The gaming diary

[phoenix1967]

More Mass Effect. 2nd playthrough, trying hardcore. Building up my renegade points.  I'm at level 53 Vanguard.

[Tondog]

Playing lots of Colin McRae: DiRT. Good game and fun but missing a few key features.

The demo was pretty fun.

[ColecoVisionist]

Marvel Nemesis for the PS2. I thought it was a one-on-one fighting game, but was surprised when it turned out to be a scrolling brawler. Playable, but kind of shallow.

[Ghost Soldier]

Just started rockin Guitar Hero III.

[hXd]

I started FFXII: Revenant Wings today. I like the battle system so far, more like Starcraft or something along those lines. They're really pushing the whole group thing.

[Tondog]

Lotsa Unreal Tournament 3.

[Shimra]

Right now, Zone of the Enders: The Second Runner. The game is as epic as ever. I'm at probably the most epic part of any game ever, the 1000 mech battle and yeah, there's literally 1000 mechs in this huge battlefield at once. There's like 60 on your time. It's so epic.

Oh, and Contra 4, actually Super C at the moment. I realized it's way easier than I thought and beat the game only dying 3 days in the last level because I didn't know the layout. So I'm going to go for no deaths.

[phoenix1967]

Bunch of demos on the 360.

Every Extended Extra Extreme: Meh.

Gripshift: Has potential as a futuristic racer.

Culdcept Saga: Much like the PS2's Culdcept, a turn-based card/strategy/board game. Plays well, but seems very last-gen in graphics and presentation. The game itself is very good on it's own, though, and worth a purchase. I think it's supposed to be released in February at $40.

Arkadian Warriors: A likeable dungeon-crawler. Fun to play. I wasn't too happy with the camera or the inability to change the controller configuration. However, for 10 bucks, it's a decent game reminiscent of Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance 1. Gameplay was very simple, though.

[Tondog]

Gripshift: Has potential as a futuristic racer.

That's on the 360 now? Odd. It's on the PS3 also.

[phoenix1967]

^Maybe some arcade titles can be multiplatform.


Also downloaded the new Halo 3 maps last night. Pretty sweet! Editing with the Forge, they give you the option of adding up to 4 soccer balls on the maps! There's also a lot of other new, fun stuff to play around with.

[Tondog]

Yeah. I just didn't expect that one to be a multiplat downloadable game.

Yeah, played more UT3 last night. God, that game is so fun but I'm absolutely terrible at it.

[phoenix1967]

Yeah, played more UT3 last night. God, that game is so fun but I'm absolutely terrible at it.

The trailers look pretty good from what I've seen. I'm looking forward to the 360 version.

[den68]

GH3

damn you Raining Blood! damn you to hell!!!!!

[Shimra]

Beat Zone of the Enders 2 again. Very tempted to play it again but I have such a back log of RPGs to beat (Star Ocean 3, Final Fantasy VI, those two I'm about 2/3 through, as well as Suikoden 3, Dragon Quest 8, and Baten Kaitos 2)

Now I'm working on Shadow Hearts From the New World. Always great to play a humorous game once in a while, and the Shadow Hearts series ranks with the best when it comes to comedy. 

[James]

Bioshock

I want to get on and finish this.

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I've gone past Ryan and therefore finding out Atlus is actually Fontaine. I had already found out about that but may as well not ruin it for others. I'm up to the point where I've got the second vial of yellow 192 whatever.

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So I'm a bit past there but I have low ammo and no health packs so I keep getting knocked back.


By the way, the spoiler tag doesn't work.