The last game you beat,did you like it and what are you playing next?

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Originally Posted by James

Just completed: Penny Arcade On the Rainslick
Game purchase price: $5
Gameplay value estimate: ~$4
Game playtime: 14 hours (included grinding for a good 5-7 hours)
But overall, I would say that if you see it on sale for under $3, pick it up and play it. It's worth it.

Next up is... I don't know really.

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Hmmm, this is strange to me. An experience that keeps you interested for 14 hours is valued at only $4? Games seem to have been incredibly devalued. What's interesting is that the game wouldn't be worth buying at $5, but at $3 go for it. I'm pretty sure the time invested is worth much more than $2 dollars either way, so the price is the least of my concern.

It is kind of sad for indie game developers. I mean, its good that they can survive pricing their games at impulse buy levels, but its sad that people expect the prices to keep getting lower. Will we be talking about 50 cent games eventually? I spend more at subway than on most of the games I buy and it feels kind of crappy considering how much time goes into making them.

Remember 10 years ago when a $30 game that lasted 15 hours was well worth it? Those times are gone. All those intuitive and awesome ideas have been used up multiple times. One thing to remember, these Indie games may be very "one of a kind" and intuitive, but, that's not what most people want. Across all kinds of media this is just what happens. Hollywood anyone? Even a lot of books have gone this way. You must strive to survive and in the end, a company is something looking to make money. Not something that is looking for positive kudo points from fans.

If a games gives me 1 hour of enjoyment per $1 spent I'm happy. I should look through my playtime and see what game has given me my biggest bang per buck.

I don't think hours played is a good metric for value. It works to a point, of course, but if hours played was that close to being the most important factor then in the grand list of best video games JRPGs would be second only to things like Civilization.

Even if I've played Beat Hazard for far more hours than Uncharted, for instance, I still wouldn't pay the $40-$60 for Beat Hazard near release that I would consider a decent price for Uncharted near release.

Going by the dollars/hour metric the movie theater would never be a good deal if you have access to basic cable.

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Originally Posted by Timman_24

Hmmm, this is strange to me. An experience that keeps you interested for 14 hours is valued at only $4? Games seem to have been incredibly devalued. What's interesting is that the game wouldn't be worth buying at $5, but at $3 go for it.

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Fair enough. I guess with having less time to play games, watch movies, etc. I start to feel like certain things aren't worth the money. When DVD's came out, I thought they were on great sales at $15. Now I won't pay more than $8 for a DVD, and $15 on the outside for a bluray. As you can guess, I don't buy many Blurays. Games are the same. I haven't spent more than $15 on a game in a very long time. Anything over $5 or so gives me extreme pause before I will buy it.

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Originally Posted by fastitocalon

If a games gives me 1 hour of enjoyment per $1 spent I'm happy. I should look through my playtime and see what game has given me my biggest bang per buck.

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I can't do this. The time I sunk into Dungeon Defenders would destroy the metric. It's like $.0001/hr or something for me. :p

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Originally Posted by James

I can't do this. The time I sunk into Dungeon Defenders would destroy the metric. It's like $.0001/hr or something for me. :p

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If you go by the hours listed on my profile it is $0.02 an hour.

Finished up Portal 2 single player and co-op. Pretty amazing game. It has been quite some time since I played the original game but 2 seemed like more fun; probably because of the co-op element.
Still trying to finish Batman:AA and Vanquish. In the meantime I also started Red Dead Redemption.

Most bang for the buck?! That would be easy... RPG-wise, Baldur's Gate II! I poured easily 150+ hours for $40. As for shooter, Ghost Recon: Advanced Warrior. I sank 300+ hours playing coop with good guys from tGP.

My biggest bang for the buck: Orange Box

If that doesn't count due to being more than one game, then TF2. I have over a thousand hours into that game (and that is without hardly playing since the trade system was implemented).

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Originally Posted by proxops-pete

Most bang for the buck?! That would be easy... RPG-wise, Baldur's Gate II! I poured easily 150+ hours for $40. As for shooter, Ghost Recon: Advanced Warrior. I sank 300+ hours playing coop with good guys from tGP.

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300 hours! Have you played Future Soldier yet? What are your thoughts?

Just beat Saints Row 3, picked it up from the Steam Sale. I love the direction they're taking the series, very entertaining (and over-the-top).

I'm working through Divinity II as an archer along with L4D2 co-op with friends. I'm late to the party, but glad I picked it up for $5.

I spent about 8 hours total in Bastion and beat it (finished it two nights ago). Didn't get 1st place in all of the trainings or anything, but I got to the credits screen (the end of any game, according to monroeski :p). Good narration/story, good soundtrack, good length. I got it as part of the humble bundle, so I can't assign an exact fun/$ to it.

Tonight I started playing Portal for the first time, but after an hour (I was at level 16) I had to give up due to feeling motion sick. :o

Might have to play that in smaller increments, or just build up a tolerance to it. :D

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Originally Posted by linoleum

Didn't get 1st place in all of the trainings or anything, but I got to the credits screen (the end of any game, according to monroeski :p).

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Only as tracked in my spreadsheet. ;)

Didn't take long for me to remember how to farm XP on the first level of Dungeon Defenders. level 20 Barbarian in no time flat. :D

I'm sure I'm lacking in some area of efficiency but it still went pretty quick. Been so long since I played + all these new character classes; feels like it's almost an entirely new game.

What the trick to farming XP?

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Originally Posted by taggart6

What the trick to farming XP?

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Not really much of a trick, I just use my level 64 apprentice to set up defenses then switch to whoever I want to level before the level starts. A single magic missile + barricade on each of the lower staircases for the first two or so levels, then add a fire tower to each + put a fire tower + barricade on the top level to get the guys coming out the top door in later waves. You can have the whole setup done after round one at which point you can just stand out of harm's way with your low level guy and hit g whenever the level is over to get XP nice and quick.

I'm sure there is a more efficient setup but this gets the job done well enough. I don't want to super power level my characters, just get them up past that initial low level slog.

Ahh yes..it starting to come back to me now.

Or we use to do it on hard on the Glitterhelm level, one builds defense, the others hang out. ;)

I don't remember nearly enough to solo Glitterhelm, though, and I was the only one on last night.

Ugh. I'm such a game whore. I can't stay with one for more than an hour without getting bored and moving on.

Anyway, I had started Dragon Quest VIII on PS2, and gave up on it within 5 hours or so. It's just not my style. Too enclosed, too predictable, and a little too lighthearted for my tastes. Oh, and I REALLLLY don't like having to revert to a save in a town 15 minutes away when dying in a dungeon while questing. Not. Fun.

Also tried Grandia II on Dreamcast, and got maybe an hour in and it just couldn't keep my interest. I think maybe I missed the boat on this one, by like...12 years? :\

What IS keeping my interest...for now:

Grand Theft Auto IV. I've owned this one for over 2 years on STEAM, and FINALLY decided to give it a go. The scope is AMAZING, but I'm already starting to get a little tired of the narrative. We'll see how it goes.

Crysis 2. Purchased on Amazon for $5. Kinda forced myself to give it two solid hours playtime. It's...alright. Nothing special, but it looks nice and the gunplay is fun, but so far, after about 3 hours, it's coming in third behind Warhead and the original. And I was never a huge fan of Crysis' gameplay to begin with. Too much "Oh no, group of soliders! Sneak around camp, cloaking, waiting for power to refill, snipe, rinse, repeat." Bleh.

oh, and...

CHRONO TRIGGER! (DS). Yeah, it's probably my third playthrough, but my first on the DS. I'm about 75% of the way through, and it's still more immersive than most every other RPG (and game) I've played in awhile. I definitely will see this through to the end.

Mass Effect 3
7.5/10

+Ran well
+Controls are smooth
+Narrative

-Engine needs an upgrade
-Cover is a little wonk at times
-Teammate A.I isn't the smartest

So I liked ME3 but I am ready to leave the franchise in the past. I think the games got steadily worse and 3 felt like a checklist game like all the big budget shooters do. I was immersed in the characters and suffice to say I am not satisfied at all how the game ended.

Spoiler

I chose to take over the reapers, save all civilizations

I still liked the game but felt it could have been done better, story was fantastic but gameplay was very tired.

Just beat doom 3 believe it or not. Is that considered retro gaming now? Now I have figure out what to play next.

Got the new classes in Dungeon Defenders as well. Would like to get back into that for a bit. I basically stopped playing when all of you guys randomly decided to start using trendynet a long time ago.

Edit. Pffft lame I thought I bought the new characters. Apparently just bought the female versions of the same characters. Wooops.

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Originally Posted by Snakespy

Got the new classes in Dungeon Defenders as well. Would like to get back into that for a bit. I basically stopped playing when all of you guys randomly decided to start using trendynet a long time ago.

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We made that decision like the day after the game came out!

Just finished Bastion. Grade A

Loved the graphics style, gameplay and narrator.
Hated that you had to grind to max things out in one playthrough.

Now playing Bastion New Game +.