What have you been playing today REDUX

[Sabre]

If they work it like Fallout 3.

Buy the game cheap second hand, when GOTY comes out > rent > return > free dlc.

 

[AnonymousBroccoli]

I finished Uncharted today. Really cool game.

 

[FLAM]

Thanks to a complete loss of power I played an awful lot of Peace Walker last night. Playing too much PSP does kind of give me a headache.

And it's kind of weird to be grinding in a Metal Gear Solid game. But I got

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all the parts to my metal gear

even tho I can't figure out how to use it.

It's really kind of amazing that they got a much more exciting

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Metal Gear boss fight

on PSP than they ever did on PS2. I'm not quite willing to say that PW surpasses MGS4, not by a long shot, but I'll be damned if it's not just as fun GAMEPLAY wise as 2 and 3. And so many, many weapons! I kind of wish I had more. A non-lethal shotgun sounds like a lot of fun, and I've got 9999 rubber bullets for a shotgun, but no non-lethal shotgun plans. Dang.

I stopped playing Peace Walker, but only because I'm moving to Puerto Rico temporarily at the end of next month, and my house won't have internet, so I'll be using my PSP a lot to pass the time.

The last thing I did was beat the Pupa boss and that was awesome.

I finished Heavy Rain last week. Saw 3 different endings actually. I definitely liked it. It was pretty moving, and for just a quicktime event game, it really worked. I sold it on Glyde right away though.

Started playing Bayonetta. Very hectic and really cool.

 

[Thoth]

I dropped the scratch for Monday Night Combat. It is way too much fun.

 

[blade2kxx]

Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game

Very win.

 

[Sabre]

Jade Empire.

 

[bps21]

Sigh. I gamefly'd Lego Harry Potter. The game is fun and I beat the story. Now the fucking collecting begins anew. We'll see how quickly I jump in and get that done.

 

[Baby Shoes]

Sigh. I gamefly'd Lego Harry Potter. The game is fun and I beat the story. Now the fucking collecting begins anew. We'll see how quickly I jump in and get that done.

Somehow I got through the collecting in Harry Potter faster than some of the other Lego games. Harry Potter and Batman were my two favorite and I litterally finished them back to back, picking Batman up for the first time in a while a week or so before Potter came out so I will probably be set on playing Lego games until the new Star Wars one comes out in March or whenever it is.

 

[bps21]

Yeah it wasn't that bad at all. Fun game too. It was weird because unlike all the other lego games there wasn't a ton of enemies to fight but the magic made the levels fun to go through.

 

[DrVenkman PhD]

I tried playing Zelda II from a 2007 saved state the other day... I have no f'ing clue what I've already done or where I'm supposed to go.

 

[Dangerous Damon]

Pride FC. Do not challenge Wanderlei on the highest difficultly. You cannot possibly block or counter some of the retarded combos he does.

 

[KingPK]

I got Blur from Gamefly. I could really get into this; the multiplayer races can get quite chaotic.

 

[Baby Shoes]

I got Blur from Gamefly. I could really get into this; the multiplayer races can get quite chaotic.

I picked up Blur a couple months ago when Best Buy had it on sale and their were two coupons at the time making it $10 while a lot of places were still selling it for $60. I keep hearing good things, I should give it a try soon.

 

[Black Lushus]

Final Fantasy 4 on the DS...not so sure I would have liked the original version on the SNES, but with the completely redone graphics, I'm digging it so far. They rehauled everything to basically put it on par with Final Fantasy 7...actually probably better than, truth be told. I never played the original, but I do like this version and would love to see other older ones get the same treatment.

 

[AntiLeaf33]

I just managed to beat Scott Pilgrim last night. I kept getting killed by the second, very cheap, form of the final boss. I spent about an hour leveling up my characters stats, and then the final level was significantly easier.

 

[Angle-plex]

Been playing Dead Space. Never played it before, but seems pretty sweet so far.

 

[AnonymousBroccoli]

I beat inFamous last week on a Heroic run. Now I'm doing Evil on Hard. It's not an excellent game, but it is pretty neat.

Today I played the first level, and a few minutes of the second in Kane & Lynch 2. That was more than enough of that game.

 

[DrVenkman PhD]

All the LTTP music cues in Scott Pilgrim got me playing that game again. Also, Scott Pilgrim. Love the Mario 2 character select screen. I imagine this game would be more fun as a multi-player title.

 

[AntiLeaf33]

Rented Split/Second yesterday. Pretty decent racer with a few different game modes, but not a hell of a lot of tracks. Pretty good so far, but a week rental seems like plenty of time to enjoy it.

 

[bps21]

I've been going nutty on Xbox Live arcade games. I beat Limbo and got every achievement but the die 5 times or less...which I don't think I'll be going after any time soon. Monday Night Combat is awesome. The Tomb Raider game is pretty fun. I got addicted to Hydro Thunder for a while because the multiplayer is really fun. Shank is also good. And I barely got to start Scott Pilgrim.

 

[bps21]

Continuing on my Live Arcade theme...I played and beat the Dead Rising Case 0 game today. It's basically paying 5 dollars for a demo...but it was fun and I'm an achievement whore...so I was happy. I'm surprised more companies haven't tried this. Especially since so many arcade games are coming in at 10-15 dollars nowadays.

There are a slew more games coming in future weeks that I'm interested in: The Deathspank sequel (already...), Plants vs. Zombies, Sonic Adventure!!!, Comic Jumper, Super Meat Boy and Pinball FX 2 (although the way they're doing it is weird).

Seeing as I've hit a lull in full game titles since Alan Wake/Red Dead Redempion Live Arcade picked the right time to turn into a haven for some good shit.

Although the retail drought is about to end with NHL 11, Halo Reach, Dead Rising 2, Rock Band 3, Fallout New Vegas and Fable 3 all out by the end of October.

Also the games that I'll gamefly but won't buy like Smackdown vs. Raw, Force Unleashed 2, EA Sports MMA, Spiderman Shattered Dimensions among others I've probably forgotten already.

Tis that season again...

 

[DrVenkman PhD]

I would be happier if it was Sonic Adventure and not SAX. I know nothing of the latter except comments on wikipedia about it having worse scores than the non-director's cut for control issues.

Also it needs the language option. I loved playing SA with Japanese voices and sub-titled.

I'll buy it anyway.

Oh and I pulled the Master Sword out the other day! Always epic times, I love seeing those pendants fly up in the air while the heroic music plays. Then I used it to take down Wizard Whose Name I Can't Spell and got sent off to the Dark World.

 

[Smues]

I didn't notice anything in SAX that was worse than in the original Dreamcast one, and DX actually gives you a reason to collect all 130 emblems so you can play as Metal Sonic.

I'm hoping it'll be a straight port of DX with no bug fixes, as there were some bugs to get into levels with characters you otherwise couldn't (like playing through the first level with Tails)

 

[DrVenkman PhD]

The game was released as an enhanced port of the original Sonic Adventure for the Dreamcast, with several additional features added. The Windows version was at first released only in Japan and Europe, but later saw a limited North American release. Sonic Adventure DX includes a Mission Mode, which included 60 missions to complete throughout the adventure fields and action stages. It also contains a minigame collection, which comprises twelve Game Gear games featuring Sonic and friends. Also, if all Emblems are collected, then the player can play as Metal Sonic. Also, Cream the Rabbit makes a cameo appearance in certain parts of the game.

Reviews were generally less positive than those of its Sega Dreamcast predecessor, scoring more than 20% lower than the original release

Not sure where I got control issues out of that blurb, unless I actually went and skimmed a review.

Moving on...

On June 10, 2010, Sega officially announced both Sonic Adventure and Crazy Taxi would be released on Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network in Fall 2010, as the first in a series of Dreamcast titles to be released as digital downloads. Additional features will include enhanced graphics, surround sound, online leaderboards and achievement/trophy support

I'm down with a Crazy Taxi XBLA game, but worried my favourite part would be missing (Pizza Hut and KFC sponsorship).

 

[bps21]

They will be missing. As will the liscenced soundtrack.

 

[DrVenkman PhD]

Oh yeah I liked that too. I suppose I could just hook up my Dreamcast, but that's not made for HDTVs and lacks achievment points.

 

[Smues]

Oh fuck their cheap asses if they don't pay for the sound track. It's five fucking songs. Six I think with the ending credits. I'm not a fan of any of the songs, but damnit those are the ones I'm used to looping endlessly. I may have to pass on this...DAMNIT. Was excited for that one too.

 

[bps21]

I do not like The Offspring and they will not be missed in my game.

 

[Smues]

Don't get me wrong I'm no fan of them either, but it's just not the original Crazi Taxi if the game doesn't start with me being assaulted with YAH YAH YAH YAH YAH

Edit: If they let you use your own music off the hard drive then I might still buy it. Cabbing around to 'I want to be a Hulkamaniac' sounds fun.

 

[DrVenkman PhD]

Custom Soundtrack Crazy Taxi could be fun.