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

Thought I posted this last night (probably sitting open on my home computer), but I also finished Mark of the Ninja. Had quite a bit of fun playing at a leisurely pace and taking a little over 12 hours to get through it. I didn't get everything but had a fairly high completion rate. Generally went for undetected plus lots of dead guards. Probably will fiddle with some of the other costumes. I never had auto-stealth kills, so I'm guessing that was in a costume I didn't put on. Hide + pick up bodies was the only thing I found frustrating. Sometimes I would replay a scene a few times to try to get the guards to kill each other (which I found to be the most amusing way to take them out).

Other than that, I've sunk a somewhat embarrassing amount of time into FTL in the past couple weeks. Recently, I've been playing Dungeon Defenders split-screen with my son.

Since my last post in this thread, I've also finished (and sunk quite a bit of extra time into) Torchlight II. Got my 2d platformer fix by beating Super Meat Boy and VVVVVV. Also played through Jamestown, a couple play throughs of Atom Zombie Smasher, and finished Cthulhu Saves the World. Forgot how much I missed PC gaming.

I sunk quite a few hours into SpaceChem and enjoyed it a lot, but never finished it. I'm a little too much of a perfectionist and some of the later levels are hard to be perfect at. I hope to get back to it sometime, though. Plus, I think I bought some DLC for it.

Finished up Fable II before Christmas. Pretty solid game. I hear III isn't as good, but I'll get around to it eventually. Started Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning. This title is solid minus a few camera issues. Really sad the company folded. I hope the guys who developed this game can move on to make a new game because they deserve the work. Also playing R.A.W. (XBLA title). It's a typical isometric hack n slash. My son and I are playing coop and it's pretty fun. Seems lengthy too. Not a bad pickup for $5.

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Originally Posted by PowerCreep

Finished up Fable II before Christmas. Pretty solid game. I hear III isn't as good, but I'll get around to it eventually. Started Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning. This title is solid minus a few camera issues. Really sad the company folded. I hope the guys who developed this game can move on to make a new game because they deserve the work. Also playing R.A.W. (XBLA title). It's a typical isometric hack n slash. My son and I are playing coop and it's pretty fun. Seems lengthy too. Not a bad pickup for $5.

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I quite liked KoA. The camera does get in the way but the combat and the side quests are top notch.

I've played through Iron Brigade. A++ for the fun aspect.

D- for terrible PC port code. The game is fun, except there is some kind of serious glitch in the code around the physics for the "tubes" when they are either dropping or being picked up. During those animations, the game starts stuttering and hitching badly. It's a known problem, they just haven't fixed the code yet. :(

Next up for play is probably the 2nd game from the Recettear folks that I picked up during the sale. That or Stacking.

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Originally Posted by dyne

Just finished up Mark of the Ninja. It takes too long to get auto stealth kills (makes the game a LOT more fluid) and I hate using an analog stick when I need precision in a game that basically has digital control. The decision to use the same button for both pick up body and hide was dumb. Other than that a pretty solid game. Now to finish up Max Payne 3.

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How are you liking MP3? I got that for my birthday a couple of months ago but haven't touched it yet.

Thought I had posted about Saint's Row the Third before but I guess not. I had a LOT of fun with it. Story is pretty off the wall but I generally kept things pretty businesslike with my character's outfit. Definitely worth a try, particularly if you were disappointed by the most recent GTAs.

I haven't beaten anything in a long while, but I'm currently working through Forza Horizon and Hitman Absolution.

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How are you liking MP3? I got that for my birthday a couple of months ago but haven't touched it yet.

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It's ok. Pretty repetitive. What's really annoying is the constant MAX IS A DRUNK AND UNDER THE INFLUENCE that's shoved at you every cutscene. I also don't like the "artistic" idea of showing a couple of the spoken words during a cutscene in big bold font splashed across the screen. They do it for almost every spoken sentence. The gameplay is phoned in and formulaic. I kind of feel like I'm just going through the motions.

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Thought I had posted about Saint's Row the Third before but I guess not. I had a LOT of fun with it. Story is pretty off the wall but I generally kept things pretty businesslike with my character's outfit. Definitely worth a try, particularly if you were disappointed by the most recent GTAs.

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I HATED the aiming in GTA. Is this any better?

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Originally Posted by dyne

I HATED the aiming in GTA. Is this any better?

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If I remember correctly the aiming in SR3 is a lot like Crackdown if you ever played that.

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I HATED the aiming in GTA. Is this any better?

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Been too long since I played GTA to really compare the two but I don't recall having any more problems with aiming in SRtT than I have in most other games. Played on PC, used a 360 controller. One issue I had was that the button prompts would occasionally switch between 360 controller buttons and the original keyboard keys they were mapped to.

Last game I finished was Journey, which was not my thing. My daughter liked it OK, but that is the last time I play an "artsy" game. I also finished all the Walking Dead episodes which were great but hardly a game either. I just started Dark Souls on PS3 which is great so far and I'm liking it better than Demon Souls.

Finished up Max Payne 3. Had a monitor switch (from the Westinghouse in my sig 1920x1200 to an ASUS 1920x1080) and my new 670 chews through it. Good looking game. Like I said earlier it's repetitive but what fps isn't? Satisfying last kill at the end. I'd like to see the series continue. Not sure what's next. I've been picking at Torchlight 2 and played a half hour of Tokyo Jungle.

Just beat XCOM: Enemy Unknown! It was awesome.

Just finished playing through Portal 2 single player.

I'm now playing Battlefield: Bad Company 2.

When my wife has time, we will play through Coop Portal 2.

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Just finished playing through Portal 2 single player.

I'm now playing Battlefield: Bad Company 2.

When my wife has time, we will play through Coop Portal 2.

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I recommend all of the above.

And good grief I can't stop playing KoA: Reckoning. Approaching 30 hours now and it appears I'm about half way. Great game.

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It's ok. Pretty repetitive. What's really annoying is the constant MAX IS A DRUNK AND UNDER THE INFLUENCE that's shoved at you every cutscene. I also don't like the "artistic" idea of showing a couple of the spoken words during a cutscene in big bold font splashed across the screen. They do it for almost every spoken sentence. The gameplay is phoned in and formulaic. I kind of feel like I'm just going through the motions.

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Finished up Max Payne 3. Had a monitor switch (from the Westinghouse in my sig 1920x1200 to an ASUS 1920x1080) and my new 670 chews through it. Good looking game. Like I said earlier it's repetitive but what fps isn't? Satisfying last kill at the end. I'd like to see the series continue. Not sure what's next. I've been picking at Torchlight 2 and played a half hour of Tokyo Jungle.

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Sounds like a mix of good and bad. I was stoked when I originally heard it was coming out - enjoyed the hell out of MP2. I guess I just won't expect too much going into it and hope to be pleasantly surprised. :p

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Originally Posted by senorgotti

Last game I finished was Journey, which was not my thing. My daughter liked it OK, but that is the last time I play an "artsy" game. I also finished all the Walking Dead episodes which were great but hardly a game either. I just started Dark Souls on PS3 which is great so far and I'm liking it better than Demon Souls.

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Can't say enough about Dark Souls, it's one of the best games I have ever played. Demon's Souls was great, but Dark takes it to another level. The brutal difficulty combined with excellent gameplay/mechanics, fantastic varied atmosphere, etc... makes me want to start playing again just thinking about it. And I already have several high-level characters.

Playing through the entire game co-op with a friend was really, really fun too. As we progressed we went from fearing invasions to welcoming them. We got pretty good at setting the invader up as soon as we saw a notification. One of us would "run" from the invader while another set up shop just behind a corner, ready to backstab the guy once he ran by. :D

*Edit* had to share this: during one invasion, I was waiting around a very narrow corner/walkway that had no railing, with a steep drop on one side. As my friend lured the invader around the bend, I cast Wrath of the Gods. The knockback hit him dead on, and he flew right off the mountain side. So. Satisfying. :D

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Can't say enough about Dark Souls, it's one of the best games I have ever played. Demon's Souls was great, but Dark takes it to another level. The brutal difficulty combined with excellent gameplay/mechanics, fantastic varied atmosphere, etc... makes me want to start playing again just thinking about it. And I already have several high-level characters.

Playing through the entire game co-op with a friend was really, really fun too. As we progressed we went from fearing invasions to welcoming them. We got pretty good at setting the invader up as soon as we saw a notification. One of us would "run" from the invader while another set up shop just behind a corner, ready to backstab the guy once he ran by. :D

*Edit* had to share this: during one invasion, I was waiting around a very narrow corner/walkway that had no railing, with a steep drop on one side. As my friend lured the invader around the bend, I cast Wrath of the Gods. The knockback hit him dead on, and he flew right off the mountain side. So. Satisfying. :D

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Loving the game so far however, I was not aware that you can do a legit co op with someone. Thought it was just random summoning. I keep getting owned by the Capra Demon boss because he and two dogs are waiting for me as soon as I enter the fog. Just bad luck I guess because the videos I have seen of the boss make it look easy, but he just waits for me at the entrance and is like "Boom, gotcha *****!".

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Loving the game so far however, I was not aware that you can do a legit co op with someone. Thought it was just random summoning. I keep getting owned by the Capra Demon boss because he and two dogs are waiting for me as soon as I enter the fog. Just bad luck I guess because the videos I have seen of the boss make it look easy, but he just waits for me at the entrance and is like "Boom, gotcha *****!".

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It is fairly random with that a**hole. I think you also need a certaint amount of movement ability to be able to get behind them dogs and up the stairs.

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Loving the game so far however, I was not aware that you can do a legit co op with someone. Thought it was just random summoning. I keep getting owned by the Capra Demon boss because he and two dogs are waiting for me as soon as I enter the fog. Just bad luck I guess because the videos I have seen of the boss make it look easy, but he just waits for me at the entrance and is like "Boom, gotcha *****!".

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Yeah, it's all about surviving his initial attack and moving behind him, then first taking the dogs out quickly. I had some version of Magic Shield which allowed me to block his initial attack before running beyond him... made it super easy. But even rolling beyond him is hit or miss, since 90% of the time he does his most powerful jump attack to lead off the fight, and it tracks you like crazy as you're flying by him.

Co-op is kind of a pain but worth it. You have to coordinate summon spots with a friend. You put your sign down and tell your friend where it is - he looks for your sign and summons you. Sometimes it can take a little while before he sees it. Supposedly, being part of Solaire's guild helps with this (turns your sign gold and makes it visible to a wider audience).

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Co-op is kind of a pain but worth it. You have to coordinate summon spots with a friend. You put your sign down and tell your friend where it is - he looks for your sign and summons you. Sometimes it can take a little while before he sees it. Supposedly, being part of Solaire's guild helps with this (turns your sign gold and makes it visible to a wider audience).

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The reason they might not see it is because there is a good chance that it isn't there. Dark Souls uses multiple servers and if you two aren't on the same "shard" then they won't see the summon.

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The reason they might not see it is because there is a good chance that it isn't there. Dark Souls uses multiple servers and if you two aren't on the same "shard" then they won't see the summon.

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That changed with one of the updates. Signs are now dynamic- it just takes time to see someone's sign. Last time I co-oped with a friend, we were able to see each other's mark 100% of the time - although it did take up to 10 minutes and a few recasts in a couple cases.

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That changed with one of the updates. Signs are now dynamic- it just takes time to see someone's sign. Last time I co-oped with a friend, we were able to see each other's mark 100% of the time - although it did take up to 10 minutes and a few recasts in a couple cases.

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Really? Well that sucks for me. I didn't buy it for PC recently because I was under the impression that it would be a pain in the butt to co-op.

Just beat Transformers: Fall of Cybertron.

An okay game that I thought was much better then the first. Its still pretty generic but the different character types did help to shake things up and offer some much needed variability. The story was pretty well done and I liked the switching back and forth between sides. An okay game that I would pick up for under 20.

I recommend it if you liked the first one and.or are looking for a really linear 3rd person shooter.