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[Cure]

I just got Darksiders II. I was worried that the dungeons would be gone, but they're there and I'm having fun so far.

[Leo656]

Originally Posted by AT-Man

Playing Silent Hill Downpour atm, gotta try to do every side quest.

How is that? I love Silent Hill. Mostly 2, but I had fun with the one for Wii.

Playing Mortal Kombat vs. DC for the first time. I dig it, but fighting games still ain't my thing. I like where they were going with it, it could'a used a little more work but it's ok. Everyone looks great. I still suck at Fatalities and such.

[Marshall84]

-Currently playing Super Mario 3D Land on my 3D's XL
-On my Xbox 360 Batman Arkham City

Nuthn on my PS3 these days..

[Ninjinister]

My brother was over the last couple of days, so naturally, it was fightin' time. Battle High, MvC2, Skullgirls, and Super SF4 AE.

[Turo602]

Well, I started and finished Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned. Just as good as the game itself, and I really think it's cool that we got to see the story progress through another character's perspective. There were so many times when I was like "I remember that part!" or "so that's what happened?" and whatnot. It actually made me want to play the main story from Niko Bellic's perspective again. Good times.

Since then, I started Dark Sector and I'm not really feeling it. The level design is dull, the characters look awkward, and the story is boring. The game also took some time to get used to, in terms of physics and gameplay. It's obvious the game takes inspiration from Resident Evil 4, but is nowhere near its greatness. It actually feels like a step down. But I have to admit, the glaive is fun to use. Anyway, I decided to take break from it and I did something I have always been too intimidated to do... I started The Legend of Zelda. That's right, the original. Just last night, I was getting familiar with the overworld while trying to master my skills. Since I've started the game, I didn't sleep until 12pm. I woke up around 5 and got back and continued from the 8th dungeon, made it to the 9th and finally passed it! I feel really accomplished for actually completing such a quest. I'd never thought I'd be able to do such a thing, especially with this game's reputation for being difficult. It has been frustrating and I have died many many times, but it was worth it. Here's to finally slaying The Legend that started it all!

[Cure]

Originally Posted by The Ninjinister

So this is pretty much the most exciting thing gaming-wise I've read in a while:

http://majornelson.com/2012/08/07/co...marketplace-7/

"Scott Pilgrim: Online Multiplayer+Wallace Pack (Ubisoft) 19-Aug 400"

To me, this is how you extend the life of a game with DLC. Sure, it's been two years, and it was stuff that we all figured would've been included on release, but dammit, I've been itching to play it again and this gives me a really good reason to do so!

Too bad it just got delayed to the fall.

[cowabunga14]

Mostly Silent Hill: Origins right now.

[XERO]

Been playing Outland. Damn, that game is lovely.

[Frozen_Cereal]

Originally Posted by cure

too bad it just got delayed to the fall.

¬_¬ Great...I was excited for online multiplayer too...

[Samhain]

Just finished up Fall of Cybertron. Amazing, I loved it!!! Now, to online...

[Cure]

Dust: An Elysian Tail is really good. It's pretty great, actually. Well worth $15.

[Leo656]

Hooked up the SNES for some WWF Royal Rumble, Death & Return Of Superman, and Super Mario Bros. (All-Stars version). Awesome day.

[Cure]

I bought NSMB2 through the e-shop for the extra Club Nintendo coins. Never f*cking again.

[Turo602]

So I decided to start Luigi's Mansion a while back and I really liked it. Really great game, I can't see where the hate came from. On that note, Luigi's Mansion Dark Moon looks amazing! I then started Batman Arkham City: Harley Quinn's Revenge DLC and beat it 3 times in order to get all achievements and collectibles. More Batman never hurts.

...I still can't believe the key to defeating King Boo, is sucking Bowser's balls. XD

I've also been playing New Super Mario Bros. 2. The game itself is just like any other New 2D Mario game, which is not a bad thing at all. My biggest complaint would be the terrible co-op. It suffers from the same issue Sonic the Hedgehog 2 had. Poor Tails always being left behind... Anyway, I'd recommend this game be played by yourself. Co-op was already done right on the Wii, but even that was a pain. I haven't played it much, I'm only on world 2, but I don't mind taking this game in small doses.

Okay, so I tried Battlefield Bad Company 2... Although it felt a hell of a lot better than Call of Duty, it just isn't doing it for me. I'm not one to purchase a video game for its online multiplayer, which I'm sure a lot of people did, so I went and tried the campaign to see if it's any better than Call of Duty. From what I played, it is gameplay wise, but I couldn't go on with the rest of the story. It's your typical generic army guy tale. I find myself just shooting because I'm told to, nothing else to it, no motivation. I would of tolerated it if the campaign was co-op, therefore, I would be shooting the bad guys with a friend. And no online mode is worth me keeping a video game... I mean, how many times am I going to play that? It gets boring fast. I guess that's why I love Halo so much and embrace it as THE FPS experience. It actually gives you an interesting and immersive campaign that can be enjoyed with a friend. I mean, if the story was at least any good, I wouldn't mind playing it by myself. But that's not the case with Battlefield... and any other generic army man game.

So I set that bore-fest aside and started playing Star Wars the Force Unleashed II. I think I enjoyed it more than the first game, although the first game had a bit more variety when it came to enemies. But I did find myself impressed with the graphical quality of the game, the free falling segments, and a couple of the boss fights. Specifically Gorog, that has got to be one of my all time faves. So I blasted through it throughout the day along with its DLC. I really enjoyed seeing some familiar faces in the DLC, and what really intrigued me was how the DLC itself acted like a sequel to the first game's DLC.

Right now, I'm replaying Resident Evil 2 out of excitement for Resident Evil 6 and nostalgia.

[Ninjinister]

Originally Posted by Cure

I bought NSMB2 through the e-shop for the extra Club Nintendo coins. Never f*cking again.

Is it a terrible game, or is it just unpleasant trying to download full retail games?

[Cure]

The latter. They have preset amounts you can purchase. After $20 it jumps to f*cking $50. I was like f*ck that, so I just bought the $20 one twice. I go to DL the game and it turns out I didn't have enough cuz of tax, so I had to go back and get the $5 one. Now I'm left over with chump f*cking change.

The difference is that on XBLM, they charge tax on the points, not the games. So like, when you get $20 worth of points, it comes out to $21 something on your bill. That way you don't have retarded amounts of points left over.

[Leo656]

Tuor: That's funny, I was recently thinking about going back and playing Luigi's Mansion again. I think most people wish it had more to it, it's kind of really short (about 6 hours or so) and some may find it a bit too easy. But I loved what was there, really fun game.

Re-starting Super Mario RPG. So nice.

[Ninjinister]

Originally Posted by Cure

The latter. They have preset amounts you can purchase. After $20 it jumps to f*cking $50. I was like f*ck that, so I just bought the $20 one twice. I go to DL the game and it turns out I didn't have enough cuz of tax, so I had to go back and get the $5 one. Now I'm left over with chump f*cking change.

The difference is that on XBLM, they charge tax on the points, not the games. So like, when you get $20 worth of points, it comes out to $21 something on your bill. That way you don't have retarded amounts of points left over.

Yeah that sounds overly ridiculous.

[Turo602]

Okay, so I've never really been a fan of the Metal Gear series, but with the recent announcement of Ground Zeroes, I've been tempted to finally try the series. Maybe it's because I've always had tremendous respect for the series. So I popped in the Twin Snakes yesterday on the Gamecube, and I have to admit, I wasn't too thrilled. The controls were clunky and the gameplay feels outdated. Once you've had Splinter Cell, there's no going back. I mean, at one point I'm sure it was an amazing game. But I wasn't ready to give up on the game just yet, so I gave it time and eventually got used to it. It's nothing spectacular, but I could play it.

[HeavyMetalCarebear]

Currently Playing: Madden '12