The Last Game You Beat and What are You Currently Playing

[Dr Kain]

[XvGojira]

[XvGojira]

Sorry for the double post.

Beat A Link Between Worlds. Freaking LOVE IT! I really hope Nintendo releases the soundtrack, since they decided to go full orchestral since SS all the updated themes are gorgeous and the new songs are just as classic. I'm still going to run a round and gather heart containers.

But I decided to take a break and see if I could get past my rut on Spirit Tracks. Damn that last flute song! Got past it but man, the DS games are awkward as hell to maneuver and imprecise as well. I'm so glad that LBW just used the circle pad and buttons instead of full touch screen controls. And the traveling via train tracks seemed even slower and time consuming than sailing in Wind Waker. Still got to finish it, but jumping backwards was a little jarring.

[Dr Kain]

I finished A LInk Between Worlds this morning. It was pretty awesome. Glad I decided to get it as Nintendo really did not do a good job of talking about it back at E3 and would have passed on it had it not been getting great reviews. It is also the first Zelda game where I actually had all 20 hearts before I finished it.

[Ultra T-Rex]

I'm currently halfway through Chrono Cross, before that I finished Chrono Trigger, both for the first time. These are truly some little gems I've been missing out on all these years.

[Tom R VanSlambrouck]

Working on ACIV on Xbox One and A Link Between Two Worlds. I'm not very far in either game

[XvGojira]

[Dr Kain]

Does ACIV talk about Desmond and what exactly happened at the end of ACIII?

[Tom R VanSlambrouck]

I'm not very far in the game but from what I've read online yes it does and gives hints to the future of the series.

[Tom R VanSlambrouck]

Probably going to beat The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds tomorrow night or tonight I haven't decided. Tonight if I decide not to do all the extras (get the all the maimai's and heart containers.) I need to do two dungeons and that's it.

[XvGojira]

[Tom R VanSlambrouck]

I think I'm just going to save a 100% completion for a different playthrough. Going to do the mini dungeon to get the last sword upgrade and then head off to do the last full dungeon. Maybe I'll go 100% if it doesn't take to long; I've got 63 maimai's now.

[Dr Kain]

To be honest, the only reason I'd 100% the game was if there was a trophy for it. Yeah, you might say I should not need to have a trophy to have an incentive to 100% a game, but honestly, as much as I love the game, I just don't have any motivation to go through 50 floors twice for two items I have no use for by that point in the game.

[Dr Kain]

Well, I sort of beat Mario 3D World. I have every stamp and green star I can get up to where I am, but I cannot figure out what I need to do to access the final world. Regardless, this is by far the best Mario game I have played since the first World on the SNES.

EDIT:

So yeah... this was certainly interesting. Best Buy has if you buy a Wii U in the ad you get a $25 gift card and either Just Dance 2014 or ZombiU.

Since we got the $25 gift card we went there to get the free game (my g/f wanted JD) and we somehow ended up with JD, another $25 gift card, AND a gift card for $1.72 as that is how much tax was left after they did a return and brand new transaction. Even the manager could not explain it but just told us to enjoy.

With that said, we have essentially paid less than $200 for our machine if I were to take all of the discounts and deals we have gotten in the past week. Definitely worth the price now. lol

[Tom R VanSlambrouck]

Just beat Zelda A Link Between Worlds; fun game I got 72 Maimai's and I was missing about 12 heart container pieces give or take.

[Dr Kain]

And now I have completed every level in Mario 3D World with Mario. YES YES YES!!!!!

[Ultraseven]

Last game finished: Chikyuu Boueigun 4 (Earth Defense Force 2025 japanese version - PS3)
Currently playing: Renegade Ops (PS3)

[Dr Kain]

I started playing Wind Waker HD and my god this game is still not only incredible, but even better thanks to the gamepad. Selecting items is so much quicker and easier now than going through clunky menus thanks to that machine that it is going to be hard to go back to a Zelda that does not have it. Although, I will admit it took a little bit to get used to playing a console Zelda game again without a Wii remote and nunchuck. The updated visuals are nothing short of brilliant and getting to move the gamepad when aiming the boomerang and grappling hook is so much easier (well, as long as you aren't in the middle of a boss battle).

[Psycho Soldier]

Just started Heretic, an FPS game built on the classic Doom engine. I'm enjoying it so far, although the weapons feel a little wimpy, and the gameplay's not quite as gripping as Doom's.

[Dr Kain]

Oh man, what a great game Wind Waker was. I just finished it today because I ran out of things to do other than that boring as **** figurine quest. I got all of the hearts, charts, treasures, etc, so I decided it was time to head on to the end since I still had time to spare. Such a great game, one of the best Zelda games ever.

Next week I'm going to finally play The Phantom Hourglass that has been sitting on my shelf for two years now.

[XvGojira]

Just beat Tomb Raider remake, with 87% complete of all the side stuff. I never really played a Tomb Raider game before, other than faffing about in the mansion in Tomb Raider 2 on a friend's game, I forgot about Lara's usual dual wielding pistols trademark until another character was shown doing it. This game just hit it out of the ball park for me. I can't wait for the sequel and I'm chomping at the bit to nab a used copy of Uncharted 1 & 2, I got 3 for Christmas this year but I don't want to jump into the end of a trilogy. But with both TR and Uncharted, why the hell hasn't anyone just copy pasted those games into an Indiana Jones games? But then again the same question could be asked of Dead Space and Aliens.

[MekaGojira3k]

Got Lord of the Rings: Conquest and Skyrim

Skyrim is okay but isn't really blowing me away like it seemed to do my friends.
Lotr:Conquest is a poorly made clone of the Star Wars: battlefront stuff, but
while it's not as good as those, it does okay enough.

[Dr Kain]

I don't get the popularity with Elder Scrolls or Fallout. I've played Oblivion and New Vegas and found them both to be boring, way too open for my taste (I spent 5 hours in each game not even knowing what I was supposed to do or where to go), full of glitches, and just too big. When I am 25 hours into a game and feel like I have accomplished absolutely NOTHING!, there is a problem. Plus, I hated the whole, "You are carrying too much, so you cannot move" aspect of Oblivion.

Anyway, I started playing Phantom Hourglass and I'm not really sure what to make of it. I've beaten the first two dungeons so far but I still cannot get used to the touch screen controls. Link just seems to move way too slowly due to the size of the screen and turning is pain, especially when you are surrounded by enemies. I also don't like how the sailing plays in this game as I want to be able to stop and jump off my boat at my leisure.

[Dr Kain]

I just finished Zelda The Phantom Hourglass and for the most part, it was good, but it had a lot of flaws. I could never get fully into the touch screen controls. Most of it was unique and fine, but switch items was a pain in the ass, especially during timed moments and battles. Also, I have no idea what was going on with the ship parts stuff, but I barely found anything. In fact, there seemed to be a lot of pieces for every section of the ship listed and I'm not sure how to even find them. There are only 31 treasure maps, and only about half of them contained ship pieces, and sometimes, they were repeating pieces. The story itself decent, but nothing spectacular. I just couldn't get attached to most of the characters because there was very little to get attached to. The dungeons themselves were a mixed bag, as some were annoying as hell, while the last two dungeons in the game were fantastic. I am so glad I do not have to go through the Temple of the Ocean King anymore though, as that got really tiresome. Finally, the other disappointing aspect of the game was the sailing. I do not like how it was done in this game as it was way too restricted and a pain in the ass when being attacked by enemies. Overall, the game is far from Zelda's best, but it wasn't a bad game, it was just subpar. I do hope Spirit Tracks fixes a lot of these issues, as I am probably going to start playing that one in the next week or so since the "controls" are fresh in my mind.

[XvGojira]