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[Red Phazon]

I guess the only games I've spent time playing lately are Team Fortress 2 and Megaman 8-Bit Deathmatch. I'll probably be playing Borderlands 2 soon though.

[ShadowTiger]

Borderlands 2. Hell yes. Only a few more days.

I'm currently toying around with the Legend of Grimrock Map Editor. Looks pretty awesome, actually. Most of the options are kind of hidden, but it can do decent-enough things now.

I started playing WoW again... -_-

... was nice knowing you. Been there, bro. Been there...

[Russ]

Well, I know it took me long enough, but the Steam Summer Sale convinced me to buy the complete Half Life series back in July. It took me a while, but I finally finished the first game, and moved on to Half Life 2. I think I almost like the first game better so far. I like how it started out as a survival horror game, then slowly moved into a somewhat-tactical first person shooter. Half Life 2... well, started as a fun enough FPS, then did an abrupt about face into a full-fledged horror game. I don't care what anybody says, Ravenholm is freaky as heck. So many types of Head Crabs... the one that takes you down to one health instantly needs to burn in a fire...

But yeah, Half Life is fun.

[The Satellite]

Lately it's Majora's Mask, in streams. I also played a bit of Sonic 4: Episode 2 last night, trying to get the achievement where you play through all the stages without exiting to the world map. On the fifth-to-last stage, I screwed up and missed the button to continue, so that didn't work out.

[Ventus]

I'm still working on Grandia 3. so far its a pretty fun game... I will say one thing, Why can't Yuki stop crashing plains?. Oh well
And My Friend gave me a copy of his Minecraft... I can only play it Offline. But hey its still fun as ever.
But man... creepers are annoying! <.<.

*Snip*
But yeah, Half Life is fun.

I've been meaning to get a hold of the original Half Life for quite some time. I remember playing the Demo on a Disk and I really got in to it
I'll probably look around for a copy for the PC.
Its just I like using PC's for FPS's. So much better feeling <3.

Edited by Ventus, 14 September 2012 - 02:53 PM.

[Dawnlight]

Wait until you get to Disc 2 of Grandia 3. It gets pretty challenging.

[Ventus]

Wait until you get to Disc 2 of Grandia 3. It gets pretty challenging.

It gets harder? Man I thought it was already hard enough . I mean I've hit the point Where I only have Yuki and Ulf, and then I had to fight two big baddies. and that battle lasted long enough... <__<.

[Dawnlight]

You you fight Mr. "Peabrain" and that evil lady. That's where it gets hard.

[Ventus]

You you fight Mr. "Peabrain" and that evil lady. That's where it gets hard.

Oh those two... Man that Evil lady as you put it, (I don't know her name) Looked like she would be hard if I had to fight her... Crap I guess I do have to fight that crazy women >.<.

[Radien]

Currently about halfway through Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep. My sister's been trying to get me to play it for at least a year.

It's pretty good. The chapters seem a little bit cut off, but I'm hoping that the final chapter will be a long one, and a fitting conclusion.

[Giggidy]

Well, I know it took me long enough, but the Steam Summer Sale convinced me to buy the complete Half Life series back in July. It took me a while, but I finally finished the first game, and moved on to Half Life 2. I think I almost like the first game better so far. I like how it started out as a survival horror game, then slowly moved into a somewhat-tactical first person shooter. Half Life 2... well, started as a fun enough FPS, then did an abrupt about face into a full-fledged horror game. I don't care what anybody says, Ravenholm is freaky as heck. So many types of Head Crabs... the one that takes you down to one health instantly needs to burn in a fire...

But yeah, Half Life is fun.

HL2 is still a great game but the first game does a lot of things better, I will agree.

Also, sorry to disappoint, but Ravenholm is the only scary place in the game. You eventually get out and the game never goes into survival horror mode ever again.

Oh, and by the way, those poison mudcrabs that reduce you down to 1 HP only ever appear in areas where there are no other enemies around, you quickly gain all your health back a second later, and they have no other attacks. So, in the original game, they're completely harmless. In mods, however...

[Russ]

I've been meaning to get a hold of the original Half Life for quite some time. I remember playing the Demo on a Disk and I really got in to it
I'll probably look around for a copy for the PC.
Its just I like using PC's for FPS's. So much better feeling <3.

Well hey, you know it's only ten dollars on Steam, right? Or, the Black Mesa HD remake of it was just released yesterday (for free). Granted, it's not "finished" (it doesn't have the last level done yet), but, well, I think the trailer speaks for itself:

Also, sorry to disappoint, but Ravenholm is the only scary place in the game. You eventually get out and the game never goes into survival horror mode ever again.

I think I might be okay with this. Ravenholm was fun, but I'm not sure I want an entire game of it...

Oh, and by the way, those poison mudcrabs that reduce you down to 1 HP only ever appear in areas where there are no other enemies around, you quickly gain all your health back a second later, and they have no other attacks. So, in the original game, they're completely harmless. In mods, however...

Well then, yay. I'm perfectly alright with them not being dangerous. They freak me out way too much.

[kurt91]

I just finished playing "Sonic and the Black Knight" for the first time. The levels themselves were horrible. You don't get nearly enough control of Sonic and it feels like it's too much on rails. The Homing Attack was completely pointless and should have been replaced with a straight air-dash like what you get when you use it without any enemies around. When you finally do get to the second half of the game and are allowed to use alternate characters, I can't see any practical reason to pick anybody other than Knuckles for anything. You can just glide over the enemies and save a lot of time. The duel battles against the Knights of the Round Table were horrible as well, and I couldn't find any working strategy other than spamming attacks as fast as possible and hoping to out-last them.

Despite all the horrible gameplay, the game was a lot of fun in two particular spots: vs. King Arthur, and vs. Dark Queen. King Arthur was a fun boss fight that never felt unfair. (except for when my controller was glitching and registered every swing as hitting the pause button) The only part that felt out of place was the third sword swing of the second close-quarters attack, where you have to ignore timing and swing the second you get a chance. My time rose to about an hour because I was trying to visually time it like you're supposed to do for EVERY OTHER ATTACK.

Dark Queen was a really fun boss battle as well, except for the sudden change in controls. I died many times because I mis-read the initial prompt and thought that dodging was "Z" and the Control Stick left or right. I didn't realize that dodging right was hitting the jump button. Once I had that figured out, and actually got used to the controls and stopped accidentally wasting my Soul Surge by trying to dodge to the right, (Z/B feels more natural for dodging than Z/A) the fight was a total blast to play. I kind of wish the entire game was done like that, just a huge number of boss battles with the same control scheme as Excalibur Sonic.

Anyways, long story short (too late for that), awesome final boss, but the rest of the game was so bad that if I had to play it again, it wouldn't be worth it.

Well hey, you know it's only ten dollars on Steam, right? Or, the Black Mesa HD remake of it was just released yesterday (for free).

I've never played Half Life. These are the same guys who did Portal, right? If the remake is free, I'll have to give it a try. I've got to know something, though. How well does it ease the player into the game? I'm horrible at FPS games, other than Portal, and that was only because I didn't have to worry about things actively trying to kill me. (To be fair, the only one I've really spent any time with was Halo multiplayer against my cousin, once)

[The Satellite]

Yeah, Sonic and the Black Knight was pretty bad. Its only redeeming qualities were that the storybook animation was much better than Secret Rings, and it had great music too. The sword controls were indeed really, really bad, but the rest of the controls worked fine enough that I wish I had that configuration for Secret Rings, since those levels were actually good, it's just the controls were bad.

And yes, Half-Life and Portal were both made by Valve. They take place in the same universe too, believe it or not.

[Russ]

Lots of stuff about Sonic and the Black Knight

I agree with you, for the most part. In general, the level design was horrible, while the King Arthur and Dark Queen fights were great. However, I disagree with you in that I actually liked the Knight fights (the post-game "Lancelot Returns" one especially, I'm crazy, I know). And there were one or two stages that I thought were okay (I honestly don't remember which, but there were a couple). And I kind of liked playing as Shadow, because, well, warping around and hitting people with swords is kind of badass in an immature way and I enjoyed it. But yeah, I mostly agree with you. For me, the game was just interesting enough to keep me playing until the end, but past that, eh.

I've never played Half Life. These are the same guys who did Portal, right? If the remake is free, I'll have to give it a try. I've got to know something, though. How well does it ease the player into the game? I'm horrible at FPS games, other than Portal, and that was only because I didn't have to worry about things actively trying to kill me. (To be fair, the only one I've really spent any time with was Halo multiplayer against my cousin, once)

Yeah, they're both made by Valve. In fact, Portal takes place in the same universe. There are tons of Half Life references in it (Like the slideshows about Black Mesa in the offices, and GLaDOS's vague references like "I'm the only thing standing between you, and them.").

But yes, it eases the player into it pretty well. You start off with just a crowbar to fend off the smaller creatures, then you get a pistol to learn how to use guns, and then your arsenal slowly builds up as the enemies become more advanced and require more thought. I'm admittedly horrible at FPS's too, but Half Life does a great job at letting you get a feel for things before slowly becoming less involved more difficult.