Off Topic: Backlogged games

Having just seen SBG's post on backlogged games I felt like I should ask about some of the games on there which I've always wanted to play (but never got around to), as well as offer some comments on games on his list which I have played:

Shin Megami Tensei series generally: So I tried one of the PS2 games (I'll have to check which one when I get home) and I found the class segments SOOOOOO boring. I did NOT want to develop relationships with my classmates. I wanted to use that funky gun to shoot myself in the head and birth incredible monsters into the world, which is how the game was marketed to me.

The World Ends with You: Neku Sakuraba has been my avatar ever since that game came out. I LOVE that game. Highly recommend just restarting it if you're 15 hours in but don't remember where you left off (it's also on iPad)

Skyrim is a wonderful experience that you can end whenever you decide to. I think I got like 60 hours in before I thought "wow I am literally wasting my life" and decided to bring the game to an end. It was the first Bethesda game I loved (I'd tried Oblivion and Fallout, but frankly never gave them a proper chance. 

Assassins Creed 3 was without a doubt the biggest turd of 2012. I truly cannot tell you how much I fucking hated that game. I should add that I loved the series before this, and even really liked Revelations, which most people seem to think is the weakest game of the series.

Need for Speed: Most Wanted - do I want to play this? I've been yearning recently for a racing game. 

Tiger Woods 14 - Ironically, I just ordered this today. I need a non-stress game, particularly in light of our Bioshock playthrough. 

HOW could you get 130 hours into FFXII and not finish it?! I'm pretty sure I finished it in less than half that time, and I spent a little time looking for special summons. 

Pandora's Tower: I never really looked into this one, but from the youtube video I just watched (below), it looks a bit like an Alundra, which is great. Still though, there are Wii RPGs that I need to play (The Last Story and Xenoblade), which will probably trump this one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6-_-FDR8ZU (can't embed videos from work for some reason, will have to update later)

Xenosaga episode II is a bit weak compared to the first game, but episode III has one of the most satisfying conclusions to a JRPG series in recent memory (you get a pretty awesome insight into chaos, my favourite character from those games). I really wish this game turned into the full blown Xenogears saga that it was supposed to be, with a remake of Xenogears being the 5th of the 6 games... But it was never really looking like that would be possible. 

Hey I think Metroid: Other M is a game I'd like to play too, not sure why you were expecting people to rag on you for that one. Basically, like The Last Story and Xenosaga, this game came out too late in the Wii's life cycle for me to play it. I'm looking forward to buying a Wii U specifically so that I can play these 3 games + Super mario galaxy 2 (in addition to a couple actual Wii U games I suppose...

999 - is this any good? I've heard great things about the story, and I have come so close to ordering it on Amazon several times (together with Devil Trigger). 

Ghost Trick is fun but frankly, more of a diversion than a real game IMO... It's more of an iPhone game than a DS game.

Finally, i'm really sad that Phoenix Wright on the 3DS doesn't seem to be coming out in Europe! (edit: it appears to be out in Europe, just not in any stores I know or Amazon!) i'm gonna have to find a way to get that. I loved the first Phoenix Wright game (but didn't really play any others, so if you recommend any in particular, let me know).

Writing this was a phenomenal waste of 30 or so minutes of my Friday afternoon. Roll on the weekend!

- Wallaby

Re: Rapture Revisited

-       Nothing like eating potato chips straight from the garbage.  Who the hell throws a full bag of chips away?  Better question – I haven't been in Rapture for more than five minutes and I've already gone this low?

Haha this is true of so many video games, but somehow the Bioshocks make it seem especially ridiculous. I think it's the specific use of 'potato chips', particularly in a game that contains health packs.

-       Plasmid use has to be the closest event I've seen to equate the actual use of heroin.  

I agree. i find it somewhat disturbing every time I have to reload my plasmids, particularly in the heat of a battle as mentioned before. You truly feel like a junkie when people are shooting at you and attacking you with knives but you still need to take a second to shoot something up. 

 

-       This Atlas character.  Dude I only have been talking to you for 10 minutes on a radio, and you want me to rescue your entire family?  Seriously, WTF did you do to have to rely on me?

Gotta love his accent though! One of the most memorable voice acting jobs of the last generation that didn't come from Nolan North or Troy Baker. 

 

-       Another note about the audio diaries – it's considerably slowed down my gameplay.  I love listening to them, but it has me on edge.  I worry so much about missing one that I search rooms at such a slow rate. 

Agree, nothing sucks more than hearing two audio tapes by the same character and feeling like you've missed one in between. It's also frustrating when you're trying to listen to one and you get attacked out of nowhere. I've ended up listening to several diaries twice because I was in a state of panic the first time round (or there was a splicer talking over it). 

 

-       Hacking sucks.  I may be more upset at this because of my day job, but man this rip-off of Pipe Dream makes me angry.  Difficulty could be on easy for a vending machine and I get 3 seconds to solve it.  Get this mini-game out of my face.

 

No way! I love that shit! It can really add to "the heat of the moment" when you really feel it's necessary to hack that turret before, say, a set of baddies enter the room (and you can hear them coming). Some hacks can be prohibitively hard though. 

Lastly, I definitely agree on the telekinesis being a fun plasmid to use - Ragdoll physics makes throwing bodies at splicers especially fun!

Whooo it's a rainy weekend in England and the girlfriend has plans... It's all coming together for a heavy gaming session.

- Wallaby