Videogames

I quit CoD: Black Ops less than a quarter of the way through because it was so boring and took up Batman: Arckham Asylum instead, which is proving to be good, but not great (thus far).

I have no idea what that is and this website - http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/63682 - worked but not the one you supplied.

I've been playing Mass Effect 2 in anticipation of Mass Effect 3. WHO ELSE CAN NOT WAIT!?!?!?

Never played a ME game before, was waiting to finally borrow ME2 (PS3 version) from my friend, but decided to give the ME3 single player demo a spin yesterday. I guess I shouldn't try to judge the demo because I don't know shit about the backstory but man did it suck. The characters were completely awful, the gameplay (I decided to play it as a roleplaying experience) was dull etc. Guess I still give ME2 a proper go some day, but I'm not in a hurry right now.

Edited by Muu - 02/21/2012 at 00:31

My friends and I have been playing a lot of the the multiplayer portion. Great stuff. My original plan was to have 4 or 5 characters to import, but I lost my save data, so just 1 for me. I CAN NOT WAIT.

Uncle Chapstick wrote: I've been playing Mass Effect 2 in anticipation of Mass Effect 3. WHO ELSE CAN NOT WAIT!?!?!?

I also am looking forward to it. I'm a big Science Fiction fan so discovering Dead Space and Mass Effect were a big thrill for me. ME2 was fun, but ultimately, just a buddy-story set-up for ME3, though (in my opinion) the gameplay was much improved from ME1 - ME1 had the better storyline though.

ME1 isn't available on PS3, is it? I know that your decisions from the earlier games affect the later ones which sounds cool, but as I said it wasn't the small things but the overall feeling that irritated me. I'm just too tired of Space Marines, overdramatic characters etc. For example the thing with little boy was stupid, not touching.

The only time I was excited about a computer was back in 87 when I got my Spectrum ZX2 complete with Rambo.  I quickly lost interest in computers after that.  I used to wish I could get into consol games etc just to kill half an hour when i was bored etc, but now I'm glad they never took their hold as I have an addictive personality for everything else and (no offence to the hardcore gamers amongst us) I am really happy not to be sitting, shooting aliens for 8 hours a day.  

BG&E was a really dope game!  Shame more ppl haven't even HEARD of it, much less played it.

@Warstub, it's PC games.  I thought you were a PC gamer.  My bad!

Did anyone get a PS Vita? I've never been a big fan of handheld game consoles, but I'm curious, what do you guys think about it?

drunk-sincerity wrote: [...](no offence to the hardcore gamers amongst us) I am really happy not to be sitting, shooting aliens for 8 hours a day.

Non taken :D That said, I consider myself a hardcore gamer, and even if I wanted I wouldn't be able to play over 2 or 3 hours a day.  Most of the adult hardcore gamers I know can't either. 
Besides, "shooting aliens" is a bit simplistic to say the least.  There are masterful games out there, experiences that simply can't be replicated in any other medium.  Games like Portal and BioShock prove that games can also be considered art. 
Whether you're watching a movie, reading a book or playing a game, I think it's normal to have some kind of attachment if the story and the characters are well made.  That's why I'm excited :)

Raindancer wrote: Anyone else here exept for me hoping for a sequel of "Beyond Good & Evil"?

I didn't get the chance to play the original BG&E but I got the HD version for less than 4 bucks on Xbox Live, it's a nice game, and at that price it was a steal :p  A sequel was unveiled a while ago but it's coming for next-gen systems, you can watch a leaked early gameplay video here.
Since you like ME, maybe we could play some multiplayer one day.