By Craig Pearson on February 3rd, 2012 at 4:45 pm.
Oh, hello. You startled me. Come in, sit down. I was just updating my Google Calander. See, I’m so wonderful and popular and in-demand by just about everyone that I need to mark every minute down, or I’ll just get swamped. I had a look and it looks like I’ll be too busy to play anything this weekend. But what I’d like to do, no please help yourself to a biscuit, what I hope to do is live vicariously through you. You’ll play games for me, while I’m crying in the corner out partying till 6am in a warehouse in Islington. Tell us all what you’ll be playing.
Something new, an old favourite? Are you in a beta? Let me know.
EDIT: Tomorrow is Half-Life 2 day! If you’re unsure, why not dust that off?
03/02/2012 at 17:04 Petethegoat says:
Metro 2033, more Analogue, possibly the MISERY (their caps, not mine) mod that just came out for Call of Pripyat. Definitely a little bit of Trackmania, I can’t rest until I’ve unlocked the black Nations tracks. :(
Oh, and probably some Thief, if I can get past the blasted zombies.
03/02/2012 at 17:08 Aerothorn says:
Tips for Zombies: You can run a lot faster than they can. Don’t even try to fight them, just run circles around them.
03/02/2012 at 17:13 phlebas says:
Also, blow them up.
03/02/2012 at 19:01 frenz0rz says:
And use the flashbang grenades! Oh, wait…
04/02/2012 at 02:42 ksdfsdadsd says:
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03/02/2012 at 17:06 Valvarexart says:
Uh, probably something along these lines and in this order:
1. L4D2 co-op with friends (alternatively Killing Floor or even Magicka)
2. Arcanum of Steamworks and Magicka Obscura – classic that I missed
3. Continuing my replay of The Witcher 2 on Dark Mode
4. Playing Bioshock, another great game that I missed
5. Minecraft
6. Drinking beer
7. Learning to code
03/02/2012 at 19:49 Matt says:
I would advise attempting step 7 prior to step 6.
03/02/2012 at 21:05 otzenGulasch says:
Apparently, you have not heard of the phenomenon that is the Ballmer Peak!
03/02/2012 at 21:05 DuddBudda says:
My roomie at college was a coder, he swore there was a two beer optimum for his best code.
ofc, he’d never see it that way when salvaging his game he day after
03/02/2012 at 23:29 Beerey says:
Absolutely a two beer optimum. Of course, your code is sometimes so brilliant even you can’t read it the next day…
04/02/2012 at 14:07 BigSmallFeet says:
I laugh at point .4
04/02/2012 at 16:17 lordhughes says:
The Ballmer peak is real, done some of my best work after a few drinks.
04/02/2012 at 21:47 lordhughes says:
Excellent :) Love ArmA online but hate the idiots who are usually on server. WIll check you guys out :)
03/02/2012 at 17:07 Brumisator says:
Oh, tomorrow is Half-life 2 day.
Using that excuse of that whiny steam group trying to make everyone play HL2 for 30 minutes (no really, that’s their idea of sending Valve a messge to release HL3: playing HL2 for half an hour.)
So I challenged a few of my buddies to a race: first one to play thorugh HL2, lost coast, EP1, EP2 wins the biggest loser award.
Then, on sunday, a serious arma 2 operation.
03/02/2012 at 17:17 Snargelfargen says:
I have a rather slow connection, so instead of playing HL2, I just bought and downloaded Half-Life Source instead. It’s been a long time, I’m interested to see how it holds up.
I got an invite to the Diablo 3 closed beta a couple days ago. Not sure if I’ll try it or not.
04/02/2012 at 16:18 lordhughes says:
Is it public operation or clan deal? looking for a good group to play ArmA 2 with.
04/02/2012 at 16:22 Unaco says:
@Lordhughes…
There is the ARPS (ArmA, Rock, Paper, Shotgun group), which has a good player base, plenty of sensible/reasonable admins, very, very few ‘rules’, no requirements as far as mods go… check out the RPS Forums, Gameclubs, and ArmA2 has its own subforum there. Or, you could jump on Steam, and the RPS Steam chat room… there are a lot of the ARPS members that idle there, and a lot of discussion of ArmA2 goes on there. We’re ‘public’ in as much as, if you come in and say hello, and jump onto the servers at the same time as us, you can play. We’re always willing to welcome new players.
03/02/2012 at 17:07 Aerothorn says:
Mostly L.A. Noire. It has its flaws, but I’m genuinely enjoying it, even if I like the similar Heavy Rain a fair bit more.
May find time for some BF3 and/or drift back into Skyrim.
04/02/2012 at 20:21 archimandrite says:
I thought the writing in L.A. Noire was superior to Heavy Rain’s, but I liked Heavy Rain better as well. Heavy Rain knew it was interactive fiction and always behaved that way. L.A. Noire can’t decide if it’s interactive fiction or a videogame(complete with end-level scores) which made it especially frustrating to me when the game behaved unpredictably.
03/02/2012 at 17:07 VelvetFistIronGlove says:
I’ll be doing a Half-Life 2 marathon session with my flatmates, starting Saturday evening. The episodes too, if we can.
03/02/2012 at 17:08 Adam Smith says:
I shall be playing Pineapple Smash Crew for at least a little while.
But mostly drinking beer in Durham and scribbling occasional thoughts onto paper. I may even scribble on Risk: Legacy if I find the time to play it.
03/02/2012 at 17:34 Jockie says:
Whatever you do regarding drinking in Durham, if anyone tries to trick you into entering something termed a ‘nightclub’, avoid like the plague.
03/02/2012 at 17:40 NathanH says:
Wish I was back in Durham :-(
03/02/2012 at 18:51 Grinnbarr says:
Ignore Jockie. There’s this magical place called Klute where you really must go.
Seriously, it’s apparently the official worst club in Europe. But they do 4 shots of vodka in a pint glass for £4 so…
03/02/2012 at 19:37 NathanH says:
Klute isn’t so bad. I mean, it’s bad, but it’s not particularly bad.
03/02/2012 at 22:21 Chris D says:
I’m hoping to play Risk: Legacy this weekend myself. Definitely some kind of board game action but we might have more than five people show up and I’m not quite ruthless enough to turn people away just so I can play the game I want to.
Plan B is Fortune and Glory though so it’s all good.
04/02/2012 at 04:38 Josh04 says:
I have a potential Game of Thrones: The Board Game of Thrones, but i’ll probably blow it off because jesus that game is long.
04/02/2012 at 12:02 Aedrill says:
Lord of the Rings the Card Game and Summoner Wars on Sunday and A Game of Thrones on Monday (I’m off). Is there anyone playing this game in Leicester?
03/02/2012 at 17:08 SAeN says:
My blitz through the Mass Effect story in preparation for 3 will continue, but tonight I plan to smash some cars in Grid.
03/02/2012 at 17:08 juandemarco says:
Skyrim. I’m not yet over it.
03/02/2012 at 17:24 One Pigeon says:
Seconded. I bought so many games in the steam sale and I CAN’T PLAY ANY OF THEM BECAUSE OF SKYRIM!
03/02/2012 at 17:36 roryok says:
Yes. This.
03/02/2012 at 19:53 The Tupper says:
Agreed. Steam now tells me I’m 359 hours in. Send assistance ASAP.
Apart from a dabble in the MS Flight beta it’s the only thing I’ve played since November.
03/02/2012 at 22:50 JiminyJickers says:
Thats where I’m heading too.
04/02/2012 at 22:48 The Tupper says:
I know everything that could possibly be said about it has already been done many times, but the game’s a true work of art. I still find myself stopping and just watching the scenery.
I don’t know any technical stuff, but the lighting/environment part of the game engine (if indeed they are separate entities) deserve some special recognition. Mrs The Tupper maintains that it’s possible to tell the difference between sunrise and sunset in the game just by looking at the surrounding environment and I tend to believe her.
03/02/2012 at 17:09 Faldrath says:
I definitely want to find some time to play Analogue. Why does time hide so well? :(
03/02/2012 at 17:09 GibletHead2000 says:
I’ve been playing nothing but X3: Albion Prelude since it game out. It’s absorbed me to the point where I haven’t even finished Skyrim yet.
Yeah, I know it’s an acquired taste.
03/02/2012 at 17:54 Wolfox says:
I’m in the exact same situation. I have plenty of games I should be playing right now (Saint’s Row: The Third, Space Marine, Shogun 2, Skyrim, AI War, Distant Worlds: Legends, etc, etc, etc) but I just can’t stop playing X3: Albion Prelude. What a great game.
03/02/2012 at 19:22 Chainspork says:
I too have fallen hard into X3AP. Second straight week of total immersion, no end in sight. Fantastic sandbox, even if it has sort of ruined my life, and taken the shine off all my other games where I can’t board and capture a rare frigate, or run an illicit Space Weed operation in a pirate sector, while slowly amassing an armada for my eventual invasion of Terran Space.
It’s gotten to where I’m just going to drop everything and rush to play any deep game I see people complaining about the learning curve on. They always end up as such amazing, rewarding experiences. Easily the greatest game I’ve played since Dwarf Fortress.
04/02/2012 at 05:09 Wisq says:
I’m holding out on trying the X series until X:Rebirth, only because I would feel kinda silly to learn X3:TC’s interface only to be handed a supposedly much better and more accessible one in X:Rebirth.
Of course, if reviews end up deciding it’s actually a step in the wrong direction, I’ve no qualms about going back and learning X3 instead.
04/02/2012 at 09:58 Chainspork says:
It seems clear from what I know, Rebirth is going to be a different game. It may be great in its own right, and I hope it is, but it’s not “X3 with a better interface”. It will be shedding some of the charms that make the learning curve in X3 worthwhile, hopefully for charms of its own. I’m not convinced that being limited to a single ship and piloting risk-free VR drones is really a 1 to 1 replacement for being able to capture and fly around in any ship you see in the game.
X3 didn’t really come alive for me until the first time I capped an enemy fighter, went through the immersive task of exiting my ship in a space suit, to fly over in wide open space and weld it up enough to make the trip back to the shipyard, and sell it for a ton more money than missions were offering at that point, which in turn let me pimp out my own ride. The game owned me after that, and continues to own me as I’ve just completed a successful boarding action against my first un-purchasable Hyperion Vanguard, which I have renamed the Void Hammer, and has become my new personal flagship. It is a joy to jump it into a Terran incursion, and watch it tear through entire swarms of fighters and frigates.
By the way, I found the interface thing to be overblown, not that there aren’t notable issues. But I didn’t find the interface to really fall down until it came to doing more metagamey (and optional) micromanagement oriented activities like building and managing a factory. As far as basic flight controls, flying around, taking missions and shooting stuff, it’s more or less like Freelancer, and I found it intuitive and picked it right up, after making use of the game’s extensive keymapping abilities to relocate more obscure (boresight) or oft-used (SETA) functions to more logical real estate.
But then, I found the interface and learning curve hype about Dwarf Fortress overblown too, so take from that what you will. Some games just require more personal investment, but pay off many times over, with rich, rewarding experiences you cant get from other games.
03/02/2012 at 17:09 Ding says:
Got the weirdest urge to play Dwarf Fortress…
03/02/2012 at 17:42 SpaceTapir says:
Ding withdraws from society…
03/02/2012 at 19:10 Duckee says:
An appropriate time to pick it up again too. Looking forward to the next large patch which adds necromancy, curses and generally more fun to the fortress. It is meant to be out this month
03/02/2012 at 19:23 Easy says:
I also have such plans once I decide to retire from society…
03/02/2012 at 17:10 wab1981 says:
I’ve been replaying the Baldurs Gate series so will be continuing, just arrived in the drow city and I hoping I can keep my disguise up all the way through, never managed before.
04/02/2012 at 00:40 jaxlewis says:
Absolutely love the BG games, have taken characters I’ve made from first level to godhood so many times. Did you get to underdark through the fish city, or just down through the monastery?
04/02/2012 at 03:56 wab1981 says:
went through the fish citry and betrayed king unpronuncable, currentlky fighting the lizard men and trying to remember how to kill all the demon knights in the temple room. Think i’ll sleep on it.
04/02/2012 at 11:11 bill says:
Me too…. but it’s my first play through.
I have no idea what’s going on with the mechanics (THACO?! good god…) or what skills/spells are useful, so i’m just playing it blind and looking around. I’m on my first trip south towards some mines… but only got as far as the mountains so far.
04/02/2012 at 14:02 jaxlewis says:
@ bill low thac0 good, low armor class also good
04/02/2012 at 14:12 BigSmallFeet says:
THACO is a piece of piss. And this is coming from someone who is intellectually challenged. Someone wrote a rather famous guide for it. Or someone famous wrote a normal guide for it – can’t remember which….Ask google.
05/02/2012 at 07:16 bill says:
Yeah… I googled it that morning. It’s not a complex idea, but it’s a ridiculously meaningless name and it seems very counterintuitive.
I got a bow that had “thac0 +1″ and I had no idea if that was a bonus or a drawback. Infact i had no idea what it meant at all. After googling it i knew what it meant, but it still isn’t exactly clear if it’s a benefit or drawback. I’m assuming it must be a benefit, but it sounds like a weakness.
Or maybe it was Thac0 -1?
And when you have negative Thac0s and negative ACs it all seems a little weird to me.
(makes me realise how games have changed now we don’t read manuals though….)
06/02/2012 at 09:06 NathanH says:
It was pretty silly, which is why they moved to a “higher values are always good” system in the next edition. Basically in Baldur’s Gate, if something is +n, then it is good for you, and if it is -n, then it is bad for you. Very occasionally there can be a mistake in a description that goes against this, but it’s usually obvious.
One exception that can be confusing is that different armor types give different modifiers against different types of weapons. These are applied to your opponent’s To Hit roll, so negative values are good. For instance, Full Plate has bonuses listed as slashing -4, piercing -3, which means it is good against swords and daggers. As an irrelevant-outside-PVP aside, these special bonuses don’t count towards the AC cap (which is -20 + dec bonus) because they’re modifiers to your opponents roll.
03/02/2012 at 17:11 jikavak says:
I are on the Path of Exile beta,so I’ll be playing that.Some team fortress 2 for variety maybe too.
03/02/2012 at 17:11 Diogo Ribeiro says:
Girlfriend.
03/02/2012 at 17:37 roryok says:
You say that, but she’ll probably have a headache
03/02/2012 at 17:45 Blackcompany says:
And for headaches, they have Skyrim.
03/02/2012 at 20:11 Diogo Ribeiro says:
In close to seven years she’s only had a headache once. And it was a real one, so I don’t think it counts ^^
03/02/2012 at 21:49 roryok says:
A real one? you’re so naive
04/02/2012 at 14:14 BigSmallFeet says:
Hmm, I’ve never heard of this Girlfriend game you speak of. Is it any good?
04/02/2012 at 21:13 joel4565 says:
BigSmallFeet, the girlfriend game can be pretty good. But, it is also very expensive. And sometimes you have to grind through some boring parts to get to the action.
04/02/2012 at 21:24 MD says:
I don’t know man, this is one game where I really don’t mind the grind.
03/02/2012 at 17:12 phlebas says:
Some more of the AGS Bake Sale games (Highlight so far: Entrapment, nice little mystery game. Though I might have loved Red Volition if I hadn’t got so frustrated with being rubbish at the minigames) and maybe a bit of Dark Star One (bought a joystick recently and have a backlog of spaceflying games to work through).
03/02/2012 at 17:12 Kaira- says:
Finishing The Witcher 2 replay, finishing Alan Wake replay and if possible, finishing Dark Souls finally, after a measly 120 hours on a single character.
If all that fails, Dawn of War II.
03/02/2012 at 17:13 Kinch says:
Rayman Origins, as he’s just arrived at my door. Tee hee.
And probs will be finishing Bulletstorm – never thought I’d enjoy it so much (fuck the QTEs though).
03/02/2012 at 17:13 DanPryce says:
Spacechem. I told myself that I’m not a complete thick-brain and that I can do this if I just apply myself. I figure being snowed in is plenty of excuse to spend all day Sunday applying myself.
03/02/2012 at 18:20 Esoteric says:
Good luck! I got to the fifth world I think, before I took a very extended break. I’m still on it. I do plan to go back to it someday, but then I most likely will have forgotten everything and need to start over.
03/02/2012 at 19:09 Carra says:
Heh, I’m stuck on the seventh world and I’ll get back one day…
Was stuck a few months ago but tried again and won!
04/02/2012 at 00:35 Anathem says:
Spacechem really is a wonderful game.
04/02/2012 at 01:08 beekay says:
After six months of hard work, I managed to get to the second-last world.
A year after purchase, I am now at the last level.
I project that it will take literally forever.
03/02/2012 at 17:13 Sirico says:
Just got Crimson Skies working after finding the almost non-existent fix. Also found a copy of X3 Reunion when going through some CD’s 2011 backlog be dammed!
03/02/2012 at 17:29 VelvetFistIronGlove says:
You must tell me where you found the fix! I’ve been completely unable to get it working, and had to fall back on playing the Xbox version.
03/02/2012 at 17:37 Gary W says:
It’s here I think.
03/02/2012 at 17:38 roryok says:
what fix? do tell
03/02/2012 at 17:46 mtjerneld says:
Seriously! I was hunting for that Today, but to no avail… Could not find a way to get rid of the black box corruption. Please post link to fix!
03/02/2012 at 18:06 Sirico says:
GaryW is correct sorry I should have posted the link, anyhoo is runs fine on an i7 build with a 560ti bumping it up to 1080p causes the menus to bork so I’d say keep it native to the game, you can always force some pretties via your graphics drivers.
On the left there’s a section called “csfix (Crimson skies)”
04/02/2012 at 01:53 TheComputerGamer says:
Wow, just wow. I’ll have to give this a try. Thanks.
04/02/2012 at 15:50 VelvetFistIronGlove says:
Thanks!
03/02/2012 at 17:15 NathaI3 says:
I’ve just started Arkham City and kind of wish I hadn’t said I’d go out tonight so I could play it, its amazing. Nimbus, because I’m still working through the bundle games I bought about 3 months ago. Maybe a bit of Just Cause 2 for the sheer hell of it, maybe some classic UT2004 (I’m planning rename the bots as co-workers), maybe some Red Alert 3. I’ve got a lot to get round to
03/02/2012 at 17:15 Gary W says:
Shenmue II — perfectly legally — on a DC emulator.
After that, I’ll have a go at The Last Express, which I’ve started many times but never finished.
03/02/2012 at 23:58 terry says:
There are DC emulators that can run GD-roms now? HMMMMMM.
03/02/2012 at 17:16 mickygor says:
I’ll be playing Visual Studio 2010. Coursework deadlines! :’(
03/02/2012 at 17:39 roryok says:
I can never beat that end guy. I’m always this bloody close, and then he hits me with
Object Reference not set to an instance of an object
03/02/2012 at 17:53 Squishpoke says:
Don’t forget LNK2019: Unresolved External Symbol.
Whenever I get a whiff of that I usually rage quit and resort to online guides (Stack Overflow).
03/02/2012 at 18:23 dogsolitude_uk says:
Have you installed the Achievements mod?
http://channel9.msdn.com/achievements/visualstudio
:)
03/02/2012 at 18:50 Kaira- says:
Oh shoot, that reminds me I should get around reinstalling Eclipse and try to get the bloody Android SDK installed. Bastard cries about unmet dependencies, but won’t reveal what they are (because there should be none).
03/02/2012 at 20:46 step21 says:
@Kaira ^^ On what platform? What is complaining, Eclipse or android sdk? Did you make sure to install a proper jdk?
03/02/2012 at 23:38 Kaira- says:
@step21
x86_64 Linux 3.x kernels, with Eclipse from Ubuntu’s repositories, having both OpenJDK and Oracle’s implementation installed. And yeah, I can’t install the SDK since when I try to fetch it from Android repos it just states about missing requirements (trying to install the ADT Plugin). Anyway, there seems to be numerous possible fixes around, gotta try ‘em.
03/02/2012 at 17:16 FCA says:
On the skis outside, trying not to freeze to death. If that fails, some old games which run on my netbook (Geneforge, Might and Magic, Eschalon, maybe Civ 3).
Somebody might bring a Wii, so jumping and shouting could also happen.
03/02/2012 at 22:00 LostViking says:
Hehe, if you fail “not freezing to death” I am afraid playing games might not be an option, unless you can bring your laptop to the afterlife ;)
03/02/2012 at 17:16 Forceflow says:
Arkham City. Damn you Sidequests!
I still have Skyrim and SR:The third downloaded on Steam and ready to play… oh boy.
03/02/2012 at 17:16 Meneth says:
I’m trying to get a Hearts of Iron 3 game going in the Evolve RPS group (I moderate it) tomorrow. Hopefully I’ll manage to get enough people to join in to have people playing all the major nations.
Here’s the thread if anyone wants to join in: https://www.evolvehq.com/topics/1707-hearts-of-iron-3-game-day
03/02/2012 at 17:17 Skusey says:
Currently downloading Dragon Age Origins, as I just bought the Bells ‘n Whistles Edition. Got pretty much all I can out of Skyrim, and I need another hearty RPG to fill me up on these cold nights. Will probably play a bit of GRID too, as I’ve just started that again. Making computer’s call me Spanky never gets dull.
03/02/2012 at 19:00 soco says:
I just played DA:O for the first time a few months ago. Just a friendly bit of advice, skip all the DLC campaigns outside of the main game (I mean things like Darkspawn Chronicles and Golems of Amgarakk) All of them were short and didn’t have any of the depth like the main game did.
04/02/2012 at 00:17 MadMatty says:
i think Codies just shut down their multiplayer matchmaking for GRiD- wouldnt do an internet game without it, we also tried Hamachi emulated LAN but it didnt work :(
04/02/2012 at 05:11 DarkNoghri says:
GRID multiplayer is supported by GameRanger, I believe.
http://www.gameranger.com/
03/02/2012 at 17:17 Bluerps says:
Analogue. Also, probably some of the free games Mr. Walker and Mr. Smith kept mentioning during the week.
If there is still time after that, I’ll play Mass Effect 2. I want to play all the DLC before ME3.
03/02/2012 at 17:17 Kleppy says:
Kinda over Skyrim at this point, so I’ll be doing the smart thing and playing the ‘studying for my BioChem exam’.
Intersperesed with some Modern Warfare 3 probably.
03/02/2012 at 21:43 Kleppy says:
reply to myself; just spent 3 hours playing Skyrim. Not over it yet, apparently.
04/02/2012 at 22:56 The Tupper says:
Ha! I know that situation.
Only made worse since I realised that I can up the difficulty level and make my massively-overpowered sword mage slightly less massively overpowered. I am truly in love with Skyrim.
Good luck with the exam, btw. You’ll need it.
03/02/2012 at 17:19 ZamFear says:
Fortune Summoners and Spellforce 2.
03/02/2012 at 17:21 jezcentral says:
Tomorrow is Half-Life 2 day, so I’ll be playing that between 7pm and 7.30pm, at the very least.
Otherwise, SWTOR, and possibly a bit of Saints Row 3.
03/02/2012 at 17:22 Kandon Arc says:
Taking a break from my Mass Effect save-game building to play the new expansion for Victoria II which is rather excellent so far.
03/02/2012 at 17:35 Torgen says:
Is that the ACW expansion? I was hoping it was an expandalone when I got the Gamersgate email newsletter, but it seems I need Vikky 2 in order to play.
Perhaps they’ll make a demo. I can’t justify buying the base game, then the expansion for $20 on the off chance I”ll like it.
03/02/2012 at 17:50 Chevy says:
I’m not sure whether the deal of the day cut-off time is the same all over the world, but Victoria II is Steam’s deal of the day for me for 10 more minutes, at a price of $6.79 USD
03/02/2012 at 17:23 bear912 says:
TF2, Warsow, Serious Sam: TFE, and perhaps some Dota 2 or Super Monday Night Combat. There’s also a Heroes & Generals alpha play-session this weekend that I’ll hopefully get to drop in on.
If I get around to it, perhaps else out of the Eastern Bloc. Maybe STALKER or The Witcher. Suggestions?
Also Half-Life 2. I think I’m booked. :P
03/02/2012 at 17:24 jayP says:
Recently realized I was a secret Warhammer nerd so I’ll be playing Space Marine and DoW2 single player and maybe later some DoW2:Retribution 1v1 :o
I would be playing the Diablo3 beta but apparently the the installer decided it would rather give me errors instead so no D3 beta for me. Funny thing,… the beta forums only let you post if you’ve created a character in game, but since I can’t even get into the game to create a character I can’t seek help on the forums for this problem.
So yeah…Dawn or War it is :]
03/02/2012 at 17:25 Drow says:
FM 2010…yeah, I know.
and maybe some Prophesy of Pendor.
03/02/2012 at 17:26 Demiath says:
Some more SWTOR now that I’m level 36 Jedi Knight (after 70+ hours) and just finished the first chapter of one of the eight class-specific storylines. Even if you discount the obvious MMO filler Old Republic still feels like a bigger game in terms of actual story content than, well, almost all of Bioware’s previous RPGs combined. Sure, size isn’t everything – and the game has lots of problems that a singleplayer fanatic like me can’t get over – but at least it’s one thing…
If I find the time to do anything else I might stare with amazement at the recently purchased Victoria II’s lovely history-packed menus and maps (actually playing the game is not for mortals like me), try getting to the mythical part when Serious Sam 3: BFE actually gets good and maybe even hack some orcs in LOTR: War in the North.
But, yeah, SWTOR is probably where the action’s at for this weekend.
03/02/2012 at 21:02 Daedalus207 says:
Me too. Just got my Trooper to Hoth at level 38. Looking forward to finishing up Chapter 2.
03/02/2012 at 17:32 phanatic62 says:
Skyrim. I wasn’t happy with my first character (breton mage), so I restarted as a female orc and will actually make an attempt at doing the main quest. I’ve never been real big on the main quest in TES games. Morrowind’s was just too long although I think i made it pretty far once, and in Oblivion I closed one gate with my first character and never did the main quest again, but I feel like Skyrim’s might be pretty decent.
Also Defender’s Quest and Warlight, whenever my friends get around to playing their turns. I suck pretty bad, but it’s a fun passive way to play multiplayer with friends all over the country.
03/02/2012 at 17:49 Blackcompany says:
MQ has its high points. Worth it once. I do hope modding adds some replay value to the game, long-term, but I would definitely do the MQ the once.
03/02/2012 at 17:32 Torgen says:
I need to show myself more in Perpetuum, since I”m in the RPS crew, and a buddy gifted me a month’s sub to World of Tanks (our clan took 3rd in the North American tourney recently concluded) so there’s that, but I”m also alpha testing a game being made by a friend’s indy studio.
Oh, and I”m 2 weeks late in starting my vegetable seedlings for my garden. :P
03/02/2012 at 18:25 Torgan says:
That is a pretty cool name you’ve got there. I will also be maybe possibly planting seeds if the weather warms up in Scotland soon.
King Arthur 2 for me if Neocore patch it soon to fix the thing they broke with the last patch >< Otherwise…I might play a bit more From Dust, it's actually not as bad as the Steam forum made out.
03/02/2012 at 17:34 Godwhacker says:
Picked up Rage for £5 in game, and amazingly it works pretty well, so I’ll be playing that. TF2 will be played if I’m hungover.
03/02/2012 at 17:40 roryok says:
it works well NOW. give it a while….
03/02/2012 at 17:34 Stepout says:
Tribes Ascend
Repair our generator!
No
Repair our turrets!
yes..
03/02/2012 at 17:34 MonkeyMonster says:
TF2 more than likely.
Maybe some borderlands if my whorederland buddy is awake.
03/02/2012 at 17:36 armaankhan says:
Pineapple Smash Crew, mostly. And probably Law and Order Legacies, with some Flotilla mixed in between.
03/02/2012 at 23:55 AlexClockwork says:
Bought Flotilla on Steam some days ago… I’m surprised, it’s amazingly good, specially for that price. If only it had some save feature… >.<
03/02/2012 at 17:37 Phinor says:
Just finished Witcher 2 and I’ve no idea what to play next. I need something that lasts exactly six days because come next Thursday-Friday, I start playing Amalur.. Reckoning.
What I’d really like to play is Batman: Arkham City but as I lost my saves due to the known-yet-terrible-and-unavoidable bug, I’m waiting until they finally find a fix and patch the damn game before starting again.
03/02/2012 at 21:48 One Pigeon says:
I had that too, right after completing the main quest and being just about ready to really collect everything/do all the side missions and campaigns.
I nearly hulked out and smashed my house apart. My gf brought me a cup of tea at just the right time.
03/02/2012 at 17:37 CinderellaMan says:
Dungeon defenders… It’s become very popular this week with the kids, although they kicked me out of a game last night because my l30 Mage was too powerful.
Skyrim of course… Into hour 180 now.
Space Marine just went on sale and I am loving that also. Sp campaign over the weekend.
A little kings bounty on the side.
So much gaming goodness all around.
03/02/2012 at 17:37 Jockie says:
League of Legends, might try the Nights mod for Civ V, might try dead Space 2 or LA Noire, which I bought in sales but havent started, or may finish Bulletstorm!
03/02/2012 at 17:38 SpaceTapir says:
Perhaps STALKER: SoC, though that may give way to a Dwarf Fortress or some Minecraft. But all this XCOM talk is making me want to delve into some UFO Defense—I’ve never played the series.
03/02/2012 at 17:39 LaunchJC says:
Braid, yeah LTTP I know but I picked up in one of the humble bundles and am finally getting round to playing it!
The usual suspects (TF2, CS:S), maybe some Tribes beta, and either Pineapple Smash Crew or Dustforce depending on which I get first!
03/02/2012 at 17:43 Vinraith says:
I’m modding up New Vegas (with all DLC) for a fresh run. Project Nevada (don’t play without it), Nevada Skies, some extra spawn mods, should be a good time as long as I don’t destabilize the whole mess.
I’m also playing through an operation in Close Combat: The Longest Day and having a great time with the night fights.
And, finally, I’m playing a new co-op AI War campaign with a friend. I’ve played that game over 400 hours and it’s still entertaining, enough said.
03/02/2012 at 17:52 Blackcompany says:
Funny, just worked on a whole series of mods for myself in this same game, but I lean the opposite direction. Mine is making the game starker…less shooter, more survival. Scarce loot, fewer caps, faster hunger/thirst, that sort of thing. Needing a real RPG again, and New Vegas was a good one in this regard.
….
Perhaps someone can tell me…was Honest Hearts any good? Seems like one I would like. Did Old World Blues and Lonesome Road…thinking another playthrough of this soon. Or I could get Witcher 2, but I read somewhere W2 was not much of an RPG, more a linear action title with RPG aspects. And for that I have Skyrim, with its bigger open world.
…
Enjoy FONV!
03/02/2012 at 18:13 Vinraith says:
Mine is making the game starker…less shooter, more survival. Scarce loot, fewer caps, faster hunger/thirst, that sort of thing.
That’s exactly what Project Nevada does. When I say “extra spawns” I mean more hostiles in the wasteland, not more loot.
03/02/2012 at 18:19 Blackcompany says:
My mistake. I took a gander at Project Nevada once. Loved many of the features it adds. And I mean loved them. But it seemed to make the game more of an action FPS. Perhaps I will take another look at the mod now, since it makes things harder and more scarce and also adds some features I would love to have.
…
In your experience, has it been pretty reasonably stable? With grenade hot key and immersive goggles, etc, I would love to give it a try.
03/02/2012 at 18:40 zeroskill says:
Nevada skies is amazing, I couldn’t even touch Fallout NV without it.
03/02/2012 at 20:32 Vinraith says:
@Blackcompany
I’ve not had stability problems with it, personally, and I know several other folks on the forum here have used it without issue as well. It’s worth noting that it’s very configurable, providing a number of in game menus to customize what the mod does and doesn’t do. It should be straightforward to use the elements you want and disregard any you dislike.
03/02/2012 at 21:56 Archangel says:
The Witcher 2 is a very, very good RPG. It has some action-oriented combat, but also skill trees, crafting, inventory management, quests, and — by the way — incredible story, characters, and dialogue. And how you interact with the game MASSIVELY impacts the game. One of the finest RPGs of the modern era.
HOWEVER — the Enhanced Edition (free to all TW2 owners) is coming in April, so if you can wait, do so for the very best experience.
03/02/2012 at 17:43 zeroskill says:
Half-life 2. And Cart life. A lot of Cart life. That game, so good.
03/02/2012 at 17:45 NathanH says:
Dark Project, Duels of the Planeswalkers, For The Glory, maybe a bit of FM2012.
03/02/2012 at 19:41 NathanH says:
Wow, Thieves Guild is an annoying level!
03/02/2012 at 21:43 Snargelfargen says:
That’s probably the hardest level in the game if you are trying to avoid knocking people out while still getting most of the loot.
The casino in particular. I find it’s easiest to leave a couple things until the last moment, grab them and then sprint out of the room.
The basements are filled with patrolling guards too. Yarr
03/02/2012 at 21:56 NathanH says:
I don’t really have the patience for avoiding blackjacking, particularly on a level I’ve never played before. It’s confusing and I keep getting lost, so it would be really tedious to have to avoid all the guards while repeatedly lost.
03/02/2012 at 17:45 CaLe says:
I’m slowly making my way through From Dust after thieving it from the Steam sale. It’s not as dynamic as I expected but I’m still enjoying it. Probably won’t play anything else this weekend, but I’m looking forward to The Darkness 2 next week.
03/02/2012 at 17:48 Kefren says:
Moonstone (Amiga), 2 player.
Trackmania (original version, PC), 2 player.
HL2 Ep1 (finished HL2 last night, as usual the ending was disappointing and there were other annoyances amongst the good bits, I find HL1 more satisfying overall).
03/02/2012 at 17:50 Happydaws says:
Going to expand my newly found love of Terraria with my friends.. :)
And trying the new Jagged Alliance Demo, but don’t really have any hopes for that particular title..
03/02/2012 at 17:51 mrwonko says:
Oh, that Half-Life 2 thingy is tomorrow? For some reason I thought it was today… I’ll be playing that, of course. Also more Call of Juarez and Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood. And we have a Risk: Legacy game scheduled for Sunday afternoon. Besides that… who knows?
03/02/2012 at 17:52 jon_hill987 says:
Thief Gold and Terraria.
03/02/2012 at 17:52 Elmokki says:
I can’t play, I want to get a working enough prototype of a multiplayer turn based hack and slash cave exploring game so I can see if the idea is good enough to keep working on :(
Chances are I’ll just play Mount & Blace with cRPG mod, some Victoria 2 with the expansion and maybe some Civilization.
03/02/2012 at 17:53 Robbeasy says:
A fair chunk of Thief..
A dash of Descent (Rebirth version)..
Maybe a touch of Bastion.
But mostly work..:(
Oooh, also will be viewing the last of my box set of Being Human, in preparation for Series 4 starting this Sunday…
03/02/2012 at 18:02 matte_k says:
Sadly, none of my major games as my PSU blew up at the weekend (the second in 2 months-not buying that model again :( ), so i’m stuck with my girlfriend’s ancient laptop. If I remember correctly, it just about runs Puzzle Quest 2, so maybe some of that, or Syndicate, if I can get it running…
03/02/2012 at 18:03 Rusty says:
Thief Gold; I finally am getting my friends to play – after ten years of hectoring – thanks to Good Old Games. I can’t wait for Thief 2 to drop so they can play Life of the Party and I can shout, “SEE? SEE? I TOLD YOU!” while their heads explode.
03/02/2012 at 18:03 qizarate says:
Being in the last term of university is really starting to take its toll, so not much time for gaming this weekend. Somehow i managed to put many many hours into Dragon Age Origins towards the end of last year, got up to the very end, and then stopped playing completely in favour of finishing Deus Ex:HR, Bastion and a few others. If i have the time, i would really love to get on with it and put an end to The Blight!
03/02/2012 at 18:06 Hordriss says:
Evil Genius and Defender’s Quest mostly, with a touch of SpaceChem for good measure.
03/02/2012 at 18:08 JB says:
Some Skyrim, the JA:BiA demo, hopefully some HoI3 and maybe the Pride of Nations Boer War scenario that I’ve been enjoying. Oh, and also some Perpetuum with the RPS posse.
03/02/2012 at 18:09 gen YonderBrack says:
haha till 6am indeed (no work :/ )
im finishing the GREAT FALLOUT MARATHON!!! GYAHHAHA
(FO1->FO2->FO:T->FO:NV), i am on the Lonesome Road.
beside im playng Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn, only good game on this consloe
ps.
Bethesda and FO3 sucks
thank you
03/02/2012 at 18:21 dogsolitude_uk says:
Warehouse in Islington… You’re not going to Slimelight are you? I saw Winterkalte there.
Anyway, this weekend’s games:
1 – Witcher 2
2 – Thief Gold
3 – Deus Ex
4 – Skyrim
Pretty predictable I know…
03/02/2012 at 21:46 BigSmallFeet says:
Not really all that predictable. Unless I know you intimately, which I don’t of course, so I’ll just be on my way.
Evening
03/02/2012 at 18:22 Esoteric says:
Tribes Ascend
Super Monday Night Combat
Tribes Ascend
Dota 2 if I’m feeling masochistic
Rift might try it again since it has a new trial
Tribes Ascend
03/02/2012 at 21:49 BigSmallFeet says:
Oh this is so predictable.
03/02/2012 at 18:28 Synchrony says:
I’ll be playing Dawn of War II Retribution, Space Marine and Company of Heroes
03/02/2012 at 18:33 squareking says:
I’m going to stare at my monolithic backlog and pick something to make progress on. Timesinks like Battle for Wesnoth and Etrian Odyssey are keeping me from Deus Ex: Horrible Ranch-hands, FO3 and Dragon Age.
So basically, Wesnoth and Etrian Odyssey.
03/02/2012 at 18:33 Hodge says:
Right now I’m mainly playing Fallout 3 (belated first playthrough) and The Binding Of Isaac (still trying to get to Sheol), so they’ll get the most action. Outside of those I want to checkout Starfarer and Pineapple Smash Crew, as well as (finally) getting to some of the stuff from the AGS Bakesale. Will give Half Life 2 a go as well, in the spirit of the weekend.
I’ll also try to watch one or two of my dozens of unwatched DVDs – my lounge room is like a whole second Steam library.
03/02/2012 at 18:40 orpheus says:
Terraria (which I have only just started playing having bought on release having followed it since its announcement), fiddling about with blockade runner in anticipation of the new fancy editor and some bf3 to fill in the gaps.
03/02/2012 at 18:41 Jeremy says:
I just got into the D3 beta yesterday so I’m going to be doing that almost exclusively.
03/02/2012 at 18:44 jaheira says:
HOMM 6 and Smashing Up Parts of my Fence That Blew Down When it was Windy for Firewood.
03/02/2012 at 19:17 Jeremy says:
Early front runner for GOTY 2012?
03/02/2012 at 18:45 Big Murray says:
If anyone’s thinking “I’d like to join in on Half Life 2 day, but I’ve played it so many times” … may I suggest Fakefactory’s Cinematic Mod. Updates all the HL2 maps with high-res textures, new HD models (which you can pick and choose) and if you really want to have a new experience … updated “cinematic” music and weapon models.
http://cinematicmod.com/cm_11.php
03/02/2012 at 19:08 soco says:
Thanks, I think I’ll try this out. Was just looking yesterday if HL2 was still installed and lo and behold it is, so I’ll join in on the “PLEASE TELL US YOU ARE MAKING HL3!” day.
03/02/2012 at 18:58 KauhuK says:
Got into Tera Online sneak peak event that’s supposed to be at this weekend. So I’ll be playing that. Also maybe some Valkyria Chronicles/Uncharted DF/AssBro/Star Ocean the last hope/Red Dead Redemption on my PS3 but dont know which one yet. Some dungeon siege 3 maybe or Skyrim. Then again there is modded FNV I should continue. And many other games but both Saturday and Sunday afternoons/evenings go for Tera. Dem tits, dat asses and lolis.
03/02/2012 at 18:59 Bureaucrat says:
Continuing to work through the games I skipped in 2011 and bought in holiday sales. I finished my first run through The Witcher 2 just in time to hear the news about the coming Enhanced Edition, so the second run on that one is getting delayed.
Instead, it’s Deus Ex: Human Revolution. I’m having fun so far, but I’m increasingly feeling like I’m caught in the trap of: A) feeling bad about all the save-scumming I do to maintain a stealthy approach; and B) knowing that I would not find the game particulary enjoyable or rewarding if I played it with any kind of non-stealthy approach.
I almost certainly will not finish Deus Ex this weekend, but next on line is Portal 2.
03/02/2012 at 19:19 Skabooga says:
Hey, I’ll probably be finishing off Deus Ex: HR this weekend. I too tried to maintain a stealthy approach, but I made a resolution that if I was spotted, I would have to deal with the consequences and couldn’t just reload. On top of that, I’m trying not to kill anybody either. I’ll admit to not having stuck by these guidelines too hard and fast, what with a few reloads here and there, and one courtyard filled with the dead bodies of half-dozen guards (well, once you kill one, it’s a bit of a slippery slope toward killing the rest).
I’ll admit, on those occasions when I do screw up, I have a grand time revolver-ing everything in sight. But I’ll agree, if I just went through the entire game guns-a-blazing, it would probably lose its charm pretty quick.
Enjoy Portal 2! I just recently went through that myself.
To finish off the rest of the weekend, I’ll probably do some Half-Life 2 on Saturday because all the cool kids are doing it (and I am looking forward to playing it again, so there’s that).
03/02/2012 at 19:04 macrophage says:
Playing/ watching starcraft 2. Anyone else watching the Heat invitational?
03/02/2012 at 19:09 frenz0rz says:
Most likely EU3, interspersed with a little Minecraft for when my brain gets tired.
I’ve taken on the challenge of reforming Byzantium, and its been one of the best EU3 experiences I’ve had so far. Its just gone 1453, and I’ve wiped out the Ottomans and claimed all of Greece. Unfortunately the Golden Horde has somehow stormed its way as far as Vienna, and is pressing at my northern borders. Meanwhile, the very successful Mamluks are gearing for war against me in the south, and England, Castille, Aragon and Portugal are rampaging through my lands in objection of my obliteration of the Knights stronghold on Rhodes.
So yeah, its been great rebuilding the Empire, but now I have to hold it together!
03/02/2012 at 19:11 soco says:
Two parts SWTOR, one part Dead Island. Mix together and stir in a cup of League of Legends. Bake at 350 and add a pinch of Orcs Must Die to taste.
03/02/2012 at 19:18 ThePeon26 says:
I will be playing Rune factory 3 and Rune factory tides of destiny and some Tera sneak peek event starting tomorrow. ^.^ I maybe will post some screens on the forum yes we are allowed to post Screen shots and talk about the game during the sneak peek event.
03/02/2012 at 19:26 Synesthesia says:
I just bought horus heresy, so probably a lot of that wiuth my brother. Then some beer, and some last night on earth and more than a little TF2, and maybe another swing at the fucking white whale that is revenge of the titans. I cant get past the moon, ffs.
03/02/2012 at 19:26 MrThingy says:
Medieval 2: Total War … which I’m playing in the meantime whilst waiting for Crusader Kings 2 to come out…
03/02/2012 at 19:48 tigershuffle says:
well let me see…………kids in bed…..wifey watchin soaps in bed…check
bottle of wine opened ..check
i shall mostly be playing …… SteelFury, Men of War AS and possibly L4D2 if I get enough wine down me later….oh and maybe World of Tanks for a few mins to get mi gold*.
*gold? sry beta flashback….been a long day lookin after poorly 4 year old
oh and checkin Facebook to make sure my other boring stay in parenty types are doing exactly the same as me…
oh and pray for snow so I can take the kids sledging tomorrow…….come on ….let it snow let it snow…..
03/02/2012 at 19:54 Kadayi says:
Re-familarizing myself with Flash for a small animation project for some friends (I’m too good to them), and probably fitting some Katawa Shoujo in as well.
03/02/2012 at 20:10 Nytoc says:
Skyrim (finally got a copy) followed by Jagged Alliance 2, never have played it so let see how good is, and once more ending my weekend night with Deus Ex HR.
Extras just in case: Chaos Rising, Star Trek MMO, Serious sam 3.
03/02/2012 at 20:11 Coxswain says:
RIFT and Pineapple Smash Crew.
03/02/2012 at 20:12 Rufust Firefly says:
Trying to do another ME run to make some decisions I’ve never made on previous runthroughs.
Sorely tempted by Pineapple Smash Crew, though I should also find time for Space Pirates & Zombies as well as Starfarer.
And then Walking the dog, hopefully the weather RNG will keep this sun going.
03/02/2012 at 20:21 Examiner2 says:
Jagged Alliance 2, DCS A-10C, Arma 2:CO with ACE and ACRE, and probably X-Com UFO Defense.
03/02/2012 at 20:27 JackDandy says:
Tribes Ascend, and more Tribes Ascend.
03/02/2012 at 20:28 JayArr says:
I’ll probably jump into the Heroes & Generals alpha stress test session on Saturday evening for some more vaguely unsatisfying gameplay, but that’s probably about it. Maybe I’ll finally get round to trying those Sherlock Holmes games or Men of War having bought them in the Steam Christmas sales.
03/02/2012 at 20:45 Waltorious says:
I probably won’t have much time to play games this weekend either, but if I do find some time, the plan is to start my first-ever playthrough of X-COM: UFO Defense (actually, technically it’s UFO: Enemy Unknown because I bought it from Gamersgate). I am going to start with the easiest difficulty setting, but even so, the Earth is almost certainly doomed.
03/02/2012 at 20:47 step21 says:
I hope to finally finish Tomb Raider Underworld.
03/02/2012 at 20:54 Anvilfolk says:
Men of War Assault Squad, the first level of which I finally beat (god, that was hard), and an online campaign for IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946 is starting soon :)
03/02/2012 at 21:07 I_have_no_nose_but_I_must_sneeze says:
I plan to play some more Magicka with my brother and sister. It’s good to know that despite living in different countries we can still re-enact our childhood by burning, electrifying, stabbing and generally inconveniencing each other while pretending to work for a common goal. I’ll also continue playing Dead Space 2, if I get the chance. I had to get rid of that terrible patch I initially installed that undermines the game’s challenge and carefully crafted atmosphere by adding a bunch of free weapons and armour to the first in-game store. Now that’s done, the game shines and bursts in beautiful blisters.
03/02/2012 at 21:27 Heliocentric says:
SP&Z until i finish it… So just SP&Z then, but I’ll follow up with Deus Ex Herculean Repititition if i manage to finish SP&Z
03/02/2012 at 21:47 Wildcard says:
I’ll be playing Mount and Blade: Warband. I finally got around to it and I can’t get enough! Every time a Khergit Lancer dies, I take a shot. See you in the plains of the next world, brother.
03/02/2012 at 21:50 Garoshi says:
Tribes: Ascend all the way, man that game is good. A refresher from that slightly tired old TF2
03/02/2012 at 21:52 edwardoka says:
I dearly dearly wanted to play Thief Gold this weekend, but I lost the full use of my hands in a bike crash earlier in the week. So probably Galciv2 or Osmos.
Curse you road rash!!! D:
03/02/2012 at 22:16 laikapants says:
Hypothetically attempting to bring my first Shogun 2: Rise of the Samurai campaign to a close. In truth, I’ll probably be too distracted by my second run through of Saints Row: The Third.
03/02/2012 at 22:22 Rikjs says:
Tribes: Ascend and Battlefield 3.
03/02/2012 at 22:30 Chris D says:
For me it’s Space Pirates and Zombies, which has a nasty habit of eating many hours without me noticing.
After all the X-COM coverage I’ve been in the mood for some alien killing so I’ve also looked out UFO:Aftershock. I’m led to believe it’s a poor man’s X-COM but as I haven’t actually played X-COM itself I’m still finding it very enjoyable.
03/02/2012 at 22:41 BigSmallFeet says:
Nice to see quite a few are still playing the classics.
For me it’s Jagged Alliance 2 with latest 1.13 mod And Some rather splendid Red Alert 3 Mod.
03/02/2012 at 22:42 Khory says:
Probably play some SWTOR right after I bottle my latest batch of homebrew. I wanna get my Sorcerer to 50!
03/02/2012 at 22:43 kud13 says:
If I can tear myself away from Arkham City, I need to finish my Witcher playthrough befoe I go home to my new PC that can play Witcher 2.
I also bough Hitman last week off GOG and if I can find the optimal timemultiplier ration to stop the game running at lightspeed, I hope to make some headway in that.
and then, of course, there is homework.
03/02/2012 at 22:43 Herzog says:
After a short break of six months I have continued with Deus Ex. Arrived at Hongkong yesterday and will look for Tracer Tong now over the weekend… well I hope I wont need the whole weekend only for this ;)
Will also play some rounds of Red Orchestra 2; the epic grinding quest for the mkb42 is still not over!
03/02/2012 at 22:53 SpaceAkers says:
Soul Calibur 5 on the PS3 :)
04/02/2012 at 13:54 BigSmallFeet says:
Booo
03/02/2012 at 23:12 Brun says:
SWTOR. Those Jedi aren’t going to incinerate themselves.
Oh, and Minecraft.
03/02/2012 at 23:17 Vandelay says:
I quite forgot about Half Life 2 day, so might have to dip into one of those for a little while.
Now that I’ve just finished off the rather excellent Bastion, I’ve started playing E.Y.E. An odd one, but not without its merits. The main flaw is that it gives you pretty much zero information on what you are actually meant to be doing. Some video tutorials are on offer, but they tell you hardly anything (for example, the hacking video just tells you how to initiate a hacking attempt, but not actually what to do.)
Besides that, it seems quite novel. I suppose the closest gameplay comparison would be something like Deus Ex, but it isn’t quite as open in it’s level design, at least not in the first couple of levels I’ve played.
I’ll probably also continue with Saint’s Row the Third.
03/02/2012 at 23:55 man-eater chimp says:
If I can bring myself to carry on, then Dark Souls on the crazy console machine (blasphemy I know).
On the glorious PC master machine though I will probably play some League of Legends, Half-Life 2 and Dustforce, and I may drop into Orcs Must Die if I feel like it.
Then again, I have Bastion and LIMBO still to start after Christmas. Ah, First World Problems.
03/02/2012 at 23:56 terry says:
Analogue, Pineapple Smash Crew, Skyrim (again).
04/02/2012 at 00:08 ffordesoon says:
Probably Rayman Origins, some Fallout, some Skyrim, a little X-COM, some Dota 2 beta (I GOT IN!), maybe some other stuff TBD.
04/02/2012 at 00:12 Prokroustis says:
nothing. exams>gaming, sadly. priorities…
04/02/2012 at 00:29 Ostymandias says:
DotA 2.
04/02/2012 at 00:33 Boult Upright says:
Probably wander around to bogs and marshes of Point Lookout to see if there are any other quests, before putting the tick in the box next to Mothership Zeta
04/02/2012 at 00:35 domizindahawze says:
Your question made me wonder, so I opened my game drawer, with all the games I bought before discovering Steam. I skipped Red Faction as I remembered the painful compatibility patching I had to go through to run it last time. I stopped on Hegemonia, then put it back to avoid unnecessary frustration. Then I saw it…
It was right in front of my eyes. I had almost forgotten it and yet it was there, waiting for its time to shine again, patient and faithful. 11 years… For old times’ sake…
I am going to play through Oni again.
And this fuss about Half Life gave me a reason to finally buy the thing.
04/02/2012 at 00:40 Anathem says:
Thoroughly enjoying my female infiltrator nightmare playthrough in Mass Effect 2. Will likely play a bunch of Witcher 2 and Skyrim.
There’s also my plans to start Saints Row the Third again.
I really need to pick a game and stick with it.
04/02/2012 at 00:59 3philic says:
In the evening most likely Forgotten Hope 2 (like today). Meeting with friends (the old way) and in the meantime some thievery action Deadly Shadows-style.
04/02/2012 at 01:01 David Shute says:
Finishing Serious Sam 3 – (intended to do it this evening but Steam says I can’t play until it’s spent an hour downloading a patch, argh.) After that – Possibly cracking on with STALKER – bought it for cheap a few months ago, got about halfway through, then got distracted. Otherwise I’ll probably spend the rest of the weekend trying to convince myself not to buy Thief on GOG; Thief, STALKER, and Deus Ex being the three big games on my ‘never played but always thought I should have’ list.
04/02/2012 at 01:08 QualityJeverage says:
Been playing through Doom 3 for the umpteenth time.
I think it’s one of my favourite games ever, and I still don’t know why. I just always seem to want to play through it again once in a while, and I always love it when I do. Objectively, it doesn’t do anything that would usually really wow me in a game.
Oh well, best not to argue with it I suppose. Back to slaughtering demons then.
04/02/2012 at 04:36 Ruffian says:
Doom 3 is a great game, i thinks, it’s some good solid fps action without all the over-dramatic bs, that everyone thinks needs to be in shooters these days. I get that same thing every once in a while, the urge to shotgun demons in the face, dodging rockets was fun too.
04/02/2012 at 01:38 TLGAthena says:
I’m finishing up Saints Row 3, loved that. Next up on my strikelist will be Drakensang, Costume Quest, and probably a concerted push on The Void. Though I’ve plenty of options really.
04/02/2012 at 01:43 Joji says:
I’d expect more XCOM with all this talk about the newest.
Definitely what I’m gonna play this weekend, and perhaps some LoL and BF3 for the online experience.
04/02/2012 at 02:01 TheComputerGamer says:
Just finished Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light …fantastic coop puzzler game. Even the final Boss fight was fun. How often does that happen?
Magika while the mates are around
Company of Heroes: Eastern Front mod
Oblivion …with about a half dozen mods
Trying to decided which shooter to start next: Crysis 2, Metro, Dead space 2, Stalker:CoP, or Rage.
…Or learn to properly play ARMA 2.
Own them all, thanks to all those Holiday sales.
04/02/2012 at 02:05 RagingLion says:
Portal 2 co-op continuation and completion maybe.
Perhaps Batman Arkham Asylum if I’ve managed to fix the bugs.
04/02/2012 at 02:34 Metalhead9806 says:
Playing through Space Marine and starting up a new game of Mass Effect 1. Want to re-clear both games by the time Mass Effect 3 releases.
04/02/2012 at 04:42 Ruffian says:
you, friend, are more patient than I. I don’t know if I could ever play all the way through both consecutively ever again. Did it when ME2 came out and was, ultimately pretty pissed at the tiny amount of actual impact my save game made on the experience.
04/02/2012 at 04:32 Ruffian says:
Dota2 and Skyward Sword (emulatedWii), all the while spinning some Of Montreal. And maybe some Amnesia, if I can get up the guts. Still need to finish it. Whizzed through both Penumbras, but Amnesia man, I guess it’s the castley torture chambery stuff, it’s just sooo intense.
04/02/2012 at 04:57 Carolina says:
I work on Fridays and Saturday nights, but hopefully I’ll be able to progress in Deus Ex: Human Revolution. If I don’t find the time, I’ll just fool around in Serious Sam 3: BFE or WoW.
04/02/2012 at 05:27 Wisq says:
I just received my cheapo physical copy of Silent Hunter 5 today. Around seven dollars, compared to the thirty they’re (still) asking on Steam. Only grabbed it after checking with the modding community and asking if it had finally surpassed the previous games and getting a “yeah, I think so”.
Problem is, I wasn’t really expecting SH5 until late next week, so I’m actually just past the prologue of Fortune Summoners as well. Gonna be a tough call. I expect SH5 may come out on top because it’s more of a weekend game than FS, what with all those long patrols.
And of course, both of those will likely be mixed in with a little Falcon 4.0 flight simming, in the form of BMS 4.32. Gotta learn how to spoof those SA-15 missiles …
And finally, gonna see if I can turn my Linux Mac Mini into a portable Terraria server using Wine. It’s already my portable Minecraft server, and I’m sure it’ll end up being a portable TF2 server at some point too.
04/02/2012 at 07:02 Wooly Wugga Wugga says:
No plans to play anything really. Feeling a little demotivated about gaming. Feeling a little demotivated to do anything really.
04/02/2012 at 07:12 bill says:
If i have any free time i’ll try and continue Baldur’s gate. I wonder if i’ll get very far this time.
Fallout was dull and didn’t last long. Baldur’s Gate 2 had a boring start with lots of unexplained powers and then a wide open city, so that got ditched quick. Planescape had the most boring starting area ever and then a wide open city, so that got ditched too.
But so far, baldur’s gate is looking more promising.. nice steady introduction, not too boring but not too “what the hell am i supposed to do?” and a chance to explore a little. Mind you, I seem to be burning through suicidal companions at a high rate of knots…
If i have no time then it’ll be short bursts of Revenge of the Titans or VVVVVV in my endless quest to finish all the indie bundle games i now have…
04/02/2012 at 13:59 BigSmallFeet says:
Wow, you’re doing yourself an injustice by ditching BG2. I’m NOT an RPG fan and especially of the fantasy setting – but I can say without doubt that it’s the finest game I have ever played.
05/02/2012 at 07:12 bill says:
I realise that, but that’s why I went out and bought BG1 despite BG2 starting so badly… because I WANT to try BG2 and maybe if I actually have some idea what the systems are and the spells do then I’ll be able to segway (;-) ) into BG2.
My real goal is to play planescape torment, as it soulds awesome, but it sure isn’t accessible to a non RPG/D&D player.
(of course, the fact all these games are digital and come with only PDF manuals that aren’t fun to sit and peruse might also be an issue…)
05/02/2012 at 07:51 NathanH says:
Yeah, the Infinity Engine games do kinda assume you have read the manual. If you don’t know the rules then BG2 is probably a bit confusing, although pretty much everything is explained somewhere. BG1 is better place to learn the rules I imagine. I advise digging around in the options and turning on all the “feedback”. I think by default it doesn’t show all the dice rolls; seeing all of them gives you a much better idea what is going on.
05/02/2012 at 13:40 BigSmallFeet says:
Bill – I wasn’t expecting you to come back and read my comment otherwise I would have been a bit more helpful.
If you plan to play through BG1 and into BG2 then do that. But If you think you will only end up playing one of them, then BG2 offers the far better experience.
I brought my copy of ebay for a tenner, so I got the manual or should I say book with it. If you are seriously considering investing the time to play these games then it really is worth paying the money and getting a second hand copy. The manual is a joy to read as much as the game is to play (I’m referring to BG2)
I couldn’t find the THAC0 guide I used – but this site explains things fairly well – http://www.buildersmatrix.com/info/blackhole.html
And are you playing it with the high res/widescreen mod? because I would say it’s a must.
http://www.gibberlings3.net/bg2tweaks/index.php
there is also a fix pack for both games which I would recommend you get if you haven’t already
http://www.gibberlings3.net/bg2fixpack/
It may seem like a lot of trouble to go to – but it is totally worth getting everything set up right. And it’s really not too bad. And the reward is potently one of the best gaming experiences ever.
04/02/2012 at 07:27 Thany says:
with Skyrim being patched I can finaly finish the Thieved Guild chain quest.
04/02/2012 at 14:44 terry says:
Amen to this. I’ve no idea where Karliah’s been wandering all these months but her morose monotone form finally appearing where it should forced me to emit a squeal of glee.
04/02/2012 at 09:17 Drayk says:
Bastion
Skyrim
Dungeon siege 3
And i’ll probably try that civ V i received for my Bday.
04/02/2012 at 09:22 Ultra Superior says:
Dawn Of War 2 like I always do.
04/02/2012 at 09:45 Sinoda says:
I’m going to try to play the first few episodes of Law and Order Legacies…I doubt I’ll enjoy it, but after all the awesomeness Telltale used to give us, I feel I owe it to them to at least try… I’ll also be playing Half Life 2 as much as possible once the scheduled reverse boycott thing starts.
Oh, and King Arthur 2, assuming I can get the thing working.
04/02/2012 at 10:20 bsplines says:
Probably Beyond Good and Evil. This is my first time playing it, I missed when it came out. Required quite a bit of trickery to make it work, but the payoff is significant.
Maybe try to finish Fractal as well. Latter challenges are quite hard
04/02/2012 at 10:45 Hmm-Hmm. says:
More Minecraft and some Duels of the Planeswalkers. And whatever else comes up, I suppose.
04/02/2012 at 11:25 Cheese says:
XCom Enemy Unknown/UFO defence, Europe universalis 3 + Magna Mundi Ultimate and Terraria with Steam Friends. Or, with great hope, the next Dwarf Fortress release.
04/02/2012 at 11:47 ScorpionWasp says:
For me it’ll probably be Analogue, Starcraft 2, Panzer Corps: Grand Campaign 40 and Deus Ex (the first one).
04/02/2012 at 12:54 Davee says:
I’ve just activated another trial account (I had one earlier as well as playing in the Beta) on Mortal Online – and I like what I’m seeing. It’s finally starting to look like the game I want it to be. Just yesterday I was convincing unsuspecting players to try out my attempts on poiso- healing potions and researching Alchemy.
And I’ll probably be dabbling in EVE Online; my planetary industry complex is churning out quite a lot of profit. While I’d love to get more into it’s PVP – but I’m just too skiddish about losing my ship and miscalculating situations to actually do it… And I’m not sure I’ve got the commitment to join a corp for it either. :/
And oh; I’ll be playing the crap out of Blockade Runner if they manage to release the Editor Update any time soon. That game is currently no.1 on my “possibly best game ever” list.
04/02/2012 at 13:13 Navagon says:
I just can’t focus on any one game at the moment. So I’ll probably be dabbling in a lot of different games and getting bloody nowhere with all of them.
04/02/2012 at 15:45 Nasser says:
I’ll be playing battlefield 3, alone. In between bouts of trying to get some actual work done.
04/02/2012 at 20:23 Theschiznits says:
Stalker:Clear Sky Complete. It’s been good so far despite the poor reviews.
Dawn of War 2
SPAZ
04/02/2012 at 22:46 pertusaria says:
If I have any time tomorrow, I’ll poke around in the FM 2012 demo to see if it’s worth me getting a full copy. I might also spend a bit of time with Machinarium.
05/02/2012 at 13:05 Wonko the Sane says:
Borderlands, which appears to be more addictive than crack. MOAR L00TZ
05/02/2012 at 13:41 BigSmallFeet says:
Didn’t end up playing anything last night :-( Will try to get in some Jagged Alliance 2 this evening though.
06/02/2012 at 10:10 Awesome sarcastic robot says:
Omfg… i just can get over the skyrim fever..