The Arcade Random Thoughts Thread

[jms493]

I like that idea. I'll work on a thread today and sticky it.

MAY

1
Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon Win, XBLA
Fez Win
2 Might & Magic Heroes VI: Shades of Darkness Win
7 Deus Ex: Human Revolution Director's Cut WiiU
Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly PSN
8 Crash Course 2 XBLA
9 Mario and Donkey Kong: Minis on the Move 3DS
10 Carmageddon Droid
Monaco: What's Yours is Mine XBLA
14 Dust 514 PS3
Metro: Last Light[2] Win, PS3, X360
16 Mega Man 5 3DS
The Starship Damrey 3DS
21 Fast & Furious: Showdown Win, PS3, X360, WiiU, 3DS
Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes WiiU
Resident Evil: Revelations Win, PS3, X360, WiiU
22 Call of Juarez: Gunslinger Win, PSN, XBLA
The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing Win, XBLA
24 Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D 3DS
Sniper Elite V2 WiiU
28 Fuse PS3, X360
Grid 2 Win, PS3, X360
30 The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons and Oracle of Ages 3DS
31 Leisure Suit Larry: Reloaded Win, Mac, Lin, PSN, XBLA, iOS, Droid
Painkiller: Hell & Damnation PS3, X360
Dust: An Elysian Tail Win
Kinetic Void Win, Mac, Lin

JUNE

4 Eve Online: Odyssey Win
Marvel Heroes Win, Mac
Remember Me Win, PS3, X360
9 Animal Crossing: New Leaf 3DS
11 Dark X360
SimCity Mac
14 Dark Win
The Last of Us PS3
23 Game & Wario WiiU
25 Company of Heroes 2 Win
Deadpool Win, PS3, X360
Muramasa Rebirth PSVita
Project X Zone 3DS
Ride to Hell: Retribution Win, PS3, X360
26 Shadowrun Returns Win, Mac, Lin, iOS
28 The Sims 3: Island Paradise Win, Mac
State of Decay XBLA

[SethMode]

Man, really top heavy for me. I will double dip with FEZ, I'll get Blood Dragon, and I have been itching to play Monaco with some friends. After that, the only things I'm really interested in are Remember Me and The Last of Us, but I am very much doing a "wait and see" for both of those.

Totally unrelated: I would dig up the thread, but the computer I use at work has an ancient version of IE that makes functions like that almost unbearable -- how many people here played Metal Gear Rising? I avoided it because I was so burned out on anything MGS, but after going on a Platinum Games binge my interest has been piqued. Any impressions? The demo seemed pretty fun, although I had a little trouble getting used to it so close to Vanquish (mostly because of the slice and dice mechanic -- just had trouble getting that to feel natural to me).

[jms493]

in for Blood Dragon, Grid 2, Marvel Heroes (Free), Last of Us

[j.hen]

I put some cash down for The Last of Us when I got my new PS3.

[Swarley]

Popped NFS: Most Wanted (new one) back in tonight and did not enjoy it much at all. After playing so much Horizon it just reminds me of the arcade racers that I really want to see. Most Wanted just feels too destruction derby-ish for my taste. I miss the games like Underground 2 and Midnight Club series. Open world street racing and tricking your cars out to look absolutely ridiculous lol.

Also, I'm watching a stream of the closed beta for Marvel Heroes. I think I'm sold on that one. Game looks pretty fun. JMS, I'll be down to play it with you.

And speaking of Underground 2...

 

[Swarley]

Played about an hour or two of NFS: Underground 2 tonight. My first thought: it's amazing how well this game holds up. The cars look pretty good for being last-gen. There's some buildings and textures that you can obviously tell it's not current-gen, but it looks and plays a lot better than I would have thought. The cutscenes run completely awful on the 360, so I'm going to wait to play anymore until I can bust out the OG Xbox. Amazing that this game is still unmatched in the arcade-racer world in customization. Midnight Club: LA comes close, but not quite.

I read today that EA is going to show something on all of its major series at E3, and Need for Speed was on the list. Hopefully they bring back a street racer NFS.

[killgod]

Neverwinter is in Open Beta, free to get into.

Pretty fun combat in this game, enjoying it more than I expected I would. Had some really intense fights so far as a Control Wizard, having to frantically teleport and move, while firing off spells, very unique combat (that I've ever seen) for an MMO to have.

[ryne candy]

Just DL the PS3 YouTube app and liking it. The navigation isn't great (using the PS3) since it lists everything in a long list on the left side of TV screen. Watching the A&M/Bama game in pretty good resolution (50" screen)....looks to be at least 720. I'm going to watch college spring games tomorrow using the app.

[padman59]

Just DL the PS3 YouTube app and liking it. The navigation isn't great (using the PS3) since it lists everything in a long list on the left side of TV screen. Watching the A&M/Bama game in pretty good resolution (50" screen)....looks to be at least 720. I'm going to watch college spring games tomorrow using the app.

It's an ok app. It's come quite a way in terms of stability (it locked up my PS3 pretty much every time I used for a while after it first came out). I really hate the search interface though.

[Buzzman]

I finally got my hands on God of War Origins Collection so now I can finally start the series from the start. I am quite surprised just how good the game looks considering it was a PSP game from 5 years ago. I am about 2 hours in and really enjoying Chains of Olympus.

On a side note: I ahve a real problem with Devil may Cry HD Collection. I Bought it and rarely does it ever start up. The screen is just black and I have to turn the PS3 off. Then when it does load up only Devil may Cry 2 and 3 will work. The first one gets stuck on the loading screen after I click to play it. Other people have had this problem but I cant seem to find a fix to it.

[Twigg4075]

I finally got my hands on God of War Origins Collection so now I can finally start the series from the start. I am quite surprised just how good the game looks considering it was a PSP game from 5 years ago. I am about 2 hours in and really enjoying Chains of Olympus.

On a side note: I ahve a real problem with Devil may Cry HD Collection. I Bought it and rarely does it ever start up. The screen is just black and I have to turn the PS3 off. Then when it does load up only Devil may Cry 2 and 3 will work. The first one gets stuck on the loading screen after I click to play it. Other people have had this problem but I cant seem to find a fix to it.

Ugh, that blows. I have that collection too but haven't tried it yet.

[IamMedellin]

On a side note: I ahve a real problem with Devil may Cry HD Collection. I Bought it and rarely does it ever start up. The screen is just black and I have to turn the PS3 off. Then when it does load up only Devil may Cry 2 and 3 will work. The first one gets stuck on the loading screen after I click to play it. Other people have had this problem but I cant seem to find a fix to it.

That's odd...Ive put some time into it and never had any issue with it

[IamMedellin]

[IamMedellin]

glad im not the only one sick of the triple A title... Jaffe is the man

[ryne candy]

Metro: Last Light is getting good reviews from a number of gaming sites.