Any game that requires me to forward ports instantly loses a decent amount of respect from me. Users shouldn't have to configure their router to play your game.
Any game that requires me to forward ports instantly loses a decent amount of respect from me. Users shouldn't have to configure their router to play your game.
Beat bulletstorm recently. Fun for about 9 hours but will never play again. On to Arkham Asylum and Dead Space 2 to finish soon...
Just wait until you get to Episode Two. It is glorious. Makes a very good argument for being the pinnacle of FPS thus far, even all these years later.Quote:
Originally Posted by SewerUrchin
Just started up Dragon's Age: Origins. First playthrough.
Also multi-tasking between that, Mass Effect (3rd playthrough), and Batman: Arkham Asylum.
Just "beat" NBA 2K11 today.
Played for three full seasons as GM of the Indiana Pacers. Not a fan in reality, but wanted a "decent, but not TOO good" team I was impartial to that I could build around.
First season, playing 29 game seasons, finished 2nd to last in the league at 3-26.
Second seasons (after some BIG offseason moves), finished 21-8, made it to the Finals, swept by the OKC Thunder.
Third season, 22-7, won NBA Finals 4-2 over Denver Nuggets.
Pure and simple, this is the best basketball game I've played. Period. Arguably one of the best sports games I've ever played as well. The level of detail and refinement is staggering. It takes some getting used to, and at first, I didn't really enjoy it as much as I thought I should. But after a season of playing, I was hooked.
I'm not even much of a fan of the NBA, I far, far prefer college ball, but this game was just too good to ignore as a basketball fan, and I can't go back to EA's NCAA Basketball franchise.
Obligatory World Champ screenies. :p
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My Final Score: 9.5 out of 10
Up Next:
Still playing Shogun 2 off and on, deciding between:
Alpha Protocol
Mass Effect 2
Borderlands
Super Mario Galaxy 2
Donkey Kong Country Returns
Hearts of Iron 2 or 3
Victoria 2 or EU 3
...or something else entirely. :confused:
Got bored of RDR, just beat Portal 2 single player. Loved it!!
Next up is co-op.
Just beat Red Dead Redemption. Fun game that dragged on in certain parts with a meh ending.
Up next is Bayonetta
The end is the only part of RDR I enjoyed.
So close to beating Dragon Force.
So close, but the end is SO HARD. Going to have to grind on dragons, I guess.
Just finished Final Fantasy 13. Game built up quite well (a bit over-dramatic, but it's an FF game after all), and then sort of rushed to the finish line in the last 2 chapters.
Total playtime (including the time I fell asleep while playing): 101 hrs. That includes post game play to level up crystariums, 5-star all quests, etc. Now I'm back to my 2nd playthrough of DA:O and Awakenings.
Finished up Limbo. Great game, it's short, but very fun. Still need to do the runthrough without dying thing to find the last hidden worm, but I'll get back to it later for that.
Also, Just finished up Marvel Ultimate Alliance playthrough 1. Playing through it a second time, and lamenting not being able to get the DLC for it.
I'd give the game a B-.
Good game, same vein (literally) as X-Men Legends, etc. Fun to play, controls are decent. Voice acting is good, but can be wonky at times.
Flaws:
- Game is bugged majorly. I've had to hard reset my X-box 3 times while playing it.
- Game is bugged (in a weird poor coding way). For example, I got the "beat 15 bosses without dying" achievement 3 bosses from the end of the game. There are only 15 bosses in the game. So....yeah...
Bugs and flaws aside, it is a fun game. Recommended at it's current price of <$7. Just know you will never be able to get the DLC since they pulled it from the Marketplace and PSN at the end of last year.
Such a fantastic game.Quote:
Originally Posted by monroeski
If you track down a copy of the Gold Edition of the game, I believe that has all the DLC on disk. Has some of it, anyway.Quote:
Originally Posted by James
Just finished up Mass Effect 2 + some DLC.
Enjoyed the game, played through it on Insanity using an imported ME1 Engineer. I would have to give my vote for Engineer as a great equalizer against some of the humanoid bosses. The AI's requirement to focus on a combat drone first makes it infinitely easier to stay out of cover long enough to do some real damage to barriers, shields, armor, and health.
Playing through a second time now with an imported Soldier, but on normal. It's fun to run up and beat the bejeezus out of people this time around. Much more enjoyable than "huddle behind the waist-high cover for 95% of the fight waiting for powers to recharge".
Once I finish this, I think I'm taking a break for a bit. Might go back and play some Borderlands, or finish up Ace Attorney. I've been playing that on the side, and enjoying it.
Finished inFAMOUS a few weeks back. Not bad overall, though it had some pacing problems and the ability to climb all over everything also means that you stick to all sorts of stuff whether you want to or not (getting around the city was much easier and more fun in Prototype, imo). Started the sequel and got a few hours in but for whatever reason I have just about lost all interest in continuing.
Currently replaying Vandal Hearts on the PS1 (~3/4 of the way through, I'd guess) and playing Starscape for the first time. Vandal Hearts has aged quite well imo; the art style itself isn't very good, but the graphics are passable for such an old game and it is fast moving in general (many JRPGs back then are hard to get into again because of the slow animations and loading times). Killshots area as satisfying as ever, with the kill sound, screen shake, and massive gout of blood shooting out.
Starscape is good fun. Maybe a little bit repetitive, and there are some polish issues (having to back all the way out to the main menu to save, for instance; in most games going to the main menu means you're quitting without saving). Really close to the end of that one, I think I could finish it by going straight to the boss but I'm grinding to upgrade some equipment first. There aren't many other games like this, though the upcoming Space Pirates and Zombies shows some good promise.
Forgot about this thread.
I just finished Catherine and it was really fun about 90% of the time and the other 10% was wall punch inducing frustration. The story is a little wonkybut overall it was a really fun game.Spoiler
8/10
Beat Fallout: GOTY Edition.
Playing Nier and Just Cause 2 at the moment as well as some smaller games like Terraria, and Dungeons of Dreadmor.
I think I've given up on Demons Souls and will sell it on half.com.
Beat Dungeon Siege III..enjoyed it.
Now playing Dragon Age 2. Just started Act 2!
Got my first Platinum with LA Noire so now I'm bouncing between Gran Turismo 5 and the Painkiller pack I just got yesterday on Steam. Yes, mindless blasting and teeth gnashing frustration. I feel they balance each other :)
I was about 25 hours into Assassin's Creed 2 and for whatever reason my saved game is now failing to show up in the load menu. I was really into it and was doing all the side stuff, but now I really don't want to do it all over again. I might just watch the ending on youtube and go on to brotherhood.
Other than that, I'm totally pumped for Red Orchestra 2 which comes out on September 13th. Deluxe edition gets access to the final beta test, so once that's available I'm jumping into that.
After watching my son play AC Brotherhood..I bought AC 2 on ebay for $10. So, hopefully it is better than the first one. I heard you don't want to play AC:B until you do AC:2.Quote:
Originally Posted by PointlesS
Brotherhood starts off at the moment where 2 ends. You definitely want to play 2 first (which is okay because 2 is an awesome game). And if you never beat AC 1, you should go find a story summary and view the ending on YouTube before starting 2 so you know what's going on.Quote:
Originally Posted by Astros Fan
I kind of liked the first one, though I did the bare minimum to get through the game. AC2 is like 1000000x better, and I'm really bummed that I have to start over again because stuff was getting real interesting.Quote:
Originally Posted by Astros Fan
Holy crap I finished Starscape last night. That's only the third game I've finished since March that wasn't a Kairosoft game on my phone (the others being inFAMOUS and Terraria).
How does one beat Terraria?