What is the last game you played?

EmilyEmily Telltale Alumni
edited October 2008 in General Chat
Just curious what everyone's playing at the moment...

I finished Professor Layton last weekend. Cute game. I got kind of annoyed with the puzzles at points, but it was okay after taking a break and then coming back to it again.

How about you?
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  • edited August 2008
    Trauma Center:under the knife.That game can be so hard sometimes.I've also been putting in some online play in mario kart DS.That's always a good mindless game.I've also been playing Super Smash Bros. Brawl and SSX Blur.
  • edited August 2008
    I was just playing through the American McGee's Grimm game.

    In a circle around your character, the bright world twists into a delightfully dark version of itself. This can get quite addictive, and watching the walls darken becomes quite fun.

    It's a lot like Katamari Damacy in that you have to affect smaller things in order to be able to affect bigger things, and your sphere of influence increases as you do. When you become influential enough to turn large things like trees and people into their dark forms, it becomes sickeningly delightful.

    The game has an AMAZING amount of charm, but in a dark and twisted way. Sometimes I cringed at HOW dark something became. You execute the men in the gallows, you turn children in the schoolyard into walking matches that set their teacher aflame, and blood runs like crazy.

    The game is really really short, in that I'm sure I wouldn't have paid for it on its own. Only about half an hour of gameplay. But having a weekly little something to look forward to makes the Gametap subscription all the more enticing.

    Also, the game is far too easy if you're not one for speed runs and collecting the couple of secrets in each of the tiny levels. The cleaners that undo your work are so much slower than you that they don't pose much of a threat, especially after the first couple of levels on the "Dark-O-Meter".

    But I definitely enjoyed myself.

    I've also taken to playing Peggle and Endless Ocean, because I've been rather stressed lately. I find both to be amazingly relaxing. If anyone here who owns a Wii hasn't played Endless Ocean, then I higly suggest they do. A lot of people say there isn't much for the hardcore gamer in terms of actual score and story, which I find to be very deceiving. There is an encyclopedia that has to be updated during three separate dives for each fish and there is actually a story to it. The story isn't anything GREAT, but I thought it worked, especially for a game I was spending 30 bucks on. I've actually enjoyed it a lot more than some games I bought at the full retail price. Of course, I'm a weirdo. If I had my way, the Wii would have a lot more titles like Endless Ocean and Zack and Wiki
  • edited August 2008
    Can you actually controll your diver in endless ocean?That might be cool.I love marine life, but that game just looked like shovelware on the shelf.I might rent it sometime.
  • edited August 2008
    Last thing I played? Halo 3.I'm about to play Wario Ware:Twisted.
  • Truth be told, I just finished doing all the "Did you try's" for Ice Station Santa... Awesome!
  • edited August 2008
    Can you actually controll your diver in endless ocean?That might be cool.I love marine life, but that game just looked like shovelware on the shelf.I might rent it sometime.

    I think it's actually very well-designed. And yeah. You fully control the diver. There's a rather useless dolphin training game that could have been fleshed out, but overall there's a lot of meat to the game. There are a few hidden secrets that aren't given to you in the story. There are hidden bits of treasure, and a ghost ship that sails around the ocean. By doing jobs on the side, mostly taking pictures of certain fish and being a diving guide, you unlock different customization options for your diver. Plus, there's the whole thing with some fish only appearing during the night or day, etc.

    It's at least worth a rental, in my opinion. And it's one of my favorite Wii games, which is kind of sad, but whatever.
  • edited August 2008
    Emily wrote: »
    Just curious what everyone's playing at the moment...

    I finished Professor Layton last weekend. Cute game. I got kind of annoyed with the puzzles at points, but it was okay after taking a break and then coming back to it again.

    How about you?


    I actually just finished that game as well this past Sunday. Before that I played Hotel Dusk and Trace Memory.

    As for now I am currently playing The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass. It's a decent enough game, but I honestly can't say that I enjoy it as much as the other overhead perspective Zelda games. I think I would enjoy it more if the d-pad was used to move the character. I have no problems using the stylus for everything else (slashing the sword, throwing the boomerang, etc.), but using it to control the character's movement is somewhat annoying to me and really takes away from an otherwise enjoyable game.

    @Rather Dashing: Your description of Endless Diver reminds me a little of Everblue.
  • edited August 2008
    I've been messing around with the Spore Creature Creator a bit. I'm almost done replaying Psychonauts, and I've just started with Another World (I believe the US version was called Out of This World).
  • edited August 2008
    seeing as my laptop isn't working and therefore my xbox live is down i have been playing the capaigns of games i hadn't finished,

    those being COD4 on hardened (cannot be bothered with veteran), GRAW 2, RSV2, GTA4, and a little grid.
  • edited August 2008
    I last played Soul Calibur 2, but recently have been doing Rock band and the Spore creature creator.
  • edited August 2008
    I' currently replaying "Darkness within: in Pursuit of Loath Noldor"
    Before that I replayed "Barrow Hill".
    Hmmm, I need a new game.
  • edited August 2008
    Can you actually controll your diver in endless ocean?That might be cool.I love marine life, but that game just looked like shovelware on the shelf.I might rent it sometime.

    yes you can, but you just point where you want to go, and hold in the b button to swim there.

    as for me, i last played rockband (wii). good game, but could use online play to make it better:D
  • edited August 2008
    I'm playing custom Portal maps, DROD - Architect's Edition, and Final Fantasy X (might play X-2 later for the hell of it).
  • edited August 2008
    The Wonderful End of the World.

    A blatant Katamari knock-off, but the only good clone available on the PC. I loved it, but it was too short and on only the second day of playing had earned all of the achievements. Still, worth the $9 I paid for it on Steam. I just hope there are level packs in the future.

    With respect to the Grimm game, it reminds me more of de Blob than Katamari Damaci. Anyone else played that game (well, the original freeware version of it)?

    Ok, to be fair I actually played Rock band most recently... but everyone plays that...
  • edited August 2008
    LostWinds (My first Wii Ware experience) and Zack and Wiki.

    LostWinds was surprizingly good for such a small game.

    Zack and Wiki was overly Japanese but it's twist on typical point 'n' click adventure games was a nice change. Puzzles weren't too difficult or too easy and the later levels had incredibly well thought out design.

    I recommend both. :)
  • edited August 2008
    I keep meaning to get Zack and Wiki, but every time I see it in the shops, it's pre-owned and going for £30.

    I'm not paying half that much when I keep seeing reminders that it's only $10 in the US on the WiiFanboy blog. Plus, with it being pre-owned, the money'd only be lining the game shop's pockets rather than funding a sequel or whatever /:
  • Two Games I might wanna get: Zack and Wiki/Pychonauts.

    I think I might prefer Physchonauts. =/
  • edited August 2008
    I've been replaying Planescape: Torment lately. I never get tired of that game. I've also been started playing the Metal Gear Solid games in order, now that I've finished Guns of the Patriots.

    I have to agree with Endless Ocean, too. There are, of course, times when it's too relaxing, and I want to wade through hordes of enemies in Dynasty Warriors, but most of the time I end up playing for hours.
  • edited August 2008
    i just finished Nancy Drew: The Phantom of Venice :)
  • edited August 2008
    I'm currently playing Brawl (I've nearly got you, Sonic!) and Mass Effect, which I'm ashamed to say I completely suck at.
  • edited August 2008
    I've been playing The World Ends With You for DS. By far the best DS game I've played.
  • edited August 2008
    I'm currently playing Brawl (I've nearly got you, Sonic!) and Mass Effect, which I'm ashamed to say I completely suck at.

    I don't think that's just you. I started playing it and got so frustrated at one point I had to put it down. That's never happened to me with any other game before! Then again, we might just both suck at it...
  • edited August 2008
    Some night fairly recently I got home while it was still daylight, and I wasted it by playing Civilization Revolution. It's neat.
  • edited August 2008
    I'm currently playing Brawl (I've nearly got you, Sonic!)

    You playing the Story-ish Mode?Well, I have to say, his cameo, is EXTREMELY RANDOM.He just literally pops out of nowhere.
  • edited August 2008
    Eden. I don't have the full version yet. (I don't think it's out yet...) but the demo is still amazing. Go to the PSN and find the Eden demo if you want to play it.
  • edited August 2008
    BadStrong wrote: »
    I've been playing The World Ends With You for DS. By far the best DS game I've played.
    That game was awesome.
  • edited August 2008
    I just replayed Grim Fandango. Easily one the of the best games ever made. I'm also in the middle of Avernum 2. I've played all the other Avernum games but missed this one for some reason. I'm kind of stuck at a point where my characters seem too weak to advance, and I got frustrated and set it aside, but I'll get back to it eventually. Also replaying Diablo 2 for the umpteenth time, since Blizzard set up their digital download system, and I was able to just enter my CD key at their web site and was good to go. I've got GameTap, so I figure I should probably play Grimm, but I just know it's going to suck really bad.
  • edited August 2008
    I don't think that's just you. I started playing it and got so frustrated at one point I had to put it down. That's never happened to me with any other game before! Then again, we might just both suck at it...

    Oh, I'm glad to hear it isn't just me. I don't usually play that type of game, so that's probably something to do with it too.
    You playing the Story-ish Mode?Well, I have to say, his cameo, is EXTREMELY RANDOM.He just literally pops out of nowhere.

    I've got two more characters to defeat in the Great Maze, and I'm at about 82% or something, so I think I'm just one step away from getting that blue hedgehog! I'm currently using Snake most of the time, as I just like launching missiles at the bosses and blowing them away.
  • edited August 2008
    I recently downloaded Sin and Punishment on the Wii Virtual Console. It's fun (and really weird), but I'm really bad at it and I've been stuck on one boss fight for a while. D:
  • I'm not playing games, but more along, Trying to find a stupid game to play.

    Phsycohnauts looks Fun and Awesome, but so does The World Ends With You... D=
  • edited August 2008
    I was on my DS last night playing Pokemon Diamond, sick of this contest and I want to move on but stuck on the Ultra level. Grr. I think I need more accessories.
  • edited August 2008
    I just finished the free episode of American McGee's Grimm on GameTap, just 15 minutes ago. It's absolutely amazing, and it has persuaded me to get a GameTap Gold subscription.*

    *Edit: ...if I lived in the US or Canada, that is...
  • edited August 2008
    Soul Calibur IV, The World Ends With You, and Brain Age 2.
  • edited August 2008
    I'm not playing games, but more along, Trying to find a stupid game to play.

    Phsycohnauts looks Fun and Awesome, but so does The World Ends With You... D=
    Isn't Psychonauts still free from Gametap?

    (Yes.)
  • edited August 2008
    Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders, FM Towns version. Need to play this game often to justify the price I had to pay for it :p

    It's a cool game though, always liked it. Wacky and fun :)
  • edited August 2008
    Puzzle Quest and GTAIV (still).

    Puzzle Quest is an interesting beast. I normally despise "Match 3" games. And this particular game's AI clearly cheats like no other. But I cannot stop playing it. Every time I think I'm finally getting bored with it, I get some fancy new spell or piece of equipment that totally changes the game's strategy around.

    Good thing the multiplayer is such a hassle to get going, or else I'd never get any sleep.
  • SquinkySquinky Telltale Alumni
    edited August 2008
    I'm currently playing The Last Express and Rock Band.
  • edited August 2008
    I just downloaded Mario Kart 64 from the virtual console.It's good, although those many years ago when my brother and I played my cousins on that game(on the original cartridge), I never noticed that the characters were all 2-D sprites.I guess I was too busy thinking "These graphics are AMAZING!!!!"...they were at the time....
  • edited August 2008
    Thank God they are - imagine the ugly polygon characters you'd have otherwise :o
    I think the way they did the characters in that game was a nice solution... less demanding for the console and looks better as well.

    Anyway, last game I played - more Zak FM Towns.
  • edited August 2008
    For me I'm curently playing Final Fantasy IV for the 1st time. Thanks to the DS. :D

    Before that it was Mega Man Star Force 2: Zerker x Saurian.

    For Wii, a little bit of We Love Golf and GH Aerosmith.

    PC side, Team Fortress 2 and City of Heroes/Villains.
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