Played it too late and now no one talks about it :(

[Exius Xavarus]

Oh and Mass Effect 3.
I am really loving this game. Which I hate because all through this game I have to keep reminding myself to not fall head over heels for it because there is a god awful fandom shattering decision ignoring ending awaiting me. At least that?s what I have gathered from very vague spoiler free conversations about the ending.
But then again I have Leviathan and EC and I heard that cushions the blow of this terrible ending.(though I did hear about a pretty BIG part of the ending and I got to say I am really okay with it. It was how I was hoping the third Metroid game would end.

I wouldn't worry about the endings overmuch. This also made me feel Herpaderp for saying Fallout: New Vegas. Because I just got done playing the ME trilogy altogether and it was pretty amazing. Only now the only thing people will talk about is the ending and multiplayer. xP

 

[ComicsAreWeird]

I'm a recent Bethesda fan and I started playing Fallout 3 a few weeks ago. Pretty cool game. Next i'll get Skyrim...and I'll also be late to that party, heh.

 

[BrotherRool]

Deus Ex: Human Revolution.
I was lucky enough to keep myself from spoiling anything about it with the thought "Maybe I'll play it someday" and I'm so glad I did.
Amazing game, better than I'd expected it to be.

Out of interest, what happened with Malik and how did you find that?

 

[Sack of Cheese]

Another old game I'd like to gush about is Viva Pinata. That game. So bright and colourful and just so much fun and wonderful to play. Even if it does get hard. Damn game. I want more piñatas but to do that I have to kill off some D: That game is not for kids. Once an adult piñata died and then it's children ate the remains! Then an evil piñata came into my garden and the only way to get it out was to beat it to death with a shovel as it was making my other piñatas sick. But it's such a great game.

Now you make me all curious!
Should I get the first or the second one?

 

[Tactical Pause]

After being initially turned off by the drastically altered combat, I didn't get around to playing Dragon Age 2 until about a year after it was released. Once I did work up the will to play it (thank you Age of the Dragon), I found a lot to enjoy, though there were obviously serious flaws. As it was such a complicated matter, I found myself really wanting to discuss its successes and failings in greater detail, but by that point the conversation had long since devolved into "DA2 sucks," "No it doesn't," "Yes it does," "No it doesn't," etc.

That's not the only time something similar to this has happened to me, but I have the memory of a goldfish and it's all I can think of at the moment.

 

[Jubbert]

Binary Domain was a fucking awesome game that nobody ever talked about.

The story was actually pretty rad and even though the characters seem kind of one-dimensional at first and the voice acting is kind of cheesy, once you let yourself get in the right mindset the whole cast really grows on you.

I especially like how it's hilarious that it's a Japanese game, but all the protagonists are of other countries (America, Britain, France, China, etc.) and the main bad guys are Japanese, and then (spoiler alert) the American protagonist falls for the Chinese operative. Hilarious and awesome considering the state of world affairs in general.

 

[tippy2k2]

Ah yes I remember being in that boat before I got work, now I buy my games on day one and still don't play it till months later due to lack of time -_-

I use to have all the time in the world and no money, now I got all the money I could want bit no time. Evil life.

That's funny cause that's basically the boat I'm in now (your current life situation that is).

I'm 27 with a full-time job and no kids. Student loans ***** slap my budget but I still have FAR more disposable income than I ever did when I was a youngion and a much bigger library. Hell, I'm about to break 50,000 Gamer Points on my 360 and that's just gaming on ONE console

However, I don't have the time. This does give the added benefit though of allowing me to be a cheap-ass gamer! Yah?!

Example:
Two games that Tippy2k2 really wanted to play are out (for ease, let's say XCOM and Witcher 2). Both are games that he has been super excited for but Witcher 2, having been out for six months, is much cheaper than XCOM. Due to time restraints in his life, he knows he will be unable to complete both and therefore purchases the cheaper one, knowing XCOM will eventually drop in price too! It's the perfect cycle (well...except for the "no one talks about it" part).

 

[Jacco]

My old game that I love that no one talks about (or even really knows existed) is Turok Evolution. That game is just a trip. It's so satisfying to play with the level of over the top gore and awesome weapons.

Is that the one with the Cerebal Bore? That was the game that got me into FPS's....That & the old n64 Soulth Park game, the one where you can piss on the snowballs for the alt fire.

I dont know about a cerebral bore, but it had a rocket launcher who's alt fire shot purple drill bits that tracked people and then bored their legs, arms, and head off over the matter of about a minute. lol

 

[TheSteeleStrap]

I have this all the time. I just finished Condemned 2.

by the way, this is all FIRST WORLD PROBLEMS.

 

[Reaper195]

As a cheap-ass, it is incredibly rare that I purchase a game first-day. Even when I do purchase a game first-day (see Mass Effect 3), I have a job and other responsibilities so it takes me a long time to actually play through. However, I am now in the situation where I REALLY want to find someone to talk to about a game experience but no one's interested because it's old news

My example:
I just played through The Darkness II. Holy amaz-balls, what an excellent game. For those of you who continually ***** about the FPS genre having nothing more than shallow MMS games, be quiet and go play the Darkness and The Darkness II. The voice acting is some of the best I've ever seen in a game and the story gives you the type of gut-punch seen in the more recent examples of "Spec-Ops The Line" and "The Walking Dead". The games are dirt cheap so you have little to lose but some time. Plus, how many other games allow you to Quad-wield weapons!?

So anyway, cheap-ass gamers unite (or maybe just ignorant gamers who let things slip through the cracks for a long time)! What games are you just recently playing that you want to just GUSH about but it's so old that the conversation has moved far past you...

I thought The Dakrness 2 was a bit of a let down when compared to the first game. By itself, the only bad things I have to say about the game is the length of the game, and the graphics. The Darkness looked disgustingly fantastic, and still does to this day. Darkness 2 has a fair few parts where it actually looks bad because they 'comiced' it up. Yeah, it's based off of a comic, but the first game was too, and it looked beautiful. Compared to the second game...the change in voice actors. While neither Jackie sounded 21, the first Jackie had such a mad voice, especially when he was talking about ripping Paulie apart to his Aunt in the third section. There were also no side missions with random people on the street, nor any 'hub worlds' where you did said side missions. The second one was a lot more linear than the first.

But that aside, both are fantastic games, and I believe no games to date has ever had the voice acting quality the first game did. The second was incredibly good, but nothing compared to that one scene in the orphanage in the first one. The guy that voiced Paulie was brilliant.

As for Mike Patton...be in more things. Please. MORE!

Edit: Hurrdurr. I recently finished all three God of War games. I got them cheap in a collection deal. 3 looked rather sexy, and during one scene, rather sexy. If you get what I mean. Hint, hint. Nudge, nudge. Voice acting in the games was pretty solid, although by the third game, I really did not like Kratos. At all. It was also kind of bollocks how you'd start off with all these powers at the beginning of the game, and then some BS event would take place to remove them all. Still, I guess that's what has to happen for games like this. Only one I can think of that did it well was Prototype, which just had a flashforward at the beginning. I think Infamous 2 had the main character get injured or something...can't remember.

 

[Padwolf]

Another old game I'd like to gush about is Viva Pinata. That game. So bright and colourful and just so much fun and wonderful to play. Even if it does get hard. Damn game. I want more piñatas but to do that I have to kill off some D: That game is not for kids. Once an adult piñata died and then it's children ate the remains! Then an evil piñata came into my garden and the only way to get it out was to beat it to death with a shovel as it was making my other piñatas sick. But it's such a great game.

Now you make me all curious!
Should I get the first or the second one?

Get the first one Should be only a fiver at the moment. Also it's a very long game, there is tons of content, a lot of piñatas and they all have special requirements to get them. And they are adorable have fun!

 

[IrateDonnie]

My old game that I love that no one talks about (or even really knows existed) is Turok Evolution. That game is just a trip. It's so satisfying to play with the level of over the top gore and awesome weapons.

Is that the one with the Cerebal Bore? That was the game that got me into FPS's....That & the old n64 Soulth Park game, the one where you can piss on the snowballs for the alt fire.

I dont know about a cerebral bore, but it had a rocket launcher who's alt fire shot purple drill bits that tracked people and then bored their legs, arms, and head off over the matter of about a minute. lol

I looked it up, it was in Turok2 seeds of evil.The one I was thinking about was Rage Wars, with the Chest-burster...one of the best weapons ever

 

[Easton Dark]

My old game that I love that no one talks about (or even really knows existed) is Turok Evolution. That game is just a trip. It's so satisfying to play with the level of over the top gore and awesome weapons.

Is that the one with the Cerebal Bore? That was the game that got me into FPS's....That & the old n64 Soulth Park game, the one where you can piss on the snowballs for the alt fire.

My old game that I love that no one talks about (or even really knows existed) is Turok Evolution. That game is just a trip. It's so satisfying to play with the level of over the top gore and awesome weapons.

Is that the one with the Cerebal Bore? That was the game that got me into FPS's....That & the old n64 Soulth Park game, the one where you can piss on the snowballs for the alt fire.

I dont know about a cerebral bore, but it had a rocket launcher who's alt fire shot purple drill bits that tracked people and then bored their legs, arms, and head off over the matter of about a minute. lol

Cerebral Bore was Turok 2: Seeds of Evil on the N64. It was pretty gruesomely awesome.

I think Evolution's stand out weapon was the temporal cube, where you could create an implosion or explosion of cosmic energy. It was pretty.

edit: Aw damn too slow. Might as well add other stuff.

You might also consider Evolution's disease darts that made the enemies throw up until they died.

And the South Park game has to be the multiplayer cow launcher. If you got a headshot, the other player's screen would be filled with cow.

 

[tippy2k2]

I thought The Dakrness 2 was a bit of a let down when compared to the first game. By itself, the only bad things I have to say about the game is the length of the game, and the graphics. The Darkness looked disgustingly fantastic, and still does to this day. Darkness 2 has a fair few parts where it actually looks bad because they 'comiced' it up. Yeah, it's based off of a comic, but the first game was too, and it looked beautiful. Compared to the second game...the change in voice actors. While neither Jackie sounded 21, the first Jackie had such a mad voice, especially when he was talking about ripping Paulie apart to his Aunt in the third section. There were also no side missions with random people on the street, nor any 'hub worlds' where you did said side missions. The second one was a lot more linear than the first.

But that aside, both are fantastic games, and I believe no games to date has ever had the voice acting quality the first game did. The second was incredibly good, but nothing compared to that one scene in the orphanage in the first one. The guy that voiced Paulie was brilliant.

As for Mike Patton...be in more things. Please. MORE!

That's funny because a lot of what you stated made me like the second one more. Just different tastes I suppose

-Side missions gone! I prefer a laser focused story over the open world thing of the first one

-The graphics change. Had you asked me at the beginning I would have agreed but the "cell shaded"-type look really grew on me as it went on.

I played The Darkness I right away when it came out so it's been a few years since then. I didn't notice the voice actor change but again, it's been a long time.

Also, is Mike Patton The Darkness? If so, I 100% agree that he should be drowning in work. The Darkness is fucking scary sounding...

 

[Lugbzurg]

The Darkness series... I'd forgotten about it. I'll really have to give it a look, then.

I just went through Quake II. That's considerably older. Same with Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 3: Night of the Quinken. (Oddly enough, my favorite character is Shade the Bat, a minor NPC.) I'm also about halfway through the last level in Tom Clancy's original Splinter Cell.

You know... I remember first hearing about The Darkness from Zero Punctuation. Unfortunately, I must not have understood Yahtzee all that well or something, because I was under the assumption that it was some action-brawler like that of Devil May Cry or Beyonetta. So, when I actually saw someone playing it a while back, I didn't recognize it at first.

 

[Fijiman]

For me it was the first two Red Faction games. I personally liked the first one better than the second one, mostly because it had a better story(in my opinion).

I also have Devil May Cry and the first two Sly games to play, but just haven't gotten around to them yet.

 

[Furbyz]

I just finished Bastion about 3 hours ago. I've actually owned it for over a year, and even had started it before. I thought it was great from minute one, but before I could really get into it, my graphics card broke. My computer is from 2007 and wasn't that great then, there was no way it could run Bastion without a GPU. In fact, it wouldn't even turn on. So I stop gaming for a long time, but eventually get a new gpu. I even had the Bastion Soundtrack in my car for an extremely long time. I became a huge fan of this game having only played it for about 2 hours some 13 months ago.

And now I've finally found the time and equipment to sit down and play it. My god, the game is so ridiculously fun. The writing is absurdly good, but then again, would it even have to be with Rucks' narration? Give that man a nature documentary about angler fish or something, anything just to give that voice more exposure.

Suffice to say, I loved everything about Bastion. From the way the land built itself in front of you, to the power ups being booze, to the difficulty being determined by how many gods you wanted to piss off, and the large amount of weapons, each of which having a great degree of customization and history behind them.

 

[RicoADF]

Ah yes I remember being in that boat before I got work, now I buy my games on day one and still don't play it till months later due to lack of time -_-

I use to have all the time in the world and no money, now I got all the money I could want bit no time. Evil life.

That's funny cause that's basically the boat I'm in now (your current life situation that is).

I'm 27 with a full-time job and no kids. Student loans ***** slap my budget but I still have FAR more disposable income than I ever did when I was a youngion and a much bigger library. Hell, I'm about to break 50,000 Gamer Points on my 360 and that's just gaming on ONE console

However, I don't have the time. This does give the added benefit though of allowing me to be a cheap-ass gamer! Yah?!

Example:
Two games that Tippy2k2 really wanted to play are out (for ease, let's say XCOM and Witcher 2). Both are games that he has been super excited for but Witcher 2, having been out for six months, is much cheaper than XCOM. Due to time restraints in his life, he knows he will be unable to complete both and therefore purchases the cheaper one, knowing XCOM will eventually drop in price too! It's the perfect cycle (well...except for the "no one talks about it" part).

For me it depends on what game it is. If its a meh game I let it get cheap and maybe get it on sale, if its cod I never get it, if its a game I want to support and will play one day I get either pre-order or soon after release and play it later eg: dishonoured. However a few special games get pre-ordered collectors editions and are pushed to the top of the play list, eg:aliens colonial marines.

 

[Nomanslander]

I want to talk about Link to the Past because I played it recently, but I guess I'm almost 2 decades late in the discussion. 0.o

No way. I just played link to the past for the first time a month ago. Good game, wasn't it?

OT: The last game I played was the original crash bandicoot. I've had it since I was quite young but this was the first time I'd beaten it. In fact the majority of the games I play are at least a few years old.

I felt like it was one of the best games I had played ever. Two decades old and it still holds up better than most games today. And I'm not even a retro-gamer really to be thinking and saying this... almost quite the contrary.

 

[Fishcactus]

As for me, I only just beat Bioshock and Bioshock 2 over the last few months, even though I had owned the first for something like two and a half years, and I've only recently started actually playing the first Dead Space.

Ah, me too, i'm about 14 hours into the first Bioshock and i'm all "This is the greatest, I must tell everyone about this amazing game! Oh....wait."

Luckily I have a friend playing through it for the first time too, so I can talk with him about it, hehe

Is the second one worth playing? I've heard opinions ranging from good to horrible on it :s
Personally i'll go for anything that lets me explore more of Rapture.

Edit: The good thing about playing games late is that there is already lots of discussion and background and fanwork done for them, you don't need to wait for meta-goodies.