What is the last video game you played?

[Quintus 6,496]

The theme is the only good aspect of the GoT soundtracks.

[Wojo 2,458]

I still can't get the theme out of my head.

[Jay 46,244]

It's a great theme

[Wojo 2,458]

It actually is. It's infectious and catchy and fits the period and is recognizable when it's used.

[Jay 46,244]

^^ Yup.

[Quintus 6,496]

I didn't watch it but I know exactly what you mean. It's so cliché by now but marketing won't chance anything else.

For some reason I'm not excited by Elder Scrolls Online at all. No, I'm much more interested in the development of a new medieval role playing title which is set in the real world and has no magic or dragons in sight!

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-01-21-i-do-care-for-a-next-gen-medieval-rpg-with-no-fantasy

Holy crap even in its early stages this game is making my mouth water: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-02-11-warhorse-demonstrates-revolutionary-medieval-combat

Watch the video, it looks fantastic!

The music isn't too shabby either. I wonder if it's original.

[King Mark 3,975]

Eurogamer gives a very positive review to Final Fantasy Lightning Returns, but IGN and Gamespot didn't like it. It seems like a very complex game

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-02-11-lightning-returns-final-fantasy-13-review

[Quintus 6,496]

The truth is probably somewhere in between those reviews. Eurogamer is a great site but I don't always agree with their reviews. IGN and Gamespot I take with a pinch of salt.

[Koray Savas 2,260]

IGN's reviews used to be clearly influenced one way or another but lately I feel like they've been more accurate.

[Quintus 6,496]

They're still on the publisher's payroll. They're very handy for scoops and exclusives as a result.

[Quintus 6,496]

Joined a clan for the first time in my life, a Killzone one. All open mic players, proper communication and tactics talk! And actually just a really good bunch of British blokes (as well as a couple of American ones). All told there are 12 of us in a party and occupying one formidable team side; it's like the experience is transformed from a frequently frustrating and angering one (KZ has loads of shite randoms who you can get stuck with) into some of the tightest and most enjoyable competitive fps gaming I've had since the old Halo system link days of ten years ago. And it's also at times just friggin' hilarious!

[Koray Savas 2,260]

I used to be in clans in the classic Resistance: Fall Of Man days. All those people are still on my friends list today. Nothing like playing a 32 player round and everyone knows each other.

[Quintus 6,496]

Downloading the Titanfall beta. Let's have a look at all this hype then; because the more I see of it the more I think it looks utterly bland and dumbed down fps.

[Koray Savas 2,260]

My friend told me it's like classic COD4 and MW2. Well balanced and fun as hell.

[Wojo 2,458]

I need to give Hawken a second look now that it's on Steam.

[Quintus 6,496]

And probably easy enough so that the retired can feel semi pro on it, just like CoD.

A girl I know told me her mother plays Call of Duty and has prestiged on it. I was in tears!

[Koray Savas 2,260]

Prestige means nothing. I've seen the worst players at max prestige.

[Quintus 6,496]

It was the fact that her non gamer mum plays CoD in the first place

[Quintus 6,496]

Titanfall is fantastic; but the bots RUIN it. Big time.

[King Mark 3,975]

I'm up to 6 new releases I want in the next month, after not wanting a new release for a year . It's the biggest concentration of titles I want ever

and after that I seem to be good until December

[Wojo 2,458]

Sesame Street Fighter

http://flavourmachine.com/sesamefighter/

Wow...

[King Mark 3,975]

I keep seeing girls play Candy Crush on their iphones on the subway.

Seriously I feel like telling them they're idiots

[Koray Savas 2,260]

Why?

[King Mark 3,975]

Because Candy Crush is a moronic game

[Quintus 6,496]

It's evil.

[Wojo 2,458]

Candy Crush is evil because it's strong arming both Candy Swipe and The Banner Saga.

But that's no excuse to call someone an idiot for playing a casual game on their phone on a bus. You may as well do the same for anyone who sleeps, reads, knits, or talks to their neighbor.

[Quintus 6,496]

Candy Crush is evil beyond those dastardly trademarking controversies. It's entire model is ugly business.

But yeah, slagging off random silly ladies for being caught up in its psychological web isn't cool either. Especially when you remember that KM basically dismisses all mobile gaming regardless of its quality.

[Koray Savas 2,260]

She should be at home on an 8 hour session of Dark Souls. Such a better alternative!

[Jay 46,244]

And what do you do while sitting on buses, KM?

[Quintus 6,496]

Leers at young ladies with utter disdain.

[Quintus 6,496]

Titanfall has me sold, so I'm glad my £24.69 preorder Origin key wasn't a waste. A super arcade style shooter that'll be great for a quick blast and adrenaline rush in the evenings before moving onto something a bit deeper, more challenging.

Because make no mistake this is far and away the easiest multiplayer shooter ever made and if you're generally crap at online fps then your prayers have been answered. Really well made, beautifully tight controls and really, really fun.

[Koray Savas 2,260]

So in other words, COD with robots.

[Quintus 6,496]

It's so much better than CoD imo, it feels much more emergent and just downright spectacular to play. But it is somehow even easier than CoD, which is my one concern. 3 months down the line I'm wondering if I'll have lost interest after the novelty has worn off.

[King Mark 3,975]

I've been watching TV instead of games for the past 2 weeks (because of the Olympics) and it feels like a bigger waste of time than gaming

[Koray Savas 2,260]

Yeah I kinda outgrew the whole TV watching thing. I can't fathom how Jay keeps up with like 10 different shows at the same time.

[Quintus 6,496]

I'll usually have 1-2 show boxsets on the go and everything else is just BBC news. Just finished the first season of BB again, but yeah, once the kids are in bed I'll normally game. It's good to have both options, especially in this TV golden era. Barely watching any films at all at the moment.

[Luke Skywalker 2,385]

I didn't watch it but I know exactly what you mean. It's so cliché by now but marketing won't chance anything else.

For some reason I'm not excited by Elder Scrolls Online at all. No, I'm much more interested in the development of a new medieval role playing title which is set in the real world and has no magic or dragons in sight!

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-01-21-i-do-care-for-a-next-gen-medieval-rpg-with-no-fantasy

Holy crap even in its early stages this game is making my mouth water: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-02-11-warhorse-demonstrates-revolutionary-medieval-combat

Watch the video, it looks fantastic!

The music isn't too shabby either. I wonder if it's original.

Awesome, thanks for the heads up!

It looks stunning.

[Koray Savas 2,260]

The Last Of Us: Left Behind

Naughty Dog's first story DLC runs a breezy 2-3 hours and it's better than most games. Ellie's character just grew incredibly with this little back story here.

[Jay 46,244]

Yeah I kinda outgrew the whole TV watching thing. I can't fathom how Jay keeps up with like 10 different shows at the same time.

We only watch two dramas at a time (right now it's House of Cards and Black Mirror). All the rest are just comedies we throw on while eating dinner

[Quintus 6,496]

I'm probably gonna have to borrow my brother's ps3 and Last of Us so as to not miss out on that DLC.

[Koray Savas 2,260]

It's almost entirely back/side story. Dare I say similar to a David Cage game in its interactive drama

There are a couple instances of gameplay. The final fight on Survivor kicked my ass.

[King Mark 3,975]

Hype for Dark Souls 2 is growing. I'm not getting the Black Armor edition with cheating weapons

But I plan for the price of the game to go down a bit and play Tales of Symphonia and Final Fantasy X first

[Quintus 6,496]

Lol

[Quintus 6,496]

Bought Mass Effect 3 on Steam for £3. Gonna play it in 'action mode' just to get the trilogy completed, it only really removes the dialogue choices anyway.

[King Mark 3,975]

that's a pretty awful way to play it. Your turning it into a dumbed down shooter on your own accord

[Koray Savas 2,260]

There's an action mode that takes away the RPG elements? Egad!

[King Mark 3,975]

it's called "casuals mode"

[Wojo 2,458]

Right. It's for girls who want to play Mass Effect 3 on the bus.

[Quintus 6,496]

I haven't got the time to take on another RPG, especially since assassin's creed is taking me so long so I just need to whizz through ME3 as straightforward as possible so that I can finally find out how it all went down with Shepherd. Plus the fact that after ME2 I was really underwhelmed and pretty much lost interest in the franchise as a result has been a contributing factor. Action mode will still allow me to enjoy the main narrative and side-quests are still very much a part of it even if I intend on ignoring as many as possible.

[King Mark 3,975]

With the number of games you guys start but never finish, you should focus on something else then