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Really disappointed with Pokemon Conquest.

Well the game isn't tha bad, it was a bit of fun but pretty shallow.

Anyone read the IGN review? Story that hooks you? 100 hour game with 20 hour main quest? Complete world building? What? Where?

I finished the main game in less than 8 hours. The rest of the game is just the main game repeated but with different maps and objectives, with tweaks to difficulty. The story in the mian game turns out to be the same as he last 100 pokemon games, the bad guy isn't really that bad after and just wanted to beat everyone so everyone could stop being abusive to their pokemon and love them better blah blah same old (hey really seem to have a complex about that now in pokemonland?)

Anyway it was kinda fun but after reading 2 or 3 glowing reviews I expected so much more :(
 
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I too was recently misled by a review.

Played 'Deadlight' which I really enjoyed even with the somewhat flabby midsection in the sewer which could've been swapped for something a bit more interesting, but otherwise enjoyable, but plenty of reviews promised a 'twist you won't see coming' so I was expecting a real 'Sixth Sense' moment or something, but I'd figured it out like 5 minutes in. It's really obviously foreshadowed =S

The way they bigged it up made it sound like one of those game-changers where it changes the context of everything before it, but nope. It's just an "Oh... well, yeah that was pretty obvious..."
 
Why do games think sewer sections will be interesting. 'Sewer level' and 'water level', always makes games eugh.

In other news I wore my 'Video Games Live 2008' shirt out to work today. I don't usually wear it much outside the house as it's fairly equivalent to tattooing 'I'm a geek' accross your forehead, but every random person I've been bumping into all day has been asking me what games I'm playing right now. Must be the Olympic spirit in this town, strangers don't usually talk to strangers in London :lol:
 
Haha, well the sewer section actually is fun to start with, but it goes on too long to the point where it's nearly a third of the game and the gameplay involving zombies is much more fun, even if you're not fighting them. The sewer was basically a love letter to 'Prince of Persia' and made little sense in the context of the game.
 
Okay so i bought the MGS HD Collection and already completed mgs2: Sons of Liberty.

There's a few trophies i'll dedicate more time to but the thought of playing through all difficulty levels just to hold up everyone in the game to get a dogtag is a joke :/ Going to start Snake Eater later tonight if i can get atleast 80% of the MGS2 trophies :)
 
I know but progressing past the bosses will be a pain.

I started "a wrongdoing" the first snake tale and everything was perfect till i had to fight fatman.... in the actual game it took me no time at all. In the snake tale it took bloody ages :/
 
The Political Machine 2012.

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It had to be done.
 
Granted I was playing on easy, but I did actually stick to a political platform of job creation, anti-immigration, big government, capital punishment, a strong military and no support for Israel. Seemed to prove a fairly attractive combination, let's hope the real politicians don't wise up to that fact...

Next challenge: Get an honest and unrepentant socialist atheist elected. I get the feeling that will be tougher than Hitler.
 
Playing the hell out of Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning after leaving ti sat unplayed for a few weeks. Really enjoying it despite thinking it was mediocre after the first hour or two. Addictively simple.
 
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Playing the hell out of Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning after leaving ti sat unplayed for a few weeks. Really enjoying it despite thinking it was mediocre after the first hour or two. Addictively simple.
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That's what I'm playing at the moment as well! 60 hours later and my beloved level 27 female Paragon is still nowhere near the end :p I've had this for a while now but gone back to it since picking up the DLC. I'm tidying up all the sidequests for DLC Dead Kel which is a very good add on island to the main game. Lots of purple loot and sidequests to do!
 
I think the DLC sale is what really pulled me back in too. I haven't even started Dead Kel yet though, I did a little of the Teeth of Naros before deciding to return to the main world. I think I'm only about 22 hours in and half of the map is still totally unexplored and I must have around 25 open quests from the part I have explored.

Even though a lot of them are the typical RG fare, I like how the quests ar every rarely just 'go here and do that' or 'fetche me that', they're generally multistage sprawling adventures... especially the faction quests.

I've gone for a full on rogue/thief and have been mostly backstabbing my way through the game (though my one annoyance with the game is whenever you have an AI partner for a quest it pretty much ruins your stealth options). I find my longbow is way overpowered now, compared with how much of a weak option it was at the start of the game.
 
Good luck! there's so many trophies i can imagine it'll take you a fair few days per page :p

Saw a video on youtube lastnight: it was One piece but a dynasty warriors styled game, actually looked rather good :)
 
Started New Super Mario Bros. 2.

Colour me surprised, but after all the whining in reviews of it not being up to scratch I thoroughly enjoyed world 1. The coin mechanic really does add something different to proceedings, making previously simple looking levels a test bed for collecting. People with OCD are gonna freak.

Ah well, 6799 down, 993201 to go.
 
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