What Video Games Are You Currently Playing

  On 3/31/2016 at 12:11 PM, mcbpete said:

Thought there's been a demo out for FF15 for months now - It's those tits in a car pratting about then, fighting in a field, then meeting the woman in the petrol station right ?

No.

http://www.theverge.com/2016/3/30/11333548/final-fantasy-15-platinum-demo-ps4-xbox-one

I never thought I would like it, but FFXIII-2 was the most fun RPG I played in years, and way better than FFXIII itself, although that was fun when it let you run around an open field rather than run down corridors. In FFXIII-2 you can play the story in any order, and the story isn't so much a story but puzzles spread over a wide array of timelines and areas. Surprisingly fun, especially for how cheap I got it.

If FFXV is more like that, with the freedom to go wherever and just mess around, I might be tempted. But I'll wait for the reviews first and see.

Anyone gonna try Miitomo? Someone sign up for chrissakes my dude is all alone lol

It's tied to the My Nintendo daily quests, that earn points redeemable for items and games in the future

https://my.nintendo.com/missions

  On 3/31/2016 at 4:26 PM, Rubin Farr said:

Anyone gonna try Miitomo? Someone sign up for chrissakes my dude is all alone lol

  On 3/30/2016 at 9:24 PM, juiceciuj said:

all march sfv updates are out and up. alex is available to play for everybody for free until they figure out how to program their real money store. you can beat his story/survival/tutorials while you have free access to earn extra fight money.

Really mad that the costumes they are offering are the lame Story Mode costumes. Why can't I buy my Hot Ryu costume?

And having Alex FTP for a limited period is just lame - they should give him away to make up for the (still) shaky launch.

Juiceiuj: Any tips on combo timing? I'm trying the Challenges, but some of the combos I can't seem to get the timing right. They seem to follow a rhythm, but is there anything beyond "gg" you can offer as advice?

Loved the FFXV demo, the animations are ace. I'm a huge sucker for animations, especially stuff like real time combat animations, thank you dear Square Enix <3

I'm still a bit pissed at the Limited Edition having DLC in it. I don't mind it having more figma and artbooks and steelbooks - but just taking stuff out of the game to sell it with a 269$ edition that sells out in hours is a bit disappointing. Hope they'll at least let me buy the royal 2006 outfit for Noctis later down the road.

Edit: And the Masamune! Golden blades for days, Chrono Trigger style!

The demo seems very Kingdom Hearts to me, agree they should put the DLC up for sale later. I'm sure they will.

  On 3/31/2016 at 6:45 PM, Rubin Farr said:

The demo seems very Kingdom Hearts to me, agree they should put the DLC up for sale later. I'm sure they will.

Yeah I thought the same thing, although that was probably because of the dream-like scenes, especially the one where you're basically Alice in Wonderland. The music felt very KHtsy too, I really liked it. And the animations. Man. I just want KH3. Unreal Engine > Luminous.

There's also a CG movie coming to home video

Super Russian Roulette for NES: a genius use of the Light Zapper for NES, this guy has written a game where you take turns putting the zapper to your head, until only one player is left alive.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/batslyadams/super-russian-roulette-a-new-party-game-for-the-ne

  On 3/21/2016 at 4:21 AM, Marked x 0ne said:

Started Super Metroid and DK Country 2 on snes emulator this weekend.

 

Both are quite difficult and esoteric playing them for the first time. But im just getting the hang of them and the improvement feels good

also playing Super Metroid - must be one of the best games I've played.

I know no other game where it feels so good getting some sort of upgrade, and the upgrades combine nicely with actual increase in motoric skill.

also the atmosphere is very nice, the narrative explains itself pretty much exclusively through gameplay... lush!

Dank Souls 3 in a week and a half

  On 3/31/2016 at 11:03 PM, phling said:

 

  On 3/21/2016 at 4:21 AM, Marked x 0ne said:

Started Super Metroid and DK Country 2 on snes emulator this weekend.

 

Both are quite difficult and esoteric playing them for the first time. But im just getting the hang of them and the improvement feels good

 

also playing Super Metroid - must be one of the best games I've played.

I know no other game where it feels so good getting some sort of upgrade, and the upgrades combine nicely with actual increase in motoric skill.

 

also the atmosphere is very nice, the narrative explains itself pretty much exclusively through gameplay... lush!

I found the secret to unlocking a lot of stuff quickly in Miitomo, is create two Miis on two different devices, then use one as a bot. Same strategy as Streetpass

There's already an exclusive Zelda Picross game available, so it gives you an incentive to work towards

  On 3/31/2016 at 4:36 PM, Joyrex said:

 

  On 3/30/2016 at 9:24 PM, juiceciuj said:

all march sfv updates are out and up. alex is available to play for everybody for free until they figure out how to program their real money store. you can beat his story/survival/tutorials while you have free access to earn extra fight money.

Really mad that the costumes they are offering are the lame Story Mode costumes. Why can't I buy my Hot Ryu costume?

 

And having Alex FTP for a limited period is just lame - they should give him away to make up for the (still) shaky launch.

re: combo trials. some of them are kinda weird. you're playing ryu, right? i know there's one of his where you actually need to take a step after a counterhit hk, before hitting hp or the rest of the combo will whiff.

i've done rmika's ryus, kens, chuns, and cammy's i think? the best advice i can think of is to just watch the demo of the combo from the practice screen to get a better idea of timing. some of them do weird stuff like having you switch sides mid combo, or where the ordered list of attacks is the order of what hits the dummy first but that's not necessarily how the inputs are ordered. usually the demo reels will clear any of that stuff up

not that miffed about alex but that's just 'cause i have no interest in playing him. i keep hearing that all of the non-story dlc outfits are only going to be purchasable with real money and not fight money, which is pretty lame. but as long as all of the dlc that affects gameplay is free (characters) i'm not gonna worry about it. game is too fun

ffxv demo was weird. very pretty but really hard to get any real idea of how the game will play since there's really only one battle where you don't just hold circle the entire time. hopefully they can improve the framerate too but not gonna hold my breath

  On 3/31/2016 at 3:35 PM, Rubin Farr said:

 

  On 3/31/2016 at 12:11 PM, mcbpete said:

Thought there's been a demo out for FF15 for months now - It's those tits in a car pratting about then, fighting in a field, then meeting the woman in the petrol station right ?

No.

 

http://www.theverge.com/2016/3/30/11333548/final-fantasy-15-platinum-demo-ps4-xbox-one

 

I've had a playable demo for about a year?

I don't recall where I got it though.

Edit: may have been on FF type 0 disc.

Neverrrrmind I get it.

  On 4/1/2016 at 2:29 AM, usagi said:

Dank Souls 3 in a week and a half

FF is some dank shit.

  On 4/1/2016 at 12:08 PM, WeAreOceans said:

 

  On 4/1/2016 at 2:29 AM, usagi said:

Dank Souls 3 in a week and a half

 

 

i'm playing red alert 1 with my wife, you can download it for free, and there are still tons of people playing it lol

anyone wanna play us hit me up

Ugh, really disliked the FF demo, not going to get the full game. It's a shame, playing bravely default on the 3DS made me think we could possibly get another decent installment to the franchise.

I had more fun playing phantasy star online offline on my Dreamcast than this abortion. Is they really the best JRPGs can do at the moment? Running around picking up golden crystals for no particular reason (ok, you get better gear /spells for wasting your time collecting them, why not do something actually interesting to get the items instead?) and weak button mashing combat?

And that fucking sound that creature makes... I'm too old for this shit!

*turns into a truck and drives away*

  On 4/1/2016 at 9:21 PM, Perezvon said:

 

  On 4/1/2016 at 12:08 PM, WeAreOceans said:

 

  On 4/1/2016 at 2:29 AM, usagi said:

Dank Souls 3 in a week and a half

 

 

 

thought the april fools Dark Souls 3 - The VHS Movie youtuube thing was a fairly lazy overly glorified game trailer again (was not particularly in the mood for seeing new enemy designs without warning, was expecting more of a gag, a laugh).

having said that, i totally want that artwork for the actual game cover

FFXV demo was decent, combat seems a little bare bones but I like the music / visuals

when's Persona V though

Someone has discovered a secret weapon in the FFXV demo that's more powerful:

http://kotaku.com/how-to-find-the-powerful-secret-weapon-in-the-new-final-1768505133

  On 4/1/2016 at 2:54 AM, Rubin Farr said:

 

  On 3/31/2016 at 11:03 PM, phling said:

 

  On 3/21/2016 at 4:21 AM, Marked x 0ne said:

Started Super Metroid and DK Country 2 on snes emulator this weekend.

 

Both are quite difficult and esoteric playing them for the first time. But im just getting the hang of them and the improvement feels good

 

also playing Super Metroid - must be one of the best games I've played.

I know no other game where it feels so good getting some sort of upgrade, and the upgrades combine nicely with actual increase in motoric skill.

also the atmosphere is very nice, the narrative explains itself pretty much exclusively through gameplay... lush!

Looking forward to playing that and A Link to the Past on 3DS

at first I thought FUCK YEA, thought they would have 3D-ized the SNES games for the 3DS, but only 2D - played a bit of Mario Kart on my GF's DS today and my hands totally cramp up after 15-20 minutes. Wtf, that control-stick thing on the left is so bad.

Playing Metroid with OpenEmu and a PS4 Dualshock, it's ok. Wish I had an old TV to play on with a proper SNES

  On 3/31/2016 at 9:36 PM, Rubin Farr said:

Super Russian Roulette for NES: a genius use of the Light Zapper for NES, this guy has written a game where you take turns putting the zapper to your head, until only one player is left alive.

 

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/batslyadams/super-russian-roulette-a-new-party-game-for-the-ne

That is hilarious. Wish I could have donated to that.