What game are you playing thread

[D_Davis]

Originally Posted by Momoka

Then what about Okami? Even more Zelda-ish, and beautifully Japanese to boot

Okami is good, great even, but way too long, IMO. I would have preferred it at half its length. It really starts to get old by the end.

I am not a big Japanophile when it comes to games, I actually prefer Western design aesthetics now. Especially in RPGs. Japanese game designers really seem to be stuck in the past on so many things - slaves to tradition, even in a technologically driven industry. Very interesting.

Alex in HL2 is another great female character.

[Momoka]

Yes, but with the rise in popularity of gaming in general (thanks to things like the Wii bringing the console into the living room and to parties) we are seeing more than ever a wider range of character types and more prominence to the heroine, rather than a chesty side-kick or worse still, the girl/girlfriend/princess/etc who needs rescuing

The downside is we are also seeing more absolute and unoriginal rubbish, as home designing and animal-raising 'games' become popular. If I see one more "My Cwute Animal Raising Unoriginal Pseudo-Game for People Who Like Fluffy Animals and get Scared by Nasty Shooty-Type Games" I swear I'll be forced to burn down the gamestores

[Overread]

hmm can I join you in burning things ?

Etherlords 2 - fun and runs in background - fits well with cletic music too

and Okami - another game I should get oneday!
(I mean its inovative, interesting, good visually ..................................and has a white wolf in it )

[Momoka]

Etherlords 2? There's one I've not heard of. Will have to look that up.

And of course - I forgot the additional interest of the wolf for you in Okami OR,

[Overread]

Its a game that vanished from stores as the host company never put it up for sold out ranges and such, but if you subscribe to their company downloads you can get it off there for about £7 - its a 3D card game but without the cards really - selecting spells that randomly are handed and then you get an extra one in your "hand" each turn.

[Leisha]

hmm can I join you in burning things ?

There's burning going on? Can I bring Chrispy and Grim's chainsaws?






(Sorry, I have nothing else to say... I don't play games... )

*slinks out*

[Momoka]

Hmm, not sure if that's my kind of game.

And to be on topic; still playing Oblivion and Army of Two when I can be bothered

My life is on hold till Gears 2

Edit: Leish, yes you do - but in moderation, and only on the PC

[D_Davis]

Originally Posted by Momoka

The downside is we are also seeing more absolute and unoriginal rubbish, as home designing and animal-raising 'games' become popular. If I see one more "My Cwute Animal Raising Unoriginal Pseudo-Game for People Who Like Fluffy Animals and get Scared by Nasty Shooty-Type Games" I swear I'll be forced to burn down the gamestores

Yeah...the Wii and the DS...where shovelware goes to breed.

Remember when the Nintendo "seal of quality" actually kind of stood for something?

Back in like, 1988?


Put in about 20 hours of WoW this weekend.

I understand why 8 trillion people play this game. It pretty much rules.

[Sephiroth]

...I'm just glad I can't afford the subscription. That'd be the end of my real life, for sure.

[Overread]

HEY!
the wii is a gimmik - even nintendo know that but the DS is hte king of hand helds!
Advanced wars - Fire Emblem (its comming just you wait) Golden Sun (there just has tobe one - HAS to be one) - Final Fantasy - Mario Cart

[Commonmind]

Originally Posted by D_Davis

BGE is awesome. It's my favorite Zelda-esque game, yes, even topping the Zelda games (I haven't really loved a proper Zelda game since the first, and that has more to do with it being so unique when it came out. Playing a game like that when I was in 6th grade was pretty awesome).

I am a little worried though. The creators said that the new BGE will be more accessible and easier. I really hope they aren't going for the casual/Wii crowd with this one. The first one didn't tank because it was too hard (it wasn't hard at all), it tanked because of poor marketing and because many core gamers don't really know how to react to a heroine that isn't sold with sex appeal. I hope they don't over-sex Jade and make her into some big-breasted, scantily clad cliche. The entire game was a revelation of maturity, something sorely lacking in this industry, and I hope they continue down this path.

I also think it didn't do so well because it launched amidst a plethora of other high profile titles. Ubisoft mistakenly assumed their brand and the other IP's they were pushing out would help propel Beyond Good and Evil to the forefront -- riding on the wave, as it were -- but what happened instead was that it was left to drown. Sad, really, because people missed out.

[Leisha]

but the DS is hte king of hand helds!

Oh, DS, now there's a console I have! (Yippee!)


Um... only got two games for it, though... and one because there's fishing and butterfly-catching and cats in it...

But I have Mario something-or-other. I once accidentally went online with it, and it said I was starting a race with some guy from Tokyo. Argh! I was so scared (cos I'm useless at gaming and I somehow go backwards around the tracks), I pressed my power button to shut it off.

I have to be the worst gamer ever.

[Lenny]

Personally I think of the DS as the Wii of the handheld system world. Now the PSP, that's King. So pretty, too!

[Commonmind]

Originally Posted by D_Davis

Yeah...the Wii and the DS...where shovelware goes to breed.

Remember when the Nintendo "seal of quality" actually kind of stood for something?

Back in like, 1988?


Put in about 20 hours of WoW this weekend.

I understand why 8 trillion people play this game. It pretty much rules.

Ironically, the Nintendo seal of quality was put in place because of the massive amount of shovelware that was released for the system. I remember quite well; I remember the slew of crap that hit the store shelves each week, the unlicensed titles that launched alongside more reputable releases, sometimes confusing the unaware customer. I think I still have a few Camerica cartridges floating around the house somewhere, to remind me of the pains of my youth.

[Commonmind]

Originally Posted by Lenny

Personally I think of the DS as the Wii of the handheld system world. Now the PSP, that's King. So pretty, too!

Now there ya go!