The Video Game Thread - what are you playing?

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 08 Jul 2009, 13:11

Just on normal, sadly

I wanted to walk the same paths you did, but I got distracted by other new and fun games. Maybe when I get my plasma I'll start playing Black again to check out the slightly higher resolution, and I can check out the Hard-mode.

IronMonkey · Post by **IronMonkey** » 08 Jul 2009, 22:41

What are you playing at?!

Seriously, its a far better & far more rewarding game once you get up to Master Ninja difficulty. You should definitely go back to it.

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 09 Jul 2009, 06:20

I know man, but there is so much other stuff I should also be playing... like MGS4 and Ratchet and Clack and Oblivion and Mass Effect etc etc.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 09 Jul 2009, 10:37

Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars on DS

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 09 Jul 2009, 10:38

Yi, Fallout 3 is brilliant. You should be playing that.

I'm not excited about Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 at all, since finding out that they've replaced the excessive blood gushing with purple glowy effects.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFBE5lkmND0

IronMonkey, did they ever fix all the NG2 bugs and shit that were introduced when patched it?

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 09 Jul 2009, 11:33

Just got an Xbox 360 and I'm playing "John Woo's Stranglehold". I have always only played the first level. Re-discovered it now and man is it a great game. I always wanted to be Chow Yun-fat in his greatest heroic bloodshed films.

gasteropod · Post by **gasteropod** » 09 Jul 2009, 13:49

grim_tales wrote:Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars on DS

My favourite game ever (the original PC version, anyway).

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 09 Jul 2009, 16:43

It's very good so far (I'm about halfway), I hope they remake more Broken Sword games for DS

Pity theres no voice acting but the facial expressions and some graphics are good

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 09 Jul 2009, 16:55

EvaUnit02 wrote:Yi, Fallout 3 is brilliant. You should be playing that.

I'm not excited about Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 at all, since finding out that they've replaced the excessive blood gushing with purple glowy effects.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFBE5lkmND0

IronMonkey, did they ever fix all the NG2 bugs and shit that were introduced when patched it?

That's the exact same criticism and sceptism I have about Ninja Gaiden 2 Sigma. I can't understand why the felt the need to censor it, and I can't understand why they can't at least include an option for the excessive gore and blood. It'sa fucking shame.

Apart from that, it does look really good, and I'm glad Ayane and the other chick will be playable (although I feel the character-model of Ayane in Sigma 2 sucks).

Not sure if I'd buy this 'censored' version though. I'm pretty much a stubborn bitch when it comes to stuff like this. I can't stand censorship.

I have played Fallout 3 a bit on my PC btw. After my PC broke down I haven't re-installed it yet, but I did enjoy the game for the couple of hours I played it. I'm pretty sure I made a bck-up of the save-games, so I assume I could carry on playing where I left off.

Now that my PC is only occasionally online (see router-thread), I played Sim City 4 a bit again. Occasionally it crashes, and some stuff is very annoying (like fires and advisors with their pop-up boxes when you just want to build stuff...), but it's still very satisfying when your 'sims' are happy, and everything is going pretty well and looks nice.

gasteropod · Post by **gasteropod** » 09 Jul 2009, 17:19

grim_tales wrote:It's very good so far (I'm about halfway), I hope they remake more Broken Sword games for DS Pity theres no voice acting but the facial expressions and some graphics are good

Aw really? That sucks, the voice acting is great!

Make sure you check out Broken Sword 2.5 (ideally after you've played the second game, but probably not essential) which is a fan-made game available to download for free, and it's really good! http://www.brokensword25.com/

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 09 Jul 2009, 18:05

I think the lack of voice acting was due to the lack of space on the DS cart

I like the way the storylines are interwoven in the DS version, it seems to anticipate the Da Vinci Code by a number of years

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 13 Jul 2009, 19:51

Been playing Battlefield 1943 the last few days on 360. Pretty cool game, but sadly they've made sniping less powerfull than it was in BF2: Modern Combat. Now you need a headshot to kill someone with 1 shot (as a sniper), or else you need 2 or 3 shots. It sucks. Especially since I'm still on an SDTV as opposed to a HDTV, so it's hard enough as it is to hit someone.

Also, I'm still getting the hand of some of the controls, which take some getting used to.

Overall though, it's a very entertaining MP game for about 10 bucks (1200 MPs).

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 14 Jul 2009, 09:06

For Wii:
The Conduit (awesome shooter with very good gameplay and controls)

For Xbox 360:
Halo 3
Bioshock

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 14 Jul 2009, 12:21

Hey LD,
I heard one of the groups I go to may be getting a Wii next term so I might try it out then

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 27 Jul 2009, 21:09

As mentioned before, I've been playing battlefield 43 quite a bit. Fun game, and I also seem to get the hang for being a sniper a bit. Sniper is still too 'weak' when you compare it to 'Rifleman', but when you play very carefully, hide well, and are patient, you can still be of some use to your team when you have happened to have picked the right spot.

I just had a match where I killed 10 opponents without dying once, so that was a nice feeling. Also the clay-bombs are great for setting a trap. I was lucky that 2 jeeps drove side by side over my 'trap', so that was 2-3 kills at once

I'm expecting Skate 2 and GRID in the mail this week.

Also played Forza 2 a few races against a friend online, which was OK, but since I don't have a headphone etc (nor do I want one), communication was a bit awkward.

gasteropod · Post by **gasteropod** » 27 Jul 2009, 21:19

I'm back playing WipEout HD again since the Fury expansion pack was released last Thursday. New tracks, game modes, music, ships, trophies, etc, bloody brilliant!

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 27 Jul 2009, 21:32

Yeah, I'm keeping my eye out on WipeOut for the PS3, but I'll pck it up when I get my plasma, and TBH I expect a nice bundle of the game plus expansion for a sweet price somewhere in the near future.

I'm looking very much forward to Shadow Complex (360) btw. Turtles in Time also looks sweet fun.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 29 Jul 2009, 15:34

Hey Gastero,
Have you played the PC adventure, Beneath a Steel Sky? We were talking about Broken Sword earlier,
I bought the Trilogy on PC today for when we get a new machine.
It includes Beneath a Steel Sky too.

gasteropod · Post by **gasteropod** » 29 Jul 2009, 17:53

Yeah I have because it's downloadable for free for SCUMMVM (legally). I never really got that far with it though, let me know what you think of it.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 29 Jul 2009, 18:31

What is SCUMMVM?

We were just working out the recommended specs for the game so I can get it to work when we get the new PC. But the PC we get will be way above those "recommended" specs.

gasteropod · Post by **gasteropod** » 29 Jul 2009, 18:41

Grim, follow these instructions carefully: Go on www.google.com. Type in the search bar 'scummvm'. The first link that pops up is its homepage.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 29 Jul 2009, 18:47

Thanks!

Interesting that it mentions the 2 PC Discworld games - they were great. I still have the originals of those

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 09 Aug 2009, 11:25

Anyone else checked out the new Batman Arkham Asylum demo? It's fucking sweeetttttt

Great graphics, sweet gameplay, and it really just FEELS like you're 'Batman'. They did such a good job with that.
The are some very minor negative points, like 'no blood', but apart from that it seems like a winner.

I was looking forward to Turtles, but it turned out a dud so I won't be buying that. Will probably get Castle Crashers instead, but I'll wait to see what the new PS3 version will be like, or if the 360 version will react to the PS3 release by dropping in price a bit.

gasteropod · Post by **gasteropod** » 09 Aug 2009, 12:10

My mate last night was saying how good the Batman demo is too, I downloaded half of it on Thursday but haven't been bothered to download the rest yet, will do soon.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 09 Aug 2009, 13:49

Still playing Broken Sword on DS, awesome game

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