What you playing at the moment?

Black Phoenix · What you playing at the moment?

in the theme of what you listening to, what you reading etc

umm on my Laptop only really playing Dawn of War: Dark Crusade and Doom 3 Resurection of Evil

on my mates X-box 360 we both chugging through Gears of War co-op.

so what ye guys playing?

The Rascal King

Going through SSBM. Need to rack up enough hours to get Mewtwo, and then play through a bit more for Mr Game And Watch.
After that I've got both Metroid Prime titles.

I'm just waiting for something new to come out on the Wii.
And God Of War 2 for PS2.

kingmouse

I'm working on a new City of Heroes character at the mo, so aside from a bit of WoW that's all I'm playing. Haven't even picked up Burning Crusade yet.

I am going to see a freind of mine tonight who owns a 360 a copy of Marvel: Ultimate Alliance and 2 control pads though. The kid in me is rather excited. Very Happy

Reaper

I don't suppose anyone here has a Socket 478 Intel Pentium 4 Motherboard they want to sell?

Batmanuel

Ive been working on the web site shop a lot so not much time to play Sad

still find the odd hour for city of heroes and city of villians, and a bit of godfather on ps2. tried pathalogic but didn't like it much.

Reaper

Game wise I was playing Neverwinter Nights 2 but I have too much work to be playing it at the moment. Though have had a few go's on Sarah's copy of Bully (Canis Canem Edit) on the PS2. It's a lot of fun

Black Phoenix

work the bane of life - i do have a lot of work to do, but not been doing as much as i should as was enjoying Dawn of War: Dark Crusade too much. but since i completed it with one of the races i better get cracking on my essays.

The Rascal King

Ultimate Alliance is so sweet fun.
Human Torch is the bestest.

I'm waiting for the Godfather Blackhand version to come out on the Wii.

Batmanuel

"Ultimate Alliance" i so want to try this game Smile

torchwood

I am playing rayman (Silly but great fun) and Zelda on my wii at the moment but i still keep going back to smackdown on the 360 (just finally won a money in the back on the hardest setting) Very Happy

waffle

on my new, next-gen, all-singing wii, the console that has copies of zelda and CoD and need for speed sat next to it, I spend my time playing the original mario bros games from the virtual console. weird eh?

Batmanuel

Just goes to show, that you cant beat perfection Smile

but all this talk about the gamecube and all has made me want to play it again, and you know what, i remember why i brought it in the first place, Metroid Prime kicks ass.

The Rascal King

Ohhhh yeah, its a pretty freekin' sweet game.
Seriously, in my opinion, Metroid has always been constantly underrated. Whenever someone talks about Nintendo games and characters, its always "Mario this", "DK that", "Link something" and blah blah blah.
But there has never ever been a bad Metroid game, and Samus is a compleatly unknown character, relativly speaking.

Longshot

I'm playing zelda, the original one, its awesome, how did i miss this all this time. I'm obsessed, i even play it during lectures.

The Rascal King

The problem of Emulators on Laptops. Take over your life.
Just don't get Super Metroid.
Ah, hell. Its too good. Get Super Metroid.

Reaper

I did that in my first year at uni, SNES emulator. Street Fighter II fantastic!!

Longshot

I've got it on the GBA, i really am adicted, i had a copy of metroid on Metroid Prime

I really want a copy of Metroid Fusion, but don't know where to get it from.

The Rascal King

Necro!

Been playing Galaxy for ages.
72 stars, and counting. Plenty more for me to get before I knock Bowser down a fair few pegs.
"Stomp me into space bits" my arse. Overgrown turtle/dinosaur/pincushion bastardisation gone wrong.

CatFang

PS3:

God of War 2
Okami
Oblivion
Smackdown vs Raw (bought but not really played yet)

Kane and Lynch on pre-order

PSP:

Renegade Squadron
Battlefront 2
Dungeon Siege
Lego starwars

Will be having that Silent Hill Origins v soon I think

PC:

Unreal Tournament on pre-order...will be here any day now

norsefire1

xbox 360

beowulf
smackdown vs raw 2008
assassins creed

psp

tomb raider legacy
ff war of the lions
street fighter alpha 3 max

pc

heros of might and magic 5
medievil total war 2. kingdoms

Reaper

Call of Duty 4! Sniping is fun

Guest

enchanted arms, dynasty warriors gundam, final fantasy III, metal gear acid, final fantasy war of lions, erm... plus i've still got phoenix wright 2, la pucelle tactics, and gundam: target in sight to start... and i just ordered a new phone so i'd get a free wii. god, there's too many games...

The Rascal King

Reaper

http://www.dialaphone.co.uk

On some of their contract offers you can get free consoles.... I tried when to get an Xbox 360 once but they then wanted £120 deposit (would have gotten it back a month later, but I was at uni) so couldn't do it.

Kikari

Uhhh lessse

Guitar hero 2 (damn you carry me home ><)
Ookami
Twighlight Princess (again)

Guest

waffle

Back to Excite Truck and Big Brain Academy

Guest

is big brain academy any good? whenever i pick it up, i tend to think 'i already own like a million minigame based games' and put it down again...

Xeall

fear not i do returneth......eth

on my week of i've been mostly playing (fast show) assassins creed, call of duty 4 and mario galaxy. all 3 are complete now and none were dissapointing, which was a shock.

now to wait for mass effect, which is apparently brilliant but buggy as hell.

Reaper

Mass Effect..... PAH! I say!

waffle

Reaper

I prefer the Brain Training DS games to the Big Brain stuff.

Xeall

well you would! and so would i........i had a point.....

Kikari

SOme many cherry blossoms ><

Reaper

Just finished Crysis (only took three months) and have to say I did quite like it in the end. The story was fairly good once it got going and you got into the later stages though the whole thing didn't catch me as much as COD4 did. Still I'ld play through it again, abeit with a better graphics card.

Xeall

With DMC4 finished i have Smackdown 2008, burnout paradise and Cod4 online. Just waiting till the 29th for lost oddessy on 360. Any game made by the guys who did FF7 is worth playing

kingmouse

Gamespy hated it, but they did say if you're a die hard FF fan then it's worth a look. Sounds pretty outdated to me.

I'm on Tabula Rasa at the moment. Got some nice features but the lag can get pretty bad at peak times and as cool as the "dynamic battlefield" thing is, it does mean that it's a bit of a system hog.

Reaper

Dynamic battlefield?

kingmouse

The idea is that stuff is happening all the time, rather than mobs spawning and waiting to be killed. So preditors hunt for other animals, human soldiers and aliens fight with each other. If you leave it long enough then the enemies actually capture towns and kill the mission givers. It's all pretty cool but it means that the graphics have to be a bit sub par in order to handle all the action.

Xeall

Trust me Warhammer online did it better, i got a quick run on the beta (shhh don't tell anyone) and all i can (Legally) say is it does it better.

Another one for people to look out for as RPG fans is Shin megami Tensi: Persona 3. The SMT Rpg's have been very good for a small company, ony Raido vs the souless army was i disapointed. Non continous plots so you can pick up any and go for something a bit different from the norm. I suggest Lucifers call or Digital devil saga as a first game to play. Lucifers call had Dante of Devil may cry fame as a boss and secret charcter.

CatFang

Just started playing Army of Two (co-op story mode last night) on PS3

Seems like it will be good, although it will take getting used to the split screens stacked on top of each other.

Aiming controls seem a bit slippery - but I think that is just compared to a keyboard and mouse.

Has some very nice touches though, and as promised, the co-op aspects really are are integral to the game rather just having an extra player 1 in the world.

The Rascal King

CatFang

Xeall

finished in 6 hours including multiple deaths. Short and mildly disapointing but somehow very enjoyable. Online multiplayer is where it is at. 5-0 at the moment and loving the integral mechanic of two vs two.

However on a different note Lost Odyssey on 360 is a real joy. As all JRPG's are, it carries themes which basically are, life and death and the understandings and pain of both. Plays like a final fantasy (not suprising from the guys who made ff). well worth a go for any RPG fan

Batmanuel

Rascal:

Reaper

Currently finishing off Neverwinter Nights 2 and just started playing CoD4 again Smile

N64 Golden eeeeeye!

Xeall

play golden eye again.......it now sucks huge amounts of balls, cry as your memories of awesomeness are shattered like pint glass under foot out side a night club, no one cares and no one will pick up the peices to put it back together again......I'm bitter.

Oh and lost odyssey has the worst and i mean worst love song scene. I almost hung myself to escape. Good thing the rest of the game remained good

CatFang

Xeall

I wasn't trying to finish it that quick, i was expecting a bit more than 6 hours! Oh maybe its cos i'm to good at these things. Very Happy

kingmouse

Am I right in thinking that there is no split screen co-op on the 360 version of Army of 2? Penny Arcade were saying something about it but I can't find more details. I know that Microsoft and Sony are having some kind of war against the idea of people being in the same room when they play, but a pure co-op game with no same room co-op sounds super-lame.

Xeall

lies, you can do no system link is what penny arcade were getting at

kingmouse

Woo! Time to visit Mr Game store then. Smile

Xeall

you can even play the versus online split screen which is impressive, but i swear everyone that does has a 14 inch tv cos they can't shoot for shit! when you have two mates who have 32" tvs each vs a team playing on 7" each you tend to notice more and win!

The Rascal King

Smash Bros Brawl is fucking AMAZING!

Spent friday and Saturday night playing it with Xeall, it was brilliant.

Xeall

then xeall got fired on monday..........you win some you lose some........against rascal i won alot mind you

Reaper

You got fired?

Batmanuel

He got Fired
Poor Xeall, our resident forum rant man is now in limbo, sorry to hear it old mate, i am sure something will come up for you, good luck.

Reaper

Why they hell did they do that matey?

Who did your new logo Bats?

Batmanuel

Reaper:

CatFang

Robin The Boy Wonder

Batmanuel

Agggh i just got sucker punched by a zombie with a chainsaw, took my head clean off.
and all i could do was sit there blubbering uncontrollably as "you are dead" came up on the screen.
continue.... yes indeed, i am gonna kick that Zombies Arse,
Agggh he's f**king done it again.

i am really really really starting to get tempted with an x-box360 now, the price really is crashing, any words of wisdom for me here Xeall?

The Rascal King

X360.
£50 cheaper.
Dead Rising.

BUY IT.

CatFang

God of War: Chains of Olympus

Wow...just...wow

Shocked

Xeall

as i am here for a few more minutes i shall commment here. condemned 2 is one of the best games i have played in a long time, you don't need to have played the original if you can't but i would suggest it as i loved that too and only this tops it.

Viking and dark sector are dissapointing mish mashes of other game ideas that just come off underwelming and worth missing.

Apollo justice is the same old same old from the phoenix wright series but if you are a fan like me or hav never played one before get in there and enjoy a mind taxing game for a change.

COD4 multiplayer maps are intresting but is in dire need of balancing and bug testing. chinatown has points to cover all spawns an is very very poor but it look very nice in theory.

speak to you all soon

Reaper

Xeall what the hell happened with your job?

CatFang

Disappointing news about Viking - I was thinking of getting that.

Playing Rainbow 6 Vegas 2 now in Co-OP. Was a bit "stealthy" for me at first, but well into it now.

kingmouse

Pulp Fiction Rules is the only way to play Rainbow 6 games.

Rule 1: You may only use the desert eagle
Rule 2: You may only open doors by kicking them in and shooting. No peaking round corners or slipping flashbangs through gaps.
Rule 3: You are allowed to alert your team mates that you're about to mess up their carefully laid out stealth incursion, but you must do so by yelling "Does Tom Clancy look like a bitch?" down the microphone.

You can play True Lies rules as well, that's basically the same thing but you can only do it on versions of the game that have rocket launchers. Cool

CatFang

Brilliant!

I will do just that from now on

norsefire1

GTA 4 is nothing short of awesome, only a little way into it, but i am haveing loads of fun playing it, the freedom of choice within the game is great and the story so far rules.

Reaper

I'm currently playing STALKER which is pretty damned good and Supreme Commander which is RTS on a huge scale and works brilliantly if you have dual monitors.

Longshot

Are we talking GTA Vice City awesome or flat out 3 awesome.

Whats new, whats the city, any cool weapons/cars.

Should I get it if I get a BoX or ps3, or should I get the PS/BoX to get this???

Batmanuel

yeahyeahyeah GTA yawn... and i know i am like 300 years behind you lot but a lowly comic book retailer cant afford new games Crying or Very sad

i have only just got MGS3, Black, and Ultimate Alliance. three for a thirty pound note.
but...
King Awesome Smile

CatFang

You need to watch that person giving you thirty pound notes in the shop Laughing

Waiting for Haze, myself.

Xeall

GTA at the mo, followed by beautiful Katamari.

I to am waiting for Haze (23rd) then Ninja gaiden 2 (6th june) and oh god am i waiting for MGS4 (12th). I am soon to be very poor again

Batmanuel

CatFang

CatFang

Hey, Kingmouse - having completed the co-op story mode of Rainbow 6 Vegas 2 over the bank holiday we can confirm reports that, yes, Tom Clancy does indeed look like a bitch Laughing

The Rascal King

Mmmmm. Grand Theft Auto 4.

Xeall

finished it and let me tell you skip the damn credits (if you can) nothing happens and they take about 15 minutes. The only thing worth seeing in the credits is when i rolls over the statue of happiness i saw two pidgeons on the coffee cup its holding. snipe those flying rats

The Rascal King

I was playing it with Stingray and Ben when I first came across one, in a park. It didn't seem to be flying away, so we looked at each other with diabolical grins, and I let rip.
The only thing that made me happyer than watching it go "bamf" was being told that I was meant to do it. Very Happy

Xeall

Haze demo avalible on the american Playstation store, not sure about english, so make an account people. I'm running home tonight to download it.

CatFang

Yep went up on the UK store on Thursday.

Played it.

Loved it.

Buying it.

Very pretty, although the leaves don't move when you brush through them.

Good to see you back BTW

Xeall

nice to be back, missed you crazy lot.

Can't wait to play it i'm gonna run home before work to play it, a quick detour to a certain comic shop on the way.....

Reaper

Good to have you back? So what actually happened?

Xeall

With my job? In short, I had a small falling out with the owner and was unfairly dismissed. Now i am a chef....again. Bit different but what the hey.

I played Haze today, co-op on a demo is the best idea i have seen in ages. 4 player if you know someone else that has it and a friend. So anyone here who wants to add me on PS3 network my game tag is the same as my name here, just send me a message aswell letting me know who you are. going through the game 4 player co-op will be epic.

I enjoyed it alot, the frame rate was amazingly smooth during play maybe up to 60 fps which on a console is unheard of. Strange screen tear on some bits but forgivable. AI was amazing with one guy actually hiding under the mud only to pop up once id walked past and shoot my necter pack to make me take out some of my squad which you can't help but do. The enemy seemed very well camo'ed and use of necter vision seemed vital but i think that was the point. The feeling of the game only came through in splashes and more of the game would need to be played to give a fair veiw on if it works or not.

I will be buying this as i desperately want it to be good as my eyes have been on it like drakes fortune when it was announced as untittled game by naughty dog and that turned out amazingly. Free radical have a good background and should deliver. I suppose CatFang and I will let you know in a few weeks time. Might be time for the rest of you to consider buying a ps3.

Reaper

Sounds a bit crap really, are you pulling him up on it for unfair dismissal?

Xeall

yeah already done, having an hr director for a mother tends to help with these things.

At the moment i seem to be in a think game mood. Currently playing the very old ps2 game shadow of memories. Kinda like a point and click without the pointing or the clicking come to that, but you cach my drift. Finished apollo justice last month and am looking for more thought provoking games. Think i have done every point and click to date but if anyone has any suggestions im all ears

CatFang

Wow - shadow of memories - that is the one with the Alchemist, right?

I loved that.

kingmouse

Do I take the several days of silence on this thread to mean that we're all still busy playing GTA?

Speaking of which, I need to go crash helicopters into stuff some more...

norsefire1

yep i am about 40% though it.

Xeall

Nah unfortunately due to having to look after my parents house while they go to somewhere lovely and warm I ran full spead at GTA and finished it before I left. I didn't seem to have the urge to go on random massacres this time so replay value isn't amazing for me.

Playing Shin Megami Tensi: Persona 3 on PS2

Which is an odd RPG that i'm sure isn't that great but I simply can't put down. Having to do mid-term exams!!!! And not just 'and now your character did his exams' but you actually had to pay attention in class and remember the frikkin answers!!!!! Its like the sims cross final fantasy.

'Did you have a fun day at school son?'
'Yes Mister Chairman, now when it turns midnight can I go kick some monster ass?'
'Of course you can but don't forget to revise!'

What the hell? Why am I addicted to the digital version of something I hated?

Role on 23rd for Haze, which I pre-ordered and game have sent me 2 of the limited edition tins!?! oh well, whatever that. Then 6th for some Ninja happiness, then 12th for some sneaky ownership followed by the 20th with a copy of Final Fantasy: Crisis Core that I can understand along with alone in the dark. A Hrd month of gaming ahead considering I have to go out and drink my face off on the 20th for my Birthday

The Rascal King

Yup, still working my way thorough. I'm somewhere on 60%ish.

Yesterday, my friend came to get me for the pub, while I was playing.

"Come on Greg, we should go"
"Quiet. Hehehehe, helicoptor go boom"

Batmanuel

well is't like this sonny Jim, i cant afford any of these new fandangled games,

so i went to the cupboard, dug out the spectrum 48.

slotted Manic Miner into the portable mono cassette player.

waited for twenty three minutes .... and off he went.

damm these old school games, you only get three lives.

that means that you have to be bloody good, and i am... bloody good.

memory cards??? hard drives.... BAH you dont know you've been born

Jet Set Willy, anyone? proper challenge that was Smile

Reaper

The New Zealand story. Classic!

norsefire1

i know iam a little slow on the up take here but i got rainbow six vegas 2 rules, awesome awesome game, i got it yestaday in a deal when i replaced my 360, great stuff, i did not get the bourne conspiracy cos i am haveing so much espionage fun with this.

CatFang

Yeah - it's great. Look back through this thread to find Kingmouse's Pulp Fiction rules for playing it Laughing

Xeall

Well im quite quite bored of all my consoles, i don't know why but there just doesn't seem to be anything recently thats made me wanna shout for joy.

Sure MGS4 was fun (for what you get to play), Ninja gaiden 2 was great but im done, Battlefield Bad company was fun but served to remind me how awesome the pc versions were.

And on that note i bought myself the god of all pc's and am now enjoying a range of different titles from Crysis to Company of Heroes. Let us not forget the joy of Team fortress 2. Its like my world has opened again and 3 next gen consoles are looking mighty expensive for a complete lack of use.

Seriously why i keep my Wii is beyond me. Now that Mario and co are all out what is there to wait for? Mario kart was a huge disapointment.

E3 is currently on and Nintendo have announced next to nothing, just like they did with the cube. Its gonna be worth keeping just for those few obscure titles that appear but that is really it.

Talking of E3 (this may be a long post) is anyone checking it out?

Alot of nothing to me, sure big name sequals like Gears of war 2 and God of War 3 were announced but we all knew that was coming and were gonna buy it anyway. What we need is some new ideas. Example of my favorite so far-

http://uk.gamespot.com/video/9419...ideoplayerpop?rgroup=e32008_story

Mirrrors edge....fantastic.

Also worth mention is Dawn of War 2 and Suprisingly Red Faction!!!!

Well i'll stop now

CatFang

Just played the latest Sam and Max - low tech but awesome, and getting very very dark.

Xeall

sam and max rocks im buying all of season 1 tonight when i get home from work. Then when done season two shall be mine. Do you know a german comany bought the rights to the sequel to 'Day of the tentacle'! AWESOME

Longshot

Used to love Sam and Max, haven't played it in like 3 years. What is Season 1 like, worth playing???

Does anyone remember the cartoon as well, that rocked.

Just [after playing for months] completed FFVI Advanced. Love that game, just gotta do the bonus caves. I will say that the end wasn't that hard in hte end after training up more than was probably needed.