What are you currently playing?

[AnimeGamer183]

I never played the second MGS on PSP, I got to the very end of first game, special operations I think it was called? But the PSP controls (like most of the dual analog games down graded to the PSP) were awkward and annoying so I didnt even bother with peace walker. I probably need to check out the MGS legacy set at some point. it has MGS4 as well right? I got rid of MGS4 a while back... I need a copy again.

[Kenny]

Yup, it has MGS4 too. It has its own disc, disc 1 has MGS2, MGS3, and Peace Walker. VR Missions and MGS1 are downloadable via a voucher, which bummed me out since it would've been great if they were on a disc too.

I can't imagine playing Peace Walker on PSP. It definitely explains why it feels easier to play on the PS3.

[Peter]

Since I am living at my grand since coming back from my travels (she's permanently in a nursing home), she doesn't have any modern style television, so I just brought over an old Xbox and Shenmue II. Great fun. But took a break from it and fired up this:




Pissing hell its good, but unforgiving as the previous Turok games (though nowhere near the difficulty level of Seeds of Evil on the N64). Plus the save points are also just as bad, adding to the difficulty.

[Axm]

Still playing Crimson Dragon which has recently received a balance patch so its not such a 'free to play' style grind.

I might not use this Wingman again for a little while because as you can see he made things rather easy on this level.

phpBB [video]

The MP patch should be coming soon.

Other than that its Batman AO and then ill move on to Killer is Dead.

[Axm]

As a game, Peace Walker completely grew on me. I clocked in over 30 hours leveling up my troops and capturing vehicles. I still haven't unlocked Chapter 5 yet.

I still think the story sucks though. I only have MGS4 left before I do that big ass review of the entire collection i've been putting off.

[Henry Spencer]

^I can't wait to see your reaction to the final boss battle at the end of Chapter 5.

[Axm]

Ac4 multiplayer (PS4)
Resident Evil Outbreak File's 1&2(Japanese PSX/PS2)
NfS Rivals (PS4)
Dont Starve (PS4)

[OL]

Just finished Thief 2. Well, mostly. It felt like the game was needlessly padding things near the end (same level twice in a row with different objectives? Ugh...), so I skipped one of the levels.
Either way, it was great going back to the gameplay of the original with content I hadn't played before. Strange to think that as big a fan as I am of the series, I had only beaten the first and third games before, and only a few levels of the second. It came out at a time when I was at the mercy of my parents to buy me games, so Thief 2 ended up being skipped, and the only exposure I got to it was a demo and a few levels at a friend's house.
Anyway, as nice as it was to finally get to play it, I do feel that the game is inferior to the first. The atmosphere in most areas just isn't as effective, and it had this odd habit in a few places of giving you a really obtuse objective that forces you to re-scour these immense levels just so you can end the mission. I don't remember the first game being quite like that and last I played it was only about a year ago, so my memory can't be all that foggy.
It also isn't as scary as the first. The original game had the Bonehoard, the Haunted Cathedral, the Lost City... places inhabited by zombies, ghosts, and monsters, and littered with traps and whatnot. The atmosphere was thick as hell in places like that, and it was genuinely difficult and challenging. Thief 2 felt a lot tamer in that regard. Not to mention that the overall story felt a bit grander in the first, with Garret essentially challenging a god/demon at the end, rather than some Hammerite reject. The Mechanists were pussies.
I guess when all is said and done, it was satisfying to finally get to play the game, and I certainly enjoyed it, but it was a bit of a disappointment in some regards. Of course, that's after having built it up in my mind for over a decade, so take from that what you will.

On that note, if the new Thief doesn't have Hammerites, zombies, or Pagans, I'm definitely going to be disappointed.

On to Dishonored tomorrow, if I get the time.

[Kenny]

MGS4.

I remember this being more of a movie than a game, and by that I mean there was less interaction and more watching. So far it's just the same as I remember it.

[Who Really Cares?]

Most of the cut scenes in 4 could have been cut in half. Just dragged on way too much 99% of the time.

[Kenny]

^Much agreed.

Playing Broken Age now. The Double Fine crowdfunded Adventure game back from early 2012. So far it's absolutely fucking brilliant.

[Axm]

Getting close to beating P4G I think. MC is a pimp. I've gotten 'intimate" with two girls and a third just said she loved me lol

[Axm]

Just played the first episode of The Wolf Among Us. Really great story. If you liked The Walking Dead it has a much improved UI and action sequences.

[Axm]

Persona 2 innocent sin and tales of eternia.

[Axm]

dark souls and broken age