What Video Games Are You Currently Playing

I think after playing Dishonored and Hitman Absolution that I'm done with the stealth genre.

I've always said that I love the genre. But I'm just done with sneaking up behind, and killing stupid A.I.'s... It's not fun anymore.

  On 12/9/2012 at 11:10 AM, Npoess said:

I think after playing Dishonored and Hitman Absolution that I'm done with the stealth genre.

 

I've always said that I love the genre. But I'm just done with sneaking up behind, and killing stupid A.I.'s... It's not fun anymore.

Me too. Especially after winding down your day with a video game after a long day at work or school...stealth just isn't the best way to blow off steam.

I have spent 39 hours in the past 2 weeks playing chrono trigger on zsnes

and imho my life is better because of it

It would do, it's bloody ace! Still can't decide whether that game, Final Fantasy 6 or Final Fantasy 7 is my favourite JRPG.

Played the demo of Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch on PS3 (out in January) - it's like being in a Miyazaki movie... amazing stuff, great characters.

I'm actually really looking forward to that one - for those that haven't heard it before check this bad boy out:

  On 12/10/2012 at 12:06 PM, usagi said:

holiday gaming: Fallout 1 and 2. fuck yeah.

as a huge, huge fan of the newer fallouts (F3, F:NV), am I pretty much guaranteed to enjoy these?

Also, how many hours worth of gametime (roughly) is in each of these games? I seem to get the impression that they are rather short, especially in comparison to the newer ones in the series.

from what i know, 3 and NV have nothing in comparison to 1 and 2. they're pretty much different games and just cause you like 3 doesn't mean youll instantly love 1 and 2. however, they are really good games and you should definitely give em a try. i don't know how long they are though.

  On 12/10/2012 at 9:39 PM, Smettingham Rutherford IV said:

 

  On 12/10/2012 at 12:06 PM, usagi said:

holiday gaming: Fallout 1 and 2. fuck yeah.

 

 

as a huge, huge fan of the newer fallouts (F3, F:NV), am I pretty much guaranteed to enjoy these?

 

 

Also, how many hours worth of gametime (roughly) is in each of these games? I seem to get the impression that they are rather short, especially in comparison to the newer ones in the series.

 

They're super-different, both in tone and in gameplay, but if you're keen on the basic idea behind the setting and you don't mind fairly slow RPGs with turn-based combat, they're about as good as it gets. Buggy as hell though, so make sure you take advantage of whatever mods and patches the community has developed in the past 15 years or so.

I'm in the minority in that I prefer FO2 to FO1. But they're both top, and will keep you busy for many days if not weeks - couldn't say exactly how long in hours, but they are not short games.

As a basic rule of thumb, if you liked Planescape Torment, you'll get along with the original Fallouts.

Here is Phantom Pain, aka MGS5. I'll leave it to you to find the clues, which are quite convincing. But the trailer is awesome!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1ZQ5XBCmzs

At least the title is better than "Ground Zeroes"...

Ground Zeroes is still a better title than "Revengeance"

Wow, I love the sound design of that trailer. Real nice dsp shenanigans

Graphically it's ace though there's something about the fire effect that looks a little off ...

Interesting if it really does turn out to be MGS5, and not a new IP...

Just got done beating After Fall Insanity. It has its ups and downs. The gameplay and story were enough to make me want to see through it to the end and actually enjoy it while doing so. However, certain parts (especially at the end where it really counts) feel rushed and cut scenes lack sounds and slow down to some crappy matrix like slow down technique. At first you don't know if its intended or if their doing it for technical reasons, I still don't know.

Back to Fry Cry 3.

I'm totally hooked on Far Cry 3 now I have all the takedown skills and the wingsuit + parachute. Taking out a few guys with chained and knife throw takedowns and jumping of a cliff never gets old. Some of the set pieces are pretty damn cool as well. Such a shame the story comes out so bland because the protagonist and his friends are such shitty characters.

  On 12/12/2012 at 4:53 AM, Ego said:

I'm totally hooked on Far Cry 3 now I have all the takedown skills and the wingsuit + parachute. Taking out a few guys with chained and knife throw takedowns and jumping of a cliff never gets old. Some of the set pieces are pretty damn cool as well. Such a shame the story comes out so bland because the protagonist and his friends are such shitty characters.

tHIS. Fucking protagonist and his friends are so fucking shitty.

  On 12/12/2012 at 6:32 AM, ZiggomaticV17 said:

 

  On 12/12/2012 at 4:53 AM, Ego said:

I'm totally hooked on Far Cry 3 now I have all the takedown skills and the wingsuit + parachute. Taking out a few guys with chained and knife throw takedowns and jumping of a cliff never gets old. Some of the set pieces are pretty damn cool as well. Such a shame the story comes out so bland because the protagonist and his friends are such shitty characters.

tHIS. Fucking protagonist and his friends are so fucking shitty.

 

I'm pretty sure that's on purpose.

I'm trying to get into gtaIV, since I never gave it a fair chance the first time round, but the nagging friends on my mobile and the endless driving to start a failed mission is making it very very hard to enjoy, when it just flows it's good. Why am I always on the other side of town for everything. Fuck.

  On 12/12/2012 at 10:52 AM, Gocab said:

I'm trying to get into gtaIV, since I never gave it a fair chance the first time round, but the nagging friends on my mobile and the endless driving to start a failed mission is making it very very hard to enjoy, when it just flows it's good. Why am I always on the other side of town for everything. Fuck.

You do know that you can turn off your phone, right? And you can take a cab that will take you straight to your mission.

Nope, I'll do that. the mission start is always at some other place, it's always go here drive for ten minutes while listening to chatter, get this thing, go there, get killed. I guess I should just stop getting killed.

  On 12/12/2012 at 11:02 AM, Gocab said:

Nope, I'll do that. the mission start is always at some other place, it's always go here drive for ten minutes while listening to chatter, get this thing, go there, get killed. I guess I should just stop getting killed.

Yeah, don't give up on it, because GTAIV is one of the best games this generation. And once you're done with it you've got two excellent expansion packs to play through.

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