By Jim Rossignol on September 20th, 2011 at 8:41 am.
Oh hello. I am back after a lovely holiday. It was the first full week for at least four years that that I did not play some kind of electronic game. What that means, however, is that I now have a pile of stuff to get through: Monaco multiplayer preview code, Red Orchestra 2, Minecraft 1.8, and some preview code for A Valley Without Wind. Exciting stuff, but not exactly easy on my free time. (I want to continue my game of Dead Island, too. I’m a couple of hours in.)
Anyway, this thread is actually about you lot. I assume everyone has finished playing and replaying DXHR, so what’s next on the reader pile? What have you been playing?
20/09/2011 at 08:45 DanPryce says:
I went back to Borderlands briefly last night. It’s still a hell of a lot of fun, even in the run-up to a sequel.
And I still haven’t played DXHR. Sadface.
20/09/2011 at 08:58 Raniz says:
Since I bought it, I haven’t played ANYTHING BUT DX:HR.
I’m on my third playthrough right now. First time I went through it just playing along doing what felt best – did get the pacifist achievement though.
Second time I played it as an FPS and killed _everything_, this time I’m going for Foxiest of the Hounds.
20/09/2011 at 09:01 Squirrelfanatic says:
I want to play that too (Borderlands)! Preferably in multiplayer, if I’ll ever manage to connect to my friends. Hours of tinkering with my firewall, ports and router settings have taught me that it is my router that is causing the problems. Oh well, maybe after a few extra hours of time investment I will be able to enjoy the pleasures of multiplayer bandit shooting.
20/09/2011 at 09:09 DanPryce says:
Borderlands 2 could definitely do with being full-blown Steamworks, just for the convenience.
20/09/2011 at 09:14 President Weasel says:
I have DXHR but haven’t got round to starting it yet. I also have the Witcher 2 and haven’t got round to starting it yet, but that one’s because I am rather expecting a “big fix” patch like with the first Witcher.
Instead I’ve been playing:
Mass Effect 2 (want to get the perfect save, before Mass Effect 3);
Arma2 multiplayer (I am terrible at it, it’s fun anyway);
Blood Bowl;
Star Ruler;
That Magic the Gathering game (it’s annoyingly one-more-game-y)
20/09/2011 at 11:14 hilltop says:
I don’t mean to be a nagging nelly, but wouldn’t it be more prudent to leave off purchasing the games until you have the time to play them – so that you can take advantage of the price drops that follow some months after release?
I say this as someone who owns neither the Witcher 2 nor Deus Ex 3 and is quite jealous of you nonetheless.
20/09/2011 at 12:02 aldo_14 says:
I’ve still not completed Borderlands, yonks after buying it on a Steam sale. I can see myself repeating the same pattern of eventually getting bored with the repetition and uninstalling it, only to resume 6 months later from the same savegame.
20/09/2011 at 12:17 djbriandamage says:
Since I bought it I’ve played everything but DXHR. Hate it.
Instead I’m surprised at how very much I’m enjoying Call of Juarez, Bound in Blood which I scored for $5 on a recent Steam sale. Considering how much I disliked the first game in the series I’m very pleased with this sequel.
20/09/2011 at 12:57 simonh says:
Just got my graphics card yesterday (was running on just the on-board graphics before) so I’m finally able to play DX:HR. Just made it to Hengsha, enjoying it a great deal.
I actually thought the boss battle was kind of fun; after all the restraint I had exercised with my non-lethal ways it was fun to just let it loose a bit. I had wisely packed a revolver and some UR-DEDs though, can’t imagine what you’d do if you arrived with your backpack full of only non-lethals.
20/09/2011 at 16:21 DrazharLn says:
@squirrelfanatic
The easiest way to play Borderlands with friends is with GameRanger. Works perfectly.
21/09/2011 at 09:06 Squirrelfanatic says:
Oh, I have tried GameRanger, as I have tried Hamachi. The problem is that my router uses NAT which somehow prevents the connections, even if I open the GameRanger ports. Thanks for the tip though.
20/09/2011 at 08:46 GibletHead2000 says:
I have been playing Rock of Ages, mostly. It was pretty enjoyable… I even went back and found all the keys. I still haven’t finished DXHR yet, but that’s more due to not having had enough gaming time over the last couple of weeks. I’m also looking forward to playing some F1 2011 at the weekend.
20/09/2011 at 11:57 Chris D says:
I really enjoyed Rock of Ages. Didn’t last all that long but for the entire time I had a huge grin.
20/09/2011 at 08:47 Cinek says:
Mechwarrior Living Legends, Sword of the Stars 2 (after recent sale), but recently I mostly watch Babylon 5 cause I never really had a chance to watch all the series since beginning till the end. Awesome stuff – highly recommended.
20/09/2011 at 09:34 Biscuitry says:
I assume you mean the original Sword of the Stars, unless they managed to release the sequel without me noticing. If it actually is the sequel, please tell me where you got it, as I’ve been itching to get my hands on the game for months.
20/09/2011 at 10:34 PatrickSwayze says:
What’s your name on MWLL if you don’t mind me asking?
20/09/2011 at 11:17 Some_Guy says:
Recently watcher all of firefly in a sitting to see what the talk was about. now i wish there was more. Also been playing space marrine, which just feels brilliant.
20/09/2011 at 12:52 Cinek says:
Oh yea, Firefly was also a very good series. Pity that it got such a poor ending and never anything else came out of it. But IMHO – the Babylon 5 wins with it. Yes, the 3D effects don’t compare with newer productions like the Firefly, but the storyline is more involving and deeper. Plus: it has 5 seasons instead of one ;) hehehe. And the B5 ships designs win easily with Firefly ships style! :D
Biscuitry – lol, yea, I meant the original. A game that was on sale in Impulse last weekend :)
PatrickSwayze – look for Mechwarrior in top of scoreboard. ;) :P I used to be elite player in MWLL though now I have no time to engage so much in it and I don’t even play under any regular nickname. Just make fun out of these poor folks who hate being sliced to death by C.R.A.Pumas by supposedly new player B)
20/09/2011 at 08:47 Raymond Saint says:
Red Orchestra 2, Dead Island, Napoleon: Total War, Hearts of Iron III, Victoria II.
20/09/2011 at 08:47 Kaira- says:
Console-toys, but Wind Waker. Especially now that I got a GC memory card for my Wii. Also, Team Fortress 2 and Solium Infernum.
20/09/2011 at 08:47 mikmanner says:
I’m so torn about what games to play I end up just staring at my computer, Red Orchestra 2, Rise of Flight, Dead Island and *cough* now Gears of War 3.
20/09/2011 at 08:47 Escalus says:
bad company 2 (as well as the assumed dx:hr), lil dungeons of dredmor on the side
20/09/2011 at 08:49 aerozol says:
I played Bastion, which was awesome.
Then I uninstalled everything because of exams. Must… not.. reinstall…
20/09/2011 at 08:51 mentor07825 says:
We’ve all been there :| My vice is Eve Online
20/09/2011 at 12:45 We win says:
Started Bastion the week it came out and experienced stunning pain in my left hand using a mouse and keyboard. Played through DX:HR (eh, it was pretty good; I enjoyed the world they created), picked up a gamepad and am now enjoying Bastion a lot more.
Might play Rock of Ages next or I may go back to an unfinished save in The Witcher.
20/09/2011 at 08:49 Sankis says:
Red Orchestra 2, Driver: San Francisco (360), probably Gears of War 3 and definitely Dark Souls when that’s out on 360. Aside from that it’s the usual “whatever the hell Steam has on sale” method.
20/09/2011 at 08:50 cqdemal says:
Dead Island and another run through DXHR, plus a smattering of the FIFA 12 demo.
20/09/2011 at 08:50 Spider Jerusalem says:
Dead Island, Nuclear Dawn, way too much League of Legends, Mirror’s Edge, Red Orchestra 2 (but it’s so broken for me), Battlefront II.
20/09/2011 at 08:51 Corrupt_Tiki says:
RO2, Minecraft 1.8 – Some, still haven’t found a stronghold/npc village/abandoned mine – have been killed by an enderman though! CSS – as usual, and a very very brief sprinkling of Crysis 2 – DX11 texture pack murders my computer :/
20/09/2011 at 08:54 Gnoupi says:
Magicka, because casting a lightning on your teammate when you were targeting the big yeti never gets old.
20/09/2011 at 09:07 Squirrelfanatic says:
Magicka is such a blast (heh) in multiplayer. More than a few times I laughed my … hat off when something (usually involving mines) went horribly wrong. I had issues with stability though to the point where it almost became physically painful to replay a level because the game crashed just before the boss monster.
Oh well, at the very least it teaches you how to become good with your spell combinations.
20/09/2011 at 08:54 thekeats1999 says:
Playing through Xenoblad (console toy game but excellent none the less). Also playing Bastion and Avadon, need to complete these before the end of October in time for Arkham City. Also thinking of replaying Arkham Asylum as well. Never completed the game due to the bloody awful Joker boss fight at the end of the game. Rest of it was excellent.
20/09/2011 at 08:55 Casimir Effect says:
Should be about to finish off Kings Bounty Armoured Princess. Only the demon island left then some boss fights to do then it should be over after 30+ hours. After that I may try going through Cthulu Saves The World, probably playing something silly and action-y at the same time like Just Cause 2.
20/09/2011 at 08:56 Spooty says:
Still playing through DX:HR, taking my time and enjoying it.
Started Dead Island but it’s too buggy – awaiting Das UberPatch before continuing as I don’t want to spoil my experience with frustrating bugs and crashes.
Bastion also receiving a staggered play through.
Working my way through Fallout: New Vegas and the DLC. Already up at 35 hours.
League of Legends still taking most of my time (and my money).
20/09/2011 at 11:16 hilltop says:
League of Legends for me aswell. Though I have yet to spend any money on the game. What do you bother buying?
20/09/2011 at 23:13 Spooty says:
Far too many skins… new heroes… I’m a bit of a casual player and augment my experience as I go. It tends to be only with characters I really enjoy. I don’t play anywhere near enough to generate the IP required for new characters so that all goes on Runes.
20/09/2011 at 08:56 TheFatDM says:
Space Marines, multiplayer. Every other game is really fun but sometimes the fun is ruined by high latency.
20/09/2011 at 09:34 myaltisa says:
I really enjoyed the single player, and I am levelling the multi for the upcoming coop multiplayer. Looking forward to it, although Relic may miss the boat with me if it is released too close to Rage
20/09/2011 at 10:35 PatrickSwayze says:
How busy is the mp?
There’s always games on xbox but I’m wishing I got the PC version as I enjoyed it far more than I though It would.
20/09/2011 at 10:43 Jazz42 says:
I have sound stuttering problems in single player (no frame rate problems though) and seriously high lag in multiplayer on the PC version…so much so I traded in some games to get the xbox version which runs like butter in comparison.
20/09/2011 at 11:44 LuNatic says:
I tried the Space Marine multiplayer for the first time today. I want to like it, I really do. But no dedicated servers is going to keep me away, because I live on the arse-end of Australia (~750km away from my ISPs nearest base of operations) and trying to predict where players will be in the half second it takes my shots to register really hampers the enjoyability. Why did it have to be like this Relic?
20/09/2011 at 13:52 Magus44 says:
I’ve been playing it a little as well but I got fed up with the match making last night and swore and quit. Finding a good game in Australia is painful. Takes way too long.
But of the 20 or so games I played, the 3 or 4 I got in with good latency were much fun. The bolter is meaty, the jump packs and chain swords rule and bracing and firing a heavy bolter is glorious.
I really want dedicated servers :(
20/09/2011 at 08:57 TheLaquidara says:
Minecraft 1.8 multi-player survival server along with some single player. Fun stuff, but it’s more of a foundation for what’s to come, though that’s been Minecraft in a nutshell.
Also played some Civ5. Bought it over one of the weekend Steam sales; seemed like a good starting point to get into the series. Fun, if a bit slow. I feel like the game is more meant to be played diplomatically…at least if you want a challenge. It’s too easy to stomp people out with an army. This is all from just one game, so maybe it’s too soon to pass too much judgement.
20/09/2011 at 08:58 Seniath says:
I found myself too busy to continue Deus Ex this past week, so spent my spare time playing Borderlands instead – finally getting round the Knoxx DLC.
Of course, this has meant that now, even though I do have time to play Deus Ex, I’m too busy with Borderlands.
20/09/2011 at 08:58 Zanchito says:
Deus Ex: Human Revolution and Rock of Ages. Titan Quest before that. Had to abandon my Oblivion gaming because the heat of the summer made the game way too unstable, hoping to retake it as soon as I finish DX:HR
20/09/2011 at 08:58 Theoban says:
I’ve been bashing my way through Space Marine, the single player is a lot of fun if you play it in short 20-30 minute chunks (which is what I want, just SMASH BANG BIFF for a few minutes and then I’m happy)
Been playing the multiplayer too, not loads but it’s fairly quick and simple and bangy. And I can be an Assault Marine so that’s good.
Other than that, Minecraft.
20/09/2011 at 08:58 JLeach says:
I haven’t played DX:HR yet. Will get to it at some point, though.
I have been playing Dragon Age 2 recently, though. I played the first act upon release and got bored so gave up. I re-started as a rogue (was warrior previously) and have surprised myself with how fun I’ve actually found it. The re-use of locations is a tad irritating and the drop-in enemies that appear mid fight are hugely infuriating. I also dislike the protagonist, I was hoping for another femShep, but I seem to have got some smarmy, snotty miser, which is a shame. However I now (after 1.5xDA:O and 1.5xDA2) have a better idea of the setting, lore, characters, overall plots etc (basically the setting) and I must say that I think the setting is great! So much so that I’m preparing to go back to DA:O to re-play it on Nightmare!
20/09/2011 at 11:33 Viserion says:
This is very close to my experience with DA2. I preordered and had it sitting on the shelf for 6 months before I got to play it and I was surprised by how much I liked it.
Now I am devoted to DXHR which I think is awesome.
20/09/2011 at 12:22 bsplines says:
So does DA2 become better as you play? I started the game a few months ago but I got bored in the first Act and I haven’t played since. I ‘d like to give it a second chance but so far it was just… so average.
20/09/2011 at 13:07 JLeach says:
I’d say it definitely get’s better as you go. By the mid-point of the second act there seemed to be an overarching story that was getting going, and I was starting to invest in it. I quite like the fact that, even now, I’m very much uncertain of what the outcome will be. The first game was weaker in that respect as the ending was going to be, more or less, obvious- save Ferelden from the Blight. The second game is more of an enigma, which I’m enjoying. I think it just needed to get going a lot quicker, as it is there’s too much of a slog through the first (dull) act until things get going. I also like the way that the companion/side quests often tie into the main story arc.
20/09/2011 at 08:58 jezcentral says:
Just finished DXHR (i.e. I’m now going back and trying to pick up some achievements that I missed first time through), and I’m playing Hard Reset and Frozen Synapse.
20/09/2011 at 08:58 Bull0 says:
Actually I got bored of DXHR once I got to Shanghai, stopped and played through Space Marine, and then couldn’t be bothered when I got back to DXHR. I think people have been too kind to it – it’s not that great.
20/09/2011 at 08:58 Sorbicol says:
A couple of years late but really got into Sword of the Stars. Enjoying a multiplayer with others here on the forums and lots of single player. Still only a few more weeks until Battlefield 3 then it’ll be shooty shooty for the foreseeable
20/09/2011 at 08:59 tengblad says:
Most of last week I was playing Space Marine. Good little game, if a tad repetitive. It was just long enough — any more and it would probably have outstayed its welcome.
Now I’m knee-deep in Dead Island and enjoying it a whole lot, despite its flaws. I don’t appreciate the games tendency to randomly invite complete strangers into my game, though. I made my game private, but I still constantly get prompts whenever someone is “near” me.
Also spend a little time playing Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit. I enjoy it for the same reasons I enjoy the Burnout games — it’s fun to drive fast and crash cars. But DAMN, that game is just covered in product placement and advertisements.
20/09/2011 at 09:02 Oryon says:
Predominantly Baldur’s Gate 1. I really wanna go through the Forgotten Realms games and finish them this time.
Also Rock of Ages.
Also trying to get Red Orchestra 2 to be playable.
20/09/2011 at 09:03 adonf says:
Psychonauts and it is as awesome as I remembered
20/09/2011 at 09:03 v_ware says:
Portal (for free on steam)
Darksiders
Mirror’s Edge
Limbo
Aaaaaaaaaaand some Mass Effect
(That’s the entire month of september though.)
20/09/2011 at 09:04 Jams O'Donnell says:
I have not been playing DXHR. Or anything, for that matter. Moving house takes away a person’s game time :(
However, it does mean that I still have DXHR to look forward to!
20/09/2011 at 09:04 ix says:
Does watching the odd SC2 cast count? I’ve hit kind of a lull in gaming lately. DX:HR was fun for the first few hours but haven’t really gotten into it. I fear I have lost my gaming mojo.
20/09/2011 at 09:05 rozpocet1 says:
I’m playing DXHR right now actually. When you play a game for the first time it’s like… I can’t describe it. Yesterday I played for 14 hours. Today first thing in the morning…
20/09/2011 at 09:10 jezcentral says:
Ah yes, that “I’ve never seen anything like this before” feeling. I think every game I play is an attempt to chase that feeling. Alas, the older you get, and the more games you have played, the harder it is to recapture that. :(
I remember first playing the Sim City one evening, and kept going till the sun started to come up.
20/09/2011 at 11:08 Donkeyfumbler says:
Exactly. Sometimes I do feel like a junkie chasing the feeling of that first high but never quite getting there. One of the reasons I now have 268 PC games in my collection (not to mention the console stuff) and yet I still keep buying more :(
20/09/2011 at 20:19 mrwonko says:
I know what you’re talking about. I just hope I’ll be able to immerse myself in Skyrim the way I did in Oblivion…
20/09/2011 at 09:05 Revs says:
finished witcher2, started DXHR, shogun2 legendary difficulty still waiting
20/09/2011 at 09:06 Corpekata says:
After Deus Ex, mainly older stuff I should’ve bought years ago from the recent brutal combo of Star Wars/Paradox sales on Steam (and also Mirror’s Edge from a daily).
20/09/2011 at 19:03 skrymir01 says:
Ditto this. I played Dark Forces waaaaaaay back in the day on my Mac, but Dark Forces II: Jedi Knight never came out for the Mac, so I’m only now playing it. Pretty decent, for being so old (definitely has the “old game” mechanics and set up, though, like bad guys hanging out it really random places, like between two crates, or in a dark corner…actually, maybe they’re all just taking naps!)
20/09/2011 at 09:08 Rao Dao Zao says:
I binged on Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles last week. One Super Emerald down from ultimate victory… Never quite found that last Giant Ring.
20/09/2011 at 11:42 frenz0rz says:
God the giant ring zones in Sonic 3 & Knuckles were horrible. Hit a single red and you’re finished. The worst part is when you’ve got just four more blues to go and the level has reached maximum speed – even when you finally discover them, one false move and its all over.
At least the waypoint special zones were pretty fun and interesting. Gambling!
20/09/2011 at 23:16 Spooty says:
My favourite all time game(s). I salute you both.
20/09/2011 at 09:09 Davie says:
Mount & Blade: With Fire and Sword, Men of War, and Darksiders, all due to the recent Steam sales wherein they were priced less than lunch. Incidentally, I’ve found it’s easiest to spend horrifying amounts of money when it’s in really tiny increments.
Darksiders surprised me–it’s far better than I expected it to be, and a suitable substitute to God of War on the PC. Does get a little repetitive after a while, but even then the scenery and combat is lovely to behold.
20/09/2011 at 11:54 beloid says:
yeah, it’s neat. I just like me some solid, realized apocalyptic game world. I haven’t found one as imaginative as this one since Soul Reaver, I think. It has its share of problems, though. The Checkpointing is abysmal at times and some of the controls (playing on a pad) are too complicated to use fluidly.
20/09/2011 at 09:09 TheDreamlord says:
Red Faction: Armageddon, since I got it for under eight quid from amazon uk (still same price), and it is rather good.
Other than that, had finished Risen before leaving for holidays and had taken a break from thirty hours of Terraria.
Edit: Oh, and Darksiders on and off. Damn massive game.
20/09/2011 at 09:09 BebopBraunbaer says:
this weekend was coop weekend so i played SC2 some LoL and last but not least magicka
20/09/2011 at 09:10 jon_hill987 says:
I have got back into Perfect World International again, the first time I have played it since the latest expansion. I have found that my class (Venomancer) has been made, not obsolete, just not as useful, by one of the new classes, the easier to play Mystic.
20/09/2011 at 09:10 Richard Beer says:
DEAD ISLAND! GRRAAARR BRAINS!
20/09/2011 at 09:10 ShadowBlade says:
Some of the good old games: UT99 and Total Annihilation. Aren’t really any new games like em.
20/09/2011 at 10:39 PatrickSwayze says:
There really aren’t enough games with TA’s scale or the ability to just pour units in to a big mash up.
Everything focuses on micro managing abilities instead of BIG FUCKING TANKS
20/09/2011 at 10:41 Arona Daal says:
Like TA ? Try :
http://zero-k.info/
or:
http://springrts.com/wiki/Balanced_Annihilation
both Free,good,Like TA,but sadly no Singleplayer Campaigns
Edit: ZK has some SP Scenarios,the “Chicken” Missions are nice.
20/09/2011 at 10:52 ShadowBlade says:
Aaah, thanks! I’ve been looking at Spring for a while.
Also, TA with the 1500 unit limit, custom units and modern hardware (no slow-downs), TA is the ultimate RTS in my eyes :) A 10 player match with hundreds of and tanks and aircraft, all those cannons, nukes and Krogoths! Good times..
20/09/2011 at 09:15 BreadBitten says:
Finally finished downloading ‘Human Revolution’ last night…spent around 5 hours on my first run alone! Oh and the usual suspects, ‘StarCraft II’ and ‘Team Fortress 2′ are always running on my desktop as well…
20/09/2011 at 09:16 lunarplasma says:
I’ve just finished conquering Japan in S2TW, Darthmod, as the Uesugi. Now, if I’ve got at least 45 minutes to play, I play a round of League of Legends. Otherwise, it’s Civ 5.
20/09/2011 at 09:18 Flint says:
Mainly DXHR (second playthrough, trying to grab foxiest of the hounds) and Duels of the Planeswalkers (thanks to the new expansion). And, uh, Pokémon Trading Card Game Online…
20/09/2011 at 09:18 dawnmane says:
Magicka! I bought it in the recent Steam sale. Been cursing at my self-combusting little faux-Swedish-speaking wizard.
Fallout: New Vegas: Dead Money : : : I love how difficult it is compared to the other DLC’s, and im desperately trying to finish it before Lonesome Road hits Steam tonight.
Torchlight, both in anticipation of Torchlight II (and Diablo 3), and because my wife remembered how much she loved it and started playing again, so now we’re constantly finding loot for each others characters and placing them in the shared stash. Oh, sweet romance of the 21st century… :-P
20/09/2011 at 09:18 mensaap says:
After Deus ex, I finished the singleplayer of Warhammer 40k: Space marine and now I’m playing the multiplayer.
20/09/2011 at 09:19 Dariune says:
Been trying to work out Sengoku and when not playing that i am playing a bit of Terraria.
Also got a long term game of Mount & Blade Warband with the floris mod going on but havent played that in the last couple weeks.
20/09/2011 at 09:19 Oozo says:
Went from finishing Bastion straight to playing it again (even though the play-through has come to a halt recently). Apart from that, dipped my toes into Rock of Ages (undecided on WIT yet). Mostly, though, I’ve been playing No More Heroes: Heroes’ Paradise on the PS3. Which is a blast, especially when you’re playing it in shorter sessions (it has a wonderful pacing to it, closer to a TV series than an epic feature movie, so to speak).
Also, watching the Top 100 Gametrailers on gametrailers.com made my crave playing Left 4 Dead (2) again, so I might get back to this as well.
20/09/2011 at 09:19 Nallen says:
56 hours of DXHR and game after infuriating, futile game of SC2
20/09/2011 at 09:20 Gassalasca says:
Finished Old World Blues. Started Arcanum. -_-
20/09/2011 at 09:22 dawnmane says:
oh sweet Arcanum…
20/09/2011 at 09:43 Gassalasca says:
Right?
I started it twice, but never finished it, so now I’m intent on righting that wrong.
20/09/2011 at 09:24 Will Tomas says:
DX:HR, because I still haven’t finished it yet. I tried getting into EU3, but it pushed me towards an Empire: Total War (with Darthmod Commander) campaign I’d started but not finished. I’ll get back into EU3 but want to give the manual a proper read before I do. Short flashes of TF2 (but only with friends), GRID, and SupCom 2. I like having a variety to suit mood, but the main ones are DX for stealthy fun and Empire for slower tactical play.
20/09/2011 at 09:24 Risingson says:
I restarted Morrowind for the eleventh time, now as a mage, as I see that all the game leads to being one.
I also am playing Professor Layton and the mysterious village in the DS, but at the same time as I watch The Closer episodes. The story in this game nearly tells me anything.
I’m half playing Assassin’s Creed 2. As it happened with the first game, I enjoy it much more in small doses.
And I’m still stuck at that last puzzle of 50 minutes in Picross 3D.
20/09/2011 at 11:45 frenz0rz says:
You reckon so? I’ve just started Morrowind again and was thinking of being a mage and joining House Telvanni, which I’ve ashamedly never done. Being a pure mage worried me slightly though, so I just made an orc warrior and joined House Redoran instead, which I havent done in nearly a decade.
In what way do you think Morrowind is more geared up for a mage character, given magicka doesnt regen?
20/09/2011 at 12:01 Risingson says:
Basically because mostly all the abilities can be done via spell. Lock? open spell. Persuasion? Charm spell. And so on.
20/09/2011 at 09:26 Squirrelfanatic says:
A few hours of Dragon Age: Origin. I got the game 1 1/2 years ago and still haven’t finished it, so this is something I’d like to change.
Then, New Vegas DLCs. After a hilariously quick “playthrough” of Honest Hearts which has been made possible by unknowingly killing an important NPC right at the beginning I went back to the start and carefully worked my way through Zion Canyon. Now it is Dead Money (with another character though), still haven’t figured out what I think about it. The first tour through the town felt really cool and I like the idea of stripping the player of his equipment but ultimately it becomes repetitive. Plus, one of my mods seems to conflict with the vending machines, making it impossible for me to use the codes for additional supplies (like, let’s say, Stimpacks).
Finally, I am trying to get into Blood Bowl, so I watch replays, read rules and tactics and try to get an idea of what-the-hell-is-going-on-what-is-the-general-strategy-why-do-they-move-their-guys-there-oh-I-didn’t-see-this-gap. :(
20/09/2011 at 09:28 Risingson says:
Dragon Age: Origins is a game with many wonderful moments and some big “DRAGON AGE Y U NO” ones. I left it in the last FFFUUU I had at it.
20/09/2011 at 09:28 Malkara says:
Blood Bowl is just such a terribly imbalanced game. Dwarves are just way too powerful in the early game.
20/09/2011 at 10:47 Jazz42 says:
grumble grumble dice rolls grumble grumble wardancers grumble grumble.
Also can you buy skills when you create your players or only through levelling up? Because I’m so sick of playing the first teams when they have 3+ skills on each player and I have that many between my whole squad.
20/09/2011 at 09:27 Malkara says:
Finished Space Marine last night. Need to get around to beating Dead Island (I’m in what I assume to be the final Act). Maybe I’ll replay Deus Ex: HR soon. Though, the “SELECT-A-ENDING” ending sort of made it meh to repeat.
20/09/2011 at 09:32 Taidan says:
Recently discovered Etrian Odyssey on the DS during a bout of sickness. It’s the game I’ve been looking for for the last decade. Take Dungeon Master, add a map on the touch screen that you have to fill in yourself as you go along, then refine gameplay using MMO-inspired questing/holy trinity mechanics.
Also, can be mercilessly hard.
20/09/2011 at 09:42 LookingGlass says:
Etrian Odyssey takes sooooo much of your time. Then you discover the “retire” mechanic, where if you retire a hero, the higher his/her level, the bigger er skill point bonus you will get for a hero to take his/her place. Yeah… Then you are grinding bosses like your playing diablo 2s fucking endgame. :P
Best game on DS imo.
20/09/2011 at 10:48 Jazz42 says:
Man, I loved that game so much I imported 2 and 3.
20/09/2011 at 09:36 LookingGlass says:
DXHR, startet on a second playthrough, but got bored. That game was so dissapointing to me. The enda-game-2000 anyone?
Been playing Red Orchestra 2, it really immerses me. I love it. Some League of Legends. Oh, and the awesome Morrowind.
20/09/2011 at 09:38 LordCraigus says:
My younger sister and I have been playing Simon the Sorcerer.
20/09/2011 at 09:38 Lobotomist says:
DXHR , and when some Rusty Hearts for good measure
Rusty Hearts is new multiplayer (MMOish) beat’em’up from Perfect World.
Its real old school , check it out :D
http://rustyhearts.perfectworld.com/
Real cool :)
20/09/2011 at 09:39 alphager says:
I finally started to play Alpha Protocol (after having it linger on my HD since last christmas; Steam sales ftw!) and now have started my second playthrough as Veteran. Damn, that game is good!
20/09/2011 at 09:43 Lobotomist says:
Indeed!
Haters gonna hate. One of best RPGs come in last few years
20/09/2011 at 09:39 Kebab says:
Oh Jim, I’ve been playing games you’ve probably never heard of. In fact, I’m sure they haven’t even been made yet.
*Don’s hipster glasses*
(DX1 – Just ran around with the Bloodtooth sword and GEP carelessly just blowing up and chopping *everything* in sight – didn’t need to stealthy or anything. Not as difficult or involved as I remember.
I picked up the the corpse from the 747, flew it back to HQ and dumped it on the chief’s desk. The whole place shat themselves and started running around like he was alive.
DX:HR – Sarif employs a janitor that keeps air ducts surgically clean, but cannot recycle cardboard boxes?
MC 1.8.1 – Crashtastic. Came back to it after 12 month leave and got bored after an hour. Will wait for the survival update.
Neptunes Pride – I lasted A DAY. Fuck my ‘friends’.)
20/09/2011 at 11:48 frenz0rz says:
I’ve been having some terrible crashing problems with Minecraft 1.8 as well. From what I gather from the community forums etc there might be some form of memory leak, but despite attempting to allocate more memory to Java via either control panel or a custom batch file, I’m still crashing constantly.
20/09/2011 at 11:53 thegooseking says:
I was getting the same thing with JRE 6, but I haven’t had a crash since installing JRE 7.
20/09/2011 at 09:40 Lamellama says:
I am you from the future, there is no time to explain…wait aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah
20/09/2011 at 09:40 Archonsod says:
Started a replay of Dragon Age 2 last night randomly. Aside from that, King’s Bounty Crossworlds, Sword of the Stars, Civ V and the odd game of DoW:Retribution. Oh, and Blood Bowl.
20/09/2011 at 09:42 zxc says:
I’ve been playing Europa Universalis 3: Divine Wind, endlessly. And some minecraft. Both just with friends.
20/09/2011 at 09:45 Tom4J says:
Just finished Ben there Dan that, and moving onto Time gentlemen, Please!. Really fun games to just drop in and out of.
Casually i’m playing aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa… reckless disregard for gravity, which is such a good game to wake up to! also trying to defeat Ordrak in Torchlight, he’s so HARD! my little sister seems to have no problem, but i’m stumped :( . Also playing That browser game The End and a few portal 2 mods
My main game is Fallout NV though, just coming to the end of Old world blues, and its incredible!… but buggy… i love obsidians DLC.
Tom j
20/09/2011 at 09:47 GeForceFX says:
Been practicing my street fighter skills on AE. Never been into fighting games, this stuff is really hard, but once you get it right it’s super satisfying.
20/09/2011 at 09:47 aircool says:
DXHR didn’t seem particularly interesting. I’ve been playing Space Marine. Mostly multiplayer, but I’ve completed the single player on easy (gimme a break, I’m not good at these games) and have started it again on normal as I loved every minute of it. Multiplayer is broken, but I still have a good time playing it.
20/09/2011 at 09:48 Lars Westergren says:
DXHR. Still not through my first playthrough, as things like “career”, “relationships” and “exercise” keeps getting in the way. A little bit of Fallout:NV, completed Old World Blues – still a strong Game of the Year contender for me. Wordfeud on my Android phone.
I feel like replaying Alpha Protocol after DXHR. But I suspect Batman: AC and Skyrim will get in the way.
20/09/2011 at 09:49 Jimbo says:
I bought DXHR, Dead Island and MoW: Vietnam but have somehow ended up playing Hegemony. Enjoying it and determined to finish it this time.
I lost my DX save a couple hours in and didn’t feel like going back to it straight away. Played a fair bit of Dead Island and it’s good dumb fun, but it’s not something I’m dying (lulz) to go back to. I finished the first level of MoW:V, killed those bastard helicopter pilots, and felt like I needed some R&R after that. That game really needs to let you pause and give orders in a less broken way.
20/09/2011 at 09:51 Tei says:
I don’t normally replay games, but I am on my second playtrought of Dead Island. My first one was with Xian, and I am playing again with Purgwhatersisname. I have miss a few zones.
Then I am playing Leage of Legends coop vs bots. Is surprising fun to learn new heros, progress as a player, and all that. I like it. My favorite heros has ben Janna, Lux and now Teemo. With Teemo I feel like I have the upperhand against the bots. Except against something like annie in mid, withouth support. Is hard to fight a caster that can outdps and outreach you. But I can still make kills against annie, because sometimes returns to the fight with less than 33% life, and thats all I need to kill a bot.
Teemo rules.
20/09/2011 at 09:52 mrwonko says:
Oh blimey, what in my wonderful long post triggered the spam detection?
Trackmania 2, Hard Reset, Half-Life 2 (for the n-th time), The Stanley Parable, Ruins. Possibly Rock of Ages.
20/09/2011 at 09:52 terry says:
I finally fired up Titan Quest, only to get stuck on the TUTORIAL boss because I couldn’t do enough damage :(
20/09/2011 at 09:54 Azhrarn says:
Been playing Space Marine, Deus Ex: HR, Dungeons of Dredmor and a little Civ 5.
Just a week or 2 until I get RAGE and then play through that some. :)
20/09/2011 at 09:54 Skeletor68 says:
Recently finished Witcher 1 and Vampire: Masquerade. Currently parallel plays of Witcher 2, Far Cry 2, Mount and Blade and Dungeons of Dredmor. Lots of fun! Steam Sales have been kicking my ass lately.
20/09/2011 at 09:54 TormDK says:
I’ve been mostly playing EverQuest 2, with a dash of Space Marine thrown in here and there.
I’ve wanted to play Deux Ex 3, but simply haven’t found it enjoyable so far, and with so many great titles comming out I’m afraid It’ll have to be put on the back-burner till I get some vacation time.
20/09/2011 at 10:01 Ian says:
Finished Deus Ex and I think I’m already going to be shuffling Bully into the “enough of that” pile after just a few hours. Not sure what’s next, I may make my third and final attempt at finishing Mass Effect.
20/09/2011 at 10:04 Edawan says:
WoW
Trackmania 2
Darksiders
I haven’t played Deus Ex. Too much to play already, I’ll pick it up later.
20/09/2011 at 10:10 Jazz42 says:
Blood Bowl
Shinobido and Tenchu on my psp (they need to take elements of both games and stick them together)
Space Marine and Gears 3 on my xbox (they need to…oh wait)
and a bit of Nuclear Dawn..it would be nice to find a populated game where my ping isn’t 100+ or people aren’t blaming the commander for everything, probably including the shooting of JFK.
edit: It only took me 14 hours to complete DE:HR on normal only missing one sidequest…I don’t know how people can spend so much time on that game..and yes I hacked everything. Dragon Age 2 only took me 14 hours as well with everything (sic) done…I always feel like I’m missing something.
20/09/2011 at 13:32 Kestrel says:
I have had this conversation a bunch lately. If you hack every console, open every door, and explore every corner you will be up in the 30-40 hour range. If you submit every hostile in the game without alarms you can tack ten hours onto that. Classic YMMV
20/09/2011 at 10:11 Bluerps says:
I still haven’t finished Deus Ex. My playstyle is not really a fast one. I cannot leave an area until I’ve explored every nook in every cranny, twice.
Also, I had to kill Dredmor in between. Now that that’s done I can go back to Deus Ex and kill whoever you’re supposed to kill at the end of that. I hope it’s that Lazarus dude.
20/09/2011 at 10:16 Shakermaker says:
Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad.
Any word on a WIT btw?
20/09/2011 at 12:53 JFS says:
I’d love one, too. I have spent much time with this game (at least by my standards), it’s great fun and atmosphere, but it runs like shit and is so buggy and glitch and oh my god and I hate it when I see videos where people run it at high graphics and everything is smooth :(
20/09/2011 at 10:17 BobsLawnService says:
I’m really burned out on gaming so I downloaded. Raptor :Call of Shadows and Star Control 3. I’ve only played Raptor so far but the combination of nostalgia and mindless shooting is a great tonic for what ails me.
20/09/2011 at 10:19 thatcity says:
I have too much to play lately,and for this reason i suppose that by now the next thing i’ll buy will be on the xmas steam sale..
However i’m playing in spare time some TF2 and Starcraft 2 matches,and mainly i’m focused now on finishing the indie action pack that was available on steam for sale while ago(it contains A.R.E.S. ,sword and soldier HD,Capsized ,Machinarium and Atom Zombie Smasher)
Playing Machinarium right now,quite hard,beautiful game
20/09/2011 at 10:29 trigger_rant says:
Avadon: The Black Fortress mainly, some ROTMG, some Dungeons of Dredmor and I feel a little bit like I could ‘Take on the world’ in Magicka…Quick! To the time machine!
20/09/2011 at 10:41 phenom_x8 says:
FIFA 12 Demo extensively! Just curious how to beat this game!
And of course, my first playthrough with The Witcher Enhanced Edition I’ve got from GOG just for a fiver (at discount when its first appear before TW 2 launched ) ! So far, this game is totally awesome!
20/09/2011 at 10:41 Mungrul says:
My Age of Conan addiction is currently taking a backseat due to connection problems (without the Internet at home I AM NOT A REAL PERSON ANY MORE! ARRRGH!), so I’m pouring my time into the delightful Dead Island, and exploring every last nook and cranny. It never ceases to amaze me, bugs aside. You can’t get complacent for a moment, even when facing standard Walkers.
Sure, there’s lot of things I’d have fixed in the ideal world, but as someone on a forum I visit mentioned, the core of the game is so ridiculously strong, it’s very easy to ignore the many foibles.
Although more world physics objects would be nice…
20/09/2011 at 10:48 Heliocentric says:
The latest in my played to completion club is Alpha Protocol as an “effing ninja ghost” killing no-one. And I have a few titles in my 60%ed club: World in conflict, splinter cell double agent, overlord 2, Kane and Lynch coop, capsized coop, Stalker.
But the last few days my time has been coop with known parties, SotS and AssBro with RPS peeps and minecraft with my son… He plays on peaceful only since endermen
20/09/2011 at 10:49 skoll says:
After finishing Deus Ex: Human Revolution once I’ve been playing League of Legends, Red Orchestra 2, Hard Reset, some Company of Heroes. It was a bit of an annoyance installing and getting your login information from Relic, which kind sucks considering how smooth I remember Company of Heroes Online was.
I do plan on re-visiting Deus Ex at some point, but I’ll let it rest for a bit.
20/09/2011 at 10:50 gory says:
Replaying DX:HR.
Been playing a bit of Solar 2, concidering installing Dragon Age, never played that and starting a playthrough with Frozen Synapse.
20/09/2011 at 11:20 hilltop says:
For what it’s worth, I think you should install and play Dragon Age. Origins. (I haven’t played the second one yet so can’t comment.)
Take that for what you will, from one stranger to another.
20/09/2011 at 10:51 oddboyout says:
I’ve been playing Victoria II with the Divergences alternate history mod and Pop Demand Mod–which just added several new social and political reforms to choose from. You can now pick reforms for child labor, art endowments, social housing, sanitation, education, minority rights, etc.
Also playing Fallout: New Vegas with too many mods to count, but the most recent being Mad Science–you get a new “Mad Scientist” perk that lets you construct a bunch of cool gizmos, armor, and weapons. The replayability of both these games is superb.
I also started a new Half-Life 2 playthrough. I forgot how freaking scary Ravenholm is.
20/09/2011 at 10:58 Colthor says:
I have been gradually surmounting the insurmountable mountain of games I’ve hoarded by punching dudes in Batman: Arkham Asylum. Actually, the dude-punching is probably my least favourite bit, because I’m rubbish and it kills you, but it’s still very good.
Deus Ex: HR is so far up the mountain it’s not even been bought yet. One day. Looking forwards to it.
20/09/2011 at 11:00 The Pink Ninja says:
NOTHING! My PC has been broken since late May and still remains borked.
:’(
20/09/2011 at 11:00 LittleWormOnTheShelf says:
Just finished DX:HR, playing some RO2, Jedi Outcast (for the first time) and dipping back into Battlefront II for a few games after the steam sale. I’ve also got Fallout: New Vegas bubbling away on hardcore about 35 hours in and i’m loving it.
20/09/2011 at 11:04 nk says:
Been replaying Space Marine campaign on hard difficulty, a fair bit of Lord of the Rings Online as usual, and a hint of Section 8: Prejudice co-op.
20/09/2011 at 11:06 SirDimos says:
I’ve been playing quite a bit of the Path of Exile beta.
If you’re a fan of the Diablo series, then this is definitely a game to keep on your radar. The guys at Grinding Gear Games have done an excellent job at coming up with new ideas to spice up the Action RPG genre.
I don’t say this about many games either. Most F2P online games are either pretty shitty or sell power. So far Path of Exile is shaping up to be neither of those.
20/09/2011 at 11:06 Demiath says:
Finished playing and replaying DX:HR? Wow, I may be underpayed but I’m not unemployed…
On the topic, I’m mostly playing Dead Island (singleplayer only). Also, I guess this is my annual Try To Understand Why People Like Elder Scrolls Week since I’ve been running around in Oblivion collecting herbs, killing imps and becoming disheartened by the depressing scarcity of truly “local” side quests in TES4.
20/09/2011 at 11:08 Ralphomon says:
I’m playing Bastion instead of DXHR. I don’t know why (other than that Bastion is AMAZING) but I started playing DXHR, was really enjoying it, and then just stopped. I don’t not like it, in fact it’s really good, but I just haven’t gone back to it yet.
Also Naev! It’s amazing, open source space combat/trading sim inspired by the Escape Velocity series.
Every now and then I’ll fire up The Witcher as well – I NEED to finish it so I can play the sequel! But there’s so much to doooooo!
In other news, slightly off topic from the whole PC gaming thing, but I have to say it because it is sooo good, if any of yous own a Wii and enjoy JRPGs and do not live in North America, go and get yourself a copy of Xenoblade Chronicles. It’s amazing. Also, British English localisation!
20/09/2011 at 11:09 airtekh says:
I’ve no new games at the moment so I’m reaching into the backlog for stuff.
Just started Freespace 2 and a also replay of Trine.
Also doing the singleplayer Frozen Synapse campaign and some Team Fortress 2.
20/09/2011 at 18:10 DigitalSignalX says:
Nothing new either, waiting for Lonesome Road so I can finish my latest FO Vegas game, and the DX:HR DLC before I run through it again. Till then, will just play TF2, a bit, and maybe give DC Universe a try.
20/09/2011 at 11:10 DrGonzo says:
Red Orchestra 2. Currently forcing myself to play through DXHR, was really enjoying it up until Hengsha now it all feels a bit like a chore and I’m not quite sure why yet.
20/09/2011 at 11:10 Shadowcat says:
I’ve been playing Terra Nova, and Trackmania United Forever (the latter because even with only one environment, I was excited about TM2 until I learned that my favourite Platform mode — or any other mode besides Race — doesn’t exist in the new game! So that’s off my shopping list, and it’s back to good old TMUF!)
20/09/2011 at 11:16 Man Raised by Puffins says:
Revisiting the Dutch conquest of the Americas in Empire.
And TF2.
20/09/2011 at 11:20 Benkyo says:
Blood of the Immortals, day 19(!)
20/09/2011 at 11:24 Abnaxus says:
Monkey Island Special Edition, serving my rubber-chicken-with-a-pulley-in-the-middle needs for over 20 years.
20/09/2011 at 11:25 Chris D says:
I haven’t exactly stopped playing Deus Ex but I have a save at the start of the second boss fight which I intend to get past at some point but everytime I think about trying it I get the urge to go and play something else instead. That’s right, I am procrastinating with my leisure abtivities.
Speaking of something else, at the moment there’s Space Marine and Bastion which, it occurs to me, are actually the same game in many respects.
Also, after getting way overexcited by the prospect of Guild Wars 2 I have returned to Guild Wars 1, Nightfall in particular. This was one of the first games I got after switching back to PC gaming after my PS2 died and at the time it suffered a bit as my PC didn’t have the required upgrades to do it justice. Then it got thrown over in favour of City of Heroes which ended up getting all my attention due to the fact that I was paying a subscription so I was damn well going to get my money’s worth. (To be fair, it was also really good fun). But I have now returned and I’m now enjoying it. It’s a little bit grindy in places but I’m also putting that down to my sidequest OCD.
20/09/2011 at 11:32 oceanclub says:
Only just finished Deus Ex HR, as I took my time doing every sidequest I could find, plus exploring every nook and cranny. I was slightly disappointed that the “Deus Ex” difficulty level wasn’t hard enough! Fantastic game though.
Inspired by the Eurogamer retrospective – http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-09-18-retrospective-dark-messiah-of-might-and-magic-article – I’ve reinstalled Dark Messiah. Originally never completed it due to the fact I simply got lost (sometimes, you really do miss a quest marker). 5 years after release, it still has possibly some of the best melee combat out there, especially when you use your environment (my wife wondered what I was laughing at last night as I played; the particular thing that set me off was kicking an opponent as he reached the top of the ladder, making him plummet onto a spear below).
(Note that I couldn’t get the Steam version to work, but installing it from DVD worked fine – no idea why.)
P.
20/09/2011 at 11:33 Kefren says:
Hired Guns and Black Crypt (Amiga emulator), and Deadly Premonition (Box of X full circle).
20/09/2011 at 13:13 Jim Rossignol says:
OMG Hired Guns. Best game ever.
20/09/2011 at 13:37 Kefren says:
Yep! Some games I go back to with a feeling of nostalgia and the reality disappoints. However Hired Guns doesn’t. The title screen music is fantastic; re-reading the excellent game manuals filled me with anticipation. The range of characters is amazingly broad, and each feels unique – you really do feel like you are pulling a team together. Then even playing the training missions again I was struck by the creepy bleakness and realism, not weakened even when facing an army of Lemmings. The horror of falling into water and rushing for an exit whilst sharks swim out of the murk towards you, then realising that your best weapon was electrical and has corroded, so you struggle for your sniper rifle… I had the joy to play 4 player local a few times on a large TV back in the 90′s, excellent fun. 2 player co-op taking on the campaign was the best of all though. The feeling of satisfaction when we eventually completed the game was immense.
On my Amiga if I wanted 2 player co-op action it was always Blood Money and Alien Breed. But for something with more depth, that could immerse me and my friend for a whole day and prevent us doing any A-level revision, it had to be Hired Guns.
20/09/2011 at 14:26 Spakkenkhrist says:
I don’t think I can express how much I miss gaming on my Amiga; I played Hired Guns many times, and died more, but I still enjoyed it every time.
20/09/2011 at 14:28 HorzaEdeo says:
Ooooooh, Hired Guns. Fantastic game.
20/09/2011 at 14:37 Jazz42 says:
You’ve got some F-K in your coffee there Zach.
20/09/2011 at 11:54 Shinryoma says:
Minesweeper on WP7. Got all the achievements at last.
20/09/2011 at 11:57 mickygor says:
I’ve been playing through HL2 and the episodes this last week. Ever present League of Legends, too, and I’ve been in the Vindictus beta over the weekend.
20/09/2011 at 12:09 icupnimpn2 says:
Been playing Breath of Death. I know Cthulu Saves the World is supposed to be a better game. I figure BoD would be harder to enjoy after playing that, so might as well start with the start. It is very simplistic but it is at least very easy to start up and stop and works great in windows mode. So I can play in little bursts while I work from home and wait for files to upload, etc.
Also have been playing Lego Star Wars: The Complete Collection.
Lately I prefer games that are simple and joyous.
20/09/2011 at 12:11 raptormesh says:
WorldofTanks when I get that PvP and WW2 itch. StarTrek Online for when I miss my ship but mostly DDO for a bit of hack and slash now.
I am quite a slave to MMOs, though right now I tend to fit half hour playtimes into my schedule rather than fitting half hour breaks between WoW raids. I don’t miss those days.
20/09/2011 at 12:12 Big Murray says:
Still trying to get past Level 5 on Dungeons of Dredmor, determined not to take the permadeath feature off. That and some Civ 5 and a little bit of Counterstrike, to take my mind off the fact I’d like to be playing DE:HR and Dead Island, but can’t afford them until they go on sale.
20/09/2011 at 12:14 Nevitt says:
Mostly Titan Quest: Underlord mod in preparation for D3. Also been dabbling around in my FM11 Tottenham save.
20/09/2011 at 12:21 Isometric says:
Multiplayer seems to have taken over my gaming life recently. Space Marine MP when it works is most excellent. Red Orchestra 2 works fine for me, and they brought out another new patch last night. There isn’t anything like it around, it’s so amazing. TF2 has a grip on my life like never before, I’ve even become an admin on a server. Vanilla Haven. I keep wanting to go back to Men of War Vietnam but finding I don’t have the time. Rock of Ages still needs to be played through AND Dead Island needs to be played for more than an hour.
I blame my lack of playing due to all those games coming out within 1 or 2 days of each other.
20/09/2011 at 12:22 GrandmaFunk says:
minecraft 1.8 and mount&blade:warband – a clash of kings mod
20/09/2011 at 12:22 lazysuperhero says:
Well Recently i just replayed Planescape: Torment, fucking amazing game, went and slightly spoiled all that unadulterated pure joy with a playthrough on my brother’s computer of Modern Warfare 2. Christ what a dump.
So to right that wrong i went and for the first time Played Mass Effect… Just finished it last night…Bloody hell, what a game! Just ordered Mass Effect 2 on amazon for £8.99 Bring it on.
Wish i could but i can’t yet play The Witcher 2 or DHXR on account of a computer which can’t handle them, until Jan that is when i will be building a new rig. Just grabbed CIV V on the steam sale… so many games so little time….
20/09/2011 at 12:25 loudllama says:
DXHR – got bored on second playthrough, Hard Reset – bloody checkpoints, Darksiders – brilliant fun, massive exploration, great role playing, giant sword. Also no invisible walls FWH and Eidos!! How ironic a pure console port beats games that were supposedly so PC-centric.
20/09/2011 at 12:34 caddyB says:
Pokemon Emerald.
what?
20/09/2011 at 12:37 lazysuperhero says:
Well I’ve been immersed in some old games, a comment on here a couple of months ago sent me back into the wonderful amnesiac and rotting arms of Planescape Torment, fucking hell, what a game! this is my third completion and every time it is a reminder of what this beloved medium of ours can and was always able to do. Fucking absolute joy, Of course i had to adulterate that feeling somehow…
My brother moved in with me so i took a quick whirl around MW2 single player. Yeah i had to cleanse sharpish…so for the first time i actually installed and played through Mass Effect.. man! what a game, sure, the side quests are repetitive, but those repetitive planets looked so gorgeouse and alien and haunting.. finished it last night, what a cracking game, just grabbed Mass Effect 2 on amazon for £8.99 :D
I have one hell of a back log, so it’s keeping me happy until after xmas when i can build a new PC that can do the Crysis 2, Witcher 2 and DHXR and so on some justice… Until then I’m gona pop back into Minecraft for some adventuring. :D
20/09/2011 at 12:37 Enzo says:
I played some Arma 2 Operation Arrowhead, because this game is god.
20/09/2011 at 12:46 shoptroll says:
No DX:HR here. I’m trying to get back my membership card for this site by playing the original DX for the very first time. It’s fun!
20/09/2011 at 12:48 KikYu0 says:
Hard Reset !
20/09/2011 at 12:49 KikYu0 says:
Hard Reset!
20/09/2011 at 12:58 Azazel says:
Final Doom. When I was 12 it was too hard for me, but now that I’m older and wiser it’s still too hard for me.
20/09/2011 at 13:06 emc_0 says:
I’ve gotten myself hooked on Ultima Online after not playing since the late 90′s… I found a FREE server that has the “publish” during UO’s greatest time, when UO was and is the best MMO. It has the usual MMO stuff but also player housing, factions, and lots of character templates. (you pick 7 seperate skills usually anything from cooking and blacksmithing to fencing and magery, etc)
This isn’t like any other MMO, the danger level is high because anytime your not in the guard zone of a town or the safety of your house you can be attacked by murderers and gangs. Also the lore of the Ultima universe is awesome, lots of things to discover.
If PvP, Guilds, Roleplay, being a merchant, being a murderer or customizable housing interests you, come check out Hybrid, it has all that and more. If anyone needs help getting started my name is Cheebs and you can find me on the island city of Skara Brae.
http://www.uogamers.com/knowledge/questions/89/How+do+I+join+UOG%3A+Hybrid%3F
20/09/2011 at 13:08 JB says:
Hey redox, you see that? Jim’s going to play RO2. Happy now?
Ahem.
I’ve been playing RO2 and lots and lots of Shores of Hazeron.
20/09/2011 at 13:25 Stompywitch says:
Finished Quake 4, now back to Quake 2 and really enjoying it a lot more.
Haven’t played Deus Ex or Space Marine yet as I knew I wouldn’t have time to finish them before going on holiday, but maybe when I get back… although I’m considering just waiting for next year’s inevietable Deus Ex GOTY Edition.
20/09/2011 at 13:33 hart says:
Civ IV pitboss games with folks from reddit. A LOT of Civ. Also some Fall from Heaven 2, which I am way, way better at.
Also played DX:HR. Went stealth/non-lethal, failed miserably on all the bosses multiple times (except the last). Have no real desire for a playthrough. Keen to get my hands on Space Marine.
20/09/2011 at 13:33 Inverselaw says:
Been playing Zeno Clash which i bought yonks ago.
Its a testament to the games art style that your female sidekick has two giant horns sticking out from the sides of her head and its only recently that i realised its a piece of headgear.
20/09/2011 at 13:35 Makariel says:
After playing and replaying DXHR I played a bit Witcher 2, which looks absolutely fantastic but the second boss fight frustrated me to no end so that I quit. I proceeded to Space Marine, which was done relatively quickly. I also played some mulitplayer, which is serviceable but also a tad disappointing. Now I play on this weird living room computer made by this japanese company the cars wot go fast game Gran Turismo 5. I also wonder why this cars game is not on PC, the menus alone are screaming for mouse support. After I cooled off enough I consider revisiting Witcher 2 and DXHR, since I plan on playing throught it a third time, this time without killing anyone.
20/09/2011 at 13:49 amorpheous says:
Homeworld 2 (again)
20/09/2011 at 13:54 Hodge says:
Mainly Rock Of Ages when I get the time. I’m halfway through Bastion too but it’s been a couple of weeks since I played it. Gone back to Super Meat Boy too which I never finished first time round.
I also have a monstrous unplayed game queue.
20/09/2011 at 13:58 Frank says:
Yeah, like Bull0, I stopped DXHR in Lower Shanghai. I’m a completionist (according to the game), and wandering around hacking was losing its appeal. The city hubs are big, but not sufficiently varied; they’re believable, but not much fun. DX is one of my favorite games, and this does have the same feel to it, so I’ll get back to it eventually; but for now, I’ve had enough. If they never make a DX4, I’ll probably have had enough DX.
Anyway, I’ve been playing King’s Bounty: Legions on Facebook, the first and only game I’ve played there. And I went through the demos posted on Steam in the last three months. The Bastion demo was a good time.
20/09/2011 at 14:03 Magus44 says:
Space Pirates and Zombies!
Act 4! Level 97!
Hammerhead Capital ship bristling with Particle cannon turrets!
Must finish!
Aside from that, Dead Island, with some semi friends, waiting for other people to get back home to really put hours in, and a huge patch for VOIP fixes.
Space Marine, finished the single, tried the multi, Australia latency sucks.
DXHR, Hasn’t gripped me yet, but I’ve barely started.
Minecraft 1.7 with awesome mods.
Waiting for RO2 to download now. And brother to get back to smash through the DOW2 Retribution campaigns.
20/09/2011 at 14:05 Severian says:
Briefly got back into Dawn of Discovervy for a time (until my brain ass-ploded from having to juggle too many trading routes), still jumping into Civ V periodically to test out the new patche (lovely game, no matter what any of you say), and a wee bit of 6 Gun Saga (Vic Davis’s new creation that is, ultimately, a bit disappointing).
But mostly, surprisingly, playing games on my new (well, used, but new to me) iPad. Especially the wonderful Ascension: chronicle of the godslayer. A fantastic instantiation of a neat deck-building game, a la Dominion. Highly recommended.
20/09/2011 at 14:06 Xanadu says:
Guild Wars. Picked up in a sale months ago and finally got round to installing. Just plodding through slowly with henchmen like a single player rpg at the moment and loving it, as committing to multiplayer time consuming games isn’t very compatible with job, wife and kids, but might dip my toe into some co-op later on.
Started another solo run through Portal 2. Might try that co-op?
And a little Terraria, though not yet convinced by recent update(s).
20/09/2011 at 14:09 crozon says:
Lets see Space Marine, Trackmania 2, Dead island, Red Orchestra 2, and Deus Ex.
All very good games.
20/09/2011 at 14:10 Temperance says:
DEHR, Spess Marines, Starcraft2, Vindictus EU Beta (it was very short and now I am left with the shakes because I want it back), and FIFA/PES demos (meh).
I don’t complete SP games, so it’s time to say goodbye to DEHR and Marines half way through and start something else. I want to give New Vegas another go.
I should stop buying games that are not persistent / online.
20/09/2011 at 14:12 Quizboy says:
What I assume are the last few hours of Xenoblade and the mind-blowingly pretty El Shaddai on the console toy, and Vassal 40k with my other half (who’s getting admirably into it) on the computer toy.
20/09/2011 at 14:14 Vinraith says:
The Majesty 2 Collection, which has turned what was at best a rough gem into a real joy. There are still some balancing peculiarities, but on the whole it’s a hell of a lot of fun.
20/09/2011 at 14:25 HorzaEdeo says:
Space Marine and the very very pretty Rise of Flight. Also some Shogun 2 whilst waiting for the Rise of the Samurai DLC.
20/09/2011 at 14:25 KalChoedan says:
After DX:HR, I played around a bit with a couple of indie games. Space Pirates and Zombies first, now I’m playing through Bastion and Hard Reset as the mood takes me. I still have Witcher 2 waiting for me but just haven’t had time to play it yet. Next “big one” on my list is Skyrim.
20/09/2011 at 14:25 Betamax says:
Played through DE:HR after I was shocked discover it would run on my laptop and I wouldn’t have to wait for my new rig. Loved it, even thought the third boss fight was okay (the others annoyed me however). Kinda wish there had been more references to stuff from DX though, and the structure of the two games is so similar it can jar a little at times.
It gave me the urge to load up the original though, and I’m currently nostalgia-tripping my way through it again. Whilst I still love DX and don’t thinkit has aged as badly as some do, I must admit HR is quality enough to have me missing it and certain aspects of it’s gameplay. Might have to go back and either do my pure pacifist or ultra violent playthrough at some point, helps that I forgot to activate my pre-order/Augmented goodie packs before my first run, and so will have new toys to mess with.
Other than that I’m still chipping away at my LotRO characters.
20/09/2011 at 14:29 fwfulton says:
I just finished my third play through of DA2 this time as a mage. I think it was the most fun, DA2 really does Mage well. Now I have loaded Jedi Knight Academy into a WInXP Virtual Machine, while the graphic may be old the game play is great since my VM has significantly more power than the Hardware I ran it on back in what 2003. In fact it is so responsive I am playing a higher difficulty level then I could before.
If only Lucas would bring back the FPS for Lightsabers.
20/09/2011 at 14:30 Torgen says:
Been confined to bed with a nasty, nasty bug, so restricted to a 5yr old laptop with Vista and integrated graphics. So, I’ve finally started the original Fallout. Played a little bit of the Minecraft adventure update single player before succumbing to illness, but was too sick to really enjoy it. Before that, it was World of Tanks with my squad most nights.
20/09/2011 at 14:34 Maldomel says:
I played League of Legends as usual, and I bought The Witcher 2, having a great time with it right now.
20/09/2011 at 14:41 Kefren says:
Please, call me York. That’s what everyone calls me.
20/09/2011 at 14:50 deadly.by.design says:
Not much time to play…
But Bad Company 2 is what I load up when friends are online.
20/09/2011 at 14:56 apocraphyn says:
Been happily playing through Deus Ex: HR when I’ve been given the chance, otherwise been playing Titan Quest co-op with my girlfriend. Apart from that…Radiant Historia on the DS. Spiffy lil RPG.
20/09/2011 at 15:11 PanzerVaughn says:
Im still working through my Steam Summer Sale bag of goodies. Finally found a Xbox Wired controller, and finished Darksiders, found it plays a million times smoother than with a KB. Then i remembered how Meatboy suggested it, and I went back to that. Next thing i know i blew through Darkworld Hell and halfway through cotton valley. Magically alligning to the patterns the game lays out, running fullspeed through levels. I think the controllers magic. still cripples my hands for hours though
Next is probably Arkham Assylum. Im Behind.
20/09/2011 at 15:23 brulleks says:
I’ve restarted White Gold in the hope that the new 1.5 unofficial patch from Wesp5 sorts out a few of the bugs.
It has, but that still leaves approximately 65, 243 bugs to iron out before perfection is hit.
Still good fun in spite of all the chaos, and often, because of it. Just hope the bloody workmen can actually finish building my own personal island this time around (I put their original failure down to an extended teabreak).
20/09/2011 at 15:25 Freud says:
AssCred Bro.
I have to say I have a bit of a hard time getting into it. I can see that it is good, but it hasn’t done anything for me yet. First game in the series and I’ll keep going and see if it grows on me.
20/09/2011 at 16:18 chabuhi says:
Lately I have been trying to get through some old games that I bought but never finished (or even installed, in some cases). Yes, believe it or not, I’ve just got around to finishing Deus Ex … AFTER finishing DX3 and DX2, in that order – what can I say, I’m backwards.
I have also just discovered a game that completely escaped my notice when it came out: Far Cry 2. I had given up on the original Farcry when it came out because it gave me severe motion sickness (something that normally does not happen to me with video games). I recently went back to it and was able to finish it without any issues and I enjoyed it, dated as it now seems.
I then found FC2 on Steam and gave it a run. Initially, I was disappointed that it wasn’t a direct sequel, but that quickly gave way the sheer joy of playing in this beautiful, huge open world. And just when you think you’ve explored every corner, the map suddenly triples in size.
I’m still in the early stages of “Act 2″, and I’m really enjoying it. However, there are times that I wonder if the world is TOO big. I also echo some of the old complaints of enemy respawning (you wipe out a guard post and it’s repopulated almost immediately) and often broken AI (frequently you can stand right next to an NPC and they are oblivious to your presence). But, I’m an explorer, so the game for me is in the story and the adventure – I can forgive some shooter-itis for the other things Far Cry 2 does so well.
20/09/2011 at 16:25 Cheese says:
I was playing Silent hunter 3 for about a week before getting Star wars KOTOR in the steam sale. First playthrough of it, lightsabers are shiny and the game is awesome.
20/09/2011 at 16:44 hyramgraff says:
I’ve been playing Aurora. It’s the Dwarf Fortress of 4X games.
20/09/2011 at 16:54 DraconisGold says:
Playing Dead Island! Wow! I love this game so far! Also playing NCAA Football 12.
20/09/2011 at 17:09 andrewi31 says:
I was playing F1 2010 last week. My monitor suddenly died and I made a spectacle out of the situation. Afterwards, I flipped a coin to see whether I’d buy a new monitor or enough “medication” for the rest of the month. So the coin flipping game “Heads or Tails” is the last game I will play this month. It’s sort of fun if you’ve never played it.
20/09/2011 at 18:17 Jubaal says:
I finished DXHR the other day and completed the Space Marine campaign last night. I really enjoyed DXHR but Space Marine didn’t live up to the hype in my eyes. My biggest issue with it was the melee combat. Though it looked slick and visceral, it didn’t feel smooth or integrated. If they hadd used a similar system to Batman Arkham Asylum but with the same visuals I think I would have loved it.
I’ve also been playing Dead Island, Space Marine Multiplayer, Minecraft 1.8 on our server, Red Orchestra 2, World of Tanks, FM11 online with friends and even found time to squeeze in some Hostile Waters (My favourite game of all time!)
My problem is I can’t just focus on one game. I jump from game to game, group to group like a gaming tart…… but I love it :D
20/09/2011 at 18:36 The Innocent says:
Space Pirates and Zombies has recently grabbed me again somehow, but I’m also playing Space Marine and Red Orchestra 2 quite a bit.
Also playing a few PBEM games with some RPS folks. Solium Infernum, Alpha Centauri, and Dominions 3.
20/09/2011 at 19:39 absolofdoom says:
I finally got a wheel for my PC/PS3 (GT driving force), and I’m currently playing NFS: Hot Pursuit on PC. I don’t really know what the critical opinion was on it, but I’m having a goddamn blast with it, and so are my roommates. I’m also replaying Boktai; reminiscing of sunburns past.
20/09/2011 at 20:28 Wulf says:
I’ve mostly been playing Champions Online, recently. I’ve been doing so with a group of friends. I suppose I keep going back to it because the freeform nature of the game, in both costume design and power choices, keeps it feeling so very fresh. Currently a friend and I are doing power armour builds, and named Hack & Slash. We’re playing up irony to its fullest with those two.
Partly because they don’t do any hacking or slashing, but also because they’re dressed up like space marines, which has provided no end of amusement. Including one very angry person yelling “YOU ARE NOT SPACE WOLVES!” at us, which was very entertaining. Oh, and someone told us that our designs made them orgasm, so there’s that. But this, too, is rather ironic since we’re not giant space fascists, but rather left wing nerdly werewolves who’re doing this ironically for the funny value of it all.
(All part of the Society of Bisclavret backstory I have cooked up for my werewolf guys. An open super-society of werewolves is a fun concept. And these two in particular run as part of Bisclavret’s W.U.L.F. Corps. I love how easy it is to create supergroups in CO. It means you can create entirely frivolous ones if you want to, even just for a few offshoot characters.)
The silliness of CO continues to please me, as does the freedom of choice with what I can be and what I can do. I would welcome more games like that, really, because that selfsame freedom keeps dragging me back. I show new people it, and they’re surprised at how Sims-like it is in what you can do. Plus it’s probably the only MMORPG where two werewolves in nice formal suits get to lounge around in a penthouse suite. I appreciate that on many levels.
Aside from CO? I poked Spiral Knights, didn’t like it much. It’s basically too overcapitalised for my tastes. They should take a page from CO as to how to be fair to new customers. It just felt incredibly limited. And sort of like a poor man’s Dungeons & Dragons Online. So I didn’t spend much time with that. Graphically it was very impressive, though.
I’ve poked Minecraft 1.8. Working to set up a server with that with the old pack, but we have a weak link and we’re waiting on someone to help us out with Bukkit before we can all jump in for some SMP funsies. That said, I have also been trying single-player, gave the YogBox a go, that was interesting but it wasn’t for me. 1.8 does some fairly nice things. And the Sphax PureBDCraft texture pack may be worth checking out. It reminds me of torchlight. (Well, the 512×512 one does.)
I dig Minecraft’s new Creative Mode, though. But it was a disappointment to create a massive tower of TNT only to find that I couldn’t detonate it. Boo! And not Boo-urns.
Rock of Ages is oodles of fun. And I’m amused that it provides me with more choices in what I want to ‘fight’ than a lot of RPGs. I’m still grinning about the whole game, but that especially. Rock of Ages can do what big AAA RPGs like Dragon Age can’t, apparently. Rock of Ages has more choice! It’s just a really funny concept. And yes, of course I’m being facetious. Still, it’s a blood marvellous little game, and hugely underrated. It’s just fun. But you know me, my appreciation of it may be elevated due to my love of silly things. If you’re more of a grimdark person? You probably won’t like it.
Blocks that Matter; Play this thing. No, really, do it. It’s one of the most clever puzzle games I’ve played in a while, and it has a Minecraft element to it too which is mind-boggling. Notch could probably use this to create puzzle dungeons in Minecraft, even, but I digress. It also has a completely ridiculous storyline that harks back to the old home computer days of gaming. It’s that nonsensical. I mean, apparently you’re trying to rescue the developers of the game, who talk to you via the game, and it’s a tiny bit meta. But mostly it’s just folly, but it’s folly in a good way, in a Head Over Heels sort of way. I like it. Though if you want to get all the secret blocks, it can be a frustrating challenge.
I could talk more about Blocks That Matter, really, but it’s hard to describe it. It’s a game where you pick up blocks and you put blocks down. Now normally that would sound incredibly boring, but it isn’t, and really you could describe Minecraft that way too. How do you describe the ethereal joy of Minecraft? It’s sort of like those situations in Minecraft where you have limited resources, no tools, you may be about to die, and there’s something you want to get before you rush out of there. And yet it’s nothing like that.
It’s also a bit like Mr. Driller. Except it’s nothing like Mr. Driller.
It’s also a bit like Tetris. Except it’s nothing like Tetris.
Oh, just go play the bloody demo.
I’ve been poking The Baconing. I like it a lot. In some areas it’s far less clever than prior Deathspank games, but in others it’s much more so, and in some it’s just downright unsettling, which was more than a little surprising. The themepark of the future is actually very eerie, and almost verges on Fallout levels of creepy-but-funny. I haven’t been playing it as much as I should though because at the end of the day it’s just more of the same, and there’s not a lot of gameplay variety in Deathspank at all. So it’s best played in small doses, which I do.
Bastion is beautiful. Anything I could say about that has been said better by other people. (Especially Yahtzee.) The way gameplay and narration are tied together though? That should become part of schooling courses for gameplay developers. Yes, I’m actually saying that it’s mandatory for people whom make games to play Bastion. It marries narration, story, and gameplay together so tightly, so perfectly, and without any of them ever affecting the others. And it really pours on the atmosphere because of that.
Someone needs to do this sort of game with Steve Blum narrating.
Yes, I’m still completely fixated on his entirely unnatural and sexy voice. Shush.
So, Xotic, yeah? Xotic is a platform-puzzle-shooty-score-chasing game where I couldn’t give a damn about the score-chasing because I’m too busy enjoying the exotic environments. This has a Firefall quality to it, visually, mixed with a little Torchlight. It’s very bright, colourful, and alien. Take what you have there as a mental image, then stir in a little Oddworld. That’s pretty much what it is. Lots of insect-like things, lots of people with smooth faces, very, very jungly, big plants, old ruins, that sort of thing. But with these simple words of mine I can’t quite do it justice.
So here’s a video. That said, the gameplay is fun due to many elements, like picking up weapon upgrades whilst playing due to point combos, or having solid light platforms that one can summon out of thin air and stand on. There’s a lot to see, explore, and find. It’s that sort of game. And to be honest I think it does that a lot better than Hard Reset, another game which tries to do a similar thing with secrets. This is truer to the more oldschool approaches, though. It’s something to be played in small doses again, unashamedly a speed run puzzle game, but definitely fun to pick up every now and then to run through a level with.
So that’s Xotic then. Yep. Okay, fine. I can’t show you Xotic without showing you its wonderful intro.
And I think I’ll close with a nod to Space Rubbish. I don’t know if RPS has ever covered Space Rubbish but it’s definitely worth poking.
(I wonder how many of you will end up spending money due to some of this write-up? My apologies if my vehement likings here have caught your attention.)
20/09/2011 at 21:30 SquidgyB says:
@ simonh
Tase him in the face 15 times. It really is that easy, even on the “Give me Deus Ex” setting.
The tased animation takes longer to wear off than reloading the taser…
20/09/2011 at 22:21 UnsounderGnome says:
I’ve been playing TF2. Must get more hats… Also playing through Oblivion in preparation for Skyrim.
20/09/2011 at 22:27 Hmm-Hmm. says:
More minecraft. Been contemplating playing some Dawn of War (Dark Crusade or Soulstorm) or possibly Magic the Gathering (got the expansion on steam recently).
But yeah, minecraft.
20/09/2011 at 23:03 pertusaria says:
I played Bastion, which was my first Steam purchase, and really enjoyed it, even with the sound off the whole time. It’s not just the great voice narration and music that make the game.
After that I tried The Tiny Bang Story. I’m not all that happy: the puzzles and item-hunting were repetitive, although the quirky characters kept me happy for a few levels.
I downloaded the Din’s Curse demo and played it for an evening, will probably go back to it at some point.
Downloaded Portal for free at the weekend and played the first few levels before I got distracted or had to go to bed.
After that I started into the alpha version of Desktop Dungeons and bought the beta on Monday. I’ll stick with it a bit longer but I’m not sure I don’t prefer the alpha, with its cheerful retro graphics and absence of a long drawn-out training sequence or any attempt to invent a plot. Maybe it’s my computer settings, but I couldn’t use the arrow keys in the beta version’s Unity screen, and having to mouse click every time you want to move a square is mildly irritating.
I’ve also played a few levels of Sleepy Stu’s Adventure on Kongregate, which really frustrated me, but I still thought it was a nice game. Like Mario but with the abilities (sometimes) to walk on air or stick to the ceiling.
Other than that, I live with someone who plays Nethack and variants pretty much every day. I know it’s a great game, I’ve just never found the staying power for it. One day I’ll go back to Discworld MUD and Kingdom of Loathing. Most recent card game played was the very good Saboteur.
20/09/2011 at 23:22 Spooty says:
One thing I’ve noticed: No one is playing WoW. Or are they just too busy playing WoW to comment here?
21/09/2011 at 00:18 DrSlek says:
Team Fortress 2
My fallback game for when there’s nothing decent to play.
Though I just watched the Kingdom of Heaven Directors Cut, and that always inspires me to play Medieval 2: Total War. I’ll likely continue my conquest as the Moors tonight.
21/09/2011 at 01:56 Shouldbeworking says:
Working my way slowly through Cogs. Sadly, I am coming to the end of it. I need to finish it though, because I am forcing myself not to start yet another game without completing a current project (still got most of the rest of Hundle 3 to attack).
Other than that: Minecraft, Hammerfight, Civ V (having trouble getting excited about that) and that damnable facebook tetris game.
21/09/2011 at 09:31 ScarthCaroth says:
I have been playing DXHR since release, was rather hyped about it. Must say it didn’t fail to deliver, on my second playthrough trying to get through the game without a single kill (except those bosses of course grmbl).
As of a few days ago Warhammer 40k Space Marine, it’s a nice change to the seriousness of DXHR. Both single player and multiplayer are nice (nice as in not very special but very entertainable)
I’ve been loggin on and off with Minecraft since the new patch, still find it very enjoyable (adventure mode JEY!)
And also putting a little WoW in there for good measure although I’ve been less active the past few weeks.