What are you playing right now? II

[Mac Sirloin]

Oh man, anime fans tiering Pokemon villains. My absolute favorite.

I'm playing Super Meat Boy again.

[Manco]

I play pokemon for world immersion, so an identifiable foe helps with that.

Giovanni was God tier, the Rocket Admins in G2 are ass tier, Archie and Maxie are low tier, Cyrus is mid tier (High tier in Platinum) and N is high/God tier.

I never thought about it that way, really - to me the plot for Crystal was just to train Pokemon, beat the Elite Four and live the dream.

I am a cruel bastard who cares more about winning battles than saving the world, but hey my Mewtwo apparently loved me so I guess that worked out okay?

[Wings of Fire]

That's absolutely fine and most people are like that way, but I'm that odd type of game series fanboy whose tastes run in the opposite direction to being the best there is at the game itself.

[Bullet Magnet]

You are a Vorthos. As am I.

[Disgruntled Intern]

Playing Torchlight, quite enjoying it.

[Hazel-Rah]

Tron Evolution, pretty cool game, definitely worth it if you like Tron or Prince of Persia but it takes some patience as you'll be dying a million times a level. I'm thinking it'll be more fun once I've beaten it through once and know what's coming at me.

[Strike Witch]

Finished Dragon Age 2.

It wrapped up about as well as the first game, only with a more immediate epilogue instead of the text boxes.

I really enjoyed it.

[Hazel-Rah]

I can't believe there's DLC available for Dragon Age 2 already, they couldn't include that content on the disc? Christ, what a scam.

[Dynamithix]

Maybe it's included in some special edition? (I don't know if DA2 even has one though.)

[Ridg3]

That's Evil Arts for ya, trying to scam as much money off the customers before the final nail gets sunk into the coffin of the game series.

[Strike Witch]

The DLC is negligible though. It's exactly the same as the stuff in the first game: Extra character a few bonus items.

[Wings of Fire]

Still a scam, like that JRPG that you have to buy the right to use extra party members with real money.

[Dixanadu]

Maybe it's included in some special edition? (I don't know if DA2 even has one though.)

It does, an additional party member and a new merchant.

[Hazel-Rah]

Yep, game developers are intentionally withholding content from their games so they could sell it as DLC, it's BS, and I rarely buy DLC unless it's something really game changing like the water DLC in LBP. As for additional costumes or power-ups, forget it, bring back the days of unlocking that stuff by being a skilled player.

[Dynamithix]

You know what's really one of the biggest ripoff's now? MvC3's Shuma-Gorath and Jill characters. They cost separately 400 Microsoft Points!

One new character = 5€. Such bullshit, they could've added them both in a DLC and sell it for 240MSP or something like that.

[Hazel-Rah]

Ever played Marvel Ultimate Alliance? There's a good DLC trap for you, the Hulk isn't even a playable character you have to buy him seperately. Worse yet the DLC for that game isn't available anymore so I'm screwed.

Speaking of the Hulk I'm playing Hulk Ultimate Destruction for PS2 which is pretty awesome, steel boxing gloves <3

[Phylum]

I finished Braid. That was worth the $15 easily.

The last puzzle piece I found was the "guide 2 sequential goomba-things through piranha-plant hell" one in the last world. It was annoying. I ended up painfully synchronising all of the piranha-plants so that I could just tap rewind constantly and guide as many goombas as I liked through. It took about 10 minutes to get them lined up.

World 1 was awesome, apart from it not making sense. How does stepping on a dead goomba revive it? The broken ladder bit was really cool. The first/last level was amazing. It took me a while to get the timing right for the goomba-canon part. I had to redo the level 3 times to get it just right.

It was really cool seeing it backwards afterwards. It all made sense.

The epilogue was odd, but satisfying. I'm assuming that the secret stars will put text in the blank books, but I'm not sure. I guess there's only one way to find out…

I'm currently trying to reach that mysterious cloud in the first world. I can't get to it. I can't see any way to get to it. I know that's the point, but I'm annoyed by it. Every other puzzle has given me an idea of what I'm supposed to do at least. This is just a cloud that it impossible to reach. More on this situation as it unfolds.

[Manco]

I'm currently trying to reach that mysterious cloud in the first world. I can't get to it. I can't see any way to get to it. I know that's the point, but I'm annoyed by it. Every other puzzle has given me an idea of what I'm supposed to do at least. This is just a cloud that it impossible to reach. More on this situation as it unfolds.

I've never even bothered trying that puzzle, but the cloud is moving incredibly slowly. You have to leave the game running for a long time until it reaches a point where you can jump on it.

[Mac Sirloin]

OANST got most/all of the secret stars. The cloud takes roughly an hour to cross the screen.

[Dynamithix]

I decided to play some Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe yesterday because I wanted to play a fighting game and it's pretty much the only one I have for the 360.

It's not that good, but it is okay. I'm pretty excited for the upcoming MK, but I heard it doesn't have Offline 2 player. WHAT IS THIS MADNESS?! I want to beat my friend in it. >:/

[Phylum]

Just be thankful they're classifying it where you live.

[Mr. Bungle]

I started playing Morrowind a couple of days ago. It's pretty good, but I'm not very far at all. And by not very far at all I mean still in Balmora and just got my weapons/armor.

All I can say is that it seems a lot less accessible than Oblivion, which I loved. But I can see this growing on me, for sure.

[Nate]

The last puzzle piece I found was the "guide 2 sequential goomba-things through piranha-plant hell" one in the last world. It was annoying. I ended up painfully synchronising all of the piranha-plants so that I could just tap rewind constantly and guide as many goombas as I liked through. It took about 10 minutes to get them lined up.

Yeah, that's how I did it too. I think that I got so frustrated that I ended up checking out a walkthrough. I hate the puzzles that involve perfect timing rather than puzzle-solving.

World 1 was awesome, apart from it not making sense. How does stepping on a dead goomba revive it?

World 1 is initially occuring in reverse; what you perceive as you stepping on the goomba and reviving it is actually you jumping off the goomba after killing it.

The epilogue was odd, but satisfying. I'm assuming that the secret stars will put text in the blank books, but I'm not sure. I guess there's only one way to find out…

Not... exactly. For the record, it's actually impossible to get one of the stars if you've already completed the game with all the puzzles made up.

[Disgruntled Intern]

yoostar 2. Sober it's pretty fun. After five or six beers, boy howdy.

[Phylum]

I'm about 20 minutes from my first secret star in Braid. I'm currently waiting on that damn cloud to move some more.

I set up the game and left it running for 20 minutes. I then attempted to jump onto the cloud, and realised that it wouldn't be as simple as I initially thought. I then spent 3 minutes of jumping around. After that, I thought "I give up", accidentally jumped and managed on land on the cloud through sheer arse.

So now I'm just leaving it until I can jump across to the star.

Also, I was given Red Faction: Guerilla for my birthday. I haven't played much, but the little I've done I love. Blowing holes in shit and then shooting people through them is always fun, until enemies swarm in through that hole. It takes a bit more thought than most 3rd person shooters I've played and I appreciate that.

EDIT: I now have my first secret star. I believe I know where world 4 and 6's stars are, but I have no idea how to get them. Also, I'd appreciate if you'd use spoiler tags if you're going to talk about them, unlike last time when Mac posted the solution.

[MeechMunchie]

I started playing Morrowind a couple of days ago. It's pretty good, but I'm not very far at all. And by not very far at all I mean still in Balmora and just got my weapons/armor.

All I can say is that it seems a lot less accessible than Oblivion, which I loved. But I can see this growing on me, for sure.

The start of the game is one of the most enjoyable parts - you only truly feel like an adventurer when you wander, woefully under-equipped, into a world you have yet to comprehend. To this day I remember clanking around in a cobbled-together suit of mismatched armour, swinging my discount axe and racing away from Cliff Racers, only to tumble off cliffs.

I probably should have put two and two together when I saw the name.

[Phylum]

I found world 4's secret star. It was easy. Really, really easy. I don't know where to go from here on out, though.

[Nate]

It isn't a simple one-per-world relationship. Look at every location where there is a ladder going up to a hidden location above. And use your imagination. And... without giving too much away... there are certain actions you can take within Tim's house that enable you to find a star.

[Phylum]

I've already assumed that there is one there and have been dicking around accordingly.

EDIT: I reread and found another meaning. Either way, dicking around is the only way I can think of finding it.

[Crashpunk]

Annd back to Pokemon

I've got Black and i've got to say its much better then I thought. The games story, map, music have a 2nd gen feel which I love.

I'm currently past the Elite 4 and now training up a team