What have you been playing today REDUX

[El Psycho Diablo]

I've been playing Fallout 3, and am attempting to build the "perfect" character, which will have maxxed out skills and stats at the end. Stats won't be a porblem, since I just have to avoid grabbing the bobbleheads until level 30, but the skills might take some work. I'm imagine it's going to take a lot of skill book hunting, which will be annoying. Plus I had to jack up my INT to get as many skill points as possible per level, which took away from my endurance and strength. It's kinda tough going right now (level 7).

Going to take that "almost perfect" perk? That's a long way to wait.

What I do is stick 9 INT right from the beginning, and the other point into Agility. There are so many useless perks, like the "+5 to x and y ability" in the early levels that you can get a lot of points in from Intense Training. Don't forget, you can get another +1 STR or PER from Ant Might or Ant Sight in the Those! quest.

Also, make sure you net both Educated (+3 skill points/level) and Comprehension (book points doubled) when they pop up. I settle for maxing most stats at 75 manually - bobbleheads and books can easily make up the difference on most skills. I also went through Operation: Anchorage right at the start. With a SG of around 70% at level 3/4, it's easy going, will net you enough XP to get you to about level 8, and the best armor in the game.

Actually, with INT 9, the easy-to-reach bobble to hit 10, and Educated, you can get 23 points/level, which is way more than enough to maximize all stats before level 30.

 

[Matt Young]

SPLOSION MAN (think Trojan commercials for the proper way to say it) is pretty awesome, yet sadistically difficult at times. Multiplayer lagged when we had more than 2 people, but one friend I was playing with always has a shitty connection. But buy the game, people. It's even better than Twisted Pixel's previous effort, The Maw.

 

[fazzle]

Yes. Splosion Man is fucking amazing. It starts out really damn simplistic, but very quickly turns into a more accessable version of N+

Meaning it's still got some nice tricks to it, but it doesn't make you want to stab your balls with a rusty fork every 17 seconds.

 

[Matt Young]

Let's play some multiplayer soon, Fazzle. I'm only up to level 1-12 in multi, I think.

 

[ericmm]

Persona 4.

I'm having a cow in that I'm assuming I'm going to max out MAYBE half the social links.

I'm just going to have to play through it again, since it allows you to import your Courage, Diligence, Understanding, Knowledge, and Expression.

I also didn't realize you could go out and FIND friends on Sundays. The rainy days really, really fucked with my social life.

Ugh.

 

[KingPK]

Skate 2 and Stoked (a snowboarding game) arrived today fron GameFly.

They are both going back tomorrow. A couple of frustrating pieces of shit (especially Stoked). Who the fuck thought the default camera for Skate was a good idea? It's almost impossible to judge jumps onto rails that are more than knee-high.

 

[AndrewTS]

Played through Rygar on the PS2. It's pretty much like God of War, but God of War actually ripped it off 6 ways to Sunday. Short, fun little action game was well worth the 5 bucks I picked it up for. The decision to re-release it on Wii was kind of puzzling, but it's still good fun.

Rygar: The Legendary Adventure Playstation 2

 

[Jaxxxson Mayhem]

Guitar Hero: World Tour

 

[tonyjaymz03]

I created a shitty expansion team in Madden 09, and have been working my way through that on all-madden. So far, 3 seasons in, i have gone 2-14, 5-11, and 5-10-1...yeah, I pulled a Eagles/Bengals and got a tie...

My drafts have all been pretty good/ The first draft I used my number 2 pick(yeah, 2-14 got me the 2nd overall pick...the Lions were worst) on a DT to anchor my 3-4 defense, passing over a QB/HB since Andre Woodson and Ryan Torrain have developed into solid players. I was also able to pick up a FS in the 2nd round, a SS in the 4th, a G in the 5th, and a TE in the 7th. All those players are starters now, with the TE at 90 overall rating in his 3rd year(and I've got him locked up for 3 more years, getting paid under a million each year).

I've tried to stay away from free agency, and when I do its usually on young players who have upside in my eyes. Tavares Gooden has developed into a quality starting MLB, and I already mentioned Woodson and Torrain. I also brought in Ahman Green(who got injured and retired after one season), Bryant Young, Andra Davis, and Dwight Smith to add some veterans to my young team. Bryant Young, in particular, has played beyond expectations, making the pro bowl in that shitty first season I had. I also signed Adam Jones to a 3 year deal, but traded him after one. he was playing to his contract, and I had young CBs who were improving and playing far better than he could.

I haven't made any huge signings, but i did target Johnathan Vilma, who decided my 7 year contract that would have paid him 60 million wasn't good enough. Matt Birk and Richard Seymour both signed with me, though I doubt I'll resign either after their 4 year contracts are up.

Sorry for the long post but figured someone(maybe?) would be interested

 

[Black Lushus]

I don't know how Skate 2 is, but I picked up Skate It for the Wii recently for like 20 bucks and it's pretty fun.

 

[Obi Chris Kenobi]

I created a shitty expansion team in Madden 09, and have been working my way through that on all-madden. So far, 3 seasons in, i have gone 2-14, 5-11, and 5-10-1...yeah, I pulled a Eagles/Bengals and got a tie...

My drafts have all been pretty good/ The first draft I used my number 2 pick(yeah, 2-14 got me the 2nd overall pick...the Lions were worst) on a DT to anchor my 3-4 defense, passing over a QB/HB since Andre Woodson and Ryan Torrain have developed into solid players. I was also able to pick up a FS in the 2nd round, a SS in the 4th, a G in the 5th, and a TE in the 7th. All those players are starters now, with the TE at 90 overall rating in his 3rd year(and I've got him locked up for 3 more years, getting paid under a million each year).

I've tried to stay away from free agency, and when I do its usually on young players who have upside in my eyes. Tavares Gooden has developed into a quality starting MLB, and I already mentioned Woodson and Torrain. I also brought in Ahman Green(who got injured and retired after one season), Bryant Young, Andra Davis, and Dwight Smith to add some veterans to my young team. Bryant Young, in particular, has played beyond expectations, making the pro bowl in that shitty first season I had. I also signed Adam Jones to a 3 year deal, but traded him after one. he was playing to his contract, and I had young CBs who were improving and playing far better than he could.

I haven't made any huge signings, but i did target Johnathan Vilma, who decided my 7 year contract that would have paid him 60 million wasn't good enough. Matt Birk and Richard Seymour both signed with me, though I doubt I'll resign either after their 4 year contracts are up.

Sorry for the long post but figured someone(maybe?) would be interested

That's some good going has got me in the mood for Madden10. Recently tried to do a fantasy draft league, but just couldn't get into it.

 

[tonyjaymz03]

I created a shitty expansion team in Madden 09, and have been working my way through that on all-madden. So far, 3 seasons in, i have gone 2-14, 5-11, and 5-10-1...yeah, I pulled a Eagles/Bengals and got a tie...

My drafts have all been pretty good/ The first draft I used my number 2 pick(yeah, 2-14 got me the 2nd overall pick...the Lions were worst) on a DT to anchor my 3-4 defense, passing over a QB/HB since Andre Woodson and Ryan Torrain have developed into solid players. I was also able to pick up a FS in the 2nd round, a SS in the 4th, a G in the 5th, and a TE in the 7th. All those players are starters now, with the TE at 90 overall rating in his 3rd year(and I've got him locked up for 3 more years, getting paid under a million each year).

I've tried to stay away from free agency, and when I do its usually on young players who have upside in my eyes. Tavares Gooden has developed into a quality starting MLB, and I already mentioned Woodson and Torrain. I also brought in Ahman Green(who got injured and retired after one season), Bryant Young, Andra Davis, and Dwight Smith to add some veterans to my young team. Bryant Young, in particular, has played beyond expectations, making the pro bowl in that shitty first season I had. I also signed Adam Jones to a 3 year deal, but traded him after one. he was playing to his contract, and I had young CBs who were improving and playing far better than he could.

I haven't made any huge signings, but i did target Johnathan Vilma, who decided my 7 year contract that would have paid him 60 million wasn't good enough. Matt Birk and Richard Seymour both signed with me, though I doubt I'll resign either after their 4 year contracts are up.

Sorry for the long post but figured someone(maybe?) would be interested

That's some good going has got me in the mood for Madden10. Recently tried to do a fantasy draft league, but just couldn't get into it.

I'm excited for Madden '10. I just hope they've improved how the computer drafts, and drafting in general.

 

[Obi Chris Kenobi]

Thats what put me off playing the fantasy draft, they always draft the same players in the same order minus the ones you've drafted of course. So its the same experience everytime almost.

 

[tonyjaymz03]

Thats what put me off playing the fantasy draft, they always draft the same players in the same order minus the ones you've drafted of course. So its the same experience everytime almost.

yeah at this point the most fun for me comes from making a new team, and try and take this "expansion" team to become a legit contender. It actually gives me quite a challenge, and I'm stoked to try it out in Madden 10(After I take the Ravens to the super bowl, of course)

If you do it, let me know how your expansion team went, OCK

 

[Matt Young]

Supposedly, the draft in Madden '10 is much more realistic and will also feature multiple teams moving up and down.

 

[Obi Chris Kenobi]

Made an expansion team, not very creative with the name...

Springfield Atoms!

 

[AndrewTS]

I'm playing the Jean Renonimusha game!

Good stuff. Whipping/tossing/shooting baddies is a blast.

 

[KingPK]

My next GameFly arrival was Too Human. Talk about fucking up a pretty good idea. It seems to be a mixture of Halo, God of War and Mass Effect and it does almost nothing right. The only good part is the RPG elements where you collect weapons and armor with stupid names (shit like "Shoulder Pads of Rightful Graciousness") and equip them with runes to boost your stats. It's all downhill from there.

I have NO fucking idea what the story is about. Honestly, I am completely lost of what the overall plot is. Everyone has names from Greek mythology (Thor, Loki) but it's in THE FUTURE~! and you have to avenge your wife and......I don't know.

The combat COULD have been fun, and is in some spurts, but the controls are so sloppy that if you are surrounded by enemies once you either are able to hack and slash them all up (which is cool) or get fucked and die (which is bad, doubly so because of THE MOST UNNECESSARY DEATH SEQUENCE IN GAMING HISTORY. Basically, a Valkyrie floats down, gathers your character and floats back up. This takes like 30-45 seconds and you can't skip it. Now imagine having to watch this 5 times in a row because you keep dying in a tough room).

The camera sucks and you have no control over it other than pressing a button that snaps it to right behind your character, which usually means you end up facing the wrong way and have to waste time turning your ass back around.

The worst thing though, is that this game is fucking repetitive like nothing else. Basically you just waggle the right stick around to attack with really no strategy, rhyme or reason to anything. Toss in fighting the same enemies over and over and I've just about quit playing it midway through the second chapter.

I also got Project Gotham Racing 4, which is a MUCH better game.

 

[Smues]

I blew through Too Human in about a day, and yeah I wanted to say it was fun or ok, but it pretty much sucks. The combat becomes SO repetitive that it's dull enough to put you to sleep. Agreed on the camera, and while I kind of understood the story, that doesn't mean it doesn't suck. I made it through all four chapters...and had I not seen from the achievements listing that it only had four, I would have thought I was half way through or less. Seriously the game just ends with NO resolution in the story at all. I mean they don't even come to a good stopping point. It's like they had the script, and just flipped to a random page mid way through and drew a line and said 'Ok we'll stop the game here so we can split it into two and make more money.' It's bad enough that had I liked the game, I'd have likely avoided the inevitable sequel out of spite.

Oh and that gear you said was a good RPG element, I'd agree if every piece of armor was obsoleted by a newer and shinier piece every five minutes.

 

[Agent_Bond34]

I rented Red Faction and have had a good time with it. I love being able to blow shit up and destroy just about anything in my path.

I've also been playing NBA 2K9 and NCAA Football 2010.

 

[FLAM]

I have a day off today and I'm sore as hell, so I plan on doing nothing but play my PS3.
I'm trying to reach level 10 in Blazblue online. Haven't played it too much since I've had it but it's such an awesome fighting game.
I also want to advance as much as I can in Bionic Commando. It's a shame the game didn't do so well, I'm enjoying it a good amount.
And I'll probably play some online Red Faction. That stuff so much fun.

 

[TheSSNintendo]

Ken Griffey Jr.'s Winning Run on the SNES; Final Fantasy IV: The After Years on the Wii.

 

[luke-o]

Showing my cousin's kids the wonder of retro gaming.

Mega Man 2
Super Street Fighter 2
Sin & Punishment
Mario Bros. 3

And then Mario Galaxy when they complained the graphics were "rubbish".

 

[El Psycho Diablo]

I also got Project Gotham Racing 4, which is a MUCH better game.

Honestly, I just wasn't able to get into PGR4. The motorcycles really fuck up the sense of balance, and some of the events were changed and went from challenging to annoying. I love PGR3, though.

 

[Mattdotcom]

Ken Griffey Jr.'s Winning Run on the SNES

Man alive do I love the Ken Griffey Jr. SNES games.

Last night I downloaded Earthworm Jim via the Virtual Console. Holy shit am I ever regretting that. This is the game that should be attacked when people say that graphics outweighed game play in the nineties, not Donkey Kong Country. I understand the characters were hand drawn and scanned into a computer so that the sprites would be detailed. Well Doug TenNapel, while you guys were busy making a ZANY GAME~! you forgot to draw pictures of your main character shooting after jumping. I really doubt this was tested much before release. I was watching the attract mode level demos, and the computer can't even handle some of this stuff. It literally died demoing a level, triggering the death screen and restarted the level. Then it tried running the wrong way and firing in circles wildly.

 

[MFer]

I've been playing Ken Griffey Jr's Slugfest on the N64 lately. While I'm at it, maybe I should try and beat Ocarina of Time. For some reason, I just never had enough interest to get too far in that game (I guess it's because those types of games didn't appeal to me as a kid).

 

[KanadianKrusty]

Looots of gaming time when recovering from surgery:

-King's Bounty The Legend: I love Heroes of Might & Magic so this sucked me in big time.
-Diablo II
-Il2 Sturmovik: this never gets old, especially the 40 people online games.
-Civ4: HITLER MOD

Also borrowed my buddy's XBox 360:
-PGR3: Tremendous arcade racer, are there any others like it on the 360? I guess GriD looks pretty good.
-Dead Space: Not into survival horror but pretty good for what it is I guess
-Bioshock: I know I need to play this some more, but as a lifelong PC gamer I just can't get into the console-FPS control scheme, it doesn't fucking work.

 

[AntiLeaf33]

Rented Killzone 2 and enjoyed it. Graphics are amazing, but its kind of hard to justify paying $60 to buy the game considering the single player campaign is so damn short. Sure the multiplayer is pretty awesome, but whats wrong with having a good single player campaign lately?

 

[luke-o]

Alien3 Mega Drive Style.

 

[KingPK]

Latest from GameFly:

Virtua Tennis 2009: Simple but fun gameplay with some entertaining mini games and a pretty good online mode. The career mode sucks a big one though because it is so slow and tedious to climb up the rankings while playing rock stupid AI opponents. You start at #100 and go up a whopping TWO SPOTS with every tournament you win, regardless if you beat someone of a much higher rank (and this is only in the first Amateur class). Plus, supposedly there is very little difference between this and last year's game.

Lost: Via Domus: Basically you play a character that's shoehorned into the LOST world who has a story you don't care about and "gameplay" that will put you to sleep. I liked 24: The Game a hell of a lot more than this.