Video Games What video games are you currently playing?

games i've finished today:

 

another world / out of this world

dear esther

Playing Max Payn first rock star game I actually am playing for the storyline and liking it.

Bought yesterday for PS3:

Homefront

Unchartered 3

Read Dead Redemption

 

Started on Homefront. Wasn't expecting very much but I remember wanting to get it when it came out. Quite an enjoyable shooter. Really like the gun noises.

Bought some new stuff on Steam.

 

Quantum Conundrum - Portal-esque puzzler by one of the lead game designers of the first Portal. Not as mind bending and seems to take ages to get going but pretty good. Nice art style too.

Splice - Relaxing little puzzle game.

Civilization V: Gods & Kings - Expansion adding religion, espionage and some gameplay & AI improvements. Endgame is still slow as hell, AI is still unchallenging, new UI bugs have been introduced and I think it's still lacking depth. Meh.

Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion - Haven't played this much but seems pretty good.

Indie Game: The Movie - Pretty good non-glamorous look into the weird lives of a few indie developers. I started with disdain for that awkward Super Meat Boy coder and the troubled Fez guy but that changed when I saw the hard struggle these guys go through.

I beat Batman: Arkham Asylum on hard difficulty a few days ago. I just started playing Batman: Arkham City but I am considering playing God Hand as well.

  On 6/24/2012 at 3:02 PM, Rubin Farr said:

Look like Final Fantasy 7 is getting a reissue on PC with achievements, cloud saves, and the same 1997 graphics?

 

http://i.joystiq.com...ith-achievemen/

 

LOL @ "Cloud" saves

  On 6/25/2012 at 3:46 PM, Ego said:

Bought some new stuff on Steam.

 

Quantum Conundrum - Portal-esque puzzler by one of the lead game designers of the first Portal. Not as mind bending and seems to take ages to get going but pretty good. Nice art style too.

Splice - Relaxing little puzzle game.

Civilization V: Gods & Kings - Expansion adding religion, espionage and some gameplay & AI improvements. Endgame is still slow as hell, AI is still unchallenging, new UI bugs have been introduced and I think it's still lacking depth. Meh.

Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion - Haven't played this much but seems pretty good.

Indie Game: The Movie - Pretty good non-glamorous look into the weird lives of a few indie developers. I started with disdain for that awkward Super Meat Boy coder and the troubled Fez guy but that changed when I saw the hard struggle these guys go through.

if you don't mind could you possibly give some more detail on Civ 5 and specifically Sins of Solar (or anyone else that knows). they were two games ive always been thinking of getting but never did. i loved Civ 4, A LOT. and i loved Homeworld 2, which i believe is the type of game Solar is. a space RTS, if im not mistaken.

i actually had Sins of Solar in my hand when it came out but never bought it cause i saw the X series games (hands down the best space game ever made).

Dead Rising 2..I'm still playing it...although I almost said fuck it because of the limited save slots and not realizing that in a certain case, the time continues on to the next case. Luckily, I was able to load one of the saves and rush it with hopes I didn't get grabbed by zombies and killed too much by the "mini-boss".

 

I know I could continue on playing even if I "lost the truth" but the whole reason for me to play is the storyline in it.

  On 6/24/2012 at 10:14 PM, Rubin Farr said:

FF7 is by far the best in series, and only one I tried to complete. I love the retro graphics, but you have to understand getting FF7 remade in HD is a japanese national obsession! Lol

 

im really, really close to agreeing with you on this...as FFIV is my nostalgic favorite but graphics are obviously dated/repetitive gameplay, etc.

 

Im very close to saying FFX is a close second...I know Tidus is a whiny boykid, but I liked the other characters for the most part, and the battle system was probably the best one yet..the soundtrack and the areas were gorgeous as well.

 

I think what clinches it for FFVII is the materia. Each stage of the game you revealed more plot, but also a new awesome spell/summon and animation to go with it. It made the level grind damn fun, and you could constantly interchange things with other characters. Combine FFVII's materia system with FFX's "switch" battle system, and you would have a close to perfect RPG setup in my eyes.

Why no love for FFIX? Severely underrated. I also really like XII but most people flame me for whatever reason, the story was okay but I loved the world, the hunts, and the awesome explorable areas late in the game.

  On 6/26/2012 at 2:14 AM, sergeantk said:

Why no love for FFIX? Severely underrated. I also really like XII but most people flame me for whatever reason, the story was okay but I loved the world, the hunts, and the awesome explorable areas late in the game.

 

I loved FFXII up until you hit about lvl 70...the grinding became so damn tedious I eventually gave up...I still wonder if I could have beaten Omega Mark.

 

The whole idea of the entire world being one continuous landmass was amazingly well done...along with the realtime fights...

 

I haven't played FFXIII, but what the hell happened?

Edited June 26, 2012 by Smettingham Rutherford IV

I didn't have that level of dedication. After I beat Gilgamesh and got most of the Espers I pretty much had had enough, although the game did give me a solid 120 hrs between 2 playthoughs and I'm sure I'll pick it up again.

 

And X might be my personal favorite. It has my favorite song in any game ever (if you havent heard it, i recommend listening, as a fan of music, not just FFX)

Nobuo Uematsu is unmatched in video game music. That's a part of the reason that the new FFs aren't as good as the old ones. They don't have that wonderful atmosphere created by his amazing music.

Unmatched besides Yamaoka of course (although it'd be hard to pick which composer I like more, I guess they're both on their own levels of genius)

 

Psychonauts, I don't know what happened 4 years ago that turned me off, but after playing this again on Steam something clicked.

im surprised that no one ever mentions this amazing masterpiece of a track by Yamaoka:

 

[youtubehd]h_1lU638EOs[/youtubehd]

 

That's fucking IDM if there ever was any. Ambient terror-hop?

Aliens Colonial Marines is starting to look seriously cool, especially on Wii U. a probable buy for me.

 

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Edited June 26, 2012 by Rubin Farr

BF3 - but fuck buying EA's rip off map packs and dog tags shite

Max Payne - MP is pretty interesting

Skyrim - VG Crack

Just Cause 2 for shits and giggles

Red Dead for cowboy on cowboy action

  On 6/26/2012 at 6:04 AM, Rubin Farr said:

Aliens Colonial Marines is starting to look seriously cool, especially on Wii U. a probable buy for me.

 

[youtubehd]EfOOOAN9e9w[/youtubehd]

 

What's particularly compelling about the Wii U version? Not trolling, genuinely curious as what's 'better' in the Wii U version...

  On 6/25/2012 at 5:27 PM, Joyrex said:

LOL @ "Cloud" saves

Heh, I actually had no idea what it meant until just now - In my mind they were trying to flog the feature that the save files had an icon of Cloud or something !

  On 6/26/2012 at 6:04 AM, Rubin Farr said:

Aliens Colonial Marines is starting to look seriously cool, especially on Wii U. a probable buy for me.

 

[youtubehd]EfOOOAN9e9w[/youtubehd]

i dont know, i saw some gameplay footage of it at E3. Was not impressed. the only cool thing was the fact that you could play as a xenomorph in multiplayer. but that would get boring after awhile.

Well according to Gearbox, the Wii U engine will be by far the "prettiest" port, which no one has seen yet, and the game pad has added functionality as scanner, inventory, etc.

 

http://m.kotaku.com/5913484/the-wii-u-will-get-the-best+looking-version-of-aliens-colonial-marines-says-gearbox

  On 6/26/2012 at 7:54 PM, Rubin Farr said:

Well according to Gearbox, the Wii U engine will be by far the "prettiest" port, which no one has seen yet, and the game pad has added functionality as scanner, inventory, etc.

 

http://m.kotaku.com/...es-says-gearbox

 

Interesting - considering the comparison between the PS3 Batman and the Wii U version lent itself to being inferior to the PS3 version visually. Different game/studio though, so really apples and oranges.

 

In other news, Square Enix says they won't remake Final Fantasy VII until a current FF game surpasses it.

 

Looks like there will never be a remake of FF VII if that's the case.

look, the Wii U, as with all Nintendo systems, will never be visually amazing compared to any system. reason being, Nintendo never puts high end cards into their systems. so their systems can't actually handle it. ever. thats why a Nintendo system is always cheaper. Sony and Microsoft will say "hey we got this awesome stuff inside" they then ramble off some names and bam, "our new system will be 600 bucks." and then people buy it.

 

If Nintendo can get this Third party thing to work out along with actually making games that will utilize the new controller along with making games that can be used with the Pro controller, they will demolish the competition. or at least every new PS item wont be WAY over priced.

  On 6/26/2012 at 8:53 PM, Frankie5fingers said:

If Nintendo can get this Third party thing to work out along with actually making games that will utilize the new controller along with making games that can be used with the Pro controller, they will demolish the competition. or at least every new PS item wont be WAY over priced.

 

Right until Sony and Microsoft release their new consoles and no one will bother making third party games for the Wii U, because everybody wants to flex their graphics muscles on the new NEW consoles.