Rock, Paper, Shotgun

RPS Asks: What You Are Up To?

By RPS on May 7th, 2012 at 9:03 am.


It’s a rainy bank holiday here in the UK, which means that the RPS writers are left to regenerate in their pit for another twenty-four hours. Worry not, though, because you guys are going to tell us what games you’ve been playing, and why. Still embedded in Skyrim? Playing Test Drive Unlimited for some reason? Found something no-one has ever played before? Speak your brains!

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  1. 07/05/2012 at 09:05 Wodge says:

    Dungeon Defenders and TERA.

    • 07/05/2012 at 09:15 Poddington says:

      Got up at 4:30 and played some Dungeon Defenders NH Shipwreck while watching Sanctuary. Stopped playing at 6:00am and considered going back to bed, but then remembered Game of Thrones was out so got that and watched it and then had a shower and made my lunch and I’m now whittling down the minutes until I have to goto work.

      Yep work :(

    • 07/05/2012 at 09:25 f1x says:

      I’ve been playing TERA aswell, its surprisingly fun plus it has boobs everywhere

      • 07/05/2012 at 12:08 Belsameth says:

        Which is the reason for the fun, I am sure!

        Also, Warhammer 40K: Retribution here…

        That and Band Hero 3 on the Box of X

      • 07/05/2012 at 12:13 Ringwraith says:

        Don’t forget the exposed chests!

        • 08/05/2012 at 02:18 iunxczvc says:

          This game is pretty good! Can be ported to Nintendo to play? But Nintendo needs to pay attention to protection! I recently purchased Rhombus the Texture Snap-on the Crystal Carrying Case for with Nintendo 3DS! I am more like it! Because it not only convenient, prices are more reasonable! Quality assurance is more! It to do better than with other types of products! http://dok.do/WAWi00

  2. 07/05/2012 at 09:05 gunny1993 says:

    I saw this http://www.damnlol.com/one-cake-to-rule-them-all-19277.html ….. then completed portal 2 again

  3. 07/05/2012 at 09:06 Meneth says:

    Modding Crusader Kings II, and playing Civilization 4 (Rise from Erebus mod).

    I tried out the demo of Warlock (and subsequently preordered it), and as it reminded me of the Fall from Heaven mod for Civ 4, I decided to play it some again, and then a friend recommended the Rise from Erebus modmod.

  4. 07/05/2012 at 09:06 stahlwerk says:

    Botanicula! It’s a great game [ed: experience], although I have no idea how far I’m in, and I feel a bit like I’m missing bits and pieces here and there because points of no return are not really signposted.

    • 07/05/2012 at 10:57 Jackablade says:

      It’s not the longest of games. I completed it in 5 hours making an effort to try to get everything. The ending is a bit “oh, that’s it then, is it?” but it’s definitely a worthwhile experience.

    • 07/05/2012 at 14:52 Skabooga says:

      Ah, I just finished Botanicula yesterday! I had a big stupid grin on my face the entire time I was playing it.

    • 07/05/2012 at 22:42 Dozer says:

      I got Botanicula after reading about it here, but it doesn’t really engage me. The artistry is very nice, but the gameplay is just undirected exploration and clicking on everything which can be clicked on. I must have got halfway through in one sitting a few weeks ago, but forgot where I installed it to and haven’t looked for it since then.

  5. 07/05/2012 at 09:07 Dlarit says:

    I sadly have to work but i’ve been back to Skyrim recently after a few months break, decided to start again as a Archer and enjoying it more than a 1handed/mage hybrid, Of course its now running 20+ mods so its almost a different game!

    • 07/05/2012 at 09:37 The Dark One says:

      Hey, that sounds like my character, except I didn’t start over from scratch. What changed everything was getting my hands on a pair of Achery-boosting gauntlets, some sneak-boosting shoes and an enchanting skill high enough to buff the hell out of my ebony bow.

      I’m sniping dudes who can never find me. It’s glorious.

      • 07/05/2012 at 10:01 Wunce says:

        Don’t get good at Alteration whatever you do-

        I learnt archery isn’t as fun when you do it point blank to a paralysed opponent.
        Although using telekinesis to assassinate the emperor with a wheel of cheese was pretty hilarious.

  6. 07/05/2012 at 09:07 Driadan says:

    I’l be trying to make something for pyweek – http://pyweek.org

  7. 07/05/2012 at 09:08 Magitek says:

    Majesty HD and multiplayer on Port Royale 3. Addictive stuff.

    edit:
    I’m also having a blast playing MegaTF co-op on Quake 1. Feels a bit like Serious Sam, in terms of fast pace and challenge. Only with team fortress classes and experience points!

  8. 07/05/2012 at 09:09 jon_hill987 says:

    Lots and lots of Dota 2.

    Also baking Parkin.

  9. 07/05/2012 at 09:09 JayArr says:

    Heroes & Generals pre-beta. I think it’s fair to say that I’m starting to get addicted.

    • 07/05/2012 at 12:15 Meldreth says:

      Oh, I got beta access a month ago now, but at the time for some reason I didn’t manage to log in. Maybe i’ll give it another try.

  10. 07/05/2012 at 09:10 mr.ioes says:

    I could say I’m currently playing Dota 2 and since yesterday Warlock – something of something. But that’d be too mainstream. So in the hopes of other fellow gamer’s acknowledging this epic Bit-shooter (you may call it Binary Domain – The Proper Version), I’ll say I’m playing Star Wars: Republic Commando.

    Oh, and it’s time to write up an article about the lack of imagination storywriters have when it comes down to naming a universe.

    Majesty – Heroes of Ardania, Defenders of Ardania, Arcania: Gothic 4, sigh, alt-f4.

  11. 07/05/2012 at 09:10 In Zod We Trust says:

    Skyrim again as my murderous Illusionist who can’t be bothered with the Greybeards and their malarkey. Lots of new mods there as well to mix things up a bit. Only 20 I think.

    The pre-release of Endless Space is fun and looks very promising. Excellent UI and sadly way more advanced than SoTS II is after… how ever long it is since I gave them money.

    Looking forward to Warlock in a few days and gearing up my clicking finger for Diablo the week after.

  12. 07/05/2012 at 09:10 Flibberdy says:

    I picked up Batman Arkham City in the steam sale so that’s taken up any of my free time.

    • 07/05/2012 at 16:20 Tacroy says:

      I got Arkham City for free with a new graphics card a while ago, and I decided to start playing it. According to Steam, it took about 30 minutes of in-game time (and according to the clock, about 2 hours of out-of-game time) to manage to log in to GFWL with an account that already existed.

      When I logged in, GFWL tried to update itself but failed due to some meaningless error code. It sent me to the GFWL support site, from which I downloaded the manual GFWL installer. The manual GFWL installer did not in fact manually install GFWL (despite being named gfwlsetup.exe, and coming directly from Microsoft), it installed some bullshit Steam ripoff marketplace thing that didn’t help me play my game.

      After some fruitless searching and restarting my computer, I gave up and installed all the pending Windows updates. For some reason, at this point GFWL was able to update itself and finally let me in to my game.

      And they want to put this crap in Dark Souls for the PC?

      • 08/05/2012 at 14:17 RaveTurned says:

        I got Arkham City in the Steal sale this weekend. I don’t think I’ve used a GFWL game since Arkham Asylum, so I was expecting similar shenanigans. Loaded the game up, up pops the GFWL screen and… it signed me in and worked first time. I nearly fell off my seat in surprise!

        I do keep Windows up to date, so perhaps that helps (as updating did in your case). Then again, perhaps it’s keeping a special surprise for me when I go to play the game again, like telling me it’s lost my saved game or something.

  13. 07/05/2012 at 09:11 Drayk says:

    I am back to Skyrim for the last few days: I finished the empire quests and moved a bit forward in the main story and in Thief guild quests. This game is huge. Level 49 and 110 hours + in and I haven’t done half of it I think.

    I played some dota 2 too. I bought Batman AC, but won’t play it till i finish Skyrim. And D3.

  14. 07/05/2012 at 09:11 Fenixius says:

    Magicka has inserted its vile tendrils into my brain once again. The raw power and flexibility is addictive, and I’ve been running survival challenges by my lonesome whenever I get 10 minutes to sit.

    Assassin’s Creed Revelations has also been getting some playtime; I’m slowly whittling away at my pile (Steam account, same difference) of shame.

  15. 07/05/2012 at 09:11 weego says:

    Was hoping for my invite for dota2 by now, but no joy so I’ll start off with my win of the day bonus win in LoL then this afternoon is Skyrim new character ( battle mage this time, going conjuration for weaps and destro/heal/shield offhand depending on fight )

    • 07/05/2012 at 21:38 filmguy007 says:

      I’ve got a couple of Dota 2 invites lying around. My steam ID is artofwot. Friend me or message me somehow and I’ll hook you up.

  16. 07/05/2012 at 09:12 jensb says:

    You should build something beautiful in Blockscape of course.

  17. 07/05/2012 at 09:12 Konig says:

    Over the weekend I’ve introduced a couple of mates to Crusader Kings II. We’re fairly small counts and dukes of Ireland and Wales, early in our multi campaign, yet I took advantage of their relative noobishness to declare myself King of Ireland over them. They were none too happy about that.

  18. 07/05/2012 at 09:13 xdarestx says:

    SMNC, Thief GOLD. Some Diablo 2 in the mix.

  19. 07/05/2012 at 09:13 DM says:

    Wargame EE because it’s awesome.

    Endless Space alpha because I love the ships design and it’s promising.

    Melty Blood ’cause I still suck at it.

    And Vindictus cause I ‘ve still too much time on my hands and I ‘m too dumb to use it in a more productive way.

  20. 07/05/2012 at 09:14 Sceptrum says:

    Mass Effect 3 coop with fellow RPSers and Kingdoms of Amalur (on PS3 though).

  21. 07/05/2012 at 09:15 Spiny says:

    Skyrim, yes. 28h in and only 2 of those into the main quest. I guess it’s something you keep installed and dip into over a course of months :-)

    Also, I made myself a steam category of “pile of shame “

    • 07/05/2012 at 09:28 P7uen says:

      This is a superb idea. I’m going to re-organise when I get home (or see if I can do it on my phone on the bus home).

    • 07/05/2012 at 14:21 wodin says:

      I played 90 hours and only got to the third or fourth main quest. I think I’d completed about 120 side quests. That however was my downfall, as I got well and truly bored. I soon realised that 99% of quests where exactly the same as each other and then it starts to recycle old caves\dungeons\lairs.

  22. 07/05/2012 at 09:15 xMindlessMass says:

    Playing Trials: Evolution

  23. 07/05/2012 at 09:15 Jonith says:

    A whole lot of Crusader Kings 2 and thats about it. (And a bit of Co-op Sanctum with some mates)

  24. 07/05/2012 at 09:15 NathanH says:

    I had my May Day last week so right now I am playing incomprehensible mathematics.

    When I get home I will be playing Baldur’s Gate (Durlag’s Tower is pleasingly brutal), Tidalis (makes my head hurt), and of course Duels of the Planeswalkers.

  25. 07/05/2012 at 09:16 calibro says:

    Casual WoW, daily heroics + an alt.
    Tribes: Ascend, i play 100% Jug and 100% Capture’n'Hold, love it.
    Another great game i play: searching the net for any info on D3 and counting the days.
    And some D2 coop, to further hype myself up.

  26. 07/05/2012 at 09:16 iaguz says:

    Praying as hard as I can for Company of Heroes 2 to come out faster.

    It’s coming, hadn’t you guys heard yet?

    Other then that, shitloads of Starcraft 2 multiplayer and a little of E.Y.E Divine Cybermancy that my brother suggested. Couldn’t get into it sadly, some interesting ideas being thrown around but poorly presented, very hard to digest properly.

  27. 07/05/2012 at 09:16 Morte66 says:

    At a bit of a loss, TBH.

    Finished becoming a “God Walking Amongst Mere Mortals” in Guild Wars last week. There’s no GW2 beta, which is what I really want. Got bored with Skyrim, spamming the same 4 skills all the time, give me something with tactical depth like a party based D&D game. Fallout New Vegas crashes within 5 minutes of starting, like clockwork. Stuck in Limbo, can’t get past the crate floating in water. Got bored with that indie horror game full of swaying staircases RPS was so keen on. Had my Portal 2 ration for the day (one level per day to make it last longer).

    I could put my rain gear on on go for a walk.

  28. 07/05/2012 at 09:17 Morph says:

    Kingdom of Amalur. It’s oddly addictive and tedious at the same time. It’s repetitive and grindy and I wouldn’t recommend it but I am compelled to play another couple of hours right now.

  29. 07/05/2012 at 09:17 KauhuK says:

    Got hooked into Terraria again. This time I’m playing alone. Also waiting for Diablo 3. I also need to finish my Thesis soon.

  30. 07/05/2012 at 09:18 nabeel says:

    20 hours into Mass Effect 3. Shit hasn’t quite begun to get real yet, but I’m still enjoying it, especially for the combat. Thinking of starting Sword & Sworcery but I don’t want to get too distracted.

  31. 07/05/2012 at 09:19 Namey says:

    Slowly going insane waiting for Diablo 3. Nothing else is fun anymore.

    • 07/05/2012 at 12:25 Lycan says:

      Ha ha ha :D I was in this space too till Bastion saved me… And to think it was the action-rpg mechanics that convinced me to get the game !

    • 07/05/2012 at 17:12 Lamb Chop says:

      I’ve planned builds for my first five characters. And then some more builds. And then some other ones that I’ll probably do when I get bored with those.

      And I’m desperately trying to finish all the games that will inevitably fall by the wayside when the incessant clicking starts. Botanicula, Legend of Grimrock, Mass Effect 3. Still trying to get a few Starcraft 2 games in every once in a while but I’ve gotten to the level where the erosion of my skill from not playing occurs faster than my improvement ramps it up, and I’ve given up on ever breaking into Grandmaster, so there’s not a lot of reason to play anymore.

  32. 07/05/2012 at 09:19 Njordsk says:

    Max payne 2 + counting seconds until diablo III

  33. 07/05/2012 at 09:20 Sami H says:

    Today I shall be playing Warhammer 40K, as I just reformatted my PC thus have no games installed. My ISP is going to hate me by the end of the day when Steam finishes its job :D

  34. 07/05/2012 at 09:20 cuc says:

    Finally getting to actually play the Touhou series of bullet hell games after constantly hearing about it since 2003. The game design is solid, the music is sublime, and the writing and underlying fiction is much sharper than the usual chaff Japanese media industry keeps churning out.

  35. 07/05/2012 at 09:21 x25killa says:

    The Sims 3, Mount & Blade: With Fire & Sword, ARMA 2, Skyrim and CS:GO

  36. 07/05/2012 at 09:23 Metonymy says:

    Playing SFxTekken, Sonic Gen, Skyrim, all terrible. Still have some GBA roms to try out. DS remains the inferior system. TF2 and Minecraft fill in the gaps.

    Watching Mad men, GoT, avengers cartoon, legend of galactic heroes, Accel World, the new Lupin.

    Reading on astronomy, discussing news with political radicals

    Working at worst job I’ve had in my entire life, have to find a new one soon or chimp out at an inconvenient moment

  37. 07/05/2012 at 09:25 phenom_x8 says:

    Replaying the first Dragon Age! Its still great though! Reaching Lothering now (what an epic battle before)
    And for RPS folks, where is the WiT for :

    1. Ridge racer unbounded
    2.Risen 2 dark water
    3.Sniper Elite V2

    Eurogamer gave no 2 and 3 6/10, still dont believe them though because the differences with half of the reader comments. If all of them flops, I will blame RPS for not told me earlier whether I have to buy it or not

    • 07/05/2012 at 09:56 RogerMellie says:

      Me too :)

      No idea why either. Going for an Arcane Warrior build for a change (always seem to do rogue DPS).

      Working too though so it’ll have to wait for now.

    • 07/05/2012 at 14:57 phenom_x8 says:

      Hooray, I recruit Sten (the caged qunari) in my second playthorugh after an hefty debate with those chantry leader (and a bit of rudeness, maybe I was to kind with her on my first playthrough). :cheers

  38. 07/05/2012 at 09:25 Robin says:

    Playing / Trying to play DayZ mod for Arma 2.

  39. 07/05/2012 at 09:26 Xari says:

    I’ve been mixing it up. Played some mandatory Tribes: Ascend and did particularly well this weekend, I started playing Bastion which I picked up during the sale this week (brilliant game). Started playing Bulletstorm as well which I picked up during a different sale, which has turned out to be surprisingly good. And to top it off, I revisited the excellent zombie survival mod No More Room In Hell, which is one of the few games that really nails down a good mix between satisfying gunplay and a lingering atmosphere of desperation. Especially love the way ammunition is handled in that mod.

  40. 07/05/2012 at 09:27 Azhrarn says:

    Nothing special really, just playing some Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion beta. :)
    Love me some Discord class battleships with the Advent.

  41. 07/05/2012 at 09:29 doktorfisch says:

    Tribes:Ascension all the way. After I got my VIP status the game suddenly became much more addictive.

    • 07/05/2012 at 11:21 BarneyL says:

      I’ve been playing a lot of this too lately, it’s good to find a multiplayer FPS I don’t suck at for a change, the different classes cater well to multiple playstyles.

  42. 07/05/2012 at 09:30 WarpRattler says:

    Mostly been playing PangYa (Korean golf MMO) and League of Legends (NA, I’m WarpRattler on there as well), or games like Kid Icarus: Uprising, Bayonetta, and Espgaluda II Black Label on not-PC. Fun times all around.

  43. 07/05/2012 at 09:30 Mr. Mister says:

    Still addicted to Nitronic Rush. I challange anyone to beat my score in Ruby without WASD-hacking.

  44. 07/05/2012 at 09:30 Discosauce says:

    I’m about half way through a second crawl through of the excellent Legend of Grimrock. I’m finding plenty of things I missed on my first go through, and am enjoying the (slightly) harder challenge of hard mode. Unfortunately I’ve found myself quick-saved into a corner of the Fighter’s Challenge room with my only backup save an hour back. Hopefully I can find some way to survive the countless little green bogeys surrounding me.

  45. 07/05/2012 at 09:30 Tom De Roeck says:

    Ive joined Perpetuum. Also ME3 was big before that, will be getting back to it.

    Gave up on Tribes though.

    • 07/05/2012 at 15:06 Skabooga says:

      I too gave up on Tribes: Ascend. It had me hooked for a couple of days, but before I knew it, the siren call of TF2 had lured me back again.

  46. 07/05/2012 at 09:30 Beanchilla says:

    Playing X-com! Gettin’ excited for the new Firaxis one and considering purchasing Xenonauts.

  47. 07/05/2012 at 09:31 michaelfeb16 says:

    I’ve just started my first real Skyrim playthrough. I’ve touched it a bit before to see what it was like, but I’ve held off for hardware, drivers, and mods. I’m happy that I did – the 30 mods I have installed have made the game significantly better than before. My 5970 running 6024×1200 is elaborately gorgeous. I just wish that crossfire didn’t have negative scaling – then I could probably press up to ugrids 11.

  48. 07/05/2012 at 09:32 Land says:

    German Truck Simulator. Yes. Waiting for Diablo III, and while browsing through my games this weekend I suddenly noticed GTS and decided to try it out again. Been trucking ever since. Euro Truck Simulator 2 is looking to be quite awesome also. These sort of sims are truly my guilty pleasure.

  49. 07/05/2012 at 09:33 PearlChoco says:

    I’m finally continuing my first playthrough of Kingdoms of Amalur.

    Just finished the awesome Widow quest in Castle Yolvan. Game is great so far!!!

    • 07/05/2012 at 15:59 fish99 says:

      I’m 32 hrs into Amalur and really enjoying it, and I guess I’m about 10 hrs beyond where you are up to. My build is faeblades/bow/magic and I’ve just reached the Fae city Ysa.

  50. 07/05/2012 at 09:33 TormDK says:

    Work work (We had last friday as a public holiday here in Denmark)

  51. 07/05/2012 at 09:36 eleclipse says:

    Just finished bit trip runner ( i had it since the HB), now i’m going tro try endless space.

  52. 07/05/2012 at 09:39 DrScuttles says:

    Feeling very tired and looking to waste time until I begrudgingly have to go to work at 6. Probably going to just play Dota 2 and Grimrock. Maybe attempt to make pastry; seems I’m even worse at cooking than I am Dota 2.

  53. 07/05/2012 at 09:39 Crimsoneer says:

    I’m not booting out of Linux because I’ve decided to study for exam on Wednesday. Still, I’ve got A Valley Without Wind running, and I’m trying to learn Python. Instead of econometrics, which I have an exam on in 2 days.

  54. 07/05/2012 at 09:41 nerdook says:

    Shameless plug time! I’ve been playing Nuclear Outrun. Trucks racing versus a nuclear missile. It has squids, sharks, and a T-Rex firing lasers, too. http://www.kongregate.com/games/nerdook/nuclear-outrun

  55. 07/05/2012 at 09:42 Lars Westergren says:

    Botanicula, Call of Cthulhu:Wasted Lands. I want to play through Witcher 2 for the first time now that it’s been patched. I also long to do Fallout:NV again with the unofficial hardcore-ification patch from Sawyer.

  56. 07/05/2012 at 09:43 El_MUERkO says:

    DayZ

    All day, raiding some northern towns for supplies with some friends.

  57. 07/05/2012 at 09:44 Snake Stapler says:

    Finally got back to World in Conflict campaign mode. Abandoned it last time halfway through, and what a shame that was. Graphics are still extremely impressive, airstrikes satisfying as ever and story engaging as hell. Just secured Seattle from being nuked , but the damn commies are organizing a counter-attack.

    On that topic can anyone recommend similar strategy games, I’ve already finished Ground Control 2 and Dawn of War 2, but itching for more.

    • 07/05/2012 at 10:05 Magitek says:

      Fallout Tactics is good fun for squad-level combat in realtime.
      Close Combat: The longest day. Every bit as good as Ground Control 2 if you ask me.
      Battlestations Pacific: Bit more graphical than the other two, good if you’re looking for some tactical sea battles. I hate the control scheme on it though.

      edit: If you’re willing to stretch things a bit, give Spellforce – Platinum Edition a shot (just the first one, the second felt too much like a normal RTS). I was skeptical on it to begin with but it basically is an early Dawn of War 2, and just as good.

      There’s probably a couple others but they’re evading me at the moment. It’s bit of a rare genre really.

  58. 07/05/2012 at 09:48 rei says:

    I’m playing the Discworld MUD, because my video card broke and the integrated thingy can’t handle anything much more demanding. This actually happened weeks ago, but I don’t have the funds to get a new one. Woe!

    Still, I’ve been getting more reading done as a result so it’s not all bad.

    • 07/05/2012 at 10:36 pertusaria says:

      I have fond memories of the years I spent on that. Hope it’s still fun.

      • 07/05/2012 at 19:07 rei says:

        Pretty fun! Although I haven’t really played “seriously” since my golden days of 1998-2001; I’m mostly just idling. It’s nice to have some constants among the normally pretty temporal online communities.

  59. 07/05/2012 at 09:49 Lemming says:

    Tribes: Ascend! First time I’ve enjoyed FPS multiplayer for longer than 10 minutes since the days of LAN Quake 2!

  60. 07/05/2012 at 09:49 Donkeyfumbler says:

    Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic. My taste for fantasy 4X has been reawakened by the demo for Warlock and the beta for Fallen Enchantress and I’m growing impatient but I doubt either of them will beat AOW when it comes down to it.

  61. 07/05/2012 at 09:49 doma says:

    Crusader Kings II and Space Rangers 2

    And some Heroes of might and Magic 4. With the Equilibrum Balance Mod of course.

    mm tasty.

  62. 07/05/2012 at 09:50 playthatfunkytuba says:

    Getting kicked from CS:GO servers for being useless. Anyone playing on any nice servers?

    • 07/05/2012 at 13:56 Lemming says:

      play Tribes instead. It’s free and the community is far nicer from what I’ve seen. Well, they don’t have the power to kick you for a start AFAIK.

  63. 07/05/2012 at 09:51 Vjaas says:

    Cast aside most of my actual gaming for a while, to indulge in creating a mod for Skyrim. Soaks up a LOT of time, even more than my normal time spent on playing games.
    I’m scratching that gaming itch ever so slightly with the infuriatingly fun twitch-platform-racer Dustforce after Steam put it up on sale. Reminds me a lot of Super Meatboy in many ways.

  64. 07/05/2012 at 09:54 Dominic White says:

    I’m rediscovering Falcom, one of the few prolific, digital distro-savvy Japanese PC game studios. You can find their remake of Ys 3: The Oath in Felghana on Steam now (and it’s well worth playing), but there’s also PC (and fan-translated) versions of Ys 1 & 2 (also remakes), Ys 6 and Ys Origin (which is coming to Steam soon, too).

    All good fun. Arcade hack n’ slash stuff. You could technically term them action-RPGs, but they’re more 90% action, 10% RPG.

  65. 07/05/2012 at 09:56 Bluerps says:

    I’ve been playing Endless Space, the 4X game Mr. Smith wrote about last Friday. Why? Because he said there is much “MOO” in this game, and I haven’t had some good MOO in a long time. Now I think he’s right, more or less – the game is a real MofO. Though the combat seems to be a little simplistic, but I can live with that.

  66. 07/05/2012 at 09:57 TACO BOY says:

    Installed enemy territory quake wars and found out that the servers are down and no eta whn thell come back…W:ET already have the servers up i hear so thats that,picked up XIII and thats alright and playing some perpetuum when i can.

  67. 07/05/2012 at 09:57 Blaaaaaaag says:

    Well, I just beat the dragon in Minecraft, so now I’m building a quaint little End Stone house accented/framed with brick, gotta put the second story and/or roof on it this morning. Then I’ll get a couple levels of Portal 2 done, been re-running that to re-familiarize myself with it before the level editor releases. After that I’ll probably play a match or two of Tribes Ascend, I’m still learning what everything does in that game, and I am finally getting good at aiming them transfusor disc mojiggers.

    I’ve been meaning to restart The Witcher 2 as well, and really bury myself in it for a few solid hours. Maybe after I’ve done all that, I’ll feel up to challenging myself with some Rayman Oranges. That game is so very fun, yet so very daunting. Speed running the didgeridoos makes me feel utterly retarded.

  68. 07/05/2012 at 09:59 Karnage says:

    Playing Towns at present, only discovered the game recently but already having great fun with it :D

  69. 07/05/2012 at 10:00 Triangulon says:

    I’m being sad because there’s no beta for Guild Wars 2 this weekend :(

    • 07/05/2012 at 10:13 Mungrul says:

      This. GW2 swept in and rewrote the MMO rulebook for me. The dealer came to the playground with grade-A crack, then ran off cackling, leaving me pining for more.
      So my gaming week has been one of floundering between different games, trying to find SOMETHING to fill the hole left by GW2.

      Botanicula is fun in short bursts, and I remembered this morning that the film Kooky came as part of the bundle I got it in, so I just watched that. It was lovely :)

      I’ve started another run through DE:HR, but as I know what’s coming, it’s hard to stay motivated. Still cracking fun mind you.

      In desperation, I logged back in to DCUO, but that’s just a tragedy how it started out so promising but then devolved into yet another Holy Trinity MMO. Plus it still has a dearth of content.

      One MMO that doesn’t have a dearth of content is Age of Conan, so I’ve also tried some of that. And yes, it’s pretty fun. But it’s still not GW2. I have to group up with someone before I can help them. Rewards for dungeons and raids are stingey, and you might not get anything having just spent the better part of an hour playing. Play outside of dungeons consists of repeating the same daily content, with lower level content being unrewarding and stupidly easy, meaning at least 80% of the gameworld is completely pointless to players at top level.

      Dear gods, GW2 has ruined EVERYTHING for me :(

      • 07/05/2012 at 10:23 Dominic White says:

        Can’t say I was THAT enthralled by that first beta weekend, but that’s more due to the fact that the game was ridiculously CPU-bound and became borderline unplayable when around more than a few players.

        My PC can handle Battlefield 3 quite nicely, so the problem definitely isn’t on my end.

        They’re working on fixing that, though, so I can’t wait for the next version. The whole design of the game is pretty exciting. This heavily accented fellow provides a good example of all the events that spin off from a small farmstead at various times, which probably makes up just a couple of percent of a single zone: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CyqGJHTjes

  70. 07/05/2012 at 10:04 Laneford says:

    Plotting and scheming.

  71. 07/05/2012 at 10:04 atalaxia says:

    Broke a part of my palm on friday (the right one) so looking for a nice slow paced (turn based )strategy game, maybe going to replay disciples 2. Any suggestions?

  72. 07/05/2012 at 10:04 Odulin says:

    I’m 10 hours after in Risen 2 and I quite enjoy it (Gothic fan). I’ve started Prototype 2 on my Xbox 2 days ago and it looks like fun too. And before going to bed I’m trying to achieve new highscore on Pinball FX 2 tables. Patiently waiting for Diablo 3.

    • 07/05/2012 at 12:55 Plivesey says:

      I’ve actually started replaying Gothic 2 for the 5th or so time, in my wait for Diablo 3. I’ve yet to find a single RPG that betters Gothic 2: NotR, if anybody has any I’m willing to hear them.

  73. 07/05/2012 at 10:05 Vesperan says:

    Settlers 7: Gold Edition. Pretty good, first settlers game I’ve played since the original.. damn near 20 years ago.

    A bit of Starcraft 2 or Avadon as well.

  74. 07/05/2012 at 10:13 brulleks says:

    I’ve just been playing Transformers War for Cybertron, as it was stupidly cheap on Steam, and it’s a very pleasant diversion. Close in tone and design to the original UK comics, thankfully, with some lovely spacious environments (albeit occasionally too dark, or detailed to the point of obfuscation), some satisfying combat and good humour.

    But now it’s time for breakfast, then a bit of work and after that, snooker and Jack Daniels until the close of the day.

  75. 07/05/2012 at 10:14 Pyrosity says:

    A smattering of Mechwarrior 4 mercs alongside a heaping helping of world of tanks, a dollop of skyrim and topped off with a little bit of guild wars.

    I was going to get into a new playthrough of ground control 2, but my last semester at college is starting up soon. I should actually probably cut back a bit.

  76. 07/05/2012 at 10:14 brulleks says:

    I’m currently raging after a lengthy comment I made about what I am doing this bank holiday failed to appear when submitted.

  77. 07/05/2012 at 10:16 I_have_no_nose_but_I_must_sneeze says:

    Making my way through the second Witcher. Currently wondering whether I can remove an ill-advised tattoo that I got after a drunken night of debauchery with the boys and girls of the Blue Stripes. And in the game.

  78. 07/05/2012 at 10:19 Vandelay says:

    I’ll be popping down the shops to have a look at some TVs that I’ll be using as a second monitor (for watching DVDs/Iplayer and playing game pad games.)

    Actual games, I’ll probably carry on with some RAGE, which is surprisingly enjoyable. I also might continue with trying to figure what on earth is going on in The Void.

  79. 07/05/2012 at 10:19 mr.lutze says:

    Just finished Risen 2. I will probably replay it using voodoo since guns are ridiculously overpowered. But before that I’m checking out Path of Exile beta. Or maybe I will finally start playing Avadon.

  80. 07/05/2012 at 10:24 adonf says:

    Did I just see a mobile version of the site ? That’s a great idea (I think 99% of my mobile bandwidth quota goes to RPS background ads) but please make it not crap. Currently the FAQ is on top and the actual article starts way down the page.

    Oh it’s gone already, must have been a test. Anyways, great idea if done right (unlike most mobile versions)

  81. 07/05/2012 at 10:26 Was Neurotic says:

    Sim City 4 (to while away the time until SC 5 ofc), and The Settlers Online, which is brilliant.

  82. 07/05/2012 at 10:30 ColdSpiral says:

    After a year or so of steady persuasion I finally managed to convince the other half to LAN Borderlands with me. Now she’s hooked and I barely get time for anything else. We’ve just passed Old Haven and are about to jump into Jakobs’ Cove for some zombie-mashing mayhem.

    Earlier, though, I was meddling with the demo for the ambitious SkyJacker and while I’m uncertain about their alternate controls and have no idea what I’m doing, I’ve got to say their modular destruction is an excellent idea.

  83. 07/05/2012 at 10:32 absolofdoom says:

    Killing Floor, shit tons of Killing Floor.
    Also Dustforce, that game is the best platformer I’ve ever played.
    …and I’m also replaying Cave Story again. Decided to play Cave Story+ because I heard about a hard mode. It’s kicking my ass but I love it.

    Anybody playing suicidal/hoe in kf, feel free to add me. I’m on nearly every day, and I got a mic.
    http://steamcommunity.com/id/absolofdoom

  84. 07/05/2012 at 10:32 pilouuuu says:

    I finished Mass Effect 3 and basically stopped playing. I feel a little burnt-out and sad by the state of the gaming industry. But I’m pretty sure that feeling will go away as soon as some interesting game shows up. I’m looking forward to Max Payne 3.

  85. 07/05/2012 at 10:42 SketchyGalore says:

    Well, here in the USA I’m up at an ungodly hour, preparing for a trip to the west coast in an attempt to keep myself busy in the days leading up to Diablo III… Oh and seeing family! Family… that’s what counts… yes…

  86. 07/05/2012 at 10:43 psychoconductor says:

    Whittling away my backlog and recently cleared out Bulletstorm and Hard Reset. I am wondering what to do next until Diablo III gets here, but I think I’ll chip away at the Transformes: War on Cybertron for now. If anyone would like to play with me coop my steam name is the same as the one here.

  87. 07/05/2012 at 10:46 Shadowcat says:

    I’m playing “Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space” again. It’s a while since I’ve gotten sucked into this, but the recent Indie Royale Bundle publicity inspired me to dive back in again (and to buy a cheap back-up copy in case I ever lose my CD), and it’s as addictive as ever!

  88. 07/05/2012 at 10:49 Zandhork says:

    Tribes Ascend mostly, although a friend recommended Super Monday Night Combat as well. Played a good bit of Age of Wonders Shadow Magic last weak, might look into finished that.

  89. 07/05/2012 at 10:49 quercus says:

    Mostly Battlefield 3 – fantastic game. I have recently completed Mass Effect 2 (yes, yes, I know) and am also playing Deus Ex HR. Every so often I have a blast of Company of Heroes with friends and have occasionally dipped into Dirt 3.

  90. 07/05/2012 at 10:49 pertusaria says:

    Dungeons of Dredmor – I just bought it, and I think I’m in love. Probably becoming over-reliant on Viking magic, will have to try a build without it after my current character dies.

    Still playing the Driftmoon alpha off and on, got beaten back by the skellingtons in the tomb last weekend so unless there’s been some unannounced combat balancing, I’ve stopped being good at it.

    Boyfriend has played FM 2012 nonstop since I got it for him, and it’s fun to participate vicariously in that world. I haven’t really booted my copy up much, too many distractions what with Grimrock and Botanicula out last month. I’ll get back to Grimrock soon – when they patched a week in, I thought there might be a lot of updates and patches coming along and I’d be better off waiting until I could download all of them, but it looks like I was being overly cautious.

    And… it’s sunny here now, so I’ll get going and maybe get out to a classic car show in Kildare. :-)

  91. 07/05/2012 at 10:52 Corrupt_Tiki says:

    I am down under
    And because we are such a hard working bunch, no bank holiday for us :(

    I just bought L.A Noir, as I was told it was quite good, and a bit different, Witcher 2 (for 24$ :D) and of course pre ordered Diablo 3 C.E
    I was going to buy Sniper Elite V2, but, I don’t think I’ll have much time for anything other than Diablo 3 in the coming months..

  92. 07/05/2012 at 10:52 James G says:

    Was at a stag do this weekend, and am now nursing aching muscles and a grazed arm. So mainly playing real world games like crazy golf, dodgeball and Laser Tag. The latter being the one which quite clearly inherited from games of the electronic variety, so much so that the individual arenas were actually termed ‘maps.’ ‘Game modes’ were team-deathmatch, ctf and VIP, with an attempt at a tower defense mode which only really took the name and the towers.

  93. 07/05/2012 at 10:52 Siythe says:

    After a busy weekend I’ve just started playing the brand new game ‘Get the Steam version of Port Royale 3 to work.’ Its a cunning little puzzler filled with tricks traps and false hope to lure in the unwary.

    I just beat the level where you have to replace the dodgy .exe you they give you with one that actually works (thank you dropbox donor) and now I’m working through the part where you need to stop the game crashing when you enter a new town.

    Oh the fun I am having.

  94. 07/05/2012 at 10:52 Haphaz77 says:

    Playing non-competitive games of Civ V and building small civs on dual continent maps. Might retry the Polynesia scenario…

  95. 07/05/2012 at 10:52 Mechorpheus says:

    Last few hours of Insomnia42 LAN here in Telford, so I’ll be playing yet more SC2, inspite of spending the majority of the saturday getting my arse handed to me by Master level players. Also, Driving.

  96. 07/05/2012 at 10:54 Delicious Narwhal says:

    I played this.
    It’s a simple little exploration platformer made by Kyle Pittman from Gearbox Software. Tight controls, gorgeous visual style and also rather fun. Give it a go.

  97. 07/05/2012 at 10:55 LaughingLemon says:

    Trying to bumble my way through Naval Warfare. Not bad, but the latency is terrible on my “old” laptop.

  98. 07/05/2012 at 11:04 Snoken says:

    For some reason I started playing minecraft again, the survival mode is kind of fun. Also I play a couple games of wargame european escalation (and I still suck at it). Only 8 more days till Diablo, I hope it is better than what I played on the stresstest weekend…

  99. 07/05/2012 at 11:04 virtualmatrix258 says:

    Working and repairing my girlfriends computer…it got “injured” in a lightning storm we had here in Florida. Other than that, looking for something to play until Diablo III. I finished Sniper Elite V2 and Street Cleaning Simulator :P Thinking about playing some Skyrim again.

  100. 07/05/2012 at 11:06 Scroll says:

    Starfarer latest version with mods.

    And uh.. Revising for exams that are happening the same week as Diablo 3 and Max Payne 3.

  101. 07/05/2012 at 11:07 caddyB says:

    As usual, I need to study for the finals, but instead I’m playing Dwarf Fortress. DAMN YOU URIST

  102. 07/05/2012 at 11:09 Suits says:

    Multiplayer all goes to Tribes Ascend
    for the singleplayer I just finished Okami, so I’m back to working through my Steam backlog probably TW:shogun 2 first

  103. 07/05/2012 at 11:15 Komedy says:

    so as soon as the hoovering is done and the bathroom cleaned I’ll knock out a few levels of Torchlight, hurry up with TL2 already

  104. 07/05/2012 at 11:16 sk2k says:

    Thief 2 + A LOT of fan missions. I also bought Arkham City and Morrowind is waiting for another playtrough.

  105. 07/05/2012 at 11:19 pakoito says:

    I am working today :(

  106. 07/05/2012 at 11:20 frenz0rz says:

    I’ve spent the weekend playing Warcraft 3 custom maps with a few friends, its been quite an experience. I’ve also been playing Arkham City (which I’ve been having some serious performance issues with), Blood Bowl, and Tribes: Ascend.

  107. 07/05/2012 at 11:22 Vorphalack says:

    In approximate order of time sink; Tribes Ascend, Thief Gold, Icewind Dale, Baldurs Gate1.

  108. 07/05/2012 at 11:25 trjp says:

    Taking the dogs out before the rain comes…

    Then I shall return to Master of Magic because I’m tired of people going on about it and I’ve never played it (before 2 days ago) – and I’m still a bit mystified by the love…

    Then back to Toy Soldiers…

  109. 07/05/2012 at 11:32 Jimbo says:

    Endless Space. It’s pretty good already, but I think the combat aspect could be (and needs to be) much better than it is.

    • 07/05/2012 at 22:14 Jimbo says:

      Well, I was stomping the last AI into the ground but then it apparently won the game because it collected 300k gold and had an ‘unassailable position’. Maybe 300k is the price of a space miracle, because that’s what it needed. A ‘carry on anyway’ option would have been nice.

  110. 07/05/2012 at 11:34 TheMrSolaris says:

    Playing EVE at the moment, with a bit of Tribes Ascend, Dota 2 and Endless Space in between.

  111. 07/05/2012 at 11:35 SickBrick says:

    I’m making a horror game codenamed Cliffs of Shit in which you only see your enemies through your digital camera. There will also be nazis. You heard it here first. Cheers!

  112. 07/05/2012 at 11:43 tumbleworld says:

    I’ve been getting to grips with Dwarf Fortress. Yes, it’s a complicated bastard; the Captn Duck YouTube video tutorials were pretty much essential to helping me learn. Yes, even with graphical tilesets, the graphics are vestigial at best. Yes, the UI is insane, and possibly inimical to life.

    But in terms of depth, complexity and emergence, I’ve never seen anything like it. It makes Nethack look a bit shallow. The damn thing is infesting my dreams. And did I mention it’s free?

    If you’re wondering what the appeal is, I recommend the infamous Let’s Play of the Fortress of Boatmurdered.

  113. 07/05/2012 at 11:45 dogsolitude_uk says:

    I’m just drinking coffee and surfing the internet at the moment… Skyrim and the Construction Kit is my thing at the moment (though I bought Morrowind on Steam the other day)

    Later on I’ll be:
    – Put some washing on so I have clean stuff for work
    – Play some Skyrim
    – Find out why that little Skyrim mod I’m working on causes a crash
    – Find a way to manage my characters in Skyrim: was going to write a small Windows form in C# that moves/renames some files, but not sure of best approach yet
    – Work on that synth I’m building in Reaktor
    – Watch a bit more stuff on Lynda.com
    – Phone my mother
    – Cooking dinner and watching Stargate DVD with g/f

  114. 07/05/2012 at 11:45 Fergus says:

    Trying to get Starlancer to work, mainly failing though. Curse you virtual drives!

  115. 07/05/2012 at 11:50 skyturnedred says:

    Binary Domain. I was in the mood for a third person shooter, and it’s been good fun so far. The beginning was a bit tedious, and the story is all over the place, but the shooting is very good, even though the mouse support is a bit lacking. It feels more natural to pump a full clip from your assault rifle into a robot, compared to other games with human enemies. Also, it’s fun to shoot a leg off and watch them crawl, or pop their heads off and watch them turn against each other. I play on the hardest difficulty, and even then the game seems a bit too easy, but it’s good solid fun for what it is.

    While I’m not playing that, I play League of Legends. Just bought Ziggs, explodey-fun!

    Also, trying to get into AssCreed again, just started Brotherhood but it’s a bit…the same. But, gotta play it so I’m ready for AssCreed 3!

  116. 07/05/2012 at 11:50 Manac0r says:

    Working through a cycle of Arma2 Day Z mod, then intergalactic hi-jinx in Endless Space.

    • 07/05/2012 at 12:37 Syra says:

      Oh I missed this comment, yet I love the look of DayZ so very much, but I just can’t bring myself to buy arma in any incarnation.

  117. 07/05/2012 at 11:54 SimonJames1975 says:

    I’ll be spending most of my day playing Kerbal Space Program. New build 0.15 is due out any day, hopefully today. I’m currently in orbit around the Mun and mapping it’s surface with a fantastic mod that can produce a topographical maps.

    RPS should revisit KSP imo, check out some of the mods and plug-ins made by the community too. KSP is coming along in leaps and bounds.

    If you’ve not tried out Kerbal Space Program then you really should download the demo and give it a go.

    • 07/05/2012 at 13:02 The Tupper says:

      I played KSP quite a lot last summer and enjoyed it a lot. Never managed a stable orbit though.

      I’ll have a look sometime myself to see what’s changed. Too broke to buy it at the moment, unfortunately.

  118. 07/05/2012 at 11:56 benjamin says:

    Well, it’s revision time right now but that has yet to stop me playing Tribes Ascend, technician on cft is always fun! It replaced my Skyrim playing and at this rate i’ll not need to buy another game for years…to my shame i spent money on Tribes as well, it hooked me in good and proper!

    • 07/05/2012 at 14:17 Vorphalack says:

      There is no shame in spending money on Tribes, you are supposed to do that or the FTP model doesn’t work. I’d be ashamed of spending too much money on Tribes, but spending what you think the game is worth is absolutely fine.

  119. 07/05/2012 at 11:59 nasKo says:

    Played Project Zomboid. It’s been a long time that a game has hooked me like this. Last game was San Andreas, I think.

    Awesome Zombie Survival RPG.

  120. 07/05/2012 at 12:01 RockandGrohl says:

    Just got ‘Running With Rifles’ nd i fink dat it iz gr8

  121. 07/05/2012 at 12:02 marcusfell says:

    Starcraft 2. Not the ladder, mind you, but the customs. You buy the full game and then get like 20 more (good) online games. There are even third-person shooters!

  122. 07/05/2012 at 12:03 theloz says:

    I’m currently demolishing The Witcher (first one). 47 hours and counting. Not sure why I didn’t get into this game the first time round, it’s breathtaking.

  123. 07/05/2012 at 12:05 Skystrider says:

    Currently at work (lunch-hour), wishing I was home so I could check out the reportedly awesome demo prototype of Skyjacker. Also, waiting and hoping for RPS to post about that game.

    http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/digitilus/skyjacker

  124. 07/05/2012 at 12:09 jezcentral says:

    Due to my first-born son just having come into the world, I can’t play with headphones, as I have to listen out for his crying. I’m only playing games that don’t rely on sound which means I’ve been playing the SWTOR space missions, Frozen Synapse and Zombie Driver.

    SWTOR-proper and Mass Effect 3 are having to wait. :(

  125. 07/05/2012 at 12:09 Boult Upright says:

    It’s a Holiday on Queensland as well, but it aint rainy! Finally picked up Rage and played a couple of hours. I also have to confess to spending a bit of time on Nation Red over the weekend. It’s quite decent on co-op.

  126. 07/05/2012 at 12:12 Neil says:

    Just up from the night shift probably going to replay The Walking Dead ep 1 and be a bad motherfucker. Dammit! I just can’t do it, I’m just too nice!

  127. 07/05/2012 at 12:13 Bob_Bobson says:

    Arranged my first game of Artemis for this afternoon, looking forwards to it. Between now and then some Europa Universalis 3.

    But first trying out the Freelancer M&B mod linked to via the Sunday Papers yesterday.

  128. 07/05/2012 at 12:26 ImAUnicorn says:

    Dota 2 all day, every day.

  129. 07/05/2012 at 12:36 Gazanator101 says:

    Awesomenauts. Lots and lots of Awesomenauts. Not a PC title I know, but it’ll come to PC eventually. Nonetheless, you get it for free if you’re a PlayStation Plus member, or just buy the game and support Ronimo, they’re awesome, and so is Awesomenauts. I suck at League of Legends, but on this, I rule supreme.

  130. 07/05/2012 at 12:36 Syra says:

    Watching videos of the DayZ mod for arma2 on youtube, filled with lust.

    I want it, but damned if I’ll buy arma2 and arma2:co just for a mod. Or indeed at all, such that it is.

    • 07/05/2012 at 19:04 VelvetFistIronGlove says:

      Just do it! I’d never played Arma before, but bought it for DayZ on Friday, and have easily got my money’s worth.

  131. 07/05/2012 at 12:39 Avish says:

    Finished Crysis 2 a couple of days ago and started Legend of Grimrock, but didn’t have much time to play it though.
    Also playing Avadon on my android tablet and enjoying it quite a bit (It’s been a while since I played a slow game with turn based fights).

    My 3.5 YO daughter is starting to get interested in the games I play, so I’m thinking of playing Butanicula with her.

  132. 07/05/2012 at 12:47 Text_Fish says:

    Dark Forces II: Jedi Knight.

    I was inspired to revisit it because of the shit level design in most modern shooters. Things like player physics and graphics may be a bit clunky compared to more recent offerings, but the quality of the level design more than makes up for it.

  133. 07/05/2012 at 12:48 The Tupper says:

    Company of Heroes. I played it back in the day, but got scared by the nazzys on a hard bit and didn’t go back until recently. I’m now gripped by it. One of the best things I’ve ever played.

  135. 07/05/2012 at 13:02 Freud says:

    Waiting for Godloot.

    Finishing Arkham City and trying to decide if I’m going to play through D2+LoD from scratch or play Renegade Ops during the last week.

  136. 07/05/2012 at 13:08 ain says:

    SSF4:AE, because except for other Street Fighter games no other game comes close.

    Civ5 PBEM, because its the best way to experience the game.

    TF2, because I finally found a mod that disables hats client side.

    Dawn of War:pro, because I love that game/mod.

    Path of Exile, because I like to pretend its Diablo 3. It’s really neat regardless.

  137. 07/05/2012 at 13:14 theleif says:

    In an attempt to justify my purchase of a Logitech G940 flight system, I bought DCS A-10C Warthog. After a couple of hours, I’m starting to learn how to map the G940. Next step will be to learn how to turn the engines on. Not sure if I will come that far.
    Been enjoying my time with Endless Space. Developers of 4X games should look to them on how to make a good interface (yes you, Kerberos). That made me want to try out SotS 2 again, and while it’s gotten much better, I still think it has some fundamental flaws. Many of the features sounds awesome on paper, but are just not very fun, or doesn’t make sense in the game. I wonder if they did as Archen and skipped prototyping altogether. And the interface, while a little better than last time is still very very bad. Why is the end turn button not in the bottom right, where every other turn based game puts it?
    Oh, oh, Towns! Mighty fun. Try demo and buy now.

  138. 07/05/2012 at 13:15 piphil says:

    Still buried in Skyrim. Just installed a shiny new SSD so I’m now exploring the world without constant loading jitters. :-D

  139. 07/05/2012 at 13:21 Loopy says:

    I’ve been replaying the original Crysis, and it’s still damn good. For a five year old game it still looks pretty damn awesome as well. :)

  140. 07/05/2012 at 13:28 GBoyzJay says:

    Probably gonna be a bit of UFO: Aftermath for my LP of the trilogy, bit of MacGuffin’s adventure to help the dude who made it bug test, (there were a pair of doozies), Disciples 2 so I can GET THE HANG OF THE BUGGER, bit of Tribes Ascend with some friends, maybe finish Dawn of War 2 with one of them. Then just random chilling before bed.

    It’s going to be a game filled day.

  141. 07/05/2012 at 13:29 PodX140 says:

    On the gaming front, Dota 2 for faarrrr too long (Any glass cannon hero, and not a support, and I’m happy. So mostly agi’s and a couple of int’s. Clinkz by far my favorite hero, I’ve won games with him that I wish to god I could set to view every time I launch the game.)

    On the non-gaming front, Shawn Farquhar, brilliant magician, been watching all of his shows on youtube and loving it. A note of warning: If you dig too deep into him, you discover he can be a bit of an arrogant guy, but in his position I can see why.

  142. 07/05/2012 at 13:42 noodlecake says:

    I am playing Final Fantasy XII on a PS2 emulator. It’s a game I bought years ago but my PS2 packed in shortly after and I didn’t really get a chance to get very far on it. The visuals are so much more inspired and beautiful than the majority of western PC RPGs even if the combat feels a little dull. The way you level characters up is actually pretty flexible and allows for quite a bit of customization. I’m enjoying it rather a lot.

    Also it looks fairly nice on my gaming rig. I can play it on a much higher resolution with anti aliasing. Very satisfying. :)

    • 07/05/2012 at 14:00 Crazyfoolgaf says:

      XII is a bit undervalued I think, glad to see its still getting some love :) The game world is actually damn big, especially compared to XIIIs ultra linear affair, and there’s a load of fun sidequests to do, and thats before you even get on to hunting monsters for a bounty or doing quests for the guild. The hidden boss battles are crazy though. Good choice sir.

    • 07/05/2012 at 15:56 Bluerps says:

      I have spent an absurd amount of time with this game. Something about it made me go completionist on it, which is an insane thing to do. When I finally had enough, all my characters had fully unlocked license grids and I had beaten both optional bosses (the 50 million HP dragon, and the Uber-Robot in the crystal labyrinth). The only thing I didn’t do was to complete the bestiary, and get all those bonus-pages with lore.

    • 08/05/2012 at 00:00 lociash says:

      I do hope it’s the Final Fantasy XII International Zodiac Job System version.

  143. 07/05/2012 at 13:53 freakoftheuniverse says:

    Modding Fallout New Vegas and playing the game known as “Pleasedon’tcrashpleasedon’tcrashpleasedon’tcrash”.

    • 07/05/2012 at 15:38 fish99 says:

      Do you mean crashing because of mods, or just the game crashing, because there’s a nice quad core fix for Fallout 3/New Vegas which reduced crashing with those games by 95% for me.

      • 08/05/2012 at 08:37 freakoftheuniverse says:

        I mean crashing due to mod clashes. The main problem I was having came from an outdated version of the base Weapon Mods Extended mod not playing nice with some of the others (but updating the mod files fixed it through Black Magics). That said, I do go “oh noes oh noes oh noes” when the game suddenly pauses for a bit (although that only seems to happen in the first few cells I visit when I’ve added a new mod, then it’s smooth sailing).
        I’ll keep an eye out for the Quad Core fix, and I’ll cram it in there if I get any other issues – Cheers for the heads up @fish99!

  144. 07/05/2012 at 13:55 Crazyfoolgaf says:

    Jumping between Skyrim and Tribes: Ascend right at the moment. Got the Raid and Pillage pack the other day, so I can finally see how life is on the Raider side of things, having had nothing but pure hatred for the class up to now since I primarily play Tech.

    Its fun! And I was, as it turns out, correct in my original assertion that the classes main role besides base destruction is just to go around and make every other enemy player’s life as miserable as possibly. Then I wrote song about it. :P

  145. 07/05/2012 at 14:26 wodin says:

    After reading some good praise on a forum I’m playing Sniper Elite V2. It’s just allround great fun and very satisfying single player game.

    Play on the hardest difficulty and the Ai is less brain dead also play realistic shooting mechanics. Honestly we don’t get many FPS games designed for the single player and though I hear it’s short I’m quite happy to replay missions as it’s so satisfying, also trying to get some great shots…or you can just go for testicle destruction all through a mission, sort of a challenge etc.

  146. 07/05/2012 at 14:27 Silva Shadow says:

    Why has no one on RPS mentioned the Arma 2 mod, DayZ? Zombie survival game, the 3d version of Project Zomboid pretty much.

    I’ve twittered the RPS crew asking them to check it out, but no news whatsoever.

    Check out the survival guide. Currently the mod is experiencing a boost in popularity so the servers have been getting hammered.

    http://www.knowngriefers.com/2012/05/dayz-survival-guide.html

    This is something you PC gamers would love to play. Also check out the vids on youtube.

    • 07/05/2012 at 17:33 El_Emmental says:

      I think RPS mentioned it somewhere, because I rather recently discovered it.

      Couldn’t find the time to play it though, even if it seems extraordinary awesome: you need to find teammates to play with (otherwise it’s pointless and much more difficult), and you need to dedicate at least a week of gaming (or 3 holidays days worth of gaming) to begin playing it correctly.

      I currently don’t have the time for that (finding a squad and getting into the game), in a month I’ll have plenty of time for that though.

  147. 07/05/2012 at 14:29 stripesonfire says:

    been playing batman: arkham asylum since i bought it on steam for $7, like it so far definitely makes you feel like a badass…only problem is that its kinda too easy.

  148. 07/05/2012 at 14:32 Shooop says:

    Playing Sniper Elite V2 and writing a review of it.

    • 07/05/2012 at 20:07 wodin says:

      Fun, Satisfying,Short,Fun lots of. A great stress reliever, though you have to play on the highest difficulty otherwise the AI is dumb constantly, up it to the highest it’s only dumb in close quarters.

      • 08/05/2012 at 01:13 Shooop says:

        It’s a tad longer than most the shooters we’ve had the past few years, but suffers mostly from some horrible level design that forces you into CQB.

        Like the first game, a mixed bag. But a unique mixed bag that people should at least give a test drive. An awful lot better than how Sniper Ghost Warrior will turn out, that much is certain.

  149. 07/05/2012 at 14:35 Reefpirate says:

    Been playing some Stellar Impact and the Elemental: Fallen Enchantress beta… Both are quite good.

  150. 07/05/2012 at 14:38 mmalove says:

    Aardwolf. Because I’m having more fun in a text based MUD than I was in MMOTOR.
    Also some league of legends, a tad bit of dungeon defenders, black market.

    Salivating for diablo 3, though at 20 bucks I may buy torchlight 2, too.

  151. 07/05/2012 at 14:42 Craig Stern says:

    I finally started playing Starcraft 2. The UI is weirdly organized and the single player campaign is underwhelming me so far, but the multiplayer skirmishes I’ve played so far have been fun.

    I attempted to play the Warlock demo, but it just has a fatal error every time I try running it.

    I also made a second attempt at Fortune Summoners, but bounced off it like a cannonball off a 20-foot thick rubber wall.

  152. 07/05/2012 at 14:47 Chalkster says:

    I have resumed playing tf2 after nearly a year’s hiatus from the game. Enjoying it quite a bit but having trouble finding all the new items. Or any of them. At all.

  153. 07/05/2012 at 15:04 LionsPhil says:

    In theory, I’m trying to crack on with quests in New Vegas.

    In reality, I’m trying to work out why my backups are misbehaving. Sigh.

  154. 07/05/2012 at 15:28 FuzzieBoy says:

    I’ve actually been testing out that Orion Dino Beatdown (brought it before I saw all the stuff about the dev etc.) and while it is broken, I am actually finding it to be sorta fun (but it doesn’t look like it has anything on Primal Carnage, which looks amazing IMO), I made sure I got up close to the T-Rex model, to see if it was anything like what I’d seen in Primal Carnage trailers. So far, it actually looks original, the one shown in the animated gif seems to have been removed because it was a draw-over. I hope this stuff about the devs isn’t true, as the game could be really fun if they fixed it (supposed patch coming today, no idea when though) I also didn’t hear any CS death sounds, but I don’t play much CS, so I probably just didn’t notice it.

  155. 07/05/2012 at 15:32 fish99 says:

    Working on the game I’m writing right now, while half watching the snooker (come on Ronnie!), but what I’m currently playing is Kingdoms of Amalur, which I’m actually really enjoying. Playing it in stereo 3D. Doesn’t seem to deserve the stick it got IMO. Fun combat, nice Irish mythology thing going on, looks nice enough, good music etc.

  156. 07/05/2012 at 15:37 Severian says:

    About 3 hours into Bulletstorm and finding it terribly entertaining. Don’t kill my buzz.

    Trying to finish the tutorial of Shogun 2 and not go insane. Apparently, I am now too old, lazy and stupid to understand any strategy game of this complexity.

    Also playing this awesome game called carpal tunnel. Anyone got any hints or walkthroughs on how to get through it?

    • 07/05/2012 at 17:00 Max.I.Candy says:

      well the NHS website suggests:

      Moving your hand or shaking your wrist can often help to relieve the symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). When sleeping, the symptoms can sometimes be improved by hanging the affected arm over the side of the bed

      .
      Which might be true, sometimes i wake up and i’m holding my arm in the air, either that or ive wrapped it around my head.

  157. 07/05/2012 at 16:02 Meinhard says:

    I am currently playing Guild Wars, working through the Prophecies campaign.

  158. 07/05/2012 at 16:07 Daniel Klein says:

    A friend has dragged me back, screaming and kicking, into TF2. Otherwise, as much LoL as I can find time for, although mostly now I’m watching other people play. Damn you, drop-in spectate!

  159. 07/05/2012 at 16:11 nquinn91 says:

    Floris mod of Mount and Blade: Warband. This game has infinite playtime, I swear it will own my summer.

    • 08/05/2012 at 00:45 Gasmask Hero says:

      The game has infinite playtime, broken up into 20 minute chunks between crashes. Still, constantly saving before you talk to a companion is a small price to pay for the feeling of one shotting an archer with an axe at full gallop.

      I’ve been playing Floris today as well. Nice mod, but oh my, those unit trees….

  160. 07/05/2012 at 16:14 Jim9137 says:

    triblz erryday

  161. 07/05/2012 at 16:17 Inverselaw says:

    Well im suppose to be working.

    So since my free time is dominated by TW:NW and napoleonic wars for M&B Ive been reading up on the napoleonic wars

  162. 07/05/2012 at 16:31 MountAndGames says:

    starting dark forces, as part of a self improvement project to learn about where my favirate games come from. Ive not played much from before 2003, and need to experience the likes of both half life games, both baldurs gate games (as a massive kotor/dragon age/mass effect fan i really have to play those) and the original deus ex. over the next few months ill hopefully play every really big game from 1995-2000. I said it was self improvement, but honestly itll just turn me into a reclusive super nerd. ah well its too fascinating to not be done, and most of these games can be easily and guilt-free got for little to no cash (:

  163. 07/05/2012 at 16:39 kud13 says:

    I was finally able to sink my teeth into the Witcher 2 last week (after owning it since release day, and building a new rig over the holidays for it–curse, you, university). \

    Finished a Roche playthrough, doing my first Iorveth run. I’m in Act I still, and trying to figure out the most efficient build for my inevitable “canon” run, once TW3 rolls around. Turned down the resolution a bit, to get a HUGE framerate boost (from 12-15 to 20-25), and after finishing the game once (with turning tough fights to “easy”), I feel I’ve gotten the hang of combat. The framerate boost also means I can actually use dodging to get behind enemies for those sweet, sweet, flank and rear attacks. On my first attempts to play, that 5-man fight in the end of the Prologue took me over 50 tries, and much gnashing of teeth. on my second full playthrough, I got through it after reloading once.

    Still running into occasional clipping bugs, and i’m still mightily annoyed by the “you have to put 6 skill points into a “general” tree before unlocking the combat tree, which lets you remove the crazy handicaps”-thing, but overall, this combat is now as fun as I always knew it ought to have been. (and it’s more similar than ever to Legacy of Kain: Defiance. which is a good thing.)

    Oh, and the game if freaking gorgeous. In Act I, and I just discovered last night that I can, actually get on the other side of the river, and there’s a whole swamp area there to discover.

  164. 07/05/2012 at 16:39 Joshua Northey says:

    Jagged Alliance Back in Action, Endless Space Alpha, Distant Worlds: Legends

  165. 07/05/2012 at 16:48 Max.I.Candy says:

    got some SEGA games from Steam the other day so i’m playing Golden Axe, also playing Dungeon Seige III right now which i’m actually quite enjoying, trying to finish Ridge Racer Unbounded, and about two more ranks till Colonel in BF3 so might play that tonite…….too many games to little time.

  166. 07/05/2012 at 16:54 WickedBaggins says:

    I was so overwhelmed by my backlog that I just read a book.

  167. 07/05/2012 at 16:57 Raziel_Alex says:

    Some Warlock for a review – very boring Civ5 clone with enough potential, it should only get better in the coming months of patches and DLC.
    A big part of Risen 2, more than decent ARPG.
    Might reinstall BF3.
    Still did not finish Lone Survivor, sadly.

    • 07/05/2012 at 17:07 Reefpirate says:

      You know that Civ 5 didn’t invent 4X, turn-based strategy or hexes, right?

      • 07/05/2012 at 17:21 GBoyzJay says:

        Yeah, true, but Civ is definitely the most influential of the 4X games. Also reviewing it at some point today or tomorrow (not much sense getting more hours in till release day, since they’ll most likely have a day 1 patch)… still, for what it is, it’s not bad, and could definitely be recommended for people who haven’t quite got the hang of this 4X thing from what I’ve seen.

        Also, you lucky bugger, they ran out of codes for Risen 2 before we could review!

      • 07/05/2012 at 18:05 Raziel_Alex says:

        Yup, I knew that but you knew that’s not completely what I was referring to, right? Warlock looks and copies even some icons and their placement from Civ5. It’s not a piece-by-piece clone, because it has elements of its own (spells, especially) but at the end it comes out as a weaker Civ5 clone. As I said, it has enough potential and it will only get better in the coming months of patches and DLC, but as it stands now it copies too much of Civ5 without bringing anything essential to the formula.

        • 07/05/2012 at 18:34 NathanH says:

          I thought it was a Civ 5 clone at first but the mechanics are mainly drawn from Master of Magic and Panzer General (via Fantasy General and then Fantasy Wars) with elements of Civ 5 added because they’re good (cities as combatants and widening city radii being the main things I can think of).

          • 08/05/2012 at 00:19 Raziel_Alex says:

            I would say it’s a combination of Master of Magic with Civ5. It reminded me a lot more of Civ5, actually, starting with how everything looks, icons and their placement and of course, a lot of mechanic ideas.

  168. 07/05/2012 at 16:58 Hmm-Hmm. says:

    Playing Kingdoms of Amalur (clocked 100 hours played some time ago). I guess I’m easy meat for a single player game on PC with a decent combat system, great atmosphere and a passable story.

    Aside from that, some Minecraft on my server of choice. Maybe I’ll get Majesty HD, too. I enjoyed the demo of it so very long ago, so I’m sure it’s worth it. I just don’t know when I’ll get to it. Also played Windosill which I got from the Botanicula bundle.

  169. 07/05/2012 at 17:05 Arathain says:

    My playing is in part limited to things I can play while sitting on an exercise ball and bouncing steadily while balancing a four month old baby on a pillow on my lap. It’s an interesting limitation.

    Still, while waiting for Diablo 3 I’ve been pleased to find time to play a bunch of things. I picked up Space Marine for cheap, and I’ve been having a lot of fun with it. It’s a game that will always be a pleasure to just drop into for a spot of Ork killing whenever I feel like it. This weekend I re-installed Supreme Commander 2 for some skirmishing action. The AI is really quite competent and I love the huge battles. I also got back into Dungeons of Dredmore last night to prepare for the new content. Random characters are a joy, and I’ve got a pretty good vampire martial artist mycologist archaeologist on the go.

    I never find the time to play as much online Dawn of War 2 as I’d like, and I have bounced off Wargame:EE after finding it a bit overwhelming. I shall have to dust myself off and give it another go. I bet the multiplayer of that is a blast.

  170. 07/05/2012 at 17:05 sinister agent says:

    I am playing “how the hell did I lose one glove but not the other one, and does it have anything to do with why I woke up with 999 on my ‘recently called’ list, and also wasn’t somebody buying me tequila? Oh god”.

    It’s a bit confusing, and the controls are not very responsive.

  171. 07/05/2012 at 17:07 Unfettered says:

    Same as I do every weekend. Put as many hours as my time and energy will allow into making Unfettered. Sneak in a little Kings Bounty when I’m out of brain power.

  172. 07/05/2012 at 17:18 AlexHeartnet says:

    I wasn’t aware of this until a couple of days ago, but the Independence War 2 modding scene is back from the dead, with a mod called “Unstable Space” released a month ago and currently undergoing public beta testing. Starting off in the current (and first) beta version is a tad too difficult, though, so I’ll have to wait for the inevitable update.

  173. 07/05/2012 at 17:20 Zenicetus says:

    I’ve been spending my time between an Enhanced Edition playthrough of Witcher 2 and flying FSEconomy assignments in X-Plane. FSEconomy is a free browser-based game that simulates civilian charter operations for GA planes. It works on FS9, FSX, and X-Plane. Might be worth a write-up in Flare Path one of these days.

    I also bought Endless Space over the weekend and downloaded the Alpha, but haven’t had time to do much more than glance at the manual. I’ll probably finish this current Witcher 2 playthrough before tackling it. I’m still feeling guilty about not really diving very deep into Shogun 2, but I could use a good space strategy game. Nothing since GalCiv2 has really clicked with me, and this looks very promising.

    • 07/05/2012 at 17:24 GBoyzJay says:

      It is, although it’s still rough around the edges. Still, says a lot about Amplitude that they’re calling this an “Alpha”, it only shows after a while. Not a *long* while, by any means, but enough for you to realise “Bloody hell, it’s 2AM!”

  174. 07/05/2012 at 17:26 El_Emmental says:

    - some Tribes Ascend : mostly defending the flag, or making hi-speed grabs when my team is lacking a capper.

    - some Killing Floor, with a friend who recently dived into the game.

    - (recently) some Counter-Strike: Source on a specific server, with an excellent playerbase and admins, playing all standard maps and some customs (= no de_dust2 crap). It’s miles away from the CS:S you get on other servers.

    When the servers aren’t empty :

    - some Darkest Hour (RO:Ost european front mod).

    - some NeoTokyo, an excellent Source-based mod (think of Neo Tokyo + Ghost in the Shell + Akira, done extremely well) ( http://www.neotokyohq.com/media.html )

    - some Natural Selection 2

    - some Fistful of Frags (funny spaghetti western Source-based mod)

    - some Red Orchestra 2 “Beta” : a modified RO2 version, going closer to what RO2 should have been, sadly the 2 official servers (one US, one European)(no publicly available server files) are empty most the time.

    I’m keeping the single-player games for holidays. Same with serious ArmA multiplayer sessions.

  175. 07/05/2012 at 17:37 PaulMorel says:

    The only game I play anymore is Dota 2. It’s so f-ing good … despite its flaws and beta-ness. Everyone will be playing Dota 2 after it is released.

  176. 07/05/2012 at 18:07 ayo says:

    Not playin nuttn until Planetside 2 comes out, am sulking cos its takin so long:-) But serioously folks…..
    toy soldiers…v good….. naval war arctic….so slow ,why? the game speed up bar dont do much
    binary domain……..laughable…shame it has great potential……cnc kanes wrath…best in the series imho
    oh an the that homelands complex mod ….love it

  177. 07/05/2012 at 18:16 goettel says:

    Frankly, I’ve just been sitting here throwing my wallet at the Guild Wars 2 login screen until something gives.

  178. 07/05/2012 at 19:00 VelvetFistIronGlove says:

    I’ve been playing DayZ, and met a couple of RPS chaps there on mumble, but we didn’t manage to meet in-game.

  179. 07/05/2012 at 19:01 Lambchops says:

    Alas I was working, though the traditional bank holiday pub lunch was much enjoyed.

  180. 07/05/2012 at 19:17 BurningPet says:

    One of the really few downsides of developing a game, is having no time to play games anymore..

    However, in the little time i do have, simutrans is what i play

  181. 07/05/2012 at 19:24 DeathCarrot says:

    System Shock 2. I started an OSA Psi-guy but then reverted to my standard Navy hacker guy as I seem to be physically unable to not hack every hackable thing I see. I’m the same in every game with hacking, I don’t know what’s wrong with me!

    Also Project CARS, although I’ve yet to try the Zonda R they added last Friday.

    • 07/05/2012 at 19:40 LionsPhil says:

      The fantasy of being able to get computer systems to do what you want is just too tempting to pass up.

      Also, good choice, sah. Reminds me that I need to actually get past the first few rooms of my psi-ops playthrough after cheesing it so horribly with the Assault Rifle of Infinite Love the first time through.

    • 07/05/2012 at 23:35 fish99 says:

      That’s one of the reasons System Shock 2 makes a good co-op game, because with 2 people you can both afford to specialize. I have finished the game as PSI single player, but you still end up using plenty of standard and even energy/heavy weapons and needing some technical skills like weapon repair, hacking and research.

    • 08/05/2012 at 00:01 Skabooga says:

      Haha! The same thing happened to me. I rolled onto the Von Braun fully kitted out as a PSI-Ops guy, but the first points I got went straight into hacking. And this was directly after I did a hacking and light weapons build.

  182. 07/05/2012 at 19:38 Mctittles says:

    This weekend I played the original Operation Flashpoint : Cold War Crisis against my brother in a map of our own design. The got me designing maps again. The endless sandbox of that game never gets old. Just wish we had two computers powerful enough to play Arma II.

    That makes me wonder why other people still play the original instead of Arma II. Mine is money to buy the computer + game, but that can’t be everyone and mods are still being made for it.

    • 08/05/2012 at 13:13 edwardoka says:

      I was also playing the original OFP this weekend.
      Me and my friend who used to play it many years ago relived some of our finest moments, at one point playing with a couple of nice Russian guys, and then later on with some Americans who didn’t seem to get that it’s a game about being patient and choosing your moment.

  183. 07/05/2012 at 19:48 Monkeh says:

    Path of Exile.

  184. 07/05/2012 at 21:24 sky_in_flames says:

    Trying to convince myself going back to (and finally through) Lone Survivor. Really great game, btw.!

  185. 07/05/2012 at 21:44 Jason Moyer says:

    Playing MyPlayer mode in NBA 2k12 (RPG of 2011) and slowly working up the courage to play Arcanum again to see if it’s as bad as I remember.

    • 07/05/2012 at 23:14 FakeAssName says:

      it’s not but time has weathered it like a beach house after a hurricane.

      when it was released it was one of those mechanics > visuals, even for it’s time. screw Baulders Gate HD, this is the game that needs a HD love touch.

      • 08/05/2012 at 02:20 Jason Moyer says:

        I don’t really care about the visuals, and I’m probably one of the 5 people on the planet who prefers playing 2-D iso-RPGs in the original resolutions without widescreen patches and whatever. The thing that always bothered me about Arcanum was the silly combat and boring towns and such, but my memory has been known to fail me.

    • 08/05/2012 at 01:56 SkittleDiddler says:

      You have no right to be playing RPGs if you think Arcanum is a “bad” game.

      • 08/05/2012 at 02:19 Jason Moyer says:

        50% of the game is combat, and it has one of the worst combat engines ever put into a cRPG. Alright maybe not 50%, but enough that it’s annoying as hell.

        I don’t remember much from the rest of the game, but my original impression years ago was that the game was basically Fallout with worse combat mechanics and a much more boring universe and story, but I’m trying to go into it with no assumptions this time.

  186. 07/05/2012 at 22:30 Yammo says:

    Flying!!! (http://virtualredarrows.com/)
    Looking forward to Flaming Cliffs 3 & DCS P51.

  187. 07/05/2012 at 23:00 Boarnoah says:

    Enjoying Men Of War Red Tide and some Assault Squad
    Also found out about Stacking, found it be simply amazing thus far!! Sadly it is quite short, I am already close to the end.

  188. 07/05/2012 at 23:02 Solidstate89 says:

    I’ve actually gone back and have enjoying the hell out of Fallout 3. I finished the game on the 360 before I had a PC to game on but I’ve always wanted to try it out with Mods. Boy, I am not fucking disappointed.

    If you haven’t played FO3 in a while or just haven’t been watching the Modding scene, there’s this awesome Mod called “Mothership Zeta Crew” that allows you to create your own faction on-board the Mothership Zeta.

    http://fallout3.nexusmods.com/mods/8747

    It’s gotten so big in fact there’s even other Mods that add additional content to the MZC original Mod itself. It’s like an entirely new game playing with these. My favorite is the add-on for The Pitt. That tough moral quandary on whether to side with the slaves or with Ashur? No longer a problem! Offer the mother to take her child aboard Olympus where we can use more advanced technology to research a cure.

    http://fallout3.nexusmods.com/mods/17403
    http://fallout3.nexusmods.com/mods/17187
    http://fallout3.nexusmods.com/mods/15369

    I was actually planning on finally starting New Vegas (part of a very large back catalogue of games I need to get to…) but I just can’t put down FO3 now.

  189. 07/05/2012 at 23:04 namuol says:

    Nothing but Ludum Dare entries the last few weeks (even though I’m only at around 65 out of the 1402 entries. Yikes.)

    Shameless plug: I’ve also been playing a lot of my own entry since I continued working on it. It’s a web-based Elite-like space-trading game. http://muniverse-game.tumblr.com/

  190. 07/05/2012 at 23:07 Bostec says:

    Was playing some Shogun 2 today. I was..I admit overconfident and tried to take a..section of island. I believe I had to many archers not enought spearmen to weather the onslaught, anyway I lost a 2 star general and quit the game, I shall be back I hope. One of my many flaws in losing at a strategy game is that when I lose I want to lose in style otherwise I just quit and wait 6 months before I try again.

    Anyway I went and play Avadon:The black fortess. Its a strange game, you almost have to play/read it like a book. I got to the desert and I was too hot so I quit that too. Then the snooker was on so I watched that thus ending the bank hoilday of Bostec: The Sad Old Bastard.

  191. 07/05/2012 at 23:09 FakeAssName says:

    mostly nothing now that C9′s second beta/tournament has ended.

    should go back to Grimrock or maybe finally finish off SPAZ instead of dicking around trying to max out everything, but I’ve also got STALKER installed …. so yeah, I guess I’ll just troll around on the ‘net instead of doing something productive or entertaining.

    just like I am by writing this post.

  192. 07/05/2012 at 23:23 Vinraith says:

    I’m playing (and greatly enjoying, to my pleasant surprise) A Valley Without Wind. It’s fun as is, but the potential of this project is amazing, I hope Arcen are able to turn it into the game it can be.

  193. 07/05/2012 at 23:41 SkittleDiddler says:

    I’m set to finish my 300th hour of Borderlands, then on to some Battlefield to hopefully recover from my horrid 6-game losing steak last night.

  194. 07/05/2012 at 23:55 lociash says:

    Crusader Kings II mostly, conquering the world as glorious Scotland and answering the Pope’s call for The Crusades. That and Risen 2, but I haven’t touched it in a few days.

  195. 08/05/2012 at 00:16 Gojiro0 says:

    Playing the paid beta/pre-order of Endless Space – it still has a ways to go but if you like turn-based 4X space strategy goodness, it might be a game for you.

    • 08/05/2012 at 01:10 Solidstate89 says:

      How would you compare it to a game like GalCiv? I don’t have a ton of 4x experience, but the game I loved most growing up was Gal Civ II.

      • 08/05/2012 at 04:12 Darloth says:

        It’s quite similar to GalCiv II, but is even more streamlined in most places (which is good), with a combat card system that actually means you have to do something in combat. It’s still rock-paper-scissors in combat (writing that phrase feels kinda wrong on this site, who knew?) but unlike GalCiv II, you get to influence it with the combat cards and also hero-admiral choices as you level them up rather than having zero input.

        The game itself is pretty fun, it’s quite a lot more abstract than most with most construction at the system level rather than the planet level. Currently the galaxy generator doesn’t seem to understand the concept of fun though – it’s very possible to get a start where you’re trapped in a corner or behind a wormhole, and one of your opponents has all the good planets and the only strategic resources in the entirely galaxy (shades of Civ 4 there).

  196. 08/05/2012 at 02:40 somedude says:

    I’ve been playing a space game whose name I can’t seem to recall (as it’s on my home PC), but it’s a so far free game that’s a bit like Escape Velocity, and has some promise. Also been playing quite a lot of the Running with Rifles alpha, which is quite fun and surprisingly addictive. Doing a bit more A Valley Without Wind, which I’m still of mixed minds about, but I keep playing it anyway so I guess that says something. I sat in a queue for a considerable length of time in Super Monday Night Combat before giving up. I also reinstalled Dawn of War: Dark Crusade, which in my opinion was the best of the WH40k pc games. A tiny bit of modded Just Cause 2, which is probably about as close as you can get to playing a blockbuster action movie. Oh, and pinball. Lots and lots of pinball (mainly Pinball Arcade and the Dreams/Fantasies/Illusions pack from GoG).

  197. 08/05/2012 at 04:19 Davie says:

    Finally playing all the Thief games in a row. Grabbed Deadly Shadows from GOG the other day, and I finally got around to beating The Dark Project after owning it for seven years. Currently on The Metal Age and I have to say, despite being ugly as sin now, the gameplay has aged incredibly well. I’m enjoying it far more than its reasonable comparison Deus Ex.

    Also, fuck Craymen. Fuck their chittering and twitching and elongated teeth and eyestalks and everything about them. I’m going to have nightmares now.

  199. 08/05/2012 at 05:23 Det says:

    well, since you asked,

    been playing baldr sky dive 1+2.
    One thing that’s been good about this past few years of mass media painting gaming as the devil’s medium – it forced serious game development to think very, very hard about using cheap, offensive elements and whether it’d be worth it in increasing the game’s quality
    Because it seems that when left unchecked, it’s very easy for writers to resort to things like rape for “developing” a character, as is the case with so many of these japanese VNs.
    Maybe I’m just getting old and really easily offended though, to be honest. Maybe all the kids are like “HELL YEAH THAT GIRL GOT RAPED LITERALLY AND THAT’S TOTALLY A GRIM EVENT THAT BRINGS HUMANE REACTIONS TO HER OTHERWISE STEREOTYPICAL ANIME CHARACTER AND LET THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HER AND THE PROTAGONIST BECOME MORE THAN JUST BOY MEETS GIRL NOT TO MENTION MAKING THE STEREOTYPICAL TARGET AUDIENCE GENUINELY THINK ABOUT THEIR OTHERWISE RIDICULOUS PREJUDICE AGAINST FEMALES AS WELL AS RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHERS”.

  200. 08/05/2012 at 06:35 Viper50BMG says:

    Mostly I’ve been playing Tribes: Ascend and Legend of Grimrock (attempting to finish a floor a day, but not succeeding) in between work and working on my symphony. http://soundcloud.com/john-robert-matz/

  201. 08/05/2012 at 08:24 Real Horrorshow says:

    Wargame: European Escalation.

    Fuck me that game’s multiplayer is good. Unfortunately completely overlooked by most people.

  202. 08/05/2012 at 09:39 drewski says:

    Dungeon Siege III, Fate of the World and Dungeons of Dredmor.

  203. 08/05/2012 at 12:59 Voon says:

    Dark Sou- oh… right. PC games.

  204. 08/05/2012 at 13:04 Surgeon says:

    What am I upto?
    Being incredibly depressed by the end of Skyrim, that’s what.
    100′s of hours pumped in, and that’s my reward.
    And you fucking kidding me?

  205. 08/05/2012 at 14:35 Strangerator says:

    Right now I’m hoping I can resist the temptation to download Walock: MoA (preordered after demo) because I have an Organic Chem final on Friday. Also recovering from an unplanned Master of Magic bender Sunday night. No matter how many millions of games I play on Master of Magic, there’s always a new combination to be tried. Religious zealot warlord this time around, loving every minute.

  206. 08/05/2012 at 16:55 Rinimand says:

    Brink and Rage. I’ve already put my hours in to Skyrim (and will go back later)

  207. 08/05/2012 at 22:22 michailnenkov says:

    i was playing test drive unlimited for some reason and reading this almost made me feel guilty

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