WHAT GAMES ARE YOU PLAYING THESE DAYS

h4tred · Post by **h4tred** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 1:51 pm

Again, time to bring this back on track:

1) C&C Red Alert 3
2) F.E.A.R + expansions
3) Dead Space
4) Bionic Commando Rearmed (playing through again)
5) Crysis + expansion
6) Far Cry
7) Far Cry 2
8) Halo (for reverse engineering purposes for my trainer)
9) FlatOut 2
10) TimeShift

franpa · Post by **franpa** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 2:22 pm

Atelier Iris 3: Grand Phantasm
Worms Armageddon
Need for Speed Undercover

Post by **odditude** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 2:54 pm

kh re:chain (i'm a kh junkie)

Johan_H · Post by **Johan_H** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 3:52 pm

Smokin' Guns. Free and pretty neat.

adventure_of_link · Post by **adventure_of_link** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 10:11 pm

Gil_Hamilton wrote:I'd just award a high, personally
But the full house looks good.

That's hot a full house man, it still needs more yellow alert to go with that

Panzer88 · Post by **Panzer88** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 9:00 pm

just started Radiata Stories and liking it.

Post by **grinvader** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 9:13 pm

Panzer88 wrote:just started Radiata Stories and liking it.

Another good game we fucking got shafted of.

Jack rules.

Panzer88 · Post by **Panzer88** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 9:26 pm

yeah, the characters are pretty sweet.

Also it seems to run at 480p widescreen at 60fps, an impressive feat for the PS2.

snkcube · Post by **snkcube** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 1:06 am

Panzer88 wrote:yeah, the characters are pretty sweet.

Also it seems to run at 480p widescreen at 60fps, an impressive feat for the PS2.

The same for Gran Turismo 4. I believe it can also do 1080i, although it is a bit funky.

Gil_Hamilton · Post by **Gil_Hamilton** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 2:34 am

snkcube wrote:
Panzer88 wrote:yeah, the characters are pretty sweet.

Also it seems to run at 480p widescreen at 60fps, an impressive feat for the PS2.
The same for Gran Turismo 4. I believe it can also do 1080i, although it is a bit funky.

It can. Though I have no way to test how well it works.

Joe Camacho · Post by **Joe Camacho** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 4:19 am

I just finished Chibi-Robo, didn't 100% it, but I finished the main story.

I'm about 1 or 2 maps from finishing SUPER ROBOT WARS ALPHA GAIDEN, but I got a bit discouraged by learning what the new game plus was about.

I also got the Sonic Mega Collection, is it me or Sonic games are hard? I didn't owned a Genesis back then, but still, I'm having trouble playing any of the games on the disk, hell, I tried playing Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine and I couldn't advance farther than level 2!

Maybe the games are just not for me.

Gil_Hamilton · Post by **Gil_Hamilton** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 5:10 am

Joe Camacho wrote: I'm about 1 or 2 maps from finishing SUPER ROBOT WARS ALPHA GAIDEN, but I got a bit discouraged by learning what the new game plus was about.

I didn't even know it HAD an NG+.

Details, please?

I also got the Sonic Mega Collection, is it me or Sonic games are hard? I didn't owned a Genesis back then, but still, I'm having trouble playing any of the games on the disk, hell, I tried playing Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine and I couldn't advance farther than level 2!

Bean Machine isn't really Sonic. Not even Sega-developed. It's a relabelled Puyo Puyo game.

In general, though... my impressions were always that Sonic was difficult to control.
The games were built around speedspeedspeedSPEED and once you got moving, you needed to know what was coming several screens ahead or you just couldn't do anything in time.

Last time I played a Sonic game, I had a lot more fun, though I certainly didn't set any land speed records. Made an active attempt to NOT get up to speed, and it became a decent enough platformer.

Joe Camacho · Post by **Joe Camacho** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 6:33 am

Gil_Hamilton wrote:
Joe Camacho wrote: I'm about 1 or 2 maps from finishing SUPER ROBOT WARS ALPHA GAIDEN, but I got a bit discouraged by learning what the new game plus was about.
I didn't even know it HAD an NG+.

Details, please?

Well, first I heard it had a New Game Plus, so I was excited, I was going to replay the game with all my upgrades, levels and skills, PARTS, maybe not all the suits and units, but I could manage that, with that I was going to be able to play on normal and hard with no problems and cursing at the screen. FUN FOR A LIFE TIME, then I read at a faq, that the NG+ in SRWAG is quite "archaic" as in, it doesn't keep your upgrades, levels, parts, money or skills but gives you a certain amount of money to start the game again, if I recall correctly, the amounts are:

Easy: 1,000,000
Normal: 1,500,000
Hard: 2,000,000

Luckily I managed to get 13 skill points so I'm on normal, but who plays SRW knows that that isn't a lot of money.

I also have my thesis to do, so I'm taking advantage of this discouragement to type like a madman.

Gil_Hamilton wrote: Bean Machine isn't really Sonic. Not even Sega-developed. It's a relabelled Puyo Puyo game.

In general, though... my impressions were always that Sonic was difficult to control.
The games were built around speedspeedspeedSPEED and once you got moving, you needed to know what was coming several screens ahead or you just couldn't do anything in time.

Last time I played a Sonic game, I had a lot more fun, though I certainly didn't set any land speed records. Made an active attempt to NOT get up to speed, and it became a decent enough platformer.

I hate Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine, I mean, man, I can't suck soo much in a game.

And yeah, I tried treating the Sonic games as regular plataformers, and while I managed to do that with the first game, I can't say the same of the later ones, too much loops I guess.

I'll keep on trying though, they are good for 15 minute breaks.

Gil_Hamilton · Post by **Gil_Hamilton** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 7:18 am

Joe Camacho wrote:
Gil_Hamilton wrote:
Joe Camacho wrote: I'm about 1 or 2 maps from finishing SUPER ROBOT WARS ALPHA GAIDEN, but I got a bit discouraged by learning what the new game plus was about.
I didn't even know it HAD an NG+.

Details, please?
Well, first I heard it had a New Game Plus, so I was excited, I was going to replay the game with all my upgrades, levels and skills, PARTS, maybe not all the suits and units, but I could manage that, with that I was going to be able to play on normal and hard with no problems and cursing at the screen. FUN FOR A LIFE TIME, then I read at a faq, that the NG+ in SRWAG is quite "archaic" as in, it doesn't keep your upgrades, levels, parts, money or skills but gives you a certain amount of money to start the game again, if I recall correctly, the amounts are:

Easy: 1,000,000
Normal: 1,500,000
Hard: 2,000,000

Luckily I managed to get 13 skill points so I'm on normal, but who plays SRW knows that that isn't a lot of money.

I also have my thesis to do, so I'm taking advantage of this discouragement to type like a madman.

Ah.
It provides a quick boost at the start rather than a sustained asskicking.

Could be worse. If I recall, one of the OG games unlocks a hard mode where you CAN'T UPGRADE ANYTHING, and you have to clear THAT before you get the NG+.

Joe Camacho · Post by **Joe Camacho** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 7:24 am

Ah no, the first OG game had you finish BOTH scenarios before unlocking NG+, which game you all the money and skill points for each pilot you had.

The second OG game had that super hard option, but you would still get the regular NG+, but instead of getting all the skill points per pilot, you would only get half of them for each. After you finished the super hard option, you would get a super easy option, with all your mech's stats maxxed.

I know my OG games

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Gil_Hamilton · Post by **Gil_Hamilton** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 8:10 am

Joe Camacho wrote:Ah no, the first OG game had you finish BOTH scenarios before unlocking NG+, which game you all the money and skill points for each pilot you had.

The second OG game had that super hard option, but you would still get the regular NG+, but instead of getting all the skill points per pilot, you would only get half of them for each. After you finished the super hard option, you would get a super easy option, with all your mech's stats maxxed.

I know my OG games .

Ah.

Gil_Hamilton · Post by **Gil_Hamilton** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 8:15 am

Fake edit: I actually never beat either of the OG games. Made it to the last stage both times.

Panzer88 · Post by **Panzer88** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 8:42 am

snkcube wrote:
Panzer88 wrote:yeah, the characters are pretty sweet.

Also it seems to run at 480p widescreen at 60fps, an impressive feat for the PS2.
The same for Gran Turismo 4. I believe it can also do 1080i, although it is a bit funky.

yes I have it, it's great. I had heard about Gran Turismo and it' s 1080i is truly a remarkable feat. Still, I expected it from them but never knew Radiata Stories' impressive tech.

Post by **Agozer** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 10:39 am

Fatal Frame II, NG+. This game still manages to make my skin crawl.

ZH/Franky · Post by **ZH/Franky** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 12:32 pm

Hey, so I already said I completed my games (GTA4, MGS4, Bioshock). Well, I did, but I don't remember if I said so.

I picked up a copy of Ninja Gaiden Sigma yesterday. I'm very proud of that decision.
Also downloaded a demo of Sonic Unleashed. Suffice to say I will be on a certain railway network again in the same week.

Will get Bionic Commando Rearmed soon.

SquareHead · Post by **SquareHead** » Sun Feb 15, 2009 8:53 am

Dead thread arise!

So yeah been playing Left4Dead. Damn that game is insane. Anyone else play it?

sweener2001 · Post by **sweener2001** » Sun Feb 15, 2009 9:10 am

i have it on 360

also, still playing last remnant, going for the 1000 gamerscore

Post by **Agozer** » Sun Feb 15, 2009 12:57 pm

Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter (this game is out of whack)
Legaia 2: Duel Saga
Killzone (Far better than I thought it would be)
The Mark of Kri (criminally overlooked)

adventure_of_link · Post by **adventure_of_link** » Sun Feb 15, 2009 8:12 pm

Playing the following:

1) super smash bros. brawl
2) super mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
and 3) Ice Climbers

..not much I know, but SSB:B has eaten most of my time so far.

kode54 · Post by **kode54** » Sun Feb 15, 2009 9:59 pm

Just finished:

Megaman Legends
Megaman Legends 2

Now I have to find something else that I haven't done in recent months, boo.