toxicitizen Posted July 20, 2013 Report Share Posted July 20, 2013 (edited) Gunpoint. Awesome little game. It's sadly very short but at least it offers a decent challenge, I think. Some of the missions actually made me think a bit and the last one had me stumped yesterday. I only managed to beat it just now and it took a fair amount of trial and error. There's a tiny bit of replay value in that there's a couple of branching paths when choosing your missions, but it's otherwise kinda light on content. There's a level editor but I have no idea how active the community is for it. I really wish the campaign had been a few hours longer. Edited July 20, 2013 by FLD 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCP Posted July 21, 2013 Report Share Posted July 21, 2013 Walking Dead 400 Days... Pretty good, I'm assuming the whole thing was a set up for season 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted July 21, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2013 Yeah, it was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCP Posted July 21, 2013 Report Share Posted July 21, 2013 None of the characters really clicked with me, not the way Lee and Clem did, but maybe that'll change once we get to know them better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxicitizen Posted July 24, 2013 Report Share Posted July 24, 2013 Shank and Shank 2. Mostly wanted to play the second one but it had been so long since I did the original that I had completely forgotten the story. Since they're ridiculously short, I figured I'd just play both. Tried doing the original on hard but holy shit, this game doesn't fuck around. Enemies are tougher and harder to kill, that was to be expected. But the game also decides that mid-level checkpoints are for pussies. So you die, you start the level over. After spending two hours struggling through what should've been the first 30 mins of the game, I decided it just wasn't worth it and started over on normal. And that was with all the strongest weapons unlocked from my previous playthrough. But yeah, they're fun violent little brawlers. I really love Klei's art style in these and Mark of the Ninja. The second one improves the combat a lot but the story isn't as much fun as the original's straightforward revenge plot. There's not much else to say, I guess... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faiblesse Des Sens Posted July 24, 2013 Report Share Posted July 24, 2013 Did you play Shank 2 on hard? I remember trying and giving up. Not worth the grind. Haven't' gone back to it, sadly, and no co-op story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxicitizen Posted July 24, 2013 Report Share Posted July 24, 2013 Nah, I figured it would be every bit as frustrating as the first so I just went for normal. Still ended up dying a bunch of times. Really wish the original's co-op was online, though. I'm usually not big on co-op but I totally would've played that one since it acts as a prequel to the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Pirate Posted July 25, 2013 Report Share Posted July 25, 2013 Amnesia: The Dark Descent I love scary games. This one had its freaky moments, but I was more impressed by the story than I was the scary atmosphere. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madbassman39 Posted July 26, 2013 Report Share Posted July 26, 2013 Darksiders 2. The ending was a great way to end deaths journey that doesn't conflict with the first games ending. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted July 26, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2013 I can't remember what happens at the end of Darksiders 2. Remind me? (spoiler tags, obv) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madbassman39 Posted July 26, 2013 Report Share Posted July 26, 2013 Darksiders 2 ending Reveal hidden contents Death beats the corruption in one of the most basic boss battles ever. I was disappointed in the battle, Samael was more difficult. Then Death has to make a choice to bring back the kingdom of man or his own people the Nephelim. Death decides he did all of this to save his brother and chooses to bring back mankind (I'm so glad this wasn't a player choice). He has to sacrifice himself, thus ending his life and his soul to bring man back to the world. Uknowing to him, War breaks the 7th seal (from the first game) which summons him back to life because there will always be 4 riders, no more, no less. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted July 26, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2013 Oh right, now I remember. Thanks. On 7/26/2013 at 2:27 PM, madbassman39 said: Reveal hidden contents (I'm so glad this wasn't a player choice). I was disappointed about that Reveal hidden contents but not because I felt that the game needed an element of choice, that's fine if they don't want to have that, but just because the way they set it up so hard as "what are you going to do?" it felt like it was going to be one leading up to it. I also didn't think they developed Death as a character enough to make his choice, outside the hands of the player, seem meaningful at all. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madbassman39 Posted July 26, 2013 Report Share Posted July 26, 2013 I agree 100% Reveal hidden contents I even said out loud "please don't make me choose." I never felt like Death even felt all that much remorse for killing his kin, and even though they had talked about it here and there, it never felt like Death even considered it.Also its a shame about the series as the post credits shows Lillith, creator of the Nephelim, being punished by a faceless voice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted July 27, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2013 Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning. I really really liked it, although the ending kind of disappointed me. It was very abrupt. Played the game for 86 hours though, so they must have done something I liked. I started to get kind of fatigued around 75 hours, but then it picked up again and I really liked the last 8 hours or so (except for the abruptness of the ending). I'm pretty sure my previous record for a single playthrough of a game was 75 hours in Skyrim, so this takes that title now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faiblesse Des Sens Posted July 30, 2013 Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 I beat XCOM: EU a few days ago. Great game. Reveal hidden contents What was with the speciesist ending though? It was just a big fucking circle jerk for the human race. OH MY FUCKING GOD HUMANS YOURE SO AWESOME AND PERFECT HOLY FUCK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeoStarr Posted July 31, 2013 Report Share Posted July 31, 2013 I just aced Hotline Miami. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCP Posted July 31, 2013 Report Share Posted July 31, 2013 You are a better gamer than me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. GOH! Posted July 31, 2013 Report Share Posted July 31, 2013 Shadowrun Returns. Unless you're a big Shadowrun fan, wait to buy it until folks have built lots of great user campaigns, or until the developers have produced a good amount of DLC. It's quite good, but short, and the main campaign is more an example of what the editor can do than a full game. It's like the first arc of a long PnP RPG. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faiblesse Des Sens Posted July 31, 2013 Report Share Posted July 31, 2013 On 7/31/2013 at 3:30 AM, Mr. GOH! said: Shadowrun Returns. Unless you're a big Shadowrun fan, wait to buy it until folks have built lots of great user campaigns, or until the developers have produced a good amount of DLC. It's quite good, but short, and the main campaign is more an example of what the editor can do than a full game. It's like the first arc of a long PnP RPG. I kind of want to get it just to see how Seattle looks. Deadlight was the last Seattle game I played and it wasn't even fucking close. Not even in a nerdy pedantic way. In a way that it could have been any other city. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luftwaffles Posted July 31, 2013 Report Share Posted July 31, 2013 On 7/31/2013 at 3:55 AM, Faiblesse Des Sens said: On 7/31/2013 at 3:30 AM, Mr. GOH! said: Shadowrun Returns. Unless you're a big Shadowrun fan, wait to buy it until folks have built lots of great user campaigns, or until the developers have produced a good amount of DLC. It's quite good, but short, and the main campaign is more an example of what the editor can do than a full game. It's like the first arc of a long PnP RPG. I kind of want to get it just to see how Seattle looks. Deadlight was the last Seattle game I played and it wasn't even fucking close. Not even in a nerdy pedantic way. In a way that it could have been any other city. I'm playing through it now. As a (former) Seattle resident it looks okay, I suppose. Props to them for not just going "LET'S PUT THE SPACE NEEDLE EVERYWHERE", but I don't really think the art style and camera lends itself too much to showing off their interpretation of cities ala Fallout 3 or New Vegas. I will say it's got that dark and gloomy aesthetic down pat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted July 31, 2013 Report Share Posted July 31, 2013 Yeah it seems like generic cyberpunk hubworld to me, though I've never lived in Seattle. If it didn't have "Seattle Docks" and such as areas I wouldn't really know it from anywhere else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saturnine Tenshi Posted July 31, 2013 Report Share Posted July 31, 2013 I didn't even notice it was set in Seattle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted July 31, 2013 Report Share Posted July 31, 2013 XIII Found the plot a bit hard to follow at some points (I assume I didn't actually kill the president but it didn't seem too clear on that). In fact a lot of elements over who was a good guy and who was a bad guy wasn't too clear either (Mongoose obviously bad, but folks like Jones seemed ambiguous sometimes). But it was neat enough I might hunt down the original comic. It's kind of one of my guilty pleasure type games too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faiblesse Des Sens Posted July 31, 2013 Report Share Posted July 31, 2013 Quote In fact a lot of elements over who was a good guy and who was a bad guy wasn't too clear either (Mongoose obviously bad, but folks like Jones seemed ambiguous sometimes). Having never played more than the demo... what if that's the point? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxicitizen Posted August 2, 2013 Report Share Posted August 2, 2013 Rogue Legacy. Took me 251 children and a little under 20 hours. Solid game. Don't think I'll go for NG+ right away, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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