What are you playing right now?

[darkvare]

my halo reach comes in spanish and no other option :lol

[Fathom Zero]

:lol That's a bummer.

[Dr. Boogie]

Que lastima!

[DougClayton4231]

Anyone seen the trailer for the new Devil May Cry? I think it's hilarious that fans are foaming at the mouth because they turned Dante into a crackhead. I think it looks better to be honest. It's a big step from the typical Japanese "androgynous" look. But then again, I hated the DMC games, so I really don't care where the art direction goes.

[OxBlood]

Meh. Since Bayonetta, the DMC-Franchise has lost all meaning to me, it´s been replaced with something WAAAAAY better :)

Finished the Reach campaign today. Nice but many annoying situations, like those insatkill Elites for example. But about the first half of the game was pretty boring...it only picked up after the space part.

In other news, I just got the info that I can go and pick up my Dead Rising 2 tomorrow morning in one of those cute little videogame-shops about 10mins away. It´s nice when you don´t have to order everything via Amazon UK...I´ll get it over a week earlier (according to Amazon, they´ll send it around the 27th) and it´s not really more expensive...sure I could try and get it from one of those mysterious internet-shops for 35 but I don´t trust those since one of my earliest imports got held up in customs back in the day.

So yeah, tomorrow is a zombie-day and a nice birthday to celebrate too. :) Not mine of course.

[DougClayton4231]

That's sweet Ox! Be sure to tell us how it is. I can't wait for DR2! Is it weird that I'm more interested in saving people and going through the story than killing zombies?

[OxBlood]

Yes, it is Doug. You´re american, I expect you to go out guns blazing ;) Just kidding but rescuing people is not what I´m aiming for in the game but I think this time I´ll at least TRY to rescure someone. And I´m really curious how the whole Daughter-Mechanic plays out. I´m really not sure if that was such a smart idea, I mean you´re on a normal timer already and they added another on...ah well.

I guess I´ll post my first thoughts around this time tomorrow ;)

Anything in particular that you want me to keep an eye out for while playing? :)

[Phoenix Gamma]

The new Dante look is retarded because he looks like the fucking DIRECTOR.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v298/PGamma/1284575707995.jpg

I'M GONNA MAKE A GAME AND I'M MAKING ME THE FINAL BOSS. YOU CAN'T BEAT ME EITHER CAUSE I'M BASICALLY GOD OR SOMETHING.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

The new Dante look is retarded because he looks like the fucking DIRECTOR.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v298/PGamma/1284575707995.jpg

I'M GONNA MAKE A GAME AND I'M MAKING ME THE FINAL BOSS. YOU CAN'T BEAT ME EITHER CAUSE I'M BASICALLY GOD OR SOMETHING.

:DOOM2


I started playing FFXIII again. I think I'm near the end finally.

[darkvare]

oh i didn't new the knew the new dante looked like the directors thats an awesome case of narcisissm

[DougClayton4231]

lmao @ Dante.

If you find any ridiculous weapon combos, feel free to inform me Ox lol.

[Phoenix Gamma]

oh i didn't new the knew the new dante looked like the directors thats an awesome case of narcisissm

It's funny cause right after I read that I thought someone else
http://searchingforbillyedelin.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/jp-grandmas-boy5.jpg
"I decided to grace Capcom with my gift and make their next Devil May Cry. I've improved Dante by 400% by making him someone I can relate to more by getting rid of his muscles and white hair. aDIos TUrD NugGEts."

Started getting back into TF2 after taking a break for awhile. After playing Reach for a few hours at my friend's place I was pretty happy to go back to a FPS where there's more cooperation and less frat boys calling me a fag. I'm almost getting competent as the soldier, which is nice, cause I can't play him for the fucking life of me, and he's the only one I can't really get into.

[Nick]

I think you just contradicted yourself with that sentence about the Soldier.

[Phoenix Gamma]

I can't play well with him, but I'm getting less bad. Made sense to me :V

[OxBlood]

Errrr....didnt I post something quite long about Dead Rising 2 this afternoon?

[Fathom Zero]

It got erased with the server move. But I remember it. You were talking about various combos and how it was Dead Rising 1.5 and how that wasn't necessarily a bad thing and that the biggest issue was some type of running movement, I believe.

[OxBlood]

Good. I already thought I was imagining things which would be...not so cool :D

So yeah, defeated 2 Psychos, one was easy and one...well, not so much since he had a kitty cat.

The Lightsaber-Idea actually worked out and Chuck now as a real lightsaber built from a flashlight an gems. Cool, I guess.
What got a chuckle out of me was the combination of a Blanka-Mask and a battery. Pop it on a zombies head and you got real Blanka-Lightning-Action :D
Or you could light a wooden toy sword on fire or combine a water gun with a gasoline canister...also nice: combine the water gun from before with a fire extinguisher and presto: Freeze-Gun! :)

[darkvare]

so i downloaded the which game someone posted earlier and i like it but i'm stuck after droping key 3 in the sink i have no idea what to do next :/

[dextire]

Got all 5 episodes of the new Tales of Monkey Island earlier today (weekend special). Really like it so far.

[Phoenix Gamma]

so i downloaded the which game someone posted earlier and i like it but i'm stuck after droping key 3 in the sink i have no idea what to do next :/

There's a wrench in room two near the...bookshelf? Closet? It's tucked away. All the items are tucked away. You'll probably miss the "good" ending if you don't look hard enough in room three.

Anyways, use the wrench on the sink pipes.

[DougClayton4231]

I got Dead Rising 2. I agree that it's Dead Rising 1.5, but that isn't necessarily a bad thing. The story and the characters are a lot more believable, but man are the psychos hard! I only managed to beat the one with the "kitty". Chef Boyardee kicked the shit outta me. Nothing compares to killing zombies with a big green dildo though lmao.

[OxBlood]

I just died on a big man in a bunny-suit with a chainsaw...stupid fuck. And there goes round 3. By the way, a beer-hat is a nice thing.

[executioneer]

how the hell are you jrks playing this, do you know someone at the videogames store or something

isn't it not supposed to come out for 5 more days even in europe

[OxBlood]

Nah, I just checked the net and almost all other stores than Amazon listed it on saturday. Friend of mine got a videostore, his copies came on saturday too, so at least in Germany it´s officially out since that day. Cut us some slack, it won´t be long until they ban it here again ;)

[executioneer]

i'll cut you a break, right in-a you face-a

[DougClayton4231]

I got it from a European friend lol. I don't get it though, don't European releases usually come later than American? Why is Germany so uptight about violence anyway? Is it just the current political agenda?

[OxBlood]

Please don´t, I already have a scar on my pretty face ;)

[OxBlood]

Why is Germany so uptight about violence anyway? Is it just the current political agenda?

Nah, it´s always been like this. Basically I agree, violence IS a bad influence for some people. I mean America is famous for doing the thing we do with violence with sexual content as far as I know.

I think I said this a few months earlier too: Our censors sometimes have a problem distinguishing between different kinds of violence. It´s only a problem when there´s violence against human beings involved and apparently to them Zombies are people...nice of them but incorrect.

And...yeah, since you slaughter millions of "people" in Dead Rising 1, it was banned a few months after release. I suppose the sequel will suffer the same fate. Sometimes the censors are a little strange though, as God of War 3 was a normal 18+ Release here. I don´t know it´s strange.

Bottomline:
Germany: Sex good, violence bad, easy to remember :lol
But honestly, I still think it´s some kind of mental relic from the war. We as a people seem to be pretty afraid of violence in all forms, because we fear the past may repeat itself and blahblahblah, you get the idea. At least that´s my impression...but enough of that. As much as I like to talk about this stuff, I guess most people here don´t care anyway and for good reason :lol

[Fathom Zero]

As a country with that kind of history, I'd be more afraid of stuff like art and information suppression. But that goes on in every country, yeh.

I guess we never had a problem with the violence too much coz it's all far away, the America's being all isolated from the rest of the world.

[DougClayton4231]

Our history is just as violent as any other country's (except our country is only 240~ years old). America comes from a puritanical background, which allowed children to be present at lynchings or burnings. But remember, sexuality or nudity are much more damaging to a child than horrific mutilation, decapitation, or immolation.

[Fathom Zero]

That's too long ago for me to believe it's still relevant. I'm talking the past 100 years. That's close enough for people to relate to, in my opinion.

[kahljorn]

FUCK THAT

[darkvare]

i've been owning noobs on halo reach still gives me that weird warm feeling specially after i stabed a female spartan on the head

[DougClayton4231]

I really think that Halo:Reach should have probably just left the whole story out and just focused on multiplayer. The vast majority of gamers will probably play the first few levels, get frustrated, then go straight to online play. I can't even imagine the amount of racism and sexism that's being spurted online in Halo as I write this.

[Fathom Zero]

I can.

[OxBlood]

Heh, you should see the nerdrage on Gamefaqs about Dead Rising 2...some people just can´t comprehend that there exists a reality where german gamers get a game a week earlier than the majority of the US-Users on that board. It´s funny and sad at the same time...then again it IS Gamefaqs :D

Still a nice game btw, but also got some more Halo done today. A bit of firefight with some friends, nice stuff.

[DougClayton4231]

I love how DR2 is everything that DR1 was and more, and people will probably hate it for not being different enough. You just can't please people. The only complaint that I have is that the psychos are too strong to beat your first time through. You don't have the upgrades or weapons necessary to deal with them in the timeframe.

[executioneer]

man as long as the text is fucking readable without getting a migraine and there isn't an obnoxious dude constantly harassing you calling you i'm fine with more of the same

[OxBlood]

man as long as the text is fucking readable without getting a migraine and there isn't an obnoxious dude constantly harassing you calling you i'm fine with more of the same

I haven´t compared it to the first, but my impression is that the text IS bigger this time. Oh and no more stupid calls from Otis either.
You have a Radio-Contact but apart from the urgent calls (Zombrex and Main cases) the contact will just leave a message you can read on the watch- or mapscreen if you don´t feel like answering.

And again: No survivor that I escorted (about 12-15) died on the way, not one, that´s a HUGE improvement over the first game. They may hobble after you or you may have to carry some of them but they don´t die easily anymore and they are way better with weapons this time around. And you can improve their behavior further with a skill book.

[Phoenix Gamma]

I gave Minecraft a shot last night since it's still free for the moment. Wanted to check it out after seeing the videos in this post: http://www.destructoid.com/for-the-uninitiated-this-is-what-minecraft-is-about-184451.phtml#ext

Pretty awesome. As a creative type who has a secret boner for cool architecture and no means to make it, it's neat to be able to build all sorts of tunnels and floating houses and rivers and shit. Not sure if I'll ever build a rollercoaster or any of the crazy stuff other people crank out, but It's fun to mess around with. I just wish night time wasn't in the game at all, cause it's not very fun.

[Otori1987]

I just dug out my old 64 after giving up on aion again, playing ogre battle now

[darkvare]

i restarted dead rising but the achievements are effing punishing :\

[Fathom Zero]

I just have 720. Never got Frank The Pimp and other hard shit like that.

[OxBlood]

I never did the Survivor-related things, I hated those guys. Might try it in DR2, their AI is way better this time thankfully.

Played a little Coop yesterday, quite funny even though the guy didn´t know his way around very well and almost died a couple times. I think I might be able to finish the story now (4th or 5th attempt)...it really helps knowing where the skillbooks are. Sadly there doesn´t seem to be one for the Combo-Weapons.

[Phoenix Gamma]

http://www.apple.com/games/hardware/
Ha. Haha. Hahahah.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

Gaming Hardware...

[Fathom Zero]

The thing is, their classifications are totally accurate.

[Phoenix Gamma]

And totally overpriced! $5,000 is highway robbery for those specs!

I mean, I know Macs cost more, but christ.

[Fathom Zero]

Yeah. I'm not even angry or anything about that anymore. If that's what people wanna do, then go for it. :\

[darkvare]

took me about 50 tries but i finally got that stupid achevement about surviving a fall by assasinating an elite

[OxBlood]

I´m at the Overtime-Boss in DR2 and man, that battle sucks ass for multiple reasons...

[DougClayton4231]

I got all the way to the last boss of DR2 and I finally gave in and restarted. There's so much that I never got to do the first time and I'm excited to finally be able to do. I only got to level 29 though, how far did you get before restarting the first time Ox?

[OxBlood]

I got all the way to the last boss of DR2 and I finally gave in and restarted. There's so much that I never got to do the first time and I'm excited to finally be able to do. I only got to level 29 though, how far did you get before restarting the first time Ox?


Before restarting the very first time? Umm...hm. I fucked the story up in the very beginning when you have to follow a certain person of the press around...so I didn´t get very far, must´ve been around Level 10 I think.

I´ve beaten him by now and I was around...46 I think. S-Ending GET! My reward? The Armor-Chestpiece from Ghosts´n´Goblins. Now I just gotta get the helmet somehow...and get enough money to pay the stupid fortuneteller...

[DougClayton4231]

I think the helmet is in one of the casinos lol. I'm on case 3 at level 35 now. I absolutely love this game!

[Fathom Zero]

http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/gaijingames4

OHMYGAH

[Phoenix Gamma]

YES!

God, that game has the prettiest music. Great find, man.

[Fathom Zero]

I'm sad there's not a physical CD, since that's really the only way I'd spend a dollar on music, but it's not really available anywhere else. Ehhhhhghhhh.

[Zomboid]

Bought Darksiders last weekend but didn't start it until Monday. I finished yesterday. It's a really nice mix of Zelda and stuff like God of War. The puzzles and little bit of free-roaming were great. The combat can get repetitive, but that's probably something that they'll fix in the sequel. Really solid game, overall.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Before restarting the very first time? Umm...hm. I fucked the story up in the very beginning when you have to follow a certain person of the press around...so I didn´t get very far, must´ve been around Level 10 I think.

I´ve beaten him by now and I was around...46 I think. S-Ending GET! My reward? The Armor-Chestpiece from Ghosts´n´Goblins. Now I just gotta get the helmet somehow...and get enough money to pay the stupid fortuneteller...

Aww no way. Can you get any GnG weapons at all?

[OxBlood]

Aww no way. Can you get any GnG weapons at all?

Hm, not really. There´s a Lance in the game but it´s not THE Lance or something. But I read (did I read it here?) that if you put on all parts and lose all your life, the armor breaks, you get your HP back and you´re in your underwear...still gotta get the helmet though.

But I got to Level 50 today...sadly no Zombiewalk this time...

[Fathom Zero]

Level 50 in the previous was disembowel, I BELIEVE. Could be wrong. Either way, they were both HIGH up.

[OxBlood]

Hm, you could be right but sadly, Chuck doesn´t have that many badass-moves in comparison to Frank...ah well, he CAN rip any Zombies arms off, I´ll give him that. Now I just gotta know if I have to kill the 1000 Zombies barehanded in one go or in total through all playthroughs...cause I really want the Shaun-Outfit...

[Fathom Zero]

If it's anything like the last... it's one fucking playthrough. :lol

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Level 50 was zombiewalk in DR1.

[OxBlood]

One thousand re-deaded Zombies via Faustgewitter - done and one Shaun-esque Shirt with tie is mine, thanks to the Lvl 50 Skill and a lot of firecrackers.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Dead Rising 1 + Dead Rising 2 = Dead Rising Case West. DLC coming out. Awesome!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_rising_2#Case_West
On September 15, 2010, Capcom announced a second downloadable episode titled Case West. The Xbox 360 exclusive features the return of Frank West, the hero of the previous Dead Rising (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Rising), in a new story that occurs shortly after the events of Dead Rising 2. Frank must team up with Chuck Greene, the protagonist of Dead Rising 2, in order to stop an unknown zombie threat and clear Chuck's name of any involvement. The episode includes a co-op feature allowing two players to complete the game as each character. Case West is expected to be released shortly after Dead Rising 2 on September 24 in Europe and September 28 in North America.[23] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_rising_2#cite_note-22)
An interview with co-producer Shinsaku Ohara revealed that Case West will bring back the photography element from Dead Rising, explaining "It's part of Frank. So when Frank comes back, so does the photography."[ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_rising_2#cite_note-23)

[OxBlood]

I´d like to have that DLC...question is, will I be able to get it. Guess I´ll have to be superfast before they IP-lock it...guess I should get a pointcard to be ready the morning they release it...

[OxBlood]

Ha, what do you know, Birth by sleep doesn´t have a german dub, just german subtitles and english voices. Excellent.

[OxBlood]

Wow...that game looks amazing for the PSP...plays really well too, though the levels are REALLY short and the story is...strange, even for a Kingdom Hearts Game...then again, I started with the girl, Aqua, so maybe it´ll make more sense later on.

[Shadowdancer21b]

Tetris Worlds on PS2. Good fun but it causes eye strain.

[executioneer]

been playign that scott pilgirm game, pretty neat but i wish you could skip cutscenes (ESP. THE WIN SCREEN, CHRIST IT WAS FUN TO WATCH THE FIRST TIME BUT I DONT WANNA WATCH IT FOUR TIMES GUYS)

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Picking up Dead Rising 2 tonight.

[Fathom Zero]

Picked it up last night. Saved all survivors thusfar. Killed that redneck asshole on the bike.

[Fathom Zero]

Fucking bitch motherfucking cocksucker piece of shit bitch cunt Chef Antoine.

[Esuohlim]

I am replaying Metroid Prime!

It's probably going to take me two months :( It took me over a week just to get the first artifact because I've been too busy irl :(

[DougClayton4231]

That bike guy was a total prick to kill, but it's so worth it. Having infinite motorcycles rocks.

[OxBlood]

I still haven´t killed Antione...but it shouldn´t be that much of a problem anymore, being max-level and all that...I do fear the "have 8 guys with you" Achievement though...I hate things like that. At least the survivors are not made out of cardboard anymore.
Still haven´t eaten all food and used all melee-weapons on zombies...which is weird and it makes me grab any stool or chair around...I don´t know what the fuck I missed...

I think, the thing I hate the most about DR2 are the loading times...25 seconds loading-screens remind me of my old PC and when it was JUST enough to run a game...

[The Doctor]

I am replaying Metroid Prime!


I just finished it about a month ago and now have started Prime 2, I picked up the trilogy disk about 3 months ago, solid purchase. I only received a 75% so I also started Prime again and will pick away at it from time to time to receive 100%

[Phoenix Gamma]

Pokemon White

:(

[executioneer]

fucking dead rising 2 is all up my butthole with its stupid annoying difficulty

also: why the fuck is everyone a dick to chuck greene in the beginning, it's making me not want to save fucking anyone. assholes should all die. especially the teen looter squad and that cockmonster on the chainsaw bike

this game is making me angry. why the fuck did it tell me i could take my PP from case zero and not mention that they only meant the first 80k that got you to level 5. I DONT WANT TO KEEP RESTARTING THIS SHIT AND GETTING TREATED LIKE AN ASSHOLE OVER AND OVER JUST TO BOOST MY PP SO I CAN ACTUALLY PROGRESS IN THIS GAME, JERKS

ffffuck

[Fathom Zero]

I haven't restarted yet, Willie, and I didn't figure out how to import my Case Zero stuff until I was level 12. :O

[MLE]

I was playing Civ 5 until it decided to break.

[executioneer]

I haven't restarted yet, Willie, and I didn't figure out how to import my Case Zero stuff until I was level 12. :O
have you been insisting on trying to save everydamnbody, because i have. maybe i really should let some fuckers die

[Fathom Zero]

I've listened to and saved everyone involved in a scoop so far, and I found one that wasn't. :( Those are gonna be a bitch to find without a guide. I've already fucked up and skipped over Snowflake.

I'm level 23 right now, the speed boost is nice. And I played with a guy that showed me how to make a Defiler. That's a bomb-ass weapon. Axe+Sledgehammer, Willie. It kills good. So do the knife gloves, as a matter of fact.

[Esuohlim]

Pokemon White

:(

How many Pokemon are there now, 1500?

[Phoenix Gamma]

How many Pokemon are there now, 1500?

649. They only add like 150 per game.

[Esuohlim]

I stopped playing after Silver/Gold. Are you still actually able to collect every single fucking one? That would make the gameplay extremely tedious AND painful for OCD gamers like myself that aren't happy unless everything is done.

[Phoenix Gamma]

I know someone who got them all in Diamond and Pearl. I got over 400 in that game before I got burned out.

It's easier if you own the other GBA and DS games cause they transfer over so you don't have to recatch them or trade. Plus WiFi makes it easier cause there's a kind of ebay-ish system where you can look up trade offers or make your own, or just hop on any forum and ask for shit.

Black and White have this constant WiFi thing going on that's basically what the 3DS does, where it's constantly searching for other people, and you can make trades or battles right on the spot with random strangers. Course, it's only out in Japan so I can't try that yet :(

Most people don't catch them all and focus on battling, cause there's a whole metagame around that. The calculations get pretty ridiculous and some of the strategies are pretty out there. That's why each release is exciting; new Mons throw new wrenches in your lineup, and some get nerfed or powered up. For instance, Ditto (remember that guy?) went from being the guy no one ever used to being one that might potentially be banned cause he has a new ability in Black and White.

[Shadowdancer21b]

Playing Seiken Densetsu 3 AKA Secret of Mana 2. It's pretty good, but I like Secret of Mana much better.

[OxBlood]

Playing Seiken Densetsu 3 AKA Secret of Mana 2. It's pretty good, but I like Secret of Mana much better.

I kind of prefer Seiken 3, it feels more polished and finished to me...apart from the menu, that thing´s horrendously ugly.

So we non-plus-members finally got the Castlevania Demo yesterday. Played it and liked it quite a bit though this slight pause that triggers whenever you hit something with the whip really throws me off my pace somehow. That and it was really hard to see the enemies in all that rain in the beginning...

I guess that game will be my birthday present for...myself. :)

[Fathom Zero]

Beat it with 44 survivors. Need to get the unlisted ones next time, including Snowflake.

[Zomboid]

I started playing Case Zero earlier, and I'm glad I did, because now I don't want the full Dead Rising 2. The constant load screens are ridiculous, and it's just the same shit that eventually bored me in the first game. I'll just play Toy Soldiers until New Vegas comes out.

[executioneer]

I've listened to and saved everyone involved in a scoop so far, and I found one that wasn't. :( Those are gonna be a bitch to find without a guide. I've already fucked up and skipped over Snowflake.

I'm level 23 right now, the speed boost is nice. And I played with a guy that showed me how to make a Defiler. That's a bomb-ass weapon. Axe+Sledgehammer, Willie. It kills good. So do the knife gloves, as a matter of fact.i accidentally ran into snowflake but it was at the worst possible time, after the fun jump-the-bike-onto-the-underground-train-thingy section, and i had like <1hour to get back for the next case. the machete-armed nerds i had with me helped distract it while i killed the r-tard handler but they couldn't stop it from killing me, and i said "fuck it i'll go out a different exit this time"

also i am beginning to like how well the survivors can kill shit, i gave the rock band assault rifles and they finished off that crazy mascot dude after i'd knocked off less than half his health

survivor AI is easily the biggest improvement over DR1. although they really need to make it harder to accidentally leave people behind. especially in the always-empty corridor leading to the saferoom. Really, game? they can't traverse fifteen feet of empty corridor without me being there? i gotta watch two more loading screens? bullshit

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

I definitely didn't think the axe and the sledgehammer would go together. I also didn't think the concrete saw and buzzsaw would make a sweeter bigger saw.

[Fathom Zero]

You have to use your logics, Bill.

In short, the game is exactly like the first one. Which is good, coz I loved everything about it, including the frustrating difficulty.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

I never played through the entire first one, no xbox at the time. Sam somehow managed to mix fireworks with a barney head then stick it on a zombie. Then made an electric wheelchair, put that zombie in the chair.

So a handicapped Zombie barney in a wheelchair throwing up explosions while electrocuting people getting pushed by a servbot brought me to tears.

[Fathom Zero]

I ran through the game in a tuxedo, no shoes, and Maximo's helmet.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

I was rockin the tux till I found out how to get my ninja gear. Ninja gear + tux looks awesome.

edit: I want to get a Maximo head.

[timrpgland]

I haven't been able to get many new games lately. Dead Rising 2 is definitely high on that list.

Beat Starcraft 2 finally the other day after putting it off. Started messing with a new continue on Metroid Fusion.

[Fathom Zero]

I was rockin the tux till I found out how to get my ninja gear. Ninja gear + tux looks awesome.

edit: I want to get a Maximo head.

You rescue a guy and his father-in-law at some point. Save them and a trio of girls later, and you'll have the opportunity to play strip poker with them. Have him strip all the way down and you get the helmet, regardless of if you win the whole poker game or not.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Oh, is the guy wearing the centurion helmet that is totally useless when you save him?

[Fathom Zero]

And you bet 'em from the knife store, yeh. That's the helmet from Ghosts n' Goblins, (and Maximo, I think).

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Did that last night, just not on my game. I just gave katey her first zombrex on my file.

[Zhukov]

Starcraft II has been fucking up for my brother and I for the past week and a half; wont let us go online or get achievments. Plus it took me about a day to download the patch, as that kept stopping and starting of it's pwn free will too. I guess it's just for the Asia Pacific region or something :(

So in the meantime I've finished Halo Reach, and it isn't as bad as I first thought. The missions where you drive vehicles are definitely the best and most entertaining.

Now I'm off to buy Civ V or Dead Rising 2.

[Fathom Zero]

Beat Dodonpachi Resurrection on Hard without continues. I was in the zone today. I'm just shy of being in the top thousand worldwide, but I'm still in the top 17%.

[OxBlood]

Oh come on, why didn´t I notice Minecraft earlier? It´s so much fun and well worth the ten bucks...sadly, it doesn´t really run on my crappy computers (Netbook, 5 y/o Laptop, fucking weakling of a work-PC) but still...a lot of fun. Needs more crafting though but hey, it´s still in Alpha.

[Phoenix Gamma]

NEW TF2 UPDATE :rock

Love the new spy set. The pistol's a little...eh, but the set as a whole is so much fun. No one ever hears the quieter decloak when you've got it equipped. And the new knife is so clutch. Also Aladdin and Austin Powers jokes :)

The Powerbox or whatever is pretty great too. And, oh man, I need to play Scout more. The Fish is just too hilarious. Even the physics for it. Everyone just cheers you on when you string some fish combos together. Wasn't keen on his new primary weapon at first, but then someone pointed out it's a smaller spread, then I started loving it. The milk's just okay though.

Good stuff all around, though. Glad the new weapons are easy to craft, and the option to pay a few bucks for stuff instead of waiting for a random drop is nice. Valve's updates are worth a few bones here and there.

I laughed when my Sandvich became a Vintage Sandvich now. Deli meat ages like a fine wine :lol

[Dr. Boogie]

I've been trying to get through my huge backlog of unplayed PS2 games.

Just finished Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel. It's weird to think that this game came out only a week earlier than Dark Alliance 2, both made with the same engine, and yet DA2 was so great and this one is such a turd.

Every great stylistic element of the franchise is absent from the game, range combat consists of you and the other guy standing and shooting at each other until one of you falls over, there's virtually no difference between the different characters, and they took established characters and tried to change the canon storyline in a shitty way. But hey, at least we have Slipknot doing the soundtrack!


Oh, and they copy and pasted the ending of Resident Evil 2.

[DougClayton4231]

lol, I never got to play that Fallout.

I haven't had any time to play anything this week.

I just tried out Enslaved and I'm really enjoying it. The story and the acting are very good. The gameplay is pretty great as well, it's like a Prince Of Persia game with elements from different genres put in. I can't wait to play more of it, but my 360 is freaking the fuck out and freezing lately. I've got to open it up and clean it again :(

[Guitar Woman]

Holy fuck, this TF2 update is godlike. I was worried putting in a bunch of new shit would throw the game out of whack, but everything they added is really fucking cool and well-balanced

My favorite part is definitely the new Spy knife, which sits somewhere between "extremely awesome" and "the most overpowered shit of all time" when used defensively. I always pair it with the Cloak and Dagger so that I can slink around and catch pushes without having to hop between ammo boxes and chance losing my cloak and being undisguised out in the open.

I like the new Sniper rifle, too, although I kinda wish it caused bleedout or burning instead of Jarate, since anyone who isn't killed by the initial shot is usually too far away from me or my team to be in danger. I could see creative Snipers combining this with the SMG for retarded damage. Also, The Danger Shield is fantastic with the Huntsman.

The only thing I'm not too keen about are the full-outfit buffs, especially since you have to have the hat to get them and that's basically Valve charging people for an in-game advantage like they said they wouldn't do. Although, they all do generally have downsides, with the exception of the Solder's and the Scout's

I hope Valve focuses on maps for the next major update. I wanna see more open-ended CP maps like Gravelpit, Junction, and Steel.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

I need to get a Nintendo 3DS now for Megaman Legends 3.

[darkvare]

i got a 7 hour trial for starcraft 2 but i refuse to play cause i know i will get hooked :\

[DougClayton4231]

The new Castlevania and Enslaved are both pretty awesome. If you have to pick one to buy now, get Castlevania. It's like 20 hours long (on 2 discs), the combat is pretty sweet, and the graphics are amazing. Enslaved is amazing too, but I don't think that it's as long of a game for $60.

[OxBlood]

I´m looking forward to Castlevania next week. I know, it´s basically God of war and blahblah. I don´t care and I though God of war 3 was pretty weak and not that much fun. I prefer the darker Castlevania-Setting.

And the Tower of Ox is growing and growing in Minecraft though now there´s a mountain in the way that I´ll either integrate into the tower or get rid of, don´t know yet. First order of business is to carve a temple out of the hill on the other side of the tower...already took me two hours but the basic shape is beginning to take form and the interior is finished too. I do want more gates and doors though since there´s only one tiny door design, you can´t use that for a fucking temple, I need a portal or gate of some kind to keep the stupid animals from wandering into that place of wicked prayer and sacrifice...hm..sacrifice...okay, maybe I´ll let those pigs and cows wander in who knows.

[DougClayton4231]

It's not like God of War at all. The combat is much more fluid, the art design is amazing (reminds me of Super Castlevania IV), the protagonist isn't a douchebag, there's actual variation and skill to the combat, and you don't bang a bunch of chicks either. Overall it's a game made for Castlevania fans, not sex and violence starved adolescents.

[executioneer]

finally got all the DLC for fallout 3 (ITS HALF OFF NOW), spent all night finishing every achievement.

now to kill every named npc that is possible to kill

[Phoenix Gamma]

the protagonist isn't a douchebag...and you don't bang a bunch of chicks either.

HOW CAN I RELATE TO THIS CHARACTER THEN? >:

[OxBlood]

It's not like God of War at all. The combat is much more fluid, the art design is amazing (reminds me of Super Castlevania IV), the protagonist isn't a douchebag, there's actual variation and skill to the combat, and you don't bang a bunch of chicks either. Overall it's a game made for Castlevania fans, not sex and violence starved adolescents.

Sounds good to me. Played the demo again just now and I think I liked it better this time around. Now, I am a Castlevania fan but more of the Sotn-Era games, not of the classics, though they DO have the best music in the industry.

My only fear is that it might be a bit like Darksiders which was pretty good but leaned on the puzzles too much for what it was. You entered a dungeon, you were faced with the local mechanism for the level and then you stumbeld about for 20mins to find levers, parts or whatnot and when you finally got what you needed, you had already forgotten why you set out to find all that stuff in the first place. Never finished it because of that...that and there was a lot of useless running around. Like a Zelda that went wrong.

Concerning Castlevania vs. God of war 3.
Honestly, I kinda lost my respect for the Gow3-Guys when they first showed Kratos ripping Helios´ head off. I mean...really? Is it really necessary that we sit a meter away from that stuff happening there? And...apart from that needless violence (which was really just there for the sake of being totally violent)...it really wasn´t a very good game gameplaywise I mean. Their only trick is to make enemies a 100 meters tall, that´s it. There´s no plot, there´s no character to anything in there.

Kratos is just a very angry and even more stupid man that won´t listen to anything someone says and goes about killing everything in sight because he feels like it, that´s Kratos´ character in the third and he hasn´t evolved one bit since the first game...he would slaughter a fucking town because someone forgot to give him his change in a drugstore.



Oh, question for you Doug, there is holy water in the game as a subweapon, right? It´s my favorite :) Which is kinda ironic, me not having anything to do with the guys that make that stuff :lol

[DougClayton4231]

The game is very open ended. You are put on a clear path (with no camera controls) with diversions on the sides to explore (purely for optional upgrades). The game also encourages you to go back to old levels and look for more shit with your new upgrades. The holy water is a side arm as well (and it's totally killer, light magic ftw :P ).

I've never seen what people liked about the GOW games. The third one had good graphics, that's about all I can think of. None of the characters were likable in the least, the combat was bland (and there was way too much of it), and no one likes mashing buttons to open doors or restore health. It wasn't hard either, I liked the difficulty in Ninja Gaiden 2 a lot more. I still can't believe I beat that piece of shit on Warrior.

[King Hadas]

I felt the same way about God of War 3 as Oxblood. I could forgive the story (I did with 2) but the gameplay was weak; no sense of challenge. Half way through I wondered if I should of played it first on hard mode. And Kratos being a mean, cold-hearted bastard was fine in the first game, it was a surprise, but now it's just predictable and tends to piss me off. It'd be nice to be able to spare some people.

I really liked Hephaestus but predictably Kratos kills him dead. You would think that would put a strain on his relationship with Pandora.

[Phoenix Gamma]

Etrian Odyssey III. Way better than the first two. Still hard as balls, but the new classes make it a little easier; even your spot healer can deal heavy damage (the Monk) and isn't a weak piece of shit you need to defend. The Prince is another favorite cause he basically just has to be alive and he'll be healing your party a thousand different ways at once. Is he a full health? Everyone gets HP. Did he just use a buff on someone? They get HP. Did he survive the battle? HP for everybody. Walking? have some HP each step. He's so vital and makes the game actually feasible this time around. I can't wait to star mixing subclasses.

Sailing is also pretty cool. Gets you a lot of money a lot quicker, and some next sidequests.

[DougClayton4231]

I just defeated the king of the werewolves and I'm moving on to the frozen wasteland of the vampires in Castlevania LOS. Good lord does this game now how to make me smile. The upgrades for combat and exploration are completely awesome but fuck chupacabras!

[Zhukov]

Civ 5 is owning my life. I'm not going to bed this week :\

[DougClayton4231]

Is Civ 5 good? And will someone who completely sucks at turn based games suck at Civ 5?

[MLE]

I liked it, and I typically don't like turn based games. Make sure you have someone around, at least on AIM or something, who you can ask for help when you can't figure out something dumb.

[Zhukov]

I've loved all the Civ games, Civ I being pretty much one of the only games on my childhood computer, and they have all been better than the last; number 5 is the same.

I think all the changes that they have made are great. They've really made the game more streamlined and easier to manage, but at the same time made it deeper and more fulfilling, strangely enough.

The Hex based rather than square based was something I was worried about, but it works fine enough, I haven't had any problems. The graphics and design are really nice too.

I had help turned on when I first played it, and I think it did a pretty good job of teaching me the new things (and also the basics of Civ), and that's not even part of the 'tutorials' they have. So I would say it's definitely the best for beginners, too.

I'm playing it now.

[OxBlood]

Playing Castlevania LOS and just finished the 4th chapter. A lot of fun, I´m glad the game turned out as good as it did. The combat is deep and fun, there´s a shitload of skills to unlock, the magic system is well designed (only lose mana when you actually USE your magic instead of losing it just by turning the mode on) and really useful. I always hated the way health was managed in God of war, here I can manage it myself by using light-magic.
There´s a lot to do and to find, the levels have a good lenght, the enemies are varied, even the story is good though it find Patrick Steward´s narration in the loading-screens a bit odd at times.

The only thing I don´t like are two of the subweapons, especially one seems...strange (the "up" one).

This is definetely a good 3D Castlevania game, though it doesn´t have that much to do with the franchise to begin with...

[DougClayton4231]

Thanks MLE and Zhukov.

I heard that it has more to do with the other games once you get further. Those titan boss battles are beautiful, I had no idea that they could push the 360 as far as they have.

[Phoenix Gamma]

Been playing Pix 'N Love Rush on iPhone. Man, I'm just smitten by that game. Best dollar I've spent in a long time.

[OxBlood]

Hm, aparently, Lords of shadow can crash and destroy your (only) save in the process. Or it can crash and just, well, crash without touching the save...a little stupid, to go and make a backup every few levels but what can you do...

[DougClayton4231]

I've noticed that Castlevania and Enslaved can crash a 360. The only game that I've had crash a 360 beforehand was FFXIII and that red ringed mine.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Castlevania LOS is owning my time now. Only on Chapter II, trying to do the extra challenges on each stage. Having trouble with the "Get poisoned then kill 10 enemies" in the one stage so I'm just going to come back when I get stronger. Really like Patrick Stewart narrating it.

Only thing I don't care for is Gabriels face sometimes and voice actor. I really liked the PS2 Castlevania so its kind of cool seeing how this kind of ties into it.

[Dimnos]

Which PS2 castlevania? Lament of Innocence? Or the other one?

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Lament of Innocence. Curse of Darkness was the 2nd Ps2 castlevania. Actually liked CoD a lot better but Lament of Innocence was still fun.

[Dimnos]

Sweet. I really liked Lament of Innocence. Yeah it wasnt the greatest Castlevania game but I think it really is underrated. So LoS is bad ass? Should I go ahead and pick it up now or wait for a used copy?

[DougClayton4231]

The new Medal Of Honor feels just like CODMW2+. It's more of the offensive, jingoist bullshit that plagues all of the modern war games. The funniest thing is that this game realistically portrays the racism and ethnocentrism of US soldiers, which is an achievement.

If you excuse me, I'm going to go back to playing games that aren't nauseatingly "patriotic". Ugh.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

I'd say grab it up Dim. There's 50 levels in the game. Once you complete a level you can go back and do extra challenges. Gabriel Belmont is sweet too.

[Dimnos]

Is Dracula even in this game?

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Ummm....

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Don't look into any material that might ruin the story. Lets just go with yes.

[Dimnos]

Not that it is really going to keep me from buying the game after all the great stuff you and Ox have said about it. Just curious.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

I guess this game is kind of a reboot but since you have played Lament of Innocence.....Gabriel Belmont is the main character. In the first chapter of the game you find out he is an orphan
He "may" come from the Cronqvist family

I was like :O Sweet.

[Dimnos]

A reboot? If he is an orphan then how... Bah... Ill just have to play it and find out I guess.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

I don't know yet either, I just know so far he took his name of Belmont from the love of mountains. His name from the spoiler.

As far as I know Capcom marketed as a reboot. So far they've heavily mentioned Rinaldo Gandolfi as well.

[Dimnos]

So have they actually thrown the Conqvist name around at all? Or was it thrown in as speculation?

[Dimnos]

Have they put a year on this game? Because Lament took place in 1090 or something like that right?

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

In the menu they have a bestiary/character info. Its one of the first things it mentions. I believe later on in the story they mention it more.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Lords takes place in 1047. So even though its a reboot...the timeline still kind of matches up.

[Dimnos]

Fuck it. Im clocking out and going to pick this up.

[Phoenix Gamma]

Final Fantasy 4 Heroes of Light is pretty fucking charming. Pretty as hell, and nice music to boot. The combat is kinda weird...like Chrono Cross meets Riviera. The game's so old school, but to the point where it knows it.

"OH HEY SO YOU'RE THIS GUY. TODAY'S THE DAY YOU SEE THE KING! GO SEE HIM! THERE HE IS. PRETTY COOL. WELL THE PRINCESS IS KIDNAPPED. HERE'S A SWORD. GO NUTS. 'TUTORIAL'? WHAT'S THAT? ANYWAYS YOU CAN PRETTY MUCH GO ANYWHERE JUST DON'T DIE. HERE HAVE MORE PARTY MEMBERS. WHO ARE THEY? HOW ARE THE RELATED? BEATS ME LET'S GO THAT PRINCESS CAN'T SAVE HERSELF. OH THERE SHE IS. ANYWAYS SHE CAN FIGHT NOW WOAH A BOSS AW NEAT OKAY SO NOW YOU'RE ALL SPLIT UP NOW GO GO GO".

Doesn't waste my time with bullshit. I dig that.

I kinda prefer Etrian Odyssey III cause it's just deeper and more rewarding for each little bit of progress you fight for. But this is better for portable play I think.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

FF IV is great.

[Phoenix Gamma]

Final Fantasy 4 Heroes of Light. Not FF4. Different game :V

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Bad times then. Is it like the crystal chronicles one?

[Phoenix Gamma]

I just described it :(

It's not really like Final Fantasy. You got four dudes and they can hold 15 items, so you can't carry 99 of everything so you need to plan each quest. It's a little like the NES and first two SNES games, though; you start the game and pretty much walk wherever, and you have to talk to everyone for clues and items and shit cause there's no tutorial. And like the first game you go meet the king and he's like "sup? The princess is gone. Get her please? Y/N?" and you're like "kay" and he gives you a sword and tells you she's thataway.

The combat's just weird cause the game selects targets for you based on HP and weakness. And there's no MP because everything runs on Action Points that you spend.

It's Diet Oldschool RPG in a pretty bottle. All the fun of an oldschool RPG but without all the bloating so you can enjoy it on the go.

[OxBlood]

Sounds interesting but does the auto-targeting work ok? I never like it when the game thinks it can decide for me...

Edit: Ah, who am I fooling, of course I bought it in town just now...but hey, not the usual 39 bucks but 29, why not.


Castlevania is still awesome though they wasted quite a bit of potential with the story. There´s a lot of character-developement for Gabriel but we never get to see it, we just have to take Patrick Steward´s word for it to be there (it´s only described in the loading-screens, Gabe is really just "yeah okay, whatever" most of the time).

Oh and I love how GT specifically mentioned the clocktower as hard, tedious and complicated when it really wasn´t at all. You just climb up and turn a crank, that´s it :D But I guess nowaday timed jumping is considered "hard" or something...

[DougClayton4231]

Anything involving platforming or puzzles is now "outdated" lol. I really do hope that video games go back to being fun and stop trying to be bad movies.

[OxBlood]

I could understand GT if there WAS a puzzle in the clocktower but there isn´t :D
Just for the record, I really don´t like puzzles in video games anymore, I hate the Layton-Games for example but here? That´s not real puzzeling that´s stopping and looking at the room and then doing the right thing.

I like Castlevania´s pacing, it´s pretty well done. Tired of fighting? Well, just climb around and do some light thinking here and there before you beat up demons again.

And I agree, I prefer my games to be games and not movies. One reason I didn´t like MGS4 that much, the balance was just gone in that one. The other three had a nice ammount of gameplay and movie.

So yeah, I finished the first two dungeons in 4 Heroes of light and hey, I´m kinda impressed. It looks really nice, it plays great, even with the auto-targeting...glad I read the forums today, thanks Phoenix :)

[DougClayton4231]

OMG, MODOK is in MvC3. Of all people, I really didn't expect him.

I just beat the S rated ending of Dead Rising 2, and man, that must have been the only game where the protagonist really had a good reason for wanting to kill the bad guy.

Castlevania continues to rock my world.

[Phoenix Gamma]

Oh you picked 4 Heores up? Neat. It's a fun little portable game. Charming as fuck. Not quite as deep at Etrian Odyssey III, but that game really worked me out so I needed a break lol.

I'm downloading Shantae 2 right now off DSiWare. I'm excited to try it. I was gonna try Sonic 4 on iPhone since I'll just pirate it on WiiWare, but $10 for an iphone game that I'm pretty sure is gonna be mediocre is a waste.

[OxBlood]

Yeah, I spent quite some time with 4hol yesterday...what I don´t like is that you have to play "find the trigger" in every town...that and that those guys leave each other behind every five minutes. It´s FOUR heroes of light, not one or two. Just got the Merchant-Class and I think it´ll be VERY useful when I get all 4 together again...
I also really like the battlesystem in this game, it´s so compact and pretty fast too :)

But now...off to find out what the fuck to do to get my mainchar back from plant to human...
Oh and how about my favorite question when it comes to games like these...what did you name your characters, Phoenix?

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Capter 4 of LOS. Capter 3 and Chapter 4 look kinda.....short.

[MLE]

Farmville.

[MarioRPG]

About to load up some NBA Jam... Boomshakala!

[Esuohlim]

I hope you're talking about the NBA Jam from the early 90s, fuck yeah

[OxBlood]

Capter 4 of LOS. Capter 3 and Chapter 4 look kinda.....short.

They´re not the only chapters with only 2 levels but the levels tend to get longer later on.

Just finished the game on normal. Cool stuff. Great ending and great post-credits cutscene, I wonder what will happen with this new variant of Castlevania.

[Dimnos]

LoS needs online troll boxing.

[OxBlood]

Alright, there´s one thing I want to punch the developers in their faces for in 4Wol. The fucking solo-parts. YOU DONT RUN AROUND SOLO IN A JRPG BECAUSE YOU WOULD DIE!

*deep breath*
Goddamit I think I´ve reset the game 20 times now already. I can´t play as any class other than freelancer because I WILL die and then I´ll lose my gems. But playing as a freelancer doesn´t help either because he can´t do shit. Who the fuck came up with this stupid idea? Zehnmal gottverdammte Mistfickdrecksscheisse, that´s what it is!
Not only would I have NO idea where to go without a walkthrough I also can´t beat the part because I AM ONLY ONE GUY! You can´t do that! You need AT LEAST two for fuck´s sake. Healer and DD, it doesn´t work with one! *head--->table*

[Phoenix Gamma]

Yeah, I spent quite some time with 4hol yesterday...what I don´t like is that you have to play "find the trigger" in every town...that and that those guys leave each other behind every five minutes. It´s FOUR heroes of light, not one or two. Just got the Merchant-Class and I think it´ll be VERY useful when I get all 4 together again...
I also really like the battlesystem in this game, it´s so compact and pretty fast too :)

But now...off to find out what the fuck to do to get my mainchar back from plant to human...
Oh and how about my favorite question when it comes to games like these...what did you name your characters, Phoenix?

Well, it's supposed to be an oldschool RPG (to some degree). So you need to talk to everyone. Which is kind of shitty to some degree, but just this once, I like the environments enough that I don't mind walking around and getting little hints.

I'm not too far. I took a break to jump into Shantae 2, but I'm at the part with Guy #2 and Princess. Fucking LOVE the Black Mage hat. Got him the matching cloak to go with it. So fucking badass.

I used default names for the characters because I have a serious problem with thinking too hard about Character names. When I signed up for the FF14 beta and started making a character, I literally spent something like...an hour and a half to two hours working on a name that fit my character (it'd have been an hour shorter if I didn't have to think of a surname too). :x On the bright side, I came up with a really awesome name for my awesome character (Ezio Lacriox. Blended right in with the NPC characters.). On the down side, that was a lot of time wasted thinking of a name, looking up names online, etc. Then the game turned out to be really, really awful...

If a game doesn't offer a default name, there WILL be problems. Etrian Odyssey III was another one where you have to make your own party...ugh. On the bright side, I get to use my imagination to flesh those guys out, so I accidentally fell in love with my whole guild and making up stories and conversations for everyone :love Makes me kinda wish I did name my guys in 4 Heroes cause I kinda do the same thing since the story's intentionally bare. But like I said, I'd be up all night looking up English-y sounding names for them.

AND FUCK THE PERSONA GAMES. FIRST AND LAST NAMES?! FUCK. THEY NEED TO SOUND JAPANESE TOO OR ELSE IT'LL BE REALLY WEIRD WHEN EVERYONE CALLS ME JOHN SMITH-SAN.

[DougClayton4231]

I beat Medal Of Honor today. It's like a whole 4 hours long and then the rest is all on Live. It's kinda bullshit that there is no coop and no local multiplayer. The game was pretty and it was pretty good, it was just short and repetitive as fuck.

I guess Call of Duty Black Ops will have to make up for the lack of local options.

[Fathom Zero]

I fucked y'all up in Dead Rising the other night. OH YEAH

[OxBlood]

Well, it's supposed to be an oldschool RPG (to some degree). So you need to talk to everyone. Which is kind of shitty to some degree, but just this once, I like the environments enough that I don't mind walking around and getting little hints.

I'm not too far. I took a break to jump into Shantae 2, but I'm at the part with Guy #2 and Princess. Fucking LOVE the Black Mage hat. Got him the matching cloak to go with it. So fucking badass.

I used default names for the characters because I have a serious problem with thinking too hard about Character names. When I signed up for the FF14 beta and started making a character, I literally spent something like...an hour and a half to two hours working on a name that fit my character (it'd have been an hour shorter if I didn't have to think of a surname too). :x On the bright side, I came up with a really awesome name for my awesome character (Ezio Lacriox. Blended right in with the NPC characters.). On the down side, that was a lot of time wasted thinking of a name, looking up names online, etc. Then the game turned out to be really, really awful...

If a game doesn't offer a default name, there WILL be problems. Etrian Odyssey III was another one where you have to make your own party...ugh. On the bright side, I get to use my imagination to flesh those guys out, so I accidentally fell in love with my whole guild and making up stories and conversations for everyone :love Makes me kinda wish I did name my guys in 4 Heroes cause I kinda do the same thing since the story's intentionally bare. But like I said, I'd be up all night looking up English-y sounding names for them.

AND FUCK THE PERSONA GAMES. FIRST AND LAST NAMES?! FUCK. THEY NEED TO SOUND JAPANESE TOO OR ELSE IT'LL BE REALLY WEIRD WHEN EVERYONE CALLS ME JOHN SMITH-SAN.


Interesting :) I can normally pull a bah-zillion names out of my head at any given moment but there´s 4-5 names I´m always using, which is why my 4hol-guys are Miles, Galthar, Melissa and Alice (I just like those "normal" names and Galthar was created out of accident a while ago :))

I finally got to that fucking ice-cave with Male2...by making him a Blackmage again...and yes, that hat is fucking awesome indeed. I just hate it that the game makes me basically do each dungeon twice. First I´ll run it normally, save in the boss-room, die on the boss, reload, transport back to town and buy the stuff I would´ve needed the first time :lol

And hey, I just got a crown by solving math-problems. And I´m...err...I don´t know the word for it. It´s like being illiterate, only with numbers. So yeah I´m really really bad at math, can´t solve anything in my head. But somehow I got a highscore and now I have the badass Beastmaster crown :)

And bam, two more crowns for beating a small dragon, that´s how I like it.

Hm and concerning games where your Char has to have a last name, I just use a version of my real last name because it´s awesome...at least that part about me is :D

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

I fucked y'all up in Dead Rising the other night. OH YEAH

FATHOM ZERO STARRING IN DEAD RISING 2: MOOSE ON THE LOOSE.

I need to get way better at those games.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

LoS needs online troll boxing.


I would WARG you up.

[Fathom Zero]

I kick ass and take names in Bounty Hunter and Slicycles.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

I've never seen Bounty Hunter before then. Usually its Zombonis, the shooting one where zombies open up in elevators, the blender head one and slicycles.

[OxBlood]

It´s interesting how one percepts time every now and then. I´m at "Phase 2" in 4wol now and thought it took about 5-7 hours to get there. Actually it took 15 hours. Hm. Anyway now my guys don´t abandon each other anymore every 5 minutes (and they actually reencourage each other not to do so for a while :D) and the game suddenly became WAY better (no suprise there).
Already maxed the Black mage for one guy and man is his ultimate useful. Massive damage on alle enemies for 4 points? Yes please. The bard is also quickly becoming one of my favorite classes. Seems like he´s super fast and he definetely is extremely useful. The game should´ve skipped that first part after 3 hours and it would have been so much better overall. It´s really a shame.

Oh and a friend just gave me a nice press-copy of Valkyria Chronicles 2, it´s nice to get presents every now and then I guess :)

[DougClayton4231]

Oxblood, that sounds like a major time sink. How do you get things done and play it?

[Esuohlim]

I wish I had time to play video games. I can get maybe an hour in per week, and only if it's a good week :(

[OxBlood]

Oxblood, that sounds like a major time sink. How do you get things done and play it?

What do you mean, how I can sink so much time in Videogames in general? Or specifically this game?

[Phoenix Gamma]

Just played Sonic 4. It's kinda like New Super Mario Bros.:

-Graphics are prerendered and cheap looking.
-Music is awful (but unlike New Mario, Sonic 4's music is nothing but midis from Jeffery's First Geocities Site!)
-99% of it is rehashed from the older games, except not quite as fun

Oh, and the final boss is a randomly huge spike in difficulty. I had to fight it about 8 times, listening to the same 10 second midi loop (I counted) every time. Lots of stuff off screen killed me too, and a lot of the time I was just left thinking "That's not fair in the slightest." The homing attack was unnecessary; I can aim my jumps, Sega.

It's not as bad as Unleashed or Sonic '06, but that's really nothing to be commended for. That's like commending a grown man for going a whole day without shitting himself.

I dunno how much it is (pirated it on WiiWare) but it's $10 on iPhone, and that's a ripoff for 12 levels and 5 bosses.

[The Doctor]

Just went through Splatterhouse one and two and now moving on to three. Simply because of the time of the year.

[Sam]

I kick ass and take names in Bounty Hunter and Slicycles.

BULLSHIT, I KILLED YOU AT SLICYCLES. >:

AND BEING THE MOOSE ON THE LOOSE.

[Fathom Zero]

Sure, that's why I came out on top in two of the three games.

[Phoenix Gamma]

The new Scribblenauts game is pretty fun. Fixes a lot of problems with the first game (controls, physics) and the adjectives are really fun to fuck around with. My friend said he made a Pregnant Baby, which more or less makes the game awesome. It's basically everything the first should have been, and anyone who was a little bummed by the first game should try this out.

[MarioRPG]

I hope you're talking about the NBA Jam from the early 90s, fuck yeah

:rock The best multiplayer.

[The Doctor]

We have an old school NBA Jam tourney on the SNES at least once a year at my friends house.

[DougClayton4231]

What do you mean, how I can sink so much time in Videogames in general? Or specifically this game?

Just that one, it sounds like a giant grind.

I just beat Splatterhouse 2 the other day, that game is brutal. I can't wait for the new one.

[Phoenix Gamma]

Okay I just typed in "Smart Phone" in Super Scribblenauts and it gave me a phone with a graduation cap. I don't know if I got punked or not but I fucking busted my ass laughing.

[Fathom Zero]

That's hysterical

[Fathom Zero]

To be 577th in the world out of 7440? I'll take that. :\

[OxBlood]

Just that one, it sounds like a giant grind.

I just beat Splatterhouse 2 the other day, that game is brutal. I can't wait for the new one.

Oh okay. There´s not that much of a grind in the first half, levels alone don´t do much for you, all they do is increase your stats slightly, it´s mostly about equipment and classes which you get by story-progression. You don´t die because you´re too weak in the first part, you die because you didn´t bring the proper stuff along that you could´ve bought in the city before.

By the way, there are relatively simple ways to get the two things that you need which are Gil and Gems.
For Gil there´s a minigame in one of the towns, you open up your own shop and sell your stuff at insane prices to the sheepish hipsters in town
And Gems...well, that´s what the Merchant class is for. You get more gems as loot simply by having a merchant with you and each merchant can find two more Gems per battle via Skills.
You can even exploit Bosses for Diamonds (they don´t drop elsewhere) by having a classless Character or a special accessory with you. Just dig up the goods in battle with Merchants, die, don´t lose your Gems and repeat as desired. Diamonds are needed to level up classes to their maximum level so they do come in handy.

And I love Splatterhouse. I so wanted to play that game as a kid (of course, considering where I live you can imagine it didn´t happen). Played it years later thanks to the glorious invention that is emulators but it´s not the same if you haven´t played it back in the day...still, a fun and pretty hard gameseries.

[Zhukov]

I'm ranked 86th IN THE WORLD in the Asia Pacific Starcraft servers. Gold league. :picklehat That's almost the best league, too.

[DougClayton4231]

Oh okay. There´s not that much of a grind in the first half, levels alone don´t do much for you, all they do is increase your stats slightly, it´s mostly about equipment and classes which you get by story-progression. You don´t die because you´re too weak in the first part, you die because you didn´t bring the proper stuff along that you could´ve bought in the city before.

By the way, there are relatively simple ways to get the two things that you need which are Gil and Gems.
For Gil there´s a minigame in one of the towns, you open up your own shop and sell your stuff at insane prices to the sheepish hipsters in town
And Gems...well, that´s what the Merchant class is for. You get more gems as loot simply by having a merchant with you and each merchant can find two more Gems per battle via Skills.
You can even exploit Bosses for Diamonds (they don´t drop elsewhere) by having a classless Character or a special accessory with you. Just dig up the goods in battle with Merchants, die, don´t lose your Gems and repeat as desired. Diamonds are needed to level up classes to their maximum level so they do come in handy.

And I love Splatterhouse. I so wanted to play that game as a kid (of course, considering where I live you can imagine it didn´t happen). Played it years later thanks to the glorious invention that is emulators but it´s not the same if you haven´t played it back in the day...still, a fun and pretty hard gameseries.

That sounds way too complicated for me lol.

I've been replaying Resident Evil 0 and I forgot how much I loved the old RE series. Why did 5 have to ruin everything?

[OxBlood]

What are you talking about, there is no Resident Evil 5. Or 4 for that matter but I suppose you mean Chris Redfield´s Boulderpunch 2009 ;) I loved that the older Resis are so short. That is one series of games where being short actually was a GOOD thing. Gotta play 2 again on the PSP...still gotta do the B-Plot :)

4Hol is not as complicated as it sounds, the whole fighting is very intuitive but I wouldn´t recommend the game to younger audiences as its looks are decieving. Looks a bit kiddy but plays way oldschool. BUT it´s really a lot of fun. Give the rom a whirl I´d say ;)
Though as I said, the beginning really isn´t well designed.

[executioneer]

I've been replaying Resident Evil 0 and I forgot how much I loved the old RE series. Why did 5 have to ruin everything?
um 0 was the one that ruined everything. that game was ridiculously bad. HEY LETS ADD A POINTLESS GAME MECHANIC AND MAKE MOST OF THE GAME FIGHTING SLIMES INSTEAD OF ZOMBIES, PLUS HEY LOOK IT'S NOT SCARY OR ATMOSPHERIC AT ALL ISNT THAT GREAT

[OxBlood]

Nah, 4 was the one that ruined the classic Resident Evil concept, Zero was just a bland episode...(as was Code Veronica, but pssst...you didn´t hear that ;))

[DougClayton4231]

I loved 4 (even though it was different). I actually liked 0, purely because it was needlessly difficult at times, like when you have to fight a Tyrant by yourself as Rebecca. The only RE that was truly bad was Survivor on the PS1. It was fucking unplayable. RE5 is godly compared to that miserable piece of shit.

[Phoenix Gamma]

RE4 was great. My first RE game. Scared me pretty good a few times.

BUT THAT'S NOT IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW.
KIRBY'S
EPIC
YARN

"THE GRASS FEELS LIKE PANTS," HE SAYS.
GAME OF THE FUCKING YEAR. HOLY POOP IT'S THE CUTEST THING EVER. AND REALLY FUN. KINDA EASY BUT HOLY CRAP. EVEN THE MUSIC IS CUTE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEdE1AVqdac

I GIVE THIS GAME 12 SMILES OUT OF 10.

Oh, and I beat Sonic 4. Meh. Everything about it was mediocre but the music, which was so horrible that they're using Michael Jackson's spinning corpse to drill for oil.

[OxBlood]

Resident Evil 4 IS very, very good, no doubt about that, but it has nothing to do with Resident Evil anymore, that´s what I was getting at ;)

Still farming Gems like stupid in 4wol just because I want to get some classes to max. Also remembered that I can upgrade weapons and armor and it really helps a lot, at least in normal battles.

[Fathom Zero]

Got back into Gears 2, since it was released on Games on Demand. I climbed to the top of Horde on some Snowblind map, beating scores of people 80 or 90 levels above me.

[DougClayton4231]

Sonic 4 was incredibly disappointing, purely because of the running and jumping physics. You can WALK up walls for Christ's sake. Who the fuck was drinking in the programming department?

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Resident Evil 4 needed to happen. I loved Nemesis and CV but they were just kind of old by then.

For Resident Evil 5 I wish you could play through the main story with all the multi chars. Just even nix the cut scenes.

[OxBlood]

Yeah but the recent lack of zombies in the franchise doesn´t please me at all. Resi is about gloomy eviroments and zombies, not hot daylight settings and...some people running towards you.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Have you played the RE5 DLC forgotten nitemares or whatever its called.

[OxBlood]

No, if I recall correctly it´s not available in germany without performing some techno-voodoo and I never felt the need to play more Re5 after clearing it about five thousand times in Coop. :)

Did the DLC have Zombies? A friend of mine got it somehow but he said it was rather short and bland and he´s the second biggest Re-Fan I know, right after myself :D

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Its kind of fun. Chris and Jill go through a Spencer Mansion. There are zombies but they're already (re)dead.

For an added challenge you can click on the main door 3 times and it'll put the gameplay in RE 1 mode, with tank controls/camera angles and all.

The 2nd DLC is Jill and Sheva's boss(I always forget his name from merc mode[also dlc]) fighting through a shipyard cove military base.. I love playing as him because for melee moves he has a Hulk Hogan big boot, a german suplex(does everyone suplex like that in germany?) and also an elbow drop.

[OxBlood]

Hm, interesting but I´ll wait for the next Re game down the line I guess...or play the older ones again. I love the cute little DS-Port of the first one, it´s so tiny and yet so much fun :)

And just so you know, the suplex as such is a traditional german greeting. That´s where the rumor comes from that all germans are kinda unfriendly, we´re not, we just don´t want to hurt anyone ;)

[Zhukov]

GAHRG was playing Civ V all today without saving, for roughly six hours straight and Windows decides to restart to install updates and I lost it all. This is the worst.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Lol, everything is rough in germany.

Is there an autosave Zhukov that maybe caught it?

[OxBlood]

Lol, everything is rough in germany.

Is there an autosave Zhukov that maybe caught it?

Don´t forget all that dense forest we germans live in. In huts to be precise. I myself am about 2.20m tall and my mighty beard is so majestic you´d fall over in...errrr awe. Yeah! :lol

@Autosave: Didn´t the older Civ games autosave every 10 turns or so?

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

lol, there totally should be a guy named autosave.

[OxBlood]

*snrk* True. Autosave and his buddy Quickload. Menace of the board.

[Snake_Storm]

well with halloween coming up i like to prepare myself by dusting off My NEC Turbographix-16 and playing some Splatterhouse. It's quite a bit dated as the game was made in 1988 but it's just not halloween without fighting hordes of monsters as an undead horror posessed by a mask in order to save your kidnapped girlfriend who may or may not already be dead.

Too bad they don't make 'em like that anymore.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Ox, regarding dead rising. I keep seeing a trailer on television where Chuck is riding what looks like a motorcycle combined with a big blue bunny(the kind you can stuff onto a zombie) but it doesn't look like you can combine them. Do they have any different combos for the PAL release?

New splatterhouse is coming out snake.

[OxBlood]

No, the PAL is exactly the same as your version in every way. Maybe you can use the bunny to decorate your bike or something? I know that you can change the color at least...
You got a link to that commercial? Or is it TV-exclusive?

Or maybe it´s the same thing as in the Castlevania commercial where Gabe swings a flaming whip...which doesn´t exist in the game.

[Zhukov]

No autosave that I can see.

Can someone tell me that the Castlevania game is crap so I can save myself some money and not buy it?

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

I can try and find a link. I think its downloadable on xbox as well. At work for another 7 hours though.

[Dimnos]

No autosave that I can see.

Can someone tell me that the Castlevania game is crap so I can save myself some money and not buy it?

Castlevania is awesome. However you might be able to get away with just renting it.

[Fathom Zero]

It's shite, Zhukov. Just copied and pasted shit from every other action game out now.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Yeah, but then you don't have to play any other action game out there. Therefore you are actually saving money playing this.

[Fathom Zero]

Yeah, but it does everything not as good. Sooooooooo

[RaNkeri]

Finished Baldur's gate last week, starting Baldur's Gate 2 tonight

[Tadao]

http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Minsc_and_Boo.jpg

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Yeah, but you get to play as SUPER SUPER SUPER SPOILER


























dRacUlA

[RaNkeri]

Minsc & Boo, Fuck Yeah!

[Zhukov]

Found the autosave, hats off to those who showed concern. Looks like I'll be late for work again tomorrow!

[Zhukov]

Fathom that sounded genuine enough to sway me, thanks.

[Dr. Boogie]

Can someone tell me that the Castlevania game is crap so I can save myself some money and not buy it?

Well, the PS3 version has a bug that occasionally wipes your save file. That's one reason to save your money.


Oh, and I've heard that the game is a mediocre pastiche of other successful games.

[Esuohlim]

Motherfucker, I've been picking up missile expansions in Metroid Prime for the last three hours and apparently I'm missing one >:

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Well, the PS3 version has a bug that occasionally wipes your save file. That's one reason to save your money.


Oh, and I've heard that the game is a mediocre pastiche of other successful games.

You heard that from a liar.

[Dr. Boogie]

http://www.threadbombing.com/data/media/13/75378-TrollFace.png

[OxBlood]

So...I was lying in bed yesterday night, checking my email and looking through the latest IGN-Reviews when I saw Cladun there. I opened up the Youtube app and watched the trailer.

eKkrYLMOAHE

Then I got out of bed, grabbed my trusty credit card bought one of those stupid PSN Card and bought it right away. Why am I such a sucker for this kind of games...but anyway, it´s really charming in a very odd way, the story is super stupid, the dialogue is total crap (on purpose) and it´s good, fun dungeon-crawling in realtime. Might be a bit pricey with 20$ but hey, nothing like an impulse-purchase at 2 in the morning, right?

[The Doctor]

Motherfucker, I've been picking up missile expansions in Metroid Prime for the last three hours and apparently I'm missing one >:

First time I completed it I missed scanning your ship...

[Esuohlim]

I hate having to worry about one-time scans. In one of the Phendrana Drifts rooms there's about four Ice Shriekbats that go kamikaze on you and if you don't scan one before they all die you'll never get another chance. >:

Also I went through everywhere again and still couldn't find the elusive missile expansion. Either I accidentally didn't save after picking one up that I thought I already had, or I got glitched.

[DougClayton4231]

lol Ox, that game looks interesting. It reminds me of some of the SNES RPGs.

I've been playing the new Kirby and it's great!

[OxBlood]

lol Ox, that game looks interesting. It reminds me of some of the SNES RPGs.

I've been playing the new Kirby and it's great!

Is is indeed pretty interesting. You got your randomly generated dungeon if you want (Rangueon), you can level your Chars as mains or subs, mess around with the circle system (which allows for quite a bit of customization), you get do draw your heroes faces if you want...there´s even coop. I think the Magic Circle is the best thing about it.

Your Main is cheered on by the Subs on the circle which use their mana to activate artifacts that boost the Main in all kinds of ways, depending on how you set up the circle you´ve chosen. You can make the Mains strong, resilient or you could focus on improving their skills or making those skills cheaper to use...an while your Subs level, they become better Mains and vice versa...pretty cool.

[Shadowdancer21b]

Nippon Ichi may have done it again! A new PSP game is also good news. Speaking of which, I'm playing Dungeons and Dragons Tactics on PSP. It ain't bad.

[DougClayton4231]

That sounds pretty sweet. If I had a PSP, I'd get it :P

[Phoenix Gamma]

100%ed Kirby's Epic Yarn and it gave me 8 cavities because it's so fucking adorable. The last world was a bunch of old Kirby throwbacks too. IN YARN.

[OxBlood]

That sounds pretty sweet. If I had a PSP, I'd get it :P

Question is, why don´t you have one? I mean yeah, there´s not as many great games for it as for the DS and you probably don´t see PS1-Games on that thing as a valid reason but still...nice thing. Still got the very first model, imported it from Hong Kong back in the day...good times. :)

I think it´s safe to say that for me, after the PS2, the portable Consoles provided the most consistent and intense fun in gaming in the last couple years...

[Fathom Zero]

I got that wrangling eight survivors at once achievement. You just get better and better with every playthrough, it's crazy. That, and I have all the gambling books, so when I play the Megaman slots at the Yucatan, I get $5000 per pull and $1500 and up on every other slot I come across. That, and playing the strip poker is cake. Imma get that goddamn Humvee so I can try for those Genocide achievements in style. Also, at one of the restaurants in a casino, (can't remember which), there's a Driving magazine, which triples the durability of four-wheeled vehicles. AWESOME.

[DougClayton4231]

I've never owned a handheld console. I have no idea why, but it's always been that way. Maybe I'll buy a 3DS when those get affordable.

[OxBlood]

Wow, you´re missing out on some great games there Doug. I fucking love my Handhelds :)

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

I got that wrangling eight survivors at once achievement. You just get better and better with every playthrough, it's crazy. That, and I have all the gambling books, so when I play the Megaman slots at the Yucatan, I get $5000 per pull and $1500 and up on every other slot I come across. That, and playing the strip poker is cake. Imma get that goddamn Humvee so I can try for those Genocide achievements in style. Also, at one of the restaurants in a casino, (can't remember which), there's a Driving magazine, which triples the durability of four-wheeled vehicles. AWESOME.


The humvee looks like the most practicle vehicle to buy because of the wide open space. The haggling magazines help out too by making the pawn shop prices drop.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

I've never owned a handheld console. I have no idea why, but it's always been that way. Maybe I'll buy a 3DS when those get affordable.

My last portable was GBA but I might need to get a 3DS too when Megaman Legends III comes out for it. Oh how long I've waited for thee.

[Fathom Zero]

:O I don't know where those are. But I also need that $6,000,000 acheivo, too, so I'm not worried.

I'm missing 5 six or so survivors in my notebook, and I know where all of them are. I'm totally nabbing them on this playthrough. THIS GAME'S GONNA GET MASTERED, BITCHES. Also, TESLA BALL. USE IT.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

I made it once but I took it all the way back to the first maintenance room in that area. Maybe it I find a closer room.

The discount magazine is in the casino(atlantica maybe?) Inside there is a BBQ restaurant with two floors with a suspended bi-plane. Go up to the 2nd floor and platform jump from chandelier to chandalier and you'll find the magazine on a ledge. Also Zombrex and a purrple rabbit.

[Esuohlim]

Wow, you´re missing out on some great games there Doug. I fucking love my Handhelds :)

I love handheld games and all, but compared to console games there's a somewhat empty feel about them. I've never really felt totally immersed like I do with most console games, and I don't think the medium has anything to do with it since I play most games on my computer.

Except maybe Pokemon Silver, which is the last game of its kind I played. That one feels fully fleshed-out. Games like Metroid Fusion and New Super Mario Brothers seem very cold compared to Super Metroid and Super Mario World. :\

[shekk]

I love handheld games and all, but compared to console games there's a somewhat empty feel about them. I've never really felt totally immersed like I do with most console games, and I don't think the medium has anything to do with it since I play most games on my computer.

Except maybe Pokemon Silver, which is the last game of its kind I played. That one feels fully fleshed-out. Games like Metroid Fusion and New Super Mario Brothers seem very cold compared to Super Metroid and Super Mario World. :\

i love handhelds(my psp) because you can put on a movie, or another video game in your living room to entertain everyone else but still have your own shit going on.

ive been playing twisted metal head-on a lot. it is mind numbing

[Phoenix Gamma]

OH FUCK PHOENIX WRIGHT AND PROFESSOR LAYTON CROSSOVER SHIT YES
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gufhYicCUs4

Started Final Fantasy XII: Zodiac Job System last night. Loved that game, and I hear this one's even better.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

OH FUCK PHOENIX WRIGHT AND PROFESSOR LAYTON CROSSOVER SHIT YES
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gufhYicCUs4

Started Final Fantasy XII: Zodiac Job System last night. Loved that game, and I hear this one's even better.

ZJS looks better than the regular version but still a sham of a game.

Dead Rising 2. Going to make a motorcycle with a sidecar and be father of the year. Demoting SAM to weekend daddy once again.