What are you playing?

Yeah I tried playing the first mission of arcana during my lunch hour at work and I wasn't that impressed with it. I think I will eventually get around to it though.

So....maple has changed very very much since I stopped playing like 4 years ago. I went to ghost pirates on my fire/ poison mage and they really didn't do much damage to me at all. And it was extremely fast killing and exp gain. I still need to get used to my keybinds. I played warcraft for about two years, and I keep wanting to grab the mouse.

Super Mario 3D Land ~ Picked up on release, Haven't had much time to play it, only on the 2nd world.

Kirby: Return to Dreamland ~ Picked it up today. Both Sisters and myself played quite a bit. We stopped on World 4. As per the norm with Kirby games, we've 100%'d Worlds 1/2/3 with ease.

LoZ: Skyward Sword ~ Also picked up today. Sister 2 just started on this after our Kirby fun, I left because I don't want to be spoiled.

The Uncharted 3 multiplayer is way too much fun. Honestly I have MW3 and am having a better time playing Uncharted 3 than it (although I am still playing both).

Just beat Donkey Kong Country 3 with 103% with my boyfriend on co-op, now playing Donkey Kong 64. pomegranate's fun.

Disgaea 2: Dark Hero days- I picked it up again and finally finished the main game, I am doing all the post-game. So far I got Laharl, Flonne, Prism red, Asagi and Champloo. I am basicaly jsut grinding my way to level 1500~ so I can defeat Zetta and move on to getting Raspberyl.

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The Uncharted 3 multiplayer is way too much fun. Honestly I have MW3 and am having a better time playing Uncharted 3 than it (although I am still playing both).

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That's not much of a comparison :f3:.

Hue hue hue hue hue hue.

Just finished my 1st play through on Dragon Age 2. Have also been playing Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity on and off.

Assassin Creed 1-2-3-4. Played normally the first 3 games (Fast enough to finish them, but not fast enough to complete a few things), then decided to take my time with the 4, said to hell with on the middle of sequence 3 and 6-8 hours later i had 74-76 animus memories, all dens liberated, all shops purchased, about 5-7 countries conquered, like 70% of challenges completed, all recluitment and Assassin->Master Assassin sequences completed (With 7-8 Masters and the rest normal assassins), and also got the master assassin armor, the yusuf sword and the wachamacallit dagger that have max stats.

I sometimes scare myself when i take all the time in the world to do something O.o

100% achieved FF13 last night. Finished off the Dead Island: Bloodbath Arena cheevos the night before. Going to start working on finishing up all the challenges on Arkham City just in time for my copy of Catherine is shipped to me and straight up try to murder that game.

I actually want to play Split/Secound and blur, but my PC's an dumbass and crashes after 5 minute of any game or 15 mins of an online game.


No, he doesn't overheat. Triple-double checked, even with an PC pro.;_;

Playing Devil May Cry 3, Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3, and occasionally play Disgaea 4.

Still on Skyrim, I'm up to like 60 ish hours. Looking to get all the achievements. I'll be playing Assassin's Creed Revelations when that comes in the mail. Got it for $35 on Black Friday. :D

Been on conleave the past two weeks, been getting into dragon age origins a lot.

SO MUCH DOTA2 ALL OVER THE PLACE, OH GOD I LOVE IT.

Still playing Skyward Sword and Corpse Party. Vaguely playing Trails in the Sky. Started Civ 5 for some reason and despite not knowing what I was doing, it was as addictive as I've heard.

Will probably start Deus Ex: Human Revolution once I finish Skyward Sword.

Didn't play too much last month. Got Bastion when it was 50% off and did one playthrough without doing much of the sidequests, picked back up on my Solatorobo playthrough and finished it. Intermittently played Terraria on and off with mostly just cave exploring and gathering resources. Still playing Skyward Sword, I purposely paced myself limiting my daily playtime to savor the experience.

Got my Catherine in last night. Delicious story is delicious. Got to the 4th night. Games difficult, but well worth it.

"Gurumin: A Monstrous Adventure". Starting on Beginner for now, then I'll do a NG+ on Normal, then Hard, then Happy. Not sure if I can manage Crazy...but anyway, I'm real far from even clearing the game at the moment so...

Bosses are fun:

1. Wait for opening.
2. Spam Jump Attack.
3. ???
4. Profit!

In other words, combat isn't all that tough (I'm on Beginner though, so it shouldn't be tough in the first place). As for obstacles, it's nowhere near Prince of Persia's level so it's pretty easy.

So far in 2011 I've beat...

Assassin's Creed
Assassin's Creed II
Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Kingdom Hearts Re: Coded
Chrono Trigger (replay)
Radiata Stories (replay)
Dragon Quest VI
Radiant Historia
Pokemon White
Okamiden
Magical Starsign
The 3rd Birthday
Dissidia Duodecim
The World Ends With You
Disgaea 3
Sly Cooper
Sonic 2
Assassin's Creed II: Brotherhood - The Da Vinci Disappearance
Threads of Fate
inFamous
Ocarina of Time 3D
Super Stardust HD
Sly Cooper 3
Contact
inFamous 2
Patapon 2
Secret Agent Clank
Sands of Destruction
Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World
Dawn of Mana
Disgaea (PSP)
Disgaea 2 (PSP)
Catherine
Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker
Nier
Various NES games
Disgaea 4
White Knight Chronicles 2
Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2
Ratchet and Clank: All 4 One
inFamous 2: Festival of Blood
Grand Theft Auto 4 (replay)
Patpon 3
Assassin's Creed: Revelations
Zelda: Skyward Sword
Rayman Origins

Currently playing:
Rayman Origins (for 100%)
Metal Gear Solid 2 HD
Metal Gear Solid 3 HD
Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker HD

Started playing but forgot about, need to remember to beat them (all replays)

Okami
Chrono Cross
Radiata Stories (non-human path)
Pokemon White still
The 3rd Birthday still
Xenogears still
Alundra still
Epic Mickey still
Final Fantasy III
Final Fantasy IV
Vagrant Story
Wipeout HD/Fury
Dead Nation
Sly Cooper 2 (replay)
Folklore
God of War 3
.hack//infection (replay)
Jeanne d'Arc
Patapon
Odin Sphere
Croc
Breath of Fire 4

Waiting for/need to get:
Ico / Shadow of the Colossus HD Collection (Out now)
Cave Story DS (Out now!)
Super Mario 3D Land (Out now)
Final Fantasy XIII-2 (January 2012)
Jak and Daxter HD Collection (February 2012)
Grand Knights History (2012)
Ni No Kuni (2012)
Tales of Graces F (2012)
Xenoblade Chronicles (April 3rd 2012)


Beat Rayman Origins last night. Was thoroughly confused as to what the pineapple just happened. Amazing platformer though, and gorgeous visuals.

Been playing Peace Walker HD and am really surprised as to how good and deep the gameplay is, especially considering Metal Gear is usually pretty straight-forward. There's so much micro-management and side stuff that it's really quite pleasing. I went into it expecting it to be a VR Missions type game.

Also got a perfect condition copy of Metal Gear Solid 4 Limited Edition box set for $18 today. Hurrah.

Waiting on Christmas so I can waste my life on Monster Hunter Freedom Unite.

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So far in 2011 I've beat...

Assassin's Creed
Assassin's Creed II
Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Kingdom Hearts Re: Coded
Chrono Trigger (replay)
Radiata Stories (replay)
Dragon Quest VI
Radiant Historia
Pokemon White
Okamiden
Magical Starsign
The 3rd Birthday
Dissidia Duodecim
The World Ends With You
Disgaea 3
Sly Cooper
Sonic 2
Assassin's Creed II: Brotherhood - The Da Vinci Disappearance
Threads of Fate
inFamous
Ocarina of Time 3D
Super Stardust HD
Sly Cooper 3
Contact
inFamous 2
Patapon 2
Secret Agent Clank
Sands of Destruction
Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World
Dawn of Mana
Disgaea (PSP)
Disgaea 2 (PSP)
Catherine
Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker
Nier
Various NES games
Disgaea 4
White Knight Chronicles 2
Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2
Ratchet and Clank: All 4 One
inFamous 2: Festival of Blood
Grand Theft Auto 4 (replay)
Patpon 3
Assassin's Creed: Revelations
Zelda: Skyward Sword
Rayman Origins

Currently playing:
Rayman Origins (for 100%)
Metal Gear Solid 2 HD
Metal Gear Solid 3 HD
Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker HD

Started playing but forgot about, need to remember to beat them (all replays)

Okami
Chrono Cross
Radiata Stories (non-human path)
Pokemon White still
The 3rd Birthday still
Xenogears still
Alundra still
Epic Mickey still
Final Fantasy III
Final Fantasy IV
Vagrant Story
Wipeout HD/Fury
Dead Nation
Sly Cooper 2 (replay)
Folklore
God of War 3
.hack//infection (replay)
Jeanne d'Arc
Patapon
Odin Sphere
Croc
Breath of Fire 4

Waiting for/need to get:
Ico / Shadow of the Colossus HD Collection (Out now)
Cave Story DS (Out now!)
Super Mario 3D Land (Out now)
Final Fantasy XIII-2 (January 2012)
Jak and Daxter HD Collection (February 2012)
Grand Knights History (2012)
Ni No Kuni (2012)
Tales of Graces F (2012)
Xenoblade Chronicles (April 3rd 2012)


Beat Rayman Origins last night. Was thoroughly confused as to what the pineapple just happened. Amazing platformer though, and gorgeous visuals.

Been playing Peace Walker HD and am really surprised as to how good and deep the gameplay is, especially considering Metal Gear is usually pretty straight-forward. There's so much micro-management and side stuff that it's really quite pleasing. I went into it expecting it to be a VR Missions type game.

Also got a perfect condition copy of Metal Gear Solid 4 Limited Edition box set for $18 today. Hurrah.

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I loved Peace Walker; played it co-op with a friend through the entire campaign.

Also, have you ever played Final Fantasy IX? The greatest Final Fantasy game, along with Final Fantasy X.

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I loved Peace Walker; played it co-op with a friend through the entire campaign.

Also, have you ever played Final Fantasy IX? The greatest Final Fantasy game, along with Final Fantasy X.

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Peace Walker was really amazing. Though I found the online stuff to be complete garbage.

Of course I've played Final Fantasy IX! It is my second favourite Final Fantasy, but a far cry from being as good as XII in my eyes.

dungeon motherpineappleing defenders

Been playing God Eater Burst and FFIV Complete like a machine (up until today). God Eater was a helluva lot more fun and less convoluted than I expected!

Probably going to give Monster Hunter a try soon.

Monster Hunter Freedom Unite, how I despise and love everything about thee (Except you, Khezu. You can go pineapple yourself.).

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Monster Hunter Freedom Unite, how I despise and love everything about thee (Except you, Khezu. You can go pineapple yourself.).

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Hahaha, Khezu was my first real challenge too. I was so proud when I beat it. Now I can kill them like nothing but... there's many, many worse monsters. Wait until you meet Plesioth.

Playing Borderlands now as my friend bought it for me during the Steam sale.

yes ben will get around to hl2 stupid bandwidth caps at home

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Hahaha, Khezu was my first real challenge too. I was so proud when I beat it. Now I can kill them like nothing but... there's many, many worse monsters. Wait until you meet Plesioth.

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Oh god plesioth, especially green plesioth, I hate you with all my heart

Worse piece of pomegranate has to be frigging super fast diablos though, hated those pineappleers wholeheartedly

Just picked up rayman origins, and probably going to order a DS game soon. Maybe TWEWY or 358/2 days.

Stuff I've been working on in recent months:

Dark Souls
-in NG++++
-100%, Platinum trophy
-probably play through the fifth cycle in the future

Demon's Souls
-in NG++
-like 96% or so
-working on getting Pure Bladestone, Moonlightstone, Darkmoonstone
-kinda on hold because STUPID STONES

Skyward Sword
-barely started first playthrough
-gonna get serious this weekend probably
-not that excited, hate the Wii, hate the controls, feels like a chore to play so far compared to the fun I've been having lately
-only got a Wii because a friend of the family got us one...figured I had no excuse not to play it now
-who knows, I do love LoZ

I've been thinking about playing through REmake again too, after I feel content with these games. I've been wanting to work on finishing up the Platinum trophy on a few other games (like Alice), but I just never have the time anymore.

My friend recommended I get Sequence during the Steam holiday sale and I did. I JUST finished getting 100% on the game tonight / this morning. The secret ending totally leaves the game open to a sequel, so here's hoping it continues on.

Now to figure out what other Steam game to play...

I haven't managed to find the time to sit down with Skyward Sword long enough since break, but I've been hooked on Elite Beat Agents since I got it on New Year's Eve as a belated Christmas gift. All I have to say is- wow, how the hell did I miss this game for so many years? EBA may be a game that came before the hype around plastic instrument music games, but it's fun and has a lot of personality. It's still got a small playlist consisting of all covers, but I still have a lot of fun going through the game and challenging myself until I finally unlock the hardest difficulty and finally beat it- skipped over the easiest and went straight to Cruisin', beat "Jumping Jack Flash" and now a couple songs into the next difficulty.

I'm also going to start up Devil Survivor Overclocked without any prior experience playing the original Devil Survivor, so that'll be something worth looking forward to.

An MMO called Wakfu just went into open beta today, and since I love the cartoon, I'm checking it out. Been fun so far, but no idea what element to roll on my main.

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pomegranate, I forgot it went into OB yesterday! My RL friend and I have been waiting for that day and he kept mentioning it to me the past week.
We used to play the french version before Wakfu decided to get localized.

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pomegranate, I forgot it went into OB yesterday! My RL friend and I have been waiting for that day and he kept mentioning it to me the past week.
We used to play the french version before Wakfu decided to get localized.

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If you like it and pick it up, yous gonna have to find some folks to play with, I heard the soloing gets annoying. I JUST figured out what to roll on my Sac (Fire+Earth = Delicious damage dealing tankan) so now I have to figure out where I can find a monster that drops a fire buffing set. They hand you NOTHING at the beginning.

Playing Mass Effect 2, Tactics Ogre and Demon's Souls right now. Really enjoying all three.

Demon's Souls especially. I thought it would be a huge turn off but every success feels like a REAL success. I'm stuck at Old King Allant though because he's fast as pomegranate and if I wear light armor I die quickly and if I wear heavy armor I can't dodge him. And soulsucking is pretty much the worst pineappleing pomegranate in the world. Old Monk was also HORRIBLE because some cocksucker with retardedly high levels kept setting themselves up to be summoned and broke all of my equipment in a single hit.

Definitely going to get Mass Effect 3 in March. Not sure if I'll get Dark Souls though because I don't like some of the changes I've read that they made. No Nexus? Can't repair equipment? There were more but it just sounds... not for me.

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Not sure if I'll get Dark Souls though because I don't like some of the changes I've read that they made. No Nexus? Can't repair equipment? There were more but it just sounds... not for me.

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Demon's Souls is easier than Dark Souls, though. DeS is awesome and has lots of great things, but DaS is just so much better overall. It would be silly to not play it if you enjoyed DeS. Yeah, there is no Nexus but that's because Dark Souls is much larger and open world. I love the Nexus don't get me wrong but it doesn't make the game in any way. DeS feels really short after DaS. I have no idea where you heard you can't repair equipment, but you can. At any Bonfire (think Archstones, but with many functions you'd normally find in the Nexus). Just have to buy the repair box, which can be done before you ever need to repair anything.

False Allant punishes aggression. Just don't be aggressive and you'll realize he's a pushover. All of his attacks are easily dodged if you keep a safe distance and keep moving. He brings himself right to you constantly. Wait to attack after he does so. There's a safe period to attack after nearly all of those situations. Attack once and back off. Repeat. Don't try destroying him or you will be destroyed. Or you could just be cheap with magic.

Felix pretty much said everything I was going to. Overall, I prefer Dark Souls over Demon's Souls. It is just so much better in pretty much every way... except for the whole online thing. If one of the reasons you enjoy Demon's Souls is due to co-oping with friends, you will be pretty disappointed in Dark Souls. Apparently the multiplayer aspect in Demon's Souls was actually not intended, so they changed it in Dark Souls. It's still possible to do it, but not without serious determination. Last time I did co-op with one of my friends on Dark Souls, it took almost an hour and a half of constantly recasting the soapstone sign until he finally saw it on his screen and was able to summon me. Was terrible. But aside from that, Dark Souls is an amazing game. Great open world, very fun boss battles, great armor and weapon designs, and honestly it just feels like it has the better overall story, too.

Can you teleport from the campfires? If there's not an easy way to get around the world then I don't care. I love exploration but I hate backtracking so pineappleing much. I've read that if you get a status ailment you literally have to backtrack to one exact point in the game to get some guy to heal it. That is retarded.

Also, how does it handle tendency?

Sounds like you've been reading /v/ threads or something for your opinions. Seriously, Sarah.

Yes, you can warp around key Bonfires in the game after you have the Lordvessel (which you get from plot progression). The only case of "backtracking" you may not like before that is climbing out of Blighttown (which isn't even hard or time consuming, people just like to whine like casuals).

If you learn how to be prepared you'll never have ANY trouble with status inflictions EVER. a) They're easy to avoid completely in 99% of situations. You get punished for being reckless. This is a Souls staple. b) Just buy/farm the appropriate cures and carry them with you. Don't have to worry about mistakes. They are easy to acquire even very early in the game. Again, you were listening to retard baby casuals/IDIOTS.

World Tendency was removed completely because it was dumb anyway. From Software realized this.

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Sounds like you've been reading /v/ threads or something for your opinions. Seriously, Sarah.

Yes, you can warp around key Bonfires in the game after you have the Lordvessel (which you get from plot progression). The only case of "backtracking" you may not like before that is climbing out of Blighttown (which isn't even hard or time consuming, people just like to whine like casuals).

If you learn how to be prepared you'll never have ANY trouble with status inflictions EVER. a) They're easy to avoid completely in 99% of situations. You get punished for being reckless. This is a Souls staple. b) Just buy/farm the appropriate cures and carry them with you. Don't have to worry about mistakes. They are easy to acquire even very early in the game. Again, you were listening to retard baby casuals/IDIOTS.

World Tendency was removed completely because it was dumb anyway. From Software realized this.

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I don't visit 4chan. You should know this by now, Felix! I read various reviews; some from die-hard fans who had a lot of negative things to say (though still claimed to love it)

I actually don't mind the tendency system though I think it could've been set up better. It's infinitely easier to get a dark tendency for some dumb reason. I've got two characters because on my first time playing I didn't really know anything about tendency and how it worked so I figured HEY I'M SURE RUNNING AROUND IN HUMAN FORM IS A BETTER IDEA. When I got to 4-2 I had a black tendency and couldn't progress because of pineappleing black phantoms EVERYWHERE. It should be easier to increase your tendency if you need to (and I don't mean like "hand it to me" easy; I mean POSSIBLE, since only pineappleing bosses really give you positive tendency.) But I really like the idea of new paths and quests opening up based on your actions.

How do they make up for this in Dark Souls? Can you use spells on the environment to open previously unreachable areas? Also are there more weapons/armor in this one? I've used only two sets of armor for the entire game (fluted and brushwood) and I find that really annoying. I also basically just switched between the crescent falchion and dragon longsword for melee as well as sticky compound bow for ranged attack. Hiltless was nice but getting hurt when you attack is dumb.

Also regarding weapon repair I remember something about crystal weapons being unrepairable. If I earn an ultimate weapon, which I'm assuming these are, I don't want to never be able to use them. That's dumb and that's a big reason why Fire Emblem is garbage. More information on this is appreciated.

Thanks lagperry.

Many, many areas in Dark Souls have alternate, hidden paths which can be opened up in multiple ways. Pretty much every area also has a shortcut between different areas in the game, to make traveling more efficient (as the bonfire teleport can only take you to a number of certain bonfires in the game, not that that is a bad thing).

And yeah, there are a ton of armor sets and weapons. Even at extremely high levels I was still changing my equipment pretty often. Not to mention you are always changing between your equips to traverse different areas.

Crystal weapons aren't the est tier of weapons in the game, they are simply one path you can take in upgrading your weapons. It is true that they cannot be repaired, but crystal equipment is the only type of items in the game that cannot be repaired. To offset this, they offer extremely high defense/attack, but I really haven't seen anyone use them at all.

Dark Souls does it better because there's so much more to explore. And entirely secret areas (unless you spoil yourself beforehand, which I doubt you do). There's also more you can do with NPCs to unlock different scenarios/events. No you can't use spells on the environment, at least not to any real gain.

YES THERE IS SO MUCH MORE ARMOR AND WEAPONS. AND EVERYTHING. THIS IS THE MAIN, SERIOUSLY THE MAIN, REASON DARK SOULS IS SO MUCH BETTER. MY GOD. DeS is seriously like using the same exact crap. Or using the same OP spells. It's so boring once you're used to DaS' level of choices and versatility. You will love this, trust me. You actually get to build your character. Magic isn't VASTLY OP like DeS (though it's still kinda lol). There's a TON of weapons and styles you can incorporate. Armor actually MATTERS and can be upgraded this time. Gonna blow your mind.

Crystal weapons can't be repaired and break very easy, yes. You are correct. But you will also never use a crystal weapon because they are ass. I drop them. Or never loot them once I knew where they were. Seriously. Crystal? More like trash. There is a spell for Crystal enchanting, though, and that is what will benefit you if you want power. All the weapons that actually matter in the game can be repaired.

Oh, that reminds me: is there a storage system like Demon's Souls? I have to collect everything (which is why I was concerned about stuff breaking). Not being able to have one of every item/weapon is kind of a dealbreaker for me.

Yes. You have infinite storage in your inventory, and one thing they changed from Demon's Souls to Dark Souls is that you have no inventory burden anymore. So you can hold anything and everything in the game all at once. You can also buy a storage box item that lets acts as a second storage accessed at bonfires if you're a clean freak and obsessed with having a cleaner inventory and not being all clumped up with multiple copies of weapons and armors you find.

Maybe I'll pick it up then, if I can find it cheap. Not sure I want to spend $60 on it.

Gonna make another list. This one with dates!

So far in 2012 I've beat...

Demon's Souls (January 7th)
Mass Effect 2 (January 9th)

Currently playing:
Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together
Mass Effect 2

Challenging other members to do this as well! Let's see what Southperry plays.

Still playing MHFU. Farming Yian Garuga for the Blademaster armor so I can take out Kushala Daora a bit more easily (dat HGE).

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Maybe I'll pick it up then, if I can find it cheap. Not sure I want to spend $60 on it.

Challenging other members to do this as well! Let's see what Southperry plays.

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Good, I highly suggest it.

I will definitely be making a list this year. Wish I would've done so last year, cause it was a good gaming year. But anyways, it'll help me keep track of games I've finished and ones on my to-do list, plus it'll help with my future LPing channel.

But as for now, I'll try to remember all the games I beat in 2011...

Games played and beat in 2011:

LittleBigPlanet 2
Mass Effect 2
Dead Space 2
Portal
Portal 2
L.A. Noire
Infamous
Infamous 2
El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron
Dead Island
Dark Souls
Just Dance 2
Just Dance 3
Dead Rising 2: Off the Record
Saints Row 2
Dante's Inferno
Batman: Arkham City
Payday: The Heist
Bastion
Terraria
Skyrim
LIMBO
Borderlands
Super Meat Boy
The Binding of Isaac
Magicka
Cave Story+
Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
Assassins Creed: Revelations
Halo Reach
Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
Kirby's Epic Yarn
Alan Wake
Fallout 3
Bioshock 2
Castlevania: Lord of Shadows
Pokemon Black
Ghost Trick Phantom Detective
Professor Layton and the Last Specter
Yu-Gi-Oh! Over the Nexus
Super Mario 3D Land
The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks
Okamiden
DC Universe Online
Plants VS Zombies
Dead Space: Extraction

Ffffffffff, finally got double-posted lag.

Finally decided to slog through my backlog.

Currently playing: LoZ: Windwaker
Rayman Origins
Donkey Kong Country Returns
Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne

Once I beat those, I'll have finally caught up with all my current video gaming. Gonna feel so great once I'm done.

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Dunno about anyone else, but I found playing older Zeruda games on a console kinda dull after mastering the combat controls in SS.

Spoiler

Even Majora's Mask.

S'hits fun once you can fight without thinking twice about your actions.

I will concede the controls have become much less of a pain after a weekend of play. But they're still far from anything close to enjoyable. I find it VERY unlikely I will ever rank SS above MM, which is nearly perfect in my eyes, but I will reserve that statement for when I'm done. SS has a lot of things going for it to help counter the controls, like its awesome collection of Tools (probably the best of any LoZ...seriously. DAT TOUGH BEETLE). And some great characters (like Peatrice and Ghirahim). And some amazing music.

I was very pleasantly surprised with the Silent Realm. I hadn't watched any YT vids on it, so I wasn't ready for the unexpected awesome. Definitely my favorite thing about SS so far. I wish the duration on the Guardians sleeping was a bit shorter, but I still found the whole experience to be quite tense which is nearly unheard of in LoZ. Two thumbs up from me solely for that. lol

Another weekend of SS ahead. Actually looking forward to it this time around.

Been playing the Wakfus past few days.
The game is a lot more friendly and smoother than I last remember it. Even when I played the French version in English, it was a massive pain to do anything. Now it's extremely straightforward.

playing MFHU with 3 of my buddies, currently at the last boss Ukanlos

4 lances aint cutting it lol

Going to buy Dark Souls today as Felix and SuperNerd have given me hope that it won't be horribly frustrating.

FFXIII-2 demo is up on the PSN now btw. And XBLA will be up tomorrow.

You forgot about that there Asura's Wrath demo.

God damn lagperry. Check next page for actual post content.

I am playing Dark Souls and I have been really annoyed with it. Open world doesn't suit this game. Why? Because it's impossible to tell whether you're dying because you're not supposed to be somewhere or if you're just dying because that's how the game works.

I spent the majority of the day wandering around trying to figure out where to go after the Gargoyles (from whom I got the helm on my first kill :D). I had been down to lower Burg and got wiped out by Capra Demon a few times before deciding that wasn't where I was supposed to be. So I ended up wandering through the graveyard, getting slaughtered and then trying again because at least I could kill the skeletons a little. Then after remembering the guy said that the second bell was down, I took the elevator down. I was killing the dreglings that don't do anything and was like "oh yeah, this is cake." And then the ghosts appeared and I died. Repeatedly. I tried running past them but then I got mobbed by like 82 of them at once. So then I went back through Burg and Parish and killed some enemies that I couldn't previously but still found no real acceptable path. So I went back to Capra, who killed me about 300 times over the course of the day. Or, I should say, the dogs did. Who the pineapple puts two dogs and a giant goat in a tiny room?

Finally, at 1:42 AM I defeated his goat ass and found my way into the depths. That was pretty easy, though Gaping Dragon starts off quite misleading. Took me a few tries but I got him (and his tail axe (also got the tail axe of the gargoyle)) and now I'm Blighttown. Just realised the time and that I should be working.

But yeah, I'm really frustrated because I liked Demon's Souls a lot and I want to like Dark Souls too but it's so frustrating because I pineappleing hate open worlds so much. I'm so overwhelmed constantly.

Don't worry, it gets better. You aren't the only one who despises extremely open-world games. But for Dark Souls, only the beginning is really confusing as to where you should go. Once you're on the right track, you'll basically stay on a pretty straightforward path.

The Capra Demon is one of the worst "mini-bosses" of the game. And like you said, the only thing that makes the fight difficult is the two plague dogs. I got lucky when I went up against him, with a lucky swipe that knocked out both dogs, letting me focus just on him. Can't say the same for my friend who got the game, though, it took him almost a day and a half to win.

Now I do want to state that Blighttown is probably one of the most infuriating places in the game, at least in my opinion. There's essentially two parts to it, and the second part is the absolute worst. To save you some sanity, I will tell you that if you haven't done so yet, open up the shortcut back to the Firelink Shrine that is near the entrance to the sewers (it's like right across from the door) because in that shortcut back, there's a lady behind iron bars who sells items that cure poison, plague, etc. You'll really want a good stock of those before exploring Blighttown.

Dammit, Southperry lag.

Me and my friends have been playing Dungeon Defenders a lot quite fun.

Playing MHFU, still. Afraid of fighting Tigrex ;~;

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Playing MHFU, still. Afraid of fighting Tigrex ;~;

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Do it. What weapon do you main? Are you talking about the Urgent quest to get 4 or 5 star missions? Snowy Mountains and stuff?

Along with Devil Survivor and EBA, I started up TWEWY today. God, the beginning is terrible and the fighting system is kind of awkward. Paying attention to both screens while already trying to work with the weird style of combat on the touch screen is frustrating. I think I was way more interested in the characters who weren't Neku, but the story and feel have been getting progressively better.

I'd love hearing from some of you guys who have already played TWEWY how the heck you manage with the really weird dual screen fighting system and how to improve pulling off/paying attention to my combos on top screen when going for cards for Fusion.

I did start up Devil Survivor Overclocked and wound up getting halfway through, though. Amazingly addictive, simple but brilliant gameplay, and a great story. Soundtrack is alright, but really repetitive. The voice acting isn't that great, I almost wish I was playing without it and even though I know where to disable voice acting, I can't unimagine their voices and it'd take away from the experience for me- but I do appreciate that almost EVERYTHING is voice acted. I should probably focus on TWEWY a bit more, since as a whole, I've heard it's worth prioritizing over Devil Survivor.

I'm also doing another run of Mass Effect 2 before 3 comes out. I realized I haven't played all the DLC and bought Lair of the Shadow Broker, Kasumi and her related stuff, and Arrival. Can't wait for 3.

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Along with Devil Survivor and EBA, I started up TWEWY today. God, the beginning is terrible and the fighting system is kind of awkward. Paying attention to both screens while already trying to work with the weird style of combat on the touch screen is frustrating. I think I was way more interested in the characters who weren't Neku, but the story and feel have been getting progressively better.

I'd love hearing from some of you guys who have already played TWEWY how the heck you manage with the really weird dual screen fighting system and how to improve pulling off/paying attention to my combos on top screen when going for cards for Fusion.

I did start up Devil Survivor Overclocked and wound up getting halfway through, though. Amazingly addictive, simple but brilliant gameplay, and a great story. Soundtrack is alright, but really repetitive. The voice acting isn't that great, I almost wish I was playing without it and even though I know where to disable voice acting, I can't unimagine their voices and it'd take away from the experience for me- but I do appreciate that almost EVERYTHING is voice acted. I should probably focus on TWEWY a bit more, since as a whole, I've heard it's worth prioritizing over Devil Survivor.

I'm also doing another run of Mass Effect 2 before 3 comes out. I realized I haven't played all the DLC and bought Lair of the Shadow Broker, Kasumi and her related stuff, and Arrival. Can't wait for 3.

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Don't pay attention to what your other character is doing. It doesn't matter.


I need to buy Arrival before ME3 comes out. Stupid thing didn't come with the Cerberus edition for some reason.

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Do it. What weapon do you main? Are you talking about the Urgent quest to get 4 or 5 star missions? Snowy Mountains and stuff?

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I main LS. Was the 4* Elder urgent. Cleared it relatively easily, which threw me off; I thought Tigrex would've been much harder.

Currently farming Kirin for Kirin Thndr Tails.

Completely forgot that the Final Fantasy XIII-2 demo was available.
Downloaded it and played it, and i enjoyed it quite a lot.

The gameplay is far better in my opinion. I love the monster taming, i love the quests and the exploring and i still love the combat system from the original. The battle music is nowhere near as good as Blinded by Light was, but it's not completely terribad either. Was a little confused about how the Crystarium works in this one, but i'll probably wait until i get the full game before i really try and figure it out.

Found out through my own craftiness that your monsters can devour your other monsters to increase its stats and give it different roles, effectively meaning that any monster can have any role if you train it properly, which makes it seem like the monster has more customization options than Serah and Noel do. Turning my Omega Weapon into a healer = lol

Since you can recruit Lightning as a monster through DLC, does that mean she can eat monsters too? Or can monsters eat her? hilarious.

Regardless, it seems like the story is gonna be a pile of crap from what i've read online. But eh, i'll play it anyway.

Picked up "The Sly Collection" a couple days ago. How I've missed the Sly Cooper games.
Just got to the Panda King in the 1st game. Hopefully I'll finish it tomorrow and work on Sly 2.
Mz. Ruby's fight sucked hard, due to being out of sync, but found out you can just spam the button(s) to auto succeed.

Just got Mortal Kombat 9 in the post.

Just ordered MW3.

Just bought XBL Gold (waiting for the email with the code now).

Not good when I have an exam on Friday.

Bought Sonic Generations since it's on sale on Steam this weekend. Sonic Team has been trying to take Sonic back to its roots in recent years, but I think that this is the first game that they've really succeeded with, and not just because they've reintroduced the Sonic from Sonic 2 as a playable character. They've really brought back the excellent stage design and fast-paced core gameplay, without all the filler crap that they introduced in the more recent games.

The thing I love the most about the old Sonic games is the stage design. It's difficult if you want to go as fast as you can, but very forgiving. Each level is full of shortcuts and boosts that pop out at you suddenly and require good timing and precision to hit, but if you miss, you'll often just fall into an alternate path that's slower and more difficult to get out of. When you do everything perfectly, you'll move along at dizzying speeds, and it feels awesome.

Surprisingly, I actually enjoy most of the modern Sonic stages more than the classic counterparts. Modern Sonic is even faster than classic Sonic, and has tighter controls, and somewhat more forgiving platforming to make up for the smaller reaction time windows and the greater difficulty of moving in 3d. Playing this game has changed my opinion on the Sonic games of recent years. The 3d stage design has gotten better since Sonic Adventure, with more alternate paths and less rail movement, and the core gameplay is still awesome. They just need to ditch a lot of the annoying minor characters or at least keep them in the background like they do in this game.

So far in 2012 I've beat...

Demon's Souls (January 7th)
Mass Effect 2 (January 9th)
Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together (January 20th)

Currently playing:
Dark Souls

About to start the Nekoht quests on Monster Hunter Freedom Unite, just have finished all of the 1-6* Village Elder quests and unlocked the dual Rajang quest.

Finishing up some stuff in LR, though, like upgrading my Fire Dragonsword to a Red Dragonsword.

Went totally retro and started some games I wanted to play for a while now.

- Shining Force II (Like 3 or 4 battles away from finishing it, though I want to grind a bit to get better spells)
- Monster World IV (For so long I've wanted to play this! I got around to making the translated rom work with an emu that I've been speeding through it in two days. I'm gonna finish it soon, yay)
- FFT Advance (second replay)
- Megaman Zero 1,2 and 3. I'm not digging it that much, but I'll probably get around to beat them all eventually.
- Bit Generations games. If no one has played this games for the GBA, do it now.

lagperry

100%'d Sly 1 a few days ago. Started work on Sly 2 and am already at Chapter 3.
Didn't realize how massive the changes were from Sly 1 -> Sly 2 when going directly to the next game without having to wait years in between.

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100%'d Sly 1 a few days ago. Started work on Sly 2 and am already at Chapter 3.
Didn't realize how massive the changes were from Sly 1 -> Sly 2 when going directly to the next game without having to wait years in between.

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I know, right!? I plat'd 1 and 3 but because I had already played through Sly 2 100% on the PS2 I just couldn't get into it. Finding the bottles in that game was a chore. I hope Sly 4 is more like Sly 1 in that regard.

ME3 HURRY THE FK UP :|

I picked up Zelda Spirit Tracks on sale at the Grocery Store so im gradually making my way through that.

I still haven't finished Pokemon White yet either. That will be next.

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I know, right!? I plat'd 1 and 3 but because I had already played through Sly 2 100% on the PS2 I just couldn't get into it. Finding the bottles in that game was a chore. I hope Sly 4 is more like Sly 1 in that regard.

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I like the "Open World Freedom" in Sly 2 and 3. :(
The bottles weren't that bad if you could catch the bottle "Tink" sounds.

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I like the "Open World Freedom" in Sly 2 and 3. :(

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That's why I said "in that regard"

And yeah they really are. I sat there with a poorly written guide open the whole game because I just couldn't be hassled to find them any other way.

lagperry.

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You forgot about that there Asura's Wrath demo.

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You should be ashamed that you endorsed this. I just downloaded it simply because of your post and it is honestly the worst game I've ever played.

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You should be ashamed that you endorsed this. I just downloaded it simply because of your post and it is honestly the worst game I've ever played.

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Yeah, it wasn't as good as it looked. Ep 5 made me mad, but ep 11 was pretty cool. Tossed in the "second thoughts" category while I scrimp and save for a PSVita bread.

Honestly, I'm kinda surprised you took me up on that download.

Taking a break from Monster Hunter Freedom Unite, working on Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep.

Terra, y so clunky

Just finished Rayman Origins. What in the flying f'uck just happened? Great game, but seriously. Do I need all the skull teeth or something?
Ordered Bayonetta today, so my backlog needs to take priority.

Huh, i'm actually playing MS again.
And just picked up "From Dust" looks neat.

Started playing Alice Madness Return, loved the art-style but the game made me motion sick so I dropped it, so now I'm killing aliens hordes in a game called Alien Shooter 2, is a 3rd person view shooter with some rpg elements, pretty fun so far.

Currently really immersed into Skyrim. Was a little late to the game, but now that I picked it up, I've been loving it. Once the 31st roles around, though, I'll happily be playing Neverdead (which I'm apparently the only one excited for). Also hoping that either Q.U.B.E. or Dungeon Defenders goes on sale at Steam sometime soon, so I can pick those up.

Finally started playing Assassin's Creed Brohood after picking it up during Steam's Christmas sales. I love AC, and was thoroughly enjoying it right up until I went for 100% sync in Crepi il Lupo. Cue 2 hours of rage, 90% of which was spent restarting and skipping the cutscene. Now they want me to run through this convoluted obstacle course within a ridiculous time limit. Maybe I should just stop trying to 100% this thing and just concentrate on the stabbity fun parts.

Downloaded the Gotham City Impostors beta on PSN, hopefully it's decent.

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Downloaded the Gotham City Impostors beta on PSN, hopefully it's decent.

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Played the PC beta a while back; it was fun (grappling!), but took forever to get in a match. Like, hours. So hopefully it won't be as bad this time around.

Will be playing Final Fantasy XIII-2 in less than 12 hours! Excited for that.

I've gotten really discouraged and haven't played Dark Souls in a while.

Sorry to hear that, Sarah. If the co-op wasn't crap, would've loved to help out.

Well I broke down and me and my friend bought Dungeon Defenders from Steam anyways. We are loving it. Great tower defense/strategy game. After about 2 days we have already completed the campaign (although to be honest, it wasn't that long to begin with), but there is a ton more stuff to do: higher difficulty playthroughs, challenges/survival mode, and even play the other characters, since all the playstyles are different (I started out with the Archer, he with the Squire).

Anyways, tomorrow I'll be picking up Neverdead. Lookin' forward to it and I hope it'll be worth being dubbed the first major release of 2012 for me.

I was looking for something to play while Dragon Nest was on like 30 hour+ unscheduled maintenance. I found Need for Speed World (NFS mmo) free to play by EA and Aeria Games. It's pretty fun if you like need for speed games. The 2 problems I ran into though is that you can't change keybinds and there isn't a manual transmission option =(.

Free to play with micro transactions obviously. The cars are ridiculously expensive. It costs like $40 for a Corvette and $100 for a Zhonda. It's a good thing you can buy cars almost as good/as good with in game money (it just takes a while to grind up the money).

Been playing Bayonetta recently and this is my reaction about mid-way:

"FFFFFFFUUUUCCCCKKKK GRACE & GLORY AND THAT EVEN MORE TO GRACIOUS AND GLORIOUS AAAAAAAAA-"

Aside from all my mad at those abominations, great game. A lot harder than I first expected, escpecially the challenge where you can only hurt things with finishers.

Finishing up my hunt for the best sword in DFO very soon. I shall be mid-tier in no time!

Been playing Space Pirates and Zombies. Very fun game. I seem to really enjoy space shooter/strategy games.

Also finished Saints Row The Third. Debating whether if I should 100% it.

<--- has got his copy of XIII-2*

Will play in like 15mins when I get home. Really excited for it. I was one of the few rare people who genuinely loved FFXIII.