What Video Games Are You Currently Playing

  On 9/3/2014 at 9:20 PM, NorthernFusion said:

 

  On 9/3/2014 at 9:03 PM, Braintree said:

Do you guys have any recommendations for music/audio based puzzle games? I'm looking for puzzle games specifically.

Fez (ish). Not audio based per say, but the soundtrack's great and vital to your enjoyment imho tbh.

 

 

or limbo, don't really know what "audio based puzzle game" means.

  On 9/3/2014 at 9:25 PM, AdieuErsatzEnnui said:

 

  On 9/3/2014 at 9:20 PM, NorthernFusion said:

 

 

  On 9/3/2014 at 9:03 PM, Braintree said:

 

Do you guys have any recommendations for music/audio based puzzle games? I'm looking for puzzle games specifically.

Fez (ish). Not audio based per say, but the soundtrack's great and vital to your enjoyment imho tbh.

or limbo, don't really know what "audio based puzzle game" means.

anything Q Entertainnent did, try Lumines first.

 

  On 9/3/2014 at 9:32 PM, Rubin Farr said:

 

  On 9/3/2014 at 9:25 PM, AdieuErsatzEnnui said:

 

  On 9/3/2014 at 9:20 PM, NorthernFusion said:

 

  On 9/3/2014 at 9:03 PM, Braintree said:

Do you guys have any recommendations for music/audio based puzzle games? I'm looking for puzzle games specifically.

Fez (ish). Not audio based per say, but the soundtrack's great and vital to your enjoyment imho tbh.

or limbo, don't really know what "audio based puzzle game" means.

anything Q Entertainnent did, try Lumines first.

 

Or The Swapper, great puzzler and a great soundtrack, just not audio based, I guess.

  On 9/3/2014 at 9:03 PM, Braintree said:

Do you guys have any recommendations for music/audio based puzzle games? I'm looking for puzzle games specifically.

Frequency for the PS2, even features some MBM...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4RSp0dvOD8

 

I miss this game, I used to play the shit out of it..

  On 9/3/2014 at 9:25 PM, AdieuErsatzEnnui said:

 

  On 9/3/2014 at 9:20 PM, NorthernFusion said:

 

  On 9/3/2014 at 9:03 PM, Braintree said:

Do you guys have any recommendations for music/audio based puzzle games? I'm looking for puzzle games specifically.

Fez (ish). Not audio based per say, but the soundtrack's great and vital to your enjoyment imho tbh.

 

 

or limbo, don't really know what "audio based puzzle game" means.

 

I thought of Sound Shapes, but that's a platformer.

I was just thinking about puzzle games and how none of them really have audio as a central component of the puzzle itself. It's usually an afterthought. I haven't played Lumines, but by briefly looking at it, it seems like you could take away the music and still play the game without affecting anything. Braid had puzzles based on the way you manipulate time. If it were audio instead of time, that would be an interesting concept.

 

Fract OSC is kind of in the direction of what I'm thinking, but just strictly puzzles.

  On 9/3/2014 at 10:03 PM, Braintree said:

I was just thinking about puzzle games and how none of them really have audio as a central component of the puzzle itself. It's usually an afterthought. I haven't played Lumines, but by briefly looking at it, it seems like you could take away the music and still play the game without affecting anything. Braid had puzzles based on the way you manipulate time. If it were audio instead of time, that would be an interesting concept.

 

Fract OSC is kind of in the direction of what I'm thinking, but just strictly puzzles.

Try The Swapper.

Lumines requires you play in-time to the beat, the terminator follows the bpm of the track, but there's no way you could keep an eye on that when shit gets crazy without using your ears to stay in sync.

  On 9/3/2014 at 10:17 PM, Rubin Farr said:

Lumines requires you play in-time to the beat, the terminator follows the bpm of the track, but there's no way you could keep an eye on that when shit gets crazy without using your ears to stay in sync.

 

The puzzle itself is based on how you form blocks not something to figure out through audio cues. You just use the audio as a way to stay in sync. It could have been a timer or something.

 

But again, I haven't played the game, so I have an ignorant opinion of its mechanics.

  On 9/3/2014 at 10:17 PM, Rubin Farr said:

Lumines requires you play in-time to the beat, the terminator follows the bpm of the track, but there's no way you could keep an eye on that when shit gets crazy without using your ears to stay in sync.

Being a big Lumines fan/player myself, I rarely play by the beat, and more by watching the line terminator to clear out huge swaths of cubes by setting up combos.

Also, you can try Crypt of the Necrodancer. Music based. Can even use our own music.

 

 

  On 9/3/2014 at 9:33 PM, ghOsty said:

 

  On 9/3/2014 at 9:03 PM, Braintree said:

Do you guys have any recommendations for music/audio based puzzle games? I'm looking for puzzle games specifically.

Frequency for the PS2, even features some MBM...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4RSp0dvOD8

 

I miss this game, I used to play the shit out of it..

 

 

They're re-releasing Frequency in HD for PS4 soon.

  On 9/3/2014 at 11:32 PM, 747Music said:

 

  On 9/3/2014 at 9:33 PM, ghOsty said:

 

  On 9/3/2014 at 9:03 PM, Braintree said:

Do you guys have any recommendations for music/audio based puzzle games? I'm looking for puzzle games specifically.

Frequency for the PS2, even features some MBM...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4RSp0dvOD8

 

I miss this game, I used to play the shit out of it..

 

 

They're re-releasing Frequency in HD for PS4 soon.

 

Seriously?! Oh fuck yeah, I hope they update it with some newer songs as well!

  On 9/3/2014 at 10:35 PM, Joyrex said:

 

  On 9/3/2014 at 10:17 PM, Rubin Farr said:

 

Lumines requires you play in-time to the beat, the terminator follows the bpm of the track, but there's no way you could keep an eye on that when shit gets crazy without using your ears to stay in sync.

Being a big Lumines fan/player myself, I rarely play by the beat, and more by watching the line terminator to clear out huge swaths of cubes by setting up combos.

Yeah but when the skins get crazy later on & full motion video plays in the background, you can still concentrate on that little line at the top? More power to ya

  On 9/3/2014 at 11:54 PM, ghOsty said:

 

  On 9/3/2014 at 11:32 PM, 747Music said:

 

  On 9/3/2014 at 9:33 PM, ghOsty said:

 

  On 9/3/2014 at 9:03 PM, Braintree said:

Do you guys have any recommendations for music/audio based puzzle games? I'm looking for puzzle games specifically.

Frequency for the PS2, even features some MBM...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4RSp0dvOD8

 

I miss this game, I used to play the shit out of it..

 

 

They're re-releasing Frequency in HD for PS4 soon.

 

Seriously?! Oh fuck yeah, I hope they update it with some newer songs as well!

 

 

They're making a sequel to the sequel of frequency not re-releasing it?

 

There was a kickstarter for it and they raised hundreds of thousands of bucks and are making a full on sequel to amplitude...

 

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/harmonix/amplitude

 

 

Edit: or are they also releasing frequency in HD for ps4???

Edited September 4, 2014 by StephenG

Bit.Trip Beat is essentially musical pong.

I can't really think of puzzle games which are mainly musical though.

Also, Osu, it's like DDR with your mouse/drawingpad/input device

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hE_KwSOl_U8

Replaying Far Cry 3. Still pretty fun, although I think GTA5 has blown away the open world game concept.

  On 9/4/2014 at 2:29 AM, StephenG said:

 

  On 9/3/2014 at 11:54 PM, ghOsty said:

 

  On 9/3/2014 at 11:32 PM, 747Music said:

 

  On 9/3/2014 at 9:33 PM, ghOsty said:

 

  On 9/3/2014 at 9:03 PM, Braintree said:

Do you guys have any recommendations for music/audio based puzzle games? I'm looking for puzzle games specifically.

Frequency for the PS2, even features some MBM...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4RSp0dvOD8

 

I miss this game, I used to play the shit out of it..

 

 

They're re-releasing Frequency in HD for PS4 soon.

 

Seriously?! Oh fuck yeah, I hope they update it with some newer songs as well!

 

 

They're making a sequel to the sequel of frequency not re-releasing it?

 

There was a kickstarter for it and they raised hundreds of thousands of bucks and are making a full on sequel to amplitude...

 

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/harmonix/amplitude

 

 

Edit: or are they also releasing frequency in HD for ps4???

 

 

Ah yes, you are correct. I was thinking of Amplitude. My bad.

  On 9/3/2014 at 11:32 PM, 747Music said:

 

  On 9/3/2014 at 9:33 PM, ghOsty said:

 

  On 9/3/2014 at 9:03 PM, Braintree said:

Do you guys have any recommendations for music/audio based puzzle games? I'm looking for puzzle games specifically.

Frequency for the PS2, even features some MBM...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4RSp0dvOD8

 

I miss this game, I used to play the shit out of it..

 

 

They're re-releasing Frequency in HD for PS4 soon.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zkozk1JlNl0

 

Also, Minecraft is available on PS4 for a discounted price if you have a save file for the PS3 version. Tree fiddy.

Xbox One Japan launch off to a good start then

You lot may like this: I interviewed the filmmakers behind a new six-part documentary series about Japanese video-game music. The first part premieres today.

 

http://ikimasho.net/2014/09/03/ikimasho-x-rbma-diggin-in-the-carts/

  On 9/4/2014 at 9:29 AM, jar said:

You lot may like this: I interviewed the filmmakers behind a new six-part documentary series about Japanese video-game music. The first part premieres today.

 

http://ikimasho.net/2014/09/03/ikimasho-x-rbma-diggin-in-the-carts/

 

I have had this bookmarked, will watch soon.

 

If you're after some wider coverage, I can put you in touch with a friend of mine who runs an independent gaming site... they get some solid traffic so if you're after extra eyes on your interview and the project, feel free to drop me a PM.

  On 9/3/2014 at 2:05 AM, messiaen said:

 

  On 9/2/2014 at 7:10 PM, AdieuErsatzEnnui said:

I play a shit load of Dota 2. It's an amazing game that you can almost never master completely. I'm pretty skilled at it though. If anyone would like to ever play send me a message. I'm also down for attempting to boost MMR's if anyone is stuck in hell. I enjoy teaching people/coaching, and I also offer a lot of tips, tricks, and advice for newbies. I'm going to be starting to work on putting together helpful videos and things like that as well.

 

 

i would be interested in this, are you in europe? played a wee bit of it and it seemed great, the moment i tried to play a human i just got flattened.

my steam is nGpcock

 

 

I'm in US central, but can play on US East servers and possibly UK/West EU, but I've honestly never tried. It's a tough game and the only way to be good is to spend time playing and learning about it. Fun as shit though. I can't find your steam using that name. Is that your display name?