Cyber Rat Posted August 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2012 (edited) OK, rediscovered meaning in life. I am playing Arkham City now. Edited August 9, 2012 by Cyber Rat 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saturnine Tenshi Posted August 9, 2012 Report Share Posted August 9, 2012 That was a quick rebound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted August 9, 2012 Report Share Posted August 9, 2012 idk, 4 days seems like a long time for an existential crisis caused by a video game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Posted August 9, 2012 Report Share Posted August 9, 2012 <insert games as art debate> I've been slowly playing Fallout New Vegas (again) with some matches of Third Strike Online Edition spread in between. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyber Rat Posted August 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2012 idk, 4 days seems like a long time for an existential crisis caused by a video game. Life is too short to despair for so long. My video game-induced existential crises usually last for an afternoon anyway. This one managed to take a bit longer >.> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted August 9, 2012 Report Share Posted August 9, 2012 <insert games as art debate> I'm totally on the side of "games are art", but for the most part they're on par with other popular art, like prime-time TV and popular movies (and even that may be generous). I'd be shocked if either of those things, even a really good example thereof, produced a 4 day existential crisis as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted August 9, 2012 Report Share Posted August 9, 2012 Bit of a tangent to go from "I need to go lay down for 4 days"after Nier to "lets pummel some people with my bare fists". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
excel_excel Posted August 9, 2012 Report Share Posted August 9, 2012 In Demon's Souls, I'm only two levels away from the final boss I think, as the music in the Nexus has changed and is now all EVIL sounding. I got back into it and started again when I heard the servers were going down and this time I've truly GOT the game. Truly I am a GOD. Now I've neglected Dark Souls for too long D: Also getting back into Skyward Sword. Had to download the damn iso cause my Wii's disk drive is broken. BOO. Also I'm nearly finished Solatorobo: Red The Hunter on DS, its great. Really great and has some great production values for a DS title. Now to start playing Hotel Dusk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted August 9, 2012 Report Share Posted August 9, 2012 Cyber reminded me actually. Now more people have finished Arkham City, I'm wondering if anyone got the 'easter egg' at the start of the last paragraph in my GOTY post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted August 19, 2012 Report Share Posted August 19, 2012 Ys Origins I'm sad that I can't be Adol but at least I can be a kawaii Gimli! Or a mage. Or some secret character. Yup, multiple characters. This is going to be fun. In later games, I recall you can switch between characters so the system in Origins is the predecessor to those systems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted August 20, 2012 Report Share Posted August 20, 2012 Played a bit of Iron Brigade. It's been quite enjoyable so far. I don't really play tower defence games but it does a good job of balancing the shooting and building stuff, and after a couple of missions you already start to see how you can diversify and lean towards one or the other if you so wish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted August 20, 2012 Report Share Posted August 20, 2012 I started playing Uncharted: Golden Abyss last night. So far I'm enjoying it. Nearly all the touch/tilt controls are entirely optional, which is fucking wonderful. My only real complaint is that the FOV is way too wide, so it looks like I'm looking through a fish-eye lens if I have it farther than about 6 inches from my face. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielpholt Posted August 20, 2012 Report Share Posted August 20, 2012 I started playing Uncharted: Golden Abyss last night. So far I'm enjoying it. Nearly all the touch/tilt controls are entirely optional, which is fucking wonderful. My only real complaint is that the FOV is way too wide, so it looks like I'm looking through a fish-eye lens if I have it farther than about 6 inches from my face. How are you finding the aiming? With the sticks being so damn small i found myself constantly missing fairly routine shots. As an experience however i really enjoyed the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted August 20, 2012 Report Share Posted August 20, 2012 I think the aiming's fine, though I did crank the motion aiming all the way up. Having played through Gravity Rush already I'd gotten used to doing gross aiming with the stick and then using the tilt to make fine adjustments, and I really like that setup. In fact I wish more games on PS3 would make use of the DS3's tilt function to do something similar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleven Posted August 20, 2012 Report Share Posted August 20, 2012 Unfortunately, like a lot of the PS3's features, developers seem to give no thought to it whatsoever. Video recording, custom soundtracks, screenshots, and remote play. Sixaxis is a great feature being held back! I would say the sixaxis could be an awesome feature for games if they bothered, and i'm not talking about camera controls. Folklore had a great implementation of it. Taking the souls from the monsters and slamming them to the sides, then pulling on it. It really felt good doing that. If action games let you do that when you grab stuff, it would be awesome. Sorry about that but the sixaxis was one of the ps3's features that i'm so annoyed doesnt get used correctly, if at all... Anyway, been playing Sleeping Dogs and It's really great! The only problem is the camera, and people who use kb/m seems to experience the worst of it. But that's only when driving and minor issues when moving around. Good thing i have a controller. Melee is really fun. I kept replaying the fight clubs, because combat is just fun like in arkham. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted August 20, 2012 Report Share Posted August 20, 2012 The problem with sixaxis for most devs is that it doesn't translate to 360/PC, so there's no reason to spend the time on it. I don't get why 1st party devs don't use it more for little stuff like that though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted August 20, 2012 Report Share Posted August 20, 2012 I'm playing Ghost Trick on my Nintendo portable console. I'm quite enjoying it but it's not fantastic. The style really makes me think of Phoenix Wright, in fact I thin it even has some of the same sound effects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADIRTYWINDOW Posted August 20, 2012 Report Share Posted August 20, 2012 With the recent update to pcsx2, I am finally able to play Okami smoothly. And I am also replaying Persona 3 after having played it on my psp. I never finished the psp version because my psp's screen cracked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted August 20, 2012 Report Share Posted August 20, 2012 How are you liking Okami? I loved that game - it's the only time I feel a games lived up to the zelda comparisons, while while managing to maintain a completely original feel. Also reminds me I keep meaning to find out if okamiden is worth giving a shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCP Posted August 20, 2012 Report Share Posted August 20, 2012 Okamiden was pretty good, but I'd hold out for a 3DS or Vita port, the textures weren't the best on the DS, and knowing Capcom they're probably already planning to re-release it after Okami HD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted August 20, 2012 Report Share Posted August 20, 2012 that's the main thing I remember about seeing it - the massively thick black outlines on the characters sort of swamped them and with the low resolution it kinda just looked a mess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADIRTYWINDOW Posted August 20, 2012 Report Share Posted August 20, 2012 It's a very beautiful game. It gave me the same urge to stop and look at the scenery just a Alice: Madness Returns did. I'm really loving the paintbrush mechanics but one gripe I do have is that once you get a new brush technique the game forgets almost entirely about the old ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Pirate Posted August 20, 2012 Report Share Posted August 20, 2012 I'm going to beat Silent Hill: Downpour on the hardest difficulty if it kills me... Well, Murphy in this case. They really buffed up the fighting aspect of this game, it's a lot harder to bash through monsters than it was in the last series, especially since weapons break on you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted August 23, 2012 Report Share Posted August 23, 2012 Replaying Ys I and II since I got such a Ys hard on right now. It took some tricks to get the game working but they run great on Window 7 if you run them as a .bat file. There's some slight tearing of the graphics but I think its acceptable lost. I'm currently on I. I'm surprised just how much stuff makes a reappearance between Origin and I. Some items and enemies are the exact same which adds some nice continuity element between the games. For example, I just rolled through an undead enemy that looks just like one in Origin. Lastly, Adol is still a badass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCP Posted September 8, 2012 Report Share Posted September 8, 2012 Playing through The Walking Dead. I haven't played an adventure game like this since I was maybe 8 years old. After finishing the first two episodes, I'm really impressed by the story telling, game mechanics, and art direction. My only problem is the game is it's glitchy, not very polished, and clearly rushed. It's too bad that at the climax of episode two, the game ran so slowly and kept temporarily freezing, that it really took me out of that moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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