Last game you played and rate it

[vander]

surprised a thread like this doesn't already exist

Dishonored: 8/10

style of game I like: somewhat linear, somewhat rpg, story driven, atmospheric... don't see to many games like this anymore, could have used better/tougher AI, and a little more diversity in the magical abilities.

[Cry Havoc]

Games I'm playing now:

Xcom: 9.3/10. Amazing game. GotY for me for 2012.
Far Cry 3: 8.5/10 Awesome. Gets a little old but still incredible.
Sleeping Dogs: 8.5/10 Still too early to rate this game honestly as I'm only 4 hours in, but it's a lot of fun thus far.
Chivalry: 7.8/10. Lot of fun but very frustrating and not very intuitive.
Deus Ex: Human Revolution: 7.5/10. Good game, but I can't see why people were going so nuts over it.

[clambake]

chess 9/10

[baseline bum]

GTA Vice City: 10/10

[ElNono]

Last I played: Dead Island Riptide - 7/10

There's nothing new right now, so I went back to Just Cause 2 (10/10, IMO).

I skipped on Star Trek since I read it's crap.

[Reck]

Malicious 8/10

Some sick japanese made game.

Hard but addictive as hell.

1I_Ob3HELcY

[blkroadrunners]

GTA Vice City: 10/10

The one for PS2/PSN or off the Apple store?

[blkroadrunners]

NBA 2K13. 9/10

[baseline bum]

The one for PS2/PSN or off the Apple store?

XBox

[xellos88330]

I don't like just rating the last game I played since I play so many different ones. To be fair, I rated all of the ones I have played since yesterday.

Civ 5 ---- 9/10

The game is ridiculously hard to beat on immortal and deity level. I am only on Emperor currently and am owning it. Once I bump up the difficulty to the next level, it becomes damn near impossible. Deity.... forget it.

FTL (Faster than Light) ---- 10/10

EXCELLENT LITTLE GAME!!! It is hard as fuck!!! The fact that it is named FTL is just an added bonus. FUCK THE LAKERS!!!

Call of Duty: Black Ops II---- 8/10

Is it me or are they starting to try to hard?

Guild Wars 2 ---- 7/10

Good game, just can get a little annoying trying to find events just to get decent XP.

World of Warcraft: Rise of Pandaria ----- 3/10

SSDD

[Chris]

Dead Island:Riptide 10/10 everything you like about the first multiplied by 9000
MLB The Show 13 10/10 been the best baseball game for a long time, this is easily the best in the series

[Reck]

Dead Island:Riptide 10/10 everything you like about the first multiplied by 9000
MLB The Show 13 10/10 been the best baseball game for a long time, this is easily the best in the series

What makes 13 the best?

[Chris]

What makes 13 the best?

They completely revamped road to the show and eliminated the confusing baserunning shit; its just up and down now

They adjusted the hitting a bit from last year to where you get better contact but still plenty of crazy infield singles and triple hoppers off the bag

Pulse pitching is much better/accurate and the constant lag on online games has been improved

When you're fielding you don't throw to the wrong base anymore which was especially frustrating if you liked playing the infield like me

[resistanze]

FIFA 13: 8/10: Definite improvement over FIFA 12, as even playing against the AI on legendary can be fun.

[UZER]

Arkham Asylum. 8/10 A little repetitive at times, which is the case with most games. But overall great game. Not a big gamer. This is the only game I've played start to finish since the first halo :lol

[The Reckoning]

Empire: Total War (with all the patches and hotfixes). 8/10

Campaign is incredible. I love the customization you have over construction/development and tactics. You can actually conduct guerrilla war, sending cavalry to raze the countryside and whatnot. I figured out the value of establishing fronts, so my cities won't be taken quickly (also like the fact that militias spawn if a major city is undefended, so one unit can't take a city). The ship-tech is my favorite, and competing over the West/East Indie trade with other nations is fun. Being the Maratha Confederacy, uniting India and invading North America is always a trip. Cities rebelling every turn for no reason pisses me off. Unit upkeep is way too much. Allies never join your cause or help, and noone wants to trade unless you have the same religion. People declare war on you for no reason, and minor nations get swallowed up in a matter of turns because they all declare war and get wiped out immediately (German states, Native Americans, Denmark, little shit countries like Georgia, etc)

Battles are incredibly boring. I don't know if I'm getting burned out on the TW format (been playing for years), but having cavalry in an army just doesn't make sense anymore since theyre not nearly as effective as in the other TW games other than running down wavering troops. I'm also pissed that retarded melee units can charge my line riflemen and decimate them and not all get shot in the fucking face or even care theyre being fired at by fucking GUNS.

Pre-battle placement pisses me off because sometimes you're allowed to build trenches, and sometimes you aren't...I want trench warefare ffs. Also, generals die way too easily. Sending them into combat is asking to lose. Unit variety is nil unless I want to waste my money on all those 10 dollar addon pacs. No thanks. Sieges make me want to pull my hair out because unit pathfinding is shit, so it's too much micromanagement for me.

AI is the worst I've ever seen. Even if the enemy has superior artillery and forces, they still charge and melee from the get-go.

The graphics are far worse than Medieval II despite the higher reqs to run it. That I don't understand.

My hopes are high for Rome II though. Maybe that'll reinvigorate my passion for the series.

I guess in general I'm finding myself outgrowing games. They don't seem nearly as exciting as they used to be, and I could be making hookers cry and preying on women with low self esteem instead.

[Cry Havoc]

Arkham Asylum. 8/10 A little repetitive at times, which is the case with most games. But overall great game. Not a big gamer. This is the only game I've played start to finish since the first halo :lol

Try Fallout 3 and the Mass Effect series. Stellar games. Borderlands 2 is also worth a playthrough, it's fucking hilarious.

[CuckingFunt]

Finally making time for the Mass Effect games.





RIP, Mordin. :depressed

[Flawless]

Earthbound(SNES)
9.5/10

Wow, one damn good rpg if I do say so myself. Been playing a lot of retro games; how I miss the good ole days :depressed

[symple19]

Dead Island: Riptide 8/10 - Zombie killing gloriousness

[Reck]

Arkham Asylum. 8/10 A little repetitive at times, which is the case with most games. But overall great game. Not a big gamer. This is the only game I've played start to finish since the first halo :lol

Good, now play the sequel. :tu

[DJR210]

Arma 3 Alpha and Arma II - 9/10 - Best military FPS sim I've played
Borderlands 2 - 7/10
Skyrim with 60+ Mods and Project ENB - 9/10
Mark of The Ninja - 8/10

[Bynumite]

GTA Vice City: 10/10

^This.

My GOAT game tbh.

Right now, i'm gaming less than ever. Everything is so stale nowadays and blatantly try to copy popular games. There's a lack of original ideas outside the indie market and nothing really stands out imo.

The only game i'm looking forward to play this year is GTA V and that's it.

[baseline bum]

^This.

My GOAT game tbh.

Right now, i'm gaming less than ever. Everything is so stale nowadays and blatantly try to copy popular games. There's a lack of original ideas outside the indie market and nothing really stands out imo.

The only game i'm looking forward to play this year is GTA V and that's it.

Tough call for me between Vice City and San Andreas. I mean Vice City was such a leap forward from an already incredible GTA III, but the gang wars in San Andreas are some of the greatest SP gaming ever done. I wish Vice City had the AK47 from San Andreas too; assault rifles suck on VC. Time period is funny as shit though.

Still have no idea how they took that incredible series and made such a boring game in IV. GTAIV was basically

driving
driving
driving
nothing's happening
driving
nothing's happening
go shoot someone, mission completed
driving back to apartment
driving
Roman wants to play darts

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

Need for Speed Hot Pursuit (8.5/10.) Feels a lot more like something from the Burnout series thanks to Criterion, and that's not a bad thing at all. Single player challenges were a little unbalanced at times, a few that were mind numbingly easy coupled with a few that felt cheap and frustrating. Still a decent enough crowd online to play with despite its age and that's where the real fun lies.

[resistanze]

Finally making time for the Mass Effect games.





RIP, Mordin. :depressed
You'll forget all about him by the end, don't worry.

[resistanze]

Tough call for me between Vice City and San Andreas. I mean Vice City was such a leap forward from an already incredible GTA III, but the gang wars in San Andreas are some of the greatest SP gaming ever done. I wish Vice City had the AK47 from San Andreas too; assault rifles suck on VC. Time period is funny as shit though.

Still have no idea how they took that incredible series and made such a boring game in IV. GTAIV was basically

driving
driving
driving
nothing's happening
driving
nothing's happening
go shoot someone, mission completed
driving back to apartment
driving
Roman wants to play darts

Vice City is still my favourite, encapsulated by the awesome 80s soundtrack. I borrowed it from a friend back in 2002 X-Mas break (damn, I was in high school) and finished it in like 4-5 days.

[vander]

Xcom: 9.3/10. Amazing game. GotY for me for 2012.


yeah, Xcom was the 2nd to last game I played. consuming, couldn't stop playing and then when I finally did I couldn't stop thinking about how I'd do it better next time.

9/10

[Bynumite]

Tough call for me between Vice City and San Andreas. I mean Vice City was such a leap forward from an already incredible GTA III, but the gang wars in San Andreas are some of the greatest SP gaming ever done. I wish Vice City had the AK47 from San Andreas too; assault rifles suck on VC. Time period is funny as shit though.

Still have no idea how they took that incredible series and made such a boring game in IV. GTAIV was basically

driving
driving
driving
nothing's happening
driving
nothing's happening
go shoot someone, mission completed
driving back to apartment
driving
Roman wants to play darts

The thing about GTA IV is that Rockstar decided to take the realistic, serious approach with the story, driving, side missions etc. I'm not saying GTA has to be like Saint's Row, you running around naked beating people up with dildos and spraying them with shit (that's doing too much imo) but to me the last gen GTA's had a unique sense of humor and gave you more freedom to fuck around outside the missions while still managing to tell a good story. From what i've seen so far, GTA V seems to be going back to its roots.

I recently bought the GTA trilogy for the Xbox and Vice City still is number 1 in my book but San Andreas is definitely a close 2nd. The city, era and soundtrack are perfect and Tommy Vercetti is a true badass that embraces his psychotic behavior instead of going emo everytime he takes a break from mass murdering like a certain eastern euro main character.

I'll be all over that shit, the day Rockstar releases an HD remake of the last gen trilogy with improved graphics and tweaked gameplay.

[FuzzyLumpkins]

The game is ridiculously hard to beat on immortal and deity level. I am only on Emperor currently and am owning it. Once I bump up the difficulty to the next level, it becomes damn near impossible. Deity.... forget it.

You have to take advantage of the fact that the AI makes so much money and sell them shit. Take that money for early expansion, city state needs, and most importantly sicking one AI on another.

If you are having issues try some easy mode civs like france, china, mayan, ethiopian, arabia. China has libraries that make you money and the second best UU in the game. Get philosophy for the national college and bee line for machinery for profit. France is just tons of free culture early, gets strong mid and late game UU. Mayans are OP if you can bee line theology. Ethiopia is a tall empire dream and easy religion. The UB of arabia is free money all game long and the UU is powerful.

Key is to get at least 4 luxuries and at least 4 cities by turn 60 at the very most. You need 8 archers by turn 80 or you will get overrun the AI likes to send a lot of units on deity. Oh and dont bother for wonders unless you have a GE. GL but it is doable.

[xellos88330]

You have to take advantage of the fact that the AI makes so much money and sell them shit. Take that money for early expansion, city state needs, and most importantly sicking one AI on another.

If you are having issues try some easy mode civs like france, china, mayan, ethiopian, arabia. China has libraries that make you money and the second best UU in the game. Get philosophy for the national college and bee line for machinery for profit. France is just tons of free culture early, gets strong mid and late game UU. Mayans are OP if you can bee line theology. Ethiopia is a tall empire dream and easy religion. The UB of arabia is free money all game long and the UU is powerful.

Key is to get at least 4 luxuries and at least 4 cities by turn 60 at the very most. You need 8 archers by turn 80 or you will get overrun the AI likes to send a lot of units on deity. Oh and dont bother for wonders unless you have a GE. GL but it is doable.

My problem really isn't science or money. I always go for the national college quickly, and I normally have decent cash flow. The problem that I have been running into is multiple civilizations ganging up on me and never negotiating peace. My past 5 or 6 tries, I have been simultaneously attacked by 3 civs. I try to make peace but I ALWAYS get the response of "We still have business to settle". This is even when I am slaughtering all their troops. With the amount of troops they are sending I have yet to discover other civs on other continents to keep trade going, my tile improvements are being destroyed all the time so I couldn't trade even if I met someone. Eventually as the game goes on I run out of money, units and am not able to generate nearly enough production to maintain an effective fighting force. Thank you for the advice though. Are these strategies for standard turns or epic? I play on epic and marathon turns. Does it even matter?

Oh and I prefer using the Koreans. They are great for tall science.

[FuzzyLumpkins]

My problem really isn't science or money. I always go for the national college quickly, and I normally have decent cash flow. The problem that I have been running into is multiple civilizations ganging up on me and never negotiating peace. My past 5 or 6 tries, I have been simultaneously attacked by 3 civs. I try to make peace but I ALWAYS get the response of "We still have business to settle". This is even when I am slaughtering all their troops. With the amount of troops they are sending I have yet to discover other civs on other continents to keep trade going, my tile improvements are being destroyed all the time so I couldn't trade even if I met someone. Eventually as the game goes on I run out of money, units and am not able to generate nearly enough production to maintain an effective fighting force. Thank you for the advice though. Are these strategies for standard turns or epic? I play on epic and marathon turns. Does it even matter?

Oh and I prefer using the Koreans. They are great for tall science.

If you are having production issues try metal casting early. Switch from growth to as many hammers as you can get without starving cities and build workshops. Any city with 2 or more stone sources you want stoneworks. Same for horses/sheep/cow and stables. Those should be prioritized.

Are you micromanaging your cities? I go full bore on city growth until I get get below 5 happiness once my initial expansion is out. That is unless I am building priority buildings such as the above. Are you building your own tile improvements as well? The AI is not very efficient at either on default.

A lot of it comes down to where youre seeded at as well. If you only have say 4 total luxuries and no doubles then you aren't going to get any cash flow. On standard the amount you can get is 240 per if they are neutral i forget whatit is at marathon and epic but it is more. 50 for a horse but that goes up as well. If you have say two double of luxuries or just a ton of happiness to sell 2 anyway you can sell them for 480 gold every 30 turns. That should be plenty.

Dealing with the AI is something you have to be proactive with. You need to use that money to either placate them or better yet get them to go to war with one of the other guys. For example if Genghis starts next to you then you can bet that he is going to come after you. You can either give him luxuries at a discount 209 is the first threshold on standard. Taht could get him off you. Better yet you can give him cash or a luxury to go fight someone else. Let them go to war for 30 turns or so and then invade him yourself. You get your luxury back and half of his unit are dead. The other civ will love you too. It's stuff like that you have to exploit.

Regardless, civfanatics is a great place to look up various strats for deity. It's a pita and it requires some good RNG so you get a starting area that allow you to win. At this point it sounds like you would get some satisfaction though. It can be frustrating. Getting to turn 100 and knowing you have no shot is depressing.

A good opening strat is here.

http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=468487

And my brother plays GW2 and he said try http://guildwarstemple.com/dragontimer/ to find events and http://gw2lfg.com/ to find groups.

I didn't even get into policy order but check out the forums there and you will find a lot of ideas. GL, mang.

[Venti Quattro]

FIFA 13. 0/10 because I got scored on with a 90' goal :cry :cry :cry

[NASpurs]

FIFA 13. 0/10 because I got scored on with a 90' goal :cry :cry :cry

:lmao was it the comp or another player?

[xellos88330]

If you are having production issues try metal casting early. Switch from growth to as many hammers as you can get without starving cities and build workshops. Any city with 2 or more stone sources you want stoneworks. Same for horses/sheep/cow and stables. Those should be prioritized.

Are you micromanaging your cities? I go full bore on city growth until I get get below 5 happiness once my initial expansion is out. That is unless I am building priority buildings such as the above. Are you building your own tile improvements as well? The AI is not very efficient at either on default.

A lot of it comes down to where youre seeded at as well. If you only have say 4 total luxuries and no doubles then you aren't going to get any cash flow. On standard the amount you can get is 240 per if they are neutral i forget whatit is at marathon and epic but it is more. 50 for a horse but that goes up as well. If you have say two double of luxuries or just a ton of happiness to sell 2 anyway you can sell them for 480 gold every 30 turns. That should be plenty.

Dealing with the AI is something you have to be proactive with. You need to use that money to either placate them or better yet get them to go to war with one of the other guys. For example if Genghis starts next to you then you can bet that he is going to come after you. You can either give him luxuries at a discount 209 is the first threshold on standard. Taht could get him off you. Better yet you can give him cash or a luxury to go fight someone else. Let them go to war for 30 turns or so and then invade him yourself. You get your luxury back and half of his unit are dead. The other civ will love you too. It's stuff like that you have to exploit.

Regardless, civfanatics is a great place to look up various strats for deity. It's a pita and it requires some good RNG so you get a starting area that allow you to win. At this point it sounds like you would get some satisfaction though. It can be frustrating. Getting to turn 100 and knowing you have no shot is depressing.

A good opening strat is here.

http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=468487

And my brother plays GW2 and he said try http://guildwarstemple.com/dragontimer/ to find events and http://gw2lfg.com/ to find groups.

I didn't even get into policy order but check out the forums there and you will find a lot of ideas. GL, mang.

I have it now. I just needed to work on the diplomatic end of things. I am doing extremely well now because I am paying off the warmongers (Japan, Mongolia, Atilla) and having them declare war on each other. I never did that before. Those guys will often go to war really cheaply. I had NO clue that they would go to war for just 1 luxury. Now that I know that, I think I am ready for diety. Thanks a lot for your help!!!

[NASpurs]

I played Vanquish free on that PSN+ service. It's a Japanese take on the Gears of War series type games with typical Japanese clichés (cigarette smoking hero for one). It's not a bad game but it does have its gimmicks like thrusting all over the area (you're in a specialized suit that makes you superhuman) and bullet time. It has a ton of different weapons mostly good than bad so you won't get tired of the shooting and they're upgradable with the typical kinds of upgrades (more damage, more bullet capacity etc). The story is pretty meh. It's a good game to kill time I guess (5 or 6 hrs long).

7/10

[NASpurs]

Malicious 8/10

Some sick japanese made game.

Hard but addictive as hell.

1I_Ob3HELcY

I downloaded it free on PSN + and haven't touched it. Watching the vid kind of reminds me what if God of War was made into a beat'em up/slasher and the answer would be this game. :lol

[resistanze]

FIFA 13. 0/10 because I got scored on with a 90' goal :cry :cry :cry

:lol This has happened to me twice with the AI on legendary mode. It's maddening - they go into another mode in the last 2 minutes. This also happens when you go ahead, suddenly they're impossible to tackle and they can just run over your defenders.

It was 100x worse in FIFA 12.

[NASpurs]

That's never has happened to me but that's probably because legendary mode would beat the shit out of me. I need to find some youtube vids of this. Sounds hilarious.

[resistanze]

That's never has happened to me but that's probably because legendary mode would beat the shit out of me. I need to find some youtube vids of this. Sounds hilarious.

It's pretty funny. Your players also seem to lose the ability to pass in Legendary mode as well. It makes for a fun challenge at times, or a ridiculous fustrating mess at other times.

[Reck]

I downloaded it free on PSN + and haven't touched it. Watching the vid kind of reminds me what if God of War was made into a beat'em up/slasher and the answer would be this game. :lol

That is exactly why I downloaded it. :lol

It takes some getting use to but once you get the hand of it and get the first powerup (depending on whom you choose to fight first), you'll love it.

[Reck]

I played Vanquish free on that PSN+ service. It's a Japanese take on the Gears of War series type games with typical Japanese clichés (cigarette smoking hero for one). It's not a bad game but it does have its gimmicks like thrusting all over the area (you're in a specialized suit that makes you superhuman) and bullet time. It has a ton of different weapons mostly good than bad so you won't get tired of the shooting and they're upgradable with the typical kinds of upgrades (more damage, more bullet capacity etc). The story is pretty meh. It's a good game to kill time I guess (5 or 6 hrs long).

7/10

I was about to download that game but went with Darksiders instead.

Vanquish looks cool but I thought it was too Halo like so I passed.

What's your PSN handle btw?

[Captivus]

I play a lot of games, so Im going to rate some of the posted here, so people get a second opinion.
- FTL 5/10. Fun at the beginning but gets boring, specially when you have to do things in a certain way to gets extra ships.
- Skyrim: as an RPG fan, this game is great. 10/10
- GTA San Andreas is one of the best games ever, another 10/10
- Deus Ex: too linear for my taste...6/10

If you like indie games, Binding of Isaac is just amazing. Addictive as hell.
I also like to play Crusaders Kings 2. Great diplomatic engine, an as soon as you feel part of the world it becomes amazing.

[Xevious]

The Witcher 2

7/10

It was good, but it didn't knock my socks off.

[symple19]

The Witcher 2

7/10

It was good, but it didn't knock my socks off.

Witcher 3 will be open world http://www.pcgamer.com/previews/the-witcher-3-first-look/

Loved the first two, just not sure it can approach Skyrim for the open world RPG crown

[Venti Quattro]

Played mobile games today...

7 Little Words - 9/10
4 Pics 1 Word - 7.5/10

[NASpurs]

I was about to download that game but went with Darksiders instead.

Vanquish looks cool but I thought it was too Halo like so I passed.

What's your PSN handle btw?

It's nasax2000 tbh. Add me and I'll add you back.

I don't know if it's still there on PSN + but Spec Ops The Line is pretty cool as well. Although I should add a disclaimer that I'm just 40 minutes into the game.

[Reck]

It's nasax2000 tbh. Add me and I'll add you back.

I don't know if it's still there on PSN + but Spec Ops The Line is pretty cool as well. Although I should add a disclaimer that I'm just 40 minutes into the game.

Turning my PS3 on. I'll add you in a sec.

Yeah I did see Spec Ops in the store but I've heard nothing but negative feedbacks from it so I stayed away from that.

[NASpurs]

Turning my PS3 on. I'll add you in a sec.

Yeah I did see Spec Ops in the store but I've heard nothing but negative feedbacks from it so I stayed away from that.

Really? On Metacritic, it has a 78/100 from reviews and 80/100 from fans. I'm 3/4 done and it's actually been good so far. It's not a game changer, mold breaker type of game but it's a decent shooter if you ever get bored. Yeah I'm not giving it a great endorsement but it's not because it's a bad game... it's one of those games that it's decent/good. You know what? For being free on PSN+, I recommend it. :lol But if I had to pay $60 on it, I more than likely wouldn't recommend it.

[Reck]

Really? On Metacritic, it has a 78/100 from reviews and 80/100 from fans. I'm 3/4 done and it's actually been good so far. It's not a game changer, mold breaker type of game but it's a decent shooter if you ever get bored. Yeah I'm not giving it a great endorsement but it's not because it's a bad game... it's one of those games that it's decent/good. You know what? For being free on PSN+, I recommend it. :lol But if I had to pay $60 on it, I more than likely wouldn't recommend it.

I may be misremembering things then.

Must've been one of the Medal of Honor games.

[NASpurs]

I may be misremembering things then.

Must've been one of the Medal of Honor games.

Sleeping Dogs Digital Edition is out on PSN + :tu

[Reck]

Sleeping Dogs Digital Edition is out on PSN + :tu

So many good games free out right now for PSN+.

I wasn't planning on re-upping with them but I may have too. I have too many games downloaded that I haven't even touched yet. Got 170 days still on my membership but I'm slow as hell going through backlogs.

[NASpurs]

So many good games free out right now for PSN+.

I wasn't planning on re-upping with them but I may have too. I have too many games downloaded that I haven't even touched yet. Got 170 days still on my membership but I'm slow as hell going through backlogs.

That's what, about half a year? Maybe it'll carry over for the PS4 :lol

Besides who knows if Sony is going to going to run out with the free quality games. Who knows where this service is going in half a year.

[Reck]

That's what, about half a year? Maybe it'll carry over for the PS4 :lol

Besides who knows if Sony is going to going to run out with the free quality games. Who knows where this service is going in half a year.

Probably, yeah.

But like I said, I'm not going to get a PS4 for a while. I'll stick with the PS3 for as long as possible.

I'll let you be the guinea pig with all the incoming bugs and ylods and whatnot. lol

[NASpurs]

I'll let you be the guinea pig with all the incoming bugs and ylods and whatnot. lol

:lol I had an OG fat $600 PS3 with PS2 backwards compatibility die on me two or three years later after I bought it. Bought a slim a year later after the fat croaked. Yeah never again. I'll wait after the launch as well. :lol

[NASpurs]

Oh to contribute to this thread, and as lame as this sounds, I've been playing Euro Truck Simulator 2013 on the PC. It's pretty fucking good and lots of fun for some reason. I'm not sure I can explain why it's fun, it's just one of those quirky games that you have to try the demo out and you may or may not like. But I'm having a blast. :lol

I hear the ultimate experience is to have a steering wheel and TrackIR but yeah, not going to go that far. I'm just playing it with a gamepad. :lol

8/10

[DJR210]

Oh to contribute to this thread, and as lame as this sounds, I've been playing Euro Truck Simulator 2013 on the PC. It's pretty fucking good and lots of fun for some reason. I'm not sure I can explain why it's fun, it's just one of those quirky games that you have to try the demo out and you may or may not like. But I'm having a blast. :lol

I hear the ultimate experience is to have a steering wheel and TrackIR but yeah, not going to go that far. I'm just playing it with a gamepad. :lol

8/10

If you buy the steering wheel and TrackIR, you MUST get a truckstop prostitute and a gram of meth to complete the experience.

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning. 7/10. It executes well but doesn't really have an original idea in it. Takes graphical cues from WoW, sprawling world of Elder Scrolls, lots of fetch quests and junk gear to sort through. The combat is the only place where it tries to break away a little and it's a mixed bag. There's some good boss battles. There's enough depth to the skill tree and some timing based combos (more akin to God of War) that fights can be fun but you can just as easily get by mashing buttons, at least with the standard Warrior/Tank character build. Haven't tried it with the Rogue and Wizard, though I doubt that will be a huge game changer.

If you're a fan of the genre it's worth a look. It hits all the usual beats that we've come to expect but it mostly hits them dead center.

[Reck]

Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning. 7/10. It executes well but doesn't really have an original idea in it. Takes graphical cues from WoW, sprawling world of Elder Scrolls, lots of fetch quests and junk gear to sort through. The combat is the only place where it tries to break away a little and it's a mixed bag. There's some good boss battles. There's enough depth to the skill tree and some timing based combos (more akin to God of War) that fights can be fun but you can just as easily get by mashing buttons, at least with the standard Warrior/Tank character build. Haven't tried it with the Rogue and Wizard, though I doubt that will be a huge game changer.

If you're a fan of the genre it's worth a look. It hits all the usual beats that we've come to expect but it mostly hits them dead center.

Curt Schilling last stand. :lol

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

Curt Schilling last stand. :lol

I can remember him doing shows like Conan a few years back. I was just sort of amazed seeing a video game getting a more traditional media push like a talk show circuit at the time. I knew that shit had gone belly up but it wasn't until buying it not long ago that I bothered to read up a little. The production costs were so fucked up they needed to ship 3 MILLION units to break even. Insane.

[DJ Mbenga]

sleeping dogs- 8. gave me my gta fix
nba 2k13. 8- solid but its weird sometimes and unrealistic. also cause i lost an online game where i shot 90% in the first quarter

[jeebus]

Tough call for me between Vice City and San Andreas. I mean Vice City was such a leap forward from an already incredible GTA III, but the gang wars in San Andreas are some of the greatest SP gaming ever done. I wish Vice City had the AK47 from San Andreas too; assault rifles suck on VC. Time period is funny as shit though.

Still have no idea how they took that incredible series and made such a boring game in IV. GTAIV was basically

driving
driving
driving
nothing's happening
driving
nothing's happening
go shoot someone, mission completed
driving back to apartment
driving
Roman wants to play darts

I just finished up San Andreas; shit was still bad ass. Definitely gonna play some Vice City next.

I never did finish GTA4; I think I stopped after like the 10th mission. I just didn't like it and I think people were just all caught up in how nice it looked, but that shit don't make the game. I cruised around the GTA5 thread and everyone's doing the same shit by circlejerking over screenshots. Wait til the fucking game comes out and who gives a shit about graphics.

[baseline bum]

I just finished up San Andreas; shit was still bad ass. Definitely gonna play some Vice City next.

I never did finish GTA4; I think I stopped after like the 10th mission. I just didn't like it and I think people were just all caught up in how nice it looked, but that shit don't make the game. I cruised around the GTA5 thread and everyone's doing the same shit by circlejerking over screenshots. Wait til the fucking game comes out and who gives a shit about graphics.

The one thing that gives me hope is they have Niko Bellic homeless and holding a cardboard sign under an overpass on one of the trailers. Sort of an acknowledgement of how much of a fuckup GTA4 was. I'm not ready to give up on the franchise yet when GTA3, GTAVC, and GTASA were such incredible pieces of work. Hopefully it doesn't go the way of Call of Duty though.

[jeebus]

The one thing that gives me hope is they have Niko Bellic homeless and holding a cardboard sign under an overpass on one of the trailers. Sort of an acknowledgement of how much of a fuckup GTA4 was. I'm not ready to give up on the franchise yet when GTA3, GTAVC, and GTASA were such incredible pieces of work. Hopefully it doesn't go the way of Call of Duty though.

I dunno, there's something about Liberty City that doesn't do it for me. I liked GTA3 don't get me wrong but I fuckin loved VC and SA a whole lot more. Maybe it's because the whole NYC vibe is so cliche and the fact that I love killing Russian commie bastards in video games turned me off to playing as one. I dunno :lol

I don't think Rockstar will fuck it up, they should be too smart for that. Then again, since they know every GTA game is gonna make quadrillions of dollars, they could start getting lazy. I hope that never happens but it could. I do hope they release a PC version because I don't have a PS3 or 360 since I'm not the gamer I once was.

[symple19]

I do hope they release a PC version because I don't have a PS3 or 360 since I'm not the gamer I once was.

They probably will, eventually, but the last port was so bad it made me want to staple raw meat to babies and throw them into the Tiger pen at the zoo

Edit: A mildly humorous attempt to narrow down a PC release date http://www.pcgamer.com/2013/05/01/gta-5-pc-release-date/

[jeebus]

They probably will, eventually, but the last port was so bad it made me want to staple raw meat to babies and throw them into the Tiger pen at the zoo

Edit: A mildly humorous attempt to narrow down a PC release date http://www.pcgamer.com/2013/05/01/gta-5-pc-release-date/
Ugh true that. I think that's another reason why I quit IV, the controls were utter shit. Maybe I can get a used PS3 or something for cheap somewhere if the controls for V are dogshit.

[symple19]

Ugh true that. I think that's another reason why I quit IV, the controls were utter shit. Maybe I can get a used PS3 or something for cheap somewhere if the controls for V are dogshit.

I'd like to think that Rockstar has learned some lessons from the abortion that was the last GTA. Even EA got their FIFA port dialed in after people kept complaining.

Console market also isn't nearly as attractive now as it was when their last installment debuted. Plenty of money to be made on the PC side, so I'm hoping they take it seriously

[baseline bum]

Ugh true that. I think that's another reason why I quit IV, the controls were utter shit. Maybe I can get a used PS3 or something for cheap somewhere if the controls for V are dogshit.

The controls were terrible on XBox360 also. It was just an all-around poor game with nice graphics. God the missions were more repetitive than closing Oblivion gates.

[jeebus]

The controls were terrible on XBox360 also. It was just an all-around poor game with nice graphics. God the missions were more repetitive than closing Oblivion gates.

That's why I'll let everyone here be my minion test subjects, let them spend money on it first to review it. If it's garbage....skip.

[baseline bum]

For some reason I got the urge to play this again today, and man does it suck. Niko moves like a 300 pound barrel ass and drives like an Asian woman. This game is so weak in comparison to the classics GTA3, Vice City, and San Andreas, and soundtrack sucks.

Only major release GTA (not counting the Liberty City Stories, Ballad of Gay Tony, etc crap) with no replay value whatsoever.

[baseline bum]

That's why I'll let everyone here be my minion test subjects, let them spend money on it first to review it. If it's garbage....skip.

Yeah, maybe wait a couple of weeks. :lol

http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=92584&highlight=gta+iv

You can see from my posts that I really tried to like that game, but the only really awesome shit on it was the shows you take dates to (Ricky Gervais killed in his sets on GTA IV).

[jeebus]

Yeah, maybe wait a couple of weeks. :lol

http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=92584&highlight=gta+iv

You can see from my posts that I really tried to like that game, but the only really awesome shit on it was the shows you take dates to (Ricky Gervais killed in his sets on GTA IV).

lol

I just read (most) that entire thread. Pretty funny imo. Starts off "omg the graphics will be sweet", which is par for any game being released. Game released, everyone spurts their jizz in each others faces claiming it's the best ever. Bump the thread a year later, everyone's like "yeah, it was pretty shitty. San Andreas/Vice City were way better".

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

SpecOps: The Line 7/10. Holy fuck what a bleak ass game. Most "gritty" games really top out somewhere around the worst of the shit that happened on 24. This kicks it up to 11. Not surprising for a game that cites Heart of Darkness (and by extension Apocalypse Now) as big influences. The game has to walk a fine line (no pun intended) between trying to make the player feel the central characters frustration and powerlessness as the warzone around him spins out of control without actually leaving the player feeling frustrated and powerless in terms of gameplay. It succeeds more than it fails in that regard, which make the times where it fails all the worse. The story and production values are ambitious and top notch. That looks all the more jarring along side the actual gameplay which is bland, repetitive, and devoid of any original ideas (and the cover mechanic and squad AI can get buggy at the worst times). The multiplayer is an obvious afterthought.

All told it's well worth a weekend rental. The main campaign's story has a great deal of depth in it's short run despite it's competent but shallow core gameplay.

[DJR210]

PC - Metro: Last Light - 9/10 - Amazing graphics, great shooter mechanics. Eerie setting, and a few scares.

[NASpurs]

SpecOps: The Line 7/10. Holy fuck what a bleak ass game. Most "gritty" games really top out somewhere around the worst of the shit that happened on 24. This kicks it up to 11. Not surprising for a game that cites Heart of Darkness (and by extension Apocalypse Now) as big influences. The game has to walk a fine line (no pun intended) between trying to make the player feel the central characters frustration and powerlessness as the warzone around him spins out of control without actually leaving the player feeling frustrated and powerless in terms of gameplay. It succeeds more than it fails in that regard, which make the times where it fails all the worse. The story and production values are ambitious and top notch. That looks all the more jarring along side the actual gameplay which is bland, repetitive, and devoid of any original ideas (and the cover mechanic and squad AI can get buggy at the worst times). The multiplayer is an obvious afterthought.

All told it's well worth a weekend rental. The main campaign's story has a great deal of depth in it's short run despite it's competent but shallow core gameplay.

Did you youtube all four ending scenarios like I did seeing as they give you choices how to end the game?








*spoilers*

Highlight underneath this:
Did you let Konrad shoot you in that mirror scene or did you shoot him? I shot him but that's because I got desperate with him counting down on me. :lol

*spoilers*

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

Did you youtube all four ending scenarios like I did seeing as they give you choices how to end the game?



I didn't youtube it but I did look up a trophy guide and got some idea of what all can happen. And yes, I shot first too.

[Libri]

Spider Solitaire: 4 suit difficulty

Hard as hell to beat: 8/10

[Death In June]

Devil May Cry 8/10 - annoying 'tude and story, but great combat and level design.

[Reck]

Downloaded and installed Deus Ex Human Revolution and will play it after the game. Any one played it? Is it good?

[blkroadrunners]

Sonic Dash 8/10

Pretty fun and addicting.

[resistanze]

Downloaded and installed Deus Ex Human Revolution and will play it after the game. Any one played it? Is it good?

I give it a 8.5/10. Great game, great story great cyberpunk feel.

[ElNono]

Remember Me was fairly enjoyable... 7/10?

[DJR210]

Tomb Raider 2013

One word: WOW.

I am a graphics whore, and love any game that will push my PC to it's limits. This game def does that. I will seriously sit there and stare into the distance mindlessly wasting time as wind blows through Lara's TressFX physics hair, waves crash against a graveyard of boats and planes, and lightning strikes through the clouds dozens of miles away.

The gunplay/cover mechanics have been improved, and the setting is awesome. The set pieces are well designed, and I have actually jumped a few times because of well placed enemy attacks. I am hoping to see more variety in the levels as the game progresses, as usually Tomb Raider games have different locations across the globe to explore, and this one seems limited to one island off the Japanese coast.

9/10 so far.

[vander]

Alan Wake 7/10

got it on a steam sale, was skeptical, not really a fan of the supernatural horror genre, let alone one that's about the writer of said stories writing while inside his own book (more or less) :spin
but at least it was a game built around some kind of story, so I gave it a shot, and it turned out to be quite enjoyable, and surprisingly immersive despite the story undercutting itself and destroying any chance of suspension of disbelief

would love a game very similar to Alan Wake but with a much more believable story/antagonist, Bright Falls was great, the gameplay was great, the characters, the atmosphere, pacing...

[baseline bum]

Simon's Quest: 10/10 Love the music

[leemajors]

Simon's Quest: 10/10 Love the music

My fave of those tbh

[LarryDavid]

Solomon's Key - 10/10

[J.T.]

Games I've played since New Years

COD: Black Ops II - 5/10
BioShock Infinite - 10/10
Tomb Raider - 9/10
Remember Me - 8/10
Injustice: Gods Among Us - 7/10
The Last of Us - 7/10

Bout to play Dead Space 2 & 3 and The Amazing Spider-Man. Little late the the party on those but I've heard good things.

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

Saints Row the Third - 8/10. A fine game in every right but suffers by comparison to SR2 in a few respects.

[NASpurs]

Sleeping Dogs 8.5/10 for me. I finished the story, got all the collectibles and I'm at 99 % completion with 20 + hrs of game time. These types of games (open world games)... they just get me hook, line and sinker. This game, SR3, Just Cause 2... I've never been a completionist until these fucking games. :lol Anyway I love everything about the game, from the storyline to the combat. Hong Kong is just incredibly beautiful in the game and I just found myself getting lost on purpose to see what this world had to offer.

[MannyIsGod]

Vanquish - 8/10

Enjoyable mechanics and gameplay. Story was pretty Japanese cliche but didn't really detract from the game. Probably not much replay value though.

The Walking Dead - 6/10

No replay value for me and the performance on the PS3 was buggy. Not sure if just this version or all. I just thought the story was OK but not nearly GOTY material everyone else seemed to.

Last of Us - 9/10

Loved the story, loved the voice acting, and the setting. The gameplay was standard 3rd person but I did feel it actually worked better than the Uncharted series. Great game.


I'm currently playing Portal 2 and Saints Row the Third. Really enjoying both. I know I'm way late to the portal bandwagon.

[ElNono]

I started playing Dark, and it didn't quite do it for me...

Next up is Deadpool when I have some time...

[Death In June]

Rogue Legacy - 9/10. Great old school 2D side scroller reminiscent of Castlevania/Metroid with a rogue-like twist.

[LarryDavid]

The Last of Us - 10/10. This game is great. Great voice acting, presentation, story, etc. The gameplay is pretty average, but it fits the story so well. I had trouble at first fumbling through switching weapons, it just didn't feel natural/easy. But with further gameplay, I found that this may have been by design. It made the combat that much more stressful. And in a good way. If you want a challenge, play with the listening mode off. But the story is where it shines.

[blkroadrunners]

I started playing Dark, and it didn't quite do it for me...

Next up is Deadpool when I have some time...

Fun game, but best to rent or borrow.

7.5/10

[Proxy]

The Last of Us 10/10

Gameplay is super gratifying and the story is better than most movies. A lot of attention to detail. Some of the best written characters of all time, imho

[Proxy]

The Last of Us - 10/10. This game is great. Great voice acting, presentation, story, etc. The gameplay is pretty average, but it fits the story so well. I had trouble at first fumbling through switching weapons, it just didn't feel natural/easy. But with further gameplay, I found that this may have been by design. It made the combat that much more stressful. And in a good way. If you want a challenge, play with the listening mode off. But the story is where it shines.

I would break my tv trying to get past winter and on through the end of the game without listening mode on.

[ElNono]

Deadpool 2/10... just terrible

[DJR210]

Deadpool 2/10... just terrible

Lol, I enjoyed Deadpool. Maybe its the weed, I dunno.

[spursncowboys]

BO2: 10/10

[ElNono]

Lol, I enjoyed Deadpool. Maybe its the weed, I dunno.

I think they tried to pull a Duke-Nukem/Daikatana with a Marvel license, but I just couldn't get past the shitty gameplay...

[blkroadrunners]

I think they tried to pull a Duke-Nukem/Daikatana with a Marvel license, but I just couldn't get past the shitty gameplay...

It wasn't that funny neither; there was at best 2-3 jokes I chuckled at the whole game.

Fun though I thought. Reminded me of X-men Origins: Wolverine game.

[blkroadrunners]

GTA SA

10/10. Freakin' masterpiece.

[DJR210]

A few games..

Total War: Shogun 2 - Jury is out on the score as I haven't played too much. I like the mechanics thus far, and watching damn near a thousand units skirmish is impressive. Game runs with 4x MSAA locked at 60 FPS which is a must for me.

Hitman Absolution - Score pending. I was stupid not to play this sooner. I listened to all the fanboys whining about how the game was "not a real Hitman game" because it is more linear. IDGAF TBH, the game is a hell of a lot of fun. Graphics are amazing and run locked at 60 FPS with 4x MSAA also.

Deadpool - 7/10 - ElNono will disagree, but I thought this game was a sleeper hit. High Moon has done well with the Transformer games, and I think they did a good job with this one as well. After unlocking all the weapons and their upgrades, the combat becomes a lot more fun. The graphics look amazing on Ultra settings. I like the sense of humor w/ this game, and the way the game will pay homage to other genres like the top down dungeon crawlers (Zelda) and side scrollers. You have to be a geek at heart to appreciate some of the jokes, but he spits out a lot of raunchy adult shit too.

[-21-]

Deadpool - 7/10 - ElNono will disagree, but I thought this game was a sleeper hit. High Moon has done well with the Transformer games, and I think they did a good job with this one as well. After unlocking all the weapons and their upgrades, the combat becomes a lot more fun. The graphics look amazing on Ultra settings. I like the sense of humor w/ this game, and the way the game will pay homage to other genres like the top down dungeon crawlers (Zelda) and side scrollers. You have to be a geek at heart to appreciate some of the jokes, but he spits out a lot of raunchy adult shit too.

Watching it on YouTube, it does look hilarious. Isn't the combat repetitive and boring though?

[DJR210]

Watching it on YouTube, it does look hilarious. Isn't the combat repetitive and boring though?

Nah, not really. It has a sword or a sai as a primary weapon, and he is able to use dual wield pistols, SMG's, shotguns, and a plasma rifle. Each weapon has an upgrade tree, and unlockable moves/combos. The game is pretty violent, and allows you to dismember the enemies realistically. Blowing heads off with two guages doesn't get old to me. The game is not extremely long, so I don't think you will have enough time to get bored. The game has the hack and slash / fighting elements like God of War, Arkham City, Sleeping Dogs, but also has the third person shooter elements also.

The levels are pretty awesome at points as well. The first level has you climbing a huge skyscraper while rain is pouring with lightning strikes going off in the distance. You then plumett off the building after the boss battle using an enemy as a cushion as you break through the street and into the sewer, which then transitions into the next level, the sewer.

I would recommend a rental, or a sale purchase as there is no multiplayer, replay value is the only issue I foresee with this one.

[Leetonidas]

I'm finally playing through Max Payne 3 having bought it forever ago, so far the story is pretty good and the gameplay is good but not amazing. We'll see where it goes from here...I'm on Chapter 5 right meow

[vander]

Tomb Raider: 5/10

Story was thin/weak, combat was repetitive, can't stand hoards of incompetent enemies, I like the Deus Ex style where every downed enemy is an accomplishment. Dialogue was cheesy and none of the characters were interesting, likeable, or fleshed out. but the environment was impressive and the Prince of Persia style climbing and jumping is always fun

[DJR210]

Mark of The Ninja - 8/10 - Surprisingly well done 2D stealth/ninja game. Great animation and graphic style, from the makers of Shank 1 and 2. Addictive gameplay - Fun to stalk your prey, swoop in for the kill, and hide the bodies to avoid alarms. It's cheap as well, was just 2.00 on a Steam sale.

[DJR210]

I'm finally playing through Max Payne 3 having bought it forever ago, so far the story is pretty good and the gameplay is good but not amazing. We'll see where it goes from here...I'm on Chapter 5 right meow

Might have to dust off my copy and finally finish it.

[Leetonidas]

It's actually been pretty entertaining and it's actually somewhat difficult, not as easy as the first one, I've died a fuckload because I always try to just blast everyone but you have to take your time in this one

[Libri]

Candy Crush

7/10

[lefty]

Sleeping Dogs: havent finished it yet, but so far 8.5/10


I just saw there is a Sleeping Dogs game with vampires and shit

WTF :lol

[DJ Mbenga]

sleeping dogs: 8.0. fun but short
bioshock infinite: 8.9. not the masterpiece some suggest it is. the middle was a bit of a stuggle to get through, it got a bit boring there. the last parts save it. not to mention as a shooter its very mediocre. i know this game is all story but if most of the time you spend shooting and that mechanic sucks well thats not good

[-21-]

Mass Effect Trilogy

9/10

[vander]

Bioshock infinite: 7/10
6/10 against the expectations of a Levine/Shock game.

it was plenty remarkable and grandiose, but contained basically none of what I loved about System Shock 2 and Bioshock.

those games had good stories, plausible settings and premises, logical progression, some good RPG elements (SS2 anyways), clear goals, the existence of the "powers" was part of the story, etc.

Infinite had none of those things, was pretty much a fantasy game, using "because of magic" liberally, and even within that context its plot was thin and haphazard, just wandering from one stage to the next for whatever reason, usually because the chick said that's where we need to go. at the final scene, I didn't even care; I was just thinking how much of a waste fully upgrading the pistol and machine gun had been.

oh yeah and gameplay was pretty dated and unstrategic too. AI was bad, no cover, no stealth, sniper sights didn't waver, you're usually thrown into the middle of a fight and never really given the chance to assess it first...

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

Dead Rising 2 - 5/10. In short doses going around turning zombies into piles of chunks can be fun but the story mode is just one fetch quest after another after another. For every worthwhile boss fight there was at least one more that felt cheap. I will give it props for being the first game in forever where "escort mission" didn't equal "saddle the player with a retarded bot".

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

Black Ops II. The single player mode sucked dick. Mediocrity would have been fine, but instead what few stabs it takes at ambition only serve to make highlight the laziest parts 10 fold. Multiplayer is as good as it's been since the first MW but there's so few maps and the selection system makes it possible for that narrow selection to become painfully narrow.

My usual way of rating a game is that if it's technically proficient I'd give it at least a five. If enemies can't walk through walls, my gun shoots the bad guys when I aim at them and pull the trigger, and if I don't spend half my life staring a loading screen then I'd say the developers have gone at least halfway to making a great game. And if this had been my first exposure to the series I probably would have loved it just fine. But as it stands, based off of how much I actually enjoyed playing it and how likely I am to ever play this thing again:

3/10

[DJR210]

Arma 3

Wow. A military shooter fan's dream.

Graphics - The graphics are beautiful, assuming you own a system capable of running it. I have the game fully maxed on a 3570K and a GTX 680 with draw distance around 4K meters. Probably the best lighting effects I've ever seen in a game. The dev's created a huge 270 sq. KM world which usually means a wide open space of nothing in sandbox games, but that is not the case here. They spent a hell of a lot of time on the details with this one. Churches, ancient Roman ruins, underwater caves, shipwrecks, you never know what you will stumble upon.

Gameplay and Controls - The only mode I really play is CoOp. 1-60 people cooperating to secure objectives against punishing enemy AI. You are able to use armored vehicles, tanks, choppers, jets, boats, predator drones, UAV's, etc. to secure the objectives. The real fun comes when you have a team of competent players using mic's to complete objectives using a variety of resources to complete a mission. The controls are extremely difficult when starting off, however by completing the showcases, studying the key mappings, and with the help of the community you will learn the controls soon enough. You will appreciate the amount of control conventions when they start to flow naturally.

Replay Value - Huge selling point to the game. The game is basically a canvas for the mod community to run wild with. They give you the basic tools, and you are literally free to create anything you want from weapons, game scripts, single player and multiplayer missions, uniforms, vehicles, WHATEVER you want. The game has the possibility of being different everytime you play.

Overall - 9 - The only thing preventing this game from being a 10 is the optimization of the game. The FPS do drop from time to time even with systems that are 3-4x higher than the recommended specs. The game is CPU intensive, but hopefully some driver updates for the GPU will help. If you can find a server with at least 40 FPS, you should be fine. I'm just pretty stuck up when it comes to my framerates, and this is probably the only game I will accept at less than 60 FPS. Overall, the game is awesome, and a hell of a lot of fun with a squad/team of like minded players. Highly recommended for military shooter fans.

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

Payday 2 - 7.8/10. It's kind of hard to pin down a number on it because from session to session and heist to heist the overall quality of a lot of things seems to fluctuate. It definitely scores higher on design than it does for execution. There's a lot of potential for frustration, both from a myriad of technical glitches that can come out of nowhere (slowdown, crashes, cameras and guards that spot you through walls, friendly AI so useless that the single player mode might as well not exist) and from the human element. It's rare, but I've still seen it happen more than once that a well laid plan gets undone because someone gets bored and tries to go all Leroy Jenkins on a crowded bank lobby. But if you've got three friends to play with (or just the good luck to end up in a lobby with a quality team) the satisfaction of pulling off a big heist without tripping any alarms or firing a shot is a real thrill that has yet to get old.

I almost feel like I should rate it a 5.5-10/10, which would more or less average out to what I gave it.

[ElNono]

Wolf Among Us - Episode 1: 7/10

Same mold as The Walking Dead game from the same company, which I really liked, but this episode felt too short.

[ElNono]

AC4: BF - 8/10

If you like the series, you're going to like this one. The map is massive, and whole sailing and battling with your ship is extremely well done. still advancing the main storyline, but there's plenty of side-stuff to do.

[DJR210]

AC4: BF - 8/10

If you like the series, you're going to like this one. The map is massive, and whole sailing and battling with your ship is extremely well done. still advancing the main storyline, but there's plenty of side-stuff to do.

It's out? You borrow from TPB or somethin?

[ElNono]

It's out? You borrow from TPB or somethin?

Been "out" (http://www.scnsrc.me/games/xbox360/) since Thursday on xbox and PS3... same with BF4 and Batman: AO...

[Trainwreck2100]

Been "out" (http://www.scnsrc.me/games/xbox360/) since Thursday on xbox and PS3... same with BF4 and Batman: AO...
how did you mod your box, and can you play online

[ElNono]

how did you mod your box, and can you play online

using an ODDE... the k3y one... not sure about current compatibility with newer xboxes...

don't personally play online... I heard it works fine though, but don't take my word for it.

[Trainwreck2100]

using an ODDE... the k3y one... not sure about current compatibility with newer xboxes...

don't personally play online... I heard it works fine though, but don't take my word for it.

not playing online, just connecting to online i have an old box anyway

[ElNono]

not playing online, just connecting to online i have an old box anyway

I heard if you install and play games before release you might get the ban hammer, but like I said, I don't ever had an online subscription, nor plan to have one, so I dunno.

[DJR210]

how did you mod your box, and can you play online

Never play a game online before it's release on 360. They will permanently ban you if they find out, and from experience it's not hard to get caught.

Friend of mine stole one from his job as a stocker and tried to go online with it a few days early. Got banned and his appeal went on deaf ears.

[Suspect]

Pokemon X *cough*

Fun nostalgia trip

[The Reckoning]

Pokemon X *cough*

Fun nostalgia trip


a brotha playing pokemon?

[Suspect]

a brotha playing pokemon?
Dont tell anyone

[vander]

Fallout NV: 6/10. typical sequel: more eye candy, less heart, less story. but it fell only a short distance from great heights. they still put more thought/effort into NV than what goes into your average CoD sequel.

XCOM: Enemy Within: disappointing/10. the new maps and "Meld" and "EXALT" are nice and all, but they didn't really address any of the problems I had with the gameplay. and XCOM was only a few fixes away from 10/10 IMO. enemy spawning needed to end, should be fixed enemy movements prior to encounter, they should be moving around just as you are prior to encounter, none of that free move after being spotted crap. needed more battlefield vision options. needed ways for the player to try to force panic reduction in specific countries... oh well, I'm addicted to it anyways

[Reck]

Beyond Two Souls 7/10

Great graphics, gameplay was abit lacking but good overall. Not as good as Heavy Rain.

I like what Quantic Dream is doing. They should keep it up.

[Reck]

Wolf Among Us - Episode 1: 7/10

Same mold as The Walking Dead game from the same company, which I really liked, but this episode felt too short.

Thought about buying the first episode but thought best of it.

I'll wait for the whole season pass deal.

Waiting 4+ months for each episode to come out is outrageous.

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

Infamous 2 - 6.5/10

Hard to just judge this one completely on its own merits since the first one was literally the first thing I ever played on the PS3. The city feels a lot more alive and varied in this one. Empire City seemed like 7 or 8 landmarks with the same handful of buildings endlessly repeated between them. Parts of town are easily distinguishable, just like a real town. Getting around is a little faster in this one and I don't know if it's just that that did it but the city feels much smaller this time around too. The storyline is expanded this time as the choices you make actually translate into some notable differences in abilities and plot related missions, but even that isn't necessarily for the better. The endings are satisfying but nothing in this one hit as hard as the big moments in the first game. There's a mission editor that looks pretty deep from what I could tell but that wasn't anything that I really felt like messing with. I'm sure it was a big bonus for some gamers out there but it's one of those things where I look at it and wonder what problems they could have fixed in the final product if they had just left that thing out altogether. The big step back was in difficulty. Even on the hardest setting I felt like I never broke a sweat. Making the player feel like a god among insects is all well and good (and really kind of the whole point of the game) but that means they really need to step it up with the boss battles and those were mostly snoozers in my book.

[Suspect]

Killzone ShadowFall- 6.5/10 dont really care for shooters but its the only exclusive out for ps4 right now besides Knack. Looks really nice and keeps me entertained for a bit

Killer is Dead- 8.5/10 Love the art and darkness to it. Fun hack and slash.

[Reck]

Infamous 2 - 6.5/10

Hard to just judge this one completely on its own merits since the first one was literally the first thing I ever played on the PS3. The city feels a lot more alive and varied in this one. Empire City seemed like 7 or 8 landmarks with the same handful of buildings endlessly repeated between them. Parts of town are easily distinguishable, just like a real town. Getting around is a little faster in this one and I don't know if it's just that that did it but the city feels much smaller this time around too. The storyline is expanded this time as the choices you make actually translate into some notable differences in abilities and plot related missions, but even that isn't necessarily for the better. The endings are satisfying but nothing in this one hit as hard as the big moments in the first game. There's a mission editor that looks pretty deep from what I could tell but that wasn't anything that I really felt like messing with. I'm sure it was a big bonus for some gamers out there but it's one of those things where I look at it and wonder what problems they could have fixed in the final product if they had just left that thing out altogether. The big step back was in difficulty. Even on the hardest setting I felt like I never broke a sweat. Making the player feel like a god among insects is all well and good (and really kind of the whole point of the game) but that means they really need to step it up with the boss battles and those were mostly snoozers in my book.

Good games. I platted both.

I hear you on the difficulty. Although to be fair, both games felt the same on the "Hardest" difficulty. It just felt easier because of the powers you get. In my opinion they were too powerful. A little nerfing would help balance that.

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

Uncharted 3 - 7.5/10.

A lot more of the same, which isn't a bad thing for the most part. Better than some sequels that attempt to fix what wasn't broken so they can tout new features. Quality voice acting, killer score, very cinematic presentation all the way around. Plenty of humor, but some quieter more serious moments to boot that really worked. Plotting is still not its strong suit. It's essentially a playable action blockbuster at heart, so getting shuffled from one big set piece to the next is to be expected but there comes a point where it feels a little padded out and bogs down what narrative there is.

The biggest knock remains on the difficulty. It seems silly saying anything about it after acknowledging that it's an interactive action movie. They WANT you to see it through to the end. You can ramp up the difficulty of the gun and fist fights but puzzle and platforming elements are far too willing to hold the player's hand. I don't really blame the developers on the puzzle part. Why go through the trouble of even trying to stump the player when they'll look up a playthrough video on their phone after 20 seconds of thinking? Still the in games hints come way too quickly and spell things out too clearly. If you're going to put the player in the shoes of a guy who is equal parts scholar and man of action then making them work through the action parts while ushering them through the scholarly ones only separates them from the guy they are supposed to feel like. And I say this as a guy who has never liked platformers, but those segments have always been the part of the series that could use some beefed up challenge. There's something wrong when dangling off a cliff elicits no rush of danger or adrenaline.

[CuckingFunt]

Just finished Saints Row IV. Going completely off-the-rails bonkers with the last two installments was the best decision the franchise ever made. The enemies and missions get repetitive, and there's nothing in the gameplay or presentation that's particularly innovative, but it's one of the most purely fun games I've played in a while.

[Reck]

Just finished Saints Row IV. Going completely off-the-rails bonkers with the last two installments was the best decision the franchise ever made. The enemies and missions get repetitive, and there's nothing in the gameplay or presentation that's particularly innovative, but it's one of the most purely fun games I've played in a while.

Sain't Row the third was the most fun I've had playing a game in a while. Cant wait for the 4th one to be offered free over PSN. :lol

Shaundi reminds me of you. True story. lol

[resistanze]

Walking Dead Season one: Episode 1: 9/10

Great story, great acting. Pretty emotional, adorable kid tbh

[Reck]

DmC: Devil May Cry 7/10

Story was dogshit but I like the game mechanics, you can pull off some sick chain combos that lasts forever.

The story+boss fights were among the most boring aspects of the game.

Game also has like 6 different difficulty levels. Ridiculous.

[vander]

Played Deus Ex: HR: directors cut - 5/10. and I change my rating of Deus Ex: HR to 6/10

while I still immensely appreciate that it went for story, the "choices" were always so simple and meaningless...
choose vent or wall or heavy box, choose hacking or look to your left for the personal secretary with the passcode, choose stealth or shoot 'em up, choose kill or incapacitate... IT DOESN'T FUCKING MATTER!!
the limited selection of upgrades are ridiculous considering what would be available with the proposed technology, and even then, the ones you choose are meaningless...
and the 3 choices at the end are equally meaningless. none are what the actual hero would do...

after a second play through, it's really not any better than Deus Ex Invisible War IMO

[Trainwreck2100]

Played Deus Ex: HR: directors cut - 5/10. and I change my rating of Deus Ex: HR to 6/10

while I still immensely appreciate that it went for story, the "choices" were always so simple and meaningless...
choose vent or wall or heavy box, choose hacking or look to your left for the personal secretary with the passcode, choose stealth or shoot 'em up, choose kill or incapacitate... IT DOESN'T FUCKING MATTER!!
the limited selection of upgrades are ridiculous considering what would be available with the proposed technology, and even then, the ones you choose are meaningless...
and the 3 choices at the end are equally meaningless. none are what the actual hero would do...

after a second play through, it's really not any better than Deus Ex Invisible War IMO
You mean 4 choices at the end

[vander]

oh, right, 4 choices

[Reck]

The Wolf Among Us 8/10

Very good game that's going below the radar somehow. Telltale at it again. Great one.

[The Reckoning]

not gonna lie destiny beta is pretty good

8.7/10

[DJR210]

BF4 post netcode fixes

8/10 - It's no Bad Company 2, but still fun as hell when you get a competent squad. After the initial ass raping you'll get while you get used to the controls, muscle memory kicks in and killing becomes much easier. Great to play while high as shit.

[baseline bum]

Zelda: A Link to the Past 11/10

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

not gonna lie destiny beta is pretty good

8.7/10

I mostly agree. A few hours into I have yet to see anything that has really blown me away, but it's all tremendously executed.

[The Reckoning]

I mostly agree. A few hours into I have yet to see anything that has really blown me away, but it's all tremendously executed.


the multiplayer is terrible though. everyone just spams specials.

i pretty much hang around the cosmodrome and do missions and world events. those are hella fun because they get really difficult the more you explore.

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

the multiplayer is terrible though. everyone just spams specials.

i pretty much hang around the cosmodrome and do missions and world events. those are hella fun because they get really difficult the more you explore.

Might try my hand at that tonight. Was just starting out when a walker got dropped in there. Me and two other guys, all of us Level 3. It did not go well :lol

[DMC]

Sniper Elite 3.0

Meh

5/10

I love sniping games, and was hoping this one would have some elements like some of the CoD sniping missions had where stealth was the key, and you had to get in and get out after making the shot (or after your mission is scrubbed). Instead it's just a fancy bullet time guts and bone X-ray type game where the AI is painfully stupid and the scenes have no guesswork. I'd prefer a more modern version as well, since the WWII era games are not interesting to me, at least not as much as the modern state of-the art weaponry and tactics are.

[Trainwreck2100]

Wolenstein the new order 7/10

Pretty good story/characters easy 1000gs

[The Reckoning]

Might try my hand at that tonight. Was just starting out when a walker got dropped in there. Me and two other guys, all of us Level 3. It did not go well :lol

so what'd you think overall? i'm still torn between the class choices. hunter is the most fun with the ranged knife and golden gun...plus fastest sprint speed and double jump. warlock imo seems like it has the highest ceiling as a class. i think it will have some seriously badass abilities once the game hits. it has the best special by far. titan is just ridiculously OP with the armor. i lvled to 8 in half the time on titan than i did with the other two classes.


best part though is peter dinklage either trying to sound like a robot or completely phoning in his voiceover.


http://youtu.be/FlOYatDYC40

[Cry Havoc]

XCom for Android

10/10.

Perfectly executed, DIRECT port from PC to tablet/phones. Amazing. The only thing they changed is turning the graphics down. Damn. I did NOT believe this was possible on a tablet. 3.6 gigs and $10, but worth every freaking penny. Side note: Massive battery hog, and your tablet/phone will get HOT playing this.

Titanfall for PC

8.5/10. Free running and using titans well is super entertaining and feels very solid.

Risk of Rain for PC

7/10. Fun little multiplayer roguelike. Tough but enjoyable.

Alan Wake for PC

7/10. It's cool, but I don't see what the big deal is. Decently executed mildly scary thriller. Mildly.

Metro 2033

8.8/10. Old game but still one of the best looking games I've ever seen. The post-Crysis system breaker. Gunfights are fucking terrific. Having been around guns my entire life, this game is among the best at simulating how ridiculously loud and disorienting firing a weapon actually is.

[Cry Havoc]

BF4 post netcode fixes

8/10 - It's no Bad Company 2, but still fun as hell when you get a competent squad. After the initial ass raping you'll get while you get used to the controls, muscle memory kicks in and killing becomes much easier. Great to play while high as shit.

Going to reinstall dis. See if my new system can handle it on high.

[DJR210]

Going to reinstall dis. See if my new system can handle it on high.

If you're running Metro nicely, don't see why not. 64 man havoc may strain your CPU depending on your model..new maps out tomorrow for non premium members also.

[Cry Havoc]

If you're running Metro nicely, don't see why not. 64 man havoc may strain your CPU depending on your model..new maps out tomorrow for non premium members also.

I have a 2500k 3.3ghz that is easily OCable to 4ghz. Doubt it'll strain too bad. :P Just hoping they fixed all the crashing. Ah well, I got it on launch day for $10, so I can't complain either way. :lol

[DJR210]

Sniper Elite 3.0

Meh

5/10

I love sniping games, and was hoping this one would have some elements like some of the CoD sniping missions had where stealth was the key, and you had to get in and get out after making the shot (or after your mission is scrubbed). Instead it's just a fancy bullet time guts and bone X-ray type game where the AI is painfully stupid and the scenes have no guesswork. I'd prefer a more modern version as well, since the WWII era games are not interesting to me, at least not as much as the modern state of-the art weaponry and tactics are.

When I saw mention of that X-ray "shred through flesh" mechanic I nearly shit myself..then I kept reading the review from PC Gamer.. I wouldn't even pirate this shit


I have a 2500k 3.3ghz that is easily OCable to 4ghz. Doubt it'll strain too bad. :P Just hoping they fixed all the crashing. Ah well, I got it on launch day for $10, so I can't complain either way. :lol

I personally have never had a crashing issue, but I have read that crashing has been significantly reduced with patches. And yeah, that CPU should do fine. If it turns out you start playing BF4 regularly, let me know, I need a squad.

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

so what'd you think overall? i'm still torn between the class choices. hunter is the most fun with the ranged knife and golden gun...plus fastest sprint speed and double jump. warlock imo seems like it has the highest ceiling as a class. i think it will have some seriously badass abilities once the game hits. it has the best special by far. titan is just ridiculously OP with the armor. i lvled to 8 in half the time on titan than i did with the other two classes.


best part though is peter dinklage either trying to sound like a robot or completely phoning in his voiceover.



Didn't get to play it as much as I hoped, but I think you're spot on about the Titan class. The few times I teamed up with strangers anyone who wasn't that class was waiting on revival every other minute it seemed. Side effect of level design I think. Mobility is fine and dandy on the surface but in the tunnels there always seemed to be a choke point where being a tank was the only way to go.

And it sounds like they messed with Dinklage's voice to make it sound just a tofu metallic but the whole delivery screams IDGAF.

[Leetonidas]

Replayed through Max Payne 3 the other week. Such an awesome game and severely underrated, a solid 9/10 imo. Great story, great storytelling, nice graphics, challenging difficulty.


Currently I am replaying Last of Us. I bought the remastered version on Tuesday for PS4. Since it comes with DLC unlocked I'm playing on the hardest mode possible and holy shit thus far this is the hardest VG experience I've ever had. I was literally stuck on the first bloater in the gymnasium for an hour straight because I only had 3 revolver bullets and a health kit. Shit was intense. Last of Us is one of the best games I've ever played thought tbh, imo it's a 9.7/10

[baseline bum]

Leisure Suit Larry 6/10

It's pretty funny when you bang the hooker bareback.

[DJR210]

Pocket Pool 10/10