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"What are you playing?"

not even i know

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WHAT THE FUCK GUYS

EDITEDIT:

holy shit its not done


this is sad

I love that part.

True story - when it happened I had just gotten a new Xbox because my old one red ring'd. So I had this shiny new system, it was late at night, I hadn't stopped playing at all... and then BVZZZTBRRZCRK

The only reason I didn't get up to reset the system is because I was too busy staring at my TV with a slack jaw trying my damnedest not to scream at the top of my lungs.

Anyway just playin' some Ace Attorney games. Also did that silly Club Nintendo thing where I can get a free copy of one of the new Pokemon games. Heck, it's free. Saves me the trouble of spending money on a game I probably won't like all that much.

Rosy Rupeeland is fantastic. I'm up to the second dungeon, at Cape Treasure.

Oh and I've been playing more Hearthstone again, made a custom Warrior deck. I've been playing some Ranked games as well.

I've been hooked down tight to Pikmin 3 for the past couple of weeks, but now that I've completed all of the on-disc content that isn't Co-Op (though I am steadily working through that with my girlfriend) I've got nothing to do until I have some pocket money for the DLC. Not wanting to give up the ghost, I booted the Wii and did a single-sitting run of the original Pikmin, albeit the New Play Controls version.

I honestly liked that a lot less than the GameCube version. Everything felt so imprecise and slow, and the ability to manually march your Pikmin was incredibly hindered with the new setup. (Oh, I guess I forgot to mention that I haven't played the New Play Controls version of either Pikmin game... 2 is going to happen soon.) I did appreciate adding some of the Pikmin 2 sorting options, though. If they'd mixed that with the option for GCN support, and NPC Pikmin would be the definitive version.

Also, I forgot how much stronger all the basic enemies are in the first game. I mean, in Pikmin 3 the Bulborbs are just barely even a threat. They created stronger, more formidable versions of the same enemies for that exact reason. Yet in Pikmin, a single Bulborb can devour scores of your tiny army if you aren't playing smart. This struck me as interesting, mainly because playing the franchise in order creates a tiered leveling system that demonstrates Olimar's evolution as a Captain. He develops better management techniques to more efficiently dispatch monsters and cover new terrain, he learns the weak spots and disadvantages of his enemies to more thoroughly thrash them when the time comes. I'm sure it isn't an intended aspect to the narrative, but I feel like it adds to the overall experience.

--I know the Koppaites kind of throw a wrench in this whole thing by waltzing onto the scene and already being superior to Olimar in these ways (although they haven't figured out sorting by stemming or tossing mixed Pikmin), but I still think it's a neat way to show character progression (considering Olimar does show the advanced Pikmin 3 qualities via Bingo Battle and Challenge Mode).--

Other than that I've been derping around with my Wii U VC titles (F-Zero mainly) and Wind Waker HD. I just played the original Wind Waker very recently, and I'm not particularly eager to do it again, but I do want to hold myself to this idea that I can't buy a new game unless I've played everything I currently own for whatever system. I don't have to play to completion if it isn't something I like, so I'm also using this to weed some games off the shelves and into storage where they'll wait until I need them either to sell or to try again. But no longer cluttering.

With that in mind I've got games currently going for the 360 and DS/3DS at the time: Watchmen: The End is Nigh and Glory of Heracles, both of which I'm enjoying. Watchmen is kind of low budget, but it's a pretty solid 3D beat-em-up in the same vein as the Tekken 6 story/adventure mode, which I also enjoyed. The visuals are really clear and easily read, which is a big plus when it comes to new games... I've had to put down both Sonic Generations and Force Unleashed recently because they just were not readable to me, and I really don't want to spend however many hours of my life waiting because "it gets better."

tl;dr: Glory of Heracles, Watchmen: The End is Nigh, Pikmin (franchise), The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD, F-Zero.

Also, still chugging away at Mario's Picross.

Edit: Didn't mean to write a novel here. I guess I should go back to blogging >.>;

In-between playing through the first Ratchet & Clank and Bravely Default, I managed to acquire the 2 Super Mario Advance games I was missing: Mario Advance 2 and 3. I own both the SNES originals - i'm just a real completionist when it comes to my GBA collection.

...and then I started playing Mario Advance 2: Super Mario World.


This is literally the only game i can play a dozen times. I know every pitfall, every enemy's placement - but I always approach the game differently every time. It's like I'm 6 again. :]

I WAS playing DKC3 on the GBA as well, but I'm up to Pacifica (the GBA-exclusive subworld) and the new music helps a bit, but I can't help to just plain DISLIKE this game. i could write a whole novel on why it sucks, but it'd just be wasted time

I was playing Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes

And then I beat the game

... More than one mission would have been nice because it was pretty fun.

(03-19-2014, 12:33 AM)Kriven Wrote: [ -> ]I've been hooked down tight to Pikmin 3 for the past couple of weeks, but now that I've completed all of the on-disc content that isn't Co-Op (though I am steadily working through that with my girlfriend) I've got nothing to do until I have some pocket money for the DLC. Not wanting to give up the ghost, I booted the Wii and did a single-sitting run of the original Pikmin, albeit the New Play Controls version.

I honestly liked that a lot less than the GameCube version. Everything felt so imprecise and slow, and the ability to manually march your Pikmin was incredibly hindered with the new setup. (Oh, I guess I forgot to mention that I haven't played the New Play Controls version of either Pikmin game... 2 is going to happen soon.) I did appreciate adding some of the Pikmin 2 sorting options, though. If they'd mixed that with the option for GCN support, and NPC Pikmin would be the definitive version.

Pikmin 2 NPC feels a lot better and is a lot smoother than the first one (but I haven't played the GC versions so it could just be that the Wii's controls are comfortable for me???) so once you complete the first one it should be a lot more enjoyable.

playing little inferno. so far, i dont get it...

You... burn things. What's not to get?

it was the beginning of the game and i was wondering why we have to burn things. i already beat the game now and so now i get the whole aspect of burning stuff

I can officially report I'm addicted to New Leaf. Send help

(03-19-2014, 10:37 AM)Kosheh Wrote: [ -> ]I WAS playing DKC3 on the GBA as well, but I'm up to Pacifica (the GBA-exclusive subworld) and the new music helps a bit, but I can't help to just plain DISLIKE this game. i could write a whole novel on why it sucks, but it'd just be wasted time

i dropped DKC3 for now and got back into DKC2

...because it's DKC2, omg literally best

LUFTRAUSERS

(03-25-2014, 01:32 AM)Baegal Wrote: [ -> ]I can officially report I'm addicted to New Leaf. Send help

I know that feeling. I got the game last Christmas and I'm still not tired of the game. I'm currently in the middle of trying to chain 15 perfect town days and paying off a project. As soon as the 15 perfect town days is achieved, I'll need to do something about organizing my trees better. All of my fruit trees are scattered everywhich way. That eats up space that could go to other projects. <.<;;

Finally got my own PSP and got to experience Mega Man Powered Up.
I was hoping I could recreate SMB levels in Construction Mode, but the blocks are too big Now I have a W1-1-ish level. Made 3 other original stages though.
I've also developed a hatred towards the level designers of MM1 and this game.