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<9.89> F1 2013 (PS3)
<19.99> Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes (PS3)

<18.79> - South Park The Stick Of Truth : http://savygamer.co.uk/2014/03/24/south ... -pc-18-79/ - a bit of a faff (buying cards and then using those to buy the game) but it works

I haven't contributed to this thread yet, but I guess there's no time like the present to get involved.

So, so far this year I have purchased:

<14.99> - Crusader Kings 2 (Mac/PC)
<8.88> - DLC tracks for Rocksmith 2014 (Mac/PC)
<5.49> - TxK (PS Vita)
<11.99> - The Last Of Us: Left Behind (PS3)
<7.99> - Ys Chronicles I & II (PSP/Vita)
<0.99> - Deus Ex: The Fall (Android)
<5.83> - Luftrausers (PS3/Vita)
<4.99> - Bioshock Infinite (Mac/PC)

£61.15 total. Eeesh.

That's 1.5 full price console games. What's the problem?

I was going to say, is that all?

I've got a fair few things to add. Hopefully I'll get that done tonight.

Well, I'm meant to be being sensible with my purchasing this year and I was planning on getting either MGSV: Ground Zeroes or Diablo III at some point this week (just maxed out the starter version of D3 so want to continue - though £33 seems a bit steep for a game that came out in 2012).

Also, I haven't even touched Crusader Kings 2 or Deus Ex: The Fall (although it was a quid, so I won't lose any sleep over that one).

Silent Scope Complete
Mr Driller
Blazing Dragons
Populous: The Beginning
Starsky and Hutch
The Thing
Dark Souls
Beat the Beat: Rhythm Paradise
Rhythm thief and the emperors treasure
Pilotwings Resort
Tony Hawks Pro Skater 2
Actua Golf 3
Actua Ice Hockey 2

<£58.72>

I've also bought a Megadrive and Mega CD today but I may sell that so I'm not going to count it yet.

<379>

ps4 / battlefield 4 off of ASADA
edit:fixed optimistic price

<1.27> OMG HD Zombies! (Vita)

Just Cause 2 (PC) <£2.49>
Deus Ex HR Directors Cut (PC) <£3.24>
PORTAL 2! (Finally!) (PC) <£3.00>

<1.74> Shelter (Mac/PC)

<1.74>

<0.89> on Mage in a Cage for Android.

Come back home. I'm drunk. Bought a vita. <102>. Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck.

Fuuuuuuck.

Look you wanted one - thats a great price and you'll enjoy playing games on it !

The only real downside is that your going to take a trip to an alternative house of frasier store at the weekend and find they have an electrical section and you could have bought it from there :-)

<42.99> Don Bradman Cricket 14 (PS3)

Yes, you read that right. What of it?

I can spot 4 things wrong with that purchase, which is impressive. Well done!

The price, it's cricket, PS3? What's the fourth?

14, which suggests it is the latest in a franchise.

Oh right, no. It's the year of course. It's the first game in the franchise!

Also nothing wrong with the PS3 (now). Having spent an extensive time with both PS3 and 360, I'd argue it's been the better console since c2010.

Well yes, I gathered that it was the year
Strange to start with a year nomenclature, it's almost as if they think it will sell enough to get a sequel

It will do.

In India.

No, really?

The control pad's still shite mind.

Relatedly, I was killing five minutes in Game over lunch time and the PS4 control pad does seem like a massive improvement. I couldn't say for sure though because why would you want people to be able to actually play any games on your demo machine when, instead, you could just unplug the controllers and use it as player for the endlessly looped promotional video that doesn't show any game play? The Wii U machine was the same; cued up to the title screen of Rayman with 'PRESS START' flashing tantalisingly but no fucking response from the controller. What's the thinking behind that? Why would you do it? Fucking shitwits.

Yeah, rather than definitively state as fact, like some others on here.

It stops kids from treating the place like an arcade doesn't it? Stil, they should show something that shows the game off though rather than a press start screen.

Yeah, the PS4 controller is much much better than the awful PS3 one. That's a definitively stated fact.

Agreed. With both of you.

Having people playing with and enjoying your product is the point of having a demo station surely? Even if some kids were to monopolise it at least other people would be able to see some games actually running rather than just the horrible demo reel of Twat 1 inviting Twat 2 to play games with him/her. It just seems counter-productive to me, especially in a city centre on a Monday lunch time when you're not likely to attract many kids.

Although I use one (a previous version of) one of these. which offsets the shitness of the dualshock somewhat. Sadly, it appears to be dying somewhat. And has no motion control.

Next version after that one looks much improved again, but still no motion control.

<7.69> on the following lot for Android:

• AWESOME Land
• Finding Teddy
• Rayman Fiesta Run
• Super School Day
• Don't Move
• Dokuro

<8.99> Metal Gear Solid HD Collection (PS3)
<7.19> Zone of the Enders HD Collection (PS3)
<3.19> Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock (Vita)

You'll have to tell us whether Super School Day is any good. I liked the video.

Sod it, it's only 69p. YOINKED.

And the one Mr Russ was on about earlier.

Infamous Second Son <45.00>

WARNING NOTICE: iPhone 5S Folk: DO NOT GET THIS.

Game crashing bug prevents progress after the smash the eggs game about 10 seconds in. Ridiculous shite.

<2.55> OlliOlli on Vita

Good fucking choice.

You're not missing much, it's not very good. The mini-games are pretty uninspired and the vaguely humourous presentation can't make up for the boring and repetitive nature of the entire thing. Throw in incredibly confusing instructions at point and some dodgy controls and it's getting uninstalled.

If you want a genuinely funny and brilliant Wario-ware style mini-game collection with loads of style and humour then you want Dumb Ways To Die (out on iOS and Android). Apparently it's an extension of a set of public safety adverts in Australia to warn kids of the dangers around trains but you wouldn't know that from playing it and it's very good stuff. Certainly it successfully nails the frantic nature of the best of these types of games and makes sure you're always just on the verge of being over-loaded (right up until the point where you are actually over-loaded and you lose) which is the crucial element needed to keep things fun. As with all such things there's a limit to the amount of entertainment involved as at some point you'll have seen all the mini-games but it's free so who cares?

I ddi try and rally some support and competition for Dumb Ways To Die in the iOS thread yonks back, but people didn't like it. I thought it was great though with some terrific presentation and, of course, that song.

I'm very surprised at that actually, I'd have thought it would be right the street of most people here. I've never heard the song though as I rarely play games on my phone with the sound on due to commuting.

Don't all mobiles come with headphones these days?

The music was great as well. You missed/are missing out.

Here it is. A disappointing meh from all concerned.

viewtopic.php?f=3&t=6995&p=764095&hilit=dumb+ways#p764095

EDIT: Which turned out to be about 2 people and less than 200 words dedicated to the game.

Do you genuinely think I wasn't listening to mobile games because I don't own or couldn't buy a pair of headphones? Seriously?

Anyway, no; the reason is because I'm usually listening to music and would rather do that than listen to the game I'm playing. The vast majority of mobile games will allow you to turn all the sounds off and Android lets your mp3 player run in the background (does iOS allow this, out of curiosity?) so music + game.

Yes, since iOS 1. the iPod app (as it was called then) was one of the very few apps that would multitask right out of the box, before they did background apps for 3rd parties.

Dumb Ways to Die is great. And free, which is crucially about a million billion % value for money than the next nearest wario-lite.

I don't use headphones to play games, as the sound is never worth the faff of getting my headphones out, I find. I never listen to music on my commute though, my headphones are purely for video watching.
Plus, headphones make it too easy for them to creep up on me, I need to keep my wits about me for when they find me.