Started playing a bit of Duke Nukem Forever and I like it so far, but I have mostly been playing The Ball which I think is really good so I am aiming to complete that first before I complete Duke.
Secret of Monkey Island (Special Edition)
Bought at the 75% off TTG sale. Good bargain, but what about these controls?! And why keeps the main menu popping up for no apparent reason while I play?
Prince of Persia (2008)
This being the last Ubisoft game that PC players could actually buy without feeling screwed by the DRM, I gave it another go. I think I like it even better than in my last walkthrough. Yes, the fact that console players get another DLC to wrap this up is a porblem (Fawful insists that I write the word like that). Still, the "original" ending is quite in spirit with the "Arabian Nights" and I've come to like it... even though it's as far from a happy ending as possible.
Anachronox
Getting this to work on W7 64bit was a chore, and there are cruel gameplay bugs remaining which slow down fights in a painful way and make travelling between locations almost unbearable as well. Damn, I like this game so much! Any more unofficial patches for this??
The Longest Journey
Halfway through, I played this almost every year since it was released, and I still love it, even in German. At least this works with W7... as opposed to Dreamfall, the shitty Starforce copy protection of which just doesn't cooperate. Damn you, DRM... killing my games. A special edition, Dreamfall, Norwegian/English version, artbook and all. What am I going to do with it?
I've been playing Super Smash Bros. Brawl for a month because my XBOX 360 has broken down:(. I would get a new one, but I have some financial issues that need to be fixed. *sigh*
I have no idea how you otherwise get all those goodies, to lazy to enter the console, and it's my revenge to the unbelievable bad enchanter who destroyed so many of my great items with a just a few or almost no enhancements already. Easily the most hated guy in this gem of a game.
Man, I had forgotten how fun this game could be XD
Fly around in a jetpack while riding a tiger, cause the dinosaurs' extinction by summoning the wrath of an angry god, thaw a kid out of an ice block only for it to get bitten by its undead teacher that turned into a zombie when I tried out a really crazy idea involving zombies on fire yet I got the starite anyways, lots of fun moments. This was word every cent if only to mess around with it.
Man, I had forgotten how fun this game could be XD
Fly around in a jetpack while riding a tiger, cause the dinosaurs' extinction by summoning the wrath of an angry god, thaw a kid out of an ice block only for it to get bitten by its undead teacher that turned into a zombie when I tried out a really crazy idea involving zombies on fire yet I got the starite anyways, lots of fun moments. This was word every cent if only to mess around with it.
Have they fixed the terrible controls of the first one?
Fallout: New Vegas
Champions Online: Free For All (as The Mask and Black Mask right now)
Spiral Knights
Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth
Star Wars: Republic Commando
PS3: Record of Agarest War,Arcana Hearts 3, BlazBlue: CS(2), Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, and GTA 4
DS: Prof. Layton and the Curious Villiage, Pokemon Black, SMT: Strange Journey
3DS: Zelda: OoT 3D, Steel Diver, Samurai Warriors Chronicles, Dead or Alive, and BlazBlue: CS2
PS2: Persona 4
GBC: Revelations: The Demon Slayer and Conker's Pocket Tails
GBA: Demi Kids white and Mario and Luigi (first one)
PS1: Tomba!, TM:Small Brawl, and Threads of Fate
PC: FEAR, DoW2 Retribution, DoW: Winter Assault, and Reccetear
On Tuesday Shadow of the Damned should arrive and it will more then likely replace GTA 4 or Uncharted. Though I'm strongly thinking of getting Alice Madness returns (not sure if PC or PS3) and Record of Agarest War Zero. Oh, plus Cubic Ninja, man do I want that.
To anyone who has played Metroid Prime 1 and/or 2 for GameCube, let me recommend that, before you dive right into playing Prime or Echoes with Wii controls, you should first play Corruption for practice. I would say playing through Corruption until you leave for the planet would be long enough.
The reason why I say this is because I have played Prime and Echoes for GameCube multiple times, and I originally went into playing Prime on the Wii with a weird feeling because the control scheme is so different. Having never played Corruption before, I booted up Corruption for a bit and basically played a new game with new controls- giving myself some time to familiarize myself with the controls by playing the game for which they were originally designed- before going back to Prime and having far less confusion and mistakes. Sure, I still mess up sometimes by hitting the wrong button, but it's a lot less frequent now.
Fallout 3 GOTY, great game.
Revenge of the Titans, nice indie.
Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3, I didn't know about all the awesome cutscenes with real actors and I'm often shocked and suprised when great actors just pop up with a silly accent or a cheesy line, so much fun XD
The reason why I say this is because I have played Prime and Echoes for GameCube multiple times, and I originally went into playing Prime on the Wii with a weird feeling because the control scheme is so different. [SNIP] Sure, I still mess up sometimes by hitting the wrong button, but it's a lot less frequent now.
I think I got around that by swapping one or two of the buttons around. Could be wrong there, but I believe I had to make the B button 'shoot'. It's been a while. Really should get back into it.
Anyway. Currently playing:
PC: Half-Life mods (managed to get Invasion working with a pre-Steam'd version of HL)
PS3: Heroes on the Move (still calling it that, still don't think it's all that)
XBox360: FEAR Files (which is really hard) and Lego Harry Potter Years 1-4 (which isn't)
I had two days in which I was able to make use of my cousin's Xbox, so I played Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood from start to finish within the last 48 hours. I'm running on 3 hours of sleep now, but it was worth it.
Just nabbed C&C: The First Decade. I've shockingly never played any of the C&C games before, not even C&C Music Factory: Make My Video (which I understand from reliable sources is unrelated ).
EDIT: Well, that was short-lived. Due to some glitch I can find zero documentation of, I cannot deploy my MCV, and thus cannot play the first game past the first mission. On to Red Alert, then.
EDIT 2: Okay, what the hell. Second mission of Red Alert. I meet the win conditions, but the mission doesn't end. This is starting to annoy me. Going to try Tiberian Sun, I guess.
Been playing Spiral Knights as much as it will let me play without paying for Energy (I really can't stand Pay to Play MMOs, but this game is pretty fun, and lets you do a decent amount of stuff without paying), and a bit of Fallout and MDK on the side.
Still playing Metroid Prime Trilogy.
I have by now come to appreciate just how much better the wave beam is in Trilogy (when free aim is enabled during lock-on) than it is on the GameCube. The wave beam homes in on locked-on enemies, whether you are directly aiming at them or not, which means you can fire around corners with it. tbh, I never liked the wave beam very much on the GameCube version.
Also, I am playing Super Mario Galaxy.
I have today acquired 120 stars as Mario, thus unlocking Luigi.
Yep. Otherwise there'd be no money in it for Valve!
Finally got back to playing Mysteries of the Sith. The enemies in the last few levels can go to hell with their absurdly fast attack speeds and their near-insta-kill moves. They can piss right off.
I played Magicka for a while. Got frustrated and stopped playing. It's definitely more enjoyable on multiplayer.
Also, stupid question, probably, but after TF2 became free, do you still have to pay for the extra hats and weapons, etc.?
That's the idea. They give away the game for free to the people who haven't bought it yet, and those that love it and stay will buy hats, ergo making more money for Valve than they'll make selling it since the game has been out for some time, has had a great reputation, and has been really cheap in several promos, so not too many people are likely to buy TF2 anymore anyway.
Comments
Classic game!
I just realized today that I've never completed Zelda: Twilight Princess... :eek:
Bought at the 75% off TTG sale. Good bargain, but what about these controls?! And why keeps the main menu popping up for no apparent reason while I play?
Prince of Persia (2008)
This being the last Ubisoft game that PC players could actually buy without feeling screwed by the DRM, I gave it another go. I think I like it even better than in my last walkthrough. Yes, the fact that console players get another DLC to wrap this up is a porblem (Fawful insists that I write the word like that). Still, the "original" ending is quite in spirit with the "Arabian Nights" and I've come to like it... even though it's as far from a happy ending as possible.
Anachronox
Getting this to work on W7 64bit was a chore, and there are cruel gameplay bugs remaining which slow down fights in a painful way and make travelling between locations almost unbearable as well. Damn, I like this game so much! Any more unofficial patches for this??
The Longest Journey
Halfway through, I played this almost every year since it was released, and I still love it, even in German. At least this works with W7... as opposed to Dreamfall, the shitty Starforce copy protection of which just doesn't cooperate. Damn you, DRM... killing my games. A special edition, Dreamfall, Norwegian/English version, artbook and all. What am I going to do with it?
I really need to rent the series one last time.
Now that Sly 4 is on the way:D:D
Oh and i cheat like hell with the hex editor. :O)
I have no idea how you otherwise get all those goodies, to lazy to enter the console, and it's my revenge to the unbelievable bad enchanter who destroyed so many of my great items with a just a few or almost no enhancements already. Easily the most hated guy in this gem of a game.
Man, I had forgotten how fun this game could be XD
Fly around in a jetpack while riding a tiger, cause the dinosaurs' extinction by summoning the wrath of an angry god, thaw a kid out of an ice block only for it to get bitten by its undead teacher that turned into a zombie when I tried out a really crazy idea involving zombies on fire yet I got the starite anyways, lots of fun moments. This was word every cent if only to mess around with it.
Have they fixed the terrible controls of the first one?
Champions Online: Free For All (as The Mask and Black Mask right now)
Spiral Knights
Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth
Star Wars: Republic Commando
Can't wait for the soundtrack.
Assassins Creed 2
Fate of the World
DS: Prof. Layton and the Curious Villiage, Pokemon Black, SMT: Strange Journey
3DS: Zelda: OoT 3D, Steel Diver, Samurai Warriors Chronicles, Dead or Alive, and BlazBlue: CS2
PS2: Persona 4
GBC: Revelations: The Demon Slayer and Conker's Pocket Tails
GBA: Demi Kids white and Mario and Luigi (first one)
PS1: Tomba!, TM:Small Brawl, and Threads of Fate
PC: FEAR, DoW2 Retribution, DoW: Winter Assault, and Reccetear
On Tuesday Shadow of the Damned should arrive and it will more then likely replace GTA 4 or Uncharted. Though I'm strongly thinking of getting Alice Madness returns (not sure if PC or PS3) and Record of Agarest War Zero. Oh, plus Cubic Ninja, man do I want that.
To anyone who has played Metroid Prime 1 and/or 2 for GameCube, let me recommend that, before you dive right into playing Prime or Echoes with Wii controls, you should first play Corruption for practice. I would say playing through Corruption until you leave for the planet would be long enough.
The reason why I say this is because I have played Prime and Echoes for GameCube multiple times, and I originally went into playing Prime on the Wii with a weird feeling because the control scheme is so different. Having never played Corruption before, I booted up Corruption for a bit and basically played a new game with new controls- giving myself some time to familiarize myself with the controls by playing the game for which they were originally designed- before going back to Prime and having far less confusion and mistakes. Sure, I still mess up sometimes by hitting the wrong button, but it's a lot less frequent now.
Just a suggestion.
Revenge of the Titans, nice indie.
Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3, I didn't know about all the awesome cutscenes with real actors and I'm often shocked and suprised when great actors just pop up with a silly accent or a cheesy line, so much fun XD
Anyway. Currently playing:
PC: Half-Life mods (managed to get Invasion working with a pre-Steam'd version of HL)
PS3: Heroes on the Move (still calling it that, still don't think it's all that)
XBox360: FEAR Files (which is really hard) and Lego Harry Potter Years 1-4 (which isn't)
EDIT: Well, that was short-lived. Due to some glitch I can find zero documentation of, I cannot deploy my MCV, and thus cannot play the first game past the first mission. On to Red Alert, then.
EDIT 2: Okay, what the hell. Second mission of Red Alert. I meet the win conditions, but the mission doesn't end. This is starting to annoy me. Going to try Tiberian Sun, I guess.
Siren Blood Curse PS3
Commander Keen PC
Team Fortress 2
Just installed Hector, going to play that right now
MechWarrior + tower defense, ohhhhh yeah!
That game is super addictive!!!
Still fun, though.
I have by now come to appreciate just how much better the wave beam is in Trilogy (when free aim is enabled during lock-on) than it is on the GameCube. The wave beam homes in on locked-on enemies, whether you are directly aiming at them or not, which means you can fire around corners with it. tbh, I never liked the wave beam very much on the GameCube version.
Also, I am playing Super Mario Galaxy.
I have today acquired 120 stars as Mario, thus unlocking Luigi.
Heeeeeeey, I thought we were waiting until Josh managed to talk Chris into getting it so the four of us could play together!
...On the other hand, I'm sure a little practice couldn't hurt.
Also, stupid question, probably, but after TF2 became free, do you still have to pay for the extra hats and weapons, etc.?
Finally got back to playing Mysteries of the Sith. The enemies in the last few levels can go to hell with their absurdly fast attack speeds and their near-insta-kill moves. They can piss right off.