Currently playing...

[funkstar]

The Wii Klonoa port was... fine. I think I would have loved this 20 years ago, but today, not really. Being spoiled for platforming goodness in the last few years really highlights that design has progressed in the time since the original Klonoa offering. Of course, just being recent doesn't guarantee that the design will be great: I'm nearly done with Q.U.B.E. (Director's Cut, although I don't know if that matters) as well, and the puzzle design lacks a little something. Somehow, solving a puzzle doesn't make me feel like the smartest person alive. Maybe the mechanics just don't offer what is necessary for that feeling, or more likely the actual puzzle design just isn't quite good enough: there's usually one readily apparent solution to each room, and it is mostly a question of fighting the physics to get that solution to work. Only very occasionally does it require lateral thinking, and that makes most of it feel like busywork.

I'm moving on to Epic Mickey which is good, although not spectacular, fun, so far. I'm hoping that they will do more with the setting as the game progresses.

[Baggypants]

I don't know why but I've gone back to this



It's a real mission to get it the old CD running, especially as I decided to do in on Linux. That plus the terrible hitboxes, trap roads, bouncy car feel, rubbish AI, terrible plot and marathon laps. A friend of mine suggested that the descicion not to have a big fight over the last spacecraft off the doomed planet, and instead rush round quickly in circles, was a terrifically typical gallic solution considering.

I'm not sure what it is about this, what was essentially a tech demo for MMX, that has quite got under my skin. I like the bouncy cars (maybe why I get on so well with Fuel) and I really like the art design. Blade Runner grunge more that the Wipeout this is an official track scene. The weirdo tracks somehow have a sense of place for me. Like you once could have dirven off down somewhere that's now closed off. It was the first video game I got that let me drive down stairs. Some of the short cuts require a fair bit of skill. Stick all the car stat points in Speed and Accel, move the camera directly behind the car and it can feel quick.

[Whiteball]

I had POD (gold edition, whatever that meant) and played hours and hours of it in the day with my brother.
There definitely was something about games back then that just made them feel, i dunno, nicer to play and maybe more enjoyable somehow.

Modern racers look fantastic and sound realistic yet just don't hold my interest over and above a track or two to see what the scenery is like.

I've probably still got an old disc somewhere buried away, might have to go see if I can find it now...

[Jonesey]

I bought a pair of old-school 3D glasses from Amazon, installed WiirtualBoy on the WiiU, and now I'm not only playing the awesome Jack Bros. but also a demo of Snatcher because why the hell not?

Great times, peeps. Truly.

[VNVObit]

Finished the main story in Dragon Age Inquisition, really enjoyed the game.

Been hopping from game to game since

finished the final section of the Order and while beautiful to look at it does feel incredibly short mainly due to the very hurried end to the final chapters.

Picked up Diablo 3 again and mopped up some trophies (level 70, etc.) The damage system is just silly at this stage (>120k pts of damage/second !!!???). had a quick run through the bounties on Acts I to 4 and have to say it left me with a silly grin. The paragon system is interesting extension of levels though suspect they could have used that instead of levels to begin with.

[Chirpychicken]

Destiny (I'm onboard the House of Wolves hype train), Bloodborne (although newgame plus is just not different in any way so far so I might just abandon it) and Diablo 3.

I've got my eye on Witcher 3 as my next addiction although I will probably wait until I've burned through the Destiny DLC when the price is a bit cheaper

[MattyP]

Project CARS on/off on the PC its rather good....

Finding my gaming time ever more diminishing these days... (or maybe other things in life are taking priority.)

My Wii U and PS3 have a layer of dust on them *shocking*.

Looking at maybe picking up Splatoon at some point though...

[funkstar]

King's Bounty: The Legend, inspired by the Humble Might & Magic Bundle a few weeks ago. Bonkers HoMM-a-like (yes, I know it's the other way around, and I don't care) without the city management. Got it as part of the 1C Company bundle a few years back, and the $local_currency-to-enjoyment ration is absurdly high, if you're Meow. But for once I enjoy the grind (essentially: HoMM battles) and figuring out damage minimization techniques...

[Mark]

King's Bounty is great. I put about 70-odd hours into it back when it first came out. Never finished it, but enjoyed it immensely. IIRC I was trying to assemble an army entirely made of bears when I stopped. I picked up the complete bundle in a sale recently, so may well go back for more soon.

I'm currently playing Invisible Inc. on PC - a rogue-like, turn-based, sci-fi stealth game. That's a lot of ticked boxes right there. I've only played it on beginner difficulty so far, but it seems to be a bit special. I blundered my way through my first campaign as I learnt on the job, but it took plenty of ingenuity and improvisation even on the easiest setting. I think I've barely scratched the surface with this - looking forward to giving it another go at a tougher difficulty setting.

[Dvl666]

I finished Bloodborne so it's time for The Witcher 3 for me, i'm only a few hours in and am really enjoying it, it's obviously a different change of pace from BB and the combat is taking a bit of getting used to especially as i've not played a Witcher game before but it's coming together!

[Darkflame]

I'm currently playing Invisible Inc. on PC - a rogue-like, turn-based, sci-fi stealth game. That's a lot of ticked boxes right there. I've only played it on beginner difficulty so far, but it seems to be a bit special. I blundered my way through my first campaign as I learnt on the job, but it took plenty of ingenuity and improvisation even on the easiest setting. I think I've barely scratched the surface with this - looking forward to giving it another go at a tougher difficulty setting.

Playing it was well.
I think its utterly excellent.

I love the fact it gets more intense over the course of each mission - the reverse of many squad based games.
It really is "do the mission and get out". Not "slowly take everyone down, then sweep the map being a completionest".
I love XCom, but the intensity of this is orders of magnitude more.
And for a turn-based game to make you feel a sense of urgency is a neat trick.

[funkstar]

So, King's Bounty: The Legend was great, and by far the longest game I've played in years. It wasn't perfect, and the end felt a little half-arsed, to be honest, and there were some weird difficulty spikes, but I had great fun for most of it. I almost jumped straight to Armored Princess, but I think I need to play something else, really: I've started to see hex grids in my sleep.

So, Gunpoint, then. The look reminded me a lot of Trilby: The Art of Theft, but they're mechanically quite different to play - the rewiring makes for a much more of a puzzler, despite the fact that you can take down guards more dynamically than in Art of Theft.

[Chirpychicken]

Currently playing 3 games...
1. Destiny - no change here its just pure grindy addiction
2. Witcher 3 - Nice visuals and visually fantastic - some of the side quests are brilliant too
3. Runescape - I finally tried it at a friends and ended up by 6 months worth of membership for £30 - i like the no nonsense nature of it and when the family want the TV I can run this on my laptop

[Darkflame]

Careful with Runescape, I find it dangerously addictive.
It has both what I consider good solid content (quests, occasionally nice plot or humor) but also a lot of mindless clinking that seems harmless at first till your realized you are logged in constantly just to get your character to do X/Y/Z daily's.

*goes back to stopping the world being eaten by stabbing a creature in its tong*

[merman]

Just finished Brothers: A Tale Of Two Sons on 360

Brilliant!
A really great atmosphere, clever puzzles and what an (emotional) ending.
If you haven't played it, you should do. A real breath of fresh air.