What are you playing?

[Jameson Rook]

That's awesome. All hail the mighty GameCube.

Definitely an overlooked console by many.

It's a fantastic game, if you don't like where the franchise went, the Ghost Babel timeline will be your respite.

It's a actually canon if you put the pieces together.

Spoiler

Turns out, you were playing as Raiden all along, going trough one of many Solid Snake simulators and this was one "what if?" VR training scenario.

I've always wanted to try Ghost Babel. The same goes for Resident Evil Gaiden but I sadly never owned a Game Boy.

Don't let that stop you. The Gameboy is dirt cheap and so it the Gameboy player or a Gamecube.

 

[GasparZizou]

Spoiler

Turns out, you were playing as Raiden all along, going trough one of many Solid Snake simulators and this was one "what if?" VR training scenario.

Oh right that's an equally interesting headcanon as parallel dimensions indeed.

Is that your take on TPP too?

I've always wanted to try Ghost Babel. The same goes for Resident Evil Gaiden but I sadly never owned a Game Boy.

Emulate, my boi, no harm in emulating such old games.

Resident Evil Gaiden is ok, pretty fun actually.

 

[Jameson Rook]

Oh right that's an equally interesting headcanon as parallel dimensions indeed.

Yeah, the game was referenced several times in MGS2 and you'll get a message by your mysterious instructor "No.4" on how he's conditioning you to surpass the skills of Solid Snake. While it's true that it's inevitably a footnote in the MGS canon- it's still canon, contrary to what "MGS scholars" like Yong Yuck would say.

Is that your take on TPP too?

What's TPP? I don' know any TPP. What? Can't hear you lala lalalala..

 

[GasparZizou]

Yeah, the game was referenced several times in MGS2 and you'll get a message by your mysterious instructor "No.4" on how he's conditioning you to surpass the skills of Solid Snake. While it's true that it's inevitably a footnote in the MGS canon- it's still canon, contrary to what "MGS scholars" like Yong Yuck would say.

As far as I remember it being canon was disproved long ago, don't remember where I read it but someone seems to have misinterpreted GB's mention on MGS2, I'll have to find the article, but as far as I know, it remains as headcanon, plus it was also referenced in MGS4.

But since everything is apparently canon now, even Survive and PT, it could be, don't get me wrong, I'm a sucker for these theories, love them.

Yong Yea didn't play GB until recently, he even streamed it, so much for an MGS fan.

 

[user 62921]

Don't let that stop you. The Gameboy is dirt cheap and so it the Gameboy player or a Gamecube.

Emulate, my boi, no harm in emulating such old games.

Resident Evil Gaiden is ok, pretty fun actually.

Sometimes I fleetingly remember their existence and make a note of tracking down copies only to end up forgetting about them again. I'll probably resort to emulating them as I don't really care about collecting Game Boy games, but it might take a while. Maybe I should get them tattooed on my forehead or something. In any case, thanks for the reminder of yet more games I need to play.

 

[GasparZizou]

I'm in the middle of a Legacy of Kain replay, currently playing Blood Omen 2, which is the only one I never played, and so far, it feels like rewardless filler. Which in comparison to the previous 3 games, that have such grandiose story, makes this one feel super tedious.

Turns out it wasn't even written by the same people as the other games, and it painfully shows, it's still kinda fun to play and has nice PS2 era graphics.

I dig Kain's design though.

Edit: NVM, Just encountered Janos, doesn't feel so rewardless now.
Edit2: NVM, It was filler, not essential to the franchise at all.

 

[user 62921]

I received this (along with MGS2) for Christmas in 2001 and hadn't played it since. Not a great game (hilarious rag doll physics notwithstanding) but it has a decent soundtrack and is highly nostalgic. I'm really happy to have it in my collection again.

 

[Centurion]

I've always liked those kind of games.
Monster trucks, ATV's, bikes.
It started for me a long time ago with Monster Truck Madness by Microsoft.

 

[user 62921]

I've always liked those kind of games.
Monster trucks, ATV's, bikes.
It started for me a long time ago with Monster Truck Madness by Microsoft.

I remember playing that one, back when I used to be a PC gamer. Good times.

 

[Jameson Rook]

Batman Arkham Asylum on PS4. I honestly think this is the best or the Arkham series and a damn fine game even without the Batman name. It's one of those games I could play any day and never get bored.

 

[Kiva]

I'm in the middle of a Legacy of Kain replay, currently playing Blood Omen 2, which is the only one I never played, and so far, it feels like rewardless filler. Which in comparison to the previous 3 games, that have such grandiose story, makes this one feel super tedious.

Turns out it wasn't even written by the same people as the other games, and it painfully shows, it's still kinda fun to play and has nice PS2 era graphics.

I dig Kain's design though.

Edit: NVM, Just encountered Janos, doesn't feel so rewardless now.
Edit2: NVM, It was filler, not essential to the franchise at all.

Blood Omen 2 ages like fine wine. Its maybe my least favorite of all the games, but if i just want to pick one up its usually the first i choose. All though, sometimes it makes my PC go full on spaz with crashing. And also, Bloodborne is a massive rip off of blood omen 2 like Dark souls is of blood omen 1 and soul reaver 1/2.

( btw blood omen 2 is super for reals, its the one timeline that introduces the hylden lord as an actual character so when he re-appears in defiance you know whats going on. i know theres lots of speculation about is it, is it nor canon to the series but the entire series is built on time manipulation and tampering, higher powers pulling the strings and blood omen 2 is the game that introduced the entire reason for the pillars of nosgoth to exist as an actual threat. and then its aknowledged in defiance directly. The blood omen 2 kain is not the kain we follow the path of on the franchise, but the hylden lord in the franchise is the one who was sealed away by blood omen 2 kain )

Im playing Evil Within 2. Did about 8 hours. Rage quit twice. I hated the first, yet completed it maybe 9 times. I hate this, its fine i guess. But i hate open world go here, no go here, no go here ****. Im too old for that. Id rather the linear levels of the first game with the constant changing scenery than generic town forests and underground.

 

[GasparZizou]

Blood Omen 2 ages like fine wine. Its maybe my least favorite of all the games, but if i just want to pick one up its usually the first i choose. All though, sometimes it makes my PC go full on spaz with crashing. And also, Bloodborne is a massive rip off of blood omen 2 like Dark souls is of blood omen 1 and soul reaver 1/2.

( btw blood omen 2 is super for reals, its the one timeline that introduces the hylden lord as an actual character so when he re-appears in defiance you know whats going on. i know theres lots of speculation about is it, is it nor canon to the series but the entire series is built on time manipulation and tampering, higher powers pulling the strings and blood omen 2 is the game that introduced the entire reason for the pillars of nosgoth to exist as an actual threat. and then its aknowledged in defiance directly. The blood omen 2 kain is not the kain we follow the path of on the franchise, but the hylden lord in the franchise is the one who was sealed away by blood omen 2 kain )

It's got the second most refined gameplay of the series but the series isn't known for it's strong gameplay anyway, it's just a nice pastime for inbetween cutscenes.

It's definitely canon, I always take alternate timelines as canon, but the story is barebones and it's 99% filler, not to mention so poorly written, I guess the game is justifiable because it introduces Hylden dude, but when you compare the progress to the story all the other games have, this game is like, nothing, everything else was put in place for the Hylden race and the pillars in all the other games, BO2 just gave the unspoken ones a name, don't get me wrong, I still like the game, it just seems weird they based an entire game on so little story progression, compared to how substantial the others are, and the writing is atrocious compared to the awesome dialogue of the other games.

 

[Kiva]

edit: deleted my huge comment regarding LOK. Its not worth melting my brain over.

 

[GasparZizou]

edit: deleted my huge comment regarding LOK. Its not worth melting my brain over.

I don't know if there are many holes, many untied threads yes, but Defiance is a clear cliffhanger, and the rumored sixth game that never happened could've addressed some of those.

BO2 is just mostly plain bad writing, still, it looks pretty nice and it's fun to play, but I don't play LoK games for their gameplay, I don't find it very re-playable, I just replayed it to play the series complete with BO2 which I never played before and didn't know many story details, but I wasn't super grabbed by the gameplay or anything.

I don't know, Defiance does a good job unwrapping twist after twist until the end, the murals are clearly about Raziel and Kain, but they don't tell you about the last twist which is the Hylden lord return, unless there's a mural of the vampire hero fighting a Janos-like figure that I missed.

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You're right though, not worth getting into time travel stuff, LoK seems to lean towards the archaic "paradox" model of time travel, instead of the much better many worlds interpretation of time travel. Maybe the 6th game could fix that, if that ever happens.

 

[Kiva]

I don't know if there are many holes, many untied threads yes, but Defiance is a clear cliffhanger, and the rumored sixth game that never happened could've addressed some of those.

I dont think Defiance was really a cliffhanger, i think it was fine to be open ended. Going back to Blood Omen 2, isnt the end of Defiance ( not the VERY end) where the Hylden Lord comes through using Janos as a host the start of the plot of Blood Omen 2? They defeat Raziel and we hear nothing of the Lord again in Defiance. So i am assuming that the Hylden Lord dissapears with Janos weak body, then comes through the dimension properly with his own body, captures Janos while he is weak and turns him into that device in Blood Omen 2. So essentially we get the continuation and demise of Janos from Soul reaver 2/Defiance in Blood Omen 2.

Defiance ends with the pillars being broke, Hylden Lord coming through to take out Raziel but then that arc is resolved by Blood Omen 2 kain. And our Kain now has the legit Soul Reaver and the Elder God is now in hiding. The music at the end, and Kains little speech made it seem like the end to me. The only loose tie was the Elder God. And Kain now being armed to see him made it sound Trivial, and given now for some reason Kain doesnt need a heart to stay alive he seems super OP.

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Legacy of kain is my favorite franchise, i love it so much. Its a nightmare to discuss it as a whole. A game by game basis is still difficult because of lore implications of the games prior and post. Before Soul Reaver 1 came out one of my dads friends would buy games from america and pirate them, some of them were developer copies and some were beta builds. I am probably one of the few people who actually has been in the Zone for Turel in Soul Reaver that was cut from the game. And id give anything to get my bootleg of that back. As much as i love the lighthouse area in that game, and its unofficially Turels zone because of its inhabitants its not the same!

 

[user 62921]

Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare (PS3)

I just finished Red Dead Revolver on PS2 and in light of my almost overwhelming hype for RDR2, figured I'd play Undead Nightmare as a follow-up ('tis the season).

 

[krec9]

Castlevania Rondo Of Blood

 

[Snake Plissken]

The Last of Us: Remastered, Resident Evil Zero HD Remaster and Until Dawn.

 

[user 62921]

- Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare (PS3)
- NHL 18 (PS4)
- Burnout 3: Takedown (PS2)

 

[Jameson Rook]

- Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare (PS3)
- NHL 18 (PS4)
- Burnout 3: Takedown (PS2)

I love Burnout 3!