The Arcade Random Thoughts Thread

[Twigg4075]

Well, two of the five regular cast members have beaten it. Two others are about halfway through but stopped playing when their best friend and fifth member up and died. Just to be fair, I don't think the Last of Us would be high on my playlist if I was feeling depressed either. It's not exactly the feel good game of the summer.

Sorry, that excuse is bullshit. The game came out over a month ago and they got early copies. I was wondering when someone would bring that up. When I heard them say they were trying to get back into it but just couldn't, and I'm pretty sure they said they were only a few hours in, not halfway, all I could think was "What the fuck? How was it not finished weeks ago?"

 

[JayDizzle]

DLing XCOM for PS3 right now.

7-8 Gigs in change is nothing if I could run it on my laptop but it's getting harder to squeeze these games in on my PS3 HDD w/o getting a new hard drive or buying a bigger system. :smh:

Other than that, I look forward to protecting the Earth while naming future victims to the alien hordes after VSNers...

I'm thinking Twigg might make an appearance in the intro if they let me rename troopers in the beginning. :smug:

 

[SethMode]

Sorry, that excuse is bullshit. The game came out over a month ago and they got early copies. I was wondering when someone would bring that up. When I heard them say they were trying to get back into it but just couldn't, and I'm pretty sure they said they were only a few hours in, not halfway, all I could think was "What the fuck? How was it not finished weeks ago?"

Huh? Again, 2 of the 5 finished it. 1 is dead so can't . 2 dont want to because it depresses them. I am not sure what you want here.

 

[Twigg4075]

So GameStop is apparently doing a B1G1 on select cheap games on Monday. For those that have played these games, give me your list ranking them. I'm probably only going to get 4, so that's why I'm asking.

• Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
• Brink
• Bulletstorm
• Singularity
• Homefront
• Brutal Legend
• Stranglehold

I liked Homefront.

1) Enslaved
2) Singularity
3) Bulletstorm
4) Brutal Legend
5) Homefront
6) Brink

Enslaved is a great game, especially if you can get it for $5. I just recently played through the DLC for it, and then replayed some of the main game to trophy hunt, and was reminded of how excellent it is. It looks great, the voice acting and characters are awesome and the story is decent.
Singularity is an excellent and very under appreciated FPS. It has a lot of similarities to Bioshock.
Bulletstorm is a very interesting and colorful FPS but it can get extremely repetitive unless you really know how to mix up all the crazy combos you can pull off. Even then it is still repeptitive.
Brutal Legend is a really cool game, especially if you are a fan of rock music. Not being able to jump takes a while to get used to and the RTS stuff near the end, as Seth mentioned, is fucking horrible.
Brink is actually a really fun game if you can get a group of people to play because it's a four player co-op shooter that is based strictly around mp. If you play by yourself, not only is it difficult as fuck, but you're just running through the maps with bots. I actually own it for 360 and PS3 and have yet to even open the PS3 copy so that is something to keep in mind.
The best part of Homefront was the mp and I'm guessing that is a ghosttown now. The campaign had some decent moments but for the most part it had rote gameplay and story and it was unbelieveably short.

 

[Twigg4075]

Huh? Again, 2 of the 5 finished it. 1 is dead so can't . 2 dont want to because it depresses them. I am not sure what you want here.

It's bullshit that the ones that haven't finsihed it didn't didn't completed well before Ryan passed. It's easily one of the best games of this generation, if not all time. They run one of the biggest GAMING sites on the internet (not that you would know that based on their podcast). That's my point. Maybe if Brad wasn't playing Dota 20hrs per day he would've finished it a month ago.

 

[SethMode]

It's bullshit that the ones that haven't finsihed it didn't have it completed well before Ryan passed.It's easily one of the best games of this generation, if not all time. That's my point. Maybe if Brad wasn't playing Dota 20hrs per day he would've finished it a month ago.

So you're mad because 2 dudes haven't finished a game? You are a piece of work man.

 

[Twigg4075]

So you're mad because 2 dudes haven't finished a game? You are a piece of work man.

Yeah, considering they call themselves games journalists and run a major gaming site. Yeah, not playing one of the biggest gaming releases this gen 1 1/2 months after release is a bit ridiculous. I'm not mad, it's just fucking dumb.

 

[padman59]

I got so close to beating Organ Trail. I caught two stray bullets in a row on the last leg of the trip.

 

[JayDizzle]

I got so close to beating Organ Trail. I caught two stray bullets in a row on the last leg of the trip.

Stream Highlights, or it didn't happen. :kobe:

 

I'd actually watch Organ Trail on Twitch if prompted

 

[Bomberooski]

Just finished Saints Row The 3rd. Loved it.

 

Saved Shaundi

 

[Bomberooski]

VSN, I'm taking suggestions on the next game from my backlog to try to beat. Here are a few:

Sleeping Dogs (ps3)
Infamous 2 (ps3)
Borderlands 2 DLC (360) (not sure which one I'm on)
XCom (ps3)
Warhammer Space Marines (ps3)
Assassins Creed 2 (360)

 

[Swarley]

VSN, I'm taking suggestions on the next game from my backlog to try to beat. Here are a few:

Sleeping Dogs (ps3)
Infamous 2 (ps3)
Borderlands 2 DLC (360) (not sure which one I'm on)
XCom (ps3)
Warhammer Space Marines (ps3)
Assassins Creed 2 (360)

Even though I just tweeted you back with my pick, I'll post it here too:

1. inFAMOUS 2
2. Assassin's Creed 2
3. Sleeping Dogs (I really love all of these top 3 games)

T4. XCOM
T4. Borderlands 2 DLC







6. Warhammer

 

[Twigg4075]

I got so close to beating Organ Trail. I caught two stray bullets in a row on the last leg of the trip.

Is that the original or was there some new version released recently.

 

[j.hen]

VSN, I'm taking suggestions on the next game from my backlog to try to beat. Here are a few:

Sleeping Dogs (ps3)
Infamous 2 (ps3)
Borderlands 2 DLC (360) (not sure which one I'm on)
XCom (ps3)
Warhammer Space Marines (ps3)
Assassins Creed 2 (360)

I'd say go Sleeping Dogs Bomber :yep:


Been playing a lot of Persona 3. I'm diggin' it. My main two Personas I use are:

Rakshasa:

 

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Principality:

 

 

[Twigg4075]

VSN, I'm taking suggestions on the next game from my backlog to try to beat. Here are a few:

Sleeping Dogs (ps3)
Infamous 2 (ps3)
Borderlands 2 DLC (360) (not sure which one I'm on)
XCom (ps3)
Warhammer Space Marines (ps3)
Assassins Creed 2 (360)

I would go...

1) inFamous 2
2) Sleeping Dogs
3) Assassin's Creed 2
4) Borderlands 2 DLC
5) Warhammer
6) XCOM

Lookig at that list, that is a ton of open world goodness.

 

[Misogi]

I'd say go Sleeping Dogs Bomber :yep:


Been playing a lot of Persona 3. I'm diggin' it. My main two Personas I use are:

Rakshasa:

 

&


Principality:

 

One thing I learned early that physical attacks are probably the best in the game. Not too many enemies are going to have physical resistances and you'll almost always have the chance to crit them instead of a weakness. Power Charge too strong.

 

[jms493]

VSN, I'm taking suggestions on the next game from my backlog to try to beat. Here are a few:

Sleeping Dogs (ps3)
Infamous 2 (ps3)
Borderlands 2 DLC (360) (not sure which one I'm on)
XCom (ps3)
Warhammer Space Marines (ps3)
Assassins Creed 2 (360)

XCOM!!

 

[JayDizzle]

VSN, I'm taking suggestions on the next game from my backlog to try to beat. Here are a few:

Sleeping Dogs (ps3)
Infamous 2 (ps3)
Borderlands 2 DLC (360) (not sure which one I'm on)
XCom (ps3)
Warhammer Space Marines (ps3)
Assassins Creed 2 (360)

1a) inFamous 2
1b) Sleeping Dogs

-Can't go wrong with either and they're both guaranteed to entertain you for at LEAST a weekend or more.

3a) XCom
3b) BL2 DLC

-XCom's gonna be daunting, unfair and more than likely will destroy you if you play above Normal your first time; it's not Nintendo-hard but it's close.

BEATING it though? One of the better gaming rewards you'll ever have.

-The BL2 DLC's either going to be a chore if you have no one to play with or a job if you and you have to co-ordinate with 3 other people.

If you do pick it, tell Twigg to get off his fuckin' ass and finish whatever he needs to do on his 360 copy so he can quit being a pussy and start playing on the PS3 version, finally.

5) Assassin's Creed 2

-Repetitive.

Also requires all of your attention if you're gonna beat it.

The story's so good that it warranted a set of pseudo-sequels while AC1 and AC3 only got you a forgotten PSP/Vita game and a DLC that nobody played.

Assassin's Creed IV doesn't exist without the numbers and popularity THIS title stirred up for the series.

6) Warhammer

-If you give your life to the whim of the Emperor while killing thousands of nameless Orks over an afternoon, this is for you.

The MP's a ghost town.

 

[j.hen]

One thing I learned early that physical attacks are probably the best in the game. Not too many enemies are going to have physical resistances and you'll almost always have the chance to crit them instead of a weakness. Power Charge too strong.

Pretty much. My Rakshasa knows Dia too, which makes losing health with his attacks not mean anything.

Also I just triple fused to get a badass Ares. He tears shit up. :yep:

 

[Misogi]

Pretty much. My Rakshasa knows Dia too, which makes losing health with his attacks not mean anything.

Also I just triple fused to get a badass Ares. He tears shit up. :yep:

Ares is really strong. I think eventually i got Loki and he just ripped through everything. Never get attached to them personas tho. I need to go back to my p3 game. I got p4g and stopped playing p3 completely. I'm like at dungeon 126 or something though...