Rock, Paper, Shotgun

What Are You Playing This Weekend?

By Jim Rossignol on February 18th, 2012 at 10:20 am.


What are you playing this weekend, readerfolk? Anyone for Amalur? Anyone still lost in Skyrim? Or perhaps you are up to something multiplayery? Joining in with one of the RPS communities, perhaps? I’ll be wandering the kills of Perpetuum, I suppose, between a bit of messing about it the alpha of some peculiar RPG we got sent.

Anyway, let us know what you up to – speak your brains!

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  1. 18/02/2012 at 10:23 Bungle says:

    I will be playing Dota 2! Again! I think I might have a problem. If there is an RPS chat channel in the game, I will make sure to look for it so I can be all communityish and whatnot. I generally just go through the matchmaker but I know the good private games are where it’s at.

    • 18/02/2012 at 11:53 starclaws says:

      Ah I’ll be watching DOTA2 pros play instead. Love to spectate that game. SC2 as well. While playing Battlefield 3(Improving K/D), Minecraft(Building creep/melon/wheat farms), Dwarf Fortress(Fortress Mode), Football Manager 2011(Just hit 300th game on my Sunday Footballer No Club save), and maybe even some Deus Ex or Assassin’s Creed 3 that I have yet to finish. The problem with AC3 though is that once you get to the main city. It’s just shop buying and Templar minigames. Kinda ruins the story.

    • 18/02/2012 at 12:44 adonf says:

      I’ll be playing DOTT. Is this related to DOTA, is Dota 2 actually Maniac Mansion 3?

  2. 18/02/2012 at 10:24 Hanban says:

    I shall be out in space with the RPS corp in EVE. Anyone is welcome to join us!

    (For anyone interested there is a thread in the community section of the RPS forum)

  3. 18/02/2012 at 10:26 Jim Reaper says:

    There is only Crusader Kings 2 at the moment. Nothing else matters!

  4. 18/02/2012 at 10:27 jaxlewis says:

    Planning to finally finish DX:HR and the add-on, has sat on my SSD for soooo long now. The fact I’m supposed to be joining some borderline alcoholic friends for birthday celebrations in a couple of hours may well put the kibosh on that though… damn these first-world problems

  5. 18/02/2012 at 10:27 theBU3NO says:

    I’ve been quite enjoying the Super Monday Night Combat beta!

  6. 18/02/2012 at 10:30 MuscleHorse says:

    Once it gets dark I’ll be continuing my journey through Alan Wake. The game, not his digestive tract. It’s been quite fun despite the ropey writing, though I suppose that’s apt considering how much it hangs on Stephen King.

  7. 18/02/2012 at 10:31 NathanH says:

    Mostly Crusader Kings 2, with a spot of Knights of the Chalice and the obligatory Duels of the Planeswalkers. May also finish off a game of Master of Magic. And finally, some new adventures have appeared in the online gamebook Sryth, so I will probably play those too.

  8. 18/02/2012 at 10:32 NieArch says:

    I’ll will be playing Dirt3, Dota2, Shazbot Ascend and AirMech since it is available to play now: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hdahlabpinmfcemhcbcfoijcpoalfgdn

  9. 18/02/2012 at 10:36 Dominic White says:

    I’m going to be spending more time on the Wargame: European Escalation multiplayer beta. Full game launches next week, and I honestly think it’s going to be the sleeper strategy hit of the year. It’s complex and deep, but with really simple controls and presentation.

    It’s the kind of game where three veteran tank squads can die in seconds to a tiny, cheap infantry division because the infantry were placed in such a way as to have close-range line of sight. It’s not about micromanagement, and it’s not about actions-per-second. It’s about putting the right tool in the right place and having enough scouts in place to know what the other players are doing.

    Edit: Here’s a full match played against the developers to give you an idea of how it works:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&list=LLX_vMdfENrEJW_GCj0–bkg&v=NVeNnQT7uF4#t=2176s

    • 18/02/2012 at 11:36 Doctor_Hellsturm says:

      Thanks for the link. Looks interesting! But the main battle tanks really had the edge on everything else.

    • 18/02/2012 at 12:07 James Allen says:

      Battle tanks can be taken out by helicopters or artillery or anti-tank infantry…you just gotta WANT it.

    • 18/02/2012 at 13:12 Dominic White says:

      Tanks have good range and power, but have so many weaknesses. Infantry can ambush them, artillery can pound them, helicopters can murder them, and even anti-air guns can pin them. Even cheap ATGM-cars can hunt them from outside of cannon range. That’s a lot of what I like about the game – it’s not rock/paper/scissors. Depending on position and intel and planning, a completely useless unit can do terrible damage and vice versa.

    • 18/02/2012 at 14:57 purdz says:

      After watching that video you posted I went and bought the game straight away, looks fantastic.

      I’m normally fairly competent with a strategy game but this looks like I will be happily overwhelmed!

      Is there some sort of RPS ‘team’ / group on the cards?

    • 18/02/2012 at 15:04 Dominic White says:

      Right now the game is pretty daunting – no tutorial, threadbare documentation. It’s just a multiplayer balance tweaking beta right now. The full game looks to have story, scenario and skirmish modes, so no shortage of solo/co-op bits.

    • 18/02/2012 at 21:45 purdz says:

      So a few games in and even a few victories I can honestly say this game is great! Takes a little while to get used to how powerful every single bloody unit apart from mine is but that’s life I guess.

      Also range is important, the days of flinging your tanks in a mad head on attack ala C+C are gone. you need to keep your distance and utilise cover as much as possible.

  10. 18/02/2012 at 10:36 0positivo says:

    A friend of mine gave me enough of an excuse to reinstall Homeworld 2, and I’m trying to grasp my way through Complex 8.1
    Up until now, it looks like a gargantuan task. Not even sure I can use the word for that, but it sounds just fine for me

    Also, some evochron mercenary, minecraft, and Stellar Impact. Never enough space games around

  11. 18/02/2012 at 10:36 Arcanon says:

    The Mass Effect 3 Demo Multiplayer……never tought I’d like MP in ME, now I’m addicted!!!

    • 18/02/2012 at 10:43 The Godzilla Hunter says:

      I know, it’s weird. I went in positively assured that it would be stupid and terrible.

      And yet…its actually fun. Though adepts are way OP.

    • 18/02/2012 at 12:06 Noodlemonk says:

      I’m currently enjoying playing with no weapons and just swooping in and out of combat with my vanguard, with maximum cooldown :-)

      I do think the melee is a little bit frustrating at times. Oh, and just an hour ago I was teamed up with one american, one singaporian, and one south african. Being european myself, the lag was everywhere!

      But besides those issues, I’m having a blast. I think the rewards work out great, and I can’t wait to get my filthy paws on a Quarian Engineer, so I can make a sentry myself.

  12. 18/02/2012 at 10:37 affront says:

    I’m going to be collecting flags and going pretty fast in Tribes Ascend. Which you should all play because it’s been about a decade since success in a shooter felt as satisfying.

  13. 18/02/2012 at 10:37 GallonOfAlan says:

    Still well buried in Skyrim. Actually, I wonder if they got the name from mistyping ‘Skyrun’, since ‘un’ are one left from ‘im’ on the keyboard. No, that would be silly. Anyway at the rate I’m progressing there will be at least one DLC ready and waiting by the time I finish.

    • 18/02/2012 at 11:30 Similar says:

      Skyrim for me too. Still on my first playthrough, 140 hours with the same character so far. I’m currently making an attempt at clearing up most of the loose ends in my very long quest log.

    • 18/02/2012 at 17:04 Fleurry says:

      I just finished 100% all the achievements in Skyrim. Now I’m forced to find something else to do.

  14. 18/02/2012 at 10:39 pmanpman says:

    Might try skyrim again, see if the lag was my compy being evil…

    If not, maybe pokemon (I know, not PC but sue me) or spending some time in race07 (assuming the new build of projectCARS still has control lag)

    • 18/02/2012 at 11:07 grundus says:

      I have heard the input lag was all gone a couple of months ago, though who am I to tempt you away from Race 07, or indeed the collection of small fake animals?

      This weekend I SHOULD be playing MGS3, BF3 or one of the many other games I have yet to finish. I really feel like starting New Vegas again since the Gun Runners DLC has added new stuff I’ll probably miss if I just finish off my current PT.

      However, I can’t do any of that because I went to visit my girlfriend, who promptly herded me into her sister’s shop and now I’m going to be here from 9.30 until 5.30 this evening. It is bloody boring, there’s not even enough room for me to lie down in here, and I’m only 5’10″. I do have a desk and a laptop, though. Maybe I’ll make my own game where I refresh RPS comments hoping for a pun thread to occur. Can’t be that long, surely?

    • 18/02/2012 at 12:51 pmanpman says:

      The input lag is only gone for most people…not me unfortunately

  15. 18/02/2012 at 10:39 pertusaria says:

    Driftmoon, which has a (fairly substantial) demo now!

    If you play it and find it at least vaguely interesting, do give it a shot on Warlord difficulty or higher. I’m not usually one for hard settings, but I’m enjoying having to work harder for my character advancement as well as finding fewer useful items and having to think harder during each battle.

  16. 18/02/2012 at 10:40 phoenixdk says:

    Possibly the Civilisation board game (if a couple more peeps confirm) as well as DOTA2 (i’m terrible, still learning with bots) and for nostalgia some Roller coaster Tycoon :)

    • 18/02/2012 at 10:48 Kohlrabi says:

      I envy you, I tried to get a Civ boardgame group going the last few weekends. I will probably have to stick to Civ5 and World of Tanks this weekend.

  17. 18/02/2012 at 10:41 Agricola says:

    Must get into Deus Ex HR. Got it at the same time as Skyrim released and its still in the shrink wrap. Might also try Driver San Francisco. Will probably end up playing some Skyrim too. Almost at the 200 hour mark now and Im starting to lose the rampant enthusiasm i once had for it.

  18. 18/02/2012 at 10:42 Arona Daal says:

    On one of my old Usbsticks i found lots of old Savegames,
    so i will restart Darkest Hour; a Hearts of Iron Game.
    And probably some Project Reality and DC Online.

  19. 18/02/2012 at 10:42 CrowPath says:

    Finally get around to finishing King’s Bounty – Armored Princess.

    • 18/02/2012 at 12:27 Sarlix says:

      Is the Princess actually armored? It seems rather unlikely somehow.

    • 18/02/2012 at 13:33 NathanH says:

      Some of her is armoured, but not very much. Basically, she’s perfectly dressed for a night out in Sunderland.

    • 18/02/2012 at 14:47 CrowPath says:

      Yup, with that sternum-endangering boob-plate that game designers seem so fond of.

    • 18/02/2012 at 23:04 Fierce says:

      You mean art designers. The art comes before the textures, as the texture artists need to know what it is they’re drawing and colouring.

      Much like the camera operators and lighting staff don’t get to decide how voluptuous the costume department makes the actress look, the crafters of game mechanics, engine designers and gameplay testers don’t get their input on how impractical her armor is added to the executive briefing organized by the marketers and accountants.

  20. 18/02/2012 at 10:42 MrThingy says:

    Crusader Kings II. Playing a particularly tyrannical King of Scotland.

    “Off wi ya haed ya wee bawbag!”

    • 18/02/2012 at 17:25 Grygus says:

      hahahahaha no idea what a “wee bawbag” is but it just became my go-to insult.

      CK II here as well, though I rotate it with Europa Barbarorum because sometimes I want the strategy, and sometimes I want the tactics.

    • 19/02/2012 at 02:38 wodin says:

      wee bawbag…little ball bag…

  21. 18/02/2012 at 10:43 Kaira- says:

    I’m on my Linux-puter this weekend, so… Frozen Synapse, Binding of Isaac and Towns are on the menu.

    [E] Might add to that that BoI is hell of a drug. I spent last night till 5am playing it, beating Satan on first try. On first run. On a fresh installation. Not bad, I think.

  22. 18/02/2012 at 10:46 Prime says:

    I’m trying to find the very best Star Trek gaming experience, one that does as well at capturing the entire spirit of the franchise, and not just the combat, as the Fleet Captains board game I’ve just bought my girlfriend for Valentine’s Day (she adored it). Odd that finding a digital version to keep me amused when I can’t see my girlfriend to play Fleet Captains should prove quite so tricky.

    If you go back in time to Birth of the Federation the game is utterly broken, ruined by a memory error that occurs mid-way through the game, while the supposed unofficial sequels to that great game – Star Trek Supremacy, as one example, plays beautifully but is frustratingly only half complete – have been stuck in vapourware limbo for over a year now.

    So far Mods are my last, best hope. I’ve tried The star Trek mod for Civ4, but that somehow ruined it by not including any sound effects from the show, and the play mechanics don’t quite fit. Meanwhile, the Star Trek vs Star Wars mod for GalCiv2 does better but doesn’t understand what roles the various ships are supposed to play, and even when adjusted to only use Star Trek races still has jarring images from the other franchise polluting many of the screens.

    Any ideas, anyone?

    • 18/02/2012 at 13:14 Sarlix says:

      Hmm that’s tricky. I’m not sure if there is any one Star Trek game that manages to capture the spirit of the entire franchise. Although I’ve only played a handful of ST games so I’m not an expert on the subject.

      I remember liking the 25th anniversary (a Dos game) But got stuck part way through (was only young)

      The elite force games were good, but shooters and not what you’re after.

      Star Trek online can be very good if you go in with an open mind and are willing to role play a bit.

      There is a Star Trek mod for Sins of a solar empire which is supposed to be pretty good.

      http://www.moddb.com/mods/star-trek-sacrifice-of-angels-2

      Maybe you should ask on the forum? I’m sure you’ll get plenty of suggestions.

    • 18/02/2012 at 15:06 Vandelay says:

      If you are wanting a point and click then 25th Anniversary is a good one to go for (or Judgement Rites, which is in the same vein,) but there is a also Star Trek: The Next Generation – A Final Unity. I loved that as a kid and it certainly felt very Star Treky. If I recall correctly, you could avoid taking part in the majority, if not all, of the space combat bits, something that most Star Trek games get wrong. Talking to various crew members on the bridge would give you different options on how to approach given situations, which was a nice little touch. Having said that, the bit that really sticks in my mind was having to collect samples from some sort of zoo, where you had to sit through an animation multiple times to get all the samples from the different areas. It took forever and was incredibly dull. I think the rest of it was grand though.

      Other ones I remember liking a lot were Starfleet Academy (Klingon Academy was meant to be good too, although I never played it), the Elite Force games (although, not very Star Treky) and the aforementioned Birth of the Federation. Such a pity that it had the bug you talk about, as it becomes unplayable by about 100 turns. Kid me rarely got that far though, so it didn’t bother me that much. Just scouting the galaxy and discovering all the Trek aliens was enough to keep me entertained.

  23. 18/02/2012 at 10:48 Chris D says:

    A bit of Shogun 2, a bit of Crusader Kings 2 and maybe some Space Pirates and Zombies.

  24. 18/02/2012 at 10:50 ThTa says:

    The ME3 demo co-op with friends, Tribes: Ascend with the same friends, and potentially Minecraft with, you guessed it, those friends. (Gosh, that’s been a while)
    And I get the feeling one of them will try to convince us to play Modern Warfare 3, now that its MP is free for the weekend (and yes, he’s fully aware it’s trash and does prefer T:A; he seems to enjoy it solely because it’s so tremendously easy, or so he says).

  25. 18/02/2012 at 10:52 westyfield says:

    Started my fourth Mass Effect playthrough yesterday. Gonna go through 1 and 2 + DLC before 3.

    • 18/02/2012 at 11:37 Vulpus says:

      I actually also started going through Mass Effect a few days ago. Got to get those saves ready for ME3!

    • 18/02/2012 at 13:37 NathanH says:

      I think I will stick with my non-perfect save from ME2 where I hadn’t played ME1. Basically all the ME1 decisions were assumed to be bad ones, which makes the galaxy a pleasingly crap place. Also, Miranda is dead. In contrast, my ME1 save is too fluffy and perfect.

      All I need to do is work out a way to persuade ME3 that Alenko is dead.

    • 18/02/2012 at 14:13 westyfield says:

      Haha, I’m not trying to get a perfect save this time – trying to make as many decisions the same as I did the first time. It’s easy to make the right person die on Virmire (bye Kaidan!), but I can’t remember what I did exactly to have Jacob be the only casualty of t he suicide mission. Think I sent him through the vents and had Miranda lead the second team, but it might have been Samara. Mostly playing through again to refresh my memory (and because it’s a fun game).

    • 18/02/2012 at 14:36 Vulpus says:

      The sad thing is, I finished both games 3-4 times but those saves never seemed to come to mind when i went to format my HDD. But that really doesn’t matter in the end. I’ll gladly finish them once more, because the game is just pure fun and pleasure, atleast for me… I am just frustrated at the inability to choose a harder game setting in ME1 without passing the game once, because I am not really interested in playing 10 hours of the same missions again in such short time. Veteran is ok, and hard, but I would like to make the game even harder for me. Seems i’m a masochist.

  26. 18/02/2012 at 10:53 captain nemo says:

    @prime: You could try ‘Star Trek Elite Force 2′ which is a fairly competent shooter. It’s set on Voyager, not the Enterprise, though.

    For me, after several weeks of distracting side-quests, I’m going to get on with the main story line in Skyrim. Just finished the ‘Night To Remember’ quest last night which strangely borders the line between game and real life.

  27. 18/02/2012 at 10:56 carn1x says:

    Playing games is for chumps…

    Now watching people MAKE games, that’s where it’s at .

  28. 18/02/2012 at 10:57 Icarus says:

    I’ll be falling back into my second Skyrim playthrough- really a rerun of my first character without making the mistake of signing on with Ulfric. I recently reinstalled UFO Enemy Unknown so I can foresee myself losing a few hours to that, if I get bored of Skyrim. Sunday night I’ll be running my weekly tabletop-style game of Werewolf: the Apocalypse.

  29. 18/02/2012 at 10:58 PeteC says:

    I might actually be able to finish off Skyrim. Completed the main quest the other day, now want to finish off the civil war and then I’m done for now.

    Then I might finally get started on Arkham City. Or maybe the Defense Grid DLC that came out in December.

  30. 18/02/2012 at 10:59 rufenstein says:

    Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning – loving the combat system of this game.

    When the night will come I will probably switch to Thief: Deadly Shadows.

  31. 18/02/2012 at 11:01 Bluerps says:

    I hope I can finally finish Skyrim. I want to play Amalur too, but I don’t think I’ll find the time…

  32. 18/02/2012 at 11:04 Ysellian says:

    Alec’s story has actually renewed my interest in FM2012, but this time in playing as a unemployed Sunday league amateur. Have to admit it’s been quiet challenging playing with a team struggling at the bottom of the Blue Square North.

  33. 18/02/2012 at 11:09 StingingVelvet says:

    I’m a month into a 5 month span in Europe without my gaming PC, so I am playing various point and click classics and such. Right now I am playing The 7th Guest (thanks GOG), Full Throttle and Thief Gold (thanks again GOG).

    Thief is clunkier than I remember and I am kind of in a hurry to get to Thief 2. Full Throttle is as fun as ever though man those puzzles can be abstract. The 7th Guest I actually really enjoy, professional opinions be damned!

  34. 18/02/2012 at 11:14 Apples says:

    I really need to try and properly get to grips with STALKER: SoC. I think I may actually be too stupid to play this game or approaching it from completely the wrong angle, since I keep getting shot and I don’t understand what’s going on in the plot at all, but damn it I can’t let the Zone defeat me. I read some things about Call of Pripyat and it sounds like it has much better anomalies, which are the things that interest me, so I don’t know whether to just move on to that instead.

    I may also give that free football manager game someone told me about a go.

  35. 18/02/2012 at 11:20 Deepo says:

    I’m doing a last definitive play-through of Mass Effect 1 and 2 in preparation for number 3. I’m also going to dig out my old Driving Force Pro and have a go at some of the tips in the “Breaking Into Driving Sims”-articles. And I’m going to think about starting Amalur again, but decide against it because it’s enormous.

  36. 18/02/2012 at 11:22 PoulWrist says:

    Hosting a lan party with around 20 participants :-)

  37. 18/02/2012 at 11:23 neolith says:

    Terraria, Tropico, Skyrim, Tribes Ascend…. aaah, so many games, so little time… :(

  38. 18/02/2012 at 11:24 jawfun says:

    Tribes ascend, I’ve just learnt how powerful the impact nitro is for the pathfinder. And also a bit of Shogun 2.

  39. 18/02/2012 at 11:29 Yachmenev says:

    Still doing my best to tell the PC world about Pixeljunk Eden, by playing it and nagging about people not playing it.

  40. 18/02/2012 at 11:38 Enzo says:

    Arma 2 Combined Operations, because I’m always playing it.

  41. 18/02/2012 at 11:38 Bodge says:

    The Arma community is off to battle with Folk again on Sunday as usual.

  42. 18/02/2012 at 11:41 Perkelnik says:

    Alan Wake (yaaaaaay). Also want to finish LA Noire. Will probably add some L4D2 :)

  43. 18/02/2012 at 11:44 nabeel says:

    I’ve been playing the heck out of Tom Francis’ awesome Gunpoint, now putting together some thoughts for feedback. I keep coming back to SpaceChem because I love it, but it’s so damn tough. I started Gemini Rue a week or so back but haven’t had a chance to continue it yet. And of course, doing one last playthrough of ME2 to take forward my perfect save for ME3. Wish I could play Alan Wake but I’m waiting for the boxed version.

  44. 18/02/2012 at 11:45 Iskariot says:

    I will be playing some Skyrim and Supreme Commander Forged Alliance skirmishes and Homeworld campaign (again).

  45. 18/02/2012 at 12:00 Kollega says:

    I’ve already played some Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando, and will be replaying Psychonauts (all the news about Schafer got me to install it again).

  46. 18/02/2012 at 12:01 Pirateman3 says:

    I will be busy battling Posh Mudcrabs and mammoth chickens between “busywork” college assignments. These Steam Workshop mods for Skyrim are wonderful!

    As for Amalur: I tried really hard to like the game, but I just can’t for some reason. I’m a big fan of the genre, but the game felt somewhat awkward. A lot of people love it, and I respect that. I see the reviews and wonder if everybody else got the same game I did. I just want to know if there’s something wrong with me. Should I break into grandmas pill cabinet and shovel in medications until the voices go away? –I think so Mr. Pussykens!

    Oh, and maybe I’ll give ME3 demo a try.

  47. 18/02/2012 at 12:04 Shadowcat says:

    I’ll be playing Pandemic and Castle Ravenloft and Elder Sign. Maybe the LOTR card game too if there’s time (but that seems unlikely, especially as we haven’t read the rules to that one yet).

  48. 18/02/2012 at 12:09 Noodlemonk says:

    Shadows of Amn with a buddy and custom party, and I’ll probably get around to finish Beyond Good & Evil.

  49. 18/02/2012 at 12:14 airtekh says:

    I’ll be playing Assassin’s Creed Revelations in both single and multiplayer.

    The MP is superb so far. Really enjoying it.

  50. 18/02/2012 at 12:18 WaveMaster says:

    I bought “To The Moon” this week. And…*sob*…I…I’ll try and finish it before I turn into the kid whose pet puppy just died. I love the game so far and how it makes me feel.
    I’ve also just started my second playthrough of The Witcher 2. And pepper in a game of LoL every now and then between those two so I can get my heart rate up.

  51. 18/02/2012 at 12:18 mrwonko says:

    The latest Three Moves Ahead made me start playing Jagged Alliance 2 for the first time, I’ll be doing more of that. Also some Killing Floor, if my friends join me, and probably more Skyrim, finally got the time.

  52. 18/02/2012 at 12:21 felisc says:

    i’ll be playing “get back an old external hard drive from my ex girlfriend” as it is now the only device that has my MassEffect2 save on it. the gods are playing with me. grrrr.

  53. 18/02/2012 at 12:26 Tybalt says:

    Still SWTOR, I’m afraid.

  54. 18/02/2012 at 12:28 absolofdoom says:

    Killing Floor! Currently battling through the waves of level 0 sharps that have been joining suicidal servers lately due to the sale with my friends.
    Greatest zombie game ever imo.

  55. 18/02/2012 at 12:36 Xanadu says:

    Arkham Asylum – Finally got enough trophies on Arkham City to nail Riddler last week, so have started a play through the prequel.
    Helping the kids with the hard bits in Lego Star Wars
    But mainly Guild Wars. Came about 5 years to late to the MMO party, but enjoying thoroughly, such that GW2 will be my first day one purchase in years.

    Also ignoring entirely that there is a Mass Effect 3 demo. Ears in fingers : La La I can’t hear you. Should be able to keep that up to remain spoiler free for a month or so.

  56. 18/02/2012 at 12:37 Sarlix says:

    I want to say I’ll be carrying on with Jagged Alliance 2, but I have an overwhelming feeling that Tribes Ascend is going to hit me over the head with a Shrike and drag me off to Bela Omega.

  57. 18/02/2012 at 12:38 akrom says:

    SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition

  58. 18/02/2012 at 12:59 Crow says:

    Serious Sam The Second Encounter coop with friends.

  59. 18/02/2012 at 13:14 Outright Villainy says:

    Finally getting around to Mafia 2 after buying it in a sale (also on recommendation from a friend), so far it’s been pretty good. The mechanics are pretty well polished, but it’s the atmosphere that makes it, the visual design is fantastic.

  60. 18/02/2012 at 13:17 Kefren says:

    Dungeon Master (Return To Chaos remake http://ragingmole.com/RTC/). I defeated the dragon but then discovered I didn’t have any skeleton keys to get into the secret staircase from the bottom, so no have to wander back through half of the levels, navigating in reverse until I get back to the Firestaff level and hope I have enough Ra keys so I don’t have to explore further. My party are overloaded but by the time we get there I imagine we will have eaten most of our food and used most of the items, so with some luck we’ll be lean and mean for golem-bashing.

  61. 18/02/2012 at 13:24 zontax says:

    Going to continue my first fort in Dwarf Fortress.
    Things are going bad at the moment because my leatherworker just went insane
    and killed two war-dogs, a farmer,a mechanic, 3 kittens and a horse.

    Luckily his head was torn to shreds by a stray rooster and he bled to death,
    but now my fort is filled with rotting corpses and depressed dwarves.

    • 18/02/2012 at 18:37 Skabooga says:

      Thanks to the update posted here on RPS, I too will be playing some Dwarf Fortress this weekend. And I had such grand plans for this weekend, but first I must conquer these aquifers!

    • 18/02/2012 at 21:58 UberMonkey says:

      Dwarf Fortress for me as well. Playing the new update and dealing with vampire infestations.

      In fact, I was so busy earlier managing the vampires I’d uncovered so far (been keeping them in their own little wing of the fortress and making them train as a squad) that I failed to notice one of my less-important workers had gone into a mood. When she finally went insane, she went back to her bedroom and proceeded to brutally disassemble her baby before my soldiers could get there and flatten her head with a hammer.

      Other than that, things are running quite smoothly here in “Fatcomet.”

  62. 18/02/2012 at 13:28 marcusfell says:

    I’m still adventuring in Skyrim. Though I recently got the “Delver” achievement, (clear 100 locations) so I think I’ll just stop on that. Personally, the game gets exceedingly boring at level 50+ becuase the game just runs out of enemy types to throw at you.

    However, there is Terraria and Frozen Synapse on the other side. And SC2 custom games like Star Battle (dota with permadeath? Oh yes)

  63. 18/02/2012 at 13:42 Robbeasy says:

    Hum….

    Thief
    Thief 2
    Thief T2X
    Dark Mod

    Lots of variety…;o)

  64. 18/02/2012 at 13:58 Herzog says:

    I think I will pass the 100 hours mark in Red Orchestra 2. Also want to continue with Amnesia: Dark Descent after a short pause of 4 or 5 months. But damn, this thing is so damn scary. Only can play this in short bursts of max. 30 minutes…

    • 18/02/2012 at 18:38 Skabooga says:

      That was probably about the length of time between my last two Penumbra sessions. Still have about another two months before I’ll be ready to have another go at it.

  65. 18/02/2012 at 14:00 JackShandy says:

    Six Gun Saga. Just heard the three moves ahead podcast chatting about it, convinced me to try it.

  66. 18/02/2012 at 14:02 Qvisten says:

    Alan Wake (pc) :P
    Amalur

    ohh yes and the ME3 Demo

  67. 18/02/2012 at 14:23 RSeldon says:

    Fallout: New Vegas; finally got around to playing it recently and I’m enjoying it greatly. Also been on a bit of a Defense Grid kick the last few days, so probably that too.

  68. 18/02/2012 at 14:24 !Chow says:

    I will be completing Castlevania SOTN on my psp, its such a pretty dame :*>

  69. 18/02/2012 at 14:58 shoptroll says:

    The original Deus Ex and Binding of Isaac!

    EDIT: Also, driving up to Funspot in NH for some arcade and pinball goodness :D

  70. 18/02/2012 at 14:59 Jonith says:

    I will probably be playing some Killing Floor (just bought it in the sale) and some Skyrim

  71. 18/02/2012 at 15:07 Bluestar says:

    ArmA 2 if i can find anyone on a good server. Possibly a bit of Project Cars as well.

  72. 18/02/2012 at 15:49 Torgen says:

    Some Perpetuum, as global PVP politics heat up and the RPS corp continues to get stronger. Also World of Tanks, trying to catch up with squadmates after a 5 month hiatus (my tourney team won their 3rd match last night.) A friend gifted me Rise of Flight (75% off on Amazon US right now) so I’m digging through the closet for my Saitek HOTAS setup to see how well it plays with Windows 7, and will be off to recapture my Red Baron glory days.

  73. 18/02/2012 at 15:52 Skusey says:

    Just bought BC2 Vietnam and PES 2012, so mostly them. Vietnam seems really fun, which surprised me as I’ve just bounced right off most shooters recently. Downloaded the Perpetuum trial as Jim’s write-ups make it seem great. Though I’ve not tried it yet as I think I’ll hate it. Didn’t like EVE at all after playing it for exactly the same reasons.

  74. 18/02/2012 at 16:06 B1A4 says:

    Red Orchestra 2 and something… maybe back to action in JA2 1.13

  75. 18/02/2012 at 16:13 Kleppy says:

    Still Skyrim… finished the main quest and the civil war quest. Still haven’t even visited 2 cities. This is the biggest non-MMO I’ve ever played.

  76. 18/02/2012 at 16:14 Dougal McFrugal says:

    Stalker, CoP Complete. 1st play through.

    • 18/02/2012 at 16:25 magnus says:

      Yeah me too, I was playing SOC until I found out the stalker complete mod diddn’t put Burers and Chimeras back in and the other things the Oblivion Lost mod altered as well.

  77. 18/02/2012 at 17:20 InsanityBringer says:

    Probably going to be stuck in Descent II this weekend for various reasons, with a game of TF2 here and there.

    I need to buy more games eventually

  78. 18/02/2012 at 17:49 Boosterh says:

    Medieval 2 Total War. I own Shogun 2 and Empire, but neither of them feels quite as varied and fun as the various factions in M2.

    • 18/02/2012 at 19:52 Davie says:

      I’m with you there. It’s hands down the best in the series.

      Lately I’ve been sucked into the ridiculously expansive (and fiendishly difficult) Warhammer mod, which is good fun. I’d check it out if I were you.

  79. 18/02/2012 at 17:56 Man Raised by Puffins says:

    I suspect I’ll be mostly sampling ultra-megacorp ActiBlizzion’s Call of Manshoots XXXI: Contemporary Discord 3 via its free weekend. Which by turns is reminding me of both the consoletoy controller throwing rage and manshooting pleasure that its predecessor (MW2) induced within me, though thankfully it errs more towards the latter unlike its forebear.

  80. 18/02/2012 at 18:02 Tei says:

    I am playing Alan Wake, and enjoying it. I not planed it, but got it,and I find it interesting in style.

  81. 18/02/2012 at 19:51 Davie says:

    Yep, still Skyrim. 200-odd hours and I still have only just started the Thieves’ Guild and civil war questlines and haven’t even touched the Dark Brotherhood. Just yesterday I was wandering about and found a region of the game I had never been in, large enough that the view was totally different. I have a feeling it’ll be a few more months before I move on.

  82. 18/02/2012 at 20:15 Vinraith says:

    Continuing my Close Combat: The Longest Day campaign, first and foremost. We’re up Utah beach and pushing towards Carentan, but we’re bleeding for every foot of ground.

    Also, I just reinstalled Dragon Age, so I can finally finish my second playthrough (elven mage) and actually get to Awakenings.

  83. 18/02/2012 at 20:27 Orontes says:

    Red Orchestra 2- 136 hours and counting.

  84. 18/02/2012 at 22:22 Tally says:

    Touches of Skyrim, maybe fiddling with the CK, but mainly Shank 2 Survival with my roommate and Rage again on Nightmare.

  85. 18/02/2012 at 22:40 Chibithor says:

    Well, there’s the MW3 free weekend. Not something I’d buy but there’s enough for a weekend. Tribes: Ascend as well and…Castlevania. Played it on friday for the first time. There’s something very captivating about it.

  86. 19/02/2012 at 00:23 Targie says:

    Been playing Yomi online following the official launch of Fantasystrike.com

    Suprised to not see an announcement on RPS actually.

  87. 19/02/2012 at 01:41 thedavehooker says:

    I’ll finish up my recent Psychonauts play through, then finally get around to trying out the Deluxe Edition of Monkey Island. /Schafer Madness

  88. 19/02/2012 at 02:10 drewski says:

    Painkiller, Anomaly HD, maybe some Skyrim if my housemate puts his consoletoy back in the living room so I can steal time on it.

  89. 19/02/2012 at 06:08 Anvilfolk says:

    IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946 as usual – went on Zekes vs Wildcats today and bagged me two Zeros on two sorties, while flying F4Fs… sort of got a third, but was then shot down next to the enemy fleet. Bailed and lived though! Getting ready for another mission of the awesome Ghost Skies online campaign on Sunday.

    Probably passing some time in the new Starfarer 0.5a campaign, trying to get something bigger than a Frigate.

    And finally, maybe trying to become slightly better than “the worst” on Men of War: Assault Squad… not an endeavour that’s been going particularly well.

  90. 19/02/2012 at 10:48 The white guar says:

    I would play Max Payne 2, but it hates Vista.
    I could play Magicka, but it hates my pc.
    I could try and finish the Amnesia expansion, Justine, but it hates me.
    So I guess i will curl up in the corner and cry until monday :D *sniff*

  91. 19/02/2012 at 15:05 dawnmane says:

    I just picked up Planescape: Torment at a flea market! I tried it when it came out, but my English wasn’t that good back then, so hopefully it will make more sense this time around :)

  92. 19/02/2012 at 19:57 EOT says:

    Eh…I’m playing the ‘lie on the couch with a hangover’ game. I play it most weeks. It’s not all that fun.

  93. 20/02/2012 at 03:56 luckystriker says:

    Reinstalled Total War Medieval 2 Kingdoms in order to try out The Third Age Mod with Baron Samedi’s mod pack. I’m now addicted to its awesomeness.

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