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While the story might not be anything new, most of the praise I've seen wasn't about the story itself but more about how it critiques the state of modern military shooters. That in and of itself is kind of new, as far as I can tell. .I can't really remember the last game that made such a good commentary on its own genre.

Vanquish is short but so very awesome.

I grabbed both of them plus the DLC for 2 for something like 10 bucks on amazon.com a month or so ago. You should keep an eye out, I imagine that bundle will show up again sooner or later.

If that happens to you repeatedly, then you're most likely doing something very wrong. After a few failed Classic Iron Man runs, I started being EXTRA careful with movement, never moving unless I had full cover to move to (especially at the start of missions), and I started performing significantly better. It sounds kinda tedious to move that slowly but it's actually very satisfying when you sneak up right on top of a pack of mutons and can take them all out before they can get their turn. Pro tip: don't use your full range of movement, get to the closest cover and spam overwatch. It really pays off. Especially when you stay in place for a few turns and let the enemies come to you. They don't always do but when it happens it can be glorious. That being said, if you can't stand losing, then Iron Man might not be for you. Seriously. It can be maddening to be doing fairly well and see it all fall apart in a single shitty turn. I haven't yet finished my current run (haven't touched it in about two months now, was too busy with school ), but there were a few times where I just alt-F4'd out of pure rage. Incidentally, if you do it fast enough, it doesn't save the turn...

So, looks like they finally patched in those Second Wave options. Really tempted to fire it up and check them out.

Last round of purchases. Not usually a big fan of shmups, but Sine Mora got me intrigued. Also it's by Grasshopper Manufacture and it was 2$ on GMG. Hard to argue with that. DMC4 was also 5$ on GMG. It's the only in the series that I never got around to playing, so I went for it. Legacy of Kain Collection was very much an impulse purchase. Wasn't planning on getting these just yet but the collection went on sale for 6$ on GamersGate so I went for it. As for Stealth Bastard, that would be the game + soundtrack bundle. Was holding out for a daily or flash deal and it never got one so I just grabbed it on the last day. I also bought some Sleeping Dogs DLC, literally seconds before the pricing error yesterday. Was not too pleased about that one. And with that, I am done. I might still break down and get Anno 2070 while the encore deals are still on but I'm hesitant to spend more than I already have so I don't think that's going to happen. So, total damage is about 130$. Not too bad considering the crazy amounts I've managed to spend in previous sales.

Went to see The Hobbit tonight. Man, that was all kinds of fun. At first it felt a bit weird, like "this looks like LOTR but doesn't quite feel like LOTR" but when things really got going that went away. 48FPS looked weird in some scenes but overall I actually didn't mind it that much. It was just different. It's actually the 3D that bothered me the most. It looked impressive in the big actions scenes and landscape shots, but I found it kind of distracting a lot of the time. I don't know, it was the first movie I ever saw in 3D so maybe i'm just not used to it.

There is no time limit to the campaign. You can take as long as you like and postpone doing the main objectives for months. You get the game over screen only after a certain amount of countries have dropped out of the council. Not sure of the exact amount, something like half of them. All the things you mentioned are important factors, though. If you run out of cash and soldiers, then you're just not gonna be able to keep the countries from leaving.

Yeah, Kiss Kiss Bang Band is an awesome movie. Watched it years later and it completely took me by surprise. As for the weird black thug hair in Dredd, nothing really comes to mind. Do you mean the one with long hair? It's the only one I can think of that kinda looked weird, I guess.

Well, it's really no secret the game is based on Heart of Darkness. So, yeah.

Had a friend come over to watch Dredd last night. Thought it was fantastic. Think I might watch Looper tonight.

Hahaha, yeah. It's getting kind of ridiculous...

Starting 2013 on a high note. The Walking Dead. Damn...

I started keeping track of all the games I beat in 2012 but the .txt file somehow slipped through the cracks when I was backing stuff up and was lost to a format. I could probably go back through this entire thread and recreate it somewhat accurately but... yeah, fuck that. Let's just say I beat about 30 games or so.

Hahaha oh man, I remember renting that game way back then. It wasn't very good... As for me, I haven't played a Sonic game since I was a kid (or, you know, owned a Sega Genesis) and I keep hearing this one is very good. 75% off on GMG + 30% voucher comes down to about 5 bucks.

Yeah, I got the soundtracks. edit: Knew I was forgetting something! On GOG. I've had my eye on it for a while and apparently it won't be available after this year so it was now or never.

Couldn't be bothered to post every single time I bought something so here's what I got the past few days. Along with the Deluxe Edition upgrade. It was only 2,50$ so I figured why the fuck not. Natural Selection 2 seems like it requires a bit of an effort before you can really get into it but I really like the concept. Chivalry, on the other hand, is pure mindless fun. I am really glad I bought it. Also got a couple of soundtracks. I'm probably forgetting a thing or two but those are the big ones.

Got a couple of short ones to add. Deadlight. I loved the visuals and I enjoyed the platforming. Some sections were a bit frustrating but overall it was pretty good, I'd say. The story is fucking awful, though. It starts out okay but you would have to be braindead to not see the ending coming a mile away. And being predictable isn't that bad of an offense on its own, but it's executed horribly and the last few lines are downright cringe-worthy. To The Moon. The obvious thing to say here is that this isn't much of a game. I knew it looked like a 16-bit RPG but I had no idea what to expect gameplay-wise. Turns out there's kind of not much to it but that's never really bothered me. I enjoyed Dear Esther, after all. The game did get a good laugh out of me with a joke about having a combat system, though. And that's where the game truly shined for me: the writing. Whether or not you enjoy the story is going to make or break this one. And I thought the writing was actually pretty good with some decent jokes here and there. Looking forward to the next episode.

I see. I guess maybe there was too much recoil or something. Anyway, constantly seeing The Walking Dead being brought up in GOTY discussions made me want to finally get serious about finish it. I had stopped about halfway through episode 2 a little over a month ago. I just wasn't feeling it at the time. Kinda wish I'd stuck with it back then cause when I picked it up again last night, it got kind insane pretty quickly! I played episode 3 tonight and all I can say is holy shit! Can't wait to play the next one tomorrow.

How does realistic aiming make the game easier? It's been a while so I don't really remember how the vanilla aiming is but going by the name I would've expected the opposite.

Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory. It is every bit as amazing as I remembered it to be. That pleases me. Maybe I'll replay Conviction next. But I should probably finish the other games I've already started first. Yeah, that's probably a good idea. The Walking Dead seems like something I should probably prioritize.

Not owning a 360, I've never played the original. So I was always kind of at a loss as to whether I should just get the first release or the Off The Record one. Thought it was kind of stupid that they didn't make Off The Record the definitive version and just allow you to choose between the two protagonists but I guess that's Capcom for you. Anyway, now it's all nicely bundled together for 10 bucks. That's good enough for me to bite.

I know what you mean. My cousin was over last night and mentioned wanting to get Portal 1 and 2 soon. I told him about how they were currently on sale for 6 bucks and he said he'd get it as soon as he got home (he lives right downstairs). I bought it for him as soon as he walked out the door but he still managed to get home and buy it before getting the gift. He felt bad but I told him to just pass it along to his brother. Now at least he has a partner for co-op, I guess. But I'm not too sure what they could do, honestly. It already tells you if the person already owns the game when you choose from your friends list. Not much they can do about simultaneous gifting/purchasing, I think. At least you can send it to your inventory. :/

I've wanted to try it for a while as I keep hearing about how great it's supposed to be. Never played any of the old Rayman games so other than platforming I'm not quite sure what to expect.