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Re: What are you currently playing?

Postby crusto on Tue Apr 03, 2012 5:12 pm

AC Brotherhood, really enjoying it.
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Re: What are you currently playing?

Postby samhain81 on Tue Apr 03, 2012 5:14 pm

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Re: What are you currently playing?

Postby Freestyler on Tue Apr 03, 2012 7:14 pm

Gonna fire up Fable II I suppose. I've been putting it off for so long because I ended up hating Fable: The Lost Chapters so much.
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Re: What are you currently playing?

Postby grouchy79 on Tue Apr 03, 2012 7:52 pm

had a quick blast on metal slug 3 tonite, its so bloody hard!!
i used about 8 continues just on the 2nd level boss, its a right git. If i was playing the coin op id be skint!
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Re: What are you currently playing?

Postby dste on Tue Apr 03, 2012 8:32 pm

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dste wrote:Started playing Astro Boy on the GBA the other day, really enjoying playing it.


yeah a great game,i emulated it after reading about it in the RG mag,i was surprised how complex it is with the timeline/alternate history parts.


Same here, when the first set of credits came up I was thinking that it was a very short game and then when it restarted I was very surprised with the jumping between levels to find clues.
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Re: What are you currently playing?

Postby gmintyfresh on Wed Apr 04, 2012 9:19 am

More Mass Effect 3 single player and multi, it's a great game - I feel just about ready to try the silver challenges online.

Had a bit of a bash again on Phoenix Wright Apollo Justice, still can't get on with this series.
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Re: What are you currently playing?

Postby firebreather on Wed Apr 04, 2012 10:50 am

Been playing Fifa 11, so the general consensus seems to be that fifa is now superior to Pro Evo, i dont get it, think i must be missing something in FIFA, i find it really hard to score and yet passing is too easy and as such it makes the games dull, and whats with the 5 pages of control options, if i wanted to have to learn button combos i'd be playing street fighter.

Also had a quick bash on most of the games in my to play pile
Alice madness returns - i love it, have to mkae sure i play it when the kids aren't around though.
Space Marine - Simple but fun, great stress release.
Dead Rising - Havent really got into this yet, i was expecting resident evil style gameplay so far its more like beyond good and evil :)
Banjo Kazooie - Never played the originals, perhaps a bit to simplistic but ill will give it another go, love the look of it.
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Re: What are you currently playing?

Postby Black Ridge on Wed Apr 04, 2012 5:47 pm

So with Pandoras Tower around the corner i decided to finally play Xenoblade Chronicles (i got it on release :oops: )

Have to say its one of the best JRPGs I've played in a very long time. the opening is awesome, the characters are likeable and the combat is awesome and not too complex. Definately a breath of fresh air after getting slightly tired of the gloomy Digital Devil Saga.

Could this be an RPG i bring myself to complete?
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Re: What are you currently playing?

Postby jcdentont1000 on Wed Apr 04, 2012 5:55 pm

Just started Duke Nukem Forever. I've laughed once so far - that was when I thought about the people who paid £50+ for the collector's edition of this absolute dud.
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Re: What are you currently playing?

Postby dste on Wed Apr 04, 2012 7:19 pm

gmintyfresh wrote:Had a bit of a bash again on Phoenix Wright Apollo Justice, still can't get on with this series.


If you decide to get rid of it I would be happy to see if could come to some sort of arrangement.
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Re: What are you currently playing?

Postby Shinobi on Wed Apr 04, 2012 7:28 pm

Been playing Silent Hill Downpour story wise really evil so far, and the Mine cart ride is generally frightening.. Combat is infuriating and how underpowered you are compared to the inhabitants of Silent Hill, the shaky camera doesn't help!!! That Banshee or whatever she's called, is particularly annoying and it seems nigh on impossible to break her grab attack, the other monster that randomly seems to land on top of you isn't quite as annoying
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Re: What are you currently playing?

Postby ShadowMan on Wed Apr 04, 2012 7:38 pm

Shinobi wrote:Been playing Silent Hill Downpour story wise really evil so far, and the Mine cart ride is generally frightening.. Combat is infuriating and how underpowered you are compared to the inhabitants of Silent Hill, the shaky camera doesn't help!!! That Banshee or whatever she's called, is particularly annoying and it seems nigh on impossible to break her grab attack, the other monster that randomly seems to land on top of you isn't quite as annoying


I'm loving this game at the minute but your right about murthy being underpowered compared to the enemies. I find the best thing to do with combat is either to run (where possible) and just hold the block button and then get a few hits in where possible. Oh, and never attack packs of enemies head on as it's just asking for trouble.
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Re: What are you currently playing?

Postby ToxieDogg on Wed Apr 04, 2012 11:11 pm

gmintyfresh wrote:Had a bit of a bash again on Phoenix Wright Apollo Justice, still can't get on with this series.


I do think those games are a bit of an acquired taste but I personally really enjoyed them all. Have you ever played the original Phoenix Wright? It does gently ease you into the mindset you need to have when approching the investigations. I really enjoyed the bits in Apollo Justice where you have to explain why you think a witness is lying based on their actions....the interrogations work so much better than in LA Noire in my honest opinion.

Damn shame that Miles Edgeworth 2 never got a Western release :(
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Re: What are you currently playing?

Postby DPrinny on Thu Apr 05, 2012 9:04 pm

Ridge racers 2 psp
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I drive really well, dont touch the sides and the top three are miles away
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Re: What are you currently playing?

Postby SomeScrub on Fri Apr 06, 2012 6:07 am

Playing through god of war chains of Olympus again and I'm really enjoying it. It's a totally serviceable god of war game, the combat is all there and so is most of the other cool stuff, and less than cool stuff. Still an ass load of box puzzles, but that's gow for you. I bought ghost of sparta for 13 bucks the other day and i'm gonna tackle that when I'm done. Really enjoying the handheld gow efforts, I really love these game at work. Really makes time go by faster when you're just wasting gods and whatnot..
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