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[{"user_id": 25703, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1304269186.35671, "message": "Yesterday was my first exposure, so I don't know if it's any *less*.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 876614}, {"user_id": 25703, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1304268662.2000761, "message": "I saw a friend playing Magicka yesterday, so I bought it on a whim. It's a very clever idea, and another rare genuinely funny game. A lot of the fun comes from the chaos of experimentation, and how easy it is to blow yourself up.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 876549}, {"user_id": 25703, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1304268757.8423851, "message": "There's something very indie about the execution though - it often feels like things aren't working when they should, and it makes a game that's style on the perfectly precise Diablo games feel finicky and frustrating. That said, it's a great way to spend a day or few with up to four friends, and co-op games automatically get high points from me, so I recommend it.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 876552}, {"user_id": 25703, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1304268787.6233051, "message": "If anyone ever wants to play it as a group excursion, I'm always keen.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 876556}, {"user_id": 25703, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1304269451.07744, "message": "*So* pretty.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 876653}, {"user_id": 31753, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1304270001.98192, "message": "There's no additional karacters for the 360.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 876756}, {"user_id": 31753, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1304269675.923203, "message": "I got Mortal Kombat on the PS3. Since I suck at fighters, I put it on the backburner for a bit...", "group_id": 9493, "id": 876680}, {"user_id": 31753, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1304269039.2888429, "message": "Ooh, I need to give it some more time. I bought it when it was released, and gave it about 30 minutes of my time, but it definitely seems that it deserves more. Is the multiplayer less bug-ridden by now?", "group_id": 9493, "id": 876581}, {"user_id": 31753, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1304269438.942816, "message": "I myself started playing Castlevania: Lords of Shadow finally today, and damn does it look good!", "group_id": 9493, "id": 876650}, {"user_id": 25703, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1304269173.553118, "message": "Well. It's very buggy. :\\", "group_id": 9493, "id": 876612}, {"user_id": 31753, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1304269352.533855, "message": "I'll have to investigate that closer then, I've always been more of a single player time person...", "group_id": 9493, "id": 876642}, {"user_id": 25703, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1304269553.8717799, "message": "I want to go back to that. Right now I'm in a sort of game coma where I have nothing out (or coming out) that's pressing me for attention, but a lot of games accumulated that I really want to play.\n\nFF13 and Dragon Age: Origins are the the two I've narrowed it down to.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 876667}, {"user_id": 25703, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1304269259.9317911, "message": "You reminded me of a point I wanted to make though, it's one of those games that I probably wouldn't play longer than an hour in singleplayer. It's made fun by having people laughing over Steam chat while you accidentally brutalize each other.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 876626}, {"user_id": 31852, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1304269343.111124, "message": "SOCOM 4 - Bleh. I suppose it's *competent*, but the missions and set pieces are so generic and uninspired that the game is pretty boring. The combat has nothing setting itself apart, and the \"tactical\" elements have been so simplified that even calling this a tactical shooter is a lie; mainstream shooters such as Bad Company offer deeper, tactical elements. What's worse, the game micro-manages you at all times; you're really just following very specific orders instead of getting to *think* tactically, which kills any chance for immersion. Honestly, avoid this one.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 876640}, {"user_id": 25703, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1304270453.3743589, "message": "Is that the one that's got 4 player co-op?", "group_id": 9493, "id": 876789}, {"user_id": 25703, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1304270508.0456319, "message": "Oh, the upcoming Ratchet and Clank game. CARRY ON.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 876798}, {"user_id": 25703, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1304269642.9112201, "message": "I'm guessing you lot have it on 360?", "group_id": 9493, "id": 876675}, {"user_id": 31852, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1304269652.5757289, "message": "Yup.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 876676}, {"user_id": 25703, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1304269697.2790661, "message": "Hrm. I think my brother has it on PS3. Decisions!", "group_id": 9493, "id": 876683}, {"user_id": 31852, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1304270264.277693, "message": "About to start playing PlayStation Move Heroes. Crappiest title ever, right? What the hell was wrong with \"Heroes on the Move\"?", "group_id": 9493, "id": 876779}, {"user_id": 31852, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1304269546.6075339, "message": "Also, Mortal Kombat, which is fantastic. It's my favorite fighting game since SoulCalibur 4 (side-note: SC5 is being announced in less than 2 weeks' time! YAY!). It also has the richest single-player offering I've seen in a fighter since SC3. It's great value for money.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 876666}, {"user_id": 25703, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1304269597.9361081, "message": "I want to get Mortal Kombat! I think I'm going to order it, seeing as it's reduced in price right now.\n\nAs I understand it, it's closer to the original games?", "group_id": 9493, "id": 876672}, {"user_id": 25703, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1304269729.5097699, "message": "Given the D-pad on the 360, I'm leaning towards PS3 anyway, as I'm not about to buy a joypad thingum.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 876687}, {"user_id": 31753, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1304269792.764209, "message": "Also, you get Kratos on the PS3...", "group_id": 9493, "id": 876697}, {"user_id": 25703, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1304269913.2169819, "message": "Right! Who's on 360?", "group_id": 9493, "id": 876739}, {"user_id": 25703, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1304270479.611521, "message": "Oh, 2-player. What am I thinking of?", "group_id": 9493, "id": 876793}, {"user_id": 31852, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1304271629.9442971, "message": "I knew about the new R&C, but for some reason I was expecting this one to also be a platformer/action-adventure. Turns out it's a mini-game collection.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 876857}, {"user_id": 25703, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1304274514.432415, "message": "Oh. Well, that's disappointing.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 877087}, {"user_id": 31927, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1304323590.142535, "message": "Um, 'ello.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 881379}, {"user_id": 25703, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1304392691.4103429, "message": "*It's super effective!*", "group_id": 9493, "id": 893016}, {"user_id": 25703, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1304392580.254554, "message": "*A wild Mr_V appears!*", "group_id": 9493, "id": 892991}, {"user_id": 25703, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1304392673.1819119, "message": "*Darric uses tackle*", "group_id": 9493, "id": 893013}, {"user_id": 31753, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1304401255.6414559, "message": "Get in the Pok\u00e9 Ball", "group_id": 9493, "id": 894563}, {"user_id": 31927, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1304412825.1902859, "message": "Um, whoosh?", "group_id": 9493, "id": 895559}, {"user_id": 32057, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1304413564.3424239, "message": "Sitcks head in, pokes around for a bit. hey the fridge is empty :(", "group_id": 9493, "id": 895681}, {"user_id": 31753, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1304413893.2646511, "message": "@NoodleZA activate your Portal 2 Steam version, and then you can co-op without PSN! I need to get into a bit of Portal 2 co-op myself.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 895751}, {"user_id": 32057, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1304413613.4878719, "message": "Currently just completed Portal 2, now onto the co-op (once PSN is back up) in the interim, It's rift and Dishwasher Vampire :)", "group_id": 9493, "id": 895689}, {"user_id": 31753, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1304418672.5137119, "message": "It was one of the first things I did when I got my Portal 2 copy. Had to wait a few hours for the Steam version to download though...", "group_id": 9493, "id": 896337}, {"user_id": 32057, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1304416254.0655389, "message": "@Broken I have considered that option as well. But no rush though ;)", "group_id": 9493, "id": 896140}, {"user_id": 31866, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1304441395.417954, "message": "Assassin's Creed 2, going for trophies before I finish up the last two memory sequences. Also, still Mortal Kombat.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 900256}, {"user_id": 25703, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1304481042.0017209, "message": "Re: Portal 2 - Last I heard, you need PSN to be able to activate your Steam copy. ><", "group_id": 9493, "id": 907434}, {"user_id": 25703, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1304481089.4855809, "message": "I ordered Mortal Kombat on PS3 - I'll let you all know once I have it, lag might be horrendous, but we ought to try a game. Who else has it on PS3 besides Broken?", "group_id": 9493, "id": 907447}, {"user_id": 31852, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1304484363.4740691, "message": "Last I heard there was no lag on PS3 version. Mostly because there was no online play. :P", "group_id": 9493, "id": 908296}, {"user_id": 32057, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1304491244.549979, "message": "I did manage to link my PSN account to my Steam account before it all died. So here's hoping...", "group_id": 9493, "id": 909188}, {"user_id": 31753, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1304491261.487273, "message": "@Neilan Ah yes, you needed to link your PSN account to your Steam account, forgot about that bit! But after that it's all gravy.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 909195}, {"user_id": 25703, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1304493604.4157131, "message": "Damn you, Hermes.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 909673}, {"user_id": 32282, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1304577946.1866691, "message": "Badlander here :) Busy playing Outland - loving it. Stylish and smart, as you'd expect from Housemarque.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 925449}, {"user_id": 31927, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1304578178.584578, "message": "What now?", "group_id": 9493, "id": 925516}, {"user_id": 25703, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1304578349.6913061, "message": "Never mind! Outland. Right, I need to look into this.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 925560}, {"user_id": 31927, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1304578150.238143, "message": "'ello!  I've also been playing Outland  Yes\u2026 stylish, smart and technically accomplished.  Yet somehow I just don't feel myself drawn into it.  Have I just become jaded?", "group_id": 9493, "id": 925508}, {"user_id": 25703, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1304578166.9932449, "message": "Oh lawd, not this again.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 925513}, {"user_id": 31927, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1304578456.3771441, "message": "It's like platformer meets Ikaruga.  With that whole silhouette \u00e6sthetic that was all the rage in user-created LittleBigPlanet levels a year or two ago.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 925583}, {"user_id": 25703, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1304578561.5352819, "message": "I just watched the trailer, it looks so pretty!", "group_id": 9493, "id": 925610}, {"user_id": 31852, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1304584680.6629951, "message": "The co-op is a blast. Literally. You spend a lot of time accidentally blowing each other up.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 926444}, {"user_id": 31852, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1304584896.3878551, "message": "Blowing each other UP, I meant to say.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 926481}, {"user_id": 31866, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1304610517.425823, "message": "Finished Assassin's Creed 2 tonight and picked up Portal 2, Dragon Age Origins Ultimate Edition (inlc all the expansions) and Dead Space 2. My backlog just got a LOT worse. :P", "group_id": 9493, "id": 930887}, {"user_id": 31866, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1304871959.353205, "message": "Started playing DA:O and while the framerate issues on the PS3 are quite noticeable, the dialogue and story is simply great! Even the controls are not nearly as bad as I was lead to believe.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 958329}, {"user_id": 25703, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1305502604.5702419, "message": "Finished up the Portal 2 co-op with my brother earlier today. Really fun, but I was expecting more from the ending.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1064454}, {"user_id": 31852, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1305524304.170171, "message": "I finally completed Portal 2's single-player yesterday. Loved it, but I agree with the complaints about the length and structure of the campaign. Now that PSN's back up, MrGenuchi and I will be tackling the co-op later this week.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1067546}, {"user_id": 31753, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1305530864.2786469, "message": "I played a bit of Spacechem this weekend. It's a very sciency/engineery type puzzle game.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1068348}, {"user_id": 25703, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1305531779.1789191, "message": "While that's immediately appealing, I need more to go on here. :o", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1068425}, {"user_id": 31753, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1305535934.1934471, "message": "Well... you basically have to create molecules from input atoms, and then transport them to the shipping yard. Read the RPS Wot I think better, more professional like details:\nhttp://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/01/10/wot-i-think-spacechem/", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1068866}, {"user_id": 31866, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1305545749.841702, "message": "Btw, PSN isn't up yet here. ;(", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1069665}, {"user_id": 31866, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1305545682.580951, "message": "Also busy with Portal 2, wonderful game and delightfully funny! Finished Mortal Kombat's singleplayer the weekend before last, and as ZAnimus said, the story mode is surprisingly fleshed out (complete with cutscenes and *gulp* story). My housemate and I are playing it locally almost every night, it's just soooo good! He and I became friends right about the time I got MK3 on Mega Drive, so a MK game with him again is nostalgia overload! One thing though, once you start playing VS Tag, you'll never go back to just normal VS. Combo tagging between your characters becomes such a big part of the game.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1069654}, {"user_id": 31852, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1306571014.6501391, "message": "Bulletstorm. It's *fantastic*.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1211690}, {"user_id": 33318, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1306572870.399044, "message": "I found the early stages to be a bit boring, but the second half of the game was fantastic", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1211845}, {"user_id": 25703, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1306633066.8310189, "message": "I started Forgotten Sands, and so far I'm really enjoying it! I miss the fluidity of 2008, but I'd forgotten how much I missed the good old standard PoP trilogy fare too. It's a pity that they didn't see it as a opportunity to combine the two. The presentation's pretty solid all round, aside for the occasional glitchiness.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1215662}, {"user_id": 31852, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1306658077.9718709, "message": "I need to replay that.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1216496}, {"user_id": 25703, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1306658184.2426701, "message": "Also, I guess it's pretty short? Or rather, it seems shorter than it is. I did it in basically one sitting (which I *never* do), but Steam tells me I clocked in at around 7.5 hours. Huh.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1216505}, {"user_id": 31866, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1306658109.680614, "message": "...few more co-op missions to complete. Other than that I'm still only a couple of missions in DA:O.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1216500}, {"user_id": 31866, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1306658107.2508991, "message": "Completely done with Assassins's Creed 2. Going around looking for all the feathers really gave me a chance to take in the beauty and character of each city. Venice, the largest city in the game, in particular is such an amazingly recreated piece of virtual art. Also done with Portal 2 and only have a few m", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1216498}, {"user_id": 25703, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1306658133.428777, "message": "Finished Forgotten Sands, talk about your abrupt endings, huh? Even the post-credits sequence (which was clearly a rush job to save face) practically ended mid sentence. In all I actually enjoyed it though. It's by no measure as good as any of the previous games, but it more or less holds its own.\n\nSome thoughts:\n\n- There needed to be about twenty three times as few deathtrap corridors as there were.\n- Gosh darn, was that combat easy. I think it's an improvement on Sands of Time's though. ;p\n- The water ability was the *best*. The platforming sections towards the end of the game (triple waterfall, *so intense*) were fantastic. The last bit before the final boss was also excellent.\n- The final boss was not excellent.\n- The vultures made ZERO SENSE. I mean, seriously, random pockets of Djinn energy would have been a better fit.\n- The writing was so very mediocre. It was tragic to hear them trying to live up to the snarky one liners of Sands of Time and 2008 and fail miserably.\n- Can't say I ever used any D-pad abilities, heck the entire upgrade tree didn't need to be there. I like you, PoP, you don't have to imitate God of War.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1216501}, {"user_id": 31852, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1306740148.8606961, "message": "I finished Bulletstorm yesterday. I loved it! The final few chapters were amazing.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1225001}, {"user_id": 31753, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1306743115.1890719, "message": "I'm making slow progress with The Witcher 2. Finally made it to Chapter 2. Looks like the choice you make at the end of Chapter 1 makes quite a difference to the start of Chapter 2...", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1225214}, {"user_id": 32692, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1306745337.0776651, "message": "@Neilan I especially enjoyed that room with the water-powered astronomy contraption. It's not much of a puzzle, but it's so fun when all the platforms slot into place and you start jumping through all the machinery.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1225396}, {"user_id": 25703, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1306748115.8889339, "message": "Yeah! I liked how they integrated that ability into the puzzle solving throughout. That bit was pretty great though.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1225681}, {"user_id": 33318, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1306763421.4181001, "message": "Finished L.A.Noire. It was alright, nothing to 'ride' home about. It's on to DiRT 3 now!", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1227375}, {"user_id": 31866, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1306851619.4535601, "message": "I've loved almost every bit of Dragon Age Origins so far, but I've just hit a spot where the difficulty took a jump, and it's not nearly fun enough to make me power through it. Doing the Sloth Demon dream section in the Circle Mage Tower (or whatever it's called).", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1237742}, {"user_id": 32692, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1306854118.0522771, "message": "Just drop the difficulty -- it's not worth missing the rest of the game over.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1238114}, {"user_id": 31753, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1306865513.542697, "message": "That's where the PC version came in handy, there was a mod that let you skip that whole Fade section.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1239690}, {"user_id": 31852, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1306868033.873327, "message": "You mean people willingly installed a mod to avoid playing through one of the best bits of level design seen in a recent RPG?! I really don't get you PC guys... :/", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1240122}, {"user_id": 31753, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1306903929.112592, "message": "I played through the Fade once, and it was painful enough. For me that whole section dragged on way past it's welcome, and was the major block for me finishing the game after I lost my original savegame.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1248778}, {"user_id": 25703, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1306905720.0529079, "message": "And hah, if you think that's bad, don't ever visit a Morrowind or Oblivion PC forum.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1249519}, {"user_id": 35612, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1307541686.7963419, "message": "Thanks to the Sony Welcome Back Offer, I'm currently playing Wipeout HD Fury. I'm hard at work trying to better Dawid22 times / scores with mixed success.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1337362}, {"user_id": 31927, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1307542533.3176229, "message": "Oh, I got inFamous thanks to Welcome Back.  Played about an hour, and I like it more than I did the demo.  Might carry on.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1337474}, {"user_id": 33318, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1307542412.237056, "message": "Mmm... I wonder if it recorded my old times before my PS3 died? Need to play that game again :)", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1337453}, {"user_id": 35617, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1307543288.7230051, "message": "Mass Effect 2. Finally.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1337598}, {"user_id": 35612, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1307542513.0905499, "message": "Dawid22 I see your scores under my friends scores.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1337470}, {"user_id": 31927, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1307542705.769702, "message": "That's all good and well except for how much I SUCK at WipEout.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1337501}, {"user_id": 33318, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1307542641.333389, "message": "@keenest, cool, so it looks if the scores should've saved. Now that Wipeout is FREE we really should arrange a Wipeout evening!", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1337489}, {"user_id": 31866, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1307542732.9282441, "message": "Wipeout was the first thing I got again. Was a bit miffed that it didn't read my saves for some reason. Great to play it again. If you guys do a wipout evening during the weekend, I'm totally in.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1337504}, {"user_id": 31852, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1307543906.1724689, "message": "inFamous 2, part 2. The story's better when you play the good path (like I did the first time 'round), but the game's definitely more fun when you do evil.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1337683}, {"user_id": 32282, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1307545210.9514649, "message": "I've been playing the XBLA version of Torchlight for the past day or two. I have found it rather dull and derivative, and I'm puzzled about why people loved it so much when the PC version first came out.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1337919}, {"user_id": 33318, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1307543598.8067451, "message": "Busy with Okamiden, Crysis 2 and Infamous 2.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1337637}, {"user_id": 35617, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1307543628.5934961, "message": "And Etrian Odyssey 3 when I'm not busy with ME2.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1337638}, {"user_id": 35612, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1307544777.6786411, "message": "We must arrange a wipeout hookup.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1337849}, {"user_id": 35624, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1307546600.413981, "message": "TR:Underworld (got it in the bargain bin for cheap cheap), Mortal Kombat (the new one obv) and just patiently waiting for infamous 2 & duke nukem forever. im up for some wipeout HD anytime, send inv plox.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1338248}, {"user_id": 31866, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1307548709.0263419, "message": "I bought Infamous 2 today. :D Also, just started Dead Nation, looks great!", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1338722}, {"user_id": 25703, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1307553632.847064, "message": "I imagine the thing with Torchlight was that it was a pleasantly surprising indie game, rather than the excellent AAA it got a reputation as.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1339436}, {"user_id": 25703, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1307553654.581367, "message": "I've been playing Dragon Age: Origins.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1339438}, {"user_id": 31753, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1307553179.6092081, "message": "Still playing The Witcher 2. And will be getting Duke Nukem on Friday.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1339350}, {"user_id": 25703, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1307556411.771261, "message": "Sudden influx here, eh?", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1339878}, {"user_id": 31927, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1307556428.818435, "message": "Can't imagine why", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1339882}, {"user_id": 31927, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1307556317.944119, "message": "@bionicle 'ello  :)", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1339857}, {"user_id": 31866, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1307579987.127537, "message": "@Neilan Which platform? I'm giving it a break for now and wait for a long rainy day to get back to it. The last section kinda killed the game for me. :P", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1344373}, {"user_id": 25703, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1307590886.989646, "message": "On PC, I bought the ultimate ed in the last Steam sale. I'm going to give more complete thoughts once I'm further into it ... I need more time to formulate them.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1346062}, {"user_id": 31866, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1307595869.7431619, "message": "Also, the PS3 version suffers from terrible performance during most of the battles I've had.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1346434}, {"user_id": 33318, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1307744100.6644239, "message": "Though I've now finished DOA Dimensions on the 3DS I can't stop playing it online. Must be a good thing then :)", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1366693}, {"user_id": 32692, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1307744797.253293, "message": "@lanceha How are you on dungeon crawlers in general? I find a lot of them coast on loot drops, as opposed to interesting combat.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1366754}, {"user_id": 25703, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1308455778.3414879, "message": "I hate the rooms in Dragon Age: Origins that are so much more ridiculously hard than the areas they're in. :\\", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1430098}, {"user_id": 25703, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1308456574.293823, "message": "Also, this Sloth dream thing is neat and all, but it needs to be *half* as big as it is.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1430164}, {"user_id": 36043, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1308482214.4754741, "message": "Still playing LoL, but I finished Bulletstorm, which I thoroughly enjoyed other than the meh ending.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1430977}, {"user_id": 32057, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1308557475.68224, "message": "I FINALLY started REACH COOP last night. First time playing the SP game. Loving it so far :)", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1436777}, {"user_id": 35612, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1308558214.1868441, "message": "Started Child of Eden, which is a real visual and aural delight I must say.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1436882}, {"user_id": 32692, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1308561676.424459, "message": "Yeah, I'm also on that Child of Eden joint. (I think that word choice is pretty appropriate.) I've also started up Infamous 2, also known as \"just one more blast shard.\"", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1437193}, {"user_id": 33318, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1308571018.939626, "message": "I'll be starting Child of Eden tonight. I very excite.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1437866}, {"user_id": 32692, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1308582468.5867441, "message": "Turn up the volume!", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1439118}, {"user_id": 33318, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1308647747.2620349, "message": "Played lots of CoE last night and it's fantastic! I believe that when you morph from Kinect to standard controller you lose most of the magic. I somehow feel like this powerful dictator of sorts when playing it using my body. I just want to get home and play more.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1446832}, {"user_id": 31852, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1308683690.538058, "message": "I'm playing Hunted: The Demon's Forge. You know how sometimes you play a game which is clearly not *good*, by any measure, yet is still strangely engaging and enjoyable? This is one of those.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1451114}, {"user_id": 35617, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1308763768.1143689, "message": "But surely if you enjoy a game that's enough for your own personal definition of good.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1458757}, {"user_id": 31852, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1308765825.4052789, "message": "McDonald's is hardly a *burger*. But it beats out Steers purely on the basis of actually being edible.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1458975}, {"user_id": 31852, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1308765661.6378801, "message": "No, I don't think so. \"Good\" is an evaluation of quality, as opposed to, say, a guilty pleasure. Like a Mills & Boon novel you can't put down despite it obviously being rubbish, or Darric's continued fondness of Steers despite their burger meat quite obviously being a vile combination of rotted corpse flesh and pond scum.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1458953}, {"user_id": 31852, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1308765880.4863181, "message": "That being said, Steers' spicy chips are divine, and their breakfast pitas are the eighth wonder of the world.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1458984}, {"user_id": 25703, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1308765766.4630909, "message": "Don't get that. Steers burgers are like the most burgery burgers there are. It's McDonald's that's the guilty pleasure.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1458969}, {"user_id": 25703, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1308765943.1841049, "message": "God, I want some Steers now.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1458992}, {"user_id": 32692, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1308767003.31938, "message": "I've eaten a lot of different burgers in my travels, and none of them have tasted quite like a Steers burger.\n\nBecause that garbage isn't a burger.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1459124}, {"user_id": 32692, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1308767117.8870969, "message": "Actually, Darric -- if you haven't already, you should go visit an In 'N Out. Those are pretty great in the fast foodscape.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1459133}, {"user_id": 25703, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1308770299.186939, "message": "We had In 'N Out visit us for free supper on Memorial day (because we were working on Memorial day ...) - it was most assuredly a burger! I've heard the reputation a lot, I don't know, it was no Steers. :P", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1459460}, {"user_id": 25703, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1308770147.0178571, "message": "Seriously surprised at all the hate here, they're my favourite burgers. :<", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1459441}, {"user_id": 25703, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1308770742.6189101, "message": "Okay, wait, I mean best fast food burger. I've had much better burgers elsewhere, obviously.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1459500}, {"user_id": 33318, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1308778947.7160029, "message": "Sorry to say, but I'm with the rest on Steers burgers. Don't like those. But hey, I enjoy Wimpy burgers. I want one now... But they're closed :(", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1460515}, {"user_id": 25703, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1308800563.321522, "message": "Ugh, Wimpy is the *worst*. You're all mad.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1463148}, {"user_id": 31866, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1308805934.8908269, "message": "Bought Crysis 2 yesterday (was on sale). Looking forward to it! Almost done with inFamous 2 and completed Portal 2's co-op (which was brilliant btw).", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1463762}, {"user_id": 31852, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1308808898.3645871, "message": "@Neilan : I used to think Wimpy burgers were okay (it's the relish, which is awesome). But not since last weekend, when a Wimpy burger gave me a nasty bit of food poisoning :/", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1463959}, {"user_id": 31852, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1308808818.2133751, "message": "WTF does Crysis 2 have to do with burgers? :/\n\n:P", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1463950}, {"user_id": 35617, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1308812421.721617, "message": "Anyone who says Wimpy burgers are better than Steers burgers is obviously trolling.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1464195}, {"user_id": 31753, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1308814782.4017689, "message": "I'm busy with Alice Madness Returns. I'm quite enjoying it so far, the art style in this game is awesome. The platforming's solid, and the combat's decent as well.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1464349}, {"user_id": 35612, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1308816381.8624671, "message": "Games vs Good Burger thread. Nice. Near Canal Walk the Times Square make a mean burger.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1464418}, {"user_id": 31866, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1308816901.99384, "message": "@ZAnimus Sorry, wrong thr... hey!", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1464436}, {"user_id": 31927, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1308820370.6007791, "message": "What drugs do you young people take these days?!  I've had burgers in dozens of fast food chains all over the world, and Steers burgers are the ONLY takeaway burgers that I can say with any surety are actually made of real dead animal.  As opposed to, you know, reprocessed styrofoam with MSG.\n\n(OK, I haven't had the pleasure of trying the two supposedly upmarket burger chains in the US, In-N-Out and Five Guys.)", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1464642}, {"user_id": 31927, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1308820453.6977501, "message": "And yes, Whipme burgers are the *woist*.  (But still haute cuisine compared to their \"coffee\".)", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1464644}, {"user_id": 31753, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1308821293.8418119, "message": "I'm also in the Pro-Steers camp. Of the fast-food burgers, they're the best bet.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1464702}, {"user_id": 25703, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1308822165.8950651, "message": "Finally, some sanity.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1464796}, {"user_id": 32692, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1308824847.882376, "message": "@Mr_V If you ever visit the east coast of the US, Shake Shack outdoes both of those. Probably my favourite fast food burgers. (And amazing milkshakes, obviously.)", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1464949}, {"user_id": 31927, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1308837669.6227789, "message": "@MrGenuchi The name didn't ring a bell, but looking at the original Madison Sq. Park venue on their website\u2026\u00a0I walked *right past it* last year.  NOW you tell me.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1466285}, {"user_id": 35617, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1308844492.775913, "message": "As for fast food burgers, I'm going to have to cast a vote for the teriyaki burgers from Mos Burger.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1467418}, {"user_id": 31866, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1308903047.962688, "message": "Are we still talking about burgers? Okay then. Well, got to agree with Buffel, Mos's teriyaki burgers are great and their double cheeseburgers are super tasty. And for some reason, unlike most fast food, Mos Burger's food doesn't make me feel sick afterwards. There's one just behind the building of our apartment, so I go there at least once a week.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1475148}, {"user_id": 35612, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1308903731.2944059, "message": "While in new york i also heard very good things about shake shack. I just did nof get", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1475174}, {"user_id": 35612, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1308903757.5150571, "message": "... Time to go there.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1475176}, {"user_id": 35624, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1308903881.072731, "message": "Magic the Gathering: DotP 2012 and the obligatory slew of f2p on steam, mainly, Champions Online & Spiral Knights.  By this afternoon i'll hopefully have inFamous 2 & Shadows of the Damned in my hands for weekend goodness. Or i'll be busy finishing off the baby's room! Damn priorities.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1475182}, {"user_id": 33318, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1308923107.5208631, "message": "Quite honestly, there is only one burger on my mind (since departing from the US) - Hardrock Cafe Blue Cheese and Onion Ring Burger. OMG. Neilan, you owe it to yourself.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1476380}, {"user_id": 33318, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1308923173.625329, "message": "As for what I'm playing... I finished Contra Rebirth. Again. (Another friend wanted to play it - but he only finished it on Easy with me. Loser.)", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1476383}, {"user_id": 31927, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1308938346.0517931, "message": "If you're at a Hard Rock and you're not eating a Pig Sandwich\u2026 YOU LOSE.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1478353}, {"user_id": 33318, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1308941926.8183129, "message": "I think there are many dishes there that would make us all lose for not trying it", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1478933}, {"user_id": 35612, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1308987309.1310871, "message": "Just got Zelda 3DS. Will see when I can get around to it. Retirement is keeping me busy. :)", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1483241}, {"user_id": 31927, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1309085429.0857289, "message": "But you don't eat a Pig Sandwich *just once*.   You eat it *all the time*.  With a large, double-thick chocolate malt.  Like I did when my office was in the Waterfront, and there was still a Hard Rock there\u2026", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1488197}, {"user_id": 35612, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1309091073.8535309, "message": "Mr_V now you are talking about many years ago.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1488615}, {"user_id": 25703, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1309113822.837945, "message": "Before the Hard Rock Cafe became a parking lot.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1490118}, {"user_id": 33318, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1309116082.7172019, "message": "Okay, Duke has overstayed his comeback... I'll just grind and finish it", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1490272}, {"user_id": 31927, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1309117452.393724, "message": "No, the Hard Rock is now both Baia and Exclusive Books.  Unless that changed since I was there last.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1490469}, {"user_id": 31927, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1309117511.505722, "message": "Gosh, that's not so very long ago at all.  That's still in the *new* half of Victoria Wharf.  Well\u2026\u00a0not the *new* new half, but the, um, old new half.  If you get my drift.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1490473}, {"user_id": 31927, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1309118425.505275, "message": "I'm actually not really playing anything at the moment.  I guess I'm note quite done yet with DiRT 3, but my initial enthusiasm for it has somewhat petered out.  It's a great game, but in some sense it has certainly lost some of the soul of its predecessor.\n\nSince I'm on a self-impost spending moratorium, I may not buy much that's new until the end-of-year rush starts.  There are a few things I'm eyeing for a replay, though.  Vanquish possibly foremost among them\u2026", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1490522}, {"user_id": 31927, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1309121295.9529159, "message": "Yeah, that's not a bad idea.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1490715}, {"user_id": 33318, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1309121174.8644991, "message": "I vote we play it online again", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1490707}, {"user_id": 32692, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1309122022.269141, "message": "I barely managed to get through the whole DNF demo. Maybe I'm just CRAZY, but if I were picking some good parts of my game to go into a demo, I'd probably skip the terrible vehicle sections and the abandoned mine.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1490794}, {"user_id": 25703, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1309128055.7831669, "message": "Speaking of abandoned mines, when are RPG developers going to realize that no one ever liked underground ruins sections ever, DRAGON AGE?", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1491399}, {"user_id": 32282, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1309129920.185225, "message": "The monster truck canyon level is probably the highlight of DNF, which offers some insight into how dire the whole package is. It truly is an awful game.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1491492}, {"user_id": 25703, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1309155403.0670431, "message": "Orzammar? More like World of Ironforge. Online. Craft.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1493190}, {"user_id": 35612, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1309161204.582325, "message": "I tried to play Dungeon Siege III on the PS3. While the loot aspect of the game is nice, the dodgy graphics and slow down, coupled with a somewhat clunky control scheme just does not do it for me. Won't bother playing it any further. Luckily it was a review copy, so no money was lost.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1493439}, {"user_id": 33318, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1309172991.6014781, "message": "Finished Duke Nukem. Thank goodness. This shooter is still stuck in the 90's.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1494517}, {"user_id": 32692, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1309174512.251148, "message": "No need to insult the great shooters that came out in the '90s. :)", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1494612}, {"user_id": 25703, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1309680668.8425109, "message": "I finished Dragon Age: Origins, game time of 60 hours. I half enjoyed it, half couldn't wait for it to end. There were sections that were delightful, and much longer sections that were just downright awful. I didn't really take to the characters much, to be honest, they were all pretty one-note - and often reacted in ways that were downright frustrating.\n\nThe whole game smacked of \"Bioware B Team\". Nothing was done as well as Mass Effect, and I just can't say I had much of an attachment to anything. I might go back and play Awakening, seeing as I own it, but I can't see myself buying DA2.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1551241}, {"user_id": 35612, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1309680884.580585, "message": "I bought Bejeweled 3 PC last week while it was on sale. I just love the Lighting game mode. You have 1 minute to score as many points as possible. When you match 4 or 5 blocks you get extra time, exploding / lighting and other power ups. The Mortal Kombat voice over and the ever increasing speed of the music as your time runs out makes the game for me.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1551250}, {"user_id": 31866, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1309697855.9209881, "message": "Crysis 2 is a bit yawn. I dunno, not really grabbing me.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1551872}, {"user_id": 33318, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1309705237.65783, "message": "Yeah Jevous, I feel the exact same way. Hope multiplayer is fun, otherwise that is being traded.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1552339}, {"user_id": 25703, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1309744365.1031661, "message": "Quick poll: Should I buy DA2? yes/no", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1556535}, {"user_id": 31753, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1309749650.9679749, "message": "If it were $20 on sale, I'd say yes. It's got it's moments, but it's got some terrible re-use of scenery, and the conversation wheel from Mass Effect here does not work nearly as well.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1557095}, {"user_id": 25703, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1309753579.894325, "message": "Also, you know, Steam sale woooo.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1557438}, {"user_id": 25703, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1309753570.920815, "message": "Whoops, I read that literally seconds after confirming my purchase. I don't know, from all the descriptions I'm reading, I'm weirdly optimistic I might actually prefer this one. And I like the world *enough* that I wouldn't mind going back for a (shorter) revisit.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1557436}, {"user_id": 31753, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1309755209.5449171, "message": "I would've rebought it at the $20 price point, if only to have it linked to my Steam account.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1557592}, {"user_id": 25703, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1309756304.8372591, "message": "Yeah, let's be honest, it was a pretty poor move, given that'll undoubtedly be under R100 within a year, and I'm clearly not in *any rush* to play it. This is the harsh reality of the Steam sales.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1557728}, {"user_id": 31753, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1309760224.3622839, "message": "I set the maximum I'll pay for a Steam sale item at $20, but even then I still buy things I most likely won't ever play for more then a few minutes.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1558111}, {"user_id": 32692, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1309770024.522826, "message": "Man, even people who love DA2 struggle to come up with apologies for it. :)", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1558564}, {"user_id": 35617, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1309771952.234751, "message": "Finished ME2 this weekend. Yes, I know I'm behind the times.\n\nStill not quite sure what to think of it. If I view it as a shooter, it's brilliant. But if I view it as an RPG, it's average.\n\nStarted playing Infamous, cause free game. Didn't take long for me to get really annoyed with the reapers on practically every rooftop shooting at me all the damn time.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1558685}, {"user_id": 25703, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1309776470.937515, "message": "That seems like a very pigeonholey way to assess ME2 though, as it's the way it hybridises those genres that makes it fantastic.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1558892}, {"user_id": 35617, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1309777460.2229249, "message": "I guess I just found the RPG aspect to be lacking and felt that it brought the experience down.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1558934}, {"user_id": 32692, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1309783069.102509, "message": "I think that complaint is understandable. BioWare's approach was to excise more than enhance (hey, guys, maybe don't put 10,000 guns in every locker?). Still, I think I prefer to consider ME2 as a smart, story-driven action game more than \"shooter\" or \"RPG.\" \n\nAnd, even if you want to stick to the RPG label, it has very deep, evocative role-playing in how your story is shaped across two games. What it doesn't have in huge quantities is stat management.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1559398}, {"user_id": 31927, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1309784148.9124739, "message": "Stop, MrGenuchi.  If you go on like that I may have to play ME.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1559497}, {"user_id": 35617, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1309783879.297946, "message": "I suppose I should also reserve judgement until ME3. ME2's story definitely felt more like a bridge episode to me. A setup for ME3, rather than a satisfying self-contained story.\n\nAnd I keep comparing the character interaction and development to the characters in Baldur's Gate 2.\n\nAh, well. I guess the most important part is that I enjoyed playing through it. I should stop nitpicking.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1559478}, {"user_id": 31866, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1309795134.3723471, "message": "With Crysis 2 not giving me any love I went ahead and got Terraria. I can see why it was one of the top sellers on Steam a while ago. Now, how far down does this mine go...", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1560588}, {"user_id": 25703, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1310371825.2314169, "message": "I just finished Ben There, Dan That. Really enjoyed it.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1610280}, {"user_id": 33318, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1310918989.5730381, "message": "OoT is proving once again why it's being heralded as one if the greats. Loving it. Again.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1657152}, {"user_id": 31753, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1310925647.6154499, "message": "Finally got around to finishing The Witcher 2. They need to bring the third one out right now!", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1657541}, {"user_id": 31866, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1311257036.152003, "message": "I played the Sonic Generations demo and I really liked it. I really hope that I'll be able to play the entire game through with classic Sonic. I have, dare I say it, moderately high hopes for this one.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1689415}, {"user_id": 32692, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1311276932.7569799, "message": "The Sonic Cycle claims another victim.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1691789}, {"user_id": 31866, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1311382307.169348, "message": "@MrGenuchi As far as Sonic games go, I think even Sonic 4 seemed great (not Sonic 2 great, but still good). I just wasn't willing to pay the asking price for a 3rd (4th?) of a game and has been the only reason that I haven't bought it yet. Have you tried the Generations demo MrG? If the entire game plays similar to the demo, I'd be more than happy pick it up.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1702554}, {"user_id": 33318, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1311399689.44523, "message": "Jevous, you don't understand - In Genuchi's mind the Sonic team died long ago. Anything 'good' Sonic related is but a myth.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1703917}, {"user_id": 31866, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1311407855.329504, "message": "I've noticed that. :) Still, didn't you say you enjoyed Sonic Adventure, Mr.G?", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1704959}, {"user_id": 32692, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1311540983.0534439, "message": "Yeah, but that doesn't mean it's a good game. :)\n\nAs much as I'd like to root for Sonic, there's just so little evidence that Sega's annualization of the franchise has left any talent intact. The 3D games have only been getting *marginally* better year after year (if they don't get worse, like Sonic 2006), and Generations is a creatively bankrupt attempt to recapture a fluke from the '90s. They'd rather mash together the two kinds of game they sort-of know how to make rather than reboot that anthropomorphic corpse. \n\nThe best Sonic game of the last few years is Colors, I think, which shook up the level design, toned down the insta-kills (a bit), and played around with power-ups. Sonic 4 was dreadful, though, and the Generations demo didn't inspire much hope.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1711239}, {"user_id": 38634, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1311545306.936872, "message": "Does that little rant come with hipster frames, MrG?", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1711566}, {"user_id": 32692, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1311546568.2982261, "message": "http://cdn2.knowyourmeme.com/i/000/075/154/original/gJJFU.png?1286210638", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1711663}, {"user_id": 25703, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1311546482.104202, "message": "A wild nxtrms appears!", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1711656}, {"user_id": 31753, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1311659252.9195111, "message": "I started playing F.E.A.R 3. I find it better then F.E.A.R 2 so far, and it looks like they'll be concluding the story in the third one.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1721080}, {"user_id": 36043, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1311676554.6611421, "message": "I put about 7 hours into XII and just wasn't having fun anymore. X is quickly working its way up my \"Top 5 JRPG\" list.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1722157}, {"user_id": 36043, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1311675496.8141129, "message": "Started with FFX after years of never getting a proper game going (scratched discs, broken PS2s, etc) and ten hours later I looked up wondering where my weekend went. Fantastic RPG.\n\nAlso hit up some Just Cause 2, and, after a good 6 hours of game time, I can safely say the story missions are absolutely rubbish, but the incidental gameplay is magnificent. So far, the most amusing thing I've come across is tethering a dude to a propane tank, then shooting the tank.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1722073}, {"user_id": 35617, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1311676466.635314, "message": "Since when is \"horrible\" spelled \"fantastic\"? :P", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1722147}, {"user_id": 32692, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1311680332.053288, "message": "To skip to the end of this conversation, just say that you like Mother 3.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1722344}, {"user_id": 36043, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1311681783.7137499, "message": "Was thinking the same thing.\n\nSpeaking of RPGs, what's everyone's thoughts on FFXIII-2? I actually played some XIII over the weekend (my word its pretty). Is it worth getting excited for, or is it going to be another X-2?", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1722422}, {"user_id": 32692, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1311683956.942064, "message": "It looks like ... more of XIII. In other words, gorgeous art, mostly terrible story, engaging battle system. I'm up for more, even though it's obviously a quick attempt to recoup some of XIII's long and costly development.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1722555}, {"user_id": 35617, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1311684863.096421, "message": "Conversation over. Roll end credits.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1722674}, {"user_id": 35617, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1311685159.2831931, "message": "Actually, didn't they admit to having enough unused content from FFXIII left over to make another game with?\nhttp://kotaku.com/5446974/interview-there-is-enough-discarded-final-fantasy-xiii-to-make-another-game", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1722702}, {"user_id": 31866, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1311696617.167366, "message": "@MrGenuchi I think we can all agree that there are good games that we sometimes don't enjoy and not-so-great games that we end up enjoying. It's also pretty much general knowledge that Sonic will never truly return to it's former glory, but that doesn't mean I won't enjoy it's annual outings (especially if they can be played in 2D perspective). Also, if I end up enjoying the game, it's a \"good game\" in my book. :) BTW, I must seriously work on getting more members for my Sonic Defence Team. I can't promise a T-shirt, but there will be cake. Any takers?", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1724061}, {"user_id": 31866, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1311696707.970896, "message": "@Buffel I love how Squenix is trying to distract us from Versus XIII.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1724069}, {"user_id": 36043, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1311697690.5373759, "message": "@Buffel @Jevous Versus XIII has a new name doesn't it? Man that things been out in the wild west of rumours and closed-door trailers that I don't even think it pings that many radars anymore.\n\n@MrGenuchi Ah, ok, that's a skip for me then.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1724127}, {"user_id": 32692, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1311698171.3043201, "message": "@Iori No, it's still Versus XIII. Final Fantasy Agito XIII became Final Fantasy Type-0.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1724176}, {"user_id": 33318, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1311709105.4407849, "message": "Oh keep quiet. They should just remake FFVII remake already.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1725716}, {"user_id": 33318, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1311709134.5497241, "message": "That's two remakes if you did not catch that...", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1725720}, {"user_id": 25703, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1311709740.710156, "message": "Man, imagine the FF7 remake sucks. That would break me.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1725811}, {"user_id": 33318, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1311710980.294538, "message": "Let me tell you, If they announced a FFVII remake my life will revolve around the release if that game. Fuck You Square Enix, just stop all this guessing of what might make a great a great next gen FF game and just do FFVII... Calm down Dawid *chest pains*", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1725945}, {"user_id": 25703, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1311711137.490706, "message": "Do we though? I've had fears for a long time that there are aspects of FF7 that could only work in its antiquated presentation. Do some of the (frankly bizarre - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-THSB8ONms) sequences in FF7 work with a less cartoony art-style, assuming as we must that they try to match the aesthetic of Advent Children?", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1725967}, {"user_id": 33318, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1311710765.0777431, "message": "But we know it wouldn't", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1725918}, {"user_id": 33318, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1311712752.4770329, "message": "Well, they could go cell-shaded right?", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1726134}, {"user_id": 25703, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1311713124.371604, "message": "I just don't imagine they will. I suspect they'll match the established style for FF7 in the original game's FMVs, Advent Children, and that PS3 tech demo.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1726171}, {"user_id": 32692, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1311718862.5065601, "message": "http://209.85.62.24/216/49/0/e240217/e240217.gif", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1726776}, {"user_id": 25703, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1311725701.5975921, "message": "http://www.gamepodunk.com/uploads/gallery/album_323/gallery_458_323_1623.gif", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1727497}, {"user_id": 35617, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1311752698.141413, "message": "Keep in mind that this is the new Squenix we're talking about. If they remake FFVII, they'll feel obligated to give it a pretentious subtitle.\n\nI can never remember that the second Dissidia is called. Dissidia: Duo...deco... deco dance? Deco art? Deco something?", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1729532}, {"user_id": 35617, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1311752969.996886, "message": "Not to mention Kingdom Hearts: Let's choose 3 random words starting with D to fit in with the 3DS theme!", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1729558}, {"user_id": 31866, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1311867782.962754, "message": "Got Vanquish, so @dawid22 can shut up about it. Played through Act 1, it's pretty freakin crazy.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1740113}, {"user_id": 33318, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1311884847.981205, "message": "Not long and you'll have trouble keeping your mouth closed as well :)", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1742417}, {"user_id": 31866, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1311955517.741926, "message": "Well, I'm going to be talking about this game a lot between now and the time I finish it. Note #1 : This game made going into bullet-time fun again. Note #2: It's also quite challenging. Not \"Bayonetta\" challenging, but just enough that it forces you to really look around the play field, scout out your options and use your suit powers wisely.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1748842}, {"user_id": 35617, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1311959936.751117, "message": "Six pack of beer + Dead Nation couch co-op = fun", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1749339}, {"user_id": 31866, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1312214326.6033311, "message": "Went back to Dragon Age Origins and after completing the terrible Circle Tower section I'm really enjoying it! Just fought werewolves, a dragon and an army of skeletons all in one span of one hour... epic fantasy up in this thang!", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1767265}, {"user_id": 25703, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1312231725.8059521, "message": "Oh man, did you do the mage tower *first*?", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1769692}, {"user_id": 35624, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1312270786.19104, "message": "Found my copy of ff13 under some \"rubble\" in the study while cleaning up and remembered that i never finished it back when i got it. IIRC, i never finished it cause i hit some point in the latter half of the game that required quite a bit of grinding to level up my crystariumlism thing and i just passed. I suppose that was my fault for just dodging all the fights etc, but i had to restart the game cause i cant remember how anything works anymore.\n\nEither way, pretty pictures w00!\n\nAlso, i see Vanille still has that annoying voice.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1773263}, {"user_id": 31866, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1312300572.6860361, "message": "You know they released an English version with Japanese voices a while ago. I was thinking of getting it so when I DO feel like playing it again I wouldn't have to suffer her annoying voice again. @Neilan ... Yeah, I kind of did. There was no clear indication of which one to do first.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1776359}, {"user_id": 31866, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1312803781.0145769, "message": "Caved and got Assassin's Creed Brotherhood. It was cheap and I really enjoyed the series so far, I'm definitely getting Revelations so I can't really miss out on this one.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1820408}, {"user_id": 33318, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1312828884.132926, "message": "Just wait till you see the cliffhanger ending with Brotherhood. You'll probably end up buying revelations day one.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1823810}, {"user_id": 25703, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1313310898.275085, "message": "Finished Insanely Twisted etc. Pretty skippable if you ask me.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1868316}, {"user_id": 32692, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1313344657.7231579, "message": "Still working on the last few levels of Ms. Splosion Man, which has outstayed its welcome. Level 3-13 was just dreadful.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1870285}, {"user_id": 36043, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1313401543.1063931, "message": "Started my pre-DX:HR play of the original using the New Vision HD textures and some fan mods to balance the game etc. The wave of nostalgia is astounding, running through UNATCO stealing everything that wasn't nailed down was as fun now as it was when I was 14.\n\nRegarding the HD textures, I think I may have installed it incorrectly since I haven't noticed any difference. Playing the game is 1600x900 is awesome though.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1874778}, {"user_id": 35612, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1313404574.0498569, "message": "Over the couple of weeks I've put in more than 20 hours into Zuma's Revenge. I still need to complete the last Iron Frog stages of the Challenge mode.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1874900}, {"user_id": 32282, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1313409224.9898691, "message": "Playing some cheap sales goodies: Kane & Lynch 2 (pretty dreadful); Wet (mediocre) and Aliens vs Predator (nostalgic or dated - your choice)", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1875246}, {"user_id": 36043, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1313420576.026217, "message": "Speaking of terrible games, I read a retrospective on Driv3r today, and it reminded me of the 15 minutes I spent with it. That game was _shocking_, given the budget and the team.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1876311}, {"user_id": 31866, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1314010011.241056, "message": "I've had some of my most memorable gaming moments playing splitscreen.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1928740}, {"user_id": 35617, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1314000136.0276489, "message": "PSN:\n\nDead Nation\nScott Pilgrim vs. the World\n\nRetail:\nLBP\n\n^Start with those", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1928184}, {"user_id": 31852, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1313925973.9740541, "message": "My annual Prince of Persia cravings kicked in this weekend, which I sated with a Forgotten Sands replay. Man, that game was way better than I remembered it being. It helped that my powerups/upgrades from the first time carried over, as this allowed me to breeze through every combat encounter in a matter of seconds.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1921888}, {"user_id": 31852, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1313927886.978281, "message": "Also, I finally completed Vanquish, which was a giant, glittering monument to awesomeness. Currently busy with Crysis 2, which is drawing me in after a fairly underwhelming opening.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1921962}, {"user_id": 25703, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1314033857.727927, "message": "Tomb Raider: Guardian of Light, Pixeljunk Monsters, Trine", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1931850}, {"user_id": 36043, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1313958762.332809, "message": "Nearing the end of Portal 2 (for some reason it lay neglected on my PC) and my favourite thing about it is the design of the environment. Forget the puzzles, the real success is how alive the facility feels, and how much care has gone into the detail.\n\nQuestion: What are some good PS3 couch co-op games?", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1924523}, {"user_id": 36043, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1314004847.4829011, "message": "LBP looks like a good choice, should be able to pick it up for a song too. Cheers.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1928434}, {"user_id": 35617, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1314006259.6486299, "message": "Also, if you want to venture into splitscreen... Borderlands and Portal 2.\n\nBut, yes. Splitscreen. Ugh.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1928502}, {"user_id": 35617, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1314025688.653784, "message": "And Pixeljunk Shooter", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1930702}, {"user_id": 36043, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1314024734.345566, "message": "Playing Borderlands 4 player next month on PC with some colleagues, and Portal 2 will be done soon. Anything else?", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1930519}, {"user_id": 35617, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1314025665.9079781, "message": "There's actually so damn few retail couch co-op games.\n\nYeah, you're gonna have to delve into those available on PSN...\n\nAdd Castle Crashers to the list.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1930699}, {"user_id": 35617, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1314025677.7234621, "message": "And SSHD", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1930701}, {"user_id": 36043, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1314025957.3740129, "message": "Oooh, two good suggestions, thanks.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1930730}, {"user_id": 31866, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1314087202.6158299, "message": "I 2nd Nielan on Guardian of Light, one of my favourite couch co-op games of late.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1938699}, {"user_id": 33318, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1314133569.420682, "message": "Playing the Rugby World Cup 2011 game, I also guess that no one around here cares. K bye.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1943801}, {"user_id": 31753, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1314168591.5002151, "message": "I managed to get about 2 hours of Deus Ex in yesterday. I'm liking what I'm seeing so far. The transition between the CGI and the game itself can be a bit disconcerting, as the CG isn't nearly as clear as it could be. But other then that I don't really have much complaints so far, it looks gorgeous on my PC, which was something I was worried about.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1947321}, {"user_id": 31927, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1314175161.0808389, "message": "@dawid22 Nonono.  This is fascinating.  Tell us more.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1947607}, {"user_id": 25703, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1314179008.8152001, "message": "Just played about two or so hours myself, up to the end of the first ... mission? The intro cutscene after the \"prologue\" is so wonderful.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1947847}, {"user_id": 32692, "stars": [], "topic_id": 33059, "date_created": 1314192629.468312, "message": "It really is! (Confession: I am the worst sucker for cool title credits in movies and games.)", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1949055}]