Trine.

I stopped playing this to play the sequel for an article I think. Coming back to it was hard; puzzles were lacking, platforming was boring, physics were worse, but towards the end there were some excellent platforming moments. The puzzles were still a bit lacklustrue. The triangle expoit is better than the flying carpet exploit in Trine 2, though.

The credits rolled on Rayman Origins. It's finished I suppose. I'm not finished with it, though.

^That was just released in May and then got no attention at all.  Is it more than a moving story, I mean the gameplay is enjoyable?  Is it like a Myst type of game?

EDIT: Well, I just reactivated my Steam account to buy it. Good thing I did not get carried away and start buying tonnes of games, I forgot I'd have to download them (on my limited bandwidth cap).

Dear Esther is "only" 1.5 GB though, so that's okay (10% of my monthly allowance).

aspro said:

Finished Bioshock. I'd likely give it a 9 out of 10.  I really don't think I need to see more of Rapture though.

Have a look ath the games I have beaten this year. How on Earth does one pick a "Best" out of that stack?

Anyway, back to Borderlands and Kingdom Hearts.

Alan Wake American Nightmare.

Finished it a few days. Going by Bioshock you would absolutely hate this game at first, Aspro, then end up loving it.

aspro said:

Did you play the original Alan Wake? This one is supposed to be quite different.

Not yet. This one is more action orientated I think. I hope everything else is drastically better in the original becuase the action is the only thing that's really that good.

edgecrusher said:

Edgecrusher's Finished games of 2012 List:

Future Soldier is finally done. Great game, there's some things I like more and some less about it when compared to the GRAW games. Probably give it an 8.5 rating.

I just finished the PS3 version of Crysis and Alan Wake.

I liked Crysis so much more with the faster paced suit controls. Also, it's an astonishingly good port.

As for Alan Wake, I loved the game but the last chapter dragged on a lot and the ending is a confusing mess IMO. I hope the DLC solves some of the questions that the ending left unanswered.

Finished game number 11 for the year!  Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia.  I think it gave me carpal tunnel.  Now to find another DS game worth playing... Thinking about that game GG really liked and kept going on about ... something about Soul ... and Bubbles

... anyroads, here's what I said about Castlevania

I love 2D Castlevanias. This was no exception. An excellent addition to the brilliant series of games we had since the launch of the GBA (three for GBA, and three for DS). This was the hardest of all of them. It's been a while since I've had to watch and learn bosses patterns so I could avoid them and beat them. In all of the previous aforementioned game, I could easily level up at certain strategic places so I was strong enough not to have to be overly careful. Not possibly here. No such spots, and the game's difficulty is up a notch anyway from the previous ones. The game isn't one continuous massive environment (Dracula's Castle etc) it's made up of a bunch of "stages", some of them linear like order Castlevania levels, some with rooms all over like Metroid worlds. You also rescue villagers who give you fun quests etc which is also a nice touch. All in all loved the game. Solid 9/10 easily. Here's hoping the 3DS will get its own trio of quality castlevania games.

aspro said:

RDR. See official thread for more. NOW to finish Borderlands.