The Energon Pub

[The Happy Locust]

Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's edge
Day 4 is officially cleared. Boss battle against a 'Prototype God' that liked to switch between 3 sets of arms each time I cut a pair off. Pain in da backside but a worthy challenge.
Started Day 5. It started off on a good note since I now have a dual-sword style as an alternate weapon.

[BeastProwl]

Borderlands 2

Went and busted the bunker and met angel.

I thought she was an A.I? Didnt expect her to be a siren, that means there are 3 out of 4 on pandora? Popular planet, Especially if Steele was a siren too, given the eyes and tatoos and such, that makes 4
Seriously that satellite just lost all my interest...

Also, sh!t got dark. Surprise Surprise.

[Shadowman]

Borderlands 2

Went and busted the bunker and met angel.

I thought she was an A.I? Didnt expect her to be a siren, that means there are 3 out of 4 on pandora? Popular planet, Especially if Steele was a siren too, given the eyes and tatoos and such, that makes 4
Seriously that satellite just lost all my interest...

Also, sh!t got dark. Surprise Surprise.

Six sirens. And yeah, it's never been confirmed but most people assume Steele is a Siren. (It doesn't help she uses the prototype design for Lilith) Jack mentions in an ECHO recording that he knows who three of them are, foreshadowing, well, what you said.

[BeastProwl]

Borderlands 2

So, after storming through "holy crap this is Fyrestone!?" and taking out a hyperion loader two wilhelms tall, I unlocked the final mission (I think) But I want to do all the sidequests first, so I wont be doing it for a while. I checked on Jacks grandmother too. That one threw me for a loop.

Also: Explosive Kunai

[The Happy Locust]

Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's edge
Finished days 5 and 6, which involved Fighting the leader of the Black spider clan (who was an 80 foot tall spider demon with boils that proved to be her undoing) and my evil twin (Both in regular and ultra-evil forms.).
Up to Day 6 for Ayane.

Sonic All Stars Racing Transformed
Playing through Career mode. Unlocked Amigo, Shadow, and Danica Patrick (why!?)

[BeastProwl]

Borderlands 2

Beaten
I wasn't sure they would make up for the horrible campaign finale of part one like that, surprise surprise. Now, a most difficult decision: True Vault Hunter Mode? Or New Character? I want to reap the rewards of playthrough 2, and stand a chance against all the overcapped bosses, but I also want to gunzerk, and mechromance. Hard decision to be made...

[Shadowman]

Borderlands 2

Beaten
I wasn't sure they would make up for the horrible campaign finale of part one like that, surprise surprise. Now, a most difficult decision: True Vault Hunter Mode? Or New Character? I want to reap the rewards of playthrough 2, and stand a chance against all the overcapped bosses, but I also want to gunzerk, and mechromance. Hard decision to be made...

If you're going for TVHM, keep in mind, I have a level 50 Mechromancer and I'm always happy to help. I say that because you will be asking for help.

Ninja Gaiden Sigma:
Killed Alma, it was hella easier. I'm playing on Ninja Dog difficulty, because this game is just dirty sometimes. Would be better if it didn't have to start with Ayane being a bitch. This is why everyone likes Kasumi better!

Zone of the Enders HD:
BEATEN! Man that ending was weak. The game was great, but the ending was actually worse then the ending of ME3. (Before the extended cut)

Zone of the Enders: The Second Runner HD:
Looks nicer, plays better, and those anime cutscenes are actually pretty tight. Just got strapped into Jehuty by the hot redhead chick. Now let's go have some revenge!

[BeastProwl]

I have so been mulling over picking up Zone of the enders. Like Metal gear, it was "that one game my uncle had that's name I couldn't remember. Hard to believe he had so many games with such depth, now all he plays is COD, I have tried to save him, I truly have.

Borderlands 2: The quest for easter eggs

Was told of 2 easter eggs in the caustic caverns. I got to one, but I cant reach the other one. Not strong enough yet.

Metal Gear Rising Demo

I spent literally 15 minutes just running around like, "CAN I CUT THIS? OMG! I CAN!" Boss was tricky, how exactly do I "parry'? It prompts me to, but I dont understand.I wish I was financially stable enough to pre order it and pay for it gy release, dat grey fox...

Grey Fox better be DLC...

[Shadowman]

Metal Gear Rising Demo

I spent literally 15 minutes just running around like, "CAN I CUT THIS? OMG! I CAN!" Boss was tricky, how exactly do I "parry'? It prompts me to, but I dont understand.I wish I was financially stable enough to pre order it and pay for it gy release, dat grey fox...

You could have just copied and pasted what I said about it. Though from the looks of things, you pretty much did...

Parrying requires hitting square the moment the enemy hits you. It requires really good timing.

[The Happy Locust]

Dragon age II
Finally got back to this. Finished the companion question 'Dissent' and watched Ander's make a horrible mistake. In a truly character-defining moment, I reloaded my last save and prevented him from making said mistake.
This then led to a love scene between my character and Anders. And yes, my character in DA2 is female.

[d_sel1]

Well, I started on a freebie download of DC Universe Online for the PS3. My character's name is Darga Shadow and he is a protege of the Joker. Darga Shadow has super speed and martial arts ability. I'm a noob at Level 5. So if you see a dude in all black hanging out in Gotham City, that me.

[ashe5k]

Aliens: Colonial Marines (PC/Steam)
I'm about 2 hours into the campaign, going to try multiplayer this afternoon now that the game is out to see how that works. Hard to review it when no one is on. I'm playing what I'm assuming was after a 500 meg patch on Saturday as I've not had near the AI problems that other people have had with the game and it's been running smooth.

Mass Effect 3 (PS3)
Way passed where I was at palaven. At this point I've just finished Tuchunka now.

Saint's Row The Third (Steam/PC)
More trophies. Hit level 20 plus so I can see collecitbles now and went and grabbed all of them. I'll eventually get back to the story line... I think.

Persona 4 Golden (PS Vita)
I played this almost every day while I was up in NYC visiting my son. I'm up past the finals in July now. When I put it down last I'd just hit May but then started over on the easiest setting because I didn't feel like grinding battles for levels.

Transformers: Legends (Android)
I've got all the tier 1's now and I'm not seeing any gaps in my tier 2's but the 3's and 4's are just not coming. I'm trying to pop on this at least once a day now.

Dungeons and Dragons Online (PC/Steam)
Flagged more toons for raids with my wife, worked on a few lowbies trying to get a friend up to endgame raiding level.

[The Happy Locust]

Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's edge
GAME.OVER!
I now know what it is to beat a Modern Ninja Gaiden game, and even on 'normal' most I think I'm suffering from PTSD.
Having ground my teeth and resisted flinging my gamepad through a window on normal difficulty, I shudder to think what the harder difficulties are like. I'll try the harder levels later, but for now I need to reclaim my sanity and play something with a more reasonable difficulty. Overall, fun game and from what I understand, a more worthy sequel than the original NG3 release.

[The Happy Locust]

*Locust prepares to double-post. He steps over the mine that nailed him last time, hops over a trip wire, and reaches the 'post' button. On pressing it, he realizes it was a trap and not the real post button."

Ah crap...



*Yet again, his entrails form the following message."

New Super Mario Bros U
Cleared the water world and halfway through the ice world. I'm too lazy to look up the names.

Kirby Mass Attack
not sure what the leveling scheme is, but up to level 6.

Dragon AGe 2
Act II is done. Working on side quests for act 3. Helped Fenris find his sister and end the threat of his former Master. My character's family has shrunk considerably. I'm also helping Anders find a potential cure for his dual personality problem.

Nano Assault Neo
Cleared Zeta cluster.

[d_sel1]

DC Universe Online-level 15 (although leveling up in this game is a fast process), Darga Shadow, Martial Artist. My character is developing into an assassin type (collected 4 PvP bounties already) and "gang war" sniper. Should I try to develop other weapons skills (pistols, dual handed, etc)?

[BeastProwl]

Borderlands 2
Playing online with three other players.
Go to Tundra Express.
Killing Varkids, because who cares.
Vermivorous
Well, thats about all the Borderlands I want today!

Vanquish
Really fun, though somewhat repetitive.
Got past the point were I had to kill two of those 4 story robots that transform into squid-spider death walkers, fought a robotic transforming wolf/cat robot who would make a good beast-former let me say, and am currently on whatever mission is next.

Sly 2
Replaying the series since I never beat the 3rd one.
Currently on episode 5, trying to start an all out war between The Contessa and Neyla, or however its spelt. Gotta say, good gameplay barely ever ages, This game, like all the Jak games, are in muscle memory, its odd.

[Shadowman]

Should I try to develop other weapons skills (pistols, dual handed, etc)?

Yes and no. You never really need to switch up weapons in mid-battle, but those perks at the bottom of each weapon skilltree are something you should definitely invest points in, depending on your role.

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Dragonborn:
BEATEN! As far as an Elder Scrolls game can be beaten, anyway. I've still got a bunch of sidequests to do, a couple more Black Books to read and exactly one more Word Wall to find, though I know where it is and how to get it. I'm not buying Hearthfire when it releases today, instead I'm going to buy it with Dawnguard when that finally releases on PSN next week.

Alpha Protocol:
BEATEN! Well, sort of. I feel like I missed a few things (I only slept with three women!) so I'm starting a new game. Playing as Recruit this time, because why not?

[BeastProwl]

Wait, its coming to PS3? ****! One of the reasons I let Skyrim go was the fact that Dawnguard was never coming out! Factor that in next to the horrible lag. Was the data recycling system ever patched? I feel like I could have made a huge mistake...

[Shadowman]

Wait, its coming to PS3? ****! One of the reasons I let Skyrim go was the fact that Dawnguard was never coming out! Factor that in next to the horrible lag. Was the data recycling system ever patched? I feel like I could have made a huge mistake...

Dragonborn and Hearthfire were both released on PSN, Dawnguard is coming next Tuesday. Yes, finally.

[SKYWARPED_128]

Anyone played Metal Gear Rising yet? I hear it's ridiculously short, clocking in at only 4-6 hours of total gameplay, not counting game over replays and cutscenes.

I'm giving myself until this weekend to decide whether or not to buy it. The gameplay is apparently top notch, but such a short campaign kind of makes it feel like I'm getting cheated here.

[BeastProwl]

Anyone played Metal Gear Rising yet? I hear it's ridiculously short, clocking in at only 4-6 hours of total gameplay, not counting game over replays and cutscenes.

I'm giving myself until this weekend to decide whether or not to buy it. The gameplay is apparently top notch, but such a short campaign kind of makes it feel like I'm getting cheated here.

Keep in mind its a Metal Gear game. The cutscenes and dialogue should exponentially increase that. It might be like MGS4, only a few hours of gameplay, but a box-office movie of cutscenes. Ide assume so anyway.

[Shadowman]

Anyone played Metal Gear Rising yet? I hear it's ridiculously short, clocking in at only 4-6 hours of total gameplay, not counting game over replays and cutscenes.

I'm giving myself until this weekend to decide whether or not to buy it. The gameplay is apparently top notch, but such a short campaign kind of makes it feel like I'm getting cheated here.

Keep in mind its a Metal Gear game. The cutscenes and dialogue should exponentially increase that. It might be like MGS4, only a few hours of gameplay, but a box-office movie of cutscenes. Ide assume so anyway.

Yeah, all Metal Gear games can be beaten in a single sitting. Beating it in three hours on the highest difficulty traditionally gives you the Big Boss title.

[SKYWARPED_128]

Anyone played Metal Gear Rising yet? I hear it's ridiculously short, clocking in at only 4-6 hours of total gameplay, not counting game over replays and cutscenes.

I'm giving myself until this weekend to decide whether or not to buy it. The gameplay is apparently top notch, but such a short campaign kind of makes it feel like I'm getting cheated here.

Keep in mind its a Metal Gear game. The cutscenes and dialogue should exponentially increase that. It might be like MGS4, only a few hours of gameplay, but a box-office movie of cutscenes. Ide assume so anyway.

Yeah, all Metal Gear games can be beaten in a single sitting. Beating it in three hours on the highest difficulty traditionally gives you the Big Boss title.

True. Now that I think on it, almost half of MGS4's total playtime was made up of codec conversations and cutscenes.

Maybe I will buy the game after all.

[d_sel1]

Anyone played Metal Gear Rising yet? I hear it's ridiculously short, clocking in at only 4-6 hours of total gameplay, not counting game over replays and cutscenes.

I'm giving myself until this weekend to decide whether or not to buy it. The gameplay is apparently top notch, but such a short campaign kind of makes it feel like I'm getting cheated here.

Keep in mind its a Metal Gear game. The cutscenes and dialogue should exponentially increase that. It might be like MGS4, only a few hours of gameplay, but a box-office movie of cutscenes. Ide assume so anyway.

Yeah, all Metal Gear games can be beaten in a single sitting. Beating it in three hours on the highest difficulty traditionally gives you the Big Boss title.

True. Now that I think on it, almost half of MGS4's total playtime was made up of codec conversations and cutscenes.

Maybe I will buy the game after all.

Can I put in my two cents, maybe you might want to buy it on sale?
Unless, you want it right now, you might consider the game more worth the money at a cheaper price. Let's say the short gameplay might be more justified with a $30 buck price tag (or even a rental) than a $60 one.

[SKYWARPED_128]

Anyone played Metal Gear Rising yet? I hear it's ridiculously short, clocking in at only 4-6 hours of total gameplay, not counting game over replays and cutscenes.

I'm giving myself until this weekend to decide whether or not to buy it. The gameplay is apparently top notch, but such a short campaign kind of makes it feel like I'm getting cheated here.

Keep in mind its a Metal Gear game. The cutscenes and dialogue should exponentially increase that. It might be like MGS4, only a few hours of gameplay, but a box-office movie of cutscenes. Ide assume so anyway.

Yeah, all Metal Gear games can be beaten in a single sitting. Beating it in three hours on the highest difficulty traditionally gives you the Big Boss title.

True. Now that I think on it, almost half of MGS4's total playtime was made up of codec conversations and cutscenes.

Maybe I will buy the game after all.

Can I put in my two cents, maybe you might want to buy it on sale?
Unless, you want it right now, you might consider the game more worth the money at a cheaper price. Let's say the short gameplay might be more justified with a $30 buck price tag (or even a rental) than a $60 one.

That's actually a good idea, but the problem is that games sell out very quickly (2 weeks to a month more or less) and don't seem to get restocked. I don't know why; it's just the way it is in my neck of the woods.

I can pretty much forget about a sale, since they never remain on shelves long enough for that. Except for the really bad ones, but MGR is certainly not a bad game.