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chocobot wrote:I was going to pass on Costume Quest 2 but I think I will regret that decision once Halloween is over. So conflicted... >_>

You won't next Halloween when you get it free on Plus.

Waiting for that would be the smart thing to do but I don't know if I'm patient enough to wait a whole year. I will try my best to hold back. Just a few days... I can do it. maybe..

I think I might wait for it to go on sale to be honest. I liked hte first game but not $15 worth. That sounds so bitchy. It's not...just the poor man in me.

On PlaystationBlog, they had an article about the game releasing today. I put something like "If I buy it and you make it a PS+ freebie next week I'll cut your balls off." They must have taken my threat seriously, because it isn't a freebie.

They're not going to make it free next month. They'd only do that in October

Between Bayonetta 2 and Fantasy Life, I think I already have my quota of games for the month, so I'm good.

BretBaber wrote:On PlaystationBlog, they had an article about the game releasing today.  I put something like "If I buy it and you make it a PS+ freebie next week I'll cut your balls off."  They must have taken my threat seriously, because it isn't a freebie.

I'm not sure why you worry about this. Is there a history of this happening on PSN? It seems a game is either free right on release or at least a little while down the line, not like a week later. Now they will often put something on sale right before it is free on PS+, but that is a whole different deal.

I've never seen them do it, but I was afraid they were going to get a lot of people buying it because of Halloween, and then screw them over the next month It was more me just being worried.

I remember buying Rayman for the Vita for $5 when they had it on sale, and then like a week later it was free. That pissed me off.

So I started up Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs. The game starts with your (probably) dead children calling to you. Then it's all like "CREEPY MACHINE NOISES" then the tutorial messages are coming up one by one and it's like "Hold left Shift to sprint" and I'm all like "WHY GAME?! WHY DO I GOTTA SPRINT?!" So I saved and then took a break because I'm a giant pussy.

Kayshire Cat wrote:Despite the issues i had with Freedom Wars i am having a good time with it. It's like what happens when you combine monster hunter with a 3rd person cover shooter, and that mixes together a lot better than it sounds.

Fairly under the radar title, but it deserves some attention. Only 30 dollars new.

I'm planning on getting this. To be honest it isn't a game that interest me much, but I feel I have to give these bigger Vita titles attention for the well-being of the system. Glad it plays well.

Bought Titanfall. Only played the standard deathmatch mode but it's awesome. I expected a game from CoD developers to control well but I wasn't expecting all of the mechanics to work as well as they do. And few things can top MECH FIGHTS

Fantasy Life is great. It's Harvest Moon meets Animal Crossing meets Zelda meets FF Tactics/XI. The humor is stupid silly. Top 5 of the year for sure. Highly recommended.

My fantasy life is cuddling with you, and everyone else on this thread.

Kubert is the only one allowed to cuddle me. But he's got to pay.

I can't see any profitable situation where anyone would have to pay for Greenie-cuddles. It's assumed he's a filthy whore, correct?

Fantasy Life is heavy on the dialogue. And the most frustrating aspect is that one can "hold A" to skip the beautiful cutscenes but have to sit through the bullshit, nonsense story. It's still my GotY; There's just a TON of hand-holding that turns 10 minutes of game into an hour of fuck-all.

If I'm paying Greenie, wouldn't he be the whore?

I'll add Fantasy Life to the list.

Surprised that Fantasy Life is a game of the year title for you as often as you play/played Destiny. I would have assumed that was your game of the year.

My top 5 will surprise you, bret.

I don't think I've played 5 new games this year, besides PS+ freebies.

I didn't think 5 new games came out this year

pspiddy wrote:I can't see any profitable situation where anyone would have to pay for Greenie-cuddles. It's assumed he's a filthy whore, correct?

I prefer The Play Slut thank you very much

I haven't played any games that have BLOWN me away but I've played some good ones this year.

...Says the man who's mostly been replaying old favorite games this year. *cough*

Played a bit of Serious Sam 3. If it looks like your thing, it almost certainly is. If it doesn't, it definitely isn't. Just don't expect anything from the writing. It's worth noting that it's often 90% off on Steam so don't bother buying at regular price. It also has 4 player splitscreen

Been replaying Half Life 2. For me, and I know not everyone on this forum loves that game, but for me there is just something magical about that game. It's completely immersive because it's kind of "game-like". I don't know how to describe it. But there's no roller-coaster/call of duty style set piece moments. All of them happen in gameplay. I.e. the "cheapness" of it, the fact that it doesn't pretend to not be a game, makes it more immersive than ultra-realistic games that are trying to be movies. If that makes ANY sense.

Also finishing up Phoenix Wright, which I did really enjoy. Would be up for checking out the sequels. Have I played anything new? No. Amnesa: A Machine for Pigs. Like the first Amnesia is a game i can only play in bursts because I literally get too worked up.

Going to try Splinter Cell: BLacklist again. When I first got it it had a lot of graphical hiccups on the PC version but I'm hoping 6 months later those issues are fixed (Ubisoft + PC = Shit most the time unfortunately).

@T-wolf: That makes sense. Like how playing Thief with no HUD helps the immersion. (The original, of course)

Hand-holding has, sadly, become more prevalent. It can truly ruin a game. The industry is so huge now that casting a wide net is status quo. Narrative and design take a backseat to accessability.

Honestly, video games have changed in the same way every other form of communication has; monetize, control, supply, demand. It's sort of the reason indie became en vogue and is now fading into the new status quo.

Whatever, I still dig Destiny and consider it top 3 goty so what the fuck do I know?

My top 5 this year is gonna be weird...

Honestly spiddy, I think this is just my cynical view on it but I think a lot of triple AAA game developers are wannabe movie directors. They forget they're making a game. Half Life is great because it knows its a game and doesn't try to be anything but. I'm not talking about the lack of cutscenes whatever, that's just a stylistic choice, but the way the game is paced and the way the enemies appear speaks more to good GAME design as opposed to some writer dude going "WOULDN'T IT BE DRAMATIC IF THEY APPEARED HERE?" NO! BECAUSE IT'S BAD GAME DESIGN, STEVE AND YOU NEED TO STOP RUNNING YOUR MOUTH DURING MEETINGS ALL THE TIME!

I understood your point the first time. But I raise you a Kojima. I agree with you completely, but that guy swoops in and wrecks shop.

Also, fuck Steve. He's always an asshole.