By Jim Rossignol on December 2nd, 2011 at 4:42 pm.
What are you intending to play this weekend, eh? That copy of Terraria you just bought in the sale? Skyrim again, more, faster, again? Perhaps something else stacked up from a sale? I’m going to be mysteriously messing with some unreleased puzzle game with punctuations of Serious Sam 3, Alec’s adrift on that Terraria/Skyrim angle, and Mr Smith? Well, he’s all over both Sam AND Skyrim. The tart. John, I believe, has invented his own game based on a 2000-year old rulebook he found in an old building in the middle of town. I dunno what it’s all about, but it seems popular!
Anyway. Speak your games!
02/12/2011 at 16:45 db1331 says:
In no particular order:
Terraria
BF3
Skyward Sword
Ocarina 3D
The Witcher 2
Ico
Possibly Skyrim (I may have burned myself out on it)
02/12/2011 at 16:46 Edawan says:
I plan to finish Dawn of War 2‘s campaign, then maybe start Deus Ex 3 which I bought in the last sale.
I’ll also bang my head against the Binding of Isaac a few times along the way.
02/12/2011 at 16:46 steve19137 says:
Skyrim, Dungeons of Dredmor, Greed Corp, replaying Portal 2.
02/12/2011 at 16:46 ChainsawHands says:
Saints Row 3 in coop. Oh yes.
02/12/2011 at 16:46 WMain00 says:
Blood bowl at the moment, due to one of the steam daily deals. Currently trying to learn it and not be so awful.
02/12/2011 at 16:49 ChainsawHands says:
Join us!
02/12/2011 at 16:46 crawl says:
Skyrim, Dungeon Defenders, Starcraft 2 .. oooh yeah..
02/12/2011 at 16:47 SmoothUK says:
Skyrim, Brink, CS:GO, Tribes Ascend, Skyrim.
03/12/2011 at 00:47 Fudgedoodle says:
Can i has beta key? :3
02/12/2011 at 16:48 Rinox says:
Skyrim, Solium Infernum, TF2.
02/12/2011 at 16:48 4026 says:
Skyrim, Skyrim, Skyrim, Skyrim, Waves, Skyrim.
02/12/2011 at 16:48 GrandmaFunk says:
Minecraft and Mount&Blade:Warband – Prophecy of Pendor
02/12/2011 at 16:49 sonofsanta says:
Fallout 3 some more. 50 hours in and I reckon I’m about halfway. Then I’m only 3 years behind the current release schedule. This is what two years in New Eden does to your backlog :(
Got Napoleon: Total War ready and waiting for the Xmas hols though. For some reason Christmas always makes me want to play strategy games. Something irresistible about sneaking away after a massive Christmas lunch and losing 3 hours of quality family time to Civ 4′s Next Turn button instead.
03/12/2011 at 13:40 TheJohn says:
I’m currently finishing Fallout:New Vegas, allowing my self to get lost in the side quests and the cheap DLC I was able to pick up on the cheap.
Being late to the party saves me both money and the inevitable grief of waiting for a game to be patched up and actually functional, but at times I wonder what it would be to able to sit at the cool kids table and talk loudly about Skyrim and dragons and giant glitches.
Ah, nevermind. I still got some Borderlands DLC to finish.
02/12/2011 at 16:49 Wang Tang says:
Anno 2070 multiplayer.
And some TF2 and Orcs Must Die! inbetween.
02/12/2011 at 16:50 Meedoc says:
Cave Story +, and a lot of old games thanks to the exhibition Game Story in Paris :D
02/12/2011 at 16:50 SMiD says:
Europa Universalis III; picked it up during the Autumn sale. I’m almost through the manual, and I’m hoping to turn Poland into a world power soon. Hussars, ho!!!
Also, Sanctum.
02/12/2011 at 16:50 ArcaneSaint says:
I’m going to play “studying for exams”. If I’m posting here, that means I’m not very good at it.
02/12/2011 at 18:06 tormeh says:
I hate this game.
03/12/2011 at 03:29 LostViking says:
Aw, I stopped playing that game many years ago, and I have never looked back.
The boss fights sucked! Some times they could be 6 hours long, and only the constant chugging of rejuvenation potions (also called coffee) kept me going while slowly chugging away at the beasts defenses.
03/12/2011 at 10:34 firefek says:
Good God! I just finished playing that game. Not going to have to bother with it for another 2 years till I have to pick it up again.
02/12/2011 at 16:51 Icarus says:
Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood, and Terraria.
02/12/2011 at 16:51 fauxC says:
I’ll be playing Working in Retail so Working all Weekend and Hating the World
In breaks from that I’ll be trying to 5-skull the last few maps on OMD! Nightmare mode.
02/12/2011 at 18:50 Heliocentric says:
Swapping one relentless horde for another?
02/12/2011 at 19:14 Cooper says:
I know am thinking about a OMD-like game set in Next during their sales…
Open the doors, let the horde come in. but behind that rack of cheap shirts? A spike wall!
This game. It needs to exist…
02/12/2011 at 22:58 LaunchJC says:
@Cooper Perfect description.
02/12/2011 at 16:51 JusticePS says:
More Hyper Princess Pitch. Thank you so much RPS for posting a new Remar game!
Blood Bowl (tabletop, local league playoffs start Sunday)
Battletech: Firestorm (VR Arcade)
Super Monday Night Combat
Skyward Sword
Sanctum (with mother)
02/12/2011 at 16:51 Rampant AI says:
Skyrim
Terraria
Skyrim
Batman: AC
Skyrim
Battlefield 3
Skyrim
Saints Row 3
Skyrim
TF2
Skyrim
Killing Floor
and last but not least, Skyrim.
02/12/2011 at 16:58 4026 says:
You appear to have misspelled “Skyrim” six times and in six different ways in your post.
EDIT: Relatedly, did you know that if you read the word “Skyrim” enough times, the word loses all meaning and just becomes a jumble of barely-remembered glyphs?
02/12/2011 at 17:46 BAshment says:
After I read it a few times I replace it with Rimjob.
02/12/2011 at 18:28 dogsolitude_uk says:
“Skyyyy-rimming! Across the icy wastes…”
Sorry.
02/12/2011 at 20:37 Umpaidh says:
only going forward cos my horse don’t know reverse?
also sorry :)
02/12/2011 at 23:02 Thants says:
If you don’t like that you could try the Skyrim, Terraria, Batman: AC, Battlefield 3and Skyrim. That’s not got much Skyrim in it.
02/12/2011 at 16:51 disperse says:
Mount and Blade: Lord of the Rings Last Days Mod
03/12/2011 at 10:50 Gonefornow says:
Yes, I had a good run with that as well..
Until it broke my savegame.
02/12/2011 at 16:52 Unaco says:
Skyrim
Darwinia/Multiwinia
Might finally learn to play EUIII
Maybe some Witcher 2, maybe some Deus Ex HR.
Dunno if it’s a definite, but a member of the ARPS community has been working on a campaign for us, in the Invasion ’44 environment for ArmA2 – Able, Baker and Charlie fire teams, nick names, Garands, Tigers and Camaraderie. Saturday is meant to be the day for it.
We also have a massive Combined Ops session planned in the ArmA 2 Community for Sunday evening, with multiple groups participating and around 80 people expected.
02/12/2011 at 16:52 Ian says:
Skyrim and Football Manager, because clearly I only like short, snappy games that are done in a few hours.
02/12/2011 at 16:52 Elltot says:
Gratuitous Space Battles, Back to the Future: The Game and maybe SPAZ (played demo last night, enjoyed it).
02/12/2011 at 16:53 FCA says:
No computer games for me this weekend, I’m going to run after kids to scare them, dressed up as a black slave.
No kidding, we do that here every year, or if you’re so inclined, you can dress up as a Catholic bishop and let small children sit on your lap.
02/12/2011 at 17:14 Elltot says:
I’ll hazard a guess that you’re dutch?
02/12/2011 at 18:33 TheLordMoosey says:
@Elltot
I am sure that has an actual basis in reality, but never, ever tell me why. That may be my most favourite new national stereotype. Oh, so Holland beat us in the foot-to-ball, eh? Well, the lot of you black up and chase children.
02/12/2011 at 21:14 timmyvos says:
Only with Sinterklaas.
03/12/2011 at 02:01 Josh W says:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zwarte_Piet
02/12/2011 at 16:53 deadly.by.design says:
Skyrim.
If my friends are online at the same time, we might actually continue our Dead Island playthrough.
02/12/2011 at 16:53 bleeters says:
For various reasons (it has Victoria Kruger doing voice overs HOW DID I NOT KNOW THIS BEFORE), I finally got around to playing Trine. Assuming I don’t finish it, which I suspect I almost have, that. Possibly Trine 2. I have no idea when that’s actually released. Is it released this weekend? I guess not. Probably some Skyrim, depending on whether it’ll work.
All in-between playing I Have An Assignment Due In Next Week, of course. That one’s so fun. I can’t stop playing it.
02/12/2011 at 18:50 westyfield says:
I got Trine in a Humble Bundle a little while ago. Started playing, the Thief opened her mouth and instantly I recognised Victoria Kruger’s voice from Dragon Age 2. She’s quite a good voice actress, methinks.
02/12/2011 at 16:54 Dzamir says:
Assassin’s Creed Broterhood, Orcs Must Die
02/12/2011 at 16:54 pakoito says:
Dominions 3, Terraria 1.1, Nehrim. Maybe some dota2. Street Fighter 4 for sure.
02/12/2011 at 17:52 phanatic62 says:
Is Dominions 3 worth it for single player? Looks like a really in-depth, awesome game, but I’ve also read that it’s really just for multiplayer (slow internet connection prevents me from playing online). Every so often I check that site to see if they’ve dropped the price at all, which they just about never do.
02/12/2011 at 18:00 Xerophyte says:
Dom3 is not worth it for single-player, no. About all you can use the AI for is practicing your expansion strategy, it can’t do anything complicated.
On the other hand, if you’re willing to play it with people in the first place then it really doesn’t matter one fig what your connection speed is. All multiplayer is essentially just transmitting your order file once per turn. It’s a couple of KB worth and most games are played at a languid pace of 1 turn/day, at that rate I’m pretty sure I could recite the transfer in hex over the phone if I had to.
02/12/2011 at 18:59 phanatic62 says:
Thanks Xerophyte. So it’s basically just PBEM? I can certainly play that! Now the next question is whether or not I would play enough to warrant buying a $50+ game. Digital distribution sales and indie game packs have warped my perception of the price to pay for games.
02/12/2011 at 16:54 airtekh says:
Pretty much Batman: Arkham City, and nothing else. I’m obsessed with it; it’s definitely my game of the year.
02/12/2011 at 16:55 kifter says:
Batman: AC, and maybe some Skyrim.
02/12/2011 at 16:56 Demiath says:
Semi-realistic weekend plans: Skyrim, Batman: Arkham City and a tiny bit of Saints Row 3.
Unrealistic weekend plans: The above plus also FEAR 3, Grey Matter, Dungeon Defenders, Brink, Mafia II and Battlefield 3.
Realistic weekend plans: Skyrim. Period.
02/12/2011 at 16:56 Maldomel says:
Probably some Skyrim, a bit of various indie games I bought these past weeks, and a lot of Terraria since 1.1 is out.
02/12/2011 at 16:56 lunarplasma says:
Playing the Starcraft 2 campaign.
02/12/2011 at 16:56 Bluerps says:
Skyrim (unless the patch broke it) and Terraria (which was hopefully not broken by its patch).
02/12/2011 at 16:57 Faceless says:
Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition, Killing Floor and Dead Island. If I feel exceptionally masochistic, Storm of Zehir and Vindictus.
02/12/2011 at 16:57 ResonanceCascade says:
Marathon. I went and downloaded them after the article yesterday, and they’re a ton of Doomy fun. With an actual plot to boot.
02/12/2011 at 16:58 Sirnizz says:
Skyrim and the Indie Royale Bundle I just baught so it will be :
Cthulhu saves the world
Eufloria (this game is really good worth alone the price of the bundle) I enjoy this game when I’am stoned and it’s pure joy
And a bit of Really Big sky for relaxing
02/12/2011 at 16:58 Wizardry says:
I’m going to play a CRPG called Dark Sun: Shattered Lands this weekend.
02/12/2011 at 17:00 4026 says:
Is that some sort of Skyrim mod?
02/12/2011 at 17:11 vecordae says:
Pretty sure that’s the sequel to Might and Magic: Dark Messiah.
02/12/2011 at 23:00 EOT says:
Nah, he said CRPG. So it’s obviously some Mass Effect rip-off.
03/12/2011 at 21:43 Zork says:
I certainly hope you’re applying the label “CRPG” to “Dark Sun: Shattered Lands” with a fair bit of tongue in that cheek of yours. News flash: a fancy graphical interface does NOT an RPG make. The minute you graphics hounds started clamoring for on-rails worlds hemmed in by extensive graphical limitations, you people killed off the true CRPGs.
Going from narrated worlds bounded only by the player’s imaginations, and truly abstracted proper RPG systems, to fancy 3D graphical whatsits like Dark Sun that lead us by the nose through pinched little predefined worlds and distill our dicerolls into fancy pixelated loop-de-loops? I guess young cusses like you call that progress.
I call it crap.
02/12/2011 at 16:58 cloudkiller says:
Terraria
Fallout NV (DLC from last steam sale)
Minecraft
…and wishing I had Skyrim
02/12/2011 at 16:59 sinister agent says:
I will be trying not to play Skyrim, as it just creates more work, but will inevitably cave sooner or later. But until then, I’ve finally started playing Jagged Alliance with the 1.13 patch properly, and it’s been rather disastrous. So I’ll be seeing how long I can last as a tiny, roving band of guerillas with too little money to hire anyone.
Might be giving Second Sight another go, too.
02/12/2011 at 17:00 caprisundad says:
I think Red Read Redemption is coming from eBay today, so probably some of that. Arkham City. Terraria. Maybe some Titan Quest for old time’s sake. I might even break down and buy a used Wii and Skyward Sword.
02/12/2011 at 17:00 actionthom says:
LoL and the SW:TOR second Beta!
02/12/2011 at 17:01 n. says:
Baldur’s Gate 2.
02/12/2011 at 17:10 SMiD says:
Ah, we are all heroes: You and Boo and I… Hamsters and rangers everywhere REJOICE!!!
02/12/2011 at 18:49 Burning Man says:
I F5 whenever Minsc starts talking (it shuts him up). And lose him at the earliest. He’s funny in small-sized bites, but not every 30 seconds.
02/12/2011 at 23:02 EOT says:
Heresy.
Please comport yourself to your nearest stake so you may be burned at it.
02/12/2011 at 17:03 oceanclub says:
Air Buccaneers! Am hoping there’s a crowd on the Ludocraft server tonight.
Back to Minecraft as well – I rage-quit in a strop the other day as creating a portal from The Nether back to the normal world left me in an abandoned mine miles from home with a load of wrathful spiders, where I prompted died, leaving many nice shiny diamond-made things. I may just cheat and go back to an earlier backup.
Air Buccaneers also left me in a multiplayer mood, so I may jump into Day of Defeat:S for a few games of dod_avalanche, and may even show off my PC Gamer hat while building mah sentries in TF2.
02/12/2011 at 17:03 mineshaft says:
TF2
Football Manager
Oblivion mods
VVVVVV
Agricola
Dominion
(what has happened to Cardboard Children)
02/12/2011 at 17:04 woodsey says:
L4D2 (me and my co-op buddies rediscover it every few months), Payday: The Heist, and probably even more Skyrim in between the co-op jollies.
02/12/2011 at 17:05 LieutLaww says:
SWTOR Beta all weekend long :p
02/12/2011 at 17:07 Deano2099 says:
Skyward Sword
And maybe Trenched (or whatever it’s called now).
02/12/2011 at 17:08 Bureaucrat says:
I’ll be playing the “assmble a new PC” game.
If it works well, the video card came with a free copy of Arkham City. As I never got around to finishing Arkham Asylum, I will perhaps play that. (Or, maybe I’ll buy Skyrim.)
If it doesn’t work well, I’ve got a Baldur’s Gate 2 game in progress on the older machine.
02/12/2011 at 17:11 SMiD says:
Squeaky wheel gets the KICK!
02/12/2011 at 17:09 Spiny says:
A witchering a witchering a witchering 2 I shall go, with a bit of BF3 on the side.
02/12/2011 at 17:09 MiniMatt says:
If they remake the Ten Commandments as an FPS should we take as one of the signs of apocalypse?
02/12/2011 at 17:15 Shooop says:
Actually that could be kind of fun. Being god and hurling fire from the heavens at the foolish heathens making a golden calf…
I’d buy that for a dollar.
02/12/2011 at 17:09 felisc says:
Minecraft and serious sam 3. would there be any kind of rps coop going on for bfe by the way ?
02/12/2011 at 17:10 vecordae says:
X3: Terran Conflict
The Skyrims
Mount and Blade: Modded Edition ™
Family Minecraft Drama Hour
02/12/2011 at 17:10 Gasmask Hero says:
Bood Bowl, courtesy of Steam. And a side helping of Ultima VII, which I’ve never played before.
02/12/2011 at 17:10 Amnesiac says:
Dota 2 to stop me from obsessing over Fumito Ueda leaving Sony.
02/12/2011 at 17:11 Shooop says:
- Serious Sam 3
I can only manage single-player in short bursts. It’s exhausting in a good way.
- Skyrim
I’ve yet to do much more than create a character in this game. Probably a good thing because there’s too many other games I started but haven’t finished.
- Batman Arkham City
GFWL is actually saving my progress now, how peachy. But where’s my fancy Direct X 11 features?
- The Witcher 2
Need to see Roche’s arc.
- Saints Row 3
Well, first I need to buy it.
- Deus Ex HR
No I haven’t finished it yet. Stop laughing at me you judgmental bastards.
02/12/2011 at 17:12 Malleus says:
For me it’s FEAR 2 Project Origin this weekend. I picked it up (the whole FEAR pack – which consisted only of the first two games and their stuff back then) at the halloween sale, because I heard that the consolitis I hated in it (anamorphic 16:9, mandatory film grain / motion blur) have been alleviated in patches. Now that it doesn’t make me want to pluck my eyes while looking at it, it’s actually quite fun. Not as good as the first game, but it’s a good action game anyway. I’m about at the 3/4 of it.
02/12/2011 at 17:12 Stepout says:
More Skyrim. After 160 hours I finally understand how I want to play the game. The main things being only focus on one crafting skill and avoid the main quest completely. One time a dragon killed Alvor! Stay away from my Blacksmiths beotch!
02/12/2011 at 17:13 applecado says:
That wonderful game called Working so my cliends don’t stab me.
02/12/2011 at 17:15 Lambchops says:
Nobody likes a stab happy client!
02/12/2011 at 17:14 Jonny Stutters says:
Some or all of:
Battlefield 3
Arma II
DCS A10
Skyrim
Witcher 2 (2nd playthrough to see the Roche path)
02/12/2011 at 17:14 Scatterbrainpaul says:
I just can’t stop playing Skrim. 38 Hours already and haven’t even started the main quest yet
02/12/2011 at 17:51 tstapp1026 says:
This.
02/12/2011 at 17:14 Lambchops says:
My copy of Arkham City finally arrived yesterday. Played a bit last night and will probably play a lot more this weekend.
Initial impressions are good, though I definitely get the whole thing about the side missions distracting from the main plot feeling odd. Normally it wouldn’t be a problem and I’d just zoom ahead with the main bits, but my compulsive completionist streak tends to show its face when it’s a game I really enjoy (see collecting all the bloody figments in Psychonauts).
02/12/2011 at 17:15 Tei says:
The other day I launched Skyrim to check a small graphic modification. I ended playing 6 hours :-O
I would play more Skyrim, because I have only 60 hours in it, and all the stuff that people talk about intringue me (and I want to max one skill). I will probably plan some more BF3. And maybe open Saint Row 3.. I have not played much yet.
I may also launch Just Cause 2, if I get visited by my 3 years old cousin (he love to crash cars).
02/12/2011 at 17:15 Wooly Wugga Wugga says:
I’m going to be unimaginative and say Skyrim.
02/12/2011 at 17:18 Untruth says:
SKYYYYRIMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
02/12/2011 at 17:21 stahlwerk says:
Portal 2, maybe some Guardian of Light with an esteemed aquaintance.
I’ll get through that backlog, yet!
02/12/2011 at 17:22 Vandelay says:
I’ll be playing BF3 tonight. As mentioned in the forums, RPS types shall be invading the server for some manshoots. The kind folks at RPS have got hold of a server for us, so we should probably be using!
Should start at about 7, although I’ll probably be on a little after that. Hope to see some of you guys on.
Besides that, I will be carrying on with Serious Sam 3 and Arkham City. Not played too much of the later, but fairly impressed with what I’ve seen so far. Good chance I’ll be playing some Starcraft 2 with mates too, as I do every weekend.
02/12/2011 at 17:22 Iskariot says:
I am mostly playing Batman Arkham City.
It is a wonderful game.
And I am always and forever playing Supreme Commander Forged Alliance.
I will keep playing it until a true successor comes along.
02/12/2011 at 17:23 dragonhunter21 says:
Probably a combination of Payday: The Heist (hopefully with friends, otherwise AI), Counter-Strike: Source (With bots) and maybe a little Hitman: Blood Money
02/12/2011 at 17:26 Carra says:
Skyrim. And maybe Limbo, bought it during the autumn sale.
02/12/2011 at 17:29 mike2R says:
Populous II. Man they put Populous II on GoG! This is awesome!
It is also probably the worst example of wasted screen real estate in the known world, but it is still awesome!
02/12/2011 at 17:29 Vinraith says:
Sanctum, lots of Sanctum. I may be slightly obsessed with Sanctum, actually.
02/12/2011 at 17:40 SMiD says:
Sanctum really is quite brilliant. It’s currently my fallback option this weekend for when I become frustrated with EU3. Sanctum will be there to welcome me in with its warm glow.
02/12/2011 at 17:58 tstapp1026 says:
There should be an RPS companion service for those that want to play Sanctum together. Very good game.
However, for those with a more fantasy minded preference for games, Dungeon Defenders is hands-down my choice for best hybrid tower defense game of the year.
02/12/2011 at 17:30 Inglourious Badger says:
The (gosh, shock) actually not that bad Origin sale furnished me with Bulletstorm and Dead Space 2 for cheaps so probably one, if not both of those. I do have a little hankering for some BF3 action tonight thouhh. I’m going cold turkey on Skyrim for a bit. It is a bit TOO fun. I might forget to eat and breathe if I get any more engrossed
02/12/2011 at 23:08 Thants says:
Bulletstorm and Dead Space 2 are both pretty great.
02/12/2011 at 17:35 Nuclear Frisson says:
Dungeons of Dredmor mostly, and hopefully resuming my first Fallout playthrough.
02/12/2011 at 17:35 Hanban says:
I shall play EVE!
02/12/2011 at 17:35 JohnnyK says:
AssCreed: Revelations and BF3, mostly
I bought Skyrim, NFS: The Run and Driver: SF (curse you, Amazon Cyber Monday) this week and got Fear3 and Limbo as a gift, so those would be an option too… but I have no idea when I will get to those.
Oh yeah, I also got Saint’s Row 3.
I’m an idiot for buying so many games.
02/12/2011 at 17:36 Kdansky says:
Puzzle Strike
02/12/2011 at 17:37 Kollega says:
For me, it’ll mostly be Saints Row: The Third. The game isn’t quite as awesome as it could have been, but still awesome.
02/12/2011 at 17:39 LimeWarrior says:
Arkham City in buttery smooth DX11. The patch leaked!
02/12/2011 at 19:36 Vandelay says:
WHERE?!
Although, to be honest, I’ve found it to be fairly stuttery on DX9, unless I turn true AA off. Even then, transitions can be a little jumpy.
02/12/2011 at 17:40 Mungrul says:
Sky…ward Sword.
Man of Bats in the City of Arkham.
Age of Conan.
Possibly Bastion.
I would also have been playing the latest Assassin’s Creed, but Amazon failed to deliver :(
03/12/2011 at 04:40 Aardvarkk says:
Ah, they did that with my Skyrim, received it almost a week after release, it was awful sad.
02/12/2011 at 17:41 frenz0rz says:
Skyrim and EU3 mostly, with a little BC2 since I’m gradually getting closer to rank 50 and have nearly unlocked every achievement.
EU3 is annoying me though – I’m trying to play a 1399 In Nomine campaign as England and, for once, doing what all the guides strictly tell you not to and trying to hang on to my continental possessions.
France, as always, is an utter bitch. Having got what is easily the hardest early English mission, ‘Recover Normandy’, I built a strong army and was about to invade when I noticed there was a huge rebel uprising in Normandy. Seizing the opportunity, I attacked Armagnac and Poitiers, retaining the former in a tidy peace arrangement before Le Blob could descend on me.
However, 10 years later, despite organising a successful anti-French alliance of Burgundy, Aragon and Portugal, I’m still finding them an utter nightmare to contend with. They wont attack me on their own even though they have the mission ‘Recover Aquitaine’, and if I attack then literally none of my allies come to assist. Even so I managed to conquer Normany and Caux in a suprise invasion, but the bastards simply refuse to capitulate, and seem to win every battle despite me having superior numbers (with almost half of their forces besieging my Aquitaine provinces).
I’m tempted to simply go back to a previous save, retain my alliance without attacking France, and cancel the mission to move onto far easier avenues (Ireland and Scotland). Still, that wasnt the reason I started this campaign in the first place…
02/12/2011 at 19:39 n. says:
Montjoie Saint-Denis !
02/12/2011 at 17:42 Dave L. says:
The ‘Reapply the thermal paste to my CPU heatsink so it’ll stop overheating’ game. Possibly followed by the ‘Order a new CPU because the current one has been running at nearly 100C under load for who knows how long’ Game.
02/12/2011 at 17:43 Kohlrabi says:
Just bought L.A. Noire off GMG from this year’s Christmas money. I hope it is as adventury as it sounds.
02/12/2011 at 17:45 Flocraft says:
Had some trouble with getting my copy of Arkham City this week (knew I should just’ve gotten it digital), so I suppose I’ll be giving AC: Revelations a whirl over the weekend.
Kind of burned out over Skyrim, I’ve got to say. Not that I’ve got much to do anyway, 3 shouts left to gather and some random bumbling around in the world to find any caves of ruins I missed.
02/12/2011 at 17:46 goliath1333 says:
Starcraft 2
Witcher 2 (replaying for alternative Chapter 2 and Dread mod, oh and to have sex w/the short haired girl Vess)
Deus Ex
BF3
02/12/2011 at 17:47 Azhrarn says:
In no particular order:
Skyrim
Sword of the Stars II
Saint’s Row the Third
Skydrift
Terraria
02/12/2011 at 18:11 vecordae says:
Is SotS2 in a state where it’s relatively playable yet? My fury with how Kerberos handled its release hasn’t subsided enough for me to want to try it out again.
02/12/2011 at 17:49 sharks.don't.sleep says:
Skyrim
Battlefield 3
Test Drive Unlimited 2
02/12/2011 at 17:54 Man Raised by Puffins says:
Air Buccs! (The Grim-mest Kuh-nell of Iron)
BRINK! (well, I may as well whilst there are actually people playing)
Skyrim! (the hunt for the Great White Untextured Beast continues apace)
Shogun! (the Fujiwara Shogunate ain’t goin’ to establish itself)
02/12/2011 at 17:55 tstapp1026 says:
LoL – for daily win
Skyrim – until my wife threatens me with sex for the sake of my own health
checking regedit to make sure nothing EA is left after the deletion of BF3 (fuck you Origin)
E.y.E Divine Cybermancy – because it is damn intriguing
Deus Ex: Human Revolution – because I bouhgt it and haven’t played it
02/12/2011 at 17:55 DevinH says:
I will probably play some of the following:
Penumbra: Black Plague
Runespell: Overture
Mafia II
EDGE
Heavy Rain (wanted to try it after reading this: http://frictionalgames.blogspot.com/2011/11/thoughts-on-heavy-rain.html – I’m really not expecting to enjoy it)
02/12/2011 at 17:59 bateleur says:
Blocks that Matter… because I still haven’t finished it and it’s only getting better as it goes along.
02/12/2011 at 18:00 jezcentral says:
Team Fortress 2 (Which I first played 2 weeks ago).
Batman: Arkham City.
And possibly some Defense Grid.
02/12/2011 at 18:12 DaFishes says:
FUS! RO! DAH!
02/12/2011 at 18:13 RauTheLegendary says:
Probably Splinter Cell: Conviction. Not enjoying it as much as I had expected, but it’s alright. I’ll probably put some time in Battlefield 3 and one or two of the many indie titles that I still need to play.
02/12/2011 at 19:14 Heliocentric says:
Dump the storyline and play some Deniable ops, it’s rather good and has you focused on the games strengths.
02/12/2011 at 18:17 Trillby says:
Na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na BATMAN!
You know you’re a bit of a pedant if you double and then triple check the amount of “na”s before posting to make sure you haven’t got it wrong…
02/12/2011 at 18:32 tstapp1026 says:
I R pedanto-bear!
Shouldn’t some of the “na”s be attached to one another and capitalized for accentuation?
Observe:
nana Nana NaNa Nana
nana Nana NaNa Nana
nana Nana NaNa Nana
Batman!!!
:)
02/12/2011 at 18:19 dogsolitude_uk says:
Probably Deus Ex: HR, which I bought in a Steam Sale. It’s very Deus Ex, but not as much fun as Skyrim. You can’t read the books on the shelves, or hit people with sticks. Or be a Khajiit. :(
I might play some Skyrim now I’ve got it working on my machine again after that £@!<#<ing patch, but it's been making me feel a bit strange because I've probably played it too much.
I'll probably play chess aganst the old 'puter at some point too, but I really need to do a bit more work for my Astronomy course. There's a half-moon tonight: may take telescope out to have a look at the Montes Apenninus.
Oh, also downloaded Orion 8.5 in their sale as well, so I may have a bit of VSTi action too.
Other than that, tidying up the flat and watching True Blood Season 4 with g/f.
02/12/2011 at 18:28 phanatic62 says:
I’m going to be testing out the newest version of Towns, v0.37. There’s now a demo and prepay option. They have doors and roofs for your buildings now! Woooo!
Maybe some Civ V DLC I picked up over the Steam sale as well.
02/12/2011 at 18:34 McCool says:
Probably more Skyrim.
02/12/2011 at 18:36 OJSlaughter says:
I will be playing Brink: taking advantage of the free weekend and kill all the new players for fun :)
02/12/2011 at 18:37 elfbarf says:
Tribes Ascend
Skyrim (Punchcat playthrough)
The Binding of Isaac (just started playing it a few days ago, it’s addictive)
Maybe a bit of DotA 2 as well.
02/12/2011 at 18:38 Spinoza says:
Game of Life. Still fun ,even if going to loose it anyway.
02/12/2011 at 18:41 Om says:
Imperialism. Found it free online yesterday and it’s already eating up my time again
02/12/2011 at 18:43 Burning Man says:
Skyrim. Also I want a Creaton Kit so I can waste time modding instead of working on my project or looking for a job. It just seems like the right thing to do.
02/12/2011 at 18:44 JB says:
Shores of Hazeron, Dominions 3, Solium Infernum and TF2.
And maybe a little Arma2.
02/12/2011 at 18:51 Blackcompany says:
Skyrim.
.
And having my Montes Apenus looked at with a telescope.
02/12/2011 at 18:55 Museli says:
I’m done with Skyrim for now, so this weekend will be all about poking Terraria 1.1 to see what new stuff falls out. Tekken Hybrid on the consolebox will also be seeing some action – now I’m no longer playing Tekken Tag, I can finally unplug the PS2. You did a fine job, soldier.
02/12/2011 at 18:55 Skabooga says:
Based on recommendations, I went and got To the Moon, and I’m going to try and play it all in one sitting through Saturday evening/night, as I think this will maximize the emotional impact.
02/12/2011 at 18:57 Snorez says:
I was gnna play some Brink just to see what it was like…
Maybe get some WoT’s in. Only a few million credits away from my T54 ;)
Then I got a Beta weekend inv for SW:TOR. So i’ll be playing with my lightsaber all weekend…. and I may play a bit of StarWars too ;)
02/12/2011 at 18:59 Heliocentric says:
It’s actually the pop cap take on puzzle quest.
02/12/2011 at 19:15 ACid says:
Skyrim
Terraria with my girlfriend
Few matches of BF3
02/12/2011 at 19:17 Gunsmith says:
Lots of Anno 2070 for me.
02/12/2011 at 19:20 PeteC says:
Had a week off work so been cramming in as much Skyrim as I can before I go back and have no more time to play, plus a few bouts of BF3.
02/12/2011 at 19:30 JackDandy says:
I need to finish Serious Sam BFE, and keep on playing Ultima 5. Lord British ain’t gonna save himself!
02/12/2011 at 19:33 PearlChoco says:
- Skyrim
- X-Wing Alliance (damn this game is good!)
02/12/2011 at 19:41 derbefrier says:
Taking a break.from skyrim and playing some BF3, on the xbox with some friends. I was surprised how well maps like op metro play with 24 players. And probally some drinking games later on.
02/12/2011 at 19:43 PearlChoco says:
(double post)
02/12/2011 at 19:45 Synchrony says:
Skyrim, F1 2011 co-op and WH40K Black Crusade pen and paper RPG
02/12/2011 at 19:57 PearlChoco says:
@Synchrony:
how is Black Crusade? As good as Dark Heresy?
02/12/2011 at 22:02 Synchrony says:
Dark heresy is still my favourite of the 4, but Black Crusade is still very good and this is coming from someone who was never a big fan of chaos. the fluff on the Imperium from the chaos point of view is a good read and is also quite good for fleshing out your dark heresy npc’s if you GM
02/12/2011 at 19:47 FunkyBadger3 says:
Skyrim.
02/12/2011 at 19:57 coolz says:
If I have the time, Nehrim.
Else it’s wondering what order I should play my backlog while doing errands.
02/12/2011 at 20:07 fitzroy_doll says:
2027 for Deus Ex
02/12/2011 at 20:07 Lars Westergren says:
Skyrim, and some L4D2 and Payday:The Heist with my friends. I was gifted Terraria by a kind soul, so I may try that too.
02/12/2011 at 20:11 MattM says:
Orcs Must Die and the recently updated Defense Grid. Also not Failing My Finals, the Game.
02/12/2011 at 20:51 phanatic62 says:
Ooooh I forgot about the update to Defense Grid. I’m surprised there still hasn’t been a Steam news item on the update. The new campaign should be awesome!
02/12/2011 at 20:14 Agnol117 says:
New Vegas, most likely.
02/12/2011 at 20:17 Kadayi says:
Skyrim. The quest system is like a Hydra, you complete one only to have another two pop up, my list just seems to be getting bigger and bigger….
I might try and get some Saints Row 3 in as well, but I’m not optimistic.
02/12/2011 at 20:17 Big Murray says:
I’m still pretty hooked on Uplink from the Introversion Humble Bundle, plus I picked up Payday: The Heist from Steam’s Autumn Sale and I’ve found it fun with friends.
02/12/2011 at 20:58 Just Endless says:
Darwinia has surprised the hell outta me, it’s kind of amazing.
Uplink, I started, got to the start of the tutorial mission when it asks for Username and Password, assumed it wanted mine, and got shut down. The little tutorial box? Informed me I should start the tutorial mission, no matter where I went. Couldn’t figure out what to do, checked a FAQ, got angry that I was supposed to figure that out on my own, and quit for good.
DOES IT GET BETTER? Was my little tutorial box glitching? I started over, and got to the exact same point, before checking the FAQ.
To be fair, Darwinia also made me restart pretty early on.
02/12/2011 at 21:21 MattM says:
I think Darwinia is a real standout indie game. I loved some of the later levels where I was directing strategic flows of Darwinians instead of just commanding individual troops.
02/12/2011 at 23:32 Thants says:
Uplink is quite good, yes.
02/12/2011 at 20:47 goettel says:
“Size 9. Just like everybody else.” (Skyrim)
Perhaps a spot of Dead Island or Prototype, or finally get started on Mass Effect 2 and/or Just Cause 2.
02/12/2011 at 23:17 EOT says:
Band of Brothers?
02/12/2011 at 20:59 vader says:
The Witcher 2. I think I’m nearing the end so when I’m done I’m going to reload a save from a point where the story splits and try the other option. I’ll probably make some time to shoot internet people in the face in Battlefield 3 too. And if the stars align I might even find the time to install Limbo too.
02/12/2011 at 21:01 magnus says:
Skyrim and Serious Sam 3 if I can get past The Dark Bride level that is, grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
02/12/2011 at 21:04 maerduin says:
I’m going to be playing logic games on the LSAT!!!!!!!!! And Skyrim.
02/12/2011 at 21:07 sbs says:
AssRev and some skyrim and some good old Quake 3 CPMA if my mouse is alright with it(one of the gliders is… gone. i don’t know where. Just gone.)
02/12/2011 at 21:14 TODD says:
Hours and hours of Battlefield 3, with a little DEFCON against some friends on Saturday.
02/12/2011 at 21:26 Gary W says:
My “To Do” List for this weekend:
Delete Battlefield 3; Install Air Buccaneers
Delete Jamestown; Install Crimzon Clover
Delete The Witcher 2; Install Ultima VII: The Complete Edition
Delete Assassin’s Creed Revelations; Install Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Delete Skyrim; Install The Temple of Elemental Evil (with Co8 patch)
Delete The Binding of Isaac; Install WinUAE + Chaos Engine
Delete Minecraft; Install 3DS Max + Mental Ray
02/12/2011 at 21:35 Heria says:
Terraria, the new update is out ! :)
Otherwise im pretty oldschool with Leagues of legend.
02/12/2011 at 21:35 jonfitt says:
Human Revolution (sale), Battlefield 3 (sale), and maybe Terraria (sale).
02/12/2011 at 21:40 ElvisMZ says:
GRID, Deus Ex HR and Dead Rising 2: OTR. http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/596955603757460035/D02E5163DF035D221FD2316111E6E349C0F6E5D8/
02/12/2011 at 21:54 Xanadu says:
Guild Wars. Need to make more headway into it before the sequel hits.
Few more levels of Lego Batman with the kids. It’s traumatic when your 4 year-old son insists you be Robin.
Interspersed by a little light Indie. Eufloria and Limbo. Possibly Terraria, but last time I tried that it stole July.
02/12/2011 at 22:23 kud13 says:
I will be playing “I-have-exams-coming-up-and-also-a-paper-whose-first-draft-is-due-Monday”
while at the same time, Crusader Kings will probably be running on my laptop screen.
02/12/2011 at 23:11 archimandrite says:
Dungeons of Dredmor, Assassin’s Creed multiplayer(on Playstation the Third … hiss!), and maybe finishing up Fallout 2(which I haven’t played in almost a decade).
02/12/2011 at 23:13 Orontes says:
Avadon and The Witcher. May also play more Metro 2033 if I’m brave enough.
03/12/2011 at 02:38 VelvetFistIronGlove says:
Moral support: right here. Metro 2033 is absolutely worth your time, even when it’s oppressive and frightening.
02/12/2011 at 23:20 EOT says:
Unfortunately I have an Energy Systems essay on Buckingham’s Pi Theorem or some other such shit to do for Monday (on which I have already had an extension). So probably that.
02/12/2011 at 23:30 Schlabbi says:
Starcraft 2 ladder games, Skyrim, BF3, Anno 2070
02/12/2011 at 23:53 Lucky Main Street says:
I’ve been playing the original Trine lately, but I just picked up the most recent Humble Bundle, primarily so I can spend this weekend with Defcon and Darwinia. Although I’m now tempted to check out Don’t Take It Personally.
I’m also trying to find a copy of the original Fallout. I played the demo ages ago and loved it but still haven’t played the full game.
03/12/2011 at 00:48 Fudgedoodle says:
Skyrim, League of Legends, and my friends’ Sins of a Solar Empire campaign. That game is the stuff.
03/12/2011 at 01:09 KillahMate says:
I’ll be taking an extended look at Brink, courtesy of the free weekend. I don’t care much for the multiplayer deathmatch thing, which is why I didn’t buy it, but it’d be a shame not to take at least one stroll through that gorgeous world.
03/12/2011 at 01:29 BakaNoodle says:
Hmmm, Skyrim, Red Dead Redemption, Deus Ex HR (finishing it after quite sometime on hiatus for some reason) and some LoL
03/12/2011 at 01:56 Qwibbles says:
The last Beta weekend for SWTOR and more than likely some Skyrim mixed with Terraria
03/12/2011 at 02:09 Josh W says:
I will be playing not-dredmor, which should be pretty challenging to pull off. There’s a distinct possibility I will be showing my freind spacechem too.
03/12/2011 at 02:13 bear912 says:
Friends and I shall play some Action Half-Life, and attempt, once and for all, to unravel the mystery of ahl_5am. Also we may get around to trying some No More Room in Hell…
03/12/2011 at 02:18 RSeldon says:
Defense Grid! I want to try the new challenge modes they just added… and get warmed up so that when GLaDOS invades next week, I’ll be all set to, er, die repeatedly. For science.
Also at least a little Terraria. I think I’m Skyrimmed out for the moment; will probably go back to it in a few weeks.
03/12/2011 at 02:21 senile peasant says:
It’s good old fashioned RISK with the family for me. (Yeah, the board game)
03/12/2011 at 02:37 VelvetFistIronGlove says:
I shall be returning to The Zone, trying to find the way from the Jupiter plant to Pripyat.
03/12/2011 at 03:16 JKjoker says:
batman, terraria and maybe some dwarf fortress, im done with saints row and after reaching lvl 50 and mastering the ways of magic and enchanting in skyrim ive lost the will to keep going
03/12/2011 at 03:40 grok23 says:
Mostly BF3
03/12/2011 at 03:40 grok23 says:
Mostly Bf3,
03/12/2011 at 05:21 Avish says:
Railroading towards the end off Assassins creed brotherhood, So I can finally get into Skyrim.
And I believe that should be my game for the next dozen weekends.
03/12/2011 at 06:56 Rawrian says:
Skyrim, Serious Sam 3, Terraria. Or maybe in another order, if I can get a few people from Skyrim to play Terraria.
03/12/2011 at 08:01 coldvvvave says:
Probably some BF3 with friends( squad mechanics are terrible though). A bit of Saints Row 3, some Batman AC and some Skyrim. I had plans to finish Dead Space 2 playthrough, but it had some technical issues like it crashed my system completely at some place in the game.
Also, I’m going to play a game “Assemble giant office table at home with only ahalf of nuts, bolts and screws while usiong only a Leatherman multitool”, gonna be fun.
03/12/2011 at 09:50 Frans Coehoorn says:
Star Wars: The Old Republic. I have to finish it before the weekend ends, so I won’t have to buy it. ;-))
03/12/2011 at 09:54 Perkelnik says:
I bought SIlent Hill Homecoming in the Steam sale so that.
Also, Max Payne 2, as I recently finished the 1st one… for like 9th time :)
03/12/2011 at 10:36 nomad says:
Iz going to be spending the weekend wandering the wastes of New Vegas and replaying the Homicide desk with Cole Phelps, the only portion of LA Noire that made me feel like I was in a John Huston movie.
03/12/2011 at 11:59 Hmm-Hmm. says:
Hmm. I may start playing Minecraft again now that 1.0 is out. Otherwise, well, I -have- been playing CIty of Heroes, but it’s not really satisfying for some reason. So I suppose something else. Blood Bowl perhaps. Or Planescape Torment. Or Dawn of War. Something, at any rate.
03/12/2011 at 16:09 shoptroll says:
Kingdom of Loathing, Deus Ex and Skyward Sword!
03/12/2011 at 22:42 fritz says:
I’m beta-testing Sword of the Stars ][.
04/12/2011 at 01:44 hippocrat says:
Minecraft
Dirty Deutsch (card game)
Solium Infernum
Maybe Wings of Prey, curious why the update is 5 gigs.