What Video Games Are You Currently Playing

  On 10/24/2014 at 1:44 AM, yek said:

what are some good titles at the wii u e shop : supernintendo.nintendo?

 

i think i have to pick up super mario world...

Earthbound, and all Donkey Kong Country games.

  On 10/23/2014 at 8:05 PM, lala said:

 

  On 10/6/2014 at 11:11 AM, jasondonervan said:

 

  On 10/5/2014 at 8:45 PM, NorthernFusion said:

 

  On 10/5/2014 at 8:08 PM, autopilot said:

Yeah, that's why fanboys are blind to the fact that every game after MSG1 is unplayable, nonsensical garbage.

MSG3 is still amazing.

I also enjoyed Monosodium glutamate 3: Salt Eater

 

 

 

Randomly bought Shadow of Mordor (PC) on the weekend, tbh I didn't actually know anything about the game until last week! Glad I took the plunge, the combat is suitably crunchy and it looks gorgeous.

 

Not sure about new Alien, tempted to wait that out until it goes cheaper...

 

Elite Dangerous still great, took myself off to a low intensity combat zone and got stuck into some shooty dogfighting for a change (have mostly been running cargo). Really intense battles, so much fun. Game is lush/IDM as furk, probably a contender for one of my games of the year, even though it is still in beta.

 

Elite game good? That's made my life.. elite was my childhood game, and didn't enjoy any of the attempts to remake it.

 

 

Sounds silly , but It totally put me off in X when the explosions were smaller than the actual craft. Is it better this time around?

 

Hows the exploration? Totally IDM?

 

the explosions in the most recent X (that's not the latest turd known as rebirth), albion prelude are miserable, lol, it literally looks like a tiny low res video of explosion is overexposed on the ship that's supposed to explode. it feels very fake. the exploration can be interesting, but it's not the highpoint of the game. where x3 shines is the liveliness of the universe, there's always action, trading and wars that are going on that are not for show but actually affect the whole game economy and you can built and drive everything that exists by yourself. graphically it's still pretty good as well, the models of ships and station are very beautiful and distinct and the combat is good too. the sound is kinda lame though, especially compared to this upcoming elite.

Ack. Why cant they get the explosions right? Even a big debris cloud would work better than the jpeg-bangs

It seriously messes with my immersion

I'll have to invent a reason like the vacuum is why jpegs flash out when things get blown up

  On 10/23/2014 at 4:58 PM, NorthernFusion said:

 

  On 10/23/2014 at 1:09 PM, valleyinaire said:

 

  On 10/23/2014 at 6:38 AM, NorthernFusion said:

I bought Portal 2 in the US sale, still an amazing game. Also picked up a bunch of Castlevania games from the current UK sale, pity Dracula X isn't playable on anything but PSP.

  On 10/22/2014 at 8:12 PM, Gocab said:

Psychonauts is amazing.

Still on my PS3 waiting to be played like 100s of others.

 

Psychonauts on PS3? Say what?!

 

Also, good shout on Portal 2. Fucking loved that game, definitely need to replay it at some point.

 

It's on the US PSN store, don't think it's available on the UK store, though. My official account is with the UK store, and I have a dummy account for the US store.

 

It's only $5, so if you're desperate, go for it, you can also cash in on the much better sales.

 

That's awesome. I've got US and Jap PSN accounts but never got around to setting up the billing info. I just used 'em back in the day to get all the exclusive demos that us Brits never had, and still probably don't have haha

Thanks man!

Don't think you can put your credit card on there. You'd need to buy PSN cards. Can get them from ebay

  On 10/24/2014 at 2:27 PM, valleyinaire said:

 

  On 10/23/2014 at 4:58 PM, NorthernFusion said:

 

  On 10/23/2014 at 1:09 PM, valleyinaire said:

 

  On 10/23/2014 at 6:38 AM, NorthernFusion said:

I bought Portal 2 in the US sale, still an amazing game. Also picked up a bunch of Castlevania games from the current UK sale, pity Dracula X isn't playable on anything but PSP.

  On 10/22/2014 at 8:12 PM, Gocab said:

Psychonauts is amazing.

Still on my PS3 waiting to be played like 100s of others.

 

Psychonauts on PS3? Say what?!

 

Also, good shout on Portal 2. Fucking loved that game, definitely need to replay it at some point.

 

It's on the US PSN store, don't think it's available on the UK store, though. My official account is with the UK store, and I have a dummy account for the US store.

 

It's only $5, so if you're desperate, go for it, you can also cash in on the much better sales.

 

 

That's awesome. I've got US and Jap PSN accounts but never got around to setting up the billing info. I just used 'em back in the day to get all the exclusive demos that us Brits never had, and still probably don't have haha

 

Thanks man!

 

Man, play-asia is your friend here, I used to use Amazon US for US PSN codes, but my card gets blocked now when I attempt it since it's considered irregular.

http://www.play-asia.com/codes.html

All you need to do is confirm your email, otherwise you can just pay via PayPal (no fake billing info required, you can pay with a UK card), and redeem the code on one of the accounts (depending on which you bought).

Woah, that's sweet. Nice one!

Are their iTunes cards legit as well? Really want the Syro Japanese bonus track.

  On 10/24/2014 at 3:07 PM, jasondonervan said:

 

  On 10/24/2014 at 3:03 PM, valleyinaire said:

Woah, that's sweet. Nice one!

 

Are their iTunes cards legit as well? Really want the Syro Japanese bonus track.

No idea, but I've always used them for PSN and never had a problem.

Does the EU copy come with Bayonetta 1 on disc or digital?

Separate disc. Played the prologue of 2 earlier, it blows most end-of-game sequences out of the water.

From this week's Elite Dangerous newsletter:

"Beta 3’s 2,406 star systems mean it is huge, about five times bigger than Beta 2. Yet it represents only a little over half a millionth of one per cent of the full game"

  On 10/24/2014 at 2:21 AM, NorthernFusion said:

 

  On 10/24/2014 at 1:44 AM, yek said:

what are some good titles at the wii u e shop : supernintendo.nintendo?

 

i think i have to pick up super mario world...

Earthbound, and all Donkey Kong Country games.

 

the new donkey kong any good?

  On 10/25/2014 at 7:16 AM, yek said:

 

  On 10/24/2014 at 2:21 AM, NorthernFusion said:

 

  On 10/24/2014 at 1:44 AM, yek said:

what are some good titles at the wii u e shop : supernintendo.nintendo?

 

i think i have to pick up super mario world...

Earthbound, and all Donkey Kong Country games.

 

 

the new donkey kong any good?

 

I enjoy them. The controls on the Wii game are kind of annoying (shake control to roll..) but the gameplay still holds up (better yet, the wii game was ported to 3DS and has solid controls and solid gameplay! win win,).

Then there's the sequel on Wii U, which also has solid controls. Really enjoy it but haven't gotten around to beating it,... not sure why.. but I think it's good.

The new Donkey Kong Country Returns games maintain similar controls and styles to the original SNES games but add a lot more.

The game mechanics feel tighter. Implementing specific ways to kill enemies, grab onto environments, bounce off things.. etc. it just feels a lot more interactive and has more things to play with to learn and use to get through the levels. the variety in gameplay mechanics make the original SNES games feel rather stripped and barebone in comparison. they're really different games. like the new games created rich diverse platformers using the SNES games as backbone.

i played the snes donkey kong games a bit so i kinda know the feel of them, they interest me and i will get around to playing the new ones (and old ones) when i'm bored of my mario games

I was watching Lirik play Bayonetta and that game looks terrible in my opinion. The graphic style does not appeal to me.

  On 10/25/2014 at 7:51 AM, yek said:

i played the snes donkey kong games a bit so i kinda know the feel of them, they interest me and i will get around to playing the new ones (and old ones) when i'm bored of my mario games

yeah ditto. played the shit out of the originals. so it's tough to say if you'll necessarily like the new ones but they are definitely rock solid games I think :)

speaking of Mario games, ... when's Mario Maker coming out ... looking forward to spending time with that, playing custom levels (provided it's easy to find the good ones..)

  On 10/25/2014 at 8:02 AM, bitroast said:

 

  On 10/25/2014 at 7:51 AM, yek said:

i played the snes donkey kong games a bit so i kinda know the feel of them, they interest me and i will get around to playing the new ones (and old ones) when i'm bored of my mario games

 

yeah ditto. played the shit out of the originals. so it's tough to say if you'll necessarily like the new ones but they are definitely rock solid games I think :)

 

speaking of Mario games, ... when's Mario Maker coming out ... looking forward to spending time with that, playing custom levels (provided it's easy to find the good ones..)

 

i dunno but that game looks cool

Been playing The Lost Symphony - A free 2D puzzle platformer set to classical music for android.

Bascially help the young conductor escape by retrieving his orchestra. Play and move notes to your advantage across 24 puzzle solving levels.

Just posting here to see if there is any WATMM love for it, as I know we´re all afficonados for music in these parts.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.madloopgames.TheLostSymphony

Trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rL9DTyf53U

(If you could't tell I'm part of the small team that helped make it!)

Hope you enjoy it as much as I do!

  On 10/25/2014 at 8:02 AM, bitroast said:

 

  On 10/25/2014 at 7:51 AM, yek said:

i played the snes donkey kong games a bit so i kinda know the feel of them, they interest me and i will get around to playing the new ones (and old ones) when i'm bored of my mario games

 

yeah ditto. played the shit out of the originals. so it's tough to say if you'll necessarily like the new ones but they are definitely rock solid games I think :)

 

speaking of Mario games, ... when's Mario Maker coming out ... looking forward to spending time with that, playing custom levels (provided it's easy to find the good ones..)

 

It saddens me that it's going to be full price, should've clearly been priced as a budget digital title.

FULL PRICE? full price games are overpriced enough as they are.. definitely agree with your comment there, was definitely expecting a cheaper digital only title price..

  On 10/25/2014 at 1:58 PM, chaproy said:

Been playing The Lost Symphony - A free 2D puzzle platformer set to classical music for android.

 

Bascially help the young conductor escape by retrieving his orchestra. Play and move notes to your advantage across 24 puzzle solving levels.

 

Just posting here to see if there is any WATMM love for it, as I know we´re all afficonados for music in these parts.

 

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.madloopgames.TheLostSymphony

 

Trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rL9DTyf53U

 

(If you could't tell I'm part of the small team that helped make it!)

 

Hope you enjoy it as much as I do!

 

That looks good fun. I'll give it a go.

I've only been able to play for about an hour, but it was really epic. I absolutely loved the first game, and this is already shaping up to be just as good.

  On 10/28/2014 at 2:27 AM, flim said:

 

I've only been able to play for about an hour, but it was really epic. I absolutely loved the first game, and this is already shaping up to be just as good.

I could not help but stare at Bayonetta's butt while reading this.