I am playing Alice: Madness Returns. I'm not sure how many of you played American McGee's Alice years ago. I liked a lot of the look of the game and I like this one too. I beat Sleeping Dogs (and did go back to do most of the side stuff, but the rest seems like a grind), and I put Darksiders 2 on hold.
I have this issue now where if I don't beat the game right away, there is a good chance that I am never going back to it. Even if it's good. Poor Syndicate ;(
I picked up the MGS collection to begin my chronological playthrough of the entire canonical series that I've been meaning to do for a while. I've only played a couple minutes of MG (MSX), MG2, and PO and never played PW before so that's four new games I'll get to plow through. MGS3 is better than I remember but it's also annoying in ways I forgot about, so I guess it kind of evens out while remaining one of the technically best games in the series that I just don't really care much for. The updated camera (even though I bought Subsistence like two or three years ago I never even took the discs out of the case) is so much better that I can barely even believe it; sometimes I click the right stick just to sigh at how terrible we had it when the game came out.
Started a new game of Mega Man ZX. I forgot how useless the map and directions are, but I still like it and the sequel/reinvention of the X storyline hits some good notes on the nostalgia scale. Even on hard it's still pretty easy, but I do have to pay attention to my lifebar which wasn't a thing in the cakewalk normal mode. Also looks like I never got the Omega armor and probably some other goodies on my ancient original save, so I'll have to scoop those up on this playthrough.
I got to the part of FF9 where you bring Mr. Ladypants that old stone thing and then your friends have to break out.
I put it down for a while to dig into Earthbound zero. I just beat the zoo and found the magic city. Its an alright RPG for the nes. The music is good to great and I like that you level pretty quickly. I looked up the spaceman jr stats and saw that the guide thought I should be level 14 or something to beat him. Pffft, did it on 10 or 11. I don't get people who over level for jrpgs. Part of the fun is figuring out how to beat a boss at the lowest level possible. If I have to go grind, I feel like the game developer is a dumb asshole who can't pace their game.
I'm playing the original NES Dragon Warrior 1. I love how I'm all badass now that I've leveled and got good armor, then I make one little step over a bridge and I'm getting my ass kicked.
I don't really recommend this game to most people in 2012, but I'm determined, as I never actually beat it back in the day, and beating the Gameboy and SFC versions don't count since they are so stupidly easy.
I found my GBA SP and a cable, and thinking about it some more I'm pretty sure I got rid of my GBC in some fashion a while ago. The GBC screen is so small inside the GBA screen that it's almost adorable.
But argh the buttons are so cramped and I have to hit start to make Snake lie down. Makes me want to emulate.
Throat punch: the musical
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