What Video Games Are You Currently Playing

  On 1/13/2015 at 2:16 PM, donk said:

1/ Left 4 Dead 2 (400+) 2/ BOI:Rebirth (40) 3/ Broforce (25) / Shovel Knight (25)

 

I was in a game of L4D2 recently with someone who had clocked up over 16,000 hours. I haven't worked it out but I'm guessing he/she must have played it constantly since it was released. 16,000!

 

L4D2 is so good, even though it was a completely unnecessary sequel. Surely Valve have another franchise to extend upon?

 

But yeah, 16k hours is fucking nuts. The game must constantly be minimized or something.

  On 1/13/2015 at 2:26 AM, flim said:

 

  On 1/12/2015 at 8:55 PM, bitroast said:

 

  On 1/12/2015 at 7:43 PM, Squee said:

We're still missing that one big spiritual successor to Mario Galaxy and 64, right?

I may just have preferred 3D land + 3D world over the galaxy games..

Need to replay the galaxy games actually. It's been a while now and i'd like to have a fresher perspective.

 

Agreed tho that a big, full pledged 3d mario game is warranted. Mario is normally the flagship console title so maybe theyre holding out for the next system seeing as the wii u has its share of mario titles.

 

 

3D World is all I need. I had so much fun with that game that I really don't desire a new Mario game this gen unless it's a sequel to that one.

 

i enjoyed mario cats well enough but vastly prefer the 64/sunshine/galaxy type. i found the fixed perspective of cats really hard to wrap my head around but that may have come from only playing it multiplayer.

 

*edit, also just went to the optometrist for the first time in about 20 yrs and found out i have bad vis and astigmatism in both eyes which can affect depth perception (my biggest problem w/3d world)

Edited January 13, 2015 by juiceciuj

Alien Isolation 2nd DLC detailed:

 

http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/01/13/alien-isolation-safe-haven-dlc-detailed

  On 1/13/2015 at 3:58 PM, juiceciuj said:

 

  On 1/13/2015 at 2:26 AM, flim said:

 

  On 1/12/2015 at 8:55 PM, bitroast said:

 

  On 1/12/2015 at 7:43 PM, Squee said:

We're still missing that one big spiritual successor to Mario Galaxy and 64, right?

I may just have preferred 3D land + 3D world over the galaxy games..

Need to replay the galaxy games actually. It's been a while now and i'd like to have a fresher perspective.

 

Agreed tho that a big, full pledged 3d mario game is warranted. Mario is normally the flagship console title so maybe theyre holding out for the next system seeing as the wii u has its share of mario titles.

 

 

3D World is all I need. I had so much fun with that game that I really don't desire a new Mario game this gen unless it's a sequel to that one.

 

i enjoyed mario cats well enough but vastly prefer the 64/sunshine/galaxy type. i found the fixed perspective of cats really hard to wrap my head around but that may have come from only playing it multiplayer.

 

 

oh totally. the multiplayer is fun but it feels a lot more compromised than the single player.

single player has limited camera control in that most areas you can rotate the camera around your player, and also zoom in and out a few degrees to get different angles. it was still all very strict and would be dependant on the level design, but that was kind of cool because it kept the overall visual design very design and focused. the game kind of reminded me of abstract modern art or something half the time..

 

multiplayer loses that camera control and sticks to the forced angle, plus camera was dependant on multiplayer players proximity to each other..

  On 1/12/2015 at 9:00 PM, mcbpete said:

Yeah I don't believe the next generation of Nintendo has started until there's a 'proper new' Mario

Likewise I refuse that the PS4 is a thing until it gets Ridge Racer 8

Super Mario 3D World is a 'proper' Mario game - and a really, really good one. It should be the de-facto pack-in for the Wii U.

Haven't played it but it just doesn't seem like THAT BIG MARIO GAME that gets a 98 on Metacritic.

But the N64 got Mario 64, the GameCube got Super Mario Sunshine (uuuurgh), and the Wii had Super Mario Sunshine so I guess the Wii U has to settle with a smaller and inferior Mario game just like the Gamecube

Picked up bf4 for $10 on sale. Me and some friends are having a blast enjoying the levolution experience for the first time. Been a diehard battlefield fan since 1942/desert combat mod. Getting the game a year after release has been a very good experience. Glad I didn't have to deal with the major bug issues on release. Only downfall is that I'm a pc fps gamer forever. I am so terrible with a console controller for fps. But alas, my pc is dead, and it will be a while before I can throw together another one.

 

FarCry4, maybe I need to put more time into it, but so far the experience isn't as enjoyable as fc3 was. Again perhaps it's the fps gameplay on console that is turning me off. I miss my pc.

rumor has it nintendo direct will announce new 3ds fo us in the morning and looking like a 2/13 release date. might actually buy into the 3ds ecosystem. wondering though, i know proper 3ds "backup" cards aren't working to the same extent that say, the r4 did for original ds, but can is there an r4 card (or similar) card that will let me play my original ds "backups"?

Edited January 13, 2015 by juiceciuj

You mean on the New 3DS? Bc it takes Micro SD only.

waaaaaaaaaaaaah? how would it play 3ds carts? dl only?

PS+ gave us Infamous: First Light for free this month, played through that in about a night... I'll probably mess around with it some more, It looks pretty. I might have to try out Second Son at some point. I also see that Dark Souls 2 is eventually coming to next-gen so I'll probably have to subject myself to that when it does.. Still waiting on Bloodborne.

ja i recently started playing infamous (free from the big ps crash of whenever) because i want to be caught up before playing the new stuff which looks gooooooooooorgeous. also watched my gf beat infamous and it looked pretty fun.

  On 1/13/2015 at 10:18 PM, Rubin Farr said:

You mean on the New 3DS? Bc it takes Micro SD only.

There are new R4 cards for 3DS, but supposedly they aren't stable (and can only run DS stuff).

 

Wait, are you saying the "new" 3DS ONLY has MicroSD, and no capacity to play existing 3DS/DS cartridges? That can't be right...

I meant ability to play hacked cards like R4, of course it has a 3DS slot, although it's off centre at the bottom now for some reason.

  On 1/13/2015 at 11:41 PM, Rubin Farr said:

I meant ability to play hacked cards like R4, of course it has a 3DS slot, although it's off centre at the bottom now for some reason.

Oh, I see - yeah, I was surprised when I found out they had R4 cards for 3DS as well - I have two r4 cards for my kids' old DS Lites (we have 4 of them, each a different color), but it's funny - as soon as they could play any game they wanted, they lost interest. I was the same way with my PSP after I installed a custom firmware.

  On 1/13/2015 at 11:41 PM, Rubin Farr said:

I meant ability to play hacked cards like R4, of course it has a 3DS slot, although it's off centre at the bottom now for some reason.

r4 cards (at least the type i've always used) go in the regular ds cart slots and have micro sd ports in them where you load your roms, not the gba slot that was on the original ds/dslite. did a lil' googlin' and it seems that it should run original ds r4 cards fine

Here's an article focusing on flash cart compatibility with the new 3DS's

 

http://3ds-flashcard.com/blog/which-is-the-best-3ds-flashcart-for-new-3ds3ds-xl/

  On 1/13/2015 at 11:46 PM, Joyrex said:

 

  On 1/13/2015 at 11:41 PM, Rubin Farr said:

 

I meant ability to play hacked cards like R4, of course it has a 3DS slot, although it's off centre at the bottom now for some reason.

Oh, I see - yeah, I was surprised when I found out they had R4 cards for 3DS as well - I have two r4 cards for my kids' old DS Lites (we have 4 of them, each a different color), but it's funny - as soon as they could play any game they wanted, they lost interest. I was the same way with my PSP after I installed a custom firmware.

Oh man there are so many great games on the DS i just would in a billion years'd've discovered if not for that r4 card.

 

Was always interested in getting a psp for that same reason cos apperantly its a pretty stable snes emu (somethng the ds was never good at handling)

Edited January 14, 2015 by bitroast

Holy shit. Rerolled mid-game in BOI:Rebirth and almost all of the points were set to damage. The blast from the attack killed almost everything on-screen in one shot.

 

All the gray stuff is the blast damage.

  On 1/14/2015 at 3:31 AM, Braintree said:

Holy shit. Rerolled mid-game in BOI:Rebirth and almost all of the points were set to damage. The blast from the attack killed almost everything on-screen in one shot.

Screen Shot 2015-01-13 at 5.00.52 PM.png

 

All the gray stuff is the blast damage.

so is this you just being completely gdlk at the game and never getting hit or are you just getting amazing drops?

  On 1/14/2015 at 2:38 AM, bitroast said:

 

  On 1/13/2015 at 11:46 PM, Joyrex said:

 

  On 1/13/2015 at 11:41 PM, Rubin Farr said:

I meant ability to play hacked cards like R4, of course it has a 3DS slot, although it's off centre at the bottom now for some reason.

Oh, I see - yeah, I was surprised when I found out they had R4 cards for 3DS as well - I have two r4 cards for my kids' old DS Lites (we have 4 of them, each a different color), but it's funny - as soon as they could play any game they wanted, they lost interest. I was the same way with my PSP after I installed a custom firmware.

Oh man there are so many great games on the DS i just would in a billion years'd've discovered if not for that r4 card.

 

Was always interested in getting a psp for that same reason cos apperantly its a pretty stable snes emu (somethng the ds was never good at handling)

yeah i bought most of my fav ds games, but there were a number of gems i would've never heard of or played w/o r4. picross, the daily brain training games, animal crossing, wordmaster. i bought a psp go and tossed whatever cfw you put on it and was playing a few things on it for a while but that shitass hold switch is bunked and keeps falling down into the hold position so inputs don't register :(

 

i treated it pretty gingerly too

Edited January 14, 2015 by juiceciuj

  On 1/13/2015 at 8:09 PM, Joyrex said:

 

  On 1/12/2015 at 9:00 PM, mcbpete said:

Yeah I don't believe the next generation of Nintendo has started until there's a 'proper new' Mario

Likewise I refuse that the PS4 is a thing until it gets Ridge Racer 8

Super Mario 3D World is a 'proper' Mario game - and a really, really good one. It should be the de-facto pack-in for the Wii U.

 

 

Joyrex knows what's up.

  On 1/14/2015 at 5:29 AM, juiceciuj said:

 

  On 1/14/2015 at 3:31 AM, Braintree said:

Holy shit. Rerolled mid-game in BOI:Rebirth and almost all of the points were set to damage. The blast from the attack killed almost everything on-screen in one shot.

Screen Shot 2015-01-13 at 5.00.52 PM.png

 

All the gray stuff is the blast damage.

so is this you just being completely gdlk at the game and never getting hit or are you just getting amazing drops?

 

 

I kill mom most games.

killing mom is pretty easy, its isaac thats a bitch, and, for some reason, the advesary. I always lose a couple of hearts to that prick. tbh i usually throw 1/3 games on the first or second floor if i get 1 or 2 useless items.

i just beat xxx and the lamb with ??? im wondering wether i really want to even bother unlocking the lost. ive already sunk 150 hours into this game.

lame. seems as though us is only getting new 3ds xl, not the smaller size and no ac adapter... wtf? anyways won't be getting a 3ds for a while yet it seems