What Videogame(s) Are You Playing Right Now?

[Moonlight_Graham]

I have this wicked original star trek series adventure game that was on 5.5 inch floppies (25th anniversary).... One of my favorite games evar. I have a mac though, and having an OS greater than X makes it impossible to play games from OS 9 or earlier (unless you want to pay a crap load of money, and all the hassle needed).

 

Also, I'm a huge RPG nerd. Playing Chrono Trigger DS currently. Havent really used the extras yet, except the battle arena, which seems completely pointless.

 

Ya i remember that one! My friend had it. All i remember from it is when you're down on some planet & there's a locked door, u pick up this dude's hand that was blown off after he died & use it to scan entry into the door. hahaha good times.

[AnOceanPearl]

Just finished Story Mode in Lego Indiana Jones, but I still have a shitload left to do in the game.

[AnOceanPearl]

Re-started Fallout 3.

[Crusader]

Dammit. As soon as this semester is over I am playing that.

[garsk]

Battlefield 1942. Back when air battles were actually good.

 

 

i should really reinstall Battlefield 1942, it was a good game.

[Doormat]

There's nothing funnier than watching a bogey on your six crash into a hill after failing to duplicate your double barrel roll going under a bridge.

 

Also: slicing infantry with your wings. GG Geneva convention.

[Moonlight_Graham]

I'm playing Eternal Sonata for Xbox 360. Its a jawdroppingly beautiful JRPG with wonderful music also. Reminds me of Chrono Cross, so i love it. And NO random battles!!

[Doormat]

Fallout 3 makes me jizz in my pants.

[Prometheon]

Psh, all you people with your newfangled consoles....

 

I'm currently playing Mega Man X2

[noise_pollution]

I played Guitar Hero: World Tour for the first time today. After playing Rock Band for two years I find this game to be not very good. The set list was half decent but the menus, note charts and band interaction(one fail, you all fail) was just terrible. Not to mention the career mode pales in comparsion to the depth Rock Band has. I really wanted to like this game but alas. I played it with Rock Band instruments, so I can't really give an opinion on GHWT's gear.

[Gomo]

Apparently a Resident Evil 5 demo is coming out soon.

 

Game set to be released on March 13th...

 

I am very excited!

[prototypepariah]

I played Guitar Hero: World Tour for the first time today. After playing Rock Band for two years I find this game to be not very good. The set list was half decent but the menus, note charts and band interaction(one fail, you all fail) was just terrible. Not to mention the career mode pales in comparsion to the depth Rock Band has. I really wanted to like this game but alas. I played it with Rock Band instruments, so I can't really give an opinion on GHWT's gear.

 

Word on the street is the guitar hero drums are much more durable/better as well as the guitar. Personally I like the RB one better.

 

You just said what I said first time messing around with the game. It's balls compared to rock band. then you get into the iffy download content = pass. the ONLY good thing is it's compatibility and hotel California lol.

[AnOceanPearl]

I'm playing Eternal Sonata for Xbox 360. Its a jawdroppingly beautiful JRPG with wonderful music also. Reminds me of Chrono Cross, so i love it. And NO random battles!!

I was playing this and then I stopped.

[Crusader]

how do you level with no random battles?

[AnOceanPearl]

It's like Chrono Trigger/Final Fantasy 12/Persona- you see the enemies on the screen, and you can avoid them or engage them at your own disrection.

[Gomo]

I have no problem with random battles, but I also very much enjoyed the gameplay of FF12.

[Computer]

Resident Evil 5 demo... pretty much resident evil 4 all over again, same shitty controls that make me feel like I'm controlling a cripple.

[AnOceanPearl]

At least it's not like RE1-3/Code Veronica where it feels like you're trying to control a tank, though Capcom really does need to do an overhaul of the control system for Resident Evil, there's just no excuse for cripple like movement in this console generation.

[Prometheon]

I just beat the shit out of Mega Man X using just the X Buster.

[Gomo]

Resident Evil 4 had shitty controls? That's news to me.

 

Of course 5 has the same gameplay. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. RE4 revolutionized a turning point in that genre.

[Computer]

If it ain't broke don't fix it doesn't really apply to videogames on the same level as other things. Hundreds of games come out every year advancing ever genre and taking bits and pieces from their predecessors. Which is what makes Resident Evil 5 feel dated, compared to say... dead space. It's one thing to keep the same mechanics, but you also have to keep up with the competition.

[Gomo]

Well they DID add a co-op mode, which is pretty important to some people (not me particularly, but I understand).

 

RE has appeal because of the gameplay and the story. It's just a quality franchise and RE5 is going to be a quality game with an interesting story and interesting characters. That's what I'm looking forward to.

[AnOceanPearl]

The turning in RE4, while better than it's predecessors, is still not as fluid as I feel it should be. I love the game, and it's just a minor gripe that doesn't really detract from the experience, but it still is a little bit of a flaw, and if controlling Chris in RE5 feels like controlling Leon in 4, then yes, it will be another minor gripe that doesn't really detract from what is likely to be an excellent game.

[Gomo]

This may sounds completely ridiculous to you, but controls that don't give you the full range of motion and maneuvering you'd hope for is better for a game like Resident Evil. Making it more difficult to get around/avoid zombies makes it a bit more tense.

 

That's partly what made the original resident evil a scary game. The controls sucked and you couldn't get away when you wanted to because of crappy controls and shitty camera angles.

[Computer]

I've heard that argument before, and it's completely unwarranted in this day and age... crippling a player so that it makes the game harder and more "intense" is no excuse for shitty AI and game mechanics.