What video game are you currently playing?

[Knightt]

I really could give a rat's *SQUEE* about trophies... I dunno, I go after achievement points on the 360 but those trophies... I don't eve know what I have or need.

That's good, because I don't give a rat's *SQUEE* about Xbox Achievements! And how could you not know what you need? The game's list the trophies for God's sake!

Dat be cause I DON"TS BE CHECKIN for the girlie trophies !!!

I'd rather spend 17 hours looking for the 10 red boxes in the game for a lousy 10 achievement points.



I play BOTH systems, and am just lucky to even FINISH a game.

[ian_house]

I really could give a rat's *SQUEE* about trophies... I dunno, I go after achievement points on the 360 but those trophies... I don't eve know what I have or need.

That's good, because I don't give a rat's *SQUEE* about Xbox Achievements! And how could you not know what you need? The game's list the trophies for God's sake!

Dat be cause I DON"TS BE CHECKIN for the girlie trophies !!!

I'd rather spend 17 hours looking for the 10 red boxes in the game for a lousy 10 achievement points.



I play BOTH systems, and am just lucky to even FINISH a game.

I gotta be honest I never set out to get achievements... just play the game.

[Knightt]

Sometimes going after achievements does take away from the game experience. Batman Arkum Asylum for instance, I have totally gotten away from any of the Riddlers trophies, the Arkhum mystery symbols and am now just playing the game to enjoy the story. I guess if I need to I can 'go back' and try to get them but the story is SO good that I just want to enjoy it.

[maraxusofkeld]

Resident Evil 2

[depluto]

Sometimes going after achievements does take away from the game experience. Batman Arkum Asylum for instance, I have totally gotten away from any of the Riddlers trophies, the Arkhum mystery symbols and am now just playing the game to enjoy the story. I guess if I need to I can 'go back' and try to get them but the story is SO good that I just want to enjoy it.

I typically just start the game and once I get the hang of things, then I take a look at the achievements or trophies. Some of them make it worth playing for a couple more hours, especially with sports games.

[IMJ]

I typically just start the game and once I get the hang of things, then I take a look at the achievements or trophies. Some of them make it worth playing for a couple more hours, especially with sports games.

Yup, that's about how I do it too. I don't buy the game for the trophies, but the trophies help me get a little more life out of a game. They've also helped me not spend money on impulse game buys. I stick with a game now until I'm so done with it that I more or less need a new one to play.

[Knightt]

I typically just start the game and once I get the hang of things, then I take a look at the achievements or trophies. Some of them make it worth playing for a couple more hours, especially with sports games.

Yup, that's about how I do it too. I don't buy the game for the trophies, but the trophies help me get a little more life out of a game. They've also helped me not spend money on impulse game buys. I stick with a game now until I'm so done with it that I more or less need a new one to play.

Well I have never bought a game because of the achievements or trophies (but I have rented a couple so that I could work on my score over a weekend or something). I am refining the list of games that I buy and play. I have needed to do this for a long while as I have been burned on too many bad games. I remember waiting in HIGH anticipation for "Too Human" and the hype was incredible. I then played it for a while and though 'THIS is a great game ? I must not 'get it' because I am NOT having a good time here.' I think twice I have bought a game only to 'trade it in' two weeks later, massive waste of time, money and effort.

But no longer, I take great care to gauge a game and now have the patience to wait for a review of the game from one of the magazines I subscribe to or wait on a thumbs up from a couple of fellow gamers.

I do not feel that there are enough 'demos' out as their could/should be. I've played the God of War III and Dante's Inferno demos and BOOM, I am buying them, tried the demo, loved it, pre-ordered, easy. But here I am looking at Borderlands and having no idea on whether I want to pick it up or not because I have not been able to play it (or rent it). I could have purchased Avatar when it came out but I rented it, played it for 5 days and now I know that I can wait for this game to go down in price at Game Stop. So, I now feel that I am buying the games I know that I will like instead of falling for the hype. Lets take Fallout 3. I know that I will not complete this game and it is very close to falling off my radar as is Dragon Age: Origins... but the reasoning is different, with Fallout 3, there is too much talking and many of the battles, I barely make it through the firefight but the gameplay is not appealing to me. In a way, it is the same with Dragon Age: Origins, a bit of talking but I find the graphics are terrible. But I must not have a nose for games as I have been playing Dark Sector for three days now and having a great time (basically the game is a first person shooter with a cool glaive to throw around, other than that the game is very grey and lack luster, but... I am having a good time... and this shows how shallow I can be with games but I also redeem myself when I play Batman: Arkham Asylum or another game of high caliber. My opinion is often on shakey grounds as I sometimes really play a game that does not receive good reviews and yet I do not see the worth of games such as Fallout 3.

Out of it all I do find myself spending less money on games that are history in two weeks. And again, I have never bought a game due to the achievements or trophies. I find out what is available after I have bought the game.

[ian_house]

Sometimes going after achievements does take away from the game experience. Batman Arkum Asylum for instance, I have totally gotten away from any of the Riddlers trophies, the Arkhum mystery symbols and am now just playing the game to enjoy the story. I guess if I need to I can 'go back' and try to get them but the story is SO good that I just want to enjoy it.

Yeah the Riddler trophies and clues slowed the game down too much. It played like a movie and slowing it down kinda ruined that feel. Just blast through it and enjoy the ride.

[Knightt]

Sometimes going after achievements does take away from the game experience. Batman Arkum Asylum for instance, I have totally gotten away from any of the Riddlers trophies, the Arkhum mystery symbols and am now just playing the game to enjoy the story. I guess if I need to I can 'go back' and try to get them but the story is SO good that I just want to enjoy it.

Yeah the Riddler trophies and clues slowed the game down too much. It played like a movie and slowing it down kinda ruined that feel. Just blast through it and enjoy the ride.

I think that is sound advice !!

[IMJ]

Sometimes going after achievements does take away from the game experience. Batman Arkum Asylum for instance, I have totally gotten away from any of the Riddlers trophies, the Arkhum mystery symbols and am now just playing the game to enjoy the story. I guess if I need to I can 'go back' and try to get them but the story is SO good that I just want to enjoy it.

Yeah the Riddler trophies and clues slowed the game down too much. It played like a movie and slowing it down kinda ruined that feel. Just blast through it and enjoy the ride.

I think that is sound advice !!

I loved 'em! I actually haven't gotten the Plat on Batman yet, but I borrowed the game and beat it in a weekend.... The Riddler trophy was one that I nabbed - it was the various combat trophies that gave me a hard time.

If I had more time with the game I'd have dug in to those combat challenges...

[Elveen]

I am a bit addicted to this free app on my phone. It's basically scrabble. I play against my wife...... she usually wins.

[Daniel Jackson]

Just started playing The Conduit. Nintendo definitely needs to start targeting more games like this for the Wii. Very decent FPS with the typical (but interesting background premise). I'm surprised by the lack of cut scenes though. Most games like this have a bunch and this game doesn't have any (at least so far).

[IMJ]

I'm back to RE5 after the recent DLC. I'm not a DLC fan, but this was cheap and added to the story. It's also got me back into the Mercenary modes a bit...

[maraxusofkeld]

What is the RE5 gold edition that is coming out?

[Drift]

Main game plus new episodic story content and extra characters in Mercenaries.

Episodes and characters will be available in DLC with 2 characters released in each episode.

[IMJ]

Main game plus new episodic story content and extra characters in Mercenaries.

Episodes and characters will be available in DLC with 2 characters released in each episode.

Ya! Pretty much the same thing that was done with the Force Unleashed and it's subsequent Ultimate Sith Edition....

[superman-prime]

still playing NSM bros

[Daniel Jackson]

Finished The Conduit a couple of days ago. I wouldn't rank it as low as what some reviewers are doing, but the game could have better and more involved.

I didn't like the fact that you could not interact with the environment or destroy anything other than the enemies. The story was decent enough, but the lack of any cinema sequences is disappointing. The AI and control scheme was top notch. I also thought they did a good job with the graphics. It's not up to PS3 or 360 standards, but good enough for me. The game is relatively short and this is probably it's biggest downfall in the single player mode.

I wouldn't recommend spending 50 bucks for it, but if you can pick it up for 20 to 30 bucks, then go for it.

[ian_house]

Finished The Conduit a couple of days ago. I wouldn't rank it as low as what some reviewers are doing, but the game could have better and more involved.

I didn't like the fact that you could not interact with the environment or destroy anything other than the enemies. The story was decent enough, but the lack of any cinema sequences is disappointing. The AI and control scheme was top notch. I also thought they did a good job with the graphics. It's not up to PS3 or 360 standards, but good enough for me. The game is relatively short and this is probably it's biggest downfall in the single player mode.

I wouldn't recommend spending 50 bucks for it, but if you can pick it up for 20 to 30 bucks, then go for it.

Bought that for my bro for Xmas, he said it was ace fun!

[Daniel Jackson]

Finished The Conduit a couple of days ago. I wouldn't rank it as low as what some reviewers are doing, but the game could have better and more involved.

I didn't like the fact that you could not interact with the environment or destroy anything other than the enemies. The story was decent enough, but the lack of any cinema sequences is disappointing. The AI and control scheme was top notch. I also thought they did a good job with the graphics. It's not up to PS3 or 360 standards, but good enough for me. The game is relatively short and this is probably it's biggest downfall in the single player mode.

I wouldn't recommend spending 50 bucks for it, but if you can pick it up for 20 to 30 bucks, then go for it.

Bought that for my bro for Xmas, he said it was ace fun!

The Wii definitely needs more games like this, that's for sure.

I forgot to mention that it has online capability, although I don't really use it, I've heard a lot of good reviews for that option.

[Todd Luck]

Downloaded Streets of Rage 2 off the Wii virtual console. It's A LOT like Final Fight but it's still a great game in its own right. Also downloaded Gunstar Heroes one of the best and most creative run and guns ever. Both have been a blast.

I also rented Kamen Rider Dragon Knight for Wii off Gamefly. It's a very stripped down, simplified fighter (there are no cut scenes from the show, etc) but it's easy to pick up, it's worth a lot of game play and is a lot of fun. They perfectly capture the Kamen Rider battles from the show and give you lots of satisfying ways to inflict pains on your opponent (a variety of weapons, advent beast attacks, over the top finishing moves, etc) and it has 15 characters to choose from. Definitely worth a nice long rent (I got over 16 hours out of it, unlocking everything but one card).

[ian_house]

Downloaded Streets of Rage 2 off the Wii virtual console. It's A LOT like Final Fight but it's still a great game in its own right. Also downloaded Gunstar Heroes one of the best and most creative run and guns ever. Both have been a blast.

I also rented Kamen Rider Dragon Knight for Wii off Gamefly. It's a very stripped down, simplified fighter (there are no cut scenes from the show, etc) but it's easy to pick up, it's worth a lot of game play and is a lot of fun. They perfectly capture the Kamen Rider battles from the show and give you lots of satisfying ways to inflict pains on your opponent (a variety of weapons, advent beast attacks, over the top finishing moves, etc) and it has 15 characters to choose from. Definitely worth a nice long rent (I got over 16 hours out of it, unlocking everything but one card).

If your loving the virtual console and the run and gun games try out Sin and Punishment, it was on the N64 and its great fun. Still looks good too.

[Knightt]

Doesn't God of War III come out in three days or something like that ?

[depluto]

Doesn't God of War III come out in three days or something like that ?

Tuesday.

[Knightt]

Doesn't God of War III come out in three days or something like that ?

Tuesday.

So, midnight tonight ?