What are you playing?

[Kirov]

I still have a lot of DS games to play, I abandoned the console for a while but I’m starting to get back into it.

Just finished playing Last Window. Had to go through Hotel Dusk again first though to compare, can’t believe it’s been 5 years since I first played it. Two very awesome (but flawed) games. I’m very sad there will never be a 3rd. Also rotoscoping is awesome.

[Derosis]

Shipping Shenanigans.

I just found a 25$ new copy of Atelier Totori, bought it. And now I went home to see if it shppied yet. It's getting prepared to ship and I sent a cancellation. Hopefully I can get this canceled so I don't have 2 copies at my home :C!

[Sarah]

What's your PSN ID. Kind of interested in all your trophies Oo.

Sorry, I don't give out my main handle.

Been playing MHFU a lot again recently. I just got HR2! Need to beat Tigrex to unlock rank 4 town quests. I only recently discovered how good long swords and hammers are. I had been using ONLY one handed swords through the whole game but I wasn't making any progress so I decided to switch it up and god am I glad I did. Life is way easier with a katana.

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)
Final Fantasy XIII-2 (February 5th) (Platinum on February 12th)
Resident Evil: Revelations (February 9th)
Rayman Origins (extended play for Platinum on February 14th)
Nier (extended play for Platinum on February 17th)
Sly 2 (February 18th) (platinum)
Jak and Daxter (March 2nd) (platinum)
Tales of Graces F (March 20th)
Uncharted 2 (March 31st)
Super Mario 3D Land (April 3rd) (100%, glittering stars)
Devil May Cry (April 4th)
Devil May Cry 3 (April 18th)
Parasite Eve II (April 23rd) (Bad ending haha. FLIIIIIINNNNTTTT)

Currently playing:
Dark Souls (on hold)
Ratchet and Clank: All 4 One (going for plat)
Jak 2
Jak 3
ICO
Shadow of the Colossus
Mass Effect 3
Uncharted 3
Grandia
Devil May Cry 2
Xenoblade

Need to get:
Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance (July somethingth)
Sly 4 (FALL :()

[Connor]

Have been immersed in FFXIII-2 for the past few days. Right now I'm trying to get the Graviton Cores. So far I really like it. The OST is...different, but I enjoy it for the most part. The incorporation of violins in some of the battle tracks is awesome.

I have a ton of games to catch up on and not sure where to go after I stop playing FFXIII-2. I have Arkham Asylum and City, my brother said they were great. Also haven't even touched Skyward Sword and we've had it since Christmas. Hell I haven't even beaten Super Mario Galaxy ONE, let alone 2. Then there's God of War III and I still haven't finished Nier and just wow I'm all over the place here.

[Corn]

GOING TO PLAY THE GUILD WARS 2 BETA THIS WEEKEND WOOOOOO.

[Secun]

Been playing Aion Online a lot here recently. It's rather addicting.

[Hanabira.Kage]

Currently playing "Disgaea 3: Absence of Detention". Waiting for "Gravity Rush" (June 2012) and "DJ Max Technika Tune" (Summer 2012). Hope more "God Eater 2" news comes up...

[Sarah]

So, I went to go pay some bills and buy some socks today.

Ended up finding Tales of the Abyss on the 3DS for $14. Couldn't pass it up. Then I saw Atelier Rorona for $20 and have always wanted to try that so I was like pomegranate... CAN'T MISS IT.

Then I FINALLY found Rocket Slime (2, the first one released here) for $20 and couldn't pass that up.

So much for no games for a while :(

[KhainiWest]

So, I went to go pay some bills and buy some socks today.

Ended up finding Tales of the Abyss on the 3DS for $14. Couldn't pass it up. Then I saw Atelier Rorona for $20 and have always wanted to try that so I was like pomegranate... CAN'T MISS IT.

Then I FINALLY found Rocket Slime (2, the first one released here) for $20 and couldn't pass that up.

So much for no games for a while :(

...I'll ask what everyother southperrican is thinking, did you get the socks?

[Sarah]

...I'll ask what everyother southperrican is thinking, did you get the socks?

Of course!

[Moonlapse]

GOING TO PLAY THE GUILD WARS 2 BETA THIS WEEKEND WOOOOOO.

When is the actual release?

[Corn]

When is the actual release?

Unannounced.

[ChaosCorpse]

Turns out picking a Disgaea game as your goal for your first Platinum isn't as good an idea as it sounds.

Disgaea 3 PS3

So, as I mentioned a while back, I only recently got a PS3. Since I knew how much time these games took, and the fact there were two already out and I'd want a break in between them, it was within my starting library.

Now, I had never "FULLY COMPLETED" any of the games in the franchise (ie Maximization). I just never had the time or motivation. I never beat Baal in the first one, and for the second, Phantom Brave, and Makai Kingdom I cheated. A friend lent me a codebreaker so that I could backup my save files since one of my cards died and made me paranoid (which was a stupid idea in hindsight since I can't get them back off my computer now). I decided to take advantage of that, and more or less just skipped ahead to the end content.

For some reason, despite me not liking the actual story all that much (too much breaking of the 4th wall to the point it lost it's humor), I got into attempting it in this one. Fairly certain the reason was I foolishly entered the DLC market and bought it. Knowing you have to get your value's worth can be a hard drive when you immediately regret a purchase. I really do understand the complaints more now on those fronts. Three hundred hours in and I think I've had enough knowing that a few months down the road I'll be doing the same thing. But I at least beat all base content, including Baal, all purchased content, all classes 6th tier, all weapons rank 39 legendary (missing Arcadia) and the Baal Sword, 32 max statisticians, all forms of innocents subdued, and the 100 Mil Damage trophy.

Also beat the first game in the Ratchet and Clank: Future line, and would love to get the others soon as soon as I can afford them (yes, I know they are cheap, but even then...).

Probably going to get back on track now hopefully with the remainder of my library.

[Sarah]

Turns out picking a Disgaea game as your goal for your first Platinum isn't as good an idea as it sounds.

Disgaea 3 PS3

So, as I mentioned a while back, I only recently got a PS3. Since I knew how much time these games took, and the fact there were two already out and I'd want a break in between them, it was within my starting library.

Now, I had never "FULLY COMPLETED" any of the games in the franchise (ie Maximization). I just never had the time or motivation. I never beat Baal in the first one, and for the second, Phantom Brave, and Makai Kingdom I cheated. A friend lent me a codebreaker so that I could backup my save files since one of my cards died and made me paranoid (which was a stupid idea in hindsight since I can't get them back off my computer now). I decided to take advantage of that, and more or less just skipped ahead to the end content.

For some reason, despite me not liking the actual story all that much (too much breaking of the 4th wall to the point it lost it's humor), I got into attempting it in this one. Fairly certain the reason was I foolishly entered the DLC market and bought it. Knowing you have to get your value's worth can be a hard drive when you immediately regret a purchase. I really do understand the complaints more now on those fronts. Three hundred hours in and I think I've had enough knowing that a few months down the road I'll be doing the same thing. But I at least beat all base content, including Baal, all purchased content, all classes 6th tier, all weapons rank 39 legendary (missing Arcadia) and the Baal Sword, 32 max statisticians, all forms of innocents subdued, and the 100 Mil Damage trophy.

Also beat the first game in the Ratchet and Clank: Future line, and would love to get the others soon as soon as I can afford them (yes, I know they are cheap, but even then...).

Probably going to get back on track now hopefully with the remainder of my library.

Do yourself a favour and abandon that ship while you still can. It's something I've been picking away at for the last year and I'm still not even close.

[ChaosCorpse]

Do yourself a favour and abandon that ship while you still can. It's something I've been picking away at for the last year and I'm still not even close.

Yeah, I say I was working towards platinum, yet I'm only around 39% trophy completion. I can see a number of them that I could get with just a bit of time, but just a small number of them are well beyond me for now without true grinding for max. The main ones that would probably kill me are the few pirates that only show up in the Land of Carnage, and the whole reverse pirate EVERYTHING bit.

Spoiler

Spent a couple hours in Star Ocean: The Last Hope. I think gamer's fatigue is finally starting to set in. It just seems bland to me so far; very different from how I experienced the prior one in the series. The fact that I'm over 5 hours in (over engaging in battles and checking all nooks and crannies), and have yet to be introduced to the item crafting system or new equipment of any sort is sort of discouraging since I enjoyed that from the last one, and delaying it so far doesn't make for good first impressions. That and they didn't really seem to bother with lip-syncing at all for the English voices. And the overkill bloom I've been hearing people complain about in new stuff for years. And the battle camera kinda bothers me unless I put it into angle lock (Note: I think I'm doing it wrong). But it doesn't just seem to be this game.

I'm just not enjoying these recent RPGs as much as the ones on prior systems. It's likely partly my perspective that's changed; some would even say, "well duh, that's what I've been saying for years". I never used to let things like overused archetypes bother me, but it seems they are starting to now. I guess I passed that benchmark where you start to get tired of the same thing over and over... Well, I'm likely going to let some dust settle on it for a while and go back to the games I remember enjoying and hope that memory hasn't been distorted by time.

[CarrionCrow]

Spoiler

Spent a couple hours in Star Ocean: The Last Hope. I think gamer's fatigue is finally starting to set in. It just seems bland to me so far; very different from how I experienced the prior one in the series. The fact that I'm over 5 hours in (over engaging in battles and checking all nooks and crannies), and have yet to be introduced to the item crafting system or new equipment of any sort is sort of discouraging since I enjoyed that from the last one, and delaying it so far doesn't make for good first impressions. That and they didn't really seem to bother with lip-syncing at all for the English voices. And the overkill bloom I've been hearing people complain about in new stuff for years. And the battle camera kinda bothers me unless I put it into angle lock (Note: I think I'm doing it wrong). But it doesn't just seem to be this game.

I'm just not enjoying these recent RPGs as much as the ones on prior systems. It's likely partly my perspective that's changed; some would even say, "well duh, that's what I've been saying for years". I never used to let things like overused archetypes bother me, but it seems they are starting to now. I guess I passed that benchmark where you start to get tired of the same thing over and over... Well, I'm likely going to let some dust settle on it for a while and go back to the games I remember enjoying and hope that memory hasn't been distorted by time.

Spoiler

I had the same issue with Last Hope, and I loved Til the End of Time to bits. The game felt rushed, the first planet mesmerized me and left me wanting more, but then it just fell apart because the rest of the areas were so lackluster.
I am sure I have some nostalgia glasses grafted to my skull but I refuse to accept that the RPGs for PS3, lolbox 360 or WII even begin to match the standard RPGs back in the days.

[OmegazeroGA]

Currently Raging On:I Wanna Be The Guy+ Dissidia 012.
It's extremely hard to get used to the Action Style since I'm pure RPG.

[ShinkuDragon]

Currently Raging On:I Wanna Be The Guy+ Dissidia 012.
It's extremely hard to get used to the Action Style since I'm pure RPG.

i love the action style, it mixes customization with skill.

what i REALLY hate is the followups, they're so freaking fast.

[Dark Link]

Currently Raging On:I Wanna Be The Guy.

You're weak.
I Wanna Be The Boshy will destroy you lol


As for me...

A Valley Without Wind: Platformer + Variation of dungeon crawling + Online Multiplayer leads to a lot of fun with a RL friend. Although, considering AVWW has a quite a bit of "Dungeon Crawling", I'm not trying to get too much into it, otherwise it'll burn me out of the genre too fast and I'll get bored of D3 quite fast.

Torchlight: Torchlight II hits Steam in the Summer and I never finished the first installment. Didn't realize I left the game on the last dungeon.

Super Mario 3D Land: I've had it since release, yet I never even touched the game. Decided to start playing it and only up to World 3.

[Sarah]

Super Mario 3D Land: I've had it since release, yet I never even touched the game. Decided to start playing it and only up to World 3.

MAKE SURE YOU DO NOT EVER DIE MORE THAN FIVE TIMES IN ANY LEVEL. EVER.

Doing so permanently blocks the ability to get the glittering stars. They are absolutely worthless but if you are a perfectionist at all then it is annoying to know you've lost them.