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The first 'Steam Box' the i3 Piston turns out not to be a Steam Box after all. The specs of the things look rubbish and it costs a mere $1,000, from the looks of some benchmarking based on the graphics options it has taken it'll perform similar to that of a machine that costs around £350 - £400 which quite frankly isn't really enough for video games. Especially as it's going for the hardcore market, I find this whole concept baffling, why even bother releasing it?
Tomb Raider really gets going after the first 2 hours or so, the game started off a huge disappointment as I played a 2 hours long cutscene but once it gets going it's very enjoyable. Feel the story and gameplay are disconnected though as the mechanics of the game get in the way of the story it's trying to tell, Lara appears wimpy and is 'growing' to overcome her obstacles during the majority of play but when you're in game you're a homicidal shotgun wielding bloodthirsty SON OF A B. They needed to loosen the gun play a little bit on that game, at least initially, even if it was to make the levelling up system mean anything. Very good fun though, solid 7 - 8/10 game with some fantastic looking visuals and an incredible sense of atmosphere. Also, what is the point of hunting? At the start of the game they made it seem like it was going to be a big deal.
Sim City finally works, except it still doesn't have it's full feature set. Those who purchased the game will receive a free Origin game on March 18th to compensate the terrible launch. The game now works, turns out the game isn't that good, got worked up over server issues for nothing. It's not bad it's just the is so many questionable design choices and so many botched ideas that the game feels way too restrictive for it's own good, it's got a gameplay model that stifles creativity as opposed to encouraging it. The hugely hyped road drawing tool is fucking shit as well, also why the hell do only some cities have access to rail?!?! Also without cheetah speed the game is painfully slow meaning you're often waiting for enough money to do anything. The multiplayer is pretty fun, if you're all online, it breaks down a bit when you aren't there to communicate what you want the other cities to do and all too often you come back a couple of days later only to find your neighbour now has a crime problem which is now spreading to your town.... which kind of sucks tbh. Always on DRM is a pain in the arse as well, but at least the cities do feel alive and it's still an enjoyable game on many levels but it's not the timesink that I hoped it'd be.
Bioshock Infinite out next week, cannot wait.
FAO whoever it was who bought a Vita recently:
What's your verdict, worth buying?
I should be fine for games, as I have Playstation Plus it means I already have Uncharted, Wipeout, Lumines, Gravity Rush, and Metal Gear HD Collection, as well as Motorstorm RC and All-Stars via Cross Buy (with Sly Cooper to come) - so a pretty good library from day 1, just need to buy a cripplingly expensive memory card.
It's a bloody fantastic system and I see it's functionality increasing when then PS 4 arrives
HOWEVER if you want lots of original content I'd avoid it, I enjoyed it a lot when I owned one but quickly sold it as I didn't have a PS3 thus had no benefits such as cross play and this was before Playstation Plus was any good.
It's the perfect handheld really
So yes. Especially when you consider the psps frankly astounding library of j&srpgs
It was me, I think.
Yeah still play it a lot during commuting, etc.
Wish there was more content for it though - Uncharted is great, so is Metal Gear collection. Wipeout is amazing - but a bit too hard.
What is it with games...
Far Cry 3 you're some weedy, slightly emo douche in the story but stone cold killer with a million weapons in the gameplay. GTA 4 you're a emo, mellow, sad guy who is bummed out all the time, but in the gameplay you're a stone cold killer that kills anyone and everyone if they get in the way. Tomb Raider seems to have a simular thing going on by the looks of it. Its really odd. Makes the story part of it kind of pointless, but at least the games are fun still. Maybe games could learn from like sports sims, where you have to gain skills and stats a bit more as you go along, learn moves etc in more of an arc rather than a lot of things being dumped on you at the start that makes you a killer in 4 seconds after the first cut scene or you know write a story that fits the game mechanics better.
I think a lot of game makers
particularly makers of AAA titles have trouble marrying a compelling story to the game mechanics that are expected in their genre. Other examples would be Deus Ex/Arkham Asylum attempting to shoehorn boss fights into the game and GTA/Red Dead having to try and excuse endless similar quests that their characters have no real reason to be doing. It's hard to tell a decent story in a game whilst hitting all the beats players expect from their games.
Yeah
I'd be more bothered if the games wern't fun, but they are. It doesn't get me to engaged in them though outside of just finding cool stuff to do. Which is prob why I like sports games like WWE 13, NBA 2K13, UFC 3 etc. They don't try and tell any stories they just give you tools to do cool shit and they're don't hide the repetative thing cos you know its sports and thats the whole point to play the game by those rules and peramiters. Even the WWE 13 Attitude Era mode wasn't as much of a story line mode as other years where you went thru a story arc with cut scenes and all that, this mode just gives you scenarios that aint even in much of a linked in timeline and you just have a match with the odd goal but its still the best story mode they've done in ages.
Spec Ops: The Line did quite a good job of it
you still slaughtered thousands upon thousands of men in that game, in a game that's anti war, but the way they go down is bloody horrible.
Yeah
I've heard as such, I'm just not keen on cover shooters. They seem like an odd mechanic to base a whole game on rather than just part of a full on shooter.
It was worth it for the story
the ending is probably one of the most ballsy ever pulled off in a mainstream game
But the gameplay is mediocre
well worth it for a rental or if it's ever on sale. You can get with Bioshoch Infinite for £23.99 (that's for both games) if you have a rig that can handle it then I recommend that bundle.
I have no such rig haha
Would love to but can't really afford it or justify it when xbox games don't look or feel that much diffrent, so PC stuff is a slightly upgraded port rather than being a whole new gaming experience. I can play Minecraft on my laptop tho that works.
I probably made up the difference and then some because PC games as rule of thumb are way way way cheaper then console ones
but the initial outlay is daunting and it's only justifiable if you play lots of games. If I wasn't the type to play so many games every week then it'd be a total waste of money!
indeed
it is kind of odd that PC games haven't overtook consoles though. I mean the power PCs have is silly compared to xbox or whatever yet the games aint that diffrent. No leaps are really being made it follows consoles rather than leads the way dispite being way more over powered. I guess its always going to be like that cos of the money in console gaming.
It's because you can stick a PC under the TV descreatly
and those that can play games are bloody noisy without spending hundereds on water cooling. The ports have become way better the past year and PC games are now usually the stronger version once more but the cost of it just isn't very viable for most.
PC's are currently playing next gen versions of current gen games but whats the point in upgrading for that reason with the PS4 and such coming soon?
Been waiting for this, just to post this:
Superstar Nottingham based boxer Carl Froch dressed and made up as Kratos
http://ringtv.craveonline.com/blog/177695-photo-gallery-froch-as-kratos
Was in my local paper and I almost cried laughing when I saw it...
That's fantastic
saw this on SSN the other night when he was being interviewed about something
Flicked over and saw him sat there chatting away dressed as Kratos with no reference to it
Brilliant :D
it's hilarious because he's the wrong size for Kratos
and has hair. Everytime I think about it i start laughing...
and his voice fits just perfectly
I might buy Pro Evo tomorrow
I've hated all the recent FIFAs but am craving a football game to fill the time in-between story based games. Is it shit?
I've heard something called Football Manager is quite good
and fills time like you wouldn't believe.
Cheers for the tip
I'll check it out
I would like to know this too.
I liked it
it's not great, but was good fun. master league online caused me to retire from the game though as most people I came up against just pick a team full of the 11 fastest players in the game and spam through balls for 90 mins. I had peter crouch up front so that tactic didn't really work out for me.
PATH OF EXILE
Still not in endgame because I changed character. Again.
Still, that's half the fun, in a way.
I tried this out a couple of months ago
really didn't like the combat at the start, so never returned to it
combat at early levels used to be INCREDIBLY sluggish
They fixed it. It's still a slower-paced game than D3 but it works. Once you have some mobility skills it perks right up, too.
Bought one of the Sleeping Dogs DLCs in the Square Enix sale - Nightmare in North Point
It ended up being about an hours worth of gameplay and not particularly fun either. I'd have been livid if i'd paid full price for it.
Traded in Dishonoured for Hitman this week. I like it but the stealth stuff is so much harder than just shooting everyone.
I didn't think it was that much of a disappointment in the beginning.
I was well impressed with the way that she makes involuntary movements as she's walking along; the way that she turns when she hears a noise, etc.
It was alkl so realistic that at certain points I had to take my thumbs off the levers, just to see if she stopped moving or not.
The only thing I didn't like was the constant whimpering - but, again, that was a measure of the realism rather than anything else.
** ulp - quickly now
I mean, she woiuld be in a lot of pain, etc..
Absolutely zero misogynistic intent with that comment!!
The animation is fantastic
the atmosphere on the whole is great and the shows/lighting effects on the PC version make it one of the best looking games available. BUT it doesn't excuse how quick time happy the game is at the start, also a good portion of the game feels a bit Far Cry 3 lite, it's still a very enjoyable game though... it's just flawed.
Nah.
FC3 isn't even in the same league.
I traded in FC3 to buy this!
FC3 is ace...
This kinda summs up why for me.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/gamesblog/2013/mar/01/far-cry-3-theory-of-introversion
Has its flaws for sure, pretty much all games do. No idea how you found it so unplayable.
Because the save function doesn't work.
That usually makes something unplayable in my books.
To give an example - I spent hours trying to do the level where you burn the hash plants, and reached each check point successfully. When it came to the final part of the mission (jumping off the pier onto the boat) I struggled with it so thought I'd call it a day - having complete blind faith in the dumb autosave feature. When I turned my xbox off, I decided to re-boot it out of interest, to see where I'd be when I loaded up the game - and surprise surprise, I was right back at the beginning of the mission again. Left with hours of work to do.
So many faults with that game. Hence 'unplayable'.
Yeah
Never happend to me that tho. I just save when I want to with the save function, maybe cos I'm a bit old school and aint use to autosave being a thing.
You can't save manually during missions.
I tend not to do missions if I don't have the time
so I dunno, not really been needed. A lot of the missions aint that long either so I never feel that fussed if I bork it and have to do it again. I sware I've started where I left off everytime I've just powered it off tho without thinking. Maybe you where unlucky or your play style doesn't suit it.
Couldn't play it as an open world game.
Not enough scope to - when you've played Skyrim for 200 hours or so, you've kind of been spoilt on the open world front.
Even with the manual save it seems to plonk you in some random location.
Lovely looking game - awful mechanics.
its not that open no
kinda is on a level, its more like a really big fps rather than an open world rpg adventure thing. Really like the way it plays tho, all the shooting feels good, the running about and driving works. going up steep bits is annoying but thats about it. Story is arse and strange but it plays so well I aint fussed. Don't think I could hack skyrim dragons and magic do my head in and I don't think I could prononce any of the names or remember what the hell spells do or be arsed to walk about opening barels with cabage in for hours.
You might not like dragons, etc, but you'd like the weaponry.
The bows act so much better in Skyrim than they do with FC3.
I agree that ranged combat is excellent though, in FC3. I was genuinely disappointed with it because from the offset it looked so promising.
Basically they only got it part the way over the line.
I'm sure that the next one will be much better - checked on line and I wasn't the only peron complaining about the autosave function.
Its just to involved for me
fanatsy stuff doesn't really get under my skin, I find it really dull. I'm cool with GTA or Far Cry levels of RPGing where its all pretty simplistic and well silly like the lolz-worth crafting in FC3 instead of messing about with a million diffrent thing. Skyrim does look impressive tho and I'm sure its got its good points. Yeah you defo prob aind the only one whos found the autosave to break on them. Maybe I've just not noticed it. Like in GTA 4 you cant save in missions but it never bothers me.
Far Cry 3 is better then Tomb Raider IMHO
because it allows for greater freedom and is more organic then Tomb Raider. Tomb Raider is the better movie though
I don't think Tomb Raider will provide me any moments such as one time I was sneaking around a base, was about to stealth an enemy, but then got bit by a snake thus ruining my cover leading me to run into the forest which was inhabited by a tiger who then killed me.
Tomb Raider is completely scripted and that's probably it, you like scripted games more then open world ones.
you probably* like scripted games more then open world ones
it's a great rollercoaster ride by doesn't provide the constant element of surprise like Far Cry does.
Thats defo one of the best things about it
its all so dynamic, animals come out of knowhere and add a real element of suprise that make you think on your feet and change up your plans. So on the surface taking out a million outposts looks liek a drag, but then you get all this dynamic shit happening that even a repeated asult on a base you failed at is diffrent the next time you do it.
The snake thing is totally lifted from Metal Gear 2.
I spent half of 2012 playing Skyrim, Fall out New Vegas, Fall out 3, so I'm going to beg to differ with you about the open world thing.
In fact Open world games are my favourite genre - exactly why I don't like FC3.
You don't like Far Cry 3 because open world games are your favourite genre of game?
Open world games that work properly.
When you die on this game, you've absolutely no idea where you'll re-spawn.
Maybe that's the attraction, idk. Bit too asymetric for my liking - each to their own though!
Not entirely sure what aspect of the game is Asymetrical
and I'm pretty sure you respawn at the nearest spawn point, which is kind of the norm for video games..
I wouldnt know though because the PC versions has quick save and quick load so I used them a lot more then deciding to respawn.
A lot of the time I seemed to re-spawn back at the camp.
Or at another camp. It seemed to be entirely random.
I can understand why it'd be a lot better experience playing it on PC though.
Maybe one day we'll be able to put our differences aside with this game.
:D lets hope so
just remember, I do like Tomb Raider quite a lot... I don't even know why we're arguing tbf... to much time on our hands?
Just read the top line
NO, it was random, it happened because the game is dynamic...
I'm really enjoying it
the only thing I'd say is it's far too easy. It kinda just feels like you're watching a film but steering it along rather than playing a game.
At certain points it does, but there are definitely bits - like I said ^
where you are fooled into thinking it's a cut scene.
Some bits when she's shinning up the narrow bit of rocks. I genuinely thought that it was a cut scene until I took my thumbs off the sticks, and she stopped moving.
Hunting earns EX.
That you spend upgrading at camp/s.
That's it.
I've not shot any animals save for wolves... and that one seagull. Apparently there's a crab at the beach you can shoot for a specific achievement, but I've not found the critter yet.
My Lara hasn't collapsed with hunger once.
Yeah, I thought it'd be a more involved game mechanic
as opposed to just farming XP, sort of feels underdeveloped in that regard.
Certainly from the trailers, which implied greater 'survival tactics'
It's a step back.
But I think if you were constantly on the lookout for food to replenish health, it'd be an unwelcome distraction from all the running, jumping, shooting-arrows-through-heads-ing.
What you could say is definitely underdeveloped: the TOMB aspect of the title. I know it has them, but as they're not integrated into the story (save for the tomb of the queen herself), they feel like unnecessary side affairs. Great for boosting XP, but otherwise forgettable.
Remove the health regen and use animals for health
SORTED
Also the Tombs are the best part of the game, shame they don't make an active appearance in the story.
Yeah, sorry, that's what I mean...
...they're not integral. But the title is Tomb Raider. Yet you don't need to raid (m)any tombs. I suppose she does say "I hate tombs" at one point OH CHUCKLES.
BREAKING THE FOURTH WALL
a gentle wink to the audience EH EH EH
I did groan at that line, like an audible groan, I never do that when I'm on my own
Also I was agreeing with you RE:Tombs
I understand why they aren't integral though as it keeps the Puzzle elements optional which is something I approve of as a lot of games get hurt by throwing an obtuse puzzle in the middle of all the action.
That was the first and only crab I shot
Winnaaaar
In general I finished it last week with 78% completion and loved it but I'll be trading it in as soon as I get round to it since a) a brief play of the multiplayer was pretty awful, and b) the remaining 22% is all find and seek rather than any kind of optional gameplay. Doesn't seem to be any worthwhile reason to retain it.
A free EA game on Origin? Wow
That's like when Amazon gave me an extra month of Prime because I complained that their couriers were completely unreliable.
I've been playing Diablo 3 again, it's strangely therapeutic but I still get sucked in to watching the auction house for deals when I should just play the game.
We don't what the game (or selection of games) is yet
it's probably a list of games we all own in some way shape or form... or some sort of shitty licenced game they cant shift. TBF it wouldn't surprise me if BF3 is the game because they have Premium which they can make money on.
Staying on the TR subject for a bit:
How fucking realistic is the part where you have to hide from the enemies - in the woods when you first evade capture.
I thought it was mindblowing.
Genuinely not gutted at all that I've got to start this game from the beginning. GOTY for me without a doubt.
'The animation and atmosphere is fantastic'
I've said this so many times, but the first 2 hours really weren't that enjoyable, it was like watching a film where I had to watch a couple of scenes more then once due to a pointless QTE.
But I generally don't like games that take control away from you
it's personal taste
I really don't think the cut scenes are that lengthy.
Just that the gameplay and fluidity between cut scene and gameplay, are so seamless, that it's of an illusion to how long they actually are.
I bet the intro scenes and subsequant cut scenes are no longer than FC3. Certainly nowhere near the length of MGR.
It's an illusion, the majority of the first 2 hours of that game is a cutscene
you just hold forward and ocasionaly push Y. Don't get me wrong I appreciate it to the likes of Metal Gears story telling which is just a chore but it's not the games strong point, I love the way it integrates the cut scenes and gameplay but it did it too often at the start. It's your opinion, you clearly loved it, I didn't like it because I've been threw so many of them in the past though it has certainly done it better then most.
GOTY for me without a doubt.
its March.
What else has come out this year?
It's probably been my favourite of this year as well, now that I think about it.
DmC wasn't as good
The Cave certainly wasn't as good, was kind of shit actually :(
thats kind of my point
its a bit early in the year to start saying it is with out doubt the best game of the year. considering most games are released in the run in to christmas.
Yeah I know, but so far he's probably correct :)
someone bookmark this thread
kevin keegan would love it, if come December the last guardian, GTA or something topped his list.
GTA - never bothered with any of them after the 3rd.
I don't know mate.
Skyrim was my GOTY last year, and it came out in 2011.
thats lovely
and kind of makes sense, as then you would have given time to fully play the game/completed it.
Whats the ending of tomb raider like?
Is the ending crucial to whether or not you chose a game as your GOTY?
For instance, Skyrim doesn't have an ending, as such.
ask the mass effect cry babies if the ending matters
what I think your avoiding is saying youve not finsihed playing the game. so your judging it based on.. what 10.. 50% of the game.
as much as you may enjoy the game now it could get samey and boring at the end.. but you may like that.. IDGAF.
main point is declaring what is WITHOUT DOUBT game of the year is.. in March is fucking stupid.
enjoy your game.
Due to not having a PC
Lol
Due to not having a PC until I was 16 (and then just playing CM), I recently bought Curse of Monkey Island and Monkey Island 2 on Steam. Absolutely great stuff.
Olegrich!!!
(the Monkey Island games are great)
Hello!
I was worried that the humour would be really dated and not that funny at all, but they are just charming, hilarious games. Might get Grim Fandango as well now (and recommendations on similar games please!).
Sam & Max Hit The Road
Neverhood
And recently I recommend Deponia and Botanicula. Deponia isn't as funny, not really close, to Monkey Island but it's still a decent point n click game. Botanicula is pretty much different and is point n click taken down to it's most basic level but it's so fricking charming and funny that it's hard not to recommend.
+ the is a free version of Botanicula http://botanicula.net/
gotta second the Sam and Max recommendation
when I replayed that recently, so much of the humour was improved as an adult. Sort of in a similar way to watching classic Simpsons (it was enjoyable as a cartoon to watch when I was young, and then just gets more hilarious and brilliant as you get older).
The Cone O' Tragedy had me in stitches.
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
Is also great.
Less humour involved
but I recently played and enjoyed the original Broken Sword.
Beneath a Steel Sky's pretty popular (and free now I think) too.
Also, for anyone who hasn't played Monkey Island in a while, this'll take a few minutes out of your day;
http://www.int33h.com/test/mi/
the Monkey Island games are on Steam?
May have to partake in these to continue my LucasArts nostalgia-fest (so far, I've played Sam and Max Hit the Road and am playing Grim Fandango).
Are the Telltale Sam and Max sequels any good, does anyone know? Been meaning to look into those for a while.
Got the aforementioned duo for £7/£8 on Steam?
Don't know if it was a sale or not.
Thanks for all of the other recommendations guys! I've grown tired of WWE13/Don't have enough time for FM.
ooooooohh
May have to get these at some point. How do the special editions stand up to the originals, by the way?
No idea
as I haven't played the originals, but it's all spruced up graphically etc, so they look bloody lovely.
They look nice
if you don't like the HD treatment you can revert back to the originals. The voice acting is great
That's cool
I'm just hoping there's nothing lost from the original Steve Purcell (it was Steve Purcell, wasn't it?) background art.
Much of my childhood was spent being a total nerd for LucasArts adventure games.
Did you ever play the Indiana Jones Last Crusade point and click?
I remember it being rock hard as a kid, never got even into the catacumes under the library just kept smashing thru the wrong tile and never found the entrance. Always gave up and played golf simulator for windows 98 or something instead.
Never played Last Crusade
was mental about Fate of Atlantis, though. I played that before I'd actually seen the films and, cause we only had the floppy disk version with no voices, it probably improved my reading skills slightly (though started an argument with my older sister about how you were supposed to pronounce Hmph)
The Telltale Sam & Max-es were very good
Well, the first three episodes were, not got around to the rest yet. Took me a little while to get over that they sounded a bit different, but they're very funny. Maybe not quite on Hit The Road's level, which is still the funniest game ever.
Wish I was playing Tomb Raider :(
Instead I limped onto world 4 of DKCR. Fucking hard game that.
Also started The Last Story which is thus far immensely enjoyable. A bit cliched character wise but had a brilliant training mission, an epic city to explore and the Gears of War-esque battle mechanics are the best I've EVER experienced in an RPG. Even better than Xenoblades, though not as hard. 4 hours in so far and very much enjoying it.
SimCity (thread) CRASHED AGAIN!
i saw colonial marines for 40 quid in Asda
hahaha
pre-ordered Bioshock Infinite
looking forward to that a LOT. Also, almost finished my replay of Grim Fandango (which is still as good as I remember it being).
Apparently, there's some Dishonored DLC on the way in April, too. I can imagine they'll have put the effort in to make DLC worth spending money on.
I imagine this is a regular question
But what decent single player PS3 games are probably going for around a fiver/tenner in CEX? I've got to curb my going out and this seems a decent enough excuse to play some games.
I've played Heavy Rain and GTA IV so not them, please.
Oh and PC as well actually
was going to get the walking dead games but even £20 is too much for me to spend on a game at the moment.
it'll be on sale on steam for around 12pounds.
it always is
either of the first 2 Bioshock games
(preferably the first one)
Uncharted series?
Castlevania?
Infamous 1 or 2?
LA Noire?
Metal Gear Solid 4
God Of War 3
Nier
Fallout 3
Oblivion
Mass Effect 1 & 2
Dragon Age
its all about Euro Truck Simulator 2
fired my first employee today, very satisfying.
He had it coming that lazy bum
I'm yet to start my 'empire'
Just been going it alone in my Scania for the time being.
Keep seeing the Assassins Creed IV advert on telly
First time I saw it got really excited until I found out it's not released until bloody November! Do they really need to advertise this far in advance.
Bioshock Infinite looks ace, might have to purchase that.
Still going through all the old console games on Vizzed, currently playing A Link To The Past.
don't think I've seen any AC adverts yet
but on previous form they do seem to have an annoyingly bottomless advertising budget for those games
Woops didn't see this.
SORRY.
Yo, guys
Where's the cheapest place online for games these days?
What do you mean?
the cheapest retailer to buy games online? What platform?
PS3
And yea, pretty bad phrasing. I just want a bargain or two innit
Probably Amazon marketplace *boring answer but most likely true*
or just getting Playstation Plus and taking whatever they feed you
GOG or Steam sales
or you can wait for another humble bundle
Greenman Gaming as well
but more so for PC then PS 3
Just had a look
seems pretty decent for new console games as well, £5 cheaper then most places.
Cheers y'all
This site is really handy:
http://frugalgaming.co.uk/
I've seen a few of you recommend Rayman Origins a few times...
Should I definitely definitely get it?
if you like platformers yes
Yes, it's one of the best 2D Platformers I've ever played
on any generation, it's fantastic.
Order it, then listen to the soundtrack on youtube to get excited!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVSuYCGwUf0
It's very good indeed
Not sure if I quite love it as much as some people on here but that's probably because I'm not quite such a fan of 2D side platformers since the 3D Mario games.
That aside, it's utterly charming, varied, inventive, fun and musically brilliant. And generally pretty cheap now.
Get it.
Thanks all!
I've heard it's pretty difficult in places?
I struggled through the latter stages of Super Meat Boy so does anyone know how it compares with that?
nowhere near as hard as Meat Boy
a little challenging (especially if you're trying to 100% it) but not really frustratingly difficult
It's not nearly as hard
the game only becomes proper difficult once you have more then 2 players on the screen at once.
and the are the odd levels with some incredibly ARGH sections
but the difficulty curve is really well handled, always a challenge, but never too hard.
Eurogamer pretty scathing about Sim City
and not the connection/DRM issues. Ouch
So, my latest column is up w/ DmC, Revengeance and Tomb Raider
http://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4146177-savage-pixels-20--harder-better-faster-stronger-on-recent-reboots
Recommend 'em all, likes.
This might be of interest to PS3/Vita people
http://www.game.co.uk/en/playstation-plus-subscription-1-year-142948
Game are selling 1yr PS plus subscriptions for £19.99, seems pretty good value to me!
excellent value
Did this have an offer ended pic before?
Was going to get it, it lets you put it in your basket, but the image says offer ended. Any ideas?
Probably out of codes
wasn't ended when i looked earlier, but they're always doing limited quantity daily deals
I paid £40 just last week and after noticed it was £30 on Game then, still feel even £40 is great value though
Saints Row IV trailer
http://www.gametrailers.com/videos/onchxe/saints-row-4-debut-teaser
August 20th eh, I know it's over the top and Saints Row 2 was a great game for a different reason to 3 but 3 was still LOTS of fun. Looking forward to this more then GTA IV as it currently stands just because Saints Row games are such a blast to play in co-op.
'From The Crackhouse To The Whitehouse'
If this is the Saints taking over American then I'm all for it :D
I thought for a sec...
shit this looks wrong where is all the batshit crazy stuff... Nope its a trailer at the front of the trailer advertising a diffrent game the fucks. Yeah looks like saints row cool.
So dudes. I've just got my first HDTV. Woooo go me.
Part of the reason for this investement was cos I was fed up of being unable to read the text of any modern game (especially skyrim).
SO.... which games make the best use of shiny HD eh? I've got an xbox, what would you reccomend for cracking HD visuals?
Xbox's and Playstation 3's haven't been capable of running proper HD on most games for quite some time now
so.... get a pc?
Here ye go
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Xbox_games_with_HD_support
Ignore this, bad list (wrong list)
As far as pretty games go...
Tomb Raider and Halo 4 are up there for 'ooo ahh' factor.
Halo 4 is a very pretty game
get that if you want visuals on the Xbox, I reckon that gets the absolute most out of the system.
been playing xcom
no one said it was the hardest game in the world ever
That's because it isn't
it's quite manageable on medium difficulty, you just need to think before you act.
It's OK till you reach that difficulty spike.
then it's NAILS.
Once you crack it though you don't really get too much more trouble
+ that feeling when you finally beat the stage (dont remember the name) is fucking incredible
I need to get back into this.
I only played the first couple of levels.
Compared to the old version
it's a doddle. The original chucked some psychotic spikes in difficulty at you.
Age of Empires 2 is coming to Steam soon.
This was the first game I ever played online, loved it. http://store.steampowered.com/app/221380/
great stuff
this should keep me busy once i've finished with theme hospital
Ok guys here's my summary of the games I have played recently:
-far cry 3-
An extremely enjoyable brainless romp! Taking over the bases was so much fun, the tagging system really makes stealth viable for people with no patience i.e every gamer these days. Definitely a game that's way more fun in the first half where you feel you are battling to survive in a oppressive environment...all the fun was pretty much gone as soon as I had taken over most of the bases and radio towers as this pretty much cleared the map of enemies for me except in scripted scenes that then felt really out of place. Sort of had the same vibe I got from fallout 3 which I utterly loved until there was no need to scrap around for ammo and supplies and loot and I felt my character was disconnected from the world and the narrative (I guess that is 90% of open world games with rog elements though especially if you are the sort of player that obsessively travels down every side path before moving on). All caveats aside though a really fun and well made game. ###### 8.5/10 ######
- Skyrim -
Just got back into this recently after completing farcry3, was a bit apprehensive at first as its definitely one of those games that once you stop playing for a while proves difficult to pick up again due to the monstrous quantity of side quests and equipment/junk you have accumulated. After 20 minutes though I was totally hooked and now all I can think about is playing skyrim. Not sure what it is about Bethesda games but every one has gripped my like no other games do, I remember playing oblivion for about 4 hours every day for about 3 months. Despite all it's faults: jenky ai, loose combat, genericy main quest, I think its definitely my favourite game this generation. No other game rewards so much if you play with a little imagination, the wealth of content that most players will never see half of is really unpatronising. Can't wait to dig into the dlc ###### 10/10 ######
- super crate box -
On the other end of the scale from skyrim but holy fuck if this is nt potentially the most addictive game ever made. It's an insanely perfect fit for the vita too, whilst still great on the iPad the lack of physical controls really let down a game that cries out for some minute precision. I can pick this up to play for five minutes and 2 hours later I've been playing non stop, which is a seriously impressive feat for something where most games last 5 or 6 minutes at most. Has that kind of terrific little quirky gameplay hook and 'just one more go' compulsion that all the best classic arcade games had (I'm thinking something like joust for instance). For what it is it's just about as perfect as it possible could be ###### 10/10 ######
The reason Super Crate Box is so addictive?
no death state! You're just thrown right back into the game
True but if the gameplay didn't feel really tight
Ansd every time you die wasn't due to player error then it wouldn't be anywhere nearly as good
Yeah, but the reason I can sink so much time into it is because it doesn't take anytime to get back in
the game is fucking awesome as a whole, everyone should get it considering it's free.
Bamnan - have you got this for your Vita?
gonna get back into Skyrim
before Bioshock Infinite, as I've finished FC3 and Grim Fandango.
I think I'll get myself back into the groove of it by slaughtering NPCs.
oh god
I just remembered that on my last save game, I killed an entire town. AWKWARD
So anyone got the cheat code to make Lara Croft naked?
RE: Tomb Raider
I just entered 'The Pit' I think this section of gameplay has bumped my opinion of the game up quite significantly, it's pretty fucked up + it allowed me to stealth kill a man taking a leak *below*
(No spoilers)
http://oi49.tinypic.com/2m26mhf.jpg
Also all the fire has made me properly nerdgasm out
because FUCK ME does it look gorgeous (geeky graphic whore)
http://oi50.tinypic.com/2rrlbnb.jpg
I can't get enough of this game.
I just hope that there's plenty of gameplay.
How many hours are you into it? I'm about 2 and a half, I'd say.
Just got to the bit where the first monster / beast type thing has appeared. Well, I've just seen it's mace. Shortly after finding the pilot of the crashed plane.
About 5 hours in?
Feel like it's starting to get close to an end stretch, I imagine the is another 3 - 5 hours to go.
My 2nd favourite bit of the game
The lighting and immersion are glorious
The best moment involves Lara surfacing in a pool of something
the recently bumped the lighting and shadow effects on pc
the shadows! oh my the shadows
Did he have a fully rendered penis?
Just got Assassins Creed 2 for £2.99 on Steam
For those into more modern creeds Assassins Creed 3 is currently £14.99
I played XCOM for like 4 hours in a row yesterday.
I forgot how addictive/emotional it was!
You always have to press the advance time button once more
and then you just HAVE to deal with the incident that occurs. I think we need to make office jobs more like this, because thats basically what it turns into almost.
Advance time button? Yes please.
I'd like to be in bed now.
sex in video games
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=4wZPsFWfi3k
FAO people that bought Sim City
EA are offering you one of the below games for free if you bought Sim City.
Battlefield 3 (Standard Edition)
Bejeweled 3
Dead Space 3 (Standard Edition)
Mass Effect 3 (Standard Edition)
Medal of Honor Warfighter (Standard Edition)
Need For Speed Most Wanted (Standard Edition)
Plants vs. Zombies
SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition
Not too shabby if I'm honest, tossing up between BF3, Dead space 3 and NFS MW. Really surprised to Dead Space 3 in there as it's only just come out.
It's not sold well
and if they shift a few free copies they might make a bit of money off DLC
funny read here if you missed it
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/mar/17/dont-judge-me-i-love-sniping-games