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Right now, playing Legend of Dragoon (PS1) and Nightshade (Kunoichi in Japan; PS2). I'll probably pick up Warriors Orochi 2 (PS2) at some point, and I really need to get back to Baten Kaitos Origins (GC). I need to check when the new Suikoden game is coming out for the DS, I'm going to have to buy a new system just for one game. *sigh*
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Mostly City of Heroes, though I've gotten a good start on Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess for my Wii and Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People - Episode One: Homestar Ruiner.
I'll be picking up Sam & Max: Season One for the Wii next week. Much hilarity will ensue. I think Rune Factory 2 for the DS comes out this month, too.
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Making a decision about my next old school game - I'm nearly done the SNES/Genesis era of the games I missed with my recent completions of PSIV and Zelda: Oracle of Seasons. It'll either be Tales of Phantasia (GBA) or Zelda: Oracle of Ages. After those two, it's on to the PS1/N64/Saturn era!
Otherwise, I'm playing:
- Warhawk (PS3) - got a bunch of trophies recently
- Rock Band (PS3)
Wife finally finished FFVIII and was very satisfied with it. She's deciding between FFIX, Chrono Trigger, or FFVII: Crisis Core (she's a huge FFVII fan).
PC: Finished Puzzle Quest. Whoopee! Couldn't kill the final boss with the first character I made, but got him on the first try with my second character. One dissapointment: You can only have one active character, and once you start a new one, the old one is gone.
Xbox360: Tales of Vesperia: Entertaining Japanese RPG with lots of cut-scenes and anime-style graphics and plot.
Wish I was playing: Warhammer Online: The graphics chip on my notebook isn't powerful enough. The readme.txt after you install tells you the REAL specs, which differs quite a bit from the one on the box.
Silent Hill: Homecoming (PS3). Great addition to the series, so far. Very creepy and only an hour or so in and I have had plenty of scares and jumps. Makes for a great October.
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I just picked up a PS3 (when they released the cheaper model with a rumble controller), so October is going to start off with Uncharted for me.
Also really looking forward to Silent Hill Homecoming (huge fan of that series) and Fable 2 later in the month. The first Fable, despite some of the negative things you read on message boards, remains one of my best gaming experiences. I just hope the sequel is as charming. I fear they may have made it more "edgy" from some of Molyneux's comments.
PC:
Spore
Civ IV: Colonization(so hard, but so fun)
Team Fortress 2
360:
Rock Band 2(great new stuff every single week. I just can't put it down)
Force Unleashed(haha, throwing Stormtroopers around just doesn't get old for me)
Duke Nukem 3D
Geometry Wars 2
Its only going to have games added to this soon...Fallout, Dead Space, Mirror's Edge, Lego Batman when I get it, and then the big release of the year that is Chrono Trigger DS in November.
Making a decision about my next old school game - I'm nearly done the SNES/Genesis era of the games I missed with my recent completions of PSIV and Zelda: Oracle of Seasons. It'll either be Tales of Phantasia (GBA) or Zelda: Oracle of Ages. After those two, it's on to the PS1/N64/Saturn era!
So I've decided, and it will be Tales of Phantasia.
Finished Kameo: fun little Rare platformer with one or two levels where the wonky controls took away from the experience. Also, the story wasn't as epic as it wanted or needed to be.
started Force Unleashed : its...ok? its pretty, but I feel both the story and the gameplay are a little underdeveloped.
really want to get my hands on: Dead Space: the pre-release hype and interviews are saying all the right things.
don't forget Banjo-Kazooie Nuts and Bolts: Banjo is back, hopefully the vehicles don't ruin it.
distracted by:
Pac-Man Championship Edition: my favoritest pastime.
Geometry Wars 2 and Rally-X for a little change of pace.
And Rock Band of course. The ultimate money pit.
want to be distracted by:
Braid: I enjoyed the demo, and I've heard the full game is even better
Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People: but then I'd have to turn my Wii on.
interested in: Silent Hill, Fable 2, Fallout 3, Tomb Raider Underworld, Castle Crashers, getting a PS3 for Little Big Planet, (well for Blu-Ray, but then I'd get LBP)
praying for: Nintendo to release anything worth playing that isn't a Mario party franchise. I mean, really guys, you have a huge installed base now and you're releasing nothing this Christmas?
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Started Oblivion again, this time going with Argonian mage-type. Just something to play while I wait for Fallout 3. I did play Force Unleashed, but it was a colossal disappointment.
On PC I still play Spore. I imagine I'll be going to play it on and off for quite some time. It definetly wasn't a disappointment.
360: Finishing a second playthrough of Mass Effect, Also played Gears of War on some co-op and just beat it on Hardcore! Insane difficulty co-op is next!
Plus a little of The Darkness on the side.
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With the Bioshock 2 teaser trailer hitting the net, I am playing Bioshock and loving it all over again. This really is one of my favorite games of all time, can't wait for the sequel
Still playing FFXII, on my third run now. Been playing it for 6 weeks straight, which is two or three time longer than I can usually stand playing a game before I'm ready for a change. Damn, this game's got me hooked.
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I finished Force Unleashed. Its pretty buggy, the Star Destroyer sequence is a wee bit frustrating, and the last two turns to the story are a little redundant but overall, I enjoyed the pretty Star Wars cutscenes and nods to Star Wars history. This felt more Star Warsy too me than a lot of the non-movie stuff.
I moved on and am 10/12 of the way through Dead Space. This is one of the most polished games I've ever played. No bugs, glitches, jaggies, popup, slowdown, or the usual video game plagues. Plus, I really have to agree that not having any status info onscreen adds to the immersion. it makes it feel like a movie, even when I'm playing. The way the folded the health bar into the back of your suit, and the ammo counter into your gun was very well done. It can make close-quarters combat a bit dicery, but I'm gonna guess that it was the designers intention to have close-quarters be scary.
The game is filled with a lot of fetch quests, or "oh noes, now something else broke, go fix it" but if the story has any payoff at all, the sheer amount of eye AND EAR candy will give this game a very high score with me.
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Makes for a great October.
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