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Re: What are you currently playing?

Postby ShadowNeku on Wed Apr 18, 2012 5:37 pm

Second disc of Final Fantasy 7. Still the greatest game of all time.
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Re: What are you currently playing?

Postby Negative Creep on Wed Apr 18, 2012 8:18 pm

Dead Space 2 on zealot difficulty - really enjoyed playing this and feel it's a worthy successor, progression the story and abilities nicely. My main gripe is that it just isn't that scary. Perhaps it due to the brighter environment, more numerous enemies, or that I played the original to death. However it just lacks that purveying feeling of isolation, and dreading what might be around the corner, that was so prevalent in the original
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Re: What are you currently playing?

Postby gmintyfresh on Thu Apr 19, 2012 9:39 am

Played quite a few games last night:

Multiplayer again, had just a couple of games - being well behaved

A couple of runs on Tinkle Star Sprites on the DC

And a quick level of Ninja Gaiden 3
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Re: What are you currently playing?

Postby theantmeister on Thu Apr 19, 2012 9:49 am

Stuck on Contra on the ol' NES last night. Why can't I get across the exploding bridge anymore? Am I just getting old? I used to have the timing for that down to a fine art :(
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Re: What are you currently playing?

Postby DPrinny on Thu Apr 19, 2012 10:43 am

theantmeister wrote:Stuck on Contra on the ol' NES last night. Why can't I get across the exploding bridge anymore? Am I just getting old? I used to have the timing for that down to a fine art :(

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Re: What are you currently playing?

Postby mrbungle on Thu Apr 19, 2012 10:45 am

Bomb jack on the gameboy - love it :D
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Re: What are you currently playing?

Postby samhain81 on Thu Apr 19, 2012 11:38 am

Watchmen - End is Night 1&2 on PS3. Suprisingly good little brawler, if you can pick it up for a £5 or so, like I did.
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Re: What are you currently playing?

Postby Megamixer on Thu Apr 19, 2012 2:07 pm

Just made it past Andrew Ryan's office in Bioshock and seen the 'twist' (I won't spoil it). I kinda saw the basic idea of it coming but there were still a few bits to it that surprised me. Hopefully I'm on the home stretch now as there's so many other games in the 'to play' pile :oops: . Still debating whether to just go straight onto the sequel or play something else first.
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Re: What are you currently playing?

Postby Black Ridge on Thu Apr 19, 2012 9:37 pm

Just played some Boom Street on the Wii with the missus. we used to play a lot of Monopoly Streets so this is great for us! love the Dragon Quest crossover with Mario, although dont see that it has much relevance to anything in the game other than backgrounds of the boards. lots of unlockables although they appear to be gained in single player mode which i cant see myself playing. board games vs AI is guff
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Re: What are you currently playing?

Postby theantmeister on Fri Apr 20, 2012 7:30 am

Megamixer wrote:Just made it past Andrew Ryan's office in Bioshock and seen the 'twist' (I won't spoil it). I kinda saw the basic idea of it coming but there were still a few bits to it that surprised me. Hopefully I'm on the home stretch now as there's so many other games in the 'to play' pile :oops: . Still debating whether to just go straight onto the sequel or play something else first.

It doesn't get any better from here, if that helps. I hated the plot twist. The choice should have been in the hands of the player - then again it did fit on with the story that you didn't.
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Re: What are you currently playing?

Postby ShadowMan on Fri Apr 20, 2012 8:22 am

I'm still playing loads of Dynasty Warriors Next. I'm about 20 hours into it and unlocked about 40% ish of the content. Its by far my favourite DW portable title, its an excellent representation of DW7.
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Re: What are you currently playing?

Postby Megamixer on Fri Apr 20, 2012 10:08 am

theantmeister wrote:
Megamixer wrote:Just made it past Andrew Ryan's office in Bioshock and seen the 'twist' (I won't spoil it). I kinda saw the basic idea of it coming but there were still a few bits to it that surprised me. Hopefully I'm on the home stretch now as there's so many other games in the 'to play' pile :oops: . Still debating whether to just go straight onto the sequel or play something else first.

It doesn't get any better from here, if that helps. I hated the plot twist. The choice should have been in the hands of the player - then again it did fit on with the story that you didn't.


Yeah, I thought it was strange that you could harvest or save the Little Sisters but there was no choice involved at this stage. Still, like you say, it fits with the story that you have no control over what happens in the twist. I still think this is one my new favourite FPS', purely because I value the design and atmosphere of Rapture over the otherwise standard gameplay.
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Re: What are you currently playing?

Postby theantmeister on Fri Apr 20, 2012 10:15 am

Megamixer wrote:Yeah, I thought it was strange that you could harvest or save the Little Sisters but there was no choice involved at this stage. Still, like you say, it fits with the story that you have no control over what happens in the twist. I still think this is one my new favourite FPS', purely because I value the design and atmosphere of Rapture over the otherwise standard gameplay.

Very true, I did love the game overall, I think I just lost interest at that point. The big twist is the high point of the story, really, but there's still a few hours gameplay after that. It was much the same with me and Deus Ex : Invisible War. I just got to a point where I didn't empathise with any of the factions, so I lost total interest in the game.

Bioshock's design still looks stunning towards the end. The Hephaestus station, in particular.
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Re: What are you currently playing?

Postby Space_turnip on Fri Apr 20, 2012 3:01 pm

Still trying to get a season of F1 2011 done on full length. Monaco is my nemesis. I can not do that track properly in the dry, but when it buckets it down and my car slides into wall after wall, it's always bad.

I nearly ended this 'quest' in China. 57 laps or whatever done, up into 4th in my Williams, gearbox breaks. Possibly the most frustating moment of gaming I've ever experienced!
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Re: What are you currently playing?

Postby K1NGARTH3R on Fri Apr 20, 2012 3:08 pm

I purchased Tales Of Monkey Island Full Season on the PSN store last week, just sat down to play it this morning...

Loved Telltale Games, I've not long finished Back To The Future which was really, it looks like Monkey Island is just as good if not better :D
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