[CubaLibre]

Over the past weekend I've been playing Move All My Shit to Baltimore. Like most games, it's a lot better when played co-op.
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[notbov]

In that context, I don't disagree. It is definitely more enjoyable, regardless of which side of the steamroller you're on, to have things be over relatively quickly instead of spreading the pain over an hour or so.

I'm just so very bleh on Scavenge. It felt a lot less dynamic after a few weeks.
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[Rud31]

Ghostbusters The Video Game certainly was Ghostbusters the video game. I guess they win because despite it being clumsy in 30 seconds of thinking I didn't have an idea of how to make it better. That's more successful than most of the video games I play!

I also finally finished up Adventures of Link. Extreme use of the rewind feature kept frustration to a minimum. It's a great and difficult game with the rewind feature. I'm not sure how far I would have gotten with it if I didn't have that handy. Bagu's Cabin and the Hidden Village were the two complete bullshit parts of the game. Also having to randomly find all the Heart Containers (even though it was mechanically relevant). It's a wonder anyone completed the damn thing back then. Not quite Tower of Druaga bad at least.

Sad to discover there isn't a Game Center CX episode for Adventures of Link either. I guess there being a Challenger episode makes up for it. Or wait, is the FDS version like even more frustrating?

After having it on my harddrive for many many years I finally played Metal Wolf Chaos. FUCK YEAH. Why is it a good game? Because HE'S THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. I'm really curious about the writing staff on that game, rather who did the translation? I somewhat expect it's the same team as Deadly Premonition.
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[tacotaskforce]

I can think of dozens of ways that would have made Ghostbusters a better game, but they all involve jettisoning Dan Akroyd and Harold Ramis (and probably Bill Murray too), and without their names the game would never have gotten funded.
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[Mr. Mechanical]

In the week I spent without internet I borrowed my nephew's copy of Assassin's Creed Brotherhood for 360. The dvd drive on my 360 is still off track or something but now at least it doesn't try to open all the time while playing a game. It's still a pain to get it open to swap discs though.

ACB is pretty good. Fun Fact: When the game first came out I had no idea it continued the single player story from AC2. I thought it was just a multiplayer expansion pack. So I've played the hell out of it since and am at around 85% completion. I might go for 100% but there are a couple parts that are just bullshit that I don't think I want to punish myself by doing. So I'll probably finish up the story soon.

Also played a little more of Saints Row 2 and am 50% completion on that.

Now that I have internet again I can finally get back to plugging away at GTA 4. I have just a few friend activities left to do and then all that will be available is playing through the story missions until I can unlock the rest of the side stuff like the races from Brucie, car collecting from whats-his-face, and assassination missions.

Also I played a little bit of Darkstone for PS1 earlier. Still the addictive Diablo-style dungeon hack it was back in the day and it looks pretty good emulated.
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[lofighost]

gosh the encounter rate in persona 1 psp is very high, and i've come to realize the escape function is not very useful, however scaring off or negotiating with demons works a bit better & can be pretty fun.

feels like i'm in a cave in a pokemon game but it's every dungeon.
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[remote]

Playing Deus Ex again, first time in quite a while. I'm on the part where the Men in Black come after you in Paul's apartment, and he tells you to leave through the window. Now, I know from earlier experiences playing the game that he dies if you do, but if you stay and fight through the 'Ton to the front door he'll live. The problem I'm having now is that he either dies or vanishes somewhere down in the lobby—I can't really tell, because I'm busy trying to hide and pick off a few here and there, relying on Paul to do most of the work since he's supposed to be invincible for that part... except he's not? Or something. I was kind of curious about how this would change the game, and whether I might inevitably wake up in a nameless cell eventually even if he lives... but this doesn't seem to be working.

I'm finding myself really impressed all over again with how immersive and meaningful everything in this game feels despite it being so clunky when it comes to the action and animation.
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[Tulpa]

Actually he lives if you die, he only dies if you go out the window instead of staying to fight.
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[CubaLibre]

[Bennett]

I wish I had a next-door neighbour who liked to play Tower of Doom over and over again.

[Jam]

[GrimmSweeper]

Paul can't die. He's invincible. You could lock yourself in his closet and let him wreck havoc on the MiB. Then you just casually stroll out the front door like there was no gunfight to begin with.

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[Felix]

Once you get out the front door, I believe Paul takes off, and you can go sabotage some comm tower up the street, but you're eventually cornered by Gunther or somebody and wake up in that same UNATCO cell.

I never really found the escape all that tough either -- just stick some bombs on the wall on the way in to the apartment and they should take care of the MIBs. I can't remember if you have grenade ammo for the assault rifle by then but you should have regeneration at least semi-high enough to survive the gunfight without moving around too much.

Everyone knows the only weapon set you need in DX is Dragon's Tooth, Sniper Rifle, Assault Rifle, and GEP Gun.

[drobe]

You don't get Regen until Hong Kong.

The comm tower sabotage occurs after you see Paul, but before UNATCO storms the apartment. They storm it partlybecause you pulled that sabotage. If you survive the apartment escape and get to the subway, then you will get stormed by Navarre or Gunter.

Paul's 'Ton behavior is a bit erratic. If you leave through the front door, you can be certain that he will be alive. If you leave through the window, then he will die. You will receive feedback on this only when you are locked up.
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[drobe]

Ps: DX is all about the Pistol, lol.
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[remote]

Yeah, I've already sabotaged the comm tower, and I chose to kill Navarre on the 747 this time.

I always end up using the stealth pistol and stun/tranq weapons more than anything else. "A man of tactics."
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[The King]

Playing Megaman Legends 2, love the graphic design. :3
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[Jam]

[The King]

The only reward for surviving the Ton is to get killed by invincible Gunther (or Anna) shortly thereafter: If you have trouble with that part, just run into the first swarm of MIB and die. Paul lives if you die in the Ton.
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[negativedge]

you guys are making me want to play DX again -_-

[protoblax]

Getting my opinion in a hundred pages early so I can go back to it later
I think the sixth Games You Played Today thread should be called Games You Played Today III (US)
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[Mikey]

[allensmithee]

+2~~
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[negativedge]

yep, that's pretty much the best one

[negativedge]

so who wants to spam for 100 pages to get this thing done

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BOP A STEAK, GEP A LOBBY LOP A DEEP MOVIE
BOP A STEAK, GEP A LOBBY LOP A DEEP MOVIE
BOP A STEAK, GEP A LOBBY LOP A DEEP MOVIE


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[Rud31]

[Mr. Mechanical]

I haven't played anything today yet except for Murder Dog IV, which is awesome.
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Played some Doom 3 a little while ago and will probably play some more before getting to bed because I am a total graphics whore and probably-for-real have about as much fun tweaking the config settings as I do playing the actual game.

This is the first time I've played it since building this computer last year and I kept having problems getting my graphics settings to stay put. I'd load the game up, go into the system options menu and fiddle with the graphics settings, select ok and then restart the game to find that they kept resetting themselves somehow. Finally I figured out that going into the system options menu itself was what was causing them to reset so then I started adjusting everything from the config file in the game's /base directory.

That works and I would have ended up mucking around with the config file anyway because Doom 3 doesn't have an in-game option for 1920x1080 resolution. However now I notice that when setting the game to ultra graphics setting (basically completely uncompressed textures) I cannot set the anti-aliasing any higher than 4x otherwise it will reset my resolution settings back to down to 640x480.

So that's kind of weird. I wonder if it just isn't possible to play the game with any higher AA than 4x on ultra graphics setting or if it's just some weird bug with my hardware or the game being not that compatible with my OS (it came out in like 2004, after all). Either way the game looks amazing as it is and some AA is better than none (and in fact outside of a few textures there are literally no jaggies on any of the geometry that I've noticed which is kind of really cool to see in action).

Six and a half years after release I am finally experiencing Doom 3 at the highest settings and I have to say it's kind of amazing that even after all this time the game still manages to look impressive. It shows it's age, for certain, in the geometry. Characters look rather blocky compared to the games we have today but the texturing is still really good and the lighting, while it never really got used again in any other games (except Quake 4), manages to create a really foreboding and oppressive ambiance that makes exploring the haunted research station a pretty uncomfortable experience (even though I know where and when all the monsters are going to pop out behind me). It's a huge pity that the game itself isn't as good as the visuals and the atmosphere.
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[Rud31]

Neutopia is PCEngine's Legend of Zelda. Only it's not as good!

On a list of 1000 video games you need to play it would not be present.
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[costel]

Awesome fucking name for the new thread.

I've been playing the shit out of Bizzare Creations's last game, 007: Blood Stone. It's quite fucking tight, expect more commentary later.

F.E.A.R 3 is a fucking atrocious piece of shit. :(
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[protoblax]

Started playing Chaos Rings for the iPhone upon a friend's insistent recommendations. Unimpressed so far, but I am told the story gets pretty interesting.
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[GrimmSweeper]

Fallout: New Vegas. Their card game, Caravan, is crap for intuitive controls. I lost two games because I could not figure out how to lay down cards, the second time after I spent some time to skim the rules. That second game I did figure out how to lay down the three starters but after that it was no dice for any other card. Third game, I finally figured out you had to press DOWN in order to move the non-face card to an open slot of a 'caravan.' And I still didn't understand how the fuck I won. Fourth game, lost because I didn't have any more cards, even though two caravans on my side were complete. Fifth game, finally able to influence winning.

Did they not test this first before tossing it out the door? Wouldn't it make sense to just move a non-face card down to the end of a stack when you are placing it? And then face cards should show you what effect they would have on the card they are currently selected with; I'm kinda iffy on how Jokers influence the game.

Enjoying myself with the rest of the game as a weak, noodly, lucky girl. Hardcore is making it interesting, since I can't heal crippled limbs at a whim.

[ionustron]

[tacotaskforce]

[negativedge]

I am playing QUAKE II for the FIRST TIME guys

it's a pretty big game, I think

[remote]

What are you playing it on? I've been wondering if it runs well on Steam.
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[costel]