So, what're you playing?

[Rasix]

Playing Dead Space 3 courtesy of Simcity fuckup. I know it gets worse, but having just gotten to the spaceship graveyard, the game is pretty awesome. The tone and atmosphere is what Mass Effect 3 should've been.

wat

[jakonovski]

I thought the portrayal of Reaper invasion of the galaxy was the weakest thing in ME3. Utterly unconvincing. I was bummed out way before the end.

[murdoc]

Dark Souls just went on steam sale for $20.

What was the final verdict on that game anyway? As good as Demon's? I've been playing it but the Bell Gargoyle fight is starting to make me feel silly. Are the classes balanced? I expect I just still suck.

I found that classes don't mean much other than what your starting stats are going to be and whether you get the Master Key for free or not. It's funny how many people I talk to that have played it and how much they struggle with different parts. For me, the Bell Gargoyle was a fight I won on the second try. I died repeatedly to most of the mini bosses and I never want to mention the Capra Demon again.

I love 'Dark Souls' but be warned, if you get it for PC you need to get DSFIX and if you aren't going to use a controller (use a controller) you need the DS Mousefix

But seriously, just use a controller.

[Rasix]

I thought the portrayal of Reaper invasion of the galaxy was the weakest thing in ME3. Utterly unconvincing. I was bummed out way before the end.

Not knowing really much about Dead Space 3 other than I assume it has necromorphs, you're still confusing the shit out of me.

[jakonovski]

I thought the portrayal of Reaper invasion of the galaxy was the weakest thing in ME3. Utterly unconvincing. I was bummed out way before the end.

Not knowing really much about Dead Space 3 other than I assume it has necromorphs, you're still confusing the shit out of me.

DS3 is not at all like its predecessors. So far it's best described as apocalyptic scifi action.

[Yegolev]

About Dark Souls, they aren't classes so much as starting gear and stat packs.  I started pyro so that I could get the Black Knight Sword in Undead Burg, but at SL79 I am mostly Str/End and wearing heavy armor/greatshield/Black Knight Sword.  I just use pyro for cases where the sword isn't optimal, such as invasion and certain jerkface enemies.  I could have spent levels on Int for sorcery if I had wanted to, or bumped Dex (more) if I wanted to use something silly like a Painting Guardian Sword.

I have considered going back to Demon's in order to determine if I like it more or less, but I really couldn't remember where I was or how to play my sorcerer/scimitar girl, so I'll save that for later.  So, not sure.  I think I like the Demon's UI better.  Also, the prison area is terrific, haven't found anyplace like it in Dark.

[Rasix]

My DF attempts with evil surroundings have been meeting early endings.  This is new to me, I'm usually pretty decent at surviving. 

This latest one went south when Trippy died and turned into a zombie after dealing with a flock of undead ravens and eagles (which I've read reanimate unless you butcher them  ).  Trippy then proceeded to terrorize the entire camp.  I had Yoru attempt to pacify him, but he got turned into a zombie as well.  Then both of them killed me.  Jerks.

New fortress time.   

Still playing Xenoblade.  I have no idea why I'm trying to 100% every area I visit.  It's a bit OCDish.

[Sky]

Aaaand back to minecraft.

[Yoru]

This latest one went south when Trippy died and turned into a zombie after dealing with a flock of undead ravens and eagles (which I've read reanimate unless you butcher them  ).  Trippy then proceeded to terrorize the entire camp.  I had Yoru attempt to pacify him, but he got turned into a zombie as well.  Then both of them killed me.  Jerks.

Wear a gorget next time.

[Trippy]

My DF attempts with evil surroundings have been meeting early endings.  This is new to me, I'm usually pretty decent at surviving. 

This latest one went south when Trippy died and turned into a zombie after dealing with a flock of undead ravens and eagles (which I've read reanimate unless you butcher them  ).  Trippy then proceeded to terrorize the entire camp.  I had Yoru attempt to pacify him, but he got turned into a zombie as well.  Then both of them killed me.  Jerks.

New fortress time.   

Go me!

[Soulflame]

Wear a gorget next time.

AHHH UO BLACKSMITHING FLASHBACKS AHHHHHHH!

[jakonovski]

Oh boy, the suck started on DS3. If you play on hard, the difficulty is based on using microtransactions. If you don't shell out some $$$ you'll be stuck with only one viable weapon because you don't get enough crafting mats.

edit: also, gun barrels have a habit of clipping through enemies, which naturally means you miss.

[kildorn]

DS3's crafting mats are just silly in the sense that you never have enough in the early game, followed by having way too many about halfway through. Same thing with ammo. First bit you're struggling and cursing every miss. Second bit you've gone full rambo.

[Rendakor]

Picked up Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate for the 3DS; unfortunately it's pretty shitty to play on the 3DS XL. You can only control the camera via touch-screen (or re-center it on your character with the L button) so I had to get my original 3DS back out for the Circle Pad. Other than that, it's a fantastic game; my only other complaint is that I wish I knew which items were safe to vendor.

[Cyrrex]

I am thinking of picking up Walking Dead on steam (not the new one called Survival Instinct, which supposedly is terrible).  I just got up to speed watching the TV show, which I fucking love, I really, really need to go slaughter some undeads.  Is there any compelling reason I should not buy this game?  And while I'm at it, any reason to pick it up on 360 or Ps3 instead?

More importantly, if I do buy it for the 25 Euro or whatever, can I safely assume that it includes all 5 episodes?  It seems rather unclear.

[luckton]

I am thinking of picking up Walking Dead on steam (not the new one called Survival Instinct, which supposedly is terrible).  I just got up to speed watching the TV show, which I fucking love, I really, really need to go slaughter some undeads.  Is there any compelling reason I should not buy this game?  And while I'm at it, any reason to pick it up on 360 or Ps3 instead?

More importantly, if I do buy it for the 25 Euro or whatever, can I safely assume that it includes all 5 episodes?  It seems rather unclear.

If you enjoyed the Walking Dead series, you owe it to yourself to get the Telltale game.  I came about this close to crying at certain points.  Well done game.

[tgr]

It does include all 5 episodes, yes. As for slaughtering zombies, I wouldn't expect too much of that in this game, as it's more an adventure game.

[Cyrrex]

Thanks for the info.  I didn't mean slaughter zombies in the Dead Rising sense.  I am aware that this isn't that sort of game.

I think I will go for the PC edition via Steam.

[trias_e]

If you like the TV show, be careful, because after playing the game you may not be able to go back to it.  I only watch the show for comedy at this point.

But yes, the game is just that good, as long as you are ok with it being pretty light on the 'game' aspect of game.

[jakonovski]

Just finished the main campaign of Sleeping Dogs, clocking in at 27 hours. GOTY 2012 as far as I'm concerned. Next up is the DLC, which will probably take about 10 more hours. So much value for money!

 

[Fabricated]

Sleeping Dogs legit surprised me with how great it was.

[Trippy]

Picked up Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate for the 3DS; unfortunately it's pretty shitty to play on the 3DS XL. You can only control the camera via touch-screen (or re-center it on your character with the L button) so I had to get my original 3DS back out for the Circle Pad. Other than that, it's a fantastic game; my only other complaint is that I wish I knew which items were safe to vendor.

Nintendo of America are a bunch of fucking imbeciles for not releasing the Circle Pad Pro in the US but you can get the Japanese LL version which works fine with the XL (it even says LL/XL on the packaging).

[Hawkbit]

Just picked up Luigi's Mansion and my kid stole it away.  She's been up there for 90 minutes without a sound, so I'm guessing it's good.

[jakonovski]

Continued my DS3 misadventures. Entered a section with bad armament, wound up erasing almost an hour of gameplay trying to find an earlier save point. There's a weird "load latest uninterrupted part" option, which loads up a random part of the game and then the autosave overwrites your progress. Clownshoes.

 

[Hawkbit]

Nice!  Registered Luigi's Mansion at CN and got a free download of the newest Professor Layton for free.  I also could have picked from Starfox and the Super Mario Land 3d, but the Layton game will be a good fit too.  Especially for free.

[Fabricated]

Picked up Baldur's Gate Special Edition for $10 since it was on sale, started remembering why I liked BG2 a lot better: fresh characters in D&D 2.0 are balls.

Me and Imogen got slaughtered by a single dire wolf.

[Morat20]

Oh yeah. :) Starting of in BG's is....well, not gonna call it "fun". It's ball kicky for sure.

Of course, if you're a ranger, and you get a ranger, and you equip Whiny McBitchface with a bow, and your mages have slings....it's like "shoot, dead, shoot, dead, shoot dead" for a good chunk of the game.

Two rangers and two slingers shooting at those dog-faced things? The sword guys never even get a chance to get close.

[Paelos]

I've started playing a single player mod for Mount and Blade Warband called Light and Darkness. It's very good. The guy did a story, quests, cutscenes, music, added some gambling games, put in some nice HUD stuff, etc.

Also as a plus he's had to convert the whole thing from an asian language format, so the Engrish has its moments of unintentional comedy in the actual storyline.

[Bzalthek]

I created an account for M:TGO and picked up a couple boosters.  I'm horribly out of date with the changes (I quit way back when Urza's Saga was released (98-99 ish?) so there's all kinds of shit I need to learn.  It's pretty spiffy and nostalgic, even though I only lose! 

[rk47]

Enjoying my CK2 campaign so far.
Khans arrived as I finished tidying up Jerusalem.

[Llyse]

Enjoying my CK2 campaign so far.
Khans arrived as I finished tidying up Jerusalem.

Blood Bowl, MWO, TSW

[rk47]

I knew being a lunatic is worth it. 

[Ruvaldt]

Blood Bowl and Persona 4 Golden.

This is my first time playing Persona 4, and it's absolutely fantastic.  I'm a little sad I waited so long, but then again, the Vita seems to be the definitive version.  I don't see myself playing anything else for quite a while.

[Yegolev]

Started Risen.

[Ingmar]

Started Risen.

Ugh.