Monday Blues - What did you play?

[Purple Santa]

So what did you play? Most of my time was writing/editing papers. I think my final page count for pages written is over 250 pages. Thankfully this was the last weekend for writing papers. I'm free after Wednesday. Free. Free I said. I did get some game time in, my ongoing battle with Mirror's Edge. I had to bail out of the "Faith" achievement meaning no killing. Bah, to that. I'm just looking to the end of the game. Also played some Castlevania Order of Ecclesia. Basically got to level up some with kill many enemies than run like hell back to a save point :). And i'm sure I left Spigot hanging in a zombie infested world of L4D...next weekend Spigot...I promise :).

So what did you PLAY?

[resikel]

I played The Last Remnant. Got crushed in the very first cave mission. I suck.

[Karak]

Fallout.
But the main mission FUCKING glitched.
Walked into a room and boom, about 5 copies of one of the main badguys all shooting...each other hahahahahahah.
Lost about 14 hours, until I found a save where this wouldn't occur.

FUCK.

Tales for the Wii.
Neopets for the DS(Awesome)
Mortal Kombat(My mission is to get through the Konquest for both Deception and Armageddon.

[Dark Prince]

Tons of NHL 09 (as usual), and mostly trying to get through this Gears 2 campaign.

Still need to touch those ps3 games I have.

[Kelegacy]

Conan (great), Two Worlds (enjoying it), beat Fracture (which wasn't close to being as bad as the reviews said--liked it a lot). I also played The Last Remnant, but not a lot. I'll hopefully be playing Prince of Persia and Mirror's Edge tomorrow. I go back to work on Tuesday, so my 3 week medical leave is at an end. Back to normal gaming time.

I almost wish I could have another surgery so I could stay home for another 3 weeks--though I can not afford to stay home without a paycheck anymore. But I have WAY too many games to play, and I have a bunch I bought on Black Friday/Cyber Monday that I haven't even opened. I'm set until next Fall, I think.

[EternalGamer]

I played a ton of Last Remenant. Around 15 hours total this weekend while listening to podcasts/surfing the internet. I actually like the game quite a bit. Not sure if it will be able to continue to hold my attention in the near future, though, as I have a slew of cheap game purchases coming in from Gamefly and Amazon (Black Friday deals) in the next day or two.

[Kelegacy]

I played a ton of Last Remenant. Around 15 hours total this weekend while listening to podcasts/surfing the internet. I actually like the game quite a bit. Not sure if it will be able to continue to hold my attention in the near future, though, as I have a slew of cheap game purchases coming in from Gamefly and Amazon (Black Friday deals) in the next day or two.

I'm very glad you're still liking it, I was worried my recommendation would backfire on me if you hated it, making you lose all trust in my advice. :)

I took a small breather from it, but I'm still very early in the game. Maybe battle rank 16 or something. I started grinding just for the fun of it, trying to harvest materials for weapons.

I bought Two Human from Amazon on Black Friday for $20. Is that worth it you think? I have it still unopened just waiting to get to eventually.

[MagGnome]

I played over 7 hours of a Kingdom For Keflings, going from the beginning to the end of the game in two sittings. I loved it, and I'm really glad my 360 came back so I could finally get my mitts on it. AK4K definitely did not disappoint.

I also installed Impulse tonight and updated Sins of a Solar Empire. I'd like to start playing that again soon.

I subscribed to Gamefly, and I should have Gears 2 and Civilization Revolution here this week.

Finally, I bought I Fluid and Spellforce 2 + expansion on Steam for a total of $25. I Fluid is great so far. I'll post some impressions tomorrow.

[MagGnome]

I bought Two Human from Amazon on Black Friday for $20. Is that worth it you think? I have it still unopened just waiting to get to eventually.

I had quite a bit of fun with the demo. Not enough to buy the game, but I'm sure you'll get $20 worth of fun out of it.

Just try not to die, as the death animation is painfully long.

[KamaItachi]

Fable 2, but that got put on hold for a lot of Chrono Trigger and Resident Evil 5 demo.

Man, that demo, close to being awesome, but it feels overworked. Like they took what was good about 4 and added an idea here, an idea there, and it just added up to too much.

Sometimes less is more.

[EternalGamer]

I bought Two Human from Amazon on Black Friday for $20. Is that worth it you think? I have it still unopened just waiting to get to eventually.

Eh, I had an ok time playing through it co-op (but both of us spent much of the time complaining/making fun of the game). I doubt i would have made it through to the end solo, though. I played about 4 hours of it solo and that is about all I could take. The mechanics are fine and the storyline and production values are fine. But the level design is almost nonexistent. Just waves and waves of the same enemies. There isn't even much enemy variety in the different levels and there is no variation in strategy at all. The levels are mostly just wide open flat hallways with hordes of enemies streaming towards you.

My advice would be to plan on playing it co-op if at all possible. But if you keep enough of those left over painkillers around, perhaps the single player could hold your interest...

[Tron]

Call of Duty 5. Switched from veteran to hardened.

Veteran is simply too hard to be enjoyable.

[Xerxes]

Netflix movies.

[pomeroy]

I subscribed to Gamefly, and I should have Gears 2 and Civilization Revolution here this week.

Shit yes! You'll have to play some Horde with me and Rini and Riley. It's pretty much the best thing ever.

[Xerxes]

I bought Two Human from Amazon on Black Friday for $20. Is that worth it you think? I have it still unopened just waiting to get to eventually.

If you know how many games I had like that. Some times I just unwrap the lot of them but the last 12 are still in plastic.

[Kielaran]

I bought Two Human from Amazon on Black Friday for $20. Is that worth it you think? I have it still unopened just waiting to get to eventually.

It is definitely worth 20$ if your expectations aren't high. I loved what they were trying to do with it though the execution was never fully fleshed out. All in all it is a nice mindless hack and slash. Don't get frustrated with the controls early...it will become more natural as you play it.

As for me:
A Kingdom For Keflings - finished the SP part...maybe I should try some multiplayer later
Far Cry 2 - Just touched on the multiplayer for about an hour with Gerbs. It has an 'almost great, but not quite' feel to it. There is something extremely disappointing when a machete kill in multiplayer has no satisfaction in it.
Left 4 Dead - Lots of multiplayer and even got a lot of fresh blood to join us (Torrefaction, Rock Bandit, JPC and his gal, and astranoir...hopefully we didnt scare any of you away :))
The Darkness - I have had this in my backlog for a long time. I just started it and it seems fun...btw Mags, I am going through on easy :D

[menage]

Mainly Fallout 3, started a new evil chara. haven't finished the game yet but I just want to explore me and the mains story won't let me. I've found tons of new stuff already and cranked the difficulty to hard.

Also a small bit of Mirrors Edge, Gears 2, LBP and fable 2. But compared to fallout it really can't be mentioned.

[Commissar Rob]

Got started on Gears 2, but didn't get very far. Kids were in a musical this weekend, so I spent a lot of proud papa time.

Also watched my son slip into a deep LBP editor addiction. I thought he'd like the game, but I didn't know how much (or I would've saved it for Christmas...d'oh).

Other than that, ran a few quests in Wrath. No more troubles with lag ever since I turned the shadows setting way down!

[Gorvi]

I played being sick. All weekend. We've been going at it co-op, with my wife and both boys joining in. The game sucks, I really don't recommend it. In fact, it sucks so much we're still playing.

As far as real gaming, I did barely any. I was able to play through all of God of War for the PSP between Friday and yesterday, it took about 7 hours. Great game, and one I will be playing through again soon.

I also popped in N+ for the PSP (I'd gotten it for $10 from Amazon's BF sale to qualify for free shipping). I can remember enjoying the XBLA demo, but w/o the online leaderboard aspect the game is rather weak. It's a fun little distraction, but I'm glad I only payed $10 for it.

I tried to play a little bit of Valkyria Chronicles and WipEout HD, but I felt (feel) so crappy I couldn't concentrate. Being sick sucks.

[Spigot]

Bah. That sucks Gorvi. I hope everyone gets better!

I wanted to play Valkyria Chronicles this weekend but just couldn't muster up the oomph to play it. I played The Last Remnant Saturday and Sunday evening with a little bit of E4 and GeoWars2 last night for fun. I am sort of stuck in Prince Of Persia, so that's why I've been focusing on Last Remnant, which, like EG, I'm really liking.

I did play a little bit of Chrono Trigger on the weekend but the family thing wasn't nearly as boring as it usually is so that was kind of nice. I also played WoW and tried out SMT: Imagine.

And that's about it. I watched Zathura with my son yesterday afternoon. It was a surprisingly good kids movie and you could see some of the tricks that Favreau ended up using in Iron Man.

Thanks for the directions to the thread, Purple Santa. I thought I was still on deck to make one this week. Boy, wouldn't that have been embarassing?

[itchyeyes]

I played a little bit of Left 4 Dead and some Dead Space.

[JayVe]

Last Remnant
Chrono Trigger
Halo 3
Animal Crossing: City Folk
Wii Speak

[Lint of Death]

Left4Dead, Warhammer Online, and - get this -

The demo for the original Neverwinter Nights. I was kinda desperate for an RPG and some AD&D rules action.

[hunterx280]

Surprisingly, I hardly played anything this weekend. I played a little co-op Gears of War 2 with my buddy at his place but I think that's about it. I did a little reading and a lot of sleeping.

[astranoir]

Instead of finishing a paper, I watched Netflix movies/shows and played Left 4 Dead (and played with friends online... with my headset on! :eek:).

Left 4 Dead - Lots of multiplayer and even got a lot of fresh blood to join us (Torrefaction, Rock Bandit, JPC and his gal, and astranoir...hopefully we didnt scare any of you away :))

As long as you aren't scared away by my lack of skills and mumbling, I won't be scared away from playing! :)

[Sonic Alpha]

I played Gears of War 2 mostly.

After hating the first, I expected to hate the sequel even more... so glad I was wrong.

Ran through the tutorial for Red Alert 3 for the 360, as well as some CoD 4 online.

[Bad Buddha]

Did an Exchange server migration on Saturday over VPN. Played tons of The Witcher while the mailboxes were moving.

Played a mission in Startopia. Yay! Old games with solid gameplay!

Played some of the tutorials in Company of Heroes - Thanks Squidboy! Is there a single player aspect to this game? I went to start the campaign and it took me online to find an opponent!

Read some Hemingway.

Baked some cookies!

[National Kato]

Played a bit of NHL09 and a bunch of Saint's Row (about 33% done w/ 22/45 neighborhoods).

The real surprise was GameFly sending me Battlefield: Bad Company on Saturday and me playing it all day Sunday. I'm actually having fun with it and miss the large-scale Battlefield gaming I used to spend so much time with on my PC years ago. While I understand what DICE is doing with the franchise, I hope this iteration is a step towards another multiplayer Battlefield game with similar-sized maps and graphical fidelity.

[Sonic Alpha]

Played some of the tutorials in Company of Heroes - Thanks Squidboy! Is there a single player aspect to this game? I went to start the campaign and it took me online to find an opponent!

There is.

From the main menu select "Campaign", and click "Play Mission" (bottom right of the screen). If you click "Play!" (in the top right), it does the automatch that you've just described ;)

[Bad Buddha]

There is.

From the main menu select "Campaign", and click "Play Mission" (bottom right of the screen). If you click "Play " (in the top right), it does the automatch that you've just described ;)

Ah hA! Thanks! I was wondering what I was going to do when I ran out of tutorials! :p

[Kielaran]

As long as you aren't scared away by my lack of skills and mumbling, I won't be scared away from playing! :)

Well, I missed most of the mumbling since I was on the other team, but your skills were fine. A lot of verses is mainly practice, so just keep coming back. :D

[Norse]

I finished Fallout 3. I didn't really do much exploring and ignored most side quests, so I'll have to play it again later. The game ended just as I had fallen in love with it :)

Yesterday I started Prince of Persia, and I'm pretty sure I'll end up loving this game. The storytelling and design is awesome. I'm not in love with the gameplay yet, but it's getting there.

Last, but not least; Resident Evil 5 demo. The game looks amazing. I'm no RE fan, so I'm not sure how it compares to earlier installments, but I think this will be among the better games of -09. Capcom needs to tighten up the controls and the Sheva AI though.

[Norse]

Conan (great)

I've been interested in this game since it launched, and since it's dirt cheap now I'm really tempted. Is the story and level design any good?

[pomeroy]

Left 4 Dead - Lots of multiplayer and even got a lot of fresh blood to join us (Torrefaction, Rock Bandit, JPC and his gal, and astranoir...hopefully we didnt scare any of you away :)
Y'all need to invite me when you're killing some zombies.

[MagGnome]

Shit yes! You'll have to play some Horde with me and Rini and Riley. It's pretty much the best thing ever.

Will do! Rini already PMed me about the Horde goodness.

We also have to find a way to fit Civil in there. :)

[Evil Avnovice]

-Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World (Wii)
-Taiko no Tatsujin DS
-Meccha! Taiko no Tatsujin DS: 7-tsu no Shima no Daibouken

[Kelegacy]

I've been interested in this game since it launched, and since it's dirt cheap now I'm really tempted. Is the story and level design any good?

No. But it's sure to satisfy any bloodthirst you may have.

It's a God of War clone sorta, just not as good. But it doesn't mean it's not pure mindless fun. Killing lots and lots of enemies in gory ways is a decent way to relax sometimes.

[Variable Gear]

A bit of everything was played...including action game of the year Weapon of Choice. ;)

[MagGnome]

The Darkness - I have had this in my backlog for a long time. I just started it and it seems fun...btw Mags, I am going through on easy :D

Rock on!

Don't forget to add me to your friends list on Live.


Gamefly shipped out my first game today - Civilization Revolution. They didn't send me a second title, and I'd like to know why. I also noticed that they took the liberty of re-organizing my queue. :mad:

[MagGnome]

Instead of finishing a paper, I watched Netflix movies/shows and played Left 4 Dead (and played with friends online... with my headset on! :eek:).

You were watching Netflix nearly every time I turned on my 360. You must have found some good stuff! :p

[astranoir]

You were watching Netflix nearly every time I turned on my 360. You must have found some good stuff! :p

:o We watched Godspell, Little Shop of Horrors, one of the animated Hellboy movies, the Netflix Comedians of Comedy compilation, the Comedians of Comedy movie, Miss Marple, Inspector Gadget, and Yes! Minister. Oh dear.

[biosc1]

Booted up my pc, only to encounter a pink line running down the middle of my monitor :( This actually happened a couple of weekends ago, but ended up fixing itself. I was too lazy to try and get it fixed, even though I have a 1 year warranty. I'll probably send it back in January, just too busy right now...and it fixed itself on Sunday anyways. Something about Saturdays, this is the second Saturday in the last 3 weeks that it has done this...

Anyways, touched on a bunch of stuff on:

[PC]

Sins of a Solar Empire: Finally worked my way through the tutorial and started playing one mission. I really like it so far and am embarrassed that it has sat on the pile for so long.

Dawn of War: Played through the tutorials. I really like the look and feel of this RTS so far.

Spellforce 2: Touched a bit of this last night, just to see how it looks. It has me intrigued.

Company of Heroes: Very brief foray to play a bit of the tutorial.

Hinterland: Lots of this game. Finally completing a map for the first time since purchasing the game.

Fallout 3: Again, just thought I would play an hour, but ended up completing the entire "Those!" campaign and heading off on another mission for Moira.

[360]

Call of Duty 5: World at War: Fired this game up for the first time and made it through the first 1 and a half levels. So far it's "okay". Nothing spectacular, more of the same old same old. It's fun, though, and I'm enjoying myself so far. Will probably trade this in when I'm done though (which is kind of rare for a collector-personality like me).

[DS]

Final Fantasy I: GBA combo game with I&II that I picked up used. Very much enjoying reliving my youth.

Chrono Trigger: Put down FFI and started Chrono Trigger. Note to self, learn to read the manual. I thought sleeping at an inn would mean I saved the game...well, I'll be replaying the first part of this game again. At least I didn't make it very far yet :) This is the game that I will enjoy during my Hawaiian vacation starting on Friday!

[OTHER]

Finally finished Arrested Development. I had made to the first 2 seasons a few years back. New girlfriend gave me an opportunity to restart the series and over the last month we plowed through it again. Final episode was great!

[crazyD]

I've been replaying MGS1. Didn't think I'd be able to go back to it after playing the later entries into the series, but it's still a ton of fun, and the cutscenes look great.

I installed the update required to play God of War on the PSP, which will be the first game I've played in the series. I'll check it out some time tonight.

[Xerxes]

:o We watched Godspell, Little Shop of Horrors, one of the animated Hellboy movies, the Netflix Comedians of Comedy compilation, the Comedians of Comedy movie, Miss Marple, Inspector Gadget, and Yes! Minister. Oh dear.

I watched Mad Max. I don't get it.

[MagGnome]

Sins of a Solar Empire:[/B] Finally worked my way through the tutorial and started playing one mission. I really like it so far and am embarrassed that it has sat on the pile for so long.

Sins is such a great game. Definitely one of my favorites this year. I played a lot of it back when it came out, and we even played some EvAv games for a while. I miss that. Maybe we can all start up a Sins night again when the holidays are over.


:o We watched Godspell, Little Shop of Horrors, one of the animated Hellboy movies, the Netflix Comedians of Comedy compilation, the Comedians of Comedy movie, Miss Marple, Inspector Gadget, and Yes! Minister. Oh dear.

Wow, you really did watch a lot! I need do more of that. Last night I watched several episodes of Judge Judy. :D

[rinichanraar]

Mostly just Gears 2, L4D, and the Resident Evil 5 demo.

I also spent hours around 4 am waiting in the Gears 2 lobby with Talanvor and my boyfriend and another friend because Kojak's internet is somehow worse than mine. Whenever he actually showed up in the lobby, we would rejoice. Much time was spent party chatting at ridiculous hours Sunday morning.

Call of Duty 5. Switched from veteran to hardened.

Veteran is simply too hard to be enjoyable.

I tried it on Veteran and remembered how much I didn't like the first level (it's a big strain on my eyes), then quit before trying any further. With CoD4, I've gotten pretty far on Veteran, but it doesn't look like I'll be saying the same about CoD: WaW.

Shit yes! You'll have to play some Horde with me and Rini and Riley. It's pretty much the best thing ever.
Will do! Rini already PMed me about the Horde goodness.

We also have to find a way to fit Civil in there. :)

I was just going to respond to pom and say I told Mags the exact same thing, but it looks like he's got it covered.

[astranoir]

Wow, you really did watch a lot! I need do more of that. Last night I watched several episodes of Judge Judy. :D

Aw, crap. And you know what? I forgot to include that I watched Pirate of the Caribbean III for the first time on Netflix this weekend too. So much watching!

[rvieira]

Miserable failed on RB2 hard...
LBP makes my self esteem comes to normal.
And finished the agathas song quest on fallout 3 and reach lv 20 and I don't even finish the "scientific persuits" story quest...exploring is addictive..

[BlackPete]

Fallout 3 and Disgaea. Hey if I'm going to get addiction, then it's gotta be HARDCORE addiction! :D

Needless to say I had no time for anything else. Including work. Eeps.

[BlackPete]

Sins is such a great game. Definitely one of my favorites this year. I played a lot of it back when it came out, and we even played some EvAv games for a while. I miss that. Maybe we can all start up a Sins night again when the holidays are over.

Sins is one of those games that I know I will get addicted to big time if it's anything like Masters of Orion. Which is kinda the main reason why I haven't played it yet because I know I'd have no time for anything else :D

/so why am I playing Fallout and Disgaea...

[Kelegacy]

I played Mirror's Edge today, started it after noon and almost beat it already. That's short. But it's not terrible. A good rental.

I stopped to eat dinner, will attempt to beat it later this week.

[JayVe]

I watched Mad Max. I don't get it.
Mad Max is a powerful but raw film. I don't get it either, but I still find it impressive.

I watched The Day The Earth Stood Still on NetFlix streaming... and loved it.

[MagGnome]

Aw, crap. And you know what? I forgot to include that I watched Pirate of the Caribbean III for the first time on Netflix this weekend too. So much watching!

I take it you like to watch? :p


Sins is one of those games that I know I will get addicted to big time if it's anything like Masters of Orion. Which is kinda the main reason why I haven't played it yet because I know I'd have no time for anything else :D

/so why am I playing Fallout and Disgaea...


Sins is actually in real time, so it's much faster paced than Master of Orion. It's still much slower than you average RTS, especially on larger maps, and there is a large tech tree involved. It's definitely a 4X game, but in realtime. I'm going to pick up Galactic Civilizations II soon for my TBS fix.


I watched The Day The Earth Stood Still on NetFlix streaming... and loved it.

I didn't realize that movie was on there. I'll have to check it out soon.

I wish that the movies didn't have a time limit associated with them. About half of the movies in my Watch Instantly queue are set to disappear come January 1st. Hopefully they will be extended, but so far every move on my list with an expiration date has disappeared once that date hits. Netflix definitely needs to work this out if they want to continue to grow their service.

[Spigot]

I just want to inform anyone out there that if they want me to play L4D or Horde mode on GoW2, sorry.

I'll be busy fiddling with my unions this week. The Last Remnant has sunk its claws into me something fierce. I want to slap the reviewers who didn't like it.

Of course, I ran into that classic trap this morning. I had half an hour before work and stumbled into a boss fight. Finished that up with about 15 minutes to go before work. Cue cutscene. Cue another cutscene. Cue ANOTHER cutscene. Thankfully the rambling finally finished with 5 minutes to spare before I had to be at work, but I was able to save and boogie on over to work on time.

Why is it that I can spend hours playing a JRPG and do the same random grinding and exploring but the second I have to head off to work it's cutscene city? Sigh.

[Evil Avnovice]

My latest Play-Asia order came in today, and am now the proud owner of:

-Ridge Racers 2 (PSP)
-Twinbee Collection (PSP)
-Soldier Collection (PSP)
-Kaze no Klonoa: Door to Phantomile. This one I'll be breaking in tonight. (Wii)

[Variable Gear]

I'm jealous of you, Avnovice. But, that won't last for long, because I'm imported my own Wii soon. :)

[Evil Avnovice]

I'm jealous of you, Avnovice. But, that won't last for long, because I'm imported my own Wii soon. :)

Congrats, Variable! What's your first purchase going to be (besides the Wii)?

[astranoir]

I take it you like to watch? :p

Well, it depends on who we're talking about me watching. ;)

[Xerxes]

Mad Max is a powerful but raw film. I don't get it either, but I still find it impressive.

Raw indeed. I'll be watching Road Warrior soon.

[MagGnome]

Well, it depends on who we're talking about me watching. ;)

There are several possibilities. Certainly a few in Pirates of the Caribbean. ;)


I managed to get in a bit of gaming tonight. I started off with Rez. I made it to the first boss (the planet thing) and died, so I decided to play a few demos I had downloaded a while back. First up was "Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader" just for kicks. It was awful, and was quickly deleted. I messed around with some community games, including The Pit, which is a game that is played entirely with sound. I don't have surround sound, so I was out of luck there. I finally landed on Hexic HD, which I ended up playing for quite some time. I forgot how addictive that game can be! I even managed to unlock an achievement. :D

Now it's time for a couple episodes of Judge Judy and then bed.

[Variable Gear]

I managed to get in a bit of gaming tonight. I started off with Rez. I made it to the first boss (the planet thing) and died...
Um, embarrassingly, I've never cleared level two of Rez. Can anyone help me with the boss?

[JRR1285]

Chrono Trigger and I tried Mario Galaxy and some assorted Gamecube/Wii games on my new 52" Samsung. The way the tv handles 480P really impressed me as I was expecting a sub-par to terrible picture.

[Spigot]

Um, embarrassingly, I've never cleared level two of Rez. Can anyone help me with the boss?It's a multistage boss. You have to aim for the core by shooting the blocks. When it goes into the crazy tree of death, just aim for the tips where the light is.

Oh, and when it first starts (before the rotating platforms with the yellow blocks) you need to just shoot the tips of whichever arms are flung out.

If you ever have Rez questions, I'm the guy to ask. I've been playing that game off and on for 5-6 years.

[KJAX]

Played a lot of Bioshock and wondered why I put this game on the back burner. Having an Excellent time playing through it.

[MagGnome]

Um, embarrassingly, I've never cleared level two of Rez. Can anyone help me with the boss?

I'm sure Spigot can help. He's the only one on my friends list who got past the third level. That doesn't bode well for me.

[JayVe]

Raw indeed. I'll be watching Road Warrior soon.

Much better. Those are the only two in the series I've seen. Road Warrior is much more my style, but even more depressing if you've seen Mad Max. I saw Road Warrior a long time ago and thought they were in some post World War III world. Turns out, if you watch Mad Max, that society simply falls apart and we all end up looting to survive. Blerg.

[JayVe]

I'm sure Spigot can help. He's the only one on my friends list who got past the third level. That doesn't bode well for me.

You should have me on your friends list, just to have someone on there with a decent REZ score. :D

If you are having trouble beating a boss, don't forget you can download replays of the top-players online to watch how they do it!

[EternalGamer]

I'm sure Spigot can help. He's the only one on my friends list who got past the third level. That doesn't bode well for me.

Am I not on your friends list?

[Xerxes]

Much better. Those are the only two in the series I've seen. Road Warrior is much more my style, but even more depressing if you've seen Mad Max. I saw Road Warrior a long time ago and thought they were in some post World War III world. Turns out, if you watch Mad Max, that society simply falls apart and we all end up looting to survive. Blerg.

Doesn't Tina Turner save it? :D

[crazyD]

Much better. Those are the only two in the series I've seen. Road Warrior is much more my style, but even more depressing if you've seen Mad Max. I saw Road Warrior a long time ago and thought they were in some post World War III world. Turns out, if you watch Mad Max, that society simply falls apart and we all end up looting to survive. Blerg.

Beyond Thunderdome is a very silly and ridiculous movie, that doesn't really fit in the series. The first half is decent, although still pretty damn ridiculous, then Max runs into a group of retarded kids and goes on a Goonies-esque adventure. I enjoy it as a movie I like to laugh at.

It also does explain that they are in a kind of post WWIII world.

[MildSauceLopez]

Played COD: WAW and Left 4 Dead. Hoping to start playing Fallout 3 at the end of the week when finals are done.

[Wilkz07]

CoD WaW with a bunch of CoG people
Prince of Persia
Shaun White Snowboarding
SceneIt Box Office Smash

it was a busy weekend for not accomplishing much

[astranoir]

SceneIt Box Office Smash


Oh! We should play sometime!

[Purple Santa]

I take it you like to watch? :p


Who doesn't? ;)
I just want to inform anyone out there that if they want me to play L4D or Horde mode on GoW2, sorry.

Geez. I finally have free time and now you are busy?? I feel like such a jilted lover...

I'll be busy fiddling with my unions this week. The Last Remnant has sunk its claws into me something fierce. I want to slap the reviewers who didn't like it.

I am itching to play a JRPG. I'm almost tempted to buy this...but I have enough laying around. Probably start P3...but still so tempted since everyone is liking TLR...

Of course, I ran into that classic trap this morning. I had half an hour before work and stumbled into a boss fight. Finished that up with about 15 minutes to go before work. Cue cutscene. Cue another cutscene. Cue ANOTHER cutscene. Thankfully the rambling finally finished with 5 minutes to spare before I had to be at work, but I was able to save and boogie on over to work on time.

Why is it that I can spend hours playing a JRPG and do the same random grinding and exploring but the second I have to head off to work it's cutscene city? Sigh.
I used to do this all the time. And ages ago where I worked it was a long commute. So I had to leave at a particular time or I was screwed. I screwed myself many time over...or other times running like a mad man catching my transportation...I somehow don't do this anymore...I tend to play on CoG instead to feed the need to be late somewhere...or avoid doing important stuff...like studying for tomorrow's exam :o
My latest Play-Asia order came in today, and am now the proud owner of:

-Ridge Racers 2 (PSP)
-Twinbee Collection (PSP)
-Soldier Collection (PSP)
-Kaze no Klonoa: Door to Phantomile. This one I'll be breaking in tonight. (Wii)
Nice haul! I want to track down RR 1 now...
Played a lot of Bioshock and wondered why I put this game on the back burner. Having an Excellent time playing through it.
How did you put it down in the first place?? So are you a kid lover, kid killer...or somewhere inbetween? :p

[MagGnome]

You should have me on your friends list, just to have someone on there with a decent REZ score. :D

If you are having trouble beating a boss, don't forget you can download replays of the top-players online to watch how they do it!

I wouldn't mind having you on my friends list. Feel free to send me an invite, otherwise I will do so the next time I'm on Live.


Am I not on your friends list?

Remember the problems we had with this? I added someone that I thought was you, but it turned out to be someone else with a similar name. I tried to add you again, but it told me I wasn't able to. Hence I don't think you're on my list. You might be, but I'd have to check when I get home. I'm pretty sure Guboo (Spigot) was the only one on my list who made it to the third level, although I could be wrong.


Who doesn't? ;)

That brings back fond memories of my old neighbor. ;)

[Purple Santa]

That brings back fond memories of my old neighbor. ;)

And you were so fun to watch then too. I'm so sad I had to move...

[Spigot]

I never realized that people had trouble with the bosses in REZ. I usually do the playthrough where you do every single level in order and that takes about an hour to clear.

Hmm... I might just fire the game up right now. I feel the need to do a straight playthrough now!

[Evil Avnovice]

Nice haul! I want to track down RR 1 now...

I've been wanting to play the follow-up since I played the demo a few years back. Some of the new remixes are bleh, but I'm having fun racing through the courses from the first game, as well as the new tracks.

[Xerxes]

Beyond Thunderdome is a very silly and ridiculous movie, that doesn't really fit in the series. The first half is decent, although still pretty damn ridiculous, then Max runs into a group of retarded kids and goes on a Goonies-esque adventure. I enjoy it as a movie I like to laugh at.

It also does explain that they are in a kind of post WWIII world.

I'll probably just watch it because they are talking about doing a 4th.

[MagGnome]

And you were so fun to watch then too. I'm so sad I had to move...

You have it all wrong. I was the one doing the watching.

[Variable Gear]

If you ever have Rez questions, I'm the guy to ask. I've been playing that game off and on for 5-6 years.
Thanks Spig! I'll try out your tips tonight, and send in all future Rez questions to your inbox.

Remember, you asked for this. :p

[Spigot]

Thanks Spig! I'll try out your tips tonight, and send in all future Rez questions to your inbox.

Remember, you asked for this. :pNo problem. Thanks to you guys, I just did an Ambient Direct Assault playthrough.

MY EYES!

I'm getting annoyed though. I've got all sorts of unlockable things still locked. Grr...

[MagGnome]

Thanks to all of the Rez talk, I started up the game last night and ended up beating all four levels! I did pretty well, if I do say so myself.

The form where you look like a floating guy meditating is pretty wicked. That's the highest one I leveled up to.

So how do I unlock the Eden level? I've heard it's beautiful.

[rinichanraar]

Thanks to all of the Rez talk, I started up the game last night and ended up beating all four levels! I did pretty well, if I do say so myself.

I saw you! I wanted to respond to your message and say "good night," but by the time I opened it, you were gone. :(

[JayVe]

Thanks to all of the Rez talk, I started up the game last night and ended up beating all four levels! I did pretty well, if I do say so myself.

The form where you look like a floating guy meditating is pretty wicked. That's the highest one I leveled up to.

So how do I unlock the Eden level? I've heard it's beautiful.

Congrats! Rez is one of my all-time favorites.

By 'Eden' level, do you mean the 5th level? I remember 5 levels... and level 5 made levels 1-4 look like an accident.

[MagGnome]

I saw you! I wanted to respond to your message and say "good night," but by the time I opened it, you were gone. :(

I waited a couple of minutes before logging off, just in case you were going to respond. :p


Congrats! Rez is one of my all-time favorites.

By 'Eden' level, do you mean the 5th level? I remember 5 levels... and level 5 made levels 1-4 look like an accident.

I do mean the 5th level. The achievement for beating it is called "Eden". Do you know how to unlock the level? I'm assuming I have to play Score Attack mode?

Edit - I almost forgot to add that I love the bosses, especially Uranus, the boss in the 4th level. Fighting him both in front of and behind you is really cool, and I loved when he turned into a giant man and started running.

[Kelegacy]

I beat Mirror's Edge today! Got the Test of Faith achievement too.

Good game, great rental (wouldn't recommend a purchase really, with the length being so short), just a bit broken with the gunplay bits. Too much frustration, felt out of place in the game really.

[Spigot]

I do mean the 5th level. The achievement for beating it is called "Eden". Do you know how to unlock the level? I'm assuming I have to play Score Attack mode?The 5th level should just unlock once you finish the first 4 levels.

If you've beaten all 4, make sure you have 100% activation (you hit all of the glowing cubes) on every level. That might be needed.

And yes. I concider the first 4 levels a mere warm-up for the real game that is level 5. That is the only level I spend a lot of time replaying. It was pretty hard on the Ambient Direct Attack, which threw a lot of enemies at me in combinations I wasn't used to.

When you have the enemy patterns etched in your brain and they start mixing it up, it's frustrating!

[MagGnome]

The 5th level should just unlock once you finish the first 4 levels.

If you've beaten all 4, make sure you have 100% activation (you hit all of the glowing cubes) on every level. That might be needed.

For some reason I only got 90% activation on the 4th level, so that must be it. Otherwise I did very well on all of the levels. I'll have to go back and play it again soon, but I just got Civilization Revolution in the mail today!

[Purple Santa]

I beat Mirror's Edge today! Got the Test of Faith achievement too.

Good game, great rental (wouldn't recommend a purchase really, with the length being so short), just a bit broken with the gunplay bits. Too much frustration, felt out of place in the game really.

I'm hoping to finish this off before the weekend so I can move on to my backlog finally. I gave up on the Faith achievement. It saddened me but I just didn't have the patience to keep dying over and over to redo to much of the sections. A save anywhere would of helped this. But as you said..a good rental...

[Kelegacy]

I'm hoping to finish this off before the weekend so I can move on to my backlog finally. I gave up on the Faith achievement. It saddened me but I just didn't have the patience to keep dying over and over to redo to much of the sections. A save anywhere would of helped this. But as you said..a good rental...

Which part did you get stuck on? I have a secret trick to get past the server room, if that's where you're at. It's RIGHT near the end of the game. It's basically the last room before the end.

What chapter are you on? Some of the areas required me to take down the guards with fisticuffs by hiding behind objects and picking them off one by one. Like the parking garage, one of the first places I found difficult.

[EternalGamer]

Congrats! Rez is one of my all-time favorites.

By 'Eden' level, do you mean the 5th level? I remember 5 levels... and level 5 made levels 1-4 look like an accident.

To open up area 5 you have to get 100% analysis on levels 1-4. Not has hard as it sounds. Just make sure to finish killing the little box things at the end of every segment in the levels (the thing that goes "One, Two, Three, Four, Five" when you shoot it).

You don't have to do it all at once. Once you have 100% in each of the four levels, though, area 5 will open.

[JayVe]

I almost forgot to add that I love the bosses, especially Uranus, the boss in the 4th level. Fighting him both in front of and behind you is really cool, and I loved when he turned into a giant man and started running.

That is one of my favorite bosses of all time. I love how the music builds up before each mode the bosses shift into. Giving my goosebumps down the back of my neck just thinking of it.

Dunno how to get Eden. I did it, but I don't remember how. You've GOT to get it. It seriously makes the earlier levels look like the interns made them while the real developers were crafting Eden. :D

[MagGnome]

To open up area 5 you have to get 100% analysis on levels 1-4. Not has hard as it sounds. Just make sure to finish killing the little box things at the end of every segment in the levels (the thing that goes "One, Two, Three, Four, Five" when you shoot it).

You don't have to do it all at once. Once you have 100% in each of the four levels, though, area 5 will open.

Thanks! I had 100% on 1-3, but for some reason I only got 90% on 4. I must have missed a shot or two.

I'll go back soon and unlock area 5 - probably this weekend.


That is one of my favorite bosses of all time. I love how the music builds up before each mode the bosses shift into. Giving my goosebumps down the back of my neck just thinking of it.

Dunno how to get Eden. I did it, but I don't remember how. You've GOT to get it. It seriously makes the earlier levels look like the interns made them while the real developers were crafting Eden. :D


I really want to fight that boss again. The visuals, sound, and overall presentation in this game are just amazing.

[Spigot]

I really want to fight that boss again. The visuals, sound, and overall presentation in this game are just amazing.
Now you'll know why those of us who grabbed this on the PS2 back in the day were so excited about the HD version. I can't wait for the pseudo-sequel, assuming it gets made available over here.

Kel: There were a few parts in Mirror's Edge that drove me absolutely bonkers. The start of Chapter 7, the end of Chapter 8 and the rooftop run on Chapter 9 are all utterly infuriating, at least if you're playing on Normal and going for the Test Of Faith achievement.

Gah.

The server room was easy though. I did it once by letting them shoot the servers and then running up the stairs and the other time I just knocked them all out and punched the servers into submission :)

[JayVe]

Now you'll know why those of us who grabbed this on the PS2 back in the day were so excited about the HD version. I can't wait for the pseudo-sequel, assuming it gets made available over here.

:D

I still have my original Dreamcast import. Glee!

[MagGnome]

Now you'll know why those of us who grabbed this on the PS2 back in the day were so excited about the HD version. I can't wait for the pseudo-sequel, assuming it gets made available over here.

Isn't the sequel a Wii exclusive? If so consider me disappointed. :(

The game looks absolutely gorgeous in HD. I played the demo on my old SD TV, and the difference is night and day.

[JayVe]

Isn't the sequel a Wii exclusive? If so consider me disappointed. :(

The game looks absolutely gorgeous in HD. I played the demo on my old SD TV, and the difference is night and day.

That's funny. I don't notice the difference at all while playing. They play exactly the same.

The ability to point at the screen in a Wii version of Rez has me wetting my pants with delight. While we're at it, lets get some Panzer Dragoon happening with that pointer too. I played Sin & Punishment on Virtual Console, and the game SCREAMED for pointer support. Someone at Treasure thinks so too, since we are finally getting a Sin & Punishment II.

Joy! :D

[Dukefrukem]

What is this game Rez? Do i need to play it??

[Spigot]

In some ways, I actually kind of prefer the Standard version. A) I am very used to it from my years of playing it on the PS2 (I am envious of your DC version, JayVe) and B) the HD version is almost too bloomy with the new lighting. Try playing the Ambient stuff and it's almost impossible to see anything.

I mean, I like the HD graphics, but at times it's almost too hard to see what is on the screen with the way the new engine does the lighting.

So in other words, I'm fine with a Wii version of the next game. Sure, I'd probably like a nice HD version too, but as JayVe said, the game screams for point and shoot play.

[JayVe]

...the game screams for point and shoot play.
I never quite got this. There are games like Rez, and Panzer Dragoon, and Sin & Punishment, where the player utilizes a thumbstick to push around a cursor. Yet nobody has made a modern game, or even a port, of a game like that for Wii using the pointer in place of the thumbstick. Instead, we get 'lightgun games' that don't actually behave like a real lightguns. :(

[MagGnome]

That's funny. I don't notice the difference at all while playing. They play exactly the same.

Yeah, because that's exactly what I was talking about. :p


Spigot - I don't have a Wii, so I would like for the game to come to the 360 so that I can play it. ;)

[Purple Santa]

Which part did you get stuck on? I have a secret trick to get past the server room, if that's where you're at. It's RIGHT near the end of the game. It's basically the last room before the end.

What chapter are you on? Some of the areas required me to take down the guards with fisticuffs by hiding behind objects and picking them off one by one. Like the parking garage, one of the first places I found difficult.
I'm on chapter 8. It might of been different if I wasn't playing through the semester trying to get papers done but I got frustrated in the garage. I realied after the goal if you wanted the achievement was to hide behind the cars. But I was to focused on getting through so I finally had to GoW my way out. But in retrospect in each level there is a way to avoid using guns and up till that point I was fine.
What is this game Rez? Do i need to play it??
Yes. I was told to play it when MS put this on sale on the Black Friday sale. I haven't touched it yet though...but when it was on sale, the Rez rabid fans came out of the proverbial wood work and sold me the game :)

[Spigot]

I'm on chapter 8. It might of been different if I wasn't playing through the semester trying to get papers done but I got frustrated in the garage. I realied after the goal if you wanted the achievement was to hide behind the cars. But I was to focused on getting through so I finally had to GoW my way out. But in retrospect in each level there is a way to avoid using guns and up till that point I was fine. The thing is (at least on Normal) that even hiding behind the cars won't help you against Captain Machinegun. I did end up sprinting and making the pipe to get past him, but that took a lot of trial and error before I was able to not die on the pipe and not miss the vent at the top.

And it's a boat, not a garage...

Yes. I was told to play it when MS put this on sale on the Black Friday sale. I haven't touched it yet though...but when it was on sale, the Rez rabid fans came out of the proverbial wood work and sold me the game :)*froth*

[MagGnome]

You really need to play Rez Purple Santa.

You also need to play some Civilization Revolution with me before I send it back!!