Everything to do with our favourite pastime! Reviews, recommendations, sells/swaps, problems etc. Whether they are on the latest consoles, arcade or retro classics. It's not the winning or losing, we came to play!
Chirpychicken wrote:Turned the Wii U on for the first time in ages today to run the update.
Ended up playing COD BOps 2 for about an hour - it still plays great on the WiiU very enjoyable.
Then went on my laptop and found that Cdkeys are doing the digital copy of Mario Kart 8 and a free game for £37 - couldn't resist so I have downloaded MK8 registered it on Club Nintendo and grabbed
a copy of Super Mario Bros WiiU
Not played either yet but I'm guessing that MK8 will be on my being played list for some time on completion - I can't wait
It's spectacular fun and great to FINALLY be in HD.
A great moment from Video Games Awesome came when they started with 4 person local multiplayer and then switched to one person net play and the "leader" of the group was completely blown away by the graphics.
My only gripe is, I'm sure some of you have heard this, why liquid metal versions of Peach and Mario???? Why not "Pauline" from Donkey Kong or any other Nintendo character?
Bustin' Naughty Folks since 1983
MAME: Forever Young!
"If you buy a game at launch, you are paying the most amount of money for the worst version of the game" - TotalBiscuit
I beat Symphony of the Night just before going to work today. I plowed through about 80% of the inverted castle after waking up. I even battled Galamoth the REALLY tall Egyptian looking boss that has the scepter that fires lightning bolts and has 9999 HP. The lightning attackes are no problem with the Beryl Circlet armor head gear, but he still fires projectiles and has a powerful kick to dodge. After about 70 mins of swiping away and him and using the occasional "sword brothers" attack he exploded.
Now I can play as Richter!
Bustin' Naughty Folks since 1983
MAME: Forever Young!
"If you buy a game at launch, you are paying the most amount of money for the worst version of the game" - TotalBiscuit
SuperMappy wrote:I beat Symphony of the Night just before going to work today. I plowed through about 80% of the inverted castle after waking up. I even battled Galamoth the REALLY tall Egyptian looking boss that has the scepter that fires lightning bolts and has 9999 HP. The lightning attackes are no problem with the Beryl Circlet armor head gear, but he still fires projectiles and has a powerful kick to dodge. After about 70 mins of swiping away and him and using the occasional "sword brothers" attack he exploded.
Now I can play as Richter!
Must have played through the original 5 or more times on the PS - one of my all time faves.
Finished Beat the Beat: Rhythm Paradise - good stuff, and full of nice details once you get proficient enough to start noticing what happens on screen. I won't be aiming for perfects on everything, but I was stubborn enough for medals (on nearly all stages.) The only one that really stumped me was the Love Rap - I just couldn't figure out the timing. I still prefer the DS game, though.
Then I went through Dominique Pamplemousse, which definitely has its charm, but which ends up feeling a bit flat by the end of it.
Currently: A Shadow's Tale/Lost in Shadow. Nice little platformer, so far; the central gimmick works, but it hasn't really been used for anything other than stylistics yet. I'm hoping that it'll be used in interesting ways later. I'd also heard bad things about the combat being annoying, so I've dialed down the difficulty to let me focus on the platforming. (I actually wanted to play Eledees/Elebits, but the disc turned out to be faulty. Found a replacement for 0.01£ + PP - hooray for used games!)
Magic 2014...at least a bit. Cheap acquisition on sale last weekend.
Dwarf Fortress has caught my attention again. Must exercise self control after new release next month.
"Ask not for whom the bone bones; it bones for thee."
--Bender
Finished Saints Row 4 and lots of fun it was too. Then went on to Tomb Raider. The polish and visuals on this one reminded me of Uncharted ( loved all the games in the series) as it seemed more realistic (well as realistic as islands with mysterious goings on can be ) I really enjoyed working my way through it and thought the save system was pretty good as rarely went for more than 15 minutes without being able to save (which for someone who plays little and often is helpful). Completed the main story last night with over 75% completion (feels more like it compared to 40% on Gotham City).
"England is funny, but sometimes she scares me"
Tony Wakeford
Just recently bought a second-hand 5870 for £50 or so. Now I can finally play Crysis with everything set to high at 1080p at a reasonable framerate! It's quite ahead of its time for 2007.
Well moved onto Batman Arkham Origins. Finding it more atmospheric than the previous 2 (the trailer for Arkham Knights got me salivating and prompted me to return to Batman). Finding the battles that bit harder than the previous 2 but like the more integrated side quests to facilitate fast travel (really got sick of that with Arkham City). The assassin (Boss?)fights seem a little uneven though they keep the story going forward nicely.
only a few hours into it but enjoying it more than Arkham City
"England is funny, but sometimes she scares me"
Tony Wakeford
Started playing Dungeons of Dredmor today and I have been glued to it all night really good turn based rogue light rpg.
I bought it 2 years ago but only just got round to installing it (at least thats 1 off my steam unplayed list) - it runs fine on my core 2 duo laptop so its great fora bit of couch gaming.
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.
ok finished Arkham origins
definitely my favourite of the 3 and even managed to drag me back to finish some of the side quests after finishing the main one with Joker
now working through CoDBOpsII single player game though tend to wonder off and do some lego marvel superheros every so often
I only like CoD single player games so enjoying the story in this one though find some of the cut scenes irritating, particularly when it's just you moving from one room to the next. not sure how far in I am but managed to rack up some 7 hours on it so far
"England is funny, but sometimes she scares me"
Tony Wakeford
) I really enjoyed working my way through it and thought the save system was pretty good as rarely went for more than 15 minutes without being able to save (which for someone who plays little and often is helpful). Completed the main story last night with over 75% completion (feels more like it compared to 40% on Gotham City).
