The Whatever The Heck You're Playing At The Moment Thread

[FortNinety]

Hey Dave, you ever get that Blur demo?

[dmauro]

Yeah, I've been playing a bit of that too. It's even better in HD!

[dmauro]

Just Cause 2 demo holy shiiiiiiiit. The demo suggests that the game completely delivers. I'd almost be content with the demo as they give you quite a large area to work in, and a good 30 minutes or so to rampage, but I'm gonna have to get this because cruising around on your parachute listening to the soundtrack is a blast.

dhex, have you tried this out yet? It's been out since early March and I somehow missed it.

[dmauro]

Also currently playing Battle Bakraid. I've never been a big Yagawa fan, so I didn't ever even try this one, but after watching a playthrough I thought it looked pretty good. It's much better than Battle Garegga and Armed Police Batrider I think. It's like the most Cave-ish of the three, I guess because the bullets are all completely visible, which makes me seem fair.

[dhex]

the just cause 2 demo is on my list.

[dmauro]

I recommend moving it to the top of your list.

I thought I could see the entire game world from within the demo because I flew up to the ceiling of the game world in a helicopter (and then jumped out), but when you finish the game demo is shows you how big the game world actually is and it's quite a bit larger than I thought. And the nice thing is that it's a variety of terrains, not just desert. I think this game is going to deliver in the way that Far Cry 2 never did.

[dmauro]

Downloading the full game of Just Cause 2 now. Oh this is bad because I have plenty of work to do today before the evening, and I'm just going to want to be hijacking helicopters and dragging civilians from behind buses.

[isfet]

friggin sweeeet.  yea, i might pick up JC2 by the end of the week, but it depends on if i want to buy this $70 mini guitar kit instead. 

i never quite figured out how to drag stuff in the game, though.

[dmauro]

Fuuuuuuuuuuck. This game is awesome. I won't spoil it for you even with my own anecdotes of the stuff I've been doing and found (I just found what has to be one of the coolest areas in an open world video game), but just let you know that you have to get this.

I started with the mouse and keyboard, but actually switched up to the 360 controller because it is easier to lounge in my computer chair while I play, and you don't need real precision aiming (I'm getting headshots just fine with the 360 controller), and because you have the option to be in vehicles quite often (all the time really if you wanted) the analog stick and triggers are nice.

This is the best $45 I've spent on video games in so long. GotY already. I have no doubts. Not that it's my game of the year, but that it will be on the top of everyone's GotY lists.

I haven't played too many missions yet, but they're nice. The introduction missions are actually pretty cool, and those go by really fast and then the world is opened up to you and you're supposed to meet some faction leaders to do some work for them, and unfortunately each of the three factions give you the same starting mission, just in different locations (basically storm the base). Luckily each location is different enough to keep it fun. Hopefully the missions will get more interesting, but the thing is, they don't even need to.

The voice acting keeps up on par with the demo for most ridiculous, cartoonish voices in a game I've heard lately, and the dialog fits with it perfectly. It's not so campy that it's good, but it often makes me laugh. But not as often as I laugh because I did something really cool/fun/ridiculous with a combination of my grappling hook, parachute, weapons, and vehicles.

I kind of want to get a new processor/mobo just to make this game look even better. It's already gorgeous, but there are some filters that make it look amazing but are too intense for my system.

[drozdal]

I got Infinite Space for DS which I realized I'll never finish (at least 50+ hours). Game looks really sweet, reminds me of old PC game Battlecruiser 3000AD, has a lot of JRPG tropes (teenage main character ect.) but I'm willing to give it a chance.

I'm also trying to wrap up 6th (and last?) career year in Forza 3, I think I have 6 more weeks left before it ends and I promised myself to do at least one game week a day. Only problem I had with this game was year 4 and 5 of career seemed to drag forever, same tracks over and over again and not enough prize money for wins, but game picks up in year 6 where you get few new tracks to race on and few R1 cars to race with (which can actually compete in manufacturer races with lower ranked cars). I have to say, months after this game launched I'm still enjoying playing it.

[dhex]

playing din's curse, an indie roguelike of sorts from the guy who made depths of peril. it's a dynamic roguelike, so if you're too busy collecting xyz for one task, monsters start taking over, start wars with each other or send assassins to kill your town. if you don't get back in time, you might show up and have all your weapon sellers dead, and have to complete tasks in order to resurrect them. it's fun.

[dmauro]

Yessssss!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaYeeSflhrU

Still playing Just Cause 2 like yeah, and if this happens it will be the end of me.

[FortNinety]

Everyone with a 360 has been playing Afterburner Climax to death, right? Right?!?!

[isfet]

After Burner Climax has taken a little while for me to love.  at first, i didn't quite get how to play it properly, but it's promptly become increasingly addictive.  this and Outrun; why doesn't this team still make games?

[FortNinety]

Anyone else pick up Super Mario Galaxy today? Man, Yoshi is hella fun to play around with!