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Yeah, it's a game I beat to completion, and when I buy games for $5 or less I feel NO guilt in not beating them to completion but I did...but I remember very little about it a few years on now so I guess that pretty much confirms what everyone else said. It was decent, it had some cool stuff in it but it wasn't amazing. Also the story was stupid.

Did anyone pick up Transistor? Curious to see what people think about that one. On the fence about it for now...

I jumped back into Killzone: Shadow Fall's campaign. The level design is as messy as I remember!

Finished Killzone. It certainly had its moments, but I didn't care much for it (the campaign I mean).

Still working on Layton 4. I don't have the patience for some of these puzzles like I used to... haha. Really just biding my time until I can play Watchdogs!

Krubixcube wrote:Did anyone pick up Transistor? Curious to see what people think about that one. On the fence about it for now...

Wish my computer could run it ;_;. My mate's been hooked on it, he says it's absolutely brilliant especially the music.

Been playing Shadow of the Colossus on Hard Mode. I've never played hard before and I don't really notice any differences. It certainly doesn't seem more difficult. It just seems like some of the patters are slightly different and the weak points are in different locations. That game still impresses me even though the graphics look like shit (even with the HD remake). I kind of want to make a run at the platinum, but I don't know if I have 4 more playthroughs in me.

Look like shit?! Whaaaaaaaaaaaat?

I think he means the color palette is earthy and the effects are more whimsical in a Max Parrish way instead of the explodey brighty stuff.

Or his eyes are broken. Or too much MLB. Or sarcasm. I dunno.

You can't take nearly as much of a beating on hard mode. Also you need your eyes testing, SotC looks gorgeous, it's just a shame we need to choose between either shitty framerate or texture pop-ins if you're not emulating it. I'd replay it but my work mate has been borrowing it for so many months I've lost count now.

I feel like the colours bleed into eachother way too much in that game sometimes. Otherwise it looks great

Saying SotC's graphics are "shit" is completely ridiculous. This feels like one of those internet things where everything is either amazing or awful when there is a lot of room in between. The framerate was obviously a mess at times, but it also did some things graphically that few other PS2 games ever did (the fur shading, self-shadowing, HDR, and motion blur). It was kind of ahead of its time from that standpoint (and part of the reason the performance was so bad at times). Plus the colossi themselves were technical marvels. Saying the graphics are "shit" is probably the most objectively wrong thing someone has said on these forums since "God of War 3's graphics suck." Sorry it's true!

Was the God of War graphics debate before or after Neph said CoD has a better campaign than HL2? Because I nominate that for the most objectively wrong claim on this forum

I think the CoD>HL2 was back in the Playfire days! But if we are going to start listing things Neph said, SotC graphics being shit will start sounding pretty accurate in comparison!

I've renewed my Gamefly subscription (again) and I got Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction yesterday. So far it's pretty fun. I keep forgetting R&C games were made for the PS3..

Wait until you play A Crack In Time, it's amazing.

I enjoyed CoD4 more than HL2. Not by much but...

I've only played the game once so I can't weigh in too much. But I felt you could just stop moving your character at any given moment, and what was on the screen looked like it could be a painting.

Damn. I didn't mean to start a big fuss with that. I was just saying that the game doesn't look that great now. What I should have said was in 2014, the graphics are kind of shitty, to me at least. But I'm sure it was great when it came out. The PS3 was already released by the time I played the game for the first time. So I guess its more dated that shitty.

Reading back my comment it does sound like I am hating on the game. I'm really not. I actually tweeted the other day that it deserves a spot in my top 5 of all time. Its one of the few games I go back and play every year.

I don't want this to turn in to a huge argument... so if I said something that pissed you guys off... I'm sorry. So feel free to continue to talk about the game. I'm gonna bow out of this one.

Don't worry Matt I think my HL2 comment will take all the attention away from you

Personally, I think Matt started a nice little discussion. I'd pick it up again but unless I delete my save I'll go back to those damn time trials. I left off on that one on top of the mountain. Screw that guy.

Here's to hoping we get a Vita version!

I don't think I'd want SotC on the Vita. The way the game's set up doesn't really lend itself well for shorter stretches of gameplay from a handheld and I prefer the game when the colossi feel huge. Playing that thing with surround sound and on a TV twice the size as my first run made a world of difference.

I was thinking about the collection. I'd love Ico on Vita. But yeah, playing SotC HD on a big widescreen with the sound cranked for the first time was a revelation.

Also, I just want everything on Vita

Same here, everything on vita as well. I think Ico would be the better Vita game though, I found the controls to be somewhat cumbersome when playing SotC on a dual shock so I think it would be tougher on a Vita. Also, I think I'm one of the few that liked Ico better. I've only played each game once though so maybe that'll change once I replay them again.

Just finished SotC on hard mode. I started going down a rabbit hole reading about how Ico and SotC are connected. I love how after all these years theres still a lot of ambiguity and there's so many theories that all sounds plausible. A lot of them suggest that SotC is a prequel to Ico... so I was pretty set on that. But I just watched a 20 minute video of a guy talking about how SotC is actually a sequel.

I wish more games were like this. Too many games beat you over the head with their stories and nothing is left for debate, because we get a zillion sequels of everything and if a game/franchise isn't ended well people freak the f' out. Replaying SotC makes me actually want to see The Last Guardian come out just to see if they connect the three games together any further. But that's not gonna happen!

Also, I played Ico with a friend when it first came out... but I don't remember a damn thing about that game. So maybe I should play that next!