HarpingOn

Just thinking about the time since I upgraded to the PS3.

I promised myself I'd get more out of it than the 360 by actually
playing and completing games.

So far, if I'm remembering correctly, I've completed

Oblivion
Bioshock 2
Singularity
Heavy Rain
Borderlands
God of War III
Red Dead Redemption

I think that's not bad in 6 months. One a month, in fact.

I realise my 'completion' won't be to the standard of others, not all
trophies, mostly no online play.

The games I haven't completed tend to be traded quite quickly, or racing
and sports games that I keep coming back to.

All of the above bar Borderlands (unfinished business there) and
Bioshock 2 (and Oblivion - could never trade oblivion) have been traded
to help with the next title.

Pretty happy with that. Next up are

Uncharted 2 (don't know about this)
Mirrors Edge (need to finish it)
Valkyria (need to start it)

Plus whatever else comes along.

Anyone played valkyria? What's it like?

jochta

HarpingOn wrote:
> Just thinking about the time since I upgraded to the PS3.
>

A new definition of the word 'upgraded' that I wasn't previously aware of

William McNee

On 09/08/2010 12:47 PM, HarpingOn wrote:
> Just thinking about the time since I upgraded to the PS3.
>
> I promised myself I'd get more out of it than the 360 by actually
> playing and completing games.
>
> So far, if I'm remembering correctly, I've completed
>
> Oblivion
> Bioshock 2
> Singularity
> Heavy Rain
> Borderlands
> God of War III
> Red Dead Redemption
>
> I think that's not bad in 6 months. One a month, in fact.
>
> I realise my 'completion' won't be to the standard of others, not all
> trophies, mostly no online play.
>
> The games I haven't completed tend to be traded quite quickly, or racing
> and sports games that I keep coming back to.
>
> All of the above bar Borderlands (unfinished business there) and
> Bioshock 2 (and Oblivion - could never trade oblivion) have been traded
> to help with the next title.
>
> Pretty happy with that. Next up are
>
> Uncharted 2 (don't know about this)
> Mirrors Edge (need to finish it)
> Valkyria (need to start it)
>
> Plus whatever else comes along.
>
> Anyone played valkyria? What's it like?

Would this be Valkyria Chronicles by any chance?
If so, I have it, have played it and it's rather good, although it does
get quite difficult early on (or at least that's what I found). Some of
the comments your team members make are rather funny and there's quite a
variety of members to choose from.
The graphics seem to be a soft pastel style, which just adds to the charm.
I've yet to finish it, as I've only got up Chapter 10 or something. Been
a while since I switched on the PS3 tbh

I have also to play Uncharted 2. I enjoyed the first one, so am looking
forward to eventually getting on with the sequel.

As for Mirror's Edge, I really do need to finish this sometime. This is
the PC version though. I got so far then got stuck and couldn't see a
way of making progress without looking at a walkthrough, which I really
don't want to do...:/
It's where you're at a locked door and there's a window above it. Try as
I might, I couldn't get height enough to jump through the window, if
indeed that's what you're meant to do...



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Tony

On 09/08/2010 12:47, HarpingOn wrote:

> Anyone played valkyria? What's it like?

One of the best video games I've ever played, in terms of engagement and
interest, although it's frustrating in places.

--
Tony Evans
Saving trees and wasting electrons since 1993
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Kendrick Kerwin Chua

In article <i3ttth$on2$2@matrix.darkstorm.co.uk>,
Tony <tony@darkstorm.co.uk> wrote:
>On 09/08/2010 12:47, HarpingOn wrote:
>
>> Anyone played valkyria? What's it like?
>
>One of the best video games I've ever played, in terms of engagement and
>interest, although it's frustrating in places.

I suppose this is as good a time as any to mention that the demo for
Valkyria II is up on PSN now. The sequel was made for the PSP, and Sega's
rationale was that they wanted to get the game out in a matter of months
rather than years.

-KKC, who is old enough now to be bothered by the idea of teenagers going
to war.
--
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have 'em in your pocket but you don't | @ io.com
remember they're there." - Bill Withers | http://www.io.com/~kkc

Tony

In uk.games.video.misc, HarpingOn <HarpingOn@127.0.0.1> wrote:

>I promised myself I'd get more out of it than the 360 by actually
>playing and completing games.

On this topic, we can't afford to buy a lot of games, so we make sure we
buy one and then complete it before taking it and exchanging it for some of
the cost of the next one.

Because we sometimes like different games we sometimes end up with 2 on the
go, one each, but not always. I half regret taking back Fallout 3 and
Borderlands because I would probably have played them a bit more, but it
does mean I've played and completed (by competed I mean seen the end-game
scene) far more games than I would have otherwise.

More incentive when you know it's the only game you have and another one
means finishing it first.

The single exception to this so far is Dragon Age: Origins which I kept,
and didn't use to fund Red Dead Redemption. Finished RDR and on my second
go through of DA:O now, and not sad I kept it.
--
Tony Evans [PSN: perception101]
Saving trees and wasting electrons since 1993
blog -> http://perceptionistruth.com/
books -> http://www.bookthing.co.uk/
[ anything below this line wasn't written by me ]