What are you playing, stupid?

[max_cady]

Resonance of Fate is keeping me very busy.

[SOUP]

Cannon Spike showed up in the mail. It took me a decent amount of to actually beat it (as well as a knocking down the difficulty a couple notches in the process). The upside was that I got to try out a different character each time :D. B.B.Hood was the winner in the end. I enjoyed all the Capcom fan service, but I'd really like to see this game remade with dual analogue controls. Relying on the lock on took a lot of getting used to.
Since I got the new PSP, I was planning on getting back into Vagrant Story, but I ended up picking up God of War: Ghost of Sparta (taking advantage of the Playstation Plus 50% off sale. It's really fun so far. I know I should probably focus on other games that I've already started, but it's got the same addictive qualities of the other games in the series. You get to a save point, but want to just get to the next one, and so on. The story's pretty interesting so far. It's got some great set pieces, like Atlantis and Sparta being big features.

I've also picked up Yakuza 4 :D. I've only beaten the first chapter so far. Haven't had a lot of time to sit down and play it unfortunately .

[Barry the Nomad]

I have Cannon Spike on my "must get" list of Dreamcast games. It's actually not too badly priced, I see it for around $50 usually which is the same price as it was when released. Not too bad. Think it's worth dropping $50 on?

Also, I need to get my hands on Rival Schools 2 aka Project Justice.

[SOUP]

If it was a game that came out today, or was being ported to something else, I'd probably say it wasn't worth it. Since it's only on Dreamcast though, and the price wont' really get any lower than that, I'd say it's probably worth it.
It only takes about 20 minutes to get from the start to the finish if you don't get a game over. The controls can be a bit frustrating, because it's essentially set up like a dual stick shooter (Geometry Wars, Super Stardust, etc...) but without a second stick.
Overall, I'd say it's fun, but a bit rough around the edges. The Capcom cameos are what really elevates it. It really comes down to how much enjoyment you think you'd get out of shooting a ton of enemies as various Capcom characters.

[CosmicCastaway]

One of my relatives has brought his 360 to my home so I've been playing that for the past few weeks. I decided despite my dislike for cover-based shooting I would give the Mass Effect games a try, mostly just so I could experience the story, which I am interested in. I finished Mass Effect already and I'm currently playing Mass Effect 2. I liked the gameplay of the first Mass Effect more. You had more freedom in how you approached combat, while in the second game you pretty much have to take cover if you want any hope of not being killed. Plus, I liked the inventory system of stuff more in the first one and it just seemed more RPG-ish to me than the second one has. I'll post more of what I think of the second game after I finish it, but at the moment the story is the strongest part of Mass Effect 2.

Also, my female redhead Shepard is sooo much better than that default Shepard male they give you. Ugh.

[Sega Uranus]

Yakuza 4 has not arrived yet. D:

No wonder I was so confused why everyone liked Valkyria, I had no idea you could fix the tank or save during a fight.

I like it a lot more, but I think it is still overly frustrating at times, and the cutscenes are just pathetic. I am really mad that THIS is the one SEGA IP that got so much praise, when they have released so many other great games that seemingly no one cares about, so I am overreacting a bit, but I still do not really like much out of some of the gameplay elements.

I also really hate how there is no exploring or anything outside of the combat, but with that said, I am actually kind of addicted to it, but it really brings out the worst in me. I never yelled this much at a game since Sonic Unleashed, and we all know how frustrating that was!

One of my relatives has brought his 360 to my home so I've been playing that for the past few weeks. I decided despite my dislike for cover-based shooting I would give the Mass Effect games a try, mostly just so I could experience the story, which I am interested in. I finished Mass Effect already and I'm currently playing Mass Effect 2. I liked the gameplay of the first Mass Effect more. You had more freedom in how you approached combat, while in the second game you pretty much have to take cover if you want any hope of not being killed. Plus, I liked the inventory system of stuff more in the first one and it just seemed more RPG-ish to me than the second one has. I'll post more of what I think of the second game after I finish it, but at the moment the story is the strongest part of Mass Effect 2.

Also, my female redhead Shepard is sooo much better than that default Shepard male they give you. Ugh.

At first, I really could not have agreed with you more, but as I got further and further into Mass Effect 2 I really just started to love it so much. Some of the action is just mindblowing, and I do not think I ever got that attached to game characters before.

[SOUP]

I'm pretty close to the end of God of War: Ghost of Sparta (really great game btw), but most of my time set aside for video games has gone into Yakuza 4. I'm up around the 8 hour mark, but I still haven't finished the fourth chapter. I'm really enjoying it so far, but it's so easy to get sidetracked into playing a bunch of side-stories.  I also ran into a cool Shenmue II moment :D.

[Emmett The Crab]

I was playing Yakuza 4 last night and in Poppo (the convenience store) they were playing a song from Jet Set Radio Future.

I don't know titles, but it is the one that goes "understand, understand, understand, understand the concept of love."

[Barry the Nomad]

I was playing Yakuza 4 last night and in Poppo (the convenience store) they were playing a song from Jet Set Radio Future.

I don't know titles, but it is the one that goes "understand, understand, understand, understand the concept of love."

HA! Cool find. Yeah, that song would be "the concept of love".

[crackdude]

That is why I love Sega games, the cross-references.

[Happy Cat]

Been getting back into PSP2. Need to finish story mode. Having your character constantly crushed by bosses is a good motivation killer.

Newmans in PSP2 suck so bad, i wish i never wasted so many hours on one.

My Lv 15 beast has almost half the HP as my Lv 55 newman. Both vanguard class.

[Emmett The Crab]

That is why I love Sega games, the cross-references.

Thanks Barry,

Yeah, Crackdude, I totally agree.  And it was very subtle.  Speaking of cross-references  I just played Fighters Megamix for the first time today.  Very fun and addicting.  

Kumachan / Pandachan fills me with rage whenever I see him, and I can't explain why, though.  I just want to keep punching and kicking him after he's dead.

[max_cady]

A little bit of Spiral Knights here and there.

I tested out Resonance of Fate on the 360 using both VGA and HDMI ports.
Image quality is roughly the same on each one. Sound, for example, my LG LCD is kinda weird... PC audio sound is terrible, muffled and some stuff simply doesn't work, but on HDMI it's perfect.

[CosmicCastaway]

Finished Mass Effect 2, and I think I still stand by what I said in my earlier post. The gameplay in the first title was overall more enjoyable for me, but the second game did have a good story. The final boss in Mass Effect 2 is also more satisfying than the final boss of the first one. So yeah, I would say overall I enjoyed the first Mass Effect a bit more. As I said, it just felt more like an RPG to me than the second one did.

The next 360 game I've started playing is Kameo:Elements of Power. It's one of the 360 exclusives I've always wanted to try out. Thus far I like it, I'm sure it gets even better once you have more Elemental Warriors  to use.

[max_cady]

I've been having a ton of fun playing Resonance of Fate, but I think the difficulty is finally getting to me again. You see, the enemies level up as you progress through each chapter. And at Chapter 11, things have gotten far more complicated than before...