The Bill's Now Playing Video Game Thread (Now with Bames)

[Broken Into Pieces]

I actually cheated with the Downtown activities, I made Stag take over the territory for me. Haha

I am disappointed in you, sir...

I now control 100% of Steelport, am at Level 50, and have bought all the upgrades from the upgrade shop (i.e. I have infinite ammo for all weapons, and don't take damage from anything other than melee attacks. Just need to do one more Survival, blow up another 15 Emus, and finish the last 2 Assassination Contracts (which I haven't unlocked yet). Oh, and finish the story - I'm still just at the point where STAG show up.

[Krieg]

It would be really funny if the savegames were somehow not compatible because I have the Singaporean version of ME2, too. Why do I have this version? Because BiowEAre refused to make a version with the original sound files for the German-speaking market.

You still bitching about this? I told you already like 10 times, AMAZON UK, you get your bames in 2 or 3 days and they are much cheaper anyway than the German version.

Okay, and now explain how this is relevant to the fact that my savegames are from the Singaporean version, and I don't know if they'll be compatible with whatever version of ME3 I'm getting - most likely from Amazon UK? Because, you know, that's what I'm talking about. I'm not sure what it is you're talking about.

I am talking about WHY THE FUCK DO SOMEONE IN EUROPE BUY THE SINGAPOREAN VERSION OF A GAME WHEN YOU ARE ONE CLICK AWAY FROM GETTING THE FUCKING EUROPEAN ENGLISH VERSION FROM ANY OF THE GAZILLION ONLINE SHOPS IN THE UK?

I know you have a GOOD reason, it was just a rhetoric question.

[badgevvrecker]

if there was a show where krieg and spacehamster had to travel across the USA starting off with only what they could lash to a tandem bike, i would watch that show religiously.

[The Bill]

Finished Saints Row 3 with the "happy ending". I plan on re-beating it with the "bad ending". Did a sex change into a chick to do the second ending just because the decision is a wicked bitch move, and my dude was way too awesome to do that. I really liked the characters in this game. They had a nice rapport with each other and actually thought they were funny and charismatic. I had no idea a sand box game could have likable characters, Rockstar.

Any how, I guess back to Blood 2. Then, I'll do that Star Wars game, as long as Bats and Skyriim don't get proper patches.

[Broken Into Pieces]

Finished Saints Row 3 with the "happy ending". I plan on re-beating it with the "bad ending". Did a sex change into a chick to do the second ending just because the decision is a wicked bitch move, and my dude was way too awesome to do that. I really liked the characters in this game. They had a nice rapport with each other and actually thought they were funny and charismatic. I had no idea a sand box game could have likable characters, Rockstar.

Any how, I guess back to Blood 2. Then, I'll do that Star Wars game, as long as Bats and Skyriim don't get proper patches.

Which ending do you consider the 'happy ending'?

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presumably the one where you let Killbane flee and save Shaundi, Viola and Burt Reynolds?

that's the ending I went for first, the Gangstas In Space mission sucks a giant cock though... nonetheless, I prefer this ending, but I suspect the other ending where you kill Killbane and Cyrus and let your homies die is going to become the canon ending

I agree, most of the characters kick ass, lots of people bitched about it but

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I'm kinda glad they killed off Johnny Gat early on in this game... I was never a big fan of that character

Hope they come out with some DLC for this one quickly, 'cause I already got 1000Gs out of it... I want some new missions or something to give me reason to keep playing... could just play through the story again I guess, but there's a few bits (mostly side quests and earning the upgrades) that I can't be arsed with repeating... needs to be an option to replay any mission in the game once you finish it.

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Also, for some reason, Loren's tower never became a crib for me like it was apparently supposed to even though I left it standing at the end of Act 1

[Broken Into Pieces]

Help me choose which game to play next. I'm leaning towards Oblivion, because once I'm done with that I can pick up Skyrim... but this coming weekend my girlfriend's coming to visit for a week, and then I'm going back to Korea (and employment) one week after she leaves, so I'm not sure I want to start on a huge game at the moment...

The choices:

Dead Island
Dead Space 2
Dynasty Warriors 6
Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
L.A. Noire
Lost Odyssey
Star Ocean: The Last Hope

[The Bill]

On the clapperboard at the end of Gangstas in Space... Happy Ending is written on it.

[disco-dance axis]

Help me choose which game to play next. I'm leaning towards Oblivion, because once I'm done with that I can pick up World of Warcraft... but this coming weekend my girlfriend's coming to visit for a week, and then I'm going back to Korea (and employment) one week after she leaves, so I'm not sure I want to start on a huge game at the moment...

The choices:

Dead Island
Dead Space 2
Dynasty Warriors 6
Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
L.A. Noire
Lost Odyssey
Star Ocean: The Last Hope

You may want to traumatize yourself with Dead Space 2 first, then recover with the rather slowly-paced LA Noire.

[Broken Into Pieces]

I decided to go with Dynasty Warriors 6, on the basis that I've played other DW games so I know the storyline well enough that it doesn't matter if I have to stop playing for a while before I finish the game.

One of the first things I do any time I start playing a new game is to check the achievements. Every single achievement in this game is 'Secret'

[Broken Into Pieces]

Wow... I loved the Dynasty Warriors games when I played them on PS2, but this one... kinda sucks hard. They took all the fun out and just made it dumb and confusing.

[Comrade Slinky]

Rainbow Six Patriots target gameplay footage

[fallbacktostone]

Rainbow Six Patriots target gameplay footage

i know man

its both and in equal measure though for sure

[BroMan]

Finished Saints Row 3 with the "happy ending". I plan on re-beating it with the "bad ending". Did a sex change into a chick to do the second ending just because the decision is a wicked bitch move, and my dude was way too awesome to do that. I really liked the characters in this game. They had a nice rapport with each other and actually thought they were funny and charismatic. I had no idea a sand box game could have likable characters, Rockstar.

Any how, I guess back to Blood 2. Then, I'll do that Star Wars game, as long as Bats and Skyriim don't get proper patches.

Which ending do you consider the 'happy ending'?

SPOILERSPOILER_SHOW

presumably the one where you let Killbane flee and save Shaundi, Viola and Burt Reynolds?

that's the ending I went for first, the Gangstas In Space mission sucks a giant cock though... nonetheless, I prefer this ending, but I suspect the other ending where you kill Killbane and Cyrus and let your homies die is going to become the canon ending

I agree, most of the characters kick ass, lots of people bitched about it but

SPOILERSPOILER_SHOW

I'm kinda glad they killed off Johnny Gat early on in this game... I was never a big fan of that character

Hope they come out with some DLC for this one quickly, 'cause I already got 1000Gs out of it... I want some new missions or something to give me reason to keep playing... could just play through the story again I guess, but there's a few bits (mostly side quests and earning the upgrades) that I can't be arsed with repeating... needs to be an option to replay any mission in the game once you finish it.

SPOILERSPOILER_SHOW

Also, for some reason, Loren's tower never became a crib for me like it was apparently supposed to even though I left it standing at the end of Act 1

I prefer the happy ending over what may become the canon ending. It'd be a better idea to mix both for the next game. I now only need to finish a few of the challenges. You were right certain strongholds rival gang members show up randomly even with everything owned. I hear ya they need to release some dlc early compared to some games that release it too late.
I only need to vehicle surf longer, streak more (haha the run in streak I find funny as shit), hostage, taunt, and something else. I'm up to 36 out of 41

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I felt shitty when they made me play the terrible ending, after all the shit you had to go through no way am I getting Burt killed! Lol Although I liked the beatdown on Killbane. It was fitting since I made my guy pretty intimidating.

[Broken Into Pieces]

I prefer the happy ending over what may become the canon ending. It'd be a better idea to mix both for the next game. I now only need to finish a few of the challenges. You were right certain strongholds rival gang members show up randomly even with everything owned. I hear ya they need to release some dlc early compared to some games that release it too late.
I only need to vehicle surf longer, streak more (haha the run in streak I find funny as shit), hostage, taunt, and something else. I'm up to 36 out of 41

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I felt shitty when they made me play the terrible ending, after all the shit you had to go through no way am I getting Burt killed! Lol Although I liked the beatdown on Killbane. It was fitting since I made my guy pretty intimidating.

I knew those kind of challenges were going to be annoying to grind out, and that if I left them until the last thing to finish I'd possibly not even bother finishing them at all... so I ground them out early to get them out of the way. Either I suck at vehicle surfing, or 600 seconds is way too long for a task that can only be completed by focusing on it 100%; my record for longest surf was like 60 seconds, and it tended to be more like 15-20 on average.

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To be honest, I think Killbane should have been killed by the explosion... it was a bit anticlimactic that you just beat him up a bit and break his neck after all the other shit you put him through. Hell, you lay a worse beating on the dude in Murderbrawl XXXI. It would have sucked to have both Killbane and Cyrus die by blowing up their plane, but Cyrus could have ejected, then they could've added the beatdown part in there instead and finished it by making you throw him off the Daedalus...

And yeah, I got no issues with them killing off Johnny Gat, but it sucked to see Shaundi, Viola and Burt all killed off like that too. Definitely interested in seeing where they go with SR4 after this one.

[valgalder]

been watching all kinds of retro game youtube channels lately has inspired me to finally bust out my old Turbografx 16... what an awesomely underrated system... jamming Devils Crush, Rtype, Legendary Axe, Splattrehouse... so many good ones!! Now if I could find Turbo Duo that wasn't miraculously expensive these days so I can play my Dracula X and Cosmic Fantasy 2 games... Gate of Thunder... oh fuck..

[Masochrism]

man i allllways wanted one. ONE time i got to play Bonk's adventure when I was around 10 years old...it was glorious.

[valgalder]

man i allllways wanted one. ONE time i got to play Bonk's adventure when I was around 10 years old...it was glorious.

yeah it was one of those things I always wanted when it came out but never could actually afford one. I had one of those promotional pamphlets that showed all games and accessories and would just look through it all the time dreaming of actually owning one, haha.

When I was around 15 or 16 though, a local rental place was going out of business and managed to pick up stacks of games for like a dollar each (boxed) and some kid at school had a system he sold with some games for 30 bucks. So even though the system was dead and long gone by then, I still loved playing it.

I need to get all the bonk game again.. I had the first or 2nd one but they must have got lost somewhere down the line.

[valgalder]

this game is still insanely fun! Everything about it is awesome.. the graphics, music, all the secrets and bonus stuff.. wow.. best video pinball game ever!!

[guardianoftheblind]

[Broken Into Pieces]

this game is still insanely fun! Everything about it is awesome.. the graphics, music, all the secrets and bonus stuff.. wow.. best video pinball game ever!!

I had that game on the Sega Megadrive/Genesis, 'cept it was called Dragon's Fury or something like that. Spent many hours of my childhood playing that game

[doomeddisciple]

Oh co-fucking-sign

[guardianoftheblind]

what

[doomeddisciple]

Co-signing onto the sentiment of your img.

[Wang Mandu]

Ahaha, fucking Jim Sterling. Someone post the pic of him in a hot tub with his shirt on.

[Comrade Slinky]