[Mikey]

So I unlocked some of the higher-end cars in Split Second and suddenly the rubber-band AI is a lot more manageable. Actually, it's almost funny how (especially in the "elite" races) the races become like puzzles where you need to figure out the perfect sequence of actions to give yourself a big lead and hold on to it for the remainder of the race. Like, you must use these two powerplays during the first lap to overtake the leader of the pack and then it's a mad scramble for 2.5 more laps, trying to perfectly drift around every corner, dodge hazards and quickly smite anyone who manages to pass you. From the standpoint of racing purity it's kind of bullshit but it's damned addicting at the same time.

Still can't place better than 2nd on half of these time trial challenges though.

[Ronnoc]

Burning through Dead to Rights: Retribution, and really enjoying myself. The game is a bunch of fun, and has some of the most hilarious gameplay-narrative dissonance ever.

Also, I was running towards a black guy with the intention of beating the poo out of him, 'I feel a hate crime coming on!'

I don't think you're allowed to say that D:

[skelethulu]

[Deadcat]

SO! With advice in hand and a little more willpower, I started over on Fallout 3 to give it another try. Because I expected to be able to mow down everything using just FPS skills, things fell flat on their face. The second try pretty much inverted all the things I did before, and wow, barely feels like the same game. I started off by sacrificing some of my S.P.E.C.I.A.L. points from luck to buff up Agility and Intelligence. I tagged small weapons, medicine, and explosives early on to make the starting more smooth. Explosives allowed me to finish the bomb disarming quest right when I got into Megaton and quickly netted me more Exp and caps. A few more quests later, I decided to take one more liberty and say fuck the supposed route, I'm making my own. I headed to the northwestern-most part of the map and moved south from there. It wasn't long before I stumbled into vault 112, I think it was, and, well, found my dad! I don't think this was supposed to happen so quickly!

Regardless, the whole trip there went smoothly and with just the amount of challenge that I would have liked. I don't want the game to end yet, and the NPCs are acting really strange, probably because I encountered this event so early, so I will probably restart one more time, but I'm actually anticipating to do so. I still don't like the NPCs, but I'm loving the game now!

[Rud31]

Hah!

I tried playing Silent Hill:Homecoming! My first thought is "hey even though this game wasn't released in Japan it does give me Japanese style confirm/cancel." My thought upon starting the game was, remember in half-life, you know 13 years ago, how you could look around during the intro? YEAH THAT WAS GREAT.

My third and final thought on the game was, they changed confirm and cancel, but they didn't change the game's code at all. So as soon as I looked at something I couldn't unlock at it, because to unlook was X which is confirm in America and circle also worked as confirm.

AWESOME JOB!
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[Ronnoc]

Beat DtR:R. The game ends on a really enjoyable boss fight, where you go one-on-one with a single knife between you, and you end up disarming each other back-and-forth a lot. It was pretty neat.

[another coma]

Ronnoc, how was the voice acting?
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[Ronnoc]

Up until you asked that, I never thought about it, so I guess it was just middle of the road?

[another coma]

thanks. just curious, I sometimes work with the director/production company who worked on it.
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[gambrinus]

I've been playing the SMT: Devil Summoner games which have been sitting on my shelf for some time now.

The first one was a bit clunky in combat, with some strange design choices. No default AI setting for your demons? Constantly watching the MP for all of them was pretty annoying, too, since their default was to spam magic everywhere. Having to max loyalty on demons before you fused was just kind of tedious, and even with a bigger clip, you ran out of ammo pretty fast. Oh, and only having two combat abilities for your demons made them pretty dull. I basically had no inspiration to stick around after the end, when I'm usually the type to try and get some badass demons towards the end. In fact, I think I beat the last boss pretty much just pounding on it with a Rakshasa (mainly because it had high strength and war cry, and the boss didn't have any elemental weaknesses), which isn't a very high level demon at all. Still, despite all this, the game was more fun than I'd been led to believe. The plot was serviceable, and Raidoh was a good character. I liked the setting. It was pretty breezy and fun for a SMT game.

I've started on the second one, and it seems to fix almost every complaint I had with the first one. Combat feels way smoother, the fusion is better, having two demons at once is more interesting. Using one source of MAG for all your demons gives you more inspiration to exploit weaknesses. Demon negotiation is back, although it can get a bit tedious at times. Raidoh not being able to exploit weaknesses directly is a bit annoying, but it's a trade-off from having two demons. So far I'm liking this game a lot. I wonder what Atlus' plans for this series are? I remember hearing at one point that there were going to be 5 Raidoh games total, but who knows?

After this I'm going to have to finish Devil Survivor, and maybe pick up Strange Journey...

[Loki Laufeyson]

i started playing legend of caocao this morning, and it's fun.
the cutscenes go on for eons, but have enough beard stroking and just as keikakutitude to not be too boring.
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[Ronnoc]

I just started Neir. I'm only two hours in, but I really like it.

[Felix]

[Lynchburg]

T'was a coin-toss between Ducktales and Quackshot.

Quackshot won. Looking forward to shooting many different colours of plunger at Peg-Leg Pete and his extended family of similar-looking dogs.
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[Lynchburg]

After an hour and a half of hands-off challenge I wish I'd played Ducktales instead. Ugh.
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[Ronnoc]

I like Quakshot :(

[RT-55J]

Played the demo of the new Rocket Knight game-thing on hard mode.

It's competent (maybe), but thoroughly boring and lacking in any sort of crunch.

The Axel Gear fight was the only really interesting part, but the preceding shmup section was unfathomably uninteresting and long.

I'll pass.

(I haven't played any of the old Rocket Knight games.)
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[Rud31]

Also heaps of personality!
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Alone in the Dark Inferno is so good. Easily one of my favorite games this generation.
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[parker]

Alpha Protocol is stupid as hell.
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[skelethulu]

Picked up Dawn of War 2 during the steam sale. Playing it co-op with a buddy, really enjoying it.
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[Pijaibros]

I am plowing through SuperSF4 challenge mode. I'm about halfway through now. Moving from right to left. Except for Ryu and Fuerte, who I had cleared first.

Not bad, clearing about two a week before my usual ranbats. I like Chun-Li more than I thought, but that's only because I play her as I play Dhalsim. Poke, poke, poke . I should prolly learn a usable combo or two.

It is probably against my better judgement, but I've actually been trying to do the "C to C" achievement. Upping Makoto and Gen to 1000 nearly shattered my spirit.
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thinking of having an eternal champions challenge of the dark side tournament now that everything is unlocked.

dinghy and zeb and joe and i have been playing this game far too much lately.

[zombieman000]

I like how Nier's camera turns some sections into side-scrollers. I don't remember being so motivated to do fetch quests.

[Ronnoc]

Guys, download the Backbreaker demo. Tackle Alley is the greatest thing ever.

[Intentionally Wrong]

Parker elaborated on his frustration with Alpha Protocol in the Axe:

[boojiboy7]

[scratchmonkey]

It's unfortunate that the game balance is broken to hell (CPU offenses are horribly, completely, overmatched against anything with a brain).

[boojiboy7]

Yeah, that is what I hear, unfortunately.

[Drem]

[Dark Age Iron Savior]

it's rudie so he's probably being serious. Also Inferno received numerous fixes due to it being massively delayed compared to the other versions.


have any games since AITD 2k8 had the same playing around with physics? Lighting fires and lifting electrical wires with long objects and stuff.

[Jam]

Practicing SSIV in the hopes that I won't embarass myself at Pijaibros'. Again. Thinking of buying a stick for this sole purpose.
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[boojiboy7]

Man, if you did that, we would have some showdowns at my place in hopes of not sucking.

[Rud31]

[Ronnoc]

[A New Duck]

I have a copy of Alone in the Dark Wii because it looked interesting. Were I to play it in 2010, would I be much better off getting Inferno for PS3?
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[Drem]

Well, I guess I'll go grab a copy of Alone in the Dark Inferno tomorrow, as they're only $9 used at Gamestop. Might also pick up Bionic Commando. I seem to take a lot of interest in games that are liked only by a few people.

[Schwere Viper]

No More Heroes 2 came out in the rest of the world earlier this week, and I finished it early this morning. That ending fight IS pretty lackluster, isn't it? The rest of the game up to that point was totally enjoyable, though.

On a side note, I found a copy of King's Field for PS1 when I went to pick NMH2 up. Haven't tried it yet, but I flipped through the manual. Looks strange, even for its time.
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[CubaLibre]

King's Field is like a proto-Demon's Souls and also totally great. I've only ever played the first one. One day when I'm rich I'm ebaying every last one of them and beating them all.
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