[Kirosia]

Borderlands 6.8/10 (PC, singleplayer)

Very addictive gameplay a la Diablo, but no real story or character development whatsoever. Bosses get repetitive and easy, bullets sometimes don't hit enemies when they're two inches in front of you.

Last Remnant (PC, N/A) - Still early in the game, I thought it would be overwhelming but it's fairly straightforward JRPG fare. Characters are likeable, and combat is addictive if repetitive. Game stutters when you first enter an area, I hear it's a problem with the unreal engine or something.

 

[Zodduska]

Quote:

Originally Posted by MoodySteve /img/forum/go_quote.gif I'm guessing you're playing DA on console. How are you finding the controls and graphics? I'm still debating whether to go 360 or PC.

Here's what Kotaku had to say about Dragon Age PC vs Console

Dragon Age: Origins - PlayStation 3 Versus PC - Dragon age: origins - Kotaku

 

[Detroit]

I've been loving Batman: Arkham Asylum lately. Loved Uncharted 2. Next is Ratchet and Clank: A Crack in Time.

PSN: DetroitP1

 

[MaZa]

Just played Batman - Arkham Asylum through on Xbox360.

All I can say is that this game kicked ass! Atmosphere was excellent, and so was gameplay. I really felt like Batman as I played this game. It also has great attention to details.

Only major gripes are lack of proper boss fights. Titan monsters do not count as they are basically Bane clones. Even last boss was mainly you vs. ton of standard baddies, with a little button smashing. (I HATE THOSE THINGS! God, my thumb is numb. If it was this hard on Normal difficulty, I wont even bother with Hard) Poison Ivy was good, classic Boss battle though. I loved the Scarecrow parts too.

Also one idiocy, though this isnt exactly fault of the game but me. Why Batman was so lightly equipped at the beginning? Amount of equipment combined with his mental and physical prowess are what make him Batman, super-vigilante! OK, perhaps he left them somewhere because this was supposed to be escort mission. BUT, when he arrives to the alternative-batcave WHICH SHOULD HAVE EVERYTHING HE NEEDS, he only picks up only one item, and even that without upgrade which he picks up later, at the cave again. He is in the middle of Asylum with million goons and lunatics, some even armed for petes sake!

Ok ok, I know this is to prevent access to places you arent supposed to, and make the gameplay more flowing, but it still feels idiotic in realism POV and I just cant get rid of that thought.

Despite that, this game is one of the best games I have played in a while. Definetly will play it again. 9/10



Next is either Tale Of Vesperia on X360 or Dragon Age on PC. Dunno which to start.

 

[Cousin Patty]

Couple of hours into Dragon Age: Origins on PC. Really enjoying it so far. Already a big fan of the Fallout games, Icewind Dale, Mass Effect, KotOR, etc... so this type of gameplay is right up my alley. The only thing I dont like is that your character doesnt talk like in Mass Effect.

 

[TheAudioDude]

Still chugging along with Ninja Gaiden 2, but this past week I received my NES PowerPak. It's a flash cart type device for the NES, where you can load all of your ROMs (legally obtained, of course

) onto a CF card and play them. Emulators can't even compare to the original hardware.

Man, I am in love with it; it's one of the few things I'll want to be buried with

I'm going to wait a while before I order the SNES PowerPak, although it is very tempting.

 

[EugeneK]

Dragonage, 10/10 so far.

 

[FalconP]

I saw my brother playing Dragon Age: Origins and I love it too. Perfectly realised landscapes; unbelievable graphics on a not-so-cutting-edge system. And I was surprised that the game is not as gory as some trailers had led me to believe -- there is gore, but apparently not gratuitous. I'm just wondering if the game is as humorous as Baldur's Gate 2, which is often laugh-out-loud funny.

 

[Zodduska]

Quote:

Originally Posted by FalconP /img/forum/go_quote.gif I saw my brother playing Dragon Age: Origins and I love it too. Perfectly realised landscapes; unbelievable graphics on a not-so-cutting-edge system. And I was surprised that the game is not as gory as some trailers had led me to believe -- there is gore, but apparently not gratuitous. I'm just wondering if the game is as humorous as Baldur's Gate 2, which is often laugh-out-loud funny.

One of the best parts of Dragon Age is the spontaneous party chatter between your comrades, all well written, wonderfully voiced and at times downright hilarious.

 

[oqvist]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zodduska /img/forum/go_quote.gif One of the best parts of Dragon Age is the spontaneous party chatter between your comrades, all well written, wonderfully voiced and at times downright hilarious.

That is Biowares trademark. KOTOR was just amazing. HK 2 anyone

In ME most of the humour was gone though hope it´s back in Dragon Age.

I don´t expect any graphical feast though. Bioware have never been good about making interesting environments. Hopefully will have it by tomorrow I preordered but apparently on the wrong place!

Last game I played was Call of Juarez. I started playing it a year ago but I tend to often stop in the middle when I find something new and come back to games later.

It´s a great title quite innovative... Great story with tons of winks to western movies, great characters. Its a PC fps not console damaged at all. Technically it´s a bit dated with moonwalking enemies and such but I just find that kind of cute really. Doesn´t really detract from a great game.

 

[MaZa]

Yup. Started Dragon Age and dialog is definetly top notch so far. There is so much dry humor in it.

I was also bit dissapointed that main character doesnt talk, but uses KOTOR/NWN2 style dialogs instead. Graphics are from good to bit average. PC and even Xbox360 can do better but what the hell, its the story and atmosphere that counts... Facial animations are also not on par with ME, but ME was pretty much jaw dropping in any movie-like acting and dialogue anyway. That game was even designed to be sort of interractive scifi-movie anyway.

 

[Juggels]

Completed CoD:MW2 single player mode today, and that was one giant adrenaline rush, so I'd definitely rate that one 9.5/10...

I wanna try Dragon Age, but I also know that Assassins Creed 2 is coming up and I really want to play that one through too... If only I could make up my mind. Maybe I'll just go for it and play Dragon Age until AC2 arrives.

 

[oqvist]

Go for it... At the time you are finished with Dragon Age Assassins Creed 3 will be out.

 

[arnesto]

I got Tekken 6 for the PS3 last week.

The game has really good graphics, enviroment is destructable.

I never played any of the previous Tekken versions.

But overall, I think it is pretty similar to other 3D fighters like dead or alive, Virtual Fighter, Soul Caliber.

Most of the fighting moves are too over the top, not like real fighting at all.

I'm wondering maybe the UFC series will be more up my alley.

I give the game a 7 for fun.
A 8.5 for graphics.

 

[MD1032]

I finally just played Assassin's Creed. Wow, what a fantastic game. I expected no less from Ubisoft, who in my opinion does a phenomenal job on all of their games. Great storyline, very above-average visuals and sounds, and very distinctive (although still rather close to Prince of Persia, but that's also made by them). I'll give it an 8/10 just because the gameplay gets really repetitive after a while and yeah, that last boss (the woman, not the final boss) was freaking hard.