whatchu playing now

crypt of the necrodancer off the steam sale. rhythm spelunky. pretty fun.

Sleeping Dogs is one of my favourite games of the last few years but it gets 100% more fun when you really get the hang of the combat. It's probably the only thing I can think of that I would replay from start to finish for the atmosphere, music, etc.

I'm currently playing Tomb Raider 2013 and it is genuinely great.

dog of dracula 2. even better than dog of dracula 1.

Sleeping Dogs was more than the sum of its parts for me.

yeah i gotta agree, i ahd a lot of fun w/ sleeping dogs. i did play it with keyboard/mouse tho?

Naruto Shippuden Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 FULL BURST (aka the 2013 edition of a 2012 game with the DLC, already outdated by a 2014 edition). Pretty damn good, as far as licensed anime fighters go - the visual and presentation quality of the in-game fight engine and integrated cutscenes is stunning to me; even this YouTube video doesn't do it justice, given that on the console it's all running at 60fps. I stopped keeping up with Naruto long before Shippuden, so it's all new story to me, too. Comprehensive fan service at its best.

When I'm not getting shot to pieces by 13-year-olds on GTA Online, I've been playing one of those new free PS+ games. Duke Nukeum something something? I'm realizing that I could just about play this thing blindfolded, given how much I played it back in '96. Now if they'd only release Quake on PSN.

you mean DUKE NUKEM MEGATON EDITION? been meaning to download it for my vita - i think i could probably draw the layout of the first couple of levels from memory. it was one of the first games i ever had for my first pc and i played it over and over and over.

I bought Super Mega Baseball for PS4 and am really into it so far.

shadow of mordy / infamous:first light / alien:isolation. also tried a.c. unity multiplayer coop, its fun but buggy as hell and the lag is terrible

which, if any, of these games should i get?

far cry 4
forza horizon 2
ass creed, the pirate one
saints row 4
arkham whatever the latest was

hmmm

havent played
haventplayed
fuck assassins creed
saintsrow 4 is basically more of the same
played until i got to a dumb boss fight that blew and i quit, seemed like a pretty pale imitation of the first 2 honestly

you are welcome

played blood dragon, mix of fun and repetitive boredom. at least they don't give you a silenced sniper rifle, which makes those games really easy. it legit took a while for my eye to adjust to the style of it, the VHS fuzz, dull red color palette shot through with harsh neon. i don't get the choice of giving each enemy a color-coded corona of light. i loved the choice of making the ending an unchallenging blast tho. actual funny gross videogame sex humor, which has to be a first.

what i'm hearing is "arr matey"

i liked arkham, it's more of the same if you really enjoyed the first two. a couple of great setpieces that that make the more mediocre stuff worth sifting through

I deleted bitcoin billionaire today. wtf @ me for getting into it.

arkham is lovely & worked on by handsome ppl

Far Cry 4 is worth playing.
As is Piratey Ass Creed.
Saints Row 4 has its charm

Yeah I have Arkham Origins on the go at the moment and it's a fun time, except for the fact that I'm still just as bad at the combat as I was in City and Asylum.

Also now playing:
Persona 4 Golden
Little Big Planet Vita
Tomb Raider 2013
Lots of Pinball FX2
Bits of Disney Infinity here and there

Still farming, but still in 2013 version. v15 is young and lacking some of the standard mods that should improve the game once they come out, thus the 2013 game with cool mods provides a better farming experience.

Have returned to the world of Minecraft, and am enjoying using the Yogscast mod packs. A far more easier to set up interface than the FTB packs imo.

And a squillion Abandonware games, usually adventures including the Ultima games, Future Worlds, Rainbird games.
And the occasional Amiga game, still love Carrier Command.

GTA San Andreas: a friend found a PS2 at a thrift store and a bunch of PS2 games so we tried them out yesterday. He doesn't have a memory card yet so we put in cheat codes. Flying cars around Los Santos is CLASSIC FUN.

Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance: I haven't played many 3D MK games - was a big fan of MK2 back in the day - but this is actually a really fun and good fighting game.

Space Invaders: On a PS2 Taito Arcade pack. Only beat the first level, that last wave when the invaders are going really fast is TOUGH. You look at a game like Destiny, the most modern thing we have, and it's still basically Space Invaders.

Rastan: Also from that arcade pack. Playing some of this back in the day (Conan! whoo!) but looking back on it this is a really good Castlevania-style action game. Has some upgradable weapons, and some really cool spritework on the enemies. There are quite a lot of hidden gameplay mechanics in here - your sword can attack in front of you, but it also hits a little behind you, you can swing while on ropes, you can jump and aim your sword up or down, etc. May have to sit down and really get deep into this game someday.

The New Zealand Story: Awesome, smooth, colorful, rad puzzle platforming at its finest. Good stuff like this is what modern mobile games look like to me, at least design-wise.

Tomb Raider (2013): Replaying this on a new computer, DAMN it looks good. Still sort of wish they had gone a Wilderness Survival route with this reboot rather than shooting at hundreds of murderous pirates but this was easily one of the best games of 2013.

deleted bitcoin billionaire today. wtf @ me for getting into it.
― droit au butt (Euler), Tuesday, 13 January 2015 17:52

I spent money on this stupid game! It's compulsive in its simplicity.

Tap Titans at least had tiny variety. Not enough to actually constitute a game though.

Risk of Rain is very good if anyone looking for a straightforward run and shoot. Lots of little details and umlockables.

I'm probably late but assassins creed with the pirates is fun.

Umlockables are items you get but aren't totally convinced by.

tap titans is good for "train ride i don't want to think about"

All on the 3ds:

Fantasy Life
Castlevania: Ecclesia
Fire Emblem: Awakening

Finally got Doomsday working on my computer! So I booted up DOOM last night for the first time in probably 15 years. WOW. That game is still amazing. Crazy to think I never used WASD controls, I always played w arrow keys and ctrl/shft/alt.

I really like the effects they have added. It's not too overwhelming. There is some additional bloom now and it makes things like the Soul Sphere look THAT MUCH more cool when you stumble upon them. Mouselook is pretty nice as well, even though it's a 2.5D game, it still totally works like any other fps you would see.

Metroid Prime, amazing that this game is 12 years old really

ultima online on a free server. amazing how much i am still into this game like 13 years after i quit playing

I was playing Donkey Kong this morning so I beat all of you for retroness.

Get past the first screen?

Super meat boy and civ 5

Got to the "end", although I was playing the NES virtual console version and it turns out (I never realised this before) that there's a level missng from that version. So I only really cleared 3 screens.

Have you tried the gameboy version of Donkey Kong? That game is soooo good.

Donkey Kong is great, but tough. I remember screen 2 used to frustrate the living daylights out of me, that jumping thing just moves SO FAST compared to you.

Last night I lived one of those "Things you never would have imagined" when I found the Doom 2 levels I made in the 90s on this site:

http://www.doomworld.com/idgames/?file=levels/doom2/d-f/d2ew1_0.zip

And got to run through them IN 3D (anaglyphic red-cyan) using Doomsday! Wow I hadn't played these in 15+ years. It's funny, the whole time through I kept thinking "Oh these levels are too cramped, I should open up this space, this hallway is blah blah, there's not enough ammo in this room, etc. Ended up downloading Doom Builder and really trying to resist the urge to start making levels again. Anyways this WAD pack is just 3 levels in Doom 2, and I used to be able to play through it in Ultra-Violence but it is very conservative with ammo drops and has lots of jump-scares/ambushes, so I ended up turning on God mode just to get through them.

donkey kong country is the best tho

Something about hearing doom and Godmode triggers a warm fuzzy nostalgic asmr-like response

man, it's great to be playing grim fandango again. i loved it so much back in 1998. it's the only other game, along with alien isolation, that my wife has enjoyed watching me play.

it's amazing how well the script and the concept hold up 17 years later, and how little the art design has aged, even if the remastered characters might benefit from a few more polygons.

Yeah never played it myself, but whenever I've heard it mentioned it's always been highly regarded.

it's the only game where you can try to scare pigeons with a balloon rendering of robert frost, that's for sure

do you still have the password to super_shotgun35 at yahoo, Adam?

grim fandango is one of my alltime faves - i highly recommend

have somehow never played grim fandango even though curse of monkey island was like my favorite game when i was a kid and that's its immediate predecessor of lucasarts games iirc

iirc it was the first game not to use scumm

There wasn't much after that iirc; just Escape From Monkey Island?
But yeah obv. classic. I'll pick it up on the cheap at some point for a long-deserved replay

do you still have the password to super_shotgun35 at yahoo, Adam?

― The Understated Twee Hotel On A Mountain (silby), Tuesday, February 3, 2015 2:05 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Hah, no way.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYgjV5Exh7E

This is me doing a Let's Play on my map pack. I made it pretty hard! Or at least, I suck now that I am not 14 and playing DOOM every day.

Gravity Ghost - Ok this is sort of cool, a 2D version of the planetoid-hopping Super Mario Galaxy. It sounds better than it works in practice, or maybe it would just work better with touch controls? The level design revolves around you using gravity from planetoids to rocket yourself toward very specifically placed items, and by the end of the levels I tend to find myself floating all over the universe _just barely_ catching the items.

Batman: Arkham Origins - Meh, I really liked Arkham City but this less so. The levels seem more claustrophobic for me for some reason, and they don't wait to introduce more advanced battle mechanics like dodging knifes, they throw them in right at the beginning. I really really miss playable Catwoman. Also the camera is not great, I understand the weird puzzle nature of the environment means the camera needs to snap into spots to help you find the next thing but it feels really cumbersome. The minute I started drowning repeatedly, lost in an underground area, I gave up. Not fun.

Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker - WOW WOW WOW playing this original on PSP and I know I say this w every MGS game but this may be my favorite one yet. Fultoning is so addictive. The tiny levels are so wonderful. Love all the asides about coffee and exotic birds and tree frogs and stuff. The bosses are very interesting as you can tackle them stealthily or you can shoot them repeatedly with machine guns. The Phantom Pain is going to rule so much.

Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes - I'm at 97% now, trying for 100% completion. It's insane you actually have to do these trials, but it's providing replay-ability beyond just S ranking all the side ops. Spotting all the enemies (meaning spotting them and NOT killing them) is not quite so easy with such a big map, so I tend to start evacuating enemies via chopper. So the map gets less and less populated over time. At one point yesterday I was piling enemies into a car and driving them around the bass, which looked hilarious.

It's not out yet, but since I just Platinum'd Full Burst 3 I'm pretty hyped for the new one
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right now playing for the first time earthbound + super metroid and for the millionth time super mario bros 3

i've been resorting to the walkthrough a bunch for super metroid which i feel guilty about but i like the bouncing around shooting things + platformer elements 100% and the backtracking trying to figure out where to go next almost not at all. i kinda feel guilty about this :/ ethics in gaming amirite