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[Ninjinister]

Originally Posted by Redeemer

I saw my friend play a match or two in arcade ladder, but how is the overal game? I heard it jst as good as the original mortal kombat games (1,2,3)

Better. Much better.

[azrael]

I have to say RE5 and Mortal Kombat

[RiddleOfRevenge]

I've been playing a bit of "Mario Kart Wii".

[Ninjinister]

My mother and I just completed Streets of Rage Remake.

[XERO]

Dude, your mom is hardcore if she can beat the Remake.

[Peanut]

I beat Portal 2 tonight and it was fantastic. They sure pulled off something with the game. I doubted they could deliver something that struck the same chord as well as the first, but they blew it the hell away.

[AquaParade]

Originally Posted by Peanut

I beat Portal 2 tonight and it was fantastic. They sure pulled off something with the game. I doubted they could deliver something that struck the same chord as well as the first, but they blew it the hell away.

Great to hear. I've been dying to pick up this game, but due to my budget, I am trying to be optimistic about a price drop by summer. Unique gaming experiences such as Sotc, Metal gear, and Portal, are the reason's I keep following this medium.

[愛]

Originally Posted by Peanut

I beat Portal 2 tonight and it was fantastic. They sure pulled off something with the game. I doubted they could deliver something that struck the same chord as well as the first, but they blew it the hell away.

Glad to see I'm not the only one here who bought it! Portal 2 had me cracking up the whole time, and the puzzles were fairly difficult. It's a shame that they cut down the majority of areas where you can portal, though. I guess it was tailored to work with the puzzles presented.

Overall, wonderful game.

[Redeemer]

Gears of War 3 Beta!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Cure]

Calm down, it's not even the good part of Gears.

[Barkworm]

I bought a PS3 two weeks ago and played through GoW3 and MGS4. Both were underwhelming but while I thought that GoW was still awesome, MGS was a disappointment in many areas.

[Redeemer]

Originally Posted by Cure

Calm down, it's not even the good part of Gears.

Lol this is true I cant wait for the actaul game

[AquaParade]

Originally Posted by Barkworm

I bought a PS3 two weeks ago and played through GoW3 and MGS4. Both were underwhelming but while I thought that GoW was still awesome, MGS was a disappointment in many areas.

I couldn't help but be a tad disappointed in Metal Gear Solid 4, either. To be fair, my expectations were sky-high. Snake Eater is easily my favorite game.

[Peanut]

Originally Posted by Barkworm

I bought a PS3 two weeks ago and played through GoW3 and MGS4. Both were underwhelming but while I thought that GoW was still awesome, MGS was a disappointment in many areas.

I really thought MGS4 delivered, but I fear it may have aged very quickly, so I don't have the nerve to pop it in and test the theory.

Oh, also been playing Nin2 Jump and Outland on XBLA. Both are awesome in their own weird way. Nin2 Jump is so god damn Japanese it hurts and Outland is so much more than I expected.

[Turo602]

My brother and I have passed Borderlands some time ago. All we need left is two more achievements for leveling up and all the DLC and DLC achievements which we're saving for another time.

I also started and passed Dead Rising 2 Case Zero and got all the achievements and now my bro and I are playing Dead Rising 2 co-op.

And as my main game, I passed Alan Wake and am currently doing another run on Nightmare to get all the collectibles and 1000 it so I can get on with the DLC.

As for Spirit Tracks, I play it casually since I don't play handheld as much as I use to when I was younger but I'm keeping up with the story just fine and I'm really enjoying it. I play about 30 minutes whenever I decide to pick up my 3DS before I go to bed.

[Storm Wolf]

Originally Posted by Peanut

Dragon Age continues to lift me up and bring me down so quickly it makes me sick. How BioWare could do so much right, along with so much completely entirely wrong, is beyond all my imaginings.

I really would like to hear your thoughts on DA2...

I really enjoyed DA: Origins and was so physicked about the second game. Lots of improvements and yet I somehow feel disappointed.

I'm on my second play thru and I think it's the story that disappoints me. Hopefully DA3 (if there is one) will make the story more meaningful in the long run?

I really enjoyed the character interactions in the first DA and was thrilled that your character now has a voice...but it seems they have cut down on the dialog for the characters (some people don't like all that talking but if it's funny or interesting I do.) I also enjoy the romance portions of the game but that seems rather lacking as well and the characters I would have liked to romance weren't an option (bah stupid ranting).

After my second play thru of DA2 I may start Bioshock2 or try Dead Rising again.

Originally Posted by Brodie

It seems more like Peanut was just stating a simile.

Like...

Hanging out with AquaParade would be about as fun as getting a rectal exam.
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HAHAHA! I couldn't help but laugh... This is the stuff I miss most from the Technodrome.

[Peanut]

Originally Posted by Storm Wolf

I really would like to hear your thoughts on DA2...

In a lot of cases, stuff was dumbed down. Stuff like not being able to equip party members with armor was annoying at first, but then I kinda got over it. The amount of interaction with your party was also toned down a touch, but it made for characters that are way more fleshed out that feel more real. It sucks you can't have a 20 minute conversation with someone about griffons, but that's the price paid for a more mainstream title. And while I really did enjoy the story, the scope of it was insanely small. The game lost the truly epic feel of Origins.

The combat, while better overall, lost something with the introduction of "waves". I hate the fact that you can set yourself up in perfect tactical position to handle any incoming enemy attack, then once everyone is killed you have people magically springing out of the ground, or from the sky, in all different directions. It was such a bad decision and it made almost every fight take me out of the "reality" of the game world.

But my main gripe is very easily in the locations. It's absolutely ridiculous how many locations are reused again and again. The game is already extremely limited in where you go, but when you do go somewhere and it just ends up being the exact same place you were 10 minutes ago, it's awful. The smuggler cave is the mine, is the apostate cavern, is the hidden cave, is the quanari outpost and on and on. They reuse every location multiple times and certain ones to the point that it becomes a complete joke. It actually disgusts me that they passed that sh*t out as a complete game.

Even in something like Oblivion, every cave is going to look the same, but at least they're going to be built differently. In DA2, every cave/manor/dock/whatever is the exact same layout. They couldn't even be bothered to come up with something like TES construction set so as to reuse the same assets, but put them together in different ways so as to differentiate certain locations from others, but no. Let's just make 5 different places and use each one 20+ times. We'll throw up some locked doors, no one will know.

Other than that huge problem, I loved the game. I'm just such a huge fan of the characters in Bioware games. At first I disliked Hawke being a voiced character, but it's pulled off pretty well and it makes the story points much more cinematic. If someone in the Warden's family had died, he/she would have just stood their silently, it's nice to get a reaction out of your main character.

[Storm Wolf]

I absolutely agree. The scope of the game was small....even as I was doing final battles I kept thinking "This can't be ALL of it!" I kept waiting for something bigger to show up since other characters kept hinting at other things going on.

I have to say I actually liked the way they did armor as I am terrible at constantly upgrading my armor ( dumbing it down was probably better for me personally) Tho I can easily see why you would dislike what they were going with that.

My biggest gripe was as you said the reusing of the same areas over and over. It got so repetitive. Plus the map would always reset...like they were trying to trick you into thinking you hadn't been there before. You would think since the game concentrated on such a small area that they would put a hell of a lot more work into detailing areas.

I just felt it was....short. maybe that's just me? Origins just seemed to be so lengthy (in a good way of coarse).

[Storm Wolf]

Uncharted and Uncharted 2.

I hear they are pretty good games.

[Barkworm]

I haven't finished DA2 yet but I believe it shares a lot of problems with the first Mass Effect (primarily the re-used locations). Still very enjoyable though.

Originally Posted by Peanut

I really thought MGS4 delivered, but I fear it may have aged very quickly, so I don't have the nerve to pop it in and test the theory.

I had several gripes with it, probably the biggest one being the insane gameplay/video ratio. Of course all MGS games were chock-full of cut scenes but parts of the fourth game (like the entire third and fifth act) were completely ridiculous. To make things worse, starting with the third act the little gameplay there is, is not really good. Sure, the fourth act is great fan service but basically you just run through an abandoned warehouse and fight billions of annoying robot things.

Also, the story was terrible. Even worse than in the second one.