Weekly Gaming Roundup - 08/31/14

[Phyeir]

Vita

Akiba Strip
Pinball Arcade
Hyperdimension Neptunia Rebirth

PS3

Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate

PCE

Alien Crush

 

[thatdemoguy]

PS3

The Walking Dead Season 2

GBA

Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance

 

[ggallegos1]

3DS
Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate

PS
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. Never played through it before but I had heard many great things about it. I love the art style and sprite work as well as the challenge it is posing for me. Reminds me of my first time with Super Metroid in terms of gameplay and challenge.

 

[andsuchisdeath]

PSX

Mad Stalker Full Metal Force

SAT

Crows "The battle action for segasaturn"

 

[MCF 76]

Doom 3 BFG 360 having more fun playing the original Doom than anything.

 

[Pope Sazae]

Wii U:
Mario Kart 8
Sonic Lost World
Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate

Android:
Trials Frontier

 

[Kid Panda]

Senjou no Ookami

 

[CORY]

Neo
- Real Bout 2
- Winjammers

Haxor Wii
- Aldynes

 

[BanishingFlatsAC]

PSX

Mad Stalker Full Metal Madness

SAT


Crows "The battle action for segasaturn"

Dude I look forward to these posts every time. Always with the obscure game recommendation.

 

[andsuchisdeath]

Dude I look forward to these posts every time. Always with the obscure game recommendation.

You may be the only one


Mad Stalker is an outrageous game. I've picked it up somewhat recently and I'm floored.

The best way I can describe it : Cybernator/Valken (sans platforming) + SNES Ninja Warriors + Asuka 120% engine (same devs, Fill In Cafe)

It's a quasi remake of the X68K game from 1994. It's so over the top. I believe it's on JPN PSN too.


As far as I can tell, Crows deserves the bad rap it gets. Until I figure out how the combo edit feature can be further utilized, or find other nuances in the engine I'm unaware of, I'll maintain that it's a very bland game.


EDIT: It's Full Metal Force. I have Cyberbots on the brain. Ooops.

 

[RBjakeSpecial]

VITA

Persona 4 Golden - Cool game, but I'm a bit perplexed by the difficulty. The first two bosses are incredibly difficult. Apparently the game gets easier from there, but it just seems like a silly thing to do. I'm really enjoying the cheesy high school sim aspect of it. I'm going to try and stick with it this time.

 

[BeefJerky]

Dreamcast:
Virtual-On

X360:
Fallout 3
Fallout: New Vegas

PS3:
Assassins Creed 4 (waste of $20)
Killzone 3
Sleeping Dogs

 

[Pope Sazae]

^ I just got Assassins Creed 4 Black Flag, what's wrong with it? I have never played a game in the series before so I don't have anything to compare it to.

 

[Moon Jump]

Pinball/Arcade Games

Baby Pac-Man
Donkey Kong & D2K Jumpman Returns
The Party Zone
Dr. Dude and His Excellent Ray
Transporter: The Rescue
Riverboat Gambler
Rollergames

iPad

The Walking Dead and Guardians of The Galaxy on Zen Pinball
Attack from Mars and Diner on Pinball Arcade
Raiden Arcade Collection (Super shitty controls on this one)

Wii-U

Mario Kart 8

360

Titanfall

 

[BeefJerky]

^ I just got Assassins Creed 4 Black Flag, what's wrong with it? I have never played a game in the series before so I don't have anything to compare it to.

3 and 4 are just too tedious. In the whole series there were always little extra things to do, but they don't make the game feel so drawn out. If you're going to play Assassin's Creed, stick to: 2, Brotherhood and Revelations (The Ezio Trilogy). The first was alright, just a little unpolished. But I got severely bored with 3 and now 4. I guess they just move too slow now, at least for me.

 

[ggallegos1]

^ I just got Assassins Creed 4 Black Flag, what's wrong with it? I have never played a game in the series before so I don't have anything to compare it to.

For me it was just more of the same. I was really into AC2 and the Ezio games but by revelations I was burnt out. Everything felt so similar I could barely figure out the differences.

 

[Real Bout Maniac]

PS4
Strider
Diablo III: Ultimate Evil Edition

Just started playing Diablo today with the wife. It's been a ton of fun, and takes us back to when we used to play all of these dungeon crawler RPGs on the PS2 together (Champions of Norath 1 & 2, Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance, etc.). This is the first Diablo game I've ever played, and if I'd have known they were this genre I would have gotten into them a lot sooner.

 

[Poison Sama]

Xbox 360:

Virtual On Force
Minecraft

PS3:

Southpark The Stick of Truth

Vita:

Muramasa Rebirth
Wipeout 2048

Xbox One:

Crimson Dragon
Guacamelee
Halo Spartan Assault
Max The Curse of Brotherhood

 

[munchiaz]

SNES:
Earthbound

3DS:
mighty gunvolt
Azure striker gunvolt

 

[cannonball]

Hearthstone
Final Fantasy XIV

 

[Hot Chocolate]

-PSVita-
The Walking Dead: The Video Game - Season 1
Zen Pinball 2
Muramasa Rebirth
Dragons Crown

 

[GregN]

Wii
Pinball Hall of Fame: The Gottlieb Collection

360
Pinball FX 2 (Walking Dead)
Pinball Arcade

PSP
Wild Arms (PSX version)

 

[Tron]

PS3
Dark Souls II

Genesis
Castlevania Bloodlines

 

[Wachenroder]

3DS:
Donkey Kong Country Returns

NDS:
Ace Attorney 3

PC:
The Walking Dead Season 2 Episode 5

 

[SNKorSWM]

Romancing Saga Minstrel Song