What are you playing now?

[AlexM]

Dunno where else to post it, i grabbed a few redeem cards at Starbucks with codes for Ridiculous Fishing on the App Store, first come first served (posted also elsewhere):

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codes valid until 19th jan 2014.

 

i got it for android a while back. That game is one hell of a treadmill. Kind of like a popular kongregate game. 

[Taylor]

I've finished A Link Between Worlds but I've started again on Hero Mode. Pretty much everything I said before was WRONG and I read it back with shame. As soon as you get past the introduction it's full-on LTTP fanservice and dungeon design gets much better. Item renting always feels a bit weird, but seems like the best way to handle the more freestyle nature of the game.

 

I searched the Internet to see if ALBW not handling death by popping you back at the last door you went through as if nothing had happened meant it was basically Dark Souls. The Internet did not disappoint, although it was mostly comments and a lengthy IGN preview. Incidentally I died 5 times on my first play through and I wasn't tryharding or anything: it's not hard, it just sucks more if you die. Which you won't. Unless you play video games for a living, I guess.

 

Also playing Super Mario 3D Land which I got free with Zelda, which is the 3DS one (so not Super Mario 3D World). It's really good and I love the way Mario and Zelda just drop in little stage and dungeon gimmicks you could make an entire 20 hour game out of (ideally with a narrator firing every other step), so on one level platforms are synced to the music and on another there are platforms that change whenever you jump. I like it. There are some annoying jumps due to him taking a while to get moving though? Maybe I'm just being crap.

[mjens]

It's a sin that I haven't played FC3: Blood Dragon before. It'a really nice game, it's a well designer and funny as hell! The one problem is with that save block at the start, sad thing that there was no other way. That somehow shows up how messy the engine/scripting system is...

[blackdog]

i got it for android a while back. That game is one hell of a treadmill. Kind of like a popular kongregate game.

Mmh.

Don't have an iOS or other platform to try it, i trust you... so many of the mobile games are. From the trailer looks like a fun game to play anyways though. (I played a hell of a lot of Jetpack Joyride without paying a dime on my Blackberry Playbook, and it's most definitely a treadmill.)

[AlexM]

Oh i'm not saying it's not fun. I couldn't put it down for 2 hours. It was a very fun treadmill. 

[FrieChamp]

Ridiculous Fishing didn't entertain me for weeks but it was cents well spent. Fun mobile game.

 

I have played and finished Bioshock Infinite over the holidays. Fantastic game world, great companion character and a very confusing ending.

 

I blame Hearthstone for not finishing more games. The first card battler I am thoroughly enjoying. Blizzard is at it again!

[AlexM]

Why is hearthstone so addictive?

 

Collectables? 

 

My twitter consists of a lot of posts about people being addicted to the game. 

[Warby]

j0 "brothers" is one hell of a game go play now !

[Sentura]

lawd it's a new year

[knj]

Just ordered DE:HR director's cut for ps3, this time i will finish this game

[FrieChamp]

Why is hearthstone so addictive?

 

Collectables? 

 

My twitter consists of a lot of posts about people being addicted to the game. 

 

That is the best part: it is not (to me at least). It's like chess. Very strategic. Luck is a component (so maybe it's more similar to Poker) and there is the occasional match when you just throw up your arms and scream "unfair!" but a good, balanced deck and strategic thinking is more important. There are different playstyles, classes and a leveling system but the fact that you can casually play it on a laptop, on the couch has been a factor for me, too. Should be perfect for tablets.

[Sentura]

Decided to pick up all the DLCs for new vegas and have been attempting to complete them with mixed results. My previous savegames had gone missing as well, so I spent extra time getting to a level that would unlock the DLCs. I've completed Honest Hearts so far, and I'm attempting Dead Money. Honest Hearts was interesting in terms of Van Buren lore, but really nothing special otherwise. Boring environment, not much interaction, not any interesting quests.

 

Dead Money on the other hand feels like what would happen if Bioshock and Fallout met in the desert. Not only is it insanely hard due to the environment literally killing you, but you have these weird shadowy creatures that you can only knock unconscious, but not kill. You have to find companions locked inside different parts of a large casino village, each armed with a skill that is useful for you, but you're limited to just having one at a time. This creates a lot of dynamic in the mechanics, but also a lot of tediousness. And sadly, that tediousness is starting to get to me despite how cool the environment, the survival horror aspect and the plot/story is. And I can only say good things about the plot: Mystery dude captures you along with 3 others in order for you to do a heist on a legendary/mythical casino that nobody has ever returned from. I'm having trouble recommending it due to the sheer problem with difficulty (you will die A LOT), but I'll be damned if I won't power through it because its premise is so fucking golden.

[Sentura]

Finished Dead Money... Definitely recommended and well worth the money, heightened difficulty be damned. Excellent design, narrative and art (deco). I never expected to see this in DLC, and I don't regret getting it one bit.

[selmitto]

I've been playing around 7-8 hours straight of Mark of the Ninja. This is an excellent game! Great game and level design, art animation, pacing, upgrade/ class system etc. Everyone should play it. It's great. I'm almost finishing the main story.

[blackdog]

QuizUp (iOS) is great.