Very fun game indeed. The weapon collection aspect gets really addictive, and the gameplay is just so fun.

I finished Botanicula. I started it before exams, not long after it came out, and got to the bit where you collect chickens but then put it on hold to do revision. I completed the remainder of the game in two (short) sittings, yesterday and today.

It had much more in common with Samorost than it did with Machinarium, which isn't necessarily a bad thing per se; I just expected a more "in depth" experience. That's not to say I didn't enjoy it; I really liked the atmosphere, and the puzzles were easier than Machinarium's (simultaneously a good and bad thing).

A good game, worth the pennies I paid for it (although precisely how many pennies it was, I forget).

Is collecting chickens really a spoiler?

THANKS, ASSHOLE!
*quits*

Now I can never enjoy the hours of tension over what kind of bird I will have to collect.

Been playing Tetris on my iPod, not much else. It's pretty addictive.

I bought The Binding of Isaac (or The Blinding of Issac as MM used to say) since I bought it from the Steam flash sale. It's pretty disturbing but good.

I suppose if you saved prior to them escaping then you...

Wait, no, not really.

Christ, they got out? I'm telling you man, you have ruined this for me.

At least he put it in the spoiler tag, you...! D:<

I've started playing Tales of Graces F. Very pretty and cutesy, but I'm still trying to get used to the battle system.

I'm thinking of starting the Deus Ex games (from the beginning), would anyone say they're worth a play?

I would. Deus Ex 1 and 3 are brilliant games, I definitely recommend playing them. There was no DE2, so don't touch it.

The gameplay is fun, there are multiple ways to play the game, there's some hidden-spot hunting, the story is cool

Tetris on anything is addictive, I still play the original on my Game Boy from time to time. That and Dr. Mario.

What's wrong with the second?

There's nothing wrong with it. Fans are just pissy about it because it was different.

Actually, it was a pretty poor game, the gameplay was simplified as far as it could, they did things like one type of ammo for every weapon, from pistols to flamethrowers to "appeal to console gamers" (not like it was necessary for them to enjoy, I believe it's quite the opposite), the engine optimization simply doesn't exist on PC version [it was a pain to play it on a fairly new PC], and it doesn't even compensate with a good quality - e.g. the maps are incredibly small, claustrophobic (comparing to huge open spaces in DE1). Voice acting sounds terrible, stiff. The dialogues are bad-written, you're listening to characters and you're not interested to hear whatever they've got to say. The story is weak, and what they did with DE1 ending is near blasphemy.

It had some good points, but all of them were included in DE1, and even better executed there.

That's why I hate this game.






....nah, I hate it because it's different.

It was never a great game, but it's being rated next to DX1 that really killed it.

I bought The Longest Journey on Steam and I played it for an hour. It seems like a good adventure game, I really like the characters' voices and the beginning was such a mindfuck that I'm interested to find out how it's connected to the story.

I played Invisible War first, without ever making the connection to the first Deus Ex and how amazing it is. I thought it was a really, really cool game. I had the dumbed-down Xbox port and it was still a really fine game. Fuck tha haterz

I finally got the Cinqueda in Final Fantasy Tactics Advance. It lets me steal abilities from other people and basically breaks the entire game for Humans/Moogles. Unfortunately, I'm like 2/3rds through the whole game so it takes some of the novelty out since I missed a lot of once-a-playthrough benefits. Still a fun game.

If I like DE1 I'll give the second one a go, there's no point in avoiding it, I might end up enjoying it. Thanks guys.

Even though I have it on Xbox, I got Portal 2 on Steam. Purely so I could use the Perpetual Testing Initiative. I'm not disappointed.

Did you also buy the DLC? Because if so you are kinda fucked for a long ass time until you are good enough to get through that game. The DLC replaces the original and makes it like 10x harder.

I finished Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine. Really solid game, a tad generic in places (TOO MANY GREY/BROWN CORRIDORS) and a 'meh' final boss. Although killing him by CRUSHING HIS HEAD WITH YOUR BARE HANDS was awesome.

It's not really that harder (BoI DLC). There are just more enemies with different tactics to remember. It should be bought after completing original game 10 times or more

Well fuck. I bought it after playing for 31 hours and killing Mom once.

Killing mom in the Depths or killing her in the Womb?

My Mom kill count is at 0 but I know for a fact I have killed her. I have the epilogue

epilogue is before killing mom for real :)

Fuck.

You've only knocked her unconscious. You have to finish her off.

Then finish off the evil within her.

Then finish off the greater evil that placed that evil within her.

Then finish off yourself, for reasons that are not well explained.

You're looking at 40+ more completions here, buddy.

I realized THAT but I thought I killed Mom the first time. I didn't know it didn't 'count'

That's still not 100% completion, that what Varrok above said

Well, no. For that you've got the item challenges, collectibles and "Hardcore mode" (i.e. no damage taken)... most of those are just luck, though.

I love the items in BoI. So horrible and crazy. Stem Cell especially.

No no, I mean there's something AFTER that 40+ completions.

I played Binding of Isaac for about an hour, got frustrated/bored and stopped. Just not my kind of game I guess. Too much repitition.


Ironicly I love Super Meat Boy.

To be fair, SMB isn't randomised, and you've got a visible sense of progress. You couldn't do that "mass replay" thing with BoI.

The problem I have with Binding of Isaac is that it's just too weird. I know it's meant to be but it's still disgusting.

Also I'm terrible at it.

I'm glad you mentioned that last bit so that I didn't have to call you on it.

There is some odd imagery, but most people are put off by perma-death. It took me ages to feel like I was good at it, but then I saw how well MM was doing that put me off.

e: I said put off twice, but I can't be arsed rewording it.

I'm a gamer and I was pretty sure they see that much to not have limits in disgust anymore

What? Am I? I've only just got past It Lives.