Beat in 2012 - Rating
Assassins Creed: Revelations - 2/5
Mass Effect 2 - 5/5
Mass Effect 3 - 4/5
Modern Warfare 3 - 3/5
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning - 4/5
The Witcher 2 - 3/5

Rushed through the last part of the game because I was having issues with the quest marker showing up then disappearing, got very annoying. Might play it again without the rushing through, maybe raise it to a 4.

Beat in 2012:
Nothing!

I started a lot of games, but didn't have time to finish one. I just started the original Fallout after getting it free from GOG, and I'm gonna start Borderlands this week-end.

The hardest level was beating that Black Cat bitch and her hologram clones. :p Although the final boss battle with the Evil Peter Parker with a Iron Black Widow Spider suit was cool.

And yes, I'm playing THIS battleship version:

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Games I've Beaten in 2012:

Saints Row: The Third - 86
Ultimate MvC 3 - 80
Mortal Kombat - 85
From Dust - 75
Street Fighter III: Third Strike Online Edition - 60
Skate 3 - 82
Back to the Future: The Game - 70
Gears of War 3 - 76
The Simpsons: The Arcade Game - 56
Mass Effect 3 - 86
Payday: The Heist - 70
MLB 12: The Show - 83
NBA 2K12 - 79
Deadly Premonition - Fuck You

Working on: Street Fighter X Tekken, Soul Calibur V, Dark Souls, Dungeon Defenders, Magicka, Bastion, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Trilogy Collection HD, Resident Evil 5, Metal Gear Solid Collection, Goldeneye: Reloaded

Skyrim.

Street Fighter x Tekken
Bomberman
UNO Rush
SoulCalibur V
Battlefield 3
Halo Reach
Rock Band 3

Diablo 3 Open Beta
Final Fantasy 10
MW3

The Champ "coming in soft for '012"
 

Bought Dragon Ball Raging Blast 2 for cheapz on ebay, Come June first i'm gonna play so many games!

Games I've Beaten in 2012:

Saints Row: The Third - 86
Ultimate MvC 3 - 80
Mortal Kombat - 85
From Dust - 75
Street Fighter III: Third Strike Online Edition - 60
Skate 3 - 82
Back to the Future: The Game - 70
Gears of War 3 - 76
The Simpsons: The Arcade Game - 56
Mass Effect 3 - 86
Payday: The Heist - 70
MLB 12: The Show - 83
NBA 2K12 - 79
Deadly Premonition - Fuck You
Goldeneye: Reloaded - 9
Street Fighter X Tekken - 42

I feel Deadly Premonition doesn't deserve a rating. I don't think it's fair to compare it to other games of this generation. It's a polarizing game and I am one of those who didn't like it. I'm trying to remember if I enjoyed anything out of it but I can't say I did. The story maybe. It actually had some twists and turns that were unexpected yet were still within reason of the story. I called who the Raincoat Killer was pretty early but I think it was designed that way. I tried finishing a lot of this game in one weekend. I did not succeed. I think that's what limited my enjoyment was trying to rush through it. During the middle sections I just said fuck it and let the game do it's thing, not having any expectations on how long a certain episode may take. Once I stopped trying to "beat the clock" it became a bit more enjoyable but not much. Doing anything in that game dragged and took about 5 times longer than it should have.

But if I were to give Deadly Premonition a rating, it would be higher than Goldeneye: Reloaded. What a load of uninspired crap that was. The game was linear. Also, the "modernization" of the story wasn't necessary. The sound is bad. Just dogshit. The guns sound bad, there is no music that stands out (I think they did away with and Bond theme altogether), and Daniel Craig may have literally phoned it in. He may have Skyped his performance from his house without any direction given. Multiplayer was probably dumb, I dunno. I didn't really bother with it, just ran through a few maps on private mode. All of them bland. No "classic" maps to choose from. Fuck this.

I am not a fan of SFXT either. I may give it one more chance later down the road but I just can't get the hang of it. Maybe I'm doing something wrong but it just doesn't feel like I'm playing Street Fighter. If Capcom wants to branch out and attempt something different, that's fine. But if they wanted to include something "familiar" from both franchises, I think they missed on the Street Fighter side. I am having a hell of time both using and fighting against characters I've played with for years and if it's a technical issue like poor netcode or not recognizing input than that's even more reason for a low rating since the game isn't complete. Also, fuck the DLC/hacking situation.

I knew my luck of playing mostly great games would run out pretty soon. :(

Working on: Bastion, Magicka, Dungeon Defenders, Soul Calibur V, Dark Souls, Resident Evil 5, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Trilogy Collection HD, Metal Gear Solid Collection,

Diablo 3 Beta
Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Aion
Batman Arkham Asylum

I started replaying the THQ wrestling games on my emulator. I think I'm gonna win the championships/story modes in all of them, so I can at least consider that I have beaten a couple of games in 2012. I use to play so much, I just can't find the time anymore.

So getting that Batman AA2 GotY edition.

Games I've Beaten in 2012:

Saints Row: The Third - 86
Ultimate MvC 3 - 80
Mortal Kombat - 85
From Dust - 75
Street Fighter III: Third Strike Online Edition - 60
Skate 3 - 82
Back to the Future: The Game - 70
Gears of War 3 - 76
The Simpsons: The Arcade Game - 56
Mass Effect 3 - 86
Payday: The Heist - 70
MLB 12: The Show - 83
NBA 2K12 - 79
Deadly Premonition - Fuck You
Goldeneye: Reloaded - 9
Street Fighter X Tekken - 42
Bastion - 90

I really enjoyed this. The music is great, art is great, everything is great. There's an area where you can customize the difficulty if you felt like you needed it which I enjoyed. Some people hate "The Narrator" but enjoyed him. I enjoyed everything about this game really. I considered to start a NG+ file but I've got other things to get to.

But yeah, good stuff :y:


Working on: Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Trilogy Collection HD, Magicka, Dungeon Defenders, Soul Calibur V, Dark Souls, Resident Evil 5, Metal Gear Solid Collection

Oh yeah, and it's $6 for the next 23 hours on Steam

Ya, Bastion was pretty fun. Really enjoyed the style and narration.

Just picked up Valkyria Chronicles 2 again after not touching it for like four months. I had only gotten an hour in, but it's so disorienting to pick up an RPG like that. That series works really well in handheld format though. I've been playing a bit of Trials Evo too.

I'm basically holding off on anything major until Diablo 3; I don't want to have to stop anything else, because I will probably be playing that for a while.

Just Beat Fallout 3 and New Vegas recently. Going through Borderlands now but it's just not as addicting as Fallout.

I'm currently trying to do a 100% run of Xenoblade Chronicles, but damn, this game is kinda long for a JRPG. Maddening amounts of content.

Finishing Goldeneye right now. Also started Turok: Dinosaur Hunter. I'm on a N64 kick lately.

Mass Effect 3 multiplayer

Currently finishing up Skyward Sword with just the last temple and final 2 boss fights left. Been playing little by little for the past 4 months.

Games I've Beaten in 2012:

Saints Row: The Third - 86
Ultimate MvC 3 - 80
Mortal Kombat - 85
From Dust - 75
Street Fighter III: Third Strike Online Edition - 60
Skate 3 - 82
Back to the Future: The Game - 70
Gears of War 3 - 76
The Simpsons: The Arcade Game - 56
Mass Effect 3 - 86
Payday: The Heist - 70
MLB 12: The Show - 83
NBA 2K12 - 79
Deadly Premonition - Fuck You
Goldeneye: Reloaded - 9
Street Fighter X Tekken - 42
Bastion - 90
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Trilogy Collection HD - n/a

I don't feel like playing this. They're stealth games, so they require time/patience. I don't feel like spending time/patience on these remakes. It's not as if the story is tremendous or there is some part in these games that I HAVE to play. I've already played the much improved next gen version of these games and enjoyed them, no reason to hash out an average made collection of the first three games when I have other shit to do. If I wanna know happens story-wise, I'll look it up.

If there was a halt on video game production, I might come back to this. Eventually. But I don't see that happening.

Working on: Magicka, Resident Evil 5, Dungeon Defenders, Soul Calibur V, Dark Souls, Metal Gear Solid Collection

Finished Goldeneye last night. Starting on Borderlands this week.

Borderlands is one of my favorite games ever. Stoked for part 2.

Dark Souls on xbox360, LOVING THIS GAME.

"Beat" in 2012:

The Binding Of Isaac
The Witcher 2
Limbo
And Yet It Moves
VVVVVV
Alien Swarm
NecroVision (2nd time)

Currently playing:

Dawn of War 2: Retribution
Warhammer: Mark Of Chaos
Dead Rising 2
Dead Island

Playing Banjo-Kazooie on my N64. Finsihed the snd stage. Brings back childhood memories :)

I've got like 12 games I've started playing and just stopped playing. Need to get back to beating some games.

Witcher 2

I'm still going through Secret Agent mode now in Goldeneye. I'm at the second Bunker level.

I've also been playing WCW/nWo World Tour while downloading music and doing chores. It's easy to play just one match or one championship between loads. Once I have conquered all the championships, I'm moving to Revenge.

Still have neglected Borderlands, though.

Just got The Witcher 2

Games beaten in 2012:
Sonic 2 (XBLA version)
Call of Duty Black Ops
Portal (Xbox 360 Orange Box version)
Rainbow Six Vegas 2
Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword

Besides some minor nitpicking, easily one of the best games I've played this generation and the combat was really good with the motion controls. The first hour or two is pretty slow but gets a lot better after the first temple.

You won't be disappointed..

Started Legend of Zelda: Minish Cap, Lunar Silver Star Story, God of War, and Xenosaga and haven't been captivated by any of them

Deus Ex: Human Revolution (Augmented)

Is it any good??

Game alway intrigued me but I never played it..

It's amazing, one of the best games I've played recently. I beat it not too long ago, and it was one heck of a ride.
Deff worth playing

Bought L.A Noire today for $10.

Think I might get on that.

Yeah honestly have been addicted since I started playing yesterday. Pretty fantastic game. Kinda tough sometimes too, and pretty intense most of the time. Have no complaints about it so far.

I enjoyed it.. I really liked the fact that you can go back and replay each "case" if you don't do great on them.. Some of the questioning is stupid, like it won't let you do what you'd really do IRL, but it's a good game overall.. I think the next one will be great..

Might pick this up this week..

:y:

Beat in 2012:
Demon's Souls
The Adventures of Alundra
Catherine :love:
Dead Nation
Uncharted 2
Journey
Blazblue: Calamity Trigger
Brutal Legend
Batman Arkham Asylum
Resident Evil 5

Currently Playing:
Decided to finally try and beat SMT Nocturne about 6 years after I last give up. Get the feeling I am going to regret this in record time.

Just 'beat' the "Complete" edition over (includes DLC cases) the weekend, still working on 100%, though as I still need to find like 65 vehicles and all the gold film reels and like 19 of the badges from the badge pursuit challenge.

Right now, playing through Read Dead Redemption GotY.

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Been playing this a lot lately. As well as ME3 multiplayer and Dead Rising 2: Off the Record.

Beat in 2012 - Rating
Assassins Creed: Revelations - 2/5
Mass Effect 2 - 5/5
Mass Effect 3 - 4/5
Modern Warfare 3 - 3/5
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning - 4/5
The Witcher 2 - 3/5
Trine 2 - 3/5

Time to finish Max Payne 3.

I got back into Samurai Warriors 2 just so I can get 1000 gamerscore on it. :$

Simple task, really. Other than that fact that I gotta go back into the infinte castle and get Katsuie as my super bodyguard. :(

Tried out the Dragon's Dogma demo.

I was kinda disappointing - it excels in it's presentation, but the combat is very shallow.
Every fight consisted of hammering X and Y, enemies were pretty dumb, and the bosses were incredibly easy, I was able to stand right next to the chimera, hammer the previously mentioned buttons, and I never once ran the risk of dying.
The only variation in the combat was during the Gryphon fight, where you could use a bow.

I'm hoping there is more depth and challenge present in the final game - it looks great, but everything else about it is paper-thin.

Started Super Meat Boy and Jamestown yesterday. Super Meat Boy is hardcore platforming, which is exactly my type of game. Jamestown is a bullet-hell shooter, which I usually don't like, but some of the guns in that game are so powerful that it just makes it fun to destroy everything in sight. Plus, the setting is pretty imaginative, and I really enjoy the retro graphics.

Probably gonna start Shank this week-end.

Super Meat Boy is fantastic. Gets pretty fucking tough.

Still playing Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Picked Dark Souls back up again.
Also been playing some old school Pharaoh/Cleopatra

Games I've Beaten in 2012:

Saints Row: The Third - 86
Ultimate MvC 3 - 80
Mortal Kombat - 85
From Dust - 75
Street Fighter III: Third Strike Online Edition - 60
Skate 3 - 82
Back to the Future: The Game - 70
Gears of War 3 - 76
The Simpsons: The Arcade Game - 56
Mass Effect 3 - 86
Payday: The Heist - 70
MLB 12: The Show - 83
NBA 2K12 - 79
Deadly Premonition - Fuck You
Goldeneye: Reloaded - 9
Street Fighter X Tekken - 42
Bastion - 90
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Trilogy Collection HD - n/a
Resident Evil 5 - 70
Dungeon Defenders - 78

Resident Evil was neat. Co-op was fine. Didn't get into the DLC or versus modes but I bet those are great too. I skipped through most of the "files" you had to "investigate" which vomited 30 pages of character motivation at you and background info on just about everything in the game because I don't really care THAT much to read about it. It's nice it's there though I guess for those who do want that. It sure was convenient they flew over that volcano when they did.

Seems like PC is the best platform for Dungeon Defenders considering the amount of updates it gets. As I'm typing this, steam is downloading a DD patch. There must be at least 4 a week it seems. I wish there were more levels that weren't DLC (which I will probably buy eventually) because there aren't a lot of levels on there but I guess that's how they get you. I also kinda cheated by joining an experienced room in Glitterhelm and leveled up in like 20 mins which sucks the fun out of it a little bit. And when I did beat the game I was dicking around while Reqiuem was doing most of the work.

Working on: Magicka, Soul Calibur V, Dark Souls, Metal Gear Solid Collection

So after I beat Magicka this week or next than it will be only Dark Souls and MLB:The Show until Borderlands 2 arrives.

Actually, I might try to finish Borderlands 1 with Req because we never got around to it. And I'm also going to start up Soul Calibur V at one point because between you and me, Drakul is getting much too full of himself. And I might pop in the MGS disc once on a weekend.

But really though, it's Dark Souls and The Show all summer long.

Played a lot of good games this year.

Last year was shit.

Might grab MLB The Show tommorow.

Minecraft 360 Edition, currently. Kind of addicted. :(

Diablo 3 starter edition, got a trial key from a gentleman on another forum. Not too impressed thus far, but maybe its one of those games that take time to grow on you.

Just got a Wii.

Playing Firefight on Halo Reach just to try to go after the scoring achievements. Love how customizable Firefight is in this game compared to ODST and being allowed to rig a match completely in my favor for these scoring achievements.

Firefight is fun.

Just finished The Witcher 2. Kind of disappointed, tbh. Not that it's a bad game, but there was so much hype and great reviews, that I just went in expecting something better.

The story is good, but few of the characters really stand out. The choices in this game often have fairly large consequences, which is nice for multiple playthroughs.

One big problem I have is that where most games these hold your hand too much, this game doesn't tell you enough. So many times I had to complete a certain objective, and the game gives you no indication of where you're supposed to go, neither on the map or in the journal. Only option is to search every inch of the current town. Doesn't help that the map is absolute garbage.

Combat is okay I guess. I don't really care for not being able to use potions or other items in battle. Some missions you know what you'll be up against, so it's ok, but more often than not, there's no way to predict what type of fight you'll be in next, and the harder difficulties require that you use proper alchemic combos for certain fights. Which means you'll be dying quite a bit, for no other reason than you can't see the future. When things go well, however, combat can be fun.

Auto Save is horrendous at times. You pretty much have to rely on your own manual saves, if you don't want to lose a good 30-60 minutes of work.

The game world felt a bit underwhelming, as you only travel to three small towns, each with it's own small wilderness area around it. It's very linear, as once you're done with a town and leave, you can't go back. Very little to see and explore, which is very important in an RPG, at least to me. It's especially jarring, coming off of something like Skyrim.

Despite all my complaints, it was still fun overall. It's just not up to the hype, imo.

Playing Prototype 2 now, and it's more like Prototype 1.5. That said, it's still a blast, and it does come with a digital copy of the first game if you buy it at walmart, so that's nice. The new powers are pretty cool, especially bio bomb.

Games beaten in 2012:

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (9.5/10)
Bit.Trip Runner (10/10)
UFC Undisputed 3 (7/10)
Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City

Ugh. Such a big disappointment, this game was. First off, I understand it's non-canon, but it could've been so much better. Just because the missions are long doesn't mean there should be so few of them. The controls were somewhat alright except the executions could've been more varied, shooting behind cover could've been better. In fact, just running around in general could've felt better. The whole thing felt fucking tedious to no end. There really was no variation in gameplay. Just shooting at waves of endless "zombies" modeled after 5 fucking designs, and a seemingly neverending squad of soldiers. And how they managed to dumb down a Tyrant.....sigh. The whole game felt like a throwaway, which is exactly what I did with it after 10 hours of play. Could've been a lot better (4/10)


Anyways, just picked up The Darkness II. Planning on enjoying the hell out of this game.

Mario Kart Wii online is absolutely hardcore. I'm not ready.

Games beaten in 2012:

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (9.5/10)
Bit.Trip Runner (10/10)
UFC Undisputed 3 (7/10)
Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City (4/10)
The Darkness II

Absolutely loved this game. Everything was completely solid. Getting to play as a darkling was neat. Some of the new abilities were awesome, and of course, who doesn't love the various ways to rip apart someone's body. The only setback I saw was that the game felt a bit short. I'm sure the 3rd one will be just as great as the last 2 have been though. (9/10)

I didn't have much difficulty with it three years ago

Super Mario Bros. for NES.

Gonna go nuts at magicka tomorrow

Played this game shin megami tensei nocturne and fell asleep

Mario Kart Wii: It's Mario Kart through and through. Although I enjoy Diddy Kong Racing more (and Blur), I can dig Mario Kart for what it is. Online is pretty brutal to me, but fun.

Red Steel 2: I really dig this. Sword play is pretty much Wii Sports Resort's sword game, with added moves. Very responsive and stylish.

Skyward Sword: A pleasant game. Nice to sit back and just enjoy single player.

Resident Evil Darkside Chronicles: I needed a light gun game and this is it. House of the Dead with an RE fix. Tougher than I thought, though. The gun shell feels good. Do I really have to press A to pick stuff up or do I just shoot them again?

Wii Sports Resort: A cool time waster. Love the sword fighting and archery. Table Tennis seems kinda floaty.

I just finished that. Very dungeon crawly. Last stage is horrible, huge tower with invisible floors / warp panels and random battles every 3 steps (and that was with repel).

It is holding my attention so that's good. Very confusing kinda, feel like I am doing it wrong.

Yeah that feeling never goes away even when you know what to exploit, all the skills have ridiculous names. Some of the bosses are pretty much impossible without the proper set up. One of the worst offenders is fairly early in too.

Yeah oh my god. Everything has some Japanese name, like Magatsuhi, Maragarah, I don't even know.

Its really easy to lose good skills in fusion because its so hard to remember what anything actually means.

I'm afraid to fuse this pixie bitch with Myo-Gyo cause I like the pixie and don't wanna lost her

You'll end up fusing everything eventually because all the demons level up so slowly compared to the PC. Pixie evolves once she learns all her skills though so she's pretty useful to keep for a good while.

Oh, for the love of god.


Fuck those pissant forest creatures. Fuck the clunky-ass controls. Fuck that ALA-KAZAM'ing genie. Fuck those stupid impossible bosses. Fuck ugly N64 graphics. And fuck not executing a turn exactly right and suddenly going from 1st to 8th place for the remainder of the race. I can put up with that kind of nonsense in Mario Kart since Wario, Koopa Troopa, Toad, and even Yoshi are all endearing, but I refuse to take that shit from the fucking Happy Tree Friends.

I hate Diddy Kong Racing.

Sorry to hear that.

Currently playing Kirby Super Star since it was available on Club Nintendo and had to spent almost the same amount of coins before they expired at the end of this month.

Did a 17 hour LAN the other night. Titan Quest and Supreme Commander. Fucking epic

Still playing D3 lol

Also still playing Xenoblade Chronicles. Can not get enough of this game. Everything about it is just overly epic.

Beat in 2012 - Rating
Assassins Creed: Revelations - 2/5
Mass Effect 2 - 5/5
Mass Effect 3 - 4/5
Modern Warfare 3 - 3/5
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning - 4/5
The Witcher 2 - 3/5
Trine 2 - 3/5
Dragon's Dogma - 3/5

Did enjoy the game but, the lack of multiple saves kinda sucks. Also doesn't feel like "unlimited freedom" in my opinion.

Just started Dead Rising 2.

I was disappointed with the first game, but hopefully this installment has the polish the first one lacked.

So far Katey is much creepier than any zombie.

just bought nba 2k12. The Heat's winning a ring this year dammit

Just picked up Rayman Origins and my god it is 2d platforming bliss. Such a great game. Can't wait til my roomates get home so we can play together.

Only complaint is that I am on the third world and I've yet to face a boss. Should be one in every world imo.

Galactix

I was wondering if I should pick up this. You have convinced me. Which platform are you playing on?

360.

There are just so many cool little touches. This game is an overlooked example of games as art.

When you get to the part in the water world where you are swimming with a school of fish, and a big stupid grin doesn't come across your face, well then you have no soul.

Picked up Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception.

You'd think after 3 games they would fix the gunplay. It still sucks, but the story and graphics are still the best in the business.

I guess I am going to go play this

:(

I'm halfway through Valkyria Chronicles 2. I started playing Condemned 2: Bloodshot a little as well.

Who knows after that. Probably finally get to Persona 3 or some other JRPG; I have way too many of those in my backlog and I need to always be playing one of them if I ever expect to finish all of them.

How was Condemned 2? I heard it was awful, but then again, the first one wasn't that great either. If you have a 360 and haven't already done so, play Lost Odyssey. That is one of the better JRPG's out there.

Back playing Battlefield 3 in readiness for Close Quarters coming out tomorrow. Bet I die even more than usual.

Baird, did you buy the "premium" shit or are you going to download everything individually?

I actually enjoyed Condemned 1. Condemned 2 so far is more difficult than I expected. Not used to being as patient with the combat yet, and I'm getting caught off guard more than I expect to.

Lost Odyssey is in my backlog. I've beaten every Final Fantasy except XIII and XIII-2 (barring the MMOs), so it's pretty much up my alley.

I didn't care for FFXIII. It got far too boring and even the voice actors sounded like they didn't want to be there. I got to chapter 11, I think. The big open area with the big ass dinosaur looking monsters and said fuck this.

LO is well worth a play. Easily over 100 hours of play, unlike X Blades, which I'm playing now. Totally easier than I thought it was. Shame I didn't finish it back in 2009 when it came out. :roll:

Finally got around to getting a replacement AV cable for the N64 so a bunch of N64 games. The original one broke a year ago and kept pushing back buying one until last week.

Benn also playing Rainbow Six Vegas 2 on the hardest mode for the achievement.

Went for Premium since it's probably going to work out cheaper in the long run.

And I want be a big shit and show off the Premium dogtags and stuff. :shifty: