Generic video games thread

[Luke de Spa]

on the go:

final fantasy xiii-2 (ps3)

i got this cheap – on the basis of having mostly enjoyed ff xiii – and played it on and off from may-august last year. haven't really been able to get back into it since then. i'll finish it eventually (i'm going to have a lot of down time in february so probably then) and then sell my ps3, i think. i mostly only use it to watch blu-rays and since i got an apple tv that hardly ever happens

legend of zelda: ocarina of time 3d (3ds)

i never played the original ocarina of time so this was an obvious purchase when it came out in 2011. but i played it for about an hour and gave up on it. then super mario 3d land came out and stole my attention… then i kind of forgot about the 3ds. anyway, i've picked this back up again and although it does seem pretty dated (slow, repetitious) i'm still enjoying it quite a lot.


recently played:

the room (iOS)

short and sweet. and cheap. a bit obvious about half the time but pleasantly creative puzzles for the rest. hooked me for a few hours – exactly what i want from a game these days. devoting dozens of hours to a single title used to feel like good value for money, but now it just seems like an insane waste of time


abandoned:

sonic cd (iOS)

got this for a dollar or two on my ipad a day or two after christmas. fun for about 15 minutes. the sonic games' high-speed-plus-cheap-obstacles formula has aged terribly.