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Beat God of War: Ascension. Great game. I remember people complaining about the difficulty, but it didn't seem any different than previous games. Controls were a bit of a change, but nothing too drastic.

I also enjoyed God of War: Ascension, Bret. It's nothing mind blowing, but no one ever said it has to be. It's a fun God of War game where Kratos murders a lot of dudes. I thought it was kind of a cool story too and I liked how it jumped back and forth through time... I liked all the elemental buffs you could put on your blades. It was a nice change of pace. I still gotta go back and beat it again to get the plat. I think I'm only missing a couple of trophies.

I want Dragon's Crown, but seeing as I just got Pikmin 3 with Saints Row 4 on the way I don't see myself picking it up anytime soon. Hopefully I can pick it up cheap later on, looks like a lot of fun.
Spent all yesterday playing Pikmin 3 speaking of it. I really liked 2, but it didn't suck me in half as much as 3 is. Best Wii U game I've played without a doubt.

volvocrusher wrote:I want Dragon's Crown, but seeing as I just got Pikmin 3 with Saints Row 4 on the way I don't see myself picking it up anytime soon. Hopefully I can pick it up cheap later on, looks like a lot of fun.
Spent all yesterday playing Pikmin 3 speaking of it. I really liked 2, but it didn't suck me in half as much as 3 is. Best Wii U game I've played without a doubt.

I'm sort of in the same boat. I want it, but I have a Tales of Xillia collectors' edition coming tomorrow which is my priority. And I won't even be able to play that until Thursday because I'm going on another out-of-town work assignment. However, I think the physical version is going to become rare, so I think I'd better jump on it if I ever want to get it. I will be getting it on PS3. If anyone else jumps on it, I'd love to get a Play Station group game together on PSN.

I've always thought the stories in God of War games were great. Not that there's plenty of story, but what is there is interesting and keeps you moving forward. God of War is a series I thought I never would have liked. After hearing so much good stuff about early during PS3 I decided to finally try it. So glad I did. Great games.

I just beat The Swapper. It's the first time in years where I've played a puzzle-platformer that I've really enjoyed. Everything since Limbo has sort of felt like a cash-in to me.

Apart from the Elf, I reeeeeeeally don't like the main character designs for Dragon's Crown. Everyone just looks so revolting. Thankfully the gameplay doesn't interest me that much either, but whatever.




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There's still no end in sight, please call for help.

I'm on the fence about Xillia. The environments I've seen look bland and the progression looks a little linear. I look forward to reading impressions on the game in the coming weeks though.

As far as Dragon's Crown goes, if the artbook is lame I'm returning it. I haven't seen much of the toon customization I had thought it would have. Being able to change my toon's appearance is HUGE feature for me.

I rather like the designs in Dragon's Crown myself. I can see where some might be put off by them, but I always appreciate a unique style.

I liked screenshots of this one city in Xillia that looked futuristic. It kind of reminded me of Midgar in FFVII. I also really dig the character designs. The CE comes with a figure of Milla Maxwell.

I'm not a fan of the Barbarian or anything with huge muscles in it either, but I'm fine with the Elf and the rest of them. Aja, Stealth Inc is another great puzzle platformer. Actually may be the best I played since Donkey Kong 94.

The characters in Xillia look great and so does that city. But the overworld looks really bland from what I've seen.

I didn't jump on Swapper during the Steam sale. There was so much on sale on so many sites it got lost in the background. Can't wait for it to go on sale again though.

pspiddy, everything is tainted after Ni No Kuni's greantess.

BretBaber wrote:pspiddy, everything is tainted after Ni No Kuni's greantess.

Lol, you found me out. It's true though.

BretBaber wrote:pspiddy, everything is tainted after Ni No Kuni's greantess.

That's actually what I was thinking, although I'm quite impressed with what I've seen of Tales of Xillia. It's hard to top a class act like Ni no Kuni. That said, I think Xillia could give it a run for its money, or at least settle in as a very respectable silver medal game.

I've never played a Tales game. ARe they like Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest in that they have nothing to do with previous games?

It's not weird like Persona is it? I tried out Persona based off of everyone bragging it up, and I didn't much care for it. The story was good, but the combat was totally meh in my opinion. So if I ever play this Xillia game, which one should I play first?

Love world maps. Was thinking about those today actually while playing XIII-2. Is the Xillia game before this new one available for the PS3? This new game has a look that interest me, and the IGN review did a good job of interesting me more.

Does Graces have anything to do with Xillia? Other than being a Tales game?

If the price is right, I just may purchase this Xillia people speak of.  My faith in the game has been placed there by you kayshire.  This burden is yours and yours alone.

Just finished Sleeping Dogs. It was pretty neat but nothing amazing. It really needed a lot more polishing, none of the game really shines in any way and all the elements have been done better in other games. The later missions were fantastic, I just wish they kept the flow going instead of putting in a cutscene every time they wanted to change the goal of the mission, like from a fight to a chase.

Driving cars sucked though. Driving motorbikes was where it's at, god that was so much fun.

I don't have enough money to get Dragon's Crown but I did buy some games for my Vita last night: Rayman Origins, Hotline Miami, Velocity Ultra and Ten By Eight. All of that under $25.

Played a few levels of Rayman just now. I've never played any game in the series but I'm gonna love this game.

Amazon still shows you still get the artbook when ordering Dragon's Crown. The book is pretty nice. Like a glossy graphic novel.

My invoice doesn't mention the artbook so I assume one can keep the book and return the game for a full refund. I've done that with Gamestop but never tried with Amazon. If the skus match and there is no mention of the physical bonus on the invoice there shouldn't be a problem. The game was glued to the book but it didn't affect the shrink wrap or the book.

That's just a heads up if anyone feels like being a little shady. I'm keeping the game so try at your own risk.

I'm about an hour into Dragon's Crown. I was a little apprehensive going in but after gettingmy hands on it I dig it. Guardian Heroes meets Golden Axe meets loot grinding. Good stuff and absolutely gorgeous on Vita.

I finally got to play Tales of Xillia today. I picked up my Collectors' Edition on launch day, but I had to go out of town on a work assignment, so I didn't get to play.

Man, is this game awesome. I am loving it. Namco has finally topped Tales of Symphonia. In fact, I think Tales of Xillia might be giving Ni no Kuni some serious challenge as my GOTY, and that's really saying something. I don't think it's going to top Valkyria Chronicles as my favorite game of the 7th console generation, but it is still awesome. Anyone who's on the fence about it, go and pick it up.

I will pick up Dragon's Crown with my next paycheck, probably, so I'd love to hit one or more of you guys up for a game night.