What Are You Playing (Winter 2012-2013 / Postapocalypse)?

I've been playing Castlevania: Circle of the Moon for the first time since it was new way back when. It's interesting to actually be able to see the backgrounds since I'm on a SP now, but the game isn't all that great by today's standards. It's a good effort for 2001 or whenever, but it's been surpassed by all of the other portable CV games. I'd probably enjoy it more if the level design was better.

I've also been playing Double Dragon Advance on the thing. Now, this game kicks ass, I still want a higher res PSN/XBLA port with online co-op. This is probably the best Double Dragon game. Hell, I might go so far as to say it's the third best brawler ever, right behind Streets of Rage 2 and Final Fight.

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Originally Posted by Some Stupid Japanese Name

If you are on 360, youve no idea what the pc people are talking about.

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That's fine because you have no idea what you're talking about on any subject.

Yeah well, i am rubber and you are glue.

Why would you take that personally when they're actually pretty different games?

And YES, Gohan, DD Advance is the fucking shit! Co-op mode was amazing.

I've going through the Adventure of Link on NES. It's a great game that requires a ton of grinding early on (got to Death Mountain at level 5, so it was a bit easier). I'm really liking it so far!

I just picked up Saints Row The Third. I'm really liking it so far. Two of my friends kept talking about it, so I finally took the plunge. Also doing the Rocksmith thing on my evenings. It's been an interesting game. Some odd moments, but it's teaching me how to play better.

When I'm on break and before bed, I'm going through Earthbound on my phone.

Man, I think Binary Domain is up there with Vanquish as one of my favorite third person shooters of the generation. It doesn't have the style that Vanquish has, but it does have better pacing and fun enemies to fight, and a better story.

I am playing through Rage. I started this on 360 at launch, and will finish this on PC. The gunplay in this game is a solid A to A+, so I would have to say this was an underrated game

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Originally Posted by Joust Williams

I am playing through Rage. I started this on 360 at launch, and will finish this on PC. The gunplay in this game is a solid A to A+, so I would have to say this was an underrated game

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Doing the exact same thing. Tried to finish it on 360, but can't stand playing an FPS with a controller anymore. Still hate the driving, but the shooting is so damn good.

Sword of Sodan (Amiga): Usually the Genesis beats the Amiga graphically on the same game, but not this time. This version is 4 disks, which leaves the 4 Mbit Genesis cart in the dust. The animation is still a little rough. Besides the visual advantage, there's a good deal of speech that didn't make it into the Genesis version. The first guard you encounter yells "Halt, stranger!", and a Gauntlet style announcer says things like "more hits required to kill each enemy", "jump over barrels" etc.

TBH it is less challenging than the Genesis one, because of enemies being fewer in number and attacking you from ONLY the front. The city streets scene has just one giant knight boss, not the two found on Genesis' SOS. Magic Zapper, Force Shield (which produces a cool lightning effect not seen on Genesis) etc. are available as pick-up items with no potion mixing required.