The "What'cha Been Playin'?" Thread

[Gatordragon]

I've been playing the horror game Slender for the last few days. I found out about it because of PewDiePie's YouTube videos. I must say it's pretty frightening. Heck, last night I got my first glimpse of Slenderman. I collected one page and was searching around the gas tanks, when I turned a corner and saw him a few yards away. I said "Oh *bleep*!" and closed the game. I told one of my friends about this and he said that's the reaction a lot of people have when they first see Slenderman nearby.

I've also been playing Marathon on my iPad, along with Bad Piggies, Where's my Water?, and Justice League: Earth's Final Defense.

I wish my Xbox 360 wasn't at my parent's house. I planning on buying Doom 3: BFG Edition. Oh well, college is more important than video games anyway.

 

[Anthonynotes]

Bought about a week or so ago NHL 13, my first modern sports game (since I've only been an Xbox owner for almost a year now). Guessing this will be my main exposure to hockey for the forseeable future thanks to the lockout...

 

[defunctzombie]

I've been playing the horror game Slender for the last few days.

Which version? The original (The Eight Pages) is okay, but I like some of the alt maps. I almost beat Sanatorium before he got me.

 

[Gatordragon]

Which version? The original (The Eight Pages) is okay, but I like some of the alt maps. I almost beat Sanatorium before he got me.

I was playing the original version of Slender. I don't play many horror games in general. I played The Suffering, both Condemned games, Dead Space, and F.E.A.R. 2 on my Xbox 360. Slender was my first pc horror game. It's the atmosphere that gets me. It's dark, quiet, you move slow, and the only hint that Slenderman is near is the screen going all fuzzy. It's pretty effective if you ask me.

 

[King9]

I'm still playing Dark Souls: Prepare to Die. Next playthrough is Dragon Bare-Fisties challenge. So hard.

I'm also digging into Castlevania: Symphony of Night. Now I understand the hype.

 

[El-Hazard]

Was playing The Suffering: Ties That Bind last night.
The crackhouse area was really unsettling.

 

[GWOtaku]

I'm also digging into Castlevania: Symphony of Night. Now I understand the hype.

Me too, but I get lost and leveling strikes me as quite a time sink. I'm not in too deep because I found the game so intimidating. Maybe I'll beat it one day though.

 

[Classic Speedy]

SOTN is really the only Metroidvania game I like. I much prefer the style used in Castlevania 1-3, Super, Rondo of Blood, Rebirth, etc.

 

[El-Hazard]

SOTN is really the only Metroidvania game I like.

I'm the opposite.
I love the Metroidvania style, but Symphony was my least favorite of them.
I guess, for me anyway, the formula hadn't really been perfected yet?
I don't know.

The early Castlevanias are awesome, too.

 

[Gatordragon]

On my iPad, I've been playing Plague Inc., a game where you play as a disease trying to wipe out humanity. I named my disease "The Rot", in homage to the source of death and decay from the current Animal Man comic series. I managed to wipe out humanity once, but I was playing on casual mode. Now I'm playing on normal mode and doing pretty good so far. The trick is to increase the infectivity of your disease and not to go overboard on the lethality until you spread your disease to every country. I learned that the hard way.

 

[Magus]

Marvel vs Capcom 2
I decided to download it from PSN (against my better judgment). After playing the more newer fighting games, it's hard to go back to playing the older fighters, especially when I'm so used to all the movement in UMVC3 (airdash, triangle/square dash). When I got into training mode everything just felt off. I didn't find out till recently that there was no medium attack in the game (maybe that's the awkwardness I'm feeling).

Super Street Fighter 4: Arcade Edition
I had a lot of fun considering I didn't when any games. And truth be told I did a lot better than I thought with an arcade stick and Guy. Granted, I swtiched from controller to arcade stick a few times, but for the most part I think I'll be sticking with the stick from now on since I finally got off a few combos in a match. And while I wanted to win, I wasn't really looking for the win as much as just having fun with the game. I'm mainly trying to get better with the stick and Guy for the most part. I did use Ibuki as well, and got a kick out of my brother-in-law's face when he saw that Ibuki's U2 could go through the Metsu Hadoken.

Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3
Talk about getting bodied. I got bodied badly. But in my defense I haven't played the game much at all since most of if not all of my time has been spent on SSF4. I think for the most part I have to work on button memorization. I was playing only on the regular ps3 controller, and, well, I just couldn't remember what button was what.

 

[Punisher]

I picked up NiGHTS Into Dreams and Sonic Adventure 2 on the XBLA. Having a blast playing through these games again. Although going through SA2 has made me really appreciate the changes Sonic Unleashed and Generations brought with the lock on homing attack. I can't tell you how many times already I've thought I was locked on to an enemy or bounce pad and ended up simply jumping to my death. Also, I've really forgotten how addictive the Chao Garden was as well...I wish they would include that in more Sonic games.

 

[DarkAngel]

SOTN is really the only Metroidvania game I like. I much prefer the style used in Castlevania 1-3, Super, Rondo of Blood, Rebirth, etc.

So if I'm a huge, huge fan of Super Castlevania IV (the only game in the series I've played in its entirety), would it be worth trying SOTN, or would I probably not like it?

 

[Wonderwall]

I'd say it's worth a try but it's very different from Super Castlevania IV. If you ever played Super Metroid and liked it I think you really should play it.

 

[El-Hazard]

Downloaded both Grey and Cry of Fear.
Does anyone else know of any good horror mods, preferably Half-Life 2 mods?

 

[Gatordragon]

This week on my iPad, I've been playing the old First Person Shooter, Marathon. While I'm generally not interested in old games, I've been having fun playing Marathon. Once I learned the controls, found ammo, and found an assault rifle, I enjoyed taking on whatever the game throws at me.

I've also been playing Bad Piggies on my iPad. It's so fun making wacky vehicles and listening to the piggies squeal as they race to the finish line.

 

[Magus]

Super Street Fighter 4: AE
Just an update. Like I said in the top 25 games thread, I think I had my breakthrough moment when I was playing against my brother-in-law last week because after I lost, I decided to go into training mode, and just stick with the ps3 controller and change the button layout back to what I had previously mentioned a while back in this thread (why didn't I do this when he was here, I have no idea.. I forgot about it truth be told), and from there I was doing a lot more. And even then I decided to do a character switch and main Cammy. Low and behold I should've mained her when I first got the game. She was the character I was looking for all alone. While she don't have that "coolness" that Guy has, she has everything else and fit the play style that I was looking for. Rushdown, easy to use (hard to master cause she is a fairly technical character with all her 1-frame link combos), damaging hits, and highly fun. I'm basically learning the fundamentals with her. Kinda ironic because a lot of people say pick either Ken or Ryu for that, but I find them very boring... Well, Ken might be fun, but Ryu is too boring for me (I've always used them in the older games). Anyway, there has been a rise in Cammy in the tournament scene, and all I can really say about that is oh well.

Edit: If you have company or live with someone and you find them to be annoying DO NOT play this game. I know when I suck and when my mind is screwed, and while I suck for the most part, my mind was pretty much gone when I picked Ibuki and afterwards because it turned chaotic in my house. Couldn't even enjoy the games that were fairly close because I couldn't focus. ARGH... I'm still furious. People, if you have a choice in the matter, live by yourself.

Got that out of the way, I tried playing Sleeping Dogs last night, and well, I don't like it. Combat is decent, but from what I can tell, there's no way to block. You're basically relying on the counter which is finicky. Maybe it's my copy, I don't know, but sometimes the buttons weren't as responsive as I'd like them to be. And then there's the driving. I hate it. It feels awful. Couldn't even make it within the first minute of the first chase.

 

[Gatomon41]

Alright, after years of leaving on my shelf, I finally decided to revisit "Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past" for the GBA.

I haven't picked it up since I was stuck on the first boss. Then I realized I was overthinking it, and knife the monster down instead of trying something complicated. Now I'm making fast pace through the game.

 

[GWOtaku]

Got Super Castlevania IV on my Wii for the holiday. It rocks. My skill at it not so much, lasted until the end of stage 2, but this was my first real crack at it. Really needed the stopwatch for Medusa but I missed it. The big thing to fix is taking out moving enemies like the ravens.

 

[Magus]

Darksiders 2
I want to call this game Darkstalkers so bad. Anyway, I finally got around to playing this game. For the most part I like it. After tackling my first dungeon I admit that it does remind me a bit of Zelda. I don't know how long this game's suppose to be, but if it's anywhere near the length of your typical Zelda game I don't know if I'd be able to continue it. Then again, I'd have to tackle it in little chunks. Anyway, while it's no Metal Gear Sold or Assassin's Creed, graphically speaking I still like what I'm seeing. The combat is pretty good as well. In some ways I can see elements from God of War here. It's not nearly as visceral as GoW (probably more like Bayonetta), but the impact of each swing of the weapons feels good. And then Death is quite the bad###. I've only play about 1 hour or 2 worth and I'm definately liking it much better than the previous game.

I don't know how long I can break away from Street Fighter 4 simply because I'm constantly watching videos of it being played, and I tend to want to try what I see. Anyway, while I'm breaking away from SF for a while I'm trying to get some more of these games started/finished.

I also tried to finish up Assassin's Creed 2. There's definately some fatigue coming down on me. It's probably because I have AC3 here, and I've yet to play Brotherhood or Revelations. To be honest I'm definately thinking about getting rid of 2 and just watch the walkthroughs of it. We'll see.