Re: PALGN users game of the year (1 year ago)

I've only got three to put down so far. I might update the list at the end of the year, but in the meantime... these are the three

1. Portal 2
Portal 2 is definitely my favourite game of the year. From beginning to end it's one hell of a ride and it's something that just about everyone should experience. , there was never a dull moment right through. Oh, and the co-op is insanely awesome. Ummm hurry up Valve with HL3?

2. Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
More Uncharted awesomeness! Enjoyed the story immensly. Not really into the multiplayer, even though I messed around a bit with it in number 2, but it certainly is a good addition. I still can't decide if I preferred this game or the previous... both are amazing. The recent patch that added new controls made the game that even bit better (although I didn't have a problem with them in the first place).

3. Saints Row: The Third
So much fun... and a lot better than Saints Row 2. I liked the second one, but the new activities (Genki, etc.), hover bike (specter), awesome missions (deckers.die, Murderbrawl XXXI) and all the other crazy shit makes this game better and one of the best games of the year. I'll probably buy most of the downloadable content that comes out for the game as well.

Re: Saints Row: The Third (1 year ago)

The shark gun is pretty awesome. Can't wait for Volition to bring out some more absurd weapons DLC.

Loving this game so much... it's preventing me from playing any of the games in my backlog.

Re: Best Exclusive of 2011 (1 year ago)

I would have to say my GOTY is probably going to be Portal 2. I loved Uncharted 3 and am still yet to play Arkham City, but man Portal 2 was awesome. Just thinking about it makes me want to play through it again soon.

Re: MGS and ZOE HD Collections for PS3/360 (1 year ago)

The collection has been delayed... until February, for Europe only it seems. US still gets it on original release.

http://www.gamesradar.com/metal-gear-solid-hd-collection-delayed-europe-3-february-2012/

Not so bad I guess. So many games still to play and more coming out next month. Only paid 44 dollars for it from ozgameshop as well, so can't complain.

Re: PALGN TrueAchievements Leaderboard (1 year ago)

Joined up.

GamerTag is GregsyMate.

Re: PSN down? (1 year ago)

Had a great time adding all these games to my download lists. Haven't upgraded the hard drive yet, so I'll end up downloading all of these games when I do that.

Got the free PlayStation Plus month through my normal account, along with Dead Nation and WipEout HD with Fury. Used my US account to get Infamous and LBP (already have them on disc). Then grabbed R&C:QFB with my girlfriend's account (AUS), also already owned on disc. Didn't bother getting Super Stardust as I've already bought that through my regular account.

On top of that, I downloaded Modnation Racers and Pursuit Force for my PSP. Already own both LBP and Killzone on UMD, and with rumoured news of new games from both those franchises in development for the NGP, I decided against the digital originals.

And last but not least, got the This is Football Management mini for free thanks to the coke unleashed promotion as well as picking up Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light at half price. From $20 down to $10.

Re: L.A. Noire (2 years ago)

Played a bit of this yesterday. Pretty damn good, a game I'd like to take my time with for sure.

I'm 50/50 with the questions in interrogations/interviews at this point, a few cases into Homicide. Some people either try too hard to put you off or are pretty damn good at fooling you. There have been instances where I've got almost every answer right in the particular case though.

Enjoying some of the characters in the game as well. Stefan Bekowsky, your partner in Traffic is easily one of the more likeable guys in the game.

Re: Rockstar no show at E3 2011 (2 years ago)

Rockstar really need to announce Bully 2. The one guy that mentioned he was working on the soundtrack may have let it slip, but that's all we've heard.

Re: L.A. Noire (2 years ago)

There is also a screen shot comparison floating around the net showing the PS3 version to be the better looking of the two.

http://www.la-noire.net/forums/thread-1032.html

The PS3 image looks sharper... but this comparison could be fake as well.

Either way, pre-ordered the PS3 version myself. Not long to wait now. Hopefully with PSN going back up all around the world in the next few days, the Rockstar Social Club integration is working. Enjoyed messing around with that in Red Dead Redemption.

Really don't care about my pre-order bonus from GAME. It's only a suit, can fix it all up when the PS Store is working/when codes are accepted. Went with GAME because it was $82.

Hopefully the week goes by very quickly.

Re: Fallout: New Vegas (2 years ago)

Awesome! Can't get enough of New Vegas.

Re: Portal 2 Thread 56k warning GameInformer scans (2 years ago)

Have to agree with pretty much everybody here who has finished the game, and the rest of the sensible internet of course.

This game is amazing. Could not believe the ending.

The game actually took me longer than most, thanks to exploring, messing around with the new features and just not wanting the game to end.

Must say, certainly my favourite game of 2011 so far, and on a personal level, I can see L.A. Noire, Uncharted 3 and Mass Effect 3 (if it is released at the end of the year) coming close to this game, but right now... even those games may not beat Portal 2.

And after all that, I still haven't dived into co-op yet. Going to play some split-screen with my girlfriend in the next few days for sure.

EDIT: Almost forgot.

Re: Ozgameshop postage (2 years ago)

Yeah, I got the extra piece of cardboard as well.

Re: L.A. Noire's Trophies/Achievements revealed (2 years ago)

Had a dream about playing this early. I was trying to interrogate a suspect until he started fleeing and instead of just tackling him and trying to get him to talk, I kept on attacking him.

Anyway, shame it was just a dream and the game still has a month to go. Can't wait.

Re: MOTORSTORM 3. (2 years ago)

Gave the demo a go a couple of days ago. It was great fun, avoiding the buildings collapsing in front of me and the constant ramming from the other vehicles.

Those poor people running around never stood a chance.

Re: PSN card investigation (2 years ago)

When I bought PSN credit from JB, they sold it in voucher/receipt form, so no cases there. Unless it was that particular JB.

Re: Dead Space 2 Announced (2 years ago)

Yeah, like MMaC said... Extraction is included on the Blu-ray, but you have to install it still. Something like 3.4gb I think. Apparently, you still need the Dead Space 2 disc in the PS3 to play it though. Haven't tried that yet.

Re: The PSP Vita Thread (2 years ago)

Excellent quality of Uncharted NGP in action.



http://au.gamespot.com/ngp/action/uncharted/video/6287018/uncharted-working-title-reveal-trailer-1


Looking awesome. I think I'm with you guys though and will probably (hopefully) settle for the normal controls.

Re: What game are you playing? (2 years ago)

Fair enough, I know the implementation divided fans of the series, but it's the little things that impressed me. When pedestrians tumbled down the stairs instead of falling flat and not moving anywhere as well as the hanging onto the door handles. That kind of realism was cool. I can understand the hatred for the character movements, but they didn't bother me.

Yeah, I didn't really play GTA for that kind of thing. Also, wasn't it the case of CJ getting extremely skinny if you didn't eat anything at all? If so, that was one of the main annoying things about it. If not, I obviously don't remember the system well.

They'll keep on going in the slow realistic direction though, and it's a shame people will miss out on games like Agent, Max Payne 3 (not a sandbox, but still) and perhaps Bully 2 and others if they are eventually announced.

In saying that though, I do also like the unrealistic sandbox games as well. So it's good that they keep on coming out. The Saboteur for example was awesome.

Re: What game are you playing? (2 years ago)

I tried playing San Andreas again a few months ago. Played through a mission, put the game down and haven't picked it up since. Going back to those physics is not something I can put up with. I have been spoiled with Euphoria. I understand in the old games, especially with San Andreas that people loved the mini games, and I did as well. I even miss the bmx bikes, but since I've been able to create my own fun with GTAIV, the exclusion of the old fun things never bothered me.

Now that I think about it though, I hated the stupid weight system in SA and I wasn't too fond of the constant taking back of your gang's territories... but I did come to terms with that one.

I did like San Andreas when it first came out and I'll always enjoy the old GTAs to some extent, moreso when they first came out, but personally I think Grand Theft Auto as a series is getting better and better.

Even after all that ranting, I still think Red Dead Redemption trumps everything with the Ball of Gay Tony coming a close second. Although with L.A. Noire still to come, and that still using euphoria, I may have a new favourite again.

Re: Dead Space 2 Announced (2 years ago)

Played the demo a few nights ago. Awesome stuff.

FREE Arctic Adventures: Polar's Puzzles mini (2 years ago)

Thanks to the guys over at the European PlayStation community forums, they have pointed out that if you have a facebook account and "like" the Sony PlayStation fan page here, you will receive a code for the mini.

A nice little gift I must say. Redemption expiry date is the 31st, so get in quick and get your mini.

Re: Psn Xmas sale incoming (2 years ago)

I picked up a few games from the sale.

Theme Hospital
Sonic 4
Tales of Monkey Island

Monkey Island was an awesome saving, from $28 down to $14.45. There is a problem though, when it says you get the full series, you only end up downloading Chapter 1. So the guys that run the store need to fix it.

Re: Uncharted 3: Dake's Deception! (2 years ago)

An awesome look at how the trailer was made...

UNCHARTED 3: DRAKE'S DECEPTION - Behind the scenes



Haven't found any more videos yet, but that is awesome.

Re: What game are you playing? (2 years ago)

Played a bit of Donkey Kong Country Returns earlier today. It's been such a long time since I played the SNES games, so playing this today did bring back a lot of memories. Just to repeat what most people are saying though, the game is awesome and Retro Studios have done an amazing job.

I didn't get too far, half-way through the Beach I think... mainly focusing on trying to get KONG on every level as well as pick up every single puzzle piece that I can find. I like the fact that some of the hidden areas aren't too obvious. Makes looking for the extras that bit more exciting.

The time-trials are cool, although I can't see myself speed-running every level. Some of the times to achieve gold look a bit too tough for me. Either that or I just like spending a great amount of time on the one level.

I know a few people aren't too fond of the controls, but I don't really have any problems with them. I can see why others would want the option to map the controls to a different layout though.

Anyway, having heaps of fun. Good to hear that the later levels are a bit of a challenge. Not that I'm finding the early stuff too easy, but it's what makes this kind of game a true Donkey Kong game.

Re: PS3 Firmware: 3.55 (2 years ago)

I do the same thing as Cap. I've got folders for my PSN titles, PS1 classics, demos, minis and individual folders for random stuff like the MGS4 database and Uncharted: Eye of Indra.

I just wish they'd use the same system for the PSP. Every time you exit a game or the browser, the game listing goes back to the default settings.

Re: Gaming Bargains V2 (2 years ago)

You can use a credit/debit card with ozgameshop.

Re: Dead Space 2 Announced (2 years ago)

It sucks that we don't the plasma cutter, but I'll probably still get the CE version. I mean, I paid 8 dollars for Ignition, even after knowing that it comes as a free code with certain pre-orders of the game.

But not after reading that the game got panned for it's repetitive game play in the hacking mini-games and the less than appealing comic-like cut-scenes.

Still enjoyed it though.

Re: What game are you playing? (2 years ago)

Totally the opposite. I've been holding off from doing much of the main quest and when I say "thick of things", I'm referring to a certain part of the game. I obviously won't spoil it, but every quest has something exciting about it... it's only that I've held off for so long that now I have so many choices of what to do, if that makes any sense.

Heaps more than 7 or 8 quests to go. I don't think I'm even near the end of the game yet. As of now, I think I have about 10 quests on the go at once, and I usually work out which ones I like to complete first.

So yeah, the first 50 hours I really enjoyed, had heaps of variety... as well as myself exploring a lot and hoarding the crap out of random objects that can be used for building. The next 50 hours will be just as good.

Hahaha, I hated him as well. He'd always end up in a better situation than Cow and Chicken at the end of the show and I was always thinking as a kid, that's not how it's supposed to go.

Re: Donkey Kong Country: Returns (2 years ago)

I was going to wait... but at that price nobody can refuse.

Re: What game are you playing? (2 years ago)

Still plugging away at Fallout: New Vegas, only really getting into the thick of things now. 50+ hours of play time with about 7 or 8 extra side-quests to do. Still can't decide whether I prefer this or Fallout 3, love both of the games which is good enough for me.

Also imported The Sly Collection from Play-Asia and have been slowly going through Sly 1. I never played the PS2 versions, so experiencing these games for the first time is really cool. Neat little plat-former and some of the characters are lovable. Trophies are really easy as well. Will jump into the second game once I've finished this one. Haven't tried any of the Move mini-games yet, so I can't comment on them.