MindFreak Posted November 19, 2012 Posted November 19, 2012 If you are careful, you can do it in three playthroughs but it takes a lot of concentration at times I have heard. I hate those games. The ones that need several playthroughs, that is. Two is OK, three is pushing it but if it's a short game, I can handle it (like Catherine, where a playthrough would take a couple of hours after the first two) but more than that is just ridiculous. I'm still on ACIII, trying to get 100 % and completing the story (at sequence 7 now). Hopefully it can keep me entertained until Christmas as I have zero money for games. Might be tempted by the new Skyrim-update, though.
Shorty Posted November 19, 2012 Posted November 19, 2012 You'd have to study the achievement list first I think. I mean you have to beat it on the hardest difficulty, which you only unlock after one playthrough. It takes at least 2 playthroughs to hit 50. You also have to go mostly renegade and mostly paragon. Then there's an achievement for taking each player through the majority of the game (I guess that makes the playthroughs the minimum of 3, as you can take 2 through each play).
Jimbob Posted November 19, 2012 Posted November 19, 2012 AC-III, easily will keep you entertained until Christmas. Just polishing off another ME2 save ready to play ME3 with the Omega and Leviathon DLC. I do like this type of game which gives multiple choice on different outcomes in-game, compared to those that have a set ending. Not disliking them games, those are good too. And then i move back onto Skyrim with the DLC packs available from there. Can't wait really.
James Posted November 19, 2012 Posted November 19, 2012 Mental Xbox deal. Get xbox360 250gb, halo4 and 12 months subscription for 150 beans. http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/xbox-360-250gb-halo4-1-year-xbox-live-membership-150-amazon-1369639?page=2#comments
Ike Posted November 19, 2012 Posted November 19, 2012 If it wasn't for the fact Wii U is out in 2 weeks (and I've spent far too much money recently) I'd upgrade my Elite with that deal.
jayseven Posted November 19, 2012 Posted November 19, 2012 @Sexual Chocolate that is a pretty sweet deal - will pass it on to some chappies!
MindFreak Posted November 19, 2012 Posted November 19, 2012 @MindFreak AC3 lasted me about 50 hours to 100% everything/get all achievements. If you consider another playthrough just to be on top of the story then perhaps 55/60 hours total. Good to know, though I won't be going for the multiplayer-achievements as I don't do multiplayer (don't have Gold).
jayseven Posted November 19, 2012 Posted November 19, 2012 I think my time posted was without the online stuff. I think I did all the online stuff in 5-7 hours and I was fairly slow (in case you ever get gold in future -- it's a fairly easy game to get all online achievements on, for future reference )
Magnus Posted November 19, 2012 Posted November 19, 2012 Ugh, online achievements. It bugs me that my completion rate in Revelations is significantly lower than Brotherhood simply because that game has a bunch of online trophies when Brotherhood had none. Not that I care about achievements that much, but it makes it look like I put less effort into Revelations. I'm playing Crysis 2 right now and that has a great online trophy - you get it for playing an online match six months after your first online match.
Shorty Posted November 19, 2012 Posted November 19, 2012 Brotherhood had some. Such as reach level 50. Proud of that one! I have 58/60, never managed/cba to get these: Role Model Get all the Co-op bonuses in 1 session (Multiplayer Only). Abstergo Employee of the Month Get every single bonus at least once (Multiplayer Only).
jayseven Posted November 21, 2012 Posted November 21, 2012 Whelp, that's enough Lollipop Chainsaw for a while. Don't get me wrong, the game is an experience, but there are too many frustrating and nonsensical elements to the game - mostly only really relevant if you're trying to get achievements - for instance, a severe lack of checkpoints in the ratings mode; I got to the end of the 2nd level and got insta-killed during a QTE, and you basically have to restart the level -- i.e. 20+ minutes of 'play' gone. Typically it's a hallmark of a non-AAA game; that brokenly impossible achievement that was clearly not playtested and is down to luck which goes against the human player. Then there's the little things, such as not being able to reset the music to the default playlist if you concoct your own from the tunes unlocked (not sure if this resets with Ratings mode), and a camera that doesn't always do as you say, and an over-abundance of mini games. Achievement hunting aside, the game is extremely stylish and such a great experience in itself, with boatloads of anti-culture references, and includes Lex Luthor of Smallville fame as a voice actor. it also has MSI's lead man Jimmy Urine as both voice actor but also music composer, which is neat. But yeah - spent like 90 mins getting a stupid achievement yesterday, and just losing 20 mins of gaming due to a stupid QTE (I loathe them) means I'll put the game away for now. Fairly confident I could 100% this game but I started Mass Effect again (I'm supposed to be a renegade but I really want to be nice!) and Halo 4 (boy do I suck at Halo games), sooo yeah.
Dcubed Posted November 21, 2012 Posted November 21, 2012 (edited) Wow! The DMC demo is not completely terrible! It's actually not bad at all! A far cry from the messes that Ninja Theory have made before (the controls are actually very responsive!) It doesn't have the combat depth that past DMC games have had (though it's not a brainless button masher) but the shifting environmental stuff is actually pretty well done and leads to some interesting and original platforming mechanics and level design! (Exploration elements seem stronger in this than in the old DMC games too) The guns are pretty much useless (even for juggling) and launching seems way overpowered, but the plethora of enemy types do a decent job of forcing you to mix up your moves and show a bit of the creativity that past titles demanded. The blows have a good amount of heft and weight to them and feel good for the most part (I am not a fan of the cinematic finishers though upon dispatching a whole wave of foes though, needlessly disrupts the gameplay) The lack of a hard lock-on does sting though. It takes away from the precision that defined the series and the game does feel quite forgiving on the whole in regards to timing, the style point system (managed to easily score S rank on my second wave of foes) and the dodge seems really overpowered, but I still actually enjoyed my time with it, even if it doesn't match up to the series pedigree (and I certainly can't say that I liked anything about DMC2, Heavenly Sword or Enslaved!) DINO is still an unlikable little shit and the music/presentation overall is utterly offensive to my senses, but the gameplay is actually not bad. I am pleasantly surprised I won't be buying it, but it's at least not an utter disgrace. Edited November 21, 2012 by Dcubed
Cube Posted November 30, 2012 Posted November 30, 2012 Smartglass has been updated for the Nexus 7 (and other 7" tablets).
jayseven Posted December 3, 2012 Posted December 3, 2012 I've been playing Halo: CE Anniversary and I was really enjoying it for the most part until... yup. Flood. Mostly the levels they've appeared on have been mind-numbingly dull and repetetive, and I'm currently on the level Two Betrayals where you basically go through a previous level backwards. But my biggest gripe currently is the flood with a rocket launcher. Thanks to not really thinking about it, I've got one bar of health which isn't enough to prevent a one-hit-kills affair with said floody launcher dickhead guy. To make matters worse, I'm using my shield-draining EMP trick, so after I've cleared a room I do this and lose my shield then the flood live up to their name and pour in. I can take out loads, but before I can even see the rocket guy I'm engulfed in flames. I don't know if there's one or two or what. It's taken me dozens of tries! So frustrating! I've gone off and tried to find health everywhere in the level but to no avail. I'm essentially tasked with either repeating this bit until blind luck gets me through, or restarting the level and spending another hour catching up to this spot -- with no guarentee I'll reach it with more health -- and even if I did I'm fairly sure the rocket flood takes off most/all of that, too. EDIT: ... of course the first attempt after I vent (and after 35 minutes of actually noticing the time pass - who knows how long it actually took... I know it's taken me 2 hours on this one level alone so far!) ... I did it. Got really lucky with a bunch of grenades and it seems the rest of the flood ran around in a loop so I just got the frak outta there. Phew!
jayseven Posted December 10, 2012 Posted December 10, 2012 Does anyone know if NTSC(J)* games work on PAL(UK) consoles? I got home to find my 2nd-hand Enslaved: Odyssey to the West is NTSC(J). Was worried, but it starts up and plays perfectly fine on this PAL(AUS) console. I also bought Binary Domain and Skyrim. Got all 3 for roughly £30 - a serious bargain by Australian standards. Enjoying Enslaved so far - stylish and clearly borrowing from PoP, jumping on the freerunning/climbing bandwagon. It feels a bit easy so far, but only on chapter 5 (of 15ish?), so we'll see. Pretty game, though. I don't know the correct formatting or stylisation
Dog-amoto Posted December 10, 2012 Posted December 10, 2012 I've been playing Halo: CE Anniversary and I was really enjoying it for the most part until... yup. Flood. Mostly the levels they've appeared on have been mind-numbingly dull and repetetive' date=' and I'm currently on the level [i']Two Betrayals[/i] where you basically go through a previous level backwards. But my biggest gripe currently is the flood with a rocket launcher. Thanks to not really thinking about it, I've got one bar of health which isn't enough to prevent a one-hit-kills affair with said floody launcher dickhead guy. To make matters worse, I'm using my shield-draining EMP trick, so after I've cleared a room I do this and lose my shield then the flood live up to their name and pour in. I can take out loads, but before I can even see the rocket guy I'm engulfed in flames. I don't know if there's one or two or what. It's taken me dozens of tries! So frustrating! I've gone off and tried to find health everywhere in the level but to no avail. I'm essentially tasked with either repeating this bit until blind luck gets me through, or restarting the level and spending another hour catching up to this spot -- with no guarentee I'll reach it with more health -- and even if I did I'm fairly sure the rocket flood takes off most/all of that, too. EDIT: ... of course the first attempt after I vent (and after 35 minutes of actually noticing the time pass - who knows how long it actually took... I know it's taken me 2 hours on this one level alone so far!) ... I did it. Got really lucky with a bunch of grenades and it seems the rest of the flood ran around in a loop so I just got the frak outta there. Phew! I also got to the bit with the Flood (the Library level I think) when I realised that this game is really dated now and hasn't aged too well. So I stopped playing. Maybe one day I'll play it again, but it'd have to be in co-op to ease the monotony.
Shorty Posted December 10, 2012 Posted December 10, 2012 Does anyone know if NTSC(J)* games work on PAL(UK) consoles? I got home to find my 2nd-hand Enslaved: Odyssey to the West is NTSC(J). Was worried' date=' but it starts up and plays perfectly fine on this PAL(AUS) console.[/quote'] It's a some/not-many kinda thing: http://gaming.wikia.com/wiki/Region_Free_Xbox_360_Games
jayseven Posted December 10, 2012 Posted December 10, 2012 I also got to the bit with the Flood (the Library level I think) when I realised that this game is really dated now and hasn't aged too well. So I stopped playing. Maybe one day I'll play it again, but it'd have to be in co-op to ease the monotony. I did the level again on a skull/terminal playthrough on easy and blitzed this one, but didn't enjoy it. Couldn't imagine trying to do it on legendary in under 30ish minutes. There are a couple of rocket dudes near the end and they'll basically one-hit kill you, even on easy! The terminal videos were excellent, and having played Halo 4 they make loads of sense and really help with some background for the events to do with the Didact, and there are references to promethians too. It's a some/not-many kinda thing: http://gaming.wikia.com/wiki/Region_Free_Xbox_360_Games It seems that there's no worry that any games that work on australian PAL consoles will also work on UK PAL consoles, which is great news, thanks!
Hero-of-Time Posted December 10, 2012 Posted December 10, 2012 I did the level again on a skull/terminal playthrough on easy and blitzed this one' date=' but didn't enjoy it. Couldn't imagine trying to do it on legendary in under 30ish minutes. There are a couple of rocket dudes near the end and they'll basically one-hit kill you, even on easy![/quote'] There are a couple of cheeky shortcuts on the level which help you skip certain parts. But yeah those rocket guys are a pain in the butt. Many a time did they ruin my achievement run of the level.
Jimbob Posted December 10, 2012 Posted December 10, 2012 I've started getting questions sent to me via xbox ambassaders? via MSN/Trillian. Anyone else receiving correspondance from them?.
Shorty Posted December 10, 2012 Posted December 10, 2012 No, but if they are contacting you on MSN I would be wary that you're being scammed. C&P an excerpt?
Jimbob Posted December 11, 2012 Posted December 11, 2012 Havn't answered any of them, havn't got around to blocking them yet either.
Hero-of-Time Posted December 19, 2012 Posted December 19, 2012 I finished Lego Lord of The Rings last week and enjoyed it so much that I decided to pick Lego Pirates of the Caribbean. Man, I love the Lego games. They are so much fun to play and are the perfect games to just kick back and chill out to.
LegoMan1031 Posted December 19, 2012 Posted December 19, 2012 I finished Lego Lord of The Rings last week and enjoyed it so much that I decided to pick Lego Pirates of the Caribbean. Man, I love the Lego games. They are so much fun to play and are the perfect games to just kick back and chill out to. Indeed! I have got Lego lord of the rings & lego batman 2 to get and play through with my gf sometime, although our next 'together' game is New Super Mario Bros U. Once we have played it through it I then go solo for all collectables etc - sometimes that can get a bit frustrating but overall yeah, they are nice simple enjoyable games.
Hero-of-Time Posted December 20, 2012 Posted December 20, 2012 Indeed! I have got Lego lord of the rings & lego batman 2 to get and play through with my gf sometime, although our next 'together' game is New Super Mario Bros U. Once we have played it through it I then go solo for all collectables etc - sometimes that can get a bit frustrating but overall yeah, they are nice simple enjoyable games. This certainly is the case when trying to get the blink due to the buggy/glitchy nature of the Lego games. I had to go through one of the Harry Potter ones twice purely because one of collectables glitched on me. On LOTR a Mithril Brick glitched on me leaving me at 99% completion rate and locking me out of several achievements. It is a wide spread problem and luckily they released some codes that you put in the Extras menu which netted you the blink. They are working on a patch for this issue as well though.
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