The "What are you playing?" topic.

[Caesar the IIIV]

Half-Life: Source

[Fragony]

Owwwwwwwwwww Disgaea, have yet to play the sequels but great game. Such excellent drawing, the music is just epic. And it's FUNNY. Mostly because they are evil.

The Dark Adonis remains the best midboss ever

in honour https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zokOLzDiD8

[Decker]

Owwwwwwwwwww Disgaea, have yet to play the sequels but great game. Such excellent drawing, the music is just epic. And it's FUNNY. Mostly because they are evil.

The Dark Adonis remains the best midboss ever

in honour https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zokOLzDiD8

Never played the first one but I agree that it's a great game! The dark humor is to funny and the art is great and I actually had one of the songs stuck in my head the other day

And I'm not that far into Kingdom Hearts yet... got caught up with Morrowind and Disgaea

[Prussian to the Iron]

in honour https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zokOLzDiD8

the fu-?

[Fragony]

How dare you question the great prince Larhal.

About anything.

[pevergreen]

EU3
Fallout 3
Mirrors Edge
Mass Effect
Defence Grid
MW2
Supcom 2

[Alexander the Pretty Good]

I've been playing X-COM while waiting for Mass Effect to download. X-COM is frustrating; I'm not very good at it. :P I've done enough research to get some of the real good stuff but I hate losing troopers so often just let shot-down UFOs go. And there are at least 3 enemy bases nearby. I went down one with a plasma hover tank and 10 troopers in power armor. My tank traded fire with some mutons then gets missiled by some sort of homing thing I haven't seen before. I packed up my troopers and booked it.

[Hooahguy]

SWAT 4
what a great game!
it is a lot like rainbow six: raven shield, but you have more equipment and you cant always just shoot everything you see. because your aim is to arrest the suspects, shooting them isnt such a great idea, and you try to hold off on shooting them as long as possible. and if you shoot a suspect if they arent threatening you or a hostage. i cannot tell you how many times ive failed a mission because i shot a suspect when they werent aiming a gun at someone!
you have an arsenal of tactical items and weapons: door wedge, tear gas, pepper spray, tasers, non-lethal shotguns, assault rifles, and the list goes on.
while nowhere near like the real thing, its probably the closest thing to it, especially helpful for me because im seriously considering a career in law enforcement.
the game looks good for an old game, and the general animations are great. AI is good, the suspects even flanked me a few times!
very few noticeable bugs or glitches.

my only gripe is that there no real knockout gas which you can equip. if there are three armed tangos in a room, all you can really do to subdue them is to deploy gas or stinger grenades.
i give it a 9.5/10

[Gregoshi]

Started up a Mori campaign in STW tonight. I'm gonna have to beat plough shares into swords because my starting lands are so piss poor for farming I might as well.

[CountArach]

Exams finish tomorrow which means that I've got a month of uninterrupted gaming ahead of me on my new PC. The list of what I have waiting for me (In various stages of beginning):

Mass Effect (6 hours in and loving it)
Bioshock
Assassin's Creed
Fallout 3
Crysis
Pro Cycling Manager 2010
STALKER
Left 4 Dead 2

I know there are a lot of people here who play L4D2, so if you want to add me on steam I'd love to have a game with you guys. My steam id is CountArach.

[Monk]

In honor of Steam's massive Mass Effect day a couple days ago, i've loaded both games in the series on my comp for a complete run through. So far i'm about 5 hours in on the first game and really noticing the flaws (after so long in the sequel) but still loving the game as a whole.

Other then that i've been trying to settle on a nation to play in EU3 for about a week, still can't decide on anything solid. I've played Milan (and formed Italy) and took that game to completion, Muscovy (formed into Russia) has also been done. Any good suggestions from the fellow EU3 players on the board?

I know there are a lot of people here who play L4D2, so if you want to add me on steam I'd love to have a game with you guys. My steam id is CountArach.

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.

[Alexander the Pretty Good]

In honor of Steam's massive Mass Effect day a couple days ago, i've loaded both games in the series on my comp for a complete run through. So far i'm about 5 hours in on the first game and really noticing the flaws (after so long in the sequel) but still loving the game as a whole.

Doing the same thing. A part of me wants to get ME1 over with so I can get to better shooting and inventorying. The other part of me a completionist so I'm going to spend hours looking for the tiny repetitive mercenary hunts. I got Bring Down the Sky, though, which wasn't bad.

[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.

[naut]

STALKER: Priboi Story.

Ah. So awesome. Ten minutes of play defined the AI for me, sporadically skilful. Agroprom, bandits attacked me all attacking front on out of a door, I picked them off easy. Then I moved forward and there were 7 more bandits outside the compound in some trees. I scaled a building and started shooting, 3 came towards me to take cover behind the compound wall. I killed one. Two more started advancing I picked them off, while 2 others hid in the trees giving covering fire. While I was trying to eliminate them from among the shrubbery the other 2 who had reached the wall earlier flanked all the way round my building and up the second internal ladder killing me from behind with some concentrated shotgun fire.

[Kekvit Irae]

World of Warcraft has recently sucked me in. -.-

[Prussian to the Iron]

oh Kekvit I'm dissapointed.


well, not current, but I watched a bunch of E3 gameplay and trailers today, and i know what I want up through april 2011.

unfortunately, one of the coolest-looking trailers, Star Wars: The Old Republic, is only an MMORPG, which I not only don't like, but can't afford. It had enormous potential, maybe in the future.


anyway, my wishlist as far as I know so far:

CoD: Black Ops- I'm a fanboy, my frends are fanboys, I liked WaW better admittedly than MW2, at least Nazi Zombies and Campaign. MP was kinda the same quality for me
Ghost Recon: Future Soldier- This looks like it will be my favorite, despite being a total Halo nerd, CoD fanboy, and only playing 1 Ghost Recon, not even to completion. the cloaking thing and ust everything looks epic.
Assassins Creed: Brotherhood- Pretty cool looking. definitely a gamble to stay with that character or his immediate family, but I think the new team concept will pay off. THE BEST PART: At the end of the trailer, it said to pre-order for a Harlequin (Harley Quin in Batman, obvious easter egg) as a MULTIPLAYER SKIN!!!!!!!!!!!!! MP in AC baby! I've been lobbying for this since the first one came out!
Gears of War 3- No explanation needed. awesome game series, stil looks pretty epic, but I wish there would be some change in gameplay for once.
Halo: Reach- It's Halo. it's new. I was in the first 3 days of the MP Beta (fricking mom took it away after that, and I got it back a month later, here's the kicker, the day after the Beta ended), and it was very much awesome. I don't think anything will ever beat the feel of Halo 1 PC MP on Blood Gulch, or Halo 2 on Coagulation. But the maps and the weapons feel very very good, and I haven't even done most of the gametypes or used vehicles. only 70-something days left, i counted :)


I think thats it, lots of promising games this year.....

EDIT: Oh fail. fail fail fail. S:TW2 obviously on my list. fail.

[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.

[Kekvit Irae]

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.

1. Leveling is not random. It's always after you rest once you obtain 15 skill points in any of your Primary, Major, or Minor skills. Misc skills do not figure into your leveling. This is a well known "cheat" for staying level one, just like Morrowind and Oblivion: just assign skills you will never use to your Primary, Major, and Minor skillsets (like languages), and use the Misc skills as your main skills. If you level up, so will the monsters. You should only level up when you feel your combat skills are up to snuff. And, seriously, don't fight zombies at level 1.

2. To join the Mage's Guild, assign one magic skill you have absolutely no desire to increase into your Primary skill. You need at least 22 in this skill and 4 in another magic skill to join the guild. I prefer using Alteration or Thaumaturgy since all the others have really awesome effects you want (primarily Destruction for blowing things up, Restoration for healing, and Mysticism for enchanting items with Soul Trap). Once you join as an Apprentice (Rank 0), you'll have access to the very vital Spell Maker.

3. I have never once explored a dungeon (sans the newbie one or small crypts in graveyards) fully. And I probably never will. THEY ARE HUGE! I suggest making your own map, or taking with you some really worthless junk to drop on the ground at intersections as "bread crumbs" so you know which way you came in case you want to leave.

Take a look at the UESP for more hints and tips to help you along with my favorite game of all time ( http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Daggerfall:Daggerfall )

[Prussian to the Iron]

i know the leveling system from reading, but it seems like it is random. like i rest/travel, and my climbing or thaumaturgy skill levels up, even though i have no thaumaturgy spells and i didnt climb.

[Monk]

Metro 2033

If you've never heard of this game, or only heard bad press about it I for one don't blame you. There's a lot of negative press floating around the mainstream gaming sites about this one. The ones I read spent the majority of the time detailing how broken and unplayable it was, from the AI to the oddities of combat. Lemme say right now that Metro is not a game that is as polished as it should. AI quirkiness is what will cause a lot of frustiation in playing it, as is the insane amount of bullets it takes to kill something, I'll say now though it never once reached the point that many others have claimed. I've seen a lot worse.

This game focuses on something a huge amount of FPS games lack - immersion. This is definately a game that strives very, very hard to make you feel like you're in the world it presents and I have to say it does that part very well. At its core, however, Metro is a game of buts. The world is amazingly fleshed out and feels alive, but the story feels rushed. The enemies are creepy, relentless and engaging but the combat balance is all over the place. The biggest complaint i can throw at this game is there simply isn't enough ammo to accomplish the things the game expects of you, resupply zones are few and far between and you'll always be hurting for bullets.

It also pegs itself as an entry into the FPS-horror genre, and as for horror I have to say it isn't scary. It isn't for lack of trying, but for all the immersion the scare tactics it throws at you are choreographed a mile away. I will give it this, though. It may not be scary but there are some generally creepy moments in the game. There are also moments that try to be creepy but fall flat on their face. Like a said, a game of buts. Metro 2033 was the first game ever developed by 4a games, and i gotta say for a first time contender they didn't do half bad. I haven't finished the game yet but i'd already support a sequel.

[Alexander the Pretty Good]

The beautiful people at Valve put Red Faction Guerilla back on sale for today, so I'm DLing that now...

I've been playing EU3 (moved on from my Prussia game that I posted in the EU thread and started a pretty strong Poland, taking a break cuz I don't want to deal with those jerks in Austria)...

I'm also almost done with Psychonauts, but the last level is pretty annoying. Then I'll have to try and finish Beyond Good & Evil.

[Hooahguy]

i just finished COD5, and i think its the best COD game out there, because the immersion is so much better than COD4. i really enjoyed it, including all the gore.

im downloading red faction guerrilla from vehonex right now, he graciously allowed me to use his steam account while he is away.