Light House Social and General Discussion Thread

[Smooth Criminal]

Deus Ex: HR is nearly a perfect prequel. I am really not that far in, I don't think, but it's just such a great experience.

I dunno enough about the Deus Ex universe to proclaim it a "perfect prequel," but I can definitely vouch for the "great experience" part. I'm loving the game so far. The gameplay is solid, and I LOVE (read: ****ING ADORE) the cover system. It is so unbelievably intuitive. I got into a a couple of gunfights at the beginning of the game (I tried sneaking! ) and I felt like a moviestar badass, bobbing and weaving in and out of cover to take shots at my enemies.

Most of my time was spent talking to every single NPC and looking for eBooks, though. It's a rare thing for me to be this interested in a video game's setting; I think it's something about the presentation, and the pacing of the overall story, that's plugging me right in. I really hope it keeps this up.

Smooth Criminal

 

[Luigitoilet]

I"ve been playing GTA San Andreas lately, its such a good game especially for a last-gen game.

San Andreas is one of the best games ever made. I think they took a big step back with GTA4.

 

[Zajice]

All the mods available for San Andreas are top tier too.

 

[Smooth Criminal]

San Andreas had a lot of variety---something GTA4 was really lacking in.

It's definitely my favorite game in the series.

Smooth Criminal

 

[Master Xanthan]

Yeah I really like the game so far, speaking of the game, do you know where I can find that vehicle you need for burglaries?

 

[Fuelbi]

God San Andreas was such an amazing game. It had gangs, it gave you twice the vehicle variety that GTA4 has, it gave you more geographic variety, the missions were awesome, you could control territory, the story was cool, etc.

Literally the amount of things that San Andreas had was mind blowing and then when I look at GTA4 it was such a huge step back from the precedent that San Andreas had set

 

[Turazrok]

Never played GTA

 

[¯\_S.(ツ).L.I.D._/¯]

Never played GTA

Me neither. Rockstar does well with their open world stuff though , I really like LA Noire. It's like GTA but you are the cops =3

 

[Patinator]

How's it going, Light House?!

Oh GTA hmm. *returns to corner*

 

[Fuelbi]

Me neither. Rockstar does well with their open world stuff though , I really like LA Noire. It's like GTA but you are the cops =3

I hated LA Noire. Too much talking, too much thinking, not my slice of pie tbh

I only got to about 5 cases before I just gave up due to boredom.

 

[Spelt]

I hate games with a lot of cutscenes.

 

[Fuelbi]

I hate games with a lot of cutscenes.

Yeah I kinda do. Anytime I have to do more watching than playing I start to lose interest

I'm not saying that LA Noire is bad though, it just really isn't my type of game

 

[¯\_S.(ツ).L.I.D._/¯]

I hated LA Noire. Too much talking, too much thinking, not my slice of pie tbh

Somehow that doesn't surprise me.

 

[Smooth Criminal]

LA Noire was great.

My only gripe was that it was a little bit too linear at times. I would have loved if it was really as sandbox-y as other Rockstar games.

Smooth Criminal

 

[Zajice]

I hate games with a lot of cutscenes.

So that's why you hate MGS

 

[Vinylic.]

I like Heavy Rain. It has such a good story.

 

[Zajice]

Is that the game where you play as an origami animal and have to stay out of the rain to avoid getting soggy and falling apart?

 

[Fuelbi]

Somehow that doesn't surprise me.

well it was pretty repetitive imo. It was drive from point A to point B to find evidence, then go to point B to point C to interrogate someone, then go to point C back to point A again to interview the person who just happened to be standing there, then you go back to the police station to interrogate someone else, then go back to point B to interrogate the person you didn't have enough information to interrogate earlier, and so on and so on

It's just a lot of walking and driving back and forth from what I had played. Besides, I also didn't like the lack of a good shooting system and I wish it was possible to do some running over people or destroying other police cars without consequences

 

[Gates]

Is that the game where you play as an origami animal and have to stay out of the rain to avoid getting soggy and falling apart?

That sounds a lot more interesting than what Heavy Rain actually is.

 

[F8AL]

Next week's events for the LH game nights have been posted, check them out here:

http://www.smashboards.com/showpost.php?p=13368203&postcount=688

 

[Spelt]

So that's why you hate MGS

I can't hate something i've never played.

 

[Luigitoilet]

I hate cutscenes.

However, I do like MGS because it is so over the top and ridiculous.

They took it way over the edge though, with 4. The cutscene to gameplay ratio was pathetic.

 

[Gates]

MGS4 was a great game for the first two chapters. Then in the last two chapters it turned into a great movie.

 

[O D I N]

Well said. That's exactly what it was.

 

[Spelt]

If I wanted a movie i'd buy a movie though. :|

 

[Luigitoilet]

MGS4 is more than a movie. From the point you stop playing to the end of the game is something like 90 minutes. That's just the ending and it's longer than many movies.

 

[Gates]

90 minutes is usually considered the minimum length of a movie.

But that doesn't change the fact that the endgame is way too cutscene heavy.

 

[Minato]

MGS4 was a great game for the first two chapters. Then in the last two chapters it turned into a great movie.

Agreed. While I liked how much gameplay the first 2 chapters had, I didn't hate all the cutscenes it had later though.
Still, I wished it was more balanced like MGS1 and 3.

 

[OmegaXXII]

I love cutscenes, I don't mind them as long as there's gameplay, I have yet to play MGS4 though, I plan on getting the HD Collection soon though. :3

 

[Zajice]

MGS4 had the best boss fight of all time though.

Well, assuming you're a fan of the series and played the others. It's the nostalgia rush that gets you.

Especially the MGS3 fist fight. ooooooooooooooooooomg

 

[ZIO]

I should really play those games.

But, like, I've never done so. Although I have them. Just like Zone of the Enders 2. Just like RE4. Just like alot of games.

You should REALLY see my backlog.

 

[Minato]

I wish that last fight also had the original MGS theme also. Obviously Kojima didn't want to though, but oh well.
Out of all the games, MGS3 had my favorite last boss fight. 4 was cool, and I reallly liked 1's.

I should really play those games.

But, like, I've never done so. Although I have them. Just like Zone of the Enders 2. Just like RE4. Just like alot of games.

You should REALLY see my backlog.

I never could find ZoE since I got a PS2 late. But I'll definitely pick up the HD copies.

 

[Smooth Criminal]

ZoE is ****ing amazing.

Definitely one of my favorite game series. The story's kinda hokey, but I love the gameplay. It's fun.

Smooth Criminal

 

[Gates]

MGS4 had the best boss fight of all time though.

Well, assuming you're a fan of the series and played the others. It's the nostalgia rush that gets you.

Especially the MGS3 fist fight. ooooooooooooooooooomg

You mean the final boss? Yeah, it was good but I wouldn't say it's my favorite.

I personally loved the sniper battle with The End in MGS3. It was really tense without being action-filled. It was especially challenging if you tried to ambush him to get his camo (which you should do because it's the best camo in the game).

The Boss was also a good fight although it frustrated me a lot. I thought a nice touch in that battle was how "Snake Eater" starts fading in after 5 minutes.

Then again, I just really like that song.
What a thrill...

 

[OmegaXXII]

MGS4 had the best boss fight of all time though.

Well, assuming you're a fan of the series and played the others. It's the nostalgia rush that gets you.

Especially the MGS3 fist fight. ooooooooooooooooooomg

Oh of course I'm a huge fan, I remember fondly playing the original PSX version as it was one of the first games I ever owned, I love the fist fight from it and the music is incredible IMO. <3

 

[Zajice]

With darkness and silence through the night...

What a thrill...


The Boss was awesome, but she's still terrible at rock, paper, scissors.

 

[O D I N]

SNAAAAAAAKE EAAAAATEEEEEEEEEER!!

._.

...MGS3 the best...

 

[Ryu Shimazu]

Anyone play psp god of wars? Easy plats, prolly breaking 20 this year!

 

[Vinylic.]

I've played them before. It's well worth plating if it's ever on vita.

 

[Ryu Shimazu]

I got psp collection on ps3 soo! Just clearing AC2 first.


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