What is the latest game you played and what did you think?

[Azathoth]

Brilliant, over the top, testosterone laced shooter. Packed with extreme violence (it is an 18), superb graphics, cinema style cut scenes and some of the most addictive gameplay around.

You contol a bunch of soldiers (who are built like American Football linebackers) against the evil Locusts. Hide behind cover and try to flank/shoot as many enemy as possible. Get in Close and use the chainsaw (along with over the top blood splatter on the screen), Use the Hammer of God satellite weapon on the big aliens, Hug the light and stay out of the dark to avoid the Pitch Black type aliens and keep reviving your idiot comrades who keep getting killed.

Sounds really cool - makes me wish I had an Xbox.




I'm playing Conflict: Vietnam right now. Little difficult, little dull, not much in the way of a story...but I haven't got anything better to do.

[conradbrean]

I recently played Mortal Kombat: Armageddon and I must tell you, it made me believe in the PS2 again as I had become tired of most games I'd been playing. Also, being a fan of MKII helped out. Yet the game is a gem among fighting games no matter what.

[Thadlerian]

Finished Halo for the second time, at second hardest difficulty. That took me a while, some of the levels seemed close to impossible, but I made it alright.

[Quokka]

I bought an Xbox a couple of years ago and have been kind of regretting it ever since, Halo 1&2 are impressive and I really liked the first half life on the PC so may get the sequel but I'm not a big FPS fan and there's been alot of games come and go on the PS2 that I would have bought had they crossed over.

I did picked up Shenmue2 and Mech Assualt cheaply the other day and I've enjoyed Shenmue2 so far though I probably wouldn't replay it. There's a decent storyline and just enough innovative bits to distract from the fact that it's very much on rails.

MechAssault is a solid game and good fun but like the main storylines of alot of games it seems almost an add on... I really have to get the xbox online one of these days, there's nothing like competing against other people .

[Triceratops]

My bachelor friends and myself have been playing Baulder's Gate and Champions--Return to Arms for four years running, nearly every day. Talk about being stuck in a cotton-pickin' Mobius loop, I tell you. There's no hope for us. And we're in our 40s and 50s. So there!

Chris

[Jason_Taverner]

Champions--Return to Arms I really enjoyed that game then stopped playing it, hmm might just go back to it.

Talking about Motius loops I keep going back to GUN, I think watching too many westerns with my gran as kid has caused that problem,

[Leonardo]

Recently played through The Legend of Zelda: Windwaker, and was very pleased with the game. It's thoroughly beautiful, reminiscent of the other zelda games in many ways but still innovative enough to be a completely new experience. People keep complaining about the cellshade graphics (the cartoony look), but I think they're fantastic. The water, especially, is absolutely astounding. Besides, only the characters look cartoony. Most of the level textures are still very traditional and zelda-esque. And the soundtrack has some of the best renditions of the traditional zelda themes ever done. Reccommended to everyone, fans and newcomers to the series alike.

Also played Super Mario Sunshine - I think the game was a little ignored due to the fact that the PS2 completely dominated the gamecube. But it's alot of fun! It has the familiar feel of Mario 64, but with the gamecube controllers analogue camera stick you feel much more in control of the game. Camera control is just as important as character control when the whole game is about acrobatics.
In addition to all the gravity-ignoring jumping that you should already know and love, this game introduces the FLUDD - Which is a sort of watercannon that you can augment. It's a simple element, easy to master and easy to learn, but it adds a whole new dimension of movement to Mario - There are four nozzles. The standard one is sort of a gun. You wash away paint, fill things with water, propel watermills, things like that. Then you have the hovernozzle, which is just that. A nozzle to hover above the ground (or in mid air). This will help you get across huge gaps, and cover alot of ground before you land your jumps. The Turbo Nozzle lets you zoom across water surfaces or land with high speed, and the Rocket Nozzle shoots you up into the sky.
As said, the FLUDD is super-easy to master, but yet it will allow you to explore every crook and cranny of the whole virtual world. It's so liberating to be able to go everywhere!
It does tend to get boring after a while though. It's not a game you play from start to finish, but rather one you bring out now and then. There's lots of stars to get, and lots of secrets to find, so you won't finish it in a single sitting, or even ten.

Currently playing the beta version of GUNZ - THE DUEL. While being slightly entertaining, the game is terrible. It's a bad idea, and a sloppy execution. The graphics are so so, the gameplay is tedious, the sounds are repetitive and annoying, and the concept is ridiculous - You are a guy/girl with lots of gunz and swordz. Now go deathmatch.
The game is an MMO (or so it proudly calls itself), but the only justification of that title is the fact that it doesn't have single player. It's very reminiscent of Unreal Tournament, but it's third person, you have swords, and you have to shoot someone about 70 times in order to kill them.
On the upside, it's only 140mb, and free for download - It's kind of fun for about two hours. If you're bored out of your mind, it could be nice to have around. Also, it's only beta - Chances are it could improve lots by the time it releases. But I wouldn't count on it.

[debs]

I'm currently playing " Kingdom Hearts II "
I just love it! The graphics are great and the story is beautiful. Besides, the battles are easy compared to the ones in final fantasy. You don't get stuck that much.

Do you happen to know any other game similar to kingdom hearts or zelda? ( for ps2, if possible ) It's really hard to find a good role game!

[dustinzgirl]

OMG! GOD OF WAR 2!

Ok I only got to play it for like two seconds because my husband is an overgrown teenager, but WOW!

I am so way impressed with this game, the graphics, story, movemetn capabilities....its just outrageously cool. More than I expected from a sequel!

Will post more if I ever get to actually play the game

[Joel007]

I finally got to play NWN2, and I wish to spend my remaining days exploring the game to the fullest. It looks and feels awesome

[sanityassassin]

I have just bought 4 preowned games for the bargin basement price of just £20 they are -Conflict: Desert Storm II, Onimusha 2, Cold Fear and Urban Chaos:Riot Response and played a little of each so far C: DS ok so far but keep getting killed at very end of a mission and it is really annoying having to go through it again. Onimusha seems to be a bit faulty as it keeps crashing. Cold Fear similar to resident evil in story line and game play. Urban chaos is not bad for a FPS

[Duchessprozac]

I'm currently playing FFXII and I must say it's very good so far. Much better than, well all of them after VII. I'm just hoping I've got the time to play it along with reading my new collection of books and writing my own. I may just have to forgoe sleep until I have it completed.

[Ice fyre]

Tonight I load up hopefully Civ IV am hoping it's as good as II. Also just played Age of Empires II on PC last night and surpise surpise I got me head handed to me! I dont know why I still play it sometimes.

Neverwinter night 2 is on my wish list but I'm not in a hurry as I just got Kingmaker the last module for Never I.

[Ice fyre]

Do you happen to know any other game similar to kingdom hearts or zelda? ( for ps2, if possible ) It's really hard to find a good role game![/quote]

I have posted this on other parts of the web but that style is well represented by the Final Fantasy series and my particular fave at the mo a game called disgea on PS2. It has a sequel called (wait for it) Disgea 2. The story is very good a bit cliche'd but it's fun and it get's a little surreal in places.

I just spent 10 hours leveling up charicters my wife was not best pleased I can tell you!

Also try the wild arms series (up to 4 I think) all available in most good game stores but I would shop around if I were you.

[Leonardo]

Do you happen to know any other game similar to kingdom hearts or zelda? ( for ps2, if possible ) It's really hard to find a good role game!

You should definately try Okami if you haven't already. It draws alot of lines to several of the Zelda games. You play a wolf, like in parts of Twilight Princess, and are collecting various devine powers, like in Ocarina of Time (with ocarina songs that change everything), and it follows the same basic premise as the zelda games; Overcome challenges, get better stuff / abilities, kill the final boss. The progression is smooth, and it has a great flow.

The graphics are cellshaded, which in essence means they look cartoony. Like in Zelda : Windwaker, XIII, or Silverfall to mention a few. Some games pull this off really well, and others don't. Okami is stunning. It's almost as fun to watch as it is to play.

The basic story goes like this:

Okami is the reincarnation of a great god who possessed the ability to paint the future and the presence with a mighty brush. He would paint trees and crops, the sun, rivers and lands. The world had been saved through the bravery of the last incarnation (and the sword of a hero), but now someones gone and undone all that.

Your job is to seek out the smaller gods who are the keepers of the brush techniques, relearn them all, and use them to save the earth yet again by defeating the evil shadowy hydra thing.

Hope that wets your apetite a little.

Also, here's the GameTrailers review, which is a really general and easy-to-agree-with review site. The reviews are usually spot on, atleast according to my taste.

Enjoy!