What Video Games Are You Currently Playing

  On 4/22/2014 at 8:09 PM, delet... said:

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

You really get lost in the world... especially if you have a good surround sound setup... despite the pixel graphics, it really does transport you into the game (visually and sonically). I might have to adopt Fez as my new avatar!

  On 4/22/2014 at 6:24 PM, Joyrex said:

 

  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, the soundtrack is wonderful.

I never got around to finishing it because I took a break from it and that's not something you want to do with Fez because you'll just end up forgetting a whole bunch of things.

  On 4/22/2014 at 8:42 PM, Squee said:

 

  On 4/22/2014 at 6:24 PM, Joyrex said:

 

  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, the soundtrack is wonderful.

I never got around to finishing it because I took a break from it and that's not something you want to do with Fez because you'll just end up forgetting a whole bunch of things.

 

Nah, play a bit, explore - it will all come back to you - just like riding a bike.

I think I'll start all over. Plus, I've already thrown out all my Fez notes.

I finally got a copy of the SNES version of Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, and it's stranger than I remembered it. It's weird being considered a canonical sequel to SMW, because it doesn't play like a Mario game at all. It's harder, and being that you play with Yoshi, the controls and mechanics take a lot of getting used to. His movement is fast and kind of slippery, which makes the usual Mario platforming a sloppier affair. Saying all that, it is pretty fun and I'm glad I finally got the cart. I only rented the game once or twice when I was in high school, and I barely played it, so coming back to it now seems like a new experience.

As of this morning...

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nice - how are the new songs, do they fit in with the original three ?

  On 4/23/2014 at 11:45 AM, mcbpete said:

Nice - how are the new songs, do they fit in with the original three ?

 

Only had time for a quick run and to take some snaps earlier, 3DS is on charge so I'll give some impressions on the new tunes later :)

Fract OSC is finally out, been looking forward to this since data mentioned the game in here over a year ago: http://fractgame.com/

  On 4/23/2014 at 11:15 AM, jasondonervan said:

As of this morning...

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is it as good as the Space Harrier port? It looks like it!

  On 4/22/2014 at 9:25 PM, Squee said:

I think I'll start all over. Plus, I've already thrown out all my Fez notes.

I don't know if I would replay it myself - it's one of those games that once you do everything, the urge to do it again is lost.

 

The fantastic game, The Puppeteer will be free on PSN+ next month (US only, I think) - anyone who hasn't played this fantastic game should try the demo. Very innovative and very well done.

 

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The site in Alamogordo, New Mexico, where Atari is rumored to have buried some 3.5 million copies of the video game cartridge E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial is set to be dug up this Saturday.

  On 4/23/2014 at 6:38 PM, Nebraska said:

 

 

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The site in Alamogordo, New Mexico, where Atari is rumored to have buried some 3.5 million copies of the video game cartridge E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial is set to be dug up this Saturday.

 

Apparently Microsoft is backing this documentary - are they thinking if they remind everyone how bad this game was, it will deflect attention away from how they are ruining XBONE?

I've been playing a fuck ton of Battlefield 4

 

if anyone wants to add me on there, same username as here.

  On 4/23/2014 at 6:57 PM, oscillik said:

I've been playing a fuck ton of Battlefield 4

 

if anyone wants to add me on there, same username as here.

I'm assuming on the only platform it actually works on, which is PC, right?

  On 4/23/2014 at 6:58 PM, Joyrex said:

 

  On 4/23/2014 at 6:57 PM, oscillik said:

I've been playing a fuck ton of Battlefield 4

 

if anyone wants to add me on there, same username as here.

I'm assuming on the only platform it actually works on, which is PC, right?

 

it's still not perfect on PC, honestly. I think it's a bit more stable than on the consoles at the moment. They only just recently fixed a bug relating to running the game in a borderless windowed mode (which is really useful for people like me who have multi monitor setups), then they broke it again for about a month, and then fixed it again.

 

I'm getting weird issues on the Nansha Strike map from the latest DLC, which I'm sure will take them years to fix.

 

But I've been persevering with the bugs and I'm liking the game.

 

they really need to fix this bug though

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IRIbIMO0SY

Looks like Project Cars will give Playstation fans their Gran Turismo on PS4 long before Sony gets around to it:

  On 4/23/2014 at 6:56 PM, Joyrex said:

Apparently Microsoft is backing this documentary - are they thinking if they remind everyone how bad this game was, it will deflect attention away from how they are ruining XBONE?

 

the sad part is you know there'll be people who'll be there to grab an original copy of "the worst video game in history" then shilling it on ebay for an unreasonably high price

  On 4/23/2014 at 4:50 PM, Joyrex said:

 

  On 4/23/2014 at 11:15 AM, jasondonervan said:

 

 

 

Is it as good as the Space Harrier port? It looks like it!

 

 

It's amazing, runs like silk in 2D mode. Out Run is probably my all-time favourite SEGA title from that (or any other) era, it blew my mind as a kid, and still holds up today. A perfect port, the guys at M2 are absolute wizards of their craft.

 

 

As for Project CARS, I signed up as a backer for it before all the hoo-hah over the financial backing methods shut the doors for everyone, at least until it finally gets released. I haven't ducked in recently, but even a few months ago the builds were mind-blowing on PC. I'll have to fire it back up after seeing that trailer!

  On 4/23/2014 at 7:26 PM, Joyrex said:

Looks like Project Cars will give Playstation fans their Gran Turismo on PS4 long before Sony gets around to it:

That brief bit at 1:10 of the damp road was some definite uncanny valley stuff going on - looked just so darned near to perfect/reality

0:10 is nuts.

 

Trials Fusion, bitches!

  On 4/23/2014 at 3:32 PM, luke viia said:

Fract OSC is finally out, been looking forward to this since data mentioned the game in here over a year ago: http://fractgame.com/

 

Ahhh I forgot this was coming out. Might check it our over the weekend.

So annoyed with all the early access games on steam; THere's a bunch I'm really looking forward to but don't want to ruin the experience by playing a half finished game.

 

That said, i cracked and bought Starbound a couple of days ago. Really enjoyable and apart from some terrible monster AI has been rock solid. Keen to get some multiplayer things happening.

  On 4/24/2014 at 7:24 AM, Milkweg said:

So annoyed with all the early access games on steam; THere's a bunch I'm really looking forward to but don't want to ruin the experience by playing a half finished game.

 

I don't like this either. maybe it works for multiplayer where there's no story per se, but imagine playing a half-finished Half Life or Bioshock. I'd defenestrate meself.