The "What are you playing?" topic.

[Ja'chyra]

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.

Shhh, don't think that's allowed.

[Hooahguy]

Shhh, don't think that's allowed.

i think its fine.

[Hooahguy]

ok so now im playing Red Faction Guerrilla, courtesy of Vehonex.
its a fun game, overall. who cares about a good plot? i just like blowing up!

[Alexander the Pretty Good]

I picked up RF:G from the steam sale, and it really is fun. My one quibble is there aren't checkpoints in the super-important missions. Which is amazingly frustrating.

But I'm returning to my one true love, TF2, now that the engineer update is coming out.

[Hooahguy]

your quibble is that? my quibble is the controls for driving.

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

im on that part where you need to knock down the 12 sensor towers, but because i cant really aim my truck anywhere, its really frustrating.

[Monk]

But I'm returning to my one true love, TF2, now that the engineer update is coming out.

Honestly i thought it'd never get here. The first update item, the revenge shotgun, looks promising! Maybe it'll give those spies something to think about before sapping my sentry.

Though to be honest, i think the engi will need something to go along with the shotgun to make it truly effective. Maybe swap out the pistol for an item that gives a one time injection of health and that shotty suddenly looks very enticing. Regardless. Looking forward to Day Two's reveal.

[Meneldil]

Playing Super Mario Bros Wii with my coworkers during lunch break. Awesome game.

My gf and I bought L4D (1) during steam sale, so we're also having a look at this one.

I'm still playing Pharaoh, but I admit it's getting frustratingly difficult, even in 'easy'. I might give up at some point or another.

Finally, I borrowed Vampire: the Masquerade at my workplace (a video game magazine). I'll give it a try some day or another.

[Alexander the Pretty Good]

your quibble is that? my quibble is the controls for driving.

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

im on that part where you need to knock down the 12 sensor towers, but because i cant really aim my truck anywhere, its really frustrating.

That part was pretty tough; just keep trying it and never slow down. The driving is a little wonky at times, and I find that it depends on the vehicle you're in. The best is driving those heavy wedge-like APCs :D

Honestly i thought it'd never get here. The first update item, the revenge shotgun, looks promising! Maybe it'll give those spies something to think about before sapping my sentry.

Though to be honest, i think the engi will need something to go along with the shotgun to make it truly effective. Maybe swap out the pistol for an item that gives a one time injection of health and that shotty suddenly looks very enticing. Regardless. Looking forward to Day Two's reveal.

I blew all my spare weapons trying to get the golden wrench. No dice.

[Decker]

Finally, I borrowed Vampire: the Masquerade at my workplace (a video game magazine). I'll give it a try some day or another.

Would like to know how that game is. It caught my eye a while back but couldn't find anyone who'd played it and give me some feedback on it.

[drone]

Played some Borderlands in co-op/LAN/beer mode over the 4th of July weekend. Good fun.

[Meneldil]

Would like to know how that game is. It caught my eye a while back but couldn't find anyone who'd played it and give me some feedback on it.

Didn't have time to try it yet, will try to get some time for it tomorrow :)

[Decker]

Cool! Will look forward to your report.

Also has anyone tried the RPG Maker? Seems mighty tempting to try.

[Fragony]

Would like to know how that game is. It caught my eye a while back but couldn't find anyone who'd played it and give me some feedback on it.

Get it, love it. Buggy but right up there with the greatest.

edit: continuing Assassins Creed 2, great fun. It's depressingly easy as your first weapon is way too good, one slash and bye, there is hardly any penalty for getting caught. They better give me something to scare me. But a great setting with tons to do, and a great hero.

Laughed at 'it's me, Mario'.

[Splitpersonality]

Playing (as I type this) some endless battle on Super Street Fighter 4.

Switching between this and Battlefield Bad Company 2, I know it's kinda old but meh, it's still fun :D

[CountArach]

I've been playing Mass Effect 2 quite a lot over the last few days.

[Hooahguy]

Im with CA here and have been playing a lot of Mass Effect 2 lately. In fact, so much that I havent even finished Red Faction Guerilla yet. Shame on me, but then I get back to working on my relationship with Miranda and its all worth it.
Bioware needs more DLC for me to sink money into.

[Centurion1]

fired up aoe II again.

damn no wonder i was addicted.

[Hooahguy]

Try doing a match with 8 nations, a free for all on small islands.
That is hard.

[Centurion1]

bah, all you have to do is outlast the suckers

[Hooahguy]

Harder than it looks when they are constantly making alliances against you and invading.

[Centurion1]

i usually had locked teams.

and ok i submit, very hard? never ever been able to do 7v1, that is impossible.

[Hooahguy]

Locked teams? Bah!

[Prussian to the Iron]

well, for about 2 weeks I got addicted to some game called Combat Arms, but it got old real quick. Basically, there are 2 types of players in that game that anybody can be grouped into:

1. Those with K/D ratios of 1.20 and under,
and
2. Hackers.


and if you go into the game and play you will learn why.



So anyway, i ditched that a couple days ago, now I'm playing lots of Bad company 2, which I LOOOVE after getting all vehicle unlocks, and learning how to master helicopter flying (only use the right stick to fly, its all that matters). lots of M&B Warband too. thinking about gettin a girlfriend, which will majorly impair both of those.

[Splitpersonality]

Burnout paradise sure is fun.


Thinking of booting up some FF7 - FF9 and doing myself a let's play, as soon as I can configure freaking hypercam to record WITH stereo mix and my microphone on Windows 7 :/

[Ja'chyra]

well, for about 2 weeks I got addicted to some game called Combat Arms, but it got old real quick. Basically, there are 2 types of players in that game that anybody can be grouped into:

1. Those with K/D ratios of 1.20 and under,
and
2. Hackers.


and if you go into the game and play you will learn why.



So anyway, i ditched that a couple days ago, now I'm playing lots of Bad company 2, which I LOOOVE after getting all vehicle unlocks, and learning how to master helicopter flying (only use the right stick to fly, its all that matters). lots of M&B Warband too. thinking about gettin a girlfriend, which will majorly impair both of those.

I hear they're on sale over at Steam.

[Prussian to the Iron]

nah, I got my eyes set on one 2 houses down. after her cousins leave in a few days I'll try. I prefer hand-bought anyway :P

[pevergreen]

Well if you succeed, you can post about her here.

I've got a feeling these will be my games for the next period of time:

Warcraft 3 (NO ITS NOT WoW **** OFF. I hate WoW )
Alien Swarm
maybe tiny bits of:
Just Cause 2
TF2
Overlord

[Prussian to the Iron]

Pever never fails to deliver!

yeah i hate WoW as well. dont see why you would pay 20 bucks a month for a game when you can buy one far superior for at the most 60 bucks, and dont see why you would pay that same amount for social interaction when you can do that at this place called.....real life.


no offense if you play WoW, i just dont see the point or the logic in it.

[Hooahguy]

nah, I got my eyes set on one 2 houses down. after her cousins leave in a few days I'll try. I prefer hand-bought anyway :P

Please say you will open a new thread about this.... PLEASE

I also played Combat Arms once. For the first month it was out it was really fun, but then, as you said, it was all hackers and people with huge KDRs.

[Monk]

Pever never fails to deliver!

yeah i hate WoW as well. dont see why you would pay 20 bucks a month for a game when you can buy one far superior for at the most 60 bucks, and dont see why you would pay that same amount for social interaction when you can do that at this place called.....real life.


no offense if you play WoW, i just dont see the point or the logic in it.

Like i said in one of my game previews here in this thread (i believe for APB), when you buy an MMO you pay for two separate games. The initial purchase can represent you buying the game as it is, all of its faults, its greatness and its quirks you're going to experience when you get home. The subscription fee is you paying for what the game will be, as in, you're investing to see the game's potential grow. The good MMOs will use their subscribers' money to upgrade their servers, introduce balance patches and create new content at a constant stream - so in a sense you're seeing the dividends of your subscription every few months. The bad ones will do none of those things, or will succumb to the early growing pains of the mmo genre.

As for why to play an MMO - well it's not for everyone. Not only due to their structure, they require a lot of free time and a regular source of income. When i played i justified it in simple ways. $15 a month is the equivalent to paying .50 a day, which is cheaper than eating a hamburger every day of that month. Having a little money that I didn't fret over losing, the subscription wasn't a huge hurdle to get by.

and dont see why you would pay that same amount for social interaction when you can do that at this place called.....real life.

Most MMOs aren't solely based on social interaction. The vast majority actually have.. you know, gameplay.