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What's a mini? I was sort of not paying attention for parts of it. Fucked around and went Ultras and Banelings. Those respawning ultras are amazeballs. If I focused I'd probably be able to knock it out in 40. Honestly, I thought the WOL final mission was easier. Although, I only played that on hard. I just massed siege tanks around the base and used marines to deal with Kerrigan.

The mission archives thing in this game is AWESOME. You can replay any mission, on any difficulty, and fuck around with ANY upgrade or special ability. So sweet.

BTW - if you're going to keep doing this impression, you've got to say 'essence' WAY more often...

Haha that wasn't an impression just me being wasted.

Outside of the difficulty, I think its the structure of the mission that's a letdown; its a very simple affair. I kept waiting for a twist but it was pretty straightforward. Contrast that to wol... You have a panic button, multiple tech choices influencing which version of the mission you'd play and the mission itself was a frantic attempt to hold off the ultimate zerg rush. Hots last mission was just a little underwhelming and indicative of the overall decline in quality between the two games.

i definitely agree with that. there were a bunch of "OH SHIT" moments in WOL. Nothing like that here.

Anyone know if it'll be another 2 years before the Protoss expansion comes out?

Tomb Raider is pretty decent, but it doesn't play to its strengths. Too much combat, not enough platforming on the critical path. The open world is more for item collection than survival.

Metal Gear Rising/Revengeance is proof that Platinum is the best action game makers in the world right now. The parrying system, the encounter and enemy variety, the QTEs that simply integrate normal controls... brilliant stuff.

Fire Emblem: Awakening, just like XCOM, has an innovative new system for TRPGs/SRPGs: the pair up system. You can get stat boosts and affinity by pairing up team members (increasingly surviveability), but you get a much smaller tactical foot print because the two units take up a single grid space. The game doesn't quite take full advantage of this (no real situations that you WOULDN'T want units paired in Hard/Impossible difficulty), but it's pretty well executed anyway. You also marry your characters and get children that take their parent's stats and skills.

I'm enthusiastic about finally playing Etrian Odyssey IV, from what I've seen it's head and shoulders above the previous three (brilliant) games.

Finally got deep into Baldurs Gate 2. It's much more difficult than any of the other Bioware games that i've played, and all the better for it.

Is it similar in terms of enjoyment like the Uncharted series?

Counting down the days until BioShock infinite...

 

You know it, gonna hole up over easter.

So I've been trying to play the original Bioshock in preparation for Infinite and I have to say, I can't just get into it. I"m not sure if the game is showing signs of age (which I highly doubt), but I find it difficult for me to sit down with the game for some time. Does it eventually pick up? Right now, I've just defeated the first boss and I think the last power I acquired was telekinesis.

A lot depends on what kind of game you're into. It's not an intense fps like Call of Duty or Halo. It's more like an RPG in that it's more about exploration and upgrading, along with story, so if that doesn't interest you then you probably won't get into it. I never got into FPS in general but I loved Bioshock.

Similar, but the encounters/level design isn't as well thought out as the ones in Uncharted 2. The platforming and exploration is superior to that of Uncharted, but there's not much of it during combat. The bow and cover mechanics are very good (no button cover, you just go into cover/crouch during any combat). Stealth is a bit awkward/easy, but it gives decent choices for encounters.

I wish there was more puzzling ala Tomb Raider 1, but that's me wanting a different game altogether so I don't think that's fair.

Next up: Simcity post server-pocalypse, Kentucky Route Zero, Bientot l'ete, and of course Bioshock Infinite.

I´m so getting Bioshock Infinite. Saw a review today and was amazed by how awesome it looks.

I'll probably get Tomb Raider, but as someone who first played Tomb Raider II when I was 13/14, I'm pissed they made her boobs smaller. There goes feminism ruining our teenagedom.

The Last of Us

This game really makes me wish I had a PS3


http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=8ZYkj0glnqs#!