What did you Accomplish in Gaming Today?

[The Catboy]

I completed several worlds in Birth by Sleep today, Aqua's story

 

[nasune]

Just completed Star Road again, this time using Not64 for the Wii. And I have to say, if you turn the sound off, it actually runs decently. There were only three areas that had a persistent slowdown (the toy box level, Starlight Runway, and the wing cap area), and some graphical glitches which could be fixed by changing the camera. Other than that and some other minor random slowdowns (not as serious as the three aforementioned areas, and not very often) it ran quite well. And honestly, it felt quite nice to be able to use a GameCube controller rather than an old Xbox controller.

 

[HaloEffect17]

Just completed Star Road again, this time using Not64 for the Wii.

Hmmm, I'll have to try that. I tried running Star Road using Wii64 about a year ago and gave up because it was incredibly laggy. I'll have to give Not64 a go. Thanks.

 

[VinsCool]

Did an excellent score in Pinball (NES)

 

[TripleSMoon]

Beat a couple games in the past 24 hours or so.

• Kirby Super Star (Wii U VC)- I decided to do a 100% run in honor of Satoru Iwata (he produced it, and i think this may be the first Iwata produced/developed game I played as a kid), and finished it yesterday. It was cathartic, and I certainly had a good time, which I'm sure is what he would've wanted.
• Saints Row: Gat Out of Hell (PS3)- So I went to Redbox today to get a movie and, before checking out, I was prompted to rent a game for free. I had never played Saints Row before, but I heard that this particular expandalone was rather short, so I decided to pick it up and see if I could beat it before it was due back. I just beat it about 20 minutes ago, so I got to beat a fun, short game for free. Cool! Now I just need to make time to watch the movie I actually set out to rent before it's due at 9pm tomorrow. And sometime when I'm not broke, I think I'll check out the other Saints Row games, because this one was quite fun.

 

[nasune]

Hmmm, I'll have to try that. I tried running Star Road using Wii64 about a year ago and gave up because it was incredibly laggy. I'll have to give Not64 a go. Thanks.

Just make sure that you turn off the sound in the options and it should run at a decent speed. I'm not sure if it's at 100% speed (I'm used to PAL copies of games) but it's very playable (in my opinion at least). One small tip though. If you get to the Wing Cap area, get the switch first. The slowdown will make it rather difficult otherwise. Fortunately that's the only area where the slowdown actually interferes with the gameplay, the other two levels are still very doable (and the toybox one might even be slightly easier).

 

[TheLoneWolfGamer]

Completed Pokemon FireRed Nuzlocke challenge, completed metroid fusion, killed the giant guardian construct in darksiders 2 and some random stuff like:

. BTW TY for the thread!

 

[DarkFlare69]

I just completed Duke Nukem 3D 100% on Damn, I'm good.

 

[Lycan911]

Got to chapter 3 in "Detective Conan and Kindaichi Case Files".

Damn this game is good (and mindfuck-y)

 

[weavile001]

Played some Borderlands the Pre-sequel,Its probably the most funny game i've played this year.
i´m already at Chapter 6, pulled some amazing Fight-for-your-life shots through the last chapter I played.
can't wait to catch up with my friends and play w/ 4 players.

 

[TheLoneWolfGamer]

Got to chapter 3 in "Detective Conan and Kindaichi Case Files".

Damn this game is good (and mindfuck-y)

Detective Conan! Yeah I remember the anime! Is it on DS??

 

[Lycan911]

Detective Conan! Yeah I remember the anime! Is it on DS??

Yes, the fan-translation was finished recently, and it's done pretty professionally It's a crossover between Detective Conan and another not so popular detective show called Kindaichi Case Files. Even though I didn't watch any of those two, I'm really enjoying the game! Might consider watching them when I finish the game

http://gbatemp.net/index.php?threads/134058/

 

[Blaze163]

Started the final case of the Phoenix Wright Trilogy. All kinds of crazy crap going on. Mostly just waiting for my eBay delivery to show up though. Got everything ready for when my DS Lite and R4 card arrive (going retro because I wanted to play Castlevania, it works out cheaper and easier to buy a DS Lite and a flash card than each game to play through my 3DS) but until it actually arrives I'm just killing time because this piece of shit laptop runs DS emulators like a pendantic lethargic procrastinating snail that's been shot in the face.

 

[Vipera]

I beat GTA: San Andreas.

Pro:

- Better graphics than the past one
- Not as buggy as the past one
- The story was somewhat different from the past few games
- You don't have to do as many shenanigans as you had to do in GTA III and GTA Vice City in order to complete the story

Con:

- I hated the ghetto story
- I hated how large the mapwas
- I hated every single character of the game (except Woozie)
- The game was still buggy
- Some idiotic missions (mandatory driver lessons? Really?)
- Having to "buy" your save points (I wasted a lot of time by going back and forth at the first half of the game because I couldn't afford other houses)

I don't get why stereotyping every character to death (except Woozie for some reason). I think my IQ dropped by a few points after hearing the ghetto talk for so long. The jokes were terrible (this guy can't stop jacking off! Hahaha...haha...hah...) and the game didn't try to go as far as they did in Vice City. Also, why do people keep jerking off to the map of San Andreas? I get it, it's big. It doesn't matter though, if half of the map is A FUCKING WASTELAND and the half of the other half IS JUST EMPTY. It's like saying that Wind Waker was good because of the map. No, the map sucked, and it sucks in this game as well.
Also, some VERY negative points about the PC port: just like in Vice City, you are forced to play the game with the framelimiter on and sometimes it will crash for no reason. And you can't install mods. Seriously guys?

Overall the game was pretty boring. It is longer to beat than the past level because you spend most of the time driving. I give it a 3/5.


I have no idea what to play next. This game drained me out. I need a break.

 

[Blaze163]

I was going to buy a new copy of Pokemon Alpha Sapphire today to do a Nuzlocke (sold my old copy ages ago) but the card machine in the store was broken. So I called it a day, came home, remembered that while my laptop may not be able to run DS emulation, it CAN run GBA games, and thus the hard mode hack Pokemon Emerald 386. No Nuzlocke rules since the game is hard enough already, might try a Nuzlocke run on one of the standard roms after. So far I've just defeated the Winstrate family, got 3 badges so far, team is catastrophically unbalanced though. Led by a level 32 Gardevoir, level 29 Ivysaur as backup, everyone else is about ten levels lower than needed. Much harder than regular Pokemon games but it's better that way. I actually use strategy and status moves now instead of just getting type advantage or massive level advantage and blitzkrieging everything in one effortless run. Maybe official Pokemon games should start including an official Hard Mode that unlocks after you defeat the Elite Four. Would certainly help replay value.

 

[boomario]

Finished Portal Stories:Mel (mod for portal 2), been a long time since i didn't enjoyed so much a game.

 

[TheLoneWolfGamer]

I was going to buy a new copy of Pokemon Alpha Sapphire today to do a Nuzlocke (sold my old copy ages ago) but the card machine in the store was broken. So I called it a day, came home, remembered that while my laptop may not be able to run DS emulation, it CAN run GBA games, and thus the hard mode hack Pokemon Emerald 386. No Nuzlocke rules since the game is hard enough already, might try a Nuzlocke run on one of the standard roms after. So far I've just defeated the Winstrate family, got 3 badges so far, team is catastrophically unbalanced though. Led by a level 32 Gardevoir, level 29 Ivysaur as backup, everyone else is about ten levels lower than needed. Much harder than regular Pokemon games but it's better that way. I actually use strategy and status moves now instead of just getting type advantage or massive level advantage and blitzkrieging everything in one effortless run. Maybe official Pokemon games should start including an official Hard Mode that unlocks after you defeat the Elite Four. Would certainly help replay value.

I can emulate Ds on my droid. Its just 1.2 GHz.

 

[Blaze163]

I can emulate Ds on my droid. Its just 1.2 GHz.

I think you've underestimated exactly how wank my laptop is. It's a basic model netbook. 1GB RAM, 1.6GHz CPU, 160GB HDD. Literally he lowest of low end. But since all I need it for is basic net access and word processing it's suitable for my purposes and only cost me £40. The DS emulator I have will run, but at half speed for some reason. Doesn't matter though, my DS Lite and R4 card should arrive over the next couple of days, I'll just emulate DS games that way instead

 

[Bubbysaur]

Not really an accomplishment, but I beat Metal Face in Xenoblade Chronicles. For the final time. The battle had a nice lead up to it and it totally felt climatic.

 

[grossaffe]

Not really an accomplishment, but I beat Metal Face in Xenoblade Chronicles. For the final time. The battle had a nice lead up to it and it totally felt climatic.

Would you say you were really feeling it?