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Title: What are you playing now?
Post by: shmax on July 07, 2011, 10:51:44 AM
I'm currently slogging through Dante's Inferno. I've only played through a single chapter so far, but I can tell you that all the over-the-top demon bashing feels like a pleasant calming walk in the park after the chaos of Darksiders. Darksiders was a cross between Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, God of War, and about 400 Frank Frazetta calendars. It was punishingly long, strangely talky (though it does win some points back for giving Mark Hamill some work) and proudly unoriginal. Dante's Inferno lacks the production design and voice talent, and has super cheesy hand-animated cut-scenes. I guess I can't really recommend either game unless, like me, you've already played through every other 4-to-5 star game available to dork-kind and are just counting time until November when the clouds open and begin to rain sequels down upon us.

Before that was F.E.A.R. 2, which was really neato, and before that was all 4 Red Faction games. You should definitely go pick up Red Faction: Guerilla. I don't throw around the term "glorious orgy of destruction" (G.O.O.D.) too often, but this one qualifies and then some.
Title: Re: What are you playing now?
Post by: Wajo357 on July 07, 2011, 01:31:35 PM
I'm not a gamer. The closest I've come recently is watched a walk-through of the whole Back to the Future game on youtube. lol
Title: Re: What are you playing now?
Post by: SoS on July 07, 2011, 02:20:34 PM
At the moment I'm playing Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 3 and Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood.

--SoS
Title: Re: What are you playing now?
Post by: SoS on July 08, 2011, 09:20:11 PM
Got tired of the repetition with Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, so I took a break from playing it. Not saying the game is repetitive It's just that my need to unlock everything in a game has me going back and forth replaying the same missions to get the 100%.

FIFA 11
Going through another season with my created player. Adelante Real Madrid!

Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 3
Playing as Full Frontal in the Story Missions: Those Who Fight!


--SoS
Title: Re: What are you playing now?
Post by: shmax on July 08, 2011, 11:14:52 PM
I decided to try Vanquish. Mindless, but energetic. Is that Gundam game any good? Historically they've all been sort of poopy.
Title: Re: What are you playing now?
Post by: SoS on July 09, 2011, 07:50:31 AM
Have you played any of the Dynasty Warriors games? It's pretty much a hack 'n' slash game with some strategy elements. As a Gundam fan I enjoy it.


--SoS
Title: Re: What are you playing now?
Post by: shmax on July 09, 2011, 10:12:41 AM
Actually, I think I do remember playing a demo. I'll keep an eye out for it in the 'ol bargain bin...
Title: Re: What are you playing now?
Post by: shmax on July 10, 2011, 03:19:39 PM
Well, I finished Vanquish, and am now working on Lost Planet 2. Lordy, is this game awful (and I should have known better, as I still remember the snorefest that was the first game in the series). It makes me want to heap a little more praise on Vanquish--it was actually insanely fast, fun, polished, and on at least 3 occasions I found myself yelling 'sweet holy monkey balls!" at what I was seeing on the screen. Lost Planet 2 has me mostly wishing it was over. Avoid.
Title: Re: What are you playing now?
Post by: Tripredacus on July 12, 2011, 04:04:39 PM
I had started Dynasty Warriors 4 (PS2) about a month ago. I have already beat Wei and am now working on one of the unlockable characters... Although I may be on Wu. I had to take a break because I was playing it enough that my left thumb was really hurting. May pick it up again tho.

I've also been playing the Pinball Hall of Fame: Williams collection (both PS2 and PS3) on a weekly basis.

Also been playing Funhouse (the actual pinball game) at work once a day or so before I  :arrow:  for home.
Title: Re: What are you playing now?
Post by: shmax on July 14, 2011, 09:58:17 PM
Finished up Lost Planet 2. I was a little too harsh on it initially; after the first chapter the action picks up quite a bit and there were a few spectacles in there that seared themselves onto the 'ol eyebones well enough. Midway through I took a break and decided to try out Madworld for the Wii. The concept hooked me: an arcade beat 'em up rendered entirely in black and white, except for the blood. In practice, I found the gameplay nigh incomprehensible. Ugh. I'm gonna pop in Uncharted 2 next, which I played nearly through Thanksgiving before last, but never quite finished.
Title: Re: What are you playing now?
Post by: shmax on July 20, 2011, 04:26:56 PM
Finished Uncharted 2. It was fun, but I don't know where all the "best game of all time!!!" slobbering is coming from. Seemed like a pretty straightforward action game to me with fairly simple shooting and climbing mechanics and a stock story (you must race to stop a bad guy who wants to steal a magic rock to become super strong and rule the world, somehow), though I'll allow that the voice acting is top-notch. But what do I know?

For absolutely no reason whatsoever, I decided I wanted to play all four "Yakuza" games, so I've started on part one. I actually went so far as to buy a new PS2 to indulge this pointless whim. I'll let ya know how it goes.
Title: Re: What are you playing now?
Post by: Tripredacus on July 21, 2011, 11:43:48 AM
I've been playing the Sims 2. Its a pretty fun game.
Title: Re: What are you playing now?
Post by: SoS on August 20, 2011, 04:40:39 PM
Started re-playing Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions so I'm not too rusty once Spider-Man: Edge of Time is released. I've also been playing Star Wars: Republic Commando with my brother, it's his first time playing the game. Also, I never actually finished the game my first time through...so I guess that's an incentive for me. I'm also playing Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 3 off and on, especially after a long stressful day at work.


--SoS
Title: Re: What are you playing now?
Post by: SoS on January 01, 2012, 08:51:12 PM
Star Wars: The Old Republic. Seven years....seven long years, seven years of waiting in anticipation for a continuation to KOTOR games. I haven't stopped playing this game since beta testing in November. According to my wife, I've been playing a little too much :p.

It's been such a sweet homecoming for me to play this game. Getting to actually create a few of my original fan characters that I dreamed up ever since I became a Star Wars fan. So yeah, what else can I say. Pretty damn good game, not your typical MMO.


--SoS
*Goes back to play TOR*
Title: Re: What are you playing now?
Post by: shmax on January 01, 2012, 09:14:25 PM
I'm with you, brother. I bought the game last week, but didn't get past making a character. I spent too long on it because no matter what I did he came out looking like Han Solo. I even wound up in what looked like a knock-off Millenium Falcon. Ah, well, can't blame them for giving us what we wanted. We should get a shmax.com group together and go out and womp some womp-rats, or whatever it is you do. In the meantime I'm finally slogging through Skyrim, which threatens to take forever, plus a week.
Title: Re: What are you playing now?
Post by: SoS on May 10, 2012, 04:34:58 PM
Mass Effect 2 and Mass Effect 3. Replaying both game from the beginning once again. Just because of one damn decision I made during Mass Effect 2 that had an some consequences I did not want/agree with in the third game.


--SoS
Title: Re: What are you playing now?
Post by: shmax on May 10, 2012, 07:05:53 PM

Mass Effect 2 and Mass Effect 3. Replaying both game from the beginning once again. Just because of one damn decision I made during Mass Effect 2 that had an some consequences I did not want/agree with in the third game.


--SoS


Ha, I was planning on doing that--somehow I got to ME3 and realized that I let Tali die somewhere along the way, and was thus denied the mega-happy ending. I was actually going to do all 3 games over, but that might be overkill.
Title: Re: What are you playing now?
Post by: SoS on May 10, 2012, 07:45:53 PM


Mass Effect 2 and Mass Effect 3. Replaying both game from the beginning once again. Just because of one damn decision I made during Mass Effect 2 that had an some consequences I did not want/agree with in the third game.


--SoS


Ha, I was planning on doing that--somehow I got to ME3 and realized that I let Tali die somewhere along the way, and was thus denied the mega-happy ending. I was actually going to do all 3 games over, but that might be overkill.

Well I guess I overkilled it. :) I beat ME1 a few weeks ago.


--SoS
Title: Re: What are you playing now?
Post by: shmax on February 21, 2013, 12:00:27 AM
Just finished Dead Space 3, which I thought was good, but not as tightly paced as Dead Space 2. Next up: Metal Gear: Revengeance...
Title: Re: What are you playing now?
Post by: Antron007 on February 21, 2013, 02:09:11 AM
I've actually been playing FOC the past couple of days. Just trying to get those last few achievements.  I dig Fruit Ninja for Kinect alot though. I may start playing Halo again. I think I may be behind on my spartan ops missions.
Title: Re: What are you playing now?
Post by: engledogg on February 21, 2013, 07:36:36 AM
Lego Batman 2

MIKE
engledogg
Title: Re: What are you playing now?
Post by: shmax on February 21, 2013, 08:10:20 AM
FOC


Whoza? Whaza?
Title: Re: What are you playing now?
Post by: engledogg on February 21, 2013, 08:52:07 AM
Fall of Cybertron, the newest Transformers game.

MIKE
engledogg
Title: Re: What are you playing now?
Post by: shmax on February 21, 2013, 09:38:25 AM
My quick review of Revengeance: pretty lame, so far. You go in expecting Metal Gear, but what you get is Bayonetta (of course, if Bayonetta is what you like, then you're all set). It's all overblown cinematic histrionics with incomprehensible action gameplay. It's just too fast--your character has something called "Ninja Run", which is supposed to be some sort of amped-up parkour thing, but he just blurs over everything so fast that you don't get the sense that you are really needed for anything. You could replace him with Sonic the Hedgehog and none would be the wiser. And why do all Japanese animators insist that super bad-ass heroes must sprint bent-over? I guess it looks good on the box cover, but anyone who has ever watched the Olympics (or um, gone outside to play) knows that sprinters run bolt upright. It wouldn't be so bad if "Raiden" didn't dart around at mach 3, but with him zig-zagging in tight little circles it just feels awkward and looks ridiculous.

On the plus side, the cinematics are fairly short.

Title: Re: What are you playing now?
Post by: shmax on February 21, 2013, 09:57:48 AM

FOC


Whoza? Whaza?

Ah, silly me. So how is it?
Title: Re: What are you playing now?
Post by: Antron007 on February 21, 2013, 10:07:24 AM


FOC


Whoza? Whaza?

Ah, silly me. So how is it?


It's almost there. I personally have been waiting for that perfect synergy of modern technologies meet G1. The game play and controls have been evolving for the better as the line progresses. Way better than the movie based games. And the Multiplayer is pretty fun. I don't know how many people are still playing it online lately, I've been working on campaign based achievements. All and all. I really enjoy it.
Title: Re: What are you playing now?
Post by: KidTDragon on March 19, 2013, 07:09:51 PM
Just started playing Chrono Cross for the first time. I figured twelve years is enough time to wait.
Title: Re: What are you playing now?
Post by: shmax on March 19, 2013, 11:32:04 PM

Just started playing Chrono Cross for the first time. I figured twelve years is enough time to wait.


I never got around to playing Chrono Trigger. Ooh, according to Wikipedia it's available as a Wii download! I'm a little burnt out on Japanese RPGs for the moment, after surviving Ni No Kuni (brilliant, but the talk-talk-talk will drive you mad). I'm working on a little mindless action to cleanse the palate, at the moment, with God of War: Ascension. Lordy, does it ever have awful dialogue (but at least there's not much of it).
Title: Re: What are you playing now?
Post by: Antron007 on March 20, 2013, 01:08:35 PM
I've been sucked into playing Happy Wars in the Xbox Live Arcade for about 2 or 3 weeks now.
Title: Re: What are you playing now?
Post by: SoS on March 21, 2013, 05:29:20 PM
Just started playing Chrono Cross for the first time. I figured twelve years is enough time to wait.

Though I vastly prefer Chrono Trigger, Chrono Cross is a great game and a worthy successor. How far are you now? :D

I never got around to playing Chrono Trigger. Ooh, according to Wikipedia it's available as a Wii download! I'm a little burnt out on Japanese RPGs for the moment, after surviving Ni No Kuni (brilliant, but the talk-talk-talk will drive you mad). I'm working on a little mindless action to cleanse the palate, at the moment, with God of War: Ascension. Lordy, does it ever have awful dialogue (but at least there's not much of it).

You don't know what you're missing with those two games. They just don't make 'em like that anymore. : )


--SoS
Title: Re: What are you playing now?
Post by: KidTDragon on March 22, 2013, 06:13:19 AM

Though I vastly prefer Chrono Trigger, Chrono Cross is a great game and a worthy successor. How far are you now? :D

I just finished the pirate ship in the fog and I'm looking for the Water Dragon so I can enter Mt. Pyre.

I wish I had thought to play through Radical Dreamers before I started Chrono Cross. I think I may take a break from CC to play RD.
Title: Re: What are you playing now?
Post by: shmax on March 22, 2013, 08:34:31 AM

Just started playing Chrono Cross for the first time. I figured twelve years is enough time to wait.

Though I vastly prefer Chrono Trigger, Chrono Cross is a great game and a worthy successor. How far are you now? :D

I never got around to playing Chrono Trigger. Ooh, according to Wikipedia it's available as a Wii download! I'm a little burnt out on Japanese RPGs for the moment, after surviving Ni No Kuni (brilliant, but the talk-talk-talk will drive you mad). I'm working on a little mindless action to cleanse the palate, at the moment, with God of War: Ascension. Lordy, does it ever have awful dialogue (but at least there's not much of it).

You don't know what you're missing with those two games. They just don't make 'em like that anymore. : )


--SoS


I'll play them both once I catch up on a few games in the pile (Resident Evil 5, FF XIII-2, May Payne 3, and Lego City and Bioshock Infinite are coming soon).
Title: Re: What are you playing now?
Post by: shmax on March 30, 2013, 12:42:31 PM
Working on Lego City, now. SoS, how are you coming on that one?
Title: Re: What are you playing now?
Post by: KidTDragon on March 31, 2013, 08:07:26 AM
The DLC characters/parts for Fall of Cybertron went on sale this week, so I bought them and that got me playing the multiplayer again.
Title: Re: What are you playing now?
Post by: Antron007 on April 01, 2013, 09:17:12 AM
Ooh,
I may have to pop that in this week then. It's been a bit since I've played. Thinking about starting the new Bioshock this week as well. Anybody play BS3 yet?
Title: Re: What are you playing now?
Post by: shmax on April 18, 2013, 11:49:29 PM

Ooh,
I may have to pop that in this week then. It's been a bit since I've played. Thinking about starting the new Bioshock this week as well. Anybody play BS3 yet?


Just finished Bioshock Infinite, and boy, does my brain hurt. I had to go look up the plot on Wikipedia after it was all done to figure out what it all meant, and I still don't follow it. I think I'll play through it again with a FAQ and make sure I listen to all the audio logs. And maybe get the Cliff Notes. Oh, and I 100%-ed Lego City. Glorious game.

Okay, back to new shmax features.
Title: Re: What are you playing now?
Post by: SoS on April 19, 2013, 04:07:42 PM
When bored at home, playing the Mass Effect 1 through 3 (yes again) on Insanity Mode. While I'm on the road to and from work: playing Pokemon White 2.


Working on Lego City, now. SoS, how are you coming on that one?

I'm at 0% on Lego City: Undercover, that's due to the fact that I don't currently own a Wii U. I do however have LEGO City Undercover: The Chase Begins on pre-order.


--SoS
Title: Re: What are you playing now?
Post by: shmax on June 01, 2013, 10:36:28 PM
Lessee, since my last post, I've finished Tomb Raider (surprisingly good), Metro 2033 (routine shooter, yawn), and I just finished Far Cry 3 (pretty, but yawn). Back to working on the site.
Title: Re: What are you playing now?
Post by: KidTDragon on June 14, 2013, 06:28:42 AM

Lessee, since my last post, I've finished Tomb Raider (surprisingly good), Metro 2033 (routine shooter, yawn), and I just finished Far Cry 3 (pretty, but yawn). Back to working on the site.

Jeez, where do you find the time? It's taken me three months to get halfway (I think) through Chrono Cross. What's your secret?
Title: Re: What are you playing now?
Post by: Tripredacus on June 14, 2013, 07:50:07 AM
This is my current rotation:
- Civilization V
- Minecraft
- Skyrim
- Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego (Genesis)
Title: Re: What are you playing now?
Post by: shmax on July 03, 2013, 12:21:48 PM


Lessee, since my last post, I've finished Tomb Raider (surprisingly good), Metro 2033 (routine shooter, yawn), and I just finished Far Cry 3 (pretty, but yawn). Back to working on the site.

Jeez, where do you find the time? It's taken me three months to get halfway (I think) through Chrono Cross. What's your secret?


Lifelong bachelorhood. Worth it? Totally.
Title: Re: What are you playing now?
Post by: shmax on July 03, 2013, 12:23:47 PM

This is my current rotation:
- Civilization V
- Minecraft
- Skyrim
- Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego (Genesis)

Now THAT is what I call a little bit of everything! Is Minecraft worth playing? I'm somehow turned off by all the hype.

I just finished 100%'ing Lego Star Wars III, and before that was Dead Island. Going to catch up on a few I missed, next, starting with Resident Evil 6.
Title: Re: What are you playing now?
Post by: Antron007 on July 04, 2013, 01:08:24 PM
From what I've gathered from people who do play Minecraft, there doesn't seem to be a specific goal or point to the game. I've played once on my stepsons account and all I found was people building giant towers and then jumping off of them. I'm sure there has to be more to it than that but I've asked about 10 people and that's what all of them have said about it.
Title: Re: What are you playing now?
Post by: engledogg on July 04, 2013, 01:52:18 PM
And this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnNIsjELz0U

MIKE
engledogg
Title: Re: What are you playing now?
Post by: shmax on July 05, 2013, 11:16:42 AM

And this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnNIsjELz0U

MIKE
engledogg


Good lord. I watched it twice and I'm in awe, but I still have no idea what the game is about. Now, where's my credit card...
Title: Re: What are you playing now?
Post by: KidTDragon on July 20, 2013, 09:29:09 AM



Lessee, since my last post, I've finished Tomb Raider (surprisingly good), Metro 2033 (routine shooter, yawn), and I just finished Far Cry 3 (pretty, but yawn). Back to working on the site.

Jeez, where do you find the time? It's taken me three months to get halfway (I think) through Chrono Cross. What's your secret?


Lifelong bachelorhood. Worth it? Totally.

*mutter mutter* Lousy girlfriend, cuttin' into my game time *grumble grumble*
Title: Re: What are you playing now?
Post by: SoS on July 21, 2013, 10:30:16 AM
I'm currently playing through a few games, it all depends on what system I'm using.

On the PS3, I just started playing through Metal Gear Solid: The Legacy Collection. Started and finished MGS3 yesterday, took about 7-8 hrs game time. Still my all time favorite Metal Gear game. Love every minute of it. Started Peace Walker last night and I'm already in Chapter 3, I'm skipping the EXTRA OPS missions and focusing on the MAIN OPS for now. I'll go back and do the rest of the missions after I take down the Peace Walker.

For the DS/3DS, I'm trying to be the very best, like no one ever was. To catch them is my real quest, to train them is my cause. I'm travelling across the land, searching far and wide. :P When I'm not on a quest to catch 'em all in Pokemon Black 2, I'm playing Kingdom Hearts 3D.

On the PC, I'm just fooling around every now and then with Star Trek Online and Star Wars: The Old Republic.


--SoS
Title: Re: What are you playing now?
Post by: Antron007 on August 02, 2013, 01:05:55 PM
I've been playing Transformers Legends on the Android platform. (Available for Iphone now as well) And there is a similar game called G.I. Joe Battleground. (Not sure about iPhone on G.I. Joe) They are both Mobage games so I'm not sure if they always have apps for both platforms. One cool thing is that it stores everything server side so you can jump from device to device.

They are kind of like collectible card games. The G.I. Joe seems to use mostly a lot of the product portraits which I think is really cool.

The TF Legends is all original art and it is amazing. You should check it out just for the art.  IMO.

Anyway that's one of the ways I've been wasting my time.
Title: Re: What are you playing now?
Post by: shmax on September 02, 2013, 02:51:28 AM
Just finished playing through ALL FOUR Saints Row games. Insanely fun, but numbing. I had to take a break halfway through to play Lego Indiana Jones 2 (which I enjoyed, despite the middling reviews).
Title: Re: What are you playing now?
Post by: shmax on March 11, 2014, 01:52:54 AM
Whew, I just finished Final Fantasy XIII-2. It took two weeks, but felt like 10 years. Before that was Lego Movie: The Video Game. What are you folks playing?
Title: Re: What are you playing now?
Post by: Tripredacus on March 11, 2014, 07:53:25 AM
I'm in a slump right now. Blame baseball being on TV. When I do play a game, its Minecraft for a couple hours.
Title: Re: What are you playing now?
Post by: engledogg on March 11, 2014, 08:18:15 AM
I just got a copy of Super Mario Bros. Wii for $3...so, I'm playing that.

As you can tell, I'm on the cutting edge of the gaming world.

MIKE
engledogg
Title: Re: What are you playing now?
Post by: KidTDragon on March 15, 2014, 07:02:36 AM
I've been playing South Park: The Stick of Truth whenever the opportunity presents itself. Easily the funniest game I've ever played.
Title: Re: What are you playing now?
Post by: shmax on March 15, 2014, 12:12:11 PM

I've been playing South Park: The Stick of Truth whenever the opportunity presents itself. Easily the funniest game I've ever played.

I finished that a few days ago. I've moved on to Dark Souls 2, which is funny, too, but in a cosmic sort of way.
Title: Re: What are you playing now?
Post by: SoS on March 20, 2014, 09:34:22 PM
Got MGS V: Ground Zeroes on Tuesday. Beat the game that same day. I'm a Metal Gear fan all the way, but even I was super pissed that spent $30 on a game you can beat under 2 hours. And if this "chapter" is included in The Phantom Pain portion of MGS V coming out later this year, I'm going to be even more pissed.

End of rant.

Story was good. Ending was emotional like a good MGS game can be. Can't wait to kick some XOF can in the next chapter.


--SoS
Title: Re: What are you playing now?
Post by: shmax on March 22, 2014, 06:45:51 PM

Got MGS V: Ground Zeroes on Tuesday. Beat the game that same day. I'm a Metal Gear fan all the way, but even I was super pissed that spent $30 on a game you can beat under 2 hours. And if this "chapter" is included in The Phantom Pain portion of MGS V coming out later this year, I'm going to be even more pissed.

End of rant.

Story was good. Ending was emotional like a good MGS game can be. Can't wait to kick some XOF can in the next chapter.


--SoS


Just beat it, myself.  I had no idea it was just a demo when I pre-ordered it. Ah, well. The only thing I hate about these games is that they always seem to be resuming some epic story in the middle that you don't remember. Who the eff are Paz and Chico? What base was I infiltrating, and why? Sometimes I wish they would just treat each chapter as a standalone story, with all new characters, settings, premises, etc.
Title: Re: What are you playing now?
Post by: SoS on March 23, 2014, 09:24:24 AM


Got MGS V: Ground Zeroes on Tuesday. Beat the game that same day. I'm a Metal Gear fan all the way, but even I was super pissed that spent $30 on a game you can beat under 2 hours. And if this "chapter" is included in The Phantom Pain portion of MGS V coming out later this year, I'm going to be even more pissed.

End of rant.

Story was good. Ending was emotional like a good MGS game can be. Can't wait to kick some XOF can in the next chapter.


--SoS


Just beat it, myself.  I had no idea it was just a demo when I pre-ordered it. Ah, well. The only thing I hate about these games is that they always seem to be resuming some epic story in the middle that you don't remember. Who the eff are Paz and Chico? What base was I infiltrating, and why? Sometimes I wish they would just treat each chapter as a standalone story, with all new characters, settings, premises, etc.


I know a lot of people are calling it a "demo", but to be fair, the game is more like a glorified DLC than a demo. As for the resuming story stuff, I'm not the best person to say this since MGS is one of my favorite franchises, but I know the story pretty damn well enough that I can play any new sequel without having to replay the previous versions. But they did pretty well in going over what went on in the previous games by way of those tapes, that is if you took the time to listen to all of them. :)

As for the base you were infiltrating, that's new to the story. So it technically falls under your "new settings" wish. Only thing that you need to know is that two members of your ragtag army have been captured. Chico knows a lot about your operations and we can't enemy intel get a hold of too much info. Paz was part also part of you ragtag group, but in truth was a double agent working to sabotage your efforts, so she knows way to much and thus you need to extract her. Pretty straightforward when you look at it like that, even if you don't know/remember their full backstory, but that's just me. :)


--SoS
Title: Re: What are you playing now?
Post by: Hellscream333 on April 18, 2014, 11:28:14 AM
Minecraft on 360... I am addicted.
Title: Re: What are you playing now?
Post by: shmax on April 18, 2014, 05:42:23 PM
Wonderful 101 on Wii U... I am baffled.
Title: Re: What are you playing now?
Post by: shmax on April 26, 2014, 03:53:50 PM

Wonderful 101 on Wii U... I am baffled.


Finally beat it. That was the longest, craziest action game I've ever played. I saw things I will never forget. Or understand.
Title: Re: What are you playing now?
Post by: SoS on April 27, 2014, 12:16:32 PM
I heard that's a great game. Perhaps the basis of what could be an awesome Power Rangers game. Game is in my radar for potential game to buy once I get a Wii U.


--SoS
Title: Re: What are you playing now?
Post by: shmax on April 28, 2014, 02:34:19 PM

I heard that's a great game. Perhaps the basis of what could be an awesome Power Rangers game. Game is in my radar for potential game to buy once I get a Wii U.


--SoS


For me it was more reminiscent of the old "Thunderbirds" show, with the puppets with big heads, outlandish spaceships, overly dramatic faux-serious dialog and situations, and so on.
Title: Re: What are you playing now?
Post by: shmax on April 29, 2014, 10:27:50 AM
Halfway through Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze. And I suddenly realized last night that I've never played any Silent Hill games, and this will not stand, so I'm playing through the original game (in all its PS1-graphics glory) on the PS3. Looking at the grainy, chuggy graphics I'm a little amazed that this whole "3d graphics" craze ever caught on.
Title: Re: What are you playing now?
Post by: shmax on May 03, 2014, 03:47:25 AM
Finished Tropical Freeze and Silent Hill. Started on Silent Hill 2. Betcha didn't see that coming.
Title: Re: What are you playing now?
Post by: shmax on May 04, 2014, 02:31:29 PM
Finished Silent Hill 2, and started on Silent Hill 3 and Lego: Hobbit. Laundry neglected.
Title: Re: What are you playing now?
Post by: shmax on May 20, 2014, 09:50:04 AM

Finished Silent Hill 2, and started on Silent Hill 3 and Lego: Hobbit. Laundry neglected.


Finished Silent Hill 3 and Silent Hill 4: The Room. I started on Silent Hill: Origins, but it was the PS2 port of the original PSP version, which is literally unplayable on a modern LED TV. 75% of the time you are looking at a pure black image. Not dark. Not a little hard to see. Black. You have to run along walls jamming on the X button trying to find doors, power-ups, that kind of thing. Apparently this isn't an issue on an old CRT screen, but I had no choice but to give up on it (and order the PSP version). So be warned if you ever decide to catch up on these games.

In the meantime, I believe the new Wolfenstein game arrives today...
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Post by: shmax on June 07, 2014, 11:35:12 AM
Lessee. Finished up the new Wolfenstein game (liked it), Lego Hobbit (fun, but the collectible side-stuff is starting to get tedious), and Silent Hill: Origins. Next up is Watch Dogs. Hey, what are you guys playing? Don't make me the only one discussing video games in the video game discussion...
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Post by: KidTDragon on June 07, 2014, 05:19:30 PM
I finished Wind Waker HD a few weeks ago. I've been abstaining from games while I try to study for hardware certifications and job-hunt (I got laid off last month. :( )
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Post by: shmax on June 13, 2014, 12:46:10 PM
Finished Watch Dogs (I finished the campaign missions, and ignored all the side stuff, particularly the 10 missions where you have to play chess), and resumed my stubborn quest to play all the Silent Hill games with "Homecoming".
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Post by: shmax on June 14, 2014, 03:28:04 PM
Finished Silent Hill: Homecoming. I hated, hated the combat in this game. It's all blocks and counters and super-twitch crap. If I wanted to play Soul Calibur, I would play Soul Calibur. But it is behind me, now. Onward to, ah, let's see... Dark Souls 2.
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Post by: shmax on June 22, 2014, 04:06:34 PM
Finished Dark Souls 2. Well, Dark Souls 2 finished me. On to Silent Hill: Shattered Memories.
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Post by: Tripredacus on June 23, 2014, 10:31:59 AM
I'm at a point where some of my games are just crashing or won't open. They are Goat Simulator, Next Car Game and Skyrim. So I have been playing some other ones like Deus Ex Human Revolution (almost done), Sims 3 and Civ 5. I also got some in the Steam sale but I haven't installed them yet.
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Post by: shmax on June 30, 2014, 01:54:11 AM
Finished Murdered: Soul Suspect and Silent Hill: Shattered Memories. Next up is another Silent Hill game. Part 137, I think. Gotta be getting near the end of them...
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Post by: Tripredacus on June 30, 2014, 08:49:46 AM
I finished Deus Ex Human Revolution. I then re-loaded my save to do the other ending but I didn't get the achievement. I contemplated redoing the game in hardest mode but it disables the object highlighting which I really got used to. I couldn't really do it, and I can't believe it is possible to beat the game without setting off any alarms AND not killing anyone... so I just uninstalled it. Next up is Far Cry 3.
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Post by: SoS on July 01, 2014, 08:00:13 AM
Currently playing The Wolf Among Us. I've always been a fan of the Fables comics and I was happy when I found out TellTale Games was going to do an adaptation. Like the Walking Dead game, I sincerely hope there's a Season 2 for this one.


--SoS
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Post by: SoS on July 05, 2014, 07:44:15 PM
Started playing Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, spending all my time being a pirate than doing the main missions in the game.


--SoS
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Post by: shmax on July 06, 2014, 05:30:10 PM

Started playing Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, spending all my time being a pirate than doing the main missions in the game.


--SoS


The Obsessive 100%'ers hell: picking up all those damn treasure chests.
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Post by: shmax on July 06, 2014, 05:31:04 PM
Finished Silent Hill: Downpour (kind of liked it; don't see what all the hate is about). Gonna catch up on a modern classic, next: Bayonetta.
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Post by: shmax on August 05, 2014, 11:10:02 PM
Never got past the first level of Bayonetta--I figured if I wanted to be confused by a high-concept game that I have no hope of ever understanding, I might as well go back and catch up on Lightning Returns (Final Fantasy XIII pt. 3). Just finished it, and boy, it was about as Final Fantasy-y as they come. Can't say I followed the story, but most of that is probably due to me button-mashing past 90% of the cinematics. I regret nothing.
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Post by: Tripredacus on August 06, 2014, 06:18:22 AM
Sucked back into Diablo 3. Even bought the expansion.
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Post by: SoS on August 11, 2014, 06:38:54 PM


Started playing Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, spending all my time being a pirate than doing the main missions in the game.


--SoS


The Obsessive 100%'ers hell: picking up all those damn treasure chests.

Don't mind the treasure chests as much as I hate the damn ocean dives.... stupid freaking sharks, if only I can knife them in the eye.


--SoS
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Post by: SoS on August 18, 2014, 05:06:15 PM
This past weekend was tax free weekend so I went ahead and bought a Wii U, it finally met my 5 rule criteria, at Target. Got the deluxe set that comes with the New Super Mario Bros. U and New Super Luigi U games; as an added bonus I got a free LEGO Movie download for buying the system and a $25 gift card, all that for just $254.99. Ended up using the gift card to buy Wonderful 101 for $21.99 (still have $3.01 left on the card).

I'll be playing the heck out of Wonderful 101 this weekend.


--SoS
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Post by: KidTDragon on August 19, 2014, 04:06:46 AM

it finally met my 5 rule criteria


Now I'm curious to hear the 5 rules.
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Post by: tusko on August 20, 2014, 07:34:23 AM
Yes! The 5 Rules!  I forget what they are too.....
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Post by: shmax on August 20, 2014, 01:03:33 PM

I'll be playing the heck out of Wonderful 101 this weekend.


That's a great game, but it is punishingly long. Clear the next 8 weekends, stop the newspaper delivery, and break up with your girlfriend.
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Post by: tusko on August 21, 2014, 01:24:10 PM
So the 5 rules are:
Long weekends,
No reading,
No GF,
....
What are the other two?
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Post by: KidTDragon on August 24, 2014, 04:58:09 AM

So the 5 rules are:
Long weekends,
No reading,
No GF,
....
What are the other two?

No sunlight,
No food or bathroom 'til absolutely necessary.
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Post by: shmax on October 04, 2014, 12:05:58 PM
"Shadow of Mordor" is the best goddamn time I have had in Middle Earth since the Amiga (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J.R.R._Tolkien%27s_The_Lord_of_the_Rings,_Vol._I_(1990_video_game)) days. They somehow managed to wrap up the best aspects of Assassin's Creed, the Arkham games, and my couch in one glorious package. If you don't have it, go get it. If you don't have a PS4, go get one. If you don't have a couch, I recommend the brown carmine leather from Macy's. If you can't afford any of these things, look into getting an Amiga.
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Post by: shmax on October 11, 2014, 11:49:02 AM
Finished Alien: Isolation last night. Highly recommended. I found the alien and android dodging to be a bit tedious at times, and the human characters looked fairly wooden, but the space station environment was wondrous to behold. I died quite a few times because I was busy admiring some piece of machinery or trick of lighting. Check it out.
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Post by: shmax on November 10, 2014, 08:51:15 PM
Just finished Sunset Overdrive, which was fun in a Saint's-Row-Meets-Ratchet-and-Clank kind of way. Before that was Lords of the Fallen, and before that was The Evil Within. I'm tempted to start on Bayonetta 2, but tomorrow is the day that 800 lbs of Assassin's Creed games fall out of the sky.
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Post by: Spiff-O-Matic on December 09, 2014, 06:18:08 AM

"Shadow of Mordor" is the best goddamn time I have had in Middle Earth since the Amiga (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J.R.R._Tolkien%27s_The_Lord_of_the_Rings,_Vol._I_(1990_video_game)) days. They somehow managed to wrap up the best aspects of Assassin's Creed, the Arkham games, and my couch in one glorious package.


This. I loved the crap out of this game.

I'm currently switching between Destiny and other small download games on PS4, and either Forza 5 or Dead Rising on XB1.
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Post by: KidTDragon on December 09, 2014, 02:40:00 PM
Is anyone else playing the hell out of Super Smash Bros for Wii U (when time permits)?
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Post by: shmax on July 01, 2015, 10:10:23 AM
I've spent the past month playing through all three Witcher games, Lego Jurassic World, and most recently, Batman: Arkham Knight. Before that was Bloodborne, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, and god knows what else. Are you guys still playing stuff?
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Post by: engledogg on July 01, 2015, 03:16:15 PM
I just started Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance last night, which I picked up at Five Below not too long ago.

MIKE
engledogg
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Post by: engledogg on July 01, 2015, 07:12:44 PM
And...I beat Metal Gear today.  A little over four hours - I'm glad it was only $5.

And it doesn't seem like you can replay it with the final weapon you earn...unless I'm really missing something.

MIKE
engledogg
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Post by: Tripredacus on July 02, 2015, 10:39:03 AM
This stupid game!

(http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k63/Tripredacus/screens/8208_agario_zpsfiqb8wjk.jpg)
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Post by: shmax on July 03, 2015, 11:26:57 AM

This stupid game!

(http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k63/Tripredacus/screens/8208_agario_zpsfiqb8wjk.jpg)


Thanks for that, why don't you just get me hooked on crack, while you're at it? I played this damn thing for 3 hours last night!
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Post by: shmax on July 03, 2015, 07:01:37 PM

And...I beat Metal Gear today.  A little over four hours - I'm glad it was only $5.

And it doesn't seem like you can replay it with the final weapon you earn...unless I'm really missing something.

MIKE
engledogg


Pick up any of the other main Metal Gear games--they have the opposite problem. You'll spend more than 5 hours watching the cinematics, alone (unless you are me, and get fed up and speed-skip past everything).
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Post by: KidTDragon on July 05, 2015, 08:25:26 AM
I'm working my way through the entire Ratchet & Clank series from beginning to current end (minus Full Frontal Assault; too tower-defensey for my tastes). I finished R&C1 and Going Commando, then got sidetracked by Hyrule Warriors, which I'm obsessively playing to unlock as much stuff as I'm capable.
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Post by: SoS on July 07, 2015, 08:37:27 PM
I am occasionally flying around Gotham City in Batman: Arkham Knight. I have a bad habit of focusing on the side missions before the main mission. Also playing LEGO Batman 3 with my daughter during the weekends mostly.


--SoS
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Post by: shmax on July 15, 2015, 07:24:07 AM

I'm working my way through the entire Ratchet & Clank series from beginning to current end (minus Full Frontal Assault;


I try to keep up with those games, but there are so many and with such similar, jokey names that I lose track of the ones I've played and the ones I haven't. One of these days I'll have to figure out where the gaps are.

In the meantime, I finished Far Cry 4 last night.
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Post by: shmax on July 26, 2015, 02:57:49 PM
Just finished Wolfenstein: The Old Blood. Great fun.
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Post by: engledogg on July 26, 2015, 06:39:29 PM
A little over halfway through Darksiders...

MIKE
engledogg
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Post by: shmax on July 27, 2015, 09:47:12 AM

A little over halfway through Darksiders...

MIKE
engledogg


Ah, yes, Legend of Zelda meets God of War via Frank Frazetta. Say goodbye to 60 hours of your life!
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Post by: shmax on September 11, 2015, 11:33:20 AM
A week ago or so I started in on Metal Gear: The Phantom Menace. I was having a good time until about 40 minutes into in when I realized I didn't have the faintest idea who I was playing as. See, you play as a character with a shaggy 80s mullet, 5 o'clock shadow, and eyepatch, which I figured makes me Solid Snake, and is all I need to know. But it turns out that you are in fact a completely different character: "Big Boss". Not only that, but apparently I played this same character in at least one of the previous games, and never caught on to the difference. After poring through various wikis for the evening trying to get caught up, I finally admitted to myself that I haven't honestly been able to follow what has been going on in the Metal Gear storyline since the 80s. So, I decided to do what any sane person with no girlfriend or major responsibilities would do, which is to start over at the beginning and replay every damn game, including all the oddball titles that I missed the first time around.

I've already played through the original Metal Gear, and am now halfway through Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake (not to be confused with Metal Gear Solid 2). The early games are crude by today's standard, but I'm still very much enjoying them.
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Post by: SoS on September 11, 2015, 06:31:49 PM

A week ago or so I started in on Metal Gear: The Phantom Menace. I was having a good time until about 40 minutes into in when I realized I didn't have the faintest idea who I was playing as. See, you play as a character with a shaggy 80s mullet, 5 o'clock shadow, and eyepatch, which I figured makes me Solid Snake, and is all I need to know. But it turns out that you are in fact a completely different character: "Big Boss". Not only that, but apparently I played this same character in at least one of the previous games, and never caught on to the difference. After poring through various wikis for the evening trying to get caught up, I finally admitted to myself that I haven't honestly been able to follow what has been going on in the Metal Gear storyline since the 80s. So, I decided to do what any sane person with no girlfriend or major responsibilities would do, which is to start over at the beginning and replay every damn game, including all the oddball titles that I missed the first time around.

I've already played through the original Metal Gear, and am now halfway through Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake (not to be confused with Metal Gear Solid 2). The early games are crude by today's standard, but I'm still very much enjoying them.


You should be ashamed of yourself! How dare you compare Big Boss with Solid Snake! Solid does not wear an eyepatch, and no the Solid Eye does not count as one, plus Big Boss sports a full on beard on top of the 5 o'clock shadow. :P

If you are going to replay this for story's sake you should play them in this order:

MGS3: Snake Eater > MGS: Peace Walker > MGSV: Ground Zeroes > MGSV: Phantom Pain > Metal Gear > MG2: Solid Snake > Metal Gear Solid > MGS2: Sons of Liberty > MGS4: Guns of the Patriots

There are some other side-games like Portable Ops, which isn't bad...you can just get the cliff notes, and spin-offs that are totally skip-able... yes, I'm looking at you Revengeance!


--SoS
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Post by: shmax on September 11, 2015, 10:41:33 PM

Solid does not wear an eyepatch


Sure, he does, look!
(http://www.empireonline.com/images/features/100greatestcharacters/photos/71.jpg)

But you're right on all other counts. I have no excuse for now knowing what's going on other than that the games come out 5 years apart, the two main protagonists look very similar, and the chronology jumps around a lot so that ages are hard to keep track of, and somehow Kiefer Sutherland got involved (give it 5 more years, and Troy Baker will get involved).

I considered playing the games in chronological order, but I decided I'd rather be re-introduced to the characters in their canonical order, and experience a gradual gaining in fidelity of the games.

I just finished Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake. I now know that Big Boss was Snake's former commander, and is one of those "war-is-all-we-know" trope-types. Up next is Metal Gear Solid, which I think I'm looking forward to most of all.
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Post by: shmax on September 16, 2015, 10:02:36 AM
Finished Metal Gear Solid, and am now about 30% of the way through Metal Gear Solid 2, and 100% of the way through wondering wtf they have me playing as "Raiden" instead of Snake.
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Post by: KidTDragon on September 16, 2015, 11:16:57 AM
I picked up Super Mario Maker on Sunday and I've been tinkering with it when I can. There are some clever stage-makers out there. I definitely recommend it if you're any kind of side-scrolling Mario game fan.
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Post by: shmax on October 19, 2015, 12:36:40 AM
My Metal Gear-a-thon continues: finished Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, and Metal Gear: Portable Ops (playing anything more complex than digital paddy-cake on the PSP is NOT a pleasure). Up next is, ah, let's see... Metal Gear Solid IV. Or possibly Assassin's Creed... I'm a bit Snake'ed-out...
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Post by: shmax on November 01, 2015, 03:32:17 PM
Snake-ed my way through Metal Gear Solid IV: Guns of the Patriots, Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, and Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes. I think I'm starting to get the hang of this!
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Post by: shmax on November 15, 2015, 11:44:34 AM
Finished up with MGSV: The Phantom Pain (got the true ending). Sweet lollies, that may be the most technically perfect video game ever made. Sure was long, though. I don't have the energy to start on Assassin's Creed, now, so I guess I'd better get back to working on shmax.com. Should have some exciting new developments for you folks in a few weeks.
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Post by: Spiff-O-Matic on November 16, 2015, 06:05:55 AM
You should play Destiny with me guys!
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Post by: shmax on December 27, 2015, 04:10:47 PM

You should play Destiny with me guys!

but but there are so many other games to play! Say, I'm glad it came up, because I just finished Mad Max, which is great fun. It's basically this year's Shadow of Mordor, only with more of a leather daddy feel. And let's see, before that was Assassin's Creed Syndicate, and before that was Fallout IV. Not sure what to tackle next, but I see Tomb Raider on the top of the pile...