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Just played Episode 4 of Season 2 of The Walking Dead. Like most things, its a really exciting penultimate episode. Some really heavy stuff and some brutal choices. I really like these games... season 2 is not as good as season 1... but I wish both of them had it so your choices and dialogue options mattered more than they do. I know they would have to create a lot more content for all the branching choices. But a lot of the time you get one extra comment from someone for a choice you toiled over 2 episodes prior. Its still a fun ride... but I always go and read the wiki's after I play an episode to see how the choices impact the story and its always very minimal.

I got The Last of Us Remastered. It really does look excellent. The image quality is so much better and the details really shine through. Hard to say about the impact on gameplay because I am still before things really pick up. Good stuff though.

My most recent acquisition is One Piece: Unlimited World Red for Wii U. One of the best-looking cel-shaded games I've ever seen, and it plays pretty well on top of that,

ALBW can be pretty difficult when trying to clear a whole dungeon. I just played one where I got a special item and had the boss key but I didn't have the damn compass yet. So I went back and the compass is literally the first thing. With it I noticed I had missed 6 treasures my first time through. So I basically played the whole damn thing twice. And some of these chests are damn tricky to get to.

I'm thinking of doing a Chrono Trigger playthrough after Zelda. I have MANY games I haven't started or finished, but a Chrono Trigger playthrough sounds appealing. Anyone else down?

Chrono Trigger is awesome. Might be kind of interesting to have a bunch of people play together, because you can really branch out in what you do in the late game. That said, it would be next to impossible for me to keep up with you guys. I barely have time for gaming these days. But I have beaten the game enough to be able to discuss.

I remember it well enough I'd be able to discuss?

I bought the Guardians of the Galaxy mobile game since it's $2 right now on Amazon (probably iTunes as well). It's a neat little game that is unremarkable unless unlockables like Beta-Ray Bill and Charlie-27 means anything to you. A fun little diversion that is generic in all ways except the theme. And I'm cool with that.

Recently, it's been Rouge Legacy on Vita (LOVE IT) and yesterday I started to make good on my plan to replay Mass Effect 2. I bought 3 of the DLC that I read was worth buying (Lair of the Shadow Broker, Kasumi, Arrival) and started a new game, changing my Shephard's class from soldier to engineer. Basically the idea is to complete the game and the DLC (and this time romance Tali) before moving on to ME3's campaign.

Started up Guacamelee. Sometimes I start to think I'm actually playing somebody's LittleBigPlanet level. I blame the memes.

Memes aside, it's good

I use the Motioninjoy tool to use my PS3 controller with the PC, and even though it works FLAWLESSLY with everything the left stick and only the left stick doesn't work correctly when I play Walking Dead Season 2 (no problem in season 1). It seems to be a pretty rare problem but I really really don't want to play the game with mouse and keyboard   

Still playing FF X and I pretty much hate the end game, but whatever.
Mario Kart 8 4 player is amazing. Everybody in my family plays it now.

So...I just beat Transistor in 6 hours. Disappointing.

I just installed and subscribed to a month of WoW and have been playing that. What the hell is wrong with me?

Krubixcube wrote:So...I just beat Transistor in 6 hours. Disappointing.

Hey you wanted more short games right?

Haha, suppose I should have seen that coming.
Short has to suit the design though, and short did not suit that game's design. It gives you this really deep customization pallet for battles and stuff and when you really get a grip on it and the story starts getting interesting...it ends.

I'd recommend it for when it hits the below $5 mark somewhere down the line but good lord, it is not worth the money now. This is a game that hipsters will love as well.

*I don't consider this a spoiler but mod it if it need be*

I just now realised getting 10 maiamia in ALBW nets you an upgrade for the sub-weapon of your choice. If I had known this was the case I would have gone for all of them sooner. I assumed I'd just get a heart piece. It probably mentions that in the game but I haven't been paying attention to the story or dialogue.

This game makes me want to play Phantom Hourglass again. I remember really enjoying that game but I don't remember why, what it's about, or basically anything else other than that it looked good and was fun.

On a sad note, I put my Zelda 3DS in my pocket while doing laundry. I didn't have it in its case, because I'm an idiot, and it fell out of my pocket and skid across the kitchen putting a scratch in the finish   

pspiddy wrote:*I don't consider this a spoiler but mod it if it need be*

I just now realised getting 10 maiamia in ALBW nets you an upgrade for the sub-weapon of your choice. If I had known this was the case I would have gone for all of them sooner. I assumed I'd just get a heart piece. It probably mentions that in the game but I haven't been paying attention to the story or dialogue.

This game makes me want to play Phantom Hourglass again. I remember really enjoying that game but I don't remember why, what it's about, or basically anything else other than that it looked good and was fun.

On a sad note, I put my Zelda 3DS in my pocket while doing laundry. I didn't have it in its case, because I'm an idiot, and it fell out of my pocket and skid across the kitchen putting a scratch in the finish   

Oh, shit. I'd be very upset if my Zelda 3DS got screwed up like that.

Yeah, the little baby hermit crabs/Shellders/whatever allow you to upgrade your weapons quite nicely. I think they even consume less of the magic meter per use on top of that.

At least it didn't go into the laundry!

And I forget if they say what the crabs get you from the get go...but I remember having a similar crisis with them. I still couldn't figure out how to get a few of them though that were in plain sight >_>

Finished R&C: Into The Nexus. Very enjoyable entry. Sending it back to Gamefly but I'll buy it later so I can take on the challenge mode.

Now, back to Mass Effect 2 playthrough 2!

I think ME2 might be my favorite in the series...

I'm sure many here would agree with you.

You've now played all of the Ratchet games, right Avid? What's your favorites?

Dangit. It happens to me in every Zelda; I'm at the end game and I'm missing two heart pieces. I can guarantee it has to do with bombing shit. I always miss a few of those. Not sure I want to look for them though because I'm ready to move on to another game. It's a hard knock life.

Playing Knights of the Old Republic 2 with all the cut content restored. I tried this a year or two ago and was enjoying it until the game had a bug that meant I couldn't get off one of the planets. Really enjoying it now that I finally get to experience things like an entire planet they didn't put in the final game.

BretBaber wrote:You've now played all of the Ratchet games, right Avid?  What's your favorites?

A Crack In Time, Up Your Arsenal, Going Commando, Tools of Destruction and Into The Nexus are all worthwhile. Despite its rough edges, the first game was still enjoyable the last time I played it.

Deadlocked was okay. Ditto for Size Matters. Quest for Booty was an ok placeholder. Never played the Ratchet PSP game.

What about Full Frontal Assault and All 4 One? All 4 One is my least favorite, the only game I haven't played is Secret Agent Clank.

Up Your Arsenal and A Crack In Time are my two favorites, it is so hard to sort them out after that.