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MA · #**1381** 08-11-2013, 10:41 AM

been playing Spartacus Legends on 360. Roman era gladiator fighting game. it's pretty clever the way they've done it because you have to play to the crowd. the crowd mean everything. even if you beat your opponent, if the crowd favour him you won't be able to deliver the killer blow, and he lives to fight another day.

but it works both ways, so if you're on the receiving end of a spanking you'll be saved if the crowd still loves you. if one of your gladiators is killed they're gone forever, unless you're willing to spend silver to revive them, but i don't like doing that. plus it's fucking free. you can buy 'gold' in-game but it isn't necessary, i suppose that's how they make their money, but the game itself is completely free.

Vyrien · #**1382** 08-11-2013, 12:58 PM

In a similar vein, Spartan Total Warrior. Fucking excellent game.

Manco · #**1383** 08-17-2013, 10:54 AM

I bought Gone Home. It’s good and interesting and different and heartwarming and you should play it.

I really want to type more but I won’t because you should play the game before reading about it. I will say it’s quite short, so don’t buy it with the expectation of an epic yarn.

OANST · #**1384** 08-17-2013, 11:15 AM

So, it's a Kirby game?

Varrok · #**1385** 08-17-2013, 11:16 AM

I googled it to confirm, but it's not a Kirby game

Manco · #**1386** 08-17-2013, 11:48 AM

I fucking knew someone would pick me up for that.

Wings of Fire · #**1387** 08-17-2013, 11:49 AM

It sounds like my kind of thing. Why not.

MeechMunchie · #**1388** 08-17-2013, 03:14 PM

Yeah, I've been following it about in the news. Maybe if it goes on sale.

For everyone else, it's basically a deserted family home littered with personal effects leading up to the reasons behind its current desertion.

Dynamithix · #**1389** 08-18-2013, 02:12 AM

I've been playing a ton of League of Legends lately. It's alright with a friend. I'm trying to progress in the ranked matches and I'm now in the silver division I think.

I also started playing Dead Space 3 in co-op yesterday. So far it's very mediocre.

Slog Bait · #**1390** 08-18-2013, 11:16 AM

I would be playing Crusader Kings II right now but NO APPARENTLY MY VIDEO CARD IS JUST SO SHITTY, IT CAN'T RUN THE DAMN GAME AT ALL.

I'm really sick of this piece of shit laptop and its near inability to run hardly any decent games. Now I'm trying to play Nightmare Creatures on PSX. The controls are very strange and I'm not entirely sure what to do.

Varrok · #**1391** 08-18-2013, 12:03 PM

But there's a shitload of good old games which can run on every garbage! I'm sure you haven't played every one

Crashpunk · #**1392** 08-19-2013, 02:17 PM

Just beat the story mode on Saint's Row the Third. Just when you think the game goes all serious at the end. It sends you to Mars and you have to shoot bad guys with laser guns. I love that game.

Also playing through Spyro 2 for my channel. That game is a fragment of my childhood, it never gets old. And Dishonoured again. Turns out me killing all the guards thoughout the game landed me with the worse ending. So I'm doing it again without killing a single guy. It's a lot harder but surprisingly, more fun.

Havoc · #**1393** 08-19-2013, 05:22 PM

I have not felt this level of pure fury and hatred for a videogame since playing on my Super Nintendo. But goddammit, FTL just manages to take it to a whole new level.

Mr. Bungle · #**1394** 08-20-2013, 12:03 AM

World of Warcraft is taking over my life. Again.

HELP

Strike Witch · #**1395** 08-25-2013, 07:30 AM

Finished up Gravity Rush for Vita.

Really fun, atmospheric game with fun gameplay mechanics and a really weird story.

Unfortunately it didn't explain all of the lingering mysteries so now I'm just kind of wanting a sequel that may never come...

STM · #**1396** 08-28-2013, 01:27 PM

Papers, Please.

A game with a simple premise: a border guard who processes immigrants and either lets them in, detains them or turns them away. With increasingly draconian laws coming in however, a simple job turns into a bureaucratic mess. Add the fact you're paid a paltry sum of money each day and you have a family to feed and bills to pay and it all becomes a bit much.

I accidentally let a terrorist in and have been taking pseudo-bribes from a guard who gets a bonus every time I detain someone (i.e. every time he gets to kill an immigrant). I don't want to give any more away but it's really worth a spin, especially for $10.

Wings of Fire · #**1397** 08-28-2013, 02:10 PM

I thought you were being darkly humorous for the first paragraph.

STM · #**1398** 08-28-2013, 03:02 PM

You overestimate my intelligence. Still, give it a go! I've played for nearly 2 hours straight now.

I don't even game really.

Crashpunk · #**1399** 08-28-2013, 03:26 PM

Might of already mentioned I'm playing though Spyro 2 on my channel.

Doing it 100% for the first time in about 7 years. I can't remember half the levels.

DarkHoodness · #**1400** 08-28-2013, 04:02 PM

Glory to Arstotzka!

"Papers, Please" is dark and oppressive on a deeper level and left a small impact on me. There aren't many games which force to you be evil to innocents to save your own skin via the means of draconian rules and paperwork... Gameplay wise, I like how it tests your attention to detail.

Yhatzee is right by saying that it could be a genre in its own right, "Bureaucracy 'em up" as he calls it, and that there's a lot of potential for expansion of the gameplay mechanics. I wonder if there'll be a sequel or if it'll be ported to touch-screen platforms.

Phylum · #**1401** 08-28-2013, 06:05 PM

Glory to Arstotzka!

I loved the demo, but is there enough in the full game to justify buying it?

DarkHoodness · #**1402** 08-28-2013, 06:48 PM

Very much so, yes. The story becomes more crazy and the gameplay much more varied. You wouldn't think it was possible, but it is.

MeechMunchie · #**1403** 08-29-2013, 04:31 AM

Where's the demo?

Phylum · #**1404** 08-29-2013, 04:37 AM

It was more like a preview. It might be down now that the full game is out.

I might still have the zip somewhere, but I'm pretty sure it would be dodgy to send it to you if it's not up on their site.

e: I was going to send you a shady PM, but I found this instead.

Phylum · #**1405** 08-31-2013, 04:08 AM

I just played in a community-run Quake Live duel cup for money. I didn't get any prizes, but I managed to win one game, which was all I was hoping for.

http://challonge.com/FuseDuelCup

MA · #**1406** 08-31-2013, 08:33 AM

Papers, Please sounds like my type of game. not the being bad and shit, i like games that force you to think and work stuff out. i enjoy strategy games for that reason.

Manco · #**1407** 08-31-2013, 12:19 PM

obligatory “Saints Row IV is a good game and better than The Third” post

Mr. Bungle · #**1408** 09-10-2013, 01:01 PM

It is? The third was pretty damn awesome.

Nepsotic · #**1409** 09-10-2013, 01:17 PM

Fuck yeah, A Machine For Pigs.

Manco · #**1410** 09-10-2013, 01:27 PM

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It is? The third was pretty damn awesome.

It has everything that made The Third great, plus a better story, better writing, more character interactions and development, a ton of callbacks to previous games in the series, references to (and parodies of) other franchises, plus the superpowers that have been featured in all the marketing.

It has everything that made 3 great in spades, and less of what made it bad, plus plenty of new stuff. What’s not to like?

I will say if you can, you’re better off getting the PC version – it runs about as smoothly as 3 did. The console versions are OK but the framerate can hitch up in some places.