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The original Marathon has a little too much running around mazes pushing buttons for no reason, THIS I DO NOT DENY. Though really, I still think most of the levels are pretty straightforward.

Marathon Infinity has an epic button pushing level. EPIC.

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Which level are you on? In most of the cases, you don't actually have to wade thorugh the underwater sections unless you want to, and you can skip right past them.

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what are you getting at, dais

Metroid Fusion would be one of my favourite games ever if the dailouge wasn't so cheesy :(

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Melbourne House is one of Australia's oldest and biggest studios. They've put out tonnes of great stuff! A fair bit of crap too. They're known as Krome Studios these days, and haven't done anything too exciting since the name change.

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That slipperyness of Meat Boy gets old FAST.

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I didn't find Killer 7 scary at all. I WISH that it was Lynchian scary. I didn't really find RE4 scary at all too, apart from a few moments here and there... it was definitely more action than horror.

I think the scariest parts were early in the game before you're decked out with weapons and when you bump into those slow moving dudes with a specific point you have to hit to kill them.

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So hey, am I the only one who doesn't like Bangai-Oh Spirites? My main problem is the trial and error. I play a level and it's like "oh i'm obviously supposed to use this weapon" so I try again with the new weapon and finish it in two seconds, and then I repeat this process until I realise it's dumb and decide to play something else.

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You need more than two people to form a club, Cuba!

OH.

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shrug join my club, it's the Manlier Man Club

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Leisure Suit Larry

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chris you're forgetting trespasser

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Shiren is one of the greatest games on the DS. I'd call it close to perfect, even! Let me know if you need saving DAIS.

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the dungeons aren't that random. there are only a certain number of layouts for each level, and though there are randomised, the some ones will crop up here and there. the enemy and item selection is randomised (though only certain enemies will appear in certain areas etc). it's also a very very fair rl. once you figure out how everything works, you'll become much better at getting out of tight spots. its a game you can actually get better at. plus you can grind weapons if you continue to suck.

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stupid sexy avatar

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Yeah, I was wondering about that too.

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I should finish my game of Shenmue 2. I guess. I stopped playing because I got sick of putting books outside.

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have you gotten up to the SKY TEMPLE? i thought that area looked stunning.

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lol wrong thread

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beyond good & evil is a pretty good zelda clone

more interesting than twilight princess that's for sure

i didn't really make any other impact on me, though.

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Did you play Henry Hatsworth? It's good!

The new Giana Sisters is fun in a this-is-a-bog-standard-platformer-but-it-looks-great-and-plays-well kinda way

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Legend Returns is indeed the best version of Lode Runner. It is amazing.

For reasons I forget, Hudson owned the rights to the console versions of Lode Runner (or something like that, I forget the details), so they made all them. As much as I love Hudson, their versions of the games are pretty bad, namely thanks to the screen scrolling, plus the cartoony style wasn't as cool as KILLER DEATH MONKS seen in the western interpretations (as a side note, Bomberman and Lode Runner are connected in the Japanese versions... "The NES version, developed by Hudson Soft, marked the first appearance of Bombermen as the opposing robots. The end screen to Bomberman for the NES notes that the original White Bomberman has turned human and hints at his appearance in another game, with the Lode Runner behind him. In the Japanese version, the reference is more direct: 'Congratulations - Bomber Man becomes Runner - See you again in Lode Runner.'"). They did do a few interesting things with the game though, namely Battle Lode Runner, a multilayer version of the game that's pretty fun, and their 3D attempt (Lode Runner Cubed) is far better than the 3D attempts made by western studios.

So yeah, the western versions of the game are far better. Cooler aesthetic and the majority are good ol' single screen. I played the first on an old Mac years and years ago. It was my Dad's favourite game. I even liked Lode Runner 2, despite the awkwardness the isometric perspective presented. I just loved how trippy it looked. The 3D sequel for the N64 was a bit disappointing unfortunately. Man, now you got me talking, THERE ARE LIKE THREE MILLION VERSIONS OF THIS GAME, PLUS VARIOUS CLONES

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i bought TENCHU WII based on recommendations from here and so far i hate it. it's like FORCED STEALTH: THE OFFICIAL GAME OF THE TEDIUM. so much trial and error :(

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If any of you liked Myst: Uru, you would probably like Penumbra: Requiem. I'm really enjoying it so far. Wish there were more of these kind of puzzles in the previous two games, but I can see they might be out of place.

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The second game drops combat, it's just stealth and running away. I enjoyed it much more than the first (thanks to the lack of crappy combat). I compared the two games in the news thread.

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I played a Sly game once, the first level was set in Paris and it was totally awesome. The rest of the game was pretty fun too, but nothing matched the awesomeness of Paris. All of the games elements worked the best there. It was awesome jumping around rooftops, the guards below me completely oblivious to my presences.

ROCKET ROBOT ON WHEELS is also a pretty rad game. It was their first game. It used PHYSICS and stuff, I remember it being a big deal when it came out and if you pushed something down a hill IT WOULD ROLL DOWN IT REALISTICALLY. Plus you could design your own fucking rollercoaster.

Actually, Rocket was at its best on the first level too. Maybe it's a habit of theirs. I want to play inFamous but I don't have a PS3 :(

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Hey, my 360 has mysteriously started working again!

So, I finally finished Modern Warfare. It was alright.

Then I downloaded bunch of Live Arcade games. Dorito Dash was surprisingly fun, even if it was veyr short lived. Unfortunately, no one seems to play multiplayer so I can't get the last achievement :(

I never played Twisted Metal, so I tried Vigilate 8, the game that upset so many fans of the excellent Interstate 76. Music a bit disappointing. Things sure blow up real good! My main gripe is with how the cars handle though. Mainly, I need a handbrake. It's just not as fun to drive around the arenas as it should be. Plus I can't tell what any of the weapons are when they're o nthe ground. PASS.

Space Invaders Extreme or whatevs is pretty much the DS game but on a decent screen with a decent sound system and with pimpin' Minter visuals in the background, so it gets a grade A in my book. It still takes too long for the game to get hard, but I realise it's more about score and combos and shit now.

Galaga Legions seems like a pretty awesome arcade game! It's awesome how so many arcade games that actually do something interesting appear on XBLA. It's about time, after years of shitty sequels that just throw the same crap at you again and again.

Lode Runner is fucking brilliant. BRILL'. Looks great, sounds great, plays great, lots of different modes, I love how each scene feels alive... the only disappointing thing I've found is that the monks don't make their creppy noises anymore. Oh, and the sweet death animation is gone now, but I can understand them removing that to keep the game G rated.

I wonder how long before the machine explodes again. Before the warranty expires, I hope. What other games have I missed?

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No one plays insta-Gib because they'd rather be playing Rocket Arena (or whatever the UT equivalent is).

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TLJ features pre-rendered backgrounds (or painted? I can't remember) and polygon characters on top of them. It uh, looks rather dated. The polygon models anyway. The backgrounds still look alright.

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Tell me more!

I played it awhile ago but it crashed all the time in one of the levels so I couldn't finish it. The only things I remember it doing is SWEET CUTSCENES, forces you to reload your own weapon and the aim of each level is to kill everyone then fight a boss that shows up, which I found pretty interesting. I made some of the levels pretty open.

You ever play fistful of doom, cuba? It's very outlawish.