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

[Masochrism]

Gonna hook up the old NES and try to beat Super Mario Bros this weekend.

Sucks that I was much more talented at this shit over 20 years ago than I can even wish to be now.

your getting skyrim, right

[Masochrism]

Gonna hook up the old NES and try to beat Super Mario Bros this weekend.

Sucks that I was much more talented at this shit over 20 years ago than I can even wish to be now.

your getting skyrim, right

[canon.docre]

I was trying to finish Castlevania - Sympohnies of the Night with no walkthru, made ~90% finished, beat Belmont and was expecting the inverted castle to start. Nope! So I peak into the walkthru to see how to trigger the inverted castle .. fuck, they sure don't make em like this anymore. do you think anyone figured out all of the secrets in C:SOTN without reverse-engineering the game?

[fallbacktostone]

i think i got 96-97% without looking at anything back in the day.

[canon.docre]

i think i got 96-97% without looking at anything back in the day.

You know you can get it to 210.2% or some shit?

[canon.docre]

I love/hate how there is just some shit that doesn't do anything. Like in the gear (clock?) tower, you can hit some of the gears along the wall and they spin slightly. Does that do anything? I have no fucking idea!

[canon.docre]

Gonna hook up the old NES and try to beat Super Mario Bros this weekend.

Sucks that I was much more talented at this shit over 20 years ago than I can even wish to be now.

your getting skyrim, right

you can't actually "beat" Mario Bros. on Nintendo, can you? doesn't it just repeat over and over, but the second and subsequent times are even more retardedly difficult?

[Introvert]

Gonna hook up the old NES and try to beat Super Mario Bros this weekend.

Sucks that I was much more talented at this shit over 20 years ago than I can even wish to be now.

your getting skyrim, right

you can't actually "beat" Mario Bros. on Nintendo, can you? doesn't it just repeat over and over, but the second and subsequent times are even more retardedly difficult?

Well....there goes my fucking weekend!!

[canon.docre]

I highly recommend doing this anyways. Also, Mario 3, no warp whistles is fun.

[riley-o]

i got like 196% on symphony of the night

that fucking game man

[Necrometer]

dudes you can totally beat SMB1, I did it right before I sold my NES

[milkmandan]

skyrim has leaked

[Masochrism]

i bet ill be able to snag a 360 copy later this week even though i wont be playing it for a while...:smug:

[Wang Mandu]

Watching a bit of a stream and . This game is going to ruin lives.

[Comrade Slinky]

This game is going to ruin lives.

It damn well better.

[Wolfey]

Watching a bit of a stream and . This game is going to ruin lives.

I hate the fact that so much of this game is ruined for me. Thankfully I'm not watching hat stream. Fucking boredom

[Wang Mandu]

I hate the fact that so much of this game is ruined for me.

This is probably the biggest game with the least amount of media released this year.

The one I'm watching is only the Golden Claw quest Bethesda already revealed. I just want to see some non-marketing footage.

[Wolfey]

I hate the fact that so much of this game is ruined for me.

This is probably the biggest game with the least amount of media released this year.

The one I'm watching is only the Golden Claw quest Bethesda already revealed. I just want to see some non-marketing footage.

Still, I wish I didn't know it. One of the reasons I loved Oblivion was I knew nothing about it, so that's what made it so great. These little things make all the more bothersome that I know it.

[copstache]

You did it to yourself dummy. I don't know dick about any quests

[guardianoftheblind]

i don't mind hearing about 1 or 2 quests in a 903475928347892763809 quest/hour game

i dunno

[From Blintzes to Crepes]

Is Red Dead Redemption fun?

[Spooky Apparition]

for like 10-15 hours until it turns into repetitive bullshit.

objectively, i know a lot of people enjoyed it. if you're really into the story and setting, you'll probably enjoy it. for me it had GTA4 syndrome where my enjoyment wore off and it just turned into a tedious slog by the time i got halfway through mexico. didn't even finish the game. the last time i didn't finish a game i paid $60 for was GTA4, so i might just be disinclined to like rockstar games.

[Spooky Apparition]

Actually... I'd LIKE to hear about some sky rim quests. All I've seen so far is "dragon screaming" and the animals you can fight.

that's all i know too, and also some of the changes made to the interface and basic gameplay things. but for me the best part about oblivion was encountering cool side quests (like the artist lost in the painting, sleeping at an inn and having pirates take it out to sea, etc.), so i'm fine with that.

considering how many previews i'm read i'm sorta surprised how little i know actually.

also, can anyone with any technical knowledge explain how a game like skyrim is one disc while rage is two? (i know it had three but one is for multiplayer so i don't count that) i know higher-resolution textures take up more space, but i assume skyrim has a ton of dialogue, a much larger world, etc. i don't get how they do it.

[From Blintzes to Crepes]

for like 10-15 hours until it turns into repetitive bullshit.

objectively, i know a lot of people enjoyed it. if you're really into the story and setting, you'll probably enjoy it. for me it had GTA4 syndrome where my enjoyment wore off and it just turned into a tedious slog by the time i got halfway through mexico. didn't even finish the game. the last time i didn't finish a game i paid $60 for was GTA4, so i might just be disinclined to like rockstar games.

It comes with Undead Nightmare too, and the thought of shooting zombies in the Old West REALLY appeals to me.

[From Blintzes to Crepes]

It's $30 and I ordered it. Thanks Amazon! Also bought a Kinect stand.