The Gaming Diary: Chapter 2

[Addicted]

Deadpool (360) - Finished. The game was short and some of the humor borders on cringe worthy but overall it's a weekend rental.

Best of PSN Vol1 (PS3) - Played enough to know that I'll purchase it when it is around the $10-$15 range.

[JSoup]

So knocked out Machinarium in an afternoon. Not an amazing point and click, but still pretty good.

So, either continue with Saints Row 3, try out Tomb Raider or move on to one of the other games in my backlog.

Edit: Ok, I'm done with Saints Row 3. It's not fun, it plays like a broken PS2 game and I want nothing more to do with it.

[GrayGhost81]

Edit: Ok, I'm done with Saints Row 3. It's not fun, it plays like a broken PS2 game and I want nothing more to do with it.

I can understand having different opinions of the game based on presentation, style, etc, but there is nothing 'broken' about the game. It's quite mechanically sound for an open world game.


I finished Gears 3 last night with MrUnoriginal. Next is Left For Dead 2.

Didn't get a chance to start SMRPG for the community playthrough but I'm guessing I can catch up easily.

[JSoup]

Edit: Ok, I'm done with Saints Row 3. It's not fun, it plays like a broken PS2 game and I want nothing more to do with it.

I can understand having different opinions of the game based on presentation, style, etc, but there is nothing 'broken' about the game. It's quite mechanically sound for an open world game.

I know, I know, just frustrated with the gameplay. I'll probably give it another try later on.

[GrayGhost81]

Played up to Fleach's first checkpoint in SMRPG.

I'll throw in that I'm also playing Machine Knight on my phone (android). I'm only an hour in, but surprised at what a complete RPG experience I'm getting so far. I haven't played too many smartphone games other than Angry Birds. I apparently have been missing out.

[russlyman]

Played some McKids last night. Which led to us going to get burgers. Ha love the music in that game

[techwizard]

Played some McKids last night. Which led to us going to get burgers. Ha love the music in that game

the advertising pays off 20 some years later, way to go mcdonalds

[Addicted]

Call of Juarez Gunslinger: This is a good game. The stylized graphics and dime store novel story go a long way to make this game enjoyable. This is so much better than the Cartel.

[Shadow Kisuragi]

Super Monkey Ball 2 Sakura Edition (WP)
Seems easier than the console Monkey Ball games. We'll see once I get to the crown levels.

[russlyman]

Just beat Bart Simpson Escapes from Camp Deadly. It was a fun short game. Hoping to get some more good game playing in today.

[Izret101]

Pinball FX - cleared the 3 DLC tables.

Paperboy - so much harder than it was on SNES

Chessmaster LIVE - did all the solo stuff. Need to get one of the guys who finished the online to pass me ranking so i can work on the rest of the online.

Telltale Games Poker Night 2 - i love it.

Brickbreaker Revolution - think i ended off around 240/300 bosses defeated.

Sonic the Hedgehog - i stopped off on Marble 3... I need to get back to my >40 minute game clear attempt. I am this early in and i was already something like 3 minutes faster than the times put up by someone in a achievement guide.

Spartacus Legends - i actually haven't played this one in a couple days either. I should be taking advantage of the double Fame holiday thing they have going on.

[bombatomba]

Space Pirates and Zombie for PC.  Kind of like the original Star Control but with more structure, weapons, and with missions.  A ton of fun, even if the title is kind of stupid.

[GrayGhost81]

Now let's see....

Yesterday I continued with Machine Knight (Android) while I was at work. When I got home I fired up SMRPG just to grind for a while but the game froze after about ten minutes so I quit. Then I played one of the campaigns of Left 4 Dead 2 with MrUnoriginal.

This morning I played some Little Big Planet Karting, which was a PS+ freebie a few weeks ago. I like it a lot but it gets instantly frustrating on about the fourth race. I like it better than Mod Nation Racers which in my opinion lacked sound driving mechanics to start with.

I also started Tomb Raider (the new one) this morning. Wow. I've heard nothing but good things about this game but is exceeding my expectations. I am finding it really hard to put down, and if the Mrs and I weren't about to go to a cookout I might have just played it all day.

[JSoup]

I also started Tomb Raider (the new one) this morning. Wow. I've heard nothing but good things about this game but is exceeding my expectations. I am finding it really hard to put down, and if the Mrs and I weren't about to go to a cookout I might have just played it all day.

Couldn't agree more. I've spend the last several hours on it and it's a damn fine game. Makes me glade that my general 4th of July plans was to sit on my ass anyway.

[shoboni]

One complaint I have about Borderlands 2, many of the more powerful items tend to spawn with horrific downsides(like shields that take 100HP+ off of your max heath, or guns that eat 3-4 bullets per shot)

The E-Tech Rifle they make you use for a mission sucks to, I think I probably burned 2000 rounds killing those 25 enemies because it was inaccurate as hell and had a absurd rate of fire(and ate two bullets per shot). Making me use a pray and spray weapon for a mission when I've clearly been putting my stock into accurate crits with Combat Rifles, Snipers, and Handguns is BS. Especially one that eats ammo like water and takes half a clip to even down a normal psycho.