Yeah, that will suck. Oh well, I'll deal until they're willing to have me to pay for it.Quote:
Originally Posted by epmode
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Yeah, that will suck. Oh well, I'll deal until they're willing to have me to pay for it.Quote:
Originally Posted by epmode
It's october but whatever, this thread dies all the time so who cares.
I'm playing Yakuza because of the TNL love.
First: LOAD TIMES. Ugh! I remember this generation!
Second: Graphics aren't bad, but I am just so done with the ps2. They're better than tolerable though, so it's not a gamebreaker.
Third: Oh man, a Japanese game! Boring story and cutscenes! Hooray! Still, these are about on par with GTAIV.
Fourth: Combat. Holy shit! This is where the meat of the game is I guess. the PS2 analog stick is a little wack and it's not always easy aiming/connecting at dudes, but the variable combos and moves you have available plus the Dead Rising style object interaction/weapon use is awesome.
I'm not far in but I doubt there will be much more to the game than I've seen except maybe combat upgrades and shit.
So, so far I think it's cool, except GTA did everything but the combat better. Fewer load times, driving around, etc. etc. Makes me wonder why GTA didn't look at this and try to make a more robust combat system.
Only way to play this is on HDLoader. It is literally a different game when there is a second of load instead of 20.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cowutopia
Jericho PC - Cool style, but annoying gameplay.
Aion - Keeping on my grind
Just finished ODST campaign.
What a boring game.
ps lol 10 years later lol olol
also Japanese all about women wtf. Annoying women too jeez.
yakuza is awesome I hate you cowutopia!!!!!!!!!!!!
edit: also I'm playing being constipated and it is the worst game I have ever played
You should drink a bunch of hot sauce. Just for shits and giggles.
I mean, hopefully. Right?
DID YOU EVER THINK THAT MAYBE I PREFER POOPING OUT ROCKS AND FILLING THE TOILET BOWL WITH BLOOD
BECAUSE MAYBE I DO
i don't really though
I ate like a whole bag of pistachios once and wanted to die from intestinal distress afterwards. True story.
You're not supposed to eat the shells!
Jesus Christ they should really write that on the bag...
You're not supposed to eat that either!
What am I, Alton Brown? I ain't no FOOD SCIENTIST. I don't know nothin' about no MOLECULAR COOKING.
Found my copy of Dual Strike, a game I never much got into. I dunno why, I loved Advance Wars, and more specifically, Advance Wars 2, but the tag teaming and all the CO's and the dual screen shit and the new lame units all kind of turned me off. I'm back in now though, only at mission 22, so I'm sure there's a long way to go.
21 was a real pushover btw. 20 was a pain, haven't gotten S yet. Probably need to screw around with CO combos more.
I lost a GBA bag full of about 20 GBA games and 6-8 DS games, and I'm really upset about it. I have no idea how or where or when I lost it, only that I haven't been able to find it for a couple of weeks so I'm sure it's gone forever. Sucks. Few hundred dollars worth of shit really. At least I still have my DS and Advance Wars, NSMB, and Mario Kart DS. Most of my other DS games are shit, my brother has the Castlevania so that's not lost, but I lost like all the MMZero games and some Fire Emblem shit and stuff. Wah wah.
My latest adventures in Mame have me playing two games lately.
The first is this piece of shit hackjob called Super Toffy. It's like a cross between Dig Dug and a collectathon SSP where you move around this smiling-dopehead cat face through levels where anything that falls on you kills you (even the shit you're supposed to pick up), you can blow up your exits if you're careless (or if the enemies conveniently die by them), and it's all based on a tile-based layout so movement is clunky and awkward. I keep playing it because it's one of those situations where it seems like it should be so simple but you keep getting fucked in going through the levels, and because the music when you're about to exit is sorta groovy, and because you're treated to EGA pictures of scantily clad chicks when you actually clear a stage. I'm just spamming save states to see how much hell this shit of a game goes on for.
The other game I'm playing is Gals Panic S2 because I like seeing cartoon titties.
That's...that's really sad.
I'm also playing Mirror's Edge with the wife but I figure I'd bring up something completely different.
Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2
Death Smiles
Dead or Alive 4
Virtua Fighter 5
Gears of War
Gears of War 2
Project Gotham Racing 4
UFC 2009. Really good once you get a handle on the fight engine.
Yeah, all that stuff is distracting and goofy. I couldn't finish Dual Strike, either. Days of Ruin reportedly streamlines a bunch of that crap and is among the series' best, though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cowutopia
Outtrigger, Outtrigger and more Outtrigger.
Hopefully a gaming day over at my buddy's place on Thursday next week will break the chain.
Is that the shitty shooter on the DC?Quote:
Originally Posted by wip3outguy7
Depends on who you talk to. It was a Naomi arcade title first so the gameplay is very arcade-like. Claustrophobic arenas and a point system that demands close quarters combat. Camping is discouraged and sniping gets you nowhere. It's not everyone's cup of tea...Quote:
Originally Posted by SamuraiMoogle
But the game still looks great and runs at a steady 60fps. You also can't beat the keyboard and mouse support.
I liked it back in the day. Are you playing it online via some kind of wacky nutbag hackery?
Nah... just bots and split screen. I don't think there are any private servers up. When Sega pulled the plug, that was it.
Yeah, thats the one. Its very odd that your playing that now. I tried it, but just would play Unreal and Quake 3 instead.
Picross DS
Commando: Steel Disaster DS (lawsuit grade Metal Slug clone)
Kenseiden SMS
Lately, as of 10/10:
- Razing Storm (ARC) - 3 million is not enough. I'll try to see how far I can take this.
- Fire Shark (MD) - The Japanese version known as "Same! Same! Same!". A bit harder than the US release.
- Ranger X (Gen) - Another great Nex Entertainment game.
- Hellfire (Gen)
- Mad Stalker (X68000) - Something similar to Heavy Nova on Genesis, but about 10,000 times better.
- Final Fight (Arc)
Here's some video of Mad Stalker stage 1. I fucking love this BGM.
Special Moves:
* Uppercut - Twice down, then either attack button.
* Rushing slash - Twice left or right, then attack.
* Gun Shot - Quarter circle in desired direction, then attack.
Gran Turismo 5 Prologue (Two more events to place in and I reach S class)
Uncharted (going to try and finish tonight)
Shin Megami Tensei Nocturne (This game is long and difficult)
Hey, hey, I said I like the combat! It's good enough to finish at least.Quote:
Originally Posted by Grave
Sweet.Quote:
Originally Posted by gameoverDude
Been playing -
Batman: Arkham Asylum (PC)
It's always nice to see a licensed game with some heart put into it. Batman's way overpowered for fights and I would prefer to do my own platform jumping instead of being on auto but other than that I have no complaints.
Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria (PS2)
Not having time limits automatically makes this more appealing than the first game to me despite lacking the handdrawn art. This seems like one of the better JRPGs in recent years although it's too early to tell if it will hold my interest for 40+ hours.
Alien vs. Predator (Jag)
I fired up the old Jag to give this another try. I still feel it was overhyped for its time but I like the atmosphere and weapons (for the marine). I forgot how damn confusing it is to navigate with its shitty map system and areas that look the same. I doubt I'll play it to the end.
Super Mario World (SNES)
It had been a number of years since I last played it. Still good times.
Tenchu: Shadow Assassins (Wii)
This may be the most polished Tenchu in a while but it's also the most frustrating game in the series since you can't just get into a fight everytime someone sees you. Its more puzzle-ish nature does make the game focus on stealth more than ever but it's at the expense of emergent situations especially since the level design is so linear and unambitious. I like it, though. The series needed to mix it up a bit anyway.
Team Fortress 2: Prop Hunt (PC)
I think this video says it all:
I'm also playing lots of RPGs:
Risen (PC)
It's what Gothic 3 should've been. This is an excellent, though incredibly difficult, action-RPG in the classical German mould. It's also the most polished game that Piranha Bytes has ever made, not that that's saying all that much. I haven't seen any crashes yet, though there are still niggling issues with some wacky animation and clipping.
Drakensang: The Dark Eye (PC)
It's another classical German RPG. This one is based on Das Schwarze Auge (as were the Realms of Arkania games) and adheres very closely to the rules of that pen and paper RPG. The plot doesn't seem to be anything special but the gameplay is classic RPG stuff. Well worth the $5 it currently costs on Direct2Drive.
Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story (DS)
Wow. This is definitely the best of the Mario & Luigi series. The battles are quick and keep you active, the dialogue is hilariously awesome (mostly because Bowser is pretty much the primary character, and he has always been the source of the best dialogue in the series), and the integration between Bowser and the two plumbers is excellent.
Damn, those are three RPGs I haven't played that all sound quite appealing. There's no time for it all (I have yet to get King's Bounty either).
Just a word of advice with Risen: don't get it on Steam. The Steam version has a 3 machine activation limit, while the retail version uses a simple disc check.
PGR4 again.
Still the best racer this geneartion. At least for another two weeks. I have gotten like 30 racers this gen and this one is still the one I return to eventually.
You know now that I'm really exploring the different CO combinations Advance Wars Dual Strike is getting a lot more fun...and a lot more easy, unfortunately. Haven't gotten less than an S since the pre-20's.
AW: DS turned out to be really easy! Way easier than 1.
I'd forgotten I was playing Yakuza.
Days of Ruin wasn't that hard either, until the final battle.
Found VF5Online cheap and have been going through it, holding me over until Tekken 6. Overall, I'd say it's a pretty great fight engine. Some odd remnants from earlier versions remain (high-jump pounces, floaty manual jumps, a reliance on crouching jabs), but definitely solid.
Character designs are overall fairly bad, and there's not much you can do to improve it with the customization. Best bet is to obscure the face as much as possible, so you spare yourself the embarrassingly bad lip-synch and facial models/animations.
I haven't tried the online at all. I'm sure it's a ghost town by now, and there matching system was really archaic as I recall.
i fuckin' wishQuote:
VF5R
Strider Returns: I've been playing this one just for the sake of morbid curiosity. I almost finished it tonight. That annoying electric maze in stage 2 isn't much of a problem for me anymore.
The original Strider is definitely better. One of the worst parts is that Strider moves slow in SR. It's a bad game but surely not the worst. After I beat this one, I don't think I'll bother with it anymore.
http://www.the-nextlevel.com/hosted/...er/dqsmqtm.jpg
This is a game that seems like it doesn't have the right to be good but somehow is. It's a relatively simple RPG aimed at the casual market, the areas are almost on rails, the controls are one handed with no option for two, and it has wiimote slashing for battles. The reaction-based battle system works well, though, and the art direction is excellent. There's a certain charm to this game and I like the idea of a JRPG that's not much more than 10 hours long (I will likely actually finish this one). I hope it picks up in challenge a bit later in the game, though.
http://www.the-nextlevel.com/hosted/...60PFTFront.jpg
I have wanted a Beatles game for like two decades now. It's finally here and I'm pleased with the result. Sure, it's pretty much the same as past Rock Bands but the greater effort put into the presentation elevates it.
http://www.the-nextlevel.com/hosted/...ter/wet360.jpg
This feels like a mish-mash of most third-person action games of the past decade (Max Payne/Stranglehold bullet time, Tomb Raider/Prince of Persia swinging/wall running, QTEs). I wouldn't say it does anything exceptionally well but I'm enjoying it. I'm a sucker for acrobatics in games. The retro movie style borderlines on being bad-ass and trying too hard. They didn't pull it off as well as Tarantino does for movies but it's cool for the most part. The game's way on the easy side so far, though.
http://www.the-nextlevel.com/hosted/...ter/ninjag.jpg
I finally added the Lynx version to my collection. It's pretty much what I remember: a solid port of a slow beat 'em up that makes up for its some of its sluggishness with some neat moves and background interaction.
http://www.the-nextlevel.com/hosted/...ST_Box_Art.png
ODST should stand for Obviously Doesn't Suck Totally but it is a disappointment. From what I played of co-op campaign, there's a lot of pointlessly roaming around haphazardly designed, overly dark city levels. It's still very playable but lacks the epic flow of Halo 3's single player mode.
http://www.the-nextlevel.com/hosted/...sistancemd.jpg
I played this again to see if I still want to keep it. I do. It's a nostalgic trip back to playing the first great run 'n gun of the 16-bit console era. It was surpassed by Konami and Treasure games but it has held up better than I expected.
http://www.the-nextlevel.com/hosted/...twitch_box.jpg
Played a bit of this. Seems okay. I'm not sure it would hold my interest all the way, through.
Halo 3: ODST (Xbox 360)
I've been playing a lot of Firefight lately. I find it both enthralling and infuriating. It's Halo stripped down to its core and essentials, and it can keep me playing all day long. It's the most fun I've had playing multiplayer in a very long time. However, the inability to enter and quit games already in session still bugs the hell out of me. And not being able to pause the game is retarded as well. Had those two issues been addressed, it'd be pretty much the perfect multiplayer/co-op game for me.
The difficulty ramps up a lot later on. On the higher difficulties it's pretty brutal and even on the default there are some tricky parts.Quote:
Originally Posted by NeoZeedeater
I really liked Wet. Not that I'd call it a 10 or anything but it's a very solid game in the context of its genre.
That's how I feel about:Quote:
Originally Posted by NeoZeedeater
This game has so many flaws that enumerating them here would injure what I'm about to say -- when it's good, it's really good. There's nothing in anything else I've played quite like playing telekinetic hot potato with the floating brain enemies. I need to play this again soon.Quote:
Originally Posted by NeoZeedeater
I started playing Mirror's Edge. It's pretty interesting if a little loose in design. It strikes me as the kind of game that's going to be a lot more fun on subsequent play-throughs than it is on the first.
Bullet Witch is the best worst game I ever played. Change her to school girl outfit immediately.
God, Bullet Witch was Horrible.
True, but it was also amazing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Despair
I just finished replaying Warcraft III and Frozen Throne. After all the time I spent in WoW, I actually have an idea what the hell is going on in those games.
Also playing Fighters History Dynamite (awesome) and C2:Judgement Clay a bunch lately.
My plan for the next week is to do as much damage as possible to Demon's Souls and to replay Uncharted 2 on Crushing to finish all the trophies. Then on Thursday, Windows 7 and DirectX 10 will pull me back to finish RE5 and Batman.
I'm gonna play through Silent Hill Homecoming since its that time of year. After I get through that or get sick of it, I'm gonna make a decision between Silent Hill 2 or Dead Space. What do you guys think? Never played either game(save fior a tiny slice of SH 2) so I'm wondering which I should get before Modern Warfare season comes....
I was about finally jump into Homecoming as well, but our 360 bit the dust.
So, instead I am finally started on MGS Acid. Its been sitting on my shelf for more than 2 years lol
Deus Ex
All the recent news about Epic Mickey convinced me to go back and replay this classic. I did notice a few things on this playthrough. It's a lot more 'gamey' than I remembered. There's ammo and weapons and stuff in illogical places that only make sense from a videogame exploration-reward context. This, in a roundabout way, makes me appreciate Dark Messiah and its blatantly artificial placement of spiked walls and other traps a lot more, as I somehow had this warped perception of Deux Ex being entirely organic and realistic in level design, something which I now realize is untrue. Also, the number of routes and decisions is still mind-boggling. Even small scenes, like the one where you meet Dowd in the cemetary, have an unreal number of options. That scene lasts five minutes and there are about seven different ways to escape the MJ12 attack. Oh, and you get different dialogue if you take out the gatekeeper before you talk to Dowd.
Brutal Legend
No, it most definitely is not GOTY. Batman: Arkham Asylum is still the frontrunner. However, it is still a very good RTS-hack-and-slash-driving-open-world-whatever game. The RTS parts really remind me of a less complex Kingdom Under Fire (the good ones on Xbox, not the PC or 360 games). I do wonder if the game was rushed, though, as there are a lot of little decisions that make no sense, like having to go back to see Ozzy every time you want to switch axe or string upgrades, or the repetition of side missions (and they rarely even increase the difficulty! Come on!). Still, a good game, though most people would probably be better off renting it and just blowing through the main story.
Has anything even come close to Deus Ex in this regard?Quote:
Originally Posted by bVork
Way of the Samurai? To be fair, most games don't even try this branching paths thing.Quote:
Originally Posted by A Robot Bit Me
I could probably play Deus Ex forever.
I'm more than halfway through Mini Ninjas and for some reason wont be going back to it anytime soon. Nothing inherently wrong with it.....just more on my plate.
Also played about 15 minutes of Risen. Enough said about that.
I'm about to pop in Borderlands. Hopefully it's as good as I've wanted it to be.
Man, fuck Silent Hill: Homecoming.
I played it until the police station. Haven't put it back in since that part.
I'm still waiting for it to hit $10 on Steam.
Demon's Souls
KoF 2002 - Dreamcast
God the timing feels off on this one.
Uncharted 2 - Playing through on Hard difficulty. I'm on Chapter 25 right now and I did not play on a lower level. The difficulty is just right.
Mario and Luigi 3 - Have been playing this for a little while and loving every minute of it. I have put it aside for Uncharted 2, but I will get back to it right away.
Next Up:
Demon's Souls
Going to open up Brutal Legend tonight.
Prepare for disappointment.
Still playing Guilty Gear 2: Overture. Arc should stick to fighting games. This has some cool ideas and is occasionally a good deal of fun, but more often than not the poor execution is trying my patience. I'm almost done so I can at least enjoy the rest of the hilariously bad story and dialogue.
Also playing Pop Cutie thanks to shidoshi! Fun little appetizer while I wait for~ STYLE SAVVY ~
playing AW: DS Hard Campaign now, got an easy S on the normal campaign but I went through to try to get all 300's and I am stuck on 21. I can get 296, but no higher. I either lose speed or technique. I can finish in ten days or less too.
I really enjoyed it. The RTS parts are kinda meh, not terrible, just meh. Still even with the RTS, I had a lot of fun with it.Quote:
Originally Posted by kingoffighters
Starting Borderlands and Demon's Souls tonight or tomorrow.
Let us know how terrible BorderLand is.Quote:
Originally Posted by SamuraiMoogle
I will. I only rented it at least.Quote:
Originally Posted by kingoffighters
Wolverine: Origins!
It looks like it could have used a month or two more to iron out the rough spots, but it's a shit load of fun. Glad they didn't PG it up and just ran with the violence that Wolverine can do.
"Has anything even come close to Deus Ex in this regard?"
No action game ever has and no action game ever will (maybe)
I'm playing UC2 (well, I'm done now) and Brutal Legend. Hot Shots Golf 2 on the PSP. Forza 3 next week
I really, really liked the NFS: Shift demo. The in car view is insane. They got the placement of the camera perfect and the effects when you crash are a great touch.
NFS Shift rules.
Multiplayer is the meat of GG2 and it shows. Some of the story missions feel too much like square peg in a round hole. Easy final boss once you learn the patterns, but way too much story. I didn't skip any of it, and I still have no idea what happened.Quote:
Originally Posted by Grave
More of Aion and MGS Acid.
I have yet to try any multiplayer because, honestly, the strategy seems like a mess and I spend so much timing running around poorly designed maps that I have yet to really cut through the nonsense and get good at it. I'll probably have to practice some vs. cpu matches without more nonsense plot points being shouted about before I try anything like that.Quote:
Originally Posted by AaronChance
For what it's worth, I was lollin' at Dr. Octagon or whatever the fuck's reaction to Ky and Dizzy gettin' it on. Not all that different from anyone else's, I imagine!
Quote:
Originally Posted by Rumpy
That game was badass.
I'm playing a shitload of T5: DR on PS3 to practice up for T6 next week.
i've been wanting to play through this for so long. i got to play up to the first boss at a friends house but that's about it. i'm glad the voice acting is still nice compared to dragon quest 8, too.Quote:
Originally Posted by NeoZeedeater
i beat the crap out of dragon quest 4 a couple weeks ago. i got through the bonus stuff a little faster than i thought i would. now i'm trying to play through a link to the past on gba again. i seem to hop around on these zelda games. i'm still trying to play through wind waker and zelda 2.
Yeah, the story is... yeah. Wait till you see the final boss thing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Grave
Strategy in multi is basically spawn a few basic units, pocket them and rush to a nearby control point, dropping them off to take it over, and use the incoming points to start to build up defensive lines, and saving points to buy a few abilities for yourself. The one where you can spawn a unit assistant is a must, depending on which fighter you're playing. If you can keep a steady flow of points, you can buff up your forces to the point where it chokes your opponents, then rush in for the kill. Once you got things going your way, you're basically there to keep the other fighter from wrecking your units. Attacking enemy units directly is usually a waste of time.
It's a little clunky. I don't like the default multi options, and some of the maps can be confusing. Once you get a handle of all the various mechanics though, it flows pretty well. There's a lot of little tricks and exploits just like a fighting game, like running into one of those enemy probe units while dashing will let you drop units without ending your dash. Bunch more, usually for specific fighters, but it's been months since I last played.
You're doing it wrong again.Quote:
Originally Posted by AaronChance
I finally got Kororinpa: Marble Mania which I remember James praising a while back. I love it so far, one of the few games perfect for Wii motion controls.
Kororinpa is the only thing that sits between Wii ownership and a slightly richer me. I can not give that game up. It's fucking perfect.
Saw
I can not comprehend how a dev team can sit there and make a game that involves combat, yet make combat so completely and utterly unresponsive and useless.
Halo: Combat Evolved (Xbox)
After playing through Halo 3: ODST, I got the itch to revisit the game that started it all. I forgot how huge and open some of the levels were. It's actually quite impressive. I'm playing through on Legendary, and "Truth and Reconciliation" and "Assault on the Control Room" took me about two hours to clear.
The game is also harder on Legendary than the last two games in the series. Every enemy shoots with near 100% accuracy and your shields dissipate like cotton candy in water. Even Grunts and Jackals can kill you in a matter of seconds if you're not careful.
Halo 3 is the best-playing and most epic game in the series, but Halo: Combat Evolved still has the best combination of gameplay, story, and atmosphere. The graphics may be dated, but they have a sort of simplistic charm to them. Remains one of my all-time favorites.
Started Majesty 2 - So far decent rts with fantasy flair and good humor.
Almost done with MGS Acid
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Originally Posted by Dyne
Actually thought the game was just QTE and puzzle, who do you even fight? Jigsaw? Amanda?
Space Invaders Extreme 2- Still prefer the presentation of the first game, but the revisions made are very well done.
You have a key inside your body that is supposed to mean freedom for any inmate that can get to you. Combat is just like the Silent Hill games except there is a BIG delay between the button press and the action. The swings are EXTREMELY slow as well and as far as I can tell block does nothing. You still get damaged.Quote:
Originally Posted by Low
I cannot comprehend how a person can sit there and play a game based on a shitty movie series, yet complain about its quality.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dyne
What the fuck does it matter to you?
Risen - So far decent enough, only froze one me once lol
Battling my way through vultures, wolves and pigs. Pigs are evil.
Got back into playing shooters more than the rest of genres out there and have been having a blast.
Popped open Daioujou, Mushihime and Ibara and just sat there for several hours playing on the arcade stick. Good times. BOMBAAA! ;)
Since you're going to play Homecoming, I'd go with Dead Space afterward. It's quite impressive -- I really doubt you'll be disappointed -- and you'll finish it in time for MW2.Quote:
Originally Posted by Changeling
I'm playing Borderlands. Good game. Co-op is a blast, but I'm enjoying the 1P game just as much.
Evony - My wife signed up for this some time ago because someone mentioned it somewhere and she doesn't go to places like this where their bullshit ads aren't omnipresent, so she didn't know what the deal was behind this. For a larf I decided to see what the deal was behind this game. As it turns out there is no actual fucking game in Evony - you watch time meters deplete and numbers increase. You don't see battles, you see the tabulated results of the battles in an in-game mail. Every town layout is identical without concern for how you place the structures within them. There is a daily item you can use to randomly win a prize, and literally everyone's resulting prize which they collect is plastered to your chat window as well as the top of the screen and takes precedence over any text you might happen to be reading. When you use said item the game also tries to get you to add Evony to your browser bookmarks. You can only build one thing at a time and can't queue anything. You can only steal and get stolen from - nobody, not even the NPC cities, can ever be destroyed. To hasten anything in the game you are reminded that you can spend real money to make the time bar deplete quicker. If you want to restart the game and be rid of the cancer for good, the game prompts you to input your password twice and then tells you that the feature is unavailable.
Civilization 4 Beyond The Sword - After "playing" Evony a bit I was reminded that I do like strategy games when they're actually good, and my wife suggested for us to get Civ4 some time ago but I passed. Now that it is easy to get the game for $20 new we went ahead with it, and what a difference this game is from Civ1 (the only other Civ I played). For my first game I won the Space Race. For my second game I had my capital city razed by barbarians within 20 turns. For my third game I played a mod which my wife found which is based on Romance of the Three Kingdoms (which you can find details about here) and played one game of that with a win secured by score. If you ever wanted to play a R3K game without spending weeks to actually complete one, I recommend getting the game and this mod. For a simple fan project they really did cram a lot of new content into the game and made alterations to make all the additions functional. BTS on its own is good, too.
Lost Planet 2 demo thing - Downloaded demo. Booted up game. Played one match. Spent 5 minute session performing the following loop: spawn, walk around looking for enemy, get shot from behind by someone that wasn't on the radar, watch camera pan around corpse while waiting for respawn counter to countdown to zero, repeat. Deleted demo. It's a chicken and egg question as to whether I never play these games because I suck at them or if I suck at these games because I never play them. Regardless, it was an exercise in aggravation as all of these FPS/3PS shooters are for me and I don't know how all you assholes have spent the past ten years and will spend the next ten forseeable years perpetually beating your heads into each other and respawning and having a gay old time in the process. I don't get how this is never old for some people. Speaking of which.
IIDX Empress - Yeah, fuck you too.
Lost Planet 2 demo thing - You Are Doing It Wrong.
Did you not climb inside the mudkip?
Add Borderlands to my list. I have too many games to play and not enough time.