Whatcha Been Playing?

[DomsBeard]

I've never played a demo and thought "I need to buy this game" it's only ever put me off.

[dezm0nd]

FEAR 2 had a decent one. It basically put a sequence of rooms from different points of the game, stitched them together and fed you it in a demo.

I dread to think how much development time went into it ultimately sucking resources from the final product.

[General Aquila]

XCOM: Enemy Unknown. Never thought I'd play a RTS again since C&C in the late 90's but this is gripping to play!

[ratsoalbion]

XCOM's not an RTS, it's a TBS.
Pedantry perhaps, sorry, but it means that the gameplay is very different!

[Doggett]

FEAR 2 had a decent one. It basically put a sequence of rooms from different points of the game, stitched them together and fed you it in a demo.

I dread to think how much development time went into it ultimately sucking resources from the final product.

I think FEAR 2 is great.

Scares the willies out of me. Although that hospital level does drag on a bit.
It didnt seem to suffer from demo-resource-usage-suckage.

[Alex79]

One Finger Death Punch, 80 points on Xbox Indie Games.

Stop what you're doing. Go get it. Come back.

It's brilliant isnt it!!

[DomsBeard]

One Finger Death Punch, 80 points on Xbox Indie Games.

Stop what you're doing. Go get it. Come back.

It's brilliant isnt it!!

Ha ha yes it is!

[Baron Phil]

It's so good, pretty much all I've played this week.

[DomsBeard]

Also been sat nearly in tears laughing trying to get ny head round mount your friends.

[Scrustle]

I've been tearing my way through No More Heroes 2. Only got one fight left to do. I love the psychopathic gleefulness that is that hyperactive violence orgy of a game.

[Pitwar]

I traded some bits in yesterday and picked up the Telltale Walking Dead collection on disc. Only got a chance to play it for about 30 minutes but know I'm going to love it.

I also downloaded Hotline Miami on my Vita last night. I've already played it on the PC but having that game on a handheld is a must.

For a change of pace I'm also spending an hour or so a day on Animal Crossing New Leaf. Such a nice game to chill out to.

[DomsBeard]

I traded some bits in yesterday and picked up the Telltale Walking Dead collection on disc. Only got a chance to play it for about 30 minutes but know I'm going to love it.

I'd love to hear your decisions on the game thread after an episode!

[Roy42]

Don't think I mentioned this, but on Saturday my brother-in-law and I started playing Final Fantasy 13. Did about five hours, got to the point where fighting guys actually has any reward whatsoever and have almost left whatever the giant building-thing-whatever is that you start the game in. At least I think we have. I count my blessings on the fact that I saw up to the point where you can actually level up in an LP of it and have watched an LP of 13-2 almost three times over, so I was able to save us time by running away from as many pointless fights in the starting places as I could and skipping every tutorial.

It's fun enough, I suppose…but it's really not well-designed.

[Doggett]

Playing Red Dead Redemption GOTY Edition. Had it on 360 before I got the red ring of death.

Now re-playing on PS3, oh, it's glorious. Never finished it but determined to do so now. I remember it being fairly easy for the most part.

It would also make a good podcast...

[ratsoalbion]

http://caneandrinse.com/issue-eighteen- ... edemption/

[Chopper]

I have that podcast to thank for me replaying RDR (I never usually replay games). So worth it, thanks guys!

Dogget - I found the PS3 version to be much inferior, technically, to the Xbox one, which is a pity. Still excellent though.

[ratsoalbion]

Yes, there's no doubt the PS3 version is a bad port.
Still, it was free on PS+

[Doggett]

http://caneandrinse.com/issue-eighteen- ... edemption/

If only Royal Mail delivered like you guys.
Cheers.

[ratsoalbion]

You can still see and get all 88 back issues don't forget.

[stvnorman]

I'll jump on the Red Dead train while its at the station. Now past the point my PS3 died at a couple of years ago. Amazing how quickly you can speed through the main story too if you stick to it - leaving Mexico has taken at least fifteen hours less. As I'm back on new ground though, so I think fannying around is on the cards again. Still an incredible game, and the soundtrack plays no small part in that.