Currently playing...

[fog]

Dragon's Crown on Vita.

I bought this when it came out.. played for a bit but didn't really get into it. Never really been into brawlers, except the few times I got to play them multiplayer in an arcade. I thought DC was pretty but boring, until I got the urge to load it up again a couple days ago. It rocks! Guess I wasn't in the right mood first time round (or the dwarf didn't suit me...playing amazon this time). Waaaay better than the other Vanillaware things I've played.

The RPGish leveling up, appraising of mystery items, secrets and the way each level changes / gets harder each time you replay after completion makes it super fun for me. I been replaying bits and messing around in it all day. It's so pretty. Glowing fungus that wobbles when you whack it FTW!

Also it's really well made. I've been playing various other vita things, most of which are plagued by seemingly random slowdown/jerkiness and sluggish menu/UI, which I can't stand. Coming back to Dragon's Crown, its UI is super fast and ace, which I didn't appreciate last time. It does suffer slowdown, but the slowdown MAKES SENSE because it happens when the screen is packed full of monsters and magic zappy things and explosions...so it actually feels really good. Excellent game.

I might have to try this again then. I played it for a couple of hours and then deleted it because it hadn't gripped me at all. IIRC PVB liked it too so maybe I didn't give it enough of a chance?

[nyarla]

fog - maybe, yeah. depends what you're in the mood for i guess - i'm in the (rare, for me) mood for fairly mindless action games atm and dragon's crown is so well made & full of intricate/interesting details that now i'm in the mood it's really grabbed me.. it IS quite mindless and repetitive though..

[fog]

fog - maybe, yeah. depends what you're in the mood for i guess - i'm in the (rare, for me) mood for fairly mindless action games atm and dragon's crown is so well made & full of intricate/interesting details that now i'm in the mood it's really grabbed me.. it IS quite mindless and repetitive though..

Thanks. I was in the middle of playing Muramasa Rebirth which is fairly similar and playing a little of DC just made me want to go back and play that. Maybe they were too similar to play back-to-back so I might return to DC at a later date.

[pete_uplink]

I've just been playing a lot of random indie stuff from Desura. I've also been revisiting some old c64 games like Beach Head, Raid Over Moscow and Midnight Resistance.

[funkstar]

Raced through Kairo last week - beautiful, thoughtful, and unfortunately gave me a bit of motion sickness.

Currently slashing my way through Shadow Warrior (the 2013 remake) which is just brilliant. At one point fairly early on in the midst of a bloody fight, Lo Wang (the player character) exclaimed "I'm starting to like this!" which was exactly my sentiment at the time. Only caveat is that there is a bit less variety to the locales than I would have liked, but this is very much worth your time.

[toxibunny]

'Lo Wang'

[F-ZeroOne]

"Divinity: Original Sin". I have no idea what I'm supposed to be doing, but hey, I can talk to sheep!

[Mat]

Enjoy it F-ZeroOne
I Kickstarted it and finished the game yesterday, only for a patch to come out today with new personalities which made me start over again!
It's an incredible game, and a welcome return for the classic "Western" turn-based RPG.

I've already logged over 130 hours on it, exploring absolutely everything I can, and yet I know there's stuff I've missed!

[F-ZeroOne]

I'm enjoying it, but getting my arse kicked. A lot.

[funkstar]

'Lo Wang'

Lo Wang, indeed. Incidentally, this was great fun! Some aspects do outstay their welcome a bit (the levels tend to feel a bit too drawn out, with not quite enough variation) but, mostly, you just feel like a badass.

I've now jumped directly into Call of Juarez: Gunslinger, which feels more like a shooter (for obvious reasons), and which is also giving me plenty to giggle about.

[F-ZeroOne]

"Divinity: Original Sin". I have no idea what I'm supposed to be doing, but hey, I can talk to sheep!

Okay, doing a bit better now. You really have to explore the starting town to build up experience, and it really helps if your party includes a wizard-type character to inflict status problems on the bad guys (i.e. burn them to ashes!). On that note, don't try and charm a bunch of fire elementals unless you want them to heal all the damage they inflict on each other every. Damn. Turn.

[chub]

I've just been playing Papers, Please. I meant to have a quick go, but ended up playing it for hours.

You are a border guard for an oppressive communist state. Each day you have to stamp approval or denial on visitor's visas, with more and more rules coming each day about who's allowed or not, as the situation in the country gets more tense.

It's a puzzle game really, with a simple premise, but gets more intriguing as it goes on. Should you get food, heat or medicine for your family after work (your pay isn't usually big enough for all). Should you secretly help the terrorists or not? Should you start worrying that the large amount of money you just got might make the authorities suspicious? Or should you just do the job, and hope you can process enough visas without making mistakes to pay for medicine for your sick child?

It's currently on sale at 50% off for the next couple of days. Glory to Arstotzka! http://store.steampowered.com/app/239030/

[Chirpychicken]

Still Dark Souls 2 I'm afraid - not content with the 200 hours I sunk into the PS3 version, I then bought the PC version on Steam for 1080p 60fps goodness and its just sublime.
I've just completed the DLC on PC including the epic gank squad optional battle at the end in solo. I've now just got a few loose ends to catch up on like Dark Lurker and Weapons/Armor upgrading
before going into NG+ (although I don't know if its worth me waiting for the next part of the DLC before doing this as the current DLC was hard enough in NG).

[funkstar]

Call of Juarez: Gunslinger was great fun! Linear, scripted up the wazoo, but filled with enough goodly, giggly shootin' and cute narrative tricks to break it up that it doesn't seem to matter. Also, hurrah for the short, cheap shooter: Steam tells me I spent 7 hours on this. But they were damn fine hours!

In fact, I managed to go through the entirety of the game without really noticing that the cutscenes didn't work on my rig. I thought it had a certain abruptness to it between levels, but remembered this being mentioned in an RPS Wot I Think. I was only finally twigged to it when the final showdown came out of nowhere and made no sense at all. Turns out that Win7 in the EU antitrust versions (the N and KN editions, for those interested) doesn't have the required codecs but the program coped gracefully, but quietly. I'm considering a second run.

Meanwhile, I've picked up A Shadow's Tale/Lost in Shadow again, and it really is a quite a neat platformer, and the gimmick (you're a shadow, and the 2D platforming is done on the shadows cast by the foreground 3D objects) actually works well. The reviews for this mentioned that the combat was its weak point, so I've turned down the difficulty, which seems to have only the effect of making this part easier.

I've also been playing Receiver which is amazing... for the first two hours, which is enough for you to have essentially seen all its tricks. Still - it made me feel more vulnerable, clumsy and scared in an FPS than any other shooter I've played. It's rough, repetitive, relentless, and highly recommended.

In slightly more mainstream gaming, I've started on WarCraft III again, wowing to complete not just Reign of Chaos this time, but also The Frozen Throne expansion, which I've only done the first mission of, I believe. Incidentally, installing this on OS X 10.9 was... interesting, but, my god, those orcs are a welcome sight! After playing a bit of StarCraft II's "gritty space" setting, this just feels so refreshing! When is WarCraft 4 coming out, Blizzard?

[Dvl666]

I can't seem to put down Rogue Legacy on my Vita at the moment, i've still not finish Wolfenstein or even started The Last of Us on my PS4 due to this game!