[Laurel Soup]

I picked up Wind Waker again. Are the wallmasters and the bird girl in the Earth Temple blatant homages to Ico or am I just crazy?

[kiken]

[slipstream]

With three buttons:

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[kiken]

[boojiboy7]

Is anyone else playing Space Invaders Extreme? I am having way more fun with it that I thought I could.

[manmachine plays jazz]

i love space invaders extreme. did it finally get a stateside release?

[bruin]

Yeah, yesterday

We've talked about it and Arkanoid DS some in the quick questions thread
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[slipstream]

[Moogs]

I am extremely pleased to find out first hand that not only does OutRun 2 work on the 360, but it still looks damn gorgeous, too.

[RobotRocker]

[dementia]

Last night I had a friend over and we enjoyed some smash bros. brawl and played some culdcept saga matches. I played the Saturn Culdcept a while ago, and the with whatever default deck I have, the 360 game feels extremely similar.

[Loki Laufeyson]

[nocturnedelight]

I've been enjoying Ridge Racer 6 a whole lot.

I'll probably get Ridge Racer 7 so I'd have something else to play on my PS3, aside from Metal Gear
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[IceTyger]

I'm usually just playing Moochmaster IIDX and Find-A-Job 360, mostly. High scores in the former, low ones in the latter.

Outside of that, it's just been the same ol'. Went to mess about with some cruddy ITG2, hated Target Terror, something something Jets 'n Guns Gold. Now I'm moping at how I'm not good/bad enough to win BIG MONEY and BIG PRIZES in the Star Soldier R competition while a friend plays Mario 64 on the Oui.

I'd like to try some 360 Culdcept sometime. I guess I'd also like to track down the PS2 one again, but I'll save that thought for when I can afford it.
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Representing the face of destitute gaming

[kiken]

[skelethulu]

Put about 30 minutes into Final Fantasy Tactics A2. The main character is really "NO WAY MOM I ONLY DRINK SODA" but the bad guys look nice and hard mode is actually pretty hard. I'll continue playing Etrian Odyssey 2, however, since that game seems like it will be far more rewarding.

Also, I started playing around with mods for UT3, and I'm pretty excited to make something weird in UnrealEd.

[niitaka]

I just got P.N. 03, so I'm alternating between that and Etrian Odyssey 2. Otherwise I know I'm going to give up on EO2 without something to buffer between my sessions.

P.N.03 is hard! I have to play on easy mode.

[DonMarco]

Picked up Battlefield: Bad Company. It's nowhere as bad as Modern Combat was, and is quite enjoyable when you intentionally go faster and more recklessly than you should. I won't touch multiplayer for a few days, maybe even until next week.

Where as the demo for Gears was 1/5 of the full game, the demo for BF:BC on XBL is about 1/30th of the full single player campaign.
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Still alive.

[kiken]

[RobotRocker]

I picked up the XBLA Prince of Persia remake the other day. Its pretty nice as it remakes the original with more of a focus on movement and momentum like Sands of Time. It all flows incredibly well, almost Sonic/Donkey Kong Country like. Its still a little sticky though, particularly combat and it still has a lot of instant kill traps. Surprised more people didn't hop on this on its release, its still worth the 800 points I reckon.
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[adol]

[niitaka]

[Loki Laufeyson]

the lone wolf ds games are really good. also, i showed taiko no tasujin ds to my mum and she keeps asking to borrow my ds.
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[Chuplayer]

I played Atari Star Wars on the Rogue Squadron 3 preorder bonus disc. It rocked, but I really need a flight yoke from the arcade.

[Brooks]

Satisfying CoD 4 curiosities, at last.

Oh mercy, this is a bit fucking competent, this one. Flowing.

[CubaLibre]

I told you.

What difficulty are you playing on? This makes every difference.
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Let's Play, starring me.

[Red_venom]

I played Contra 4 today. It was 20 bucks and so far ive restarted from the beginning about 10 times and got to the end of level 2.

I dunno but this game just doesnt seem to suit the DS very well and the vertical screen mechanic is actually pretty disorienting for my puny brain. I really hate that its on the DS actually.

[Tokyo Rude]

Just wait till you play through the entire game mysteriously.

[Brooks]

[unhappy days]

I played the original harvest moon on the snes today. the game is so, so good, in almost every conceivable way. why do the new ones completely suck?

[GrimmSweeper]

Because they don't have a time limit, aside from A Wonderful Life on the Gamecube?

I haven't minded the series on the handhelds (aside from SNES, the only ones I've played) up until I finish whatever goal I've set for myself, then the game drags. And that is about the time it gets relegated to playtime during boring lectures or movies. Makes it bearable, for both activities!

Why do you think the new ones suck?

[BRUTAL NUMBER GIRL]

jus playin team fortress 2 and hl2ep2 on mah NEW MACBOOK PRO.
i've had them since orange box came out but they would chug sooooo slow on my old machine. is there a thread or something for STEAM USERNAMES?

bioshock torrent is at 97.2%
what other cool games that i missed should i download? gears of war.. uh.. call of duty 4.. is rainbow 6 vegas 2 good? sheat

[Daphaknee]

im playing shenmue 2 for the first time since i have access to a dreamcast with a bootdisk now
i couldnt get ANYWHERE on the xbox version because of the voices

this game has some really sadistic punishments, just when i was about to finish stacking my goddamn books this stupid bitch shows up and serves me tea THAT TAKES A HALF HOUR TO FINISH
I ONLY HAD TWO STACKS LEFT
IT WAS THE THIRD DAY OF STACKING ughhhhhhh

also why does a jujitsu master stumble every time he walks down the stairs

also also i hate the dreamcast dpad during QTES
you know what i hate it during walking too ryo needs to learn how to take smaller steps

also i like singing Q T E like the etrian odyssey FOE song
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[Tokyo Rude]

Man yeah. Shenmue 2 being my second favorite game, and I couldn't stand the xbox version to get off the pier.

The book stacking and the balancing act are both pretty great scenes. I don't like to play them at all, but pretty great.

One of these days I'll actually write something on it.

One of these days.

[Mikey]

Still cranking away at the original quest in Persona 3: Fes. I'm not sure if I'm going to play through the whole thing, or if I'm just going to stick with it long enough to finish up some of the Social-link sidestories (which are my favorite part of the game) and abandon it to play through The Answer.

[glossolalia]

i seem to be going through a thing where i play persona 3 for a couple weeks, get bored of the routine, then come back to it a month later and really like it again

so i'm three hours into re:4 (wii) and hoooly craaaaap

so tense, so immersive, great level design

i don't even give a shit about zombies or horror movies in general but i guess i like playing them

[Chuplayer]

Oh man, the Shenmue series sucks. It was a novel idea in Shenmue 1, but Shenmue 2 just shat all over itself until you got to the awesome tower level. Then it shat all over itself by making you talk to that boring girl for an hour. Then it jumps the shark with that magical sword thing. Then the next game in the series never, ever comes out, so it ends on the mother of all cliffhangers.

Fuck Shenmue.

[glossolalia]

omg re4

you guys how hilarious and awesome was it when you get out of the mansion to find a dude with a paper bag on his head wielding a chainsaw and he's practically invincible so you retreat but holy shit he's so fast and he chases you back through the house and decapitates you

the boss battles have been really lame though

[Lurky]

When I played paper bag head died on my first try. :(
I don't remember how, I think I just threw a grenade at him or something :(

[glossolalia]

well that was the first thing i did and i saw him burst into flames so, assuming i'd got him, i turned to the right to look for breakables only to look back a second later and HOLY SHIT DECAPITATED

the second time i threw the grenade, then tried retreating into the house for a more strategic shooting spot but he was six times faster than anybody else

finally i ended up using both grenades i had and a round from the tmp and that did the trick

weird

[idle]

I'm guessing you missed the shotgun? That usually does the trick.

Later on in the game I like sticking mine darts on chainsaw dude. Then again, I like sticking mine darts on everything. :)

I shot a poor hapless chicken with one once in a fit of cruelty. It freaked out, jumped a fence, and took out two cows with it when the dart exploded.