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

[Fig]

Just finished Mass Effect 2 - now working on STALKER call of Pripyat.

I couldn't get into the original STALKER, but COP is much better.

What did you think of Mass Effect 2?

[Farmer_BOB]

I just beat Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box. It was another great addition to the series. It felt a bit longer than the Curious Village. I liked the story more in Curious Village though. I wish that they let you stay at Dropstone longer than they did. I really found the village to be very intriguing.

Before that I also beat Tales of Monkey Island on Steam. That was another great experience. It was hilarious. I think it was a lot more fast paced than other Monkey Island games. With other Monkey Island games, I felt like I was stuck in an area for a very long time before moving to the next part. Tales of Monkey Island has you traveling to many more different places. All areas also seem very unique, so it really added to the mood of the game. All pluses really.

The only catch is that it felt like Tales of Monkey Island seemed to be a bit more easy than past Monkey Island games. I'm not sure if it's because I recently beat Sam and Max Hit the Road and Indiana Jones Fate of Atlantis (I've had these games for years but finally decided to just sit down and play it), but there was only one real part that I was really stuck in.

I've never played Monkey Island 4 Escape From Monkey Island, but I have beat 1-3 so it's nice to revisit the universe. I do think that Curse of Monkey Island was the best of the series, so Tales is a lot more like that. If you didn't like Curse of Monkey Island, you may not enjoy Tales.

I definitely recommend both games. I'm looking forward to playing Layton's Unwound Future. I don't have it yet.

[James]

I need to finish diabolical box.

[Lee_T]

I just finished Alpha Protocol (the 360 versions I have no idea how the PC versions behaves).

It's way way way better than any review that I've read about it. If you like westerner RPGs (things like Bioware, Bethesda or Obsidian pulls out) then you should give it a try if you find it in a bargain bin. The story is interesting and well told, the choices you make do affect the game's storyline. As far as I'm concerned the gameplay is only marred by terrible boss fights (why we still do trudge through these 80's memes is beyond me anyway). I wish Deus Ex 2 had been more like this game.

About the reviews : reading them back after playing the game I think I understand why the Bioware guys did ME2 the way they did it (more shooty, less RPGy). Alpha Protocol is a RPG, not a shooter, not a stealth game, it's no Splinter Cell or Call of Duty, yet it was very often compared to those kind of games in the reviews which is pointless yet is the reason for most of the bad scores. I've never read a critic saying that Gears of War was disappointing because you couldn't choose Marcus Fenix replies like in DAO or Fall Out 3, why the opposite?

Then again who am I to judge. I started playing Alpha Protocol like it was some kind of Splinter Cell + RPGs. I was infuriated more than once by my inability to go stealthy more than once in the first missions. And then I realized my error, skills aren't a given in a RPG, they're earned. You can't be Sam Fisher from the start, you have to level up you stealth skill if that's how you want to play it (and with the Stealth Skill maxed you can do some ridiculous exploits that would put Sam to shame).

Playing Red Dead Redemption now. The sunny colorado makes me look at my TV more than my autumnal windows.

[Geforce255]

What did you think of Mass Effect 2?

I loved it. I think the first was a bit better, less on rails; but this was still masterful. The combat and squad tactics are superb. The AI is some of the best I've seen. Okay, your squad mates are kind of dumb - but I think that's to encourage the player to manage them. The enemy is quite clever. It uses cover effectively and seeks opportunities to flank.

The story is derivative; where the first one basically ripped off Babylon 5, this one cribs from the Borg Saga of Star Trek, still it doesn't matter because they do such a great job of telling the story that it still works.

The game runs great with no crashes. Visuals are okay, not great but certainly adequate. The atmosphere is superb, it sucks you in and keeps you there. Bioware does what few have done with games, makes you actually care about the people - not just about completing quests. The Borg attack on the Enterprise - oops, I mean the Reaper attack on the Normandy actually had me anxious about the fate of a certain crew member. This was done so well that it didn't matter at all that the entire plot curve for this section was lifted from Star Trek.

It is a great game, an all time classic.

[Nik00117]

Finished SP Black ops...4 hrs...***...this isn't a movie.

[Squirrel Meat]

Last beat my second run through of Batman AA.....man that game is so freaking awesome. Before that I played and beat Mass Effect 2 and that was pretty killer as well. Both on PC.

Right now Im playing Warcraft 3, Alien Breed Impact and Fallout 3.

[Farmer_BOB]

I just finally beat Luigi's Mansion for Gamecube. It's a great game and I wish that they did release a sequel. I only got rank F though in the end so my Luigi house was super small.

I'm not sure what to play next, but I'm thinking either Hotel Dusk or continue playing Broken Sword 2. I'm not enjoying Broken Sword 2 so far though, the story isn't very interesting and the pace is extremely slow. Then again, I've only really started and just passed the outside cafe.

[PointlesS]

Beat Ratchet and Clank Future: A Crack in Time and thoroughly enjoyed it. It's probably my favorite Ratchet game out of the entire series. I'm probably going to go back and collect everything.

[taggart6]

Just beat Infamous. Overall I wasn't that impressed with the game. I felt Crackdown and Prototype offered a better overall package with a more interesting combat system and dynamic city. I was greatly disappointed by the story, which I felt started off strong but quickly fell apart.

[Farmer_BOB]

I just beat Gears of War 2. I was very close to beating it and just decided to play it again after Luigi's Mansion. I didn't think that we were that close to beating it. I still find the story to be very confusing and the relationship between Marcus and Anya is very robotic. I'll still probably end up playing Gears of War 3 though, since I've played through the first one and now the sequel.

[Farmer_BOB]

I just beat Lara Croft Guardian of Light for Steam. I played it in local coop. It took about 7 hours to beat and that's with thoroughly trying to get all the collectibles in the game. I really wasn't close to finding everything still and there's a lot of challenges that rewards you for beating a part even sooner. This game can be beat in probably 5 hours or less if you just sped through it, but there's a lot to enjoy that would have you do otherwise.

The graphics were awesome and some of the puzzles were really fun and varied. There's a lot of teamwork involved. If I were to compare it to anything it would be PS2 Baldur's Gate meets Lego Indiana Jones. Even if the game is very short, it's still worth the price I paid (7 bucks). It's the perfect game for renting at your local Blockbuster (haven't done that in forever) and playing through a weekend. Since renting games isn't really all that in anymore, the 7 buck deal makes it worth it.

I just purchased Sims 3 for Mac/PC so I'm guessing that I'll probably play that next. It was only 14 bucks at Amazon, so I'm glad I was able to get a good Cyber Monday deal!

[taggart6]

Finally beat Dead Space. Ending was pretty much expected but i really enjoyed the tense game play and the added features of zero G and other mechanics that help break up the game play from being one long boring trek through a dimly lit hall.

Considering playing through a gain to try the other weapons but I probably won't. All in all a solid game and I look forward to part 2.

Now to finish Batman Arkham Asylum with 100% completion

[Lee_T]

I just finished Red Dead Redemption.

Good game, could be better. The good is the inspiring setting, the characters, the dialogs, the sun setting behind clouds while riding across a deserted plains, etc... the could be better is the disjointed storyline, it could have deserved a more RPGish approach. It feels a lot more like a collection of vignettes about the old west than the story of one John Marston.

Started playing Splinter Cell Conviction. After a few missions, it leaves me with a weird feeling. My beloved Splinter Cell stealth game seem to be yet another victim of the shooter infection.

[fastitocalon]

Alpha Protocol

8/10

There isn't much I can say about this game except I have no idea why it got bad scores, I had so much fun playing it and am very tempted to play through it again. For the sub $10 it is going for now I would recommend trying it if you ever thought about it.

+Fun
+Dialog trees cracked me up

-FOV (can be changed via .ini on pc)
-too short (didn't want it to end) ~12 hours
-Needs .ini changes to run well on PC

All in all Alpha Protocol was one of my favorite games i've played this year and I recommend it to anyone who enjoys Action or 3rd Person RPG's.

I'm gonna try Two Worlds: Epic Edition (lol) next. Got it for $6.00 and I've been wanting to play a open world RPG lately.