What are you playing at the moment?

[sonson]

Finally finished Darksiders and now I'm a few hours into Rage. It's actually not too bad. I know it got a mixed reception and maybe my opinion will change once I'm further in but I like what I've seen so far, plus the few guns I've tried so far have all felt pretty beefy.

It feels good to actually be completing games and chalking them off my backlog. It's about time I did so. That might slow down a bit after Rage as I plan to play the new Kings Bounty game and the previous two took just over 100 hours each.

I really enjoyed Kings Bounty for a long while but it's just not good enough to give that much time to, I don't know how people played any of them to completetion

[Drake Sigar]

Finished Grimrock.
The last boss' design is brilliant. Really enjoyed it, combat was a bit meh (played on easy because of this) but the puzzles were a delight.

I hated that boss. I mean, it was brilliant, but with the dungeon shaking, and the weird telepathic dreams, and the hooded cultists, and the mysterious grate tentacles - all of it led me to believe a Cthulhu-like entity was down there. So I descend the dungeon quaking in my boots expecting to find a being of terrifying malevolence and instead end up with a clever joke.

[Tikey]

I too expected a chtulhian creature. That's why I liked the boss, it wasn't the obvious choice.

[thegooseking]

Getting into The Secret World. I always enjoy MMOs immensely at first but it doesn't take long for the lustre to fade, so we'll see what happens.

Still, Anarchy Online is the only one that kept me for longer than a couple of months, so if anyone can do it, Ragnar Tørnquist can.

[Anthile]

It's easily one of my favourite final boss fights ever. All the way down I feared it would be just some mob with massive stats and I'd have to dance around him for hours without challenge but in the end it managed to be not only unique but it also plays to the strengths of the movement system. It's probably one of the biggest WTF moments in recent gaming history and I fear not too many people actually saw it and gave up long before. You are missing out.

[tonyferrino]

I wish I had your restraint.

I'm going to try something similar but not quite so extreme - maybe nothing that costs more than £10 until the next sale. I've got pretty addicted to Planetside 2 and I've bought Bioshock Infinite on GMG already, so I reckon I can hold out with them and my backlog.

[Drayk]

I'm going to try something similar but not quite so extreme - maybe nothing that costs more than £10 until the next sale. I've got pretty addicted to Planetside 2 and I've bought Bioshock Infinite on GMG already, so I reckon I can hold out with them and my backlog.

Well... i am just starting, after buying sleeping dogs, the windows pack on amazon, darksiders 2, Torchlight 2, Max Payne 3, X-com, game of thrones (for 5euros) and Dishonored... that plus my already long backlog made me realize I had to take drastic measures. Even 2-3 hours of gaming every evening will not save me... + I have backed several kickstarter projects, hopefully comming this year... I play GW2 since launch and my main character is only 37...

Damn you kids, wife, work, social life... damn you all !

I need a 36hours per day card !

[DaftPunk]

Well then don't buy so many games if you can't complete them lol :D

[The JG Man]

Starting from this year, I'm going to try a system of not buying single player games on release. This gives them plenty of time to have added content, fixed any issues and so on and so forth. Multiplayer games, or those with a heavy MP contingent, I'll probably buy closer to release. Not just an exercise in saving money, because I inevitably can do with this, but it also keeps in check those games I absolutely want, as opposed to those I just got caught in the hype with, as well as the fact that it means I can put a real effort into clearing my backlog.

[Drayk]

Starting from this year, I'm going to try a system of not buying single player games on release. This gives them plenty of time to have added content, fixed any issues and so on and so forth. Multiplayer games, or those with a heavy MP contingent, I'll probably buy closer to release. Not just an exercise in saving money, because I inevitably can do with this, but it also keeps in check those games I absolutely want, as opposed to those I just got caught in the hype with, as well as the fact that it means I can put a real effort into clearing my backlog.

I already do that. I haven't buy a game full price since... Skyrim (GW2 being the only exception). My game expenses are below 50euro a month. But still, it's not enough... Daftpunk is right. We should stop buying games we can't complete. I know It's a common mistake for gamers... We can't resist a good sales.

[alms]

Just finished my second playthrough of Saints Row 2 and 3. Ended up 100 %-ing SR3 (according to the game, but I have some vehicle thefts left).

Did you have any problems with lag while driving in SR2?

It feels good to actually be completing games and chalking them off my backlog.

Definitely. For me, keeping my HLTB "me VS backlog" profile up to date is a game of sorts.

[sonson]

That's been my philosophy for the last two years, works very well. I'm happy to amend it for games which are cheap and not going to have DLC added, like say Bastion or Lone survivor, but otherwise I play a year late as it were and get most games GOTY for about half their original price. Keeps you out of "current" chat and development is the only downside but I don't really care about that.

[Fanbuoy]

Yeah, I generally don't see the point in buying SP games on release. Purchasing late means getting a more polished product at a cheaper price, while also information on the quality of the game is more available. It's also good to put off playing the game until the DLC blitz is over. This really only comes at the expense of the launch hype. I generally buy games about 80-90% cheaper than launch price.

Did you have any problems with lag while driving in SR2?

No, not that I noticed. Is that a common issue? Are we talking input lag or stuttering?

[alms]

No, not that I noticed. Is that a common issue? Are we talking input lag or stuttering?

Fairly common it would seem. It freezes for a moment every now and then, seemingly because it's piss poor at loading new chunks of the world. The faster you're going the worse it is, good luck taking a corner whenever it does that. It's frustrating enough that I retired the game after about 10h.

[fiddlesticks]

Well then don't buy so many games if you can't complete them lol :D

But then how am I supposed to determine my self-worth?

Getting into The Secret World. I always enjoy MMOs immensely at first but it doesn't take long for the lustre to fade, so we'll see what happens.

Good to see you're back, Gooseking.

[Nalano]

Fairly common it would seem. It freezes for a moment every now and then, seemingly because it's piss poor at loading new chunks of the world. The faster you're going the worse it is, good luck taking a corner whenever it does that. It's frustrating enough that I retired the game after about 10h.

Get the Gentlemen of the Row fanmod. Should fix most problems.

[alms]

Get the Gentlemen of the Row fanmod. Should fix most problems.

Been there done that, it didn't fix that specific problem: I was hoping Fanbuoy had found the magic solution I somehow missed (SSD?).

[Nalano]

Been there done that, it didn't fix that specific problem: I was hoping Fanbuoy had found the magic solution I somehow missed (SSD?).

I don't have a SSD but I do remember experiencing lots of annoying graphical slowdowns prior to installing the mod, which is why I mentioned it.

Beyond that, I dunno. Sorry!

[PeteC]

I really enjoyed Kings Bounty for a long while but it's just not good enough to give that much time to, I don't know how people played any of them to completetion

I didn't even complete them. Got to the end bosses and couldn't beat them. Gave up in the end.

To be honest, those 100 hours are according to Steam. You could knock a fair bit off that as I used to leave the game running in the background while I did other stuff, but it was still a good chunk of time spent on it.

I'm also a very slow player in just about every game I play. It took me 40 hours to beat Darksiders but the average on howlongtobeat.com is about half that.

[Fanbuoy]

Been there done that, it didn't fix that specific problem: I was hoping Fanbuoy had found the magic solution I somehow missed (SSD?).

No, sorry. I don't use my SSD for games and aren't using any mods. I have a 7200 rpm HDD though, maybe slower ones can have problems? From what I hear, SR2 is a terrible port so maybe it's an optimization issue? What hardware are you using?