wtf are you playing... - Page 9

Nice Italics.

Liberty City Stories. Don't play it. It's pure shit.

Like what?

Perhaps, but the two-player demo wins the "Demo that completely obviates the need to buy the game" award this year.

Gun and Burnout: Revenge for the 360. Gun is better than I expected, I'm glad I got to try it, don't think I would have bought it.

Haven't had chance to play Burnout much yet, but if it's anything like the third one I'll be playing it for a while.

Definitely have to agree with Slater about Quake IV, I don't know what people's problem with it is. It's the best FPS for the 360 so far.

I don't know if it is really. I mean, it's a nice piece of technology with a handful of good games, very sleek and lovely, capable of wonderful graphics and lots of functionality. But it also has lots and lots of watered down ports, a shorter battery life, games which don't lend themselves well to short bursts of play, and a sense of fragility.

In the end it depends on what games you want, but I do believe the DS is a better system for what handhelds are supposed to accomplish.

I'll load up with the machine gun and several pistols and shoot the prisoners point blank repeatedly, doesnt seem to phase them. Same thing happens with the other boss battles I've encountered. Head shots seem useless in effect. What gives?

currently playing rfactor

Bought Silent Hill 2 for 8 bucks. Am determined to beat it, even though I'm terrible at these kinds of games. Am hoping that a naked chick gets her skin ripped off at some point. That is all.

Madden 07 now. Liking it/

The Punisher, it's great to just stab people in the face sometimes. Though the black and white filter sucks on the interogations.

Games I'm playing currently:

Dawn of War: Winter Assault - If you like Warhammer 40K and RTS, this is the game for you. 4 races (5 with WA, soon to be 7 with DC) allow you to play with most of the well-known factions from this universe, and while the game suffers some balance issues, it's actually a rather balanced game and the latest patch (1.51) addresses many of the existing issues.

Half-Life 2 - I haven't finished the single-player game yet, but that's because I usually play the multiplayer games, and Day of Defeat is my favorite. Episode 2 is coming and it will have Team Fortress 2, which is a sequel of one of my most beloved multiplayer FPS games of all time. Needless to say I'll be spending alot more time on it.

Battlefield 2 - I got this game early this year, but just gotten around to play it recently and got promoted to lance corporal only. I love the massive battles in this game, with infantry, vehicles, and jets/copters all dominating the battleground. However, my quirks with the game include players abusing the shit out of air vehicles like choppers, and use it to kill without impunity (as anti-air weaponry is rather weak). Oftentimes I got killed without knowing why, which robs some of the fun out of this game.

Battle of Middle-Earth 2 - It's a nice RTS based on Tolkien's series of novels, but the atrocious balance issues put me off and I'm waiting for the big 1.50 patch to address them fully. But in typical EA fashion, the patch is delayed and without an ETA.

Oblivion - I really need to start playing this game.

I've been neglecting my PS2, but someday I hope to finish GTA: San Andreas, RE4, Castlevania, etc. Want to get Madden 07 cuz I love football (go Jets!).

Haven't decided what next gen console I want to buy yet (although Wii looks most promising atm).


Games I'm waiting for: HL2: Episode 2, Enemies Territories, Battlefield 2142, Supreme Commander, DOW: Dark Crusade, Neverwinter Nights 2, etc.

Found Resident Evil 4 (Gamecube) on clearance at Toys R Us for 10 bucks. For a guy who pretty much hates the RE franchise, I'm loving this game. They've changed or fixed just about everything I didn't like about the series and, damn, it looks good too. I've died a LOT but have had fun so far. I'm only one chapter in (I just got my ass beat by that Rasputin looking fucker and I'm tied up with the Spanish dude) and have spent over an hour in-game so I suppose I'm in for a long trip.

And just so I'm clear, there's no way to strafe, correct?

You can't strafe in the game although it would have been useful. And yes, the game is pretty lengthy but it never gets boring it just gets better.

Tomb Raider was definately fun, Mongy.

Right now I'm playing Saint's Row. Oodles of fun.

F.E.A.R. demo you say?

Been playing Enchanted Arms, you can watch me talk to myself about it in the official form.

CoD2, always CoD2.

Oh shit, if the chainsaw guys in RE4 get too close to you, they cut your fucking head off! AWESOME. It also occurs to me that I probably spent my money wrong at the first merchant. I probably should have bought the bigger attache case.

I'm also playing Drill Dozer on GBA. It's lots of fun, and has a better rumble feature than the actual DS rumble pak.

Oh...and Time Pilot. Mongy's the only one on my FL that has a high score and I must beat it.

It helps, but you don't NEED to have it early on. You should have some extra cash for awhile, since I'm assuming you aren't spending all your money upgrading the guns you get early on (if you are, stop it). Just grab the case next chance you get.

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Don't buy scopes.

Yes!

Weirdest thing...I got the achievement for beating the second level (1940?) without even beating it. I think I killed myself by flying into the last guy. Game Over..Achievement unlocked. Makes sense to me.

Yeah, I bought the rifle scope thinking it would be a great thing. Didn't help as much as the price led me to believe. I didn't try to sell it back, though. Maybe I'll be able to do that. Is there any benefit to hanging onto all the treasure I'm finding? I have a shitload of spindels, a couple necklaces, and a fancy mask so far.

Depends what it is. When the description says something like "mask with two holes..." or "gem that looks like it fits..." then you want to combine them (like that mask you have). Most of the stuff you find (spindels, rings, necklaces) just sell them as soon as you get them

Okay, cool. I sold a couple gems but held onto the rest on the outside chance they get a higher price with other merchants. If I don't have the cash by the time I get to the next merchant (there are a shitload of villagers between me and the next checkpoint), I should be able to sell off enough loot to afford the bigger case.

The prices for items and how much they sell for stays the same the whole game.

I've been trying to catch up on all the games I overlooked awhile ago; and I've just finished up the remake of Sid Mier's PIRATES! (which was alot of fun but doesn't have as much replaybility as you'd think it would). So thanks to ebay, I should be starting these games up when I have some time:
Planscape: Torment
Anachronox
The Longest Journey
Curse of Monkey Island (just hoping I don't get screwed over on that one)
Grim Fandango (still shopping online for it)


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I'm playing Guitar Hero, and loving every minute of it.

I didn't think it had that song.

Thanks for the info. I played through the battle at the lake last night. It was awesome. After watching the cutscene from the overlook I was thinking, how in the hell am I supposed to fight [i]that[/] with the guns I have. Very entertaining boss battle.

I hate the snakes in the boxes.

Non stop Saint's Row for me here. I've put in just over 20 hours of gameplay and I'm only 33% complete. Currently stuck on the Level 8 West Side Rollaz Snatch mission. I've gotten close to the brothel twice before blowing up.

Recently got Brain Age and Trauma Center. Brain Age keeps freezing on me unfortunately. Lost my first patient in Trauma Center because I couldn't stitch him up in time. Is there a trick to this at all. I managed to do it on the next 2 patients after about 5 attempts and a whole bucket of swears. Any tips?

You mean suturing the wound after the surgery is complete? Make a big zigzag over the entire wound. Just make sure you're making it all the way across the incision before you go back the other way. For the smaller sutures during the surgery, I find a quick scribble is the fastest and best way to go about it (you'll mostly get "cool" marks).

mongy, Phoenix Wright really picks up in the last two cases, 4 & 5. Case 3 has some really annoying parts where you need to do a certain thing but the game isn't very good at clueing you in on it. But bear with it and you'll be in for a great ride on the last two cases.

Thanks, gd. It was the big ones I had the problems with. It just seemed so easy to just scribble over the little ones that I thought it would work for the big ones.

If you have a save file before you killed the boss, go stand on the dock and shoot some fish for awhile...

You still have a long way to go, such an awesome game, one of my top five for sure.

You son of a bitch.

Since I got you killed I'll give you a friendly tip - those "moster popping out of the head guys" you encountered just after fish boss, when the moster pops out throw one of the flash grenades you've been stockpiling in your inventory wondering what to do with, kills them instantly.

Did you explore the rest of the lake after the boss?

Perfect Dark Zero. I hate, hate, hate it. Thank god I borrowed it from a friend.

No, I didn't. I figured I could go back any time but I went to the dock on the southwest (?) corner of the lake after I dammed the waterfall and there wasn't a boat there. Will one respawn? I see there is a treasure at the merchant shop across the lake.

Also, I haven't beaten that guy yet but I sure am glad I saved the doggie at the beginning of the game. I think I need more firepower and/or another big attache case. I suppose the rocket launcher takes up a lot of real estate.

You really shouldn't need a rocket launcher - grenades flame/regular, shotgun to the face, rifle to the face - should do the trick. If you're having trouble power up the shotgun as much as you can (it's not a total waste of money as it raises the resale value). Just be sure to hit the button as fast as possible when you climb up his back.

No, I don't think the boat comes back (not 100% sure), but you didn't miss anything that important.

Treasure, man, treasure. I got all kinds of shit that should be combined into something else but the game doesn't like my possible combinations. I keep 10 saves rolling so I suppose I could just go back to scan the lake and do the "damming the waterfall" part over. I kind of liked watching the villagers fly through the air as I shotgunned them while they were jumping onto the boxes.

...I guess I've turned this into the Resident Evil 4- 2.0 thread.

If you want to save some ammo, shoot the villagers in the legs/feet with the pistol while they're standing on the boxes, they stumble and fall into the water.

Predator: Concrete Jungle

It's cool to jump 30 feet in the air and decapitate untold hundreds, but I was hoping there'd be some kind of "free-roam" mode that'd allow me to stalk and kill at will. I want the ability to flay ANYBODY, man!

That, and some serious camera issues are keeping it from being the awesome game it could have been.

Aces Combat 5 (PS2)

Silent Hill 2 (PS2)

Replaying Oblivion, just restarted as a Nord Sword Mage.

Getting some achievements on PGR3

And I have a copy of Perfect Dark Zero egging me on to give it a go.

Saints Row - I'm only 15% completed but I'm really looking for a lot of CD's and Tags and generally milking it, I like to take my time in beating a game like this as I don't usually replay them to much. Plus with my "gang" always hitting me up to play multiplay I just am coasting on the single player. As a side note I have to say that the Demolition Derby is aces. To bad it's so quick.