I defeated it. As with all bosses in that game you won the minute you used Zoom and Red Hot One Hundred.

I can't remember if Midnight Thunderboy or Fire Leo came before or after that section but they were top tier Capcom bosses.

mk64 wrote:

i'm ploding through Oot, just past the forest temple. Its tricky stuff and pretty intense. I am actually finding myself physically relaxing after defeating a boss in a tense battle.

I just played this through recently and was impressed by how good it still is. I try to be cynical regarding rose tinted glasses but having played it more or less back-to-back with Skyward Sword it's just blatantly far superior in every conceivable way. Much better structure, much more imaginative environments. Dark Link in the Water Temple is a cheap cunt, though.

I played it on the N64. I found it when we moved house and only meant to play the first five minutes or so just to see if it still worked. Ended up getting right to the end.

Did you play it with grab on auto or manual?

Aye, and yet there's still a couple really neat contextual clues, like when Croft grabs a ledge one-handed or wobbles and yells on top a pole, you know you have to press Y to stop from plummetting.

Also is it me or is there absolutely no gore in this thing, not even little blood clouds?

Haven't really been fucked with the treasure hunting, I doubt it unlocks anything desperately valuable.

Swimming's kind of awkward, but it hasn't thwarted me yet. That stated, I'm nowhere near where I'm expecting there to be some kind of crocodile action and that could fuck my shit in the ass.

Sonic Heroes

Utterly abysmal.

@redeye give yourself pink eye instead, you'll suffer less.

Yeah it's a lot more Sands of Time.

I loved Splinter Cell. It was perfect for playing late at night with the lights off and a spliff on the go.

So I bought a few games on sale yesterday.

Just Cause 2: Why did I buy this? I'm sure some people around here have said that it was a good laugh. I recall trying the demo and being impressed by the oot action, and stealing cars and whatnot, but jesus, there's some glaring issues with that grapple mechanic, and the shooting is ropey as fuck, and the opening tute mission is terrible. And, JESUS FUCK, I' know it's not robinson crusoe on this point, but cut scenes for everything in the opening section nearly made me switch off in the first 2 minutes.
 Wouldn't it be much fucking cooler if that skydive section was just continuous in game? Surely? I may try and push on until stuff's a bit more open and see if I can stomach it, but I doubt it.

Bulletstorm: It's funny, when you fire up multiple games in the same day, you really notice tropes. Still, this is evidence that it's still possible to make a passable game even with a tute section and lots of cuts at the beginning. I'd still like there to be a better way, but at the end of the day, this has nice tight controls, some very cool mechanics, and looks really rather awesome and crisp. Campaign may end up dragging a little, but I'm sure the echoes will have me coming back. For $20, win.

deblob 2: See above re opening. Still, it's a shame the guys who made this went under. I know it's a kids game, but it's crisp and bright and really quite fun. $9, second hand. Which is the sort of thing that probably contributed to the company going under. Sorry guys.

Camera is a little funky, and some of the movement is a little flakey, but it's also unbelievably forgiving, so you know, whatevs.

Was tempted to nab dirt 2 as well. JC2 may go back for that.

Facewon - I don't get the JC love either.

jaust cause is just a bit of fun if you play it for fun.
i used it to relax after some dark/demons souls hard times.

Sonic Heroes

Still utter agony.

Strania The Stella Machina on XBLA really threw me and iirc the first opinions in the Shmup thread were frosty, but this game is slowly revealing itself to be a future classic. The more time I devote to this game, the more I enjoy it. It's just so polished, the music compliments the gameplay and the very retro 80's Japanese anime visuals, and the difficulty level is spot on. A slow burner. Love it. Despite Senko no Ronde, G-Rev still have it.