What are you playing? Episode 2: Sequel Reloaded!

[Yutrzenika]

You will be crying by the end of the game, I guarantee it.

[TheLastOutlaw]

You will be crying by the end of the game, I guarantee it.

This game is by far the most intense emotional roller coaster that I've ever played.  I think a lot has to do with the simple addition of the response timer.  It deserves every game of the year award it has won.

[Hailfax]

This game is by far the most intense emotional roller coaster that I've ever played.  I think a lot has to do with the simple addition of the response timer.  It deserves every game of the year award it has won.

God, this game makes me feel like a horrendous asshole and at the same time, I'm just like fuck these are the kinds of decisions I would have to make in a zombie apocalypse and this isn't fair. :|

I bought Tropico 4 because it was 80% off. Fuck you steam sale, fuck you so hard.
I bought it because I have this need to construct a town and become a dictator. So, my little minions, you will love Dictator Hail and you will like it.

[TheLastOutlaw]

I was going to buy Tropico 4 but I haven't finished 3 yet.

[Yutrzenika]

This game is by far the most intense emotional roller coaster that I've ever played.  I think a lot has to do with the simple addition of the response timer.  It deserves every game of the year award it has won.

Oh god yes, yes it is. This was the first game to make me truly cry, they did an amazing job on the story. And yeah, the snap decision making really is effective, it's not like Mass Effect where you can just sit there and google the consequences of what you say.

Anyways, just got back from Boxing Day shopping! I got myself Doom 3 BFG Edition for $20, BF3 Premium Edition for $40, and Playstation All Stars Battle Royale for $40. I've installed All-Stars onto my Vita (It comes with a free download for the Vita version) and it's an absolute blast, my friend's brother was also nice enough to let me borrow his PS3 since he doesn't play it often, so I can play the actual PS3 version of the game until I can get a new PS3.

[Stan]

I got myself Doom 3 BFG Edition

[Yutrzenika]

There were some totally great deals on today.

Beat the arcade mode of PlayStation All-Stars as Nathan Drake, this game is tons of fun, they did an amazing job of making a Smash Bros.-esque experience for Sony.

[Gezkill]

More Fallout 1.

Killed a dude by planting tnt on them.

[Yutrzenika]

Doom 3 BFG Edition. Awesome so far, I already have the game on PC, but I don't play PC that often, and I can't run it at a silky smooth 60 FPS like BFG Edition can on 360. So far there's only two real drawbacks to the BFG edition that I can see...
With the original game on PC, you'll remember that you had to swap between gun and flashlight, some people found this to be immersive, some found it to be annoying. The people who found this annoying made the "Duct Tape" mod, so that you can use guns and flashlight at the same time. If you were one of the people who used this mod, you'll be happy to know its present in BFG Edition, however, the beam is bigger, the flashlight has a battery, when the battery drains, the light dies, and you have to wait a few seconds for it to recharge. If you were one of the people who liked swapping between gun and flashlight, you'll be disappointed to know that you will be stuck using the built in "Duct Tape Mod" flash light, with no option to swap to the classic use of the flashlight.
The second issue, which is related to the flashlight, is that it does not cast shadows, where as the original flashlight can, which is very unusual, and kind of a bummer, since shadow casting is a very nice effect in the original game.

Overall though, if you're like me and not a big PC gamer, BFG Edition is definitely worth looking into. Graphically it's about the same as the original (Maybe slightly better), with improved lighting to better suit playing on a TV, and as I stated, it runs at a steady 60 FPS (Though the PS3 version apparently has issues holding it sometimes).

[TheLastOutlaw]

I was one of the people who thought that having to choose between being able to shoot the things trying to kill you or being able to see wtf you were doing built tension.  Not even having the option to go back to classic is asinine IMO.  Think I'll skip it.

[Yutrzenika]

I was one of the people who found constantly swapping to be tedious, so it's not much of a bother for me, but regardless, not having the option is indeed asinine.

[Gezkill]

Juggling fallout and Baldur's Gate.

[Stan]

I remember Baldur's gate! That game kicked ass!

[HK-47]

Think I preferred Planescape: Torment to Baldur's Gate but Planescape, holy shit the writing was amazing. I read everything that was said and went into the history of everything I could find.

I bought Tropico 4 because it was 80% off. Fuck you steam sale, fuck you so hard.
I bought it because I have this need to construct a town and become a dictator. So, my little minions, you will love Dictator Hail and you will like it.

Is that the one where you can get Black Shirts who are El Presidente die hards?

Started up Odin Sphere, being as gorgeous as it is and being made by Atlus, it kicks ass and kicks your ass.

[Gezkill]

I remember Baldur's gate! That game kicked ass!

It does kick ass, whats even cooler its the Enhanced Edition. Comes with 3 new characters, bunch of portraits and uses the Baldur's Gate 2 engine so I can play it in window mode.