[Sigfried1977]

I kinda liked RE5. Hated Vanquish with a passion on the other hand.

Anyway, playing Uncharted 3.

[patsu]

Originally Posted by RenegadeRocks

Suddenly got addicted to Plants vs Zombies bought on the ipad in the halloween ! Its just too damn engaging and addicting !

Heh heh, told you so !
My wife made it to wave 44 without cheating in survival mode.

Originally Posted by Sigfried1977

I kinda liked RE5. Hated Vanquish with a passion on the other hand.

Anyway, playing Uncharted 3.

Interesting ! What do you hate about Vanquish ?

[RudeCurve]

Just bought Tomb Raider GoL...very good game and the graphics are sweet. I was surprised the new Diablo-like perspective worked so well with this franchise...very nicely done. I've only been playing it in SP but will try coop when I get a chance. After playing the demo I immediately unlocked it...couldn't resist.

[BoardBonobo]

I'm 120+ hours into KoA and have Dragons Dogma lined up next. Still got a little bit to finish off in Skyrim but that's more or less done now. Finished CoD 3 in one sitting a couple of weeks ago. The memory card on my Vita stopped working so I lost all my save games... I guess that means I will be playing Uncharted, Resistance, and Stardust for a while in the near future.

I'm also nearing the end of Shadowgun THD and have just started on Dead Trigger. Both Dead Space and Mass Effect Infiltrator are also on my hit list.

Who needs sleep! It's just a dry run for being dead anyway! Or as Mr Poe once said "Sleep, sleep. Those little slices of death, how I loath them".

@Sigfried1977 - Shame on you! Vanquish is just about the best fusion of Western violence and Eastern elegance that has been produced in this gen of games

[fearsomepirate]

I'm playing:

1. Battlefield: BC2. I did not try a BF game for a long time because (a) the demo of BC1 was pretty bad (it's gone from the PSN store, I guess EA realized it was hurting the series), and (b) it had no local multiplayer, and if you don't like the online mode of a modern FPS, you just dropped $60 for a 5-hour game. But a friend spoke very highly of the campaign, and it's $20 on PSN, so I took the risk...and holy crap, it's amazing! Love it!

2. Borderlands. Got into it again. What a wonderful game.

3. Burnout 3. I missed this one because when EA bought Criterion, they canceled the GC version of the series because it competed directly with NFS (that's not what they said, but I'm not an idiot). I picked it up because my wife likes to play racing games with me (pro tip, bros, if you marry a nice lady who doesn't game, try to find a video game she will play with you)...and holy crap, it's amazing! Love it!

4. Medal of Honor 2010. Great campaign, sort of like the first half of Modern Warfare before the series gets all Michael Bay. Online has like no players now, although the Tier 1 mode is a neat idea. I would have bought this new if it had included some kind of local co-op, but EA wants me to keep COD as my main series for some reason.

5. Halo 1. Legendary is so hard! AI is so good! First game is so fun!

[Kameradschaft]

OK let's see.

Dark Souls - Currently at NG+ (175hrs) and yesterday I did some sunbro co-op at New Londo Ruins and Anor Londo...had a great time helping people with the bosses, Praise The Sun!
Deadlight - Finished the second chapter two days ago and I am really enjoying it thus far..very good graphics, excellent sound quality and great atmosphere all around -for anyone interested it's more like Limbo than Shadow Complex.
Trials Evolution - Addicted to this game again the last few days, trying to get some achievements and improve my easy/medium times.
Spelunky - Opened the Jungle shortcut and all I have to say is that the first area when compared to the Jungle is a cakewalk, a really brutal game in terms of challenge but an awesome and addicting one at the same time.

I'm considering to start The Witcher 2 or Catherine before Darksiders 2 comes out but Dark Souls is taking most of my gaming time.

[Sigfried1977]

Originally Posted by BoardBonobo

@Sigfried1977 - Shame on you! Vanquish is just about the best fusion of Western violence and Eastern elegance that has been produced in this gen of games

Maybe. I simply didn't like how the game was basically punishing me for using most of its defining features. Sure, you could hop, slide and vault around like the Easter Bunny on crack, but since every little move drained your energy and ultimately rendered you defenseless (while making you look like a complete idiot), I found it much easier to just sit behind cover and play the game that way. Boring, but effective.
Read Jim Sterling's review on Destructoid. He basically had the exact same issues with the game that I had.
Besides all that I couldn't stand the characters, hated the story and thought the visuals were muddy and boring. The weapon upgrade system was complete pants as well.

[kagemaru]

Not really playing much these days, but lately I've been playing:

BF3: One of the few CMP games I'll play with friends
Heavy Rain: Loving it so far, but when I play I want to give it time and not just sit for a short 15 minute spurt. Only problem is I haven't had huge chunks of time to play.
FEAR: Trying to finally beat this so I can remove it from my backlog.
Dark Souls: Will throw this in every once in a while to try and catch up where I was before I lost my save.

Would also love to play some ME3 MP if anyone is down for that. Haven't played since the latest DLC was released.

[Arwin]

Playing Foosball 2012 on PS3 with Move. Fantastic! Also tried Deus Ex: HR, but even in 'story mode' I'm finding it hard to get into. I will probably try a bit more (got it for free on PS Plus) Also still playing Vita, currently some more Virtua Tennis 4 (barely started), Pinball Arcade and still the occasional Trials of Montezuma ...

Good that you mention Heavy Rain, still need to get into that, Only just got to the rain part I think.

[Prophecy2k]

Kagemaru I'm up for some ME3 MP. I've been playing that recently (finally). Absolutely loving it!

I'm so happy with what they did about the weapons/armour/item systems, as well as the replacement for planet scanning (thank God!!!!). Wish they'd have brought back the plant exploration from the first game though, but I guess the odd side-mission on an alien world is just as good.

I want to take my time with the SP so that I can catch all the SP DLC before i finish the game. Same reason I put Skyrim to the side

Kagemaru, are you playing MP on PS3 or Xbox 360?

[RenegadeRocks]

Planning on starting Deus Ex HR. any tips for not endng up with a disastrour combination of traits for my character?
What is the best upgrade route?

[Cornsnake]

Originally Posted by RenegadeRocks

Planning on starting Deus Ex HR. any tips for not endng up with a disastrour combination of traits for my character?
What is the best upgrade route?

It's hard go wrong in DX:HR. I recommend investing in hacking early because it basically pays for itself. Playing stealthy is generally better rewarded then killing everyone. For boss battles you might want to get the Typhoon, or simply carry some explosives. By the end of the game I still had 17 Praxis kits left. It should be easy to get everything you want.

[Gerry]

I'd also suggest getting the upgrade that makes you invulnerable to electric shocks at some point during the game. It comes in very handy.

[RenegadeRocks]

Ok ! Lets see what I do ! I heard people saying that investing in stealth is basically useless against bosses !

Also, PSN sale is on , I am getting MGS1 finally ! I know I can get it for free on the PC, but wanna play it on my ps3. Wish it had trophies !

[Rodéric]

Originally Posted by RudeCurve

Just bought Tomb Raider GoL...very good game and the graphics are sweet. I was surprised the new Diablo-like perspective worked so well with this franchise...very nicely done. I've only been playing it in SP but will try coop when I get a chance. After playing the demo I immediately unlocked it...couldn't resist.

This game is great in coop, it's really built for it !

[Cornsnake]

Originally Posted by RenegadeRocks

Ok ! Lets see what I do ! I heard people saying that investing in stealth is basically useless against bosses !

It is, but there aren't that many bosses. Just make sure you have some explosives or the Typhoon and a decent gun and you'll be fine. You can always get some augments to help you kill things if you want to because there are more then enough Praxis kits.

[BoardBonobo]

Originally Posted by Gerry

I'd also suggest getting the upgrade that makes you invulnerable to electric shocks at some point during the game. It comes in very handy.

That's one thing I didn't do and haven't picked up the game again since I got to the point where you really need it. I just thought the boss battles in DX were absolutely not needed.

[RenegadeRocks]

Started Deus Ex and I think I am in love with it ! Totally unxpected, as from the videos I had thought I would not like the game at all, but it turns out the game is a lot of fun and very very engaging !

A question:
At the beginning, Sarif asks if I want to go Lethal or non-lethal. Since I had no idea what I was gonna face, I chose lethal. But now I feel like I wanted to tranquilise guys like in MGS and get the "Ghost" bonus. Will I be asked again or am I stuck with the lethal weapons now?

ALso, All the DLC is dirt cheap right now, do the weapon packs make the game more enjoyable?

[Prophecy2k]

I think you'll be able to pick up non-lethals later on.

Non-lethal is way more fun for me. I went half the game using on the taser gun

[poopypoo]

I finally got around to finishing Red Dead Redemption and Heavy Rain. I was really really impressed by both. Heavy Rain has some WTF moments sprinkled all throughout, but I'd rank thw story and the storytelling as very, very strong. Better than LA Noire by far. Better than any games in a modern setting that I can think of. Often zi was screaming at the screen, frustrated by my limited options, but it was all still pretty compelling, and a lot of the story really comes together in the final scenes. If I have one recommendation to Mr. Cage as he refines his art, it's the same one I might have made previously, but now, more than ever: just because a scene or a tech may allow Great Art to come out of Major Drama does not mean that it needs to be done this way every time. The best emotional elements of HR are gently nostalgic and less hamfisted. Also, maybe umm, exclude any nonsensical, random serial murderer scenes which appear to be unconnected to the plot, full of machine rape innuendo, and seemingly FORGOTTEN by the near-rapee five minutes later. I appreciate the very nicely-designed fight scene, but it was a seriously WTF (not in a good way) scene. A lot of ppl complain about the QTB gameplay. I think it worked well in Shenmue and previous QD titles, and it probably works the best ever in HR. It's a far better way, imho, to trivially involve people in an interactive movie, than the miserable combat of Dragon Age 2 or Dreamfall.

It's ironic to transition from a story-centric game like HR with its peerless acting and production values, to a player-centric game like RDR, with its emphasis on character building and world exploration, and say that RDR is the better story, but that's what I have to do. RDR may be the best story ever told through video games, and that despite distinctly mediocre voice acting and quite poor plot pacing (a plot over which you have almost no control). Despite all that, I've rarely been so impassioned about a video game story, and the gameplay was topnotch, to boot. I only wish it had been a PC game, and possibly have a difficulty slider. Also, way way way more variety to the horses, and maybe PONIES *_* ...heh, it was a really great game and I just found it a little easy and low on variety at times. Compared to a GTA world it's quite sparse and repetitive. Some of the very best missions were ones like herding cattle and rustling horses, and I wish you could have done them more often. The honor system seemed a little hastily implemented, too, with not a lot of advantage to playing as a thief, no trains to rob, boring safecracking, and no cattle rustling or other obvious ideas. I nitpick, though, the game was Very Good, and again, shockingly, the story was Peerless. The storytelling could have been a lot better, though. Marsden's voice actor makes him come across as some sort of wild west BroShep, completely disengaged from the conversations he's in and All Swagger. He finally gets a few moments of humanity in the last act, but he was extremely disappointing. Also, the main quest had a bit more filler than I thought was necessary. Stick with real intensity and less bullshit, and save more of the kookier missions for the side quests (many of which were outstanding). Sound and art were out of this world, and the real reason I want RDR on PC is so I can take better screenshots of the Mexican desert. One of the best games of all-time.

[Arwin]

thanks for the impressions ... still have to play most of HR and red dead is free on PS plus next month so I'll give that a serious shot

[poopypoo]

My pleasure... my aim is to finally get around to finishing Valkyria Chronicles this week... I bet it doesn't happen tho

[RudeCurve]

Originally Posted by Kameradschaft

Deadlight - Finished the second chapter two days ago and I am really enjoying it thus far..very good graphics, excellent sound quality and great atmosphere all around -for anyone interested it's more like Limbo than Shadow Complex.

I just purchased and started playing this game...it's very cool and it indeed is a mix of Limbo and SC both of which I also own.

[BRiT]

I'm trying to play Assassin's Creed Revelations, but I just can't seem to get into this one like I could on all the previous ones.

[RenegadeRocks]

Just Cause 2 is a so good looking on the ps3 ! This engine needs more games ! F********K ! !
COntrols need getting used to, will have fun soon !