What are you Playing?

[Silverblade]

Finally got into the right mood and run through Portal 2. First, the important question. Is it good? Yes. Is it better than the prequel? Eh, no.

Portal was a perfectly crafted puzzle, Portal 2 is a different game. Puzzles here are not the attraction, there just like these landmarks on a long sightseeing tour. Despite all the innovations, sequel lacks the powerful laconicity of the first game. Just for a bit, but quality won over quantity.

Loved the development of GLaDOS. She got even better at her thing. Liked Wheatley, for being the greatest moron in the world with a british - of all things - accent. But Cave Johnson was the best of them all, no doubt. He says what we all are thinking, simple as that.

Spoiler:

http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.p...st_id=20230721

[Sakonosolo]

Portal is not a prequel. A prequel is something that comes after but tells a story before what it comes after.

Portal was an experiment so they obviously weren't going to take very many risks with it. It's a fun game and all but it really is nothing but a puzzle game with funny dialogue by GlaDOS. It didn't really have any story development until you got near the end and even then it was minimal. Also it was half as long as Portal 2. Portal 2 adds an actual story with development, and while it is different, I don't think it's any worse than the original.

[Nolus]

It taught us a very important lesson:

When life give you lemons...

Spoiler:

don't make lemonade - make life take the lemons back! Get mad! I don't want your damn lemons, what am I supposed to do with these? Demand to see life's manager.

I liked the original Portal, but I felt that the sequel added a pretty great story-line that was interesting, funny and creepy at the same time. Introducing Cave Johnson, the old Aperture and Glados' past was a great idea and I think they've done a very good job. I always get excited when reaching the parts with the old facility.

So all in all, Portal 2 added a lot to the original idea especially story-wise, which I prefer in games.

[MDL]

Been playing Grandia all morning. Just...can't get into it. The whole game just feels really dated and Dungeons, Towns, even fields just feel like mazes.

And the Voice Acting is grating XD

Oh god, i remember trying that game last year when i was buying PS1 games to play on my PS3.
Such massive disappointment... it bored me out of my mind and it took far too long to get going.
I don't know when it eventually did either, because i gave up before then.

I have pretty simple/low standards when it comes to enjoying a game, but something about that one just feels painful.

[KaizokuFan22]

Marvel Alliance 2 and Super Mario Bros DS

[Nolus]

I finally made up my mind. Morrowind is so damn buggy with the translation I've been using, so I decided to take it down. Guess what, now my save files don't really work! So in the middle of Tribunal (finished the main game, haven't started Bloodmoon), I just said, damn it, and uninstalled the whole thing.

So now, I'm downloading Oblivion (only if I could just play the main game, without the expansions). If I like it, I play through the main thing and then buy the GoTY and enjoy the plus content that will came with it!:D

[GJardim]

Have been playing some Warlock: Master of the Arcane, I'm enjoying it, though it's a game to play just once in a while in my opinion.

[DarthAsthma]

Playing the waiting game for diablo 3 ... :(

[Hekti]

Started Uncharted 1 again to platinum it and enjoy it on my HD TV (first playthrough was on an old TV). Lovely but then hardest difficulty is giving me headaches and rage. A lot

[Nolus]

Oblivion is freaking amazing. It'll never be in the same place in my heart as Morrowind, but it's pretty damn great.

Now I have an urge to write a review including my thoughts of Daggerfall, Morrowind and Oblivion.

[Tony Tony Chopper]

Picked up Saints Row 2. Enjoying it. It's becoming a little repetative though.

[MDL]

I decided to undertake the pokemon challenge in which you beat the elite 4 and champion using only one pokemon.
I used my Dragonite (84-87) in SoulSilver and it went very well (aside from Karen).
Seeing Lance's final pokemon (Charizard) go down in one hit from a rock slide felt so sweet.

Karen was the hardest. In my first four runs her Spiritomb kept enduring my first hit and then using curse on me.
Curse + 4 enemy pokemon remaining = screwed no matter what. That health bar just kept on draining out.
Once i cleared Spiritomb the rest were a piece of cake.

[Sakonosolo]

I played a zombie survival mod for Arma 2 called Day Z. In the hour I was playing I didn't meet any of the 49 other people on the server or any of the 200+ zombies on the server. I did meet a sheep though.

[Zanzith]

Just finished the normal story mode for Pokemon Black (allthough I did find it wierd that the credits and a The End was shown when half of the Town map needs to be visited).
Also playing Kingdoms of Amalure: Reckoning and Final Fantasy XIII-2. Allthough those two have been put on hold whole I enjoy some Pokemon goodness.

Will also be playing some Diablo 3 this week I guess.

[MDL]

i've been using a pretty nice site called playr.org to play old games like the original pokemon.
you get save files and stuff too. it's like using a browser based emulator.

*goes back to playing pokemon TCG (gameboy color)*

[Sakonosolo]

So I caved and bought Arma 2 CO, and installed the Day Z mod. What follows is my first experience with the mod.

I started on the coast near a small town. I walked through the town looking for loot, but caught the attention of some zombies. Nearby was a warehouse with a scaffold/catwalk thing next to it so I ran to that to get the zombies to come up the stairs one at a time. As they did I killed them, my character was panting and weezing in fear the entire time. When there was one or 2 left another player ran up and killed them, helping me out. I stayed with him for a bit but neither of us had a mic, so we couldn't communicate and we split up. I went back to the warehouse to look for stuff. I found some rifle and shotgun ammo but I didn't have a gun that could use it, as well as a toolbox, which I didn't know what to do with. I climbed up to the roof but was followed by zombies. By this time I had been hit a few times and lost some blood. As the zombies came onto the roof, I shot them until I ran out of ammo, and then I jumped down onto lower roofs until I got to the ground and ran. As I was trying to get away from the area, another zombie started chasing me. I ran for quite a while, I'd say for over a mile, picking up a few more zombies along the way. My character was dying of thirst and I just decided to stop and get eaten because I was sick of running.

I think it would be more fun to travel in a group, but I don't have a mic and don't feel like buying one .

[Angelus Dominus]

Putting my PS3 to rest for a minute and revisiting some classics. RE: Chain of Memories and Lost Galaxy. Lost Galaxy is actually better than I expected. As far as Chain of Memories goes, well, let's just say I've never spiked my controller from the living room to the kitchen before. I was doing good until that bitch Larxene started throwing around lightning and the damn difficulty jacked up to level 9. Then there was Captain Hook who had like 300 cards in his deck and don't even try to combo the guy because all he plays are 0s. And then Riku. Emo, lame, boring Riku who has this pissant little deck but can still break your cards. Hate. This. Game. But damn do I love Organization XIII.

[Crossword]

I beat Alice, the final and hardest bonus boss in Devil Survivor 2. It was tense, but didn't require anywhere near the insane amount of preparation that Lucifer did in the first game. Pretty much as long as she didn't use Die for Me! (instant kill and 100% MP drain to anyone who doesn't have Anti-Almighty) too much, it was a pretty straightforward fight.

[Hekti]

i've been using a pretty nice site called playr.org to play old games like the original pokemon.
you get save files and stuff too. it's like using a browser based emulator.

*goes back to playing pokemon TCG (gameboy color)*

That site is awesome!

Playing Uncharted 2 on Crushing. I just love that game.

[Sakonosolo]

Came across a whole lot of bodies in DayZ but only found an M1911. I tried to put it in my backpack but apparently didn't have enough room and it vanished. The guy I found it on didn't have any ammo for it anyway I suppose :/ . Still haven't found a rifle. There were only one or two hundred zombies on the server I played on but I didn't run into any of them, which is good I suppose.