Week in Review - What Are You Playing?

I played a good chunk of that mystery game last night. It's really good stuff. I have desided to reveal what it is on my next episode of BigCTV and show some gameplay footage. I might have that done as early as today. We'll see.

Oh, and to narrow down what it is, it's not a 360 game...

Well, my 4th 360 kept freezing on me, so I got it swapped out for a new one yesterday when it wouldn't play The Bourne Conspiracy, so I brought Xbox #5 home and that one won't connect to Xbox Live because apparently whoever owned it first got it locked out by Microsoft. Tomorrow I'm getting #6...

Since my 360s aren't working, I've played Pokemon Diamond a lot as well as Guitar Hero On Tour, which I beat the first day I got it. Once I get my 6th 360, I'll be back onto my plethera of games. Hopefully I'll make a bit of progress before Battlefield Bad Company and Alone In The Dark release next week.

Ninja Gaiden II and Ninja Gaiden DS are currently on my plate. So is Ratchet and Clank: Size Matters for the PSP. The game is decent, but would be a lot better if they didn't force you to play the wonky racing levels.

Still Wind Waker. I've got 17 hearts and a third of the Triforce, so I'm probably less than a day from done. Next up is either Phantom Hourglass or Twilight Princess.gmsnpr

You are a better man than I. One day I'l play all those Zelda games. Are you playing it on Wii?

Finished No More Heroes. I loved that Bleeping game,

The World Ends with you is kinda draggin', but I'll finish it this month. I'm starting The Darkness tonight.

I'm playing NBA Street Homecourt. It's a lot of fun.CodingGenius

You crazy. But I'm glad you are loving it.

[QUOTE="gmsnpr"]Still Wind Waker. I've got 17 hearts and a third of the Triforce, so I'm probably less than a day from done. Next up is either Phantom Hourglass or Twilight Princess.gakon5

To Aspro: Yes, I'm playing it on the Wii.

Been playing two games I got this week: Space Invaders Extreme on the DS and Spore Creature Creator on the PC. Both games are great fun :D

I should note that Spore Creature Creator is not really a game, per se. But it is an awesome piece of software nevertheless, and much recommended to anyone interested in Spore.

Ok...I've fallen into a bit of gaming ADD, so here's the list.

-FIFA: Road to FIFA World Cup '06: Ugh. I understand that soccer is a very common 1-0 game...that's not the problem. I haven't lost yet, but it controls like a tank in the mud. My favorite part is when you're on a breakaway and you're the only one there because everyone else just stopped! The teammate AI is borderline braindead. This game is a turd.

-Condemned: Criminal Origins: Started over, up to Chapter 3. Loving this game.

-Guitar Hero III: Finished career up to medium and messed around online a little bit.

-Guitar Hero II: Same as above, minus online. GH III makes this seem much easier.

-Rock Band: Started a band with my wife. She won't sing over Easy so I'm slightly handicapped as far as achievements on that one goes. But I'm about to go back to the hard guitar and drums solo tours. GH III makes this seem much, MUCH easier.

-Viva Pinata: I've finished the game achievement-wise, but it's still in the queue because I've got some pinatas I haven't maxed out yet.

-Grand Theft Auto IV: Still plodding through the story one more time for the 30 hour achievement as well as fiddling around online occasionally. Need to find someone for those co-op games.

I think that's it for now...

This has happened to me a few times where, after a playing a really great game, I have trouble getting a new game to stick. Over the last 2 days I have tried Zelda Princess, RE: Umbrella Chronicles, Call of Juarez and The Darkness. None of them took.

If anyone has any suggestions for me I'm all ears. I currently have only a 360, Wii, PSP, DS and GBA available to me. I'm thinking maybe a BC XB game would be the way to go.

Please let us know how Alone in the Dark is, as I am really interested in how it turned out.

Aspro, may I suggest: Gun, Metal Slug 4 & 5, Psychonauts, Second Sight, Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse, Syberia, or The Warriors.

Please let us know how Alone in the Dark is, as I am really interested in how it turned out.

Aspro, may I suggest: Gun, Metal Slug 4 & 5, Psychonauts, Second Sight, Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse, Syberia, or The Warriors.

CodingGenius

Hmm.. Syberia, Warriors or Gun or Second Sight might be good calls.. The others I have played and loved or played and not-loved previously. Good reccs.

This has happened to me a few times where, after a playing a really great game, I have trouble getting a new game to stick. Over the last 2 days I have tried Zelda Princess, RE: Umbrella Chronicles, Call of Juarez and The Darkness. None of them took.

If anyone has any suggestions for me I'm all ears. I currently have only a 360, Wii, PSP, DS and GBA available to me. I'm thinking maybe a BC XB game would be the way to go.

aspro73

Skies of Arcadia!

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This has happened to me a few times where, after a playing a really great game, I have trouble getting a new game to stick. Over the last 2 days I have tried Zelda Princess, RE: Umbrella Chronicles, Call of Juarez and The Darkness. None of them took.

If anyone has any suggestions for me I'm all ears. I currently have only a 360, Wii, PSP, DS and GBA available to me. I'm thinking maybe a BC XB game would be the way to go.

Mamba219

Skies of Arcadia!

That's an epic suggestion. Mrs. Aspro has played through both versions twice a peice, so I know it's a great game (with great music)... ah, what a game... but I am going to disapoint you GREATLY, after trying all the games CG suggested and finding that none of them were BC on my 360, I have settled on a third person shooter for the XB (through the 360) called Without Warning. It's a CAPCOM game and pretty cheesy, but that is what I need right now.

[QUOTE="Mamba219"][QUOTE="aspro73"]

This has happened to me a few times where, after a playing a really great game, I have trouble getting a new game to stick. Over the last 2 days I have tried Zelda Princess, RE: Umbrella Chronicles, Call of Juarez and The Darkness. None of them took.

If anyone has any suggestions for me I'm all ears. I currently have only a 360, Wii, PSP, DS and GBA available to me. I'm thinking maybe a BC XB game would be the way to go.

aspro73

Skies of Arcadia!

That's an epic suggestion. Mrs. Aspro has played through both versions twice a peice, so I know it's a great game (with great music)... ah, what a game... but I am going to disapoint you GREATLY, after trying all the games CG suggested and finding that none of them were BC on my 360, I have settled on a third person shooter for the XB (through the 360) called Without Warning. It's a CAPCOM game and pretty cheesy, but that is what I need right now.

You will regret it. :)

Need a break from good games and opted to break out some of the still wrapped Blockbuster bargoons,

Started playing "The Club" for 360, and I gotta say it ain't bad!

Need a break from good games and opted to break out some of the still wrapped Blockbuster bargoons,

Started playing "The Club" for 360, and I gotta say it ain't bad!

cosmostein77

I've had high hopes for that one, my copy for the PS3 arrives on Monday.

I really liked The Club. It's a very different kind of shooter and is a lot of fun single or multiplayer. If anyone want's to play online, hit me up on 360.

I tried both yesterday. Battlefield is awesome. It's hilarious, full of great action, lots of great explosions and combat.

Alone in the Dark is a bit rough. The controls are a bit clunky, the DVD like interface really isn't explained at all, so you can easily accidentally skip a section of the game and the level design isn't great in some places. The graphics are really good, the voice acting is pretty good and the gameplay itself is solid, but it has it's rough patches. I'm not very far into it, so I'll give a better impression as I move along in the story.

20,000 eh? I'm slowly but surely working my way up to 40,000... :PBigC43

It looks like you didn't work fast enough. I just past you by and hit 35,000 before you did. I'll see you at 40k. :P

[QUOTE="BigC43"]20,000 eh? I'm slowly but surely working my way up to 40,000... :Ppikadeth

It looks like you didn't work fast enough. I just past you by and hit 35,000 before you did. I'll see you at 40k. :P

Most of my friends are passing me. I just haven't had the time lately to do much hardcore point earning. I have more than enough games where if I wanted to hit 100,000, I could easily do that with just the stuff I own, but that's not going to happen...

I played a lot of Bad Company last night where I got to level 4 on single player and played a good bit of multiplayer. I'm still loving this game.

[QUOTE="pikadeth"]

[QUOTE="BigC43"]20,000 eh? I'm slowly but surely working my way up to 40,000... :PBigC43

It looks like you didn't work fast enough. I just past you by and hit 35,000 before you did. I'll see you at 40k. :P

Most of my friends are passing me. I just haven't had the time lately to do much hardcore point earning. I have more than enough games where if I wanted to hit 100,000, I could easily do that with just the stuff I own, but that's not going to happen...

I played a lot of Bad Company last night where I got to level 4 on single player and played a good bit of multiplayer. I'm still loving this game.

I think that I have 80 or so 360 games and most of them are unplayed. I know the feeling of unmet potential. How are you liking Guitar Hero: On Tour? I've worked through easy and medium. Now the hard tour is kicking my butt.

I really liked The Club. It's a very different kind of shooter and is a lot of fun single or multiplayer. If anyone want's to play online, hit me up on 360.

BigC43

You will find my friend request pending on Live :)

[QUOTE="cosmostein77"]

Need a break from good games and opted to break out some of the still wrapped Blockbuster bargoons,

Started playing "The Club" for 360, and I gotta say it ain't bad!

aspro73

I've had high hopes for that one, my copy for the PS3 arrives on Monday.

The more I play the more hooked I become,

Its a very odd shooter, because you can really kill as many or as few enemies as you want.

Finished grinding out all the GHIII career mode songs with 5 stars. Started in on GHII on Hard, and it really is hard. I don't think I'll ever 5 star all the songs on hard.

I'm also whoring out Rainbow Six Vegas 1. I started the campaign on Realistic. Me and a couple of friends spend an hour or so the other night tossing grenades at each other to get our Demolition Expert and Marksman achs, and we started working on Special Ops ach

I don't what I'm going to do when 2.4 hits the PS3. I'm going to go nuts trophy whoring.

I've been playing SNk collections on PS2 like mad. Good time to bring out the arcade sticks.

I lvoe Neo Turf Masters. One of my favorite arcade games. You read it right. :P

I've been playing SNk collections on PS2 like mad. Good time to bring out the arcade sticks.

I love Neo Turf Masters. One of my favorite arcade games. You read it right. :P

GAMECAMILLER

I've been playing the PSP version on and off. It has become my favorite compilation (now outcIassing the previous king, Capcom CIassics Collection Vol.1)

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I've been playing SNk collections on PS2 like mad. Good time to bring out the arcade sticks.

I love Neo Turf Masters. One of my favorite arcade games. You read it right. :P

aspro73

I've been playing the PSP version on and off. It has become my favorite compilation (now outcIassing the previous king, Capcom CIassics Collection Vol.1)

I wrapped up Wind Waker earlier today. I started to really lose interest about the time I reached Ganon's Tower and had to refight the bosses to progress. I think that WW suffers from some significant length inflation. I have a giant hammer for breaking things and heavy boots for breaking things and bombs for breaking things and I have a grappling hook for getting to places and a hookshot for getting to places and a leaf parachute for getting to places, each of which require quests to retrieve. The puzzles were fun to a point, but they could have been just as fun centered around fewer tools. Then I would have remained interested from start to finish, rather than having to force myself to keep playing toward the end. It was great fun for the first 3/4 or so, then it began to irritate me.

I mentioned that I wanted to play Twilight Princess next, but I think I need to first cleanse my palate with some actual talking, some blood and gore, and maybe a little ill-will toward my fellow man before I tackle another feel-good adventure.

Witcher, here I come!

[QUOTE="aspro73"][QUOTE="GAMECAMILLER"]

I've been playing SNk collections on PS2 like mad. Good time to bring out the arcade sticks.

I love Neo Turf Masters. One of my favorite arcade games. You read it right. :P

usagi704

I've been playing the PSP version on and off. It has become my favorite compilation (now outcIassing the previous king, Capcom CIassics Collection Vol.1)

Last night me and a friend spent a couple of hours working on the Special Operations achievement in RB6V1. 50 points yay!

I'm still working on GHII on hard now and I'm the 6th act (Relentless Riffs) and I have one more song to complete (Freya) before I get the encore.

Enjoyed reading all those.

Just finished The World Ends With You. Amazing game. It's just amazing that games like that can be made, and not only "made" but produced to such a high level.

So it's just Without Warning on the XB for now. It's pretty good, I certainly have no complaints about it. Probably will start Pokemon Pearl as my next handheld.

Enjoyed reading all those.

Just finished The World Ends With You. Amazing game. It's just amazing that games like that can be made, and not only "made" but produced to such a high level.

So it's just Without Warning on the XB for now. It's pretty good, I certainly have no complaints about it. Probably will start Pokemon Pearl as my next handheld.

aspro73

I've got a laundry list right now. I finished off Condemned: Criminal Origins and FIFA '06: Road to FIFA World Cup so here's what's sitting in my pile...

-Rock Band-just started the hard guitar career again.
-Guitar Hero II-started hard career, about seven songs in.
-Guitar Hero III-getting ready to start hard career.
-Ridge Racer 6-started, but haven't done much.
-Viva Pinata-still technically on the list...still have some pinatas to max out.
-Dead Rising-messed around with it, but its structure is confusing the hell out of me...I'm going to have to really concentrate with this one for some reason.

I'm also batting around starting BioShock, The Godfather, and the Kingdom Hearts trilogy (because I've had KHII for over a year and haven't touched it).

currently playing

ninja gaiden 2 - chapter 5 on acolyte

super mario allstars- super mario bros 3 world 3

no more heros

I'm in Canada, so only have the DS with me. I've been playing Chibi Robo: Park Patrol and Clubhouse Games.CodingGenius

The best thing about Clubhouse Games is that I'm too lazy and stupid to bother learning most of the games so I play bowling and darts and ignore everything else.