Getting very frustrated with Sonic Racers Transformed. The racing itself is very good, but unlocking the tracks is a gigantic pain in the ass. Each world/trophy/circuit has a branching path that ultimately ends up at the goal. In the first half of the game most of the levels are just standard racers with 10 racers battling it out for first. Here are there, they scatter in some Challenge Levels where you have to drive through rings, or slide for a certain amount of time. A few are pretty cool. One of them sort of mimics the final boss fight with Robotnic from Sonic Colors.  But most of these challenges can get ridiculously tough, and for a lot of them I've had to play them on the easy level in order to finish them. In the second half of the game it seems like half of the levels are these Challenge Levels. Annoying as hell. Stuff like this should have been made optional or put on the side. It's completely killing my progression through this game.

Dishonored is done. The ending was much longer and better than I expected. Not GOTY but a really cool game. Next up is... I got like 100 games to choose from that I have yet to beat... Walking Dead.  I want to finish the GOTY contenders so I can do my awards.

EDIT: Updated my backloggery, 216 unfinished games to be exact. Lets say 100 of those I never want to finish. That still leaves 116 that I plan to play and maybe beat.

Downloading from PSN is damned sloooooow tonight. Installing is even slower! WTF?

Ravenprose said:

Well, sold my Wii to my sister for $50, and traded in all of my Wii games to Gamestop for $152 store credit; I ended up getting the 12-month Rewards Pro card for free too. Between my 360 and Wii trades, I got $500 back in my pocket. Hells yeah!

My shelves are starting to look so bare now. I still need to get rid of all of my Gamecube and DS games. Once I'm done, I'm going to become a minimalist gamer.

I support your lifestyle choice, but it still gives me the shivers to think about collections being blown apart.

aspro said:

robio said:

Getting very frustrated with Sonic Racers Transformed. The racing itself is very good, but unlocking the tracks is a gigantic pain in the ass. Each world/trophy/circuit has a branching path that ultimately ends up at the goal...

First one was not like that at all. It was challengin, but always fair interms of what content they kept on the top shelf.

I actually enjoyed the Drift Challenge I played, and I have unlocked Amigo, but I am getting nervous reading your impressions, as you are usually a better Kart Racer than I am...  

I downloaded King of Fighters XIII from PSN. I haven't played a KoF game since the late '90s. I have no idea what I'm doing, but it's fun.

Ravenprose said:

I downloaded King of Fighters XIII from PSN. I haven't played a KoF game since the late '90s. I have no idea what I'm doing, but it's fun.

I had no idea what I was doing in the '90s and it was awesome.

phantom_leo said:

Happy Steel? You wanted people talking, I made a whole new VC topic!

Very much so yes.

However, I notice a distinct lack of ointment talk in there.

Sup fellas?

I was just at Best Buy browsing, and they had Resident Evil 6 marked at $40...how long has this been the price I wonder? I was tempted to buy, but I held off. Not only did I want to wait for the $20 price point, but I also have a feeling it will end up on the Wii U in some kind of Ninja Gaiden 3 edition type deal at some point.