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Post by Babel-17 on Dec 9, 2016 23:59:34 GMT -5
I'm back to playing Spec Ops: The Line. As a shooter it isn't amazing but the game has so much integrity. It's a lot like Call of Juarez: Gunslinger in that respect. There's a vision, and talented people got behind that and put a lot of effort in.
The voice acting is ace, and so is the music.
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Post by BT on Dec 10, 2016 1:37:11 GMT -5
I've been playing Fallout 4 pretty much solid since it launched back in Nov 2015... I've still not finished the main story yet (or got any of the DLC) though I think the end is now in sight.
The other day the local supermarket was selling some games on a discount so I picked up Titanfall 2 (decent so far, I'm just dipping in and out doing a level at a time, apparently it's quite short) and Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, which has sucked me in hard over the last couple of days... currently going through the obligatory 'non lethal' first play-through.
I'm also playing TrackMania Turbo on and off... it's decent for a quick blast when I can't be arsed doing much. Took it over to a friends the other night, I can't remember the last split-screen game I played... probably one of the CoD titles on the PS3.
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Post by ForRealTho on Dec 10, 2016 2:29:31 GMT -5
I have been playing Dragon's Dogma Dark Arisen the last couple weeks on and off. It is similar to Dragon Age Inquisition with better combat but less character development.
It is a Japanese game but feels very much like a western RPG. Not sure where I am in the plot, I think I am getting close to the end but I'm not sure. I haven't read any story spoilers at all.
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Post by ForRealTho on Dec 10, 2016 2:30:28 GMT -5
I still haven't touched this. I played the crap out of F3/NV with a bunch of mods. Been waiting for the price to drop and mods to mature. |
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Post by BT on Dec 10, 2016 2:54:56 GMT -5
I loved F3 and did pretty much everything except the Mothership Zeta DLC (I heard it sucked anyway) but I couldn't for the life of me get into NV, I was pretty disappointed at the time.
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Post by ForRealTho on Dec 10, 2016 3:12:15 GMT -5
I loved F3 and did pretty much everything except the Mothership Zeta DLC (I heard it sucked anyway) but I couldn't for the life of me get into NV, I was pretty disappointed at the time. IMO its a better game than F3. I actually did that DLC when I just started the game and it gives a ridiculously overpowered alien rifle with limited ammunition. I saved it for "oh shit" moments for the rest of the game. NV starts out kinda strange but I really got into it after a bit. |
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Post by Coolverine on Dec 10, 2016 6:42:12 GMT -5
Lately:
Fallout 4 (with DLC's)
Dragon Age Inquisition
League of Legends
Civilization 6
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Post by Emig5m on Dec 10, 2016 15:36:22 GMT -5
Legend of Zelda. Haven't played it since the 80s so it's nearly like playing it again for the very first time. I think I'm going to play through all the original Zeldas up the the SNES Zelda which I think are the best Zeldas.
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Post by Cop on Dec 10, 2016 16:20:43 GMT -5
Hotline Miami, on the Vita is all I've been playing recently. A lot of it too. Before that: Sine Mora, a horizontal shooter, also on the Vita.
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Post by BT on Dec 11, 2016 2:50:58 GMT -5
I think I'm going to play through all the original Zeldas up the the SNES Zelda which I think are the best Zeldas. The SNES one was the first I played; I seem to remember enjoying it well enough but Ocarina of Time was head and shoulders above it for me... never played Majoras Mask or any of the Game Cube ones though. I've also been playing Scrabble on my ipod; the computer is a wanker even on intermediate - it also doesn't accept lots of legit words, "damn" for example, then it plays shit like "fllzia", cunt... I Bingo'd it off the bounce earlier with "aerosat" for 66, up yer fucking hoop! |
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Post by Emig5m on Dec 11, 2016 16:15:52 GMT -5
Before that: Sine Mora, a horizontal shooter, also on the Vita. As someone who has two commercial arcade horizontal shooters, I dunno, I just can't seem to get into the modern ones (also known as Bullet Hell style). I own Sine Mora on Steam but don't like it, heh. Long live the pioneering originals like R-Type.  |
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Post by Emig5m on Dec 11, 2016 16:22:02 GMT -5
I think I'm going to play through all the original Zeldas up the the SNES Zelda which I think are the best Zeldas. The SNES one was the first I played; I seem to remember enjoying it well enough but Ocarina of Time was head and shoulders above it for me... never played Majoras Mask or any of the Game Cube ones though. Yea I was surprised my father never played the original Zelda either. I enjoyed Ocarina of Time but then after that I couldn't stomach a Zelda game enough to finish them. Majoras Mask was just a weird game to me, lol. I think the one on the SNES (don't even remember the name of it) might be my favorite but I'll have to play through them all to decide. Definitely the first three are all great. But not starting on the original you might bulk at the old graphics, heh. I'm kinda halfway through level nine and I know there's a second quest, but I'm not sure I'll play through the second quest or not, I'll have to see how I feel about it when I get there. Really looking forward to starting the 2nd Zelda game so I might skip the second quest on the first one. |
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Post by Cop on Dec 12, 2016 12:33:32 GMT -5
Before that: Sine Mora, a horizontal shooter, also on the Vita. As someone who has two commercial arcade horizontal shooters, I dunno, I just can't seem to get into the modern ones (also known as Bullet Hell style). I own Sine Mora on Steam but don't like it, heh. Long live the pioneering originals like R-Type. It took me a long time to get into it as well, especially since I was stuck on some idiotic level on the PS3, but once I really started playing it on the PS Vita (it's a cross-buy game, so I got them for both systems for the price of 1, Hotline Miami too), with its more direct control, I managed to get through that and enjoy the rest of the game. Played through the story mode a dozen times since. I can only do Story Mode though, it's the only mode that has a 'normal' difficulty. Arcade starts at 'challenging' and I can't even get past the first boss on that, no matter which plane, pilot or power-ups I use... |
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Post by maniac on Dec 21, 2016 21:59:40 GMT -5
I completed Wolfenstein New Order not too long ago. Kind of short, but I enjoyed it. Everyone needs to take some time to kill a few Nazi's every now and then.
Also played and finished Final Fantasy V over the last 2 weeks. Best implementation of the job system imo. Played the Steam version which sucks. Totally looks like it was remade in RPG maker. Content was great though. Mime job which you get late in the game is OP. Basically allows you to choose 3 abilities (gained by mastering other jobs) in addition to mime which will copy whatever the last player character did and cast it for free. Last boss battle I made everyone mime, cast the Bahamut summon and just mimed until I beat it. I collected all the blue magic and all the summons as well but I skipped out on a couple of the optional boss fights. Story was pretty good despite every story from 3-5 all basically having the same story line.
Started FFVI on SNES emulator (Higan as recommended by Svper, good shit) just tonight. Got through the first hour and it's shaping up nicely.
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Post by ForRealTho on Dec 22, 2016 1:57:37 GMT -5
Started FFVI on SNES emulator (Higan as recommended by Svper, good shit) just tonight. Got through the first hour and it's shaping up nicely. I know its largely nostalgia but IMO FFVI will always be the best. Everything about that game was so amazing for its time. I have finished it a bunch. The soundtrack is burned into my brain. |
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Post by Emig5m on Dec 22, 2016 4:03:24 GMT -5
Beat Zelda II a couple nights ago and just started Zelda III on the snes today, heh. But to be honest with you, even though Zelda III seems like the best one out of the three, I think I might be Zelda'd out for now and need a break from Zelda, lol.
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Post by ForRealTho on Dec 22, 2016 11:35:25 GMT -5
Beat Zelda II a couple nights ago and just started Zelda III on the snes today, heh. But to be honest with you, even though Zelda III seems like the best one out of the three, I think I might be Zelda'd out for now and need a break from Zelda, lol. Thats how I got over the summer. I used my time off from work to beat Final Fantasy 9 and 10.........I tried to play III but I am all Final Fantasied out..... |
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Post by Cop on Dec 22, 2016 14:37:44 GMT -5
I've been playing some Capcom arcade collection on PS3 the past days. Holy fuck, dude, those are impossible. Set the difficulty all the way down and you're still lucky to make it longer than a few seconds at a time. Some game are just sucky, but even the good ones are nigh on impossible.
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Post by maniac on Dec 22, 2016 15:49:10 GMT -5
Thats how I got over the summer. I used my time off from work to beat Final Fantasy 9 and 10.........I tried to play III but I am all Final Fantasied out..... I was feeling that way right around the 25 hour mark on FFV. I think I ended up with like 42 hours played, accrued a few of those just being paused and eating lunch or something. I'm going to have to take a break after VI for sure for at least a few months. Even though I am ready to hit the PS1 era. Only one I've really put time in was VII of course, but I've never finished it. Played first hour of VIII and don't remember any of it other than he has a gunblade. Played disc 1 of IX and only remember that I loved playing the card game and that it was more medieval feeling. |
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Post by Coolverine on Dec 22, 2016 18:06:54 GMT -5
One game I really want is The Walking Dead season 3, hopefully it goes on sale.
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Post by Cop on Dec 23, 2016 16:31:59 GMT -5
Heh, I usually don't bother with trophies/achievements (all I tend to get are the ones that'll trigger when just playing the game regularly) but for Hotline Miami I made an exception because I noticed I already had quite a few just playing the game and I wondered what was left. Unlike other games, they didn't seem too farfetched either so earlier today I actually managed to get the last ones, with getting an A+ score on every single stage being the hardest, but also very rewarding. I actually learned a lot about the game playing it like that. There are very simple ways of racking up big points.
So yeah, that's my second platinum trophy, after GT6.
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Post by BT on Dec 23, 2016 17:10:12 GMT -5
I've been playing some Capcom arcade collection on PS3 the past days. Holy fuck, dude, those are impossible./quote] I've played a few old Speccy games that I had as a kid and played easily enough (afair) that are the same... Apart from 'Saboteur' which I'd played so many times going through it was almost autopilot. |
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Post by Emig5m on Dec 24, 2016 1:14:02 GMT -5
Downloaded the free demo of the new Resident Evil 7, pretty cool game. Very atmospheric and immersive.
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Post by ForRealTho on Dec 24, 2016 1:39:11 GMT -5
Downloaded the free demo of the new Resident Evil 7, pretty cool game. Very atmospheric and immersive. I got The Evil Within but couldn't get into it. Huge download too. Like 40 gigs I think its funny that RE7 and a ton of other games are clearly taking their visuals from Silent Hill P.T. and stupid Konami cancelled it. |
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Post by jd636 on Dec 27, 2016 15:53:19 GMT -5
WoW Burning Legion . I took some thing like a year and a half off since Warlords of Draenor was such a steaming pile.
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Post by ForRealTho on Jan 2, 2017 1:16:43 GMT -5
Just played through the Resident Evil 7 teaser demo. Very well done. I was struck by how similar it was to Silent Hill P.T. still dumb that Konami cancelled that.
The teaser has some hidden stuff for the "true" ending I didn't do. Real needle in a haystack stuff.
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Post by sphinx on Jan 2, 2017 9:44:42 GMT -5
Recently completed Alien:Isolation, all without shitting my pants completely. Lately I've been playing a lot of Astroneer, Battlefield 1, Overwatch and Civilization 5.
Astroneer has been really impressing me and it's only pre-alpha. So....much...potential!
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Post by 1badjedi on Jan 28, 2017 20:04:10 GMT -5
I started The Wolf Among Us and then kinda stopped after the opening sequence. I was saving it for later but that was 3 weeks ago.  |
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Post by Cop on Jan 28, 2017 21:03:06 GMT -5
Finally started playing the game that came with my Vita all those years ago. What is that fucking title again?
Playstation All-Stars? That the entire title? Too lazy to look it up. Anyway, it's this fighting game that puts popular characters from different games against each other, so popular I don't know half of them without looking it up in their profile. Slowly working my way through the arcade campaign with each of them. Some are good, some are shit, sometimes it's ridiculously easy, sometimes it's inexplicably hard. So far it's been enjoyable enough but I don't think they'll be a lot of replay value once I beat arcade with every character. Certainly not going to bother with the online part.
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Post by sphinx on Jan 29, 2017 0:07:41 GMT -5
I started The Wolf Among Us and then kinda stopped after the opening sequence. I was saving it for later but that was 3 weeks ago. Continue that game, it's very good. |
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