Rock, Paper, Shotgun

What Will You Play This Weekend?

By Jim Rossignol on November 23rd, 2012 at 4:00 pm.


So… what are you up to this weekend? What are you going to play? Did you risk Hitman? Or are you going Planetside? Do you ever take a weekend off just to plough through a whole bunch of indie games that you bought or bookmarked by never got around to? I have to admit I’ve been playing catchup of late – which might explain the tardiness of a few of my reviews, but anyway. This is about you: I particularly want to hear from folks playing multiplayer games – what are you playing, who are you playing it with, and does it involve the RPS gang in any way?

(There are some great PS2 threads here and here, if you want a game with friendly types.)

Speak!

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  1. 23/11/2012 at 16:02 Ansob says:

    Planetside 2. Also, Black Ops 2 and Natural Selection 2. And possibly some ArmA2, too.

    I swear I’m not doing it on purpose.

  2. 23/11/2012 at 16:03 The Tupper says:

    I’ll be playing X Com (just bought from the Steam sale). never played any X Com before, so rather excited. I’ve also just purchased Max Payne 3, but with its 35-odd Gbs to download I suspect that’ll be for playing next weekend.

  3. 23/11/2012 at 16:03 Dunbine says:

    All signs point to Crusader Kings 2.

  4. 23/11/2012 at 16:04 mikmanner says:

    Arma 2 (still addicted to Domination after many years), Planetside 2 – Is it just me or is this game super confusing? Took my friends and I ages to figure out how to spawn together, get in the same squads etc.

    I’ve still no idea how to capture bases

    • 23/11/2012 at 16:15 Zombie Jesus says:

      TB has some helpful “how to” videos for PS2 on YouTube:
      http://youtube.com/watch?v=Tx_xeRFlNTA

      • 23/11/2012 at 16:27 Allenomura says:

        The (soe) game launcher has a series of Basic Training videos also, although TB’s can serve as an introduction. This weekend, I’ll be returning to Auraxis armed with my newfound knowledge, and I’ll be settling into some Duels of the Planeswalkers (2011, and on).

    • 23/11/2012 at 16:35 simoroth says:

      Are there any good servers that still have decent domination games?

    • 24/11/2012 at 11:42 sinister agent says:

      Planetside 2 is possibly the most under-explained FPS I’ve ever played. They’ve done an utterly terrible job of telling new players how the hell everything works.

      But it does gradually start to make sense after a while. Generally speaking, you need to capture outlying outposts, and/or destroy generators within the huge bases in order to take down the big red/blue/purple shields that block the entrances, then storm in and occupy the spots marked A – C.

      Some bases have teleporters and jump pads in the outlying outposts that will launch you inside the main base. Infiltrators and light infantry are particularly useful at this point – where you’ll have hundreds of tanks and heavies on both sides pushing against each other at the impenetrable barriers, you’ll find those battles do little but distract the defenders while the jetpacks and cloaks are sneaking into generator rooms to make the real difference (and on the defenders’ side, to take out the enemy spawn points).

  5. 23/11/2012 at 16:06 marbled says:

    I picked up The Walking Dead in the Steam sale, and am only an hour in so definitely some more of that. So far I like the character interaction, and the action sequences, but am finding the actual navigation of environments (seriously, 8 angles of movement on the keyboard and locked camera angles?!) a bit fiddly, and I’m having serious doubts about the intelligence of the people I’m stuck with as one of them has apparently never seen a battery in their lives….

    However, just spotted Max Payne 3 for 75% off in today’s sale, so that might also find it’s way onto my hard drive.

    • 23/11/2012 at 16:14 luukdeman111 says:

      The walking dead: prepare to cry

      Seriously though… It made me cry… It’s fucking brilliant.

      • 23/11/2012 at 16:31 mouton says:

        The best way to make people look cynically at the game that moves you is to tell them they will cry.

        Unless you wanted to put people off, that is.

    • 23/11/2012 at 23:26 nameless says:

      The Walking Dead is fantastic and far and away my pick for Game of the Year. I honestly think everyone is able to get something out of it. Just be ready to enjoy a fantastic story with some great characterization, and to make some decisions that may make you feel uncomfortable, as the game pretty much always forces you to try to choose between the lesser of two evils.

      • 24/11/2012 at 12:34 GameCat says:

        Enjoy? How you can enjoy TWD? Maybe these few quiet moment when you just sit and talk with Clem. Any other activities here are sad and horrific. There is no “fun” in this game.
        And that’s why this game is so bloody fantastic.

    • 24/11/2012 at 12:45 Carra says:

      This, want to play through the last episode.

  6. 23/11/2012 at 16:06 nabeel says:

    Still deep into New Game+ of Dark Souls, but now I’m actually able to play other games that I’ve held off on since August, like FTL and They Bleed Pixels. Haven’t even touched XCOM and Dishonored yet!

  7. 23/11/2012 at 16:07 CaspianRoach says:

    Farmvi…I mean Assassin’s Creed 3, jeez, very easy to confuse the two.

    • 23/11/2012 at 16:48 JohnnyK says:

      I would too, but I can’t register my key as the UBI-servers are down…

      Other than that, probably Planetside 2, some BF3 and a race or two in NFS: Most wanted

      EDIT: And 2 minutes later, it worked.

  8. 23/11/2012 at 16:07 El_Emmental says:

    A little bit of RO2, a little bit of NS2.

    Maybe Tribes Ascend one night, see if it can still provide fun.

    I’ll resume my playthrough of my single-player games backlog (which includes Descent series, Quake series, Doom series, etc…).

    Next weekend, with a new HDD, once I migrated/sorted everything, some new games (and Planetside 2).

    Next year/this summer, some of the games I bought during the current Steam sales.

  9. 23/11/2012 at 16:08 Surlywombat says:

    Planetside 2, Natural selection 2 will be my multi player fun. Possibly anno 2070 on the single player side.

    Been kicking around PS2 a while, but the RPS outfits are on the server with massive queues so been diving into the other EU one (which tends to have no queue, or very short). May see if my patience can hold out this weekend though.

  10. 23/11/2012 at 16:10 Bluerps says:

    Dishonored, finally. I postponed it in favor of XCOM, and I finished that last sunday.

  11. 23/11/2012 at 16:10 harvb says:

    If I can get onto Miller I’ll be playing PS2. Otherwise it’ll be, oh I dunno, GW2 or something.

  12. 23/11/2012 at 16:10 B1A4 says:

    Planetside 2, maybe I’ll try get my RO2 skill back. Natural selection 2 not very likely (even though, i’ll try some RPS server).

    Also Gnomoria (or Towns)

  13. 23/11/2012 at 16:15 Teovald says:

    Probably Chilvary. picked it in the steam sale, seems like a fun game. I will have to refrain myself from playing the whole weekend though.

    • 23/11/2012 at 17:01 DellyWelly says:

      Chivalry is indeed a lot of fun, IF you can get the server browser to actually work. It’s really put me off playing, since half the time i’m restarting steam two or three times just to get it to show me anything. There is a patch on the way, but they’re taking their sweet time about it.

      I’ll no doubt plough my time in to F1 2012 for my multiplayer fix. Gotta love getting rammed at the first corner and pushed off straights by people who are NOT gentlemen! Would be good to see an RPS gentlemen group for this, but i fear sports games are just not so popular here. Also, the lobby system is terrible in this game too..

      *Frustrations*

    • 24/11/2012 at 15:09 LennyLeonardo says:

      I will also be playing Chivalry. I wasn’t enamoured at first, but I have become a convert. I loves it.
      I also get server browser probs, but it seems like quitting to the main menu a couple of times does the trick.

      I don’t think I’ve found a multiplayer game so tense and exciting since forever. It’s a shame I’m so rubbish at it though.

      • 26/11/2012 at 10:32 Teovald says:

        I have started playing this weekend. No browser problems either.
        I am also pretty bad with many weapons, I am decent with a pike though. Its elongated reach makes me dangerous to most players. The only downside is that this weapon is also a major danger for my team.

        One downside though : I very rarely play in multiplayer and this game made me remember why : 12 years old (or at least I hope they are 12 years old, that would be really pathetic coming from an adult) spending their time insulting everyone and finding it funny to systematically murder their own team.

        This weekend I rediscovered Bully. A few years back, my old computer was not able to make this game run correctly. Of course my one year old laptop is able to make a 2006 game run smoothly. Clocked a couple of hours, it looks like another great semi sandbox game from RockStar.

  14. 23/11/2012 at 16:15 RaveTurned says:

    I’m on the move this weekend, and the laptop can’t handle Crusader Kings 2 or Planetside 2. Sad times. :(

    So instead of those I’ll probably be sinking time into FTL and Dungeons of Dredmor – especially having just bought Conquest of the Wizardlands in sale for 49p. Result!

  15. 23/11/2012 at 16:15 GallonOfAlan says:

    Why – I shall finish Black Mesa and New Super Mario Bros Wii.

  16. 23/11/2012 at 16:15 Snakejuice says:

    I don’t really plan ahead much, but knowing myself I’ll play some Chivalry as I do everyday, dabble in some Planetside 2 and MAYBE continue my Black Mesa adventure or some Black Ops 2 multiplayer or try Waking Mars which I have bought buy not yet played at all. But really anything can happen, plans are stupid and I’d rather just follow my whimsy impulses! Oh and I will be working 8 hours each day and not even cry about it because i’d rather work a weekend with double pay and have my free days on weekdays!

  17. 23/11/2012 at 16:15 golem09 says:

    1. Path of Exile alpha
    2. Legend of Dungeon Kickstarter Demo
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    .
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    3. Dominion at my friends house.

  18. 23/11/2012 at 16:16 Spoon Of Doom says:

    I still haven’t played the Episode 5 of The Walking Dead, so that is definitely on my list. After that, it’s probably back to AC3 or maybe Dishonoured.

  19. 23/11/2012 at 16:16 Mario Figueiredo says:

    Got a gift from a friend from the Gog sale (5 games for $10). I’m thinking starting the Geneforge campaign all over again. Possibly also some Defender’s Quest and Darwinia.

  20. 23/11/2012 at 16:16 atticus says:

    I’ll be trolling the universe, playing Angry Birds Star Wars on my iPad.

  21. 23/11/2012 at 16:18 mpk says:

    I will be playing through The Walking Dead episodes 4 and 5, and then probably spending a few hours curled into a ball crying.

  22. 23/11/2012 at 16:18 Dariune says:

    Walking Dead as i bought that in the sale and Anno 2070 i reckon.

  23. 23/11/2012 at 16:19 stahlwerk says:

    Deus Ex: HR on my first play through, slowly crawling through my steam backlog before the sales hit (damn you turkey day).

  24. 23/11/2012 at 16:20 airtekh says:

    Oh god, I’m spoiled for choice.

    I’ll be taking my first steps in PlanetSide 2 for sure. I’m still addicted to Natural Selection 2, so I’ll have a few games of that as well.

    I’ll also probably get stuck into the singleplayer campaign of Assassin’s Creed 3, I might leave the multiplayer until next week.

  25. 23/11/2012 at 16:21 ginzoo says:

    Probably EVE or Torchlight 2

  26. 23/11/2012 at 16:22 man-eater chimp says:

    The laptop I have at uni can’t run Planetside 2 unfortunately, so I’m left waiting till I go home for that.

    I might grab Mark of the Ninja this weekend and give it a go, I’ve heard some fantastic things about it. Otherwise League of Legends and FTL, good thing I have no temper else it would be a recipe for disaster.

  27. 23/11/2012 at 16:24 SkittleDiddler says:

    I’ll be giving Planetlag 2 one more go try before I most likely uninstall it for good. Aside from that, Ravaged will get some playtime, and I might test my dwindling patience with Velvet Assassin.

    Seems like I’ll be having one of my more masochistic weekends.

  28. 23/11/2012 at 16:24 Rao Dao Zao says:

    It’s going to be Divine Divinity for me. I got the Anthology recently — bought it straight from Larian and the Developer’s Journal book inside cover was all autographed by the team, which was really nice.

  29. 23/11/2012 at 16:29 Strutter says:

    x-com, spec ops, sleeping dogs and whatever else I buy from these steam sales.

  30. 23/11/2012 at 16:29 DeVadder says:


    Smite
    As basically every day.

  31. 23/11/2012 at 16:29 Jae Armstrong says:

    I’ve a Darkest Hour game to finish (currently Feb ’41 on a ’33 start; I’ve managed to prevent Germany from entering France, but I’m bleeding manpower at a horrific rate and the line is harder-pressed with every passing week. Unless I can convince Russia to enter the war sometime soon, I think I may have to abandon the continent), and I bought DSII, They Bleed Pixels and Intrusion 2 in the Steam sale. Should be good.

  32. 23/11/2012 at 16:30 Museli says:

    I generally don’t game much at weekends, and this one is full of F1 and football (English and American), so it looks like my gaming shall be limited. However, I shall try to continue with Scribblenauts, and a little more of Cargo Commander.

  33. 23/11/2012 at 16:34 Vorphalack says:

    Playing Thief Gold, Baldurs Gate, Bioshock, and picked up Witcher 2 and Hitman Blood Money in the sale. I’m not going near Planetside 2 for a few weeks at least.

    • 23/11/2012 at 16:55 Simon Hawthorne says:

      I’m sure you know this but don’t look at a walkthrough for Hitman Blood Money! I did this recently and it somewhat ruined the game for me…having never played a Hitman game I wanted to breeze through it, but that’s not really the point of the game…

    • 23/11/2012 at 20:24 fish99 says:

      I just finished my latest playthrough of Thief Gold and Thief 2 (both on expert) about a week ago. Still as good as ever, and they now work in stereo 3D with the latest patch (and nvidia 3D vision).

  34. 23/11/2012 at 16:35 Roz says:

    Picked up Rage on the steam sale, thought I’d play some of that, not going to be home much over the weekend though.

  35. 23/11/2012 at 16:35 xavdeman says:

    Ravaged! Only 5 of your local currency (eur, dollar, pound #NoOceans :( ) during the Steam sale! http://store.steampowered.com/app/96308/ the best looking and playing multiplayer fps on UE3 yet imho! And there is free DLC coming soon.

  36. 23/11/2012 at 16:37 Outright Villainy says:

    Put about 44 hours into Dark Souls since I got it a couple of weeks ago, so probably more of that. Natural selection 2 also, which is the best multiplayer shooter i’ve played in years.

    Dark Souls is really friggin addictive though, really feels like the gaming when I was younger.

    • 24/11/2012 at 00:56 eclipse mattaru says:

      Isn’t it? I’m ridiculously addicted to the damned thing. I’ve put some 70 hours on it, and that’s because that was as much time as I had for games in the last three months. I started 4 different characters just to try different fighting styles and to test myself, and I don’t see an end to this insanity in the short run.

      It truly is like nothing I’ve played in many, many years, challenge-and-sense-of-accomplishment-wise. In fact, it might very well have ruined every other game for me. I did a bit of an intermission for a week or so to play through Dishonored, but quite frankly, with all its gorgeous art style and its crazy powers and whatnot, it felt incredibly washed out, next to Dark Souls‘ brutal, massive awesomeness.

      Right now I’m busting my ass to get done with the golden sibling bosses at Anor Londo –goddamnit, are those two something.

      Hell, every now and then I remember I barely even touched XCOM, which I had pre-ordered like a month before release. I probably should dedicate a couple hours to that as well.

      • 24/11/2012 at 15:14 Outright Villainy says:

        Oh man, Ornstein and Smough, they really are the gauntlet. That was definitely my favourite part so far, beating those 2 solo ranks as the biggest air punch I’ve done since I beat F-Zero GX’s story mode on Very hard. It wasn’t super difficult due to unfairness, you could beat them without taking a hit, but damnit you have to really know what you’re doing; when’s the right time to dodge, the right time to block, the right time to engage, how to leverage the environment effectively, general good positioning skills. It’s like the Driving test for the rest of the game, get past this and you know you have the fundamentals down.

        I was lucky I played Dishonored first I guess, I really enjoyed it at the time, but man is it really just super easy. Even on very hard, giving myself forced handicaps like no Dark vision, it’s still nowhere near as hard as the Undead Burg in Dark Souls. Funny that. Also, I’m really glad you were at least able to turn off objective markers in Dishonored, I think the game would be completely ruined with them on.

  37. 23/11/2012 at 16:39 brulleks says:

    I want to be playing Far Cry 3, but instead it will be Back to the Future and some Minecraft, probably.

  38. 23/11/2012 at 16:41 Mr. Mister says:

    The Just Cause 2 Multiplayer test that’s gonna be running all this weekend. I was surprised with the lack of a RPS faction last test (you can now create groups and tp to people in them). Oh and stunt positions are synched too.

    • 23/11/2012 at 19:37 derbefrier says:

      oh snap! I forgot about this. I had a lot of fun messing around in the last beta weekend damnit to many games too little time

    • 24/11/2012 at 09:46 SkittleDiddler says:

      I didn’t quite get the point of the test. A beta implies that a certain amount of work is done on the mod, yet the few hours I spent in it this morning was an adventure in doing nothing but wandering around the map taking in the rather sparse view, looking for the tiny handful of vehicles available, and watching other people exploit glitches. Outside of the deathmatch Dome location (which was bugged to hell and back), there was absolutely nothing to do. 700 players on the island, yet it was about as exciting as watching palm trees grow.

  39. 23/11/2012 at 16:42 Carbonated Dan says:

    dota2: I signed up for the beta at last year’s international, having never played a loma before
    around september’s international, Valve finally handed me a key
    I lost my loma virginity alone, and hated it
    but steam’s provision of giftable keys has shown myself and a couple friends the rollocking communal gameplay

    we’re bored of pugs and are desperate for a fourth and fifth: if you’re looking for a team, please, jump into our mumble and say hi mumble://85.236.100.59:1812/?version=1.2.3 [browser link]

  40. 23/11/2012 at 16:42 Pindie says:

    I plan to check out E.Y.E. What could possibly go wrong.

  41. 23/11/2012 at 16:43 mike2R says:

    Its finally got me. After years of avoiding it, in a weak moment I downloaded Dwarf Fortress.

    I’m still not 100% sure I can get over the interface, but sweet Jesus… I won’t even call the game deep since it would be like describing the ocean as damp.

    The interface may defeat me though. I can deal with the graphics, I can deal with having to stop every 30 seconds to read a full page article on the wiki. I can deal with only understanding about 5% of what is going on. But the effort involved in controlling the damn thing is getting to me.

    • 23/11/2012 at 16:49 Arona Daal says:

      I myself tried three Times to get into it,over the Time of a Year.
      Once i got a Feeling for the Interface , and found the Wiki,i played only DF about 2 Months nonstop.

    • 23/11/2012 at 16:53 Adam Smith says:

      The interface would be unforgivable if the game wasn’t the greatest simulation ever created for entertainment purposes. It is though. Good luck!

    • 23/11/2012 at 17:23 Carbonated Dan says:

      give it time – the interface is cruel, but once it clicks you’ll find it’s very smooth and quick

      Phoebus’ Graphics Set is a must have – as readable as the ASCII and pretty to boot

      have Fun!

    • 23/11/2012 at 17:53 mike2R says:

      Thanks guys :) I’m going to try. I’ve read through Boatmurdered over the last few days and it has really whetted my appetite. For some reason I think it was the engraving and artefact decoration system that impressed me more than anything. I want *my* fortress to be covered in mementoes of its history… even if that history is largely getting slaughtered by elephants and burnt by lava :)

      Thanks for the tip on the graphics pack – I’ve been using the other one that came with the Lazy Noob pack and was a little dissatisfied with it and thinking I might need to use the ASCII. I’ll definitely give it a go. Wish I could play the game with stonesense though…

    • 24/11/2012 at 00:10 Skabooga says:

      Dwarf Fortress is still overwhelming to me every time I start up a new fortress, but I found that it helps to try and narrow my focus and set goals of building one specific structure or producing one specific item at a time (to the extent that focus is possible, as a little economic diversity is quite necessary to keeping your dwarves alive). For example, on my current fortress, I’m focusing on producing the best metal-smithed goods the region has ever and building a two story wall around my fortress entrance. I am completely disregarding a lot of other things like glassmaking, beekeeping, milling, and fishing.

    • 24/11/2012 at 15:30 jalf says:

      I followed captnducks tutorials on youtube, which helped *a lot*.
      I believe he’s even updated them for the latest version, so I highly recommend giving them a look.

      It’ll take a few hours of just following along and doing what he tells you to, but once you crack the shell and learn to see what’s actually going on, it’s actually not too difficult.

  42. 23/11/2012 at 16:44 AmateurScience says:

    I am currently stuck attempting to beat Dark Souls using a level 1 character, so I will probably continue to bang my head against the wall that is the 4 Kings boss at SL1. They are dicks.

    • 24/11/2012 at 17:21 Outright Villainy says:

      4 Kings wasn’t the hardest boss for me, but it was by far the most aggravating. If you’ve levelled enough you can tank it with poise or out DPS them before a new one shows up, without either of those you’re pretty much stuck as 4 enemies spam you from all directions. Horrible fight.

  43. 23/11/2012 at 16:44 Arona Daal says:

    After being quite disappointed from Ps2 and Hawken (One is unoptimized,the other shallow DM), i will probably go back to PR and Tf2 ,maybe some Complex Mod MP (Homeworld 2) or MWLL.

    Also i have yet to try Chaos Theory MP (heard good Things about it) whihc is collecting dust on my Harddrive.

    Was thinking about buying NS2 ,but as it seems to run badly on some Systems , i am forced to wait for a Demo.

  44. 23/11/2012 at 16:44 Yargh says:

    Crusader Kings II (the kingdom of Jerusalem needs defending from the Mongol hordes)
    Planetside 2
    Guild Wars 2

  45. 23/11/2012 at 16:45 dogsolitude_uk says:

    Probably Dishonored and Portal 2. Maybe Eschalon :)
    I’ll also be mainly clearing up the flat prior to parents visiting next weekend :/

  46. 23/11/2012 at 16:46 Lone Gunman says:

    I will be giving Planetside 2 a go. Hopefully it will run better for me now. Will also be playing The Witcher 2.

  47. 23/11/2012 at 16:46 Chaz says:

    EYE: Divine Cybermancy.

    Bought it for £1.24 on Steam the other day as did a mate of mine, as we intend on give it a go co-op.

    On the subject of 2 player co-op games, can any of you folks recommend some good ones? Just that me and my mate like to hook up to play some co-op games every other weekend or so and we’re kind of running out of ideas for stuff to play. Preferably nothing new and full price though, such as Borderlands 2. Will wait till that gets cheaper.

    We’ve just finished Dead Island and have also notched up Borderlands and R6 Vegas 1&2 in recent months.

    Haven’t done Portal 2 in co-op yet, is it any good with 2? Also can anyone point me in the direction or recommend any good 2 player Arma2 missions?

    It could also be that our tastes are a little bit blinkered as we tend to favour shooty bang bang games, but perhaps we should broaden our scope. So are there any good strategy titles that 2 can play in co-op?

    Thanks in advance.

    • 23/11/2012 at 16:56 malkav11 says:

      Portal 2 coop is only 2 player, and yes, it’s very good.

      Since you’ve enjoyed Borderlands and Dead Island, you might investigate whether more conventional ARPG lootwhoring games would hold your interest – Titan Quest is cheap and excellent, Sacred Gold is a little weird but very expansive and only like $2, and of course Torchlight II came out recently and is very very good. Still fairly inexpensive at $15, but might hit $10 in a daily/flash deal during Steam’s current sale, conceivably. Also, it’s more story than loot oriented, but Dungeon Siege III has excellent combat and is quite lovely, if you’re comfortable bringing a gamepad to the table.

      Other 2 player coop games I have enjoyed recently:
      Kane & Lynch 2 (1 is also decent if unexceptional, but the coop is strictly split-screen).
      The First Templar (the coop is wonky but tolerable with a dedicated coop partner, and it’s a decent if slightly bland and silly experience that my friend and I were happy to finish together).
      The Darkness II: the coop here really is more four-player oriented, but hey.

      Currently contemplating a go at Syndicate’s coop (the EA shooter, that is) but cannot vouch for how 2-player friendly it is currently.

      Strategywise, you’re looking at AI War, Dawn of War II (ideally Chaos Rising or Retribution rather than the original campaign), maybe Men of War.

      • 23/11/2012 at 17:20 Mr. Mister says:

        Yep, Portal 2 co-op is really nice, specially if you treat it as a macro-tutorial, the free DLC an exam, and then you challange yourselves with the community maps (look only for ones made in Hammer though, like the Cyan Industries mini-campaign).

    • 23/11/2012 at 16:58 Pindie says:

      I’ve heard SWAT4 coop is fun. You’ll have to check if you can get it to run on LAN on WIN7 but probably yes, it’s just UT engine after all. Raven Shield coop is not as good but it’ll do.

      Portal 2 coop is fine. It’s a bit short and not really that hard. It also has the tendency to make at least one person feel stupid.
      I think it just serves to expose the fact Portal 2 singleplayer was tricking you into self-admiration over relatively easy puzzles.

      ArmA2 is not really awesome for 2 player coop. The best bet is some heavily scripted (non-random) mission with 2 man sniper team.
      ArmA coop starts to get good when you have a dozen or more playing.

      • 23/11/2012 at 17:29 malkav11 says:

        SWAT IV coop is, from what I understand, a blast….but not really viable as two player because coop mode eliminates all the AI cops and you really need more than two people to tackle most of the levels.

    • 23/11/2012 at 16:58 Kefren says:

      Heroes of Might and Magic 3, available from GOG. Can play it where you each have a castle/empire, versus as many AI players as you want, depending on the challenge you require. You’ll be able to trade with each other. It can get bitchy if one person has the best mines…

    • 23/11/2012 at 17:18 Qazinsky says:

      You already got pretty much all the good Coop games I can think of on your list, the only one I can think of is F.E.A.R. 3, it might be a bit short, but it is fun, one player plays the more conventional running and gunning role, the other a ghost that can possess enemies, shield his pal, the possessing lets him run and gun a bit too.

      While it is all about helping each other, there is also some friendly competition where you get score for different goals, usually kill enough with one gun, possession and you’ll get the result after each map.

      Don’t know if you enjoy those kind of games, but Terraria and (speaking about Notching games) Minecraft is very enjoyable played with a friend or more.

    • 23/11/2012 at 18:11 Chaz says:

      Cheers folks, will have to put some of those to the test.

      The Swats we did quite some time back, 3 and 4, back when we shared a house with a LAN. Also did the Hidden and Dangerouses too, and co-oped the hell out of the Delta Force series and the Vietcong games. Wouldn’t mind seeing if I could get System Shock 2 and the old co-op patch to work some time.

      As for Minecraft, I love it, and would love to team up and go hunt the dragon. I did even rent my own server for a few months, but this particular buddy is rather indifferent towards it, just not creatively inclined in that way. The main problem with Minecraft though is that it’s horribly addictive, and I think partly he’s worried he’ll get sucked in and waste far too much time on it. That to be honest is the main thing that stops me from starting it up these days. You can’t just go on it for half an hour, because before you know it 3 hours have flown by.

      Co-op Syndicate would more likely be his thing though, forgot about that one; snazzy graphics with things going kaboom!

  48. 23/11/2012 at 16:46 shaydeeadi says:

    DOTA2, maybe Borderlands 2. There will definitely be a 2 in the title.

  49. 23/11/2012 at 16:47 portchd says:

    Personally, i’m going to be rocking as much PS2 as I can, i’m from england, but playing on a US Server with Totalbiscuits Outfit (Let the Brit Drop), played last night with about 30 of them (the majority on mumble) and it was super fun, can’t wait to do that again over the weekend.

    If not that, leveling up my Norn Guardian, really enjoying that as well.

  50. 23/11/2012 at 16:48 HadToLogin says:

    Hitman for me. 17 hours into game, and just finished Dexter Industries. But, I guess my “suit only” tries are to blame for that, since now, when I use disguises, it became easier. Like, from impossible to hard.

    I hate how they changed them, but now disguises require a bit of thinking to use. Bye bye old “find enemy guard, kill quietly, get everywhere without a single care in the world” playthroughs…

    • 23/11/2012 at 17:00 QualityJeverage says:

      I definitely like the new disguise system, on paper. In practice, I think they went a bit overboard, to the point where disguises are nearly useless in a lot of cases. There’s got to be a happy medium, where they still require some thought but aren’t so transparent that every guard in the room sees through you immediately.

  51. 23/11/2012 at 16:48 Gloam says:

    I’ll probably try and finish up The Walking Dead, a little late to the game, but I have to say it’s really something. Beats a DVD boxset at any rate. Also planning on dipping into some Natural Selection 2 and CS: GO.

  52. 23/11/2012 at 16:49 malkav11 says:

    Hitman: Absolution, at least if it picks back up again before my patience wears out.

    Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood, because I am a completist and am reluctant to play ACIII before I finish Brotherhood (and maybe Revelations), even though I am assured they don’t really matter.

    Possibly some Sleeping Dogs, Batman: Arkham Asylum, or Prototype 2. I’m looking to actually finish some of the games I’ve started given that I fully expect to be adding to my backlog over this weekend.

    Oh, and Torchlight II while I listen to podcasts.

    PS: PS2 is a terrible acronym for Planetside 2. The immediate association is Playstation 2.

  53. 23/11/2012 at 16:50 Barberetti says:

    Not sure. Just found out that there’s some sort of computer game carnival going on tomorrow at the local pub, so I’ll probably be checking that out. Might play some Minecraft though on Sunday, as I’m in the middle of a XXX Hardcore game with a friend of mine. If not, then S.T.A.L.K.E.R. SoC or continue with my umpteenth playthrough of Quake.

  54. 23/11/2012 at 16:50 Cerebulon says:

    Arma 2, Sims 3, Planetside 2 and Lord of the Rings Online if my account gets given back to me.

  55. 23/11/2012 at 16:52 bsplines says:

    I ‘ll try and finish my campaign in X-Com: UFO Defence. Pretty close to the end but there are still 3-4 big battles that need to be fought before the end so probably won’t make it all the way.
    My laptop can’t handle Planetside 2 so I will play a bit of Awesomenauts instead.

  56. 23/11/2012 at 16:52 roryok says:

    Hoping to finish Black Mesa and get back to Skyrim

  57. 23/11/2012 at 16:55 Kefren says:

    Dancing Stage Universe (Xbox 360, ahem).
    Ticket To Ride: Europe, or Pandemic (boardgames).
    Serious Sam The Random Encounter (PC), followed by a new game, not sure which yet: torn between Oolite, Metro 2033, Lone Survivor and King’s Bounty.
    Also playing the game of trying to make changes to my novel during any creative fits. It’s important that the last one is the one I appear to be doing whenever my girlfriend is around.

  58. 23/11/2012 at 16:58 QualityJeverage says:

    Lots of Hitman: Absolution because I love it. Please don’t crucify me.

    Also a big blank space for whatever games I end up with because my wallet can’t survive Steam sales. *gulp*

  59. 23/11/2012 at 17:03 coolwithpie says:

    I’m picking up Civ V in the sale to play with some friends

    After that probably gmod tower

  60. 23/11/2012 at 17:11 zeroskill says:

    I was looking to finally give Planetside 2 and Hawken a shot. But i’m afraid that between Dota 2 and Dwarf Fortress, as usual, there won’t be much room left for anything else.

    But then there is also the Steam Autumn Sale which will force me to buy games. Already picked up Zeno Clash and DoD: Conquest of the Wizardlands and will surely find something I can’t pass up on until Monday. And finally, i’ve been iching to start a new Doom 1/2 playthrough with the Zdoom mod. I was also looking to get into ZangbandTK which I havn’t had the chance to play yet, and I hear it is quite fantastic. It’s never too late to get into a great roguelike. Too many games, too little time.

  61. 23/11/2012 at 17:11 Binary77 says:

    Now that i’ve beaten Hotline Miami to death with a crowbar, i can get on and finally finish RAGE. I reckon i’ll give Stacking a look after that’s out of the way.

  62. 23/11/2012 at 17:16 eleclipse says:

    Mount and blade warband, and maybe some tribes ascend

  63. 23/11/2012 at 17:22 Craig Pearson says:

    I’ll be in Planetside 2. If anyone wants to try something different, I can recommend Just Cause 2 MP. It’s live this weekend: http://www.jc-mp.com/times/

  64. 23/11/2012 at 17:26 Nova says:

    I’m gonna watch some more Max Payne 3 cut-scenes. (That’s the official subtitle surely? MP3: Cut-Scenes)
    And a little MechWarrior Online with a buddy.

  65. 23/11/2012 at 17:29 kregg says:

    I’ll be playing TF2 as I got a Steam Linux beta invitation.

    Go me!

  66. 23/11/2012 at 17:30 Shinwaka says:

    Going old school: Temple of Elemental Evil and Ultima IV.

    This might be blasphemy, but I would love to see how Ultima IV would look using the Frostbite 2 engine.

  67. 23/11/2012 at 17:37 Berzee says:

    For reasons unknown, I decided to reinstall M&B Warband and play some “cRPG Mod” this weekend. Anyone else play this? (I haven’t been on in munce and munce, but it struck me as the best plan today).

  68. 23/11/2012 at 17:38 paymentplan says:

    I’ve finally got off my ass and have started chewing into Baldur’s Gate, with the Baldur’s Gate Trilogy mod. I’ve just now made it far enough into the game where I want to keep playing. So it’ll probably be a lot of Baldur’s Gate, maybe with some manshoots sprinkled in.

  69. 23/11/2012 at 17:38 Axyl says:

    Planetside 2. I may sleep occasionally.. maybe.

  70. 23/11/2012 at 17:41 MOKKA says:

    Probably some Hawken (thanks to RPS) and way too much NBA 2k13 (I’m not even enjoying it that much, but I can’t stop). Also a bit of Just Cause 2. I recently discovered mods in this game and now I can understand why people find it so enjoyable.

    I’m probably going to ignore the Steam Sale, I already spent way too much money this month and the only Game I might be interested in getting is Dark Souls.

    I also got Cosmic Encounter (Boardgames count as well right?) a few days ago and hopefully I’m able to play it this weekend.

    • 23/11/2012 at 18:02 Mr. Mister says:

      If you say you’ll play JC2 for the mods, why not try the multiplayer one? There’s a public test this weekend, and I’ll be looking for RPS cohmraddez.pi

  71. 23/11/2012 at 17:44 VanishedDecoy says:

    The original Deus Ex for me. Have been putting that off for a while.

  72. 23/11/2012 at 17:48 gaiusimperator says:

    Ahhh, well my good sirs, I shall be having a spot of Dishonored, with a side of RAGE, for what man cannot let his animalistic side out at times. Besides, Boomerangs are cool, quite like top hats.

  73. 23/11/2012 at 17:50 Squishpoke says:

    Natural Selection 2!

  74. 23/11/2012 at 17:50 derbefrier says:

    Probably some Planetside 2 for some explosions and stuff. I also finally picked up Darksiders and I think thats what my focus will be(seemed fun from the hour I played last night) but that could always change depending who on my friends list is online. I also picked up Krater and some game my friend wanted me to get cause it has co-op called The Cursed Crusade. Plus whatever other random game I may pick up during all these sales going on this weekend.

  75. 23/11/2012 at 18:02 Xari says:

    I’ve been keeping myself busy with another playthrough of S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl, this time with AMK 1.4 and a bunch of graphical enhancements installed.

  76. 23/11/2012 at 18:02 Lokik says:

    I’m quite happy playing King of Dragon Pass again after losing the original CD and finding out you can get it from GOG. Makes me sad that basically nobody knows about this amazing game. Hopefully the GOG and iPad versions have sold enough for Orlanth to bless the world with a sequel some day.

    • 24/11/2012 at 10:39 pertusaria says:

      It’s high on my list of things to get from GOG, once I feel like I’d put the time into it if I had it. Looks lovely.

      • 24/11/2012 at 17:02 Lokik says:

        Yeah, it is quite lovely and unique. I remember the game seeming a bit overwhelming first with all the lore, strange names, numerous gods and rituals, but once you get more familiar with the world, it is a truly wonderful game and setting to lose yourself in.

  77. 23/11/2012 at 18:03 Tei says:

    Probably more Planetside 2, and will continue with Walking Dead and some Natural Selection 2 (I hate it).

  78. 23/11/2012 at 18:17 Zanpa says:

    I would play Planetside 2, which seems like my perfect video game… But my computer can’t run it.
    I would play Natural Selection 2, which I bought and have been wanting to try for a few months… But my computer can’t run it.
    So I will play Battlefield 3. That my computer can run at 60 fps. Yup.

    I’m not too sad about it though, because I’ll be playing with friends. Three Polish guys, one from Portugal, and a weird Swedish dude. And I’m French.
    Don’t you just love how video games can make the distances pointless and put people from all countries together?

  79. 23/11/2012 at 18:20 mrmalodor says:

    Starcraft 2, which is 50% off now, and then try out the new RO2 map.

  80. 23/11/2012 at 18:30 Uncompetative says:

    Halo 3

    I’m still in love with Mythic Multiplayer.

  81. 23/11/2012 at 18:32 DXN says:

    Natural Selection 2, because I’m just as addicted to it as I was to Natural Selection 1.

    Planetside 2, to see if it runs on my creaky old rig, which the beta didn’t really manage.

    DOTA 2, because someone gifted me a key and I have so much to learn. So much.

    Arma 2, for the RPS-people FOLK session on Sunday ( http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/forums/showthread.php?2540-README-Folk-Sessions-(Sundays) ) , and to play around with the mission editor.

    Halo 2, because decent-but-kinda-boring Halo 4 made me remember how much I enjoyed the second game, despite its flaws.

    2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2.

    2.

  82. 23/11/2012 at 18:43 Qwallath says:

    First I’ll be playing drums all day tomorrow. Then, onward with The Walking Dead, which I started yesterday.

  83. 23/11/2012 at 19:12 Kadayi says:

    More Hitman:Absolution (which I’m getting into esp with the challenges) and I might well replay the TWD as it’s presently my GOTY having concluded it the other day.

  84. 23/11/2012 at 19:20 Kismet says:

    I’ll mainly focus on finishing Red Dead Redemption and possibly start one of the titles I accumulated during the three months I was lost in Guild Wars 2, with some multiplayer Need for Speed: Most Wanted for variety.

  85. 23/11/2012 at 19:21 TomxJ says:

    Hope to finish Black Mesa this weekend. Will also fly about in Waking Mars.

  86. 23/11/2012 at 19:40 Xanadu says:

    Guild Wars 2. My guild is on the same server as the RPS guild, so I run into fello RPSers often. If you see Ohara Scarlett then wave.

  87. 23/11/2012 at 19:45 PikaBot says:

    Probably take a few more futile stabs at XCOM Classic Ironman. It’s crushed my aspirations five times in the last week

    Going to start GTA IV, which I just picked up on sale.

  88. 23/11/2012 at 19:54 I_have_no_nose_but_I_must_sneeze says:

    Deus Ex: HR, for me. Yes, I’m behind the times. When ThiFOURf comes out, I’ll probably be playing Dishonored.

  89. 23/11/2012 at 19:57 pertusaria says:

    I’ve been flitting between games in an effort to reduce the number of games I’ve bought and not touched at all, so it’s a little unpredictable. Possibly Waking Mars, Qasir al-Wasat and Don’t Starve; might get around to Crusader Kings 2.

  90. 23/11/2012 at 20:12 almostDead says:

    Fuck me, I just got dishonored for 11.25 pounds from GMG, so that, I guess.

  91. 23/11/2012 at 20:30 fish99 says:

    Definitely will be playing some Planetside 2, my system runs it pretty well and no major issues encountered so far, except for just now playing at peak time, and the servers seem to be overloaded (i.e. lag and way too many people everywhere). Think I’ll stick to playing it after midnight. It’s amazing though, and very addictive.

    Also want to try Chivalry which I picked up yesterday, and the latest Borderlands 2 DLC. Maybe I’ll continue my latest System Shock 2 playthough when I get chance as well (in stereo 3D).

  92. 23/11/2012 at 20:38 Minsc_N_Boo says:

    I will mostly be playing Torchlight 2 (I love this game!) and Guild Wars 2. I played the free weekend on GW2, and I enjoyed it a lot. I have played a free trial on WoW recently, and while it was fun playing with some friends it certainly feels like an 8 year old game.

    I have the new hitman game in my steam library (free thanks to my recent 7950 upgrade :P) but after reading the Wot I think I will save that for a rainy day…. it sounds like IO broke the game, which makes me sad as I have enjoyed all of the previous games :(

  93. 23/11/2012 at 20:40 Battlesheep says:

    I got into the Teslagrad Alpha, so I’ll be playing that til I pass out

  94. 23/11/2012 at 21:18 Chmilz says:

    Civ 5 as usual. I’m so close to cracking 1,000 hours played. Not sure if that’s good or not, but I guess I got my money’s worth?

  95. 23/11/2012 at 21:19 frenz0rz says:

    I want to play Planetside 2. Oh, how I want to. The old girl just cant run it properly though.

  96. 23/11/2012 at 21:37 urughak says:

    Warcraft 3#

  97. 23/11/2012 at 21:41 Chris D says:

    Just picked up Borderlands 2 so most likely more of that, but Waking Mars and more Shogun 2 are also a possibilty. Got a new PC recently and still celebrating being able to run things on maximum shiny.

  98. 23/11/2012 at 22:16 horus_lupercal says:

    Rage for me, it was £3.24 on steam so I thought why not and so far it’s pretty good, nowt amazing but still pretty good :-)

    • 24/11/2012 at 00:38 aldo_14 says:

      How buggy / problematic is it nowadays? I was sorely tempted at 3.24 but the reputation at launch, plus the suggestion there has been little or not post-release support, put me off.

  99. 23/11/2012 at 22:17 phenom_x8 says:

    Beyond Good and Evil, Dishonored, Sleeping Dogs, Blood Money!
    Regarding to BGE, its trully atmospheric and great game, the world ubisoft created are massive and full of detail I’ve never thought before. Looking for an object to take a picture also quite fun, you know trying to photograph a creature that attacking you and then knowing their scientific name’s are totally awesome.

  100. 23/11/2012 at 22:25 Bob says:

    Deus Ex with the HDTP beta and the full (just released) version of New Vision…..sweeeet!

    Borderlands 2 Mr. Torgue’s Campaign of Carnage DLC if I can fit it in.

  101. 23/11/2012 at 22:29 Iskarott says:

    It involves no one but myself unfortunately, though I report results to those interested. Having realized the amount of FROM software games in the past I had not played, I began playing all their action RPGs in chronological order. I’ve gone through the first three King’s Fields and Shadow tower, and I’m working on Eternal Ring before hitting up Evergrace. At the same time, I’m watching youtube videos of FROM games I won’t be playing in let’s play or walkthrough form.

    I will be a grand sage master after this.

  102. 23/11/2012 at 23:27 nameless says:

    I played a bit of PlanetSide 2 this week, and while I’m amazed at the technical achievements of the game, shooters aren’t my style and I’m unlikely to play again. I *did* however cash in on that GoG.com pick 5 games for $10 sale, so I’m intending to hit that up all weekend. First, Botanicula. Then, Trine. And if I have time, maybe throw in some To the Moon. It’s looking to be a very interesting weekend, indeed!

  103. 24/11/2012 at 01:17 LimEJET says:

    There’s going to be a Just Cause 2 Multiplayer beta test event this weekend, so I’m pretty sure I’ll be spending my time in Panau.

  104. 24/11/2012 at 03:47 Hmm-Hmm. says:

    More Blood Bowl CE (potentially with RPS people, otherwise I’ll just go stomp the AI). Maybe some minecraft, DotP 2012 or Orcs Must Die, perhaps. Will have to see.

  105. 24/11/2012 at 05:14 Tukuturi says:

    For multiplayer, I’ll be playing Awesomenauts. It’s all the fun of a MOBA without all the hardcore competitive seriousness and bile. I’ll also be working on some interactive hyperfiction in Twine, because why not?

  106. 24/11/2012 at 10:53 bad guy says:

    Space weekend!
    Lunar Flight, Mechwarrior Living Legends, FTL

  107. 24/11/2012 at 12:10 Inzimus says:

    mostly Realms of Arkania 2, with a friend (we’re doing a “co-op” thing about it, put about 20+ hours into it thus far), but also some Dark Mod (for DooM 3), Stunt Car Racer (Amiga) and top it off with some Settlers 2 – Gold Edition…

  108. 24/11/2012 at 12:45 Kaffka says:

    Still playing Battlefield Play4Free and Minecraft, since those are the few “newer” games that still run on my laptop. :(
    Would love to try out Planetside 2, as it looks to be exactly why I like Battlefield so much…

  109. 24/11/2012 at 15:25 arkona says:

    X-com / Don’t starve and some Chivalry I guess

  110. 24/11/2012 at 15:57 Surgeon says:

    PlanetSide 2, literally, all weekend.
    I used to love epic bouts of PlanetSide, when, years ago now, I could get away with a 16 hour gaming session.
    Well, the wife is away, so this weekend I can.

    Anyway, playing with Azure Twilight on Mattherson.
    They were one of the last large and highly organised VS Outfits left when I was drawn back to PS at the start of the year.
    And I’ve been with them ever since.

    We had 126 people on TS and in 4 platoons on Wednesday, and I reckon tonight will be even busier.

  111. 24/11/2012 at 17:06 Fenix says:

    I’ve been trying to clean my backlog for quite some time, just beat Broken Sword 1, now playing L4D2, and Hotel Dusk on my DS with a couple of Dota 2 matches thrown in between.

    Huge list of games to play, not enough time.

    my backloggery: http://backloggery.com/blitzard

  112. 25/11/2012 at 00:16 absolofdoom says:

    Planetside 2, lots and lots of Planetside 2.
    Also some Black Ops 2 Zombies.

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