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by Captain N Wed Jun 26, 2013 10:34 pm

Hey, anyone have a copy of the Metroid Prime Trilogy and a Wii? I need some help.

by volvocrusher Thu Jun 27, 2013 2:21 am

Picked up Rock Band 3 since Amazon had the keyboard bundle discounted. Best song list in a music game ever. Keyboards are awesome too. Have a hard time wrapping my head around them still, but they're a ton of fun.

by TripOpt55 Thu Jun 27, 2013 4:15 am

Me and some friends have been back to RB3 lately. Such a great game.

I started up Deus Ex, but haven't gotten very far. Also started up a replay of Jak and Daxter since I usually squeeze one in each year.

by BretBaber Thu Jun 27, 2013 9:45 am

You play all three once a year, or just one of the three once a year?

by TripOpt55 Thu Jun 27, 2013 3:17 pm

Usually I play The Precursor Legacy and 3 once a year though not necessarily back to back. Jak II less often. While I enjoy it more than most people, I really have to be in the mood for it. Where as 1 and 3 I'm always in the mood for! I'd really like to replay the spinoffs again soon. It has been a while.

by pspiddy Thu Jun 27, 2013 6:34 pm

That would be a good thread: Top 5 games one plays/wants to play each year. Or something.

by Motinator Fri Jun 28, 2013 12:38 am

I think I'm gonna wait a bit for the Last of Us. It'll be like my back to school escape game. During the summer I can actually focus on replaying everything I have—and playing everything I haven't finished yet. I've never really had a backlog before!

Right now I'm alternating between Skyrim and replaying Uncharted 2.

by Miraculous Kaydybug Fri Jun 28, 2013 3:02 am

Also Muramasa. It's combat is pretty damn cool feels like a 2D Devil May Cry. Only issue is i need to get better at changing blades i parry EVERYTHING and they break so fast.

by pspiddy Fri Jun 28, 2013 3:25 am

Which settings are you guys using on Muramasa? I'm doing legend and the girl for my first playthrough. The case from the CE is sweet even though it's grey...

by Miraculous Kaydybug Fri Jun 28, 2013 3:47 am

Chaos, and I'm finding the main paths pretty easy. Most enemies dont touch me, but when you get to the side caves then that shit gets fucking hard.

by Krubixcube Fri Jun 28, 2013 5:37 am

I'm playing through FFIX at the moment, I've named my main characters:

Ziggalo (For Zidane)
PotPot (for Vivi)
Klaus (for steiner, off of the german safety video...which if you haven't seen GO WATCH IT)
Muffins (for Garnet)
Felcher (Quina)
Sian (girlfriend called the name for Freya, so she's the one non-joke name)
HBadger (for Amarant, because Honey Badger don't give a shit)
and my favorite so far:
LilCunt (for Eiko). Which works incredibly well when she's like "I'm LilCunt". Why yes, yes you are. Wish I could have fit in the extra character and made it "ALilCunt" but oh well.

by pspiddy Fri Jun 28, 2013 7:07 am

Muramasa is what I wanted to be so far. Sort of Earthworm Jim meets Viewtiful Joe. I dunno, Matt or Kay could probably explain it better. I see it as a $30 game. Or steal it on a modified Wii if you're a dick.

@T-Wolf- you're either insane or epic or both. Something in me wants to just watch you play the game from powering it up and onwards. I break games for fun. You seem to fun games for break.

by ajapam Fri Jun 28, 2013 12:27 pm

Hey greenman, does it say anywhere in RB3 that you can use an adapter to use an actual electronic drumset? I've been searching the internet for ages for that. I found one thing early on that said you could, but I haven't found anything confirming it since then

by Miraculous Kaydybug Fri Jun 28, 2013 1:25 pm

pspiddy wrote:Muramasa is what I wanted to be so far. Sort of Earthworm Jim meets Viewtiful Joe. I dunno, Matt or Kay could probably explain it better. I see it as a $30 game. Or steal it on a modified Wii if you're a dick.

The Viewtiful Joe comparison works. It does feel a lot like a Kamiya game. Atmosphere is really similar to Okami's. (I need to get back to Okami HD sometime.) Also the digital version is only $35

by volvocrusher Fri Jun 28, 2013 1:49 pm

I have no idea about that Aja. Sorry

by volvocrusher Fri Jun 28, 2013 6:12 pm

Got a review code for Shin Megami Tensei 4. So I'll be reviewing that. Also some Kinect game.

by Krubixcube Sat Jun 29, 2013 7:46 am

Still playing through The Witcher 2 and very much enjoying it. It's no Game of Thrones but I'm impressed at how the choices in the game so far actually seem to pan out. I wish Mass Effect did more of this kind of stuff to be honest.

by ajapam Mon Jul 01, 2013 12:17 am

Started up Bioshock Infinite on my computer today. Two things: 1. The graphics are on low and it still looks/plays fantastic. 2. The whole intro is quite amazing

by Miraculous Kaydybug Mon Jul 01, 2013 1:40 am

Everything about Bioshock Infinite is amazing

by volvocrusher Mon Jul 01, 2013 1:45 am

I can think of a few things that aren't. For instance: Why does the game send you back to the menu instead of the last checkpoint when you're out of money?

by Miraculous Kaydybug Mon Jul 01, 2013 1:50 am

That only happened to me once in the beginning. After i got the shield it never was a problem for me. So it didn't really bug me much, but that really doesn't excuse it though i guess.

by Rainjar Tue Jul 02, 2013 12:48 pm

Kayshire Cat wrote:Everything about Bioshock Infinite is amazing

Apart from the gameplay is torn between two different era's, the game is mindlessly padded out beyond belief, and that it's a pretentious dudebro shooter in the sky?

B:I is barely above average at best. The opening when you enter DisneyLand: Sky Edition was the best part.

by ajapam Tue Jul 02, 2013 1:21 pm

Now I'm curious, ranger. Which FPSs would you not consider to be "dudebro" shooters?

by volvocrusher Wed Jul 03, 2013 2:46 am

Pretentious? I wouldn't exactly call Infinite pretentious considering

Spoiler:

by Krubixcube Wed Jul 03, 2013 5:34 am

I said it in the Bioshock thread and I say it now, I think you're way oversimplifying things Rain. I don't think your argument holds water. That said, I don't think Bioshock Infinite is flawless by any means, there's a lot wrong with it, but to say it's pretentious...well, it is, but does that really hurt it?

It is a straight forward shooter but it has three dimensional, well-written characters, a wonderfully fleshed out world, amazing sound design and score, and a cool story. Yes, I would have liked to see Bioshock Infinite have more Deus Ex or Mass Effect style conversations and freedom but does its choice to be an FPS make it a shitty/pretentious game? No. that's like saying The Matrix is a piece of shit movie because it's an action movie. And if you think the Matrix is a shitty movie...well, screw you anyway =p

This coming from the dude who said he likes Johnny Got His Gun (the movie) and you're complaining about something being PRETENTIOUS?! Hypocrite.

Also thumbs up to Greenman's comment.

by Rainjar Wed Jul 03, 2013 2:35 pm

ajapam wrote:Now I'm curious, ranger. Which FPSs would you not consider to be "dudebro" shooters?

Half Life.
Stalker.
S.W.A.T 4
Mirror's Edge if that counts
Deus Ex
System Shock 2
Far Cry 1-2, 3 I haven't played yet.
Metro also looks like it's not a dudebro shooter.

Probably a few others.

volvocrusher wrote:Pretentious? I wouldn't exactly call Infinite pretentious considering
Spoiler:

Hadn't thought of it like that.

Krubixcube wrote:
It is a straight forward shooter but it has three dimensional, well-written characters, a wonderfully fleshed out world, amazing sound design and score, and a cool story. Yes, I would have liked to see Bioshock Infinite have more Deus Ex or Mass Effect style conversations and freedom but does its choice to be an FPS make it a shitty/pretentious game? No. that's like saying The Matrix is a piece of shit movie because it's an action movie. And if you think the Matrix is a shitty movie...well, screw you anyway =p

It feels like it undermines the rest of it completely though. It falls into the biggest trap most games do, it completely neglects its story section and everything it's set up because it thinks "Oh yeah, this is a video game, time to shoot things!". Tons of it feels so mindlessly padded with shooty shooty sections (Some of the plot points also feel like they're done in a padded way) especially towards the end of the game. There's so many things that aren't even consistent or make sense in Infinties universe that seem like they're there just because it's a video game. It's like if Last of Us gameplay just involved you mowing hundreds upon hundreds of enemies down Uncharted style, it just clashes completely.

Krubixcube wrote:
This coming from the dude who said he likes Johnny Got His Gun (the movie) and you're complaining about something being PRETENTIOUS?! Hypocrite.

Um.

by Krubixcube Wed Jul 03, 2013 9:00 pm

System Shock 2 is a dudebro shooter? I think we're just out of our depth here, boys.

by TripOpt55 Wed Jul 03, 2013 9:18 pm

Krubixcube wrote:System Shock 2 is a dudebro shooter? I think we're just out of our depth here, boys.

He said System Shock 2 was not a dudebro shooter.

by Miraculous Kaydybug Wed Jul 03, 2013 9:26 pm

It doesn't clash at all.

Spoiler:

Also I don't get the connection between having a lot of shooting and it being dudebro at all.

by Krubixcube Wed Jul 03, 2013 9:42 pm

TripOpt55 wrote:
Krubixcube wrote:System Shock 2 is a dudebro shooter? I think we're just out of our depth here, boys.
He said System Shock 2 was not a dudebro shooter.

I read good, derp.

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