I never finished Half-Life. I reached a point where it just kept freezing. I've been wanting to try an older save file and see if that will work, but now my computer won't even turn on.

lordandrew said:

I never finished Half-Life. I reached a point where it just kept freezing. I've been wanting to try an older save file and see if that will work, but now my computer won't even turn on.

Sorry to hear that.

I finished HL years ago in two days. I became so addicted to it, I ended up playing it for 13 hours the first day (with restroom and food breaks, of course), which is still the longest I've ever played a game in a single day. It gets pretty hard in the later levels. I'm still kinda surprised I was able to beat it.

phantom_leo said:

Now, through first-hand experience I can confirm: The amount of Happiness this new Kirby game will be bring you will be...

*resist! resist! I can't... I can't resist...!*

Epic!

It is masterful in its simplicity. It just simply brings a smile to your face. Seeing the fabric world in motion is incredible!

The story is typical Kirby, but the gameplay is not!

Kirby is transported to Patch Land because he Ate an Evil Wizard's Metamato. There, sadly, he loses his ability to suck as wind passes right through his Yarn body! He is equipped with a Lasso instead which can be used to grab enemies, grapple points, zippers and other objects in the background, as well!

Seems the Metamato Kirby ate ALSO gave him the power to transform into other shapes "seamlessly" as the game puts it. Double tapping in one direction turns him into a Speeding Car. Jumping in water turns him into a mini-submarine. Pushing down while in the air turns him into the familiar Weight. Pushing the jump button a second time while in the air turns Kirby into a Parachute so he floats slowly down and can control his direction some more. There are other shapes like the Giant Tank that are introduced at certain points in the stages just to break up the gameplay and give you something fun and different to do!

That's not TOTALLY necessary however, as the game in itself gives you quite a bit to do on its own! You can earn one of Four Medals in each level dependant on your Gem collecting. In each level there are Three Treasures to find as well. One is the CD for that stage and the other Two (I believe) are pieces of Furniture you can use to Decorate the Apartment Prince Fluff gives you to live in while staying in Patch Land. This (totally Gay) diversion is SURE to capture the attention of all the (totally Gay) fans of Animal Crossing out there!

It's just one of those TOTALLY RELAXED gaming experiences! The very epitome of a "Nintendo" game, it can be enjoyed by a Youngster who will just be awed by the fanciful world --OR-- the seasoned Gamer who will NEED to collect every last gem, CD, piece of Furniture... Log each and every enemy, find every last piece of Fabric... and 100% each and every Last Stat the game thoughtfully tracks for you.

If you have the Cash, do NOT hesitate! This is the kind of game the inner-Six-Year-Old in you is YEARNING to play!

I haven't much felt like gaming in the last week and a half or so (since finishing assassin's creed II).  this sounds sweet enough to ease me back into things ... and a good enough reason to pack up the PS3 and set-up the wii again at least for a few weeks

Iga_Bobovic said:

^Not so fast Bugsy

Try looking for the EU release date. Get ready to cry. Well SMG2 and that Shadow walker game should keep you busy.

yep, i have quite a few wii games i started which i'd like to finish SMG2, muramasa etc i want to play more of sin and punishment as well.  

i won't get that shadow game.  I thought it was wiiware, I hadn't realised it was a full release.  and i read reviews saying that the ideas are really spread out too thinly and that it should have been a shorter game and a download release ... as such i won't pay anymore for it than I would if it were a wiiware game so i'll just wait for it to go down to hobo price