whatchu playing now

yeah the second act of portal 2 where you're climbing your way out of the old laboratory is one of the best gaming experiences ever imo

Warning: the co-op puzzles are a little harder (and generally, way better) than the single player story puzzles. Also lacks most of the charm that story has, but that's an easily forgivable sin.

Ya know what, I forgot about the robot hi-fives. Maybe not.

That is, it's still pretty damn charming.

played co-op with my gf at the time and i was so bad at it that i cried tears of frustration and embarrassment and she was really horrible to me in front of her friends lmao

Well, at least there's no chance of that, thankfully. The scant time she's spent on anything FPS-ish has been mostly about trying to figure out why she can only see the ceiling as she's running into walls.

I just got to the deep, deep underground part of the game last night and was a little wary about whether it was going to still hold my interest now that I'm no longer in the testing chambers. I'm glad to hear it stays awesome.

Oh, and I was wondering if it was a stupid decision to buy it from the PS store (seeing as how I'm rapidly running out of space on my PS3) but I seem to be avoiding the ridiculous load times that I've heard people complain about, which I'm sure only enhances my joy.

Peggle 2 (360) is more of the same with slightly better presentation, but... that's pretty much what I wanted.

ftl

FTL is a semi-permanent rotation for me - gets fired up every week or so for a few quick games.

Anyone got Watch Dogs yet? Picked it up last night, but I'm trying to force myself to finish the last few levels of COD: Ghosts before I move onto it (though, based on the rest of the game, the last few missions should take ~10 minutes).

In other 'whatchu playing' news I'm 4 dungeons into A Link Between Worlds, a few hours into Dragonfall, and barely touched Child of Light (which is very pretty, but mostly boring so far).

i am playing the banner saga, ty ilx

Played the new Wolfenstein the other day on PS3, and it was really really great! Old school shooting fun w minimal (and really well-done) QTE cutscene storyline stuff sprinkled in.

I watched about an hour or two of someone playing Watch Dogs last night, and it also looked cool. A lot like Assassin's Creed 4 minus all the piratey stuff (well I guess you are still a pirate but you use a phone instead of a pirate ship).

I just bought watch dogs on a whim because I needed a new ps + 12 month card and target was giving you $25 off if you bought both.

i am enjoying wash dogs so far. not as good at sleepy dogs but better than gta5. the fake dark souls multiplayer is really fun.

i mean it's fucking broken and stupid like every other ubisoft game and the writing is garbage and the driving is bad, but it's fun.

ha thats what i suspected. bought it but haven't gotten to it yet, hoping it'll get at least 1 patch beforehand.

Get used to seeing a lot of "please wait while we connect you to the ubisoft servers" in a row

ftl

there's a youtuber by the name of shenryyr2 who i gather is some kind of god at it. he doesn't really do tutorials but a lot of the rhythm of it comes out via osmosis.

my general sense is it's just not a 'for newbs' game, you just kind of have to keep jumping in at the deep end until it clicks

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dude will post 90 part videos that god knows only who watches the entirety of.

Ive sunk like 600 hours into eu4/ck2 and sometimes the best way to learn is to fail. They also just released a new patch with new mechanics so some of the lets plays are outdated..

that being said quill18 has some decent lets plays and he does a good job explaining stuff.

I was playing Assassin's Creed 4: You're a Pirate Now which was ok but not great in the same way Assassin's Creed 2: European Vacation was, I don't really know why I bought it when I wasn't in love with AC2, guess I just want to be a pirate. Then my sister got me The Last of Us for my bday so I've been playing that for a couple of weeks but am still not very far in bc of real life.

Speaking of quill18, have any of you guys played Banished? I've been checking it out a bit. Very cool. Apparently it was made by one person, which is insane.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gAXcREfjbQ&index=2&list=PLs3acGYgI1-vZpczu2p5qMXfUWFtg29py

just tried dead island epidemic, not for me but it looks nice

battleheart legacy
really really good

Dragonball Z Budokai HD Collection. I don't know wh-KAMEKAMEHAAAAAAAAA

Super Time Force. Anyone else?

PS3/PS4 player looking to zone out on a new game this weekend, any recs guys? I like violent action games with RPG elements or violent RPGs with action elements.

New Wolfenstein? Watch Dogs? something else? doesn't have to be new.

did u play tomb raider yet?

banished looks cool but from the videos I saw there doesnt seem enough narrative or story other than hard core city micromanagement

since the xbone is a total brick I never use (bf4 lol) all I play these days is dota (I am ashamed) and eu4/ck2

There is zero story. It's pure management, and pretty hardcore.

has anyone been playing the telltale fables game, wolf among us or w/e it's called?

Yeah I just need a little bit and I can fill in the background stuff in mah brain like I do with eu4 or xcom.

I love that I asked this question in the general thread and in the PS3 thread and the takeaway rec from the general thread is a game about caring for hungry villagers and the takeaway rec from the PS3 thread is a game about stabbing nazi cyborgs in the balls

Prison Architect. Very fun little game.

Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin

The Egypt level is AMAZING! Rondo of Bloodlines.

That goddamn boulder.

I actually spent a week and 1000/1000'd DBZ Budokai HD Collection (yup, both games). Life is pretty dark right now, but hearing Vegeta scream "I am the PRINCE OF ALL SAIYANS... DEFEATED by a CLOWN!" still makes me laugh.

Wolfenstein is kinda of blah early on, i regret paying full price. A lot of pretty cinematics but the gameplay is pretty stale. could be b/c i played through both metro titles so i'm finally getting fps fatigue.
just started fallen enchantress: legendary heroes - which is an incredibly nerdy title but seems promising
+mario kart 8 obv

ftl

still playing bg2. also did a quick playthrough of hammerwatch.

f117a stealth fighter off GOG. playable w/ 360 controller, includes a pdf of the old-school microprose keyboard reference card, fuck your libyan sam sites

holy shit i remember that game

this game "fallen enchantress: legendary heroes" had me nostalgic over Warlords II.
http://www.myabandonware.com/media/captures/W/warlords-ii/warlords-ii_11.gif

just remembered i grabbed curt schilling's rpg for $5 during that psn flash sale but haven't installed it

this game "fallen enchantress: legendary heroes" had me nostalgic over Warlords II.

Thank you for this!!! I used to LOVE Warlords II, gotta check out this other game.

I'm still going through Portrait of Sorrow for the DS, it's still really fun but I'm at the end of the game just doing random sidequests.

Dawn of Sorrow seems promising, but it suffers from bad level design. LOTS of backtracking and often through large areas that, once you've killed the monsters in it, are just empty wastes of time. I don't think that stuff is fun, walking through a giant empty room you've been in 3 times in the last 15 minutes.

Right now I'm playing New Super Mario Bros., and it is AMAZE. This is where all the cool modern 2.5D Mario b stuff came from. It has a very SMB3/Super Mario World feel to it, which is lots of fun.

You wonder what kind of Castlevania they could have done if they followed through from the New Super Mario Bros. -> New Super Mario Bros. Wii formula. An HD 3D/2.5D big budget console NSMBW-style sequel to Order of Ecclesia would be great.

ftl

FTL is fuckin' hard. Have you finished it? I've made it to the boss on easy mode, still got my ass handed to me. On normal mode I can make it to sector 7 or something.

my secret shame is that i played FTL for a few weeks and never beat the boss. i'm terrible.

my open pride is that i'm play Dragon Quest VIII, finally! my secret shame is that i'm playing it on ipad.

i beat ftl on normal. tried to beat it on hardcore a few times when the new edition came out but it was so hard i gave up.

The great thing about the game is that the difficulty is never discouraging, probably in the way that people who play video lottery terminals or slot machines always feel like "Next time, I'll get my lucky numbers."