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man, that looks like just the kind of semi-mindless action/driving fun game that i want to play right now

I suggest playing it multiplayer even if it's with randoms.

I'm playing Madden '12 and it is easily the worst Madden I've ever played. I said that last year but this one is much worse than last year. Sheesh.

The PS3 version doesn't even have a roster update. Does the 360 version? Nnamdi is on the Raiders, Derek Anderson is QBing the Cards, etc.

one of my favourite DSP Madden 12 clips:
http://www.youtube.com/user/stefozzie#p/a/f/0/SiHlm_GUEyM

(background: phil played this same match previously but it crashed whilst he was winning, in his attempte to replay it things just didn't go his way. The rage starts arond 2:15 in and continues right until the end of the vid where he ends the clip with a most amazing sentence!)

no roster update??? that's a huge step backwards if true

anyone else playing forza 4? it's pretty amazing to look at from cockpit view with the realistic shadows and stuff.

i've started el shaddai (a nice $18 used pickup)

idk dudes. it's wild, very pretty, i love seeing japanese games get super sacrilegious with western mythoi, but this combat, ooof. after arkham asylum it's just very bad. i'd rather watch someone else play it i think.

How far in are you.

Comparing the combat to Arkham is really unfair because Arkham is basically the best brawler mechanics ever imo

not far at all. the neon city skyscraper bit?

well, sux2b el shaddai then!

i hate to say this but the combat doesnt really get better, altho at a certain point it can get kinda flowy and mesmerizing, which fits the weirdo vibe of the game imo.

Yeah there's a flow. But I liked it. And the levels get really great looking.

In other news, Witcher 2 is in the mail wheee

yeah i'm pumped for that but i may play the delayed gratification game for a while

Hmm, Witcher 2 is kinda weird to play on the console. You can definitely tell it was designed for the PC.

The 360 version of Spelunky is out on July 4th

10/10 review from Eurogamer
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-07-02-spelunky-review

I heard it's kind of hard.

That looks great! I haven't been playing much 360 at all since I moved to my new place, due to the stupidest thing - my television isn't in a convenient location to hook up the cable to the internet, and I'm too cheap to buy the router that microsoft sells.

But that tempts me to figure out a solution.

I ain't a typical fan of yer cute traditional platformer but that review pretty much makes it sound like the best game ever. Except maybe this little bit of underselling: a vibrant cartoon aesthetic that blends the painterly tones of Braid with the personality of Plants vs. Zombies.

haha that game sounds like a perfect hell for me

.. is it just a Rogue?

Spelunky is basically a roguelike platformer... i.e. perfect.

The original PC version can still be downloaded for free, here...
http://spelunkyworld.com/original.html

like pretty much all XBLA games, i'll get it when it drops to half price, then play it a year later

i finally hooked my xbox up to my router and downloaded spelunky! cozeny, iforry72 and polyphonique, you better watch out. i am chasing you on the leaderboards

My phobia of bees/wasps is totally screwing me over on the jungle levels on that

beat ya'll. ;)

yeah, i suck at the jungle levels. i guess are there only 5 worlds, with 4 levels in each? i see the top dude on the leaderboard only reached level 5-4.

that's actually kinda nice. i was worried there were like 100 levels and i could only reach the 6th one.

is there anything better than getting smooches from the dog? no, there is not.

obvious stuff a spelunker has heard before, but i love the sense of gradual mastery with this game. the first 20 rounds, it was really a struggle to get through the first mines section. now the first few stages seem less like challenges and more like opportunities to rescue a few peeps and get 6-7 lives instead of working through the jungle off of 2-3 or something.

however, getting up to 8 hearts and then impaling yourself within 5 seconds of starting 2-1, like i just did, is GRRRRRR

Wait, what dog?

ZS, sent you a freind request!

Friend request too!

just accepted! and you're just a bit above my top score ($43,950)

so much more fun to play this with a goal in mind, looking for extra treasure, etc

ok, i'm gonna have to get this

Wait, what dog?

in settings, you can choose the person/thing you rescue. by default it's a lady, but you can also choose a man or a dog. you can also choose to rotate between the three. that's what i chose, so that every level i end up smoochin' a lady or a man or a dog. it's whatever, i'm just a spelunker lookin' for smooches wherever i can get 'em

that spelunky, he don't care, he's poly

I am terrible at this game.

I need to play this. Just downloaded tony hawk though. Time to reminisce.

fuck tunnel man and his increasingly outrageous demands.

Who dares challenge my reign at the top of the ILX leaderboard? ($50,300)

i am basically just trying to con people into playing this with me

i dare! but i haven't gotten around to it yet. we're friends on 360 right?

i'm not sure! i dont' think i've seen you on there. i am:

Z2S5

anyone playing quantum conundrum? it's pretty dope.

Spelunker controls not so enjoyable for me unfortunately. I only tried the demo tho so maybe I should give it another chance before writing it off

do you mean the controls, or the "feel" of the jump? i have to say, after playing Fez for a few hours the other day and then switching back to Spelunker, i was really impressed with the feel of the jump! in Fez i had just repeatedly tried and failed to do a kind of precise jump for about 15 minutes straight, the kind of jump you could do first try in mario 3 or something. switching back to the more precise jumping of Spelunker felt so nice.

The feel of the jump, the feel of the whip, and also the grab controls when executing jumps. Just feels a little sloppy and imprecise.

the jump i've grown to like a lot, the whip i was disappointed in at first (i kept expecting to get an extension to it so i wouldn't have to be up in every enemy's business in order to whip them!) but i've gotten used to. the grab controls, yeah, not a fan. many a time i've died because i'm accidentally holding onto a ledge and can't manage to get free, and then .5 seconds later some spider rips my face apart.

For me, Spelunky is perfection. I feel like it deserves its own thread! Did you see the score I set yesterday Z S?

uh oh. nope! i'm kind of at a loss right now, because i'm totally playing for points, but that means skipping out on the item shop to save money/points, but that means that early on in the jungle levels i just get my ass kicked.

i've never gotten past the jungle levels, btw
*shame*