Which was the last game you finished?

[Frozencry]

Honestly Arkham City is a very good game. Very polished and genuinely quite fun. But it has a lot of issues which a lot of reviews seemed to have skimmed over because BATMAN.

It's definitely no gem though.
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[GooberMan]

I played it till just after the first Joker encounter.

Then I put Dark Souls back in and haven't loaded it up since. Still don't feel quite compelled to put it back in, hasn't grabbed me anywhere near the same way Asylum did.
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[Luketheman5]

See I'm the complete opposite. I played Asylum for ages, I think up to the Poison Ivy encounter and just couldn't go on.

Then I tried City because of the hype and got pretty hooked! In fact I love it, but not Catwoman, I agree with the cons towards her.
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Now playing: Binary Domain
Now Replaying: Mass Effect 2

[Jarrod]

[Benza]

[Michael Kontoudis]

[Benza]

ok I'm guessing the defiencies in skyrim are related to the ho-hum plot and the fact that it's straight up broken, but what are the major defincies in saints row?
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[GooberMan]

The only complaint I have about Dark Souls is that the bosses don't reflect the challenge of the rest of the game. Maybe I'm a masochist and want something unrelenting* like Dead Space (haven't played the second one), but even a point I read the other day on (I think) Kotaku arguing that they were in fact a reward for getting through the slog isn't enough to convince me that bosses are an outdated mechanic for the game.

* EDIT: And by that, I mean there was basically nowhere safe in Dead Space.
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[Frozencry]

Bosses were only challenging until you figured out their patterns, so it really is somewhat of a game mechanic issue. The problem is balancing that out; I'm not sure how they can go about improving a boss fight. I do thoroughly enjoy the fights admittedly especially Ornstein and Smough, though once you've actually nailed down the cues and patterns it's nothing too difficult at all.
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[fatpizza]

I finished Arkham City and I really enjoyed it. It isn't anywhere near being one of my favourite games though. I just actually tried to remember any particular moment in the game that stood out to me and I can't really think of one.
Even Arkham Asylum had the sewer section with Killer Croc and I thought that was awesome and will stick with me for a while.
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[embersilvermoon]

Finished Bastion not too long ago. Purchased it after hearing a lot of positive things about it and must say I'm not disappointed in getting the game during the steam christmas sale. Very fun and I wouldn't mind going through it again in NG+ / score attack mode in an attempt to get the extra achievements. Really enjoyed the way the story was told and the gameplay worked really well.

Played and finished Super Meat Boy not long afterwards. This game is one of the toughest platformers I've played ever, but I really enjoyed the challenge it gave. Managed to finish light world all with A+ times... how does anyone manage to get through world 7!? That first stage has ragequit written all over it. Still very enjoyable and great fun in short bursts.
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Recently Finished: Legend of Heroes - Trails in the Sky (8/10)

[Jarrod]

[topaz]

[Luketheman5]

I went old school and played/finished...for the first time

Bully: Scholarship Edition on Wii

I was in a sandbox mood after Saints Row and this did not disappoint. Although the ending was a bit of a let down, the journey was simple, but fun, and it really felt like I was in one of those teen drama shows.
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Now playing: Binary Domain
Now Replaying: Mass Effect 2

[Vegetable Lasagne]

Last game I played, and finished, was probably Jagged Alliance 2. No, not back in 98, a few days ago, for like the 10th time probably.

What can I say? I've had a decent amount of time off work.

[sobriquet835]

[dloiscute]

Finished Assassins Creed Revelations today. Took me while but was quite enjoyable. I am the biggest sucker for these games.

Even as a massive AC fan, you can see that this barely passes as a new game. The story was quite good but the tacked on new elements were balls and the engine is long past it's used by date. Still.... I cannot wait for AC3.
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☑Tekken

[Gamesta]

[Benza]

So I finished two games recently wich is pretty good for me.

Final Fantasy Dissidia
This game made no fucking sense at all. I still have no idea what the story line was. But the fights are fun and I liked the RPG elements. I just really wish Square would stop taking themselves so god damm seriously. This game was never going to be anything more then fanboy wet dreams of making all the main characters fight each other so why saddle it with this melodramatic nonsensical storyline? Can't they just... shit have fun with it?

Also this game is screaming for some online, I used to play against my mate on the train and it is a hell of a lot of fun in multiplayer but without online it's not something I get to do much. The battle system though is a hell of a lot of fun, I really hope that it gets a PS3 version eventually, having those fights with PS3 quality graphics would be awesome.


Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm
This game is actually pretty similar to the Dissidia. The combat is a hell of a lot of fun, but a lot of the surrounding stuff is just rubbish. The running up the tree mini game is the only one that didn't get frustrating as hell. Pretty much everything to do in the open world was just an exercise in tedium. Collecting the scrolls, playing hide and seek all that shit was just... crap. But the main story missions made up for it. Although it was kind of a really cliffs notes version of the story. A lot of stuff never even got mentioned even if it would show up later (the whole thing with the mark on Sasuke's shoulder) it never gets mentioned that he gets the mark, but then you're given a mission to chase sasuke through the trees and end up catching up to a fat guy holding a barrel. Then the mark takes over him at the end? Also I fucking hate it in games when they force you to do side missions to continue on with the main story. The side missions should be something I want to do cause they're fun, not a requirement to finishing the game.
The fights were awesome though, and a lot of the problems I've had with this seemed to be fixed up in the second game. Wich I'm especially glad on the story line one cause I haven't watched any of Naruto after the time skip so if it went like the first one I'd have no clue.
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[byrnezy]

Just finished Yakuza 4
This I found the hardest to get hooked on out of the series, I think it was because I didn't like all the new playable characters and felt at home again with Kazuma.
Anywhoo just in time for dead souls
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Solid Snake is the shit

[Island_Wolf]

Monkey Island 2 Special Edition: LeChuck's Revenge (PC)
Played MI1 and Tales of MI before this. This is my first time playing it and I love it. The game came with audio commentary which was funny but was a bit spoiler-ish for first-timers like me.

Now I finally understand where the woodcutter quotes were from. Not to mention, doing something to Stan. All these times having to put up with Stan, in other games in the series I've played, I was like, if only I can do something to Stan. Take that annoying salesman!
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[topaz]

Finally finished Rez!! (with the worst possible ending though T_T) The music was great, and the levels were amazingly trippy. Might try to unlock more stuff before moving on to something else...
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[grim-one]

[Jarrod]

Wrapped up Mass Effect 2 and all the DLC again, preparing my canon Shepard for Mass Effect 3. It was nice to do everything in sequence, rather than boot the game up again just to complete the DLC.

I must say that I really enjoyed this particular playthrough, so much so I might even call it the one I enjoyed the most, despite knowing the game like the back of my hand. Might be the hype factor of Mass Effect 3 on the horizon, I don't know, but it all 'clicked'. I think, as much as I enjoyed my first playthrough, part of that was burnt out by how much BioWare had spoiled prior to launch and how much media I exposed myself to. Fun, but I couldn't shake the feeling that I was just playing through stuff I had already seen, so there was a bit of a burn. This was more just accepting it all and enjoying the ride.

My opinions of the game haven't really changed, both loving and loathing the direction BioWare took, and finding it hard to pick which of the two games I like more. I still think the game, as a whole, is ripe with evidence of being rushed and/or poorly planned. Lots of strange pacing inconsistencies and too many low points. And I still firmly believe the core main quest is fairly rubbish and badly conceived, leagues behind the tighter package that was the first game. Yet on the other end of the spectrum the individual characters are better written. Hopefully ME3 delivers the best of both worlds, not just in writing but also the gameplay. Mass Effect 2 was a step in the right direction in trimming the fat and tightening up the controls and UI, but BioWare trimmed it a bit too far in my opinion.

DLC opinions haven't really changed either. Overlord is excellent and one of the best missions in the game, and the whole hub concept is exactly what I wish N7 missions were like. ME2 totally shit upon the sense of scale and wonder that ME1 and Overlord has. Hopefully BioWare recognise this and don't keep ME3 so confined. Shadow Broker is excellent and probably the most densely packed of the DLC. Good lore, good writing, and a fun ride. Kasumi owns just is way too short to really make her worth the price to anybody other than the biggest fans. Arrival has the dumbest premise imaginable and I fucking hate it. Arrival, Evolution and Deception represent everything I dislike about BioWare's handling of the game universe. Makes it seem like they're fumbling to build something plausible and interesting and just grasping at whatever they can, pulling amateurish shit out of their arse.

All in all I give Mass Effect 2 + DLC a 3.75/10. Like some parts, dislike other parts, and unable to decide which game I like more because each does something I like more than the other. Still don't classify the series as a proper RPG despite what BioWare thinks. It's an action RPG through and through. ME3 should be fun. I look forward to playing it. The end.
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[Nietzsche]

I finished up a very old game. Well two years old at this point but Starcraft 2. It's pretty good. The story and production values are through the roof but the gameplay twists stopped being awesome after they start going longer than 30 minutes. I know that good players could probably speed through it but for me if I make a mistake 30 minutes into the map, I dislike having to go through it again.