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London Zoo: Revolting Winter Gaming Thread: The Catackalysm Is Upon Us

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    Gamestop is clearing out an action RPG from Square-Enix called Nier, and at $15 there's no way I could resist. Turns out it's a lot of fun. Not brilliant but quite solid, and you can hit shadow creatures with swords, so I'm having a good time with it. It's also got bullet-hell bosses for some reason, which also makes me happy.

    Speaking of bullet hell, this came out yesterday on Xbox Live Indie Games, and it's $1-



    It moves a lot smoother than the Youtube video suggests, by the way. I do like eye-melting bullet patterns, oh yes!
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      CommentAuthorD.J.
    • CommentTimeDec 10th 2010
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    I know where I'm going Wednesday!
    • CommentAuthorZJVavrek
    • CommentTimeDec 10th 2010
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    @reosarevok

    Sorry, I should've been more clear. My current strategy, different from what I normally use, is "Run up and shoot them in the face." Usually, I strongly favor non-lethal methods out of practicality and a knowledge that NPC reactions (Paul, Carter) will be better or at least focus on a long-range approach (sniper rifle) because it allows for an easy tactical retreat. The change in tactic necessitates a change in attitude, which changes the game ever so slightly, and makes something I've played so many times seem different enough to be intriguing again.

    re: WoW stuff. Anybody on Silvermoon-Horde or Shadow Council-Alliance?
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      CommentAuthorreosarevok
    • CommentTimeDec 11th 2010
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    @ZJVavrek
    Ooooh, now I see. Poor your enemies, what a rotten way to die.
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    I'm... still playing Starcraft 2 to be honest. Took a bit of a break to replay Borderlands and go through Mass Effect 2 (there's a weekend my neck won't forgive me for) but now I'm back on the ladder. Handily it seems aware of the amount of time I took off, since it was still matching me with opponents that my rusty skills could handle.
    • CommentAuthorlooneynerd
    • CommentTimeDec 11th 2010
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    Notch has announced thar minecraft will enter beta on December 20! If you haven't buy the game Now; major updates for purchases after the twentieth will cost money, in the manner of dlc. If you buy while still in beta all future releases will be free, though!
    • CommentAuthorRedwynd
    • CommentTimeDec 11th 2010
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    Although finals/broke are hindering my gaming somewhat....

    Finally picked up Batman: Arkham Asylum, since I was waiting for a price drop on the used copies. Fucking fantastic, is what it was, with favorite bits being the Scarecrow bits, which I'm sure everyone says but I think really added something to the gaming-as-interactive-storytelling argument, and, oddly, the Riddler trophy/puzzle hunt. Sign that its an awesome game: I've completed 100% of the content, including the challenges, and I'm not sick of it.

    Vaguely tooling around in GTA4, since a friend lent it to me, but its really not capturing my imagination. Probably has something to do with the horrendous driving physics, the outlandishly over-the-top characters combined with creepy-valley syndrome, and the general lack of feeling that this is going anywhere. That the impression five hours in, anyway.

    Having far more fun with all of the releases from radiangames, available on XBLA-Indie Games (listed together under "R"). There's a couple of twin-stick shooters, a Space-Invaders-with-twist, stuff like that. Quite fun, and at $1 a piece, well worth the price tag.

    Hoping to pick up a copy of Vanquish next week. Rented it when it first came out, played the shit out of it, but want a copy of my own to mess about in, which speaks well to its entertainment value. I believe I mentioned it in the previous gaming thread, but it basically plays like Gears of War meets Japan, complete with giant robots. Good fun.

    Upcoming gaming: Waiting to pick up FO:NV. Finals are now, and it would eat my life. Correction: WILL eat my life. So, after finals. AS:Brotherhood is a possible rental, but AS2 really didn't do it for me the way the first one did, so I definitely won't be buying it off the hop.

    Also, looking for a decent turn-based tactical game, like FF Tactics or Advance Wars. I've played the Disgaea series and Fire Emblem, both of which were fun. Suggestions?
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    Vaguely tooling around in GTA4, since a friend lent it to me, but its really not capturing my imagination. Probably has something to do with the horrendous driving physics, the outlandishly over-the-top characters combined with creepy-valley syndrome, and the general lack of feeling that this is going anywhere. That the impression five hours in, anyway.


    Congratulations, you've just saved yourself an additional 35 hours of wondering "Why isn't this any fun?"

    For some crazy-fun open world shenanigans, I can easily recommend Just Cause 2. The story is almost nonexistent but it's just ridiculously fun to mess with everything in your path, and it's amazingly pretty to boot.
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      CommentAuthorLokiZero
    • CommentTimeDec 11th 2010
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    Star Trek Online: Now with more PRETTY.

    Sector Space Revamp
    • CommentAuthorkaregon
    • CommentTimeDec 11th 2010
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    currently pissed off as my WoW account got hacked last week along with my email, so im still in the process of unlocking it all.

    at the same time i have a house filled with many geeks all playing the new stuff in WoW just as some kind of special torture. it all a bit like the one episode of southpark.....
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      CommentAuthorLazarus99
    • CommentTimeDec 11th 2010
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    Geekin' out playing DnD Tactics on PSP...has a few glitches though...anyone know how to charge wands?
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      CommentAuthorm3t4lfi3nd
    • CommentTimeDec 11th 2010
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    I'll second that Just Cause 2 reccomendation. It's Rambo meets GTA x fun! Really cool game.

    @oldhat - hey I just got a DStwo as well. Funnest thing is loading it up with SNES, NES and GBA titles in adition to all the DS titles.

    Been plugging away at SMB wii too lately. Almost to world 5
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    Me and my iPod with Touches. Two weeks ago played through Sally's Spa and got promoted to BEST FRIEND FOREVER, that game is great.

    This weekend sprung for Infinity Blade which is fun. Along with Galaxy on Fire these are both iOS rule-breakers in that they look spectacular but are built primarily upon solid tactile pleasure in handling, which is the most important thing. But in the end Infinity Blade is not as expansive and rich as GoF. GoF is fantastic, I got so intensely into the side-quest that by the time I realized most of the bad guys are just other system's goodguys I was a bit disturbed at all the murdering I had accidentally done. Also when I got the main best ship it is so pretty I just strolled around with a convoy for ten minutes.
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    MOTHERFUCKING REAPERS HOLY SHIT

    And:

    ELDER SCROLLS V TRAILER WHOOOOO

    I completed New Vegas a few days ago. Very disappointing ending. My friends said it was ridiculously epic and I thought it sucked. New Vegas was great but still left a bitter taste in my mouth. The map size was so much smaller in comparison to 3, which was quite a letdown, and it didn't actually seem like there were that many quests.
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      CommentAuthorDarthmoga
    • CommentTimeDec 12th 2010
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    @ME3 trailer...
    this must be what it feels like when girls say 'my clitoris is throbbing'
    • CommentAuthorlooneynerd
    • CommentTimeDec 12th 2010
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    I'm not sure which of those trailers I'm looking more forward to! They both made me squeal like a little boy getting a dog on christmas morning!
    • CommentAuthorSBarrett
    • CommentTimeDec 12th 2010
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    Well now I have to go and play all the way through ME1 and ME2...again. I hope you're happy!
    • CommentAuthorPablo
    • CommentTimeDec 12th 2010 edited
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    Been playing Dead Space for the past few weeks. The mechanics are rather repetitive, but immensely effective and atmospheric. It's probably the creepiest, most unsettling game I've played in years.

    I've also ordered Final Fantasy XIII. I'm not much of a traditional RPG fiend, but I keep hearing good things about it. Should be arriving on Wednesday or thereabouts. We'll see how it turns out.

    And I'm planning on getting Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood come Christmas, probably while I'm traveling for the holidays. The second one was extremely fun, so I have some real high expectations for this one.
    • CommentAuthorKradlum
    • CommentTimeDec 12th 2010
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    I just cancelled my WoW subscription. I didn't like the pre-cataclysm class changes so I found I was playing less and less, I don't really have the time for it, and I've got a baby arriving next month so I'll have even less time then. Hopefully I've learnt my lesson and kicked my MMORPG habit (I still miss my Everquest character though).
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    Been playing infinity blade on my 'pod. I'm rather happy I got to one ending, as I often suck too much at gaming to get to the end. Put Fallout: new vegas on my x-mas list, and have had to explain several times to my mother the past few weeks that it's a computer game.

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