Short Month, Short Pile

I'm a little late to my own party this month. I'm going to keep the list fairly short. Some of the games you guys selected though, aren't.

Here we go!

[u]Multi-Platform[/u]
Assassin's Creed - Hemi (next!), subaltern (next!), kaostheory (next!)
Command and Conquer 3 - Parallax Abstraction
The Darkness - subaltern
Burnout Paradise - Vrikk
Resident Evil 4 - Azure Chicken
Half-Life 2 - pnueman
Gears of War - kaostheory
Lego Star Wars: Complete Saga - Sku Boi

[u]Xbox 360[/u]
Eternal Sonata - Mystic Violet (next!), Ulairi
Saint's Row - Podunk
Crackdown - wordsmythe (next!), gtnissanfan

[u]PC[/u]
The Witcher - Vrikk (next!), Oso
Baldur's Gate - Social Chameleon
Company of Heroes - jmdanny, subaltern
World in Conflict - Vrikk
Dreamfall: The Longest Journey - Prederick

[u]Playstation 3[/u]

[u]Wii[/u]
Super Mario Galaxy - Vrikk

[u]Nintendo DS[/u]
Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker - Farscry (next!)

[u]Sony PSP[/u]
Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles - Mystic Violet (next!)

[u]Playstation 2[/u]
Shadow of the Colossus - Trachalio
God of War - Quintin_Stone

[u]Gamecube[/u]
Odama - Trachalio
Killer 7 - Trachalio

Still plugging away at the Witcher. Unlikely to finish it this month with my gaming time limited and so much action on the TF2 front.

I was starting to wonder, whether or not we were going to have one this month.

Anyway, sign me up for Company of Heroes, which I've restarted for the umpteenth time. Hopefully, I'll actually finish it this time.

Already done with Eternal Sonata. I finished it on the Feb. 3rd. Just when it looked like the story was going to take off, it falls apart and dies at the end. A lot of plot points were introduced and then dropped. That led to an ending that explained nothing and completely ruined the experience. Bleh.

I have moved on to bigger and better things. I have moved on to God of War.

Going way back for this one - put me down for Baldur's Gate + Tales of the Sword Coast.

I'm going to put myself down for Command & Conquer 3. I stopped playing last Summer near the end of the Nod campaign. I'm going to get through that bugger this month.

God of War

Put me down for Assassin's Creed, The Darkness, and Company of Heroes. If I have time I'll play a little World in Conflict.

I have one more Colossi to kill in Shadow of the Colossus and I'll be finished with that.

I've got the first three targets down and I'm finding that the game is repetitive, but I'm enjoying it. There's something satisfying about running along a rooftop and doing a flying assassination on an unsuspecting archer. I have found that about one target per session is all I want to play at a time. I'm trying to do all of the defend the citizens and high points, so it's taking 2-3 hours per target.

There's definitely some cool stuff in this game. Maybe Ubi can crank out a sequel the fills out the next world a little more. I'd grab the sequel as one of the few games I'll be buying in '08 if they do.

Hemi, I finished The Witcher last week

Instead, put me down for getting the last 11 stars I need for Mario Galaxy, completing the last 29 events to get my Paradise license, and finally getting enough skill to beat the final mission in World in Conflict.

Vrikk wrote:

Hemi, I finished The Witcher last week

Instead, put me down for getting the last 11 stars I need for Mario Galaxy, completing the last 29 events to get my Paradise license, and finally getting enough skill to beat the final mission in World in Conflict.

Got it. Perhaps you'd like to add the kitchen sink or something?

Hemidal wrote:
Vrikk wrote:

Hemi, I finished The Witcher last week

Instead, put me down for getting the last 11 stars I need for Mario Galaxy, completing the last 29 events to get my Paradise license, and finally getting enough skill to beat the final mission in World in Conflict.

Got it. Perhaps you'd like to add the kitchen sink or something? :)

Or you could make the list not as bad and take off The Witcher from my name

You've got (next!) to your name for that title. The forums don't support strike through, or I'd do that for completed games.

I'm trying to finish up Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker this month. I've been making good progress.

Hemidal wrote:

You've got (next!) to your name for that title. The forums don't support strike through, or I'd do that for completed games.

I understand you now. I took "next!" to mean that it was up-to-bat in the order. Never mind me.

Vrikk wrote:
Hemidal wrote:

You've got (next!) to your name for that title. The forums don't support strike through, or I'd do that for completed games.

I understand you now. I took "next!" to mean that it was up-to-bat in the order. Never mind me.

Yeah, I can see how it might be taken like that. I meant it as, "Time for the next in the pile!"

I rented RE4: Wii, which I'm currently playing through. It'll be this months' Achievement.
Mostly not been into gaming lately. Neh.

Down goes Mario Galaxy.

Down for Dreamfall: The Longest Journey on PC.

I'm chipping away at Half-Life 2, but it's nearly half-way through the month now and I'm still not out of Water Hazard, so I don't like my chances of getting through it this month.

Put me down for Assassin's Creed (7 Assassinations down, 2 more to go.... I hope)

While we're at it throw Gears of War on to the pile as well.

Put me down for Eternal Sonata...but with LO coming out tomorrow, that may not get done.

5 down, 4 to go. Still really digging it. I'm getting better at combat, counters and combo kills. Still get a kick out of charging an archer and doing a flying kill.

Hemidal wrote:

5 down, 4 to go. Still really digging it. I'm getting better at combat, counters and combo kills. Still get a kick out of charging an archer and doing a flying kill. :evil:

I don't think that ever gets old. I've done all the high points and all the save the citizens for all the assassinations so far and it does start to get repetitive, but the thing that really gets me is the counters that don't kill the person. Don't punch him in the nose and knock him down or kick him in the crotch, SLIT HIS THROAT!!! It didn't stat bugging me until it was 20ish on 1 battles. I can only counter so many times in a row and if he wont kill them with his counters my survivability plummets.

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand down falls the last mission in World in Conflict finally. My God it took forever to finish it. That's three games I've had almost completed since last semester that get their respective last nails.

Feels goooooooooood.

Crackdown update: I finished the second island (Volk) over the weekend. I'm trying to get 4 stars in Agility before tackling the last island in earnest-- there seem to be lots of ledges just out of my reach. And I love the exploration of searching for Agility orbs.

For those of you who've finished the game-- once you defeat all the gangs, how hard is it to level up your driving skills? I've been avoiding driving for the most part since the pedestrians always seem to run off the sidewalk, into the street, and under my car as I drive by =( . If I just do the races and stunts after the gangs are gone, will I still be able to get to 4 stars?

I'm gonna have to postpone God of War for another month. My arm isn't fully healed yet and all of the damn button mashing is just too painful for me right now.

This month will definitely go to Castlevania: the Dracula X Chronicles. I put this game away a while ago because I had no idea where the maidens were hidden and you can't get the real ending without rescuing them. After searching every stage high and low with no results, I had no choice but to use gamefaqs. So now it will be completed very soon.

gtnissanfan wrote:

Crackdown update: I finished the second island (Volk) over the weekend. I'm trying to get 4 stars in Agility before tackling the last island in earnest-- there seem to be lots of ledges just out of my reach. And I love the exploration of searching for Agility orbs.

For those of you who've finished the game-- once you defeat all the gangs, how hard is it to level up your driving skills? I've been avoiding driving for the most part since the pedestrians always seem to run off the sidewalk, into the street, and under my car as I drive by =( . If I just do the races and stunts after the gangs are gone, will I still be able to get to 4 stars?

Driving is pretty easy. There's a spot on the third island where you car exits from the base that usually has some gang members walking along the street. Mow them down, wash, rinse repeat. You get the death squads, they jump out of their cars... you get the picture? You basically run up and down the same three blocks for quite a while.

Dracula has been slain! Rejoice!

I completed the game at 72%. I can live with that because I really don't want to unlock the whole soundtrack.

DXC was nothing but pure, old-school gaming. I can't even count the amount of times I died yet went back for more. This game is the reason why I'm so glad the Belmont family finally decided to teach their descendants how to swim. OMFG... Ritcher couldn't even do a freakin doggie paddle. *sigh* Though it was kind of hilarious watching him fall into the water and sink like a rock.

And now, I shall eagerly await the next Castlevania.

Dracula wrote:

BBL!

Apparently I can't count. I just killed number 5 last night. Still have 4 to go. Number 5 was messy. I tried to do a "Death from Above" and ended up in a 20 vs. me battle. I actually killed the target accidentally with a counter kill.

Put me down for the new Lego Star Wars: Complete Saga for 360, also multiplatform...I think there's a table top version.