The What Games Are You Currently Playing Thread

[SteveReen]

I finished Majora's Mask a few days ago. That game grew on me a lot; definitely one of the most interesting in the series.

Also beat Ninja Gaiden 1 and 2 on the original NES system -- no Game Genie/emulator/savestates/cheating of any kind, haha. The controller I was using was half the challenge, you have no idea hahaha. I tried 3 but that game is brutally hard with limited continues.

[sonicfan0]

I finished Majora's Mask a few days ago. That game grew on me a lot; definitely one of the most interesting in the series.

Also beat Ninja Gaiden 1 and 2 on the original NES system -- no Game Genie/emulator/savestates/cheating of any kind, haha. The controller I was using was half the challenge, you have no idea hahaha. I tried 3 but that game is brutally hard with limited continues.

Good job on Majora's Mask, i've never actually fully beaten that many zelda gamees.... i should probably start doing that....

Relating to your 2nd comment, that must've been hella hard. Ninja Gaiden 3 was easier than 2 imo. Each ninja gaiden had it's reason to make the game hard, and without save states the platforming becomes damn near impossible. Curse you timing windows and sprite limitations. Also hate the enemy respawn conditions from time to time. Kill a bird off screen make the jump and the bird is still there... WTF!!!!! That's where i fall off a cliff and rage quit the game.
How many times have you tossed the controller? be honest.

[SM MaxX]

Because I'm hip and everyone (read steve) is doing it I'm playing Zelda games too (Twilight Princess). Not that far in but I say I'm liking it.

[SteveReen]

Good job on Majora's Mask, i've never actually fully beaten that many zelda gamees.... i should probably start doing that....

Relating to your 2nd comment, that must've been hella hard. Ninja Gaiden 3 was easier than 2 imo. Each ninja gaiden had it's reason to make the game hard, and without save states the platforming becomes damn near impossible. Curse you timing windows and sprite limitations. Also hate the enemy respawn conditions from time to time. Kill a bird off screen make the jump and the bird is still there... WTF!!!!! That's where i fall off a cliff and rage quit the game.
How many times have you tossed the controller? be honest.

I'm assuming you played them on an emulator? 3 is MUCH harder than both 1 and 2 if you don't use savestates (like I've been doing), for the following two reasons: 1) Unlike 1 and 2, each room isn't a checkpoint for dying. When you die in any room of, say, Act 3-2, you'll go back to the first room of 3-2. In 1 and 2 this would only happen from a Game Over [the exception being dying at the last boss on 1 takes you back to 6-1, which is a pain in the ass]. On a Game Over, you are taken back to level 1 of whatever act you're on. 2) You are limited to only 5 "continues" (retries after a Game Over). This in combination with having to get through each individual level without dying makes it extremely hard to progress all the way through the game. Because these games are driven by mastery by trial and error, it takes much more time (and likely multiple sessions) to be able to get all the way through the game with only 5 continues.

The improved mechanics of 2 made it a bit easier than 1, IMO. Also 2 is much more forgiving with health and magic than 1. NG1 took me about 4.5 hours to beat, wheareas NG2 took me a little over 2 hours. I've gotten to act 5-2 on 3, haha. Also, in certain areas it is possible to exploit the enemy loading thing.

Because I'm hip and everyone (read steve) is doing it I'm playing Zelda games too (Twilight Princess). Not that far in but I say I'm liking it.

I love Zelda, haha. I haven't beaten all of them though. The ones I haven't beaten myself are Zelda II, the Oracle games, and Spirit Tracks. Twilight Princess is solid but IMO not as good as Wind Waker, OoT or Skyward Sword. Play the original 1 and 2 on the NES if you want a challenge, haha.

[sonicfan0]

Because I'm hip and everyone (read steve) is doing it I'm playing Zelda games too (Twilight Princess). Not that far in but I say I'm liking it.

little late to the club, i 100%'d that game (including the near impossible ball rolling game god damn those sensitive controls). If you want we can see who can catch the biggest fish.

[sonicfan0]

Been playing sonic and the secret rings, got up to the last chapter and i'm like groove this. After beating the game, this will be one of the very few games that i will be taking a sledgehammer to. WHO DOES THAT MECHANIC IN A VIDEO GAME, SERIOUSLY?! If you're wondering what kind of mechanic i'm talking about look it up on youtube and you'll see why the game is SO BAD. In other games i'm having loads of fun with soul calibur legends and sonic colors. Nintendo dos and don'ts do sonic colors, don't do sonic and the secret rings.

[Valex]

Nintendo dos and don'ts do sonic colors, don't do sonic and the secret rings.

you know sega does the sonic series, not nintendo, right

[sonicfan0]

Nintendo dos and don'ts do sonic colors, don't do sonic and the secret rings.

you know sega does the sonic series, not nintendo, right

Duh, i meant gaming wise for the wii. If you're gonna play a sonic game for the wii i'd highly recommend sonic colors, over the other 2 that came before it. And most sonic games are created by sonicteam which is run by sega. Either way, i'm done with the game, and moving onto sonic and the black knight (gonna hate that one too v.v).

[Phaiyte]

So last night I played the Pokemon Trading Card Game on the visualboy emulator and got every card except the link only ones in one sitting. I'm so boss.

lol zapdos

I have no use for any electric cards in the game tbh.

I have two decks that I use regularly though. One that is mostly compiled of Nidoking/queen, aimed at getting as many of them on the field with as many energies as early as possible. Nidoking's Toxic HURTS and Nidoqueen's "boyfriend" attack is p good.

The other deck is aimed completely at destroying the opponent's energies and manipulating damage counters. 4 energy removals, 2-3 super energy removals, Golduck, Dragonair, Poliwrath for energy destruction, and Alakazam / Gengar for damage manipulation.

I don't lose.

[ashtonkutcher]

I don't lose.

Nobody loses at that game. But if you don't always win on turn one you're playing wrong.

[| nokt |]

I played Beautiful Katamari today.
Stupidest grooving Game Ever.
Not to mention is gave me the biggest headache.

[joe#2]

I played Beautiful Katamari today.
Stupidest grooving Game Ever.
Not to mention is gave me the biggest headache.

Do you just not have a soul or something

[Psychotik]

Katamari has really good music.

[| nokt |]

Do you just not have a soul or something

I've told I don't have a heart multiple times
Same thing I guess?

[sonicfan0]

Katamari has really good music.

I liked the annotation story in that video, especially the end annotation. Also it would be really interesting to see a katamari soundtrack pack with multiple difficulties. (Up to hard maximum difficulty for some of those really really slow songs that can't be turned into experts.)