whatchu playing now

thats a useful list thanks. have played full throttle but none of those others iirc

CITIES: SKYLINES

having such a good time. imagine if someone took simcity 4 but made it better and more user-friendly and gave you more control without overwhelming you with choices, rather than producing whatever the awful series of compromises that the new Sim City turned out to be.

do any of you know of any cities:skylines youtubers that aren't annoying as shit

um, I kinda like Sips ones. But I could see how some would find him annoying.

do any of you know of any cities:skylines youtubers that aren't annoying as shit

Finished Infamous (a game I put on hold for like 5 years- frustrating AI, monotonous grimness, a bug that still hasn't been fixed making it impossible to 100% one of the islands), breezed through the sequel (so much better in almost every possible way; still falls down a fair bit on the story front) and started the PS3 version of Resident Evil 4. It's my first time playing it ever, and while I'm terrible at it, I'm nowhere near as game-breakingly awful as I was at the first RE (my only other experience with the series) so hopefully that won't keep me from enjoying what everyone says is one of the best action games of all time.

Had a similar experience when I first played RE4, as I was so bad as at the old REs as well and ended up loving it. I'm pretty sure the opening village sequence is brutal and treacherous by design, forcing players into learning the new style, sadistically punishing you for trying to survive the same way you did in the old games. (I think it's brilliant)

i played RE4 for the first time on the wii and never really felt totally comfortable with the motion/wiimote controls, which is why i kind of cheated and just killed every boss with the rocket launcher. one of the best games ever though.

I loved the wiimote pointer controls, suspect they made the game easier than dual thumbsticks tho

love re4 so much - probably the most relentlessly thrilling game i've ever played

I hit the ceiling of my competence almost immediately- Nhex, you're goddamn right about that village. First attempt I tried sneaking off to the side, thought I'd found a spot where confrontation was inevitable, and started some shit on my own terms, thinking (foolishly) the point of the sneaking was to get me to a good place to fight. Took about 40 pitchforks to the face and restarted the area. Second time, I committed to the sneaking, made it a bit farther, literally jumped when I crossed a mumbling pitchfork lady's sightline and she shrieked at me, fucking RAN until I made the intimate acquaintance of a gentleman with a chainsaw. This game is not fucking around.

Heh, yup, it's all a trap. Your sneaking days are over! Get used to busting ass all over the ambiguously Spanish landscape.

I noticed that the game helpfully fills in the map for you in advance, including the next objective (whatever the fuck it is; I managed to bumble into two locked doors and a yokel with a flour sack on his head and a chainsaw in my neck). Next try I think I'm just going to make a mad dash for the marked objective and see what happens- that chainsaw guy can take so many shots to the face and kill me so wuickly if he gets close that engaging with him at all means I'm having to deal with a massive mob of bumpkins with farming implements. Who can spawn BEHIND me wtf

Oh, and while the sneaking bit managed to desensitize me to the regular enemies' mumbling (MIERDA and SIN MADRE and whatever), that Silent Hill-y drone when they're slowly closing in still gets under my skin way too easily...

After a while of not playing a lot of diff. games... i've actually played plenty of games played in the past coupla months.

- Danganronpa: must-own for VITA owners. Super weird and interesting and unique.
- Danganronpa 2: starts less good than 1; ends as good as 1.
- Zero Escape Virtue's Last Reward: escape the room vs. weird bonkers timey-travelly-shit, kinda stupid but I was genuinely rivetted through the end
- Dragon Age Inquisition: is almost work but not quite
- OlliOlli2: I finally realized this is fun. Liking it more on Vita than on PS4.
- Final Fantasy Type-0: yet to really put time into this. may be not-garbage but I am not yet convinced.
- MLB15 for PS4: whoa mama look at those graphics.
- marvel puzzle quest: because i hate myself?

legend of dungeon is fun and awkward and i don't know what i'm doing?

www.swordandwhip.com
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (Playstation via PSP)
Revenge of Shinobi (Genesis via Dreamcast)
Metal Gear Solid 2 (PS2 via PC)
Grand Theft Auto V (PC)
Dark Souls I & II (PC)

Gave up on Resident Evil 4 (I'm way too much of a chickenshit for this game), tried Castlevania: SotN, loved it but found that it will cheerfully let you play for 45 minutes without ever finding a save point and blunder straight into an unwinnable boss fight. Right now I'm working on the PS3 port of No More Heroes, which I'm also terrible at, but manageably so.

I really, REALLY don't know what I think of No More Heroes. The levels are (barring the odd amusing setpiece) really flat and bland, the endless mook fights are seemingly just there for you to rampage effortlessly through even on the higher of the two starting difficulty levels, the between-mission menial jobs get old long after they've made Suda51's point, and the assassination side missions are bizarrely poorly suited to the game- the time limits make it hard to fight defensively, but the tiny parking garage they all take place in makes it easy to get surrounded if you play aggressively and nearly impossible to recharge your weapon; they're essentially the worst of all possible worlds as far as the game's combat goes.

And then I hit a boss fight and realize that, holy shit, the combat in this game is really fucking good, and it would be nice if I got to use it and think about it more often. Even apart from the wonderful anti-antihero (if that makes sense; Travis is just such an absolute cock that his sheer unlikeability becomes weirdly fascinating) and gratuitous weirdness that seems like a pisstake of MGS games (RAP WITH ME, JENNIFER), the fights are really tightly designed and clever, the Shinobu fight especially.

heh. yup, that sounds like a Suda 51 game.

Does anybody use Grouvee or Dpadd?

Here's mine:
http://www.grouvee.com/user/ryan.hupp/

It's been pretty helpful getting me to prioritize my fucking ludicrous Steam sale/late console generation buying spree backlog and to knock out a few major indie games (Thomas Was Alone, Gone Home) while I dutifully slog through the AAA games I'm mired in (Final Fucking Fantasy XIII, Far Cry 3, Mass Effect 3 which has been on hold for almost two years at this point)

oh boy

you know those fliers that get handed out near places where you can gamble? "if you keep playing and you've stopped having fun, you have a problem"?

i sympathize with you TT. i'm still really bad at prioritizing the insane ever-growing backlog... sometimes it feels like the longer it's been in the shrinkwrap/queue the hardest it is to just sit down and play it
i hadn't heard of those two sites, but I remember when backloggery.com started

yeah, dang. i keep presuming at some point i'll get fired and have to move back in with my mother and THEN oh boy

I did finally crack open Bayonetta today. Damn, that's some entertainment. Basically, everything they did in God Hand but even more blown up.

Splatoon is so much fun, every part of it feels incredibly polished, from the balance to the controls to the soundtrack to the mini NES squid games that you can play while waiting in the lobby. It's like they mariokarted the shooter.

I tried playing Super Mario Sunshine last night for the first time. Um..... ehhh..... Sorry if anyone likes it but it is easily the worst mainline Mario game I've ever played. Chasing that kidnapping evil Mario was fun for about 10 seconds and when I couldn't get him and had run through the level for the 6th time in a row, just shut it off. Yuck.

The intro cinematic is funny, with the Princess seeing weird shit in the distance, with Mario going to jail, etc. Also I am playing on emulator on PC, I wonder if I am missing out by not using the GC controller.

Never really liked 3D Mario until Galaxy tbh. 64 was fine but I'm too old school when it comes to the plumber.

i remember that intro level being stupid, but at least get to the hardcore "space" levels before you dump the game - that's where the game really shines (get) IMO
i think you are honestly missing something without using the original GC gamepad, but that's almost always kind of a problem with emulation when it comes to unusual controllers. but those first-party GC games really feel fit to those kidney beans and triggers

Yeah it said to 'lightly' press a button to shoot while running, which I couldn't get to work. Do I need to eff with X-Input controls for this?

invisible inc

i'm messing w/ watch_dogs right now which is nowhere near as bad as people made it out to be. the nice thing abotu playing overhyped, underdelivered games a year late is that you kinda adjust your expectations and have a lovely time.

xp Invisible Inc will totally be mine... the second it hits a humble bundle.

it's so good.

+ so difficult

xp adam the only analog buttons on the GC pad IIRC were the back triggers (I'm assuming this is referring to the water/jet pack cannon using Right Trigger?) - you may need to configure your emu to recognize the analog triggers on your pad, assuming they have them

It's not all grim compulsiveness with these games. I mean, I was really enjoying ME3, but put it aside when reports started coming in of the underwhelming/incomplete ending (since fixed), the inevitable slew of DLC (now over, though I haven't worked up the enthusiasm to buy the most expensive one, and it'll take a while since Bioware/EA never put that shit on sale). Far Cry 3 was fun, but I put it aside when my aging PC started having overheating issues; I've since been able to finish it up. But Final Fantasy XIII...okay, that one's pure Stockholm Syndrome at this point, with the determination to not leave another goddamn unfinished game on the stack. I like thinking about the design of the games I play, and I have a history with leaving games, books, etc unfinished due to anxiety/depression that definitely contributes to me wanting to finish it despite it not being very good, but I'm almost definitely going to sell it or give it away once it's finally over.

stupid question on invisible inc: i know that i can quit a mission early if i'm about to lose, and bank XP (by choosing Retire Agency and then restart mission/day?). but do credits carry over as well? i thought they did but i just quit a mission early and the money didn't carry over. the difficulty is pretty steep (for me, but i suck at games) so i need some help!

credits do not carry over, XP to unlock new starting chars / programs do

such a good game

ah, thanks!

btw u don't have to quit the mission early to bank the XP. i think losing at any time banks XP (which is awarded based on the number of missions you've completed that run)

i've mainly been quitting early when i lose a team member and can't revive them or drag them to the exit, and it's clear i'm outmatched (ie a waste of time to keep going). do you play with regular settings? even on beginner mode i'm returning into severe trouble early on, like 4-5 missions in!

Can anyone recommend any Turbo CD/PC Engine CD games? I was playing "Gradius II" earlier and it was really cool, especially the music.

xp i just beat it on experienced for the first time tnite. guess expert is the next step.

the main skill of the game is how to move through the bases without the guards seeing you. my first few playthroughs i relied heavily on stunning guards but near the end of each game there are just too many guards and too many things that need power and not enough characters. you need to know where a guard is going to pass and where you can sit safely so he passes by you, and then save the stunning/killing for more dire situations.

Ground Zeroes is on PS+ this month. Loaded it up, sat through a ten minute unskipable cutscene, finally got control of snake, went into the menu to invert the y axis, couldn't find the option, searched for five minutes, still couldn't find it, then my wife came home, so I turned it off.

Apparently you need to set up controller options at the main menu before you start the game.

don't think it's unskippable is it? press the left touch pad

great game

xposts to Adam B.

I think it's just for regular PC Engine, not CD, if that makes a difference, but play SPLATTERHOUSE if you haven't already.

Oh I know me some Splatterhouse! The Genesis one has one of the coolest intros ever.