What are you playing right now? V

[Mr. Bungle]

Thank you. Thank you for the contribution.

[Mac Sirloin]

Which Animes? The Timecop anime? I heard they got the real Timecop from the real Time Police to voice himself in that one. What about Rudiger and Hans' friendly Meth hour? I learned so much about addiction, self reliance and small engine repair. Great animes.

I'm playing Ratchet: Deadlocked. The writing is better than any other Ratchet game I've played, and while it's still shlocky and dumb I like it well enough. Taking the Clank portion of gameplay out of things actually makes for a really fun, genuinely difficult (unless you're playing on hard mode or lower, PUSSSSSSYSYSSUSYSYYY) game. Ratchet Deadlocked: It's pretty okay.

[Phylum]

Try a fresh playthrough on the hardest difficulty, the one that you only unlock after clearing the game. It's fucking hard and requires some seriously efficient use of weapons to get anywhere.

I had to turn the difficulty down to take down the final boss, which was soul crushing given that I'd finished the rest of the game on that difficulty legit.

I started trying to level all of the weapons to lvl99 in challenge mode, but I gave up pretty quickly.

[Crashpunk]

DO IT DO IT DO IT DO IT

AND MAJORA'S MASK (have you played that one yet?)

DO IT!

I own original copies of both of the games on N64 and yet never played though them.

I'm playing Ratchet: Deadlocked. The writing is better than any other Ratchet game I've played, and while it's still shlocky and dumb I like it well enough. Taking the Clank portion of gameplay out of things actually makes for a really fun, genuinely difficult (unless you're playing on hard mode or lower, PUSSSSSSYSYSSUSYSYYY) game. Ratchet Deadlocked: It's pretty okay.

Funny enough I'm watching a Let's Play of Deadlocked. It looks okay but it looks really repetitive compared to the other Ratchet games. Also graphically, it looks terrible. But I should really play it myself before I can have a proper opinion on it, it's one of the only Ratchet games I've never played, along side Secret Agent Clank, Size Matters and Quest for Booty.

[Ridg3]

Currently on another run through of Dark Souls, this time as a SL1 Pyromancer. I seriously thought it was going to be tough as nails, but it wasn't, it was a breeze in fact. Until I got to the Capra Demon then shit went downhill. Shit went so far downhill that the hill had no more down, so I grabbed a shit load of dung pies and threw them over the wall at him like a retarded monkey.

He died and I didn't get the satisfaction I was looking for, but seriously, he's hard enough in that little cupboard of a garden without his diseased mutts getting their raggedy ass teeth in my hole.

[Mr. Bungle]

I own original copies of both of the games on N64 and yet never played though them. .

Then why in gods name haven't you played them oh my god you're tearing me apart Crashpunk

[Hazel-Rah]

I really need to buy another N64. I used to have the watermelon red one but i sold it -_-

[Crashpunk]

So do I. My current one has problems displaying the image on the TV.

[Vyrien]

I know that feeling, I had the translucent orange one before it died on me. ;_;

[Manco]

Spyro: A Hero's Tail was significantly better than Enter the Dragonfly, if you plan on playing a PS2 Spyro, that's the one to go for. Although it's still nowhere near as good as the PS1 games.

And just flat-out ignore any Spyro game after Hero’s Tail.

And what a coincidence, I picked up a copy of A Hero’s Tail on the cheap today! I’ve been getting the itch to play through Year of the Dragon again, might follow it up with this.

[Mr. Bungle]

Are the post-Year of the Dragon Spyro games really worth playing? I don't think I've ever heard praise about them, honestly. Always thought they looked kind of shit, too.

[Mac Sirloin]

As far as I know everything except for Heroes Tail is garbage. I used to play these Spyro games for the GBA that had an isometric view and really bizarrely themed worlds. Like instead of a world implied to be Ireland it's just Leprechaun world and there are belted green hats everywhere. And I think the Ice World in one had clocks everywhere. They were simultaneously shitty and not reminiscent of spyro and but also kind of charming for how fun they could be. I think I might be the only person who played every single GBA spyro game to completion out of sheer boredom.

Was anyone else like, a GAME MASTA in your circle of friends? I was that kid for about two weeks in grade four. Kids would come up to me looking for strats, and cheats and supertips. Eventually they found Gamefaqs but that brief period where people would give me games just to beat them for them was pretty rad. Too bad I was fat and stupid because I didn't pay attention. Stay in school, kids.

[Mr. Bungle]

I used to show off Cheat Code Central to my friends all the time. In fact I met a close friend of mine because he wanted Banjo-Kazooie cheat codes, and I just happened to be obsessed with the game at the time. So he'd call me at random periods after school looking for cheats for that game. He'd keep them in a notebook and bring them to school, asking for more cheats.

We were nerds, yeah.

[Manco]

Are the post-Year of the Dragon Spyro games really worth playing? I don't think I've ever heard praise about them, honestly. Always thought they looked kind of shit, too.

Here’s the rundown:

• Enter the Dragonfly: Suffers from launch-title-rushjob syndrome; had potential but let down by unpolished graphics, slow loading times, inconsistent framerates and that wonderful case of “new developer trying to copy the work of the previous developer without any heart”.
• A Hero’s Tail: Throws out a few of the series’ conventions (levels separated by portals, gems as a finite resource) and makes some stylistic changes (more cartoony/wacky art and writing style, no Stewart Copeland soundtrack), but comes out as a pretty solid platformer if you don’t follow the “they changed it now it sucks” mindset. Not as great as classic Spyro but playable and fun.
• Legend of Spyro series: Utter garbage that reboots the entire series, throws celebrity voices in everywhere and tries to make a super-serious “epic” story in the vein of Lord of the Rings. Gameplay is completely different from previous titles and is a very linear, beat-em-up affair. Avoid like the plague.
• Skylanders: Not a Spyro game, just features Spyro’s bloated corpse sometimes.

As far as I know everything except for Heroes Tail is garbage. I used to play these Spyro games for the GBA that had an isometric view and really bizarrely themed worlds. Like instead of a world implied to be Ireland it's just Leprechaun world and there are belted green hats everywhere. And I think the Ice World in one had clocks everywhere. They were simultaneously shitty and not reminiscent of spyro and but also kind of charming for how fun they could be. I think I might be the only person who played every single GBA spyro game to completion out of sheer boredom.

Season of Fire and Season of Ice? Aw shit I forgot about those, I totally loved them. They were balls-hard because of the isometric view not really helping out with navigating platforms at all but they managed to be fun despite that. If you can find them going cheap they’re probably worth a shot.

I think they made a DS game or two as well? Never played those but I think one got a good reception, might need to track it down.

[Nepsotic]

the Game of Thrones game is really bad. Like, hilariously bad. The gameplay is awful and the combat is the worst thing about it, the graphics are terrible and the voice acting is shit. My sister was like "Yeah, but this is more about the story than anything", well, if all a game has is story then it's a bad game, plus if I wanted story I'd go and watch the show or read the book, this is a game for god's sake. The only thing good about this game is the menu music.

[Mr. Bungle]

So what you're saying is that they could be fun, but are better left for the big Spyro buffs? I think I'll stick to the original 3. Unless I find one used somewhere for like a dollar, but for now I really have no interest in playing 'em.

Also, Skylanders can fuck right off. I don't even think I've actually seen a game relating to that franchise, just little action figures littering the walls of every toy or games store I enter.

[Manco]

So what you're saying is that they could be fun, but are better left for the big Spyro buffs? I think I'll stick to the original 3. Unless I find one used somewhere for like a dollar, but for now I really have no interest in playing 'em.

Yeah pretty much. A Hero’s Tail is probably only worth playing if you’re stuck for a Spyro fix and don’t wanna play the PS1 trilogy. The GBA games i think you’d have to be a big Spyro nut to bother. The rest are garbage.

e: It’s a good thing I had nothing planned today, now I’m gonna go play a whole buncha Spyro.

[Mr. Bungle]

I think the second will always be my favourite, but I haven't played all that much of Year of the Dragon.

[Vyrien]

Agreed that Gateway to Glimmer/Ripto's Rage is the best, it just did everything right and the variety in both the puzzles and the worlds was brilliant.

Spyro 3 felt a little too gimmicky to me, I think it was the amount of stuff you had to do in vehicles and playing as other characters but seeing what colour your baby dragon was when you collected the egg was awesome.

[Mr. Bungle]

Yeah, the different characters is what I found the most off-putting. A lot of them felt very tacked on.

[Manco]

I prefer Year of the Dragon for exactly those reasons. I like that it has more characters to play as and more variety to the minigames. Plus I just feel like the story has more stuff going for it than 2’s story.

To me the quality of the games improves through the trilogy, with 3 being the best and 2 being a close second.

[Mr. Bungle]

I just didn't find many of the mini-games very engaging. The skateboarding was fun as hell, though.

[Manco]

Sgt Bird’s levels were fun, most of Sheila’s levels were good, Bentley’s stuff was fine*, Agent 9 was rad as all getout and Sparx was fun-to-okay.

Most of the Spyro-based minigames were either skateboarding, minibosses, some specific platforming/aerial courses, or were decent vehicle minigames. It made a nice break from the regular gameplay, which is fine because as good as the core platforming was there’s still a huge chunk of it, plus two prior games which were about 90% platforming.

It helps that almost none* of the Spyro 3 minigames are as infuriating as certain Spyro 2 minigames.


*WITH ONE EXCEPTION

[Strike Witch]

So, how is it? Any breaks, glitches, weird fucked up stuff or a good upgrade from PS2?

No problems whatsoever. Also, I finished it.




Fucking fantastic.

[Mr. Bungle]

It helps that almost none* of the Spyro 3 minigames are as infuriating as certain Spyro 2 minigames.


*WITH ONE EXCEPTION

[Manco]

Bentley. Boxing.

[Mac Sirloin]

I love how the level that image is from is at war with the slime level, and you play both sides of it in seperate areas. Spyro's a dick.

I played some Season of Ice today, it is pretty jarring going from Rypto's Rage last week to this, but shitty GBA cash ins just charm my pants off.

[Crashpunk]

Has anyone played Spyro Adventure for GBA? It was a RPG of sorts where you had to do quests to get different items, of course whilst collecting gem. I actually really enjoyed it. It also had a few mini-games from the characters from Spyro 3 including a stealth side scrolling platformer for Agent 9

[AlexFili]

Mount & Blade is basically Game of Thrones anyway. Raise an army, make alliances, roam about the countryside slaying bandits, utter bliss. Dynasty Warriors can occasionally be fun too. Was never a big fan of those GBA isometric games, impossible to jump gaps properly.

[Mac Sirloin]

Try a fresh playthrough on the hardest difficulty, the one that you only unlock after clearing the game. It's fucking hard and requires some seriously efficient use of weapons to get anywhere.

Fuck this so hard. I die in two hits (at 85 Nanotech) but I get so many bolts and my weapons level up so quick. There's this one challenge where you basically just play king of the hill at the end of a platform for 3 minutes, and using the holoshield, turret gun and the Magma Cannon I clog up the screen with so much firwpower it turns into a slow-motion cascade of bolts constantly.