I just beat Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood. It was pretty good, although I was trying to hang around and tie up loose ends when I inadvertently began a mission that is basically the no turning back point - no warning either.
Definitely a good game, and the multiplayer is pretty neat also. I'd give it at least an 8.5/10. I'm considering going back to SC2 for a while or going on to play with RDR.
I was floored by Batman AA, impressive work, models, animations, scenery, story, animations, items and level design, etc... the way it meshes together, one of the best game I've played
It might be me not using it well. But I don't know how many times I tried to run "away" from a danger to die hugging the nearest obstacle, or the number of times I was staggered out of cover and jumped over it rather than simply going into cover again.Quote:
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Not a problem in itself for me too.Quote:
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However they went too far by removing the choice element. Instead of adding more powerful guns along the way they should have added "different" guns along the way. Give the player tactical options within the categories.
That's (imo) the very function of inventories in every game there is one.
The weapons in ME1 weren't much interesting either, but you had at least minimal choices with the mods. That went away with the inventory.
ME1 had a bad economy, various items although not much interesting in themselves and a very very bad ergonomic. I wish they had tried to better it instead of dropping it.
Is there a way you could warn us about that mission without spoiling too much?Quote:
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I had the same problem with cover in ME2. I would be running to cover and just as I'm able to stick to a crate I leap over it. I don't know if I'm doing an extra button press or holding A too long, but it is definitely frustrating.Quote:
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I've also had situations where I'd pop out of cover to shoo, get hit, press A to get back into cover, but whoops, over the crate I go. Or I would get back in cover, but pressed A because I thought I'd have to get in cover again, only to realize I'm now out in the open.
I haven't gotten there yet, but I think it's Memory Sequence 8 which is the point of no return.Quote:
Is there a way you could warn us about that mission without spoiling too much?
Yeah that sounds about right. I think I checked the achievements and thought I saw an 8 and a 9, so I figured I would stop after I got the achievement for 8 and do the rest of the stuff I wanted to do. Unfortunately, finishing 8 ended the game basically as far as side quests go until after you beat it.
I'll remember 7 as the magic number then. Thanks guys!
Oh man, that was so annoying. I still had freaking subject 16 puzzles to do - I still did them after finishing the main storyline, but I wanted to do all of the side quests first. :/Quote:
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Random thought about the game - they made counterattacking way too easy. All you have to do now is mash the counter combo and you'll waste even the biggest, baddest-*** guard that is attacking you... kinda ridiculous. then you can rip off a bunch of one-hit kills on other enemies (even papal guards). In the earlier games you had to have at least some sense of timing. Combat in AC:B is beyond easy.
Just finished: Brutal Legend. B+
I love pretty much all double fine games. This game is very reminiscent of Giants: Citizen Kabuto. Only not as well done. It is a similar mix of wandering around and fighting (though much more open vs. Giants), and RTS "Defend your base and destroy the other guy's" stages. Console controls definitely make the RTS aspects (along with some clunky controls) a little more rough than they should be. Overall though, it's fun.
I like the humor in Tim Schafer/Double Fine games. So it was worth the $10 I got it for at Fry's.
Just beat Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Single Player
Honestly, after that i have no desire to ever play a COD game again. I find it to be a pretty stupid and frustrating experience. Overall, I found everything to just be off. Level design is linear and perhaps one of the worst I've ever seen. The story makes no sense, and the game mechanics feel clunky and inconsistant.
And the stupid bleed screen. Oh god how i hate it. One shoot, and everything goes red. I found that to be beyond aggravating.
I guess the real charm is Mp, however I prefer keyboard and mouse for FPS mp so stayed away from it in COD:MW2 because I was playing on the 360.
Every time I see/hear about MW2 or Black Ops I am more and more satisfied that I made the correct choice in swearing off the series when they took out dedicated servers.
I'm sticking with BF from now on.Quote:
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Recently beat Game Dev Story which was really fun and addicting.
As for my next game, I have been wanting to play Darksiders. I may pick it up today and whittled away at it over the next few weeks. A dark zelda game sounds like fun to me.
Last game I beat was Dead Space 2. I loved the 1st but this did nothing for me. I'm now playing Cthuhlu Saves the World on the 360. Fantastic old school RPG from the makers of Breath of Death VII.
Just beat Dead Space 2. It wasn't bad but I enjoyed the first game a lot more.
Next up I think I'm finally going to go beat Assassin's Creed 2.
Beat Assassin's Creed 2! I liked it a lot.
Next up... AC:Brotherhood?
That was quick...
I'd picked it up and put it down a few times since release, turns out I only had about 3 hours left until I reached the end. Took me almost exactly 20 hours according to the Stats page.Quote:
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I wish I could get lost in a few games, but I can't seem to want to play right now. I played a little Dark Siders and it was fun, but it isn't pulling me back. I played GT5 for a little bit last week. The countless things wrong with that game make me so mad though. I literally have to grind races that I have already done to get enough experience to move on to new races. Horrible, Horrible. I threw in Forza 3. What a much better experience. GT5 makes you work for the fun, Forza 3 says "here bro, have all the fun you want, at any setting you want."
GT5 is such a failure. I want to like it so bad because the driving is great and the premium cars look really good.
I had that same problem with nothing being fun so I took 2 weeks off of all gaming and now I've been playing Two Worlds 2 which I don't know about the single player but I've had a blast playing the co-op adventure mode.
I do not know what is wrong with me. I havent been able to complete any games in ages. No matter how much I like it. I get bored or just do not want to play it even after being hyped for a game, buying it and letting it sit. Especially FPS styles.
I really like Dead Space 2, but it is falling under the same condition and I am barely into the game!
I noticed this with most of the games I buy... Just Cause 2, L4D2, Metro 2033, Fallout NV, Dead Rising 2, Borderlands, etc etc...
This is just so sad. I used to love FPS and play them all night...
Sigh... This is just wrong!
Started Lost Odyssey but I doubt I'll finish it. It plays like a very generic JRPG and the story moves long so slowly.
Finally hit level 4 pyro in filling floor!
Finished NFS Hot Pursuit, was impressed with Graphics and the way the cars handled. Like the option of being the Cops. Was not impressed with doing the same routes over and over again.. Was hoping the had a better Free Roam System where you could race other drivers and stuff. Game I am looking forward to is GW2..
Finally got back to and beat BioShock. Went the all good route. I liked it, the ending was abrupt, but I understand why. Love the style of the game. Played through on hard and didn't have much issue.
Now playing Bioshock 2. Who in the FR#*(&)@#@ thought it would be a good plan to change the default layout of all the buttons between one game and the next? Not to mention, if you change your key bindings, they don't take "full" effect.
Key binding example/rant
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Beat Bulletstorm. Absolutely loved it, the game is made of 100% pure fun.
Next up I might try unlocking the last few skillshots I had missed on my first playthrough (I missed only 6 of them!) and play around with the Echoes. Other than that I'm going to get started on Pokemon Black next week and put my focus on going through Dragon Age Origins so I can play Dragon Age 2.
I agree with Bulletstorm, I finished it this morning and I absolutely loved it. I plan on playing through it again just to have more fun owning bad guys. I am also waiting on DA2, thats the next game I'm gonna pick up.
Currently playing my 3rd playthrough of Dragon Age Origins.
Before that I played DAO a second time and pretty much all the DLC with my first playthrough character.
The DLC is something that Bioware will have to work on a lot, a lot. ME and DA's DLC have been pretty disappointing to me. They're all on the short side, don't bring much to either story and gameplay. Worth playing though but not worth their full price.
Since my first character was a goody two shoes I decided to go evil the second time and was disapointed by the way it's handled in the game. With the exception of Wynne's defection no character mind your choices unless they're actually here when you make them. Moreover while ME's renegade choices felt thought out and actually gave you motivations to choose them, DAO's evil choices often made me feel like a comic book villain, doing "bad" stuff because the character is a tiny bit psycho (desecrating the Urn for next to no reasons, having to convince the bad guys to be bad in the brecilian forest, no real good motivations given to keep the Anvil of the Void while there's plenty that comes to mind, why let Uldred corrupt all the mages just to kill them?).
It's not that big a spot on a quasi flawless painting though. I wish they took inspiration from that game for ME3 rather than take inspiration from ME 2 for DA2 but hopefully what I like in DAO will still be there (story and characters over gameplay).