What VIDEO GAME(s) have you been playing?

I started up Bioshock Infinite for the first time on the PS3 last night for about an hour. I'm not sure if this will hold my interest. The gameplay is pretty standard FPS and the rail swinging seems like more of a gimmick than anything skill based. I see that there is a racism angle in the storyline and for some reason I can't put a finger on, it seems like it isn't handled well. I'll give the game an hour or two more, but if it doesn't improve or if the story doesn't improve I can see this one going into the trade back to Gamestop stack.

The ending of Bioshock Infinite is supposed to be something special but I skipped it as well (the first Bioshock is one of my all time favourite games, i gots me some big brass ballz, we named our CoD clan after that cheevo).

On the rails, I assumed (from gameplay vids) that it was there just as a fun type of transportation instead of some type of skill thing. Does it give the feeling of flight at all as you whip around on those? Sunset Overdrive tried something similar and it was AWFUL

Black Barney wrote: On the rails, I assumed (from gameplay vids) that it was there just as a fun type of transportation instead of some type of skill thing. Does it give the feeling of flight at all as you whip around on those? Sunset Overdrive tried something similar and it was AWFUL

No, not really. It just propels you along. You can accelerate, deccelerate or switch directions, but so far it's just literally been on rails unless you want to jump off.

My son found a copy of Hyrule Historia at our local library, a big coffee table book filled with artwork from the Zelda series. He was so into it that I've started replaying Zelda games while he watches. We finished Twilight Princess, and got some of the way into Skyward Sword, before Ocarina of Time came out on the Wii U Virtual Console. Now I've been playing that one for the first time in a decade, and it's better than I remember.

airmarkus wrote:

Black Barney wrote: On the rails, I assumed (from gameplay vids) that it was there just as a fun type of transportation instead of some type of skill thing. Does it give the feeling of flight at all as you whip around on those? Sunset Overdrive tried something similar and it was AWFUL

No, not really. It just propels you along. You can accelerate, deccelerate or switch directions, but so far it's just literally been on rails unless you want to jump off.

There will be some bigger set pieces in which you have multi platforms reachable only by (multiple) rails. These are pretty awesome. But like Barney, I think the original is the best.

If any of you haven't played The Magic Circle yet... do so.

It's like Double Fine's Hack N' Slash but it actually works. Think meta-game along the lines of Stanley Parable, mixed with hacking and reprogramming object behaviors & AI.

Stunningly good but also a bit short. Hey, it's a meta game about unfinished games... what do you want?

Between Animal Crossing: New Leaf, Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate, and Binding of Isaac Rebirth I'm not sure I've put my N3DS down for anything but the occasional Splatoon binge.

Magic Duels: Origins comes out tomorrow for Xbox One. I can't WAIT. They've put the Call of Duty-type of challenges into this Magic game (quests, challenges) to give it more of the instant-gratification stuff to get you more gold (to buy boosters). I think that type of mechanic is going to scratch me in all the right OCD places

Guys. Seriously. Rocket League.

Gary Sax wrote: Guys. Seriously. Rocket League.

For anyone playing on Steam (as they don't have cross-platform parties working yet), my ID is the same as here. I play almost every night, and I frequently play with a good friend of mine as well.