Phantasy Star: Fringes of Algo

Do you think you liked Bioshock enough to try the sequels?

I have both sequels and I intend to get to both of them at some point. In fact, the original was bundled with Bioshock Infinite as a download. I have no idea when I will get to the other games though.

I finished Dragon Age: Origins, along with the Awakenings DLC/expansion pack. My detailed thoughts can be found in my two most recent posts on my blog (linked in my signature), but a summary: it was fun, difficult to put down, and had some really cool parts, but I can't really say I loved it. I'll likely replay it some more, though, to see what happens when I make different choices. I still have one more DLC to go, but I don't think it's terribly long.

More games being beaten. I knew Ratchet & Clank: Quest for Booty was short, but I got through it in two play sessions. Four hours of play time at most. It was quite excellent, and I was surprised at the emphasis on puzzles and platforming more than using your guns compared to previous titles. But still, really short, and even though I think I paid only $12 to download it, it still felt like too little content for the price. Ah well.

I also finally played the DLC cases in L.A. Noire. I may go back though, and try to 5-star them, along with the few story cases I hadn't 5-starred yet.

Just beat the original Mega Man on the Xbox version of the Anniversary Collection (I'm doing a MM marathon through the Classic, X, Zero, and ZX games over the rest of this month). I'm a bit surprised because, while I think the first Mega Man is the hardest in the series, I managed to beat it without much trouble this time aside from some screw ups here and there.

A few weeks ago I finally beat Digital Devil Saga: Avatar Tuner (From Shin Megami Tensei franchise on PlayStation 2). As I tend to be a completionist, I took years to get to the end with the characters I wanted. I started playing its sequel right after, but right now I spend most little time I have playing Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning.

I really need to finish Bioshock 2 as well so I can play Infinite, but it's simply not as good as the first, I can't stay hooked...

Aeroprism wrote:I really need to finish Bioshock 2 as well so I can play Infinite, but it's simply not as good as the first, I can't stay hooked...

Seems as if you're like me - you just have to play things sequentially, in order, even if one in the series isn't as good, there's no continuity, or otherwise no 'real' reason to, for lack of better term. Even though I've heard Bioshock 2 isn't as good as the original, I will play it before Infinite. What my boyfriend told me about Bioshock 2 is that it felt like it should have been DLC, not a full new game.

One of my friends loved Bioshock 2 largely more than the first, opinions vary so, don't take mine too seriously.

I will however be curious to read your thoughts when you tackle it.

And yes, continuity to me is important, I try to avoid skipping games in a serie.

I've just beaten Monster Monpiece. Superb card game under all the controversial content.

I don't think there was any doubt that I would be playing something like that, but the game IS good.

Aeroprism wrote:One of my friends loved Bioshock 2 largely more than the first, opinions vary so, don't take mine too seriously.

I will however be curious to read your thoughts when you tackle it.

And yes, continuity to me is important, I try to avoid skipping games in a serie.

I always develop my own opinions, but I do like reading reviews, recommendations, and I try to make my own judgements. My boyfriend did not tell me Bioshock 2 was bad, just that it felt like DLC more than a new game. Which I might find to be a fair judgement, and if I agree, hey, I got my copy of Bioshock 2 for 6 bucks anyway. I generally like to space out games in a series, simply so the experience of the previous game can fall away a bit and is less likely to color my impression of a sequel. I want to appreciate the sequel on its terms. When I do get to Bioshock 2, which probably won't be for a bit, you'll hear about it here.

I hear you about skipping games in a series. If there's continuity you can get lost story wise, but you also can't appreciate how something evolves. That's why I'm playing the first Borderlands now, before I even touch BL 2, which I got for free on PS Plus and bundled with my Vita.