What are you playing at the moment?

[NokkonWud]

I had to kill the overseer to get the password. Not sue if this is going to have an impact on the game later on as the the girl was a bit upset with my character.. ?

It has an impact, but nothing overly major in the scale of things. There are a few ways to get past him which don't involve killing him though.

Did you get the bobblehead before you left?

[NokkonWud]

Resi 2 was almost like two completely different games, new enemies, new locations, new characters, new weapons etc.

Good point, forgot about the 2 different games. I think, even as a kid I completed it in something like 4-5 hours on my first go and that disappointed me and I remember it in a negative light for that reason.

I liked Code Veronica because I really enjoyed both the characters and FMV. :p.

What I want is a full remake of all the Resident Evil games (bar 5) in full, awesome HD glory for the next-generation of consoles in 2 years time. That would be awesome.

[Davey_Pitch]

Resi 4 is the best in the series by some way IMO, though I haven't played Resi 3. Resi 1 was simply awesome, I remember completing that on the Sega Saturn and loving virtually every minute of it.

[KennyBhoy]

Pure has the difficulty curve from hell.

Your not kidding. I'm only in to the second stage of races and already i'm struggling! Came 1st in all of the stage 1 levels now i'm struggling to keep up! :shocked:

[NokkonWud]

Yep, that's where it hit me too. Caused me a lot of cursing at LAN (where I first played Psymonkees copy).

[Admiral Huddy]

It has an impact, but nothing overly major in the scale of things. There are a few ways to get past him which don't involve killing him though.

Did you get the bobblehead before you left?

Nope.. go on .. what is this?

I'm thinking of starting again though.. just treat the opening as a taster.

[KennyBhoy]

You can return to Vault 101 later in the game. This will be your second and final chance to collect the bobblehead in the vault. So you don't have to start again. :)

[Haly]

Don't worry about collecting everything on your first playthrough Huddy :) Just play the game and enjoy it, no point getting bogged down in the little things!

[Psymonkee]

Yep, that's where it hit me too. Caused me a lot of cursing at LAN (where I first played Psymonkees copy).

Not exactly :p

[KennyBhoy]

Speaking of Resident Evil games. I've go Resident Evil Archives for the Wii being delivered tomorrow. Dear God, i better hoover the dust off the Wii :D

As for Pure, i'm done with it already i reckon. Looks gorgeous but so difficult so soon. Doesn't bode well for later in the game!

[Admiral Huddy]

What is the bobble head?

[john]

Just gone through the deleted scenes in the on the new dlc (Dark corners). Not very long at an hour to complete both paths. Hoping the multiplayer maps make it better value playing horde. Also just starting broken steel on fallout 3. last dlc to complete before the new one comes out.

[KennyBhoy]

What is the bobble head?

http://i30.tinypic.com/sblu2d.jpg

Throughout the game you may find these little guys! There's 20 of them throughout the Wastelands. All offer different skills of various types (luck, medicine, science etc etc) and you get 1 skill point for each one you find in whatever category the bobblehead you find is. Their not essential to the game. Their just cool :D

[Haly]

What is the bobble head?

It's one of 20 collectibles throughout the game. Each one of them boosts a stat by one. Seven of them boost your Special stats (like Strength, Agility, those sort of ones) and the other thirteen boost your skills such as Barter or Sneak etc.
They're not essential for the game, just help you a little bit :) In my first playthrough I didn't really bother with them unless I stumbled across one, but it is the kind of game that rewards you for exploring lots!

[Aboobie]

http://i30.tinypic.com/sblu2d.jpg

They're also very small and easy to miss.

[KennyBhoy]

That's why i called them little guys :p

[Davey_Pitch]

I got all 20 of them :D

[KennyBhoy]

I got all 20 of them :D

Me too. Needed a guide for a couple though :o

[NokkonWud]

http://i30.tinypic.com/sblu2d.jpg

Throughout the game you may find these little guys! There's 20 of them throughout the Wastelands. All offer different skills of various types (luck, medicine, science etc etc) and you get 1 skill point for each one you find in whatever category the bobblehead you find is. Their not essential to the game. Their just cool :D

More than 1 skill point isn't it? I thought it was 10 or 15?

[NokkonWud]

Not exactly :p

Ah yeah, it wasn't your copy was it, it was TSG's.

[KennyBhoy]

Each bobblehead gives either a +1 bonus to a stat or a +10 bonus to a skill.

I knew i remembered a bobblehead increasing something by 1 :D

[KennyBhoy]

I just completed Dead Space. I thoroughly enjoyed it. I found myself wanting to get home and play it all the time. Credits have just rolled and i see i've been awarded a bunch of stuff. So i might return for another play through some time.

The last boss was rather big and the ending is :shocked:

For the £10 i paid for it, best bargain yet for the 360. Personally. Hurry up Dead Space 2 and 3 :D

[NokkonWud]

I absolutely **** it at the very end when you're in the ship!


Glad you enjoyed it. Go for the 1k! Go on, do it! :D

[KennyBhoy]

I highlighted your spoiler and your not wrong! As for the 1k, i won't even pretend that i'll try for 1k :D

How do i get my military suit? I just loaded it up again at the start, at a harder difficulty setting and he's got no military suit? I also noticed my suit is still level 5? So everything remains upgraded?

[NokkonWud]

I believe you can replace your suit at a store, however you will need to upgrade it all again I believe. But yes, you stay upgraded.

The other runthroughs are much quicker really, just stick to the plasma cutter (and you get an achievement just for using this) and remember the Peng treasure if you don't already have it.

[Garp]

Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe

Bit of retro gaming going on :D

ICE CREAM, ICE CREAM!

[KennyBhoy]

I believe you can replace your suit at a store, however you will need to upgrade it all again I believe. But yes, you stay upgraded.

The other runthroughs are much quicker really, just stick to the plasma cutter (and you get an achievement just for using this) and remember the Peng treasure if you don't already have it.

I just watched a video of the Peng treasure. Is their only one to be had? I found quite a few diamond, ruby and gold components. I used the plasma cutter 99% of the time too. I didn't really like the other weapons. Only use them when ammo got low. :(

Got Resident Evil Archives next to play. That's rented, so i'll get that out the way before i consider any more Dead Space. :D

[NokkonWud]

I wasn't a fan of some of the other guns, but the Line gun and Force gun's were amazing, especially the latter.

And yes, only one treasure, the one on Chapter 11.
On your second run through use the codes to top up your health/air and also add additional nodes. Makes it a little bit quicker and doesn't interfere with achievements.

[Haly]

I'm currently playing Killzone 2. Graphically it's stunning, gameplay wise it's mediocre at best and really not interesting me at all.
Unfortunately I'm the only one in the house at the moment and I can't switch the disc for Valkyria Chronicles, due to the foot thing. :(

[KennyBhoy]

Poor Haly! :(

I agree, Killzone 2 does look stunning. Some levels are jaw dropping. It's certainly not a game you'd play for the narrative. I just had to switch off and plod through it in a mindless fashion. Made it enjoyable when i never tried to think too much about it. :D

[Haly]

I was hoping for mindless but fun FPS action :/ It's definitely mindless but just not grabbing my interest. Shame really.
Glad I didn't pay a lot though!

[Streeteh]

Just finished Lost Odyssey, hmmm, difficult one.

The gameplay mechanics were great and early on there were some really challenging enemies that really made you think about what you were doing. As the game began to open up in disk 3 however i started to explore, find powerful treasures and really plough my way through without issue. I didn't have a problem with this as i assumed the 'end game' content would be tough as nails, but it wasn't. Every end game dungeon was a doddle, the snow plains and seth's hideout took less than 10 mins to complete each, the only one with potential was the Temple of Enlightenment but the enemies were too weak and the puzzle mechanic became slow and frustrating. Speaking of frustrating, after spending an hour and a half wondering around the temple of enlightenment without finding a save point, those short animations at the start of a battle become very annoying, i reckon a good 10 mins of my time in that dungeon was spent staring at the wall of the dungeon as the camera panned around to the battle.

As already stated in the past, the storyline is nothing to write home about, but functional. Same goes for the characters.

Another disappointment was the backyard battles, they could have been so much more difficult with more interesting restrictions (the one where you could only use mortals was quite cool) but they missed out. Even the final enemy (the immortal) was a doddle, killed him in less than 10 turns.

I've pretty much done everything in the game i'm willing to do now, i will not be playing to collect every treasure for example, and along with that i will not be collecting every skill or spell. I will also not be paying for DLC in order to 1k the game.

But, negatives aside, i've very much enjoyed it. It's the best traditional JRPG i've played since FFX which is high praise indeed. I just wish they had paid more attention to either the characters and plot or the endgame content to provide more of a challenge. One or the other would have moved it from a very good JRPG to an excellent one, shame.

Now to thrash Forza 2 before Forza 3 is released.

[Aboobie]

I will also not be paying for DLC in order to 1k the game.

You don't need the DLC for 1000, the DLC raises it to 1100. I got 980 without it (I didn't bother getting all the treasures).

Good summary though :)

[Streeteh]

You don't need the DLC for 1000, the DLC raises it to 1100. I got 980 without it (I didn't bother getting all the treasures).

Good summary though :)

Ooooohhhhh. It includes the DLC achievements in the list so i assumed they were part of the 1000 points

duuuur.

[EDIT] Oh the final boss was rather amusing too, the mortals kept 'helping me' when i still had max health etc. I assume the meteor shower spell he casts is meant to wipe my party? Because i had persistence which stops my team from KOing so they all survived without issue.

[Davey_Pitch]

I finished Wolverine yesterday, and it was an enjoyable game. Was longer than I thought it would be, but I was following a guide to make sure I got all the dog tags and mutagens so that would have made it a bit longer as I was referring to it all the time. Need to get the review of it written tonight as I don't want any reviews hanging over me and needing to be done the day before I go on my honeymoon!

[Creature]

Replaying the GH2 carrer for fun. Forgot how hard tier 2 songs were in comparrison to RB2. However, I did get 98% on Hangar 18 =/. 5 starred Jordan too (which is still an arse when SP doesn't activate)

[Davey_Pitch]

I do hate you Chris, Hangar 18 still kicks my ass most of the time (even though I know I can now beat it), but Jordan still whoops me every single time!

[Kreeeee]

I'm currently playing Killzone 2. Graphically it's stunning, gameplay wise it's mediocre at best and really not interesting me at all.
Unfortunately I'm the only one in the house at the moment and I can't switch the disc for Valkyria Chronicles, due to the foot thing. :(

How do you go to the toilet?

[Haly]

How do you go to the toilet?

Read that at first and thought what's that got to do with Killzone 2 ;D
With great difficulty is the answer there :p

[Creature]

I do hate you Chris, Hangar 18 still kicks my ass most of the time (even though I know I can now beat it), but Jordan still whoops me every single time!My problem on Jordan is that I have to use sp to beat it, and I have to use the explorer as no other guitars work. I cannot tilt activate though as it's not sensitive enough, and the back button is too bloody small.


Still trying for 500k too, 490k on Freebird, missed 2 key notes at the end, both with x4, would have got it other wise :(

[Davey_Pitch]

Still trying for 500k too, 490k on Freebird, missed 2 key notes at the end, both with x4, would have got it other wise :(

I would have thought you'd be using X-Stream for that, from the Youtube videos I've watched it looks pretty easy (relatively), so much so that I'm tempted to try it myself at some point :)

[Creature]

It's easy to a point, miss 3 notes and bye bye. Tried about 20 times last night, just wouldn't happen.

[Daz]

Got my 1000 note streak on X-Stream, I'm done with that track :D

Not looked at Hangar 18 in ages.

[Joe 90]

Just fired up CoD:WaW and was greeted by a 175mb patch. Anybody know what's in that?

[Davey_Pitch]

Got my 1000 note streak on X-Stream, I'm done with that track :D

Not looked at Hangar 18 in ages.
You definitely need to give Hangar 18 another go, if I can manage it then I'm sure you can :)

[KennyBhoy]

I took Nokkons "advice" and started Dead Space on Impossible earlier today. Killing enemies doesn't seem to be my issue, ammo does :D

I'll only play it when I have nothing else to play really. It's too soon for a total run through :)

[NokkonWud]

I took Nokkons "advice" and started Dead Space on Impossible earlier today. Killing enemies doesn't seem to be my issue, ammo does :D

I'll only play it when I have nothing else to play really. It's too soon for a total run through :)

If you only have the Plasma Cutter in your inventory and put all other weapons in storage then you will ONLY get Plasma Cutter ammo. :)

[KennyBhoy]

If you only have the Plasma Cutter in your inventory and put all other weapons in storage then you will ONLY get Plasma Cutter ammo. :)

Good tip. Also noticed you can sell the plasma cutter and get a new one for nothing? Obviously did it right away before i start using nodes to upgrade it. :D

[leowyatt]

I only have a plasma cutter but still get ammo for the other weapons :huh:

[Streeteh]

I only have a plasma cutter but still get ammo for the other weapons :huh:

Some crates and storage lockers have predetermined items within them so they will remain the same no matter what weapon you're carrying. It's the random drops from enemies that are affected by what weapon you have. I actually carry around the most powerful weapon too (forget the name) as its ammo sells for a fortune, you tend to find at least 2 rounds per enemy drop which once sold gives you enough to buy a clip of plasma cutter ammo and have change to spare. Also the most powerful weapon is very useful for taking out the really fast guys at the end.

[Feek]

I'm 'playing' Aerowinx Precision Simulator (http://www.aerowinx.com). It was a post in GD here that got me looking at it again and I've built a VM specially for it! It's an old DOS Boeing 747-400 systems and procedures trainer. At the moment I'm sitting at FL370 heading towards Iceland. The sim is running in the bottom right, my fuel planner is top right, a moving map is bottom left and the Broker which links them all together is top left.

http://ocukroguesgallery.com/feek/temp/ps1-20090731-230828.png

The best bit is that I've just discovered that there's going to be a new platform independent version released next year! The screenshots look incredible.

[Garp]

what no funky 3D graphics? :p

Seriously though, that looks quite cool :)

[Feek]

Nope, practically nothing outside the window. All I can see at the moment is the horizon, it's dark below it and lighter above it. That's it!

I'm just past Iceland, next waypoint is Stornoway, 430 miles away.

/edit - These two pages are what make it much more interesting...

http://ocukroguesgallery.com/feek/temp/malf1-20090801-001617.png

http://ocukroguesgallery.com/feek/temp/malf2-20090801-001714.png

I have them all turned off today because I've not flown this thing for about three years and want to just get back into it, but I normally have at least some random malfunctions configured :)

[Glaucus]

X3:Terran Conflict. Loving it. Although getting annoyed as my ship just isn't fast enough in combat. Pretty hard to hit something when it's going almost twice as fast.

[dirtydog]

I'm playing through Half Life 2 again for the umpteenth time, why aren't there more single player FPS games like this.

[Dunketh]

Nothing, lost all desire to play games :(

I guess I need a break

[Briggykins]

why aren't there more single player FPS games like this.


It's a good point. Why can't anybody do for single player FPSes what Valve have been doing for over a decade? I'm not even looking for someone to better them, or do a great multiplayer, or any extras - just for another FPS with the sheer playability (and re-playability) that each of the Half Life games have had. Can it really be that hard?

[cheets]

COD 1 and Mafia on the PC

Old school.

[NokkonWud]

I'm playing through Half Life 2 again for the umpteenth time, why aren't there more single player FPS games like this.

I thank my lucky stars every day they're not. ;D

[Danny]

Call of Juarez MP, played so much of it lately I hear gunfire in my sleep!

Comes with the usual Live crap, host advantage and lag because no one seems to be able to host a full game without players dropping but I love it.

Gonna have to send it back soon as it's on rental which is a shame, I will pick it up to continue online when it's cheap.

[dirtydog]

I thank my lucky stars every day they're not. ;D

Not a fan? :p

What single player FPSes are better then, in your view? :shocked:

I've tried things like FEAR, Prey, Dead Space (okay it's an FPS/3rd person hybrid), Far Cry, Crysis - they all fall way short of the standards HL2 set five years ago! Even graphically it still looks fantastic by today's standards which shows how ahead of its time it was on release :)

[Aboobie]

Not a fan? :p

What single player FPSes are better then, in your view? :shocked:

I've tried things like FEAR, Prey, Dead Space (okay it's an FPS/3rd person hybrid), Far Cry, Crysis - they all fall way short of the standards HL2 set five years ago! Even graphically it still looks fantastic by today's standards which shows how ahead of its time it was on release :)

I played it through again recently and it does still play well though I'd argue it is starting to look a tad dated. I personally feel Bioshock and The Darkness do hold up well next to it to fill that story driven fps experience. I'd also mention COD4 for an intense immersive ride.

[dirtydog]

Actually I'd forgotten BioShock. That game is okay, one of the better ones which I did enjoy for a while, although for me it did become repetitive and tedious after a while and I've yet to complete it. I haven't tried The Darkness as it seems to be console only.

The COD games aren't my cup of tea at all, I find them very lacklustre indeed I'm afraid. I did enjoy the old Medal of Honour game years ago a lot more.

[NokkonWud]

Not a fan? :p

What single player FPSes are better then, in your view? :shocked:

I've tried things like FEAR, Prey, Dead Space (okay it's an FPS/3rd person hybrid), Far Cry, Crysis - they all fall way short of the standards HL2 set five years ago! Even graphically it still looks fantastic by today's standards which shows how ahead of its time it was on release :)

Firstly, Half-Life is the greatest game ever made. It did everything right, from story to interesting environments, world interaction to perfect weapon balance. The second game starts well, City 17 in its own right is very impressive and sets the tone well. The problems with this game lie solely at it's dependence on showing off the physics engine (which I wasn't that impressed by when I came to play it anyway), and for over half the game it becomes more of a physics showcase than a single-player adventure with variation and storyline. It just become mundane and repetative, use the gravity gun for this, gravity gun for that, move this, move that, lift this, lift that, pick this up and throw it at him with the gravity gun again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again (and this sentence isn't even as repetative as that game).

It had a lot of potential, started the right way but as soon as you got the gravity gun it all changed and I just saw through it all and it just becomes incredibly dull and predictable. I even went back to it at the end of last year and completed it (after more than 10 attempts to enjoy it) and the final section was EVEN WORSE for dependence on the gravity gun. It was infuriating. And to top it off, I don't like the Source engine and how it feels when you move around (this is the case with Half-Life 2, Portal, CSS, DoDS etc.. it's just the feel of the engine, it feels like it's on ice a little bit) and it's even more annoying for modding in compared to something like the Unreal Engine which absolutely blows it away.

It's indicitive of the era it came from, this physics were the new big thing and all the videos for it really pushed this more than anything else (I'm sure you remember the video of putting the washing machine in front of the door) and it looked great at the time, but when you're doing it every 30 seconds in the game it just isn't enjoyable. Half-Life 2 also wanted to be the first game out with this standard of physics (and Max Payne 2 beat it out to retail shelves - and then beat it in every single other respect) and it's quite clear the game became a case of physics first, everything else after that.

Considering Half-Life is my favourite game ever and confirmed to me that making games is what I wanted to do, Half-Life 2 is without a doubt the most disappointing game I've ever played in my entire life.

As for better first person games (not including third person games like Gears of War), The Darkness, BioShock and Call of Duty 4, Prey, Halo 3, Fallout 3, Rainbow Six Vegas 2, Mirror's Edge, Battlefield Bad Company are all single-player FPS games that I've completed and preferred to Half-Life 2.

[Kreeeee]

I'm still hammering SFIV, looking into participating in local tournaments after spanking Margaret to win the OcUK tournament.

[divine]

I think the problem with HL2s physics puzzles is not the fact they are there or the number of them - it's the way most of them were so blatant and easy that they weren't puzzles at all.

Like you would walk in a room with a high exit, a see saw in front of it and a crap load of blocks on the floor. Not a puzzle at all, unless you're 2 years old, so it's just a time waster while you stack bricks, hoping it doesn't do an annoying physics glitch and smack half of them back across the floor.

[NokkonWud]

I definitely feel that the simplicity of them was an annoyance, but there were far too many of them and not only that, but everything seemed to revolve around the use of the gravity gun.

[dirtydog]

I prefer games which don't have a high difficulty curve I guess. I want to get on with the story and find out what happens next, not be stuck trying to figure out a byzantine puzzle like some in the Lara Croft games for example.

[KennyBhoy]

I'm currently back to Fallout 3 for the Mothership Zeta DLC. It's a bit bland so far. The aliens are quite tough though and the guns are cool. Also playing God of War on the PSP. First time i've ever played a GOW game :o

[john]

I've just completed Mothership Zeta for Fallout 3 and i found it a bit weak compared to some other the other DLCs. Although I do agree some of the guns are a good addition. Just on the search for the last few bobbleheads.

[Haly]

Saw you playing it half the day john :D Not had a chance myself although I will do at some point soon, then I'll wrap up the last few achievements.

[john]

Yes. it took me longer than it should. It has a few glitches where you can't progress with out saving it and reloading (spent time looking if i had missed something). Just got broken steel to complete now and 3 alien archives that i some how missed to get. Got the last few bobbleheads last night.

[Matblack]

I had a faf about with COD4 yesterday as I was off work, the community seems to have erroded quite a lot and its mostly people who are very very good shooting me a lot so I started playing the campaign on Hardened and realised that I suck :D

MB

[Davey_Pitch]

I'll be getting the Mothership Zeta DLC as soon as I get home, and I expect to have it completed finished the same day (assuming I stay awake long enough) :)

[Dunketh]

Working my way through CoD4 on Veteran.

Was doing fine, finding it fairly easy until I got to 'Safehouse' where it started to bring back memories of when I did CoD2 on Veteran and how frustrating it got!

[Haly]

I've not played my 360 for more than 20mins in the past 12 days :shocked:
A lot of it is admittedly down to convenience, the 360 is in my room and the PS3 is downstairs and the foot's making it easier for me to just stay downstairs for the day at the moment, but I've not actually missed the achievement dinging :shocked:
I'm sure it's just a temporary blip though ;) Want to try out Mothership Zeta at some point, and fancy going back to Forza 2 soon ready for Forza 3.

[Dunketh]

I've not played my 360 for more than 20mins in the past 12 days :shocked:
A lot of it is admittedly down to convenience, the 360 is in my room and the PS3 is downstairs and the foot's making it easier for me to just stay downstairs for the day at the moment, but I've not actually missed the achievement dinging :shocked:
I'm sure it's just a temporary blip though ;) Want to try out Mothership Zeta at some point, and fancy going back to Forza 2 soon ready for Forza 3.

I'm the complete opposite, haven't had my PS3 on much at all since getting this new 360 :shocked:

[Haly]

I'm the complete opposite, haven't had my PS3 on much at all since getting this new 360 :shocked:

Guess it's new toy syndrome :D

[Dunketh]

Guess it's new toy syndrome :D

That, and those bloody Achievements! (I'm a sucker for them)

[john]

I got out of hunting for achievements for a few months and into just playing the game but that has changed again. I seem to go through phases.

Davey you will definitely finish mothership zeta quickly. Its not that long.

[Haly]

My review copy of Tales of Vesperia has just arrived :) So that should get me back on the 360 just fine :D

[NokkonWud]

Great! Surprised you haven't just taken your HDD downstairs. :p

[Haly]

Like I said, just not been fussed as there hasn't been anything on the 360 that I've desperately wanted to play :)

[Streeteh]

Started Valkyria yet Haly? :p

I'm currently finishing off Gear of War 1, i've absolutely torn through it on Hardcore by myself (just finishing up Chapter 4), not even going to bother trying Insane as it appears no one's around to coop it with these days and i bet it'd be very hard solo.

Next up: Forza 2 heavy playage.

[leowyatt]

It's awesome fun on Insane :) If I can blag some 48 hour codes I'd go through it with you :)

I tried the 360 for the first time last night and had a little crack at worms, was good fun.

[Haly]

Started Valkyria yet Haly? :p


Yup :D Midway through Chapter 4 at the moment :) Got stuck on one battle though but just need to research some strategies I think.
Certainly some challenging combat, but I like it. Makes a pleasant change from the usual RPG battles :)

[Streeteh]

The storyline starts relatively slow, but iirc it explodes at around the chapter 10 mark. Combat is frustrating at first but as you learn about the capabilities of each class you learn to exploit them, i remember when i first started playing i ignored the shock trooper class nearly entirely but now i couldn't picture myself playing without them.

[Haly]

The storyline starts relatively slow, but iirc it explodes at around the chapter 10 mark. Combat is frustrating at first but as you learn about the capabilities of each class you learn to exploit them, i remember when i first started playing i ignored the shock trooper class nearly entirely but now i couldn't picture myself playing without them.

Seems that sort of game so far :D Steep learning curve that I probably wouldn't recommend to everyone but slowly getting the hang of it.

[Streeteh]

Oh and, keep in mind, if a character is wounded on the field you only have to worry if an enemy gets to them before you do. If you get to them and call in a medic that character will be available and unharmed on the next map. On top of that there's another difference; all of your highly ranked officers (the ones with a badge next to their name in the select screen) will never die permanently, even if an enemy gets to them before you do they will still be available on the next map so you can be a little more bold with those guys.

[Haly]

Thanks for the tips :D

[Psymonkee]

I'm awfully tired but feel as though I'm on holiday I should really play some games....

[NokkonWud]

Started Valkyria yet Haly? :p

I'm currently finishing off Gear of War 1, i've absolutely torn through it on Hardcore by myself (just finishing up Chapter 4), not even going to bother trying Insane as it appears no one's around to coop it with these days and i bet it'd be very hard solo.

Next up: Forza 2 heavy playage.

If you ask on here a day or so before you'll get plenty of people who will do it :p.

[Streeteh]

If you ask on here a day or so before you'll get plenty of people who will do it :p.

Problem is i'm not at all what i'd call a 'scheduled gamer', i just pick up and play when i have the time. So for example the week before last i got in around 15-20 hours gaming, whereas this week i'd wager it was less than 2 hours. Didn't plan either :(

[KennyBhoy]

Just finished Mothership Zeta and i have to say i was extremely disappointed with it from start to finish. It's not exciting or fun at all. It's just tedious and boring. It's the worst of all the Fallout DLC and it could be a good thing that this is the last piece of DLC for Fallout 3 because this was poor!

[Flibster]

Just finished Mothership Zeta and i have to say i was extremely disappointed with it from start to finish. It's not exciting or fun at all. It's just tedious and boring. It's the worst of all the Fallout DLC and it could be a good thing that this is the last piece of DLC for Fallout 3 because this was poor!

Ditto.

It was so linear that I was wondering if I had missed something.

[john]

I have to agree with you both on Mothership Zeta. The only real positive was of the dlc where a few new weapons.

[KennyBhoy]

Ditto.

It was so linear that I was wondering if I had missed something.

It's just a strange direction to take what is meant to be the final part of DLC for Fallout 3. Something based around changes on the Wastelands would have been better. It started there, so why not finish it there? I know they can't totally shut the book on the Wastelands as people like to roam them well after the games completed but still?

Bah, roll on the next Elder Scrolls and Fallout Las Vegas :D

[NokkonWud]

Does everyone really believe that's it for Fallout 3? I can't help but think that there will be more purely because the game doesn't add up to 1750 achievement points yet.

[Streeteh]

I believe it's it purely because of how ruddy awful Zeta was; they've made their cash out of the game, built their reputation on really rather good DLC, so throw together one final crappy expansion to make one last quick buck as people will buy it without question. After the incredibly poor reception of this expansion i don't see many people jumping straight into another one so easily.

That and none have been announced but the other expansions were announced months ago :p

[KennyBhoy]

Does everyone really believe that's it for Fallout 3? I can't help but think that there will be more purely because the game doesn't add up to 1750 achievement points yet.

Did they ever say it would amount to 1750? I know that's the current maximum allowed by Microsoft :)

I believe it will be the end of it. Not just because Giantbomb said so on their podcast this week :D

/edit - I got inFamous today for the PS3 and have Call of Juarez arriving tomorrow. So busy weekend me thinks. :D

[NokkonWud]

I believe it's it purely because of how ruddy awful Zeta was; they've made their cash out of the game, built their reputation on really rather good DLC, so throw together one final crappy expansion to make one last quick buck as people will buy it without question. After the incredibly poor reception of this expansion i don't see many people jumping straight into another one so easily.

That and none have been announced but the other expansions were announced months ago :p

Actually, the first three were announced and people thought that was it. The turn around time between announcement of Point Lookout (and Mothership Zeta) to it's arrival was only a couple of weeks. Many people were cocksure there were only going to be 3 DLC's.

Did they ever say it would amount to 1750? I know that's the current maximum allowed by Microsoft :)
Bethesda described their game as being amongst the upper echelons and that it would push past 1250 and be comparible to games like Halo 3 and Gears of War 2. Taking into consideration that they announced Point Lookout only a couple of weeks before releasing it I wouldn't be surprised to see another DLC.

[Psymonkee]

PGR4 is the game of choice atm but getting rather pissed off with cheating AI :(

[Wossi]

Nothing as I think my 360 may be on it's last legs. 2 1/2 years old and is now freezing on my regardless of what I am playing :(

[Psymonkee]

Mine did that, then some graphical corruption. Then I mentioned the phrase 'Rock Band Night' and BAM! RRoD! :(

give it 3 weeks :(

[Wossi]

Might hurry the RRoD on and get it sent for repair as soon as I can.

[Wossi]

Bah, I've finally been hit by the RRoD. Turned it on to see if would randomly work, nope. Dead as a dodo.

What's the deal with sending it off to Microsoft nowadays?

[Psymonkee]

go to xbox.com and set it all in motion yourself.

Print off the UPS label when it arrives, box up your 360 (I used a plastic carrier to wrap the console, shredding as padding - gets rid of paper waste for free \0/), affix label to box (tape all over!) and give UPS a call.

First time I phone about 9.30am and got a same day pick up! Second time was next day pick up :)

[NokkonWud]

PGR4 is the game of choice atm but getting rather pissed off with cheating AI :(

AI doesn't cheat on PGR4. Just needs skills!

I just 1k'd Bully tonight. Can't believe I waited so long to play it, what a really nice surprise it was. Why oh why couldn't Grand Theft Auto 4 have been that much fun to play?

[Haly]

It's been an RPG fest for me today.
Spent a couple of hours this morning playing Tales of Vesperia and a couple of hours this evening with Valkyria Chronicles.

First of all, I'm really enjoying Tales of Vesperia. It's early days in the grand scheme of things and the story's not really kicked off hugely but I'm liking what I'm seeing so far. The combat system is very Eternal Sonata-esque and makes a pleasant change from the turn based combat method. The graphics are extremely charming and the voice acting isn't bad either (which makes a rare change for a JRPG with English dubs!). At times I have found the speech bubbles a little irritating, mostly because I find at times they can detract from the action but it's only minimal so far.

Valkyria Chronicles was driving me insane earlier! I like a challenge but it was bugging me. I spent the first hour trying to get past one battle, attempting different strategies etc. Kept dying so I gave in and looked up some strategies online. Tried it out right: died. Adapted it a little: died.....you get the idea.
I'm enjoying the game but the difficulty spikes seem to be really harsh at times and I do wonder if my patience will withstand it! Pity as I would still say it's a good game, just very unforgiving at times and the battles are time consuming.

[Streeteh]

I'm a little surprised tbh as i found the game largely unchallenging, there's only one battle i really struggled with and, avoiding spoilers, it involved one rather large opponent, is that the same one?

[loki]

I got a couple of games off PSN today

Burn Zombie Burn

Wipeout Fusion

Triple Map Pack for KillZone 2.

Only managed to play Burn Zombie Burn as it's so damn addictive. Real good fun game and well worth the £6.00

[Streeteh]

The wipeout expansion is actually better than what was offered in the original game imo, you'll love it if you liked what you had before. I haven't even looked at bzb, what's it all about anyway?

[Haly]

I'm a little surprised tbh as i found the game largely unchallenging, there's only one battle i really struggled with and, avoiding spoilers, it involved one rather large opponent, is that the same one?

I'm surprised by that too ;D Excluding you, pretty much everyone I know on twitter etc has commented on how tough it is compared to the average RPG and how the difficulty level changes so wildly.

It's certainly enjoyable but I'm not sure if I've got the patience at the moment.

Edit: I'll be giving it another shot tomorrow though :) And hopefully luck will be with me!

[loki]

I haven't even looked at bzb, what's it all about anyway?

It's a simple arcade game really.You have to survive wave after wave of Zombies. Meet the score needed for the medals and then it unlocks different levels. There are some good vids of it on YouTube. Its a good game if you just want a 10 minute fix of nothing too heavy :)

The graphics and music make it fun.

http://www.burnzombieburn.com/en/

[Streeteh]

I'm surprised by that too ;D Excluding you, pretty much everyone I know on twitter etc has commented on how tough it is compared to the average RPG and how the difficulty level changes so wildly.

I'm again a little surprised but at the same time, very smug. I've not really spoken to anyone about VC or read any guides, i've kept it as 'mine' so not really heard many other detailed opinions of it. I didn't realize it was considered challenging but then i did spend the best part of a month dedicating my time to that game as i really loved it so i probably spent more time than is considered healthy getting my head around the mechanics.

If you want any tips on the level you're stuck on drop me a message on msn, address is my username at hotmail.co.uk. It's been a while but i'm sure i can at least remember some of the details of how i did each level.

[Haly]

I'm again a little surprised but at the same time, very smug. I've not really spoken to anyone about VC or read any guides, i've kept it as 'mine' so not really heard many other detailed opinions of it. I didn't realize it was considered challenging but then i did spend the best part of a month dedicating my time to that game as i really loved it so i probably spent more time than is considered healthy getting my head around the mechanics.

If you want any tips on the level you're stuck on drop me a message on msn, address is my username at hotmail.co.uk. It's been a while but i'm sure i can at least remember some of the details of how i did each level.

Well deserved smugness I suspect too ;) Having had a quick glance at a few reviews, I've yet to see one not comment on how difficult it is at times. So kudos to you :D

I think I've got the right tactic down, I think I just need a bit of luck too :p Embarrassingly it's only on Chapter 4 (!) but at least I blew through the previous battles with no trouble which seems to be better than some people I've spoken to about it. Just a simple matter of taking the base, just not quite managing it.

Going to give it another go tomorrow and when I'm no doubt stuck again, I'll add you and bug you for help ;D

[Kreeeee]

I'm stuck playing single player games as I only have a 3G dongle for net access, and it's SO DAMN BORING!

Played CoD4, GTAIV, Bioshock and Dead Space and none have kept me even remotely interested :(

[Davey_Pitch]

You have very weird taste in games then, considering Bioshock was IMO the best game of 2007, Dead Space was one of the best single player games in recent years, CoD4 has an awesome single player mode, and GTAIV I found very very enjoyable.

[Streeteh]

As with everything, taste differs, but i still find it hard to understand how someone couldn't like the single player in at least one of those titles. I felt the SP campaigns of GTAIV, CoD4 and Bioshock all weren't that great but even i thought Dead Space was incredibly good.

[Psymonkee]

Right change of pace today - R:FoM :D

[Kreeeee]

You have very weird taste in games then, considering Bioshock was IMO the best game of 2007, Dead Space was one of the best single player games in recent years, CoD4 has an awesome single player mode, and GTAIV I found very very enjoyable.

I play competitive multiplayer games almost exclusively (Counterstrike, StarCraft and Street Fighter IV), and find single player games pointless. As you said (although in a more offensive manner :p) we obviously have different tastes and expect different things from a game.

My primary goal when gaming is to out-think, out-wit, out-smart etc. my opponent to get a victory in highly competitive games, but now I can't do that :(

[Davey_Pitch]

Hope you get your net sorted soon then mate. For me the single player portion of the game is my primary concern, and if the MP is great then that's a pleasant bonus, certainly not the be-all and end-all for me :)

[Feek]

FlatOut 2. I installed it earlier and then this happened during a race. I was quite surprised.

KC1TxypBFKE

[Psymonkee]

top game :D

That should happen a lot more if your doing it right :D

The Ultimate Carnage edition is cracking too - 12 cars on track :D


Also about 2/3rds of the way through Resistance so far. Mixed feelings on this one tbh. Strange setting (50's with futuristic tech) and some frustratingly badly placed checkpoints.....Kept me busy this afternoon though :)

[Garp]

FlatOut 2. I installed it earlier and then this happened during a race. I was quite surprised.


I really enjoy that game, bought it on steam a while back after playing the first one at a LAN gaming weekend. It's a fun brain off, but quite tricky racing game. The stunt levels annoy me though.

[Daz]

Anyone else other than me and Booie got 'Splosion Man? Just played some 4 player co-op and it was immense fun. Tough, but lots of fun to be had sploding around off eachother :D

[Streeteh]

Anyone else other than me and Booie got 'Splosion Man? Just played some 4 player co-op and it was immense fun. Tough, but lots of fun to be had sploding around off eachother :D

Really can't decide between it and The Maw, both demos were great fun.

[Kreeeee]

Hope you get your net sorted soon then mate.

It's not going to happen until at least next month :(

I've reached the third stage in my Forensic Computing job application though so I can occupy myself with that for a while.

[Jingo]

Anyone else other than me and Booie got 'Splosion Man? Just played some 4 player co-op and it was immense fun. Tough, but lots of fun to be had sploding around off eachother :D

Ohhhhhhh yes I have it :D

Haven't had much chance to play multiplayer as of yet- but if you want to add me to Xbox live then if we're both on sometime we can have some 'splode action... Om Jingo


:shocked: - that sounded very wrong.

[Briggykins]

I've reached the third stage in my Forensic Computing job application though so I can occupy myself with that for a while.

Bit of a thread derailment, but just out of interest who's that with, if you don't mind saying?

[Zirax]

FlatOut 2. I installed it earlier and then this happened during a race. I was quite surprised.



Does the second one have the olympics? If it does then that will have you cracking up, along with ten pin bowling :D

[KennyBhoy]

I'm still working my way through inFamous. I'm about 2-3 hours in and I still dunno if I like it or not. I don't find myself overly enjoying it but at the same time I'm not bored by it. I have went down the Good route. I hear the Evil powers are better?

I'll plod along. Something with it might click with me eventually :)

[Daz]

@Streeteh I have both, and they're good games, but splosion man is better value - the single player campaign is 50 levels, not small levels either, and the 50 (4 player co-op) multiplayer levels are different still.

[Streeteh]

Cool, looks like that's my mind made up then, thanks for the feedback.

I have went down the Good route. I hear the Evil powers are better?

They're... different. I would say for sheer mass destruction the Evil side is better, however for powerful attacks on a single enemy Good is the one to go for. Evil powers are all about area of effect damage, the grenades for example turn into cluster bombs on impact. I'd say good is easier however as many of his moves regenerate health and energy whereas the Evil side relies on outside sources of electricity which can be scarce at some points in the game. Also the police don't like you if you're evil which can make matters more difficult at times.

[Aboobie]

@Streeteh I have both, and they're good games, but splosion man is better value - the single player campaign is 50 levels, not small levels either, and the 50 (4 player co-op) multiplayer levels are different still.

Been away for a week but now I'm back I'll give you a shout for a game.

Today I finished Monkey Island and then ran through it a second time for the 3 hour achievement (did it in c. 1h 50m). I really loved the new voice acting and art and can't wait to see what Lucas Arts throws at us next.

I bought Rock Band 2 for £23 and after a few hours I'm starting to agree with others here that it is better than GH:WT. The only problem is my newish GH:WT guitar is starting to have a temperemental orange button; might have to get it replaced. Either way, this will see me nicely through to the release of Rock Band Beatles.

Still playing Red Faction: Guerilla and loving it. Lots to do, amazing destuction and one of my games of the year. Feels like a better, more varied Just Cause set on Mars with destruction ala Battlefield: BC +++. I also had a few multiplayer games and had a blast.

[Kreeeee]

Bit of a thread derailment, but just out of interest who's that with, if you don't mind saying?

PwC.

[Daz]

For those of you playing Splosion man, and even those of you that aren't, go download the Donut song:

http://www.twistedpixelgames.com/splosion_man/freestuff.html (last link)

Everybody loves donuts... lord knows I dooooo..

[Jingo]

I love that song :p

[Psymonkee]

Onto the last few levels of Resistance bit meh overall....

[Zirax]

I got the third rock band come through the post this morning .... so far I've managed 90% of a song. Keep messing on the step-on/off note combo's. It will come, I started on 60% completion. Never actually played this stuff before.

Also fired up Condemned. Quite impressed thus far. One thing that really is impressing me with the xbox is the sound. Hooked up to a proper 5.1 system it's really good. You can hear all the little creaks/clatters and have a good idea of where they are coming from. The little subtle noises add so much. Preferring this to Silent Hill Homecoming so far.

[Zico]

Also fired up Condemned. Quite impressed thus far. One thing that really is impressing me with the xbox is the sound. Hooked up to a proper 5.1 system it's really good. You can hear all the little creaks/clatters and have a good idea of where they are coming from. The little subtle noises add so much. Preferring this to Silent Hill Homecoming so far.

Condemned is great in my opinion. The times is scared the hell out of me just added to it being a great launch title.

Condemned 2 on the other hand isn't a great title. It wasn't bad but not equal to the original.

If you pm/email me your address then I'll give you my copy of Condemned 2 to make your own mind up later.

[Streeteh]

Onto the last few levels of Resistance bit meh overall....

1 or 2? 1 is pretty meh by todays standards (as a launch title it was pretty good but the times they are a changin') but i still love 2.

[Zirax]

Condemned is great in my opinion. The times is scared the hell out of me just added to it being a great launch title.

Condemned 2 on the other hand isn't a great title. It wasn't bad but not equal to the original.

If you pm/email me your address then I'll give you my copy of Condemned 2 to make your own mind up later.

Thanks for the offer but I have the second one on the shelf to play that came with the xbox :) Wanted to play the original first (which seems wise if the second one is iffy).

[Psymonkee]

1 or 2? 1 is pretty meh by todays standards (as a launch title it was pretty good but the times they are a changin') but i still love 2.

1. Infact I believe it is yours too :p

Just finished it. Final 'boss' as a PITA tbh. Relying on those 2 useless allies to help stop advanced hybrids/angels killing you whilst you destroy cores?! Useless buggers tbh :(

Got rather mad when I finished it too as I had destroyed the last rod but then died. Turns out the woman (really didn't pay attention :p) had 1 more word left to say and I would have finished :|

I still stand by my earlier comments however of an average shooter with godawful checkpoints. Oh and some of the levels are stupidly short.

[Streeteh]

Aye by todays standards it's average, at the time it was good (mostly because of graphics i'll admit), as i say, times have changed and games have improved and it's been exposed as the (possibly below) average shooter that it is. Sequel is much better though, you're welcome to borrow it :)

[Flibster]

Playing nothing at the moment.
I have no games that I want to play. No games installed.

Even stopped playing Mario Kart...

[Streeteh]

On the bright side, you've got good taste in music.

/Loves John Lee

[Flibster]

On the bright side, you've got good taste in music.

/Loves John Lee

He rocks - just bought the Stomp Boogie box set. 3 cd's of his early stuff.

You should see what else is playing - it's a 3 day playlist that's stuck on random.
Seasick Steve, Crowded House, Queen, Genesis, 9 Below Zero, Eric Clapton, R.E.M., Muddy Waters...

Last few tracks have all been Seasick Steve - really not sure about Foobar's randomness...

[Streeteh]

Foobar sucks at random but rocks at taste, Steve is a legend, saw him live at Hyde Park dare i say it he was as good as Neil Young.

[NokkonWud]

Condemned is great in my opinion. The times is scared the hell out of me just added to it being a great launch title.

Condemned 2 on the other hand isn't a great title. It wasn't bad but not equal to the original.

If you pm/email me your address then I'll give you my copy of Condemned 2 to make your own mind up later.

I only got to the 4th level of Condemned 2 IIRC. Just after you can 5* your first investigation on someone. It feels like a totally different game. Never got it finished. Have the full 970/970 on the first.

[Aboobie]

Condemned is great in my opinion. The times is scared the hell out of me just added to it being a great launch title.

Condemned 2 on the other hand isn't a great title. It wasn't bad but not equal to the original.



The first really came out of nowhere and was a real suprise launch title. I'm not sure how it stands now but I remember it looking great and drenched in atmosphere. For some reason I never really fancied the second though; I really ought to give it a go.

Heh, looked at my profile to see when I played it and...

Condemned
Last Played Online: 20/12/2005

That was a long time ago.

[Streeteh]

Puh, keep having to take my no1 spots back in trials! :angry:

[Kreeeee]

I want to play SFIV online!

/me implodes

[Zico]

The first really came out of nowhere and was a real suprise launch title. I'm not sure how it stands now but I remember it looking great and drenched in atmosphere. For some reason I never really fancied the second though; I really ought to give it a go.

Heh, looked at my profile to see when I played it and...

Condemned
Last Played Online: 20/12/2005

That was a long time ago.

I completed the game on a 14" portable with mono sound and, even with such a poor setup, the game was still really engrossing. No sooner did I sell it on, I then bought an LCD and surround sound setup which would have been ideal for playing through for a second time ;(.

If you want to have my copy of Condemned 2 then send me your address and I'll bung it in the post Monday.

[Daz]

Watching Ozzie Osborne sing La Bamba is very wrong.

[Haly]

Today would have been an idyllic day of gaming and film watching if it wasn't for the fact that I spent most of it in pain desperately wishing I could walk again even if it meant grocery shopping, but besides that...:p
Started the day with some G-Force on the 360. It's your regular kids game really but with slightly more substance as at least a few puzzles have made me stop and think. Quite mindless fun and it helps if you like guinea pigs like I do ;)
Then I went back to more Fallout 3. Been playing it for the second time in quite large quantities on the PC. Admittedly I have used a couple of cheats to max out my character but I'm enjoying it again :D Still need to play Mothership Zeta but I'll be doing that on the 360 at some point.
After a dose of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, I played some Tales of Vesperia and finally got past a boss I was stuck on. Really enjoying it so far, it's no game of the century or anything, but if you like JRPGs and you're not adverse to the Eternal Sonata/Star Ocean style of combat, this is well worth a look.

Also need to crack on with Ashes Cricket 2009 which I've got to review. Initial impressions seem ok, bit of a slow burner but then again the sport is too. Games do go on forever but again, to be expected. I'll be playing more of it tomorrow.

Ooh and Streeteh: finally got past that bit in Valkyria Chronicles :D

[Kreeeee]

Well I found the local gaming scene in brum and played 4 hours of "live" street fighter yesterday. It's great to play socially again, and really puts online gaming to shame.

[KennyBhoy]

I'm still working my way through inFamous. It seem's to just go on and on. I'm pretty much done with it, I've had my fill of it but I've put so much time in to it now that I need to complete it. It has never gripped me and I honestly thought it would. I find it pretty dull and generally boring.

Maybe I just have open world game fatigue :D

[Admiral Huddy]

Fallout 3

I have just upgraded to level four after 4 hours of game play. I'm not really liking this to be honest.. I don't know why, maybe it's the pip boy interface and general navigation. It's probably just early days but when you spend 3 hours trying to complete a side quest to deliver a poxy letter to a stranger, I was beginning to wonder what on earth I've got into. I spent ages trying to locate "The family" with little ammo and caps for little reward.

I'm now back on the main quest..

[Streeteh]

The thing that bugs me about Fallout 3 is that if you don't like it you are often made to feel like there's something wrong with your taste. I did give it a proper good try but tbh in terms of gameplay it has far more in common with oblivion, a game i also wasn't fond of, than it does the original Fallout games. But then in storyline and game quests it was also lacking in comparison to its predecessors, every quest had multiple interesting and diverse outcomes, some optional quests were even nearly as big as the main quest in FO3. Everything felt like it had a purpose in the old fallouts, nearly every quest would have a noticeable effect on the storyline or the world in which you exist.

Bah, i dunno, just didn't like it i guess :p

[Haly]

I know what you mean Streeteh.
It took me a very long time to get into Fallout 3, and tbh if I hadn't had the spare time I wouldn't have bothered. It's a strange thing, I've played it to completion on the 360 and nearly to completion on the PC, but I still wouldn't say it was my game of the year. Much like you, it reminded me too much of Oblivion and I really didn't see the fuss in that either.

Not saying I didn't enjoy it eventually but it's not the be all and end all that some people make it out to be and I'd never suggest there was something wrong with someone for saying they didn't like it as I know exactly what they mean.

A while ago, a friend at work asked me if it was any good. He's got a busy family life going on so I told him that it was slow to get into but it did become good, but that if he didn't have the time to devote, not to bother. He's the sort of guy who loves gaming but just doesn't get enough time to play enough so wants a quick fix when he can. Having said that from things I've heard of him, I reckon he'd be someone who could rival Davey at Ninja Gaiden :shocked:

[Joe 90]

Madden 10 on PS3 :D

Its sooo much better than 09.

Need to try and create a custom playbook from our playbook.. If it can do that... i'm sure it can :D

[Psymonkee]

Just started on Prince of Persia which I have borrowed from Nokkon :)

Not a huge fan of the controls so far - seem a touch unresponsive :(

[Danny]

Don't worry about the controls, its the endless repetition that will get you in the end! ;D

[KennyBhoy]

Don't worry about the controls, its the endless repetition that will get you in the end! ;D

Pretty much what ruined inFamous for me!

[Pickers]

Just been playing some BF2 for the first time in ages! Should have earned my knife badge, but I dont think the server was ranked :( :( :(

[Wossi]

I can haz Xbox :D

Sent it to get fixed last Tues/Weds turned up this morning, bloody fast turn around considering it went to Frankfurt. It's a replacement box but I couldn't care less and got 1 month of Live free so it's all cool. Anyway to find out if it's one of the newer ones or not? I don't think it has the hdmi output on it, not that it bothers me that much.

Will finally be able to play the Batman demo tonight :D

[Briggykins]

Just been playing some BF2 for the first time in ages! Should have earned my knife badge, but I dont think the server was ranked :( :( :(

Let me know when you're on next, I'll re-install it and come on with you.

[Jingo]

Trials!

It's addictive though :p

[loki]

Madden 10 on PS3 :D

Its sooo much better than 09.

Need to try and create a custom playbook from our playbook.. If it can do that... i'm sure it can :D

Aww damn didnt know it was out yet. Will have to get it this w/end and give you a game Dude

[cheets]

CoD WaW, hammering it online.

[Cho Zan Wan]

Trials HD. Takes me back to the days of Kickstart on the speccy

[Streeteh]

Bit o' Trials, bit o' Fable II

Both good, both frustrating.

[cheets]

Bloody yanks, got stuck with 3 kids on map pack 3 zombie game, first go was clueless and getting trash talk from them.

[Davey_Pitch]

My modem kicked back into life enough tonight for me to download the demo of TrialsHD. Within 10 minutes I'd bought the full game. Great fun and I can already see how the leaderboard side of it will extend the life, simply trying to beat your mates. Add to that an editor which will surely yield some amazing maps from the creative people out there, and I think the 1200 points for it could turn out to be a real bargain in the end.

[Daz]

GH:WT here. Knocking out a few achievements before I trade it towards RB:2

Also going through the Splosion Man co-op missions with Dee :)

[Belmit]

Started playing Wolfenstein. Nice graphics, decent control system so far (despite mistaking the grenade button for reload a couple of times :() and could be an interesting story. I have a code that gives me the flamethrower from the very start, but where's the fun in that?! Well, you know what I mean! This weird anti-grav situation is cool as well...

[KennyBhoy]

Well just went to play the Dirt 2 demo on 360 and my 4th 360 just 3 RROD. Pile of cack! :D

[Pickers]

Let me know when you're on next, I'll re-install it and come on with you.

Sounds ace bud... :D

[NokkonWud]

Well just went to play the Dirt 2 demo on 360 and my 4th 360 just 3 RROD. Pile of cack! :D

It's a very good demo too.

[KennyBhoy]

It's a very good demo too.

I'll download the PS3 version later. Only opted for the 360 version as i happened to be on Marketplace at the time. Just printed off my UPS labels. Off to Germany with you little 360 :D

I actually had to stop myself going out to buy an Elite today. I reasoned that i'd just flog the refurb MS send me but me being me, i wouldn't. I also just seen the Elite is about to drop $100 in the U.S. So i'd expect a drop here soon :)

[NokkonWud]

Really, a drop? Odd, I thought the cost of all the units were going up?

[Daz]

Just the arcade, reflecting currency gayness. With the Pro being dropped, they couldn't leave the Elite more expensive, or even on parity with the PS3, though I expect a drop was planned anyway (the margins on the Elite were a lot higher after all).

[KennyBhoy]

Really, a drop? Odd, I thought the cost of all the units were going up?

http://kotaku.com/5343009/yup-360-elite-goes-299-on-august-30

:)

[Psymonkee]

No longer play Prince of Persia

Thank **** for that :/

[Jingo]

TrialsHD (360) - Loving it, managed all the tracks bar 3 on extreme - which are just a bloody nightmare! All achievements bar 2 now also :D

Playing gears of war also as I only purchased a 360 several months ago and heard such good things : enjoyable game thus far, interesting and different views and generally a good, entertaining 'no-brainer' which cheesey cut scenes & excessively large guns - Win! :D

I've also got Fable 2, fallout 3 and mass effect to trawl through when I'm in the mood for long sit down gaming sessions :) The damn arcade appeals to me so; quick action, simple and compelling games are a weakness :p

[Kamikaze_Pigeon]

I'm going through RE5 at the moment, played the first couple on the old PS a long long long time OK, and I never really botherd with it until now, picked it up 2nd hand for about £15.

Going to go back to Ghostbusters after I've done and try and pick up some on-line achievements :)

It's bloody crappy that you can't rent games in Japan :( something to do with copyright laws or something over here!!!!!

[Streeteh]

Just finished Fable 2. Tbh it's just more of the same, average combat, average graphics, average level design, average storyline. It's technically the most average game i've ever played yet this one feels like more than the sum of its parts, there's something special about it i can't place my finger on. When i say that i'm not saying it's a great game, far from it, it's just good, but for what reasons i just don't know.

Oh and, after all the hype Peter made about that bloody dog i was left incredibly underwhelmed. It's just an AI partner with poor path-finding and animations that occasionally attacks people and finds you treasure.

[KennyBhoy]

I'm sure Peter Molyneux will have some major hype factor for Fable 3 too. I gave up listening to guy years ago. He gets carried away with his visions for whatever game he's working on. You can't knock his passion for gaming though.

On topic, i have naff all to play. Not sent my 360 away yet and i have nothing worth playing on PS3. I might buy Batman this week though.

[NokkonWud]

Get your Xbox360 sent off then! You only have yourself to blame (and MS for having a console that dies a lot).

[KennyBhoy]

It's away, it's away. UPS picked it up today. I was listening to an old Giantbomb podcast last night on my night shift and they were talking about Gears of War 2. Got me wanting to play it again. Then it dawned on me, 360 games don't work on PS3 :( :D

[Aboobie]

Been away for a bit so I've been playing:

Professor Layton and the Curious Village which I'm really enjoying and Zelda Phantom Hourglass which I've only just scratched the surface of but is a terrific little game.

On the 360 I've got back into Tales of Vesperia; call it a second wind. I've got a boat and it's opened up. I was feeling a tad bored with it but I really am feeling the pull again; can happen quite easy with a rpg.
Rock Band 2 ~ came back to find my replacement guitar and I'm right back into it. The note charts are so much better than GH: WT but I'm still not a big fan of flat notes over circles.
Also still plodding through 'Splosion Man which I love and hate in equal measure. It's an exercise in frustration at times but I keep coming back... on 2-14 :)

Really want to get the new Mass Effect DLC but sold the game a long time ago :/ Might see if I can pick it up cheap.

I also see Haly's GS has shot up! Blimey not much air between us again now... and all those points in Fallout 3 PC? .. hehe did the old type codes for points scam I heard the Giant Bomb guys talk about? You dirty ol' score .... ;)

[Haly]

Funnily enough, no I didn't ;D Well except for one which is whatever the last achievement was for me as it glitched on me. Whole thing looks a mess thanks to Games for Windows Live messing me about and forcing me to play offline :(

Broken foot + boredom = scorewhoring simply put :D

I've been busy with Tales of Vesperia too, it is a tad simplistic but I do enjoy it. I'm at roughly the same stage as you Abooie.

[Aboobie]

Funnily enough, no I didn't ;D Well except for one which is whatever the last achievement was for me as it glitched on me. Whole thing looks a mess thanks to Games for Windows Live messing me about and forcing me to play offline :(

Broken foot + boredom = scorewhoring simply put :D

I've been busy with Tales of Vesperia too, it is a tad simplistic but I do enjoy it. I'm at roughly the same stage as you Abooie.

Heh, I'm impressed then! :) I've got the goty edition coming in a month or so and I'm really quite looking forward to all the dlc and having a look round some of the places I missed first time round. I may even start the game again... not sure yet.

I like Tales but it's not as 'good' as I was expecting with all the superlatives thrown at it on the gaf etc. I'm not overly taken with the combat but the story, characters (except Karol) and aesthetic is driving me foward. Better than Eternal Sonata/Enchanted Arms, worse than Blue Dragon/Lost Odyssey and about on par with Last Remnant atm.

[Haly]

I was very, very bored. Didn't expect to keep going with it but figured I might as well as I didn't have much else on. Finally got the Super Human Behemoth achievement too which I've not got on the 360 so I'll have to go back to that sometime when I play Mothership Zeta :D

Think you've got it in one with Tales (except I liked Eternal Sonata :p), it's just lacking that certain something that makes it great.

[Jingo]

Is there any way of linking game achievements on the pc ie. fallout 3 on steam with your xbox 360 account? :confused:

[Haly]

Yup :) Just log onto your Xbox 360 account via the Games for Windows Live stuff that Steam provides you with :D
Just press home when you're on Fallout 3 and it should come up.

Hopefully you'll have less bugs than me though! I can see why PC gamers don't like it now.

[Jingo]

Interesting, I shall have a look; is L4D counted as one of these too? I have tonnes of achievements for it on PC :p

[Haly]

Nope afraid not. Only ones I know of off the top of my head are Fallout 3, Universe at War and Shadowrun.

Unfortunately iirc it's not retroactive so if you already have the Fallout 3 achievements without having logged into your Live account, you'll have to get them all over again.

[NokkonWud]

Interesting, I shall have a look; is L4D counted as one of these too? I have tonnes of achievements for it on PC :p

No, I believe they are just Steam thingies.

[Jingo]

Aww that's a shame - I have the legendary 'Crownd' achievement killing a witch in a single shot :D

Ah well :p Cheers for the info boys & girls :)

[Psymonkee]

GTA IV also has achievements :D

(Infact I have more on the PC than the 360 :p)

[Haly]

Meant to play Resistance this evening but spent 2hrs playing Shatter instead :D

Shatter is so addictive and I love it. Brilliant combination of Arkanoid and a side scrolling shoot em up. I don't tend to get hooked on games that are simply about working your way through the game and getting a high score. Much more of a story based game sort of person now. But this really is good fun.
Playing it through once then plan to go back to it to beat my high scores and my friends's high scores.

Played Resistance for about 10mins: graphics have aged badly but looks interesting.

[KennyBhoy]

Garnett Lee and Sam Kennedy having been banging on about Shatter the last couple of weeks on Listen Up. It sounds cool and I think I'll be checking it out. :)

[Haly]

I was a little apprehensive as I'm awful for buying games online and then hardly playing them, but it really is the sort of title that you turn evangelical about and want to rave to the world about how much fun it is :D

[NokkonWud]

graphics have aged badly but looks interesting.

They were awful to begin with, I was gutted when I put it on (particularly as I'd played Motorstorm first). The graphics do improve as you go through Resistance though.

[Haly]

Ahh that's not so bad then ;D
I nearly bought Motorstorm instead of Resistance but stuck with it as I prefer FPSes.

I won't be playing that now though as Batman: Arkham Asylum has finally arrived :D I should have had it Saturday but it got sent to the wrong reviewer's address (namely someone who hasn't got a PS3) and he didn't post it my way until yesterday :/

[Streeteh]

Even towards the end of Resistance it's nothing compared to its sequel in terms of graphics. Naughty Dog have essentially been the PS3 research department for Sony this generation and when Resistance 1 was being made they were still only in the early stages of developing Uncharted. Basically Insomnic were on their own thanks to the crappy devkits Sony gave them to work with and the complete lack of research into the architecture.

This basically applied to all games on the PS3 until Uncharted was nearing completion and Naughty Dog published their research findings for all to see. At this point the PS3 took a pretty big graphical leap for everyone as they had more to work with. The difference in having this research and not is perfectly demonstrated in the difference between Resistance 1 and 2, it's literally like night and day. I wouldn't be surprised if you could trick someone into believing they're on different consoles.

Apparently Guerilla Games and Naughty Dog have added 'considerably' to the devkits and programming techniques documentation for the PS3 in the last year, including things like heavy use of the Cells SPUs for preprocessing for the GPU. I reckon it'll be interesting to see what comes up in the next year.

I'm yet to play Shatter, currently got my teeth stuck into Shadow Complex and looking forward to my copy of Blue Dragon that i ordered for £7.50 new ages ago (while out of stock on the off chance they would get more back in) which has arrived.

[Davey_Pitch]

My PS3 should be arriving today with a bit of luck, so this evening I hope to be bouncing between inFamous, Uncharted, MGS4 and Ninja Gaiden Sigma :)

[Streeteh]

Graphically NGS was a bit of a disappointment, there's moments when you can tell they've just copied and pasted some of the original xbox textures and models (specifically some of the areas in the city). It's a shame as it looked so damn pretty in the village at the start of the game, then they clearly started taking short cuts.

Gameplay is still amazing though and the framerate never dips below 60fps which is nice. I'm really hoping they manage to apply said framerates to sigma2 too as the drops were incredibly annoying in NG2.

[Davey_Pitch]

As long as it looks at least on a par with the Xbox NG then I'll be happy. I put 150 hours into that game and made it my bitch so the least the PS3 version can do is look as good as the Xbox version did. I'm mainly interested in playing the new levels and seeing how good they are.

[Haly]

Even towards the end of Resistance it's nothing compared to its sequel in terms of graphics. Naughty Dog have essentially been the PS3 research department for Sony this generation and when Resistance 1 was being made they were still only in the early stages of developing Uncharted. Basically Insomnic were on their own thanks to the crappy devkits Sony gave them to work with and the complete lack of research into the architecture.

This basically applied to all games on the PS3 until Uncharted was nearing completion and Naughty Dog published their research findings for all to see. At this point the PS3 took a pretty big graphical leap for everyone as they had more to work with. The difference in having this research and not is perfectly demonstrated in the difference between Resistance 1 and 2, it's literally like night and day. I wouldn't be surprised if you could trick someone into believing they're on different consoles.

Apparently Guerilla Games and Naughty Dog have added 'considerably' to the devkits and programming techniques documentation for the PS3 in the last year, including things like heavy use of the Cells SPUs for preprocessing for the GPU. I reckon it'll be interesting to see what comes up in the next year.

I'm yet to play Shatter, currently got my teeth stuck into Shadow Complex and looking forward to my copy of Blue Dragon that i ordered for £7.50 new ages ago (while out of stock on the off chance they would get more back in) which has arrived.

If I enjoy Resistance 1 I'll definitely be getting Resistance 2 :)
Quite enjoying working my way through the exclusives even the ones I'm not so keen on.

Just installing Batman \o/
Annoyingly just received a work related email I need to get on with quite soon......aargh! ;D

[Streeteh]

As long as it looks at least on a par with the Xbox NG then I'll be happy. I put 150 hours into that game and made it my bitch so the least the PS3 version can do is look as good as the Xbox version did. I'm mainly interested in playing the new levels and seeing how good they are.

The character models look miles better than the original title, so you will be happy. You should also consider the challenge DLC packs, i tried one of them (the one where you have to fight ever increasing difficulty demons), made it to 'the two sisters' and died miserably. Apparently i wasn't even 1/4 of the way through. I'm not sure if the two sisters were in the original game, as in sigma you only fight them in the storyline as Rachel who iirc was not available in the original.

EDIT: To put the sisters into perspective, they're very similar to Alma, there's just two of them.

If I enjoy Resistance 1 I'll definitely be getting Resistance 2 :)
Quite enjoying working my way through the exclusives even the ones I'm not so keen on.

Just get psymonkee to post you my copy when he's finished with it :). Will be posting it to him next week.

[Davey_Pitch]

Oooh, challenge packs sound interesting. Assuming they're not too expensive I'll look at picking them up, ta :)

[KennyBhoy]

Ninja Gaiden 2 Sigma is released in a few weeks. October 2nd i believe. I hope it doesn't suffer from the 360's poor framerates in certain points.

[Davey_Pitch]

Oooh, interesting, I need to read up and see what's different about it and whether it's worth getting.

[Streeteh]

Co-op sounds like the most interesting addition to me.

[Garp]

Battle for Wesnoth (http://www.wesnoth.org/), great free turn based tactical game

[Davey_Pitch]

Co-op sounds like the most interesting addition to me.

Co-op? Real ninja's don't need help ;D Seriously though, that could be a very interesting addition. Consider my interest piqued.

[Daz]

RE: the 360 Elite talk, it's been confirmed: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/xbox-360-elite-price-cut-to-199-pounds

Microsoft will officially cut the price of the Xbox 360 Elite to £199.99 tomorrow, 28th August, and has confirmed the 60GB Pro model will be phased out.

The Xbox 360 Arcade will move to a higher £159.99 price than at present and will not be officially bundled with software as it has been recently.
One compromise:
The Elite will no longer ship with a bundled HDMI cable.

[Streeteh]

Or component cable last i read, it'll be composite only.

If i'm honest i think MS have made a poor decision, they should have just dropped the elite from the lineup. What has made the 360 so popular in the past is that you could pick up a console with all the parts you needed to play games for just over half what a PS3 cost. Now they've dropped what i would say was by far the most appealing model, the pro, in favour of a unit that lacks a key component (the hard drive) and a unit that is only £30 less than a PS3 yet lacks features in comparison to its now only marginally more expensive competitor.

Consumers love buzz words, like wireless and bluray, they're new, they're 'modern', simple and easy to use. But they like money more, when the 360 was half the price they would obviously opt for that, but now, for a measly £30 more they could have some extra buzz words in their console. It will be interesting to see how the sales of the elite fare against the PS3 slim.

Co-op? Real ninja's don't need help ;D Seriously though, that could be a very interesting addition. Consider my interest piqued.

I've been reading a little about it and i'm pleased to say it doesn't involve the single player campaign from the 360 release; i want to experience that as it was meant, not with potentially game breaking co-op. What they've done is design 30 co-op challenges from the ground up with enemy AI geared towards being able to deal with two players at once. On top of this there's two more playable characters in the single player storyline, but like the original Sigma you won't use these guys in the original levels, but in new levels put in to pad out the storyline a bit. It really sounds like they've added really solid elements to the game, built from the ground up. I was just expecting a few more challenges and a couple of extra playable characters but they seem to be going the whole hog.

Fingers crossed for the framerate though!

[Daz]

Or component cable last i read, it'll be composite only.
If that's true then that really sucks. If you didnt have a HD telly, you'd probably fall into the casual gamer category, and the Arcade would suit you better.

You might be jumping the gun worrying about the price though. The RRP of the Slim is £250, and you can get some good bundles, and of course some people are selling it cheaper ShopTo's £230 (which I guess is where you got £30 from - are they the only ones?). It'll certainly be £250 on the high street. ShopTo might offer the Elite for £180 for all we know at this stage :)

[Streeteh]

Just done some reading around, as of tomorrow the best bargain you can get for an elite is £189.99 which isn't bad tbh, £40 price difference is probably less than MS would like though, especially considering only a month ago it was £120 between the PS3 and the pro. More interestingly in the US the prices are now exactly the same ($299) so MS have released a bundle that includes the wireless adapter in reply, it looks like Sony might finally be giving Microsoft a run for their money in the pricing department, about time too.

The lack of component cable has been confirmed on major nelson, it's composite only with the elite now. I'm not fussed though, got a 2m, gold plated, shielded HDMI cable for £3.85 to go with my pro, the only issue is user ignorance, i've seen people with PS3s hooked up to 40" HDTVs with the supplied composite cable, while watching a bluray no less! The look on his face when i brought over my HDMI cable to show him the difference was amusing.

[Daz]

Oh indeed. I still think HD viewing is a little too complicated for Joe Consumer. You bought a DVD player, you plugged it into your scart socket on the back of the telly, job done. To view something in HD, you need a HD telly, a HD source, and an appropriate HD cable. There are different 'versions of HD' as someone put it to me once (720p, 1080i, 1080p), and on some telly's, even the ports do things differently (HDMI2 on most Samsung TV's do 1:1 pixel mapping, the others dont). Too complicated for mass adoption.

[Aboobie]

I've nothing against MS dropping the Component cable but for christs sake... both them and Sony should be including a HDMI one this day and age.

[NokkonWud]

It's infuriatingly ignorant for them to do that. Personally I think they should have kept the Component Cable in and charged £210 if that's what it took.

As for Streeteh's argument about the price in the US, people are saying PS3 will get a foothold... I don't think so, it may start selling more, but it's already miles behind the Xbox360 over there and the Americans are very much like the Japanese. Racist ;). At least to the point of intentionally picking goods made by that country over foreign machines, this is the case with consoles, TV's, Cars etc...

I've said it before, put an Xbox360 and a PS3 in a shop infront of me at the same price and I'd still take the Xbox360 every time. Simple research online shows people are happier with Xbox360's in the majority and that the PS3 still isn't delivering on the promises made 3 years ago.

[Streeteh]

I never stated that i felt Sony would get a foothold in the US, i simply said that their prices are finally competitive. This can only be a good thing which is being displayed by the fact that Microsoft have bundles a wireless adapter into their elite package in the US at the last minute in order to make their package seem more appealing when compared against the identically priced PS3. Competition is only ever a good thing for the consumer and the price drop of the PS3 has finally brought it close enough to the 360 in terms of pricing to make Microsoft think more carefully about their pricing.

As for the last part, put the 360 up against a PS3 at the same price and i'd walk away with the PS3. It's all down to preference. Have you got any sources for that research? I've never seen a survey measuring customer satisfaction with any consoles and it's be an interesting read.

[Davey_Pitch]

Last night I decided to play Ninja Gaiden Sigma to see how it held up on the PS3. So far I'm impressed with it, I thought using a different controller would be weird but I do like the Dual Shock controllers and it felt pretty natural playing using it. Only did the first 5 levels as I only played it for a little over an hour, but it did give me a chance to do one of Rachel's new levels and it was fun, if a little short. She's a little slow for my liking but it's different so I'm happy enough with it. I can tell I've not played a NG game for a long time though, was pretty rusty and struggled a little with enemies I would usually destroy without getting touched. Still finding Normal difficulty too easy generally though, will blow through it quickly and see how Hard difficulty fares against the Xbox version.

Also had a very very quick go of inFamous last night. Interesting start to it and even though my guy (Cole is it?) has very basic powers I can see this could develop very nicely. Hopefully I'll be able to spend a good few hours on it this weekend as I feel this could definitely be my type of game.

[Haly]

I've said it before, put an Xbox360 and a PS3 in a shop infront of me at the same price and I'd still take the Xbox360 every time. Simple research online shows people are happier with Xbox360's in the majority and that the PS3 still isn't delivering on the promises made 3 years ago.

You're an informed consumer who's played games for years. The average consumer may well think differently certainly when for someone who just wants a games console can look at the PS3 and see it offers blu-ray, wireless connectivity, basically everything out of the box instead of having to pick up bits and pieces.

That's not to say I'm saying the PS3 is superior (I hate those debates and tbh I'm equally happy with my two consoles) but I can appreciate that we all are a relative minority and the sales figures really come from the sort of person I just described above.

[Streeteh]

I agree Haly, as i said above it's all about the buzz words and at present the PS3 has more of them.

[Jhadur]

(HDMI2 on most Samsung TV's do 1:1 pixel mapping, the others dont).

Didn't know this, will have to check and see if that's the case with my TV.
Any idea where I could check?

[Daz]

In a manual or something? Dont know mate, I read it on a forum :) My 360 (well, my amp, but by proxy the 360 :p) is plugged into that port so I can set the resolution to 1370x768, any ofther port and it will only give me 720p/1080i (my telly is 720p, and I prefer it on the native res. Shouldn't notice anything on a 1080p TV).

[Jhadur]

Ah ok thanks mate :) I'm on a 1080p TV so won't worry too much :) (think the 360 is on HDMI2 atm BD player on HDMI1 and SKY HD on HDMI 3)

[divine]

Banjo Kazooie :D

[Daz]

Nuts and Bolts? Love that :D

[Aboobie]

Nuts and Bolts? Love that :D

Aye, it was tremendous.

I've mostly been playing:

Harry Potter: Half Blood Prince. Jen's been after this since it was released as we enjoyed Order the Phoenix and we finished it today. They've used many of the assets of the first game; which isn't a bad thing per se as Hoghwarts is Hogwarts, but it does feel less full and more of a blatant cash in. The story is very short though still enjoyable and your time is then mostly filled with minigames which are in all honesty a poor mans Bully ones, and a then the obligatory time consuming collectathon.

I finished my 100% run through of Shadow Complex and I'm nearly there on my 13% run through. A good fun interesting game but I'm not adding it to GOTY list.

I've just started Batman and it's tremendous. I love the 'thief' style dynamic to the gameplay and the voice acting/ambience/story is the best we've seen this year.

Tales of Vesperia. I'm 40 hours in it's starting to drag a little so I'm taking a break. Every time I play it falls down my next-gen jrpg list and dare I say I'm now starting to think Last Remnant was better....

Finally and now with a bitch fest with Nokkon over it on Twitter, I picked up 'You're in the Movies' for £14 (with camera) as an impulse buy from Tesco. Despite all it's faults my daughters, Jen and I have had blast with it all afternoon. Also despite having a natural brick back wall, navy sofas and generally busy room it picked us all up well enough to play all the minigames and gave me a small insight into how family gaming might be in my house post Natal. Whilst I cooked dinner Jen and Caitlin wanted to play again and it was a joy to see them throwing themselves about in front of the 360; hardcore games have there place but it's nice to also have fun games such as this.

[Haly]

'You're in the Movies'[/B] for £14 (with camera) as an impulse buy from Tesco.
It's only because he's jealous you've beaten him so comprehensively gamerscore wise ;)

Good price for it along with the camera so not surprised you picked it up!

I know what you mean with Vesperia. I haven't played it for about a week and a half since Batman arrived and felt no urge to go back to it. Started it up now for the evening but it's lacking something.

[Davey_Pitch]

Finished inFamous today, and enjoyed it thoroughly from start to finish. After the first mission the game recommended I play it on Hard, which I did for the rest of the game, and despite a few stumbles here and there didn't really find it that hard. Even the end boss who I heard was really hard only took me a few goes to figure out and then beat. Played through as a good guy the first time as I think the evil powers will be far more fun.

Also played some Batman Arkham Asylum yesterday which I managed to pick up second hand in Computer Exchange using some of the vouchers I have left over. I have to be honest and say that it's started pretty slowly so far. It's good but it's not hooked me just yet, though I'm only a couple of hours into it and I'm sure I'll be grabbed soon.

[KennyBhoy]

Still working my way through Batman too. Feels like i've been playing it for hours and hours but i'm enjoying it still. Still getting the odd "wow" moment. No idea how far away i am from completing it.

My 360 is on it's way home and UPS will deliver it tomorrow. Sadly i still have naff all to play on it but the busy game buying time of the year is just around the corner :D

[Streeteh]

Scarecrow stole the show for me, all of the encounters were fantastic. I found the whole game a little too easy on Medium, i can't recall dying once.

[Psymonkee]

Finished inFamous today, and enjoyed it thoroughly from start to finish. After the first mission the game recommended I play it on Hard, which I did for the rest of the game, and despite a few stumbles here and there didn't really find it that hard. Even the end boss who I heard was really hard only took me a few goes to figure out and then beat. Played through as a good guy the first time as I think the evil powers will be far more fun.

Did you get the trophies for finishing on hard/true evil?

[leowyatt]

Going through Bioshock again on hard and not using vita chambers. The only problem is the that the option to disable vita chambers is no longer an option as it's disappeared :/

[Streeteh]

Going through Bioshock again on hard and not using vita chambers. The only problem is the that the option to disable vita chambers is no longer an option as it's disappeared :/

I was under the impression that in Hard vita chambers were forced as disabled, hence why the option has disappeared.

[leowyatt]

well my current difficulty is set to hard and I still get put back into vita chambers when I die :( I was part way through a game when I got an update for it so maybe I'll have to start the game again :(

[Haly]

I've got a feeling it is something to do with the latest update I'm afraid :(

[Davey_Pitch]

Did you get the trophies for finishing on hard/true evil?

Got the Hard trophy, as well as the trophy for the good ending :)

[Psymonkee]

:(

Deffo just me then :(

Enjoy evil mode (I didn't though :p)

[Davey_Pitch]

Why didn't you enjoy evil? Powers not as good or couldn't stand doing bad things to people?

[Justsomebloke]

BF2 Still. ;D
Massive influx of fresh meat with the new patch which is Superb. :cool:
Not played owt else apart from a bash on RB2 tuther day when I rattled my favourite songs out to blow the blues away.

[Psymonkee]

Why didn't you enjoy evil? Powers not as good or couldn't stand doing bad things to people?

Didn't enjoy the powers tbh :(

Destructive yes but not desperatly useful as a tactical weapon set...