Video Games Thread

[harv]

You should have imported it from the States.

[jman]

Yeah.. maybe.. bit of a hassle.. you do miss some great scenes in the European version.

I haven't finished it yet.. but I'd definitely stick it in top 10 games ever played, quite possibly top 5.... it is so funny.. my favourite scene so far is when the underpants gnomes come and shrink you at night and you have to climb through the walls fighting them, culminating in a fight in your mum & dads bedroom who are romping in the background.. then the boss gnome appears and you have to fight him on their bed.. with your mum's tittys and dad's gonads swinging around in the background... one of the boss gnome's special attacks is to call your dads testicles to swing at you, and you have to do a kind of matrix bend to dodge it LOL 

[harv]

Bought Lego Marvel last night for £19.99. It's going to be the first Lego game I've gone anywhere near since Lego City Undercover, hopefully the outright awesomeness of that game isn't going to spoil my enjoyment of Lego games because that game raised the bar pretty high tbh.

[Late]

If you like Marvel you'll love it, mate. I believe I've played all Lego games apart from Undercover, and the new Hobbit one (not sure if that's out yet - I think it's due around now), and the Marvel one is definitely my favourite.

[harv]

You're missing out by not playing Undercover. It isn't restricted to a particular film so it has a lot more freedom and it contains loads of characters and jokes from loads of police telly series and films. And Frank Honey in particular is really funny. There's no co-op though so it's pretty much a single player game which is a departure from the traditional Lego game formula. The city is bloody HUUUUUGE too and there's a ridiculous amount of content.

[Late]

The Lego games are great - I'm happy to pay twenty quid for them. I'm not going to pay £250 to play the one that you think is best from the one you've played....

[harv]

I've played most of them, the ones I haven't played are Lego Batman 2, Harry Potter and that Rock Band one.

And it's not just me that says it's the best of the lot, it's the most critically acclaimed last I saw unless another one has taken the crown since last March when it released.

[harv]

Just had a look at Metacritic and the Metascore has dropped since I last saw it. It was 84 back then.

[harv]

Oops, forgot about the Movie one too!

I think they've been milking the franchise a bit too much tbh though

[Late]

Okay, you're right. I'll go pay £250 for it.


Yeah, I forgot about the movie one, too.

[ancelotti]

Same old Harv. If a game is critically acclaimed he's happy to cite that fact in support of his point, and if a game is critically panned it's because the reviewers are all useless and don't understand games.  Sure it's not cognitive dissonance affecting your mental health? 

Cancelled my Watch Dogs pre-order the other day. Going to wait and see what it's like now after the recent disappointing trailer. Looking forward to getting Titanfall though.

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Mario Kart "Honest Game Trailer"

 

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[harv]

Saw that on another forum earlier today lololol

When I saw the title of it I thought it was in response to the Downgradeaton Saga with Watch Dogs, so was expecting a series of clips showing dodgy Watch Dogs-esque situations from third parties contrasted by Nintendo's honest approach where games look like their original reveal trailers where the game looks as good as if not better when they're released lol

[harv]

Fucking hell, someone's missus on Gaf put their 3DS through the washing machine the other day. He bunged it in rice and the thing still works. The top screen isn't too clever though:



Looks like the Nintendium Mine is still producing good quality ore lol

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