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Topic: So, what're you playing? (Read 2173400 times)
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Velorath
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Beat FF13 and really kinda wish I hadn't. Really disappointed. That game goes down the crapper really fast starting around chapter 10, and it never comes out.
I agree somewhat. I enjoy the streamlined gameplay stuff, but the thing they really needed to streamline was the story. It's 40-50 hours of characters having doubts followed by motivational speeches and renewing their pledges to protect Cacoon.
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trias_e
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Miles Edgeworth: Investigations. Squee. Bwahaha.
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Ingmar
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I told you!
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The Transcendent One: AH... THE ROGUE CONSTRUCT. Nordom: Sense of closure: imminent.
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trias_e
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It is certainly a lot of fun. But I do miss the courtroom scenes quite a bit....They gave variety, helped pacing, and were a nice reward for getting through the investigatory parts. That said, I still love the game. And Miles is, of course, a badass. Edgy, but certainly worthy of being the protagonist...
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Yegolev
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Took a short break from FFXIII to try our Resonance of Fate. I squeed. When I put FFXIII to bed, I'll be able to put RoF into the rotation with Shadowhearts 2 and WKC.
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Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question. They called it The Prayer, its answer was law Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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Signe
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I didn't get FFXIII but got Resonance of Fate because of you guys. If it sucks, I'll just whinge, moan and complain. Incidentally, the girl at the game shop is stuck in level 10 of FFXIII and seems very frustrated with it. I want to get Borderlands, too, but should I just get it for the PC? There's some kind of pack for the PC and not the consoles, right? Also, is anyone playing Little Big Planet? We can share!
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Lantyssa
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I'd think Borderlands is better for the PC. I barely have the coordination for that. I can't imagine trying to play it on a console.
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Hahahaha! I'm really good at this!
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Musashi
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Borderlands had pretty bad consolitis when it came out on PC. I think they've patched it to the point where it's tolerable consolitis. It's still an FPS, and so your best bet is PC. When I got it, a few of my friends and I pitched in for the four pack on Steam. I don't know if that's the deal you're talking about.
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Azazel
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Boderlands is actually quite playable on the consoles. Of course, it's a FPS, so unless you have specific reason to want to play it on console you're better off with PC. They just released a retail disc for console (not sure about PC) which has the first two DLC episodes on it.
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rrazcueta
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I have both the PC and PS3 versions of Borderlands. The console version of Borderlands has couch co-op. Also, it is retardedly easy with mouse/keyboard.
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WindupAtheist
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So what's the score with FF13? I heard they just threw in the towel, stripped out the last RPG bits, and made it literally a linear succession of cutscenes and battles.
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Rasix
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So what's the score with FF13? I heard they just threw in the towel, stripped out the last RPG bits, and made it literally a linear succession of cutscenes and battles.
It's a linear JRPG stripped down to it's bare essentials. It opens up for a bit in chapter 11, but after that returns to it's formula. There's character progression, roles, loot, vendors (well more of an abstraction). No towns, no real exploring except for 11 (which you can return to post finish), and the level design is fairly uninspired. The production values are like nothing that's been seen so far in a JRPG, and the story (while shitty and poorly explained) is driven well at the obvious expense of the other aspects. It's an also-ran FF in my opinion, sitting well below 6 and 4, while keeping pace with 10, 12, and 7. If you're actually interested and not just drive-by trolling, read the threads here. I'm guessing you don't give a shit about spoilers. The gamespot video review is fair and well done. Vanille is as annoying as they emphasize (Snow and Hope are MUCH worse). Heh, didn't know you even owned a 360/PS3 or cared about JRPGs
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Velorath
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So what's the score with FF13? I heard they just threw in the towel, stripped out the last RPG bits, and made it literally a linear succession of cutscenes and battles.
There's still a lot of RPG'ish elements to it. Weapon and accessory upgrading is so complicated you'll need a guide for anything beyond the basics. The linearity of the areas reminds me somewhat of FFX (although it's been so long since I played that one that I could be misremembering how linear it was). I like the combat system, but like with a lot of RPG's I find that each section lasts too long and overstays its welcome. Way too much filler in both the areas and the cutscenes. It feels like they tried to stretch a 20 hour game max into 50 hours. To be fair Dragon Age felt like that in spots also, but at least it didn't have annoying characters like Hope (who at least becomes somewhat better later on) and Vanille (who remains absolute shit throughout). The guy with the Chocobo in his afro is one of the more interesting characters, but maybe a little over halfway through the story he's pretty much relegated to a line or two in each of the group cutscenes. So the verdict for me is that the game is still very much an RPG. It's just a very poorly written one that has a hard time recovering from that fact that they actively try to get you to dislike the characters through much of the game.
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WindupAtheist
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Heh, didn't know you even owned a 360/PS3 or cared about JRPGs I haven't really cared about JRPG since the SNES era, or rather the early PS1 era when FF7 pretty much singlehandedly turned me off the genre. If it weren't for my kid brother, the 360 would see zero use. Except for the occasional MMO and a handful of ancient and/or obscure single-player PC games, I don't really play that much anymore. Well, I don't play that many titles. Most of the stuff I like is timesinky enough that I'm usually playing something. I'm basically completely lame. /ramble
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"You're just a dick who quotes himself in his sig." -- Schild "Yeah, it's pretty awesome." -- Me
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wardeworth
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I am currently playing with my XBOX and i love it. I love to play action game, i am playing Mass Effect 2- it is the highly anticipated sequel to Mass Effect. It is most amazing an action role-playing game i had ever played. The most favorite thing of this game is In Mass Effect 2 the player has the opportunity to build a team of twelve at any one time.
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WindupAtheist
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What do we have here? So far this guy has spammed about how swell Bioware, Apple, and Dell products are. Obviously none of those companies resort to these sort of shenanigans, so I can only assume he's "blending in" prior to mixing in his real shill.
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"You're just a dick who quotes himself in his sig." -- Schild "Yeah, it's pretty awesome." -- Me
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Yegolev
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Anyway... Resonance of Fate FFXIII DCSS Also... WKC LotRO
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Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question. They called it The Prayer, its answer was law Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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Paelos
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I just bought Mount & Blade: Warband after kicking the tires on the demo. I've tried 5 different character builds, and I'm having the most success with high INT, medium CHA character that uses sword and board. I'm up to 60 soldiers, have my own village, and captured 3 lords for ransom.
Next move, political shakeups. Fiefs are no longer randomly assigned. You can perform missions within the ranks of the lords to gain favor, spit in the face of other lords to force duals with them that will lower their favor with the king, or you can try to romance daughters within the kingdom to solidify alliances with other lords.
Romance is pretty silly though. It mostly involves buying poems and saying them to the chick of your choice. Her favor goes up if her personality is in line with the type of poem that you learn. It's simple, but less annoying than dancing your way to marriage in Pirates!
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CPA, CFO, Sports Fan, Game when I have the time
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Sky
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I am currently playing with my PC and i love it. I love to play strategy game, i am playing Fall from Heaven 2- it is the highly anticipated sequel to Fall from Heaven. It is most amazing an fantasy strategy game i had ever played. The most favorite thing of this game is In Fall from Heaven 2 the player has the opportunity to build a empire of the world at any one time.
I love the new "So, what're you playing?" format.
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WayAbvPar
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It's simple, but less annoying than dancing your way to marriage in Pirates! Quite a short list of items less annoying than that. It reads EVERYYTHING EVER CREATED FOR ALL TIME /end of list I may have to check out Warbands. Does having an copy of the older version of M&B give any discounts?
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Righ
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Teaching the world Google-fu one broken dream at a time.
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We finally got in with last decade's game hardware and got a PS3. Picked up Resonance of Fate and a bunch of pre-owned games - Dragon Age Origins, Gran Turismo 5 Prologue, Little Big Planet, Oblivion GOTY Edition (because it was mistakenly priced like the standard edition).
I have mostly been playing GT5P so far.
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Tebonas
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Still dabbling in Mount and Blade: Warband, but the economy being kind of wack, it feels like a day job maintaining the garrisons for your castles.
Playing the shit out of Orbis right now (the Fall From Heaven Modmod), and some Episodes from Liberty City.
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jakonovski
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I'm thinking of going on a Splinter Cell marathon. I have the second game stashed somewhere, never installed, and the rest are available on Steam. Is this a bad idea?
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trias_e
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The new Sam and Max is excellent. The end of season 2 was probably the peak of Telltale's catalog (including ToMI), but this seems to pick up right where they left off in terms of quality. Plus it's called The Penal Zone. And they haven't even made a joke about that 3 hours into the game...which makes it even better.
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Samwise
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I'll be playing that one soon, I think. Normally I'd wait until it was on sale, but I wanted this fucking hat so bad.
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"I have not actually recommended many games, and I'll go on the record here saying my track record is probably best in the industry." - schild
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Ingmar
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Sam & Max 301 completed, much . The songs on the jukebox were .
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The Transcendent One: AH... THE ROGUE CONSTRUCT. Nordom: Sense of closure: imminent.
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Azazel
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Usual unexciting shit for me this weekend. Running around in Saboteur Free Range missions blowing up random watchtowers and searchlights and shit while watching the commentary tracks to Life On Mars. A bit of grinding in LotRO to get my Hunter (and my wife's Minstrel) up to 35 so I could get a mount, then lucked out and won the Spring one in the mail.
Also played a round of Scene It! and about an hour(?) of Wii Music. At least I can write the latter down as Personal Development.
Meh, feels like a wasted weekend. Didn't watch any DVDs, barely did any painting, still haven't finished Saboteur which would allow me to start something new on console. meh.
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jakonovski
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MAG is giving me an aneurysm. Awesome potential, but the pain of getting anything done is too much for me. I mean jesus fucking christ, five medics run past me and nobody even pauses to consider reviving, even when it gives you double xp compared to a kill.
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Draegan
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So I've been playing DDO for a week. I need to finish FFXIII since I'm at the last save point. Then I can shelve it. Then I can wait for Resonance of Fate to go cheap.
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Ard
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Then I can wait for Resonance of Fate to go cheap.
This may not happen if the print run is really as small as I've heard. It's already out of stock in some of the stores in my area. It'll come down to if Sega reprints it or not.
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Thrawn
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Getting around to playing Fallout 3. Really enjoying the game although I was pretty worried about FPS Fallout. Just wish it played a little nicer with Eyefinity (HUD problems and such is all, game itself displays nicely.)
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Minvaren
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Still playing WoW - 24 quests before I get Loremaster on my main, and it'll probably take a back seat to other things after that. Actually tinkering with Earth and Beyond via an emulator again. Nostalgia city. Definitely wasn't the deepest game, but it's still pretty. Now to figure out how to get the Jenquai (David Arkenstone) music out of the ".mix" files... Probably easiest to loop output around to line in instead of messing with a proprietary file format, stereo quality should be fine. Just have to park the ship somewhere quiet for awhile.
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"There are many things of which a wise man might wish to remain ignorant." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Velorath
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Been making attempts to play Bioshock 2 but I really can't get into it at all. Just feels like a much less interesting retread of the first game. Glad I borrowed this rather than pay for it.
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Draegan
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So I finally took a few hours and finished FFXIII tonight. I'm gonna post my rant in the FFXIII thread but suffice it to say, fuck that game.
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schild
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Pretty sure League of Legends deserves a spot in my top ten games ever. I haven't finished Heavy Rain, FFXIII, God of War 3, Mass Effect 2, Baldur's Gate 2.5 (Ahem, Awakening), Uncharted 2 or anything else because of it. Probably approaching 1,000 hours played. Haven't even started Call of Pripyat or the Majesty expansion. Haven't bought a game since God of War 3.
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