttP: The Next Generation

Hopefully they won't fuck up Skyward Sword that badly; I suppose an option for the classic controller would be too much to ask, so they'd better make sure as shit they don't program the waggle retardedly.

[dextire]

Twilight Princess is a solid Zelda game >:

The problem I had with TP is that I didn't enjoy the wolf-form at all.
And since it's basically half the game, I was tediously going through the wolf parts to get to the "real" game.

I think it's fine for them to try something a little different, it just didn't work for me. :)

[Phoenix Gamma]

Twilight Princess is really shitty and ugly and boring and empty and badly paced. Basically it's LttP: The Next Generation

Hopefully they won't fuck up Skyward Sword that badly; I suppose an option for the classic controller would be too much to ask, so they'd better make sure as shit they don't program the waggle retardedly.
You mean it's Ocarina of Time: Brown and Slow as Fuck Edition feat. Midna. It's practically the exact same dungeons except City in the Sky. Forest Temple, Fire Temple, Water Temple, Desert Colossus, etc., they're all there.

Miyamoto actually told the staff that if Skyward Sword isn't the best Zelda, that franchise is going on hiatus. So there's that.

I'm the Fire Temple in OOT3D. I've been focused on completing damn near everything I can. Feels pretty badass to go into the Forest Temple with 10 hearts right out the gate. I'm at 15 now, which is two more than I had when I first beat the game. So I feel accomplished. I even got all those FUCKING big poes. I think I'll do a three heart run of master quest.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Link to the past was awesome. So good it should never be abreviated.

I always went with level 5 dark world first before level 4 with the moth. That guy was annoying.

Twilight Princess was awesome too. My favorite part is torn between the sky temple and the desert temple. Leaning towards the desert temple just because you have to fight the orc/ogre/troll goon guy. When you beat him in the village house it finally looks like he has accepted that you're the better fighter when he slumps away. Only to find out that he set the house on fire.

I was just "OOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!"

[Fathom Zero]

I played seven hours of Mount & Blade yesterday.

[executioneer]

did you conquer anything

[Fathom Zero]

jail. for slaughtering villagers.

[executioneer]

aw sheeeit :(

[Fathom Zero]

It's alright, I got out eventually. Then slaughtered another village with my band of 30+ men and women and escaped to a friendly nearby kingdom where I helped them defend from a siege.

Unsuccessfully.

This game is wonderfully brutal. I should get the newest expansion with the guns and Eastern Europe.

[executioneer]

i wish there were more differences between mount and blade / warband / the new one :( they really should give discounts for people who own the original and want to upgrade

[Fathom Zero]

They had a massive sale a very short while ago on Steam where all of them were like $15 or something. I bought the original on sale when it was $5, marked down from $30, so I don't have a problem with the expansions. 'Cept Warband is so expensive for some reason. :\

[Fathom Zero]

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/06/23/l-a-noire-announced-for-pc/#more-63344

Whoop whoop

[executioneer]

They had a massive sale a very short while ago on Steam where all of them were like $15 or something. I bought the original on sale when it was $5, marked down from $30, so I don't have a problem with the expansions. 'Cept Warband is so expensive for some reason. :\

aw,

fuuuuuck

[darkvare]

hey team fortress 2 is free now i'm gonna get it

[executioneer]

what

edit: holy shit

[Fathom Zero]

NOT UNEXPECTED.

It's just given them a way to make bajillions more dollars.

[OxBlood]

Oh, a Zelda-Discussion and I missed it. Zelda 3 is the best, there can´t be any arguing about that.

Right, new stuff I´ve played...hmm.

Still playing Dante´s Inferno and loving the shit out of it, as mentioned before, its atmosphere and graphical design is among the best I´ve ever seen but I´m a sucker for the divine comedy so yeah.

Started Shadows of the Damned and I´m about 5hrs in. It´s good, the story is interesting so far, the gameplay is okay...can´t really say much about it. It´s solid. Nothing special though, standart 3rd person shooter.

i´m also still playing Radiant Historia on the DS. Good story and interesting concept with all that timetravel influencing the two different timelines and stuff like that. The battlesystem is still my main gripe with the game. It´s thoughtful but sadly it´s not very interesting. There´s no real hook there, the battles are definetely not the main event in the game.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Oh, a Zelda-Discussion and I missed it. Zelda 3 is the best, there can´t be any arguing about that.

Just thinking about hearing the triforce noise then the \SHINK/ from the title screen gives me goosebumps.