A Winner Is You (2009)

[Melf]

New year, new thread!

#1.



A good JRPG that suffers from all the ills typical of JRPGs: cliched plot, horrible character designs, and wooden dialogue. The combat played a major part in my finishing it, however, as it was really nice to fight in real-time and use some cool special attacks. I absolutely HATED the real-time menu system though. The game sort of falls apart at the end, with the bullshit last dungeon and lame last boss fight.

I still like to play these types of games now and then, but I don't see how much more life the genre has left in it. Japan has basically been recycling the same formula for more than a decade, and it's really showing its age.

[acdc]

if you don t want it
give it to me i pay the shipping costs
or a trade perhaps

[Melf]

It was lent to me by a friend. I almost bought it too, but decided to wait and borrow it.

#2.



I'd already beaten it solo, but a friend and I decided to tackle the whole thing co-op. It took us only two days, and now I realize just how short this game is. The online play was only slightly laggy this time around, and I actually found the last two hidden orbs I needed!

[Kollision]

2009|01



I just don't know why, this afternoon I got an irresistible craving for Choplifter on the SMS. The first thing I did when I came home was fire up the old Sega 8-bit joy machine and give it a go.

I had already beaten it in the past, but I don't care. It's 2009 and it's here, first game I beat this year! I made it through loop 4-2, totaling 1.660.600 points, when I turned into a massive 2x16 POW killer...

Anyway, this game is still awesome after all these years. And I think I never got to see ET's bike fly in stage 4 until today!

[havok666]

I picked it up at a Flea Market for $3.. I finished it today on Normal, overall it was a pretty solid and unique shooter. Another great Renovation/Wolf Team game.

[j_factor]

Strida Col will be forgotten.

[Mamba Tabac]

I actually did it on the 31st December - but I finally got all 1000gs on Virtua Fighter 5 on the 360. It was seriously doing my head in because quest mode was taking so damn long, but I persevered and finally did it. I'm not going anywhere near another VF now for a long long time...

[AD2101]

Just got the Platinum trophy for Dead Space, and damn what a stupid idea that was.. I love the game obviously, but having to play through a game 4 times to get all the trophies/achievements is a little ridiculous. Now I can work on my other acquisitions since then, mainly Fallout 3, Sonic Unleashed, and my ultimate time waster, Time Crisis 4!

[cj iwakura]

I picked it up at a Flea Market for $3.. I finished it today on Normal, overall it was a pretty solid and unique shooter. Another great Renovation/Wolf Team game.

They just don't make covers like that anymore.

[Tanegashima]

Just beat Out of This World (Genesis)...for like the billionth time, I still hate the section with the Steam Pipes...this game had the best password system EVER. 4 characters per password = jawauwsum!

Going to start next on either Raiden Trad or Road Blasters...I want to play something mindless for a bit.

[havok666]

Going to start next on either Raiden Trad

Good luck with the "special bonus" stage after you complete the game.

[16-bit]

I got 341 points on the Ipod brick breaker game because I was on the train and my Lap Top's battery died while I was playing my legitimate copy of Guardian Heroes.

[Kollision]

2009|02



1CCed it and got up to the end of stage 2-2, when I had a cheap death before the boss and could not handle the bullet swarm unpowered....

I'm going all the way through the series, and I think this one was a nice evolution to the first game. The boss rush and the last stage are brutal, but gosh it feels good to go through one of them unharmed!

Now for the SNES slowdown feast of Gradius III.

[Sudo]

#1: Resistance 2 (PS3)
#2: Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm (PS3)

The Last Remnant will be the next one, hopefully tomorrow. I'm at the final boss, but am trying to get the last achievement I need before fighting him.

[Mamba Tabac]

Just finished Call Of Duty:World At War this afternoon - Nazi Zombies is HARRDDD!!!! Just can't get past wave 4 - by myself, mind...