toxicitizen

Considering his pure hatred for steelbooks, I'd say it was probably him.

Eh, I just really don't like them. I mean, I wouldn't mind a thick steel box if it had the regular plastic case in it (like the SE of Dark Souls did) but only the steelbook? No thanks.

Was on the fence but the demo convinced me. I should've known better than to doubt Quantic Dream. Decided to pass on the GS-exclusive special edition, though. I love me some extra goodies but whoever thought steelbooks were a good idea needs to get broken shards of glass shoved up his urethra. Oh and also get the guy who invented clamshell packaging, while you're at it!

Just gave the demo a run. I am going to fucking love this game. I like how the action QTEs work. Not all in your face with prompts and you have to actually pay attention to what's going on instead of just looking for the icon. I actually screwed up a bunch of times. Aidan's controls are a bit shitty but I imagine that's something you'll get used to. I was hesitant about pre-ordering it because Heavy Rain was one of my most anticipated games ever while this one mostly flew under my radar for the longest time. So, I was intrigued but not really hyped. But the demo was full of that crazy David Cage nonsense I love so much. It actually reminds me more of Indigo Prophecy than it does Heavy Rain, so now I kinda hope the story just goes batshit insane towards the end. Now I have to decide whether to order from Amazon and get the regular edition or get the Gamestop exclusive Special Edition, which has a bunch of extras including the soundtrack and a bonus scene but comes in a *shudders* steelbook...

Lol. I only recently heard about it only to find out I already owned it from some indie bundle. I should give it a look as well.

I don't know, man. I started lurking on GAF recently and like half the time I'll just back the fuck out of a thread before I'm done reading the first page. The stupidity levels over there can actually rival those on reddit.

But when you say something vague like the "feel" of it, it really sounds like you're talking about the 80s theme more than anything else. I mean, what was so great about the map? The aesthetics of the architecture could be attributed in part to being based on Miami, I guess. But other than that? Vice City is probably my favorite of the entire series but I feel like the city itself was kinda shit compared to GTAIV's Liberty City.

There was nothing to figure out, really. Their specs were just wildly inaccurate. At this point, I have to assume it was my CPU that didn't cut it. But it's slightly more powerful than the Q9400 in the recommended specs... Honestly, PC gaming is nowhere near as complicated as you're making it out to be. This was the first time something like that happened to me. The hardest part is picking out the parts and putting it together, which is also significantly easier than it sounds. And you can skip that part altogether by buying pre-built.

Yeah, Vice City might as well have been called Grand Theft Auto: 80s. I feel like the time period was more important than the city itself on that one.

Really? Shit, I guess that means next week's episode should be about as long? That's too bad, I was hoping for a full 75mins finale. 54mins really doesn't seem that significantly longer than a regular ep. Maybe the extended time slot is also meant to cram in more commercials? I imagine the ratings for this show are at an all-time high right now. Anyway, this ep felt slow and uneventful compared to the last two but the breather was kind of welcome. All the pieces are pretty much set for next week, can't fucking wait! As for Chew's theory,

All of my classes have dropped big assignments on my lap this week and I've got midterms coming up soon. So, obviously, now is the perfect time to get back into Dark Souls! Played for a few hours tonight and I'll probably play some more before heading to bed. I'm not really planning on making it my main focus but, now that Dark Souls II is confirmed to be coming out in march, I'd really like to have this one beaten before then. So the plan is for it to be my go-to game whenever I have free time and nothing new to play.

The only spikes I remember in Uncharted 2 were at the very end, with those blue assholes. And at least that was the end of the game. I mean, it was still a difficulty spike but it makes more sense to me to have it there than at arbitrary points throughout the campaign. Damnit, this thread is kinda making me want to play U2 and U3 again...

Yeah, that was probably the worst one. I also had some trouble in an area outside the ruined mansion. Those are the only two that come to mind right now but I'm sure there were a few more. Those spikes are the one major complaint I remember hearing a lot when the game came out.

Uncharted 3 wasn't challenging overall, imho, but I vaguely remember it having some completely fucking random difficulty spikes. Everything would be going well and then you'd get stuck on some arbitrary combat section for no reason whatsoever.

Yeah, some of these are pretty awesome but they're really overdoing it. I was glad when the extra two stages made it along with NG+, the docu and the boss rush mode. Console versions are nice for those that care about it. But at this point I kinda hope they don't meet any more than the next two. Challenge mode and extra end stage both seem reasonable. But does the game really need online coop and whatever else they've yet to reveal?

Honestly, I'd imagine he wasn't exactly thinking straight at the time considering all that had just went down. My guess is the big gun from the first episode of the season is meant to pay Uncle Jack a visit, possibly to free Jesse.

Careful there, you could cut yourself with such razor-sharp wit...

Well, now that I'm done with TLoU it's time to go back to Outlast. I can tell I'm very close to the end but I played last night and had to stop after only an hour because my heart was fucking racing. It's fun but also very draining. So, tonight I'm being a pussy and hesitating to play. What's impressive is, while the game does have jump scares, it doesn't rely on them to be scary. It just has a very tense atmosphere and keeps putting you in frantic situations. I don't know if it lives up to the dev's claim of "scariest game ever made", but it's certainly the scariest I've played.

Shit, I hadn't actually thought of that but that makes so much more sense.

Just got around to watching last week's episode along with last night's. Really glad I waited because holy fuck that cliffhanger. I think the wait would've killed me. And last night's episode, that was some heavy stuff. I'm both excited and terrified to see the final two.

Pre-ordered on GMG. I bought the PSN version and loved it but it's one of those games I feel I would play a lot more of if it wasn't on PS3. I just never turn on the damn thing without a good reason. It's just easier to quickly check my Steam library when I've got 20-30mins to kill and have no idea what to play. You also get all the DLC for free when you pre-order, so I felt it was worth double dipping. This one was kind of an impulse buy. Thought it looked pretty good and I had been tempted to get it ever since it showed up on Steam. When I went to get Pac-Man, I saw it was 50% off as a week-end deal. Along with the 20% voucher, I got both for 13 bucks. Oh and I got the HIB9 and the weekly retro shooters one. Pretty good ones, even if I owned most of the games already. Got the weekly one solely for Duke Nukem 3D Megaton Edition and Shadow Warrior Classic Redux. Kind of annoyed that I bought FEZ a week ago, though...

I tend to always go for stealth in games whenever it's an option, so TLoU was no different. But I still found myself needing to keep track of ammo. It might've been because I hadn't played a console shooter in quite a while so my aim was godawful. The game was still kind of easy, though.

I imagine my PS2 copies of Zone of the Enders and MGS2 Substance would be the most valuable. Both bought used but in great condition. Other than that, I have a few DS games that I think are a bit hard to find these days like Dragon Quest IV and the Ace Attorney games, but I don't think they're too valuable.