Weekend, what are you playing?

Well E3 is over and what a show it was. Lots of awesome and bizarre announcements. But anyway, it's the weekend after E3, what are you playing?

Migoy: Been spending some time killing waves of dudes in Sengoku Basara Samurai Heroes, some of the attakcs in that game is just insane like shooting a ball of lightning from a samurai sword or holding 3 of those samurai swords in 1 hand like Wolverine claws. I played some Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers last night. That game looks really good but I wished it played better. Its like all the production went into the graphics and presentation but not enough went into the gameplay.

Arlie: So I got the platinum trophy for inFAMOUS yesterday, and it took me about 2 hours to find the last blast shard (still much easier than finding 200 pigeons in GTA IV, cos Niko can't climb shit). I don't think I will play inFAMOUS 2 anytime soon (unless someone would lend me a copy). There was a major update for Gran Turismo 5 the other day, it includes a save feature in between championship races (nope, you still can't save during an endurance race), Racing Gear items were added so you can choose a helmet and racing suit for your A-spec and B-spec drivers and make them strike a pose for a profile picture. There is also a new bonus track by Daiki Kasho entitled "Day to Live" which is unlocked as a BGM after the first ending movie. Also for a limited time, Online Dealership cars are offered at 0 mileage and half the price (maybe as a bonus after the PSN Outage). Me and my friends played Gran Turismo 5 online since Friday, and invited them to play again later. Feel free to add me on PSN and join us in my GT5 Lounge.

I still hope they make the Bugatti Veyron a premium car.

Quash: This weekend i revisited some old RPG games in my collection. Started playing Fallout: New Vegas again to get all the side quests done. Playing it again is making me want to grab the DLC's currently out. I also started Borderlands again with some friends. It's one of the those games that you just go back for another playthrough. We have all the DLC's for the game so we have a lot of content to cover. I also just purchased the Arcade Edition for Super Street Fighter 4 and went to the lab to learn the twins. so far, they are just instantly Top tier characters. Their trippy to learn and so far i prefer Yang. Yun is definitely a stronger character but i prefer Yang's play style.

E3 2011: Prey 2 gameplay demo

If you're wondering what Prey 2 is all about, we got a gameplay demo you guys should check out. It's an Open world FPS and that alone makes it completely different from its predecessor. You play as Killian Samuels, once a U.S marshall on earth is now an alien bounty hunter on the planet Exodus. Human Head Studios is developing this game with the help of Bethesda Softworks.

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I can't really say anything to compare this to the first game since i never played it but this makes me want to grab a copy to prepare myself when Prey 2 comes out. It has a movement mechanic somewhat similar to Brink and has some cool gadgets that you can use to capture your bounty. There will be tons of bounty to collect dead or alive, and there are different ways to tackle a certain bounty. Go guns blazing in the front, head to the back, or take someone hostage for collateral similar to whats shown in the video. it's all up to you.

Prey 2 is coming next year 2012 on the PC, Playstation 3 and Xbox 360.

E3 2011: Final Fantasy 13-2 stage demo

Final Fantasy 13-2 made an appearance at this year's E3 giving us an in-game trailer plus a stage demo for people to try  out and for us to see. So far, the gameplay is just like 13, the whole paradigm shifts. Whats new though in the game is the Quick time events during battle and monsters as a third party member? Sorry, not liking whats new for this sequel but maybe you guys will so go check it out.

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Another good change is that there will be towns now to explore and the map won't look like a pipeline heading to one direction. They finally addressed this issue but there is still so much more we need to know about this sequel. Last time they released a sequel, it was for Final Fantasy X and that was just plain horrible. Final Fantasy X was one of the best for me in the series and it's sequel just ruined it. Hopefully this won't happen again and will actually turn out to be a better game than 13.

The demo shows a new playable character Noel along with Serah, Lightning's younger sister who now fights and wields a moogle that transforms. Where are the old crew? they say they will return for this game but no news yet on who will be playable and how big their role will be.  So far, only Lightning is confirmed playable for 13-2.

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I'm still bothered by the fact that your third party member will be a series of creatures you've collected in the game. Why couldn't they just add one extra character into the mix? we'll see how this game plays out in the end but so far I'm not interested. It has no official release date but is aiming for an early 2012 release.

How does the game look for you guys? still hyped for this title?

E3 2011: Never Dead

Never Dead is a 3rd person action shooter in which you have an immortal character. And I know what you're thinking, "how does that work?". Well we have Bryce Boltzmann is a demon hunter and after the unfortunate death of his wife, a curse makes him immortal and now he's paired with a woman named Arcadia. So yea... possible escort game?

The demo they showed at the E3 show floor hd a segment where Bryce was with Arcadia but it wasn't long and hopefully that won't be the case when the game comes out cause I hate escort missions. So if your partner dies, that's one scenario of a gameover. Another would be if Bryce's head gets eaten or something. Since he's immortal, limbs are expendable. You can use your arms as a distraction for demon dogs to be used as a chew toy while you take em out or link electrical wires using your body as the medium and so forth.

If an enemy does too much damage, Bryce's head flies off. You can basically say that you control Bryce's head as when if gets detached from his body, that's what you control as it rolls around the stage. When you're just a head, you either need to wait for your body to grow back or (if it's still intact) find it around the stage. That brings a pretty unique approach to a 'lifebarless' game. Looking forward to how this game plays out.

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xr6KryINLIk&w=560&h=349]

E3 2011: Prototype 2

Prototype is back with a sequel. This time with a new hero and with Alex Mercer being the antagonist.

I watched the IGN interview with Matt Armstrong as they talk about some new features in the game such as new powers, enemy types and the motivation of the new character.

The graphics of Prototype 2 are definitely a step up from the first game and I want to see new hero clash with the previous hero.

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llBLN9bXb3I&w=560&h=349]