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

[drozdal]

Which at this point, is looking like sometime in 2010 at this rate.

Amazon has December 31 2011 () as listed release date, Wikipedia claims it will be out somewhere in Q1 of 2010.

Dave, I was also surprised when I heard that S&P 2 is out already - I knew it was coming, but for whatever reason I thought it will hit somewhere in 2010.

Word is that it did terrible during it's launch week in Japan.

[dhex]

modern warfare 2 is very confusing.

[isfet]

please elaborate!



currently alternating between:

Mushihimesama Futari

and

Fallout 3

the latter is more enjoyable than when i rented it and is also more enjoyable since i bought it for $24.99.

[dhex]

mw2 changes moods faster than a woman who hates you; it can't decide if it wants to be a mil-tech thriller or a james bond movie; the most controversial part of the controversial mission is actually handled well, but it's poorly integrated into the rest of the game; your player character dies more often than even begins to make sense. the infinity ward trick of putting up quotes about how shitty war is when you die has been expanded to include dick cheney and barbara erhrenreich.
 
on the other hand it quotes red dawn and basically reenacts it. it's a good pastiche of 80s action films, in its own way, but not nearly as good a game as the first (which itself wasn't as good as the russian segment of cod2).

edit: my one legitimate gripe against the xboxification of american games is the loss of lean functionality in fps games. lean is something i tend to lean on, and i miss it terribly.

[dmauro]

The real xboxification shame here is the loss of servers. The multiplayer is really pretty good. Making custom classes is a blast. I usually end up going for a standard assault style loudout, but last night I begrudgingly got put into a game that was on a sniper map (my brother was happy because he loves sniping), but instead of playing the sniping game, I choose Marathon Pro (run forever and climb stuff faster), Lightweight (move faster), and Ninja Pro (no heartbeat and no footsteps) and just ran around the sniper map knifing and shooting people with double barreled shotgun. It ended up devastating the other team. I was fast enough that unless they had really good aim, they couldn't get a killing shot off on me before I could get up to them, and even if they did get me, they had to take a few shots so by then they'd given away their position to my brother or dad.

[dhex]

why did they go out and do such a thing? it seems counterproductive.

just finished mw2 single player. it was...unique. not bad. not necessarily good. but one of the stranger endings/end credits ever.

[dmauro]

I really loved the end credits. Reminded me of SMB3 in a way.

And yeah, definitely counterproductive. I think it's part of consolification and charging $60 for the PC version instead of the regular $50. They want the PC to be an XBOX because it's more lucrative so I think maybe they're just trying to make the two seem like one.

The next step is to take away custom video options. It seems ridiculous, but taking away dedicated servers  a few years ago would have been a laughable idea. I wouldn't have believed it.

[isfet]

i haven't played MW2 yet, but i'll probably wait a while or until someone buys it for me.  but huh, it's interesting to hear some non-glowing opinions on the game.


i'm really digging Fallout 3.  it isn't entirely Fallout, but...i don't necessarily feel as strongly as, say, the people on "no mutants allowed" with that one review.  the game is flawed in terms of "feeling" like Fallout, but it's still pretty fun and i'm having a good time exploring everything.  the pacing feels just right, too.

might be a little too easy, though.  i'm at a point where anything other than a mirelurk doesn't give me too many problems.  but man, fuck the mire(and nuka)lurks

[dhex]

some good news on the fallout 3 front is that a new game using the engine and universe (called fallout: new vegas) is being made by obsidian and will come out some time in 2010. fallout 3 with decent writing will still be stuck with vats but this is still exciting news.

[FortNinety]

Just starting playing Spirit Tracks. It's okay. Like Phantom Hourglass, I really want to like it, but the stylus controls really kills it for me. But at least controlling two characters at once mixes it up quite a bit.

[isfet]

Mike:  i know you really enjoyed KotOR2, though as a half-finished idea kind of thing.  i unfortunately have never played anything by obsidian.

but yea, i find Fallout 3's world and atmosphere really nice.  it almost makes me wish they'd remake the first game with this style.  though, VATS: what exactly do you dislike about it?

is it the fact that it makes the game impossibly easy?

i'm not sure if i hate that yet, but yea, it's kind of a silly, poorly-thought-out system.


still playing lots of FO3.  currently trying to rescue some rangers from a rooftop in exchange for their armor.  sneak attacks are wonderful.

[dhex]

yeah, that it makes combat basically pointless.

kotor 2 is a 3/4 good game, 1/4 unfinished mess. but it has one of the better antagonists in a game ever.

[drozdal]

I played Bayoneta demo on 360 for the first time few days ago. It was really enjoyable, so enjoyable actually that I replayed it 3 more times in a row. This will be my first purchase of 2010.

[FortNinety]

Still playing Spirit Tracks. What can I say? The lame controls is off-set by the whimsey of everything else. The music especially rocks.

Oh, and as noted elsewhere, Valkyria Chronicles is $20 at Gamestop and figured what the hell. And must say, now that I'm giving it a serious shot, I dig.

[The Drunken Samurai]

i bought a few games yesterday at gamestop's buy 2 get 1 free sale. Godhand has almost the same feel as rising zan(i think they were made by the same guys?) but the inlcusion of dodging with the left analog stick makes the game, not easier, but definetly more playable. also it seems that after every level there is an option to shop or go to the casino, the latter is wrong for me since they have blackjack and video poker,it'll just keep me away from the main game.

God of war is fun but im stuck early in the game at this part with archers that keep shooting the box you have to get across the room.

Devil may cry is just awful, it takes everything i hate about resident evil(the camera angles, they keys and puzzles bullshit) and adds double jumps. its awful, awful and i just want to get rid of it.

Deus Ex, i heard this was amazing but i cant say the same thing. i can see it but i get the feeling that the mouse does wonders for this game that a dualshock cant. i also dont think stealth works in an fps but thats just me.