The Jan 2013 MONDAY FINISH thread

[Gusington]

Yeah well I haven't actually started it either, just modded it. If it is truly as nightmarish as y'all say I have Sanitarium,  Ghost Master and Lionheart to fall back on.

[JasonPratt]

I played Demon Souls on my PS3.  Brutal.  Very, very brutal.

Ditto. I gave it two or three days, not hours, but still. (Unfortunately, I did so before I started my 5:1 finish:buy regimen.)

It wasn't the gameplay difficulty I quit about, so much as the incessant repetition of working through the levels.

Witcher 1 is proceeding along nicely, meanwhile, after I hunted around to figure out how to solve the 'everything-is-transparent-to-light-sources' bug. I just started Act 2, meaning the tutorial stages are now over.

[JasonPratt]

I really enjoyed the single-player campaign in Space Marine, Jason. If you're into the WH40K universe I think you'll have a great time playing it :)

For what it's worth, I played and finished the short dual-stick-shooter prequel, Kill Team, a few months ago. :) (Not sure if that's available anywhere except as a PSN download though.)


Also, I was hoping you'd add a nifty Aquaman jpg to your sig after you changed your avatar!

The hell of it is that, in canon (especially thanks to Peter David's excellent run), Aquaman tends to fight ancient eldritch horrors. So it actually makes sense, in a way, that he'd be able to deploy some if he had to.  8)

[Bison]

I played Demon Souls on my PS3.  Brutal.  Very, very brutal.

It wasn't the gameplay difficulty I quit about, so much as the incessant repetition of working through the levels.

This is exactly what got to me after a few days too.

[JasonPratt]

Much to nobody's surprise (I expect), including mine, I didn't come even remotely close to beating The Witcher this week.

But neither did I play the game (or any game) much either. In fact, I'm still only in the first cluster of villages and towns in the game, not far into Act 2.

I'm very doubtful I'll have finished a game by next Monday either, but the point of the exercise is to spend less money on new games and to better appreciate the ones I have by finishing them.


So, who actually finished games this week or weekend?

[donkey_roxor]

Finished Sleeping Dogs and the Nightmare in North Point DLC last night. Got both on the last day of the Steam sale, when they mistakenly put it on 91% off sale.

Spent about 30 hours. I enjoyed seeing the city, and the DLC was humorous. Definitely worth the $5 I paid.

[Gusington]

I did actually finish ky M2TW campaign and won as the Welsh.

[RooksBailey]

I finally finished the original Borderlands!  No small accomplishment because I rarely finish SP campaigns these days.  But seeing how B2 is going to be a definite buy at some point,  I felt the need to finish it as I hate playing a sequel without completing the original (not only that, but seeing how most sequels today are really just incremental improvements on the original, I don't feel the need to rush off to the newest version ASAP like I used to in the past). 

Overall, I have become a big fan of the franchise.  I find the characters, art direction, and corporate dystopia setting to be fresh and interesting.  And the gunplay can't be beat.   I will say, however, that I found the conclusion to the campaign to be a disappointment.  It really was one big non sequitur!   Where the heck did that ending come from?!?   :P

Regardless, I believe my time on Pandora was well spent.   :)

PS:  I have some further thoughts on Borderlands and what I consider to be a Stalker connection on my blog.    I think it was that connection that kept me going more than anything else.

What's next?  Hmm.  I was going to continue with Claptrap's Robot Revolution DLC seeing how the end of the campaign seems to feed right into it, but I need a break from this franchise.   I think I might go with Farcry 3 next, seeing how it is all the rage and there is nothing else on the horizon...and for a long time, too.   :-\  I was also going to finish Fallout 3, but the Wanderer's mod, which makes the game a much more hardcore experience, seems to keep crashing the game and my PC (which is why I hate non-Steam Workshop mods).  If I can't get it running, I might just have to shelve FO3 for good as I found the stock game to be too superficial.

[CptHowdy]

finished the main story of batman arkham city last night. doing some side quests and grabbing collectibles right now. going to try and finish far cry 2 next.

[Anguille]

Finished Madagascar today, a dad has got to do what a dad has got to do  ;)

[Staggerwing]

The thing with Dark Souls, the one thing I just can't wrap my head around, is how one thumb-stick works moving your guy, and the other thumb-stick moves the camera.

I guess it's like patting your head and rubbing your belly at the same time.  Some folks can do it no problem, some folks can either pat both, or rub both, but not rub and pat at the same time.  I'm like that guy.  I can't seem to make my guy go where he needs to go while concurrently pointing the camera in the relevant direction.

^That's the problem I have in playing almost any console FPS/S (shooter/swordfighter) game. I had played Oblivion on the PC and loved it but decided to restart the game on console after getting a PS3 and buying a used copy of the game online. It looks gorgious on my HDTV but I have a hard time killing anything, even the rats at the beginning, because my view keeps flying around while trying to use the fight buttons while moving the thumbsticks. Very frustrating. I didn't learn to game with consoles like many but always played with mouse/keys so I'm almost thinking my brain is now hardwired that way.   :(

[bob48]

Managed to get a couple of hours on Warlock MP with MetalDog, and finally knocked Anna out of the game. I just have one of the Lich King's cities to clear, and then this island I'm on will be all mine...Mwhahahaha!

Meanwhile, MD continues to subdue the underworld.

[JasonPratt]

Staggerwing: continue to endeavor to persevere! {JoseyWalesref}  ;D I only started playing consoles a few years ago, and never thought I'd ever make sense of a dual-stick setup compared to a mouse. (Then again, for whatever reason I had an easier time making the transition.)

That being said, it is SOOOO nice to be playing The Witcher with a proper mouse/keyboard setup the way God intended.  8)


Um... in related news, I'm still not out of Act 2 yet, so I'm nowhere near finishing the game, but I haven't played much either while sorting out my various monitor/computer issues. Those are settled now; this week, porting my old dying PS3 (with PS2 full compatibility, waaahhhh!!!) to a new unit. sigh.


Anyone else finish anything this week?

[smittyohio]

Finished up the Axis campaign on Unity of Command... really enjoy that game, mainly because the scenarios are fast enough that if you do the "puzzle" wrong, it's no sweat to try again.   Played some Kingdoms of Amalur also, but not even close to finishing after 70 hours.

[Gusington]

Just finished Dawnguard. I don't really understand the negative press and reviews it got...if you enjoy The Elder Scrolls worlds, and the occult, and vampires...why would you not enjoy this? Great final battle too. Think I may move on to Deus Ex: Human Revolution before diving into Endless Space and purchasing Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion.

This is the 2nd game I've finished in a week...I'm on a roll!!