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

[dhex]

Nah man, he's a pussycat, especially compared to fighting the Ancients and those horrible creatures that he summons before you go and find the actual dude.

ahh, yeah, i get murded by the hyperspeeded demon fucks whom i believe are the last round of summons.

the ancients were easy as hell, though. at least, i found them as such.

[isfet]

Demons Souls

holy


holy shit i love it.

it's like an action rogelike and it's totally fucking radical x 110.  loving the shit out of the game and how incredibly mean it is.  the multiplayer aspect is amazingly inventive, too.  you're always connected online, so people can leave messages to warn you of traps or enemies, or...just fuck with you if they're mean.  you also can look at bloodstains where people died, and it will replay how that person died, thus giving you an idea of what's coming up.

just overall, really happy with the purchase.  

Mike, i definitely think you'd be loving this game

if it weren't on PS3


Dave you should get this

[dmauro]

Sounds interesting enough. I don't really feel like paying $60 for a video game right now though.

[isfet]

fair enough.  maybe i'll show it to you this weekend or something.

anyway, played more Demon's Souls last night and it's still unrelentingly hard.  at the very least, it's nice that they don't take away all your items from you when you die or i'd probably cry.  i'm currently working on a section that requires precise timing:  run through a castle wall fast enough to avoid a dragon that is swooping down every few seconds and burning everything to hell.  once i've made it past that, i need to fight a few knights (who are incredibly tough) and then there's the boss, who i tried once last night and...well, figured out how to hurt it, but still not sure the best method yet.

apparently there are more multiplayer options than i initially thought in the game, too.  you use stones to have your spirit summoned to another player's world.  and you can do co-op OR, and this sounds fun, you invade the person's world and have to hunt them down, kill them and take all the souls they've accrued.  good times and something i'm likely to try when i'm a bit stronger.

overall the atmosphere of the game is great.  it's not scary, but it's absolutely tense.  the game is pitch black at times, meaning you can't mindlessly run through areas.  i've tried summoning some other people's souls into my game, but so far all the summons have failed.  not sure if this is because they quit before i get to them or if it's a network thing.  the PS3 has a really shitty online component, not gonna lie.

[Chairman Meow]

MGS4 spoilers I guess; trying to get through the part where Old Snake is crawling through the microwaved corridor to GW, furiously tapping triangle and cursing my carpal tunnel syndrome hands.  I'm going to hurt like a bitch tomorrow, but dammit was that immersive.

This makes me realize I can never replay an MGS game and be able get through the torture scenes

[ryan]

Persona on the PSP, which is decent and about what I recall from playing it way back when. I need to beef up my party some more. I am almost done with Darkest of Days, which has to be the sloppiest game I've playing in this generation - nothing like spawning over a bridge and falling straight through it.

[dhex]

is darkest of days worth toying with?

edit: demo was kinda ok. interesting premise, shit execution. shooting roman legionaries in the face, though...that's tempting.

finally beat baal so i'm running through the last game i bought, which is bound in blood, the call of juarez sequel. it's the best western fps since outlaws, but seeing as the only competition was it's predecessor, that's not really saying too much.

[isfet]

been playing Uncharted 2 quite a bit lately.  it's pretty much the best of its kind when it comes down to the American 3rd Party 3rd Person adventure games.  most, i find, have absolutely horrible controls and play like some kind of budget shovelware (see: Brutal Legend), but Uncharted apes so many "great" games that it manages to make something potentially boring into a lot of fun.

none of the game is groundbreaking per se, but it's almost always enjoyable to play.  it doesn't matter that some things make no sense, plot wise; ultimately, you're playing an action movie.  and it helps, a lot, that the dialogue is actually well executed and funny.  like, to an amazing degree, at times.


also been playing the PSP a bit.  i picked up Prinny: Can I Really be the Hero?  despite its connections to Disagaea and all that type of animu, the game is actually a pretty intense sidescroller.  i'd compare it to something between Mega Man Zero and Ghosts n' Goblins.  that's actually the best comparison i could make, i think.  really worth playing if you're into challenging platformers.

also played the demos of Half-Minute Hero.  i'm pretty much in love with the game's execution, but not totally sure of "Evil" side's game yet.  the RTS kind of segments aren't really interesting me as much as the 30-second JRPG games.  still, i'll pick up the full game eventually.

[isfet]

all right, so what the hell is the deal with this game Borderlands?

it appears like it might be kind of fun!  people on SB are comparing it to something like Diablo (or a less messy Hellgate).  i can't tell if it's freeroaming or not, but it has some decent co-op options it would appear.  it seems like something that would be on Mike's radar.  is it?

how about you, Dave? 

either way, i'm pretty interested in the game.

[dhex]

borderlands is on my radar. i may or may not pick it up in a few months when it's less than 50 bucks, however, unless one of you guys gets all GET THIS NOWWWWWW on my ass.

a little birdie has told me we're going to see an age of decadence public combat demo shortly.

[dmauro]

I haven't been paying enough attention to what's up and coming since I quit my job. Basically I know about L4D2 and SSFIV. Borderlands sounds familiar, but I really don't have any idea about it.

[isfet]

well, as far as i can see, it's a post-apocalyptic future RPG FPS type game.  some people are saying it's a bit more Fallout than Fallout 3 was, but i'm not sure if they know what they're talking about?  though the prospect of that sounds fun.  the main thing i'm unsure of is if the game is freeroaming or not.  it could still be fun even if divided into stages, i'd imagine, but the former would probably be a lot more enjoyable in the long run.

anyway, i'm researching....

[dhex]

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2009/10/20/the-rps-verdict-borderlands/

[isfet]

hmmmmm....

sounds kinda neat. Maybe after this coming paycheck, I'll consider picking it up.

Dave: check out some videos. I think we could have some fun with this one

[dmauro]

Yeah, see here's the problem with that game: it looks great and all, but it's a PC game, and yet I think I'll find the most people to play with on XBL, it's just better suited for multiplayer games with specific friends. I also wouldn't want to pay an extra $11 for the console version.