What Are You Playing (Winter, 2013-2014)

[sleeve]

Alpha Protocol: This is a really good game. Its flaws are well-documented, but I'd rather play an ambitious game with imperfect play mechanics than an uber-polished game that doesn't really take a whole lot of risks. I already enjoy this game a lot more than, say, Deus Ex: Human Revolution. The most important thing to keep in mind when starting this game is that even though it feels like Splinter Cell, it plays more like Mass Effect 1 and Dragon Age in the way most of the abilities are dice-based. If you play stealth, you can't just assume that Splinter Cell-based rules apply, which is counterintuitive but eventually it makes sense.

Bravely Default demo: I'm just about finished with this. I'm taking my time with it. Playing it on Hard, the difficulty balance feels about right. Apart from the whole brave/default system, this is basically a Final Fantasy game circa 1993. I would definitely recommend it to anyone who's become disenchanted with modern JRPG's, and Square Enix in particular.

[Yoshi]

You're out of your gourd. You probably don't even remember where you left your gourd and couldn't crawl back into it even if you wanted to (which you clearly don't).

[Mzo]

Alpha Protocol IS a good game. Thank you.

[Joust Williams]

2D Mario > 3D Mario > broken ass shit > Alpha Protocol

[YellerDog]

Galaxy is kind of lame anyway. 3DLand gets difficult near the end and more difficult after that.

The VERRY last level and Bowser fight have some very tricky jumps! It offered me a P Wing, I was mortified.

It actually uses the 3D to make you rely on your sense of depth in a cool way! The game is much harder with 3D turned off.

The second-run levels are very cool so far! I will now save Weegee.

The last level is absolutely beautiful; the fire effects and lava and geysers are really neat, and I like all the motes flying around in 3D.

there were like 3 kind of long tutorials in the main game. The talking never ever stops... Like half the reason you'd get into a Skip game (that isn't a bit Generations title) is the talking. Chili Robot is especially a talking game. Did you play the other Chili Robots?

I like the cute phone robot's expressions! I did not play any other games in the series, but now I want to.

[NeoZeedeater]

Alpha Protocol:I'd rather play an ambitious game with imperfect play mechanics than an uber-polished game that doesn't really take a whole lot of risks.

Me too, although I recall Alpha Protocol getting less ambitious the farther I played into it. It's like they said, "fuck it, making something like Deus Ex is too hard" and gave up. I still liked it, though.

[Finch]

I like the cute phone robot's expressions! I did not play any other games in the series, but now I want to.

I really recommend the first one! It has a lot of talking, but it also has a lot of exploration. You're a tiny robot in a big big house and you try to help the family that's falling apart within

i don't really hate Mario Galaxy, but i think the second game is much much better.

[ChaoofNee]

I should get around to playing that someday.

[NeoZeedeater]

Chibi Robo is quite charming and enjoyable for the first five or so hours but I found it dragged on way too long.

[Finch]

oh no neozeedeater...