Faiblesse Des Sens Posted November 15, 2011 Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 I've been playing through Warhammer 40k: Space Marine and it's pretty fun. The only annoying part so far has been fighting the chaos soldiers. The game works best when it's a mix of melee and shooting and you basically die instantly if you try to use melee against them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxicitizen Posted November 15, 2011 Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 Is anyone here even getting AC Revelations tomorrow or are you guys still playing Skyrim? My pre-order has shipped. Hopefully it'll get here today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted November 15, 2011 Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 Uncharted 3. On chapter 18 or 19 and I kinda wish I didn't know how many chapters there were because it seems the journey will soon come to an end. Funny that a significant portion of the game is effectively a waste of time story-wise (won't say anymore because of spoilers); doesn't stop it being fun to play though. I'm liking the increased difficulty when it comes to combat, even if it does take a little getting used to and does have some annoying sections. Liking the larger emphasis on an initial stealthy approach, even if I only get about 4-5 guys before all hell breaks loose. Can't say I'm liking online competitive though. I think a lot of that is down to these combat changes seen in SP and the loadout/weapon unlock crap going on. It doesn't help that matchmaking seems to ignore skill level. Overall, I'm not liking how it plays. Melee is even more broken and firefights tend to devolve into mad, messy, shoot-from-the-hip scrambles. That is, when you've not already been sniped by someone far away. I'm sure Uncharted 2 had a more even mix of mid-range combat that worked much better. Co-op is fun, for the most part, and I need to get some friends together to do the adventure stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted November 15, 2011 Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 I'm getting AssRev for PC, so I get to wait until Nov 29. Yay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saturnine Tenshi Posted November 15, 2011 Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 SKYRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorgiShinobi Posted November 16, 2011 Report Share Posted November 16, 2011 I'm waiting till Black Friday for AC: Revelations. I even have a $5 off certificate, so yeah I'll wait 11 days for 50% off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted November 16, 2011 Report Share Posted November 16, 2011 Halo: Anniversary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxicitizen Posted November 17, 2011 Report Share Posted November 17, 2011 I've been playing AC Revelations for most of yesterday and all day today. Not very far into the story, though. Spent most of the day renovating Constantinople and training my assassins. So far it's about on par with Brotherhood, with some slight gameplay improvements. The hookblade in particular is pretty awesome. It actually helps with the free running/climbing beyond just ziplining. The gist of it is very much the same, though. And I find Constantinople to be nowhere near as beautiful or fun to explore as Venice or Rome were. These yearly releases have been fun, but I really hope that they take their time for ACIII to significantly improve on the formula. Brotherhood and Revelations are pretty much AC 2.1 and 2.2 and III will need to be more than that. They already confirmed another release for next year, though, so I guess we'll see... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted November 17, 2011 Report Share Posted November 17, 2011 They've confirmed next year's release is AC3. The whole series revolves around the end of the world in December 2012, and they've said (logically) that they need the game to release before then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxicitizen Posted November 17, 2011 Report Share Posted November 17, 2011 (edited) I see I guess I'll just have to wait and hope for the best. Hopefully they started work on it a while ago and aren't rushing it. It really needs to be bigger and better than ACB and ACR. Another thing that bugs me is, as big as Rome was (and I think Constantinople might actually be smaller than that), it still felt small when compared to the first two games, which both had 3 or 4 cities each. Sure, some of the early cities were smaller in ACII, but at least it made for a change of scenery. I understand the need to keep things contained in a single setting if they're putting them out yearly, but that's only acceptable for "side-stories" like Brotherhood and Revelations. ACIII needs to step it up and have a much bigger scope, otherwise it's going to be a huge disappointment (at least for me). Edited November 18, 2011 by FLD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vile Posted November 17, 2011 Report Share Posted November 17, 2011 Call of Duty 4. Playing alone. So sad ;_; Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted November 17, 2011 Report Share Posted November 17, 2011 I could be wrong, FLD, but IIRC AC3 has been in development for a couple years already, and it's been a separate team working on ACB and ACR. I'm not really sure about that though, that's just what I vaguely recall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted November 17, 2011 Report Share Posted November 17, 2011 Ubisoft have a "factory" studio in Montreal, so I wouldn't be surprised if they've got several Assassin Creed games on the go at once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxicitizen Posted November 18, 2011 Report Share Posted November 18, 2011 (edited) I could be wrong, FLD, but IIRC AC3 has been in development for a couple years already, and it's been a separate team working on ACB and ACR. I'm not really sure about that though, that's just what I vaguely recall. That would be awesome. Ubisoft have a "factory" studio in Montreal, so I wouldn't be surprised if they've got several Assassin Creed games on the go at once. Yeah, it's pretty big. Lots of big games come outta there, too, so they obviously have a large workforce. Kinda cool to have such a big studio in my city Edited November 18, 2011 by FLD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flat Posted November 18, 2011 Report Share Posted November 18, 2011 CoD4 and Halo 3 because I'm a hipster who plays 4-year-old games B) I guess this would be more relative to single-player games, but YEEEEAH. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRevanchist Posted November 18, 2011 Report Share Posted November 18, 2011 4 year old games are cheaper. I usually wait until a game is $20 or under to play them. It generally keeps me from getting caught up in the heat of the moment when the hype machine is working overtime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flat Posted November 18, 2011 Report Share Posted November 18, 2011 4 year old games are cheaper. I usually wait until a game is $20 or under to play them. It generally keeps me from getting caught up in the heat of the moment when the hype machine is working overtime. Exactly. Like I get criticized occasionally for starting games WAY later than others because I get them much cheaper. However, with THESE specific games coming out this month, I can't resist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted November 18, 2011 Report Share Posted November 18, 2011 I do that with lots of PC games, but a lot of that is because with several major yearly Steam sales I can usually count on ridiculous discounts within a couple months of launch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmuhpage Posted November 18, 2011 Report Share Posted November 18, 2011 4 year old games are cheaper. I usually wait until a game is $20 or under to play them. It generally keeps me from getting caught up in the heat of the moment when the hype machine is working overtime. Exactly. Like I get criticized occasionally for starting games WAY later than others because I get them much cheaper. However, with THESE specific games coming out this month, I can't resist. Reminded me of http://xkcd.com/606/ I have kind of started doing that. My brother might get me Skyrim for X-mas, but the only new/recent game I will get is Mass Effect 3. Last game I got close to launch was Halo: Reach due to peer pressure. The game is great, don't get me wrong, but "never again" sums up my feelings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted November 18, 2011 Report Share Posted November 18, 2011 At the risk of seemingly contradicting what I just said, I frequently buy games at launch and almost never regret it. I'm just very careful about which ones I get at launch and if I'm not absolutely sure I'm going to love it I wait. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted November 18, 2011 Report Share Posted November 18, 2011 CoD4 and Halo 3 because I'm a hipster who plays 4-year-old games B) No, this is all backwards! Hipsters are supposed to like things before they're popular not after. Or are games like buying vintage clothing? HELP ME INTERNET I AM LOST HERE. As far as buying games goes, I'm generally in the same camp as Ethan. I pretty much buy every game that interests me on release and wait for price drops on ones of which I am not certain (definitely glad I waited on Enslaved and even then I felt it was too much ). Of course, I'm just fortunate enough to be able to do this now. I was a penny-pinching student at one point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faiblesse Des Sens Posted November 18, 2011 Report Share Posted November 18, 2011 Except that if enough people like something unpopular it becomes popular. Hipsters only like popular things. Thus, irony is the most important facet of hipsterism. So yeah, arguably, playing COD4 would be hipster. Not sure how I feel about Halo 3 being hipster. It's neutral. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted November 18, 2011 Report Share Posted November 18, 2011 Haha. I like that I got a serious response. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyber Rat Posted November 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2011 Playing through Serious Sam 3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCP Posted November 24, 2011 Report Share Posted November 24, 2011 Well, I was playing Skyrim, but I took a break for that and was hoping to beat the new Assassin's Creed in the 5 days before Zelda came out but it didn't consume my life like the last two ones did, so now I have to beat Zelda (about to start the 3rd dungeon), and Assassin's Creed, before i can comfortably go back to Skyrim... hopefully I can get that done before January because Final Fantasy XIII-2 comes out at the end of that month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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