What game/s are you Playing? Daily check :)2012 PLEASE CLOSE [Archive] - Page 7

Aussie2B

11-13-2012, 12:42 AM

The last three back-to-back battles (with no opportunity to return to the world map to grind or shop) took a lot out of me, but I finally beat Jeanne d'Arc for PSP. Thank God I could at least save between the battles, unlike some more annoying strategy RPGs I've played. I thought it was pretty clever how a part in the ending seemingly addresses the actions of the real-world Gilles, who, after the war, supposedly became one of the worst and most demented serial killers in history. He's purely a hero in-game (and for the period of history that the game covers, he was considered purely a hero in real-life at the end of the war too), but they seem to offer an explanation as to why he might do terrible things later in life. I guess nobody can say for sure if Level-5 is intentionally alluding to his later actions, but it definitely seems like it. Speaking of Level-5, I believe this is the first game of theirs that I've ever beaten. Not a bad start with them at all.

InsertCleverName

11-14-2012, 01:18 AM

I'm currently playing Dragon Quest VIII, Phantasy Star IV, Super Dragon Ball Z, Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy Kong's Quest and Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask.

sneekyweezel

11-14-2012, 04:00 AM

I'm starting on Castlevania Chronicles for my Sharp X68000 emulator. :onfire:

sparf

11-14-2012, 08:18 AM

I'm kicking it Old School with my X'Eye.

Currently alternating between Sol Feace, The Adventures of Willy Beamish, and Earthworm Jim Special Edition

thenintendokid

11-14-2012, 05:37 PM

sparf

11-15-2012, 02:17 AM

I am actually currently playing through Actraiser for surprisingly the first time and loving every minute of it!
I don't play much for roms, only real hardware in my collection and I finally just added this one to my collection
yesterday and already have a few hours put in. Not sure how long of a game it is, but a hell of an experience so
far and living up to the hype for sure!

I totally just picked this up a few days ago myself! Bravo! THe Mode7 hasn't aged well but the game is still solid. Love how many religious references they had to alter for the US release. :D

Also!

Currently playing the living crap out of the built-in Mine Storm on my newly acquired Vectrex. Mostly to see if I have a glitched out version built in, and if so which glitch.

The 1 2 P

11-17-2012, 02:11 AM

Barring my usual answers I actually went back and played some Split Second the other day. That game is still awesome two years later. And tonight I played demos of Need For Speed: Most Wanted and Sonic All Stars Transformed. They were both ok but the demos didn't allow me to experience as much as I would have liked to make a decision rather to pick them up or not. I also played Wreckateer since it was free to download for Kinect today. It was a fun little distraction game, the kind I would expect as a free or cheap ios game.

Aussie2B

11-17-2012, 02:48 PM

I'm still playing Jeanne d'Arc on PSP, now plugging away at the post-game content. I beat the easy first Cemetery battle, and I cleared the first set of battles in the Colosseum, which I neglected to do in the main game. The second set, which only unlock after beating the game, is MUCH more difficult. I went through that a couple times, yielding after the 5th battle both times, which I could barely pass, but it's really not an effective way of leveling up. My Jeanne is fine; she's at level 70-something, but with the rest of my party around 55, it just ain't gonna happen. So now I'm doing free combat, but with all the free combat enemies getting a big boost in levels after clearing the game, I have to be careful which I tackle. If I go into a stage where all the enemies are around level 70, I'm screwed. It's fun beating free combat enemies with my low level characters, though. I'm seeing EXP gains of around 50-140 per enemy, so I'm trying to avoid getting the kills with Jeanne and letting my other characters go up a few levels each in just a single battle. At this rate, I'll be ready for the Colosseum in no time.

Videogamerdaryll

11-19-2012, 12:55 PM

NEO GEO MVS

Slot 1 Neo Turf Masters
Slot 2 Shock Troopers
Slot 3 Strikers 1945
Slot 4 KOF 02

bit-crusher08

11-21-2012, 05:44 PM

Duke Nukem 3D

Wolfenstein 3D

Marvel Vs Capcom 2

Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams

Aussie2B

11-21-2012, 07:39 PM

I can do a bit better in the Colosseum in Jeanne d'Arc on PSP now, but I got creamed in the 8th or 9th battle and decided to go back to grinding some more. No big problem, the battles are fun and go by pretty quick, and most stages have brand new rewards in the post-game. I now have Jeanne on level 86, I believe, and everybody else is roughly around level 70. I can tackle most of the battlefields with ease, but some of the ones with high level dragons are still a pain.

I also played a little 2-player Dungeon Explorer on Sega CD. It was my first time playing the game, and needless to say, I was getting my ass kicked left and right, haha.

Derxst

11-21-2012, 08:09 PM

My 12 year old son and I have been having a ball playing Duck Hunt, Hogan's Alley and Wild Gunman for the NES.

Good thing we kept the old CRT-style TV. The zapper doesn't work with flat screen LCD TVs!

Also been playing Braid and Magic 2013.

My offline gaming includes Descent with my two fellow adventures and overlord.

Videogamerdaryll

11-24-2012, 03:02 PM

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Tron 2.0

11-25-2012, 12:39 AM

Batman Arkham City GOTY:It was on sale at amazon so i snatch it up quick and started to play it recently.

Aussie2B

11-25-2012, 03:15 AM

I gave Wonder Project J for Super Famicom a very quick replay, starting yesterday and finishing today. Even though I've played through it multiple times before, one thing that was new and interesting is that I played it with the fan translation via emulation. I barely touch emulation to begin with, and this is the very first time I have ever played through a game with a fan translation. It seems like a fairly straightforward, clean, natural translation and the fonts look nice too, so I can't complain at all. It was fun to play it in English for once, although I don't think I learned much of anything I didn't already know about the story. I'm sure I'll go back to playing the cart in the future, but it was a good experience all in all. I really should try the fan translation for the sequel someday too.

IHatedSega

11-25-2012, 05:16 AM

Castlevania Symphony of The Night. Man, the upside down castle is so tough, I tried a few months back trying to level up in the lower castle but it took too long, I can level easy in one area of the upside down castle, but ill end up getting killed eventually. You really have to stay as the bat in a lot of areas, but then you run into a boss by accident and I get killed. :/ Awesome game though.

I mean, everyone who has heard of the game knows that its amazing, and I really wish I had this when it originally came out. This is probaboly the hardest game Ive played that Ive gotten far in without cheats. I dont consider RPG's to be hard since you can just level up and go through stuff like a god, but leveling up in this game is pretty slow and I have to watch out dying. I had to keep back tracking from the normal library like 5 times.....and Im really scared of the second library haha. I need to learn more of the spells real bad.

sneekyweezel

11-25-2012, 10:25 AM

Shadow Dancer on Mame

IHatedSega

11-25-2012, 10:34 AM

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Man thats a cool set up. One day I hope to make a MAME arcade cabinet with all the games Id love to play.

And after the Samurai Shodown is ok for 10 year olds thread, Im playing Shodown right now for the PS1. In Japan they released the first two games on one disk.

The 1 2 P

11-25-2012, 07:53 PM

Yesterday I played Wreaketeer and Halo 4. I tried to get my girlfriend to play Wreaketeer with me but she just stared at me blindly. But she atleast joined me for some co-op Halo 4 fun.

Khalpz

11-25-2012, 10:01 PM

Castlevania: Bloodlines

It's my second Castlevania. I just beat the original.

I'm playing as John first. Kinda bummed to see this one has continues.

IHatedSega

11-26-2012, 01:24 AM

Castlevania: Bloodlines

It's my second Castlevania. I just beat the original.

I'm playing as John first. Kinda bummed to see this one has continues.

If you want a tough Castlevania game Id say get the third one with Trevor Belmont and Alucard. And also check out the SNES ones, or the actual Rondo of Blood.

densho

11-26-2012, 01:44 PM

Nintendo Wii:

Zelda - Twilight Princess
Tenchu
Resident Evil
Mario Galaxy 2
Mario Kart Wii
Mario Party
Donkey Kong

and some fantastic SNES games on a Wii emulator

Bubble_Man

11-26-2012, 06:11 PM

I'm playing Sonic Adventure 2, Nights: Into Dreams and Jet Set Radio. I got them all at the same time because the psn shop had them on sale. The system may be new, but the games are classic. :)

Khalpz

11-27-2012, 08:42 AM

If you want a tough Castlevania game Id say get the third one with Trevor Belmont and Alucard. And also check out the SNES ones, or the actual Rondo of Blood.
I didn't say I wanted a tougher one. Just that having continues is dumb in any game.

Definitely going back to play III (I thought the first one was widely considered harder?). I just wanted a taste of the 16-bit ones.

IHatedSega

11-27-2012, 03:35 PM

I didn't say I wanted a tougher one. Just that having continues is dumb in any game.

Definitely going back to play III (I thought the first one was widely considered harder?). I just wanted a taste of the 16-bit ones.

Well I havent gotten all the way through both of them, so Im not sure, but III has a ton of stairs which makes you get hit a lot and you kinda need to use the right companion to get through some sticky situations better. The controls are very limited and rigid, the total opposite of Mario, but eventually they finally made games later that had much more graceful controls.....

Yesterday I beat Symphony of the Night, that game is amazing and totally surpassed my expectations. Played as afterward Richter which was its merits but I prefer Alucard and the RPG elements of playing as him. The game really isnt for exploring purposes with Richter so when I got through most of the normal castle I did a speedrun in the inverted one. I guess making an entirely new game for Richtor would be too much for one cd. Now Im playing it again with the AXEARMOR password, it makes grinding funny looking, what I dont get though is how Alucard can run faster than he normally can in the armor but cant jump more than a step. Video Game Logic.

jammajup

12-01-2012, 11:29 AM

This week I have given up trying to play Ferrari F355 Challenge (DC) I have deemed the game `unplayable` and so I am not enjoying it,apart from that.

Wizball,Fist II and Delta (C64)
Jetsert Willy II (CPC)
Skid Marks (Amiga)
Shadow Of THe Beast (MD)

Videogamerdaryll

12-05-2012, 01:40 PM

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The 1 2 P

12-05-2012, 06:50 PM

Halo 4 of course but mainly for the remaining achievements. I'm also going to dive into some free Kinect games for the same reason.

SpaceHarrier

12-05-2012, 10:27 PM

Tobal 2 (jp playstation)

Amazing graphics, really great character movement and control, nice music. I don't have a clue what I'm doing. The computer is constantly grappling me, to which my only response is to button mash frantically. I can't figure out how to grapple, so off to gamefaqs, I guess. I want to explore more of that Quest Mode, anyway.

Very sad we never got this one here, such a high quality production.

otaku

12-11-2012, 11:57 PM

mario tennis on wii and some wii bowling
Visited a new local arcade today called Big Al's played some avatar pinball and skee ball and air hockey etc. and a few generic racing games (h2overdrive? reminded my of the hydrothunder games)
some namco racer which didn't seem to have a name but put your picture on facebook and in the game?
sonic racing by sega (fun to play on a cab)
terminator salvation
and my favorite and first time playing a dance game (was not ddr) but some generic korean dance game. Catchy tunes and addictive gameplay lol made a full of myself got pretty good at it and had folks watching me ....

Videogamerdaryll

12-22-2012, 04:34 PM

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The 1 2 P

12-22-2012, 10:27 PM

I played and beat Intel Discovery and then spent a good amount of time collecting missing achievements in Halo 4.

AceAerosmith

12-23-2012, 05:41 AM

Turok (PS3)......meh.

Aussie2B

12-23-2012, 11:54 AM

I haven't been playing a whole lot unless you count some QA testing I've been doing on an iPhone game lately.

But I'm still sporadically working on the post-game stuff in Jeanne d'Arc on PSP. I'm pretty ready to move on, but I just have a tiny bit left to 100% my file so I'm going to stick with it till then. Other than that, my brother-in-law got a Wii U, so I got to try out some Nintendo Land and New Super Mario Bros. U. It's nothing I'd drop $400 on, but it was fun. Yesterday we did some multiplayer gaming on the N64, and I jumped in on Cruis'n USA for a laugh and then pulled out Bomberman 64 (the 2D Japan-exclusive one) since I hadn't touched it in years. Good times.

Derxst

12-23-2012, 10:25 PM

Tetris Attack on SNES
SimCity 4 on Windows PC
Super R-Type on SNES

starchildskiss78

12-25-2012, 10:30 AM

It's been a while since I've posted anything but there have been a couple games that have gotten my attention lately:

Gran Turismo 5 XL Edition (PS3)
Batman: Arkham City Game of the Year Edition (PS3)

I have been playing Gran Turismo 5 like mad because I like the idea of the different cars. I am driving cars I have always wanted to own as well as ones I will never even think for a second I can afford! I am trying to keep most of the cars stock and upgrading only the ones I absolutely need to win races. The computer (B-Spec) races are interesting as you're just sitting there telling the driver what to do. Its almost a step above an instant replay!

I played Batman Arkham City a little bit when I first got it. I am not entirely bowled over yet. I love the story and the game is beautiful, but I am not so sure about the location. Arkham Asylum was huge and this makes that look tiny in comparison! I will probably rotate back and forth between the two games and the others in my library.

jammajup

12-26-2012, 01:45 AM

Konami arcade games -Frogger,Parodius (Da!),Track & Field,TMNT,Salamander /(Lifeforce),Scramble,Hot Chase,Konami GT,Time Pilot,Amidar,Time Pilot 84,Gyruss,Tutankham

Aussie2B

12-28-2012, 03:11 PM

I FINALLY cleared the third and final set of Colosseum battles in Jeanne d'Arc for PSP, which in turn were the hardest battles in the whole game, so I feel pretty accomplished about that. Even with a party all maxed out at level 99, it still was tricky and required a bit of luck (and bad luck screwed me over on my first attempt of the 10th battle). Now to just get a couple items I'm missing and I'll be finished. When all is said and done, I'll have put just about as much time into the post-game as the main game. Pretty crazy. And here I thought this would be a quick one. One thing is for certain, I definitely got my strategy RPG fix, and that should last a while.

Around Christmas, I also did some more Nintendo 64 multiplayer gaming. Played some two-player Goemon's Great Adventure which was really fun, and we did some four-player Mario Kart 64 too. Even to this day, I don't think there's any four-player competitive game better than Mario Kart 64's battle mode. It just never gets old.

The 1 2 P

12-28-2012, 09:29 PM

The Walking Dead episode 1 is free on XBL right now. I downloaded it yesterday and couldn't stop playing it until I completed it. The point and click majority of gameplay it mostly implores isn't really my style but I was hooked on the story from the beginning. I suggest that everyone with an XBL account download it while it's still free.

I also played 1 vs. 100 on my DS while waiting for my car to get serviced at the dealer. It's fun and addictive but the XBL version from a few years ago was way better. And I played Happy Wars and Halo 4 as well. Happy Wars is....um, the kind of game I would expect to play on a tablet or smartphone. You know, if I actually played games on a tablet or smartphone. It was still pretty fun at times, if a bit mindless.

wiggyx

12-29-2012, 12:46 PM

Nothing classic at the moment unfortunately. Journey for PS3 and New Super Mario for the WiiU. But, I have a few SNES repros on the way and I'm sure they'll be sucking up a lot of my time once they arrive :D

Aussie2B

12-30-2012, 07:29 PM

Hurray, I finally have a 100% completion file in Jeanne d'Arc, so back to the shelf it goes. Same with the PSP; between Castlevania and this, I've had my fill for a while.

I'm also starting to try out some of the games I got on and before Christmas. I've got quite the pile to go through, but for now I played a little Golden Sun: Dark Dawn for DS. Fun stuff, but I'll have to play the original game before I get to this. Funny enough I've had that game since near its launch and still haven't played through it. Still need to pick up the second game sometime.