Rock, Paper, Shotgun

Hey, Internet. What Are You Playing?

By Jim Rossignol on August 1st, 2012 at 10:00 pm.

Jim, John, and Alec, yesterday.
Phew! It’s been a busy day at the coalface, deep in the mines beneath Castle Shotgun. We dug up something that should never have been seen by human eyes, and had to put it down again with our sharpest pair of shotguns. But that’s all behind us now, and so it’s time to kick back in the relaxation parlor with some modded Skyrim, a glass of smoking blue space wine, and the soundtrack to the movie Cool As Ice. Yes, it’s that special time.

But we don’t mean to be entirely self-absorbed, at least not all the time, so it seems fair to ask you guys what you’re playing. So what is it? What are you playing? And – in the wake of the wallet-catastrophe of the last couple of weeks – what are you not playing? That’s probably a more interesting question. Why aren’t you playing it?

Speak!

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  1. 01/08/2012 at 22:02 Hanban says:

    Playing two very terrific NDA’d games! I should think that both will be wonderful experiences when they come out!

    • 01/08/2012 at 22:17 TechnicalBen says:

      Been playing Cobalt Beta and FTL Beta. No idea if either are under a NDA…

      FTL seems to loose me at times though, being a rougelike I ragequit too often!

    • 01/08/2012 at 22:18 Bobzer says:

      I’m guessing Planetside 2 and End of Nations.

      • 02/08/2012 at 09:35 RoAE says:

        Under the NDA of a hard to get into test and it has some serious potential if they can get the bugs worked out for the public. I recently been replaying the Witcher 2 during down time and when my friends beg me to play with them its off to DayZ. I wish I could get into Firefall beta or WildStar when ever that is.

        • 03/08/2012 at 15:39 ImOnTheRadio says:

          There really isn’t much to do in the Firefall beta right now. There’s quests for maybe 3 hours, then it’s all just repetitive PvE in a small area so far and instanced pvp. The beta still kind of seems like a small test zone.
          Maybe in 3-4 months or so the beta/game will become interesting and worth playing if they actually add content for the players to play.

    • 02/08/2012 at 07:12 potat0man says:

      Oh yeah? Well, I’m playing three games that no one’s even thought of yet so they don’t need an NDA.

      They’re so-so.

  2. 01/08/2012 at 22:03 Mr Bunnsy says:

    If the people I’ve found myself playing with has been any indication, I’ve been playing DOTA 2, and I’ve been playing it very badly indeed. Maybe I’ve lived a sheltered life or something, but I just can’t get used to angry people from somewhere in Eastern Europe hurling barely comprehensible abuse at me.

  3. 01/08/2012 at 22:05 Crimsoneer says:

    I’m watching the Olympics! I’m also downloading the World of Warplanes beta :)

  4. 01/08/2012 at 22:05 MistyMike says:

    Me, I play a game where many members of a green-skinned humanoid race meet their doom… again.

    PS anybody interested in some co-op play?

  5. 01/08/2012 at 22:05 Shazbut says:

    Human Revolution, again. Hengsha is like walking through a work of art.

    • 01/08/2012 at 23:08 grundus says:

      I must play this again.

    • 02/08/2012 at 01:37 Sic says:

      I ordered a new gaming PC about fifteen minutes ago. Human Revolution will probably be the first thing I play through again when I get it.

    • 02/08/2012 at 02:07 BubuIIC says:

      Playing the original Deus Ex for the first time. Was a bit hard to get into at first, especially after playing the highly polished 3rd one. But it’s really starting to get good. :-)

      • 02/08/2012 at 06:28 Eophasmus says:

        I bought Deus Ex and Invisible War recently and modded the heck out of them. I found it hard to get into Deus Ex many moons ago when it first came out and never finished it. Now’s my chance, but likewise, I wish it was shiny and orange like HR.

    • 02/08/2012 at 06:27 f1x says:

      I must play Human Revolution again after reading this :p

      still want to do a playthrough without killing anyone / without being detected aswell

  6. 01/08/2012 at 22:06 Kaira- says:

    Started playing Crusader Kings 2 last night. Coming from EU III, things seem pretty confusing, but that’s part of the learning process, I think.

    • 01/08/2012 at 22:54 Tartychops says:

      Playing a lot of Crusader Kings 2, thinking about it offline in a way I’ve not thought about an addictive game for some time. The stories you can generate from it, really interesting.

      In my current game I’ve gone from the Duke of Toulouse to the King of Jerusalem after a successful crusade, holding off the Arabs and slowly expanding Outremer, to King of Aquitaine slowly expanding northwards through France, King of Italy after somehow inheriting a big chunk of land there and hanging on to it despite many rebellions and plots, installing relatives in Spain and Croatia and nurturing successions only to see my heir about to inherit Croatia be murdered which unleashed the mother of all rounds of assassinations on my part to anyone from that part of the world! My next ambition is to become King of France if I can, but there’s a long way to go and it’s only 1219AD :)

      It’s a somewhat arcane game I didn’t understand at first but once I grasped the mechanisms it’s like bloody crack!

      Oh, and also I’m occasionally shouting a lot at FthreeAR. Annoying FPS.

  7. 01/08/2012 at 22:06 Faldrath says:

    Still surprisingly enthralled by WRC 2. Playing some Endless Space in between. I started Arkham City, but after the “Batman-falls-for-dead-Joker-trap” cutscene, I sort of lost interest, because that’s just incredibly silly.

    I also need to go back to the Game of Thrones RPG, that was also surprisingly fun.

  8. 01/08/2012 at 22:06 Lazum says:

    As of late, an excessive amount of Team Fortress 2 and The Binding of Issac. Fantastic games.

  9. 01/08/2012 at 22:07 Ironclad says:

    Switching between bulletstorm, crusader kings 2 and the occasional frozen synapse (aka 5 mins every 2 days)

    • 01/08/2012 at 23:55 DeVadder says:

      Frozen Synapse here as well. But only 2 weeks every other onth and only 4-6 games. That means, nothing but every season of the RPS FS league.

  10. 01/08/2012 at 22:07 ArcaneSaint says:

    I’m not playing anything right now. I’m still studying, failed some exams, gotta retake them. Did purchase some titles that seem like fun during the sale, but won’t be able to actually play them until later.

    Well, I guess that’s what I get for having too much fun during the academic year. I regret nothing though!

    • 02/08/2012 at 02:45 Reapy says:

      Oo, didn’t know about this one, very clever idea. Not sure I’d get heavily invested in it, but really clever design. Just read his post where the problem is the ‘layman’ not getting to update content. I see he’s doing private servers for that, but I wonder if the solution is something different…something about the chaotic nature of players all hammering at the same game world is really interesting.

      • 02/08/2012 at 02:59 james lantz says:

        Hey! I made this thing. Thanks both above for typing about it.

        I really strongly agree, and don’t want the core of the game to get lost in complexity and disassociation and everything else that goes along with splitting into servers. However, it’s also equally upsetting to me that there’s a whole part of the game that is just locked away from anyone but the best players right now and the game has a tendency to feel inaccessible because of it.

        I’m moving ahead on private servers, but I’m also willing to derail or scrap them altogether if they seem poisonous. If you have any ideas, feel free to let me know here or at stiknork at gmail.

        • 02/08/2012 at 13:40 Reapy says:

          I didn’t get a chance to DL the game, it kept stalling out on me. Either way, it’s probably good for people to have the option to have their own private servers, I know there are some robust gaming groups out there and its fun to probably be able to attribute a sprawling dungeon to a person you know, sort of like that latest ‘risk’ game where you write on the board and things.

          Maybe the answer is to offer some alternative ways of ‘winning’ the level creation part. Besides the 2 top scorers (not sure how much this breaks it ) add a third slot that you can fill, maybe just by random lottery.

          Again not sure of the tech, but this could be in game, a random room/item has a chance to spawn in the game one time only. Though that might be rough to code if you are just sending out the new level statically. Or maybe this room gets added in at an early level, accessible with some sort of puzzle or tough mobs, something they have to perhaps sacrifice a high score to break into.

          Some players might pass it up and keep plowing the dungeon, others might try to get into it so they can create.

          Eh I know not the best idea, but this is all just going from the description page. Either way , its probably good to have the flexibility of the servers. Good luck!

  12. 01/08/2012 at 22:08 18Rabbit says:

    Crusader Kings 2 single and multi-player (though multiplayer would be tons easier if there were some sort of in game chat). I’m also playing a little of games that I got from the Steam sale like Stacking, Jagged Alliance: Back in Action and Arma 2 (to maybe play DayZ). I am not playing SwtoR any more because of “Meh”.

  13. 01/08/2012 at 22:08 noom says:

    Darksiders mainly. Enjoying it rather more than I thought I would. A decent gamble at five squids I’d say, though I’m slightly regretting being cocky and launching straight into it on the hardest setting :\

    Also will shortly be playing Descent 2nd Edition. Just as soon as I can organise a reasonably focused bunch out of the rabble of peasants I like to surround myself with.

  14. 01/08/2012 at 22:09 xdarestx says:

    Dwarf Fortress, Kerbal Space Program, GTA IV and EVE Online at the moment.

  15. 01/08/2012 at 22:09 fer says:

    Why, ArmA II with ARPS / Folk, of course! It’s the Party-approved way of helping to bring about a socialist agrarian utopia (with added death and tractors).

    • 01/08/2012 at 22:55 Petethegoat says:

      I too have been playing some Arma 2, though not with anyone else. I’ve actually been giving the Arrowhead campaign a shot, and it’s pretty great.
      It was moderately astonishing when I messed up one mission, got a debriefing saying I’d been captured, and got shoved into the mission where I had to rescue the captured guy.

      I failed! And I didn’t have to reload anything, and my failure had consequences!

      More of this, please!

      • 01/08/2012 at 23:14 fer says:

        The ArmA games really shine when you play them in multi-player – especially with a community that writes its own missions, so I’d heartily recommend coming along to one or both of the Folk (Sunday) or ARPS Tactical Tuesday sessions. All you’ll need is vanilla Combined Operations, a copy of TeamSpeak 3 or Mumble, and a sense of humour. The ability to shoot guns is entirely optional, though a working knowledge of tractors is greatly prized.

        • 02/08/2012 at 06:37 Eophasmus says:

          I recently joined the ARPS / Folk after some ArmA II: Free dabbling. It’s good. Really good. Alas, my work hours aren’t very kind when it comes to Tactical Tuesdays and Folk Sundays, but I squeeze as much in as possible.

          DayZ, however, is a cruel mistress which I have yet to find much pleasure in.

  16. 01/08/2012 at 22:09 Jesse L says:

    I’m going to try Tribes Ascend tonight, because Robert Florence convinced me to. Also maybe Super Amazing Wagon Adventure on the XBox, because it’s out a month early on console. Lucky console!

    • 01/08/2012 at 23:17 jondare says:

      If you don’t have an account already, can i ask you to use this link when you register then? :D (https://account.hirezstudios.com/tribesascend/?referral=148360) It’s a referral, so when you reach level 6, i will get some more XP for weapons and such.

      Also, i think it will automatically “friend” us , so if you wan’t i can help you out with some of the more outlandish things.

      (Can do the second part anyway, names Jondare ingame)

  17. 01/08/2012 at 22:10 WoundedBum says:

    KOTOR 1. I’ve played it a fair bit before, but never finished it. I know the twist, but I find myself still enjoying it a lot. From what I’ve heard KOTOR 2 is better, but unfinished, so I’m looking forward to that, and almost certainly using the restored content mod (there’s not reason why someone doing their first run shouldn’t use that, right?)

    • 01/08/2012 at 23:28 stiffkittin says:

      No way. Apart from the slightly campy game launcher it’s absolutely the best way to play it. A fair number of things were just blatantly unfinished in the original release and it’s a testament to the quality of what remained that anyone bothers fixing it 8 years later.

  18. 01/08/2012 at 22:10 BwenGun says:

    Orc Massacre Simulator 2002: An Ultra-Violent Odyssey.

  19. 01/08/2012 at 22:10 Byron_Black says:

    Orcs must die 2, need to screen shot my high scores while they are still in the top 50 since in a week or so im sure they’ll be in the hundreds and thousands.

  20. 01/08/2012 at 22:11 SuperNashwanPower says:

    I reloaded Shadow of Chernobyl. May try STALKER SOUP.
    Also need to finish off final few questlines on Skyrim after 300 hours.

    • 02/08/2012 at 07:20 Baines says:

      Just started STALKER. Wanted it for years, and finally bought it in a Steam sale. Patched it with Complete 2009, though I’m not sure if that was a good idea for a first play.

      Playing Warlock – Master of the Arcane as well, but am kind of annoyed by some of the bugs in it.

      Tried Cargo -Quest For Gravity, which I got in some Indie Bundle deal a while back (I bought the bundle for another game), but it didn’t really grab my interest.

      Tried Commandos – Behind Enemy Lines, which was also picked up in a Bundle deal, but the difficulty of even the first mission is just annoying. (Watched a Let’s Play, and the guy who knew what to do was also complaining about the difficulty. Then saw the non-obvious sniper shot you are expected to make at the start of the mission. Not a horribly difficult or dangerous shot, just so easy to not realize the shot is even possible. You have to move your boat a bit to get in range, and the guy is only a valid target at a certain spot on his path. I wasn’t quite close enough when I’d first played the level, so he was never a valid target, and I just assumed I wasn’t going to be allowed to hit him at all due to the angle.)

      • 02/08/2012 at 13:04 Simon says:

        Commandos: BEL! Finally went back to this and got my original Win95 CD working on Vista, the difficulty can be brutal but it is so rewarding to finally break the back of a tough mission. However, the constant reponse to commands is really repetitive, if I hear “Yes, sir!” delivered by another surly soldier ever again it will be too soon…

        • 02/08/2012 at 23:11 Baines says:

          If you ever get the Steam versions, you have to manually edit the ini files to be able to save. Problem has apparently been known for at least a couple of years, but neither the publisher nor Steam have bothered to address it.

          Trying to play BEL without being able to save is a horrible experience.

      • 03/08/2012 at 05:57 MattM says:

        The complete mod is great for a first play-through. It fixes a lot of bugs and enhances the graphics. There are some minor gameplay changes (better scopes, renamed guns, etc), but I feel that they don’t alter the challenge as much as they just remove a few annoyances.

  21. 01/08/2012 at 22:12 macStrike says:

    Not Playing: Civ 5, I did not realize what I was getting myself into with that game, too slow for me, a man who enjoys a good slow game.

    Playing: Borderlands, This is how D3 should feel.

  22. 01/08/2012 at 22:13 waycooler says:

    I’m currently switching between Fallout: New Vegas (enjoying it quite a bit so far) and The Witcher 2: Enhanced Edition (man this game is hard as nails). I’ve also got Orcs Must Die! 2 on the shelf; I’m waiting for a friend of mine to have time free so we can play co-op. Oh, and a run or two of The Binding of Isaac every couple days.

    I’m currently NOT playing Guild Wars 2, which makes me a very sad panda. The 25th can not come fast enough.

    • 01/08/2012 at 23:08 Koshinator says:

      If you want a GW2 fix, there’s a stress test on Thursday, August 2 from 12:00 Noon PACIFIC Time to 4:00 PM PACIFIC Time. Just FYI

    • 03/08/2012 at 06:08 MattM says:

      When in doubt spam bombs in the Witcher 2. It is pretty cheap to craft 50 or so grapeshot and you can throw them fast enough to stunlock enemies. (Unless they have patched out this cheese since when I played the game)

  23. 01/08/2012 at 22:13 Tacroy says:

    I’ve been playing Tribes: Ascend at least once a day until I win a match, for the delicious first victory of the day XP, and Skyrim if I have a couple of hours.

    I haven’t been playing Driver:SF, because even before the horrific UPlay backdoor, the fact that the game would literally stutter if it couldn’t contact the UPlay servers left a bad tast in my mouth – especially since it turns out the fix is as simple as banning Driver.exe from the Internet at your firewall. You idiots couldn’t put a rate limiter or something in? Or, hell, use nonblocking sockets, they were only invented forever ago. And who thought it was a good idea to put something as non-critical as drm checkins in the main game thread!?

  24. 01/08/2012 at 22:14 pocketlint60 says:

    TL;DR Version: I’ve been playing tons of shit, and I helped my mom through ME2.

    I recently beat Bastion for the fourth time and started yet another game of Spore. I just bought the non-limited-to-one-use Climate changing tools, so I’m going to change EVERY colony of mine to a T3 planet. It’s definitely going to take some time.

    Also, I got my mom to play the Mass Effect series and she just recently beat ME2 with surprisingly little help from me. She even lost less people in the Suicide Mission then I did the first time! I can’t wait to see whether or not she can grasp the rolling around controls. Lots of yelling is inevitable I’d bet.

    Surprisingly, I’ve been enjoying Arma 2 more than DayZ. The BAF scenarios are fun, and I found a great mod called Flashpoint: Chernaurus that just drops you in a random spot on the map along with about 500 people and you just fight. It even includes some of the free, already available content from the ACR DLC.

  25. 01/08/2012 at 22:14 Raziel_Alex says:

    Finished Spec Ops for a review, stopped Skyrim after 75 hours because of constantly crashing. Really want to get back to Fallout: New Vegas or some other good RPG.

  26. 01/08/2012 at 22:18 Shadram says:

    For some reason I can’t quite remember, I’ve managed to get myself utterly addicted to Skyrim all over again. So I’ve played extraordinary amounts of that.

    • 02/08/2012 at 00:48 DerekG says:

      Same here. It started when I decided to try a stealth/archery/sneak Thieves Guild character for the first time in preparation for the eventual Dawnguard release. 100 hours later…

    • 02/08/2012 at 03:32 derbefrier says:

      yup, me too. Decided to download one of those huge hardcore rpg collections from steam workshop. Frostfall – the hypothermia and camping mod and imps improved needs plus tons of texture packs, ai tweaks, combat tweaks, new spells, epic monsters, fishing, and about 50 other mods makes for an awesome experience all at the click of a few buttons. i imagine this is gonna suck me back in until Dark Souls comes out.

    • 02/08/2012 at 08:50 taione says:

      I too am back in Skyrim – it’s a very different game with mods. Trying a mage this time. ZZAP!

    • 02/08/2012 at 13:02 roryok says:

      Also playing Skyrim again. Same old character but I’ve decided to try and make him the greatest archer that ever lived

  27. 01/08/2012 at 22:18 Dominic White says:

    This past week, I’ve mostly been playing…

    DC Universe Online with my brother – we both got the all-in-one DLC bundle for $7.50 each during the Flash (groan) sale on Steam. It’s good fun, especially as villains on the PvP server.

    Orcs Must Die 2 – good fun. I think I kinda burnt out with the first game, so this one isnt’ gripping me quite so much. Not bad, just a formula I’m tiring of.

    Neo Aquarium – released on/by Playism. It’s a 3D fighting/shooting game where you play as lobsters with eye lasers, mutant crabs and even a barnacle. Singular.

    I’m about to be playing Phantasy Star Online 2. A new English fan-translation patch was just released for it.

    • 01/08/2012 at 23:35 Turey says:

      I’ve been playing Phantasy Star Online 2 as well, and really enjoying it. I’m at level 6 and it has yet to disappoint, even though I can read about 5% of the text. I’m eagerly anticipating its English release.

      I am pleasantly surprised that it is free-to-play though. I was expecting it to be a sub like Universe was. I was going to pay the cost whatever it was, but now that it’s free-to-play, I can get all my friends to play it as well.

  28. 01/08/2012 at 22:19 Tom says:

    metro 2033 – they came so close.

    • 01/08/2012 at 22:45 Ross Angus says:

      I’m having a break from that, after the “stealth” section past the library seemed impossible. I have no bullets left. The librarians ate them all. I think I was supposed to sneak by. I am a fool.

      • 02/08/2012 at 08:59 Mechorpheus says:

        I have literally no idea how you’re meant to sneak by the librarians. They say ‘ALWAYS LOOK AT THEM’, so I ‘ALWAYS LOOK AT THEM’ like a good sheep, but after maybe 30 seconds of trying to get around the room without looking away, it just decides to attack me anyway. Thankfully the belt-fed auto-shotgun is effective enough against them.

  29. 01/08/2012 at 22:20 TillEulenspiegel says:

    Defense Grid finally looked attractive to me. It’s okay, a by-the-numbers tower defence game that doesn’t do anything especially interesting. Nice for a quick game, I suppose.

    Also some Magicka co-op. Quit due to the bugs. Had a reproducible crash at one point that was preventing progress, switched hosts and it worked. Then one player got stuck in cinematic mode where he couldn’t do anything. Again, reproducible. Couldn’t fix it, gave up. I’m amazed the bugs are still this bad.

  30. 01/08/2012 at 22:20 Spakkenkhrist says:

    Beyond Good and Evil, Binding of Issac and Dragon Age. I’ve been getting back into Tribes, scarcely played it since it was out of beta, I surprise myself with how efficient I am with the thumper.

  31. 01/08/2012 at 22:20 Dowr says:

    Red Orchestra 2 – Used to play only realistic; now I play classic and it is pretty fucking great.
    Half-Life 2 – last time I played it was 2 years ago, time to find out if the game is still good.

    • 01/08/2012 at 23:48 TrueBlue says:

      I’m glad to see RO2 isn’t completely dead yet, on that note, it would be nice for the Rock Paper Shotgun staff to create some sort of event to revitalize the game and the community.

  32. 01/08/2012 at 22:21 Morte66 says:

    Playing Torchwood Season 1 (ho hum) an Luther Season 2 (class).

    Not playing Crusader Kings 2, Skyrim, New Vegas, or Mirror’s Edge.

    Why? Because I have severe RSI of the mouse elbow, that’s why.

    Grump grump.

  33. 01/08/2012 at 22:23 Danny says:

    Smite – beta. Normally I don’t care for moba/dota games, but the direct action is really refreshing, combined with the 3rd person view. Bought Vamana with favor points and he’s an awesome god. I mean, with an ultimate ability that turns you into a giant killing baby you can frustrate you’re opponents immensely.

  34. 01/08/2012 at 22:23 PearlChoco says:

    The Secret World.

    Best MMO in years.

  35. 01/08/2012 at 22:23 JackDandy says:

    I’m playing some Ys: Oath in Felghana (NIGHTMARE MODE FUCK YEAH), Tribes Ascend, and emulating Popul Mail.

    Good times.

    • 02/08/2012 at 00:07 Inzimus says:

      Popful Mail, huh? I thought I was the only one in the known Universe playing that game =)
      (I’m fortunate enough to play it on a MegaCD, though, alas ’tis a backup-CD)

  36. 01/08/2012 at 22:24 Similar says:

    Playing Just Cause 2 and currently trying to get 100% in all the areas of Panau City, which takes a lot of time.

    I’m not playing Minecraft, because I’m playing JC2, and I’m not playing World of Tanks because I’m waiting for the 7.5 update and the saner matchmaking it should implement (it’s possible 7.5 is out already, but I haven’t checked because I’m playing JC2).

    • 02/08/2012 at 00:00 LTK says:

      I’m trying really hard not to care about the little percentages over the map icons because it’s pointless to try to complete them all anyway, but the city areas are so rich that I can’t resist a bit of a scavenger hunt. For the other areas in Panau, I just try to complete all the challenges and visit all the areas, which I think is much more worthwhile than 100% everything.

      Have you completed the main quests and missions yet? How far are you into exploring the islands?

      • 02/08/2012 at 01:52 Similar says:

        I haven’t even done the White Tiger of the Agency missions yet (the first one you aren’t forced to do) nor very many of the faction ones either, except for maybe four stronghold take overs and one or two others (the North-Western island one, “Stranded”, for one).

        I’ve mostly just been roaming around, completing random bases and towns, so except for the Southern most islands, I have been most places, although in a rather random fashion.

        I tend not to do any challenges because I’m not very good at steering cars (maybe due to using keyboard or perhaps just some inherent lack of ability).

        • 02/08/2012 at 04:15 Reapy says:

          Its not you… I have been on and off in JC2… it works great for letting my 2 year old slam on the kb and mouse while I play, though he does keep ejecting me from cars with space bar (“Drive car? Daddy? Drive car?)

          Anyway, the planes and cars are horrible with the KB, i thought it was the game, but I bit the bullet and plugged in the wired 360 controller and driving was waaaaaay better, it really needs the analog stick to handle the driving portion right. Of coarse, when you get out of the car, KB and mouse blow it away, can’t win…still great game.

          • 02/08/2012 at 10:25 Similar says:

            Glad to know it isn’t just me. Sort of. I do get that it’s harder to make vehicles handle well with keyboard controls, but some games have managed it (I can only remember Halo right now, though), so it is possible.

            Also, your son isn’t the only one who is good at ejecting himself at inopportune moments. I have a tendency to buy the Agency helicopter, jump in, take off, and then accidentally hit the eject key. I haven’t managed to actually attack anything with that helicopter yet due to that.

        • 02/08/2012 at 12:00 LTK says:

          Driving fast cars can be problematic with a keyboard, but I managed to do it pretty well by rapidly tapping the A and D keys for small adjustments. It’s doable enough that I can weave through traffic in a Garrett without crashing more than once in ten seconds.

          Helicopter controls are much easier to manage, but once in a while I do mistake the spacebar for the ascend key instead of Shift. It’s really annoying.

  37. 01/08/2012 at 22:24 mrwonko says:

    Finally started Stalker – Clear Sky. Already played & loved the other 2 Stalkers, now started the last one for the second time and was not discouraged by a crash after 15 minutes – it wasn’t until the army shot me dead within seconds of me emerging from the swamps that I called it a day.

    (To clarify: I *started* it for the second time – I previously played it for 15 minutes, then it crashed without me having saved.)

    • 01/08/2012 at 22:43 Ross Angus says:

      Yup – that bit is nasty. But you don’t have to get to the map that way – you can get to Cordon via a different route, and bypass the machine gunner with the amazing eyesight. I think Clear Sky Complete makes his eyesight slightly more realistic too.

    • 02/08/2012 at 00:12 TrueBlue says:

      Yeah, Clear Sky is considered the black sheep of the franchise and while I find that an exaggeration I can also understand some complaints, there are some dubious design decisions (like that of the military MG guard) not to mention the bugs and performance issues, but hold on and keep quick saving a lot, because on some aspects it out shines Shadow of Chernobyl.

      The world doesn’t seem empty like it did before, now with various different faction stalkers roaming the landscape, anomalies are more deadly (even more than Call of Pripyat) making for artifact hunting a more enjoyable and rewarding task in my opinion, having the ability to chose different path to travel between areas instead of just one removes the feeling of linearity, and faction missions are now more interesting to do with real rewards and real consequences, so like I said, have patience and you might even loved it just as much as the other titles. ;)

    • 02/08/2012 at 14:26 mrwonko says:

      Yeah, I’m playing with the complete mod and did make it past the base on second try – the first time I was just lured too close to him by a fallen stalker with a medkit on him.

      Played a bunch more now, mostly ignoring the mainquest though – I want some proper gear and nice artifacts! And making good progress on that, too – the Stalkers gave me a nice suit, one of those next-gen detectors and a -6 radiation artifact after I did some work for them.

      I just entered the Dark Valley now, will continue later. Liking it, and no bugs so far, except for that previous crash. :-)

  38. 01/08/2012 at 22:25 Jake says:

    The Secret World – excellent game – although I haven’t played it in a few days and I feel like I really ought to or I may as well be burning my monies away. I’m on an RP server and roleplaying as someone who doesn’t want to talk to, or interact with, other people. Oh and you can keep your comedy gnomes and man-cats, my MMO character wears a suit.

  39. 01/08/2012 at 22:25 rustybroomhandle says:

    Replaying KOTOR 2 now that it’s patched to be somewhat completerer.

  40. 01/08/2012 at 22:25 felisc says:

    well, being on holiday has one sucky aspect : my pc is far. sniff.
    so I’m playing the laggiest possible Minecraft on the oldest macbook ever. and romancing saga 3 on emulator, apparently.

  41. 01/08/2012 at 22:27 pixelpusher says:

    I’m switching between Borderlands and Dead Space.

  42. 01/08/2012 at 22:27 Flobulon says:

    I’m playing Civ IV with the “Caveman2Cosmos” mod. Currently conquering Eurasia with mammoth riders to create a prehistoric Russian empire.

  43. 01/08/2012 at 22:28 ocelotwildly says:

    I kickstartered FTL:Faster Than Light to get Beta access and ever since it came through I have been playing the hell out of it. The stories it weaves as you dart through space are gloriously emergent. It’s a great feeling to scrape past lethal encounters with an ailing craft, desperately looking for a repair shop, or watch, like a dastardly komodo dragon, as a burning space ship leaks the last of its oxygen and its crew scrabble to their grizzly deaths. Leaving you the bounty of their intact space craft, of course!

    I don’t know if it has quite as much depth as I’d like yet, but the developers seem to keep adding additional layers of detail and if that continues after launch then it could grow into an even lovelier little game than it is.

  44. 01/08/2012 at 22:29 Vorphalack says:

    Playing a lot of Civ 4, Beyond the Sword, KotOR 2 with restored content and Warcraft 3 single player. Will be playing more Skyrim at some point, the last patch combined with the stutter remover addon seems to have fixed all the performance problems. Just a shame the shadow still look like arse no matter what you do.

    Very much not playing Heroes 6: Might and Magic after the Uplay farce.

  45. 01/08/2012 at 22:30 Beemann says:

    I’ve been playing Minecraft 1.3 (we grabbed the pre-release and started a map just a few days ago) while dabbling in Saint’s Row 3 and Baldur’s Gate

  46. 01/08/2012 at 22:31 Freddybear says:

    I turned over the pile of old games, so I’m playing Sacrifice.

  47. 01/08/2012 at 22:31 Coccyx says:

    I’ve been too busy defending Ancients to actually play anything as of late.

  48. 01/08/2012 at 22:32 Bluerps says:

    Crusader Kings 2, for the last month or so. I need to conquer the Holy Roman Empire!

  49. 01/08/2012 at 22:32 jeebusmcchrist says:

    I’m getting ready to try out the Star Wars Galaxies emu when I get home from work today, and frankly, I could not be more excited.

  50. 01/08/2012 at 22:34 FuzzieBoy says:

    I’ve just started playing Gas Guzzlers: Combat carnage (it’s 50% off on Desura, and it looked good), and it is easily one of the best combat racing games I have ever played, the guns feel great, the cars feel great, the physics is great, it’s difficult (which is great) AND, one of the voice overs you can chose for you’re driver is a parody of Schwarzenegger, which is absolutely fantastic.

  51. 01/08/2012 at 22:34 Deadly Habit says:

    UnReal World, seriously can never get enough of this awesome roguelike.

  52. 01/08/2012 at 22:34 NathanH says:

    This week I am mostly playing the best game of the year so far. Having dealt with a rather nasty succession crisis, I have stabilised things and started to add a few more provinces to my empire, although life is going to be complicated by the fact that Byzantium is now ruled by a Rurikovich, which means a gaggle of Russian allies that might stop me from finally conquering it entirely. Meanwhile, Team Ridiculous from Egypt continues to womble around with an army approximately larger than all of Christendom can manage to field.

    Also playing small amounts of Might and Magic: Clash of Heroes, Hegemony, and Magic 2013 (managed to get about 60 332/332 trample creatures in action yesterday).

    Not playing: Drox Operative, because it’s not quite there yet, and Avernum: Escape from the Pit, because I prefer to play RPGs fairly solidly and I have other things to play right now.

  53. 01/08/2012 at 22:35 cyrenic says:

    DayZ. I’m in your coast stealin your beans.

  54. 01/08/2012 at 22:36 dawnmane says:

    Krater, which is way better than its reputation.

    Legend of Grimrock, which I am completely in love with, and I wasn’t even a gamer when the games it pays homage to was en vogue! It is such a beautiful game in all its simplicity.

    Hopefully Mass Effect 3 if my daughter takes a long nap in the afternoon tomorrow.

  55. 01/08/2012 at 22:37 serioussgtstu says:

    Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom. I haven’t played it in years and it’s a bit old, but it really holds up very well!

  56. 01/08/2012 at 22:37 Brilhasti says:

    Tribes Ascend, partially because of the glowing comments here on RPS the other day. I was also a big fan of T1 and T2. T3 not so much.

  57. 01/08/2012 at 22:37 Paullicino says:

    Everything that I could get cheap in the Steam sale, namely: The Witcher 2, Bastion, Dear Esther (well, I’m ABOUT to play it) and Minecraft. Always, always Minecraft.

    And Everbody’s Golf, on the PS3, which is basically crack.

  58. 01/08/2012 at 22:38 Morph says:

    Saints Row 3 which I got in the Steam sale. It’s fun enough without being amazing. Not sure if I’ll make it 100% through.

  59. 01/08/2012 at 22:38 tlarn says:

    Right at this moment? Minecraft, trying out the 1.3.1 Update, but really I’m just waiting for the new Dungeons of Dredmor expansion back to go live on Steam so I can buy it the moment it’s up.

  60. 01/08/2012 at 22:38 Droopy The Dog says:

    Playing – Zero K, an opensource RTS that evolved from a TA remake to something much much more, with terraforming, an incredibly powerful UI that removes repetitive micro, tons and tons of unique units, up to 32 player team/FFA battles and a brand new massively multiplayer galactic conquest mode. (I love this game so much!)

    Not-playing – AC:Revalations multiplayer, grabbed it for cheap in the steam sale and I love the mechanics of it. But the crap that comes with uPlay, the bollocks matchmaking that won’t let me play with my friends and brother and a FUBAR unlock system that ruins stealthy/smart gameplay in favor of spamming the all-purpose and massively superior smokebomb unlock, they all just make it not worth the effort no matter how much fun it could be.

    • 01/08/2012 at 22:52 mrwonko says:

      Zero-K sounds nice! Gotta check that out, liked Supreme Commander very much, never tried Total Annihilation though. Thanks for the heads up.

      • 01/08/2012 at 23:27 jondare says:

        The Spring mod for it is even better: it let’s you start a horde mode ish scenario where your only objective is to survive against a growing onslaught of aliens. Great fun with some friends

        • 02/08/2012 at 10:05 Droopy The Dog says:

          Eh? Zero K is a Spring mod and already has that mode.

          For anyone who does try this game, bear with it, the single player tutorials bearly scratch the surface and the documentation is awful (half the hotkeys aren’t listed anywhere in the online manual, but on the spring engine site or in dev documents on google code). So there’s some on the job learning to do when you start playing, the coop vs AI room’s a safe bet for a place to try things out.

  61. 01/08/2012 at 22:39 Ennui says:

    Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Tribes: Ascend, Minecraft, Day Z, Saint’s Row 3 and my old standby Alpha Centauri.

  62. 01/08/2012 at 22:39 ElvisMZ says:

    LA Noire, I’m enjoying it. Even though it’s actual gameplay is fairly limited. The story keeps me going though.

    • 01/08/2012 at 22:41 woodsey says:

      I think I managed about 5 hours before I wanted to shoot myself. The interrogations are laughably shit, absolutely everyone in it is a massive twat, and it’s bloody hideous to boot.

      • 02/08/2012 at 00:32 ElvisMZ says:

        That’s all true, but it’s quite different to what I usually play and I’m interested in seeing how the story turns out. It does seem like a game that will never be universally liked though.

  63. 01/08/2012 at 22:39 phenom_x8 says:

    Despite ubisoft case yesterday, playing Brother in arms hells highway are very great tactical experience. Wish more games going to this direction rather than COD (BiA : furious,what the…). Gearbox are also awesome developer for me.

  64. 01/08/2012 at 22:39 woodsey says:

    Spec Ops: The Line for a second time. I still can’t quite believe how intelligent it is.

  65. 01/08/2012 at 22:40 Matt-R says:

    Well Steam sales deposited Saints Row 3 into my life and when I get the spare moment from gazing lovingly and balefully at my current udk work it caresses me gently.

  66. 01/08/2012 at 22:41 superstepa says:

    Playing a lot of Natural Selection 2 and Civilization 5

    • 02/08/2012 at 09:45 perfectheat says:

      Same. But haven’t managed to move on from CIV IV yet. And now with discovering the Caveman2Cosmos mod this is going to be even harder.

    • 02/08/2012 at 14:37 Aluschaaf says:

      Is Natural Selection 2 any good? Thinking about pre-ordering it, but not quite convinced yet…

  67. 01/08/2012 at 22:41 Rhalle says:

    I’m playing a 14-year-old MMORPG on a private server: Lineage 1.

    It’s basically a Diablo-meets-Ultima Online sort of affair, with an obscure South Korean anime comic book having been used for lore and flavor (as well as Dungeons and Dragons and Nethack for its mechanics). It has beautiful sprites and lovely painted tiles.

    In its heyday in the late 90s, Lineage 1 was the best online MMO experience one could have, and it is one of the best games ever made. Once upon a time it was mutli-faceted (PvP and castle sieges were equally important), but today it is primarily a loot grinder with a gigantic amount of content and a smattering of players who are spread out over a handful of private servers.

  68. 01/08/2012 at 22:41 starmade says:

    Right now all I am playing is Star Made. Theres a huge update coming out soon.

    http://www.indiedb.com/games/star-made

  69. 01/08/2012 at 22:41 jaheira says:

    Fable 3 – nice doggy woggy.
    Shogun 2 – surprisingly good AI both on the campaign map and on the battlefield.
    Magic the Gathering on MODO now that M13 is out.
    Chess.

  70. 01/08/2012 at 22:42 rocketman71 says:

    Spelunky.

  71. 01/08/2012 at 22:42 jezcentral says:

    COD:MW3. I always buy them two years after they come out.

  72. 01/08/2012 at 22:43 Drake Sigar says:

    I’ve just started Knights of the Old Republic 2 with the restored content mod. I want to play as a woman this time, but always end up as that gloriously bearded Obi Wan lookalike.

  73. 01/08/2012 at 22:44 Vermilious says:

    Diablo II. Specifically, Median XL. Because ti’s been very very warm of late, and my not-incredibly-robust-or-well-cooled gaming laptop can’t take a whole lot more. Also playing through the Thief games for the first time.

    As temperatures drop back down to human degrees, I plan on finishing DXHR and dicking around in Skyrim some more.

  74. 01/08/2012 at 22:44 jha4ceb says:

    Mostly LOTRO (new player, getting very addicted). Also some Borderlands and starting out in Metro 2033.

    Not playing: haven’t been able to retain interest in Orcs Must Die for more than 15 mins at a time, which is surprising to me given how much time I sunk into Dungeon Defenders.

    • 01/08/2012 at 22:54 MmeLibertine says:

      I’m a lifer in LOTRO and considering picking it back up for the new mounted combat. How are you enjoying that so far, if you’ve seen it?

  75. 01/08/2012 at 22:44 RagingLion says:

    I’m playing L.A. Noire.

    (Also you prompted me to search out the actual song “Cold as Ice” (willing to sacrifice) to listen to just now.)

  76. 01/08/2012 at 22:44 Lowenhertz says:

    Orcs must die 2, dota 2 and world of tanks.

  77. 01/08/2012 at 22:45 Zanpa says:

    I did not buy anything in the Steam sale, surprisingly. I’m playing Battlefield 3 with a few Polish and Swedish chums, and the game is way better with friends, that’s fo sure.
    I know not many people here like this kind of game, but what can I say, I’m enjoying myself far too much to even try other games.

  78. 01/08/2012 at 22:45 Henson says:

    Just finished Hitman: Blood Money last week. Fun scenarios! The story elements seem like they don’t coalesce as well as they wanted, but the big ‘sigh’ moment was during the tutorial, realizing that the black gangstas had a troop of bikini-clad hos cooking their drugs for them. Oh dear.

    Now on Cave Story +, hard difficulty. Not sure I’ve had to replay a section so much since Battletoads. Great soundtrack.

  79. 01/08/2012 at 22:46 phanteh says:

    Blacklight Retribution has turned out to be quite a nice little diversion as of late. Day Z still features heavily though!

    As for what I’m not playing; the planetside 2 beta. Mechwarrior MMO beta.

  80. 01/08/2012 at 22:46 Malleus says:

    Playing the Arma 2 Czech DLC. Well, it’s not BAF, but it’s not bad either – but then again I’m such a fanboy, if BIS released a skinpack for ingame bunnies, I’d buy it too, and be happy with it. :)

    Also playing Fallout 3, though I’m only at the beginning. Never played this one before, so … great adventures are ahead of me, I guess. :)

  81. 01/08/2012 at 22:47 Abbykins says:

    Spent almost $150 during the last Steam sale, and now have over 300 games on my gaming PC. Haven’t been playing any of them – either the wide diversity of choices makes it difficult to commit to any choice (I know there’s a term for this in economics, but can’t recall what it is), or I’m just burnt out on gaming and need to take a break.

  82. 01/08/2012 at 22:48 Navagon says:

    Rather appropriately, given the image, I’m playing another campaign on Empire Total War. Why Empire? Well I actually like the scale, and most of the bugs are fixed now. So why not?

  83. 01/08/2012 at 22:48 Totally heterosexual says:

    Metal gear solid peace walker. Really liking it. A shame that they just wont bring these to PC.

    Although… the later bosses have so much fucking health you would think they are made of vegemite or something. Takes over half an hour of just slamming rockets into them to even be somewhat done.

    Still, I do recommend it. I think a lot of people here would like the base managment elements. They really reminds me of Xcom.

    • 02/08/2012 at 13:03 grundus says:

      If you mean the vehicle bosses, you’re not supposed to actually fight them, best thing to do is use the sneaking suit, hold up the escorts then Fulton them or make the vehicle they’re escorting kill them somehow. If you mean the AI bosses, you need to have a few things before they become acceptably easy. If you don’t have the Carl Gustav up to level 4 you need to do that before you fight Peace Walker Type II, I really couldn’t beat it until I had that, and the M202A1 level 3 helps a bit too. Aaaand you need the M60 SB (because it’s armour piercing) up to a decent level too, if I recall correctly. The best thing to do, though, is host an online game and get help from people who probably do have the best stuff in the game, that allows you to go past that, get the better stuff then revisit it and solo the missions.

      I love Peace Walker but I’m really fucked off that I’ll never 100% complete it because of the sky high requirements for the top four codenames and some of the emblems, 1,000,000 camaraderie points? Never going to happen, ever. Kind of makes it pointless to keep playing after you’ve earned all the trophies, really.

  84. 01/08/2012 at 22:50 aliksy says:

    Orcs Must Die 2. It’s good.

    Waiting for GW2. (Stressful game).

    Working through some of the summer sale items:
    Dungeon Siege 3: Not good, not quite as bad as I feared. Only way to get fondly remembered dungeon siege 1.
    Alan Wake’s American Nightmare: Cheap! Not bad. Bad animations. Not quite as good as the first one.
    Two Worlds 2 – Why did I get this, too? Ugh. The writing is like pro-wrestling, and the “lol hot girls” thing is off putting. Hoping it gets better. One of my friends liked it…

  85. 01/08/2012 at 22:51 rapier17 says:

    One NDA game & generally mucking about in M&B: Warband mods for now. Not feeling a real urge to play anything currently.

  86. 01/08/2012 at 22:51 MmeLibertine says:

    Another Secret Worlder here. So impressed with this MMO… I’m already glad I sprang for the lifetime membership! Between rounds of TSW I’m also playing Sword & Sworcery, The Witcher and Left 4 Dead (1 and 2).

  87. 01/08/2012 at 22:52 rokmek says:

    Just finished the free RPG maker game “Ib”.
    Mostly, I’m playing Deus Ex Human Revolution, The Binding of Issac and S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Chernobyl with the Complete Mod.
    What I want to play but haven’t yet? LA Noire, Deponia and The Void.

    • 01/08/2012 at 23:30 TrueBlue says:

      lol What a small world, I’m playing the exact same games, well only The Binding of Isaac and Stalker Shadow of Chernobyl to be more precise, though I do want to get back at Human Revolution some time soon.

      Also IB is a fucking masterpiece, such a unique title, very simplistic and yet very methodical, great narrative and good use of horror/puzzle elements throughout, and it’s free so yeah, can’t ask better than that. XD

  88. 01/08/2012 at 22:52 Mallobaude says:

    Battlefield 3/ Planetside/Dayz/borderlands/League Of Legends/The Witcher

    At The Same Time! :O

  89. 01/08/2012 at 22:53 StingingVelvet says:

    I’m NOT playing Max Payne 3 because after downloading 30 gigs over 20 hours Amazon says the download is corrupted and starts over.

    I’m NOT playing Syndicate because the mouse aim is absolutely horrid and I can’t stand it.

    I AM playing Fallout New Vegas to finally finish the DLC, along with a new Skyrim character in preparation for the coming DLC.

  90. 01/08/2012 at 22:55 John Magnum says:

    Playing Spec Ops: The Line, just started chapter twelve. Also BRINK with a buddy, Golden Sun: Dark Dawn for pure familiarity’s sake, and random dabblings in a few other games I got on the Summer Sale.

  91. 01/08/2012 at 22:57 Cr4zy says:

    Tribes: Ascend and Natural Selection 2 beta

  92. 01/08/2012 at 22:59 Pyrosity says:

    World of tanks, Battlefield 3, Far Cry 2, Guild Wars 2′s beta weekends when they come around, Tribes Ascend, a little TF2 (after a very loooong period of not playing it).

  93. 01/08/2012 at 23:02 frenz0rz says:

    Right now I’m all over the place in terms of games.

    Just finished Alan Wake and am currently playing through Portal 2 again and Orcs Must Die 2 (was proper chuffed tonight after getting in the top 200 of a map on my first attempt). I’m also saving Dear Esther for the weekend when I’ll have time to appreciate it, and should also be continuing a game of Civ 4 I started last week having not played it in years.

    Oh, and if instead I get prodded into doing some multiplayer, I’ll probably be playing either Bad Company 2 or Warcraft 3 Legion TD Mega.

    If I get access Planetside 2, however, you can safely ignore all of the above as I’ll be playing nothing else.

  94. 01/08/2012 at 23:03 Petethegoat says:

    Arma 2, as I said somewhere else, and With Fire and Sword, which I’ve gotten into properly, now.

    Less recently, I’ve been playing things from the steam sale, and coop stuff while my brother was around on holiday. I think we finished The Darkness II’s coop, EYE (what a bizarre game, but quite enjoyable), Saints Row 3, and Serious Sam 3.
    Also, we played an obscene amount of The Specialists. Nothing really comes close to HL1 for awesome mods, even now.

  95. 01/08/2012 at 23:06 Zeewolf says:

    I’m playing Ultima VII: The Black Gate. Because it’s about time I played it.

    I’ve sunk a lot of hours into it so far and I still feels like I’m just starting out. Magic is still confusing and combat is still … well, an uncontrollable mess really. But I’m loving the story and the world, and I keep wanting to go back to the game and discover more.

  96. 01/08/2012 at 23:07 Master_of_None says:

    Crusader Kings 2! With African expansion! I just became EMPEROR OF HISPANIA!

  97. 01/08/2012 at 23:07 idhrendur says:

    I’m playing Crusader Kings 2.

    And an EU3 game converted from CK1. That will in turn be converted to V2.

    That is, when I’m not developing the converters.

  98. 01/08/2012 at 23:08 Kein says:

    Nothing. Bought lots of games during Summer Sale, but no time to play anything.

  99. 01/08/2012 at 23:09 LTK says:

    Spacechem. I tried the TF2 tie-in assignments, but after I assembled 8 atoms of Australium into Moustachium 608 – double-bind 4 atoms in a square, unbind one side, do this twice, then bond the two squares together. When I finally managed to maneuver the 8-by-2 molecule around the board to the output window, I found out that I only bonded the two submolecules once, where they should have bonded twice. With absolutely no room left for additional drop, bond, grab commands.

    This game is going to kill me one day, I’m sure of it. If someone finds me collapsed behind my desk, bleeding out of my ears, eyes replaced by a red and blue waldo, computer a smoking pile of slag, you know what happened.

  100. 01/08/2012 at 23:09 Rahlon says:

    Osu! http://osu.ppy.sh/ a song I like just got mapped :)

  101. 01/08/2012 at 23:10 werix says:

    Blacklight: Retribution, Thief:Gold and Fallout tactics by myself. I’m really enjoying FO:Tactics. I don’t understand all the hate it got on the internet over the years. Thief Gold is the first time I’ve played the thief games. The graphics are a little dated, but the gameplay is good enough to overlook the pyramid people. My only complaint is sometimes the missions seem to take too long. Maybe I’m becoming impatient in my age.

    Evochron Mercenary, Dead Island, and Borderlands(for the 18th time) with friends.

    • 01/08/2012 at 23:41 stiffkittin says:

      FO:T is a really cool game. It’s biggest problem was that it wasn’t Fallout 3. Some mis-marketing puts a fair amount of the blame squarely on Interplay for that one though.

      It’s not the best tactics game ever made but it’s undeniably Fallout, has a good story and some decent rpg elements which made it a much more engaging experience for me than Jagged Alliance 2.

      • 01/08/2012 at 23:53 werix says:

        Thank god I’m not the only one who prefers Fallout Tactics to Jagged Alliance 2. I find it the better tactical shooter.

  102. 01/08/2012 at 23:20 TrueBlue says:

    Going back and forward between The Binding of Isaac and Stalker Shadow of Chernobyl (with the Lurk 1.1 mod installed), also played a bit of Far Cry 2 earlier for about two hours but before turning the game off I decided to clean the save files of every last quick save I’ve done, only to end up accidentally loading a save I’ve done a hour prior to all that, basically I’ve played two hours for naught. -_-

  103. 01/08/2012 at 23:22 Caenorhabditis says:

    I’m replaying Just Cause 2. Great fun! I feel so awesome when playing this game. Cutscenes and characters are shitty though.

  104. 01/08/2012 at 23:23 grundus says:

    uPlay. I’m playing uPlay as a consequence of trying to play an Ubisoft game.

    The game turned out to be H.A.W.X. 2, which although is horrible to fly and kind of lacklustre in most ways, it is quite fun. Well, I only got as far as the (first?) AC-130 bit, as long as that and the UAV bit don’t happen much more I’ll be alright. I’m assuming there’s a mission where you’re a chopper gunner and possibly one where you bizarrely use a VTOL in hover mode to kill stuff though, because MW2 killstreaks.

  105. 01/08/2012 at 23:24 xyphen says:

    UT 99 CTF , only EU nw server, Shootmania beta and some of that World of Ta.., TANKFACE! Downloading Warsow to check latest version too .

  106. 01/08/2012 at 23:36 stiffkittin says:

    Quantum Conundrum, which I’m not enjoying nearly as much as I wish I was. John de Lancie is a genuine letdown.

    Walking Dead in short sprints and loving it.

    Also still quietly tunneling through Mass Effect 3, when I can gather up the motivation. Game needs decent multiple-hour sessions and I just don’t have the time to be quite honest. Decided to go with the expanded ending though. We’ll see how that works out for me.

  107. 01/08/2012 at 23:37 Sixtoe says:

    Just finished Saints Row 3 (again), Bioshock, Bulletstorm, now screaming through Crysis, then plan on playing Bioshock 2, Crysis 2 and Just Cause…2.

    There’s a lot of 2′s there isn’t there? and yes, I am a victim of the steam sale >.<

  108. 01/08/2012 at 23:39 Gap Gen says:

    Minecraft! 1.2.5! 11-storey mob farm! Have some ad money!

  109. 01/08/2012 at 23:39 Koozer says:

    I am playing KOTOR (finished!), Jedi Academy (again), and Dwarf Fortress. I am not playing Arma II/DayZ, because I am rubbish. I am not playing KOTOR 2, because Amazon are rubbish.

  110. 01/08/2012 at 23:39 xenothaulus says:

    I bought Crusader Kings 2 during the Steam Sale and I have over 100 hours in it already, on just one play. I haven’t put that many hours into Civ 5, total. (Civ 4 is an entirely different story, and I would rather not talk about it…)

  111. 01/08/2012 at 23:40 Lynchbread says:

    I’ve been playing Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance now that the new multiplayer lobby called FAForever is out now.

  112. 01/08/2012 at 23:42 particlese says:

    My massive Steam Summer Sale collection consisting of Crysis 2 and Bulletstorm have gone uninstalled courtesy of Skyrim. And a friend got me Arma 2 for Day Z during the sale, so there’s that. I’ve found that running by people with zombie trains is infinitely more fun than crawling around worring about getting killed by a stranger.

    Also, I’m surprised no one text-shouted “COALFACE” after reading this RPS post. Perhaps I’m missing some subtle aspect of that joke…

  113. 01/08/2012 at 23:47 Xocrates says:

    Re-playing Darksiders in anticipation for the sequel.

    And Titan Quest which I got for pennies in the Gamersgate summer sale.

  114. 01/08/2012 at 23:48 Irate Earwig says:

    Rediscovering Just Cause 2 with a few mods and thrashing Left 4 Dead 2 with a few mates. Should be playing Amnesia but I’m too cowardly! It’s so good I can’t even play it.

  115. 01/08/2012 at 23:48 crsuch says:

    Planescape Torment! I just discovered the awesomeness of GOG. Also downloaded Ultima 7. Should provide enough fun during the lul before Planetside and BG:EE and Borderlands 2 and Torchlight 2 come out.

    • 02/08/2012 at 02:59 Skabooga says:

      Hey, I’m playing Planescape: Torment for the first time now too! What a pleasure it is to actually be reading dialogue in an RPG instead of listening to it. Not only do the textual descriptions make the setting seem so vibrant and nuanced, but I also don’t have to feel bad about clicking off NPCs as they are mid-way through their incredibly boring, fully-voiced speech.

      • 02/08/2012 at 08:04 NathanH says:

        Although fully voiced dialogue can be the best approach in some games (e.g. Mass Effect), the idea that it is always appropriate and better than just text is one of the worst modern developments for the cRPG.

        • 02/08/2012 at 10:21 Bostec says:

          Its all true, i’m playing Icewind Dale and Dragon Age Origins and it really is a joy to read some RPG text again in IWD while i’m rapidly hitting the ESC key to cut out all the boring talky bits in Dragon age.

      • 02/08/2012 at 12:50 bladedsmoke says:

        Bravo, sir! Bravo!

        What video games – and especially RPGs – need these days is good writing. We’ve got the graphics, we don’t need to worry about the graphics. I just want to play an RPG as well-written, as engaging, as divergent, as Planescape Torment or Baldur’s Gate was.

        There have been examples where this has been done well even with voice-acting; for example, in Vampire The Masquerade Bloodlines, or in Fallout New Vegas. But I honestly can’t think of any examples beyond those two, and I can’t help but feel that without voice actors – or with voice acting just limited to key phrases, as happened in P:T and BG – it would be much easier to intelligently write a game.

  116. 01/08/2012 at 23:49 BathroomCitizen says:

    M&B – Napoleonic Wars and Tribes: Ascend. Good multiplayer stuff

    • 02/08/2012 at 10:30 DarkHamlet says:

      Napoleonic Wars has blown my mind. I haven’t played such a good online game in years. That exhilarating feeling, when the mood of the background music – classical pieces of that era – coincides with a full scale charge toward the enemy’s fort, battlecries and whizzing bullets all around you. It is so beautiful it makes me cry. But they are tears of joy, brothers!
      Come to the 19th century and charge with us. Huzzah!

  117. 01/08/2012 at 23:49 dglenny says:

    Wargame. Warrrrrrrrrrgame. European Escalation, which is still a terrible name. But such a good game.

  118. 01/08/2012 at 23:50 MythArcana says:

    Drox Operative
    ToME 4
    Stone Soup
    Mysterious Castle
    Vulture NetHack
    Conquest of Elysium III (RPS’s Favorite)

  119. 01/08/2012 at 23:52 Syra says:

    Playing DayZ http://www.youtube.com/user/kodohumper?feature=mhee

    Also Orcs Must Die 2

    Oh and Arkham City

    Oh and … quite a few other games but less so, so that’s okay.

    But mainly reading The Dark Tower and watching The Olympics..

  120. 01/08/2012 at 23:57 Kestrel says:

    Mud and Blood 2! Every year or so I come back and remember why I love Flash games. Because of Mud and Blood 2! MUDANDBLOOD2FACE

  121. 02/08/2012 at 00:00 scottyjx says:

    Dredmor and Spelunky. Rage-quit one, and start up the other.

  122. 02/08/2012 at 00:00 ZzzZombi says:

    I’m addicted to Terraria right now. It’s actually a silly game but I invested 20 hours so far.

  123. 02/08/2012 at 00:06 Dreamstorm says:

    Terraria, Running With Rifles and Hitman: Blood Money

  124. 02/08/2012 at 00:07 drlemon says:

    COALFACE!

  125. 02/08/2012 at 00:07 Ham Solo says:

    World of Tanks and World of Warplanes, mostly. Some BF3, some Payday…

  126. 02/08/2012 at 00:09 Kadayi says:

    Borderlands Co-op going through the DLC with some fellow RPSrs

  127. 02/08/2012 at 00:10 realitysconcierge says:

    Playing Infamous 2.

    Not playing Eve Online after getting a ship shot down in ten minutes after spending six hours fitting it. I just can’t handle that…

  128. 02/08/2012 at 00:12 Zanchito says:

    Orcs Must Die 2, Prototype 2, Minecraft RPS server. Gotte get on with New Vegas, but it seems like it’s such a time investment!

  129. 02/08/2012 at 00:13 Shooop says:

    I’m trying out WARFACE thanks to some international website trickery PC Gamer shared with us. It’s as generic as you’d think but it’ll be a fun little diversion from time to time. And sliding around is addicting and fun.

    And I’m also getting very excited about the Oculus Rift.
    http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1523379957/oculus-rift-step-into-the-game

    Do want. And will probably have if it’s any good.

    • 02/08/2012 at 12:31 mikmanner says:

      I did that too I found WARFACE or WHOREACE to be incredibly boring and generic. For F2P you got to do something a bit different to get players attention, what’s this? CoD. Fuck that I’ll got back to Tribes.

      • 02/08/2012 at 13:45 Shooop says:

        There’s a reason I called it a diversion – it’s not a great or even really good game. It’s something to waste some time on until Borderlands 2 arrives.

        If Tribes didn’t demand me to do trigonometry in my head on the fly I’d probably play that. It’s without a doubt the most user-unfriendly game I’ve ever seen.

  130. 02/08/2012 at 00:16 Devan says:

    Mostly League of Legends, because I play with friends and it just never seems to get dull.

  131. 02/08/2012 at 00:18 Inzimus says:

    Playing: The Elder Scrolls III – Morrowind (GOTY) (ûbermodded)
    Not Playing: The Elder Scrolls V – Skyrim (because everything beyond TES III from Bethesda is made of suck)

    Playing: Worlds (from Curious Planet), since RPS mentioned it, I watched the trailer and couldn’t even be bothered downloading a demo, it was love at first sight, bought it while the trailer was still running
    Not Playing: Minecraft – waiting for all mah mods to get updated to 1.3.1

    Playing: Civilization V +Vanilla Enhanced/Unofficial Patch (hot-seat with a friend)
    Not Playing: Warlock: Master of the Arcane – no hot-seat, no purchase.

    Playing: Cavestory+ – playing it on old CRT-TV with Arcade-stick, good times
    Not Playing: Vessel – No excuse not to be, just that I prefer one platformer at the time

    Playing: Shadow of Chernobyl (OGSE)/Clear Sky (TFW)/Call of Pripyat (Misery) – since I never stopped playing them and don’t think I ever will
    Not Playing: Call of Duty whatever warfare is going on right now – tired of on-line FPS’s, since long

    Playing GTA – Vice City/GTA San Andreas/GTA IV – why? because kick-ass, that’s why
    Not Playing: Max Payne 3 – I’ve already seen the fall of Max Payne, I have no intention of watching him rot

    Playing: X- Beyond the Frontier – with Arcade-stick as thrust/twist and various buttons for functions
    Not Playing: Freespace 2 – prefer one Space-sim at the time

    Playing: Microsprint – why? because if there ever was a racing-game that came as close to perfection as possible, than this is it
    Not Playing: Need For Speed/whatever racing sims out there – I like my racing games arcadey

    apart from that, I pick’n'play a couple of other random games, all depending on mood…

    • 02/08/2012 at 01:03 StingingVelvet says:

      Skyrim is pretty good I think, and I was one of the biggest Oblivion haters out there. Not perfect, but then what is?

  132. 02/08/2012 at 00:18 RakeShark says:

    I’m going retro. Playing the ye olde DOS games Lightspeed and Spirit of Excalibur.

  133. 02/08/2012 at 00:23 Jubaal says:

    I’ve been playing Orcs Must Die 2, Borderlands (again), Mass Effect 2, Left 4 Dead 2. I’m also looking forward to restarting our server again now the latest Minecraft patch is out and also dipping my toe in the games I got in the Steam sale (Batman Arkham City, Saints Row 3, Alan Wake, Fallout New Vegas and Dear Ester).

  134. 02/08/2012 at 00:26 Ninja Dodo says:

    Finally had a chance to played Deus Ex Human Revolution + Missing Link. Loved it.

    Especially love how [SPOILERS] the seemingly innocuous upgrade bio-chip choice towards the end plays into the ask questions / think critically theme that runs through the series, while actually using the mechanics of the game (all upgrades are good) to suggest the opposite. Clever stuff. [/SPOILERS]

    Crits:

    The boss battles felt out of place not just because of the break with non-lethal play, but also because you don’t really get to know much of anything about the mercenary characters… otherwise didn’t mind them as much as some.

    I do wish they’d done a Gordon Freeman with the intro though and let you explore the lab a bit before everything explodes, instead of letting you turn your head during a walking cutscene.

    Also playing: Rayman Oranges, Intrusion 2

    • 02/08/2012 at 00:50 dE says:

      If you’re interested in the mercs or some background for the story (not least of all how it ties to the original Deus Ex and its characters), I’d recommend the “Icarus Effect” Novel. I generally don’t like Game Novels that much and it is no master piece either – but it ties up a lot of loose knots, especially concerning the mercenaries and their motivations.

      • 02/08/2012 at 10:57 Ninja Dodo says:

        I’ve tried on occasion but have never really been convinced by lore expanding literature, books or comics, because they don’t seem to tell much of story of their own and just read like officially sanctioned fan-fiction. I thought the motion comic that comes with the Augmented Edition was pretty bad (story added nothing, art looked like generic super-hero material)… still worth it for the “making of” and soundtrack though.

        If they had a backstory for the mercs I’m surprised they didn’t include more of it in the game, in emails if nothing else. The tie-in to the original was rather well done though, I thought, and not just the bit at the end. The whole game is like a giant parade of foreshadowing, but elegantly so.

    • 02/08/2012 at 15:36 Ninja Dodo says:

      I forgot:

      NOT playing: DOTA2… gift beta invite, loaded it up, did not see a tutorial anywhere, tried quick match, got called “Juggernoob” and told to “go bot”, decided I have better things to do than competing with anonymous jerks on the internet.

  135. 02/08/2012 at 00:39 uNapalm says:

    Space Marine – Exterminatus mode. I’m still only level 40 and a half and have another 8k of dead people to make till I’m a True Son of the Emperor.

    Binding of Isaac – This game makes me mad sometimes, but every play-through is unique and I tend to play 2 or 3 games each day.

    Also Orcs Must Die 2 and Minecraft, whilst waiting for the Legend of Grimrock map editor to come out and Towns to hit 0.50.

  136. 02/08/2012 at 00:43 Film11 says:

    Dungeons of Dredmor, with the just-released Conquest of the Wizardlands DLC! Currently running a character with skillsets including emomancy and magical law.

  137. 02/08/2012 at 00:45 ColOfNature says:

    This weekend there will be Frozen Synapse, FTL, Tribes: Ascend and A Virus Named Tom. Maybe also Driver: SF, and Cubemen if I need to fill a few minutes here or there.

  138. 02/08/2012 at 00:47 slerbal says:

    Crusader Kings 2 (with and without CK2+) [over 100 hours already] and Arma 2 [300 hours+] (lots of online play with ARPS amongst others!). I have other games I want to play, but those two have given me so much entertainment I just cannot walk away :)

    I only bought a small handful of games this time on the Steam Sale because I am just enjoying those two games so damn much :)

  139. 02/08/2012 at 00:48 joeymcjoeysalot says:

    I just finished Vampire-Redemption, and have now installed the new KOTOR 2 mod and will be playing that for the next week probably

  140. 02/08/2012 at 00:50 x25killa says:

    PayDay: The Heist. There’s some DLC arriving “soon” for the PC called Wolf Pack. Borderlands with some of the RPS chatters, played a shit ton of Saints Row The Third. It’s an alright game but lacking something.

    Space Rangers 2, very good game, would recommend it. Fate of The World deciding which way to save planet (ending in failure). Left 4 Dead 2 versus with some old friends of mine and grindan` away on Magic The Gathering DotP 2013.

    Just started playing Two Worlds 2. Looks rather good and of course, ARMA 2 with RPS/FOLK.

  141. 02/08/2012 at 00:54 Greggh says:

    Borderlands! With the missus!!

    I just got a job, to be able to buy the pre-order for Borderlands 2. That should be enough to say how much I’m enjoying this game :D

  142. 02/08/2012 at 01:00 AirRaid says:

    Borderlands with friends, hyping for BL2. Get you one!

  143. 02/08/2012 at 01:07 Vartarok says:

    I just finished Dark Souls, and THAT final boss battle was just the final push I needed to definitely consider it one of the, at least, three best games in the videogame history. Some may argue the proportion of that statement, but considering:

    a) How the game takes a genre as old as the Metroidvania formula, and with such strong instalements as Symphony of the Night, Super Metroid and the Prime trilogy, and COMPLETELY revolutionizes it.
    b) The internal coherence and gorgeous design of the game world, and the capacity for immersion and absorption with which it captures you.
    c) The depth and complexity of the battle and leveling system, with the relevance of things like the spatial awareness, the importance of the geography, and the knowledge of your weapon it all requires.
    d) Last and most important (for me and my gaming interests, at least): the complexity, richness, and subtlety of the themes, motivations of the caracters and general plot, with great things such as the use of presocratic philosophy for explaining the game world genesis and origins.

    And right now, I’m playing Asura’s Wrath and I don’t know if I hate it or like it.

    • 02/08/2012 at 13:36 marcusfell says:

      I bet you hate because its more like an anime than a videogame.

      But you love it becuase its the greatest anime ever made.

      • 02/08/2012 at 15:28 Vartarok says:

        Not exactly.

        I was completely prepared to face an interactive anime rather than an usual game. The problems I’m encountering are related to, being a game that is sure of what it wants to deliver, it seems not quite as sure on how exactly to deliver it. For instance, it forces a lot of playable action sequences via flashbacks and such that hinder the narration rythm. Another problem is the troublesome exposition, it wants so hard to offer a permanent climax of rage and destruction to the player that it fails to make clear to the player why is Asura’s angry about, or even what just happened to him (in the second chapter he supposedly died and I didn’t even understand that, I just thought he was sent to another planet). Not to mention the presentation. Sometimes it wants to be a film, sometimes it wants to be an anime, and the permament text overlay with the staff in the begining of every damn chapter is way too awkward and irritating, it’s like they want to make every chapter feel like the final chapter of an anime while it clearly can’t be the case.

  144. 02/08/2012 at 01:10 jettpack says:

    Things ive been playing:

    Left 4 Dead 2: Me and the guys at work have been doing a ton of full 8 player versus matches. we converted a bunch of the other people in the office when the steam sale came around, so they all picked up l4d2. thats still excellent.

    Dustforce: yo that game is dope as fuck.

    The walking dead.:just finished episode 2. it was brutal. but great

    havent been playing: Orcs must die 2. i preordered it. but right now there are so many other good games clawing for my attention. Omd2 just isnt high on my priority list right now.

  145. 02/08/2012 at 01:11 Dilapinated says:

    I’ve been playing through Magic 2012 after recently pining for the cardboard crack oncemore.

    Gave Tribes: Ass a shot, but the user-unfriendliness of the program (I will always be dominating your screen! Always! If you ever, ever want access to another window, close me down and then go through the aggravating self-check/update/loading/titles/login again!) made me disinclined to grind my way up the learning curve. I’ll stick with TF2 until PS2 comes out.

  146. 02/08/2012 at 01:18 TychoCelchuuu says:

    Men of War: Assault Squad, Skyrim, probably Bioshock and Bioshock 2 soon, and DotA 2.

  147. 02/08/2012 at 01:18 Edawan says:

    A bit of WoW (now in mindless farm mode)
    A bit of Mists of Pandaria beta (though I don’t want to commit too much time when it’s gonna be wiped anyway)

    And trying to resist the urge to play more Civ 5. (because I know once I start, it’s incredibly hard to stop)

  148. 02/08/2012 at 01:37 hap says:

    Since the steam sale I’ve played through Mafia 2 (enjoyed it but it was much more linear than I anticipated), Darksiders (loved it, wish I played it years ago, pre-ordered the sequel immediately) and currently playing through Risen 2. Not the best game and some story choices I made in the first game change quite oppositely in the sequel which was disappointing, but I want to see it through and I’m pretty close to the end now.

    Looking forward to starting The Walking Dead this weekend.

  149. 02/08/2012 at 01:56 V8_Ninja says:

    Due to a bad purchasing decision and the need to beat all of my Steam games in my backlog, I will be trudging through Serious Sam 2. However, I will also be enjoying the random spoils of getting into the Shootmania Beta. I’m not a huge fan of the Maniaplanet interface, though. Also, Hopefully I’ll have time to find a few hours to squeeze in some Banjo-Tooie.

  150. 02/08/2012 at 01:59 Corrupt_Tiki says:

    Counterstrike Source – I am a bad person.

    DayZ and vanilla ArmA2OA

    Sniper Elite V2

    Civ V
    and ..
    DCS:A-10

  151. 02/08/2012 at 02:04 Keroton says:

    Olympic games got the best of me, I am replaying for the first time in 15 years “Summer Games”.

    Also wondering why no one has made a remake of “Track and Field” in HTML/Flash

    edit: Oh i see XBLA has a version of it, also there is a Iphone version.

  152. 02/08/2012 at 02:12 Fincher says:

    Napoleonic Wars DLC for Mount & Blade: Warband.

    I haven’t had this much fun, or laughed this hard, whilst playing an online game in a long long time.

  154. 02/08/2012 at 02:17 taenyftw says:

    The Witcher and Witcher 2 marathon for me. A bit of Orcs Must Die too.

    Really want to play Tribes but the game launcher is bugging on me :\, I’m trying to fix it

  155. 02/08/2012 at 02:24 Bansh says:

    Star Wolves 3: Civil War.

    Developers really should make more games like this.

  156. 02/08/2012 at 02:33 marcusfell says:

    SC2 mods.

    RPS, why haven’t you said something about patch 1.5.1? It’s not like they overhauled the entire modding scene for starcraft 2… but they did.

  157. 02/08/2012 at 02:35 Torgen says:

    A little bit of Borderlands in prep for BL2, as I lost all my saved games in a OS install (backed up the Steam folder, didn’t know there was in invisible appdata folder on C: that held the saved games. ) Also playing through Stalker: Shadow of Chernobyl for the first time. Putting off starting Crusader Kings 2, as I have a freelance job starting tomorrow that will take all my time for the next few weeks, and would have no idea what I was doing if I stopped in the middle of a CK2 campaign.

    • 02/08/2012 at 02:57 fish99 says:

      This isn’t spoiler territory, but don’t ignore a quest to ‘meet the doctor’ in SoC.

      • 02/08/2012 at 19:11 Torgen says:

        Just met him last night, actually, but due to my hearing loss and no subtitles, I have no idea what he said. Will have to consult the wiki for the dialog, so I know what I’m supposed to do next. I thought it was “go back to Bartender” but he hasn’t said anything interesting. Guess I’ll trek back to see Sid. (using Complete Mod’s “jump” to avoid respawning junk in Garbage.)

        • 02/08/2012 at 20:22 fish99 says:

          Unless I’m just remembering it wrong the doctor should give you a quest to go back to the stash under Agroprom research institute. This in turn leads to another quest which you must do before leaving Pripyat and going to the NPP, or else you’re stuck with a bad ending.

          • 03/08/2012 at 03:49 Torgen says:

            The stash under Agropom is where the Doctor is waiting for you. He then sends you to [redacted], then go to Pripyat. I’ve done that thing, so now headed to Pripyat. I may have missed something back at [redacted] as there was a locked door with keypad and I didn’t have the code.

          • 03/08/2012 at 17:47 fish99 says:

            As long as you have the decoder you were sent to get from the stash in pripyat, you’re good to go.

            I don’t want to get into spoiler territory but it’s worth seeing all the endings. The ‘good’ endings involve an hour or two of extra gameplay with some great looking environments. Sadly a lot of people just got a bad ending and assumed that was how the game ends.

  158. 02/08/2012 at 02:55 fish99 says:

    Orcs Must Die 2 co-op – a little rough around the edges (like needing to use what is essentially a ram hack to get a decent FOV) but ….. it’s a ton of fun. Co-op is exactly what this game needed and as an added bonus you get 10 levels from OMD1 to play co-op as well (if you own OMD1).

  159. 02/08/2012 at 03:08 Skabooga says:

    Desperately trying to run through my backlog from previous sales to make room for the games I bought in this summer sale. So at the moment, I’m picking back up the the campaign mode of Frozen Synapse that I forgot to finish, and nearing the end of the Quake 1 expansion pack ‘Slaves of Armagon’. Interspersed with that is a little DayZ and Arma2 with the RPS crew when the opportunity presents itself.

    Edit: Rather, the expansion is called ‘Scourge of Armagon.’ I must be getting some cross-pollination from Dwarf Fortress’s subtitle.

  160. 02/08/2012 at 03:09 Ranger33 says:

    Combat Mission: Fortress Italy just came out, so I’m off to invade Sicily and play with all the new features. Tomorrow will be split between that and the GW2 stress test. Maybe I will finally be able to nail down my main for release (doubtful).

  161. 02/08/2012 at 03:10 Bluefox says:

    I play a bit of Tribes: Ascend every day. Strangely, around the time of my first win of the day, the client loses connection to the server and I get kicked out.

    Just started playing unEpic, purchased from the GamersGate Summer Sale (because the Steam Summer Sale wasn’t enough for the season). I’m not sure how I feel about it yet, as I’m only an hour in. Good so far.

    Dungeons of Dreadmor pulls my attention every so often, though I’ve never gotten beyond level 6, even on Elvishly Easy. Yes, I suck at video games.

    Star Trek Online has recently grabbed my attention again, as my roommate plays and wants a fellow Klingon to help out in PvP. So I’m climbing the level ladder there every so often, though the Duty Officer system is *way* overpowered, and just makes the game a race to the end.

    What I’m not playing: Super Street Fighter IV, because I’ve gone and broken my gamepad, and it’s virtually unplayable on a keyboard. Section 8: Prejudice, because right after the Steam sale, the servers are practically deserted (and Tribes is better anyway). Deus Ex: HR, because the boss fights are *so annoying* for a stealth-based character, but the rest of the game keeps enticing me. Did you know they literally outsourced the boss battles? Bah.

  162. 02/08/2012 at 03:11 solymer89 says:

    Finished Prototype 2 last night, sprinkled with intermittent matches of SMITE beta and End of Nations Alpha/Beta over the last couple of weeks. Just picked up War for Cybertron , while I have a game of Endless Space that needs finishing. Eventually will get to building more of Neo Atlantis in Sim City 4, all while waiting patiently for GW2 to release and hoping they let one more Beta weekend slip in. Prince of Persia (all of them) is waiting in the wings with all the GTA’s. That was my July… NEED. MORE. TIME!

  163. 02/08/2012 at 03:24 famicube64 says:

    I’ve been playing me some of the awesome Path of Exile. I’ll admit I’m mostly playing it only to pass the time to Torchlight 2 but it’s grown on me.

    • 02/08/2012 at 03:30 trjp says:

      PoE appeals far, far, far more than TL2 to me – the TL2 demo hasn’t really moved that far from TL which – whilst it was fun for a while – turned into a tiresome and limited grind after a while.

      I prefer PoE’s gritty approach – it’s more hardcore skills and weapons – it’s dedication to ‘ever more loot’.

      The only reason I’m not playing it to the exclusion of anything else is I have a rule about not playing Betas anymore – it’s bad enough pouring eons into a game, without pouring them into a beta just to have your work wiped-clean :)

      I’m just a bit disappointed they’re talking about ‘months’ to OB – that means the height of silly season, GW2 out, WOW expansion out, Borderlands 2 out – that’s a lot of competition!!

    • 02/08/2012 at 07:04 Valanthyr says:

      Spending most of my gaming time in PoE these days, and it’s really brilliant, even at this (somewhat early) beta stage.

      The UI still needs a lot of work (especially the items management) and the third act will be more than welcome but they’re definitely onto something huge with this game.

  164. 02/08/2012 at 03:49 RSeldon says:

    Been playing Warlock a lot. I… er… think I just recruited the Rabbit of Caerbannog as one of my heroes.

    Also got the Gothic games and Crusader Kings II in the Steam sale, but haven’t played any of them yet. Warlock has drawn me in a lot more than I expected.

  165. 02/08/2012 at 03:51 Talahar says:

    I’m playing SWTOR. And I’ll continue to play it, because I’m actually having fun. :D

  166. 02/08/2012 at 04:42 arkona says:

    Games I’m playing:
    arma2 (mostly domination), saint row 3, m&b warband (testing loads of mods) and jagged alliance 2 (with 1.13 version).

    Awesome games I’m not playing due to lack of time:
    deus ex HR, warhammer space marines, legend of grimmrock, amnesia

    Games I will not play anymore because I lost interest in them:
    skyrim (generic world and lack of original/unique items), diablo 3 (the story is so short that I lost interest in replaying the same levels again and again … I’d rather reinstall good old diablo2)

  167. 02/08/2012 at 05:10 default_name says:

    Been playing Dota 2 since November (вы все раки и дно ебаное :D). Also, just finished Max Payne 3 and wanted to continue with Bulletstorm but it crashes on one of the first cutscenes so I guess I’m going for Thief or Hitman series.

    And can’t find time to properly get into Crusader Kings II. I finished the tutorial a couple of months ago and started playing as some Georgian dude but I can’t even remember his name now.

  168. 02/08/2012 at 05:14 internisus says:

    Super Monday Night Combat!!

  169. 02/08/2012 at 05:29 Caiman says:

    Just started Divine Divinity.

    “I’m a baaad boy…”

  170. 02/08/2012 at 05:29 Quarex says:

    Alternating between The Secret World and Phantasie III. From 16 million colors to 4 depending on whether I am looking at my 8-core system or my P/166 with MS-DOS 6.22.

  171. 02/08/2012 at 05:38 Waltorious says:

    I’ve been playing through No One Lives Forever for the first time, and it’s excellent! I think I’m finally near the end (quite a long game) and I’ve been having a blast. I’m also playing Solium Infernum, POWDER (a roguelike), and Breath of Death VII as a snackbreak game. I also fired up Tribes Ascend for the first time ever yesterday and it was pretty fun. I don’t think I have enough time to really get into it though. Also I was surprised at the lack of antialiasing options given it’s a PC-only game. I believe this makes me a snob.

    On a different front, I attempted, but failed to finish, my first full game of the Mage Knight board game. It took entirely too long and would have been even longer had we tried to actually finish the scenario but I still had a great time. Looking forward to trying it again, maybe with a shorter scenario or something. Or maybe it will just take an entire day. Or two.

    I haven’t made any specific decisions to not play something, except for the various MOBA games, which I’m entirely certain I don’t have time to get sucked into. I guess I’ve been avoiding competitive online shooters (with the exception of Tribes) also for similar reasons.

  172. 02/08/2012 at 05:42 vee41 says:

    This video shall answer instead of me: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTJncWndUB8

  173. 02/08/2012 at 06:12 Iliya Moroumetz says:

    Playing Me3 MP, Team Fortress 2, and Arkham City.

    Yes, I’m not exactly exciting.

  174. 02/08/2012 at 06:13 PlinyTE says:

    Playing Kotor2 + restored content mod for the first time after finishing the original game. Very much improved from the crappy Xbox version I remember as a kid and overall a pretty awesome experience.

    The combat is pretty stupid (I.E. a bit easy and you mostly just bash people with glow sticks), but I added another mod to increase the difficulty. Highly recommended to anyone who likes the sound of a decently enjoyable Star Wars RPG without a traditional SW storyline.

    Before that it was just Endless Space and Crusader Kings II.

  175. 02/08/2012 at 06:17 2Ben says:

    Torchlight because it can run on my asthmatic laptop with HD3000 running Linux (talk about challenges…)

  176. 02/08/2012 at 06:35 Zelnick says:

    I’m playing Dark Cloud on my PC. The funny thing about that is that it’s a PS2 game.
    Next I’ll play Skyrim or Deus Ex 3 again to see how my new GTX 670 handles those compared to my last card.

  177. 02/08/2012 at 06:40 Dunbine says:

    Playing Orcs Must Die 2, Crusader Kings 2, Arma2 and Saint’s Row 2… err, I mean 3. Just seemed to be a bit of a pattern there.

    Not playing Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood, due to the fact that I uninstalled it following the recent you-know-what. And Skyrim, which in from December to March I thought was the only game I’d need to play for years, until quite suddenly, it wasn’t.

  178. 02/08/2012 at 06:59 dmoe says:

    The Ouija board with a side of meth.

  179. 02/08/2012 at 07:35 Stenchslash says:

    Stopping playing quite a lot of World of Warcraft and Minecraft, been getting back into Starcraft (So many Crafts!) and Battlefield 3.

  180. 02/08/2012 at 07:49 Rupert484 says:

    I was playing Saints Row 2 and just finished it (after putting it off forever).
    But I’m not playing Saints Row the Third because my computer refuses to run it :(

  181. 02/08/2012 at 07:56 Avish says:

    I stayed home sick for a couple of days, so I took the opportunity to finally play “To the moon”. Played it on Monday and still thinking about it’s story and presentation. This game is a masterpiece of storytelling.

    After that I launched Darksiders and am pleasantly surprised with it.

    Also playing:
    - Saints row: The third (fun, but I get bored very quick from these kind of games).
    - Trine 2. Great atmosphere with fun puzzles (It’s my Saturday morning game).

  182. 02/08/2012 at 08:08 Burning Man says:

    WoW.

    >.>

    <.<

    • 02/08/2012 at 12:12 Hmm-Hmm. says:

      So? Are you not really enjoying it?

      I don’t think I could ever play WoW again even though I did play for about four years(!), but whatever, right? As long as you have fun.

      • 02/08/2012 at 12:28 Burning Man says:

        It’s always a guilty pleasure, more so than other games, because despite the mechanics that keep me engaged, the overall effect is not very good because so much of the content is filler. It’s not gourmet gaming, to put it mildly. Granted, this is definitely not the case when a new expansion launches (I really like raiding) but atm I’m only playing it because nothing in single player interests me.

  183. 02/08/2012 at 08:21 Guvornator says:

    Blood Bowl has pretty much made a widow of my girlfriend….

  184. 02/08/2012 at 08:21 abandonhope says:

    Took a break from a return to Just Cause 2 to play Blacklight: Retribution. Took a break from that to play Sanctum and The Walking Dead. Also played a little Hitman: Blood Money and Shogun 2.

    This was the first Steam sale during which I went crazy, but I still came away with some 30 games for the price of two new releases–and what a smorgasbord my Steam library is now.

  185. 02/08/2012 at 08:25 neolith says:

    Defense Grid. Yes, I’m still having fun with it. :)

  186. 02/08/2012 at 08:29 xcopy says:

    World of tanks

    Every day. After > 3000 matches I start to play a bit better :) I like the variety of tanks and their different role and it is very satisfying when everyone in your team works together!

    Games I want to play: Borderlands, LA Noire, Psychonauts

  187. 02/08/2012 at 08:30 harvb says:

    Not playing much at the moment as there’s nothing to get my teeth into. Currently dabbling a bit with SWTOR and Tera, although I have to say I’m waiting for Some Big Thing (TM) to come out.

  188. 02/08/2012 at 08:39 Crazy Horse says:

    Mass slaughter of orcs in OMD2 is what I’m up to as well mucking my way through a impossible campaign in Warlock: Master of the Arcane (this broken game is way too easy even on that difficulty but still lots of fun too see what units and spells are coming up next)

    Most of my game time goes to that guilty pleasure Leauge of Lengends.. I hate myself for playing it so much but in my defense all my gaming buddies play it exclusively. So that makes it all better, right?

  189. 02/08/2012 at 08:51 Victuz says:

    I’ve looked for something that I can play mindlessly while I listen to the song of ice and fire audiobook (book 5 read by the awesome Roy Dotrice). So mostly a lot of borderlands…

    It’s annoying because I HAVE to do something while I listen to an audiobook just cause otherwise I get anxious but I can’t READ anything, because than I don’t pay the slightest bit of attention to it. It’s funny because when it comes to visual media I can multitask really well. I regularly play games while watching a movie, following news on tv (the only reason I watch tv nowadays) and sometimes even reading through a book. All at the same time, remembering and noting all the information I get. But in case of audiobooks I have to actually pay attention somewhat otherwise the information just runs away.

    Wow that post got carried away… So yeah a lot of borderlands. Tried playing Panzers: Phase one but stupid DRM forbids me from playing the game (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻

    • 02/08/2012 at 11:16 abandonhope says:

      Mr. Data, you have the bridge. So when you’re reading text in a book, you’re taking in visual information on a TV screen? Do you use one eye for each task? That anxiety you’re feeling when doing one thing, you think that might be a symptom of having conditioned yourself to spread and dilute your focus among many tasks?

      • 03/08/2012 at 08:07 Victuz says:

        When I read a book while playing a game and watching tv I take auditory information from tv (as said it’s mostly news on tv so i don’t really have to look) and I do it only with games that are slow enough to allow me to read a book xP.

        I’ve been checked for ADD/ADHD and apparently I don’t have it. I don’t have issues with concentration for the most part. It’s only audiobooks that I have to actually focus on to get information from them.

        My guess is that my brain is really good at processing visual information but not so good at processing the auditory information.

        Also I’m a robot.

    • 02/08/2012 at 13:03 Dilapinated says:

      Have you looked into ADD/ADHD? If you’re having trouble concentrating on a book, that might be something to look into.

    • 02/08/2012 at 13:21 phylum sinter says:

      Yeah it seems like maybe there could be something to look into if you can’t focus on reading, i’m not a doctor though.

      But as far as something for audiobook combinations, maybe I would suggest an arcadey driving game, nothing too technical – maybe one of the Dirt series actually, those are really nice and don’t occupy the part of my brain that needs to listen at all.

  190. 02/08/2012 at 08:54 hamburger_cheesedoodle says:

    Somewhat embarrassed to admit that I am playing a lot of Blacklight: Retribution. It’s not that good, it’s super generic, but it has managed to occupy my attention at least until MWO and such come out.

    Also playing Saints Row the Third and Burnout Paradise! Yay for absurd games! \o/

  191. 02/08/2012 at 08:55 Minsc_N_Boo says:

    I am mostly playing diablo 2 at the moment. I finished Diablo & LoD on normal mode, and now I am having a crack at Nightmare. It is a lot of fun, and should keep me busy till Torchlight 2 gets released!

    I am also playing GTA IV again, and I picked up Deus Ex HR in the steam sale

  192. 02/08/2012 at 08:59 spongthe1st says:

    I tried out the Gnomoria demo the other night and it quickly convinced me to buy the full version to get access to the alpha, which I’ve only had a quick go on but can see most of my spare time disappearing into it. It’s Dwarf Fortress, but accessible.

  193. 02/08/2012 at 09:01 UncleLou says:

    M&B: WB – Prophesy of Pendor, probably the game I’ve spent the most time with in the last 12 months

    Diablo 3, which does what I always hoped it would do – stay on my hdd as the “go to” game when I can’t be bothered to play anything else. Act 2 Inferno currently.

    The Walking Dead (well, I’ve finished both available episodes, waiting desperately for No. 3, and that’s coming from someone who really neither likes Telltale’s games usually, nor cared for TWD comic or series)

  194. 02/08/2012 at 09:03 BlackestTea says:

    I got into Path of Exile during the free weekend and ended up buying Beta access, because i found it the most enjoyable hack n slash arpg since a long time. I love all the innovations they made combined with the gritty world.
    Also, Orcs Must Die and 1000 Amps, sometimes stiff Magic: Duels 2013

    • 02/08/2012 at 10:22 Skhalt says:

      Definitely love Path of Exile, even if I do not play that much of it (not an usual fan of hack’n'slashes, although i do enjoy them i usually dont stick to them for very long). It has some genuine complexity, it’s good to actually have to think about how you want to play your character. The passive skill “tree” requires you to roll a Sanity check the first time you see it.

      Also playing some Baldur’s Gate 2 (for the first time), but will have to reinstall the whole thing and start over considering half of the item descriptions are bits of dialogue or descriptions of other totally unrelated things. Probably installed some mods that dont mix well together, it’s just painful to figure out which one is the culprit.

  195. 02/08/2012 at 09:05 killuminati says:

    I’d love to play my Shogun 2 I bought during the STEAM sales but these bloody 35 C degrees even at 8:00 PM don’t help me in staying concentrated over my moves in front of the PC!
    Darn way too hot here in Souther Europe!

  196. 02/08/2012 at 09:05 mandrill says:

    Getting back into EVE after a 12 month hiatus. Really enjoying The Secret World. And playing the gaming poetry that is Tribes: Ascend.

    Didn’t spend any money in the Steam Sale as I’m saving for Guild Wars 2…

  197. 02/08/2012 at 09:21 Jams O'Donnell says:

    I am not playing a thing because of protracted video card RMA disaster! Except for when I’m playing Defence Grid, or Blackwell, or Thief, or anything else that my onboard graphics can handle.

    I really want the video card situation resolved though, so I can play my Steam Sale haul. :(

  198. 02/08/2012 at 09:28 Taorgax says:

    The Binding of Isaac (finally got Platinum God, yet the game refuses to let me go, I’m still playing at least 2-3 runs a day), Orcs Must Die 1 (while I wait for my gf to get the second part so we can play it on co-op), Left 4 Dead 2 with friends, Some Dragon Age, and might get into Fallout: New Vegas.. and a bunch of other games I got during the Steam Sale :(

  199. 02/08/2012 at 09:38 _Nocturnal says:

    Playing:

    Flotilla, which was recently discounted on Steam. It’s like Frozen Synapse, but with spaceships! In a 3D playing field! It was actually created before Frozen Synapse and I find it’s simpler to play while at the same time being just as deep and engaging. Did I mention the spaceships? It’s also made by Blendo Games of Atom Zombie Smasher and Gravity Bone fame with all the stylishness, great music and weird story events that entails. I’m currently watching the original Star Trek series, so it’s pretty much the perfect game I could ask for.

    Also: Warlock. So fun, so colorful, so streamlined. They just need to add that hotseat mode. I was initially struck by the lack of a proper campaign. but after seeing how long the average skirmish game lasts and how fun it is, I think I approve. There’s really no need for contrived storylines and missions standing in the way of my fun – just let me click on stuff!

    Not playing:

    Crusader Kings II. I’ve actually ran it for a few hours, however I’m yet to make my first move. I’m just examining all the parts, looking for the best year and character to start with, the best alliances to make and so forth. Been reading a lot of history, too.

    Sporadically playing:

    Super Monday Night Combat (the game is so good, but the matchmaking is terrible) and Deus Ex: HR (I want to get sucked in, but just as I’m about to manage it, I make a stupid mistake and have to reload).

    • 02/08/2012 at 10:25 Skhalt says:

      On Crusader Kings 2, i’ve found out that starting early as one of the counts in Ireland is a pretty good way to get the hang of the game.

      • 02/08/2012 at 14:27 JB says:

        I second, third and fourth this. Ireland is a superb place for a new player to get to grips with the game. Plus it’s a lot of fun.

  200. 02/08/2012 at 10:06 EPICTHEFAIL says:

    Well, i`m on a heavy cocktail of Mass Effect 3 (just finished second playthrough, and tearing through MP as a Destroyer N7) and Blacklight Retribution (just started out, but it`s about a magnitude more fun than, say, CoD), along with a dash of End of Nations Beta, starting Friday (I missed the last event).

    Tribes has the (not-so) coveted title of “Least-Played Game” thanks to me not wanting to endure the combination of nonexistent balance (last I checked, plasgun was still broken, and AR+Thumper soldier markedly less viable than Spinfusor+Pistol) and idiotic payment model. Hi-Rez might get a lot of good ideas, but this was not among them.

    Apart from that, the occasional bit of Left 4 Dead 2, DDO, TF2, and just about everything on the Steam F2P list at some point or another.

  201. 02/08/2012 at 10:07 jkz says:

    DayZ when it works, GTAIV, waiting for Planetside 2.

  202. 02/08/2012 at 10:17 Robslap says:

    Technic pack for minecraft! … oh god, I can’t stop, somebody…. help….

  203. 02/08/2012 at 10:29 Tom De Roeck says:

    I finished both Dark Messiah of Might & Magic and Prototype 2 inside of this month. But I always play perpetuum.

  204. 02/08/2012 at 10:43 Lars Westergren says:

    I’m addicted to The Secret World goddamn it. After WoW ate half a year of my life a couple of years ago I swore to keep away from MMOs. “You can play it like an adventure game” they said. “It has puzzles!”. Now I’m griding equipment hours every evening so I’m high enough level to do the later story missions. Damn. Speaking of which, can anyone invite me to the Illuminati RPS clan? I need some nice people to group the instances with to get better drops!

    Currently on hold due to the above are Stacking, Witcher 2 (first playthrough), Fallout:New Vegas (third playthrough, this time as thoroughly evil swordsman siding with Ceasar. First time doing the DLCs which I love so far).

  205. 02/08/2012 at 10:53 MOKKA says:

    I’m playing through BioShock for the first time. Rapture is nice and such, but the actual game feels a bit boring. I also hate the fact that the enemies in this game respwn after a while.

    • 02/08/2012 at 12:02 Ninja Dodo says:

      I thought Bioshock struck a better balance there than Far Cry 2 … kept you on your toes even when exploring cleared areas without turning into a grind. The roaming patrols seemed feasible where the insta-respawning checkpoints of FC2 did not.

      • 02/08/2012 at 12:46 MOKKA says:

        Maybe I would be less annoyed by it, if the fighting in this game would actually be interesting. Right now it just feels tedious.

  206. 02/08/2012 at 10:53 MerseyMal says:

    Currently playing Star Wars The Old Republic because I redeveloped the taste for MMOs during the GW2 beta so resubbed til GW2 head start begins on the 25th.

    What I’m not playing? Take your pick from my massive Steam pile of shame.

    http://steamcommunity.com/id/merseymal/games?tab=all

    • 02/08/2012 at 14:53 mrwonko says:

      Oh, that reminds me of my own massive Steam pile of shame.

      You’ve got a lot of great games in yours (just like me :D ) – like Psychonauts, my most favoritest game ever, or Half-Life 2 + Episodes.

      I see you’ve been playing Serious Sam 3 recently – I’ve recently started that myself, care for some coop? And while we’re on the subject of playing together, you ought to check out Dota 2, though you’ll want to have a guide to teach you the basics or you’ll run into the wall that is the learning curve. I’m no pro myself, but I did already play Dota before it had a 2 after its name, if only occasionally.

    • 02/08/2012 at 15:38 Sarcophagus says:

      Weird… when I look at that using the Steam mobile page, it says you’ve played 12,000 hours of Dragon Age: Origins and several thousand of many other games. Good job, then.

  207. 02/08/2012 at 10:55 Soulstrider says:

    EU:Rome at the moment.

    Mad as fuck since from sometime ago all my games started to run slowly some time ago including this one, it’s not virus, nor driver problem, nor heat, the only thing I can think of is hardware problems.

  208. 02/08/2012 at 10:56 zebramatt says:

    Finally got around to playing Transformers: War for Cybertron on Xbox360 – that game’s brilliant! Also Binary Domain and Quantum Conundrum.

    Also playing Galaxy on Fire 2 HD, 10000000 and (today) Judge Dredd gamebook on iPad; and Marvel Pinball 3D on 3DS during my commute.

    I’m NOT playing Dragon’s Dogma on Xbox (ran out of steam when the world went crazy) or Pandora’s Tower on Wii (I’ve no good reason for not playing this, I’m just a bad person).

  209. 02/08/2012 at 10:57 pinje says:

    After the steam sale I have loads to play but recently most of my time has been on DayZ. Was a bit irritating at first but once you have spent about an hour getting used to it (and not running about everywhere) and get an axe you find yourself quite engrossed in the entire game.

    Never before have I got so tense on a game crawling round a city after diving to the floor when I saw another survivor. Trust no one!

  210. 02/08/2012 at 11:00 DanPryce says:

    Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit is my current jam. I was hoping to take the plunge into Sins of a Solar Empire too, but I don’t have internet at my new house yet so I can’t create a Stardock account, much less sign into it.

  211. 02/08/2012 at 11:04 Oozo says:

    Just finished “Dark Scavenger” – what a lovely game. It’s driven by a burning core of sheer weirdness, but on top of that is a highly original and surprisingly complex system.

    It’s quite symptomatic for a year in which I was mostly pretty underwhelmed by what the AAA-sector had to offer that I vastly prefer “Dark Scavenger” to the beginning of “Alan Wake”, which I got in the Steam Sale and am playing an episode a day at the moment. I guess I would like to see more of “The Secret World”, too, even though it feels more vapid than I like. But I am not playing it, since it usually doesn’t let me connect to the server anyway. (And when it does, it doesn’t let me connect with my friends).

    Other than that, I’m on and off playing “Day Z”, “Binding of Isaac” and “Spelunky”. Not playing: “Arkham City”, the second game I got during the sale; I prefer pecking at my infinite older backlog before. Next up might be the last chapters of “Killer 7″ or “Resident Evil 4″, in toto.

  212. 02/08/2012 at 11:12 elfbarf says:

    My backlog is never-ending, though I recently played through Alan Wake and Max Payne (1). I started the first Assassin’s Creed yesterday (I own #2 and Brotherhood for my PS3, though I haven’t played either) but I’m being distracted by other games. Said games include Garry’s Mod (TTT), Skyrim (recently started a new game with a lot of mods), Dota 2, Orcs Must Die! 2 (a friend bought it for me), Left 4 Dead 2, and Blacklight: Retribution.

  213. 02/08/2012 at 11:23 FKD says:

    After being in storage for over 5 years, I finally have all my games back with me! So far: Sub Command refuses to even start. I have become annoyed with Simcity 3000 for power not getting to my buildings. In Caesar 3 all the houses in my city suddenly disappeared along with their occupants making my city grind to a halt. And lastly, No One Lives Forever seems to be the only one to not have a problem (so far!). Now I just have to decide whether I am going to start next with the Mechwarrior series, R6 from the beginning, or maybe even Oni..

  214. 02/08/2012 at 11:54 Kal says:

    Just starting up my 2nd playthrough of Witcher 2 (Iorveth, did Roche first time through) in Dark Mode. A truly great RPG. No idea why I waited so long to play it, it’s sat in my Steam library since release.

    Tech testing an upcoming MMOFPS (which I can’t name for NDA reasons) for about 5 minutes each evening before I have to hit the sack; apparently you still get useful tech testing results from your EU specific server even if you don’t open it until 10pm (UK) each night. Who knew? The hours I got at the weekend were great though.

    Still playing TSW, but once you get through the levelling content there really is very little to do. The new patch did add more of the most unique types of missions (investigations – the ones with puzzles that have you needing to do research outside the game to figure out) which are great, but all in all it’s still only a handful of hours of new content, and I’m really not sure it’s worth the subscription fee. There’s almost no chance I’ll maintain my sub to TSW past August 28th (25th.)

    Other than that – waiting for Forge and all the mods to update for Minecraft 1.3 :)

  215. 02/08/2012 at 11:57 Lemming says:

    Ok time for some controversy…

    I’m NOT playing Witcher 2: EE. I think it’s boring and shite. Played it for the first hour, quit. £30 wasted as far as I’m concerned.

    I’m NOT playing Day Z. Bought all the Arma 2 stuff, tried it, just thought it was annoying and not half as fun as reading about it (hi EVE!). £25 wasted.

    I’m NOT playing Anno 2070, or 1404. Bought both. Both are pretty, but are rubbish and, actually, mostly unfair in the campaign mode. £40 wasted.

    Now..

    I AM playing Dawn of War + expansions again. Has there ever been a more fun pure old-school RTS? I don’t think so. It lives up to a nostalgia that C&C does not.

    I AM playing, Planescape: Torment. Finally got around to trying this, plus all the recommended mods for graphics, UI and tweaks etc and it’s SUBLIME. I can feel a replay of BG2 coming next.

    I AM playing Tribes: Ascend (yeah see? I’m not totally stuck in the past!), never feel the need to play anything other than the soldier class with whatever I manage to unlock as I go. Great fun and so satisfying when you make kills.

    *waits for inevitable backlash* Even at the end of 7 pages of comments I don’t feel safe from fanboy outrage! :P

  216. 02/08/2012 at 12:01 NightShift says:

    Smite…Waiting for a path of exile key and an entry to the mysterious gaming world called planetside2.

  217. 02/08/2012 at 12:05 Hmm-Hmm. says:

    Playing (the last week or so):

    -Transformers, War for Cybertron (I got it cheap from Steam but just prior to the whole EULA change so I’m a bit happy I got it cheap and a whole lot of miffed with Valve). Liking it a lot so far in singleplayer. Brawl is awesome.

    -Minecraft on my favourite server. With added Tekkit.

    -Airmech, following a video from HuskySC. It’s actually a multiplayer game I like playing. That probably means the hurdle for starting players is low, because I hardly ever do multiplayer. Even in MMOs.

    -BeatHazard, since the Steam Summer Sale.

    -OrcsMustDie. I really play this intermittently in short bursts. Here a level and there a level. It’s how I enjoy it the most. Similar to how I play minecraft, actually, but minecraft I play in longer bursts.. so not bursts at all I guess.

    -Magicka. But playing it solo reminds me of how fun it should be when played co-op so it didn’t last long. Uninstalled it again.

    Not playing: All the games (except BeatHazard) I purchased during the Steam Summer Sales..and the rest of my Steam list of games I’ve yet to play. Loads of indie games. Stalker. Fallout 2. The Witcher. Planescape torment. And more. So many games, so little time.

  218. 02/08/2012 at 12:34 mikmanner says:

    Shootmania Storm, I’m hooked.

    Finishing Zelda Skyward Sword (On the PC via Dolphin, it’s a PC game if I’m playing it on the PC!)

  219. 02/08/2012 at 12:40 mike_c says:

    Super MNC (more than i should), Orcs must Die! 1 and Metro 2033.
    But only in spurts, being an employee seems to get me too tired to play much.

  220. 02/08/2012 at 12:42 Dreadcall says:

    Endless Space

  221. 02/08/2012 at 12:43 I_have_no_nose_but_I_must_sneeze says:

    Hello. I am the Internet and I feel compelled to answer. I just finished Mass Effect 3. This might get a little spoilery. I didn’t fly into a rage. It probably helps that I played the Extended Cut. The end was bittersweet and it did leave me feeling a little blue, but that’s not a bad thing. After all, the story was so grand in scope and there was so much at stake that something had to give. I’m not sure how they could have ended this franchise in an entirely satisfying way. Bottom line: Endings are tricky.

    I’ve also enjoyed its multiplayer portion more than I thought I would. Playing as an Inflitrator is a lot of fun. Tough, but fun.

    Next in my list was supposed to be AC: Brotherhood, though after the Uplay debacle I’m more reluctant to install it. I’ll still do so, eventually. There’s always Binding of Isaac to keep playing, after all.

  222. 02/08/2012 at 12:55 bladedsmoke says:

    I’ve been playing mostly The Binding of Isaac and Crusader Kings 2, both of which are more addictive than refined cocaine, though in very different ways.

    I’ve also tried playing Racettear: An Item Shop’s Tale, since I love the premise, but I find it very hard to beat the various bosses to the dungeons, and end up ragequitting in frustration. It doesn’t help that in the dungeons I keep reverting back to using the controls as if I were playing The Binding of Isaac.

  223. 02/08/2012 at 12:56 sirdavies says:

    I bought about 60 games on the steam sale…. so far I’ve completed 5 (Braid, The Walking Dead ep.1-2, Limbo, Tiny&Big: Grandpa’s Leftovers and Gemini Rue. They were all great and worth my time and money. let’s hope it continues that way. I’m currently playing Trine.

  224. 02/08/2012 at 13:03 oWn4g3 says:

    Playing: Dota2, DayZ, Thief Gold (those damn zombies…)

    Not playing: Too many games I have on my list for far too long, especially Witcher 2

    Biggest problem: I want to finish Witcher 1 completely before beginning Part 2 but I lost my savegame which was quite far into the game. My only try in beating Witcher 1 again so far has lead to a crash after 30minutes into the game without any save at all -.-”

  225. 02/08/2012 at 13:36 Olero says:

    Playing (although the actual playing time is usually far below 1 hour/week):

    - Deus Ex: Human Revolution: The game finally clicked, and somehow runs better then it did the first time I tried it. I’m currently nearing the first bossfight though, so I’m a little bit afraid to continue, especially since I try to ghost each level (but making sure every guard remembers me anyhow, by waking up with a headache/tranquilizer hangover). It does sadden myself a bit that I’m not patient enough to read all the bits of text in the game though.

    - Psychonauts: Only just started it, and having mixed feelings. I really like the setting and humour, and the ammount of detail. On the other hand, I don’t really like platform games and hate collecting stuff all over the place as a gameplay core element. But still, not enough played for a wot I think.

    Further played some Bastion (nice atmosphere, but dull combat), Might&Magic: Heroes IV (only the tutorial, but my savegames of that now refuse to load… Ubisoft’s U-play DRM really is the most evil thing I’ve come across in my gaming life).

    Not played:

    Tons, but most shamefully: Crusader Kings 2, Binding of Isaac, Bioshocks, Mass Effects, Temple of Elemental Evil etc. etc.

    • 02/08/2012 at 14:29 gnargle says:

      There’s a heavy rifle in a room just before the boss, make sure you get it. If you can, unlock the Typhoon ASAP, it’ll make the bosses a cruise.

  226. 02/08/2012 at 13:42 Go_Ichi says:

    A bit of Binding of Isaac, Left 4 Dead 2 (recently purchased during steam sales), Towns and I’m watching a few Let’s Play Dwarf Fortress in order to start playing peacefully…

  227. 02/08/2012 at 14:14 bit_crusherrr says:

    Awesomenauts/Civ V

  228. 02/08/2012 at 14:15 pakoito says:

    Board Games using Vassal, Killing Floor, arcade emulators, Dawn of War 1, Endless Space, SotS, Civ IV, Awesomenauts, Dungeons of Dredmor…literally tens of pick-up&play games.

  229. 02/08/2012 at 14:16 phylum sinter says:

    I’m on a healthy Driving kick recently, having picked up Dirt 2, 3, and NFS: Hot Pursuit during the big sale. I also have been reinvigorated by additions to the simple fun that is Left for Dead 2 (new campaign = big fun imo), and actioning it up with more zombie slaying in Nation Red.

    I’m not having any of Splinter Cell: Conviction or Ghost Recon: Future Soldier right now because of that security flaw in Uplay… after you disable the plugins in your browser, is it still dangerous?

  230. 02/08/2012 at 14:17 mbp says:

    No One Lives Forever 2.

    I haven’t played it in almost a decade but I just pulled it off the shelf on a whim and installed it. Works like a charm on Windows 7-64 bit and is every bit as brilliant as I remember.

    The don’t make em like they used to.

  231. 02/08/2012 at 14:19 flaw says:

    Fine! I’ll tell you! Just stop pestering me!

    Tribes. And more Tribes, with a pinch of Wanderlust: Rebirth in there. And then some more Tribes.

    Now that they’ve improved the matchmaking in Tribes public games are SO much more enjoyable, I was on the verge of quitting the whole thing before the latest patch.

  232. 02/08/2012 at 14:20 Mehall says:

    EVE Online. Lots and lots of EVE.

  233. 02/08/2012 at 14:20 iucounu says:

    Fallout: NV for the first time; revisiting Uplink; playing a few casual rounds of Bookworm Adventures and Six Gun Saga.

  234. 02/08/2012 at 14:21 Jamie Dewhirst says:

    I’m playing the forever brilliant RollerCoaster Tycoon. Yes, the original from 1999. I love this game. As much as one can love a video game, anyway.

    • 02/08/2012 at 14:56 mrwonko says:

      Ah yes, RCT! I used to play that game like forever. Got it last year on GoG and it still holds up. I’m planning on actually finishing all levels, then moving on to 2, which I used to play like forever, too.

      • 02/08/2012 at 15:46 Ninja Dodo says:

        Any word on which of the Rollercoasters is best if you were only going to get one on GOG? My backlog is big enough that I don’t really feel like getting the whole series.

        I remember rather enjoying one of these but can’t remember which.

        • 02/08/2012 at 16:42 mrwonko says:

          RCT 2, no doubt. It’s basically 1, except better. For nostalgia’s sake I got 1 as well, but 2 has all you need.

          • 02/08/2012 at 16:47 Jamie Dewhirst says:

            Heh! Well, whichever you get, you can’t go wrong! As long as you don’t get 3!

        • 02/08/2012 at 16:44 Jamie Dewhirst says:

          I’d go with the original personally. Always been my favourite of the series. RCT 2 lost a bit of the charm, the new scenery stuff looked really ugly.

  235. 02/08/2012 at 14:23 piphil says:

    Bought Civilization 5 on the Steam Sale. Also I’ve recently progressed from SimCity 3000 to 4, along with bouts of Galactic Civilizations 2. Obviously I’m just in a very God Game mood…

  236. 02/08/2012 at 14:23 ojrac says:

    I’m playing 75% Orcs Must Die 2, 20% Minecraft and 5% StarCraft 2 tower defense.

    I’m not playing Diablo 3, because I broke my spacebar skipping cinematics for the hundredth time (dramatization). I’ve decided the easiest way to gear up is to not play, hold my gold for a few months, and visit the auction house after the economy floods with stupidly good items.

  237. 02/08/2012 at 14:24 Knask says:

    I’m playing legend og grimrock, third level, so far so good, but if it doesn’t introduce something new soon it’s going to grow uninteresting, thus I’m interested to see where this is going.

  238. 02/08/2012 at 14:24 snikch says:

    I’ve been playing lots of Rage after I picked it up in a Steam sale. Also, the Binding of Isaac, always the Binding of Isaac.

    I can’t wait for Darksiders 2 and then Borderlands 2.

  239. 02/08/2012 at 14:26 gnargle says:

    I finished Deus Ex: HR yesterday! That was pretty great. Spoiler alert for those who haven’t finished it yet.

    I picked the suicide ending. No man should be able to choose the ‘truth’ for the human race.
    Now I’m back on Binding of Isaac and Sonic Generations time trials. Anyone beaten 2:30.69 for Rooftop Run, no skills?

  240. 02/08/2012 at 14:27 Slxe says:

    Gotten back into Rift again, playing through Darksiders before the second comes out, started playing NS2 Beta again, and playing various roguelikes (DoomRL, Dwarf Fortress and Brogue). Although these are pretty spread out due to limited time lately =\ Damn work!

  241. 02/08/2012 at 14:27 haafie says:

    Not playing Warlock: Master of the Arcane as it’s not running well on Windows XP (mind you it’s not meant to be running on XP at all) if only I had paid attention when buying it….excitement…you know?

    Am playing Crusader Kings II and Test Drive Unlimited 2

  242. 02/08/2012 at 14:27 johnoreen says:

    Orcs Must Die 2! Co-op with a friend. Going through Fallout 3 for the second time when playing single-player.

  243. 02/08/2012 at 14:31 bempelise says:

    I am playing EU III and some times bits of Plants Versus Zombies… again! At some point I want to get Crusader Kings II as it looks great, and the hype around it seems promising.

    Also want to replay Baldur’s Gate 2 at some point. I have a craving for those beautiful 2D graphics. I heard there is gonna be a high definition remake, I am looking forward to that!

  244. 02/08/2012 at 14:31 JB says:

    Playing: Team Fortress 2, Arma2 (making a mission for me and my buddies to play as well), DX:HR, Frozen Synapse, Minecraft, a little Flotilla.

    Not playing: CK2 (don’t know why, maybe I just need to find a decent chunk of time to get back into it) and SpyParty (got on the beta but can’t seem to bring myself to play, even though I hear the community is great! =\ )

  245. 02/08/2012 at 14:33 danoot says:

    I’m playing planescape: torment, for some reason (probably because it is excellent?). Mostly that.
    Some TF2.
    I played the first section of Quantum Conundrum, and then I stopped. It is pretty good and I’ll go back to it but it wasn’t quite sticky enough.
    I have recently obtained all the Fallout: New Vegas DLC, amongst a large number of other things (Vessel, PixelJunk Eden, Tiny and Big, Dead Rising 2, Sanctum, etc). I will get to them one day. Maybe.

    After I finish PS:T again

  246. 02/08/2012 at 14:36 Tusque D'Ivoire says:

    usually I tune out of threads that have more than two pages of comments, because i like to follow the conversation, and in this case can’t. But if you’re gonna keep asking on twitter, I might just give in this one time.

    What am I playing?

    I’ve once again sunk most of the last three days into the original Torchlight, which I gave another whirl after getting it on steam together with the Torchlight 2 pre-order. Can’t wait!

    Also, I’ve been dipping into Defense Grid, another old title which is about to get a new iteration, and thus gets quite a few mentions. On the third mission it’s already starting to get difficult not to lose a core. Easy to learn, hard to master. love it.

    What am I not playing, but maybe should:

    DX:HR Missing Link, S.T.A.L.K.E.R Clear Sky Complete and Stacking! All fall into the same category. I bought them in the summer sale, only played a few hours of them, but they’re so good that I can’t continue, but feel like I should save some of them for later, but when?

  247. 02/08/2012 at 14:36 tumbleworld says:

    Playing Dwarf Fortress and The Secret World, with occasional breaks for Simon Tatham’s wonderful, free Portable Puzzle Collection.

    Because I hate my brain, apparently.

  248. 02/08/2012 at 14:37 nk says:

    Trying to wrap up Dead Island, FEAR 3, Rage, Lara Croft and the Mouthful Guardian of Light, before the end of August.

    Related :
    Not playing Guild Wars 2 (except for beta events, like tonight) until it is released at the end of August.

  249. 02/08/2012 at 14:37 Dr. Tran says:

    Been playing a bit of Payday heist with friends but man it’s a tuff game.
    So in preparation to playing it tonight I’m watching a load of tutorials. Main plan is to run far away from smoke bombs.

    Other than that recently completed Portal 2 (again) and been scratching my TF2 itch.

  250. 02/08/2012 at 14:39 Milky1985 says:

    Playing a lot of Starcraft 2 and a bit of Kingdom hearts : 3D, enjoying both, awaiting the panda expansion on wow simply because i know a bunch of my mates will play as well.

    Throw in a bit of DayZ every now and again, looking forward to Borderlands 2

  251. 02/08/2012 at 14:40 dartt says:

    I am playing:

    - Shogun 2: Fall of the Samurai. Having lots of fun despite some glitchy AI quirks.
    - Orcs Must Die 2. Largely more of the same (not a bad thing) but playing co-op is a big bonus.
    - Borderlands. Got it in the sale and have been playing with friends. Not particularly impressed. Find the world static and the shooting kind of unsatisfying. We’ll see how it goes.
    - Napoleonic Wars. Two or three large line battles every week for the last few months. Great fun when everything falls in to place.

  252. 02/08/2012 at 14:42 Aluschaaf says:

    Mostly Blacklight: Retribution and Saints Row 3 coop. Is the Natural Selection 2 beta any good? Shall I buy it?

  253. 02/08/2012 at 14:42 Coren says:

    I am playing The Secret World. Pretty much exclusively.
    I’m sure there are tons of other games that I could be playing that are better, but as I’m slowly finding out, MMOs tend to suck up all your time until there’s nothing left for other games, or your loved ones. I’m finding the game “okay”. It shows signs of brilliance, in spots (Ragnar Tornquist’s writing! The cool lore! The great investigation missions!), but these are still largely overshadowed by bugs and performance issues, and (which is worse) boring, standard, bland MMO-fare filler.
    I have, however, been following this game and its community for over five years, so I can’t very well not play it, now can I? So instead I hope that they’ll expand on the brilliance and that the community will help fill the rest of the gaps. (Another big complaint, that. I can’t feel the community at work. They should work on encouraging player-driven content.)

    As for what I’m not playing? Well, a whole lot of stuff. Mostly, I’d like to try out the games I picked up in the Steam sale: Alan Wake, Dear Esther, Orcs Must Die, Rock of Ages, Superbrothers, The Walking Dead… Let’s hope I’ll get terminally fed up with The Secret World soon, so I can start working on my backlog.

  254. 02/08/2012 at 14:48 DrScuttles says:

    There’s still a few games from the 2011 Steam Summer Sale I have yet to catch up on, but I’m currently investigating the STALKER games, about 40 hours through Avernum: Escape From The Pit, Wrathing Isaac’s Lamb, occasionally twiddling away at Left 4 Dead 2 and as much as I wanted to get into DOTA 2, the lack of a decent single player mode just doesn’t do it for me.

    Having a day off, there was a bunch of stuff I had planned on doing. Playing some more STALKER was one of them, but some mad bastards are playing 80s classics in their back garden; a rare occurrence in this part of south Tottenham. I may have to sit outside in the sun drinking strong coffee and smoking a borrowed cigar while feeling like a king instead.

    Alternatively, I may just play Existential Crisis: The Game 2012. I’m getting pretty good at it.

  255. 02/08/2012 at 14:58 MurraySwe says:

    Playing Tribes Ascend, Batman Arkham Asylum, Red Orchestra 2, DayZ, Titan Quest: Immortal Throne, Natural Selection 2 Beta, Path of Exile Beta, Gotham City Impostors, Spec Ops The Line, Torchlight, Blacklight: Retribution and Gravity Rush.

  256. 02/08/2012 at 15:01 Siythe says:

    Orcs must Die 2. Mostly the old levels with new traps for some reason.

    And I’m in the middle of another new Season of Blood Bowl that could go on for a while. Though Lizardmen seem strangely immune to leveling up. Its tough to get up to 3rd level and once you do not many skills that really add to what you’ve already got.

  257. 02/08/2012 at 15:03 Boarnoah says:

    STALKER Call of Pripyat, loving it!

  258. 02/08/2012 at 15:04 Bobka says:

    I am playing Orcs Must Die! 2, and Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion.

    Both are awesome.

  259. 02/08/2012 at 15:12 Packbat says:

    The main games I’ve been playing are:

    * Receiver
    * Forza Motorsport 4
    * Recently, Frozen Synapse

  260. 02/08/2012 at 15:19 Flint says:

    I have no idea what I’m playing. I’ve started Guardians of Graxia, Arx Fatalis and Syberia and have Binding of Isaac waiting for further exploration, which is rather bizarre for a person like me who usually just focuses on one single-player experience at a time. Don’t really know what I’m in the mood for so I’m just dabbling in everything.

    About the only stable thing is that I’ve recently gotten back into Sanctum with a friend of mine after a small break from the game.

  261. 02/08/2012 at 15:29 MohawkViking says:

    I’ve been playing a lot of Natural Selection 2. Doing my best to help all the new players after TotalBiscuit put up that video of it.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhu9T0Hn7nM&feature=youtu.be

  262. 02/08/2012 at 15:32 WittyUsername_01 says:

    Well, considering I’m taking an online class which is a graduation requirement for HS, hasn’t been playing much. However, I am now in the beta of two games (hint: one’s in first person, and the other’s in third). And I’ve started dabbling in MC again, mostly because my clan has just recently created a division for it.

  263. 02/08/2012 at 15:48 rrfarmer says:

    Minecraft Tekkit. Not much sleep these days.

  264. 02/08/2012 at 15:49 Ant says:

    Seeing as it’s the Commodore 64′s 30th Anniversary I’ve been playing Elite on the beige breadbox and most excellent it is, too.

    On the PC I’m playing Crysis which is boring by comparison.

  265. 02/08/2012 at 15:52 NathanielBlack says:

    Frozen Synapse and Minecraft!

    I think these are two really awesome games. So much fun for years!

  266. 02/08/2012 at 15:57 CoreTechs says:

    I’m fairly all over the place of late:

    DayZ
    DOTA 2
    Saints Row 3
    Minecraft
    The Walking Dead

  267. 02/08/2012 at 16:01 Perfi says:

    Starcraft 2. Currently watching the Assembly Summer tournament (here), and later on I’ll hop in and roll some 1v1 games.

  268. 02/08/2012 at 16:10 Babli says:

    Togainu no Chi. Wonder if that counts around these parts. Also I am soon gonna jump into Crusader Kings 2.

  269. 02/08/2012 at 16:13 bad guy says:

    Mechwarrior Living Legends 0.6
    Offroad Drive
    GTA IV with realistic driving+flying mod

  270. 02/08/2012 at 16:36 TheFlameBeneath says:

    I started playing DayZ but ended up playing “vanilla” ArmA II instead… well, with lots of mods, but the game is still basically vanilla.

    Also, I’m re-playing the first F.E.A.R., and I plan to play through the expansions and sequels when I’m done.

    I also have the first Trine on stand-by…

  271. 02/08/2012 at 16:47 Jibb Smart says:

    Civilization 5 + Gods & Kings multiplayer, of course! I was terribly disappointed with the single-player focus on RPS’s write-up(s) on Gods & Kings. It’s a terrific expansion — even the smaller tweaks are huge improvements to the game and balancing (melee ships attack cities, battles last longer, and Great Artists’ “Culture Bomb” taken away and given to Great Generals). The bigger changes — religion and espionage — work really well in multiplayer.

  272. 02/08/2012 at 16:57 mrwonko says:

    Since you ask so aggresively on Twitter, here’s some other things I’m playing:
    Serious Sam 3. I actually kinda liked the non-serious-sammy beginning and kinda lost interest now that I emerged from the Pyramid.
    Resident Evil 5. After finally finishing it (only took me 2 years) I went straight for the New Game+ on hard difficulty to unlock more stuff – unlimited ammo on fully upgraded weapons is cool, too.
    Aliens versus Predator 2 – I can’t quite remember which wannabe-horror-game left me with a desire to be hunted by aliens, but after previously having had that experience in the first Aliens versus Predator, part 2 so far hasn’t let me down, either.
    Yesterday I suddenly felt like replaying Singularity, but had to download it first. Ended up starting Clear Sky instead, but now it’s done downloading I may go for Singularity.

    Important games I’m still not playing despite having bought them include Deus Ex, Alpha Centauri, Master of Orion 1/2, Fallout, Outcast and many more.

    Games I’ve started but kinda paused include Deus Ex: Human Revolution (1 mission in), Thief (in the mines), Jagged Alliance 2 (just disabled the first missile base) and many more.

    Yes, I’m mostly listing games deemed great. I’ve got to apply some filter, it’s just too many.

  273. 02/08/2012 at 16:59 Vinraith says:

    Fallout New Vegas with the Project Nevada mod and a few smaller accent mods. It’s excellent, and reasonably stable so far, but I’m having a hard time getting the difficulty at a comfortable point. Many encounters seem to easy, others absurdly hard. I’m sure I’ll find a sweet spot in the settings eventually, but it’s mildly frustrating in the interim.

  274. 02/08/2012 at 17:15 apa says:

    Far Cry 2, doing it the iron man way. I completed FC2 couple years ago but I wanted to visit Africa again. This July was so rainy, the only way to see some sun was to start playing FC2 :D

    The FC2 permadeath blog was interesting so I decided to try it myself, without blogging though. I’ve done 2 story missions, 4 convoys and one assassination so far, and my buddy has had to save me once… It was Right on the first story mission :D

    Playing with only one life DOES add a lot of tension. It feels as you have a lot to lose in every gunfight.

  275. 02/08/2012 at 17:17 john_silence says:

    Since you insist :)
    In spite of a backlog over a 100-games long, I still have the hardest of times escaping the pull of a handful of aimless multiplayer first-person headshot-them-ups. Right now it’s Red Orchestra 2, which I find really great as long as bots keep out of sight. Although they are the only ones I manage to shoot properly. Still, there should be a filter to eliminate bot-populated servers from the list entirely. Or maybe that’s impossible because they’re programmed to pop up whenever the number of players get too small. Or there is already a filter for that, you idiot. Learn to read a filter list.
    Just finished Mafia II. Contemplate on playing Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet, finishing DE:HR, getting started on Krater. Ultimately will stare at the 113 icons inside my gaming folder, think to myself I should really double down on those hugging too much disk space so I can reasonably install Saints Row: The Third, The Witcher II and Splinter Cell: Conviction. Will then launch Red Orchestra 2.

  276. 02/08/2012 at 18:59 m0ntag says:

    I’ve been playing the numerous games I’ve picked up from the Steam sale, Vega Strike, Kerbal Space Program, Slender, and some other various titles. And, of course, ARMA II Folk and TacTuesday.

  277. 02/08/2012 at 19:04 Museli says:

    I’m not yet playing any of my Summer Sale games, because I’m playing the last game I bought pre-sale – Avernum: Escape From The Pit. It’s got me thoroughly engaged, enjoying 3 hour sessions when I meant to play for 30 minutes. The setting is fairly traditional with all the warriors and mages, and zombies and dragons, but it has a charming sense of humour and many of the NPCs feel like real people leading real lives.

    I’m also not playing Quantum Conundrum, because I’ve just completed it. Whilst it could certainly be better (the review here on RPS tallies quite well with my own views), I’d certainly recommend it if you like the sound of six hours of puzzling for a tenner.

  278. 02/08/2012 at 19:12 PhocsM says:

    I’m playing (or trying to play because actually I suck at it) Dota 2 mostly among other things and I’m not playing Diablo 3. I leveled up a Monk up to 59 and a half and got bored. Not returning until they patch it properly which could be never.

  279. 02/08/2012 at 20:39 Karsghul says:

    The Witcher, Just got to chapter 3. Really enjoying the story, but i still don’t get how to mix potions to get what i want and so I feel like I’m missing out on something important?

    Batman: Arkham City… First game i buy with the 5 PC key limit and if I’d known that i wouldn’t have bough it but got it for $10 on the steam sales so I’m not too concerned. so far I’m enjoying the game even though it’s so similar the the first one that i played on PS3. I was playing with keyboard and mouse and then tried playing with my PS3 controller but flying is inverted so i can’t play that way. Had to turn off Physx and DX11 due to performance issues… Seem like a lazy port overall. :(

    Some Tribes: Ascend here and there… i hurt my wrists playing this game a lot so now i just play to get the win of the day badge and then i log off.

  280. 02/08/2012 at 22:27 jondodd says:

    Been trying to get into Dota 2 – Loving the sniper so far.
    Also, playing through Far Cry 2 with a texture/realism mod.
    And rummaging through the plethora of cheap goods I picked up at the steam summer sale (e.g. Just Cause 2, Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet, SOASE: Rebellion)
    Finished Thirty Flights of Loving – mmhmm exuberant!

    Wanna download Source Filmmaker when I get the chance.

    …Oh and a little DayZ here and there!

    Vidya Games!

  281. 02/08/2012 at 23:46 kstress71 says:

    Just finished Max Payne 3. Amazing visuals and I really enjoyed the gameplay. The story was very good but Max’s endless blathering got on my nerves at times. I also didn’t like the insane difficulty spikes that happened from time to time.

    Very close to the end of Rayman Origins. Unbelievable game in all respects. Too bad I don’t have nearly the skills to get all of the collectibles and see everything this game has to offer. Oh well, hello youtube…

    And finally, I understand now the big stir about The Walking Dead. Just finished Episode 1 and can’t wait to dive into Episode 2. I’m a big fan of the comics and (some of) the TV show, so I’m deeply impressed by how it captures the source material. Just … wow.

    Now back to all of the work I’ve been avoiding by playing the above…

  282. 03/08/2012 at 10:14 Kong says:

    Yesterday I conquered all of Japan for the Saga Republic. TW has me fixed, despite its flaws and side effects. The best drug of its kind.

    Not playing King Arthur Collection because of TW Shogun The Fall o.t.S. The same is true for any other game except for…

    The Witcher 2. I always get interrupted by my beloved family members just when a cutscene shows a dwarf saying “Lesbomancy”. Next week wife and kid will be in a concentration camp in some Sierra in Spain and I will can enjoy unharassed.

    and GTA 4. Will I ever finish it? Stupid mission checkpoints, endless repetetive driving to Don G or PB and Bell always gets himself shot – are they nuts? I really want to finish it, now I have gone to cheating with telephone. But that does not help when Bell believes he was bulletproof.

    Soon I will try Endless Space again after stopping with the pre release version in the endgame.

    Wargame EE the Warsaw Pact Campaign is waiting.

    Dead Island. Somehow I lost my excellent weapons. Now I need help… Multiplayer? Nasty humans? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO rather be stuck on the island forever

  283. 03/08/2012 at 20:04 pertusaria says:

    Been too busy recently to play. I did check back in with Driftmoon a month or so ago, and the alpha is coming along nicely. I spent an afternoon playing Sword and Sworcery, which was odd enough to be fun. Now I’m trying to get around to playing Geneforge.

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