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[Darkflame]

Its about double the length from what I remember. Storywise I preferred it, but obviously nothing in its gameplay is as original.

[fog]

Its about double the length from what I remember. Storywise I preferred it, but obviously nothing in its gameplay is as original.

Yeah, although I have to say I was impressed by how many new gameplay elements they manage to introduce over the duration, keeping it interesting without spoiling the original formula.

[Chirpychicken]

Nearly finished the 3rd part of the DLC in Dark Souls 2 I just have the 2 tigers to kill but getting to them through Frigid Outskirts is damn near impossible and is driving me insane. Those pesky respawning reindeer are a complete pain in the @rse.

http://darksouls2.wikidot.com/frigid-outskirts

[VNVObit]

Finished Borderlands 2 , well at least the main quest, have a few side quests to do but doubt I'll ever get round to them all
Really a very enjoyable game though the final bit was a little easier than I thought it'd be as forever getting second wind revivals.

Need to wait a week or so before I get bayonetta 2 so may give Dragon Age Origins a spin first

[rowan]

Darksiders 2 on X360. Get it free on gold, having some fun with this one. Basically a hack & slash action game with insanely over the top moveset. Which is a good thing.
Introduces a few RPG & puzzling elements to add some longevity to the action a bit without getting overly caught up in them. Looting adds to the gameplay nicely.

Overall I think this title may well have been a bit overlooked, the engine & improvements from the first one are huge.

[Jonesey]

I was really enjoying The Evil Within (PS4) until they started with the invisible zombies. I'm hemorrhaging ammo on these bastards..
Great atmos, though..glitchy as hell, like but survival horror at its creepiest.

[PVB]

Still playing through Borderlands 2 on the Vita.

Got it back on the 360 too, although my old save doesn't have as good weapons/shield, etc. than the Vita game, as I had a lot more golden keys for the Vita one so far.

[MattyP]

Forza Horizon 2 currently has its claws into me..... enjoying immensely.

[VNVObit]

Currently enjoying Assassins Creed 4 Black Flag
got it cheap on humble store but failed to notice it was via UPlay rather than steam. A little irritating to use yet another launcher but doesn't detract from the fun of the game.

Really enjoying getting back into the swing of it, especially the ship on ship fights . certainly has lots to do outside of the story though trying not to get too distracted by those other than the ones where I'll get upgrades anyway (hunting)

dragons age is keyboard/mouse and as I'm getting lazy with games I prefer ones I can play via controller (hence I'll pick up Diablo for the PS4 when I eventually get round to buying one.

[funkstar]

Well, Portal 2 was very good indeed. In particular, the writing was excellent. Weirdly, I felt that it perhaps overstayed its welcome a little, and, really, just felt like "more Portal." Mind you, that is a very good thing, am I haven't played the co-op (and am unlikely to do so in the next few years: unfortunately, the wife has no interest in games, regardless of how I try to capture her attention, and the kids are still too young for this) so maybe that's where the real innovation is.

Am dangerously close to failing on my WarCraft III re-campaign, so I've set aside 2 hours tonight to complete a few Orc missions, and rekindle the fire. Otherwise, I have just resubmerged myself in Antichamber, which is still a fantastic mindfuck.

Despite me passing on the last few Humble Bundles - bundle fatigue is setting in, perhaps? - this is still turning out to be the worst year yet for my backloggery, to the order of ~10 new games for each beaten one. Good times!

[buddh4sack]

This was a fun diversion for a few hours... "Duet", free on Android.

[rowan]

Well, Portal 2 was very good indeed.

Yeah I picked that up a week or 2 ago. Brilliant. Wasn't so keen on Stephen Merchant at the beginning but warmed to him greatly by the end.
Fantastic game, although I ate it all up in a few modest hours. Mainly because of the game being a nnnghgh-can't-stop style and I completely appreciate how *hard* it must be to make those levels and with all that polish.. No complaints here for it being too short even though I'd love for it to go on and on and on. Replaying it with commentary is doubly rewarding for insights into the thought & precision that goes into making a game like that.

Wouldn't mind trying the co-op, sounds like that's a whole ton of extra stuff I've not quite worked out how to tap into.


Meanwhile Darksiders 2 continues to deliver - way bigger than I'd first realised. One standout moment was a Dark Souls-esque thrapping of a lvl20 boss when I was lvl16, after dying +20 times learning the pattens.
I'd have paid good money for this when it came out if I'd known it was such an improvement on the first..

[Mark]

I've just started playing Spintires - a game about driving knackered old Russian trucks offroad, very slowly, and usually through thick mud. It's almost exactly the same as Forza Horizon 2, except all the pretty cars have been replaced with lumbering Soviet rust-buckets, all the pretty locations have been replaced with swamps, and all that zipping along roads at breath-taking speed has been replaced by trying to get your stupid clumsy truck to move at all, since it's almost always stuck in about a foot and a half of mud.



I've only put about about an hour in so far, and I haven't really got much of a clue what I'm meant to be doing because the game isn't particularly clear on this, but for a game where I've probably averaged maybe 3mph tops so far, I'm finding it strangely compelling.

It's on sale on Steam until Friday for £12 (40% off). There's a demo on spintires.com - I believe it's more a tech demo than a game, but it may give an idea of what to expect.

[rowan]

I've just started playing Spintires - a game about driving knackered old Russian trucks offroad, very slowly, and usually through thick mud. It's almost exactly the same as Forza Horizon 2, except all the pretty cars have been replaced with lumbering Soviet rust-buckets, all the pretty locations have been replaced with swamps, and all that zipping along roads at breath-taking speed has been replaced by trying to get your stupid clumsy truck to move at all, since it's almost always stuck in about a foot and a half of mud.
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I've only put about about an hour in so far, and I haven't really got much of a clue what I'm meant to be doing because the game isn't particularly clear on this, but for a game where I've probably averaged maybe 3mph tops so far, I'm finding it strangely compelling.

Sounds ace maybe Yak's kind of game?

I've been playing Shoot Many Robots on 360. I picked it up a while ago on games for gold but was busy playing something else & never gave it a look.
Just started to get into it, seems to be an Earth Defence Force/Borderlands mashup in 2.5D. So far doesn't drop a frame despite insane action.. Keep grinding for weapons & revisit older levels to get all the stars, ace fun!

[funkstar]

Antichamber was brilliant, and, weirdly, its mindfuckery becomes almost second nature in the end. I was utterly, thoroughly stumped by a few of the puzzles, though - in part because the mechanics are not always communicated effectively. Very much worth your time, though.

Going back to The Walking Dead now. (My WarCraft III campaign has stalled. The last few Orc mission have been so similar that I just can't find the enthusiasm for it. This is exactly what I remember happening before...)