WHAT GAMES ARE YOU PLAYING THESE DAYS

Gil_Hamilton · Post by **Gil_Hamilton** » Thu Jul 05, 2012 3:37 am

Chrono Trigger. The gift that keeps on giving.

Post by **Agozer** » Thu Jul 05, 2012 1:35 pm

Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles & Darkside Chronicles. Great fun.

Also, Lollipop Chainsaw. <3

Post by **odditude** » Thu Jul 05, 2012 4:12 pm

3D Dot Game Heroes - silly but fun (OMG HUEG SWORDZ!)

sweener2001 · Post by **sweener2001** » Sat Jul 07, 2012 1:59 am

Agozer wrote:Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles & Darkside Chronicles. Great fun.

Also, Lollipop Chainsaw. <3

i'm curious about lollipop. it didn't review well, but still seems like it'd a fun. what's your opinion? Aside from the <3.

ME3 on insanity. I didn't think the ending was terrible like the rest of the internet, but after three games and all those years, no ending will ever really be good enough to me. I have yet to see the extended cut stuff.

And DA2. I'm not far enough in to pass judgement, although it does feel easier. Can't say if the story is any good or not. It's fun enough, and for five bucks, I won't complain too much.

Gil_Hamilton · Post by **Gil_Hamilton** » Sat Jul 07, 2012 7:52 am

sweener2001 wrote:
Agozer wrote:Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles & Darkside Chronicles. Great fun.

Also, Lollipop Chainsaw. <3
i'm curious about lollipop. it didn't review well, but still seems like it'd a fun. what's your opinion? Aside from the <3.

I played the first stage and a half. It's hilarious.
Stage and a half because it crashed on me in the middle of the second stage. That was less inspiring.
And then Lavos beckoned, and I had to set it aside to SAVE TIME.

Post by **Agozer** » Sat Jul 07, 2012 10:01 am

sweener2001 wrote:
Agozer wrote:Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles & Darkside Chronicles. Great fun.

Also, Lollipop Chainsaw. <3
i'm curious about lollipop. it didn't review well, but still seems like it'd a fun. what's your opinion? Aside from the <3.

The gameplay isn't quite as smooth as, say, Bayonetta but there are a lot of different combos, and generally the action is fluid enough. Dialogue and characters are indeed hilarious. Pop culture and video game jabs left and right (both western and japanese) and various overblown stereotypes (Like a disco pimp zombie with a keytar who speaks via autotune and rides an UFO).

There are QTEs in various forms here and there.

The game does get a bit repetitive I suppose, which is what most reviewers complained about. The game's kinda like what would come out if you put No More Heroes and Shadows of the Damned through a grinder and sprinkled the whole thing with rainbows and hearts.

sweener2001 · Post by **sweener2001** » Sat Jul 07, 2012 8:41 pm

very cool. i'll have to keep that in the back of the head.

megamanzer0 · Post by **megamanzer0** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 7:54 pm

Rainbow moon(psn exclusive)
decent grindfest of an SRPG

Johan_H · Post by **Johan_H** » Mon Jul 16, 2012 3:34 pm

megamanzer0 wrote:decent grindfest

This is an oxymoron.

Post by **grinvader** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 6:54 pm

Not so sure. You're implying there are only horribly awful grindfest experiences or brilliantly devised, rewarding grindfests.
I seriously doubt that.

Johan_H · Post by **Johan_H** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 8:52 pm

I'm implying that grindfest is an unambiguously negative term and an instance of it cannot be decent.

It'd be like a saying a movie was a decent snorefest of an action flick.

Unless I'm missing something??

kode54 · Post by **kode54** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 9:30 pm

But it's not an unambiguously negative term, since there are a number of individuals who absolutely love grindfests. Of course, I would say those people are unambiguously totally off their rockers insane. One has to be off their rockers to enjoy a tenuously rewarding and highly repetitive activity.

megamanzer0 · Post by **megamanzer0** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 1:59 am

what? I'm not crazy. Freud tells me so every week.

Gil_Hamilton · Post by **Gil_Hamilton** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 3:23 am

Grinding is not rewarding. Many a game has been dropped by me because it turned into repetitive grinding.
I'd rather see new things and new challenges than do the same thing over and over and over.

True story: Grinding refers to what the buttons will do to your fingertips by the time you're done.

Post by **grinvader** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 6:19 pm

kode54 wrote:One has to be off their rockers to enjoy a tenuously rewarding and highly repetitive activity.

Levelled to 50 in soul blazer without using PAR codes.
Four times, 3 on realsnes.

... the first time I did think it would matter.

Post by **odditude** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 6:52 pm

yeah, did that twice on a real SNES myself. good thing the World of Evil track is kinda catchy... because I will NEVER forget it.

Post by **grinvader** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 10:25 pm

Such a casual.
Real men burn their gem stock on phoenix to get a massive exp/hour boost.

Post by **odditude** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 11:19 pm

grinvader wrote:Such a casual.
Real men burn their gem stock on phoenix to get a massive exp/hour boost.

why burn? magic bell!

Post by **grinvader** » Thu Jul 19, 2012 6:52 pm

odditude wrote:
grinvader wrote:Such a casual.
Real men burn their gem stock on phoenix to get a massive exp/hour boost.
why burn? magic bell!

I don't even remember what I used to equip aside from it. Super bracelet ? Been too long.

franpa · Post by **franpa** » Sat Jul 21, 2012 3:05 pm

Gil_Hamilton wrote:Grinding is not rewarding. Many a game has been dropped by me because it turned into repetitive grinding.

But then you discover Disgaea... ah Disgaea, wonderful game that is, shame how it doesn't seem to work on many LCD TV's via Component A/V? Or has that changed in recent times?

Post by **grinvader** » Sat Jul 21, 2012 7:29 pm

no problem in SCART land bro

Post by **Agozer** » Sun Jul 22, 2012 1:07 am

Yeah, Disgaea, La Pucelle and Phantom Brave don't play nice with a component cable. You need teh SCART of Ultimate Power(tm)

Post by **odditude** » Sun Jul 22, 2012 3:48 pm

yeah, just played through SoulBlazer "normally" last night (on guides, battery only, no FFwd, no savestates). took 5 mins to powerlevel to 29 (since the exp rolls in so quickly) and then humiliated Deathtoll. actually died twice on the airship/bird boss til i remembered how passive-aggressive you need to be in that fight.

you really go from "effective" to "god-like" the moment you get the SoulBlade and can equip Phoenix. clearing that final monster lair was oh so satisfying

adventure_of_link · Post by **adventure_of_link** » Sat Aug 04, 2012 3:45 am

I've been playing quite a few games:

* Top Gear 2
* Final Fantasy IX
* Super Mario Bros 3
* Zelda 2: The Adventure of Link
* Dissidia: Final Fantasy (both regular and 012)

sweener2001 · Post by **sweener2001** » Thu Aug 09, 2012 2:33 am

DAII (still enjoyable), Diablo III (only level 10, but i'm enjoying it so far), AC:B (cleanup play to get to AC:R), and vanquish.

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