What Video Games Are You Currently Playing

  On 4/21/2014 at 4:25 PM, Joyrex said:

Finally finished Fez - every stage, every item, everything. Very satisfying. Great game - one of the best I've played in the last 30+ years.

 

I really should just play it despite watching 'Indie Game: The Movie'. I'm afraid of having Phil Fish's self obsessed, neuroticly loathsome attitude seeping from the screen while playing it.

I beat Super Mario Land for the first time during this easter!

 

Gameboy turns 25 this year.. was the release really that long ago?

 

 

 

  On 4/21/2014 at 5:12 PM, mokz said:

I beat Super Mario Land for the first time during this easter!

 

Gameboy turns 25 this year.. was the release really that long ago?

 

 

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjL2tMGmMdA

 

Damn you, now I have the SML theme tune stuck in my head... that game had great music for it's time...

Really looking to play this one:

http://kentuckyroutezero.com/

 

Anyone else play it? Is it worth 25 bucks?

  On 4/21/2014 at 5:37 PM, Joyrex said:

 

  On 4/21/2014 at 5:12 PM, mokz said:

 

I beat Super Mario Land for the first time during this easter!

 

Gameboy turns 25 this year.. was the release really that long ago?

 

 

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjL2tMGmMdA

 

Damn you, now I have the SML theme tune stuck in my head... that game had great music for it's time...

Just started SMB3 on my 3DS

Trials Fusion ftw!

  On 4/21/2014 at 4:25 PM, Joyrex said:

Finally finished Fez - every stage, every item, everything. Very satisfying. Great game - one of the best I've played in the last 30+ years.

 

Everything? Damn. I got stuck when it came to translating all the scripts.

I play DotA

  On 4/21/2014 at 8:53 PM, Squee said:

Trials Fusion ftw!

  On 4/21/2014 at 4:25 PM, Joyrex said:

Finally finished Fez - every stage, every item, everything. Very satisfying. Great game - one of the best I've played in the last 30+ years.

 

Everything? Damn. I got stuck when it came to translating all the scripts.

Steam walkthrough FTW

  On 4/21/2014 at 9:21 PM, Joyrex said:

 

  On 4/21/2014 at 8:53 PM, Squee said:

Trials Fusion ftw!

 

  On 4/21/2014 at 4:25 PM, Joyrex said:

Finally finished Fez - every stage, every item, everything. Very satisfying. Great game - one of the best I've played in the last 30+ years.

Everything? Damn. I got stuck when it came to translating all the scripts.

 

Steam walkthrough FTW

 

  On 4/21/2014 at 10:29 PM, triachus said:

 

  On 4/21/2014 at 9:21 PM, Joyrex said:

 

  On 4/21/2014 at 8:53 PM, Squee said:

Trials Fusion ftw!

 

  On 4/21/2014 at 4:25 PM, Joyrex said:

Finally finished Fez - every stage, every item, everything. Very satisfying. Great game - one of the best I've played in the last 30+ years.

Everything? Damn. I got stuck when it came to translating all the scripts.

 

Steam walkthrough FTW

 

 

  On 4/21/2014 at 5:46 PM, gmanyo said:

Really looking to play this one:

http://kentuckyroutezero.com/

 

Anyone else play it? Is it worth 25 bucks?

 

it's real nice! I like the graphics and the dialog.. but I didn't get very far, got a bit buggy for me.. I think it was because I turned sync to refresh off in options.. haven't seen it after I turned it back on.

 

it lets you skip trivial sections, but I don't know exactly how much I've skipped due to bugs, so I'm going to start over soon.

 

after I'm done playing Skyrim.. which might be never.

 

also should finish Hotline Miami..... that game is such a rush.

Just got started with Starbound and it's super fun. Looking forward to the big updates, especially AI.

Gave Infamous on PS3 a try as well, cool action game. Avoided Dark Souls this week, need to get back on it.

  On 4/21/2014 at 10:29 PM, triachus said:

 

  On 4/21/2014 at 9:21 PM, Joyrex said:

 

  On 4/21/2014 at 8:53 PM, Squee said:

Trials Fusion ftw!

 

  On 4/21/2014 at 4:25 PM, Joyrex said:

Finally finished Fez - every stage, every item, everything. Very satisfying. Great game - one of the best I've played in the last 30+ years.

Everything? Damn. I got stuck when it came to translating all the scripts.

 

Steam walkthrough FTW

 

 

 

LOL

 

But yeah, I hope you didn't use that walkthrough throughout the entire game. That game is all about discovering.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZyT2kh3j0s

I'm getting more and more excited about Alien: Isolation. I don't expect it to be GREAT, but hopefully it'll be pretty good.

And you know what's funny? It sounds like these developers, Creative Assembly, know the Alien universe better than Ridley Scott. They are making a game that takes place 15 years after Alien and are staying true to the style of that movie, whereas Prometheus takes place before Alien and looks like it takes place many years AFTER the Alien.

I also like the fact that they sound designers on Alien Isolation has been granted access to the original sound recordings from Alien to able to stay true to the sound of the film.

 

YAY! Video games!

The only problem I have with Alien: Isolation is how much they're revealing up front. Of course, the main problem is that the Alien is nothing but a mere pantomime villain. Everyone knows what it looks like, roughly how it will behave - there's no getting around that - but I don't want to be spoon-fed a bunch of back-story, a tour of the environment, etc. for a game that's meant to evoke exploration of a stark space in tense circumstances. I understand CA's desire to re-educate people after the abomination that was Colonial Marines, but not at the expense of revealing a lot of what's behind the curtain before anyone has even had a chance to take to their seats and actually play it.

  On 4/22/2014 at 11:57 AM, jasondonervan said:

The only problem I have with Alien: Isolation is how much they're revealing up front. Of course, the main problem is that the Alien is nothing but a mere pantomime villain. Everyone knows what it looks like, roughly how it will behave - there's no getting around that - but I don't want to be spoon-fed a bunch of back-story, a tour of the environment, etc. for a game that's meant to evoke exploration of a stark space in tense circumstances. I understand CA's desire to re-educate people after the abomination that was Colonial Marines, but not at the expense of revealing a lot of what's behind the curtain before anyone has even had a chance to take to their seats and actually play it.

I'm sure there's still a lot to see. Also, I don't remember seeing all that much from the game, really? Plus, I bet the game will be all about monster closets and the motion tracker tracking things that turn out NOT to be the alien, so it'll probably make us jump out of our seats even if we know what the alien looks like. And as far as I remember the game will play out procedurally - kinda like Slender - so there'll be no way of knowing when or where the alien will show up.

 

It'll probably be a good 3/5 game that'll serve fans of the movie a bunch of stuff, but not much more than that.

 

Edit: also, here's a scenario for you: it looks like you'll be able to switch between focusing on the motion tracker and the background, so I bet that one of your first encounters with the alien will be you looking at the motion tracker and then in the blurry background you'll see the alien run right past you, scarying the living shit out of you.

  On 4/22/2014 at 8:23 AM, Squee said:

 

  On 4/21/2014 at 10:29 PM, triachus said:

 

  On 4/21/2014 at 9:21 PM, Joyrex said:

 

  On 4/21/2014 at 8:53 PM, Squee said:

Trials Fusion ftw!

 

  On 4/21/2014 at 4:25 PM, Joyrex said:

Finally finished Fez - every stage, every item, everything. Very satisfying. Great game - one of the best I've played in the last 30+ years.

Everything? Damn. I got stuck when it came to translating all the scripts.

 

Steam walkthrough FTW

 

 

 

LOL

 

But yeah, I hope you didn't use that walkthrough throughout the entire game. That game is all about discovering.

 

No, I tried to do as much as I could on my own, and only resorted to the guide when I got really stuck - I was proud of myself that I noticed the invisible platforms (old video game trope nobody hardly uses anymore) on my own!

  On 4/22/2014 at 11:57 AM, jasondonervan said:

The only problem I have with Alien: Isolation is how much they're revealing up front. Of course, the main problem is that the Alien is nothing but a mere pantomime villain. Everyone knows what it looks like, roughly how it will behave - there's no getting around that - but I don't want to be spoon-fed a bunch of back-story, a tour of the environment, etc. for a game that's meant to evoke exploration of a stark space in tense circumstances. I understand CA's desire to re-educate people after the abomination that was Colonial Marines, but not at the expense of revealing a lot of what's behind the curtain before anyone has even had a chance to take to their seats and actually play it.

I really hope they can capture the magic Dead Space (the first one) had - this coming for PS4? Oh, yes it is! I might have to give this a go!

  On 4/22/2014 at 4:28 PM, Joyrex said:

Joyrex, on 22 Apr 2014 - 4:28 PM, said:

 

  On 4/22/2014 at 8:23 AM, Squee said:

Squee, on 22 Apr 2014 - 08:23 AM, said:

 

  On 4/21/2014 at 10:29 PM, triachus said:

triachus, on 21 Apr 2014 - 10:29 PM, said:

 

  On 4/21/2014 at 9:21 PM, Joyrex said:

Joyrex, on 21 Apr 2014 - 9:21 PM, said:

 

  On 4/21/2014 at 8:53 PM, Squee said:

Squee, on 21 Apr 2014 - 8:53 PM, said:

Trials Fusion ftw!

 

  On 4/21/2014 at 4:25 PM, Joyrex said:

Joyrex, on 21 Apr 2014 - 4:25 PM, said:

Finally finished Fez - every stage, every item, everything. Very satisfying. Great game - one of the best I've played in the last 30+ years.

Everything? Damn. I got stuck when it came to translating all the scripts.

Steam walkthrough FTW

LOL

 

But yeah, I hope you didn't use that walkthrough throughout the entire game. That game is all about discovering.

No, I tried to do as much as I could on my own, and only resorted to the guide when I got really stuck - I was proud of myself that I noticed the invisible platforms (old video game trope nobody hardly uses anymore) on my own!

They are not actually invisible.

 

 

But you probably knew that already :)

  On 4/22/2014 at 4:36 PM, Squee said:

 

  On 4/22/2014 at 4:28 PM, Joyrex said:

Joyrex, on 22 Apr 2014 - 4:28 PM, said:

  On 4/22/2014 at 8:23 AM, Squee said:

Squee, on 22 Apr 2014 - 08:23 AM, said:

  On 4/21/2014 at 10:29 PM, triachus said:

triachus, on 21 Apr 2014 - 10:29 PM, said:

  On 4/21/2014 at 9:21 PM, Joyrex said:

Joyrex, on 21 Apr 2014 - 9:21 PM, said:

  On 4/21/2014 at 8:53 PM, Squee said:

Squee, on 21 Apr 2014 - 8:53 PM, said:

Trials Fusion ftw!

  On 4/21/2014 at 4:25 PM, Joyrex said:

Joyrex, on 21 Apr 2014 - 4:25 PM, said:

Finally finished Fez - every stage, every item, everything. Very satisfying. Great game - one of the best I've played in the last 30+ years.

Everything? Damn. I got stuck when it came to translating all the scripts.

Steam walkthrough FTW

LOL

 

But yeah, I hope you didn't use that walkthrough throughout the entire game. That game is all about discovering.

No, I tried to do as much as I could on my own, and only resorted to the guide when I got really stuck - I was proud of myself that I noticed the invisible platforms (old video game trope nobody hardly uses anymore) on my own!

They are not actually invisible.

 

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You can spot them on the maps you find if you turn them around 180 degrees

 

But you probably knew that already :)

 

Yeah, I found out about them being on the maps AFTER the fact... the last treasure chest (the one that you have to pan upwards just to see)I needed - I noticed one of the maps looked like the level, and I was trying to get the perspective to match the map, and I accidently rotated the map instead of the game... *smacks forehead*

Still not got round to the 'quick brown fox' deciphering - surely it'll take bloody hours !

  On 4/22/2014 at 4:43 PM, mcbpete said:

Still not got round to the 'quick brown fox' deciphering - surely it'll take bloody hours !

That was not as hard as I expected it to be... but fuck me if I'm going to translate all what the master cube says...

Shit. I want to play Fez now.

  On 4/22/2014 at 6:18 PM, Squee said:

Shit. I want to play Fez now.

It is so awesome - and I especially love the music by Disasterpeace - I wonder if there is a Fez soundtrack...

 

But that lava climb level... my platforming skills have atrophied for sure... took me about 20 tries before I got that one right - the best hint I can give for that is when you climb up the flipping blocks, to double jump (tap jump twice as you are climbing onto the block) - you'll get up faster, and be prepared to jump again when the block flips.

Of course there is a Fez OST! Bought!

 

http://disasterpeace.com/album/fez-ost

Yeah, i watched some 20 minute play through from the intro, the music was very nice, and integrated well with the sound effects.