What are you playing, stupid?

[Sega Uranus]

The Hell is wrong with this community? Most of you have not even played Snatcher? Fuck... It is comparable to Shenmue in brilliant brilliance of epicness. In some ways it is even better, Shenmue never gave me the excellent recipe for Neo Kobe Pizza.

Have not been playing games anywhere near as much as I was a few weeks back, though I have been able to turn on the Xbox 360 every other day for a few rounds on Crazy Taxi and the like. I did also pick up AfterBurner Climax on the half off sale for the XBLA, and I like it more than I thought I would, really great fun (I think the series is easily AM2's weakest by a lot, so that says so much from me). The EX options are literally the coolest things I have ever seen in a downloadable title and should be in every game ever. Seriously.

I started up a second playthrough of Vanquish awhile back... Bad idea. It is frickin' hard! Once I get into it I can have a really good time, but every time I die it usually seems for some kind of shitty reason. Bleh.

And I really cannot stress just how brilliant a game DeathSmiles is. I never thought I could enjoy a shmup this much. The art of the game really also might be the most awkward thing I own, and has given me numerous weird looks and questions, but I honestly could not care anymore, it is just too much fun. BRB going to beat it a 50th time.

[MadeManG74]

What is it about Deathsmiles specifically that is so embarrasing?

And yeah, I never played Snatcher, I'm ashamed.
Slightly more on topic, I was considering buying Dead Money for New Vegas, but it looks like it's kinda...weird. If it were like Broken Steel or Point Lookout for Fallout 3 I would get it in a heartbeat, but it looks like it's all set in one Casino and has some weird team play aspect. I'mma wait and see.

I've also decided that since I have a week of holidays coming up, I'm going to start (and try to finish) Panzer Dragoon Saga finally. I'll start after Christmas.

[Barry the Nomad]

Considering Snatcher sells for $150 and the only english language version is on the SEGA CD, I can understand not a lot of people playing it. I've held off playing emulated games on my computer because I just can't get into a game on a computer. I'd much prefer a controller and a couch. Though since the GP2X emulates the SEGA CD like a dream, and Snatcher is a great on-the-go game, I'm finally tearing into it.

Oh yeah, and I'm totally seconding the EX options in AfterBurner Climax. So freakin fun to play around with those!

[SOUP]

I just beat Last Window: The Secret of Cape West. Really great follow up to on of my favourite DS games (Hotel Dusk). Well worth importing.

[Sega Uranus]

Oh I forgot to mention Earthworm Jim HD's multiplayer mode. It is actually very good and quite impressive! The levels can run a bit long, but overall they are very well designed and are major fun for 2, 3 or 4 players. It is actually comparable to the main game in overall length even, very cool.

What is it about Deathsmiles specifically that is so embarrasing?

This is the North American boxart. Really awkward because it can totally scare off a lot of people, what is even weirder is that none of the characters even do anything like that.

Something I really love about the game though is how it uses all kinds of it's art in different places though. It is one of the very rare few set of games I have ever seen with original art on the cover, the manual, the game disc, the remixed soundtrack it comes with and everything else in the box. Really looks like they spent a lot of time working on it all. Especially after getting so many of SEGA's cheap ass cases do I appreciate it that much more.

Considering Snatcher sells for $150 and the only english language version is on the SEGA CD, I can understand not a lot of people playing it. I've held off playing emulated games on my computer because I just can't get into a game on a computer. I'd much prefer a controller and a couch. Though since the GP2X emulates the SEGA CD like a dream, and Snatcher is a great on-the-go game, I'm finally tearing into it.

Usually I see it well under $100, it goes for $60 and $70 all of the time. Do not confuse the holiday up-shift in prices.

The thing is, the game is just so easy to burn and play on the actual console that anyone is able to do it within half an hour of knowing the game exists. Not to mention how easy it is to emulate on even the weakest known hardware.

It really is an absolute must play on the actual SEGA CD though. Playing it at night with the Konami Justifier hooked into the second player port, always next to you because at any moment Snatchers can jump out of the shadows and attack you in real time... Absolutely brilliant experience that no other game I know of has ever been able to even come close to.

[max_cady]

Just finished Vanquish, game is epic win up, that is until you get to the last act and it's almost like Shinji Mikami walks up to you and slaps you in the face for having so much fun.

[SOUP]

Just finished Vanquish, game is epic win up, that is until you get to the last act and it's almost like Shinji Mikami walks up to you and slaps you in the face for having so much fun.

Is that on the normal difficulty?

[George]

Just finished Vanquish, game is epic win up, that is until you get to the last act and it's almost like Shinji Mikami walks up to you and slaps you in the face for having so much fun.

I felt that the game was cut short, didn't fight any of the real big Russia fags.

[SOUP]

I'm past the half way point in Resistance: Fall of Man.
I don't know why I waited so long to play this one. Shooters aren't usually my thing (barring a few like: GoldenEye, Rainbow Six: Vegas 2, Halo 2), but I'm really, really enjoying it.

[George]

I liked Fall of Man, way better than the 2nd one imo.

[SOUP]

I picked up the second one the other day. Hopefully it isn't a big letdown.

[Sloth_26XX]

I'm currently playing SMT: Strange Journey.

[Emmett The Crab]

Inlaws are staying at my house (Which is white) so I'm just playing iPad games now.  Fruit Ninja HD and World of Goo.

[SOUP]

Just beat Sonic Colors on the Wii. Fantastic game. I still wish there were a few more worlds in it.

[SOUP]

I've started up Resistance 2. I've only beaten the prologue, and first chapter so far.
It's pretty impressive how much nicer it looks than the first game. The controls took a bit of getting used to, with so many functions getting moved around on the controller. It's a bit of a bummer that I can't carry more than 2 weapons at a time though .