What Are You Currently Playing? 5.05: You Are (Not) A Gamer

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I beat Killer Is Dead! The story was a total mindfuck, though not nearly on the same level as Killer7. Gonna' be thinking about this one for the next few days.

[gunswordfist]

Over the last couple of days, I finally got past where I was before I restarted on Crysis (the tank sequence) It's been ok.

[Dr. Ensatsu-ken]

I just beat the second main dungeon in Darksiders II. I'm liking the game even more now. As far as knock-offs of the Zelda formula go, this game is WAY better than Arkham City, IMO. The puzzles so far are never that hard to figure out, but they are clever enough to have you thinking at least a little bit before you figure out what you're supposed to do. The combat lacks the depth of stuff like DMC, Bayonetta, and NG, but the gameplay is still very nuanced in terms of managing your stats through your gear and such, and it's fun to use the different skills in the game. I also like how the RPG elements in this game are kept light, so as not to bog down the pacing of the game, as it's still primarily an action/adventure game.

I beat Killer Is Dead! The story was a total mindfuck, though not nearly on the same level as Killer7. Gonna' be thinking about this one for the next few days.

So, does the killer die at the end?

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So, does the killer die at the end?

[Grave]

Just stopped playing Street Fighter X Tekken. Didn't do anything major since my internet sucks. I went into trial mode. Got Ken up to 88%, Jin to 70%, and Hwoarang up to 65%. Jin is a fairly difficult character to use. While I'm getting used to it, linking his Special Step from his left right combo is pretty tough for me at the moment. Hwoarang's links are tough. Just trying to link 2 crouching light licks together seems to be pretty hard. And then there's trying to link his crouching light kick into crouching medium kick.

With all that set aside, I also did some customizing. I wish Capcom wasn't so money hungry with these costumes (2 alternate costumes? Really?) Namco Bandai goes all out with their customizing, and Capcom can only bring in 2 costumes (oh and colors that cost $). Anyway, ranting aside and that being my only gripe, I did some customizing. I tried to used Jin and Ken's suit costumes and make Dante, Joker and K'. I like the results, especially for Joker. For Hwoarang, I used his regular costume and just used the same colors.

Side note, I was watching SSF4evo's youtube page, and he has a SFxT playlist and someone in his videos made Hwoarang look like Sonic. Very impressive looking (TheZOMBIEDIVER, I think that's his name), and it's what inspired me to attempt my own customizing.

[Nel_Annette]

Beat Saints Row IV last night. Overall an improvement over SR3. Zinyak's a fun villain, the parodies are funny, the voice acting is superb, the powers are fun, a lot of the new guns were awesome, and there was plenty of continuity porn for the old fans. The game kept acknowledging where it came from, and I liked that. That said, the powers almost made things too easy (shouldn't have given them to us until late game), Steelport is still a pretty dull town, the game very much feels like overglorified DLC at times. But I liked it.

Now I'm playing New Super Luigi U and HOLY FRICK IS THIS GAME HARD.

[Avaitor]

I saw that and the new Wario Ware at Target today.

I really need to get a Wii-U.

[Spark Of Spirit]

And DuckTales Remastered. 

[Nel_Annette]

While it is available as DLC, I liked the novelty of the green case, so I bought the physical copy.

I don't even own New Super Mario Bros. U yet. XD

[Daxdiv]

While it is available as DLC, I liked the novelty of the green case, so I bought the physical copy.

I don't even own New Super Mario Bros. U yet. XD

Even though I downloaded Super Luigi U, I kind of want the Physical copy just for that green case to stand out from the blue cases I have.

[Avaitor]

I was gonna play through Sonic Mega Collection, but I can't find my copy at all. My case is there, but the disc isn't.

Stupid tiny GCN discs.

[Dr. Ensatsu-ken]

I just got through The Lost Temple in Darksiders II. I just realized that this game is doing something that both it's predecessor, and most games from the past few years in general, have not really done, and that's making me actually want to play more. I don't know what it is, but last-gen didn't click with me too much, however this game just has the right balance for me. The RPG elements are light-enough so as not to over-complicate the game and bring down its pacing, but they do help add enough depth to the experience, while also creating an incentive to get new items and upgrade some of your possessed gear. The puzzles are also a nice touch, and the combat does get pretty fun when you buy enough skills and upgrades to your move-set (though, once again, it's nothing on the level of stuff like NG, DMC, and Bayonetta). I'm still switching between this game and DMC3, but I might force myself to take a break from both and just get BioShock: Ininite completed. To be honest, it's not that I found that game to be bad or anything, but as I said before, those Lady Comstock boss fights REALLY frustrated the hell out of me to the point of making me quit for a while, and knowing that I still have one more of those left doesn't exactly leave me feeling very enticed to go back into the game, right away.

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Just focus all your firepower on Lady Comstock while keeping the random mooks at bay with your vigors. The final fight with her actually has a vending machine in the same area, so you can easily restock on ammo/salt/health at any time.

I'm kind of surprised she gave you trouble, though. You seem to be much better at FPS (and video games in general) than me, and I think I died all of four times across her three appearances.

[Dr. Ensatsu-ken]

Just focus all your firepower on Lady Comstock while keeping the random mooks at bay with your vigors. The final fight with her actually has a vending machine in the same area, so you can easily restock on ammo/salt/health at any time.

I'm probably doing something wrong and not realizing it, but I've tried the strategy of just focusing on Lady Comstock, especially since it doesn't do me much good to killer her flunkies when she can just resurrect more of them at anytime. The problem is, when I try to stay back and take cover while shooting her from a safe distance, the bitch hides somewhere and only appears every once in a while, and every now and then some guys will come after me so I have to take them out. The problem with this strategy of waiting patiently is that it'd work just fine if it weren't for one thing: I'll eventually run out of ammo since the bitch has way too much health. So, then, I'll have to venture out of cover for some more ammo (for actual useful guns), or if I'm lucky Elizabeth can spawn some ammo for me nearby, at a relatively safe spot (which hasn't happened in the first 2 fights for me, unfortunately). Anyways, as soon as I pop out of cover and run to get some ammo, all of her minions just shoot the crap out of me while they have the chance, and my health drains FAST! So, I end up getting killed within seconds, and then when I re-spawn, the bitch get's almost all of her health back as well, so the process repeats itself.

I'm kind of surprised she gave you trouble, though. You seem to be much better at FPS (and video games in general) than me, and I think I died all of four times across her three appearances.

I'm above average at Halo, and pretty decent at most other FPS games (like F.E.A.R., Half-Life, DOOM, etc.), and for the most part I've been OK at this game. However, I don't know what it is about this particular boss fight, but I just seem to get my ass-kicked within seconds whenever I try it.

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For most of the game, I swapped between the shotgun and the machine gun. I know it sounds weird to not use something like the rocket launcher on a boss, but the MG seemed to make fairly quick work of her for me. Try to get in close if possible and spam the shit out of Bucking Bronco on the zombies, then unload as much of the MG into her as possible. If you need to make a hasty retreat, switch to the shotgun for close range running and gunning.

Hope that helps.