So, what're you playing?

[Trippy]

It was designed as a AAA title and was priced as such. Unfortunately for whatever reasons it didn't do so well.

[Sky]

There are a lot of great steam xmas sale titles coming up 

[Fabricated]

It was designed as a AAA title and was priced as such. Unfortunately for whatever reasons it didn't do so well.

It had AAA visuals, but as much fun as it was, it's not $60 of game. They could've sold it for less and made more money.

[tgr]

I decided to fire up Nexus: The Jupiter Incident for the first time after I stumbled across it a year ago. It's surprisingly fun, yet annoying.

[Kail]

Got hooked on Cave Story again after getting the Steam version.  Nicely done.  It's one of those games where you just get the feeling that the people working on it "get it."

About ten hours into Alice: The Madness Returns I think I hit a glitch and can't progress.  I love the style of the game, but the gameplay is really starting to drag, so I'm not sure if I should be grateful for the excuse to stop playing or pissed off because I know I'll never pick it up ever again.

[Yegolev]

Some Dark Souls, mashing my face against Sen's Fortress.
Skyrim again, finding out it's not smart to get into a quest brawl while wearing the Ebony Mail.
Fez.  It's NEAT.
Some Recettear.  I'll most likely not be making my payment this week.
Today, Grimrock instead of working.  Luckily I died.

[Fabricated]

Got hooked on Cave Story again after getting the Steam version.  Nicely done.  It's one of those games where you just get the feeling that the people working on it "get it."

Actually, it was originally all done by one guy. I mean, the whole thing.

[koro]

I also believe that, last I checked, the original Cave Story creator gets absolutely no money out of any retail sales for the game, console or otherwise. Something about some kind of raw deal with the rights to it or something, I don't remember. If that's changed, though, I'd be very happy.

[HaemishM]

So Dragon Age 1. Is the dream state area in the mages tower where I'm trying to make it through the Fade to beat the Sloth demon supposed to annoy the ever-living piss out of me? It really makes me want to punch the designer right in the larynx.

[Ruvaldt]

I think there is actually a patch that removes that sequence because so many people disliked it.  I am among them, but sadly didn't know about the patch until after I had already played through the game.

[Ingmar]

Mod, not patch. Called "Skip the Fade". I liked the Fade well enough the first time but once you've figured out all the puzzles that section has very little replay value.

[Sjofn]

So Dragon Age 1. Is the dream state area in the mages tower where I'm trying to make it through the Fade to beat the Sloth demon supposed to annoy the ever-living piss out of me? It really makes me want to punch the designer right in the larynx.

The mod Ingmar mentioned even beats out the disturbing nudie mods in terms of popularity. People hate the Fade more than they like tits!

[ghost]

Why are tits "disturbing"?   

I could probably tolerate the Fade with more tits. 

In seriousness, I hate any type of situation in an "open game" experience that limits you like the Fade.  That's why I'm not particularly excited about many of the Fallout3/NV DLCs because it gives you the same feeling.  The Sierra Madre DLC is pretty awesome.......once. 

[HaemishM]

I'm not worried about replay value - I don't have time to go back through long games like Dragon Age to replay different combos. But fuck me, that whole sequence felt like padding. I'm actually kind of disliking the combat in Dragon Age, but I'm not very far into the game. I just killed the sloth demon.

[Sjofn]

Why are tits "disturbing"?   

I could probably tolerate the Fade with more tits. 

Tits themselves are not disturbing, the need to go out of one's way to patch in tits because God Forbid there not be tits in your RPG is.



What class are you, Haemish? I only ever found the combat in DA:O "okay" so the people who yeeeeeearn for its return in DA3 (as opposed to the more fun, if visually more stupid, combat of DA2) make me sad. I tell myself what they REALLY yearn for is just the tactical view to come back.

[ghost]

I'm trying to figure out where they would patch in tits in DA:O.

Seriously, if you want tits why not just play Witcher?  Or watch a porn?  I clearly don't understand people.

[Sjofn]

There are sex scenes in DA:O, so I guess that's the important time for them to have tits? Of course, that means the other times you're in your underwear, you are also naked, which ... could be a little weird. Weirder. Whatever.

[HaemishM]

What class are you, Haemish? I only ever found the combat in DA:O "okay" so the people who yeeeeeearn for its return in DA3 (as opposed to the more fun, if visually more stupid, combat of DA2) make me sad. I tell myself what they REALLY yearn for is just the tactical view to come back.

Warrior specializing in 2handers and heavy armor. I'm probably gimping myself by playing a weapon with such a slow attack speed, but I dig the 2handers.

[Sjofn]

Not really gimping yourself, but you did pick the class/spec that takes the longest to get interesting, because their stamina system is so shitty. My first playthrough was on a 2h warrior (dwarf!) too.

[ghost]

I inevitably find myself playing dual wielding thieves in RPGs. 

[Sjofn]

DW warrior was probably my favorite, but DW rogue was a close second. I generally lean towards fighter-types first, apparently.

[Bann]

I was the recent recipient of some amazon giftcards for my birthday, and decided to make some impulse purchases. Tales of Graces f. Would anyone recommend a specific earlier title in the series? I love the combat. I sometimes get mad at the camera/pace. The Fiancee enjoys taking a backline caster and blowing things up in addition to the silly little cutscenes.  I also picked up Rune Factory Tides of Destiny, but I've not gotten into it yet. We finally picked up 2 deckbuilder boxes of magic 2011 and have made decks out of our separate collections. Her first time trying magic and I dabbled maybe 10 years ago. We are enjoying this a ton. We both have some deck ideas that are beyond our current card collection, and I do not want another expensive hobby. Magic! Why you so expensive?!

[ghost]

I typically do the dual wielding rogue/thief/whatever for lockpicking skills and then try to pick up whatever magic I can get in the form of scrolls, learned spells, etc.  That's not always an option though, depending on the game.  Whenever I play a crusher, like a dual wielding fighter, I usually lose interest although I try that all the time.

[Sky]

I tend to like a two-hander paladin type (in AD&D terms), some basic heals and buff magic.

[koro]

Mages and thieves here, mostly. I've recently been forcing myself to try more meaty RPG main characters as a change of pace, like with the pure Fighter I took through Baldur's Gate 1 last month.

[Sjofn]

Mages are usually not even considered, but I actually really liked the DA2 mage, go figure. Generally I am going to go with a DPSin' fighter first, though.

SJOFN LIKE SMASH

[koro]

I disliked essentially everything about DA2 except about a quarter of the cast, so I never really put too much effort into exploring mages in the game aside from constantly griping about the horrible camera angles making spell targeting an utter pain in the ass.

So I console myself by playing older Bioware titles over and over again.

[trias_e]

After hearing good things about The Walking Dead from telltale, I picked it up.

It's not bad.  Some amateurish elements, but for the most part it's pretty well written and executed.  A hell of alot better than Back to the Future and Jurassic Park at least. 

[Lucas]

Playing (on a netbook) Ultima Underworld 1 again after quite a few years :) ; currently exploring lv3, abode of the lizardmen. If you get past the graphics, its lasting value is almost embarassing (in a good way) compared to today's games. Masterpiece.

[jakonovski]

Fez, a glimpse into the mind of a madman. Like for realz, Phil Fish is not all there. Explains the outbursts and makes this a great game.

[Kail]

Since Cave Story, I've been on a bit of an indie kick.  Dustforce (meh), Noitu Love 2 (weird as hell), Analogue (also weird), finally got around to trying Mount and Blade, etc.  Trying to work through my backlog of these things.  Finally finished Assassin's Creed 2, liked it a lot better than the first one, but goddamn the fuckstupid science in that game pisses me off.  Also grabbed the pack of Genesis games that just dropped on Steam, which contains the entire Genesis run of Phantasy Star (2 through 4) as well as one of my favorites, Beyond Oasis, and some other nice stuff (Golden Axe 3, Streets of Rage 3).

On another note, has anybody heard anything about this "Orion: Dino Beatdown" game just released on Steam?  Trailer looks lame as hell, but the description claims it's an "an Open World, Class-Based Cooperative Survival Sci-Fi FPS" about guys in robot suits fighting dinosaurs, which sounds too awesome to not be horribly fucked up in some infuriating way.

[HaemishM]

Gave up on Dragon Age. It just wasn't hooking me. I may try it again after I get some backlog out of the way, but nothing in it hooked me.

Bought the Arkham bundle on this weekend's Steam sale and finally started playing Arkham Asylum. This is a fantastic game, and would have made a helluva Batman movie. It doesn't hurt that Kevin Conroy and Mark Hammil voiced their characters from the Animated Series.

[MournelitheCalix]

Playing Mount and Blade after picking up a three pack up on steam .  This is a really great game, combat mechanics are the very best that I have seen in a long time.  I wish there was a bit more story to it though as well as more political intrigue but overall this is an outstanding game.

[Sky]

Moons of Rekshal!

Freedom Force!

[Kageru]

On another note, has anybody heard anything about this "Orion: Dino Beatdown" game just released on Steam?  Trailer looks lame as hell, but the description claims it's an "an Open World, Class-Based Cooperative Survival Sci-Fi FPS" about guys in robot suits fighting dinosaurs, which sounds too awesome to not be horribly fucked up in some infuriating way.

The steam forum page was moderately amusing. It appears to be horribly fucked up in some infuriating way.