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Whatcha Been Playin': May 2015
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DiddysKongQuest
Member
Pushed back Majora's Mask once again. I really want to love it, but it still doesn't click with me even though I admire a lot of things about it.
Currently playing:
Resident Evil 4: Felt like playing it again. This game aged like fine and is still as incredible as ever. Maybe I am finally able to finish the game on professional mode this time.
Zone of the Enders HD: It's ok so far, but I heard that the second game is infinitely better so I keep playing. It's really short anyway.
Currently playing:
Resident Evil 4: Felt like playing it again. This game aged like fine and is still as incredible as ever. Maybe I am finally able to finish the game on professional mode this time.
Zone of the Enders HD: It's ok so far, but I heard that the second game is infinitely better so I keep playing. It's really short anyway.
Finished Tales of Xillia 2, really enjoyed it. Moved on to The Order 1886. So far its okay, good enough to play through the end, but nothing special(aside from graphics).
And as always playing PvsZ, just need one more trophy and I will get my first ever platinum! Don't know if I'll bother doing it, just rather play for fun.
And as always playing PvsZ, just need one more trophy and I will get my first ever platinum! Don't know if I'll bother doing it, just rather play for fun.
Finished it semi-recently. Still holds up amazingly well. Pillars of Eternity had me curious to revisit mostly.
Reloaded an old save at the chapter 2 split and finally played an Iorveth run before W3. Nice way to refresh while getting new content. Vergen was a shitty city to navigate, but I really dug the focus on mages with this path. Really appreciate W3 that much more with all the references.
Twin Tails
Member
Sleep is for the weak, have not had a game pull me in like this in years.
iceblade997
Member
Finished it semi-recently. Still holds up amazingly well. Pillars of Eternity had me curious to revisit mostly.
Nice! I've wanted to play this for AGES but never gotten around to it. No spoilers please, but would you say the story is worth the playthrough or is it pretty much all about the fighting? Also what platform did you play on?
Plant VS Zombies Garden Warfare: Playing it mainly cause I got it in a Humble Bundle and I'm going to be playing with some friends who said it's a fun game to play with friends and easy to get in to.
Skyrim: Playing it cause I just love playing it, plus I'm trying out that Falskaar mod that everyone I know who plays Skyrim is going crazy for so it should be fun.
Mirror's Edge: Just cause I'm in love with it, plus I wanna try and speed run through the game this time.
Dead Space 2: Also got this in a Humble Bundle deal (I think that it was from the same bundle as P VS Z) and so far I'm having some fun with some scares here and there from the atmosphere that's in place, which I feel was made excellently.
Counter Strike Global Offensive: I've always been interested in playing this but never really got too far into it until early May when one of my friends decided to teach me on how to get gud in CS and since he's much MUCH farther than me in the CS ranking I took him up on that offer
Skyrim: Playing it cause I just love playing it, plus I'm trying out that Falskaar mod that everyone I know who plays Skyrim is going crazy for so it should be fun.
Mirror's Edge: Just cause I'm in love with it, plus I wanna try and speed run through the game this time.
Dead Space 2: Also got this in a Humble Bundle deal (I think that it was from the same bundle as P VS Z) and so far I'm having some fun with some scares here and there from the atmosphere that's in place, which I feel was made excellently.
Counter Strike Global Offensive: I've always been interested in playing this but never really got too far into it until early May when one of my friends decided to teach me on how to get gud in CS and since he's much MUCH farther than me in the CS ranking I took him up on that offer
Bought on the recent sale and found that it's really REALLY awesome.
Read on GAF that was very boring and repetitive and the story was non-existent but I just love how dark the humor is, the gunplay and my character (Lilith) and for the story was crazy cool, I finished the game yesterday and now I am downloading the DLC and after finishing that I think that I'm going to start it again with Roland.
Silver Arrows
Banned
Pair of OG Xbox exclusive racers, considering I picked up one for twenty bucks from a classic gaming store.
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Now, I'm a massive fan of PGR, but I started with PGR 4 and 3 first, and while those games are fantastic, I never got the chance to play the first two due to me being a Playstation guy in my youth. I did play PGR 2 on a 360, but that didn't feel right (And the emulation process managed to eliminate the original soundtrack and radio stations) So when I got the OG Xbox, I popped both of these in.
First off, PGR 2 is amazing. It seriously is. The list of cities is bar none, the best in series followed quite closely by 4, with it's eclectic mix of cities that are rarely tread (Yokohama being a prime example). The car list, while not as bombastic as 3 was, or as focused as 4 was, represents a great little time capsule of the good cars from 2003 and back. The addition of SUV's is a nice touch as well.
The original PGR, meanwhile, has a weird feeling about it where you can tell that Bizarre had ideas that would be placed later in the series, but they were still stuck in the mold that was present with Metropolis Street Racer on the Dreamcast. I really like the gradual difficulty system instead of the system that would be used in PGR 2 and onward. It's also one of the best looking launch games I've seen, up there with Ridge Racer 7. All the environments feel like the city they were based on, and the actual car models are some of the best present in the sixth generation of consoles.
The death of the PGR series with the closure of Bizarre and before that, the dropping by MS, is sad, but it's fantastic that the perfectly balanced pseudo-sim racing has been passed on by it's spiritual successor, Driveclub.
and
Now, I'm a massive fan of PGR, but I started with PGR 4 and 3 first, and while those games are fantastic, I never got the chance to play the first two due to me being a Playstation guy in my youth. I did play PGR 2 on a 360, but that didn't feel right (And the emulation process managed to eliminate the original soundtrack and radio stations) So when I got the OG Xbox, I popped both of these in.
First off, PGR 2 is amazing. It seriously is. The list of cities is bar none, the best in series followed quite closely by 4, with it's eclectic mix of cities that are rarely tread (Yokohama being a prime example). The car list, while not as bombastic as 3 was, or as focused as 4 was, represents a great little time capsule of the good cars from 2003 and back. The addition of SUV's is a nice touch as well.
The original PGR, meanwhile, has a weird feeling about it where you can tell that Bizarre had ideas that would be placed later in the series, but they were still stuck in the mold that was present with Metropolis Street Racer on the Dreamcast. I really like the gradual difficulty system instead of the system that would be used in PGR 2 and onward. It's also one of the best looking launch games I've seen, up there with Ridge Racer 7. All the environments feel like the city they were based on, and the actual car models are some of the best present in the sixth generation of consoles.
The death of the PGR series with the closure of Bizarre and before that, the dropping by MS, is sad, but it's fantastic that the perfectly balanced pseudo-sim racing has been passed on by it's spiritual successor, Driveclub.
BuffetChamp
Banned
Witcher 3 (PC)
Baroque, GT24 Hour, Daytona USA (Sega Saturn)
And this sweet light gun game called Henry Explorers I wanna try soon, but need a good lite gun for my Saturn but those prices on EBAY,wtf....
Baroque, GT24 Hour, Daytona USA (Sega Saturn)
And this sweet light gun game called Henry Explorers I wanna try soon, but need a good lite gun for my Saturn but those prices on EBAY,wtf....
sixteen-bit
Member
Dusted off Layer Section on Saturn. It's great.
Been playing Farming Simulator 2015 (PS4) during podcasts (10 hours). Played Need for Speed Rivals Racer career to completion (PS4). Started Splatoon today. For some reason I started Animal Crossing New Leaf again in March, I put about 15 minutes daily in that. I'm ready to dig in deep in the Witcher Wild Hunt on PS4. While watching TV I've been playing MLB 15 the Show on my Vita.
JehutyRunner
Banned
The Witcher III (Xbox One)
Splatoon (Wii U)
Destiny: House of Wolves (PlayStation 4)
Splatoon (Wii U)
Destiny: House of Wolves (PlayStation 4)
stn
Member
Mostly this, still on chapter 1. Would like to beat it as soon as possible.
Just grinding out the last few achievements, plus working on my Akuma x Jin team. Also uploading some matches I played against a top player. This game is in my permanent backlog.
Working on Kotal Kahn, Kano, and a bit of Kenshi. Great game, just wish it had a bit more zoning. Feels like the SF4 of Netherealm fighters.
My session is always split in two:
1.) MLB 15 Road to the Show - every evening I play one week of my career. Currently halfway in 2017 season, and I expect to play until retirement, which should be sometime around the release of MLB 16. Now if only I could get traded away from Texas to a winning team..
2.) Just finished Borderlands The PreSequel - thoroughly enjoyed it, a great game and a worthy companion to BL2 in the Handsome Collection. So many things to do, quests are awesome, weapons really goid as always. And the humor is fantastic. Managed to finish in 2 months (translates to about 60 hours)
Now I'm taking a break until PayDay 2 releases, so I'm testing some PS+ games, but so far I'm zero for whatever...download, play for 10 minutes, delete... I simply cannot get into these indie 8bit games and similar.
Ether One looks like a different game from the usual PS+ crap, so I'll try that, and then give a chance to MGS next week (although I know I will not like it much).
1.) MLB 15 Road to the Show - every evening I play one week of my career. Currently halfway in 2017 season, and I expect to play until retirement, which should be sometime around the release of MLB 16. Now if only I could get traded away from Texas to a winning team..
2.) Just finished Borderlands The PreSequel - thoroughly enjoyed it, a great game and a worthy companion to BL2 in the Handsome Collection. So many things to do, quests are awesome, weapons really goid as always. And the humor is fantastic. Managed to finish in 2 months (translates to about 60 hours)
Now I'm taking a break until PayDay 2 releases, so I'm testing some PS+ games, but so far I'm zero for whatever...download, play for 10 minutes, delete... I simply cannot get into these indie 8bit games and similar.
Ether One looks like a different game from the usual PS+ crap, so I'll try that, and then give a chance to MGS next week (although I know I will not like it much).
Played The Order yesterday.
I thought (most of) GAF was exaggerating but my god is this an awful and boring, booooring game. I don't mind "cineastic" games at all, but when it actually let's you do something everything is so slow and tedious. Shooting mechanics are awful, camera is awful, characters are awful, music is awful, story is awful, everything is awful. Plus it doesn't even look that good, at least not good enough to distract from the shitty gameplay like Ryse did.
I thought (most of) GAF was exaggerating but my god is this an awful and boring, booooring game. I don't mind "cineastic" games at all, but when it actually let's you do something everything is so slow and tedious. Shooting mechanics are awful, camera is awful, characters are awful, music is awful, story is awful, everything is awful. Plus it doesn't even look that good, at least not good enough to distract from the shitty gameplay like Ryse did.
IAmRandom31
Banned
1.) FFX HD PS4
2.) Witcher 3 PS4
3.) Bloodborne
4.) Unfinished Swan PS4
2.) Witcher 3 PS4
3.) Bloodborne
4.) Unfinished Swan PS4
grosvenor_92
Member
Finished
Alien Isolation
Currently Playing
Watch Dogs
The Wonderful 101
Alien Isolation
Currently Playing
Watch Dogs
The Wonderful 101
Beat Witcher 3, and fancied something with better combat. I'd defeated the
in Dark Souls before deciding the game wasn't all it's cracked up to be. I'm not afraid of dying, but dying to enemies attacking through the wall isn't really that enjoyable.
Decided meh, I'll give it another chance. Two days later...
Gargoyles
Decided meh, I'll give it another chance. Two days later...
Except a L/RTTP & LTTP Bloodborne thread, perhaps.
witchedwiz
Member
Boy oh boy..
The story is good, if a bit overdragged..
BTtle system is quite simple as far as standard srpg goes.. But..
Seriously, IF you want to get S rank at the first play through in all stages prepare to suffer..
I'm a fire emblem veteran and doing hard run S rank @first playthrough was a nightmare..
Had to lower the difficulty in 6 story battle from hard to normal... and in 2 to easy even...
If ONE of your character is higher than the highest level enemy of the scenario you're presented S rank for starter, which is a pain since you are forced to leave every character at -2 from max level of that map or you risk over levelling during the scenario and bye bye S rank.. A character dies? Bye S rank.. You use more than 2-4 items depending on the map? Bye S-rank ! (Consider you have only 2 mage type with healing spell, the other are hybrid with low int or with just One healing spell of the low/mid rank ...)
Then some scenario are HARD AS the f-word... Trials of dragon .. Had to put it on easy.....
Plus playing at hard you don't get the full information (dmg and chance) of your action.. And you get reduced exp as well..
Booked it up just to remove it from the backlog, i'm almost done and it was a pleasant surprise.. Sitting @last boss... Gotta grind a bIt because @hard i'm underlevelled for the dude that wiped the floor with my arse...
witchedwiz
Member
And finished!
On with the new game,
Hopefully it's worth it!
On with the new game,
Hopefully it's worth it!
TheMightyJerkules
Member
The Unfinished Swan (PS4) Really original game loved my time with it.
Infamous : First Light (PS4)
Never played an Infamous game before. Got it free with PS +. Makes me want to pick up a full game in the series. Not sure where to start though.
Pix the Cat (Vita)
I'm always playing this.
Titanfall (PC)
Went back to this game for a bit. Still fun.
Sunset Overdrive (XBone)
This is the reason I got the Xbox 1. Not disappointed.
Mario Kart 200 cc (Wii U)
Wow I actually need brakes.
Bayonetta 2 (Wii U)
Put it down after playing 3/4 through. Picked it up and finished it off. amazing experience.
Zombi U (Wii U)
How I got my son to put down COD.
Infamous : First Light (PS4)
Never played an Infamous game before. Got it free with PS +. Makes me want to pick up a full game in the series. Not sure where to start though.
Pix the Cat (Vita)
I'm always playing this.
Titanfall (PC)
Went back to this game for a bit. Still fun.
Sunset Overdrive (XBone)
This is the reason I got the Xbox 1. Not disappointed.
Mario Kart 200 cc (Wii U)
Wow I actually need brakes.
Bayonetta 2 (Wii U)
Put it down after playing 3/4 through. Picked it up and finished it off. amazing experience.
Zombi U (Wii U)
How I got my son to put down COD.
SpinningBirdKick
Banned
Wolfenstein: The New Order (PS4)
Live Hold 'em Pro (Android)
Live Hold 'em Pro (Android)
Splatoon
Until the Global Test Fire sessions I completely ignored Splatoon and thought it was just some random game that was hyped because it was made by Nintendo. But man.. I don't think I've had this much fun with a game this whole year, maybe except from a couple of Bloodborne boss-battles. I could easily see Splatoon grow into one of Nintendo's most important franchises.
Persona 4 Golden
Not feeling it to be honest, there's way too much dialogue for my taste. The intro took about 1,5 hours and at some point I was literally mashing the X button to get on with the game. I'm determined to continue playing only because I really like SMT:Nocturne, Soul Hackers and Strange Journey but if all Persona games are like this then they're probably not for me.
Recently finished:
- Danganronpa Trigger Happy Havoc
Next up:
- The Witcher 3
Until the Global Test Fire sessions I completely ignored Splatoon and thought it was just some random game that was hyped because it was made by Nintendo. But man.. I don't think I've had this much fun with a game this whole year, maybe except from a couple of Bloodborne boss-battles. I could easily see Splatoon grow into one of Nintendo's most important franchises.
Persona 4 Golden
Not feeling it to be honest, there's way too much dialogue for my taste. The intro took about 1,5 hours and at some point I was literally mashing the X button to get on with the game. I'm determined to continue playing only because I really like SMT:Nocturne, Soul Hackers and Strange Journey but if all Persona games are like this then they're probably not for me.
Recently finished:
- Danganronpa Trigger Happy Havoc
Next up:
- The Witcher 3
We may have different definitions of "casual playing"
Splatoon - Wii U
Just picked this up yesterday, and despite being on the fence, I'm really glad I did. It's a damn addictive game, and I just love the audio and visual presentation.
Think I'll probably pick up one of the amiibos for it too.
Only knock against it, is my hand kind of cramps up easily playing it, and I've never really had that problem with the tablet. I wish there was the option to play online using the pro controller, but I appreciate why it's not possible.
Wolfenstein: The Old Blood - PC
Already completed this at launch on "BRING'EM ON!", but now I'm running through again on "I AM DEATH INCARNATE!".
Really solid game, and the definitely the kind of shooter I wish we got more of. Not quite as good as The New Order, but that's a tough mark to hit.
Dying Light - PC
Got this as a birthday gift, and it's bloody good. Was playing solo originally, but re rolled for some friends who picked it up. Just a solid game, that's a lot more fun than I'd have expected, and even more so playing with friends.
Currently have Bloodborne on hold for this one, as I didn't want to juggle the pair. Going back to it full force once I've beat this one though.
Just picked this up yesterday, and despite being on the fence, I'm really glad I did. It's a damn addictive game, and I just love the audio and visual presentation.
Think I'll probably pick up one of the amiibos for it too.
Only knock against it, is my hand kind of cramps up easily playing it, and I've never really had that problem with the tablet. I wish there was the option to play online using the pro controller, but I appreciate why it's not possible.
Wolfenstein: The Old Blood - PC
Already completed this at launch on "BRING'EM ON!", but now I'm running through again on "I AM DEATH INCARNATE!".
Really solid game, and the definitely the kind of shooter I wish we got more of. Not quite as good as The New Order, but that's a tough mark to hit.
Dying Light - PC
Got this as a birthday gift, and it's bloody good. Was playing solo originally, but re rolled for some friends who picked it up. Just a solid game, that's a lot more fun than I'd have expected, and even more so playing with friends.
Currently have Bloodborne on hold for this one, as I didn't want to juggle the pair. Going back to it full force once I've beat this one though.
AntiFacebook
Member
Finished pillars of eternity yesterday,today I'll start replaying witcher 1 in preperation for 3