Finished Max Payne 2 Hard Boiled level. Now I can play the hardest level where

Because of some chief motivation in the form of ass kickings, I have return full time to SFxT. Akuma has joined my ranks, for the first time in 8 years.

Just finished Dragon Age as a mage. Was a lot more difficult than I expected considering the fact that I was playing on casual.

Really liked it though. The controls felt super-weird, but duh. I am going to play 2 soon.

Should've been spec'd Arcane Warrior, easy mode for mages in that game.

Lately I have been playing:

Guitar Hero 3: Legends of Rock (PS2)
WWE '12 (XBOX 360)
Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection (XBOX 360)
Harvest Moon: Animal Parade (Wii)
Wii Sports (Wii)

Resident Evil Zero (Gamecube)

Lego Batman 2
Max Payne 3

Gone back to Fallout New Vegas. Wonder if I can stick with it this time.

Games I've Beaten in 2012:

Saints Row: The Third - 86
Ultimate MvC 3 - 80
Mortal Kombat - 85
From Dust - 75
Street Fighter III: Third Strike Online Edition - 60
Skate 3 - 82
Back to the Future: The Game - 70
Gears of War 3 - 76
The Simpsons: The Arcade Game - 56
Mass Effect 3 - 86
Payday: The Heist - 70
MLB 12: The Show - 83
NBA 2K12 - 79
Deadly Premonition - Fuck You
Goldeneye: Reloaded - 9
Street Fighter X Tekken - 42
Bastion - 90
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Trilogy Collection HD - n/a
Resident Evil 5 - 70
Dungeon Defenders - 78
Resistance 3 - 53
Dark Souls - 95

For my thoughts on the game read some of the zillions of replies in the thread.

Working on: Magicka, Borderlands, Bunch of Heroes, Alien Swarm, Trine, LOTR: TWITN, Soul Calibur V, Metal Gear Solid Collection

Beat Brutal Legend, and I enjoyed it.

It has a likeable cast of characters, excellent art direction, a compelling narrative, the gameplay is intuitive and fun, and the voice acting is tops across the board.

I was off-put by the mix of hack-and-slash with RTS at first, but it became second nature pretty quickly thanks to the control scheme.

If I had to find a major fault with Brutal Legend, it would be that it's rather easy.

The final boss in particular is a cakewalk, and there really isn't a penalty for dying...also, for a game that was driven so much by character interaction and an grand mythic story, the ending was a bit too brief and felt hollow to me.

In addition, you're given a pretty large world to explore, but there isn't much to do in it.
You have your main quests, and side quests, but the side quests vary between 3-4 different types which all play largely the same.
Outside of that you can go on the standard scavenger hunt for various relics and monuments, but the rewards provided for finding them aren't worth the trouble and time used for searching them out.

That aside, I really did enjoy the game.
The combat is fun, the story engaging, I totally loved the artistic direction (particularly in the Black Metal region) and I found myself laughing on many occasions because the game can be genuinely funny at times.

If you haven't played it, I recommend giving it a try, as it can be had very cheaply (got my copy from newegg.com for $5) especially if you're a metal head, or if you just want a light, fun game to play without having to worry about it whipping your ass without mercy.

Mass Effect 3... This is totally right up there alongside Halo only better!

Lego Batman 2, dunno not as good as the 1st i dont think.

That's very disappointing to hear. I was looking forward to that.

Its still worth getting, you get to play as the Justice League etc., just seems a bit funny now that they speak. Think Hasney said it in another thread but its lost a little of its charm because of it.

I'm still in if I can bust things up with the Green Lantern.

Is the character creator deal in again? Kind of sucks in the first one that you had to beat the thing twice before you unlocked everything. I wanted to play as Azreal, but didn't see the point after beating the whole game twice already.:(

You get an achievement for defeating Sinestro with Lantern/Zod with Superman. Yeah think so,its in the Batcave, not sure if you have to complete the story first to unlock it though. You're actually running around Gotham between levels, all the non story specific characters are there for you to unlock like the Pirates game, you need Superman to open up parts of the city/flash/lantern to build things.

Games beaten in 2012:
Sonic 2 (XBLA version)
Call of Duty Black Ops
Portal (Xbox 360 Orange Box version)
Rainbow Six Vegas 2
Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword
Wayne Gretzky's 3D Hockey
WCW/NWO Revenge

Finally got around to playing Revenge after buying it over a year ago and getting the replacement AV cables for the N64 last month. Also was splitting time between that game and beating Rainbow Six Vegas 2 on Realistic mode.

Batman Begins (Gamecube) this is one of the few games based on a movie that is pretty entertaing (despite being rather limited)

lol WHAT?!

I may be alittle behind, but I just started playing through Skyrim. I'm playing as a Nord battlemage named Scott Roberts.

Beat in 2012 - Rating
Assassins Creed: Revelations - 2/5
Mass Effect 2 - 5/5
Mass Effect 3 - 4/5
Modern Warfare 3 - 3/5
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning - 4/5
The Witcher 2 - 3/5
Trine 2 - 3/5
Dragon's Dogma - 3/5
The Amazing Spider-Man - 5/5

I fucking loved it. Being able to actually webswing through the city sold me on this game before I even played it. Loved the Batman: AA/AC style indoors parts too.

"Beat" in 2012:

The Binding Of Isaac - 7/10
The Witcher 2 - 10/10
Limbo - 5/10
And Yet It Moves - 4/10
VVVVVV - 6/10
Alien Swarm - 6/10
NecroVision (2nd time) - 7/10
Spongebob Squarepants The Movie 2/10
Space Marine 8/10

Currently playing:

Dawn of War 2: Retribution
Dead Island
Trine 2

Settle down.

Beat in 2012:
Demon's Souls
The Adventures of Alundra
Catherine
Dead Nation
Uncharted 2
Journey
Blazblue: Calamity Trigger
Brutal Legend
Batman Arkham Asylum
Resident Evil 5
Shin Megami Tensei Nocturne
Skyrim

Currently playing:
Blazblue Continuum Shift Extend
Final Fantasy XIII-2
Wipeout HD (Got it for free last year. No idea whats going on here)

RIGHT NOW: Fifa 12

took a few month break but finally feel 'into it' again. have been beatin the fuck outta peeps.

Going through Resident Evil 2 again...such a great game.

Games beaten in 2012:
Sonic 2 (XBLA version)
Call of Duty Black Ops
Portal (Xbox 360 Orange Box version)
Rainbow Six Vegas 2
Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword
Wayne Gretzky's 3D Hockey
WCW/NWO Revenge
Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time

After owning the game for years, finally got around to finishing it since all I had left was the final boss fight. Either became preoccupied with other games or just forgot to bother finishing it a lot of times.


Main games Currently Playing:
Metroid Prime 3
Portal 2

I got back into Old Republic. God, what fun game. I also picked up Final Fantasy 10 and I'm hooked on that. Except for Blitzball. Concept is great, but needs to be executed diferently. I suck at math.

Urgh. Hate Blitzball. One of the reasons I havent finished FF10 yet...

You dont have to win a single match of Blitzball to finish FFX.

Blitzball was easy as shit all you need is Sphere Shot

Yeah, and you gotta play some to get Wakka's super weapon I think?

FFX has the most annoying cast out of any FF game I think...

If you want to unlock all of his Overdrives and his ultimate weapon you'll have to play a lot of Blitzball. You dont NEED any of them but they will help with Dark Aeons / Arena bosses if you're going after them. Just sign a good goalkeeper (ie. the guy on the bench at Moonflow) and sphere shot / jecht shot the shit out of everything.

Games I've beaten so far in 2012:
Forza 3
Fight Night Round 4
WWE '12 Road to Wrestlemania mode
Earthworm Jim HD

Really hate that game right now. So hard for no reason, especially the "Pete" escort level and the last level.

Beat in 2012 - Rating
Assassins Creed: Revelations - 2/5
Mass Effect 2 - 5/5
Mass Effect 3 - 4/5
Modern Warfare 3 - 3/5
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning - 4/5
The Witcher 2 - 3/5
Trine 2 - 3/5
Dragon's Dogma - 3/5
The Amazing Spider-Man - 5/5
NBA2K12 - N/A
Warriors Orochi 3 - 4/5

Not gonna give a rating, but since I broke Wilt Chamberlain's single game points record in My Player mode, I'm just gonna consider the game beat.

Finished Mass Effect 2. Less depressing ending than the 3rd..

Games I've beaten so far in 2012:
Forza 3
Fight Night Round 4
WWE '12
Earthworm Jim HD
X-Men: The Arcade Game
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II

Games I've Beaten in 2012:

Saints Row: The Third - 86
Ultimate MvC 3 - 80
Mortal Kombat - 85
From Dust - 75
Street Fighter III: Third Strike Online Edition - 60
Skate 3 - 82
Back to the Future: The Game - 70
Gears of War 3 - 76
The Simpsons: The Arcade Game - 56
Mass Effect 3 - 86
Payday: The Heist - 70
MLB 12: The Show - 83
NBA 2K12 - 79
Deadly Premonition - Fuck You
Goldeneye: Reloaded - 9
Street Fighter X Tekken - 42
Bastion - 90
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Trilogy Collection HD - n/a
Resident Evil 5 - 70
Dungeon Defenders - 78
Resistance 3 - 53
Dark Souls - 95
Lord of the Rings: The War in the North - n/a

I don't care. The dialogue from the characters was incredibly verbose in describing who they are and where they're from and where they're going in the Tolkienism of being described as "Gydneyelsdij of Fryreshuierh" and "Havelkernp from Flendermore" and after a while my head started to hurt and I just didn't give a fuck.

Combat isn't great. The AI teammates aren't spectacular. The camera is bad.

I beat the first chapter and now I'm sending it out. Waste of time.

Working on: Borderlands, The Walking Dead, Dear Esther, Terraria, Magicka, Trine 2, Soul Calibur V, Metal Gear Solid Collection, maybe Portal 2 co-op (forgot I haven't touched it for 360)

Shit, forgot to put down the Walking Dead episodes, beat both and forgot to add them to the list.

Beat in 2012 - Rating
Assassins Creed: Revelations - 2/5
Mass Effect 2 - 5/5
Mass Effect 3 - 4/5
Modern Warfare 3 - 3/5
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning - 4/5
The Witcher 2 - 3/5
Trine 2 - 3/5
Dragon's Dogma - 3/5
The Amazing Spider-Man - 5/5
NBA2K12 - N/A
Warriors Orochi 3 - 4/5
The Walking Dead Eps 1&2 - 4/5 for both.