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#126
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Recentley Finished:
Fire Emblem (Blazing Sword the first US GBA release)
Fire Emblem Path of Radiance
Phoenix Wright
Trace Memory
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
Currently Playing:
Killer 7 (put this one aside for awhile, but I'm starting on it again)
Fire Emblem: Sacred Stones
Metroid Prime Pinball
Astro Boy: Omega Factor
Up Next:
Gun
These are the ones I have finished since my last update. Castlevania was just plain incredible, but Phoenix Wright was very close to it for my favorite DS game. The DS has taken up most of my playing time currently. I can't believe more people aren't praising Fire Emblem Path of Radiance. That game was flat out amazing. I guess it dissapointed some because it stuck to the same gameplay as the GBA versions, but it was still an awesome game playing experience. Solid storyline, great characters and really good maps and strategies. I logged in 40 hours and enjoyed every minute.
My goal is to finish Killer 7 before Gun is released.
Fire Emblem (Blazing Sword the first US GBA release)
Fire Emblem Path of Radiance
Phoenix Wright
Trace Memory
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
Currently Playing:
Killer 7 (put this one aside for awhile, but I'm starting on it again)
Fire Emblem: Sacred Stones
Metroid Prime Pinball
Astro Boy: Omega Factor
Up Next:
Gun
These are the ones I have finished since my last update. Castlevania was just plain incredible, but Phoenix Wright was very close to it for my favorite DS game. The DS has taken up most of my playing time currently. I can't believe more people aren't praising Fire Emblem Path of Radiance. That game was flat out amazing. I guess it dissapointed some because it stuck to the same gameplay as the GBA versions, but it was still an awesome game playing experience. Solid storyline, great characters and really good maps and strategies. I logged in 40 hours and enjoyed every minute.
My goal is to finish Killer 7 before Gun is released.
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From: The Janitor's closet in Kinnick Stadium
Playing:
NCAA Football 2005
Ninja Gaiden Black
Ace Combat 5
Top Spin
Dino Crisis (PS1)
Next:
Guitar Hero (If I can freaking find it somewhere)
Gun
Spartan Total Warrior
NCAA Football 2005
Ninja Gaiden Black
Ace Combat 5
Top Spin
Dino Crisis (PS1)
Next:
Guitar Hero (If I can freaking find it somewhere)
Gun
Spartan Total Warrior
#128
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From: Colorado Springs, CO
Recently Finished:
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2: The Sith Lords
Currently Playing:
Battlefield 2
Guild Wars
Sid Meier's Pirates
Tron 2.0
Burnout: Revenge
Up Next:
Half-Life 2
Ace Combat 5
Civilization 4
The Movies
Star Wars: Battlefront 2
I'll probably start on Half-Life 2 after I finish Tron 2.0. I'm currently unable to play Burnout: Revenge because somehow my PS2 saved game got corrupted. I was over half way through. Hopefully I can figure out a way to recover the data.
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2: The Sith Lords
Currently Playing:
Battlefield 2
Guild Wars
Sid Meier's Pirates
Tron 2.0
Burnout: Revenge
Up Next:
Half-Life 2
Ace Combat 5
Civilization 4
The Movies
Star Wars: Battlefront 2
I'll probably start on Half-Life 2 after I finish Tron 2.0. I'm currently unable to play Burnout: Revenge because somehow my PS2 saved game got corrupted. I was over half way through. Hopefully I can figure out a way to recover the data.
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From: Dallas, Tx
I'm on a roll right now. I usually never finish games, but here in the last couple of months I have finished the following:
God of War - game of the year nominee
RE4 - another game of the year nominee
Doom 3 - nice graphics
On my Plate:
Shadow Hearts: Convenant - really getting into this
Killer 7 - not sure about this one; may go toward 360 credit
Suffering II - almost finished
SW Battlefront II - trading in tomorrow at GR
Future:
Gun - pre-order xbox
HL2 - pre-order xbox
Condemned - x360
Perfect Dark Zero - xbox 360
God of War - game of the year nominee
RE4 - another game of the year nominee
Doom 3 - nice graphics
On my Plate:
Shadow Hearts: Convenant - really getting into this
Killer 7 - not sure about this one; may go toward 360 credit
Suffering II - almost finished
SW Battlefront II - trading in tomorrow at GR
Future:
Gun - pre-order xbox
HL2 - pre-order xbox
Condemned - x360
Perfect Dark Zero - xbox 360
#131
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Well, I finally got a PS2 about a month ago and have been finally playing some of the games i've been eager to play.
Recently beat God of War. Currently playing Final Fantasy X and Burnout 3.
Over on the PC side, been playing Quake 4 and FEAR. Moreso Q4 though.
Recently beat God of War. Currently playing Final Fantasy X and Burnout 3.
Over on the PC side, been playing Quake 4 and FEAR. Moreso Q4 though.
#133
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Recently Finished:
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night(PSX) - 200.6%
MVP Baseball 2005(Xbox) - on the shelf 'til next season
Currently playing:
World of Warcraft(PC)
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow(DS)
Shining Force Neo(PS2)
NBA 2K6(Xbox)
Star Wars Battlefront II(Xbox)
Up next....
Dragon Quest VIII(PS2)
Final Fantasy IV(GBA)
Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time(DS)
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night(PSX) - 200.6%

MVP Baseball 2005(Xbox) - on the shelf 'til next season
Currently playing:
World of Warcraft(PC)
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow(DS)
Shining Force Neo(PS2)
NBA 2K6(Xbox)
Star Wars Battlefront II(Xbox)
Up next....
Dragon Quest VIII(PS2)
Final Fantasy IV(GBA)
Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time(DS)
#134
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My recently finished:
The Warriors (XBOX)
PLaying:
Madden 06 (still)
Burnout Revenge (XBOX)
Star Wars Battlefront 2 (XBOX...will trade in at GameRush)
Battlefield2 (XBOX Live...still debating if I like it)
The Warriors (XBOX)
PLaying:
Madden 06 (still)
Burnout Revenge (XBOX)
Star Wars Battlefront 2 (XBOX...will trade in at GameRush)
Battlefield2 (XBOX Live...still debating if I like it)
#135
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Recently finished as of today:
Stubbs The Zombie
The Warriors
Now playing:
Fire Emblem Path of Radiance
RE4 (PS2)
Guitar Hero
Gun (in a couple of days at least)
Smackdown vs Raw 2006 (next week)
True Crime NYC (next week)
Dragon Quest VIII (next week)
Wild Arms Alter Code F (next week)
Stubbs The Zombie
The Warriors
Now playing:
Fire Emblem Path of Radiance
RE4 (PS2)
Guitar Hero
Gun (in a couple of days at least)
Smackdown vs Raw 2006 (next week)
True Crime NYC (next week)
Dragon Quest VIII (next week)
Wild Arms Alter Code F (next week)
#136
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From: Gateway Cities/Harbor Region
Now Playing:
Project Snowblind
Batman: Rise of Sin Tzu
Recently finished:
The Suffering...a few months ago
Currently RE-PLAYING:
The Suffering
Legacy of Kain: Defiance...this game looks AWE-SOME on my new 30in HDTV.
Project Snowblind
Batman: Rise of Sin Tzu
Recently finished:
The Suffering...a few months ago
Currently RE-PLAYING:
The Suffering
Legacy of Kain: Defiance...this game looks AWE-SOME on my new 30in HDTV.
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From: NYC
(All GBA games are played on my nice emulator)
Recently Finished
Deus Ex (PC)
Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow (GBA)
Currently Playing:
Urban Dead (my Firefox browser) <-- does anyone else play this?? We should form a DVDTalk clan.
Metroid Fusion (GBA)
Fire Emblem (GBA)
Riviera (GBA)
Age of Empires III Demo (PC)
On hold, but will get back to:
Morrowind + expansions (PC)
Fallout 2 (PC)
Sid Meier's Pirates (PC)
Will be playing in the near future:
FEAR demo (PC)
Call of Duty (PC)
Recently Finished
Deus Ex (PC)
Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow (GBA)
Currently Playing:
Urban Dead (my Firefox browser) <-- does anyone else play this?? We should form a DVDTalk clan.
Metroid Fusion (GBA)
Fire Emblem (GBA)
Riviera (GBA)
Age of Empires III Demo (PC)
On hold, but will get back to:
Morrowind + expansions (PC)
Fallout 2 (PC)
Sid Meier's Pirates (PC)
Will be playing in the near future:
FEAR demo (PC)
Call of Duty (PC)
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[recently finished]
dragon quest V (snes)
super mario 2 yoshi's island (snes)
area 51 (xbox)
tactics ogre (gba)
[currently playing]
punisher (xbox)
star ocean (snes)
mega man x (snes)
[will be playing soon]
donkey kong country 2 (snes)
dragon quest V (snes)
super mario 2 yoshi's island (snes)
area 51 (xbox)
tactics ogre (gba)
[currently playing]
punisher (xbox)
star ocean (snes)
mega man x (snes)
[will be playing soon]
donkey kong country 2 (snes)
#139
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Just finished
Metal Gear Solid 2 Substance (XBOX) - This definitely nears the top of my overrated list. The story was overdone and just a mess IMO, I really think the story was way over the top. Also the cutscenes were ridiculous, half the game was cutscenes, I actually fell asleep during the almost final cutscene where the colonel
went on for about a half hour and beat the story into your head. The writers of this series seem to have no sense of the subtle, I think they should have incorporated the story into the game better.
kill.switch. (XBOX) - Well the story in this is even worse, it just plain doesn't make sense IMO. The ability to move your aiming around will crouched kind of ruins the difficulty, you just move the aiming thing around until it turns run then get up and shoot. Also they should have had some sort of checkpoint system.
Leisure suit Larry - Magna Cum Laude (XBOX) Kind of a guilty pleasure, not even much of a game, but I enjoyed some of the dialogue.
Now Playing
Doom 3 - Probably top of my overrated list, this game doesn't deserve anywhere near the scores it received. Repetitive and as many have said, a one trick pony. Open a door or pick up some health and a monster is going to jump out at you, was fun for the first few levels, but it got tiring long ago. Just reached Delta labs, can't believe there is an alpha and delta lab, this game really could have been much shorter. Just want to finish so I can finally compare the three big games, Far Cry, HL2 and this.
Psychonauts - This game is great, very original in gameplay and story, it is a great mix of adventure with some action and platforming thrown in. They created a great world with great characters.
Wario Ware (Cube) - Very addicting, I throw it in when I want something simple.
Metal Gear Solid 2 Substance (XBOX) - This definitely nears the top of my overrated list. The story was overdone and just a mess IMO, I really think the story was way over the top. Also the cutscenes were ridiculous, half the game was cutscenes, I actually fell asleep during the almost final cutscene where the colonel
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kill.switch. (XBOX) - Well the story in this is even worse, it just plain doesn't make sense IMO. The ability to move your aiming around will crouched kind of ruins the difficulty, you just move the aiming thing around until it turns run then get up and shoot. Also they should have had some sort of checkpoint system.
Leisure suit Larry - Magna Cum Laude (XBOX) Kind of a guilty pleasure, not even much of a game, but I enjoyed some of the dialogue.
Now Playing
Doom 3 - Probably top of my overrated list, this game doesn't deserve anywhere near the scores it received. Repetitive and as many have said, a one trick pony. Open a door or pick up some health and a monster is going to jump out at you, was fun for the first few levels, but it got tiring long ago. Just reached Delta labs, can't believe there is an alpha and delta lab, this game really could have been much shorter. Just want to finish so I can finally compare the three big games, Far Cry, HL2 and this.
Psychonauts - This game is great, very original in gameplay and story, it is a great mix of adventure with some action and platforming thrown in. They created a great world with great characters.
Wario Ware (Cube) - Very addicting, I throw it in when I want something simple.
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Originally Posted by boredsilly
karn How is Tron? I remember alwasy wanting to give it a go on the X-box but never got around to it.
Recently Finished:
Tron 2.0 (PC)
Currently Playing:
Battlefield 2 (PC)
Guild Wars (PC)
Sid Meier's Pirates (PC)
Star Wars: Battlefront 2 (PC)
Burnout: Revenge (PS2)
Up Next:
Half-Life 2 (PC)
Ace Combat 5 (PS2)
Civilization 4 (PC)
The Movies (PC)
Fable: The Lost Chapters (PC)
Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (PC)
Games That I'd Eventually Like To Play:
Indigo Prophesy
Serious Sam 2
Call of Duty 2
X-Men Legends 2
Deus Ex (I started playing this when it came out, but I never finished it.)
Beyond Good And Evil
The Longest Journey
Tron 2.0 was great up until the end. I didn't really enjoy the final boss battle, and the last cutscene was majorly anticlimactic. Overall it's a good game with a lot of great anthropomorphic references to current and past computer terminology.
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Recently finished:
Onimusha
Prince of Persia: Sands of Time
Now Playing:
Tekken Tag Tournament with friends
Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance 2 Co-operative
Onimusha 3: Demon Seige
Next:
Soul Calibur 2
Resident Evil 4
Onimusha
Prince of Persia: Sands of Time
Now Playing:
Tekken Tag Tournament with friends
Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance 2 Co-operative
Onimusha 3: Demon Seige
Next:
Soul Calibur 2
Resident Evil 4
#145
Recently Finished:
Mario and Luigi Partners in Time
Mario Kart DS (gold on all classes and cups)
Kirby Canvas Curse (beat game 1st time)
Now Playing:
Final Fantasy I and II: Dawn of Souls (starting I soon)
Kirby Canvas Curse (working on getting medals and unlocking stuff)
Mario Kart DS (working on Mission mode and playing some online)
Up Next:
Super Princess Peach
On the Backburner:
Halo 2 (frustrated with Arbiter elevator portion)
Ratchet and Clank 2
Prince of Persial: WOW
Mario and Luigi Partners in Time
Mario Kart DS (gold on all classes and cups)
Kirby Canvas Curse (beat game 1st time)
Now Playing:
Final Fantasy I and II: Dawn of Souls (starting I soon)
Kirby Canvas Curse (working on getting medals and unlocking stuff)
Mario Kart DS (working on Mission mode and playing some online)
Up Next:
Super Princess Peach
On the Backburner:
Halo 2 (frustrated with Arbiter elevator portion)
Ratchet and Clank 2
Prince of Persial: WOW
#146
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Finished:
Kameo: Game & A Rankings
Now Still Playing
Call of Duty 2
Condemned
Backgammon
Zuma - Damn You Level 9!!!
Joust
Not Playing
Perfect Dark Zero - Played a couple missions back in Nov. Haven't touched it sense.
Kameo: Game & A Rankings
Call of Duty 2
Condemned
Backgammon
Zuma - Damn You Level 9!!!

Joust
Not Playing
Perfect Dark Zero - Played a couple missions back in Nov. Haven't touched it sense.
#147
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From: Jersey represent!
Recently finished:
CoD 2 (GameFly rental)
Currently playing:
World of Warcraft
DOA 4
Condemned (Gamefly rental)
Incredible Hulk : Ultimate Destruction
Halo (...overrated...)
Guitar Hero
Shadow of the Colossus
Psychonauts
Sly Cooper 2
We Love Katamari
Amplitude
Paper Mario : Thousand Year Door
Final Fantasy I (on Dawn of Souls GBA)
Mario & Luigi : Partners in Time
Burnout Legends
Tokobot
Infected
Started playing but lost interest:
Metroid Prime 2
Pikmin 2
Trauma Center (freakin' frustrating game)
Advance Wars DS
The Movies
Half-Life 2
Silent Hill 4
On deck:
Halo 2
Fable
KotOR
Killer 7
Geist
Virtua Tennis PSP
Hitman 2
Killzone
Haunting Ground
Viewtiful Joe 2
CoD 2 (GameFly rental)
Currently playing:
World of Warcraft
DOA 4
Condemned (Gamefly rental)
Incredible Hulk : Ultimate Destruction
Halo (...overrated...)

Guitar Hero
Shadow of the Colossus
Psychonauts
Sly Cooper 2
We Love Katamari
Amplitude
Paper Mario : Thousand Year Door
Final Fantasy I (on Dawn of Souls GBA)
Mario & Luigi : Partners in Time
Burnout Legends
Tokobot
Infected
Started playing but lost interest:
Metroid Prime 2
Pikmin 2
Trauma Center (freakin' frustrating game)
Advance Wars DS
The Movies
Half-Life 2
Silent Hill 4
On deck:
Halo 2
Fable
KotOR
Killer 7
Geist
Virtua Tennis PSP
Hitman 2
Killzone
Haunting Ground
Viewtiful Joe 2
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#148
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Recently Finished:
Nothing. I suck. I can't finish anything before I lose interest and move on to the next shiny object.
Currently Playing:
Animal Crossing (takes precendence over EVERYTHING else)
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attourney (just started)
Kingdom Hearts (finally started it, hope to finish this and Chain of Memories before 2 comes out... wishful thinking)
Riviera (GBA: hey, I found it used... 25% off too)
Perfect Dark Zero
Project Gotham Racing 3
Madden 2006
NBA 2K6
Karaoke Revolution Party for PS2 (that Eyetoy functionality is cool)
On the backburner:
Fable: the updated Xbox one
FF 1 and 2: Dawn of Souls
Final Fantasy X (I'm at the point that I get to in every RPG, where it'll take time to get all the secrets before finishing... of course, I never get back to finishing it)
Battalion Wars
X Men Legends 2 (Xbox and PSP)
Killer 7
Shin Megami Tensai: Digital Devil Saga 1 (I wanted to finish it before 2 becomes really hard to find, I'll probably just pick up 2 and leave them both in the queue)
Tales of Symphonia
Nintendogs (sorry puppies, Nook and co. take precedence)
Foolishly recently bought (since Gamerush sales are coming to an end, and the Bestbuy coupon expires this month):
Ace Combat V
Jak II (Really can't get into this)
Shining Force 1 (GBA)
Shining Force Neo
Star Ocean: Till the end of Time
Trauma Center
Fire Emblem II for GBA
Geist
Final Fantasy XI free demo disk for Xbox 360 (what am I thinking? that game already sucked the life out of me once, now I'm going to try it again?)
And Tales of Legendia is looming. Why oh why would I buy another rpg?
Nothing. I suck. I can't finish anything before I lose interest and move on to the next shiny object.
Currently Playing:
Animal Crossing (takes precendence over EVERYTHING else)
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attourney (just started)
Kingdom Hearts (finally started it, hope to finish this and Chain of Memories before 2 comes out... wishful thinking)
Riviera (GBA: hey, I found it used... 25% off too)
Perfect Dark Zero
Project Gotham Racing 3
Madden 2006
NBA 2K6
Karaoke Revolution Party for PS2 (that Eyetoy functionality is cool)
On the backburner:
Fable: the updated Xbox one
FF 1 and 2: Dawn of Souls
Final Fantasy X (I'm at the point that I get to in every RPG, where it'll take time to get all the secrets before finishing... of course, I never get back to finishing it)
Battalion Wars
X Men Legends 2 (Xbox and PSP)
Killer 7
Shin Megami Tensai: Digital Devil Saga 1 (I wanted to finish it before 2 becomes really hard to find, I'll probably just pick up 2 and leave them both in the queue)
Tales of Symphonia
Nintendogs (sorry puppies, Nook and co. take precedence)
Foolishly recently bought (since Gamerush sales are coming to an end, and the Bestbuy coupon expires this month):
Ace Combat V
Jak II (Really can't get into this)
Shining Force 1 (GBA)
Shining Force Neo
Star Ocean: Till the end of Time
Trauma Center
Fire Emblem II for GBA
Geist
Final Fantasy XI free demo disk for Xbox 360 (what am I thinking? that game already sucked the life out of me once, now I'm going to try it again?)
And Tales of Legendia is looming. Why oh why would I buy another rpg?
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Now Playing:
Gauntlet Seven Sorrows (Xbox)
Castlevania Double Pack GBA
COD2 360
Recently lost interest and traded:
Half Life 2 Xbox (just wasn't pulling me in and I've got no time for games that I can trade and that aren't calling my name)
Gauntlet Seven Sorrows (Xbox)
Castlevania Double Pack GBA
COD2 360
Recently lost interest and traded:
Half Life 2 Xbox (just wasn't pulling me in and I've got no time for games that I can trade and that aren't calling my name)
#150
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Recently finished:
Metroid Prime (replayed it)
GTA: San Andreas (went back and finally finished it)
X-men Legends
X-men Legends 2
Currently playing:
Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
Guitar Hero
Castlevania: Lament of Innocence (having a hard time getting into this one)
Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow (stuck at Death)
Up Next:
Kingdom Hearts (replaying before sequel comes out)
Fable: The Lost Chapters
Kingdom Hearts 2
Metroid Prime (replayed it)
GTA: San Andreas (went back and finally finished it)
X-men Legends
X-men Legends 2
Currently playing:
Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
Guitar Hero
Castlevania: Lament of Innocence (having a hard time getting into this one)
Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow (stuck at Death)
Up Next:
Kingdom Hearts (replaying before sequel comes out)
Fable: The Lost Chapters
Kingdom Hearts 2



