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*Brodie* · 03-18-2008, 07:19 PM

I got Condemned 2.

Its ridiculous.

Jed · 03-19-2008, 08:42 AM

Ridiculous bad or ridiculous good?

*Brodie* · 03-19-2008, 01:39 PM

Ridiculous good.

The doll factory level was insane.

*Ecto Jedi* · 03-19-2008, 05:46 PM

Metroid Prime 3: Corruption after reading a very positive review in Nintendo Power's Wii Game Guide. Pleased with the purchase.

*raphael_is_cool* · 03-22-2008, 01:41 PM

Rainbow Six Vegas 2

Awesome game. Blasted through the campaign with a friend over a couple of days. That doesn't mean it was short either. We played for a long time and we're both pretty good.

The co-op has been greatly improved except for the fact that you can no longer play 4-player. Oh well. Everything else is fantastic.

Jed · 03-22-2008, 03:14 PM

Got N+ for XBLA. It's alright but there's too much randomness for you to feel you're ever getting through levels with skill, it's sometimes pure luck that the game doesn't screw you over.

*Ecto Jedi* · 03-22-2008, 04:00 PM

How are you liking Corruption, Peanut?

I'm at Bryyo but I can't seem to get any further and I'm being a lazy ass about it. Seems I can't reach the downed ship to access the remote link and I can't get past a large chasm elsewhere. Is this one of those infamous environmental puzzles I've heard so much about?

*Dr. Doom* · 03-22-2008, 04:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Dr. Doom

Just picked up a new GC controller in anticipation for Brawl this weekend. My old controllers weren't holding up too well.

Apparently the new one isn't holding up too well either. I only just realized that the Y button doesn't work in the least. I don't really use it for Smash, but I'd obviously need it for other things. I called up Nintendo and they're sending me another one. It almost seemed too easy....

*Spitfire* · 03-23-2008, 03:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Brodie

Ridiculous good.

The doll factory level was insane.

I bought it to but I figured I might as well nab the first one before I play it. I haven't finished 1 yet but so far I like it. Though I'm not sure I feel like playing through another game like that. I hope 2 is different enough for me. I've been reading good things so I have hope.

Peanut · 03-26-2008, 01:24 AM

I bought Audiosurf tonight off of Steam. I played the 4 song demo...instantly hooked. I can't stop playing.

**ThirdMarioBro** · 03-26-2008, 04:33 AM

In an effort to warm back up to my seemingly working 360, I picked up Rez HD. Can't believe I missed out on it for Dreamcast.

Next up Condemned 2 for PS3.

Peanut · 03-28-2008, 10:59 PM

I bought Sonic and the Secret Rings for $5. Every single Sonic game released in the past 5 years is discounted, for some really weird reason. They've got everything from Adventure DX to Gems Collection, and even the PS3/360 game for $5.

I played Secret Rings for about twenty minutes, terrible controls, horrible music, dumb story, bad setting, wasted potential out the f*cking ass. Playing it, I see where it could have been good with some normal controls, some gameplay tweaks, some actual Sonic stages (something we haven't seen in forever) and some real Sonic music. Sad. Got shelved after one session.

*Cure* · 03-29-2008, 03:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Peanut

I bought Sonic and the Secret Rings for $5. Every single Sonic game released in the past 5 years is discounted, for some really weird reason. They've got everything from Adventure DX to Gems Collection, and even the PS3/360 game for $5.

I played Secret Rings for about twenty minutes, terrible controls, horrible music, dumb story, bad setting, wasted potential out the f*cking ass. Playing it, I see where it could have been good with some normal controls, some gameplay tweaks, some actual Sonic stages (something we haven't seen in forever) and some real Sonic music. Sad. Got shelved after one session.

shelved!?! too bad! cuz where welse woul d oyu hear! seven rings in hand! something in fire now! seven rings in hand!@

Ra · 03-29-2008, 04:44 AM

Dude, what the hell did you drink tonight?

愛 · 03-29-2008, 08:10 AM

He probably spent all of his money on strippers and booze again.

Peanut · 03-29-2008, 10:51 AM

You're not as cool as I am, Cure. You can't pull that off.

**ThirdMarioBro** · 03-29-2008, 03:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Peanut

some actual Sonic stages (something we haven't seen in forever) and some real Sonic music. Sad.

You'll never see a "real" Sonic stage again. Sega thinks that putting him in the "real world" will help the character to relate to kids or some sh*t. It's some sh*t Yuji Naka made up, and Sega seems to stick to it even after his departure because they can't think for themselves. Here they have a chance to get a fresh start and go back to the basics, yet Unleashed looks to be taking a similar route. What happened to the zip lanes, bumpers, spring boards, monitors, shuttle loops, casinos, and checker mountains?

Sonic Adventure had all of those things. Sonic Adventure felt like a Sonic game, had a Sonic style soundtrack (minus the horrible title theme), and looked like a Sonic game with the island environments. That's pretty much the last console Sonic game I enjoyed 100%. SA2 was alright, but it's cursed for introducing Shadow, and for being the first Sonic game produced without Sonic creator Naoto Oshima. That explains why the style went to hell even though admittedly, the gameplay was still solid. Perhaps even more so than SA1.

Now the team is run by the guy who directed Shadow the Hedgehog. To hell with that. Why can't they just farm out Sonic games? Is it ego or something?

*Dr. Doom* · 03-30-2008, 11:34 PM

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Originally Posted by ThirdMarioBro

(minus the horrible title theme)

Would you please just put yourself out of our misery?

**ThirdMarioBro** · 03-31-2008, 03:43 AM

To be fair, I loved the Remix Factory version.

*Mecha Cow* · 03-31-2008, 09:05 AM

I imported Ouendan 2, because I need more EBA-y goodness, even if it is all crazy and Japanese.

I also ordered the US version of No More Heroes, which I expect to drop in the mail tomorrow.

03-18-2008, 07:19 PM	#2461
Brodie Certified Teacher Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Bizarro Metropolis Posts: 6,495	I got Condemned 2. Its ridiculous. __________________ Stupendous Monster

03-19-2008, 08:42 AM	#2462
Jed Stone Warrior Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 956	Ridiculous bad or ridiculous good? __________________ I am Frank-Zappa-as-imagined-by-the-editor-of-a-famous-rock-&-roll-magazine. I am an anachronism who makes the ugliest music on the planet. I have no right to call myself a member of the human race. I am tasteless, untalented, pompous, arrogant, cruel, insensitive, vulgar and not a fun guy because I don't use drugs.

03-19-2008, 01:39 PM	#2463
Brodie Certified Teacher Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Bizarro Metropolis Posts: 6,495	Ridiculous good. The doll factory level was insane. __________________ Stupendous Monster

03-22-2008, 03:14 PM	#2466
Jed Stone Warrior Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 956	Got N+ for XBLA. It's alright but there's too much randomness for you to feel you're ever getting through levels with skill, it's sometimes pure luck that the game doesn't screw you over. __________________ I am Frank-Zappa-as-imagined-by-the-editor-of-a-famous-rock-&-roll-magazine. I am an anachronism who makes the ugliest music on the planet. I have no right to call myself a member of the human race. I am tasteless, untalented, pompous, arrogant, cruel, insensitive, vulgar and not a fun guy because I don't use drugs.

03-22-2008, 04:00 PM	#2467
Ecto Jedi Denki Wo Kitte Kudasai Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 2,439	How are you liking Corruption, Peanut? I'm at Bryyo but I can't seem to get any further and I'm being a lazy ass about it. Seems I can't reach the downed ship to access the remote link and I can't get past a large chasm elsewhere. Is this one of those infamous environmental puzzles I've heard so much about? Last edited by Ecto Jedi; 03-22-2008 at 04:43 PM.

03-19-2008, 05:46 PM	#2464
Ecto Jedi Denki Wo Kitte Kudasai Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 2,439	Metroid Prime 3: Corruption after reading a very positive review in Nintendo Power's Wii Game Guide. Pleased with the purchase.

03-22-2008, 01:41 PM	#2465
raphael_is_cool Mad Scientist Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: England Posts: 2,151	Rainbow Six Vegas 2 Awesome game. Blasted through the campaign with a friend over a couple of days. That doesn't mean it was short either. We played for a long time and we're both pretty good. The co-op has been greatly improved except for the fact that you can no longer play 4-player. Oh well. Everything else is fantastic.

03-26-2008, 01:24 AM	#2470
Peanut Second Gear Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: The New World Posts: 15,422	I bought Audiosurf tonight off of Steam. I played the 4 song demo...instantly hooked. I can't stop playing.

03-26-2008, 04:33 AM	#2471
ThirdMarioBro Tea Time! Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 8,905	In an effort to warm back up to my seemingly working 360, I picked up Rez HD. Can't believe I missed out on it for Dreamcast. Next up Condemned 2 for PS3. __________________

03-28-2008, 10:59 PM	#2472
Peanut Second Gear Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: The New World Posts: 15,422	I bought Sonic and the Secret Rings for $5. Every single Sonic game released in the past 5 years is discounted, for some really weird reason. They've got everything from Adventure DX to Gems Collection, and even the PS3/360 game for $5. I played Secret Rings for about twenty minutes, terrible controls, horrible music, dumb story, bad setting, wasted potential out the f*cking ass. Playing it, I see where it could have been good with some normal controls, some gameplay tweaks, some actual Sonic stages (something we haven't seen in forever) and some real Sonic music. Sad. Got shelved after one session.

03-29-2008, 04:44 AM	#2474
Ra It's my desire? Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: In your pants. Posts: 4,441	Dude, what the hell did you drink tonight? __________________ "So. The whole lot of you against little old me? How retarded."

03-29-2008, 08:10 AM	#2475
愛 Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 7,449	He probably spent all of his money on strippers and booze again.

03-29-2008, 10:51 AM	#2476
Peanut Second Gear Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: The New World Posts: 15,422	You're not as cool as I am, Cure. You can't pull that off.

03-31-2008, 03:43 AM	#2479
ThirdMarioBro Tea Time! Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 8,905	To be fair, I loved the Remix Factory version. __________________

03-31-2008, 09:05 AM	#2480
Mecha Cow Gorgeous and modest too Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 3,699	I imported Ouendan 2, because I need more EBA-y goodness, even if it is all crazy and Japanese. I also ordered the US version of No More Heroes, which I expect to drop in the mail tomorrow. __________________