Running video games (and consoles) thread

The original Infamous was damn good. One of those games I really found myself trying hard to get 100 percent complete on (not easy to do with the blast shards everywhere).

The replayability of both games is tremendous, with doing the evil side missions and such.

The user created missions in InFamous 2 are interesting. I need to create one.

 

I also received the email from Sony and I don't even own a PS3 - just an account on my friend's. So three free games and three free PSP games (who the heck has a PSP..) and some other mumbo jumbo. No thanks. Tho, maybe I'll see if someone else wants the games - they didn't seem very appealing to me, but that's just my opinion. I totally forgot I even had a name on his - must have been been to get the Madden updates; no CC info for me tho. Whew.

 

I have a PSP, howdareyou ;_; Actually, it has some neat games on it, although I primarily got it because it was only $50 or $60. If you're into obscure older RPGs, then it has some nice remakes that mean you don't have to spend $50+ each on the originals. The graphics and battery life are also pretty nice for a portable. I'd put the graphical quality at or slightly above the Wii, which is a somewhat sad statement about Nintendo's console.

 

Well, it was common knowledge the Wii wasn't going after having the best graphics but more the movement with controller and fun games. And MS and Sony decided to follow suit and came out with the Move and Kinect.

I wasn't taking a stab at PSP owners - it was in jest, sorry! Madhavok 15 years ago would have one.

 

speaking of the Wii. Anybody see the Wii U at e3 this year?

Don't know quite what to think of that.

 

I think like everything else Nintendo has done, excluding Virtual Boy, it'll have some great first-party games based on their familiarity with the controller and technology. (That controller does look pretty freakin' neat.) However, third-party support will struggle.

I imagine they'll keep the strangehold on the casual market for the generation though. Stuff like the Kinnect is neat, but the Wii has such a big market share that I don't see them losing them all in one generation.

 

I think I heard on g4tv that Nintendo says they have lots of third-party interest because of the way the controller and game actually interact.

It's one of those definite wait and see deals.

 

Finished up The Third Birthday - weird game. The first half is really interesting and neat story-wise, but then it just takes odd, random and confusing turns that somehow 1) negate what has previously happened in this game and 2) ignore the previous history of the series. It's only about 10 to 15 hours, so I can't say it was a huge waste of time or anything, but the entire effort felt like a game with untapped potential. The actual gameplay itself is like a poor man's Mass Effect 2. Still playable, but the duck-and-cover system is especially bad.

So, just finished up with that. On to Infamous or the other new game I downloaded. Next on my GameFly queue: LA Noire, Indigo Prophecy, FF4 Complete Collection, Mortal Kombat and Radiant Historia.

 

What was the Final Fantasy game where Kafka destroyed the world halfway through? I'm hoping Sony puts that out again in DLC or something. Loved that one.

They also wouldn't do bad putting Chrono Trigger out.

This ends the trip down Nostalgia Lane.

 

heh, Final Fantasy 3e / 6j, and it was Kefka In FF7 though you beat Hemingway in the final battle...

FF6 has been re-released for the PSX with Chrono Trigger, but the game is notorious for bad load times. I imagine a PSN port of the game would have the same problems. If you have a DS, they have a Chrono Trigger port, and it's actually better than the original. It adds some neat features (extra dungeon, chart that keeps track of the endings you've found) and doesn't have any unseemly load times and other port difficulties.

 

Dirk for the cover of the next NBA game!

 

The Eagle Pack of extra courses on TW 12 is on sale for Playstation Plus customers. Normally $34.99. Now $20.99. I picked it up yesterday. My lord, Spyglass Hill has some tiny greens.