SteelAttack said:

Yeah, that's the one. If some of the user reviews at amazon are to be trusted, I hope the gamepad won't disintegrate on my hands, lol. It's the only type I saw at the store (incidentally, I wasn't even looking for anything, I just went to run an errand for my wife, then I saw a few of these hanging and picked one up in an impulse), although I guess you can order pretty much any pad from Amazon. I wonder if more advanced Logitech pads also come with the profiler program. I would think they do.

I have one of those...or one that looks exactly the same. The disintegration is coming.

aspro said:

It is kind of dumb for MS to take the colors off the buttons with their new controller.

Yup. I don't see how its more hardcore because it doesn't have colored buttons...

darthhomer said:

Oh Steel, seeing as you spent a lot of time in Tales of Vesperia, any tips you can give to this noob? First time playing through the game (as well as the entire Tales series), so it'll be interesting to see how long I stick with it.

Vesperia is awesome, but sadly my ADD got in the way and I never got back to it. Played it for about 10 hours or so. Archie did finish it, and he also liked it a lot, so maybe if he's around he'll contribute with some advice. It has a nice combat system, cool characters and fun dialogue, and strangely, a remarkably likeable lead character. Which, for a JRPG, is a rare ocurrence.

SteelAttack said:

darthhomer said:

Oh Steel, seeing as you spent a lot of time in Tales of Vesperia, any tips you can give to this noob? First time playing through the game (as well as the entire Tales series), so it'll be interesting to see how long I stick with it.

Vesperia is awesome, but sadly my ADD got in the way and I never got back to it. Played it for about 10 hours or so. Archie did finish it, and he also liked it a lot, so maybe if he's around he'll contribute with some advice. It has a nice combat system, cool characters and fun dialogue, and strangely, a remarkably likeable lead character. Which, for a JRPG, is a rare ocurrence.

Finished Assassin's Creed (the first).  It felt like hard work in the end as it got so mundane doing the same thing over and over but I guess I was enjoying it enough to finish it.  And I also kinda wanted to see the ending, even though you see it coming from a mile away.

Now the game I really wanted to play was ACII but having been playing the first one for the last week and a half left me a bit unsure as to whether I want to go straight into no.2 (as I expect a lot of the same gameplay which I'm burned on at present, even though I know everything is better) ... maybe I should play something else first.  Hmm anyway, I'll leave the decision till tomorrow

I totally and utterly finished the Boy and de Blob. What can I tell about this game. Because of the puzzle like gameplay and the no punishment for death in the normal levels, it gives a really relaxed vibe. Perfect to play after a hard days of work. The levels start simple and slowly build up in complexity, too slowly though. Not until the end of the third world (there are four in total) are the puzzles somewhat difficult. The graphics clearly are inspired by Studio Ghibli  movies and look and animate absolutely gorgeous. The music is good too.

Also in each level you get yelly beans to work with. Each one gives you the power to transform you Blob. Transform him in a trampoline to jump higher, an anvil to drop on enemies, a ladder to climb higher and so on. It is kinda weird that sometimes you get a new power up with no build up at all. Suddenly you can transform in something and a later level it is taken away. It works, but it would work better with a Metroidian progression system with each new ability you find would open up new parts in the level.

The bosses except the second one are mostly great giant puzzles. You will die figuring them out, but you start right where you died. So no worries here. In each level you can find three treasure chests. Finding them opens up challenge levels. These are levels with more heavy focus on platforming and if you die, you start at the beginning. They are usually short though. Some of these challenge levels are awesome, but some of them are really simple and some of them (one or two) are cheap. Finishing these levels will open up developers sketches, movies, drawings, etc.

The boy is just that a boy. He can't really jump high, can't really run fast. He will die if you fall from great heights. The blob is just a blob until you feed him. The need each other like Steel needs his thong. The controls need work. Selecting yelly beans and levels is needlessly fiddly. You really need to push the analog stick in its correct place to select the beans. Kinda feels like digital with little room for error. Also calling back your Blob in needlessly slow. Sometimes you have to call like four times, before he transform in a balloon and comes to you. It slows down the game needlessly. A teleport Blob function is sorely missed.

All in all it is a good but not great game, with some nice puzzles and relaxed vibe and a giant Mecha

edgecrusher said:

Iga_Bobovic said:

bugsonglass said:

maybe I should play something else first.  Hmm anyway, I'll leave the decision till tomorrow

Hmm, my nose tickles ha....ha....Galaxy 2 and get all stars if you can muster the will to finish the mundane Ass Creed you must finish Galaxy 2. Even GG did 120 stars...Chooo

wow, I need to see a doctor about that

Really, you're just doing the same thing over and over in Galaxy too.

Grab your dictionary and look for the word level design.

Do it.

I am back, I know you all missed me. So did I miss anything the last few days.

Oh and... Shaved head Cole is back for Infamous 2 - bullet dodged.

I saw Expendables, FUCKING AWESOME!