Way of the Rodent

It's not awful by any stretch, it's actually very nice. I guess it just walks that puzzle game line between fun and annoying just a little too haphazardly.

It's a physics-based game, set around a man who likes flinging his own poo.

looks scary

I've played a couple of games of Dwarf Fortress for a few hours a day for a month and really still feel like I've not even started it yet.

My 2011 list

Dead Nation - PS3 - 11/01/2011
Call of Duty: Black Ops - 360 - 12/01/2011
Enslaved: Odyssey to the West - PS3 - 15/01/2011
R.U.S.E. - PS3 - 31/01/2011
Mirror's Edge - iOS - 01/02/2011
Bayonetta - 360 - 16/02/2011
Marvel vs Capcom 3 - 360 - 19/02/2011
Super Mario Galaxy 2 - Wii - 21/03/2011
Portal - 360 - 23/04/2011
Dirt 3 - PS3 - 30/05/2011
Ikaruga - 360 - 09/06/2011
Civilization - iOS - 17/06/2011
Halo Reach - 360 - 19/06/2011
Call of Duty 3 - 360 - 27/06/2011

I'll have to fire Dead Nation and see how you stacked up against my score... I ran with a decent multiplyer through the game.

Ahhhh righto.

Largely speaking I loved the bonkersness of Bayonetta and the combat is more solid than I initially gave it credit for and the characters are ace - I obviously didn't have a problem with the blatant sexuality of the central protagonist and didn't find it anywhere near as overly sexual as had been made out, but perhaps that says more about me than the game. The cut scenes were generally pretty amusing but far longer than I was expecting - not that that's a bad thing, I like Kojima showing us how Hollywood films would look without a decent editor.

Some of the levels were mildly annoying - I'm looking at you pointless bike scenes and you stupid jumping up the walls, but not enough to detract massively from the overall experience.

I guess I really quite enjoyed it, and while there aren't many glaring flaws, I'd be hard pushed to see how it deserves to be awarded those perfect scores.

I hated the Bayonetta demo, just like I did with the Batman AA demo. I'm sure it's not for everyone, but I don't think the demo does the full game anything like the justice it deserves.

Should try castlevania damo, its like god of war crossed with prince of persia. It even has captain picard in it!

like what? filming no farting for twisted's gaming school? :)

Next up, "No Fighting".

Fight Night 4 soon. I hope you've been getting some practice in. Fuck knows you need it. ;)

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Oh you'll find out son.

Assassin's Creed 2 done today, much better than the first although combat was made so easy a chimp could play, which made the game seem a bit lightweight God of War-esque. The assassinations were also quite throwaway, whereas with the first game you had some animosity towards your targets; here I wasn't really sure why I was killing them apart from they were friends with Joe Evil. Overall though they made it work better than the first and I quite liked the story although it got a bit ridiculous near the end.

EDIT: also finished Ilomilo today, really nice little brain scratching puzzler, a bit slow at times but has a lot of charm.

Finally finished Dead Space 2 off last night. The final save said 6 and a half hours so not the longest of gaming experiences but by god it was a real rollercoaster ride. To be honest i've played it in fairly short bursts because it was just such an intense experience.

Certainly going to start a New+ game at some point but for the moment I need to leave it alone and let my nerves stop jangling.

Not sure i'm even going to contemplate a playthrough on hardcore. That just seems lunacy.

I've milked Split/Second for most of the single player smarties. I've not golded every event, but I find the helicopter and truck stuff quite tedious, so have no inclination to try. The core racing and elimination is cracking fun though. Much better than Blur, in my opinion.

You've not said, but we'll just assume that's on the hardest difficulty on a single credit.

That's bioshock 2 completed to the end credits not sure I'll be going back to get all the achievements though :)

wiredworm said:

Finally finished Dead Space 2 off last night. The final save said 6 and a half hours so not the longest of gaming experiences but by god it was a real rollercoaster ride. To be honest i've played it in fairly short bursts because it was just such an intense experience.

Certainly going to start a New+ game at some point but for the moment I need to leave it alone and let my nerves stop jangling.

Not sure i'm even going to contemplate a playthrough on hardcore. That just seems lunacy.

You must have really piled through it - about 10 and a half for me, though I am a nook-and-cranny man. I liked it a lot, an improvement over the first even though it's essentially more of the same. Some great set-pieces, memorable scenes and some big jumps.

Uncharted finished. Great game. Seriously - up there in my top five games I reckon. Looking forward to the second one now.

I finally finished Arcania, billed as Gothic 4. It was a real slog to get through it, though having played through the previous three games on the PC, something I felt I had to do. None of the original Gothic team worked on this -- they all shifted over to the unofficial sequel, Risen, which it superior in every way. Arcania is poor. It's stable and bug-free, but it feels unfinished, with place holders for unimplemented features littering the game world and a complete lack of balance. Avoid.

Costume Quest would be a good choice... it's only "taxing" if you try to go for everything in the game cos you need to keep track of everything you've done. Having said that, at least one of the "side quest" costumes is almost essentially (the unicorn) so I would suggest at least getting that one.

@nocky: Now, take this how you will, but MrsM has 250/250 on Costume Quest.

gogol1000 said:

Not bad going. There are one or two boss battles in Thousand year door that get very tricky unless you have the right strategy. Some crafty puzzle elements to boot.

Milo says he knows what you mean...

Copycat. :)