What are you currently playing?

[ShadowNeku]

Ive just started Project Zero 2 but im too scared
Debating wether or not to continue for the sake of my wellbeing!

[DPrinny]

Ive just started Project Zero 2 but im too scared
Debating wether or not to continue for the sake of my wellbeing!

Man up.

I still have really get settled into 1

[JazzFunk]

Bit of Flower on PS3 over the last few nights, usually two stages at a time. One of them 'arty' games, it's pretty simple and dreamy and I really like it.

[ShadowNeku]

Ive just started Project Zero 2 but im too scared
Debating wether or not to continue for the sake of my wellbeing!

Man up.

I still have really get settled into 1

Yeeaaaahhh. NO.
Walked past a room. Camera suddenly switches to a ghost of a young girl just floating near the ceiling. Turned the power off.

Screw this! I have no idea how i managed to finish the first 4 years ago.

[SoupDragon]

I just pulled an all nighter on Alien Trilogy on PS1. Jumped as much as I did with Dead Space, damn face huggers

[DPrinny]

Ive just started Project Zero 2 but im too scared
Debating wether or not to continue for the sake of my wellbeing!

Man up.

I still have really get settled into 1

Yeeaaaahhh. NO.
Walked past a room. Camera suddenly switches to a ghost of a young girl just floating near the ceiling. Turned the power off.

Screw this! I have no idea how i managed to finish the first 4 years ago.

Try playing Amnisa and Silent hill 2 when things happen in your home (Poster falling off wall at a jump scare and something falling over).

NOPE!

[Evermore]

I continued to play Disgaea 4 last night. Its a formula that works, and is immensely enjoyable. Building up your characters never gets old. Interesting story too, if a little too verbose at times. Its a great title anyway, if not particularly original. Hopefully some new ideas will come to the fore as I play through, but Disgaea is always fun, and highly addictive.

I next stuck on Mario Strikers Charged or whatever its called on the Wii. Oh dear. This is a Wii game of its time; 2007. All waggly motion controls, "accessible" gameplay, and of a poor quality overall. This is a million miles away from the quality that Nintendo was putting out in the years previous. Its a game that was farmed out to a developer with little ability in designing and developing high quality software. Its fun for a while, but when you are winning games 17-1 you know there is something wrong. Plus actually scoring a goal from open play is strangely difficulty All the goals come from the silly mini-game / charge shot mechanic. The annoying cut-scenes during play and the over all crappy graphics are a hinderance to its enjoyment as well. It doesn't look or feel like a Maro game either. Almost feels like a Mario title made for a third party system, like the CDi game. I'm going to hold onto it however as its Mario game and I am a fanboy, plus it is moderately fun at times. I am going to give it another few goes and see what happpens..... you never know, it might get better once it stops being so damn easy.

Lastly, on went Resident Evil: Umberella Chronicles. Now this is a game! I adore its sequel, the Darkside Chronicles. For whatever reason, I never got round to picking up thr first until this week. And its a superb title. The graphics, whilst very jaggy, are excellent. The atmosphere is spot on. The game plays almost identically to its follow-up, but what is interesting here is the game feels a little bit faster, and more like an arcade light gun game. Its hard to explain why, but its the movement and shocks which make it more like a light gun game when compared to its sequel, which is slower, and feels more like a traditional Resident Evil adventure, but on rails. They are both great game though in their own right, and the controls are excellent.

I love the level designs in Unberella. The bosses are also brilliant, and the challenge on Normal is pitched just right. The weapons upgrade system however is inferior to the follow-up, and there is seemingly less reward for shooting up the level furniture in this game. Its probably not as good a title in terms of its over all game design on paper, but it does seem that little bit more exciting, and scary too.

[pratty]

I next stuck on Mario Strikers Charged or whatever its called on the Wii... I am going to give it another few goes and see what happpens..... you never know, it might get better once it stops being so damn easy.

You might get a better challenge online.

[Megamixer]

Try playing Amnisa and Silent hill 2 when things happen in your home (Poster falling off wall at a jump scare and something falling over).

NOPE!

Or Doom 3 in the dark with the sound up. What is this Amnisa? Another horror game?

I next stuck on Mario Strikers Charged or whatever its called on the Wii. Oh dear. This is a Wii game of its time; 2007. All waggly motion controls, "accessible" gameplay, and of a poor quality overall. This is a million miles away from the quality that Nintendo was putting out in the years previous. Its a game that was farmed out to a developer with little ability in designing and developing high quality software. Its fun for a while, but when you are winning games 17-1 you know there is something wrong. Plus actually scoring a goal from open play is strangely difficulty All the goals come from the silly mini-game / charge shot mechanic. The annoying cut-scenes during play and the over all crappy graphics are a hinderance to its enjoyment as well. It doesn't look or feel like a Maro game either. Almost feels like a Mario title made for a third party system, like the CDi game. I'm going to hold onto it however as its Mario game and I am a fanboy, plus it is moderately fun at times. I am going to give it another few goes and see what happpens..... you never know, it might get better once it stops being so damn easy.

Oh dear. I have this one in my 'to play' pile and that doesn't sound good. I loved the Gamecube original though as it was great fun unlike 'serious' football games which I can't stand. Have you played the first one to compare the two? (I might have asked you this before but I can't remember!). Forced waggle controls sound like a pain in the ass though and definitely - like you say - a product of the early 2006-7 Wii era

Lastly, on went Resident Evil: Umberella Chronicles. Now this is a game! I adore its sequel, the Darkside Chronicles. For whatever reason, I never got round to picking up thr first until this week. And its a superb title. The graphics, whilst very jaggy, are excellent. The atmosphere is spot on. The game plays almost identically to its follow-up, but what is interesting here is the game feels a little bit faster, and more like an arcade light gun game. Its hard to explain why, but its the movement and shocks which make it more like a light gun game when compared to its sequel, which is slower, and feels more like a traditional Resident Evil adventure, but on rails. They are both great game though in their own right, and the controls are excellent.

I love the level designs in Unberella. The bosses are also brilliant, and the challenge on Normal is pitched just right. The weapons upgrade system however is inferior to the follow-up, and there is seemingly less reward for shooting up the level furniture in this game. Its probably not as good a title in terms of its over all game design on paper, but it does seem that little bit more exciting, and scary too.

Loved this one myself too . A lot of my enjoyment came from the game expanding on the existing RE storyline and revisiting the older games' locations such as Racoon City and the battle with Nemesis. As a light gun game it was fab too. The only negative point was that the beefier guns still didn't 'feel' like they were making a massive impact on enemies. I actually didn't find all the hidden collectables as there were so many things to destroy on each level but a pro tip is to chuck grenades at areas with lots of destructible scenery (if you can spare them that is).

[pratty]

I next stuck on Mario Strikers Charged or whatever its called on the Wii. Oh dear. This is a Wii game of its time; 2007. All waggly motion controls, "accessible" gameplay, and of a poor quality overall. This is a million miles away from the quality that Nintendo was putting out in the years previous. Its a game that was farmed out to a developer with little ability in designing and developing high quality software. Its fun for a while, but when you are winning games 17-1 you know there is something wrong. Plus actually scoring a goal from open play is strangely difficulty All the goals come from the silly mini-game / charge shot mechanic. The annoying cut-scenes during play and the over all crappy graphics are a hinderance to its enjoyment as well. It doesn't look or feel like a Maro game either. Almost feels like a Mario title made for a third party system, like the CDi game. I'm going to hold onto it however as its Mario game and I am a fanboy, plus it is moderately fun at times. I am going to give it another few goes and see what happpens..... you never know, it might get better once it stops being so damn easy.

Oh dear. I have this one in my 'to play' pile and that doesn't sound good. I loved the Gamecube original though as it was great fun unlike 'serious' football games which I can't stand. Have you played the first one to compare the two? (I might have asked you this before but I can't remember!). Forced waggle controls sound like a pain in the ass though and definitely - like you say - a product of the early 2006-7 Wii era

The only brief waggle is the strong tackle to slam your opponent of the ball, it's basiaclly just a flick opf thewrist and you don't do it constantly so it's not too bad, well you can but doing it a lot punishes you by giving your opponent items. The "multi-ball" shot uses a pointer mini gamer for the defending player to save the shots. Again you don't do this very often as it takes lot of time on the ball to power up this move.

[Megamixer]

I next stuck on Mario Strikers Charged or whatever its called on the Wii. Oh dear. This is a Wii game of its time; 2007. All waggly motion controls, "accessible" gameplay, and of a poor quality overall. This is a million miles away from the quality that Nintendo was putting out in the years previous. Its a game that was farmed out to a developer with little ability in designing and developing high quality software. Its fun for a while, but when you are winning games 17-1 you know there is something wrong. Plus actually scoring a goal from open play is strangely difficulty All the goals come from the silly mini-game / charge shot mechanic. The annoying cut-scenes during play and the over all crappy graphics are a hinderance to its enjoyment as well. It doesn't look or feel like a Maro game either. Almost feels like a Mario title made for a third party system, like the CDi game. I'm going to hold onto it however as its Mario game and I am a fanboy, plus it is moderately fun at times. I am going to give it another few goes and see what happpens..... you never know, it might get better once it stops being so damn easy.

Oh dear. I have this one in my 'to play' pile and that doesn't sound good. I loved the Gamecube original though as it was great fun unlike 'serious' football games which I can't stand. Have you played the first one to compare the two? (I might have asked you this before but I can't remember!). Forced waggle controls sound like a pain in the ass though and definitely - like you say - a product of the early 2006-7 Wii era

The only brief waggle is the strong tackle to slam your opponent of the ball, it's basiaclly just a flick opf thewrist and you don't do it constantly so it's not too bad, well you can but doing it a lot punishes you by giving your opponent items. The "multi-ball" shot uses a pointer mini gamer for the defending player to save the shots. Again you don't do this very often as it takes lot of time on the ball to power up this move.

I have to admit that I turned the items off in the GC game. With the amount of lethal tackles flying left, right and centre, I really didn't need bombs/shells etc. in the mix too. I guess I'll find out what it's like first-hand soon enough when I give my copy a go. If it doesn't gel with me then I've always got the first one to play so it's no big bother.

[killbot]

I recently bought Pikmin 2 and then remembered I'd never gotten around to finishing the first one so started it again today. It's a great little game - still better than the likes of Overlord and Little King's Story which have come along since. Both those games are great, but I found LKS in particular over-egged the pudding somewhat, with all kinds of different character classes making everything ten times more complicated. The original's simple set-up of red, yellow and blue is all you need for a great game with some clever puzzles.

[Freestyler]

Got that Pokemon 3DS game for my nipper. Don't remember the name of it (Super Pokemon Rumble?) but he seems to like it.
Seems to look and play a lot like the Wii version we already have, but I might be wrong.

[koopa42]

Skyrim and Forza 3 ........ and when I say Forza 3? I mean Skyrim.

[sscott]

Giving Bioshock a go as I couldn't find anything else I was interested in. Went to the games room and played (all on original hardware):
- Caverns of Mars, Space Invaders and Jet Boot Jack, first 2 were on cart on the a8. My 1010 tape deck still plays most tapes fine it seems.
- New Zealand Story and Oids on the Atari ST
- Super Monkey Ball 2 and Donkey Konga with the kids