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[Ninjinister]

Thank God I've got New Super Mario Bros. on me. Going to play in tribute.

[Peanut]

Uncharted 2 is as fantastic as advertised. They still don't have their head shot detection down, though.

[AquaParade]

I know I made a big ol post that said I was gonna pick up one of four other games, but I went to gamecrazy today, and just ended up picking Fallout 3 up instead. Hope its worth it.

[Mecha Cow]

They still don't have their head shot detection down, though.

Seriously. These guys have indestructable heads!

That said, the game is amazing. They really stepped up the presentation and while it's a terribly cliché thing to say, the experience really does feel like a movie, in a good way.

[saiyan_monkey]

Prince Of Persia The Sands Of Time ... again

I tend to forget how old this game is cause it plays so well.

[Candy Kappa]

borrowed my girlfriend's copy of Wolverine origins on PS3

[raphael_is_cool]

Originally Posted by Peanut

They still don't have their head shot detection down, though.

Totally! When I played the beta and 'demo' I didn't really have a problem with it (and this was factoring in possible latency), but in single-player the number of times I've shot a guy so he keels over a bit then shot his head and...nothing!

[Mecha Cow]

Yeah, it's fine in the multiplayer (at least in the beta; haven't touched the final version yet). The single player enemies are not very complex to begin with -- at one point during the stealth section I was literally humping a guard's leg and he still didn't know I was there.

But they make up for it in numbers, and as long as I get to shoot stuff I don't really care.

[raphael_is_cool]

Oh, yeah, I had that once. Stealth-attacked a guy right in another enemy's eyeline, but he was covering so his AI was probably facing forwards. After I took the one guy out, I casually walked round the front of his cover and took him out too.

And then at another point later on a guy spotted me when he wouldn't have been able to see me. I was above him and behind cover but still he goes 'Hey!' and starts making a beeline towards me.

Excellent game despite the flaws though.

[The Clerk]

Halo ODST and Final Fantasy 7. I can't get enough.

[Mecha Cow]

I finished Uncharted 2. I thought the last act was a bit weak and the final boss was a missed opportunity, but overall it was a fantastic game. It's too bad I've finished it so quickly, but I'm actually considering starting another playthrough right away -- something I've never done with any other game before.

Spoiler:

Also, just where the hell was Shambhala? You could see the sky and everything, but weren't they underground?

[Peanut]

As great as Uncharted 2 is, they fall into the exact same pitfall 3/4 of the way through the game as they did with the first.

Really really disappointed with that. I think I'm almost done, around chapter 23 or so. But I can't believe they pretty much pulled the same tricks, and made the same mistakes, in the sequel. The setting changes have helped to keep things fresher than the first, but the combat still wears precariously thin towards the end.

[Mecha Cow]

You still have a couple of chapters to go, but you're pretty much right. On one hand I'm sad the game ended, but on the other it shouldn't have gone on for much longer than it did. Out of curiosity, what are you referring to specifically, though?

I've noticed that many games these days have anticlimactic finales; what's up with that? o_O

[raphael_is_cool]

I've noticed some of firefights are well-paced and keep you moving and progressing. While others are just 'MORE enemies?!'. And when some guy with a shotgun appears out of nowhere and is behind you, and he's the last guy, and he kills you and you have to start all over again it is ****ing annoying!

Also, I've started to notice more problems with hitboxes and, in a couple of cases, sniper bullets going straight through a target...

[Peanut]

Originally Posted by Mecha Cow

You still have a couple of chapters to go, but you're pretty much right. On one hand I'm sad the game ended, but on the other it shouldn't have gone on for much longer than it did. Out of curiosity, what are you referring to specifically, though?

I've noticed that many games these days have anticlimactic finales; what's up with that? o_O

Just beat it, turned out I was right up to the boss. Again, Uncharted ends with a lame boss encounter. It had a great ending, though. Drake is awesome.

As for what I was talking about before,

Spoiler:

I was referring to the way the first Uncharted veered entirely away from exploration and platforming to "arena" battles. The first time I really noticed it was post train crash chapter, where you were stuck in that little snowy gully until all the "waves" were cleared. There was a bunch of the "waves" junk spread throughout after that, which always feels unnecessary, and like a sh*tty way to extend the length of the game.

The stuff at the monastery was awful for that, and it had a bunch of the same type of sequences from the first game, where it was pretty much trial and error to figure out enemy placement. Then they pull the whole "here's some new, much stronger, enemies" trick again, where they try and freshen things up by throwing in a bunch of enemies that simply aren't fun to fight.

Again, much improved over the original, which I still really liked, but a bunch of the same mistakes late game took the wind out of my sails.

[saiyan_monkey]

Guitar Hero 5 - Not bad and a bit easy.

Guitar Hero Greatest Hits - I know I know, people say it should of been for downloads but I only have a PS2. Its good though, heaps of good songs. The big downfall was it didnt have a whole lot. They could of added loads more and should of had 80-100 songs on it.

Rockband (the original) - This game is *****n rocking. Even more so now I have the drums.

[saiyan_monkey]

Prince Of Persia - The Warrior Within.

The Sands Of Time is great and is one of the few games I have picked back up months after finishing and Im suspecting that TWW will achive the same status to me.

[poiuytre]

How many chapters does Uncharted 2 have? I'm at 22 and I'm pretty much burnt out on it already. It's been a fantastic ride, but much like the first game it's drawn out to the point where I just want it to end.

[raphael_is_cool]

Not really a spoiler but I figure some people might not want to know the 'length' of the game. The number of chapters is...

Spoiler:

26. I know this because of the 'artwork' bit of the store has some locked until you beat that chapter, not because I've finished it.

I got a bit burnt out on the combat at that point too (you're not quite out of the woods either...FIGURATIVE TERM. NOT A SPOILER) but then it picked up again and I found it better towards the end. Although, I'm playing on normal. Not sure I'd ever want to tackle some of those sections on hard...

[Peanut]

Originally Posted by poiuytre

How many chapters does Uncharted 2 have? I'm at 22 and I'm pretty much burnt out on it already. It's been a fantastic ride, but much like the first game it's drawn out to the point where I just want it to end.

Yep. Chapter 22 is pretty much where things took a turn for me, as well. The setting towards the end of the game is fantastic, but like late-game Drake's Fortune, exploring and sight-seeing is kept to a minimum because of the ridiculous amount of wave-based enemy encounters.

Again, it's unfortunate, but not entirely unexpected. It is a Naughty Dog game, after all.