What Video Games Are You Currently Playing

  On 10/20/2014 at 8:53 PM, chronical said:

Alien: Isolation.

It's horrible to play in the dark but it's a fantastic game.. Beautiful level design, artwork, gameplay and lightning.

Just don't play it after a blunt at 2AM and you'll be fine.

 

Also, my PC is like 4 years old now and it looks gorgeous and plays well (runs on mid to ultra), don't know what sort of underpowered machine you have to own for it not to run.

How's the sound? I heard mention the sound design was some of the best ever for creating tension...

  On 10/20/2014 at 9:07 PM, Joyrex said:

 

How's the sound? I heard mention the sound design was some of the best ever for creating tension...

Oh it's fantastic. It's programmed into movement, the enemy's aggression level and your place in the map. maybe more, I don't know.

say you sneak past a bunch of robot dudes, it'll go from a silent eery sound to a hard, nervous tone when you're trying to pass them.

suddenly bam they spot you, the music gets extremely intense - you run away and hide in a closet. Immediately the sound goes back to a mixture of the eery tone combined with the intense running-away sounds mixed with the protagonist's heavy breathing and pumping heartbeat.

It's great, really.

don't get me started on the xeno though. that one is just mad. go play it, it's worth it! :)

  On 10/20/2014 at 8:53 PM, chronical said:

Alien: Isolation.

It's horrible to play in the dark but it's a fantastic game.. Beautiful level design, artwork, gameplay and lightning.

Just don't play it after a blunt at 2AM and you'll be fine.

 

Also, my PC is like 4 years old now and it looks gorgeous and plays well (runs on mid to ultra), don't know what sort of underpowered machine you have to own for it not to run.

good to know it's not such shit as those guys in the review that triachus posted said. i was very disappointed at first cause i expected much from it. lots of other reviews on youtube was great too.

regarding my comp. i have an old pc desktop with an old quadcore (intel q4400) but that's not the biggest problem. cause i bought it with music production on my mind the graphic card i bought was the worst i could find i guess (:facepalm), cause i never play video games, only chess and i play it on-line. i only sometimes play unreal tournament 99 and because it's an old game i can play it. that's it. as a big fan of alien (the movie) i was exited to see the game but i can't play it on my current pc. i also have macbook pro, but it's a 13 inch from 2011, which integrated graphic card is also underpowered for the game. :(

soon i'll buy new pc so...soon

Just bought a second-hand DS Lite...As of right now I just have FF IV on it (which is great btw !), has anybody any recommendation please ? (beside the obvious ones like Zelda/Metroid of course !)

  On 10/20/2014 at 10:24 PM, StocKo said:

Just bought a second-hand DS Lite...As of right now I just have FF IV on it (which is great btw !), has anybody any recommendation please ? (beside the obvious ones like Zelda/Metroid of course !)

ds castlevanias were dope

  On 10/20/2014 at 10:50 PM, juiceciuj said:

 

  On 10/20/2014 at 10:24 PM, StocKo said:

Just bought a second-hand DS Lite...As of right now I just have FF IV on it (which is great btw !), has anybody any recommendation please ? (beside the obvious ones like Zelda/Metroid of course !)

ds castlevanias were dope

 

Never played any Castelvania anyway (yeah I know I had a shitty childhood !), might give those one a go. Thanks

  On 10/20/2014 at 10:58 PM, StocKo said:

 

  On 10/20/2014 at 10:50 PM, juiceciuj said:

 

  On 10/20/2014 at 10:24 PM, StocKo said:

Just bought a second-hand DS Lite...As of right now I just have FF IV on it (which is great btw !), has anybody any recommendation please ? (beside the obvious ones like Zelda/Metroid of course !)

ds castlevanias were dope

 

 

Never played any Castelvania anyway (yeah I know I had a shitty childhood !), might give those one a go. Thanks

 

I second the Castlevania recommendation, just avoid the "Lords of Shadows" one.

"Dawn of Sorrow" is great. "Order of Ecclesia" is my other favorite, that one favors a shorter attention span by isolating all of the areas and offering them to you on an over world screen.

Aria of Darknesss

Dragon Quest 9

Mario Kart DS

  On 10/20/2014 at 8:53 PM, chronical said:

Alien: Isolation.

It's horrible to play in the dark but it's a fantastic game.. Beautiful level design, artwork, gameplay and lightning.

Just don't play it after a blunt at 2AM and you'll be fine.

 

 

by "horrible" you mean "fantastic"? I live for those scares.

  On 10/20/2014 at 10:58 PM, StocKo said:

 

  On 10/20/2014 at 10:50 PM, juiceciuj said:

 

  On 10/20/2014 at 10:24 PM, StocKo said:

Just bought a second-hand DS Lite...As of right now I just have FF IV on it (which is great btw !), has anybody any recommendation please ? (beside the obvious ones like Zelda/Metroid of course !)

ds castlevanias were dope

 

 

Never played any Castelvania anyway (yeah I know I had a shitty childhood !), might give those one a go. Thanks

 

blasphemy! do yourself a favor play some goddam castlevania!

  On 10/20/2014 at 11:07 PM, omnii said:

 

  On 10/20/2014 at 10:58 PM, StocKo said:

 

  On 10/20/2014 at 10:50 PM, juiceciuj said:

 

  On 10/20/2014 at 10:24 PM, StocKo said:

Just bought a second-hand DS Lite...As of right now I just have FF IV on it (which is great btw !), has anybody any recommendation please ? (beside the obvious ones like Zelda/Metroid of course !)

ds castlevanias were dope

 

 

Never played any Castelvania anyway (yeah I know I had a shitty childhood !), might give those one a go. Thanks

 

I second the Castlevania recommendation, just avoid the "Lords of Shadows" one.

"Dawn of Sorrow" is great. "Order of Ecclesia" is my other favorite, that one favors a shorter attention span by isolating all of the areas and offering them to you on an over world screen.

 

pretty sure the lords of shadow one was only on 3ds.

anyways here's an unsorted list of some of my fave ds games:

animal crossing, korg ds-10, retro game challenge, new super mario bros., brain age 1&2, picross, super princess peach and wordmaster.

ds lite was my best friend back in the day when i was a projectionist. had about 3 hours after threading the last set with nothing to do except be available if shit hit the fan.

  On 10/20/2014 at 10:24 PM, StocKo said:

Just bought a second-hand DS Lite...As of right now I just have FF IV on it (which is great btw !), has anybody any recommendation please ? (beside the obvious ones like Zelda/Metroid of course !)

999

Bangai-O Spirits

Advance Wars: Days of Ruin/Dark Conflict

Professor Layton

Infinite Space

Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan

SMT: Strange Journey

Loving the fact that my New3DS handles DS cards from any region (except DSi-enhanced ones), shame that doesn't extend to 3DS cards... ah well.

Front Mission runs great (as always)

so secksi

Free Amiibo offer @ Toys R Us with Super Smash Bros Wii U

http://m.toysrus.com/skava/static/product.html?type=TRU_product_us&url=%2Fproduct%2Findex.jsp%3FproductId%3D41442366&domain=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.toysrus.com

Woah yes is this a special edition or something ? The SNES look is beautiful !

Also thanks for all your recommendations, I guess I'll have plenty of time to loose on it

  On 10/20/2014 at 10:24 PM, StocKo said:

Just bought a second-hand DS Lite...As of right now I just have FF IV on it (which is great btw !), has anybody any recommendation please ? (beside the obvious ones like Zelda/Metroid of course !)

Find yourself an R4DS card and load up!

  On 10/21/2014 at 5:45 PM, Joyrex said:

 

  On 10/20/2014 at 10:24 PM, StocKo said:

Just bought a second-hand DS Lite...As of right now I just have FF IV on it (which is great btw !), has anybody any recommendation please ? (beside the obvious ones like Zelda/Metroid of course !)

Find yourself an R4DS card and load up!

 

READ THE RULES

  On 10/21/2014 at 5:45 PM, Joyrex said:

 

  On 10/20/2014 at 10:24 PM, StocKo said:

Just bought a second-hand DS Lite...As of right now I just have FF IV on it (which is great btw !), has anybody any recommendation please ? (beside the obvious ones like Zelda/Metroid of course !)

Find yourself an R4DS card and load up!

 

Disgusting conduct. You should feel ashamed of yourself.

Reported!

  On 10/21/2014 at 5:02 PM, StocKo said:

Woah yes is this a special edition or something ? The SNES look is beautiful !

Japanese New3DS model, those are it's standard button colours. Coming to Australia before the New Year, everywhere else next year? (Nintendo yet to confirm)

  On 10/21/2014 at 6:27 PM, jasondonervan said:

 

  On 10/21/2014 at 5:02 PM, StocKo said:

Woah yes is this a special edition or something ? The SNES look is beautiful !

 

Japanese New3DS model, those are it's standard button colours. Coming to Australia before the New Year, everywhere else next year? (Nintendo yet to confirm)

 

The screen size is a little bigger than the original 3DS is it not? Can you feel the difference at all or is it too minimal? I'm torn on whether to get this or the XL when they release over here. Part of me wants the bigger screen, but another part wants the crisper image

I guess I'll need to try them out first.

The NEW XL is outselling the standard in Japan, and the head tracking supposedly provides a much crisper 3D image, on both systems. I don't think they planned the XL to be the main Jap system, otherwise they would have made faceplates for it was well.

  On 10/21/2014 at 7:15 PM, Roksen Creek said:

 

  On 10/21/2014 at 6:27 PM, jasondonervan said:

 

  On 10/21/2014 at 5:02 PM, StocKo said:

Woah yes is this a special edition or something ? The SNES look is beautiful !

 

Japanese New3DS model, those are it's standard button colours. Coming to Australia before the New Year, everywhere else next year? (Nintendo yet to confirm)

 

 

The screen size is a little bigger than the original 3DS is it not? Can you feel the difference at all or is it too minimal? I'm torn on whether to get this or the XL when they release over here. Part of me wants the bigger screen, but another part wants the crisper image

I guess I'll need to try them out first.

Screen size bigger than original 3DS, yep. It's a comfortable set of screens to use, and that's from someone who's used XL models for the past few years. Colours are very vivd, there's a nice sharpness to it yet visually everything seems smoother than on XL screens. Delighted with it personally, will definitely sidegrade my EU model to one when it finally comes out here.

  On 10/21/2014 at 7:35 PM, Rubin Farr said:

The NEW XL is outselling the standard in Japan, and the head tracking supposedly provides a much crisper 3D image, on both systems. I don't think they planned the XL to be the main Jap system, otherwise they would have made faceplates for it was well.

About that - there was a special edition New3DS LL (AKA XL) unit for the new Monster Hunter game which came out on the same day. Japan goes mental for MonHun, so it's little surprise that sales figures were skewed more favourably towards the larger model. It will be interesting to see how sales between the two variants fare over the coming months.

  On 10/21/2014 at 7:37 PM, jasondonervan said:

 

  On 10/21/2014 at 7:15 PM, Roksen Creek said:

 

  On 10/21/2014 at 6:27 PM, jasondonervan said:

 

  On 10/21/2014 at 5:02 PM, StocKo said:

Woah yes is this a special edition or something ? The SNES look is beautiful !

 

Japanese New3DS model, those are it's standard button colours. Coming to Australia before the New Year, everywhere else next year? (Nintendo yet to confirm)

 

 

The screen size is a little bigger than the original 3DS is it not? Can you feel the difference at all or is it too minimal? I'm torn on whether to get this or the XL when they release over here. Part of me wants the bigger screen, but another part wants the crisper image

I guess I'll need to try them out first.

 

Screen size bigger than original 3DS, yep. It's a comfortable set of screens to use, and that's from someone who's used XL models for the past few years. Colours are very vivd, there's a nice sharpness to it yet visually everything seems smoother than on XL screens. Delighted with it personally, will definitely sidegrade my EU model to one when it finally comes out here.

 

Sounds great