The "What are you playing?" topic.

[Crazed Rabbit]

Hit up Crazed Rabbit, he's on Steam (under that name) and regularly plays L4D2 a lot. I would tell you to add me, but I do not currently have it installed. I'm on a bit of a Team Fortress 2 kick as far as MP goes, currently.

I know pevergreen plays as well. Or he did, it seems he's into EU3 right now.

I do play L4D2 regularly, though in the past few days I've been playing the 1866: Western mod for Warband online.

I think it may be the best PC online western shooter right now. Plus, the devs want to create something that's a more realistic and deliberate shooter than a run and gun and jump around to avoid getting shot game. (In game, people actually stand still to shoot, because that's the only way to shoot accurately!)

The only problem now is they included primitive grenades, which are underpriced and overpowered, which has led to spamming of said grenades. They're going to be nerfed in the patch though.

CR

[pevergreen]

I know pevergreen plays as well. Or he did, it seems he's into EU3 right now.

I'm only logging like 8-10 hours of EU3 a day...

Played one round of L4D2 last night. I play for the friends I have that play it, not for enjoyment. But yeah, CA I'll catch you somehow, make you add me. I haven't lost my touch.

Monk: Like I said, get WWM, I gave you a link to a walkthrough to make it work with the beta patch.

[Prussian to the Iron]

I know pevergreen plays as well. Or he did, it seems he's into EU3 right now.

I do play L4D2 regularly, though in the past few days I've been playing the 1866: Western mod for Warband online.

I think it may be the best PC online western shooter right now. Plus, the devs want to create something that's a more realistic and deliberate shooter than a run and gun and jump around to avoid getting shot game. (In game, people actually stand still to shoot, because that's the only way to shoot accurately!)

The only problem now is they included primitive grenades, which are underpriced and overpowered, which has led to spamming of said grenades. They're going to be nerfed in the patch though.

CR

have you played Red Dead Redemption or Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood? IDK if Red Dead has MP, but CoJ does, and it is very much realistic and fun, for the most part.

[Monk]

The Witcher

I have to say, it's rare that I play a game that approaches sex this immaturely. It borderlines on absurd at times, especially the first instance of it happening. One of my companions had failed during the tutorial and I decided to give her a pep-talk. I kid you not, by choosing the line "It's not your fault." i somehow started a.. shall we say, encounter. I starred at my monitor for a solid five minutes in awe, long after the brief scene had ended and we were already in the next plot device dialogue section. I couldn't believe what I just saw, and didn't understand why it happened. This scene would play out a few more times, women throwing themselves at me for no reason, out of the blue, while our lives are in danger from an angry mob. It's become comical at this point.

Beyond that the actual game is a bit lack-luster. Combat is quite enjoyable but i'm finding most quests amount to nothing more than tedious busy-work. Gather 10 leaves of some obscure plant and bring them back! ...What is this, a mmo? But even so that's not what made me decide to stop playing, put simply the voice-acting is delivered in the most dreadfully monotone i've ever heard. It's so deadpan, your character reacts the same way when comrades die that he would when realizing he's out of toothpaste. It isn't limited to the protagonist either, everyone is suffering from a severe lack of "I don't give a " and delivers their lines without any form of emotion.

In the words of a much funnier man than I, if this game doesn't care about its story then why should I? It's a shame too, because the combat system is quite fun once you get the hang of it. Even with the "Enhanced Edition" Witcher falls flat in too many crucial areas for me to give it a pass. It's been a long time since i played a game as boring as this one.

[Centurion1]

Call of duty modern warfare 2. And Rtw of course But that's a given.

Call if duty 2 had If Not the best one of the best campaigns I have ever played. The acting was fantastic the storylune while a Tad predictable was still God and it often felt like I was watching a movie.

[Prussian to the Iron]

glad you liked it.


hovering between TES2: Daggerfall and Morrowind on PC, enjoying my last few days of Modern Warfare 2 on the PS3 before we move and I won't see it for another week or two.

[ReluctantSamurai]

I guess I'm a bit "Oldskool". I'm still enjoying Baldurs Gate. My first attempts at the BGT mod and using several of the AI enhancement paks has me reaching for the reload button far more than I anticipated

[CountArach]

I've been playing a few things lately. Crysis every now and again (marvelling at just what Crytek have done with their graphical engine), but mostly Mass Effect 2 and Left 4 Dead 2. I also booted up Portal last night in an effort to try to get a couple of those achievements. Within 3 hours my brain was hurting and I had to stop.

[Decker]

hovering between TES2: Daggerfall and Morrowind on PC, enjoying my last few days of Modern Warfare 2 on the PS3 before we move and I won't see it for another week or two.

How's Daggerfall going for you?? I botched my first character and had to start all over.

[Prussian to the Iron]

i dont like it. it seems like leveling occurs almost at random, too slow, nobody but the mages guild sells spells which i cant join because my magic skills aren't high enough because I dont have any really useful spells, and the random dungeons are a bitch (is that allowed?). especially hate the random dungeons, because it means that if i get lost and have no idea where to go, i cant just look it up online like i can with morrowind. i spend half my time in dungeons outrunning skeletons, and the one im currently working on is confusing as all hell, with a fricking moat that means i have to hug the wall so i dont get eaten by dreughs.



if i continue to play it, if, then it'll just to see what happens at the end, which i would watch a let's play for, but there are very few of those, probably for the reasons above.