What games are you currently playing?

[JD_Slasha]

So gamestop was selling Asura's Wrath for $20 so I decided to pick it up. I'm really having fun with it :3

 

[Xhukari]

Been playing some Ocarina of Time 3D, Torchlight 2, League of Legends.

 

[Byron]

PATAPON 2. PATA PATA PATA PON. PON PON PATA PON. CHAKA CHAKA PATA PON~

 

[JD_Slasha]

Just finished Asura's Wrath last night. It was like watching an anime series from the first season to it's finale. Definitely over the top but fun. Worth the $20 I paid, but probably not the $60 it came out as. Good game tho'!

 

[Byron]

Just finished Asura's Wrath last night. It was like watching an anime series from the first season to it's finale. Definitely over the top but fun. Worth the $20 I paid, but probably not the $60 it came out as. Good game tho'!

I've wanted that game since I saw it in GAME.
Although it is way too expensive right now in england (When I last checked)

 

[Jason]

Just finished Asura's Wrath last night. It was like watching an anime series from the first season to it's finale. Definitely over the top but fun. Worth the $20 I paid, but probably not the $60 it came out as. Good game tho'!

I've wanted that game since I saw it in GAME.
Although it is way too expensive right now in england (When I last checked)

Uhh... what? I got it for £4.95 from ShopTo, lol, still not played it yet though...

Just checked, it's gone up to £12.95 now though, but it's still cheap, and about $20 with the exchange rates as they are...

 

[Byron]

Just finished Asura's Wrath last night. It was like watching an anime series from the first season to it's finale. Definitely over the top but fun. Worth the $20 I paid, but probably not the $60 it came out as. Good game tho'!

I've wanted that game since I saw it in GAME.
Although it is way too expensive right now in england (When I last checked)

Uhh... what? I got it for £4.95 from ShopTo, lol, still not played it yet though...

Just checked, it's gone up to £12.95 now though, but it's still cheap, and about $20 with the exchange rates as they are...

Hmmm... Perhaps my town are trying to rinse it for all it's worth? I dunno.. :I

 

[rosareven]

Beside WoW, which I play to bond with my husband, I also play Faster Than Light, Don't Starve, some Ultima Online on and off, Hack and Slash, Alphaman and Dwarf Fortress.

Construct 2 can feel like a game itself too sometimes.

 

[Mega Flare]

I finnaly played journy today... and it was meh... music was great... graphics were great... just I dont get what all the fus is about.

 

[coyotecraft]

Rented Assassins Creed 3. Its kinda boring, the missions aren't really fun. Since its a rental I'm just playing straight through the main missions and fast traveling when I can.
I'm kinda lost with Desmond's story. I don't remember anything that happened in the AC2.

 

[Xhukari]

I've been playing some Yu-Gi-Oh World Championship 2011 : Over the Nexus.

 

[StrawberrySmiles]

I've been playing the Donkey Kong Country games on the SNES! They are fun, but quite difficult for a gal like me. :D

 

[JD_Slasha]

So alongside buying Asura's Wrath, a whole bunch of games I've always eyed were on sale at Gamestop. I proceeded to pick up a few. I'm bored and have nothing to do so I think I'm going to write mini-reviews on them! :D

• [*]Asura's Wrath:

I know I've already posted about this, but I really enjoyed Capcom's Asura's Wrath. The interesting thing about this game was it's presentation. When I played the demo for this game a year or so ago when it was released for PSN, I thought it was interesting but didn't completely catch my interest. Fast forward a few years later when I managed to see it on sale for $20. I began playing it and enjoyed it more the second time around. The game itself is presented similar to the way an anime DVD box set would play out on your DVD. The game is divided into four chapters with a number of "episodes" in each. Each "episode" takes a good 30-45 minutes to complete and is presented like a typical anime; credits present in both the beginning of the episode and at the end. Something to note about Asura's Wrath is that it relies heavily on QTE's as a majority of the gameplay. While there are a few instances where missing the button prompt on screen can cause you to fail an episode, most of the time missing a QTE only shortens the fight scenes (which are pretty damn epic) and lowers the overall grade you get at the end of an episode. Asura's Wrath does a wonderful job of mashing East Asian culture with some pretty neat sci-fi elements. The characters were fun and for the most part I was engaged the whole way through. I also purchased the DLC that had come out for the game and with the exception of the two street fighter themes ones (which is just a funny tongue-in-cheek side story) they do add a little to the main game's story. I would definitely recommend this game if you're not paying more than $20 for it. It would've been a great game if it came out at that price, but when it was released for the full $60, there was too little gameplay (game can be completed in 6-10 hours) to justify a purchase. Try it out!

• [*]Enslaved- Odyssey to the West:

Enslaved was another game that I had played the demo for when it had initially released and found it to be interesting. Interestingly enough, I did buy this game when it first came out for the full $60 retail price. After watching it sit untouched (and unopened) for a few weeks, I traded it in for something else. I managed to snag it again recently for under $10 and began playing it. The game itself is fun if you like adventure games. The story is heavily influenced by the Chinese tale "Monkey: Journey to the West" (whose main character Sun Wukong has inspired characters such as Son Goku from Dragonball.) I found the mash up of Chinese folktale meets post-apocalyptic road warrior setting to be neat and I enjoyed the game. The controls were the only thing dragging the game down. The main character feels sluggish and there were a few times where I had a bit of trouble due to unresponsive controls. While the story itself is nothing to write home about, the character interactions in the game were handled well. I really enjoyed some of the scenes where the character's emotions really shined out. I also purchased the only DLC of the game which stars one of the side characters in the game. Without spoiling anything, the DLC's storyline surprised me with a heartwarming tale that caught me completely off guard. Definitely recommend this one to since it's now so cheap.

• [*]Bayonetta:

Bayonetta was a game that like the previous two I had downloaded as a demo when it was first offered. Bayonetta is a strange beat of a game because it feels like Devil May Cry . . . but highly sexualized and slightly off. While I haven't completed Bayonetta, (I'm probably only 20% of the way through the main story) I can say that the story, at least right now for me, is starting off pretty slow and is nothing too worthwhile. The gameplay is enjoyable but can take a second to get used to. While I find Bayonetta's portrayal in the game to be amusing (she's literally a stripper-not-quite-a-porn-star-but-almost-there) there have been a few overly dramatized sexual poses that even I felt were over the top. The characters in the game are cliche; while that's not necessarily a bad thing, in this instance it's almost "cheesy" cliche. I'll give a better, more descriptive review on this one later, but I would have to say I'd recommend the other two games over Bayonetta easily. While it's not a bad game, it's definitely not something I would go out of my way to recommend. Perhaps the remainder of the game will change my mind?

 

[Ellie]

I can't get over how good Guild Wars 2 is. I just got into jumping puzzles, thinking they'd be a little after thought, but holy crap, some of these are both amazing and also gorgeous. Just did a pirate cave one that you have to jump through the mouth of a shark to enter, with really good traps and some quite difficult puzzles all the way through. Bit annoying at times but damn, just how bloody extensive is this game?

 

[bacon]

Is Faster Than Light really fun?

 

[Daxis]

I FUCKING HATE FTL'S FINAL BOSS SECOND BATTLE
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
Other than that yeah it's great

 

[Hybrida]

I FUCKING HATE FTL'S FINAL BOSS SECOND BATTLE
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
Other than that yeah it's great

You hate the 2nd battle (drown you in drones mode) ? wait til you see the 3rd battle... You may punch the screen

 

[Byron]

I'm back onto Final Fantasy 4.
I'm near the end, only got the last boss to beat. I'm going to do some grinding, get all the weapons and things. The one problem I have is that my inventory is allllways full, and I'm a hoarder, so I dislike throwing weapons away D:

 

[StrawberrySmiles]

^^^^

I had a self-party after beating FF4! I could never win, but when I did! Oh YES!!

It's kind of like in Lunar:SSSC - I could never beat one of the bosses. After my bros, me, and my best friend at the time finally got him - we celebrated. ^^

I love that stuff!

 

[coyotecraft]

I remember grinding in the last area of ff4. I think I used stop or something on dragons for quick battles. I've never got around to playing the Interlude or After Years content that came with the Psp Complete Collection.