[The video game thread]

burnitall · Post by **burnitall** » Fri Jan 01, 2010 8:50 pm

Crap! I erased my game from the first Mass Effect. I had an inkling that it would be transferable, but I wanted to free up hard drive space. And I sold it, too. It's probably just 20 bucks to buy it again, so I may. It's good enough to play again.

I haven't got any new games for quite awhile, but I did get the Broken Steel and Point Lookout DLC for Fallout 3.

Plasmodium · Post by **Plasmodium** » Sat Jan 02, 2010 7:27 am

Double dipped on SF4 for PC along with Mass Effect.

Sixswitch · Post by **Sixswitch** » Sun Jan 03, 2010 1:52 pm

dEcEpTiCoN MEGAtron wrote:BTW, if you still have your saved games for the first Mass Effect, it transfers to the sequel and follows the decisions that you made in the first one. Pretty sweet! If you have a GameStop in your area, you should pre-order it. You'll get a cool set of armor and a FREAKING BLACK HOLE GUN!

I know. Good aint it. For those in the UK, if you preorder through play.com, you get this gear. If you want the Inferno(Infernus?) armour instead, you should preorder through Amazon.

Assassin's Creed 2 is outstanding by the way. If you don't play it, you're a damned fool. Fact.

-Ss

Sir Auros · Post by **Sir Auros** » Sun Jan 03, 2010 8:41 pm

Oh man, I got that for Christmas from my parents, and played it obsessively to completion. They fixed everything that was wrong in the first game, and it would've been high up on my game of the year list, but the parkour system now feels outdated since I've played inFamous. The greatest difficulty in the game were the controls, so I hope they can fix that for the third game.

Just finished Borderlands, and while I was enthralled during the game, the ending made me retroactively dislike it.

Halfshell · Post by **Halfshell** » Sun Jan 03, 2010 8:46 pm

I got a PS3 for Christmas. I've not played a console game in like seven years.

I have GTA IV and DJ Hero. You may not see me for several weeks,

Ackula · Post by **Ackula** » Sun Jan 03, 2010 11:09 pm

We got my kids Super Mario Wii and Ghostbusters for Xmas. I have been playing both a bit my self, but mainly Mario...me and the wife have put in a decent bit of time on it. It is a load of fun, but there are "damn it!" moments when we tend to knock each other off platforms due to the annoying bouncing off the head shit. Still, its a fun game.

moonbaseone · Post by **moonbaseone** » Fri Jan 08, 2010 8:43 am

Last game I got was call Of Duty Modern Warfare 2. So far I'm having fun playing through the campaign, though i am not in a big rush to beat it. Tried Spec-Ops, that's fun with a friend. I've played online, and like Domination and Headquarters. Lots of fun.

Heinrad · Post by **Heinrad** » Sun Jan 17, 2010 5:45 am

Just got Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks.

Upside: you get to drive a train.

Downside: Trying to sneak Zelda out of the palace, Exactly why doo I need her along again?

Catalyst Dragon · Post by **Catalyst Dragon** » Sun Jan 17, 2010 10:11 am

I got Dragon Age:Origins for christmas along with a Brand new HDTV!

I'm picking up CoD: Modern Warfare 2 this Friday.

Auntie Slag · Post by **Auntie Slag** » Sun Jan 17, 2010 10:57 am

Yesterday for the DS I bought:

New Super Mario Bros.
Professor Layton & The Curious Village

and for the PS2:

Frequency (pre-Guitar Hero game)
Singstar: Queen
Spyro: Enter the Dragonfly (because my nephew grew up on Spyro & Crash Bandicoot games)

for the Gamecube:

Resident Evil

and the Mac:

Colin Mcrae rally
Lego Star Wars

and finally for the PSOne:

Ape Escape

Multiformat whore, me:smokin:

Savannahtron · Post by **Savannahtron** » Sun Jan 17, 2010 11:18 am

Just purchased Borderlands for PC through Steam. I'm lolligagger on steam if anyone wants to add me.

It's different from what I prefer in an FPS, as this one is like an RPFPS and I am up to lvl 8 after about 2 hours of game play with not really pressing it. Friend of mine plays it and says the co-op portion of the mp is fun. I am not sure.

I have been taking a break from gaming (mainly from playing WOW and Aion). If anyone wants to frag, I have Counterstrike Source,Team Fortress 2 and other games, so hit me up on steam if you want

ganon578 · Post by **ganon578** » Mon Jan 18, 2010 4:46 pm

I got RE: Darkside Chronicles for the Wii for Christmas (I know late posting) and it's phenomenal (if you like on rails shooters). You can definitely tell more production time & money has gone into this one than Umbrella Chronicles (which is also very entertaining). Overall Darkside Chronicles is a very fun game if you can get over the shaky-cam effect. Once I got used to the new camera, I have been thoroughly enjoying this title. Definitely recommended to any Wii owners who enjoy the RE series...

Also picked up Tecmo Bowl: Kickoff for the DS. Great little football game (arcade style) that is a frickin' cool update of the old NES games. Unfortunately it doesn't have the real NFL teams or players, though it does allow you to modify everything in the game. I took some time, changed all the team names and uniform colors, and modded some players so at least the star players are on each team (a la Brett Favre on Minnesota, Chad Ochocinco on Cincinnati, etc.). Got it for $15 at Wal-Mart!

On another note, I got another game for Christmas from a family member (bless their heart) that tried to tie in two things that my wife and I have going for us: 1) we own a Wii, 2) we're expecting a little one in June. So said family member got me My Baby: First Steps. Going with my heart, I decided to open the game and give it a try. Played it for about 30 minutes while my wife watched, and to quote her: "Wow. You have my approval to trade that game in." Basically she fell asleep for about 15 of the 30 minutes and even she (a non-gamer) decided it was not a good game. Oh well, it was worth a shot. Traded the game (and one other from long ago) and picked up a mic stand so I can simultaneously play guitar and sing vocals in my Guitar Hero games!!! ROCK OUT!!!

angloconvoy · Post by **angloconvoy** » Mon Jan 18, 2010 6:17 pm

Just got a ps3 with Batman, the last guy, and the first modern warfare game.

HeavyArms · Post by **HeavyArms** » Sat Jan 23, 2010 8:33 am

Bought Naruto Shippuden Ultimate Ninja 5 for PS2, I think it was earlier in the week, and I'm gonna return because the audio is entirely in Japanese, I'm also eventually going to get Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles for the Wii, Resident Evil 0 for the Wii and if the figure is still available, Darksiders for the PS3.

dEcEpTiCoN MEGAtron · Post by **dEcEpTiCoN MEGAtron** » Mon Jan 25, 2010 4:22 am

Finally bought a classic controller for the Wii so I can play Majora's Mask.

Also picked up Rock Band 2 for $20.

Oh yeah, Mass Effect 2 comes out tomorrow night.

Sixswitch · Post by **Sixswitch** » Mon Jan 25, 2010 7:02 am

dEcEpTiCoN MEGAtron wrote: Oh yeah, Mass Effect 2 comes out tomorrow night.

Friday for us poor suckers on this side of the pond. However, last time I preordered from Play, I got the game the day before release. Hope they do it again!

-Ss

angloconvoy · Post by **angloconvoy** » Sun Jan 31, 2010 7:47 pm

Just bought Little Big Planet today. Lovely game it is, and lots of Stephen Fry. Also got myself Zombie Apocalypse and Wipeout HD off the PSN store. Zombie Apocalypse is simple but extremely good fun.

Post by **Sades** » Sun Jan 31, 2010 10:32 pm

I'm looking at Left 4 Dead 2 once we have actual spending money, since we keep renting it... I need a new DanceDance dancing pad for my DDR game, since it has been confirmed that mine seems to have been somewhere it shouldn't have been when things were being tossed when I moved apartments this summer. :/

Planning to buy Pokemon Diamond, since I can't stop playing Pearl. Sigh.

Sir Auros · Post by **Sir Auros** » Sun Jan 31, 2010 11:11 pm

I just finished Mass Effect 2 a few minutes ago. It's really awesome that you can go around the universe after beating the main story mission. My biggest complaint is that you can have an amazingly capable AI on your ship, but you can't tell it to feed your damn fish, so they die if you forget once or twice?

Heinrad · Post by **Heinrad** » Sun Jan 31, 2010 11:35 pm

This might be an odd one for this thread, but.....

A game I'd like to get in the near future(it comes out in Feburary) is Lupin the Third: The Great Brain Challenge!(or something to that effect). The down side is that it's only coming out in Japan. If Lupin was as popular over here as DBZ or Naruto, it would get translated and ported. Alas, it's not, so it will take an act of Primus to get it done.

On the up side, the DS isn't region locked.

So, my question is this: has anybody dealt with an online retailer that sells imported games? And isn't going to ask for an internal organ or three for game price and shipping?