What Game/Games are you playing now?

[nemesiswontdie]

Still playing Killzone 2 im done with the story mode i got all of the trophies on the story.

Now me and a few friends are going to be boosting tonight for the weekly rankings so i can get that over with.

Then im on to the DLC trophies

[Sephiroth]

Been on Kingdom Hearts 2 and MGO im going on Zelda OT soon to finish the forest temple off.

[Vixtro]

Fifa 09

[Member_of_STARS]

Still playing Killzone 2 im done with the story mode i got all of the trophies on the story.

Now me and a few friends are going to be boosting tonight for the weekly rankings so i can get that over with.

Then im on to the DLC trophies

I f*cking hate modern videogame industry. Is this really what it boils down to?

[Mr. Spencer]

Still playing Killzone 2 im done with the story mode i got all of the trophies on the story.

Now me and a few friends are going to be boosting tonight for the weekly rankings so i can get that over with.

Then im on to the DLC trophies

"Friends", huh?

[DXP]

hmmm lets see completed persona 4 on a bad ending so i intend too get the true ending sometime, max payne slowly getting there and mainly been on 1 vs 100 beta on xbl.

[missvalentine]

I f*cking hate modern videogame industry. Is this really what it boils down to?

I have to say I agree with this.

But we just had this argument a page back, lets not do it again.

[nemesiswontdie]

do we got to go over this again huh?

there is NOTHING wrong about collecting trophies. I like collecting them in games,I play certain games for trophies thats it. I play MGS and there is NO MGS game with trophies that is released yet (PW and Rising has to have them) And I still play them. I play games for fun but I think collecting trophies is fun.Why does it bother people so god damn much?

[Vector]

Just beat inFamous. My brain still hurts from that mindfuck of an ending.

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So, Kessler was really just Cole from the future? That's...wild. So, didn't he kill himself? It's really confusing. And then, at the end, he says "I'll be ready." Ready for what, exactly? The game was pretty awesome but the ending has me really, really confused.

I already started a second playthrough. I was a good little boy on my first run, so now I'm gonna be an evil prick. Instead of reviving a person I see writhing in pain on the sidewalk, I'm gonna give 'em a swift lightning kick to the ribs. If someone gets in my way, they're getting their ass zapped.

EDIT: I think I figured something out.

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The 'beast' Kessler showed Cole, the glowing red bald dude...could it be John White? John came in contact with the Ray Sphere after all...and if you pay attention to the Dead Drops, John says how Kessler would try making him use his mind to free himself from torture. Is this a hint towards inFamous 2? I'm still confused.

EDIT 2: And also, Moya is still alive! Just what the hell is she up to? She was pretty damn mysterious...

EDIT 3: Ok. I did some reading and I understand the ending a bit better now. Kessler was really Cole from the future. In Kessler's time, the Ray Sphere gave him even stronger powers and the ability to travel back in time while simultaneously fucking his life up. Also, there is this 'Beast' who I and some others believe is possibly John...a strong, STRONG mother effer who Kessler can't handle. So, Kessler traveled back in time and took over the First Sons from Alden and accelerated the development of the Ray Sphere so that Cole would get his powers sooner than Kessler did. In doing so, Cole would see the light and make the best most heroic decisions so that when the time comes to fight the 'Beast' that he spoke of(Kessler probably couldn't handle him because...? I'm not sure. Maybe he was too old, and that's why he accelerated the development of the Ray Sphere), Cole will truly fight for the greater good and also have no emotional attachments(which is why he bit the bullet and let Trish die, even though he loved her).

*breathes*

[Branden_Lucero]

fuck, i need to get 360 back from my friend. tired of sitting on my ass with nothin' to do.

[Branden_Lucero]

I f*cking hate modern videogame industry. Is this really what it boils down to?

yes it does. its all about pretty visuals and multiplayer as well.

what were once single player games (Uncharted and BioShock to name a few) now incorporate multi-player online.

fuckin' stupid if you ask me. its what makes certain games unique. but now they're like the rest of the frats of the world.

[Vector]

Damn. Just logged on Call of Duty 4 for the first time in months, and I forgot just how much I used to play this game.

...I logged 263 hours.

[Vogue_Dirge]

I know I'm a bit late to the game, but just yesterday I bought Left 4 Dead and it is really fun! I'm really enjoying myself with this game. My favorite part is that each campaign is not the same. Enemies will be in different areas each time you play, and you never know what to expect.

[Vector]

I still play L4D, man. Versus, Campaign, Survival -- it doesn't matter. It catches a lot of flak from some people for some reason, but it's one of my favorite games this gen. I love it. I can't wait for L4D2, even though I'm still not close to being done with this one.

[Member_of_STARS]

yes it does. its all about pretty visuals and multiplayer as well.

I dont mind the visuals and I dont mind multiplayer. In fact, multiplayer is by far the biggest leap and achievement the games have made over the last 10 years. Its turned videogaming into something noone really thought of back then. Its given people and developers a qhole truckload of options.

On the flipside, amazing graphics = amazing workload, which is why it costs to make games and you often see devs taking a "safer road".

Thats not what I meant though. I meant awarding and rewarding individual goals and egoistic behaviour with .jpeg medals, ribbons, awards, trophies, progressive statistics tracking and ranking. This singlehandedly kills any and all shreds of teamwork in multiplayer games and sadly more and more games incorporate these new RPG-esque features. Most people are rats, they like to grind.

what were once single player games (Uncharted and BioShock to name a few) now incorporate multi-player online.

Its because its difficult to sell a game which will only last you 12 hours, unless its really amazing. The things I see on RE forums make me laugh. People sinking dozens of hours on games to unlock a single gun. Some have even sunk hundreds of hours into RE4 for example, and thats not even an exception. If you want replay value, you should actually expect some real value. Multiplayer is one way to extend your playtime.