The "Now Playing" Thread

Because isn't life really just the time spent between playing videogames?

What's in the systems now:
PS3: Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 (online until my brain melts or I get frustrated)
DS: Chrono Trigger
GBA: Poke'mon Red

Other junk I'm playing:
Tales of Graces F (Future Arc, I typically will alternate between this and CoD throughout the day)

On my "to-get" list:
Metal Gear Rising: Revengance
Bioshock Infinite

I got spoiled a little bit for Infinite, and I have no clue if it's a major spoiler or not...so that's kinda hurting my desire to play the game (it seems like a significant spoiler, but I'm too afraid to find out and risk spoiling more).
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I'm still finishing up Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon. Anything else is incidental. When I'm less busy (aka June), I'll probably pick up Bioshock Infinite.
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Does Bioshock take a bit to get good? I bought it (Steam sale) and only got maybe 15 minutes in and quit. Same with Half-Life 2 and SWKOTOR. And then Metro 2033 I played for like an hour, really trying to extend some grace, and it never got that awesome. These are all critically acclaimed games. What is wrong with me?

HeyDude posted...

Does Bioshock take a bit to get good? I bought it (Steam sale) and only got maybe 15 minutes in and quit. Same with Half-Life 2 and SWKOTOR. And then Metro 2033 I played for like an hour, really trying to extend some grace, and it never got that awesome. These are all critically acclaimed games. What is wrong with me?

Go play them like now.

Like seriously, why are you reading this?

...Oh, an ANSWER? Ugh, fine.

Bioshock is one of the finest games I have ever played. It's rare that I'm so hooked that I play it non-stop for 8 hours after picking it up as a "Why the hell not?" purchase.

Half-Life 2 is great as well, but I can't speak as fondly about it. I'm decenltly far into it, but my laptop can't really handle games, and it just got to the point that the freezing/lagging ruined the enjoyment for me. I also wanted to play the original too, since there were a LOT of references I was missing.

I've never played KOTOR, but it's KOTOR....like seriously... Reputation alone means it's incredible.
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I played through Journey a couple weekends ago and thought it was incredible. The same friend tried to get me to play Bioshock Infinite but I don't like shooters and irrationally freaked out in the beginning when you see the dead body in the chair in the lighthouse. I thought it was going to jump up at me or something. I was so freaked out that I shut the system off all the way and my friend mercilessly made fun of me, and then showed me past that part and into the rest of the "intro" of the game. I thought it had a cool atmosphere but I don't know if the game is really for me.

Earlier this year I played through and finished Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward on the 3DS, which is probably the 2nd best game I've ever read (it's a visual novel with puzzle elements.) The only game that beats it is 999: Nine Persons, Nine Hours, Nine Doors, which is the original game in the series.

A handful of weekends ago I finished a playthrough of Super Mario RPG, two weekends ago I got all 96 exits in Super Mario World, and this past weekend I did a no-warp playthrough of Super Mario Bros 3. Not sure which retro game I'm going to go for next. I might dig up my copy of Kirby and the Amazing Mirror and go through that again, because I think it's the second best game in the Kirby franchise next to Kirby Super Star. Speaking of which, though, I still have to play through Kirby's Return to Dreamland (the Wii game) on the EX/Hard difficulty.

I also want to make it a point to play all the way through Super Mario Galaxy and Galaxy 2 again, because I thought those games were incredible as well.
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LP1 did you like Bioshock immediately or what? I just felt like they dropped me in, no context, no goal, didn't know who I was, and I felt like I was just supposed to assume that I should walk around and shoot things, but I think either my gun sucked or I had a crowbar or something. I don't even remember now because it was like 3 years ago. And now I have kids so it's hard to go into a game backlog when I can just play a game I'm already familiar with and enjoy.

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HeyDude posted...

LP1 did you like Bioshock immediately or what? I just felt like they dropped me in, no context, no goal, didn't know who I was, and I felt like I was just supposed to assume that I should walk around and shoot things, but I think either my gun sucked or I had a crowbar or something. I don't even remember now because it was like 3 years ago. And now I have kids so it's hard to go into a game backlog when I can just play a game I'm already familiar with and enjoy.

Yeah, pretty much. I'm not a fan of the horror genre at all, but Bioshock felt like the perfect blend of survival horror and action that I just fell in love. The beginning is a tiny bit slow. I REALLY started to like it right when you fight the first boss, which I think would be around an hour or so in.

Also, the game really rewards exploring, which is something I love to do as well.
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Well, there is a new accent of n00b language. It's called: Vet LUEser goes Foreign!-MegaSpy22
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