bugsonglass said:

Extraction.

You were right, it's really good.  Looks great as well.

I can't remember my impressions, it was good but too short and has little replay value. I still prefer it to Dead Space as it has much more personality and I didn't really like being all alone in Dead Space, it got boring. Extraction should have been a more traditional shooter though going by what Eurocom did next: Goldeneye Wii is probably my favourite FPS of all time.

gamingeek said:

I can't remember my impressions, it was good but too short and has little replay value. I still prefer it to Dead Space as it has much more personality and I didn't really like being all alone in Dead Space, it got boring. Extraction should have been a more traditional shooter though going by what Eurocom did next: Goldeneye Wii is probably my favourite FPS of all time.

Loved the feeling of isolation, despair and madness in the original Dead Space.  Reminded me of Tarkovsky's Solaris.  I enjoyed the "four buddies" vibe of Extraction but it made it feel less heavy and oppressive and that was something I considered good about the original.

Never played Golden Eye on the N64 because it made me sick (motion sick).  Maybe I ought to try the Wii-make.

Té_Rojo said:

I think I need to make myself an end point for Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise. I've been playing it for quite a while now and I don't know when I'd be done if I were to get every award. I'm finally replaying BioShock for the first time in years. Then I'll move on to BioShock 2 and my first replay of Infinite.

Make the end point getting all awards, then.

Té_Rojo said:

But then we'll never play LBP3.

Your sense of personal achievement and my pride in you will be worth it.

I've been playing The Witcher 3 and Blazblue: Chrono Phantasma Extend. The Witcher 3 is going to take me a looooong time to finish which is not a bad thing mind you.

So if I had a conversation with a talented Japanese development team, which went somewhat along the following lines of the one below.  And then they went on to make a game as a result of it ... which would be the game I have been playing for the last two or three days.  What game am I playing?  It's really quite obvious so, no more hints.

"Devs:  Name a couple of your favourite games.

Bugs:  Zelda.  Shadow of the Colossus.

Devs:  What do you like about Zelda?

Bugs:  Everything.  Mainly the dungeons:  The elemental themes.  The environmental puzzles.  How they open up the more you work at them.  The bosses.

Devs:  Do you enjoy exploring the vast open world in Zelda?

Bugs:  Yes, but oviously it's not my favourite thing about it.

Devs:  What do you like about SotC?

Bugs:  Duh, the bosses.  Also the bleakness and the permeating sombreness and silence.

Devs:  In both games you're ultimately trying to save the girl.  You like that sort of thing?

Bugs:  Yes, obviously.

Devs:  In one of them the girl is dead, in the other merely captured.  Which do you prefer?

Bugs:  Both.  I don't know.  Surprise me.

Devs:  Do you like the combat in 3D Zeldas?

Bugs:  Yes, but I don't go crazy.  I prefer something a little more involved, though not too convoluted or overly elaborate.

Devs:  Sort of like Castlevania?  With leveling up and light RPG elements?

Bugs:  Yes, that's grand!

Devs:  What's your favourite Studio Ghibli movie?

Bugs:  Spirited Away.

Devs:  Why?

Bugs:  I don't know.  I love all the batshit crazy Japanese lore and the dark fantasy and stuff and the scary characters.

Devs:  Ok then...

Bugs:  Ok then..."

Come on!  Ninokuni would practically tick none of those at all.  Plus, you know I played that years ago when it was first released.  I wouldn't have time to play that type of game again.

No!  But that reminds me I'd like to play that though.  I think I have it on the PS3

No.  Better guess than the previous two though.