What are you playing? (Includes yourself as well as video games)

[AranchineD]

I'm currently playing through this:

http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/3145/supergngvc.gif


Yes, I am kinda (read: extremely) cheating by using save states, but there's no way I could ever finish the game twice without them!

[dinopoke]

You're not a real man until you've 1CCed the arcade version. Hence I'll forever be a child!

[Lazlow]

Samurai Shodown II - Neo Geo AES
GTR2 w/ DTM mod - PC

[Jay]

That's a prick of a game though (G&G). I finished it on the C64 back in the day, but my understanding is that that version was significantly easier than other versions.

I'm playing, and quite enjoying, The Conduit.

And over our holiday I played and finished Flower, which was utterly superb.

[Sweating Bullets]

I found the Megadrive version fairly easy of Ghouls and Ghosts.

Still making my way thru Red Faction Guerrilla - having a bit of a hard time to play for more than 20/30 minutes at a time.

[topaz]

Playing Lost Odyssey, up to the final disc now

[AranchineD]

Playing Lost Odyssey, up to the final disc now

Hey, me too. :D

I've been going through all the side quests, pretty much done all of them and my party is all around level 85 or so. About to tackle that ultimate stupid hard optional boss that every JRPG seems to have in The Backyard. This should be fun.

[McChimp]

Gotta get my a$$ into gear with gaming. Just hired Transformers-Revenge of the Fallen on PS3 and gave it a spin, and UGH! Just so........boring! Gave Smash Bros. Brawl a spin yesterday (finally bought it). Been liking the 'Adventure' mode. Not much substance but it's kind've drawn me in.

[topaz]

Hey, me too. :D

I've been going through all the side quests, pretty much done all of them and my party is all around level 85 or so. About to tackle that ultimate stupid hard optional boss that every JRPG seems to have in The Backyard. This should be fun.

You're way ahead of me then, I'm at the beginning of disc 4 (just got the Nautilus). I really liked disc 3 and the way the party was split up - very FFVI-like.

[AranchineD]

Really? I almost stopped playing on Disc 3, for the same reason you liked it, the split up party. The jumping storyline, locations and characters meant I had no idea what was going on, just got kinda lost and it turned into me just pushing ahead for the sake of getting to the next area, not because I was interested in the game. Plus the strategies I had for my entire party got screwed over by the split.


But disc 4 made me love the game again, so all good!

[grimace06]

I'm going through Ninety Nine Nights atm and trying to beat it with all characters and get them up to Level 9.

That girl who shoots water sucks.

[UC1]

The trick to ghouls n ghosts: don't jump, don't kill everything. Just kill what's in front of you, then jump if you have to. Syxx on youtube makes it look easy.

[JONO RANDOM H3RO]

I'm going through Ninety Nine Nights atm and trying to beat it with all characters and get them up to Level 9.

That girl who shoots water sucks.

Where does she shoot this water from..?

Why are you torturing yourself playing that anyway?

[Nic Xtreme]

Juggling Red Faction: Guerrila and The Conduit atm, after finishing up Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (which for an obsessed Harry Potter fan had its moments amongst its minigame-infested run!)

I'm really loving Red Faction - it truly is an open-world game that I've fallen for...it must be the insatiable thirst for destruction the game draws out in me! It is really well paced too - just when you think things are about to get try, the whole area is being bombed and you're dashing through the township to save people, and the next minute you're shitting your pants as you sneak through a bandit's hideout, carefully looking around every corner rather than blowing it up. It truly is an awesome game!

I'm also enjoying The Conduit (though certainly not as much as the above :D), primarily because it is just so satisfying to play and control. The level design is repetitive (though I did enjoy the last level I played, wiping out eggs in some congress library), and it can be ****ing difficult (on the third level (?) at the end you had to wipe out four conduits before getting picked up by a copter...I had to turn the difficulty down ~ it was impossible. The graphics aren't that special, either (bar some of the character models) though they certainly have potential. They're pretty damn blurry, and don't match up to the likes of Geist, which looks absolutely gorgeous when it runs in 60 fps (not too often :/). Overall I'm definitely enjoying it though, and I can't wait to see what they do with a sequel - just don't go in with high expectations, expecting the next Killzone 2 :p

[grimace06]

Where does she shoot this water from..?

Why are you torturing yourself playing that anyway?

It's good to just sit back with a podcast on while playing this game.

[Twisted Conspiracy]

It's good to just sit back with a podcast on while playing this game.
I did that with San Andreas once...

Anyways, currently playing Mother 3, which is pure ***ing awesomeness. And Red Faction (the first one) when I feel like it.

[topaz]

Really? I almost stopped playing on Disc 3, for the same reason you liked it, the split up party. The jumping storyline, locations and characters meant I had no idea what was going on, just got kinda lost and it turned into me just pushing ahead for the sake of getting to the next area, not because I was interested in the game. Plus the strategies I had for my entire party got screwed over by the split.


But disc 4 made me love the game again, so all good!

Ha, ironically I thought the game was quite a bore in the 1st disc and the majority of the 2nd (god I hated the Black Cave), but I'm genuinely interested in the story now and I'm expecting a good finish!

[Mike-Towns]

Gotta get my a$$ into gear with gaming. Just hired Transformers-Revenge of the Fallen on PS3 and gave it a spin, and UGH! Just so........boring! Gave Smash Bros. Brawl a spin yesterday (finally bought it). Been liking the 'Adventure' mode. Not much substance but it's kind've drawn me in.

How much is it like the first game?

[Sweating Bullets]

]I'm really loving Red Faction - it truly is an open-world game that I've fallen for...it must be the insatiable thirst for destruction the game draws out in me! It is really well paced too - just when you think things are about to get try, the whole area is being bombed and you're dashing through the township to save people, and the next minute you're shitting your pants as you sneak through a bandit's hideout, carefully looking around every corner rather than blowing it up. It truly is an awesome game!


How far are you into it? I am just upto Oasis. I find I can't play for long stretches of time. Also how is the mutliplayer?

[FX-GTZ]

Go to google and type nitrohaul flash game, have fun on level 1 trying to beat 9800, its not easy because the explosive crates are sensitive as hell to any nasty bumps and high drops. Other than that addictive game, TF2 mainly. Sniper's suck, i just dont like them at all, first of all, the ranged projectile, arrows, are slow to reach the target, bullets on the other hand are an instant hit on the enemy, shame the red/blue dot gives away your position.

[Thraxas]

I'm playing Fight Night Round 4 and Prototype at the moment. I'm still a bit confused by Fight Night as there seem to be times when the weakest of punches from the opponent stun me. The opportunity to beat the crap out of Anthony Mundine is full of win.

[Allick]

Playing through eternal sonata at the moment. I would have gotten tales of vesperia, but it's not out on PS3:(
I'm thouroghly enjoying eternal sonata, and I'm really surprised at how fast time goes by as I'm playing it.

[Second]

I've been rotating through the various Guitar Hero/Rockband games on 360. I'm trying to improve my skills, but I'm quite terrible at the games. I'm thinking I might take a break from the music games and go back to Fallout 3 for a bit. I also still have to do my prototype no death playthrough for some sweet achievement points.

[Lazlow]

The opportunity to beat the crap out of Anthony Mundine is full of win.

And Billy Dib... cheating f***er >_>

[Cian]

Battlefield 1943. I racked up over 1,200 kills in the first week. I'm a little hooked.


The single greatest download available on Xbox Live/PSN.

[/backslash]

Secret of Monkey Island Special Edition

Tbh I'm wishing that I had a 360 controller to use instead of the keyboard & mouse (there's no support for standard USB controllers!). The controls seem to be pretty scattered around and for some reason it has a very hard time detecting my mouse clicks when trying to choose lines of dialogue plus the inventory seems kind of hidden

Nice graphics but I'm finding the constant bobbing heads (in 3 frames) in HD makes me feel a little sick simply because it stands out so much whilst everything else is smooth. Good game though

I liked how everytime you tried to sell the rubber chicken with a pulley in the middle to somebody they'd say they've already got one :D I thought that the item would never be used, like the panties from Broken Sword 2 but as soon as the particular puzzle came along I knew exactly what I had to do. Same goes for the clever underwater trick which apparently stumps a lot of players, it only took me 3 tries to get myself out of the water and I was back up within 30 seconds :)

The funniest moment has to be that offscreen fight that was going on! Awesome!
"Use gopher repellent on...gopher. Use gopher repellent on....herde of gophers. Pick up...Heavy Chair. Use Heavy Chair with... Sheriff" :lol: ToMI tried to do a similar thing but wasn't very creative

[Adios]

Disgaea 3

Trophies! GLORIOUS TROPHIES!

Disgaea 3 has now just got infinitely more playable (and it was absurdly playable to begin with!)

The trophies are ludicrously hard too, which is kind of befitting of Nippon Ichi titles anyway :p

[/backslash]

What do you have to do to get the platinum trophy? I read it was something that sounded impossible for the average person

[Adios]

Here's a few samples for you :p

Bronze: Consult Your Physician - Play for over 10 hours without stopping.

Just a bronze?!

Who Wants to be a Milliondamagaire - Do over 1,000,000 damage.

100,000,000 Damage Pyramid - Do over 100,000,000 damage.

Item Warrior - Beat floors 1 to 100 in an Item World without exiting.

Again, all bronze trophies :p

But here's the real kicker...

The Ten Billion Damage Man - Do over 10,000,000,000 damage.

That's a gold, thankfully.

[grimace06]

Overlord

Like Pikmin, only charming and free of a time limit.

Good sense of humor too.

[dimorphic]

Playing Tales of Vesperia but have hit a point where I wish I levelled up more often earlier (read strong boss that is kicking my arse) so now I am grinding to level up.

[Marble]

I'm in Falls Creek at the moment and some bar here has a cabinet that either has mame running or some kind of pirated board. Because it has 1229 different games on it. Only had a few coins, but I played a bit of DonPachi, Contra and Rastan Saga, plus me and my friend tried to have a game of Karnov's Revenge but then the machine messed up. :P

On the way here I stopped in some town called Wangeratta or something and their cinema has some nice machines (like Raiden). Played some KoF 98' but the monitor was heaps messed up and it was hard to see what was going on. Enjoyed some Time Crisis game with a friend. Oh and I have a 10+ hour car trip tomorrow so I will probably work on Contra 4. Or possibly the Game Boy version of R-Type, but I don't want to spoil the arcade version.

Also I was playing Solar Striker and Nemesis (both on Game Boy) but I 1CC'd and 1LC'd them. (Where the hell is the games you finished thread? Or heaps of threads for that matter.)

[dinopoke]

(Where the hell is the games you finished thread? Or heaps of threads for that matter.)

Forums got hacked so it's pretty much a clean slate now.

BTW what does LC mean?

[NiB]

30 hours through Fallout 3, It's like crack for gamers who like to explore. Done most of the side missions and just need to get through the main story before I take a run at the expansions. Currently Lv 20 with power armor and plasma rifles FTW !

Also finished Modern Warfare and have Prototype just sitting there waiting to be played.

[Marble]

Forums got hacked so it's pretty much a clean slate now.

BTW what does LC mean?
Aww, gay.

1LC = 1 Life Clear.

[jawsy]

Playing through Prince of Persia on the 360, and I have to say that I am loving it. I didn't pick it up at release because I can remember reading a whole heap of unfavourable reviews, but for mine the overall package counters any of the minor quibbles.

What did others think of it?

[Second]

Playing through Prince of Persia on the 360, and I have to say that I am loving it. I didn't pick it up at release because I can remember reading a whole heap of unfavourable reviews, but for mine the overall package counters any of the minor quibbles.

What did others think of it?

I'm planning on picking it up next week, maybe. Either that, or Mirrors Edge.


So, my brother bought Avatar today. I couldn't help myself, I... I got the 1000 Achievement points.

[AranchineD]

I put it to the side when I bought Lost Odyssey, but I played PoP for about 4 hours before that and I was really enjoying it.

[/backslash]

Playing through Prince of Persia on the 360, and I have to say that I am loving it. I didn't pick it up at release because I can remember reading a whole heap of unfavourable reviews, but for mine the overall package counters any of the minor quibbles.

What did others think of it?
It was good to start off but then eventually became so repetitive I just couldn't be bothered to finish it :(

[Nic Xtreme]

How far are you into it? I am just upto Oasis. I find I can't play for long stretches of time. Also how is the mutliplayer?

I'm just in the desert bandit area, wherever that is! Just started that place. It's awesome! Haven't had the chance to play it in a while, actually.

Multiplayer really surprised me - initially, I didn't like it too much. Then, I started to experiment a bit more, have some fun, work in teams - totally loving it. I've only played it once, mind you, but it was for 3 hours straight >_> The backpacks are AWESOME!

[AranchineD]

Children Of Mana

It's a flat out dungeon crawler, and I'm okay with that, just like with Diablo and similiar games, I am a stat whore and get enjoyment out of seeing the numbers on my character sheet get higher and higher. Although there's only four weapons and magic seems a bit useless, the action is still paced perfectly to be frantic but fun, and whacking things with my hammer and seeing them fly over the screen is pretty fun.

[incompatible with life]

Advance Wars Dark Conflict.
Mainly just doing 4p matches against cpu whenever I have a movie or something on.

[Filthy Old Drunk]

I've been ever so slowly working my way through Call of Juarez something Blood. It's reasonably enjoyable, mostly let down by the terrible characters. Seriously, the kid preacher brother is irritating beyond belief. Whiny prat.

I'm waiting for The Legendary Starfy to come after Play Asia shipped it on Monday. Need some platforming action.

[JONO RANDOM H3RO]

Battlefield 1943 still.. Loving it alot although I dont think the coral sea was worth 43 million kills.. Flying planes isn't fun unless you can kamikaze the peasants on the ground :D

[Jay]

I have just tonight gone back to CoD:WaW single player campaign. **** that is unreasonably hard in places.

[darklord]

I have just tonight gone back to CoD:WaW single player campaign. **** that is unreasonably hard in places.

That last mission made me want to punch the developers. I tried for a good 2 hours to finish it, and dying over and over, just to find out I had to stand at an exact on the dot location and just sit there for several minutes for the script to trigger. Really? I thought that shit was left in the SNES era.

[Princess Sakura]

Playing through Half Life 2 again instead of finishing the many games that stand uncompleted on my shelf >_>

[Second]

My brother introduced me to Dash of Destruction. Seriously, this game is awesome. I want more little games like this. I was laughing most of the way through!

[Gemerald]

I'm currently playing RACE Pro on 360 and about to play the Wii I've owned for the first time (SSBB).

[NetherWind]

SMT: Devil Survivor on DS, not a bad rpg so far and you can have 2 contracts per character in battle with you is always a good thing. So a team is made up of 1 human and 2 demons and you have 3 teams. Still haven't got to the point where I can fuse my demons, just doing some grinding as not to get my ass kicked by Wendigo.

[Hotaru_oz]

I haven't much time to play games lately, but I have been playing Super Princess Peach on my DS.
I did attempt to play Star Ocean until the PS2 froze up on me before I could get to the first save point :(

[Ad-Rock]

Half-life 2: Ep 1 (shortly to be followed by Ep 2).

Team Fortress 2.

[Pesmare]

Infinite Undiscovery. The game sucks pretty bad (not as bad as Enchanted Arms), but I'm on my second playthrough, and even though my gaming time is limited and sacred...I can't help but try and get all those achievements.

Sometimes it makes me cry at night.

[Thraxas]

I'm playing Demigod as I thought it looked quite good... I've never been very good at DotA and thought this might be a nicer introduction, I was wrong. I had no idea what I was I supposed to be doing and unless I missed it there was no tutorial or anything that might explain what I was supposed to be doing...

I haven't been able to play online yet as it won't seem to connect no matter what I do, and I thought that taking it online might let me ask team mates what's going on...

[dimorphic]

Still playing Tales of Vesperia. I really should finish Killzone 2 as well considering I am apparently about 30 minutes away from the end.

[JONO RANDOM H3RO]

You should definitely finish Killzone. have fun with the last boss though, such a pain.

I haven't been playing much at all lately, aside from Trixel on my ipod touch..

[dimorphic]

I have no desire to play it though. I kinda just want to finish it so its finished but it is that very reason I don't want to play it.

Overrated game.

[Halt, Hammerzeit]

I've had Legendary for PS3 sitting there for a while so I put it in today. Nothing special. Graphics seem a bit below standard for the PS3 and the gameplay so far plays like just about any other FPS out there.

[dimorphic]

Legendary was a dogs breakfast. The problems with clipping that I found in that game were atrocious, graphics were only slightly better than original Xbox level and the story was weak as piss.

Great concept, executed about as badly as you can.

[Gemerald]

Still playing RACE Pro here and thinking might finally give Gears of War 2 a spin.

My brother introduced me to Dash of Destruction. Seriously, this game is awesome. I want more little games like this. I was laughing most of the way through!

I think I saw you got 200 gamerpoints so congrats :) It's actually a fun game to kill an hour with mates over despite the subliminal advertising.

Half-life 2: Ep 1 (shortly to be followed by Ep 2).

Team Fortress 2.

^ PC or 360?

[McChimp]

I haven't much time to play games lately, but I have been playing Super Princess Peach on my DS.(

One of the gems in my collection I've been getting into lately. Originally bought it for my wife (along with Yoshi Touch and Go) that I've found immensely fun.

[Ad-Rock]

^ PC or 360?

PC. Still don't have a 360 :(

[Nic Xtreme]

Finally getting back into Mother 3 and it is so fantastic! I'm about 10 hours in now, and I'm just loving every minute of it. It is an absolutely gorgeous, touching game, with so many subtleties present in almost every moment of the experience. Truly another gem to sit amongst the best of the best in the history of gaming!

[AnTrAxX]

Playing Ninja Gaiden Sigma.

After getting stuck and never beating Alma on the xbox, Im up to her chapter now in Sigma. Im just hoping I can beat her or else I would've wasted my time buying the game again on PS3. Although, I have been doing better than when I played it on xbox. Instead of dying several times a boss battle, I might one shot it. The Bone Dragon in particular, it killed me many times on xbox but I just did it once yesterday.
I think it's due to the easy access to healing items.

[jawsy]

I think I saw you got 200 gamerpoints so congrats :) It's actually a fun game to kill an hour with mates over despite the subliminal advertising.

So anyway, I stumbled across this game yesterday and d/led it. Within 30 minutes I had 170 of the 200 gamerpoints on offer, absolutely no desire to finish it, and an unhealthy craving for corn chips. And dinosaurs.

Also, subliminal? Really?!

[Gemerald]

Finally getting back into Mother 3 and it is so fantastic! I'm about 10 hours in now, and I'm just loving every minute of it. It is an absolutely gorgeous, touching game, with so many subtleties present in almost every moment of the experience. Truly another gem to sit amongst the best of the best in the history of gaming!

How did you get your hands on a copy? How can you read so many Japanese walls of text?

[AranchineD]

There's an English patch available for the GBA rom of the game.

Oops, what I mean is, WhyMe studied his Japanese hard, imported the game and has been enjoying it ever since.

[Afrogamer]

Reinstalled left 4 dead after my brothers failed atempt at modding it ,there was pink everywhere.....i never really got my hands on this game cause my brother was addicted to it and i never got a turn. I now find no greater joy than strutting down the street with shotgun in hand taking random shots at masses of zombies...makes me feel like such a badass :cool:

[BB2K]

House of the Dead: Overkill.

It's great fun :D

[incompatible with life]

Hoping at some stage soon I'll finish off FFXII and/or F.E.A.R.

[Dorkify]

Saints Row 2

It just makes me wish I was playing Crackdown instead.

[incompatible with life]

Saints Row 2

It just makes me wish I was playing Crackdown instead.

I sort of wished that the enemies also got more complex, or at the very least have supervillains runnign around once you'd finished the game

[NiB]

Finished Fallout 3, Last mission was a bit of a let down but after 40 hours and finishing all the missions and exploring all locations I'll have a break before hitting the expansion content.

Currently killing everything that moves in Prototype....tonnes of fun !

[AranchineD]

Stranglehold

Would have liked more interactive elements in the levels just to add more variety, but as it is, pretty enjoyable "slo-mo shoot the shit out of everything" game. I haven't been using the special moves too often, but spinning around with a shotgun while doves fly around and killing everyone is just awesome.

[Chrispy]

sadly, blue dragon
after that im tackling lost odyssey

[Second]

sadly, blue dragon
after that im tackling lost odyssey

After that, I'm hitting my dick with a hammer.

[Manny M]

Is the thread title a bad masturbation pun?

[AranchineD]

Yes.

Yes it is.

[Manny M]

*shakes head*

Ahhh Aran.

[AranchineD]

Clearly I'm at the forefront of mature and thought provoking comedy on the forums. :cool:

[fishfishmonkeyhat]

Excite Truck.

This was actually a really fun game, and apparently we're not getting the sequel over here.

[Jay]

Excite Truck.

This was actually a really fun game, and apparently we're not getting the sequel over here.

I picked it up for $20 recently and have had an absolute blast with it. Once you get the hang of the controls it's great.

Currently playing 'Splosion Man. He he. It's great, like a cross between The Maw (artistically) and Cloning Clyde (gameplay, kinda).

I'm also finishing off CoD:WaW, though I have pussied it up and dropped it down a difficulty just so as I can finish it without wanting to ****ing smash it into a thousand pieces.

[incompatible with life]

Finished Fallout 3, Last mission was a bit of a let down but after 40 hours and finishing all the missions and exploring all locations I'll have a break before hitting the expansion content.

Yeah as fun as having a mech fighting by your side is, it does make that last battle quite unexciting. I suspect it was probably the lack of some sort of epic boss at the end that was the let down.

[Ad-Rock]

Half-life 2 Episode 2. Its cool. Probably finish it tonight or at worst by the weekend.

[FX-GTZ]

Fallout 3 is enjoyable, its got the nice visuals, plenty of weapon's, loads of exploration etc, but the game's main storyline feels really short. Even on normal mode diffculty.

[Azzaman]

Speaking of Fallout3, that's my game of the moment.

[Zhabroah]

Currently trying to finish off Prince of Persia 2008 after not being able to get on my PC to play anything for a few months. It happened to be the first desktop shortcut I double clicked that actually ran without the disc in the drive. Before I started back in again I'd cleared nearly half the game so every night, or couple of nights, I've been polishing off one or two areas. I must say that in these short bursts I've been having quite a bit of fun with the game as it's quite cruisy to play and looks beautiful.

On the weekend I also picked up Civilization IV along with its two expansion packs in some complete edition thing that was on sale at EBGames. Anyone who knows Civilization can tell where this is going... Last three nights in a row I've been up well past midnight playing just 'one more bloody turn' but I'll be damned if I care. I've never been one for strategy games but I bought it on a whim to see what all the fuss was about (plus it was kinda cheap) and I'll be damned if you don't call it brilliant.

[Hotaru_oz]

One of the gems in my collection I've been getting into lately. Originally bought it for my wife (along with Yoshi Touch and Go) that I've found immensely fun.

Yeah I was surprised with it myself. I got it for my birthday and I decided to give it a shot after it sitting on the shelf collecting dust and I'm thoroughly enjoying it.

I've also become addicted to Tetris once again >.>

[/backslash]

Rock Band

Using the drum kit. Oh god, I'm so horrible at it! :( Nothing feels natural since I've never used it before, I see the notes but only 1 hand registers. Also gotta figure out how I'm supposed to hold them, I tried loose but that made them vibrate so now I'm kinda gripping them for more precise movement

[AranchineD]

Yeah, you have to hold them just tight enough so that the sticks don't vibrate in your hands, but not so tight so that your entire arms take the force of the stick hitting the pads, because it tires you out easier and just plain hurts.

Just don't try and 'force' your hands to how you think they're supposed to hold the sticks though, after a bit of playing you'll just find way that feels comfortable and works well anyway.

[jawsy]

Started on Overlord 2 just then and sunk about an hour into it. Having not played the first one I wasn't too sure what to expect, but I'm quite liking it so far. Clubbing baby seals was a nice touch.

[/backslash]

Burnout Paradise

Wow, this game is so much more fun with patches (except for the 3gb of downloading)! I'm pretty sure I sold it before they even fixed the bugs. Love the achievement + trophy system too, it encourages me to play more and get better :)

[/backslash]

Burnout Paradise

I love going around smashing into billiboards & gates, quite addictive. I'm finding races much easier now too, before (like last year) I'd have problems trying to navigate but now I'm getting used to it. Got about 20 trophies this afternoon, synced it but now my trophycard won't update :(

edit: swapped to another website

[dimorphic]

I picked up Burnout Paradise as well for the PS3 from Target. $15 is a steal! Add me for some sweet multi action /, my PSN ID is dimorphic_

[Adios]

$15?!

I will seriously consider that now...

[big_b]

Just hired out ghostbusters for the ps3. really enjoying it. Controls get a bit annoying from time to time but being a uber ghostbusters fan I can overlook that.

[Citizen Erased]

'Splosion Man

I wonder why this game reminds me of earth worm jim for some reason ?

[AranchineD]

Just killed The Immortal in Lost Odyssey, which was a complete bitch, took at least half an hour of battling to get him down, and I did it with 5 hp spread across the last three surviving party members! Seriously, bosses should not have moves that reduce the hp of your party members to <200 hp no matter what health they're on or what protections they have.

Fortunately being able to do 19998 damage every turn got rid of that 200k hit point bastard fairly quickly. >_>

[NetherWind]

Just killed The Immortal in Lost Odyssey, which was a complete bitch, took at least half an hour of battling to get him down, and I did it with 5 hp spread across the last three surviving party members! Seriously, bosses should not have moves that reduce the hp of your party members to <200 hp no matter what health they're on or what protections they have.

Fortunately being able to do 19998 damage every turn got rid of that 200k hit point bastard fairly quickly. >_>

I take it that is disc 4 aran? Looks like I have some challenges ahead when I get around to working on Lost Odyssey again. Still playing through SMT: Devil Survivor on DS and loving it, order it now ppl. Definitely a must have for RPG fans. I think it revolves around a 7 day time period, but you can grind your demon levels up with free battles and it doesn't move time forward. Also needing to get new demons and/or fuse new demons becomes a top priority after day 2/3, if you don't then expect to get your ass kicked even in free battles.

[phatdex]

Just picked up Burnout paradise for $14.95 but havent dld the patches yet. Seems OK, but hasnt hooked me yet.

[/backslash]

Just picked up Burnout paradise for $14.95 but havent dld the patches yet. Seems OK, but hasnt hooked me yet.
Do the patches first, then play it. I had the same opinion upon my first play

[AranchineD]

I take it that is disc 4 aran? Looks like I have some challenges ahead when I get around to working on Lost Odyssey again.

Yup yup, it is. But it is an optional boss, so if you want to play through the main story of the game you can just do so normally without crazy levelling or mucking about with skills.

[Big Jim]

im quite ejoying the fallout 2 that i unearthed from from my local dick smith. gotta love the super sledgehammer!

[texta]

I've been playing
Anno 1404

It's great to have a decent city builder/strategy game to get stuck into.

[Ad-Rock]

DoW2. It's pretty sweet. I like the fact you have to use some sort of strategy, rather than just zerging the enemy.

[Ashmaran]

Playing Lost Odyssey, I've cleared the major sidequests except for the backyard, which I can't be arsed finishing off. Will probably storm through the final dungeon next time I play and be done with it.

Battle system wasn't bad, and there were some nice ideas but overall so much unnecessary tedium. I hope the ending is decent.

[AranchineD]

Well I was trying to be the epitome of uncorrupted EVIL in Overlord, but on a mission where I had to recover food for a village instead of targeting the food crate I accidentally targeted one of the 'innocents' and pressed attack, my minions slaughtered them all, and my corruption level went up.

So **** it. I'm slaughtering everything now!

[grimace06]

Well I was trying to be the epitome of uncorrupted EVIL in Overlord, but on a mission where I had to recover food for a village instead of targeting the food crate I accidentally targeted one of the 'innocents' and pressed attack, my minions slaughtered them all, and my corruption level went up.

So **** it. I'm slaughtering everything now!

I'm playing this right now as well - its alright, very charming but the controls aren't great and it can be frustrating when you lose all your minions cheaply.

[jawsy]

I'm playing Overlord 2 (having not played the first) and have also decided to go the sluaghter everyone route. My minions just seem to enjoy it too much for me to deny them the privilege.

[Jay]

I played it for awhile and then got distracted by a host of other things (including work, unfortunately). Must go back to it because it was just starting to get interesting...

[jawsy]

I'm currently rowing a boat somewhere, which I am actually finding a little bit flat. Certainly not as fun as sending a veritable hailstorm of midget minions to dismember a gaggle of stupified onlookers.

One other thing I have noticed though is that the visual design is somewhat annoying. I'm not sure if it's the mix of colours, or style, or numbers on screen, or camera angle, or what, but at times I find myself almost squinting at the screen trying to figure out exactly what is going on, despite the fact that I am sitting only a few feet away from a 46 inch Bravia. This is something that I also noticed with Fable 2 at times.

[Jickle]

Just plugged about an hour into the copy of The Conduit I won on Kotaku. It's not doing much to endear itself to me.

[Adios]

Playing through Dead Space again.

I know it's been said but, what the hell Hyper? A 7? :p

[AranchineD]

6, actually. >_>

Also regarding the controls in Overlord, yeah, they're a bit clunky and annoying to learn to use, but I'm getting better with sweeping and directing my minions now and it seems to be working well now.

[Slippery]

Seriously? A 6? Geez who got fired over that one

Edit: Reminding myself of fanboys when places didn't give Killzone 2 a 10...

[Thraxas]

I've been really getting into Fight Night Round 4. I now have a legacy mode guy as the GOAT and am about to retire him.

I don't know if it's deliberate or if I've just been unlucky but Mike Tyson is the ONLY cpu player to have ever knocked me straight to the floor without me getting stunned first. It wasn't even a counter punch. The ref stopped the fight not long after that because I had mashed up Tyson's face :)

[Hotaru_oz]

still addicted to Tetris, although someone lent me a copy of Animal Crossing for the Wii so I might give it a shot.

[Cian]

Just plugged about an hour into the copy of The Conduit I won on Kotaku. It's not doing much to endear itself to me.

How many games have you won off that place...? I never win anything :(

Playing through Dead Space again.

I know it's been said but, what the hell Hyper? A 7? :p

I finished that recently and was very impressed, especially with the second half of the game. Even though the narrative wasn't especially good, the presentation really made up for it. And whoever gave it a 6 is a ****ing idiot.

[Manny M]

'splosion man is just a brilliantly simple yet challenging platformer. Really harkens back to the older days of gaming.

[McChimp]

'splosion man is definitely getting my vote for XBLA game of the year. So VERY addicted right now!

[SOX]

Still Street Fighter 4... might give Abel a go for a bit.

[Manny M]

Yeah, I was considering learning Abel... although I kind of figure his learning curve to be a little steep and I don't know if I could be bothered.

I'm going with El Fuerte for shits and giggs.

[Jay]

I'm at the last campaign level of Worms 2: Armageddon and armageddon pretty ****ing annoyed. I know how to do, but my ninja rope skills clearly aren't autistic enough to carry it off. Grrr.

[Manny M]

I actually thought figuring it out was the hardest part. Ninja ropes are pretty damn long at full extension, so you can just about get under it with 1 rope. I quick swing and shoot and you should be fine.

[Jay]

I got up there once but like an idiot I failed to use the drill to put myself somewhere safe before the you know what. Haven't been able to manage the climb since. :(

[AranchineD]

Currently playing PGR4 (courtesy of TAT <3), and I'm already liking it more than PGR3, the HUD and menus seem much cleaner and easier to use which is a plus, but the game also looks amazing in motion. And they pissed the Credit system the hell off and it's back to all Kudos, which is great.

And I love riding motorbikes!

[Sweating Bullets]

Just started Banjo and Kazooie Nuts and Bolts.

The intro was a bit too long imo. Finally getting the hang of how the game works with the hub and all the vehicles you can build. Not too bad so far.

[sausage]

Two hours into the Xbox version of Half-life 2 on a 40 inch Samsung LCD....... Oh my gawd.



Played the PC version a few years back and it still kicks ass.

[Ad-Rock]

Still playing the campaign in DoW2. I now have three squads of terminators. **** yeah.

[grimace06]

My Akira is rumbling along nicely in VF5 - I'm starting to improve my blocking and transition but I need to work on combo variety and transition from defence to offense plus I need to use a bit more movement.

I also just finished a 2 hour session of Zuma. Addictive.

[jawsy]

After ten months I went back to SW:TFU (having only played through the first two levels when I chucked it on last year). I'm really enjoying it so far. Why didn't you guys make me keep playing this last year?

[Jickle]

After ten months I went back to SW:TFU (having only played through the first two levels when I chucked it on last year). I'm really enjoying it so far. Why didn't you guys make me keep playing this last year?

I'm pretty sure I tried to! Fun game.

[Second]

After ten months I went back to SW:TFU (having only played through the first two levels when I chucked it on last year). I'm really enjoying it so far. Why didn't you guys make me keep playing this last year?

I found the same thing, except I got through a few more levels before getting bored again.

[Tukenstein]

I've just discovered Flower. Oh my. =3

[Jay]

I've just discovered Flower. Oh my. =3

Isn't it just utterly sublime?

I'm slogging my way through Overlord 2.

Oh, and dabbling in the Wipeout Fury expansion, which reminds me why I love this game. D.C., grab it so we can race, it's awesome. And I finally got a Sony headset, so we can trash talk.

[FX-GTZ]

TF2 mainly payload with Demoman.

[PrattP]

Great Giana Sisters DS.

Absolutely loving it. Best side-scrolling platformer on the DS I'd say!

[McChimp]

Great Giana Sisters DS.

Absolutely loving it. Best side-scrolling platformer on the DS I'd say!

Where'd you score it from? Closest release I've seen for it is from CDWOW, which listed it as Aug. 5th.

[jawsy]

I'm slogging my way through Overlord 2.

As enjoyable as it can be, 'slog' is right. I've found I need to really break it up with other games otherwise I just totally burn out on it. And I've only put in about 6-7 hours!

[dinopoke]

Dark Messiah of Might and Magic

This game is quite enjoyable actually. I've only played about half an hour of it. The main problem is I find that powerstrikes are too underpowered. It seems you're better off mashing the left mouse button or using the environment and spells. Personally, I think I prefer Age of Chivalry's combat to this. AOC is much more visceral and rewarding and blocking and timing are more important due to the slow nature of the attacks. I think there's more variety in melee as well.

But anyway, there's little else I can fault with Dark Messiah. The opening level after the tutorial was quite spectacular. It probably would have been better if it was the tutorial instead. The spells are fun to use and you gotta love kicking dudes into the spikes. Atmosphere is very nice. I have a feeling I will enjoy it a whole lot more when the combat options open up.

7/10

[Starscream]

Punch-Out!! on Wii.

The real game only begins after you initially clear the first three circuits.

Two player is awesome.

9/10

[Azzaman]

Dark Messiah of Might and Magic

This game is quite enjoyable actually. I've only played about half an hour of it. The main problem is I find that powerstrikes are too underpowered. It seems you're better off mashing the left mouse button or using the environment and spells. Personally, I think I prefer Age of Chivalry's combat to this. AOC is much more visceral and rewarding and blocking and timing are more important due to the slow nature of the attacks. I think there's more variety in melee as well.

But anyway, there's little else I can fault with Dark Messiah. The opening level after the tutorial was quite spectacular. It probably would have been better if it was the tutorial instead. The spells are fun to use and you gotta love kicking dudes into the spikes. Atmosphere is very nice. I have a feeling I will enjoy it a whole lot more when the combat options open up.

7/10
I endorse this message.

[aceaussie]

Well currently trying to finish a couple of games
DS -
Pokemon Platinum
Dragon Ball Origins

PSP-
Castlevania : Dracula X

Wii -
Brawl
House Of The Dead Overkill
Truama Centre - New Blood

360
Gears Of War 2
Resident Evil 5

[Nic Xtreme]

I'm so close to the end of Red Faction: Guerrilla and I must say again as a non-fan of open world games this has blown my expectations off the planet! I must be secretly obsessed with destruction or something, because I can just sit there, and love it, and play it for hours upon hours on end!

Why is this game not repetitive? Is it because I don't do the weaker guerrilla missions like demolitions or transporter? Is it because there have only been about 7 shitty cutscenes in 10 hours, which is an awesome lame story cutscene to gameplay ratio? Is it because I just got a freaking jetpack and it is BRILLIANT? Is it because I completed this "kill the seven business associates" mission while they were on a meeting by blowing the building up rather than picking them off one by one? Who knows! I'm just so glad I picked this game up <3

EDIT: Argh, but the final mission is shitting me something shocking *rage*

[JONO RANDOM H3RO]

You should definitely go back and do the demolitions missions when you're done, they're one of the best type of side mission. Each one plays out like it's own puzzle, all resulting in blowing buildings up strategically :) .

I've been playing some Street Fighter IV along with a little more Splosion Man which is awesome. Splosion man himself is such a cool character, love his run animations especially when he's pretending he's flying :D . The game itself plays like sonic with more explosions and humour. Oh and "everybody loves doughnuts I know i do ooo" etc.

[drzaius]

I'm so close to the end of Red Faction: Guerrilla and I must say again as a non-fan of open world games this has blown my expectations off the planet!

Why is this game not repetitive? Is it because I don't do the weaker guerrilla missions like demolitions or transporter? Is it because there have only been about 7 shitty cutscenes in 10 hours, which is an awesome lame story cutscene to gameplay ratio? Is it because I just got a freaking jetpack and it is BRILLIANT? Is it because I completed this "kill the seven business associates" mission while they were on a meeting by blowing the building up rather than picking them off one by one? Who knows! I'm just so glad I picked this game up <3



I wish i shared your experience of that game :(
i found it quite a grind. I think the fact that the enemy knew where you were all the time and swamped you with endless respawns turned me off quite a bit. the game needed the option of a stealthy approach.

[AranchineD]

I was enjoying Overlord quite a bit, powering up my equipment with minions, building up to a small army, rocking the tower with my mistress (I was planning to take the slutty one on my second playthrough >_>).

And then I reached the 'desert world'.

And now I don't even want to touch the ****ing game, that area is pissing me off so much.

[Australian Ninja]

I'm so close to the end of Red Faction: Guerrilla and I must say again as a non-fan of open world games this has blown my expectations off the planet! I must be secretly obsessed with destruction or something, because I can just sit there, and love it, and play it for hours upon hours on end!

Why is this game not repetitive? Is it because I don't do the weaker guerrilla missions like demolitions or transporter? Is it because there have only been about 7 shitty cutscenes in 10 hours, which is an awesome lame story cutscene to gameplay ratio? Is it because I just got a freaking jetpack and it is BRILLIANT? Is it because I completed this "kill the seven business associates" mission while they were on a meeting by blowing the building up rather than picking them off one by one? Who knows! I'm just so glad I picked this game up <3

EDIT: Argh, but the final mission is shitting me something shocking *rage*

Damn you to hell! I was at my mates place for two days and that game was sitting next to me the whole time. I could have played it, but couldn't be F'd being somewhat tired and not post-drunk at all.

Now I must play it.
Open world + 'Splosions + Destruction + Jet Pack = damn you to hell!
Wish I had read this kind of info earlier. Well, there's always next time.

Currently playing:
Fallout 3 (first time, and it will take me months the way I play it)
Super Mario World (gotta find those 90-whatever exits)
Wolverine Origins (movie game, but fun)
Zelda Phantom Hourglass (Loving it)

[Sweating Bullets]

I'm so close to the end of Red Faction: Guerrilla and I must say again as a non-fan of open world games this has blown my expectations off the planet! I must be secretly obsessed with destruction or something, because I can just sit there, and love it, and play it for hours upon hours on end!

Why is this game not repetitive? Is it because I don't do the weaker guerrilla missions like demolitions or transporter? Is it because there have only been about 7 shitty cutscenes in 10 hours, which is an awesome lame story cutscene to gameplay ratio? Is it because I just got a freaking jetpack and it is BRILLIANT? Is it because I completed this "kill the seven business associates" mission while they were on a meeting by blowing the building up rather than picking them off one by one? Who knows! I'm just so glad I picked this game up <3

EDIT: Argh, but the final mission is shitting me something shocking *rage*

I could not play for more than 30/40 minutes in a session. I ended up getting a bit too sidetracked if I was to stay on for over an hour - not that I found it boring but got a bit inundated with options.

Towards the end I avoided the transporter missions.

The last mission involves a lot of sticking and moving. Try not to get too caught up on clearing a path and just try to ram thru and steal other vehicles.

[Silverwolf]

Dark Messiah of Might and Magic

This game is quite enjoyable actually. I've only played about half an hour of it. The main problem is I find that powerstrikes are too underpowered. It seems you're better off mashing the left mouse button or using the environment and spells. Personally, I think I prefer Age of Chivalry's combat to this. AOC is much more visceral and rewarding and blocking and timing are more important due to the slow nature of the attacks. I think there's more variety in melee as well.

But anyway, there's little else I can fault with Dark Messiah. The opening level after the tutorial was quite spectacular. It probably would have been better if it was the tutorial instead. The spells are fun to use and you gotta love kicking dudes into the spikes. Atmosphere is very nice. I have a feeling I will enjoy it a whole lot more when the combat options open up.

7/10

I quite enjoyed the game when I played it. But now when I look back, it could have been much much better. Maybe I was just disappointed with the ending.

[Space_Monkey]

I'm digging Red Faction too.

The sheer amount of respawning baddies is frustrating to no end, I always feel like I'm taking bullets to the back and it's near impossible to find an non-occupied space to relax and let your health get back up, oh and don't even get me started on those power attacks that send your car into a spin.

Aside from that I truely addicted to this game and this is saying something as I only seriously get sucked into a game 3 or 4 times a year these days, sure I'll play more than that, but that need to play like the need to love is something quite rare these days.

Blowing stuff up is so much fun, hurling a truck into a guardhouse and top speed, watching the walls crumble around you, strapping a few charges to it, switch to the sledgehammer to break the spine of a guard that isn't wedged in the trucks grill, jet packing off into the the sunset as I detonate the charges!

I haven't got a problem with the grinding, maybe I'm a boring human being, but going off and taking a car, or breaking free a friend to improve my community moral really appeals to my love of numbers and stats and there's nothing boring about the destroying missions. :)

I didn't buy it though being a poor Uni student I've just rented it three times, costing a total of $15 thanks to cheap Tuesdays.

[Surgeon.]

Gran Turismo 1

Absolutely phenomenal driving/racing game for something released in 1997. I was expecting to find the driving engine really basic, but I'm blown away by how good it all still feels. Sure, the graphics are horribly, horribly pixelated but I've seriously played new racing games that I've found less compelling.

Totally worth the $16 I had to pay for a PS1 1mb memory card to play it.

[D.C.]

Oh, and dabbling in the Wipeout Fury expansion, which reminds me why I love this game. D.C., grab it so we can race, it's awesome. And I finally got a Sony headset, so we can trash talk.
I wondered what that new Wipeout thing was on PSN... :p

Might have to wait until I get my tax return next week (still have to get around to picking up a headset). ;)

[Jay]

Cool. When you do grab Shatter as well. Cool fun.

[TheMixta43]

Just started playing Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe tonight. Awesome improvement over Armageddon in every way possible. Story mode is very well done, loving it so far.

[Second]

Started playing Fallout again. I keep finding myself setting out to do a task, getting distracted and ending up in some random new location. I'm never going to finish the game at this rate.

[Afrogamer]

Downloaded team fortress 2 off steam this morning, god damn this has to be one of my favourite games right now.

[NiB]

Currently 75% through Prototype on 360. Absolutely love the fun factor of this game. Can't remember ever feeling this powerful as a character in a game before. tearing up an entire military base has never been so much fun.

[Second]

Currently 75% through Prototype on 360. Absolutely love the fun factor of this game. Can't remember ever feeling this powerful as a character in a game before. tearing up an entire military base has never been so much fun.

It's bloody great, eh? I've been meaning to finish it off, but I really can't be bothered. :P

[Silverwolf]

Currently 75% through Prototype on 360. Absolutely love the fun factor of this game. Can't remember ever feeling this powerful as a character in a game before. tearing up an entire military base has never been so much fun.

Agreed, there is a lot of fun just going around destroying shit.
Helicopters are an enourmous pain in the ass though when there are lots of them, those ****ing missiles.

[Second]

Agreed, there is a lot of fun just going around destroying shit.
Helicopters are an enourmous pain in the ass though when there are lots of them, those ****ing missiles.

I disagree. Helicopters make everything else EASIER. :p

[9warbane]

Been playing StepMania (http://www.stepmania.com/wiki/Downloads) (Dance Dance Revolution clone), it's pretty fun. Waiting for a dance mat to arrive, using the keyboard is a bit boring.

[SOX]

KOF XII, caved and bought it. Wish I one of my mates was free today, solo gets dull pretty quick.

[incompatible with life]

Playing Phoenix Wright Trials and Tribulations, on the second case at the moment.
Admittedly the twist did take me by surprise and here I was thinking
1)okay, this case was way too easy
2)This must be the first case that didn't involve a murder

[Ryan Hayward]

Atelier Iris : Eternal Mana - I really love the characters and humours of this rpg and the old school pixel art is pretty damn sweet. A little on the easy side but refreshingly pleasurable to play. I purchased the sequels recently off ebay, though my next game will probably be Gothic on PC as I purchased the box set. Then again, I really want to start Breath of Fire 4 which I picked up at Gametraders a few days ago.....

[Jabbz]

I just started playing Guitar hero, world tour. Its a fun game, and frustrating at the same time and I'm only on medium!

[Second]

I just started playing Guitar hero, world tour. Its a fun game, and frustrating at the same time and I'm only on medium!

Haha. Just wait until you get to Hot For Teacher. When I was playing on medium, I found it REALLY freaking difficult.

[jawsy]

For the first time in quite a while I'm finding myself jumping between a number of different games. SW:TFU, Overlord 2, 'Splosion Man, GH:M (drums), even Lips has had a bit of a workout. Plus I still have MvC2 and Monkey Island that require a little more than merely ten minutes of my time.

Basically, since I fnished with Fallout 3 games have had a hard time maintaining my interest for big chunks of time.

[AranchineD]

With a working drum kit again I'll soon be into GH: Metallica drums again, interspersed with playing Halo 3, which I just bought.

[TheMixta43]

I've been playing a few X-Men games lately. First I finished X-Men: Mutant Apocalypse on SNES (with save states because I'm soft). The game was awesome, felt like classic side-scrolling beat-em-ups like Final Fight or SoR with a bit of simple platforming in the mix. Now I am currently playing X-Men 2: Clone Wars on the Mega Drive (again, save states. It's hard.). So far it is pretty good, not as good as the SNES one though. In the Snes one all of the characters were fun to play but in this I find myself always picking Wolverine (and sometimes Magneto) because the rest are quite boring. Great games though.

[Nic Xtreme]

With a working drum kit again I'll soon be into GH: Metallica drums again, interspersed with playing Halo 3, which I just bought.

Do you have LIVE? I'm slogging through it right now (only in the early levels) and it's a bit of a chore by yourself. There are some enjoyable fights but ultimately it is poorly paced and relatively frustrating, especially thanks to the appallingly shit AI exhibited by your useless teammates :/ Playing with someone else would alleviate this frustration immensely.

[BB2K]

Just started Deus Ex again. The start is so easy the second time around.

[AranchineD]

Do you have LIVE? I'm slogging through it right now (only in the early levels) and it's a bit of a chore by yourself. There are some enjoyable fights but ultimately it is poorly paced and relatively frustrating, especially thanks to the appallingly shit AI exhibited by your useless teammates :/ Playing with someone else would alleviate this frustration immensely.

No, no I don't. But as I posted on another forum, I'm actually finding it really enjoyable, but only playing on Heroic for my first playthrough, and it's easy as piss so I haven't really found anything frustrating (though I suspect I probably will on Legendary >_>)

[Nic Xtreme]

No, no I don't. But as I posted on another forum, I'm actually finding it really enjoyable, but only playing on Heroic for my first playthrough, and it's easy as piss so I haven't really found anything frustrating (though I suspect I probably will on Legendary >_>)

Argh, well I suck balls/have interesting tastes then (what's news?). I'm playing it through on Heroic also, and my teammates die pretty much instantly, leaving me to drive and shoot by myself through the levels ;_; (This relates to only one level so far, but I'm sure it'll happen again >_>).

[AranchineD]

Argh, well I suck balls/have interesting tastes then (what's news?). I'm playing it through on Heroic also, and my teammates die pretty much instantly, leaving me to drive and shoot by myself through the levels ;_; (This relates to only one level so far, but I'm sure it'll happen again >_>).

Well I play Rambo style anyway so I pretty much end up killing everyone before the AI dudes get a chance to die (and then they complain about me stealing their kills >_>).

But, well, something happened while playing the game that happened in all the other Halo games to completely change my opinion of the game: I got up to the Flood levels. :(

[Ad-Rock]

I hate those pesky flood.

[dimorphic]

I just picked up my copy of Madden NFL 10 from work. :D

[Thraxas]

I just picked up my copy of Madden NFL 10 from work. :D

I wish I could afford to get this. It looks so good.

[dimorphic]

I wish I could afford to get this. It looks so good.

Yeah it's awesome. I've had three games and it is a huge improvement over Madden 09 already. Slowing the gameplay down was a stroke of genius, everything feels much more deliberate now. You can pick out the holes in the coverage and blocking during the play easier now as well and it makes everything feel smoother and more realistic.

Running the ball actually works this year! It was so hard in 09 to actually be able to have a consistant running game but in 10 if you put the time in it pays off. Passing also feels a lot better, which no where near as many stupid catches or glitches by the computer where they will gain a massive burst of speed and pick off/tip your pass.

Graphics are top notch (as always) but where it goes over the top this year is presentation. It feels like you are watching an NFL broadcast. The stat overlays, mini-fact sheets and yes even advertising all feels very authentic. Commentary is still a bit of a let down though.

[D.C.]

I just picked up my copy of Madden NFL 10 from work. :D
Is it out at JB yet? I've been hanging for this for months now - can't wait to crack into franchise mode and madden moments. Already sunk a few hours into the demo and, like you mentioned, I'm loving the more realistic gameplay and much improved running game (Brandon Jacobs can finally crack heads like his real-life persona ;)). Can't wait to take my Packers to the 'Bowl.

[dimorphic]

Is it out at JB yet? I've been hanging for this for months now - can't wait to crack into franchise mode and madden moments. Already sunk a few hours into the demo and, like you mentioned, I'm loving the more realistic gameplay and much improved running game (Brandon Jacobs can finally crack heads like his real-life persona ;)). Can't wait to take my Packers to the 'Bowl.

In my first game I ended up being down 35-7 to the Panthers (I play as Philadelphia) before staging an awesome second half comeback and winning. Then in the second game against the Saints it was 10-all at halftime but McNabb tore his pectoral muscle and is gone for the year.

So now I'm making do with Kevin Kolb but my passing attack is nowhere near as potent so Westbrook is getting a lot more rushing. I am currently undefeated (5-0) but not thanks to throwing the ball. I'm playing on All-Pro and will probably up it to All-Madden in my second season.

[D.C.]

Shit, injuries now take out players for up to a year? That's fantastic and crazy at the same time. I remember sustaining various injuries with Rodgers over the course of the season in '09 (I tried to turn him into a rushing QB :p) and I think the longest he was playing injured was a couple of quarters max.

And yeah, Kolb sucks badly. I'd be testing the free agency quick-smart if still possible. ;)

[AranchineD]

Doing my Legendary run of the Halo 3 campaign while simultaneously trying to get all the Campaign scoring achievements.

And despite the fact, as you can see in the game rage thread, THAT I ****ING HAD JACKAL SNIPERS, I'm still enjoying it, and with constantly using the Plasma Pistol + Battle Rifle/Carbine combo for maximum points getting those achievements is proving fairly easy even without getting the time bonus or using any skulls.

[dimorphic]

Shit, injuries now take out players for up to a year? That's fantastic and crazy at the same time. I remember sustaining various injuries with Rodgers over the course of the season in '09 (I tried to turn him into a rushing QB :p) and I think the longest he was playing injured was a couple of quarters max.

And yeah, Kolb sucks badly. I'd be testing the free agency quick-smart if still possible. ;)

Nah he's alright. It's weird for me not using a QB who is considered top 5 in the league (had McNabb for every Madden I've played) so it's a cool new experience. I am currently undefeated (7-0) but there have been some very close ones including an OT where I blocked a field goal. But my passing offense is 31st in the league, where as my rushing offense is third in the league (<3 Westbrook) which is a stark contrast for the Eagles.

[Adios]

A whole bunch of things:

Super Stardust HD: Almost had a 10 X multiplier >.< I was this close to that gold trophy! Beat me high score either way, yay :D !

Wipeout HD: Trying to complete the campaign on Elite difficulty as well as try every now and then for the Zone Zeus achievement. Freaking impossible.

Killzone 2: Trying to churn through this also on Elite difficulty. Last mission! I'm a feelin' that Gold trophy coming up!

Final Fantasy VII: Just got to that strange Oriental town. Planeboat is awesome :)

Guh! I'm playing a lot of stuff!

[D.C.]

Nah he's alright. It's weird for me not using a QB who is considered top 5 in the league (had McNabb for every Madden I've played) so it's a cool new experience. I am currently undefeated (7-0) but there have been some very close ones including an OT where I blocked a field goal. But my passing offense is 31st in the league, where as my rushing offense is third in the league (<3 Westbrook) which is a stark contrast for the Eagles.
Surprised Westbrook hasn't gone down with an injury yet. If the game is realistic, he's not going to last much longer. :p

I'm still having a bit of trouble adjusting to the slower speed of the game - so used to just stepping back on play action and hurling a fifty yard bomb... That said, I'm loving how the 'pocket' actually works like the real thing now.

Have you given madden moments much of a whirl yet? I cracked into it straight away and have managed to knock off the first ten or so challenges already, but I'm a bit annoyed that they haven't fixed the structure (still have to pass all five challenges before the next set opens). The punt returns are ****ing brutal.

[Filthy Old Drunk]

I'm playing Gun: Showdown on PSP, which is the game Gun with some new missions and weapons thrown in. I'd played a little bit of Gun and enjoyed it so when I saw this on the cheap I snapped it up.

It's one of those flawed, yet enjoyable games.

[dimorphic]

Surprised Westbrook hasn't gone down with an injury yet. If the game is realistic, he's not going to last much longer. :p

I'm still having a bit of trouble adjusting to the slower speed of the game - so used to just stepping back on play action and hurling a fifty yard bomb... That said, I'm loving how the 'pocket' actually works like the real thing now.

Have you given madden moments much of a whirl yet? I cracked into it straight away and have managed to knock off the first ten or so challenges already, but I'm a bit annoyed that they haven't fixed the structure (still have to pass all five challenges before the next set opens). The punt returns are ****ing brutal.

I've only had a look at them. I have been meaning to play a few but whenever I boot the game up I jump into franchise. How do you like all the new presentation? Some of it is a little sloppy (mostly the Extra Point commentary) but overall I think the game looks the part.

All-Pro is seeming a little too easy now so I may step it up to All-Madden soon, I just blew out the Bears 53-21 and picked off Cutler six times :D.

[FX-GTZ]

I played some more of the side quests in Final Fantasy A2 today, i've played the game for 74 hours now.... This game is huge for a ds title, i'd reccomend anyone buy it if they are a fan of turn based strategy. I already feel like i've gotten my moneys worth from the game, the characters are likeable, especially the characters that arent story characters, the music is nice, my only downside is that in some peoples opinion's on pokemon Pearl/Diamonds speed in doing your move through battles, it can get a little slow there. I was trying to play it up to the 80 hour mark, but i fell asleep from the slow battle speed... Still a fantastic game apart from the rather slow combat animations.

[sausage]

Just fired up KOTOR II for Xbox; a few hours in and have decided to dark-side it this time after playing a saint in KOTOR on PC a year or so ago. Great stuff playing an asshole.

First hour is a masterpiece of introduction/tutorial design; thoroughly enjoying it so far. Easily on a par with KOTOR even at this early stage. It's a fresh take on a familiar game mechanic; recommended.


Force>God.

[Ryan Hayward]

Have you played Star Wars Battlefront 2, Sausage?
Its one of my favs, has a fairly solid singleplayer mode too.

[FrozenSoul80]

Just fired up KOTOR II for Xbox; a few hours in and have decided to dark-side it this time after playing a saint in KOTOR on PC a year or so ago. Great stuff playing an asshole.

First hour is a masterpiece of introduction/tutorial design; thoroughly enjoying it so far. Easily on a par with KOTOR even at this early stage. It's a fresh take on a familiar game mechanic; recommended.


Force>God.

Just watch out for the last level. One of my worst gaming experiences was playing through that aborted level.

Currently playing 'Splosion Man and Battlefield 1943. I quite like them, and is $33 well spent.

[sausage]

Have you played Star Wars Battlefront 2, Sausage?
Its one of my favs, has a fairly solid singleplayer mode too.

You know what? I bloody had that on PC, unplayed, a few months back and traded it along with a few other games for Far Cry 2 at the PCPP auctions (before I was... ahem; asked to leave).

Didn't even install it or nothing. Damnit.

Just watch out for the last level. One of my worst gaming experiences was playing through that aborted level.

Tell the truth I hated the last boss fight in KOTOR but still rate the game in my top 5 of all time.

It's not the destination but the journey. /new age wank

[McChimp]

Currently playing 'Splosion Man and Battlefield 1943. I quite like them, and is $33 well spent.

Still hooked on 'Splosion Man's platformy-goodness, but also bouncing between that and Trials HD, which surprised me with how much sheer stupid fun it is! I don't think I've laughed so much over a game in ages (I LOVE some of the crazy crashes I get into trying to pull-off insane tricks).

[AranchineD]

Tell the truth I hated the last boss fight in KOTOR but still rate the game in my top 5 of all time.

It's not the destination but the journey. /new age wank

That's not it though, the game isn't finished and you can tell the last level of the game was just completely rushed, there's nothing good about it at all.

[sausage]

I'll battle on like the trojan I am. I'm guessing there's 20-30 hours before suck-time? I can handle that.

[AranchineD]

Yeah, you have a while to go yet, the game is still great up until that last part (which is like an hour long at most) so you can just remember all the great times you had with the rest of the game. :)

[McChimp]

Just picked up a copy of L4D today (pre-owned $49 from JB) to see what the fuss is all about. Got my ******ing a$$ OWNED in survival mode!! Most I lasted was maybe 3 mins? GOD I suck at these games!! lol!

[Silverwolf]

Just picked up a copy of L4D today (pre-owned $49 from JB) to see what the fuss is all about. Got my ******ing a$$ OWNED in survival mode!! Most I lasted was maybe 3 mins? GOD I suck at these games!! lol!

L4D is all about team cooperation, that is why it is so much fun. It's also why its so frustrating.

[Hotaru_oz]

I decided to try Castlevania Portrait of Ruin and is it's surprisingly fun but without the map I do get confused.

[AranchineD]

Just picked up a copy of L4D today (pre-owned $49 from JB) to see what the fuss is all about. Got my ******ing a$$ OWNED in survival mode!! Most I lasted was maybe 3 mins? GOD I suck at these games!! lol!

Actually I've been playing this a bit too, like an hour and a bit at a net cafe every few days or so. I can easily see how playing with randoms wouldn't be as fun as playing with people you know, but I don't exactly have a choice there. >_>

[Thraxas]

Actually I've been playing this a bit too, like an hour and a bit at a net cafe every few days or so. I can easily see how playing with randoms wouldn't be as fun as playing with people you know, but I don't exactly have a choice there. >_>

Can you not get better internet where you are?

[AranchineD]

Nope, unless I was to go wireless broadband, and that isn't very good for gaming at all regardless. :(

[SOX]

Nope, unless I was to go wireless broadband, and that isn't very good for gaming at all regardless. :(

I got one of those wireless broadband adapters and at best your ping can get to like 200. Which was bearable enough for me to go from 1-55 in COD4.

[AranchineD]

But that's COD4. ;)

[McChimp]

I can easily see how playing with randoms wouldn't be as fun as playing with people you know, but I don't exactly have a choice there. >_>

Yeah, no-one on my friends list plays L4D, so I'm in the same boat. The guys I was playing with were all from the US and spent more time talking tactics than actually playing the ******ing thing! That and the fact that I'm a 'noob' at the game was uttered every time I died, and it really started pi$$ing me off! I disconnected and thought 'f-it!', went and played through a bunch of levels solo.....still quite enjoyable by myself, without a bunch of yanks jawing and talking BS.

[Emilbus]

Started playing TF2 again with the new Classless update.

[bulkerking]

Playing Dark Sector thanks to PC Power Play...

For a free game you get with a mag it's pretty darn good imo :)
________
IzabellaX (http://www.girlcamfriend.com/cam/IzabellaX/)

[Afrogamer]

Installed oblivion on my new comp, god its pretty. Its annoying though my screen adjusts its brightness to fit the lighting in game, so if theres a lack of light it will go black and oblivion involves alot of dungeons.

[Cian]

Playing Dark Sector thanks to PC Power Play...

For a free game you get with a mag it's pretty darn good imo :)

That's a great freebie.

I imported it when it got banned here because of the gore and sounds. Nothing beats decapitation-by-glaive.

[Watchers]

After possibly giving up (not sure yet) on Prinny (Boss Rush final stage? Meh...), I started playing Crush, finally. It's awesome.

[Tukenstein]

Dear Sausage,

I rate KotOR II much higher than I do KotOR. It's a much, much better game in all aspects bar the ending which, imo, wasn't even that bad.

<3,
Tuki

[Ryan Hayward]

Installed oblivion on my new comp, god its pretty. Its annoying though my screen adjusts its brightness to fit the lighting in game, so if theres a lack of light it will go black and oblivion involves alot of dungeons.

I have a tv with a similar feature, it would adjust itself to the lighting in the room though. I turned the feature off and I suggest you do the same, nothing more than a gimmick. No doubt it would be much more off-putting while gaming, not to mention unnecessary.

[SOX]

Last night was spent playing street fighter 4 at some guys place (met Coolz who looked strangely familiar despite having never met him before). Won two games and list two in the double elimination tourny they did (man it took forever!), gotta get that bnb balrog combo down for the game traders thing at the end of the month!

When I walked in they were all playing Marvel - man that game looks crazy hard! I'm not going to bother with that one now lol

Today I went down south to visit my Parents and spent most of the day on my mum's arcade machine playing King of Fighters 2002. I can see the appeal of the game now. It's wicked fun!

[Ryan Hayward]

Breath of Fire IV ( PC Version )
Despite the graphics being old school ( this is a port from a playstation one game) it still has excellent art design and atmosphere. The characters and the storyline are fantastic as is the combat. Changing into dragon form never gets old and I love how you got to experience the perpective of that powerful dragon dude near the start who is bound to become either your main enemy or ally later on.
Ironically in the powerful form he was in, he was still not at 100 pecent strength, more like 30 percent as he just woke from his slumber. He's gonna be one hell of a bad-ass later on....
Sound effects and music is pretty good as is the pace of the gameplay.
Exploring is pretty cool in some areas such as the junkyard near the start of the game as it throws in a few environmental puzzles for fun. Overall 3 hours into it and absolutely loving it.

[Jay]

Just played an epic best of five run of Worms 2: Armageddon with Jickle. Great stuff.

[NetherWind]

Breath of Fire IV ( PC Version )
Despite the graphics being old school ( this is a port from a playstation one game) it still has excellent art design and atmosphere. The characters and the storyline are fantastic as is the combat. Changing into dragon form never gets old and I love how you got to experience the perpective of that powerful dragon dude near the start who is bound to become either your main enemy or ally later on.

Ironically in the powerful form he was in, he was still not at 100 pecent strength, more like 30 percent as he just woke from his slumber. He's gonna be one hell of a bad-ass later on....

Sound effects and music is pretty good as is the pace of the gameplay.
Exploring is pretty cool in some areas such as the junkyard near the start of the game as it throws in a few environmental puzzles for fun. Overall 3 hours into it and absolutely loving it.

Wait until you fight the bosses (so much fun), I remember getting near the end and being in a temple figuring I am at a decent enough level to go through. Well I was but got owned by dice, yes there are monsters that are dice; one is weak to melee and the other is weak to magic.

[Tukenstein]

Wait until you fight the bosses (so much fun), I remember getting near the end and being in a temple figuring I am at a decent enough level to go through. Well I was but got owned by dice, yes there are monsters that are dice; one is weak to melee and the other is weak to magic.

You've never played Persona, I see. =p

[Second]

Breath of Fire 1 and 2 is where it's at, *******.

[SOX]

Considering it's the flavour of the month, me and my mate dragged out the Dreamcast and game Marvel a crack. It's pretty awesome fun.

[Ryan Hayward]

Breath of Fire 1 and 2 is where it's at, *******.

Hell yes, especially the second ( see what I did there?). I do think the fourth is glorious though, especially the town that is rigged with traps. Don't pet the dog, whatever you do. :D

[NetherWind]

You've never played Persona, I see. =p

I have, well only Persona 3, but I hold both series in high regards for RPGs.

[jawsy]

Playing through Resident Evil 5, and after four stages I can only think of twelve times that I have cursed Sheva loud enough for the neighbours to wonder what exactly is going on (except for maybe the nerdy couple downstairs, they might know).

But it's pretty sweet so far.

[dinopoke]

Breath of Fire IV ( PC Version )

Where did you get this?

[Ryan Hayward]

Where did you get this?

Gametraders Whitfords City. Brand new for 50 bucks. ( a few weeks ago)
It appears to be new too, shiny disc and case. Sometimes when I have purchased games through gametraders ( not the whitfords store) supposedly new, the discs have been scratched, bonus discs missing and scratched cases.
Looking at the games at Whitfords, they seem to be honest, all advertised new games look like they are.

[AranchineD]

Up to Phendrana Drifts in Metroid Prime, it really is a beautiful game, and I did stop and just admire what had happened when I got too close to one of those bomb dropping balls things and all I could see was Samus' reflection in the visor!


I would be completely happy with the game given the above if it didn't feel so...directionless. Perhaps consider me spoiled by Fusion, but at the moment I don't feel like I'm doing anything meaningful or working towards anything significant, even having read the scans about the artifacts and how I'm meant to save the planet from the phazon since I'm "the one" I just feel like I'm running around picking up power ups for the hell of it, it's getting kinda hard to get connected to the game.

[Adios]

I would be completely happy with the game given the above if it didn't feel so...directionless. Perhaps consider me spoiled by Fusion, but at the moment I don't feel like I'm doing anything meaningful or working towards anything significant, even having read the scans about the artifacts and how I'm meant to save the planet from the phazon since I'm "the one" I just feel like I'm running around picking up power ups for the hell of it, it's getting kinda hard to get connected to the game.

It's all about the journey fella. For me that directionless was fantastic, and I was fully engaged throughout the main game.

Exploring the world and seeing all of it's flora and fauna and realising that you're all alone in this strange, and often beautiful world, is what made Prime such an amazing experience.

[AranchineD]

Look, the whole "you're alone in the world" thing I get, and like I said, I too was pretty amazed by the world that had been constructed, but there's no way that I can say that that's enough to keep me going for the entire time of the game.

But that won't be enough to keep me going for the entire playtime. It's like I'm going around picking up power ups for the sole reason of this being a Metroid game and that's what you're meant to do. There's a difference between being completely directionless, as I would describe this, and being able to completely explore the world at your whim while still having an idea of the final destination in mind.

In my Fusion comparison, that game managed to include picking up all the power ups and such as a real part of the story (not to mention that while having a clear direction of gameplay it also created an engaging atmosphere and setting, I could call it a 'beautiful world' too but not in the same way that you'd describe the one in Prime).

Of course I'm going to keep playing, but my motivation for doing so isn't very strong at the moment.

[SOX]

Fusion is probably my favourite Metroid game (but it was a touch too easy)

[AranchineD]

It's my favourite too, which is why I'm comparing it to Prime! >_>

[dimorphic]

I haven't been as engrossed in sports game as I am with Madden 10 in a long, long time (probably not since Madden 05 on the Xbox). This game is almost the perfect sports simulation!

[D.C.]

I haven't been as engrossed in sports game as I am with Madden 10 in a long, long time (probably not since Madden 05 on the Xbox). This game is almost the perfect sports simulation!
I'm loving it too, although the injuries system is frustrating random. I'll accept it when players take bone-crunching hits, but I was playing a game last night and Rodgers was barely touched yet received a fractured foot, out for ten weeks. **** that - restart game. :p

[Ryan Hayward]

It's my favourite too, which is why I'm comparing it to Prime! >_>

Have you played Echoes?
Some of the big bosses are downright vicious in that one. :(

[Adios]

Of course I'm going to keep playing, but my motivation for doing so isn't very strong at the moment.

Me thinks you'll enjoy Metroid Prime 3: Corruption more, judging by your comments.

[texta]

I've been playing Codemasters' Ashes 09 on PC. Not very impressed so far. I don't know how to play a non straight bat shot and I got out bowled off a no ball. Also you can't save it in the middle of a test match.

Going to play through the tutorial now to see if there's a way to direct your shot.

EDIT: Worked out how to direct my shots. Game is now better.

[Blob]

Deadly Creatures.
Suprisingly better than I imagined it would be. Enjoying it despite its flaws. Definately worth picking up if you can find it for cheap.

[Ryan Hayward]

I've been playing Codemasters' Ashes 09 on PC. Not very impressed so far. I don't know how to play a non straight bat shot and I got out bowled off a no ball. Also you can't save it in the middle of a test match.

Going to play through the tutorial now to see if there's a way to direct your shot.

EDIT: Worked out how to direct my shots. Game is now better.

Has there ever been a decent cricket game?

[Thraxas]

Yes on the super nintendo

[FX-GTZ]

I've been getting into this Final Fantasy Fables thing, its alright, but i was expecting the storyline to be decent.. Pretty average.

[McChimp]

Yes on the super nintendo

I frikkin' LOVED Super International Cricket!! Only damn cricket game I've been any good at! Best I ever did was something like 1050 runs in an innings in a test match. W00T!

[Nic Xtreme]

I frikkin' LOVED Super International Cricket!! Only damn cricket game I've been any good at! Best I ever did was something like 1050 runs in an innings in a test match. W00T!

Definitely! Super International Cricket is the only way to go if you want an awesome cricket game!

[dimorphic]

I picked up Wolfenstien on the 360. I'm having some fun with it. It isn't the prettiest game around but there is some violence packed in here (shooting off limbs and the like) and the Veil powers are pretty cool (bullet time, etc).

I haven't tried the multi but I've heard it's a bit average.

[grimace06]

Playing Super Mario DS atm.

I like how they've made some minor, minor changes that make it less frustrating but it's a nightmare trying to control properly during the "slide" parts.

[FX-GTZ]

Thats the price people pay for wanting a portable Super Mario 64 way back in 2004ish.

[NiB]

Started The Darkness on 360

Solid but not in the league of other console FPS (Bioshock,CoD4)

Although I haven't had a play with a lot of the darkness powers yet and its been pretty linear so far so I'm hoping it will open up later on.

[Cian]

Started The Darkness on 360

Solid but not in the league of other console FPS (Bioshock,CoD4)

Although I haven't had a play with a lot of the darkness powers yet and its been pretty linear so far so I'm hoping it will open up later on.

Finished it a few weeks ago. You can't compare The Darkness to CoD4, but I thought it was on a par with BioShock. The story was fantastic (possibly the best acting I've seen in any game) and it was very well presented. And it's great value too.


I went back to Viking last night, and I finally figured out how to command my army! (by pressing A!!!)
I love the simplicity of it, brutal violence...and, more violence. It's like LoTR with more balls. Lovin' it.

[texta]

I've been playing Codemasters' Ashes 09 on PC. Not very impressed so far. I don't know how to play a non straight bat shot and I got out bowled off a no ball. Also you can't save it in the middle of a test match.

Going to play through the tutorial now to see if there's a way to direct your shot.

EDIT: Worked out how to direct my shots. Game is now better.

Has there ever been a decent cricket game?

Sneaky bump. Now that I've played this it's a bit better. There's a few little bugs but it's not too bad.

To answer your question: Super International Cricket on SNES. But Codemasters aren't so bad, much better than the turds that EA put out.

[NetherWind]

One of the let downs for the EA cricket games is that they did allow you to move the batter down the pitch, only across the popping crease. I do remember one of them on my pc that allowed me to move all over the pitch, so I could effectively move down to just over halfway and get a no ball each delivery and rack up huge scores.

[Ad-Rock]

One of the let downs for the EA cricket games is that they did allow you to move the batter down the pitch, only across the popping crease. I do remember one of them on my pc that allowed me to move all over the pitch, so I could effectively move down to just over halfway and get a no ball each delivery and rack up huge scores.

I do that in super internation cricket, but instead of no-balls I hook shot most balls for 6.

[Second]

I'm playing world of warcraft. Aw yeah.