Hupu @ 28/6/2012 5:09

I don't play games anymore

:(

Mario 64 at the moment.

dr @ 28/6/2012 10:53

CIV 2

This.

Also Metroid Prime is great.

natalie @ 30/6/2012 1:11

Mario Kart (wii) ~ does anyone even still play that?

Occasionally!

Boc @ 29/11/2012 3:21

http://games.adultswim.com/robot-unicorn-attack-evolution-twitchy-online-game.html best game

Ugh. So addictive...must...stop...

Ari @ 5/12/2012 16:32

Anyone played Farcry 3? Thought the trailer was interesting and it got some good reviews, any thoughts? Same with Dawnguard (Skyrim DLC) and the new X-com DLC´s (armor pack? and Slingshot). Worth the money?

Dawnguard doesn't really add anything worth the asking price. If you have a thing for vampires, maybe it'll do something for you but I personally felt cheated. I never really delved into the extra quests because they honestly didn't interest me in the slightest.

Hearthfire I got some good genuine enjoyment out of and it cost less. I think of the two expansions, it's more worthwhile but it depends if you really feel like constructing a house. I personally liked the challenge and customisation aspect more, and feel like it adds something extra to the game whereas Dawnguard is a few extra quests tacked on with no real benefit.

EDIT: The only thing I did enjoy was the crossbow, but I'm not even sure if that wasn't in the original game. Was it? Either way it doesn't feel like much for the asking price.

DOUBLE EDIT: The face sculptor in the thieves guild is actually kind of cool. Sometimes I want to change my appearance. I feel like this should've been included in the original game personally. I don't ever full on change facial features but it's nice to occasionally change the beard or hairstyle amongst other stuff. As an RPG, these things feel kind of integral to the experience but I dunno. It's largely superficial afterall.

I'm playing FFIX on my own and FFVIII with my GF. Playing them side by side it's honestly hard to tell which I prefer. They're both really good for different reasons. FFIX can be more fun but as much as I like the stuff with Terra, Bran Bal and so on, it kind of goes off the beaten track there and the ending is really disappointing. Everything about Memoria just feels empty and pointless. Probably because I didn't play all the old games through and don't get the bazillion and one references. Also I don't like how the ensemble cast get reduced to a backdrop after spending so long developing them.

FFVIII however stays consistent and only gets better when it takes a level in crazy. I know a lot of people roll their eyes at the orphanage and time compression but I actually think most of the events in the game are paced well, it's just that a lot of it requires deeper playing. The plot isn't fed to you on a plate. You really have to go exploring, talking to people and digging up clues to work out the entire story. When you do, the end result is mesmerising because it's such a tightly plotted game. So many story elements can pass by unnoticed and there are plot devices and themes that reoccur all the time.

The characters are more bland and so is the world though. Gaia is a lovingly crafted masterpiece whereas the world in VIII (does it even have a name?) just feels drab and boring and above all devoid of content. I'll still argue that it has more depth to it than the world in VII which actually instills a sense of complete isolation in me due to how sparse it is. I know, advancing technology etc. but since that's the poster-child for the series I can't resist a swipe.

So VIII has a better story, IX has a more fun story. The gameplay is about on a level. The sheer abundance of random battles and the time they take to play out can make IX into a chore at times, but there are so many fun things to do in between it's forgivable. VIII has the card game and that Chocobo thing which isn't really very fun at all. But you aren't forced to battle endlessly (if you play smartly, you can pretty much avoid battles from the end of the first disk onwards should you want to).

FVIII is more like an interactive story whereas IX is more like an actual game. It's hard to rank them because I like bits of both. I still think VIII trumps it just slightly.

It's worth noting that neither can be faulted on the score. I want to have Uematsu's babies.

Greenday @ 25/12/2012 7:12

I've been playing a lot of Skyward Sword as of late

Still need to play this. I've had it lying around since last Christmas.

Malion @ 6/1/2013 16:09

Still looking forward to animal crossing, and I might go snag OoT3D

OoT3D really isn't worth the asking price. The 3D stops being anything but a gimmick in no time, navigating the hookshot/slingshot with the motion stuff is frustrating and nothing of value is actually added. I think you can play master quest, so if you don't already have that for Gamecube (it was included with Wind Waker in Europe along with a ported OOT) then really, there's very little point.

I'm blasting through Skyrim again. It's funny how taking a different approach completely changes the feel of the game. I usually just meander and wind up doing side-quests at random (the ones I like) but I'm doing things sequentially this time.

So as I come to new towns/cities as part of the main quest or progress forwards, I'm clearing every side-quest in that particular city. I've done all the Whiterun quests and a lot of the smaller villages. Now I'm doing Riften. Occasionally I'll jump onto a quest-line like Companions, main quest or thieves and do the next step but doing it all sequentially gives the game an entirely new sensation.

I'm actually coming to recognise and be familiar with all the townsfolk and having it all more focused feels nicer somehow. I'm also not being a complete bastard this time (though I'm still pickpocketing and whatnot to keep my skills balanced), and trying new stuff like two handed weapons which I've always shunned.

I finally detonated the nuke on my last playthrough. You get a much sweeter deal out of it.

Sim City doesn't appeal to me because of the online aspect. I still think SC2000 was the best game in that series and everything after paled in comparison. Playing online with people in that environment doesn't appeal to me so much.

I couldn't get into that at all because of the controls. They really irked me.

I love spamming Unrelenting Force in Skyrim. I still get a smug feeling of self-satisfaction when a guard runs up and asks me to stop shouting, I apologise, and then shout in his face.

By far the best I can remember though is when I mastered pickpocket and got the Perfect Touch perk that allows you to steal equipped armour (along with the one for stealing equipped weapons). I'd spend a great deal of time running around every guard in town, stealing all of their armour and weapons and dumping them somewhere unreachable.

Then I'd start a killing spree with only a plethora of unarmed guards to stand in my way and watch happily as the citizens walked around, shaking their heads at my handywork.

I've never gotten past the fifth or sixth quest on the main storyline.

KC @ 31/7/2013 2:05

I'm oddly addicted to this indie game called Beat Hazard Ultra. It's an arcade space shooter that dictates enemy flow and weapon power based off your music list, which you can upload yourself into the game's database.

Late response to this but Beat Hazard is the shit. I love fast-paced retro shooter games though. I've been playing a lot of Geometry Wars recently.