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OssMan 03-04-2012 03:40 PM

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Raven Reaper 03-04-2012 11:09 PM

Yes, Finally finished Spider-Man's edge of time.

And currently playing: Clash of the Titans (it's very different than the 2010 movie even though the graphics and actors are the same images yet different voices.. Haha. That's my CONS there.)

Lots of shit reviews on this game but I wasn't even bored the least... Sure, it's repetitive quests of gathering weapons and magic spells from Greek's famous monsters.. All because I'm a biiiggg nerd on anything Greek mythology stuff even if the game is pure shit.. DOn't expect high standard graphics like MW3 or anything. Sometimes the gameplay is what matters the most.

Emperor Smeat 03-14-2012 01:53 AM

Games beaten in 2012:
Sonic 2 (XBLA version)
Call of Duty Black Ops

In terms of just the campaign, 2nd CoD game I've ever played and 1st since the start of the Modern Warfare split. Besides some forced moments, it was pretty great and liked the Vietnam War parts the most.

Going to spend the most time with Skyward Sword and Eternal Darkness as the main games for the rest of the month.

G 03-14-2012 08:12 AM

I don't think I ever beat a Sonic game. Hmmm

BigDaddyCool 03-14-2012 08:14 AM

I am on Assassins Creed Revalations and Skyrim right now. I want to get some play throughs of Mass Effect 1 and 2 before getting Mass Effect 3.

Iop 03-14-2012 10:17 AM

Games beaten in 2012 :
*crickets chirping*

Now playing :
Metal Gear Solid 2

LoDownM 03-14-2012 02:59 PM

I bet Iop is lying and has only been playing Sexy Beach 2, other dating sims, and Schoolgirl Tentacle Rape 8 for the past 5 years.

LoDownM 03-14-2012 03:01 PM

Beat in 2012:
Assassins Creed: Revelations
Mass Effect 2
Mass Effect 3
Modern Warfare 3

Gotta go back and finish Kingdoms of Amalur now.

stultiloquy 03-15-2012 04:41 AM

Just beat Vanquish.

The graphics and art design is fantastic, the action set pieces are engaging, tense, and fun, and the game does a good job of pacing itself so you don't get burnt out.

It's really short - only took 5 1/2 hours to complete, but it's a very solid shooter/action game.
You could probably find it quite cheap now, so if you see it I recommend picking it up.

Just picked up Velvet Assassin on clearance, so I'll be starting that shortly.

RoXer 03-15-2012 06:50 PM

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

My thoughts are in the thread. Great series, poor ending.

Working on: Street Fighter X Tekken, Soul Calibur V, Ultimate: Marvel vs. Capcom 3, Dark Souls, MLB 12: The Show, Dungeon Defenders, Magicka, Bastion, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Trilogy Collection HD, Resident Evil 5, Metal Gear Solid Collection, NBA 2K12

SukkaChump 03-15-2012 09:10 PM

this is what i'm playing and have played a mix of currently playing and beaten

Saints Row the Third
Soulcalibur V
Gotham City Impostors
Halo Reach
AC Revelations
just beat the hell out of Arkham City
just cause 2
still play the shit out of worms armageddon and worms ultimate mayhem

and i have a soft spot for dungeon crawlers/beat em ups
Castle Crasher, Crimson alliance, Torchlight, Scott Pilgrim, Lara Croft and... the tomb of something i forgot tomb o' light i think.
then i dunno, a buttload of indie games, most of them zombie themed or -alright- Minecraft clones.

SlickyTrickyDamon 03-16-2012 12:31 AM

Recently Beaten:

Skyrim.
Saints Row the third.
Halo Reach.
Mass Effect 1 and 2 Replayed cause I got a new Xbox and other harddrive is unavailable.
Simpsons Arcade Game.
Chapter One of Star Wars: Old Republic.

Currently Playing:
Mass Effect.
WWE 12 Road to WM (2/3 beaten).
Star Wars the Old Republic.


About to start playing from Gamefly:
NCAA 2012
NCIS.

Games I bought but haven't started yet:
Borderlands.
Fallout 3.
Harry Potter 7 Part 2.

Somebody mentioned Metal Gear Solid 2. I marked the fuck out when I saw that 3 in 1 Metal Gear Solid HD collection for the 360. Going to be picking that up soon.

Is there any word if Metal Gear Solid 4 will ever be ported to the 360?

El Fangel 03-20-2012 06:04 PM

Bioshock - 88
Story 18/20
Setting 20/20
Gameplay 15/20
Originality 20/20
Replayability 15/20

Just finished playing this last night and I can only agree with what the critics have said about it. It is an exceptionally solid game start to finish. The twists are wonderful and well done. I never once felt truly safe traversing Rapture, as the security systems, splicers and Big Daddies have a way of tearing you to shreds no matter how prepared you are.

That is another thing I quite liked, the lack of ammo. They seemed to strike that perfect balance between Resident Evil where ammo conservation is important and Call of Duty where you seem to be a walking bullet hose at times. It found a nice niche right in the middle that even despite having some ammo, very very rarely was I not able to pick more up due to having capacity. The dreary setting they made and the musical score went together like peas and carrots. The setting I think is what made this game so good, based on Ayn Rand and her beliefs in Objectivism which I had previously been quite interested in before this game. It gave a look how a society driven on morals and the advancement of mankind without limitations or hindrances can still fall apart despite the efforts against it.

What I found interesting and in the very least ironic, is the rejection of religion Ayn Rand and in turn Andrew Ryan (which I think was a clever way of referencing her) and there still being bibles found all over Rapture. Hell, even the name of the place itself is dripping with irony. And the first person you see I believe in Neptunes Fortune is a smuggler who is crucified...

Anyways, the game has an incredible story which you can make as deep as you want by listening to the audio tapes (must have spent hours doing this myself) and drawing the conclusions from those with what you think happened that the games story doesn't tell you.

Now, I gave it some perfect marks on a couple areas, so I will just elaborate on the ones I didn't.

Story - Its far too black and white. The game is based on your choices and the consequences are just way too black and white.

Contains end game spoilers
SPOILER: show

The first time I saw a Big Daddy I must have accidentally hit it with something because it came charging right at me. Then for a short bit I was thinking I was just lucky to get the drop on them first despite Tenenbaums request to save the Little Sisters. I thought she meant let the vile little thing go completely. As I found out shortly after perhaps my 4th or 5th harvested Little Sister is that they nor the big daddies are hostile towards to you. So I took the morally wrong choice of harvesting the Little Sister because I thought that was the right thing to do given their aggresive nature towards me.

Well, harvesting even ONE gives you a different ending to the game. My qualm is that if you harvest even one, even if you rescue all the others the game will give you the bad ending.

Lastly, the rewards for saving them shouldn't be present. The message would be much more powerful if there wasn't any reward for doing so. It would have the choice between power and conscience and nothing else.

Anywho, if I had not accidentally attacked a Big Daddy and thought them hostile, then I likely would have gotten the good ending as we seem fine tuned to make the moral choices in games leaving towards being the good guy.

Very much enjoyed the games story though.


Gameplay - A crossbow having a higher damage output then a grenade launcher sort of irritated me since the crossbow bolts are ridiculously cheap in comparison and made the game after that far too easy for me as I play CoD a lot and have been using a sniper rifle to shoot people charging at me quite a bit. I don't think this would apply to a normal person who doesn't play shooters but I had to say it.

Two other things, one was that sometimes hacking there wasn't a possible way to win. It happened only a handful of times and incidentally only when hacking safes but it was frustrating as you lose quite a bit of health or get security drones on you.

Lastly, Every time you revived in a Vita-Chamber, the monsters didn't regain health. You only recovered a little bit yourself but through perseverance you could whittle away an enemies health and that I think was the biggest flaw in the game.

During several fights, I saw splicers run to healing stations to get health back but NOT after you die. I suppose this would have made the game abnormally difficult at some points but it would have made sense if they had run to a healing station after they killed you and not just limped away.

Replayability - Only reason I dropped it down was because after you know the twists, I don't think the experience would truly be the same.

In conclusion, one of the most engulfing and well developed games I have ever had the pleasure to play.


Games I finished in 2011 and 2012 (Long List)
SPOILER: show

Games Finished in 2011
Red Dead Redemption - 93
Story 20/20
Setting 20/20
Gameplay 18/20
Originality 17/20
Replayability 18/20

Crackdown - 81
Story 10 /20
Setting 18 /20
Gameplay 20 /20
Originality 18 /20
Replayability 15/20

Grand Theft Auto IV - 80
Story 15/20
Setting 20/20
Gameplay 15/20
Originality 15/20
Replayability 15/20

Resident Evil 5: 47
Story 12/20
Setting 18/20
Gameplay 5/20
Originality 12/20
Replayability 0/20

Games finished in 2012
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - 84
Story 15/20
Setting 20/20
Gameplay 15 20
Originality 18/20
Replayability 16/20

Devil May Cry 4 - 58
Story 7/20
Setting 10/20
Gameplay 18/20
Originality 15/20
Replayability 8/20

Bioshock - 88
Story 18/20
Setting 20/20
Gameplay 15/20
Originality 20/20
Replayability 15/20


Currently Playing: Mass Effect

Krimzon7 03-24-2012 06:29 PM

Games beaten: final fantasy XIII-2
Currently playing: SSX Armored core V

James Diesel 03-26-2012 02:07 AM

Games beaten in 2012:

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (9.5/10)
Bit.Trip Runner (10/10)
UFC Undisputed 3

Redboxed this over the weekend. Pretty decent controls, though I'm horrible with transitions and submissions. Mostly try to keep headkicks flying and throw on a suplex every now and then. Disappointed that the career mode makes you retire after 11 years. REALLY disappointed that Ultimate Fights only has 4 fights without forcing you to get DLC. 7/10

LoDownM 03-27-2012 11:20 PM

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

Copying everyone else and doing ratings from this point on, unless I get bored of it anyway. 1 through 5 scale > others btw!

cardsharkrob 03-28-2012 12:43 AM

Only game I have been playing lately is Call of Duty modern warfare 3 on xbox 360 online. Mostly only play infected mode.


I do have a big backlog though to start on sometime

RoXer 03-29-2012 02:40 PM

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

Haven't finished Payday but I don't think I will. Doing the last two or three missions require you to level up a bit to get different loadouts/abilities and I don't feel like playing it that much. It's not a bad game but the movement can feel a little clunky at times. I wish that you had to do more than hold one button when interacting with objects. Maybe rotate the analog stick, complete a quick time event, or something. Lack of communication from playing on PS3 didn't help either. But it's a fun co-op shooter. Could have used a few more missions I think but for however much I paid for it, it's pretty good.

Although I'm not "done" with the sports games I've played enough to know what I see. I really enjoy Diamond Dynasty in The Show. At first I did. Now though, I think the rest of the teams are going to be overpowered cheaters. The system of using X amount of created players along with X amount of MLB players for only X amount of games and improving the created players to X amount of attributes for X amount of cash needs to be improved. I don't know how. I haven't spent enough time with the system yet but I'll think of something.

The game itself is fine. As long as you have an hour to kill for each game. You COULD speed up the in game time by ignoring cutscenes, making the CPU throw more strikes, etc but if you tinker with those settings than it ruins the pitcher/batter battle which is really what baseball is all about.

2K is what it is. I'm starting to get sick of it though. I think it's the controls and the fact that I can never pass to who I want to.

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, Deadly Premonition

RoXer 03-29-2012 02:40 PM

Lots of high scores to start off the year. Good.

Miotch 03-29-2012 02:42 PM

I just wrapped up Mass Effect and have started Mass Effect 2. It's good shit.

G 03-29-2012 02:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RoXer (Post 3809201)
Could have used a few more missions I think but for however much I paid for it, it's pretty good.


$0

I don't think we will ever get passed that last part of the Batman Skyhook mission

RoXer 03-29-2012 02:57 PM

I think you have to just spread out and keep moving forward while shooting to get to the other side of the bridge and not get fox holed into one spot.

I did the next mission a minute ago and I think we almost made it to the end but died. It's a stealth mission where you can do the whole thing without shooting if you're really good. Except we got found out like 1 minute into it.

Haven't done the last one.

LoDownM 03-29-2012 03:03 PM

Don't even like baseball and I've been addicted to MLB 2K12 for the last week or so :-\ Haven't finished Soul Caliber V yet because of it.

RoXer 03-29-2012 03:05 PM

MLB 2K__ is pretty awful

El Fangel 03-29-2012 03:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Miotch (Post 3809204)
I just wrapped up Mass Effect and have started Mass Effect 2. It's good shit.

Just to get an estimation for myself, how many hours did it take you to finish ME?

Ultra Mantis 03-30-2012 06:08 PM

Beat in 2012:
Demon's Souls
The Adventures of Alundra
Catherine :love:
Dead Nation
Uncharted 2
Journey

Currently Playing:
Arkham Asylum
Blazblue: Calamity Trigger

OssMan 03-31-2012 09:05 PM

Games I've beaten so far in 2012:
Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
Journey

Pintint 04-01-2012 03:34 PM

Just beat Deus Ex : Human Revolution. Phenomenal game and finally a worthy sequel to Deus Ex. 10/10, easily best game of 2011 and probably 2012 as well.

Currently Playing:

Castlevania : Lords Of Shadow. Control seems kinda awkward, stuck on the first "semi-boss", about 5 minutes into the game. Pretty frustrating.

Fignuts 04-02-2012 03:18 PM

Finally got around to finishing RDR Undead Nightmare.

Really wish you could use the weapons and horses from that in the regular game. As it is, there are two few people around to have fun fucking around.

G 04-02-2012 03:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OssMan (Post 3811413)
Games I've beaten so far in 2012:
Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
Journey

How is Journey. All the gameplay videos I've seen were just you walking around. Also I hear it's 1.5 hours. And $15 :(

DaveBrawl 04-02-2012 09:18 PM

Games I've beaten so far in 2012:
Forza 3
Fight Night Round 4
WWE '12 Road to Wrestlemania mode

I was on a role and had all of those beaten by the middle of January (of course I had started most of them in 2011 or earlier) and thought I would have a couple more done by now, but I haven't done any more than fire the xbox up and play around with WWE 12 Universe mode a couple of times (and my brother beat Arkham City) since then.

Pintint 04-02-2012 09:41 PM

Recently picked up Final Fantasy X again. I am only very early on the game...

Emperor Smeat 04-07-2012 01:00 AM

Games beaten in 2012:
Sonic 2 (XBLA version)
Call of Duty Black Ops
Portal (Xbox 360 Orange Box version)

Been playing this sporadically for the last couple of years and just got around to completing it. Main reason was I had a lot of difficulties with the slingshot type jump and almost every Youtube video on the game was just people using tricks instead of solving the tests normally.

Emperor Smeat 04-13-2012 09:20 PM

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

Overall liked the game more than the first but the ending was a huge letdown once the reason why the main villain became a bad guy was revealed.
SPOILER: show
Apparently the whole reason Gabe goes rouge and becomes the villain is because you never let him get any blame for his mistakes. All the killings and backstabbing of Rainbow Six was just for that sole reason. Everything else was just to make you go find him just so he could say that to your face

G 04-13-2012 10:14 PM

Vegas 2 :heart:

Fignuts 04-13-2012 10:46 PM

Just finished Saint's Row. Gonna start LA Noire tonight.

DAMN iNATOR 04-14-2012 10:45 AM

Gonna look up some how-to's on achievements for BioShock 2 and then give it another long-awaited playthrough. Honestly not even that excited at all for BioShock Infinite. Guess it's because the Rapture 1959 and 1969 from the first two, as well as the characters, gameplay and story have made me see them through rose-colored glasses, whereas I percieve this new game may be only average at best by my personal standards.

Rammsteinmad 04-14-2012 02:34 PM

X-Men 2: Wolverine's Revenge. :cool:

Gave up on GTA: Vice City. Made it to 99%. :mad:

Ace 04-15-2012 09:16 AM

Playing through Spider-Man : Edge of Time. It's pretty enjoyable. Game play is pretty repetitive, but the story is fun.

TBH, it's hard not to compare any superhero game against Arkham, which blows everything else out of the water. The Amazing Spider-Man game adaptation looks promising.


Also playing UFC 3. It's fun, and I prefer the submission system to the 'shinning' crap from the last game. I'll probably just play it for a week and sell it on though.

YoungFlyFlashy 04-19-2012 08:10 PM

What a shame...this classic is still not a sticky...been going for close to 2 years...


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