WHAT VIDEOGAMES ARE YOU PLAYING RIGHT NOW?

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Super Hexagon.

That game has rid me of what little sanity I have left.

Goddammit.

But it has some pretty cool music!

Grand Theft Auto V. God Lord this game is fantastic. Is it any wonder it made 1 billion dollars in three days?

Tales of Xillia is next.

Just finished Tales of Xillia. Bleh. A really weak entry in the series.

I'm gonna do a quick run through Milla's story to see if it comes off any better- my friend, who was a fan of the game, had been playing as Milla.

Other than that, next up on the list is Atelier Ayesha... Or perhaps Ni no Kuni?

@UPRC and Pizza: Yeah, it was fairly hectic here in the city; people should have stocked up on supplies where they were told DAYS IN ADVANCE that not only was a storm coming, but that there was a high probability that the electricity would also go. There were more people on the roads then than any clear, sunny day for God's sake!

And in regards to Milia's side of the story... I'd say that if you didn't really like Jude's side, then Milia's is going to leave an even more sour taste in your mouth. It's much more sparse on any real interesting story details, and the portion after she is SO BORING. I just think that Jude's portion gave a clearer picture of the full story and included the more interesting bits of character interaction, etc.

I absolutely LOVED Ni No Kuni. It is perhaps one of the greatest JRPG's that I've played in a very long time, and was a breath of fresh air after dredging through all of the other games I played beforehand. It has amazing style, a fantastic atmosphere, and is overflowing with charm. However you cannot go in expecting a life-like or realistic story; it takes the storybook/fairy tail approach to things, and everything is FAR more enjoyable once this is realized. Granted, the AI is pretty terrible (for your party members) and the menus can be a hassle to get through at times, but every game has its flaws.

Playing Pokemon X after getting it as a gift last weekend.

I dunno. I have mixed feelings about it so far. A full 3D Pokemon game is what Pokemon fans have been dying for even since the first gen, and this game utilized it very well. I also loved being able to finally change the look of my character and all those little apps like Amie, Super Training and whatnot available at the start. At the same time, I feel like there were a LOT of bad decisions and polishing issues made with this game, and sometimes they ruin the fun for me.

First, the storyline is feeling pretty dead to me so far, particularly in character personalities. Out of all those friends you meet at the start, I only like Tierno, because he actually has SOME distinguishable personality and he's fat and funny. The rest feel completely boring and lifeless, and not even in a funny way. Shauna in particular wasn't really likable to me, and to make things worse, the game threw in some subtly-romantic cutscene between me (the player) and her, which felt absolutely awkward as the game didn't get me to care about her to begin with. Now I know, story generally means sh*t in Pokemon, but after playing Black & White, which had a slightly more complex storyline and some highly memorable characters, this just felt like a step backwards by comparison. At least Team Flare is hilarious.

Second, horde encounters were terribly, TERRIBLY implemented. B/W at least gave you the option to choose between fighting a standard battle and a tougher, more gimmicky battle. Here, on the other hand, the mass encounters of Roggenrola and Gulpin can happen at any time. While of course you can "use moves that hit multiple Pokemon" to make it less problematic, these damaging moves aren't available early in the game at which hordes appear, with you best options being growl and leer. This, in addition to the hordes liking to spamming accuracy-reducing moves, makes these types of battles needlessly long and tedius. The total exp you get isn't much higher from fighting a single, high-level Pokemon, either, making this whole thing a high risk with little reward. I think I'll just run from every horde from here on.

Lastly, I'm a little on the fence as to how there are so many Pokemon from past games clumped together in this. What made games like Emerald and B/W special to me is that they had some sort of theme, and the Pokemon that appeared reflected that theme. This game throws everything together like some sort of weird hodge-podge, and even though I like having a variety of Pokemon available, especially those like Machop and Pikachu which are among my favorites, it just felt like I was playing some fanboy's ideal Pokemon region rather than something that's distinctive.

I'm also surprised there are no Bug Catcher trainers in this game. Like... Caterpie, Weedle, and even that new trashy worm Pokemon were in this game, and there are NO Bug Catchers? They were excluded last gen, too, so I guess Game Freak hates Bug Catchers now?

I've been playing Pokemon X, Yugioh Capsule Monster Colosseum, Yugioh Duelist of the Roses, Pokemon Stadium and Advanced Wars Days of Ruin.

Tales of Graces F again. I'm stuck on that big Lastalia area puzzle where you have ot match the floor panels, etc or get switched to the beginning again. Madness.

I appear to announce the game I am playing... the Bravely Default demo... that is all...

Well, not really, that demo sure has decent content in it for a demo, way more than when I played the Cross X Zone demo a while back, ha ha. But yeah, I'm heavily anticipating Bravely Default and Bravely Second when that shows up soon.

Speaking of Bravely Default, I still gotta finish that game (European here :P), but Gam Mak is keeping me busy atm. Other than that, there's Hearthstone that's keeping me busy too.

Here's a hint!