What's the last video game you played?

[Charlie]

Another one of those "easy for the low I.Q. people" threads. Just tell us what you're currently playing, or have last played. As for me:

PS3: GTA IV
PS2: Metal Gear Solid 3: Substinence

[Nad]

Resistance Fall Of Man: PS3
Manchester Map 40 Player, 16 Player Capture the Flag - Blue Team (FTW)

[DoomKitty]

Rockband. FTW.

[Jasmin Jaquine]

DS: Final Fantasy III
PC: MapleStory
XBox360: Assassin's Creed

[Gio Takahashi]

PC: Final Fantasy XI and Age of Empires III - Dynasty
Wii: Smash Brothers WII

[Crogg]

Crogg has played GTAIV, FFT (PSP), FFVII:CC, and the PA Game in the past few days. CROGG SMASHES ALL WITH EPIC WIN.

[Bodomi]

I do not own any current-gen consoles. :(

So:
PC: Anarchy Online
PS2: Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories

[llama_egg]

PC: Assassins Creed;
Seriously, starts off slow, but it has it's own charm. And looks amazing :3
PC: Battle Moon Wars
PC: Call of Duty 4 Online
PC: まじぷり－Wonder Cradle－
Yes, I posted the current eroge I'm working on, got a problem? XD
DS: The world ends with you
If you own a DS and are not playing this, you are retarded. It is easily one of the best and most creative DS games I've played in a while. In other words, PLAY IT. No seriously, now.

[DarkStar]

GC = Pikman
PS2= RE4
PC= Maple Story

[reginacroft]

Wii- Mario kart and Super Mario galaxy


and Rockband lol

[llama_egg]

PC: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness, Episode One
Fuck a little short, but down right AWESOME!

[tjkitsune]

DS: Final Fantasy III
PSP: Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core
Wii: Wii Fit
360: Uno o.O
PS2: Arcana Hearts
Dreamcast: Marvel vs. Capcom 2
PC: Discipline
Cell phone: Bubble Pop

[DarkStar]

PS2: singstar pop

[DoomKitty]

PC - EVE online
Xbox - DoA 3
PS2 - Rockband

>.>;

[llama_egg]

PC - Beyond good and evil

And wii fit is NOT a game XD

[reginacroft]

DOA!
I miss that game...
What is the Wii fit then?

[DoomKitty]

Its exersize! Video games consist of being a lazy ass in front of a TV.

Wii is ruining our laziness.

;)

[llama_egg]

Its exersize! Video games consist of being a lazy ass in front of a TV.

Wii is ruining our laziness.

;)

This is very much true. Stop being tricked!

Oh, and I'm about to play Bioshock again

[RonDo]

PSP: Disgaea: Afternoon of Darkness
DS: Yggdra Union
PS2: Arcana Heart
PS3: Rock Band
PC: Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts
360: Naruto

[Jasmin Jaquine]

Rondo - is the Naruto game for the 360 any good?

[RonDo]

Rondo - is the Naruto game for the 360 any good?

I found it to be a pretty good game. Being able to wander around in Konoha village is pretty neat.

[Gio Takahashi]

For Wii: Breath of Fire II

[Arainach]

I stopped gaming for a while and then came back with a Vengance. In the last 7 weeks I've beat:

(*) indicates a game I had never actually bothered to complete before

Chrono Trigger *
Final Fantasy IV *
Final Fantasy V *
Final Fantasy VI *
Super Mario RPG *
Zelda - A Link to the Past
Super Mario World
Super Metroid

I'm currently playing a strange mix of FF8, FF Tactics, and Xenosaga.

[Seegtease]

Half-Life: TFC.

I found my CD and realized I could play the good 'ol non-steam version. Some people never like to update. Took some effort to get the bots working.

[llama_egg]

I like Steam, I've been using it sense, god, probably release, and it's improved big time. I easily got a small fortune on my account, and they just keep improving it as time goes on. <3 it.

Oh, and replaying Zork in all of it's glory

[Seegtease]

Ah, I have it too, and I have HL2 on it. I just don't like them trying to centralize my games, and take away hard copies. It's also one more application I have to have running to aid in slowing down my games performance.

[DarkStar]

Pikman!

[SpaceProg]

Silent Hill: Origins. I'm taking a break from gaming right now. I should get back to playing that some century soon, though.

[Killer_Man_]

Wii: SMB3
360: Dead rising and then rockband.
PS2: Samurai Warriors: Empires

Other than that, nothing.

[DarkStar]

SP your the one that made me interested in Silent Hill games because you used to talk about them so much on NHF. I want to play some but all I have really found is SH4 and I don't like it that much.

I played some Resident Evil 4 today.

[SpaceProg]

Resident Evil 4 is cool.

Silent Hill 1 (PS1) is getting to be hard to find since some shops that sell used games have stopped carrying PS1 games.
Silent Hill 2 (PS2/Xbox I've run across a few times in places like GameStop and Electronics Boutique
Silent Hill 3 (PS2)Is about as common in GameStop and the like as SH2.
Silent Hill 4 (PS2/Xbox) Oddly enough I don't see it that much, but as you've already tried it and don't like it, that's just as well. :)
Silent Hill Origins (PSP/PS2) I have the PS2 port. The games are pretty much identical except for a bit of anti-aliasing and resolution changes. It's a bit common since it's not been out for that long.

[Frozen]

From the makers of diablo hellgate London.
Not worth it don't buy.Very VERY disappointing.:(:confused::mad::frust:

[RonDo]

From the makers of diablo hellgate london.
Not worht it don't buy.Very VERY dissapointing.:(:confused::mad::frust:

The reviews that constantly hammered it was enough to keep me from buying that game. Most recent game, GTA IV.

[Frozen]

I was stupid and didn't do any reaseach it just said from the makers of diablo so i bought it.
4 acts and they all look the same. you won't even know when you finish one.

[Z]

Hitman 3: Contracts (XBOX)

[Killer_Man_]

I never trust reviews, I usually ask my friends both online and offline. Even if they dislike it, I ask them why and how the game was then buy it myself.

[EndlessSky]

Age of Conan
Metal Gear Solid 4
Warrior Epic

Those are the games I have been playing most recently.

[SpaceProg]

Pokemon Emerald and Pearl...


Don't judge me! *hides face*

[Charlie]

PS3: Metal Gear Solid 4
PS2: Metal Gear Solid 3

[Killer_Man_]

It's ok, SP. I still play Pokemanz too. Speaking of which, I was able to get all the pokemanz ever made. Go go global trade, that and I hacked the game where I got the items to get the other legend Pokemon. Mainly cause I know I will never go to said events just to get one Pokemon.

Oh, and most of them from what it looks like were hacked/created to trade with. By that I mean, how the fuck do you have a level 1 of a second evo form? Lol. Silly Nintendo and them not putting anti cheating on their trade servers.

And I taking a break from AoC till they patch up the game a bit more.

[Bodomi]

Played through Megaman 2 yesterday. :) (Nestopia emulator, PlayStation 2 gamepad.)

[SpaceProg]

Megaman 2... that one rocks. Quick Man's level is the ancient eeevil.

[Bodomi]

I always have to use time stopper to get past those beams of death.

[SpaceProg]

I always saved Time Stopper until Quick Man himself. Takes away over half his HP in one use.

[Seegtease]

I always saved Time Stopper until Quick Man himself. Takes away over half his HP in one use.

Same. I dunno, they aren't so hard to get around once you memorize it.

Megaman 2 is the easiest of them all, in my opinion. I remember the first time I played 1. Ridiculously hard.

[deathofcheese]

How on earth can you even get past the laser beams of death without using the Time Stopper? I have a hard enough time using it at the last possible second.

[Seegtease]

Just know where they go. You may die once you twice, but just keep your motion and stay as close to the proper falling points as possible.

[SpaceProg]

One of those things that just takes practice.
In fact, MM2 on the Anniversary Collection for PS2, GC, and Xbox even allows you to take a couple of hits with the beams before they kill you.

[Seegtease]

Oh man I remember that. That took away ALL the challenge.

[DAMAGE]

I think the last "video game" that I have played would have to be Suikoden Tactics. Ever since I graduated from college, I basically quit console gaming all together and just stick with mmo's.

[Bloodcinder]

The last release game I played was Silent Hill: Origins. The last one before that was Shadow of the Colossus. Yeah, really. In the meantime, the only other game I've played was Revelations: Persona 2... but I didn't quite finish it for certain reasons.

[llama_egg]

Seesh, my list of games I'm playing...to much on my hands right now...

PS3: Metal Gear Solid 4 On my second playthrough, trying to get the assasins emblem, while on the hard settings. Not the easiest thing in the world.
PS2 (well...3, yay backwords compat); Disgaea Time to try and beat this game and follow with the sequel...and eventually the 3rd one.
PC (why so many P's...); Command and Conquer Kane's Wrath
PC (yet again...); Spore Creature Creator This is fucking amazing. Play it. Now.
DS (zomg, broke the pattern); The World Ends With You

[RonDo]

Seesh, my list of games I'm playing...to much on my hands right now...

PC (yet again...); Spore Creature Creator This is fucking amazing. Play it. Now.


I've been wondering how good this teaser was. I might have to download it.

[llama_egg]

I'm tempted to dish out the $10 to get the full version of the Creature Creator, it's quite entertaining, even if it's only...well...creating a creature :3

[RonDo]

I'm tempted to dish out the $10 to get the full version of the Creature Creator, it's quite entertaining, even if it's only...well...creating a creature :3

If you make some creatures, perhaps you should link them here for us to judge. :D

That's if you can do that. I heard there is a creature wiki for this.

[llama_egg]

I believe their is, I just haven't checked it out. My last creature had faces for boobs o_O

[SpaceProg]

Trace Memory for DS

[Z]

I had to play Prince of Persia: Rival Swords (PSP) for my girlfriend for a second last night. She got stuck and i had to figure out how to get passed some closed gate. Rival Swords is a direct port of the PS2 title, Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones (PS2). It's very fun. If you like the God of War games, you'll like the Prince of Persia games. Very similar in gameplay with a few cool little differences (You can bend time in PoP, hehe)

http://www.ubi.com/resources/binary/217/54496.jpg

[Killer_Man_]

I never enjoyed sands of time where he first became that creature thingymajig.

[llama_egg]

I dunno, it was...interesting, but could have been done so much better

[tjkitsune]

Chaos Wars for the PS2...

Horrible voice acting...

[Bloodcinder]

So I just got XIII (PS2) used for $4. I figured it would have to be worth the price. Has anybody played it?

[RonDo]

Never played XIII but I do remember it being hyped heavily and not doing a whole lot.

Last game: Age of Empires III:War Chiefs

[SpaceProg]

Currently:
Animal House: Wild World (Nigh on addicted to this one almost...)
Professor Layton and the Curious Village (Also lots of fun.)
Touch Detective (Not played much on this one yet, but from what I've seen it seems fun.)

[Z]

Touch Detective

Sounds like another version of playing "Doctor" hehe :D

[SpaceProg]

Would have made a helluva hentai-type game, but no... it's just a weird-detective game where you're this little girl with a fungus and a butler for helpers.

[Bodomi]

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q165/bodomi/winreinst.png

Quite annoying little game, can't recommend it to anyone.

First stage: The installation
Ok, this one was quite easy, all I had to do is wait.
I managed to get a hold of a version that does unattended install, didn't need to do anything.
Since it took a while, I took some beer in the meanwhile.

Second stage: Driver madness
Finally! Something to do, this is where I needed to install some drivers, luckily the version I had was bundled with most of them.
Only two beers were consumed in this stage.

Stage three: Update that shit!
The great update/reboot/update/reboot annoyance.
Pretty easy stage overall, just frustrating.
6 beers consumed during this stage.

Stage four / Final stage: Softwarez
Now this certainly is the final stage!
I need to reinstall the software I used to have.
I think I've got most of them but I'm still stuck on this one.
10 beers and going...

[deathofcheese]

lol, poor Bodi.

I'm going to have to play that game soon myself. I'm going to see if I can play it on two or maybe even three computers at the same time. Much beer will be had, oh yes.

[Frozen]

Mario kart wii. 8/10

Super mario galaxy. 8/10

Mario kart wii takes ages to beat all 30 tracks on all ccs.

Also i hate ruberband ai in racing games.

[Gio Takahashi]

I like games that take "ages" to beat various parts. It keeps the funfactor flowing.

[SpaceProg]

Rubber band AI? What be that?

[RonDo]

I've heard of rubber banding...mostly in online games. I'd move up to a spot on the map, only to be quickly shot back to where I just was.

As for Rubber Band AI, maybe it is a way the computer just magically catches up to you in a heartbeat..then hangs with you once caught up.

[Seegtease]

Mario Kart 64 is a prime example, I know. I think maybe the GC Mario Kart, but I know the 64 one is bad. The opponents will actually move above their speed limit if you are ahead of them. Also, further back you are, better items you get.

But the computer actually gets speed hax in last place, and I'm not just mad because they beat me. They really do. That's rubber banding. The SNES Mario Kart wasn't bad. If you were good enough, you can lap second place.

In Mario Kart 64, you can do the trick in Wario's Stadium to cut away half the track, and watch the other racers go at astronomical rates to catch up. It's lame.

[Gio Takahashi]

hmm. This thread is bugged. There we go. fixed. carry on.

[Frozen]

Rubber band AI? What be that?
I'd be in first. 2 place say would be toad would be way behind on the last lap he went magicly 3x faster and was right behind me hit me whith a shell and i got in 6th.Before that toad was a half a track behind me.



Super paper mario. 9.5/10
I never playd a 2d mario or a mario game were mario levels up kinda neat i wish the galaxy mario could level up.:(

Why not for all mario games? It's kinda cool.
Galaxy came out in 2007/12 so the next mario won;t be until 2012.Oh well.

[SpaceProg]

Oh yeah I see. That's why I didn't like Mario Kart 64 much. The computer was pretty unfair.

[Frozen]

Oh yeah I see. That's why I didn't like Mario Kart 64 much. The computer was pretty unfair.
Yeah i hate it.It kinda ruins the game any raceing game.
I get in firast fair and square and 5 feet from the finish line on the last lap KAABOOOOM from frirst to 6th.:frust:

It's so lame. Also mario kart will items are rideculsy unfair.

[Bloodcinder]

Yeah, they are programmed to be unfair. That's the only way the computer stands a chance. Maybe you just need to get better at Mario Kart? Heh.

[Killer_Man_]

Yeah basically when you are so far ahead of the AI, the AI picks up/cheats so it's up to par with you. Kinda like when you pull on a rubber band so far, it either snaps(You lose) or the back end slips and the rubber band flies.

[Gio Takahashi]

if anything, it kept Mario Kart 64 more challenging, which is why I've always enjoyed doing 150cc Special mode (not cup) on grand prix.

[Killer_Man_]

At least the comps were limited to what items they could use in 64.

[SpaceProg]

That's true. Meh, I preferred the F-Zero games anyway :p.

[Gio Takahashi]

Oh so do I. I most certainly enjoyed playing F-Zero X over mario kart 64.

[SpaceProg]

F-Zero X was kickass. It was the first time we saw the weird courses with the tubes and magnetic cylinders, and... all sorts of crazy things. I was hooked. :p

[Killer_Man_]

The only F-Zero I played was on the gamecube. The game is ok but still at times the computer is rigged... Especially that one mission you had to do is beat your rival at mute city(Where there is lava all around) and it the game was scripted that he always would win.

[RonDo]

The only F-Zero I played was on the SNES and it was alot of fun. Thing is, I tried it again and couldn't play it for crap.

[Killer_Man_]

That sounds like when I tried to play the old Megamans on my NES. I was like oh cool I should play this.

Then I'm like HOLY FUCK DO I SUCK NOW!

Just for the sheer fact that Megaman X-3 for the SNES, I got so use to sliding, jumping off of walls and etc that my old school game has failed me.

[llama_egg]

Touhou Imperishable Night. Yes, I like torturing myself. STOP SHOOTING SO MANY FUCKING BULLETS AT ME. D:

And I believe Damage should know what game I'm talking about.

[deathofcheese]

That reminds me of Bangai-O, which I need to play.

[Seegtease]

if anything, it kept Mario Kart 64 more challenging, which is why I've always enjoyed doing 150cc Special mode (not cup) on grand prix.

cc = cheating capacity.

[Gio Takahashi]

the fun part about F-Zero X was that you can destroy other racers' cars.

[Killer_Man_]

Yeah but on higher cups they actually try to destroy you. o.o;

[Gio Takahashi]

Yeah but on higher cups they actually try to destroy you. o.o;

I think they actually try on any cups, but of course, as you get higher on cups, the tougher the competition will be. Makes it all the more fun.

X Cup is insane

[SpaceProg]

Animal Crossing: Wild World is consuming my life... help.... *Drowns in a sea of cutesy animals*

[Charlie]

COD4 online. I made Brigadier General II last night, and I'm working my way up to Major General. Furthermore, I'm only 10 ranks from Prestige Mode now.

[RonDo]

Diablo II: LOD *click, click, click*

[Gio Takahashi]

Xenosaga II

[Seegtease]

Animal Crossing: Wild World is consuming my life... help.... *Drowns in a sea of cutesy animals*

Is this very similar to the Animal Crossing for GC? What are some of the differences?

[SpaceProg]

From what I've been told by Chef, who turned me onto the game, there's quite a few additions. The gameplay has been improved, as well as additional items and things to do/collect. You can make constellations and design the flag now. There's more personality to the characters as well.

I've never played the GC one. I dunno if I should or not. I can get it pretty cheap now...

[Seegtease]

It's fun. I wonder if the graphics are decent... I just wonder if it has all the old features, just with more.

[Jasmin Jaquine]

Yes, Wild World has pretty much all the old features as well as some new ones. Seems like we have more furniture too. But the bug catching, fish catching, fossil collection, and painting collections are all there, though I like the fish better in this one, and in general Wild World is better.

[Seegtease]

I hope they refined the HRA point system a little more, and made quests a little more creative, maybe. I hope they didn't change the fishing system to something annoying and troublesome. I may want to try it.

[SpaceProg]

It's pretty fun and addictive, I must say. The graphics are very close to the original, except for a little jaggedness. Not too bad, think of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass.

The HRA is pretty involved from what I've read. There's color and fung shui attributes that are graded. If that's like the original or not, I don't know.

Fishing is fun, and you can donate the fish to the museum in the aquarium section. Or sell them.

[Seegtease]

Yeah, I always fill museum first, sell second. In the original AC, you could make a fortune selling red snapper, barred knifejaws, and coelacanth.

I don't have a DS yet, but I see a lot of great games for it (unlike PSP).

[SpaceProg]

The only reason I'd get a PSP would be for the Castlevania X Chronicles, Maybe also the Silent Hill: Origins game since it's said the game is much less glitchy/buggy on the PSP.

[llama_egg]

And because of Metal Gear Solid. Seriously, it's not a bad system, but not to many games I would say "Holy shit, you have to buy that".

[RonDo]

Power Instinct 4 on Kawaks.

[Z]

Last Played: SSX3 (XBox)

I've been leveling up Psymon. He's kind of a douche but so are all the characters, hehe.

[Charlie]

Now I'm tripling between Battlefield: Bad Company, COD4, and GTA IV. Great times. Though BBC, other than graphics and destructable environments, has failed to prove itself more than mediocre at best. And I HATE THE FUCKING LETTERBOX ON IT!

[Killer_Man_]

I've been playing Freedom Force and Freedom Force, The third Reich...

The games are childish but some how full of humor and fun to play.

[llama_egg]

Making your own hero = love

[SpaceProg]

Man I wish I had an Xbox360 coupled with Fable 2 that's coming out. It looks like that game is gonna be orgasmic.

[llama_egg]

As long as it's a real rpg this time, unlike fable one which they had the balls to say "You can do anything" but in reality it boiled down to "Do I kill them, or do I save them" for every single thing. -_-

[RonDo]

I am eagerly awaiting the next fable as well.

As for the last game, it was Cadillacs and Dinosaurs.

[Z]

My girlfriend beat the Secret Agent Clank (PSP) game so I might start playing that soon. Right now, I've been switching in between SSX3 and SSX: Tricky.

[RonDo]

Back to WoW..oiy.

[llama_egg]

I know I've been looking at my WoW icon on my desktop...it's seeming mighty tempting, especially with the expansion just around the corner D:

[SpaceProg]

Man the day DSL finally comes through here is the day I will cease to function in society and function only in MMORPGland. Look for me on the news. Skeleton found at computer. Film at 11.

[Seegtease]

If you do, you're playing FFXI.

[Bloodcinder]

I just finished XIII today, and I did enjoy it. It cost me $4 but I could have easily paid $12 in retrospect. The ending, though it was with a twist, was so abrupt as to be entirely lame, and other than playing it again to understand the story better or just own the enemies, there is no replay value. (PS2 multiplayer isn't an option for me.)

One thing I noticed when I started was that a major character is voiced by Adam West. What I didn't know until the credits rolled was that the main character is voiced by David Duchovny! I guess we know what it was he managed to do between X-Files franchise installments.

[SpaceProg]

I have stepped out of my wayback machine again, bringing news of first-time playing of ancient games. Today I played:

Sly Cooper: Theivius Raccoonus
Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life
Panzer Dragoon Orta

[Bloodcinder]

I never finished Sly Cooper, but I enjoyed it. It seemed like a good revival of mascot-platformers at the time.

[SpaceProg]

Yeah I'm liking it so far. Great cell shading and play-control. I think I may get the others too.

[Z]

Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening Special Edition

Just beat it too. Not a bad game. I tried Virgil out a bit but I don't think I'm going to play all the way through with him. I'm ready to move on to Devil May Cry 4 to see what Nero has to offer. :D

I technically also played Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops Plus for like 15 minutes.

[deathofcheese]

I just sat down and played through Portal again this evening.

[SpaceProg]

Does the Special Edition of DMC3 have everything in it that DMC3 (original) had but with more extras and a extra playable char? Or did anything get taken away?

[Z]

Ya, special edition is exactly the same except the difficulty isn't nearly as high as it was in the original release. Many people complained the the original DMC3 release was waaay to difficult than it needed to be so, while you can still play Hard mode in the special edition, you also have an easy mode available to you if you want it.

Virgil (his twin brother) becomes the extra playable character, costumes (like the original DMC costume) can be unlocked and so an. As far as what all the extra content is, I'm not sure (I can't find the original box) but there is definitely some extra stuff :D

[SpaceProg]

Coolness *adds to list*.

[RonDo]

The evil monstaw known as WoW.

[Bloodcinder]

Waste of Wages?

[llama_egg]

Wrath of Weenies?

[RonDo]

Nah, its actually the Wiener schnitzel Of Wunderkinds.

Add Soul Calibur IV to my recents.

[Z]

Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops. So far it's pretty ?ber :D

[deathofcheese]

Metroid Prime 3: Corruption

Man, what a let-down. It was fun, it had the classic "metroid exploration/artifact hunt" vibe down, and it had amazing art as well as solid music and voice acting. But there was so much they could've done that they hinted at but didn't do.

I really got the feeling that at this point the writers were just like, "*sigh* ok guys, we've got this phazon, we need to get rid of it. And we've also got this spin-off game that introduces a bunch of rivals for Samus. How can we work them all in? Oh yeah, let's not let Dark Samus die just yet. Hmm...." and then just gave up from there.

Why weren't there space battles? You could collect ship ammunition. You could activate shields. You could activate the guns on Samus' gunship. You could input transmission codes and activate thrusters. They could've done so much better with the storyline and elements they had, but they just threw what they had into a giant pot, stirred it a bit and cooked whatever came out, without even trying to get some idea of where they wanted to go.

And the special Wiimote interaction? Oh, you mean the same godamn "push the remote towards the screen, rotate counterclockwise", "lift the wiimote up, now put it down", "keep trying to shoot things that are moving very fast because pointing at the screen to shoot is fun!" puzzles over and over again?!? Cmon, it's not hard to take a great concept (or even not that great of a concept) and make a great game out of it.

[Z]

MotorStorm (PS3) - I'm not really into racing games and it seems to be extremely easy to completely destroy your own vehicle in this game. I would only recommend if you're a hardcore vg racer.

[Killer_Man_]

It's cause they merged Zelda with MP3...

That and it was the last game. Remember the rules to Trilogy sets....

And I thought Dark Samus did die in Corruption + the phazon is gone.

EDIT: Z, the only racing game that I loved was Carmageddon 1-2. Heh....

[Z]

I liked Mario Kart and Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit but that's about it.

[deathofcheese]

That and it was the last game. Remember the rules to Trilogy sets....

And I thought Dark Samus did die in Corruption + the phazon is gone.Then they should have broken the mold.

Yes, she did and yes, Phaaze blew up. But it was just "ok, you step on Phaaze and, oh no! Too much Phazon! You're stuck in hypermode but you can't vent. Come over here and shoot these bosses that have taken pretty much a back seat and have come out of nowhere and they'll die and everyone will be happy!" The planet explodes, without an escape sequence, a Metroid standby, and seemingly without enough time for Samus to get to her gunship. Oh but wait, here's Samus doing a flyby and saying Mission Complete. LAME.

[Gerrymander]

Pretty much all I've been playing for the last month or so is Team Fortress 2 because that's all I've been able to focus on. Plus I can just log on, kill some people, and then exit the game and go do something else.

[Bloodcinder]

Plus I can just log on, kill some people, and then exit the game and go do something else.
Have you tried public high school? It's similar.

[SpaceProg]

I am a survivor of Public High School.

[deathofcheese]

Recently acquired:
(Wii)
Super Paper Mario
Okami
Super Smash Brothers: Brawl

(GCN)
Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance
Mega Man X Command Mission
Luigi's Mansion
Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles
Tales of Symphonia
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Recently played:
(Wii/GCN)
SSB: Brawl
Fire Emblem
MMX Command Mission
Okami
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption

(360)
Halo 3
Project Sylpheed
Ninja Gaiden 2

[Killer_Man_]

SSB: Brawl



I recently have stopped playing brawr cause of two reasons. Majority of the people don't like my play style(Defensive aggressive) and as well the sheer fact that I play Ike.(I don't know why people say Ike is over powered when Snake has a bunch of abuses with the frames. Such as the charge tackle + upward smash auto hit.)

And the fact that I've played in tournies and remember why I don't play in tournies ever.(Not even in SC anymore.) Just for the sheer fact that, I don't know, people like to abuse the shit out of the game to be 'pro.'

Edge holders and so many other lame tatics.

[RonDo]

A combination of WoW and Disgaea 3. Don't have enough time for gaming anymore, which is a shame.

[Bodomi]

Just skip WoW, more time for Disgaea 3. :)
I read from somewhere that Square-Enix will publish Disgaea 3 on Europe and other PAL regions. Finally, a reason to get PS3, whee!

Last game I've played is Disgaea 2. Gotta level up that ?ber stuff.

[Z]

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

Hehe, I just wanted to kill some times. And some people. You know.

[Gio Takahashi]

Still Final Fantasy XI and Pokemon Diamond.

Poor PS2 and Wii, so untouched.

[SpaceProg]

Still Animal Crossing: Wild World.

Also: Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow. Must... Get... All.. Souls... Damn Iron Golem...

[Z]

You know, I've been thinking heavily about investing in Castlevania. I'm a little ashamed to say that I have never played a single game in the series but all I hear is praise for it (although some say the difficulty in some of the games is excruciating)

[deathofcheese]

KM: I don't really see Ike as overpowered, as long as you can figure out how to get away from his sword, which can be a bitch to avoid. All the Fire Emblem characters were like that, ridiculous power/reach with their swords.

However, Pit is pretty annoying, too. Even though I don't see him as one of the faster characters (I could be wrong), I couldn't ever get close to him as Fox, Captain Falcon or Pikachu when I was playing a friend last weekend. I worked off steam after five successive ridiculous defeats at the hands of Pit by going into a special match of low grav, 300% dam, mega, invisible, projectile-reflecting with Ike and just up-A attacked the whole time (the smash attack where he swings up and behind him before swinging in front of him). I think I won a 99-stock match with 30+ stock left. XD

[Seegtease]

Still FFXI. I played Empire Earth last night with my cousin, and I played Warcraft III as well. Good ol' RTS.

[Gio Takahashi]

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploads12/BUMP+boobs1202556859.gif

got your attention now

Just got done playing the first half of

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Ys Book I & II

(which is book I)

a very old (circa 1989), but goodie game. It was pretty challenging yet fun and quick, and for a very old RPG game, it's pretty damn good. You can download it on Nintendo Wii virtual console to play it. It is also VERY challenging as hell, but not as challenging as Lagoon. Has anyone else played this before?

Also, the gameplay seems very similar to that of Lagoon, I wonder if its designed by the same folks.

[Z]

Elder Scrolls: Oblivion (PS3)

Draven
Dark Elf
Spellsword
Pwnmaster

[Seegtease]

Hotlinking is not allowed! I love that game!

[RonDo]

Y's I & II. Yes, I played it back in the day on the TurboDuo..which I am trying to find one for a decent price.

Aside from that, most recently it was Warhammer Online.

[Killer_Man_]

I heard that game sucked horribly especially since The Apprentice in SCIV is more than bullshit.

[Gio Takahashi]

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Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. I finally got around to playing this, and so far I must say that this is really good.

[Z]

Lisa bought Sonic: Unleashed and I decided to play it for a few levels. It's actually not bad. It's kinda like God of War (during the werehog levels) only not as good, heh. In the Sonic levels, it's pretty fast-paced, fluid movement through all the levels. We had played the last next-gen sonic game and it was horrible so our expectations for this one were incredibly low so we were pleasantly surprised that, instead of being a horrible game, it is simply a mediocre one, heh.

Before that, we bought the newest Prince of Persia. This game, in story, is waaaay different than the rest of the series. It's a new protagonist and new gameplay (You actuall play the entire game accompanied by a magic woman who helps you long-jump and whatnot)

It seems the entire focus of the game is wall-puzzles for the sake of having wall-puzzles. In the other Prince of Persias, most of the wall puzzles were part of a palace or rooftops or whatever. In the newest game, it's just a massive amount of wall-puzzles that you have to navigate through that have no practical use with the environment. People who like the gameplay aspect of Prince of Persia will probably enjoy this title but those looking for a story should venture elsewhere. The story in the newest Prince of Persia not only doesn't make sense but the game ends in a "TO BE CONTINUED" which I hate.

[SpaceProg]

Peter Jackson's King Kong.

Way better than I expected a licensed game to be. Though there are others that surprised me. The CSI and the Buffy games, for instance.

[Arainach]

I've put roughly a million hours into Zelda: Phantom Hourglass over the last week. Truly stunning. I'm probably the last person on earth to get a DS and to play it, but I'm thoroughly enjoying playing it. Ports of old games to the DS aren't bad, but Phantom Hourglass actually takes advantage of all the new features (stylus, microphone, heck even the sleep function).

The only thing I don't like, and this is a gripe with any DS game, is that it uses the Microphone. Things like blowing into the microphone to blow out candles? A clever novelty. But don't have me do things like yell into it. Try not to forget that this is a portable gaming system. I play it in public on the bus, late at night when I'm not supposed to be screaming, etc. If I'm sitting in the library and I yell "SALVAGE ARM" at my DS, people are going to stare at me like I'm insane.

....thankfully, in most cases it's easy to fool the system by blowing into the microphone rather than yelling. Yay for cheap voice recognition algorithms.

[Killer_Man_]

It uses the sleep function how so?

And Ary, you are not the last person to play it. I only have Pokemon Pearl for the DS cause I've been lazy for the past two or so years that I've had it. It was mostly for the GBA + Pokemon Pearl. I want to get castlevainia and zelda for the DS but I've been going meh, I'll beat it and never play it again syndrome. I've been trying to find games that have good replayability.(Such as Metroid and trying to get a faster time each time even with 100% items.)

[Z]

Played some more Spider-Man: Web of Shadows and some Spider-Man: The Movie 3 just because I was in a Spidey mood, heh.

Lisa also bought a game on PSN for $10 called echochrome which is like a puzzle game. I wouldn't recommend it, though.

I also bought Elefunk on PSN for $5 which is kinda like Lemmings except you just have to construct a bridge for elephants to cross and the bridge has to be able to sustain their weight. It's more fun than it sounds, heh. I bought it after playing that Fantastic Contraption game so much and it worked as a satisfactory substitute.

[Seegtease]

That sounds like a fun game (Elephunk). Is that for PC?

[Z]

Only PS3, as far as I know:

http://www.gamespot.com/ps3/action/elefunk/index.html

[tjkitsune]

I just recently picked up Sonic Rivals 2 for PSP. It was a Sonic game I hadn't yet got and I found it in a very unusual place for a very cheap price... OfficeMax for $15!! It's still like $29.99 at Best Buy! I still need to get Sonic Unleashed and Sonic Chronicles yet for my Sonic collection.... I'm falling behind!!!

[Arainach]

Zelda done, on to New Super Mario Bros.

[chefTENGU]

I started my own game of TLoZ: Twilight Princess on my Wii, been playing Animal Crossing on my DS every day, but currently working on Chrono Trigger for it as well (currently at Ocean Palace, first play through), began a new game in Morrowind (Dark Elf Monk, leveling up awesomely by using Spear to increase Endurance while leveling up through Unarmored/Athletics/Hand-to-Hand to increase Speed, while slowly working on Luck).

When I finally get around to hooking my PS2 back up, I'll be plopping in Xenogears, probably. Although I've been having a hankering for Tomb Raider, too.

As for when I put the 360 back up, probably Mass Effect.

[Seegtease]

Been playing some WoW on a private server that sucks. Trying to decide if I want to pay for it again, or more importantly, if I want to buy the expansion.

Other than that, the usual, FFXI, and twilight princess.

[chefTENGU]

The only thing I don't like, and this is a gripe with any DS game, is that it uses the Microphone. Things like blowing into the microphone to blow out candles? A clever novelty. But don't have me do things like yell into it. Try not to forget that this is a portable gaming system. I play it in public on the bus, late at night when I'm not supposed to be screaming, etc. If I'm sitting in the library and I yell "SALVAGE ARM" at my DS, people are going to stare at me like I'm insane.
Hee hee. I almost slapped myself after that part, when I talked to the assistant and he said something along the lines of "You know, you could have just tried snapping your fingers or making some other loud noise, because it would be really silly to yell SALVAGE ARM randomly like that."

The DS doesn't know language, so the microphone is easy to fool.

[Gio Takahashi]

Long story short: I got a PS3 after a very good deal, made my account, and got curious on Playstation shopping, and imagine my surprise when I found one RPG that I least expected to see downloadable:

Suikoden I.

God I missed that game, there's nothing more fun in a RPG than winning a very obscene amount of money from Gaspar in a dice game.

Now, only if they would add Suikoden II....

[llama_egg]

Lisa also bought a game on PSN for $10 called echochrome which is like a puzzle game. I wouldn't recommend it, though.

Honestly, it's a hate it or love it sort of game. Personally, I love it, it's creative and different from what you normally see.

Other games that are worth picking up Pixel Junk Eden/Monsters, and Super Stardust HD


Anywho, been playing L4D, WoW, Starcraft (well, as soon as I figure out why maps take a year to download) on the PC.

Fate/Unlimited Codes on the PS2.

And Disgaea 3 on the PS3

Also, You have a PS3 now Gio? Friends info. NOW!

[Seegtease]

Oh, I got Animal Crossing: City Folk. It's very very much like the Gamecube version, but with more bells and whistles, and fine tuning. Obviously, it's got the Wi-Fi stuff, which makes a huge difference if you've got friends (CHEF GET IT NOW), but you can also go to the city and do some random stuff. They have interesting, but not vital use of the Wii Remote. Nevertheless, it's still more satisfying to swing it to reel in a fish instead of hitting A.

The game starts out exactly the same, with the same dilemma. Houses for players aren't all in one spot, and anything can be anywhere, as far as I know. Nook's is near the coast for me, along with my house.

Basically, it's AC for Gamecube + Graphical overhaul + new features + online play. If you're expecting a drastically different game, you won't get it. If you liked the original, but just wanted MORE of it, you're picking the right game.

If you've not played the original, but like games that you don't really beat, but continually upgrade your character (via clothing, house layout, city landscaping), like an MMORPG but without combat, you'd like it.

[llama_egg]

like an MMORPG but without combat, you'd like it.

But...aren't you combating the fish?

[tjkitsune]

Scene It?: Box Office Smash for XBOX 360. Quite fun. Lots of great clips from movies like Angels in the Outfield, 300, Airplain?!, Monty Python, etc. Great stuff! Awsome for parties, or against someone locally.

[Seegtease]

But...aren't you combating the fish?

Well, if we're going to be technical, you should see how it is trying to catch a bee.

[Gareth]

I just got done doing a whole graveyard shift with nothing but solitare and internet checkers. W1n =P

[DarkStar]

Silent Hill Homecoming <3

[Killer_Man_]

L4D and Warhammer Online....

I was thinking of picking up Animal Crossing but the games it self never really entice me to buy them.

[Seegtease]

Well, when I first heard of Animal Crossing, as my cousin told me they were good, I figured he was being silly or dead wrong, but once I played them I was addicted.

[Trogdor]

L4D, co-op at a friend's house. I think I will always prefer mouse and keyboard for shooters, but the game handles very well with a 360 controller. Awesome game overall. Even the friendly AI is pretty smart, although sometimes they place healing or helping someone stand up at too high of a priority. Still, it's probably one of the only games I've ever played where the computer controlled allies are actually helpful most of the time.

[Killer_Man_]

What is more silly about the AI is when they heal someone and your in black and white and they are the only ones who have med packs.

[llama_egg]

I've actually killed the AI before if they have a medpack, and while the AI is actually not to shabby on lower difficulties, it's nothing but frustration on expert

[Trogdor]

I experienced a good amount of frustration due to them, but it was still heads and shoulders above most partner AI in video games. Hell, in most games having an AI partner is roughly about as bad as having to do an escort quest in WoW (or any game with escort quests, really). At least these guys shoot at things and have a decent aim, and don't get stuck every few seconds like I've come to expect with AI. :)

Anyway, I love how many awesome non-scripted things have happened to me in this game. So far the best thing was when I had to throw a molotov at my friend and one of our AI buddies, since they were lying next to a tank. I needed to reload badly, so it was either molotov or get raped. We were relatively close to the safe house though, so it all worked out.

[llama_egg]

Anyway, I love how many awesome non-scripted things have happened to me in this game. So far the best thing was when I had to throw a molotov at my friend because they wouldn't give me any first aid. And lo and behold, a tank appeared and started rapeing their faces in. I guess that teaches them to be greedy bastards....

Even if I was at full health.

Fixed right?

[Killer_Man_]

You should do what I do sometimes at co-op/VS. If I am close enough to the safe house to make it, I'll make a dash for it and turn around to shoot/melee anyone that gets near me. That way if they die Ill shut the door and hey we made it + they are at 70ish health.

[llama_egg]

That sometime works in co-op, but is a horrible idea in VS. You make more points for every living survivor, so while sure, you made it, the other team could easily over take you.

As for co-op, it sometime works when near the end of the game, and only because the safe houses will actually hold Tier 2 weapons as well as the extra pistol, which in my opinion is more important then an extra 30 health (which goes down mighty fast in expert).

Oh, and last time I checked, melee does no damage to team mates...only annoys them.

[Killer_Man_]

Yeah Melee does nothing....

Yes but when the game is a matter of only 20 points and the highest score is about 500.... I think just me getting there and us getting 100 points is more important than us losing because we were the only ones who actually finished one part of the level.

[Trogdor]

Fixed right?

You can't prove any of that. :D

[Z]

Dynasty Warriors 6. Nuff said, I think

[Z]

Super Mario World (SNES)

I just beat the Star World "Special" stages so now all the koopas have mario heads, heh, and the map is in different colors. I think I have the game about 75 - 80% complete. I've already beat Bowser but I want to go for the full 100%

[Killer_Man_]

Better go collect dem dragon coins.

[Bloodcinder]

Collecting dragon coins in SMW will not contribute anything toward achieving 100% completion.

[Seegtease]

You just have to find all exits from all levels, I believe.

[Killer_Man_]

Collecting dragon coins in SMW will not contribute anything toward achieving 100% completion.

Really? Because I've been stuck on like 95% complete for no reason for the longest time. -.- It's been bugging me.

[Bloodcinder]

Really? Because I've been stuck on like 95% complete for no reason for the longest time. -.- It's been bugging me.

You just have to find all exits from all levels, I believe.
This.

[Z]

Ya, the levels marked with a red dot are the ones with multiple exits (as opposed to yellow dots). Many ghost levels have multi exits, too

[Seegtease]

I'm pretty sure every ghost level has more than one exit.

[Z]

Elder Scrolls: Oblivion.

I think I've become semi-addicted. Again.

[Gareth]

Currently addicted to Raiden fighters, WC3FT.

[Seegtease]

Warcraft 3 Frozen Throne?

[Bodomi]

Namco X Capcom, it's finally translated (http://transgen.890m.com/download.php?view.4).

Finding the game was a pain, though.

[Gareth]

Warcraft 3 Frozen Throne?
Yes.

[Jasmin Jaquine]

Other than the usual hour or so of MapleStory, I actually started a new game (to me) over the weekend - Naruto: Rise of the Ninja. Yes, totally unexpected that I would have picked it up, but the reviews on it were pretty good and it was cheap at GameStop.

It's actually a pretty awesome game as far as the main village goes (the Leaf Village). You can explore a lot and climb on pretty much anything. The game follows the anime as far as the main storyline goes, but there are tons of little sidequests (which I totally enjoy).

[llama_egg]

Resident Evil 5, on advanced, as I pull my hair out at the difficulty from both the game itself and the retarded team mate AI (I'm seriously, I think she has down syndrome, she was honestly trying to shoot through me).

It has it's problems, but it's still an enjoyable game.

[Exodus]

BioShock for PC Besides no multiplayer and some other quirks it was a really soild game and story with beautiful graphics. The Plasmids which gives you super powers rule.

8.9/10

[Z]

Super Smash Bros. Melee (GC)

I've actually never played this before, having only played the original. The new Adventure option seems a little unnecessary for my tastes. It's also been slightly difficult getting used to the Game Cube controls again. Lisa and I went to Game Over Videogames and bought this, Alladin for the SEGA Genesis, and were going to try and get Battletoads vs Double Dragon but they were sold out of that one.

I'm also trying to find a Marvel vs Capcom game but no luck so far.

[Bloodcinder]

MvC2 on PS2 is surprisingly expensive for sucking (on PS2) pretty bad.

[Drifter]

Rock Band 2! I'm such a n00b at this.

[Z]

Oh, I forgot to mention Lisa bought Donkey Konga 2. It's like Guitar hero with drums, sorta, heh, except the drum beats are more distracting and annoying rather than cool. They certainly don't flow well with the background music. She likes it, though, so good for her, I guess.

[Seegtease]

Trog and I played some Age of Mythology the other day. I tend to find the game overall a better game than Age of Empires 2. You have most of the basic ideas from AoE2, but you have races that are VERY unique and have entirely different playstyles, rather than just a few different units.

Also, the pathfinding is the best I've seen for an RTS, and enemies won't go through gates that are open.

The programmers of that game must think like me.

[Gio Takahashi]

Samurai Warriors 2, Empires. I felt like it.

[chefTENGU]

Picked up Pokemon Platinum. I was resisting it for a while, but it's hard to resist for long when the game's only $35, there's nonstop advertising for it on the tvs at work.

Also, MvC2 on the PS2 kicked ass. Except for the music, but that was the same on all platforms.

[Charlie]

PS3: Grand Theft Auto IV
PS2: Tekken 5
PC: The Sims 2

[chefTENGU]

I should probably update as well...

PS2: Star Wars Battlefront II
360: Soul Calibur IV
Wii: Wii Fit
DS: Animal Crossing/Pokemon Platinum

[Gio Takahashi]

PS2: Samurai Warriors 2: Empires
PS3: Grand Theft Auto IV
360: Soul Calibur IV
Wii: Wii Fit
DS: Pokemon Diamond

[Z]

Super Mario RPG (SNES)

I finally was able to get my cartridge to play after doing a thorough Q-tip + alcohol cleaning. I had to do the same for my Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past cartridge. I recently played both and became very happy and nostalgic.

[chefTENGU]

Wii
Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. I sat down to beat the game, but I still need to find the last 8 poes OR I AM A FAILURE.

360
Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection. Totally sweet. Been playing Streets of Rage 2, Shining Force, a little of Bonanza Bros. (mostly just to get the achievement), and a lot of Shining in the Darkness. I think it's kind of funny that my magic users are almost as tank-esque as my main character.

DS
Animal Crossing: Wild World (a little bit each day), Pokemon Platinum, and Picross DS. One of the things I really like about my DS is being able to play it while watching TV while I get ready for bed. I'd like to complete the puzzles in Picross and CrossworDS and then move on through all the rest of my titles.

Xbox
I can't remember. I just really need to pick up Jade Empire again. I was in the middle of my magic-using aggro-lesbian game, and then I wanted to do a balanced male with a "greedy streak." And by that I mean go to bed with Dawn Star and Silk Fox at the same time (simultaneous lovin', baby).

PS2
Played a little bit of Samurai Warriors with my brother-in-law recently, since he started a game of EUIII as a sengoku state in Japan. Then I briefly switched over to Sega Genesis Collection (Columns and Golden Axe) before heading home.

[Z]

:symbol-singlenote: I GOTTA CATCH EM ALL... POKÉMON! :symbol-singlenote:

[Charlie]

PS3: Burnout Paradise
PS2: GTA: San Andreas

[tjkitsune]

XBOX 360: dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2
Nintendo DS: Super Robot Teisen: Original Saga Endless Frontier (which, is actually a fun game. The battle system is completely different from the Super Robot Wars franchise and plays much like Namco X Capcome, which I'd love to play, but we'll sadly never see it here in the US.. :( )

[chefTENGU]

Let's see...

Wii - Virtual Console (Super Metroid/River City Ransom/Legend of Zelda). Twilight Princess is still in the console.

360 - Fable II

DS - Animal Crossing: Wild World, Pokemon Platinum, Picross DS

[Killer_Man_]

Are you playing the NES one or Link to the past?

I hate the NES one, just for the sheer fact it's more about roaming and testing things out. I had to look up in a FAQ once because I couldn't find the last triforce piece. :\

[chefTENGU]

The NES one.

I keep forgetting to use my boomerang. I really should be using it to stun fools more often (and being able to retrieve items from a distance is nice).

[Seegtease]

I think you can do a lot of sequence breaking in Zelda 1, due to the nature of keys in that game. I should try it some time, but to be honest, I never did bother to finish that game entirely. I should.

[chefTENGU]

I only ever managed to get through it with heavy help from an FAQ. I'd like to try to do it without this time, but to be fair, it IS a game that you seriously need a manual for.

[Killer_Man_]

You can do a lot of breaking in LoZ. Because you aren't forced in a certain way to get things. Though, that's only if you can handle killing things with more than three hits.

[chefTENGU]

Which is why I'm trying to do the dungeons in order. I found the location of the 8th one, but there's no way in hell I'm traipsing through there without a magical sword in hand.

[Killer_Man_]

I did 5 dungeons before I accidently found the best sword of the game. LOL but I always find the boomerang + the raft right away.

[Seegtease]

Sequence breaking in Super Metroid was a blast. You could really mess things up if you knew all the tricks.

[Charlie]

PS3: Resistance 2. Decided I was gonna trophy hunt a little...

[chefTENGU]

I popped Two Worlds into my 360 for about 15 minutes before deciding that I'm going to have to spend more time with the manual before it will become enjoyable (big letdown so far, but then again, my expectations weren't very high to begin with).

Popped Fable II back in, and my happiness resumed. Finding a condom in a treasure chest is a lot more satisfying than it really should be.

[DoomKitty]

I'm going to saaay.. I last played Left 4 Dead.. on PC. Or Killing Floor.

[Seegtease]

Live a Live for SNES. I've been meaning to play it ever since Bodomi recommended it, but I only finished the western scenario. I finished the Mecha and Caveman yesterday. That game has some crude humor, but it's kind of funny.

[chefTENGU]

That game has some crude humor, but it's kind of funny.
*COUGHCOUGH*EARTHBOUND*COUGHCOUGH*

[Seegtease]

It's worse than Earthbound, but yes, it has that feel.

[Z]

I still haven't played anything else other than Pokemon. I plan on getting Prototype for the PS3 this summer, though. It better be as awesome as it's hyped up to be. IT BETTER!!

[llama_egg]

I still haven't played anything else other than Pokemon. I plan on getting Prototype for the PS3 this summer, though. It better be as awesome as it's hyped up to be. IT BETTER!!
infamous comes out this month, and I'm hearing alot of people drifting towards that one instead. It use to be Prototype > infamous, but from what's being shown, people are starting to lean the other way.

[chefTENGU]

I popped Final Fantasy III back into my DS this weekend and restarted my game.

Ugh. It still bothers me how they changed the beginning so much from the original (your four characters now have actual "names" and "identities," you don't start with all four in your party, you don't get your jobs until after you beat Djinn...), but it's still fun.

I miss my Onion Knight class, though. "Freelancer?" Pfft. They even reworked it so that it has wider weapon and armor capability, as well as some magic usage. Of course, that sort of thing was necessary, since you don't get the jobs now until after you clear the Sealed Cave, and venturing inside as a group of 4 Onion Knights would definitely have been suicide.

[Z]

Last game I played was [PROTOTYPE]

I never played the original FF3 but I do have the DS version and, having little knowledge of the previous installment, I enjoyed FF3 DS a great deal :)

[chefTENGU]

Oh, I'm not trying to be too harsh on it. It's still one of my most favorite games in the series (for some reason, they tend to come in multiples of 3... 3, 6, 9... though the jury's still out on 12 since I haven't beaten it yet).

[Gio Takahashi]

Been playing FF12, even though I'm trying to do everything, I'm already 60 hours on the game and I'm probably only halfway through

[deathofcheese]

What I've been playing recently: Psychonauts, Assassin's Creed, Prototype, Sims 3. Been meaning to finish Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance and work on Tales of Symphonia (since I've been "borrowing" both for more than a year, as well as Super Paper Mario, but I just seem to prefer playing video games on the PC as opposed to the Wii.

[Charlie]

Got a $50 PSN card a few days ago, and along with some purchases in PS Home, I got Tekken 5: Dark Ressurrection's online bundle, so my (still hopeful) girl and I could actually have something to play together. Needless to say, I've been playing that, primarily. And it's the last one I've played.

[Gio Takahashi]

Thanks to gamefly, and me accidentially forgetting to cancel it, I was able to rent Dynasty Warriors 6 Empires. Wow, they completely revolutionized Empire. It's much more realistic now.

Short story, it's like as if they mixed the best of Dynasty Warriors 4 (Extreme legends and empires, especially) into this. Create an officer mode is MUCH more customizable than ever.

Originally, you can only pretty much be treated as a ruler, by handing out policies, orders, etc. Now you can be an officer, or even a vagrant officer (like a ronin in japan). During the gameplay, you can choose which ruler to join, and you can choose to leave and join another ruler. Hell you can even defect in some battle games.

apparently you can also marry, or become sworn brother with one of your officer friend.

Aside from "assignments" which are pretty much the normal battle that are given to you by your ruler, you also have mercenary mode during the empire gameplay, which works EXTREMELY similar to Dynasty Warriors 4- XL: Xtreme mode, where you carry out several odd jobs for people as you "journey" the land.

There's definitely no doubt that Koei managed to make DW6E definitely the best of the empire game ever.

[Killer_Man_]

Hmm, since it sounds that good, I might just get it. Is DW6E just like Samurai Warrior 2 Empires? I don't know if you played it but I know you said it was much better than the DWE was just the same as SW2.

I mean can you pick your little spot like in SW2, build up and conquer china?

[Gio Takahashi]

DWE6 is much better than Samurai Warriors 2 Empires. There's TONS of interaction. You can join a ruler, and help him reunite china, or you can overthrow him, leave him, betray, etc.

[Killer_Man_]

I mean as in can you be your own little faction/clan to reunite China under your rule. Yanno? Like you would in SW2 Empires. You picked a fief, be the lord and own people.

[Gio Takahashi]

Yeah, there's no "clan" but you can be a ruler, if you want.

[Charlie]

GTA IV. Tried to go for the 20 Races trophy with one of my PSN friends this morning, so I wouldn't have to deal with any of the other assholes online.

[Bodomi]

Tetris: The Grand Master 2 Plus.
Now that I have a decent system, I can actually run that game on MAME.
And man, that game gets fast. o_O

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YESw1ak9rhw
edit: Played by me, this time