What are you currently playing?

[Heisenberg]

Since this seems to be the general discussion thread, Is a playthrough of Fallout 3 needed before New Vegas to understand the story.

I agree with Ultra. I love both of those games, great replay value in both of them.

[Fignuts]

A playthrough of Fallout 1 and 2 would actually help you appreciate Fallout NV more than Fallout 3.

Some really cool cameos and easter eggs.

[El Fangel]

I have heard good things, just lack motivation since I don't like playing through like 30 hours of time I deleted accidentally on my last save.

[Heisenberg]

A playthrough of Fallout 1 and 2 would actually help you appreciate Fallout NV more than Fallout 3.

Some really cool cameos and easter eggs.

Bought those games, and I'm having a bad time trying to make the graphics on it stable. This was during the Steam Summer Sale, so a lot of other games got played instead.

[El Fangel]

I have it on 360, lucky me?

[Heisenberg]

I had them on 360, Fallout 3 played flawlessly, but New Vegas had a glitch on it to where it would lock up at the Strip loading screen. I think they patched it eventually. I don't remember.

[Emperor Smeat]

Got some games from eStarland so right now its between these 3 at the moment:
Saints Row 2
Halo 1
Metal Gear Solid 3

[Raven Reaper]

GUNZ: THE DUEL. Highly addictive in internet shops until now. Brings back memories of K-style and dodging like Max Payne minus the slow mo effects. :p

[LoDownM]

Beat in 2012 - Rating
Assassins Creed: Revelations - 2/5
Mass Effect 2 - 5/5
Mass Effect 3 - 4/5
Modern Warfare 3 - 3/5
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning - 4/5
The Witcher 2 - 3/5
Trine 2 - 3/5
Dragon's Dogma - 3/5
The Amazing Spider-Man - 5/5
NBA2K12 - N/A
Warriors Orochi 3 - 4/5
The Walking Dead Eps 1&2 - 4/5 for both.
Sniper Elite V2 - 2/5
Sleeping Dogs - 3/5
Transformers: Fall of Cybertron - 5/5
Borderlands 2 - 5/5

Had a blast from start to finish, even with dieing 100 times at the end.

[Wehttam]

right now playing fifa 13 and rock band 3 for about another month or so until halo comes out

[NoJabbaNoBogRoll]

"Beat" in 2012:

The Binding Of Isaac - 7/10
The Witcher 2 - 10/10
Limbo - 5/10
And Yet It Moves - 4/10
VVVVVV - 6/10
Alien Swarm - 6/10
NecroVision (2nd time) - 7/10
Spongebob Squarepants The Movie - 2/10
Space Marine - 8/10
Trine 2 - 8/10
Mass Effect 3 - 10/10 (If my next run through is almost identical, despite my radically different choices in previous games, it could get bumped down to 9. We'll see.)

Currently playing:

Mass Effect 3 (Again)
Dawn of War 2: Retribution
Dead Island
Risen
Wolfenstein
Magicka

[ClockShot]

I think my PS3 died. My brother must have been playing Killzone last night and something must have happened. Manual says it overheated so I got a fan blowing on it. But after checking some websites, it's looking like my 60gb launch PS3 finally kicked it.

So much for finishing up Final Fantasy 10.

[MoFo]

right now playing fifa 13 and rock band 3 for about another month or so until halo comes out


Hey faggot have you got FIFA for Xbox or PS3

[Wehttam]

xbox dickface

[Emperor Smeat]

Games beaten in 2012:
Sonic 2 (XBLA version)
Call of Duty Black Ops
Portal (Xbox 360 Orange Box version)
Rainbow Six Vegas 2
Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword
Wayne Gretzky's 3D Hockey
WCW/NWO Revenge
Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time
Castlevania Dawn of Sorrow
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater

[OssMan]

Games I've beaten so far in 2012:
Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
Journey
Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne
The Last Story

[Fryza]

Still going on Borderlands 2 at the moment, will probably get onto doing Mass Effect 3 once the Omega DLC comes out.

[Fignuts]

Still playing the shit out of tekken tag.

Playing through the kirby games as well.

[Pintint]

Right now playing,

Shenmue 1 (Dreamcast)
Panzer Dragoon Saga (Saturn)
Grand Turismo 5 (PS3)
Final Fantasy 10 (PS2)

Have to keep switching out which console is plugged into the TV, except for the PS3 which uses the HDMI port.
Spent $350 getting Panzer Dragoon Saga

[OssMan]

You actually bought that game

Pintint is a rich suburban white kid guys, let's steal his stuff

[Pintint]

You actually bought that game

Pintint is a rich suburban white kid guys, let's steal his stuff

Totally not rich, but just had to have that game.

[whiteyford]

Just got LA Noire Complete Edition for £12 bought 20% into it so far.

[DAMN iNATOR]

Just got LA Noire Complete Edition for £12 bought 20% into it so far.

Pretty fun game, way easy to 100%/Platinum it, too.

[Pintint]

Pretty fun game, way easy to 100%/Platinum it, too.

I've been reluctant to get it because people told me its pretty much the same exact game/storyline as Red Dead Redemption.

[Pintint]

I mean, I loved RDR, but don't want to play through the same thing again.

[whiteyford]

Its fuck all like it.

[SammyG]

Madden and NBA 2K13

[Mercenary]

Tokyo Jungle, The Walking Dead,NFL Blitz

[Raven Reaper]

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ANother addictive online game... Love being the medic dual gunner...

[Ace]

Playing Legends of Troy. Gameplay is repetitive, but I'm enjoying the historical story.

[Mooияakeя™]

Fifa 13. Don't have time for shit, but thats just turn on and play.

Need some BF back in my life, but waiting till we get FO internet again cos this one where I'm living is bollocks.

[Pintint]

Replaying Resident Evil 1 (on the Sega Saturn).

[DAMN iNATOR]

Borderlands 2
XCOM: Enemy Unknown
NBA 2K13
Dishonored
Dead Or Alive 5

[Gonzo]

DOTA 2

[Raven Reaper]

Sudden Attack and Bullet Run online.

[El Fangel]

Saints Row, about 3 hours longer then intended and probably a few hours yet.

[Kris P Lettus]

Darksiders and Borderland 2

[DAMN iNATOR]

I've been reluctant to get it because people told me its pretty much the same exact game/storyline as Red Dead Redemption.

I mean, I loved RDR, but don't want to play through the same thing again.

It’s not very much like RDR at all. RDR is set in the “wild west” in like 1912. L.A. Noire is set in 1940’s Los Angeles. Both games do feature newspapers, but the ones in L.A. Noire count towards your trophies/achievements for the game (you have to find and “read” all 13, and unlike in RDR, when you read a paper in L.A. Noire, you can go “behind the headline” to see how other events in the game are happening at the same time, just behind the scenes, and eventually (no spoilers here) the storylines converge at the end.

The only other similarity L.A. Noire and R.D.R. have in common are bounties (R.D.R.) and responding to dispatch calls (L.A. Noire). Again, unlike R.D.R., finishing 1, 20, and all 40 of the dispatch calls can net you trophies/achievements for the 1st you do, then at the halfway point and again when you have done them all.

All said, Pintint, I think you’d be doing yourself a HUGE favor if you just give L.A. Noire a chance, and if you like extra content for your games, by all means, splurge for The Complete Edition (if you can find it anywhere that is...good luck with that!)

[Pintint]

I was trying to play Diablo 3 which I bought at launch but haven't played much because I got bored with it and didnt like it as much as Diablo 2, but 15 minutes after starting it up, I got "connection dropped", erasing the 15 minutes of progress.

Come on Blizzard.

If you can't keep your servers functioning (especially months after launch), don't make the game require online play for single player.
Interest in game lost again.

[Raven Reaper]

Dishonored


Fucking love that game btw.. And the one thing creeped me out are the plague rats that are behaving like piranhas in the sewers and the weepers aka zombies I think.. Steam punk mid century ftw!!

[Raven Reaper]

Finally finished the game Dishonored on PC.. HOLY FUCK ME. This game's ending almost felt like Mass Effect 3... 2 endings to this one but Wow. Tough choices. Oh well.. Sometimes violence is necessary anyway... Good game.. Felt bad for the future daughter Empress Emily that had to live through this hell hole... :(

Help: How do you get the good ending with a low chaos result in each mission? Let me guess, less killings or no killings at all and you use non lethal takedowns instead? Tried it on normal mode upon replay but I still end up killing because they detected my presence...

[Eklipse]

Been really into retro gaming lately, so I just beat Mega Man X for the first time a couple days ago. Moving on to X2 and X3 as well.

[RoXer]

Games I've Beaten in 2012:

Saints Row: The Third - 86
Ultimate MvC 3 - 80
Mortal Kombat - 85
From Dust - 75
Street Fighter III: Third Strike Online Edition - 60
Skate 3 - 82
Back to the Future: The Game - 70
Gears of War 3 - 76
The Simpsons: The Arcade Game - 56
Mass Effect 3 - 86
Payday: The Heist - 70
MLB 12: The Show - 83
NBA 2K12 - 79
Deadly Premonition - Fuck You
Goldeneye: Reloaded - 9
Street Fighter X Tekken - 42
Bastion - 90
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Trilogy Collection HD - n/a
Resident Evil 5 - 70
Dungeon Defenders - 78
Resistance 3 - 53
Dark Souls - 95
Lord of the Rings: The War in the North - n/a
Bunch of Heroes - fair
Alien Swarm - good
Magicka - great
Jamestown - really great
Borderlands 2 - 87
NFS: The Run - 30

Working on: The Walking Dead, the two Ghostbusters games, Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions, Dear Esther, Trine 2, Super Meat Boy, Soul Calibur V, Metal Gear Solid Collection, maybe Portal 2 co-op

[Emperor Smeat]

Was hoping on finishing up Halo 1 as part of a mini-break from Saints Row 2 but found out today that's going to be impossible since the game keeps crashing before the start of the Guilty Spark mission/chapter.

Took a break from Saints Row 2 because of the final mission being a lot more frustrating than it should be.

[DaveBrawl]

Games I've beaten so far in 2012:
Forza 3
Fight Night Round 4
WWE '12
Earthworm Jim HD
X-Men: The Arcade Game
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II
Bastion

[Kalyx triaD]

Halo 4

[Raven Reaper]

Street Fighter X Tekken PC version.

[LoDownM]

Beat in 2012 - Rating
Assassins Creed: Revelations - 2/5
Mass Effect 2 - 5/5
Mass Effect 3 - 4/5
Modern Warfare 3 - 3/5
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning - 4/5
The Witcher 2 - 3/5
Trine 2 - 3/5
Dragon's Dogma - 3/5
The Amazing Spider-Man - 5/5
NBA2K12 - N/A
Warriors Orochi 3 - 4/5
The Walking Dead Eps 1&2 - 4/5 for both.
Sniper Elite V2 - 2/5
Sleeping Dogs - 3/5
Transformers: Fall of Cybertron - 5/5
Borderlands 2 - 5/5
Halo 4 - 4/5
Assassin's Creed 3 - 4/5

[Kris P Lettus]

What did you not like about The Witcher 2?? I thought it was pretty immense..

I'm currently playing Fallout New Vegas (never beat it and the disc got scratched so I rebought it) and Dead Island..

Dead Island is pretty fun but I hope it gets more in depth than just "fetch it" quests..

[LoDownM]

I don't remember, I'm sure it's somewhere in this thread.

[Kris P Lettus]

booooooooooooooo

[stultiloquy]

Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare

Nice atmosphere, it's good to have more to do in the frontier, and I like the new mounts.

However, the combat is a bit disappointing in that the zombies are never really a threat, even in great numbers. They're easily dispatched, slow, and don't inflict much damage.
I also have a feeling that running around between towns to keep saving them is going to become a tedious chore pretty quickly.

I'm only about 2 1/2 hours in, so there's still room to grow, and while I don't think it compares to the main game, it's still pretty fun.

[Fignuts]

Finally finished the game Dishonored on PC.. HOLY FUCK ME. This game's ending almost felt like Mass Effect 3... 2 endings to this one but Wow. Tough choices. Oh well.. Sometimes violence is necessary anyway... Good game.. Felt bad for the future daughter Empress Emily that had to live through this hell hole... :(

Help: How do you get the good ending with a low chaos result in each mission? Let me guess, less killings or no killings at all and you use non lethal takedowns instead? Tried it on normal mode upon replay but I still end up killing because they detected my presence...

Yup. Non lethal takedowns using the choke or sleep darts. Can't leave bodies out in the open either. Not sure if you can just leave them in the shadows, or if you have to put them in a dumpster. I'm on a non-lethal run now as well. Much tougher, but if you are creative, you can work around it.

[whiteyford]

Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare

Nice atmosphere, it's good to have more to do in the frontier, and I like the new mounts.

However, the combat is a bit disappointing in that the zombies are never really a threat, even in great numbers. They're easily dispatched, slow, and don't inflict much damage.
I also have a feeling that running around between towns to keep saving them is going to become a tedious chore pretty quickly.

I'm only about 2 1/2 hours in, so there's still room to grow, and while I don't think it compares to the main game, it's still pretty fun.

It does get better once you get further into it, I found it the same the way, you can ignore the towns indefinitely I think but its a good way to stock up on ammo.

[LoDownM]

Beat in 2012 - Rating
Assassins Creed: Revelations - 2/5
Mass Effect 2 - 5/5
Mass Effect 3 - 4/5
Modern Warfare 3 - 3/5
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning - 4/5
The Witcher 2 - 3/5
Trine 2 - 3/5
Dragon's Dogma - 3/5
The Amazing Spider-Man - 5/5
NBA2K12 - N/A
Warriors Orochi 3 - 4/5
The Walking Dead Eps 1&2 - 4/5 for both.
Sniper Elite V2 - 2/5
Sleeping Dogs - 3/5
Transformers: Fall of Cybertron - 5/5
Borderlands 2 - 5/5
Halo 4 - 4/5
Assassin's Creed 3 - 4/5
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 - 4/5

Really liked the campaign, liked the Strikeforce side missions, was something slightly different. Best in the series imo.

[Immortal Moose]

I got Star Wars: The Old Republic free to play a few days ago and so far it's pretty fun, there's premium stuff I would like but there's no way I'm subscribing.

[LoDownM]

So pissed, was 5 hours into XCOM and can't advance anymore because there is a bug when two things are going on at once on the holograph that causes the game to stop loading. Don't wanna start over :(

[RoXer]

Games I've Beaten in 2012:

Saints Row: The Third - 86
Ultimate MvC 3 - 80
Mortal Kombat - 85
From Dust - 75
Street Fighter III: Third Strike Online Edition - 60
Skate 3 - 82
Back to the Future: The Game - 70
Gears of War 3 - 76
The Simpsons: The Arcade Game - 56
Mass Effect 3 - 86
Payday: The Heist - 70
MLB 12: The Show - 83
NBA 2K12 - 79
Deadly Premonition - Fuck You
Goldeneye: Reloaded - 9
Street Fighter X Tekken - 42
Bastion - 90
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Trilogy Collection HD - n/a
Resident Evil 5 - 70
Dungeon Defenders - 78
Resistance 3 - 53
Dark Souls - 95
Lord of the Rings: The War in the North - n/a
Bunch of Heroes - fair
Alien Swarm - good
Magicka - great
Jamestown - really great
Borderlands 2 - 87
NFS: The Run - 30
Ghostbusters: The Game - 78

Pretty good. Was very fun in the beginning. The game looked sharp and overall the voice actors nailed their parts. The story seemed rushed in the 3rd act. Rehashing antagonists from the 1st/2nd movie works fine for a video game but it would have been awful for a 3rd movie which makes me seriously doubt this was considered for the plot for the 3rd movie. It got boring near the end but I'm not a HUGE GB fan so maybe it wasn't for most. Multiplayer was fine. I only played maybe a half hour of it. But it's fine for arena-based whatnot. Good stuff. Will start Sanctum of Slime tonight.

Working on: Sanctum of Slime, The Walking Dead, Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions, Game of Thrones, Need For Speed: Most Wanted, Deus Ex, Medal of Honor: Warfighter, Test Drive: Ferrari, Blops 2, Spelunky, Dead Space 1&2, Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, Assassin's Creed: Revalations, Dear Esther, Trine 2, Super Meat Boy, Soul Calibur V, Metal Gear Solid Collection, maybe Portal 2 co-op

[RoXer]

Goozex is vomiting games at me right now. Partly because I'm worried the site is on it's last legs so I took a lot of shit off hold about 2 months ago and just now it's starting to hit me like a tidal wave. I have a feeling most of these games are going to be placed in a corner for a while but I'm going to try to knock them out as fast as I can.

[RoXer]

Games I've Beaten in 2012:

Saints Row: The Third - 86
Ultimate MvC 3 - 80
Mortal Kombat - 85
From Dust - 75
Street Fighter III: Third Strike Online Edition - 60
Skate 3 - 82
Back to the Future: The Game - 70
Gears of War 3 - 76
The Simpsons: The Arcade Game - 56
Mass Effect 3 - 86
Payday: The Heist - 70
MLB 12: The Show - 83
NBA 2K12 - 79
Deadly Premonition - Fuck You
Goldeneye: Reloaded - 9
Street Fighter X Tekken - 42
Bastion - 90
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Trilogy Collection HD - n/a
Resident Evil 5 - 70
Dungeon Defenders - 78
Resistance 3 - 53
Dark Souls - 95
Lord of the Rings: The War in the North - n/a
Bunch of Heroes - fair
Alien Swarm - good
Magicka - great
Jamestown - really great
Borderlands 2 - 87
NFS: The Run - 30
Ghostbusters: The Game - 78
Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime - blows

Well that didn't take long. After 1 level, I was not impressed. After the 2nd level, I was bored. I started the 3rd level and said "fuck this". It's pretty awful and I'm glad I didn't pay full price for it.

Working on: The Walking Dead, Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions, Game of Thrones, Need For Speed: Most Wanted, Deus Ex, Medal of Honor: Warfighter, Test Drive: Ferrari, Blops 2, Spelunky, Dead Space 1&2, Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, Assassin's Creed: Revalations, Dear Esther, Trine 2, Super Meat Boy, Soul Calibur V, Metal Gear Solid Collection, maybe Portal 2 co-op

[Emperor Smeat]

Games beaten in 2012:
Sonic 2 (XBLA version)
Call of Duty Black Ops
Portal (Xbox 360 Orange Box version)
Rainbow Six Vegas 2
Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword
Wayne Gretzky's 3D Hockey
WCW/NWO Revenge
Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time
Castlevania Dawn of Sorrow
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
Saints Row 2

[El Fangel]

Roxer has finished 31 games in just under 11 months. Which means on average he finishes a game once every ten days. That is insane.

[RoXer]

19 really. Excluding games I didn't play, quick indie games, sports games I played for a weekend (like Madden) etc.

Bout to finish Spiderman too with something like 8 hours played.

[Pintint]

Started on Alone In The Dark 4. Bought it a while ago for PC but haven't gotten around it due to backlog.
Pretty fun so far, will probably stick to it. Compability sucks on Win 7 though.

[El Fangel]

19 really. Excluding games I didn't play, quick indie games, sports games I played for a weekend (like Madden) etc.

Bout to finish Spiderman too with something like 8 hours played.

Not meant as an insult but do you have a job? If so, where do you find the time to finish that many?

[Pintint]

Not meant as an insult but do you have a job? If so, where do you find the time to finish that many?

A game sensei walks among us. You must bow in silent respect rather than question his game conquering powers. Even the lengthiest of games quiver in anticipation at the sight of Roxer's enormous thumbs.

[El Fangel]

I am imagining RoXer wallowing in a sea of Mountain Dew Energy and bags of Doritos. Red eyed with a pillow behind his head for the sleep he allows himself during loading screens.

[RoXer]

Only thing I've put time into is Dark Souls and MLB:The Show. Mostly everything else was beaten on a weekend.

[RoXer]

And Mass Effect

[El Fangel]

How many hours would you say you play during a weekend? I simply can't find time to play 3+ hours anymore these days and looking at my backlog is depressing me. Don't think ill ever get caught up.

[LoDownM]

Beat in 2012 - Rating
Assassins Creed: Revelations - 2/5
Mass Effect 2 - 5/5
Mass Effect 3 - 4/5
Modern Warfare 3 - 3/5
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning - 4/5
The Witcher 2 - 3/5
Trine 2 - 3/5
Dragon's Dogma - 3/5
The Amazing Spider-Man - 5/5
NBA2K12 - N/A
Warriors Orochi 3 - 4/5
The Walking Dead Eps 1&2 - 4/5 for both.
Sniper Elite V2 - 2/5
Sleeping Dogs - 3/5
Transformers: Fall of Cybertron - 5/5
Borderlands 2 - 5/5
Halo 4 - 4/5
Assassin's Creed 3 - 4/5
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 - 4/5
Hitman Absolution - 5/5

Great game. Loved every second of it.

[Kris P Lettus]

Roxer traded in his RLC (real world credibility) for XBLC (xbox live credibility) at Game Stop a long time ago..

[RoXer]

Games I've Beaten in 2012:

Saints Row: The Third - 86
Ultimate MvC 3 - 80
Mortal Kombat - 85
From Dust - 75
Street Fighter III: Third Strike Online Edition - 60
Skate 3 - 82
Back to the Future: The Game - 70
Gears of War 3 - 76
The Simpsons: The Arcade Game - 56
Mass Effect 3 - 86
Payday: The Heist - 70
MLB 12: The Show - 83
NBA 2K12 - 79
Deadly Premonition - Fuck You
Goldeneye: Reloaded - 9
Street Fighter X Tekken - 42
Bastion - 90
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Trilogy Collection HD - n/a
Resident Evil 5 - 70
Dungeon Defenders - 78
Resistance 3 - 53
Dark Souls - 95
Lord of the Rings: The War in the North - n/a
Bunch of Heroes - fair
Alien Swarm - good
Magicka - great
Jamestown - really great
Borderlands 2 - 87
NFS: The Run - 30
Ghostbusters: The Game - 78
Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime - blows
Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions - 61

Interesting concept but in the end it didn't feel too much different from any other beat em up type. I wish the stealth sections were a little smoother and a bit brighter. Got repetitive pretty quick to the point where I just swinged on past enemies to the next checkpoint. Solid voiceovers, for the most part.

Working on: The Walking Dead, Game of Thrones, Need For Speed: Most Wanted, Deus Ex, Medal of Honor: Warfighter, Test Drive: Ferrari, Blops 2, Spelunky, Dead Space 1&2, Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, Assassin's Creed: Revalations, Dear Esther, Trine 2, Super Meat Boy, Soul Calibur V, Metal Gear Solid Collection, maybe Portal 2 co-op

[RoXer]

Games I've Beaten in 2012:

Saints Row: The Third - 86
Ultimate MvC 3 - 80
Mortal Kombat - 85
From Dust - 75
Street Fighter III: Third Strike Online Edition - 60
Skate 3 - 82
Back to the Future: The Game - 70
Gears of War 3 - 76
The Simpsons: The Arcade Game - 56
Mass Effect 3 - 86
Payday: The Heist - 70
MLB 12: The Show - 83
NBA 2K12 - 79
Deadly Premonition - Fuck You
Goldeneye: Reloaded - 9
Street Fighter X Tekken - 42
Bastion - 90
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Trilogy Collection HD - n/a
Resident Evil 5 - 70
Dungeon Defenders - 78
Resistance 3 - 53
Dark Souls - 95
Lord of the Rings: The War in the North - n/a
Bunch of Heroes - fair
Alien Swarm - good
Magicka - great
Jamestown - really great
Borderlands 2 - 87
NFS: The Run - 30
Ghostbusters: The Game - 78
Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime - blows
Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions - 61
Test Drive: Ferrari - n/a

Yet another I game I hardly played. I played enough of it to know that I shouldn't be playing it. I tried a quick race on normal to see if the disc works and I had a hell of a time controlling the car. When I tried playing again later, same thing happened so I fiddled around with the "sensitivity" and "dead zone" settings but cars still handled like tugboats. I tried paying on easy but then the car would brake for you no matter what and I wasn't having any of that.

It looks pretty good at least. A lot of (locked) cars and tracks to choose from. I tried the very first mission in campaign to unlock stuff, spun out 3 times and figured that's enough for me.

Things might be different with a race wheel but who knows. I don't have these problems with Forza or Gran Turismo.

Working on: The Walking Dead, Game of Thrones, Need For Speed: Most Wanted, Blops 2, Deus Ex, Medal of Honor: Warfighter, Spelunky, Dead Space 1&2, Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, Assassin's Creed: Revalations, Dear Esther, Trine 2, Super Meat Boy, Soul Calibur V, Metal Gear Solid Collection, maybe Portal 2 co-op

[Pintint]

Roxer traded in his RLC (real world credibility) for XBLC (xbox live credibility) at Game Stop a long time ago..

Who's going to buy a used copy of Roxer's credibility...

[El Fangel]

Roxer traded in his RLC (real world credibility) for XBLC (xbox live credibility) at Game Stop a long time ago..

Not all of us can name drop like you.

[Kris P Lettus]

What does that have to do with anything other than the fact that I work alot so I can't beat 56 games a year??

[El Fangel]

Oh, I thought it was because you spend all your time hanging out with Tom Cruise. My mistake.

[Kris P Lettus]

You are trying way too hard..

[El Fangel]

It isn't difficult to make you look like an ignorant asshole, you do a fine job yourself.

[Kris P Lettus]

Look at the balls on that guy..

[El Fangel]

Ill stop before you get defensive and say you aren't.

[Raven Reaper]

Iron Sky Invasion.

Gameplay and graphics remind me alot of Star Wars X-Wing sim and Crimson Skies style type of missions.. Finished it yes I know it's short but still, the gameplay is decent.

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[Tommy Gunn]

I just finished Duke Nukem Forever's The Doctor Who Cloned Me DLC, and it was pretty awesome, so much more like DN3D. The dialogue was hilarious.

In the mean time, I've ordered Dishonored Special Edition, and I have WWE '13 sitting on a shelf waiting to be played as a prize once I finish my essays for this semester.

[Pintint]

I just finished Duke Nukem Forever's The Doctor Who Cloned Me DLC, and it was pretty awesome, so much more like DN3D. The dialogue was hilarious.

In the mean time, I've ordered Dishonored Special Edition, and I have WWE '13 sitting on a shelf waiting to be played as a prize once I finish my essays for this semester.

How long is the DLC? Worth reinstalling DNF for?

[Kris P Lettus]

Picked up Deus Ex Human Revolution for $10 on black friday.. It's alright so far..

[RoXer]

Games I've Beaten in 2012:

Saints Row: The Third - 86
Ultimate MvC 3 - 80
Mortal Kombat - 85
From Dust - 75
Street Fighter III: Third Strike Online Edition - 60
Skate 3 - 82
Back to the Future: The Game - 70
Gears of War 3 - 76
The Simpsons: The Arcade Game - 56
Mass Effect 3 - 86
Payday: The Heist - 70
MLB 12: The Show - 83
NBA 2K12 - 79
Deadly Premonition - Fuck You
Goldeneye: Reloaded - 9
Street Fighter X Tekken - 42
Bastion - 90
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Trilogy Collection HD - n/a
Resident Evil 5 - 70
Dungeon Defenders - 78
Resistance 3 - 53
Dark Souls - 95
Lord of the Rings: The War in the North - n/a
Bunch of Heroes - fair
Alien Swarm - good
Magicka - great
Jamestown - really great
Borderlands 2 - 87
NFS: The Run - 30
Ghostbusters: The Game - 78
Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime - blows
Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions - 61
Test Drive: Ferrari - n/a
Game of Thrones - 37
Soul Calibur V - n/a

It has a pretty good story on my opinion . Worthy of even being considered canon. And really, that's what made me keep playing because everything else about this game isn't great.

The combat system is weird and could have used more defensive elements to it. Most of the time you pick your best offensive ability over and over with not a lot of strategy to it other than go for the archers first. The only battles that were tough were with Valarr.

Sound isn't great. The two main character's VO's are decent and Varys and Cersi are ok. Everything else is bad. Not even great music. They don't even have the full intro of the song playing in the beginning.

It doesn't look good either. Looks like it could be on the PS2 or maybe the vita.

But overall, a pretty bad game and the only reason I kept going was to see was because the writing is what saved it.
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*EDIT*

And you know what, fuck it I'm done with Soul Calibur V too. Couldn't get into like I did with IV. I tried a couple of times but just couldn't do it.

Working on: Blops 2, Need For Speed: Most Wanted, The Walking Dead, Medal of Honor: Warfighter, Deus Ex, Spelunky, Dead Space 1&2, Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, Assassin's Creed: Revalations, Dear Esther, Trine 2, Super Meat Boy, Metal Gear Solid Collection, maybe Portal 2 co-op

[RoXer]

And then I'm done beating stuff for the year. I'll chill out online with Blops and NFS most likely. I may try to start The Walking Dead around Christmas but we'll see.

[Pintint]

Black Ops 2 (PC, Online)
Legend Of The Dragoon (PSX)
Alone In The Dark 4 : The New Nightmare (PC)

[RoXer]

Actually, I think I'm done with Soul Calibur V. I couldn't get into it at all.

It may be my first victime to be sent out on either 99gamers or VGFive since Goozex is dead.

[Tommy Gunn]

How long is the DLC? Worth reinstalling DNF for?

I took it slow and it took me around 5-6 hours, give or take. For me the humor was the selling point, especially one scene where Duke get's shrunk down and has to escape in a talking barbie car, it went a bit Toy Story but then went right back to tits and one-liners. If you can get the DLC cheap I'd say it's a good Sunday afternoon type game.

[DaveBrawl]

I bought Forza Horizon on Black Friday for like $15, still kind of raced out from Forza 3 but I figured it was a pretty good deal for that price. I can't tale it seriously though. Tha main character looks like a dark haired Paul Walker and I keep expecting the next Fast & Furious movie to break out at any time.

[El Fangel]

<font color="#ccffcc"> Games I have played this year

GTA IV - 91 - Upon replay, Instead of powering through the story I took time to sort of "live" in Liberty City. Really added to the game.

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - 97 - Still my only complaint is so little variety of monsters that pose a threat.

Crackdown - 80 - Fun to dick around in

Bioshock - 95 - Love this game so much, going to replay it soon and then start Bioshock 2.

Dark Souls - NA - Haven't played enough to rate, don't hate myself enough to play atm.

Red Dead Redemption - 96 - Replaying due to a fan theory I have, will post upon completion.

Mass Effect - NA - Haven't played in forever

Currently Working On

Red Dead Redemption
Saints Row

Yet to start

Bioshock 2
Fallout 3
Mass Effect 2
Assassins Creed
Fallout New Vegas
Dragon Age: Origins
Halo 4
Black Ops 2


</font>

[Emperor Smeat]

Games beaten in 2012:
Sonic 2 (XBLA version)
Call of Duty Black Ops
Portal (Xbox 360 Orange Box version)
Rainbow Six Vegas 2
Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword
Wayne Gretzky's 3D Hockey
WCW/NWO Revenge
Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time
Castlevania Dawn of Sorrow
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
Saints Row 2
Mario Party 9
Metal Slug 7

Played Mario Party 9 mostly for a nephew who loves Mario but is too young to actually play games yet. He enjoyed it and all the changes done pretty much make it a lot faster to go through each board,

SNK got pretty lazy with Metal Slug 7 since its as short as other games in the series but has no multiplayer nor takes advantage of the extra screen like Contra 4 did.

Currently playing:
Kirby's Epic Yarn
Gears of War 3

[Raven Reaper]

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Finished beating this classic game remake Karateka. Used to play it on Apple computer looong ago.. Now the remake looks like Mulan Disney style anime. Yeah yeah, most of you think this is shit because of the graphics update but the gameplay is good. Kinda like Tyson's punch out rhythm type of fighting. Listen to the music so that you can attack at the right time.. That's about it..

[NoJabbaNoBogRoll]

"Beat" in 2012:

The Binding Of Isaac - 7/10
The Witcher 2 - 10/10
Limbo - 5/10
And Yet It Moves - 4/10
VVVVVV - 6/10
Alien Swarm - 6/10
NecroVision (2nd time) - 7/10
Spongebob Squarepants The Movie - 2/10
Space Marine - 8/10
Trine 2 - 8/10
Mass Effect 3 - 10/10

Currently playing:

Home
NightSky
Dungeon Defenders
Castle Crashers
Mass Effect 3 (Again)
Dawn of War 2: Retribution
Dead Island
Risen
Wolfenstein
Magicka

[LoDownM]

Hopefully gonna knock out a ton of games I didn't finish for various reasons over the next 4ish weeks. Literally gonna have nothing to do for 2 weeks in 2 weeks.

[RoXer]

Games I've Beaten in 2012:

Saints Row: The Third - 86
Ultimate MvC 3 - 80
Mortal Kombat - 85
From Dust - 75
Street Fighter III: Third Strike Online Edition - 60
Skate 3 - 82
Back to the Future: The Game - 70
Gears of War 3 - 76
The Simpsons: The Arcade Game - 56
Mass Effect 3 - 86
Payday: The Heist - 70
MLB 12: The Show - 83
NBA 2K12 - 79
Deadly Premonition - Fuck You
Goldeneye: Reloaded - 9
Street Fighter X Tekken - 42
Bastion - 90
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Trilogy Collection HD - n/a
Resident Evil 5 - 70
Dungeon Defenders - 78
Resistance 3 - 53
Dark Souls - 95
Lord of the Rings: The War in the North - n/a
Bunch of Heroes - fair
Alien Swarm - good
Magicka - great
Jamestown - really great
Borderlands 2 - 87
NFS: The Run - 30
Ghostbusters: The Game - 78
Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime - blows
Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions - 61
Test Drive: Ferrari - n/a
Game of Thrones - 37
Soul Calibur V - n/a
Need For Speed: Most Wanted - 63

Another one that was very easy to beat. Well, the single player was. Multi player had some legs to it but got very repetitive quickly and I found myself bored most of the time. Mostly because you had to unlock a lot to remain competitive with the field and if someone has already unlocked certain mods they'll be difficult to beat or take down. Some shameless rubberbanding in this game too. The map is a bitch to look at and needed to be zoomed out to work efficiently. Went to my custom soundtrack after about 40 mins too. I was looking forward to this but overall, it was disappointing.


Working on: Blops 2, The Walking Dead, Dead Space 1&2, Medal of Honor: Warfighter, Deus Ex, Spelunky, Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, Assassin's Creed: Revalations, Dear Esther, Trine 2, Super Meat Boy, Metal Gear Solid Collection, maybe Portal 2 co-op

[DaveBrawl]

Games I've beaten so far in 2012:
Forza 3
Fight Night Round 4
WWE '12
Earthworm Jim HD
X-Men: The Arcade Game
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II
Bastion
Dust: An Elysian Tail

[DaveBrawl]

Games I've beaten so far in 2012:
Forza 3
Fight Night Round 4
WWE '12
Earthworm Jim HD
X-Men: The Arcade Game
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II
Bastion
Dust: An Elysian Tail
X-Men Destiny

[Raven Reaper]

Finished Walking Dead series. :(( Poor Clem.

Now playing: Black Ops 2 on XBOX.

[Gonzo]

Planetside 2

[Emperor Smeat]

Games beaten in 2012:
Sonic 2 (XBLA version)
Call of Duty Black Ops
Portal (Xbox 360 Orange Box version)
Rainbow Six Vegas 2
Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword
Wayne Gretzky's 3D Hockey
WCW/NWO Revenge
Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time
Castlevania Dawn of Sorrow
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
Saints Row 2
Mario Party 9
Metal Slug 7
Gears of War 3

Multiplayer is better than GoW 2 but the story is still meh worthy mostly because it still tries too hard at times to be serious while being all over the place or silly at other times. Besides Dom, everyone else is too goofy or "bro"-type to pull off a serious moment.


Currently playing:
Kirby's Epic Yarn
Portal 2

Baring a random new purchase those 2 should be the final games left to beat for the year or at least Kirby will be.

[G]

Working on: Blops 2, The Walking Dead, Dead Space 1&2, Medal of Honor: Warfighter, Deus Ex, Spelunky, Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, Assassin's Creed: Revalations, Dear Esther, Trine 2, Super Meat Boy, Metal Gear Solid Collection, maybe Portal 2 co-op

You should probably stop playing Black Ops every day and work on some of that shit.

[Kris P Lettus]

I picked up Kingdoms of Amalur.. Pretty good so far..

[DAMN iNATOR]

Largely still Borderlands 2 thanks to the DLC. Also Dishonored, DOA 5, XCOM: Enemy Unknown, WWE ’13 and Hitman: Absolution. Gonna wait a while on B.O. II and probably pass on Halo 4. Never been a big Halo fan.

[LoDownM]

Beat in 2012 - Rating
Assassins Creed: Revelations - 2/5
Mass Effect 2 - 5/5
Mass Effect 3 - 4/5
Modern Warfare 3 - 3/5
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning - 4/5
The Witcher 2 - 3/5
Trine 2 - 3/5
Dragon's Dogma - 3/5
The Amazing Spider-Man - 5/5
NBA2K12 - N/A
Warriors Orochi 3 - 4/5
The Walking Dead Eps 1&2 - 4/5 for both.
Sniper Elite V2 - 2/5
Sleeping Dogs - 3/5
Transformers: Fall of Cybertron - 5/5
Borderlands 2 - 5/5
Halo 4 - 4/5
Assassin's Creed 3 - 4/5
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 - 4/5
Hitman Absolution - 5/5
Lego: Lord of the Rings - 4/5

[DLVH84]

Fire Pro Wrestling Returns - 10/10
WWF No Mercy - 10/10
WWF WrestleMania 2000 - 10/10

[Fignuts]

Roxer, you should give Street Fighter X Tekken another chance. The online play is way better now. No more lag or annoying sound issues.

Akuma still sucks, I guess, but there are lots of other great characters.

[ClockShot]

Best Buy sent me a $10 off my order christmas coupon that I had to use before christmas. So I went and picked up Kid Icarus for the 3DS.

Looks pretty cool, came with a nifty stand too. Might start that up pretty soon.

[Kris P Lettus]

the original is still one of my favorite NES games of all time

[DAMN iNATOR]

Think I’m like right at or very near the end of Dishonored. Playing through the mission A Light At The End...

[Sixx]

Far Cry.

I just downloaded it and I have no idea what all the fuss was about. It's not because the graphics are outdated now, because I kinda stopped playing games when games looked worse. It's just a dumb FPP, nothing special.

[drave]

Still playing Borderlands 2. Have a 50 Siren and my Zerker will be 50 by the end of the night!

WWE 13 is additive as hell too. I am going to pick up Skyrim again here soon for the Dragonborn DLC. It is out, just not at the top of the priority list right now. Dragon mounts will be EPIC! Those are the main 3 I rotate.

[RoXer]

Games I've Beaten in 2012:

Saints Row: The Third - 86
Ultimate MvC 3 - 80
Mortal Kombat - 85
From Dust - 75
Street Fighter III: Third Strike Online Edition - 60
Skate 3 - 82
Back to the Future: The Game - 70
Gears of War 3 - 76
The Simpsons: The Arcade Game - 56
Mass Effect 3 - 86
Payday: The Heist - 70
MLB 12: The Show - 83
NBA 2K12 - 79
Deadly Premonition - Fuck You
Goldeneye: Reloaded - 9
Street Fighter X Tekken - 42
Bastion - 90
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Trilogy Collection HD - n/a
Resident Evil 5 - 70
Dungeon Defenders - 78
Resistance 3 - 53
Dark Souls - 95
Lord of the Rings: The War in the North - n/a
Bunch of Heroes - fair
Alien Swarm - good
Magicka - great
Jamestown - really great
Borderlands 2 - 87
NFS: The Run - 30
Ghostbusters: The Game - 78
Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime - blows
Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions - 61
Test Drive: Ferrari - n/a
Game of Thrones - 37
Soul Calibur V - n/a
Need For Speed: Most Wanted - 63
Dead Space - 39
Motorstorm Apocalypse - booooooo

Dead Space sucked. Wasn't even very scary. Felt like the space janitor or space maintenance guy or space errand boy. Go here, go there, go here, go there. Fucking annoying.

I really liked the downloadable Motorstorm game because I thought it was the best looking 3D game available. This one looks pretty good too but it is boring as shit. There was also this 800 mb thing to download which took FOREVER. I only did the first like 7 races which I don't even think is a chapter before I stopped playing. Beat sgand's times though.



WILL BE WORKING ON IN 2013: Blops 2, The Walking Dead, Dead Space 2, Max Payne 3, Medal of Honor: Warfighter, Deus Ex, Spelunky, God of War 3, God of War: Origins, Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, Assassin's Creed: Revalations, Dear Esther, Trine 2, Super Meat Boy, Metal Gear Solid Collection, maybe Portal 2 co-op

[LoDownM]

Beat in 2012 - Rating
Assassins Creed: Revelations - 2/5
Mass Effect 2 - 5/5
Mass Effect 3 - 4/5
Modern Warfare 3 - 3/5
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning - 4/5
The Witcher 2 - 3/5
Trine 2 - 3/5
Dragon's Dogma - 3/5
The Amazing Spider-Man - 5/5
NBA2K12 - N/A
Warriors Orochi 3 - 4/5
The Walking Dead Eps 1&2 - 4/5 for both.
Sniper Elite V2 - 2/5
Sleeping Dogs - 3/5
Transformers: Fall of Cybertron - 5/5
Borderlands 2 - 5/5
Halo 4 - 4/5
Assassin's Creed 3 - 4/5
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 - 4/5
Hitman Absolution - 5/5
Lego: Lord of the Rings - 4/5
Farcry 3 - 4/5

Enjoyed it. Would have liked being able to drive the vehicles in third person with the amount of traveling you have to do.

[NoJabbaNoBogRoll]

"Beat" in 2012:

The Binding Of Isaac - 7/10
The Witcher 2 - 10/10
Limbo - 5/10
And Yet It Moves - 4/10
VVVVVV - 6/10
Alien Swarm - 6/10
NecroVision (2nd time) - 7/10
Spongebob Squarepants The Movie - 2/10
Space Marine - 8/10
Trine 2 - 8/10
Mass Effect 3 (Twice) - 10/10
Home - 5/10
NightSky - 6/10
The Misadventures Of P.B. Winterbottom - 6/10

[DaveBrawl]

Games I've beaten so far in 2012:
Forza 3
Fight Night Round 4
WWE '12
Earthworm Jim HD
X-Men: The Arcade Game
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II
Bastion
Dust: An Elysian Tail
X-Men Destiny
Warhammer: Space Marine

[Emperor Smeat]

Games beaten in 2012:
Sonic 2 (XBLA version)
Call of Duty Black Ops
Portal (Xbox 360 Orange Box version)
Rainbow Six Vegas 2
Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword
Wayne Gretzky's 3D Hockey
WCW/NWO Revenge
Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time
Castlevania Dawn of Sorrow
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
Saints Row 2
Mario Party 9
Metal Slug 7
Gears of War 3
Walking Dead - Episode 1

It was really short but also really good and maybe the best thing Telltale Games has done in years. Also learned being too honest makes everyone think Lee is a creep because of the kid and old white guys pretty much hate black guys.


Currently playing:
Tecmo Bowl

[Raven Reaper]

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I wish arcade games should've been like this back in the day.. Forget Virtua Fighter or Street Fighter.. This is the real deal. Real actors fighting in real time backgrounds. Minus the Mortal Kombat fatalities. :p Love it.

[V]

Pokemon Black 2

trying to fill the pokedex without cheating. it's a horrible task but for some reason I enjoy it. Have Ruby / White / Heartgold / Diamond to help with it :s

[OssMan]

super castle vania IV

I got to world 4 and was very annoyed

[Drakul]

DOA5

[DaveBrawl]

Games I've beaten so far in 2012:
Forza 3
Fight Night Round 4
WWE '12
Earthworm Jim HD
X-Men: The Arcade Game
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II
Bastion
Dust: An Elysian Tail
X-Men Destiny
Warhammer: Space Marine
Gears of War 3

[OssMan]

Final list for 2012:

Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
Journey
Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne
The Last Story

Best: Zelda
Good surprise: Nocturne
Fucking bullshit gay ass ending with which I was punished for seemingly no reason: Nocturne
Decent: The Last Story
Cool game, kinda profound: Journey

[James Diesel]

Anyone know how to make cover art the image for an emulated game file? I know you can do it on Mac but I'm not sure about PC :/

[NoJabbaNoBogRoll]

"Beat" in 2013:

Alan Wake - 9/10
Alan Wake's American Nightmare - 8/10

Currently playing:

Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Duke Nukem Forever: The Doctor Who Cloned Me
Trine 2: The Goblin Menace
Dungeon Defenders
Castle Crashers
Dawn of War 2: Retribution
Dead Island
Risen
Wolfenstein
Magicka

[Bad Company]

Playing Far Cry 3. IT IS FUCKING AWESOME.

[James Diesel]

Finally playing Metal Gear Solid (PS1) for the first time. Dad never got it growing up, and most people I know talk about it alot. Intrigued to see this experience play out.

[OldSchoolFan]

Anyone still play AoE 3? Just got it on Steam and am looking for people to kick my arse

[drave]

Finally playing Metal Gear Solid (PS1) for the first time. Dad never got it growing up, and most people I know talk about it alot. Intrigued to see this experience play out.

You mean watch the experience xD

More watching than action in that first one. Doesn't take away from the greatness of it though.

Now a game you watch and not play? Xenosaga, holy shit.....:shifty:

[Tom Guycott]

During the XBLA New Years countdown, amongst all the other things I downloaded, I finally picked up "Dust: An Elysian Tale", or as I see it: "Castlevania: Sym-Furrie of the Night". Obviously MetroidVania. Not as expansive as something like Shadow Complex, but still a damn good game from top to bottom. Fairly simple to 100% achievements without some dumb-ass ones relying on luck or multiplayer functions to get. Lots of self-aware humor and cameos. I even liked the "love letter" to Simon's Quest thrown in.

Story was kinda cliche, but that's okay. Everything doesn't have to have a friggin Shyamalanian twist ending or a branching path of what is ultimately a black and white path of morality. It starts, it's fun, it ends.

Guess I'd better actually put time into Hitman: Absolution now.

[James Diesel]

You mean watch the experience xD

More watching than action in that first one. Doesn't take away from the greatness of it though.

Now a game you watch and not play? Xenosaga, holy shit.....:shifty:

The only flaw I'm having with MGS is that I can't see the codec frequency on my version (*ARGH, matey*) so finding Meryl's was so fucking time-consuming. Really diggin' the game so far, course those cigarettes aren't doin shit for the cargo lasers.

I got tricked by GameCrazy into buying Xenosaga a few years back, couldn't stand that game. It was just boring as hell to me

[Tom Guycott]

The cigs work, but they suck-ass in range (you have to damn near trip them for the smoke to pass by, and even then it has to just so happen to pass by while you're exhaling) as well as being driven slowly insane by that annoying ass "health drain" beep while you're smoking them. You're better just finding the infrared goggles first.

"Hey, Snake, there are lazers there!"
"OKAY! I guess I'll use these cigarettes I hid in my STOMACH! AWESOME!!!"

[James Diesel]

"Are you smoking?"
"Yeah"
"They cause lung cancer and blah blah blah"
"Shut up, they taste great in the morning bitch"

[Drakul]

DOA5

NSMBU

[Raven Reaper]

1st Mass Effect on PC... My complaints: playing other characters like sentinel, vanguard, etc.. you cannot have that zoom in ability in all of your weapons.. Restarted the game as a soldier and I can zoom in with all weapons too.. The targeting system is a bit shitty awkward despite yes, I know, Mass Effect started out like this but it improved in the sequels afterwards. Still, the game's no different to the awesomeness of its brethren.

The 1st Normandy ship before being destroyed by Collectors had no capt. cabin or a locker room to custom your armor.. And for some reason, I preferred the Cerberus Normandy... But still, the original had its moments with the crew. The elevator only gets you to the engineering and shuttle bay. That's it..

[LoDownM]

It's been forever, but I think the locker in the first game was in the shuttle bay.

[DaveBrawl]

Games I've beaten so far in 2013:
Borderlands

Next to Play:
Assassin's Creed: Revelations, Batman: Arkham City, Fable 2, Mass Effect 1&2, Dragon Age 2, Oblivion, Fallout 3, WWE '13

[ClockShot]

Finshed Dishonored. Great game, but a bit of a let down.

Got started on FarCry3 and me and my buddies are addicted to it. I've done nothing except for hunting and gathering relics and cash.

[OldSchoolFan]

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I wish arcade games should've been like this back in the day.. Forget Virtua Fighter or Street Fighter.. This is the real deal. Real actors fighting in real time backgrounds. Minus the Mortal Kombat fatalities. :p Love it.

There was this...

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[DAMN iNATOR]

Games I've beaten so far in 2013:
Borderlands

Next to Play:
Assassin's Creed: Revelations, Batman: Arkham City, Fable 2, Mass Effect 1&2, Dragon Age 2, Oblivion, Fallout 3, WWE '13

You’ve beaten the original Borderlands just this year? Or did you mean 2?

Also, no offense, just curious: How can you not have played Oblivion or Fallout 3? Oblivion’s been out since ’06 and Fallout 3 since ’08? Finally, just a word of advice about Oblivion: If you don't already have a bought copy, go for the GoTY edition...Knights of the Nine I found to be slightly underwhelming but solid, but Shivering Isles is a must-play DLC experience.

[Emperor Smeat]

Mario Kart 64.

Picked it up from Club Nintendo and now splitting time between that game and like 3-4 others for now.

[DaveBrawl]

Borderlands 1. I never was really interested in it, but I bought it last summer just for the coop but my brother and I never got around to playing it so I just went ahead and finished it to get it out of the way.

I bought the GOTY editions of Fallout and Oblivion. Bought them both a year or two ago but kept putting games ahead of them. Actually I preordered Fallout for the PS3 back when it came out. I even got the goofy lunchbox and bobblehead deal, but I never played more than an hour or two of it but Josh (my brother) beat it. Then when my brother moved he took the PS3 with him so I just traded Fallout in. But I had the desire to play it again so I bought it and Oblivion since everyone was raving about it as Skyrim was being hyped up. But they have both sat on my shelf pretty much unplayed for a couple of years as I put other games ahead of them in my list. I may have an hour or two into Oblivion, I'm out of the dungeon and looking for the kid I think. Fallout, I'm almost out of the Vault.

As much as I longed for Arkham City I've had it since the Christmas after it came out and I've never done anything more than d/l the Catwoman DLC. Josh beat it after tiring of waiting for me to play it.

I've had Mass Effect 1 and 2 and have never played them, and I was about to trade them in today since I never play them. I'm having second thoughts though.

I guess I just don't play that often, most of these were beaten in spurts of boredom since they were fairly short, so they just sit there collecting dust.

[DaveBrawl]

The only reason I played the 3 Gears of War was the coop with my brother.

[DAMN iNATOR]

Borderlands 1. I never was really interested in it, but I bought it last summer just for the coop but my brother and I never got around to playing it so I just went ahead and finished it to get it out of the way.

I bought the GOTY editions of Fallout and Oblivion. Bought them both a year or two ago but kept putting games ahead of them. Actually I preordered Fallout for the PS3 back when it came out. I even got the goofy lunchbox and bobblehead deal, but I never played more than an hour or two of it but Josh (my brother) beat it. Then when my brother moved he took the PS3 with him so I just traded Fallout in. But I had the desire to play it again so I bought it and Oblivion since everyone was raving about it as Skyrim was being hyped up. But they have both sat on my shelf pretty much unplayed for a couple of years as I put other games ahead of them in my list. I may have an hour or two into Oblivion, I'm out of the dungeon and looking for the kid I think. Fallout, I'm almost out of the Vault.

As much as I longed for Arkham City I've had it since the Christmas after it came out and I've never done anything more than d/l the Catwoman DLC. Josh beat it after tiring of waiting for me to play it.

I've had Mass Effect 1 and 2 and have never played them, and I was about to trade them in today since I never play them. I'm having second thoughts though.

I guess I just don't play that often, most of these were beaten in spurts of boredom since they were fairly short, so they just sit there collecting dust.

Cool story. I hope you enjoy both Oblivion and Fallout 3, although with the Fallout 3 add-ons, I’d say start with Point Lookout first as it is by far the best of the 5. Save Mothership Zeta for last as it is extremely underwhelming, as is Operation: Anchorage. The Pitt is pretty awesome, except for the part where you have to Collect 10 steel ingots to advance the story, and Broken Steel while it raises your level cap a bit is pretty “MEH”.

[Drakul]

Just played Evil Genius for the first time since 2011. Forgot how much I liked that game.

[Crazy Nick]

I got quite a few games for Christmas, so this is what I have been playing since then:
WWE 13
Doom 3 BFG Edition
Mortal Kombat VS DC Universe
Super Street Fighter IV
Dreamcast Collection
Madden 13

[Ruien]

Played and beat X-Men Destiny after a couple of days. First game I have played, besides WoW, in a long time. Felt I was mislead by the trailer but worse things have happened. I figured I was going to be in the mansion learning to be a X-Men (Or part of the Brotherhood).

Fun gameplay, short enough to not make it repetitive. That is if you kept upgrading your moves to make new ones/combos.

6/10.

[weather vane]

Zombies Ate My Neighbours

[cardsharkrob]

Oh man Zombie at my neighbors? I remember playing that for hours with my brother when we were younger. soo much fun

[drave]

Games I've beaten so far in 2013:
Borderlands

Next to Play:
Assassin's Creed: Revelations, Batman: Arkham City, Fable 2, Mass Effect 1&2, Dragon Age 2, Oblivion, Fallout 3, WWE '13


Save yourself time with AC Revelations. The entire series is amazing..... except for that one. Huge fan of the series, and I ignored the same advice from the dude @ gamestop. 2 days later I returned it. I didnt even bother to finish the story either, it was that bad for me :(

HAvent had a go at AC III yet, but I hear great things.

[LoDownM]

drave83 is right. Skip Revelations unless you really want to know the end of Ezio and Altiar stories.

[DaveBrawl]

I'm not even sure why I bought it to be honest, because I didn't really like AC 2 and I hated Brotherhood. Like you're saying I guess I just wanted to see how the stories ended.

I'm hoping that the big reason I disliked Brotherhood and even 2 was because I played the first 3 back to back with nothing to break up the monotony and ended up getting all of the achievements in 1 & 2.

[Extreme Angle]

Revelations is my favourite... Just sayin.

[DaveBrawl]

That was kind of what I was hoping for. 1 was my favorite so far, but I see a lot of people dog AC1 in comparison to the others and they also dog on Revelations so I'm hoping that means good things for me. I know it doesn't work that way and it'll end up being countless timed, escort, follow, and tower defense missions instead, but there's still hope.

[Extreme Angle]

Yeah Altair is incredible

[DaveBrawl]

Definitely.

[whiteyford]

Playing 3 now, camera angles can go fuck themselves. Also seems glitchy as fuck at times, kinda mixed on if I like/hate with a fiery passion the new controls too. Still hasn't stopped me whoring through it though.

You also can't kill baby animals :'(

[LoDownM]

Revelations isn't a terrible AC game, it was just boring for me. In Brotherhood I knew why I was running around Rome, in Revelations I just kinda like, why should I care about Constantinople. I think Revelations would've worked better as DLC, in my opinion anyhow.

[whiteyford]

I think it's just gotten to the yearly franchise stage, it's more about churning one out for Christmas than actually doing anything with the franchise.

[DaveBrawl]

I agree with that. I've been debating on whether or not to even worry with 3. I watched my brother play a few minutes early into the game, and I liked the idea of running through the forest and such as opposed to the same old buildings from the last few games, but it didn't scream play me. Revelations at least wraps up Altair and Ezio to draw me in, 3 I may get around too eventually but nothing about it stands out to much to me just seems like more of the same.

[Extreme Angle]

I think 3 wins on gameplay hands down.
And the setting is very refreshing...
Hated Connor though and the fact that the creed is pretty much non existent.
Achilles is my favorite character in 3.

[RoXer]

Games I've Beaten in 2013:

Max Payne 3 - 80

Fun stuff, very Max Payneish and wasn't really looking for anything too much else. It seems like there was just enough bad guys to shoot before parts of the game became too repetitive. It is a bit preposterous the amount of bad guys Max Payne kills but oh well. Multiplayer seemed fine but I didn't play all that much of it. The only thing that was frustrating was when it would come out of a cutscene and it put me out of cover for whatever reason or equipped me with a gun with no bullets and I would die instantly. Other than that though it was very Max Payneish and I enjoyed it.


Working On: Blops 2, The Walking Dead, Driver: San Francisco, inFamous 2, Dead Space 2, Medal of Honor: Warfighter, Deus Ex, Spelunky, God of War 3, God of War: Origins, Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, Assassin's Creed: Revelations, Assassin's Creed 3, Dear Esther, Trine 2, Super Meat Boy, Metal Gear Solid Collection, maybe Portal 2 co-op

[James Diesel]

Beat MGS with the Meryl ending. Favorite part:
S:"Do you see Liquid?"
M:"No."
S:"Well, then he's dead."

L:"SNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKE!!!!!!!!!"
S:"Shit"

(All summarized of course)

[drave]

drave83 is right. Skip Revelations unless you really want to know the end of Ezio and Altiar stories.

Which were WEAK AS HELL, by the by......


the by

[Immortal Moose]

I've been playing a lot of Halo 4 lately, if anyone else is playing it send me a friends request, Immortal Moose.

[NoJabbaNoBogRoll]

"Beat" in 2013:

Alan Wake - 9/10
Alan Wake's American Nightmare - 8/10
Trine 2: Goblin Menace - 8/10
Deus Ex: Human Revolution - 9/10

Currently playing:

Star Wars: Knights Of The Old Republic II
Duke Nukem Forever: The Doctor Who Cloned Me
Dungeon Defenders
Castle Crashers
Dawn of War 2: Retribution
Dead Island
Risen
Wolfenstein
Magicka

[Drakul]

Finished NSMBU 100%/ Every level, including secret exits and all Star Coins. Now wishing there was something else to buy on the Wii U. I fancy ZombiU but I'm not so sure. I'd prefer something less intense right now.
Might help if they hurried up with the VC.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Beat in 2013:
-The Walking Dead.
-Level 80'ed Guild Wars 2 as a Norn Guardian.

Currently Playing:
-Skyrim (PC)

[Emperor Smeat]

Games beaten in 2013:
Kirby's Epic Yarn

Currently Playing:
Saints Row 2, Tecmo Bowl, Mario Kart 64

[Drakul]

Getting back into Skyward Sword. I'm not going to rush it but I hope to finish the story by the time the Hyrule Historia book gets here next month.

Still playing with NSMBU & Evil Genius.

[whiteyford]

Started the Amazing Spider-Man game, actually pretty good.

[Drakul]

I got it when it released and it is good. There are one or two tiny tweaks I'd make to it but, overall, it's the best Spider-Man game since Spider-Man 2 on the PS2.

[whiteyford]

Couldn't see any reviews for it but a couple lines comparing it to Spider-Man 2 and Arkham so I picked it up on a whim in the sales, better than I expected honestly.

[Drakul]

The only thing you really need to know is that it does contain spoilers from the film, even though the company that made it said it wouldn't.

It's a pity their wasn't more DLC for it.

[whiteyford]

Yeah part of the reason I didn't pick it up was because I hadn't seen the film at the time. It's hilarious how you can swing anywhere even if there's nothing to swing on really, although the swinging around is great.

[Drakul]

People complained abut the swinging being doable anywhere and not "realistic" but the guys that made the game said they tried doing it realistically but it wasn't as fun.
I've got no problem with the swinging the way it is.

I got the Stan Lee DLC with my game. It's fun to swing as Stan Lee but that's all it is. There is one single mission for Stan Lee and then you're left to your own devices. I never got the other DLC but it sounds more my style.

[whiteyford]

A guy with super powers is realistic but the swinging isn't? It's true though, having to swing around Central park etc would just get annoying.

Haven't even looked at the DLC, think I'm only at chapter 5, just defeated Vermin, but playing as Stan Lee can't go wrong.

[Drakul]

Stan Lee is fun purely because it's Stan Lee swinging from building to building. That wears off eventually.

[Drakul]

A guy with super powers is realistic but the swinging isn't?

I've had a similar argument with a friend of mine about costumes in superhero films. We're expected to believe a human has super powers but they don't think we'd believe the person would wear a colourful costume. So everyone gets crammed into black or dark blue leather onesies.

I can imagine the movie pitching meeting.
"So, this guy can walk on water, time travel and shoot fireballs from his eyes? Yeah, the public will buy that. This red and green outfit and cape? Totally unrealistic. Give him a black leather outfit and bulletproof vest and you've got yourself a movie!"

[whiteyford]

Wasn't that the reason behind the organic web shooters in the 1st three films, the idea that a high school student, boy genius no less, creating mechanical shooters wouldn't be believable, the super powers are fine though.

[Corporate CockSnogger]

I bought Arkham City a few weeks back. Almost finished it, just need to do the last few AR training things and get all the Physical Challenge trophies. Won't be getting 100% on the game though cause those combat challenge things are so boring so I'm not doing them.

[Drakul]

Wasn't that the reason behind the organic web shooters in the 1st three films, the idea that a high school student, boy genius no less, creating mechanical shooters wouldn't be believable, the super powers are fine though.

I don't know but I wouldn't be surprised. They need to either commit to reality completely or not at all.

[ClockShot]

Just beat Farcry 3. Truly an amazing game. 4/5

Shaved a point because Buck's treasure hunt brought the game pace to a screeching halt. Took a while to pick back up again. Chose to save my friends at the end. Dennis gave me the impression he was fucking Citra behind my back during our last couple phone calls.

I've now gone back to Hitman: Absolution.

[drave]

Started up on Skyrim again recently. Going to get Dragonborn this weekend. I heard the dragon "mount" shout is garbage, as it only allows you to issue a few commands and not freely move about. Other than that, made my first ever pure caster/necromancer. Doing Dawnstar quests AGAINST the vampires this time, since mah main is a badass Master Vamp :D

Game is still great.

[Raven Reaper]

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From the same company that made Walking Dead.. I love point and click adventure stuff... Even takes me back when LucasArts did Loom, Indiana Jones, Day of the Tentacle, etc..

[RoXer]

Games I've Beaten in 2013:

Max Payne 3 - 80
Driver: San Francisco - 77

Fun game and was not what I was expecting at all. It starts out that you're in a coma and coma-you has the ability to "shift" into the air, spot a car anywhere in the city, and take control of the car to do whatever you want with. An unexpected mechanic but it's pretty neat. The story is real short and wraps up nicely. I kind of wish the cars would have handled a little bit better. Didn't try any of the multiplayer. Fun game.

Working On: Blops 2, The Walking Dead, Shift 2 Unleashed, inFamous 2, Dead Space 2, Medal of Honor: Warfighter, Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, Assassin's Creed: Revelations, Assassin's Creed 3, Deus Ex, God of War 3, God of War: Origins, XCOM: Enemy Unknown, Spelunky, Dear Esther, Trine 2, Super Meat Boy, Metal Gear Solid Collection, maybe Portal 2 co-op

[LoDownM]

Finally got a new desktop, so I've just been playing online games all week :o

[Drakul]

Balloon Fight because it's a NES game that cost 30p that I can play on my gamepad.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

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From the same company that made Walking Dead.. I love point and click adventure stuff... Even takes me back when LucasArts did Loom, Indiana Jones, Day of the Tentacle, etc..

heard Jurassic Park sucked but i loved BTTF.

[DAMN iNATOR]

Playing the "on-disc" version of The Walking Dead...getting pretty close to mid-way through. On episode 3 right now.

[Fignuts]

Mega man: Day in the Limelight -9/10
Mega man: Day in the Limelight 2 -10/10

Most fun I've had with a mega man game since I discovered mega man. The second one should of been the capcom endorsed fan game instead of that piece of shit street fighter one.

Seriously, go play these. They're free and they're fun as hell.

[Emperor Smeat]

Games beaten in 2013:
Kirby's Epic Yarn
Tecmo Bowl
Mario Kart 64

Took care of everything I didn't finish in time for last year besides Portal 2.

Currently Playing:
A bunch of games for now but nothing new to go on the 2013 list.

[RoXer]

Games I've Beaten in 2013:

Max Payne 3 - 80
Driver: San Francisco - 77
Shift 2 Unleashed - Holy Shit I Don't Care

Back in the summer I got on a driving/racing game kick and wanted to play some of them and I realized I had some in my Goozex queue so I requested them. It's January now and I don't give a shit. Plus I look at that pile of games in my closet (and that you can view below) and I really don't want to waste my time on a subpar racing game. Fuck it. After a little over an hour, I don't care. If it was any decent I would have kept playing but it isn't. The most difficult part of this whole thing will be trying to pawn it off on some poor guy who might request it. Which will take forever which means it will sit in my closet for maybe even longer than when I had requested it. Fuck.


Working On: Blops 2, The Walking Dead, inFamous 2, Dead Space 2, Medal of Honor: Warfighter, Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, Assassin's Creed: Revelations, Assassin's Creed 3, Deus Ex, God of War 3, God of War: Origins, XCOM: Enemy Unknown, Spelunky, Dear Esther, Trine 2, Super Meat Boy, Metal Gear Solid Collection, maybe Portal 2 co-op

[OssMan]

Games I've beaten in 2013:

New Super Mario Bros. Wii
Super Castlevania IV

I started both of those in 2012 though. New Super Mario Bros was fun except for the fact that we kept getting in each other's way, so, annoying. Also a little lenient with retries and stuff. Castlevania was ridiculous. I was flipping out at the last boss and had to try on three separate days to beat it and kept dying but then today I started from there and beat it on the first try and it was kind of anti-climactic.

[drave]

haha! Dracula on Super Castlevania was hard as hell the first couple times I fought him too. If you want EZmode for the future, you can jump off the ledge after you kill Death but before you walk up the stairs to Dracula. Full health / item use, boomerang with triple throw and of course full morning star upgrade :)

The Boomerang x3 is the real winner there.

[drave]

And is it just me, or are older video games harder?

[Fignuts]

Games I've beaten in 2013:

New Super Mario Bros. Wii
Super Castlevania IV

I started both of those in 2012 though. New Super Mario Bros was fun except for the fact that we kept getting in each other's way, so, annoying. Also a little lenient with retries and stuff. Castlevania was ridiculous. I was flipping out at the last boss and had to try on three separate days to beat it and kept dying but then today I started from there and beat it on the first try and it was kind of anti-climactic.

I dunno part of the fun of nsmbw was the hilarity that ensued from getting in each others way. Especially when we started to purposely fuck each other over.

[Raven Reaper]

Bioshock Duology series... I think the message of this game is how to be a real father to those little sister kids that were influenced by violent adult egomaniac underwater Atlantis-ish dictator type of dad... Other than that, I got both good endings on this one.. I just couldn't bear harvesting little girls like that.. I've seen enough children being killed or mistreated in games. Great game.. And the Infinite sequel says it might not be the same storyline as these 2.

[Ultra Mantis]

Mega man: Day in the Limelight -9/10
Mega man: Day in the Limelight 2 -10/10

Most fun I've had with a mega man game since I discovered mega man. The second one should of been the capcom endorsed fan game instead of that piece of shit street fighter one.

Seriously, go play these. They're free and they're fun as hell.

Where did you get these? They sound interesting.

[Fignuts]

Just google it. There are links for them everywhere. I'd copy and paste a link for you but I haven't figured out how to do that on my phone.

[Kris P Lettus]

UFC 3
Skate 3
Kingdoms of Amalur

And I picked up Sniper but haven't checked it out yet..

[Dark-Slicer Diago]

And is it just me, or are older video games harder?

Older games are harder than games today. Today we can beat a game in just a few hours where as before we could play some games for weeks and still not beat it. One game I've never beaten to this day was the dos game The Dark Heart of Uukrul.

[DaveBrawl]

My brother bought Nightshade for the NES shortly after we got the system and we never could beat it. I found game genie codes for it a last year, because people apparently make their own now, and we still could not beat it because one of the early bosses glitch you into a never ending loop of knocking you down so you can't get up and pushing you against the wall so you just stay down.

We decided it's impossible to beat that game.

[Bad News Gertner]

My gf is a retro game collector and the old games are definitely harder because a lot of thecontrols are fucking terrible.

Oh and Kirby's Pinball for Game Boy 10/10. Best Game Boy game ever.

[DAMN iNATOR]

Bioshock Duology series... I think the message of this game is how to be a real father to those little sister kids that were influenced by violent adult egomaniac underwater Atlantis-ish dictator type of dad... Other than that, I got both good endings on this one.. I just couldn't bear harvesting little girls like that.. I've seen enough children being killed or mistreated in games. Great game.. And the Infinite sequel says it might not be the same storyline as these 2.

The first couple were told in more of an Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged kind of vein. I’ve heard Ken Levine might just leave it open to players’ own interpretations as to whether or not there’s any link between BioShock Infinite’s world and those of BioShock & Bioshock 2

[DAMN iNATOR]

And is it just me, or are older video games harder?

Depends on what you mean by “older”...are you talking about as recently as the PS2/XBOX/GCN gen consoles or farther back than that? Because if you’re talking PS1 and before I would say, yes, definitely. :yes::yes::yes:

Also, am stoked to play through BioShock Infinite normally after picking it up and then giving 1999 Mode, which will, according to Irrational Games’ Ken Levine, be much more than just a tougher difficulty to try to get through the game on...apparently had some inspiration from spiritual predecessor System Shock 2 which maybe coincidentally, maybe not (thinking the latter) released in 1999.

[DAMN iNATOR]

My brother bought Nightshade for the NES shortly after we got the system and we never could beat it. I found game genie codes for it a last year, because people apparently make their own now, and we still could not beat it because one of the early bosses glitch you into a never ending loop of knocking you down so you can't get up and pushing you against the wall so you just stay down.

We decided it's impossible to beat that game.

Ever tried the original Ninja Gaiden? Fuck me, that’s the most insane shit in the history of insanity!!!:mad:

[Bad News Gertner]

Ninja Gaiden 2 is harder imo.

[drave]

Depends on what you mean by “older”...are you talking about as recently as the PS2/XBOX/GCN gen consoles or farther back than that? Because if you’re talking PS1 and before I would say, yes, definitely. :yes::yes::yes: Ever tried the original Ninja Gaiden? Fuck me, that’s the most insane shit in the history of insanity!!!:mad:

Yes, older. As in the NES days



It is pretty tough, till you get the level patterns down. 6-2 was the game defining stage IMO. I could get through the game to that point in 1 life. There is a god damn eagle that infinitely respawns at one of the last jumps, but you have to time it JUST right, or it hits you and sends you plunging to your death. Outside of that, 6-3 is a walk and then it is on to the 3 boss fights, with the 2nd one (Jaquio) being the toughest.

LOVE the damn series. NG II was MUCH easier and III was the first one I beat.

[Kris P Lettus]

Ghosts and Goblins on NES is the hardest game of all time..

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

And is it just me, or are older video games harder?

Yes, games of yesteryear are mostly based on Arcade games which involved timing, coordination and skills to beat. They were made that hard to keep you pumping quarters into the machines. Also now that we have saves all you really need to be a video game now is time.

[Fignuts]

Ninja Gaiden 2 is harder imo.

No way. Ninja clone makes things easier.

And dying on the final boss and getting sent all the way back to 6-god damn 1, is one of the biggest fuck yous in gaming history.

[drave]

Ghosts and Goblins on NES is the hardest game of all time..

One of the hardest for sure! Never beat the damn thing w/o Genie. That is one game that could have used saves.

Yes, games of yesteryear are mostly based on Arcade games which involved timing, coordination and skills to beat. They were made that hard to keep you pumping quarters into the machines. Also now that we have saves all you really need to be a video game now is time.

Indeed. I remember when buying a memory card for N64/PSOne and 2 were NECESSARY for some games. I had 2 memory cards for CAW's alone on 64 :D

[Raven Reaper]

Dead Space... It makes Ridley Scott's Alien movie looked tame!! Even on Normal mode, I still got stuck in Chapter 5 where I face that fucking alien that keeps regenerating even if I blew off its limbs to pieces in the surgery room full of dead bodies... Worse, I run out of ammo!!! Dammit.. Other than that, it's a good game to play at night for those boo moments with the dead bodies jumping at you!!!

[DaveBrawl]

Ever tried the original Ninja Gaiden? Fuck me, that’s the most insane shit in the history of insanity!!!:mad:

I don't remember, I probably avoided it for that very reason.

[Haze]

Just got Fall Out 3 and Oblivion.

Other than that I have Dead Island that I never finished last year, and then a bunch of other games I am going through trying to 100% the achievements.

[Kris P Lettus]

Both of those games are amazing..

Did you get the original Oblivion or the GOTY version??

[whiteyford]

I kinda broke Oblivion when I played it, leveled up wrong and couldn't get any further since I couldn't kill ghosts, fantastic up till then though.

[whiteyford]

Just started Lollipop Chainsaw, only up to stage 2 or 3 but giggling like a drunk all the way through it.

[Haze]

Both of those games are amazing..

Did you get the original Oblivion or the GOTY version??

I got it off the Xbox Market place, so I think the regular version...

Also I just got my Xbox last year, and have been back tracking trying to pick anything I might have missed in the last couple of years that is worth picking up. So far I have...

Mass Effect 1, 2, and 3 (Complete)
Skyrim (Complete)
Halo: Reach (Complete)
L.A. Noire (Complete)
Dishonored (Complete)
Red Dead Redemption (Complete)
Fable 2 and 3 (Complete)
Hitman: Absolution (Complete)
Batman Arkham City (Complete)
Portal 1 and 2 (Complete)
Walking Dead (Complete)

Still have to finish up:
Dead Island
Borderlands
I Am Alive
and Fez

[Raven Reaper]

Finished Dead Space 2.. Got backstabbed twice by both hot-ass women.. At first, Kendra and Daina should be like sidekicks much like Halo's Cortana. But NNOOOOO..

Those fucking exploding babies and the toddler ones are the creepiest of them all.. Their screams scarred my nightmares permanently. Scariest levels: The nursery day-care and that Unitology Church indoctrination... Who are these awesome yet twisted people?

[Drakul]

No interest in DS2 but that's got to be spoilers. You should tag it [spoiler][/spoiler$] remover the $.

[stultiloquy]

Just started Asura's Wrath.

This game is (unintentionally) hilarious and fun, with good art direction too...not very deep at all in the gameplay department, but fun nonetheless.

We'll see where it goes, but I salute Capcom for taking a bit of a gamble with this one.

[Tommy Gunn]

Just started Deus Ex: Human Revoultion... It's amazing. Definitely going to take my time with it.

After that I have Bioshock 2 and Dishonored in their shrink wrap waiting to be opened.

[Black Widow]

Mario Kart 64
dark souls
wwe 13

[Kris P Lettus]

I've been rocking Skate 3 alot.. I love this series and think it is super underrated..

[Kris P Lettus]

I got it off the Xbox Market place, so I think the regular version...

Also I just got my Xbox last year, and have been back tracking trying to pick anything I might have missed in the last couple of years that is worth picking up. So far I have...

Mass Effect 1, 2, and 3 (Complete)
Skyrim (Complete)
Halo: Reach (Complete)
L.A. Noire (Complete)
Dishonored (Complete)
Red Dead Redemption (Complete)
Fable 2 and 3 (Complete)
Hitman: Absolution (Complete)
Batman Arkham City (Complete)
Portal 1 and 2 (Complete)
Walking Dead (Complete)

Still have to finish up:
Dead Island
Borderlands
I Am Alive
and Fez

The Dragon Age series is awesome if you liked Fable.. Also, check out Kingdoms of Amalur..

[LoDownM]

Dragon Age: Origins is awesome.

Fixed.

[Emperor Smeat]

Double Dragon II
Ninja Gaiden II

Picked up both recently from the Wii's Virtual Console

[Kris P Lettus]

Fixed.

Did you not like the second one??

[LoDownM]

Nope.

[Tom Guycott]

Ever tried the original Ninja Gaiden? Fuck me, that’s the most insane shit in the history of insanity!!!:mad:

Ninja Gaiden 2 is harder imo.

Actually, all three of them are pretty fucking hard. They can give you all the fire wheels, ninja clones, and god swords they want, but it's all about the precise platform jumping while dealing with perpetual enemies with the worst possible spawn points.


Currently playing:

Been addicted to Dungeon Defenders as of late. Wish I picked that game up before it being on sale for Christmas... wasting more time than I realize grinding like I'm playing Diablo and I don't know anyone else with the damn thing to co op.

Hoping the Scott Pilgrim online multiplayer DLC delay isn't another six months in the making. I wanna 4 person brawl, Ninja Turtles/Simpsons/X-Men/Avengers style!

[RoXer]

Games I've Beaten in 2013:

Max Payne 3 - 80
Driver: San Francisco - 77
Shift 2 Unleashed - Holy Shit I Don't Care
Dead Space 2 - 77

This was A LOT better than the first one.

For starters, I played on casual to try and get through it as quick as possible. I know you're not supposed to and to play and normal or harder is the recommended setting but I didn't have time for all that. I also played I'd say about 70% of the game with my speakers on and in a darkish environment. Even under those settings, there were still plenty of "scary" moments and if I cranked up the difficulty a little would have probably been tougher to get through also. I didn't feel like a "space janitor" in this one either, I felt like I had a purpose and was actually working toward something. It probably helped from Issac being able to talk. The visuals were A LOT better too than in the first. Just about everything was improved. Didn't try multiplayer, don't really care.

Working On: Blops 2, The Walking Dead, inFamous 2, God of War 3, God of War: Origins, Medal of Honor: Warfighter, Halo 4, Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, Assassin's Creed: Revelations, Assassin's Creed 3, Deus Ex, XCOM: Enemy Unknown, Spelunky, Dear Esther, Trine 2, Super Meat Boy, Metal Gear Solid Collection, maybe Portal 2 co-op

[RoXer]

I've been rocking Skate 3 alot.. I love this series and think it is super underrated..

I played a crap ton of the first Skate it first came out. Then I got hooked on COD and skipped over 2 and 3. Finally played both of them last year and 3 is amazing. The improvements from 2-3 compared to 1-2 makes the 2nd one seem like a shitty dlc game. That and the fact that you can actually buy the entire map from 1 and 2 as DLC for 3 makes 3 the winner, no contest.

Problem is, there really isn't anywhere to go from there. They made such a great game there's really nothing to improve on. There's already a crapton of tricks in it and if they added any more it would probably feel awkward trying to do them since most of the configurations are taken.

[Ultra Mantis]

Mega man: Day in the Limelight -9/10
Mega man: Day in the Limelight 2 -10/10

Most fun I've had with a mega man game since I discovered mega man. The second one should of been the capcom endorsed fan game instead of that piece of shit street fighter one.

Seriously, go play these. They're free and they're fun as hell.

I started on the first one yesterday, Guts Man is horrible to play as. Huge fucking robot and he dies in four hits from a metool. Otherwise it's a pretty cool fan game so far. Just have to finish Fire Man's level then Wily's Castle I guess.

Oh also, NI NO KUNI.

[Raven Reaper]

Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare DLC. Never got to play the main game cos I got lucky I guess in buying this instead cos the main game is just pretty much any gun slinger Wild West movie anywhoo.

[Kris P Lettus]

Red Dead Redemption is amazing..

[Fignuts]

I started on the first one yesterday, Guts Man is horrible to play as. Huge fucking robot and he dies in four hits from a metool. Otherwise it's a pretty cool fan game so far. Just have to finish Fire Man's level then Wily's Castle I guess.

Oh also, NI NO KUNI.

Gutsman is either love it or hate it it seems. I personally like his stage. It forces you to slow down and think more strategically.

The wily stages are the best part of the first game. If you've enjoyed the game so far, you'll really like the next part.

And the robot masters in 2 are more fun.

Oh and when you play 2 make sure you get all the hidden blue squares. The reward is awesome.

[OssMan]

What hidden blue squares in mega man 2

[Drakul]

Finish Skyward Sword so I can actually read Hyrule Historia without worrying about spoilers.

Currently at an area that requires me to solve a puzzle to get into an area. A little stumped on what I should do. I'll figure it out.

[OssMan]

Those were the most annoying parts of that game, the areas before the dungeons

[XCaliber]

So I finished Dishonored about a couple of weeks ago must say it was rather enjoyable yet challenging enough if you wanted to play the stealth route and have no casualties. There was a big swerve in the game that I saw coming a mile away but it didn't ruin the experience and the conclusion was okay so i'd give it at least an 4/5 rating. Right now I am playing Transformers: Fall of Cybertron the multiplayer is great and the campaign isn't too shabby either wish I had picked up it's predecessor (WOC) when it came out now.

[Drakul]

Those were the most annoying parts of that game, the areas before the dungeons

What annoys me the most is trying to fight an enemy by swinging from a precise direction but the game thinks you're trying to do the opposite or something.

For example, there will be an enemy that holds his swords in a way that means you must attack him horizontally left to right. So, I move my Wii remote from the centre position left, so I can make the swing but the game things I'm trying to swing my sword from centre to left This means I just collide with his swords, so I have to move the controller slowly so the game wont misread it.

Saying that, though, combat is cool any other time and beating bosses is actually really satisfying. I do actually feel more involved in the combat with Skywards Swords controls for the sword and your sheild. If it was tweaked a little bit more when it came to knowing when I did and didn't want to swing, it'd be perfect.

[DAMN iNATOR]

Playing through some of the Dragonborn DLC for Skyrim right now, pretty addicting. I like the cool “I don’t think we’re in Skyrim anymore” ambience of the areas like Raven Rock and Tel Mithryn...haven’t really done a whole lot; am working on figuring out this puzzle in The Final Descent quest where you help the old guy find out what happened to like, his grandpa or somebody.

Also just finished Big Game Hunt in Borderlands 2...why the fuck is the main story so damned short?! That’s alright though, been going through and killing all the “________ the Invincible” after-story DLC bosses. Cleared them all so far except goddamned Terramorphous. And that’s WITH The Bee shield (finally got it as a legendary loot drop as my mission reward for “This Just In”) and all my weapons dealing massive damage and being all purple - orange rated...I have come infuriatingly close though.

[Fignuts]

What hidden blue squares in mega man 2

Megaman: Day in the Limelight 2

[Tommy Gunn]

I've just ordered the Collectors Edition of Aliens Colonial Marines, hope it's good. I enjoyed AVP despite that one getting critically panned.

[Kris P Lettus]

Started replaying Kingdoms of Amalur with more direction than the first time and I absolutely love it..

[Black Widow]

donkey kong- SNES emulator