So, what're you playing?

[kildorn]

Cargo.  WTF.  The only thing that can describe it.

I.. I do not know what is going on in that game. Is it a game? Is it performance art? Is it what happens when the war on drugs fails? WHAT IS GOING ON IN THIS GAME

[Sky]

Not all that enthused that Steam won't let me launch a game right now. "Too busy to handle my request" 

[Rasix]

Restart steam?



Beat Portal 2. Took me longer than people are quoting here.  Not my strongest genre combination.

Finished watching season 4 of Californication. 

Now what.. hmm.

[Sky]

Doesn't want to launch Divinity 2. Launched JC2 fine, but I'm not feeling it. Oh well, gaming window closed anyway.

[Minvaren]

Finished BioShock 2.  Easier than #1, good ending again.

Borderlands is still installed, waiting for me to finish it (just into the second "area").  I'm doing a good job of ignoring it.

(scratches chin thoughtfully and ponders what to play next)

[kildorn]

Doesn't want to launch Divinity 2. Launched JC2 fine, but I'm not feeling it. Oh well, gaming window closed anyway.

I had the same issue, divinity 2 is broken on steam right now. Has been for a day or two apparently.

Randomly steam does this, usually related to botched patches.

[Velorath]

Might pick up Mortal Kombat and/or Portal 2 next week, since both are supposed to be on sale for $30-40 from various retailers.  Didn't have much interest in MK at first (haven't played an MK game since Trilogy), but I've heard nothing but good things about it since it released.

[jakonovski]

World of Tanks has destroyed my life. In addition, I had some MS points lying around and decided to give Outland a try. It's gorgeous and a pretty competent 2D platformer. I wish they'd backed up the visuals with a meaty backstory and world, because if feels kind of faux artsy at the moment. It's the most common pitfall of the modern small downloadable game. I'm afraid Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet will do the same mistake. However, Fez is looking pretty damn solid so there's hope.

[Bann]

The DS is an awesome system; the lite has backwards compatability for GBA games which is nice, while the DSi has the whole camera thing. The 3DS is nice, but there aren't any SRPGs out there for her yet so no need to buy one now. As for games like FFT/FE, pick up Disgaea (if she's never played it before; it's just a port of the PS2 version), Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor, Luminous Arc (1 and 2), and/or Rondo of Swords. For good, non-SRPG DS games, check out any Etrian Odyssey, any Castlevania (they play like SOTN), and The World Ends With You. If you've got one as well (or are buying two), the FFCC games are very good for co-op.

Thanks for the advice! I cashed in some reward points for some more amazon gift cards and grabbed a 3ds. I figured I'd be kicking myself in 6 months or whatever when something came out that we really want to play for it and we couldnt because I cheaped out back when. I went with FFT 2A and Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor for now, and picked up Disgea 3 for PS3 because it was silly cheap. After reading about Etrian Odyssey, Im intrigued. I believe there are 3 out now, should they be ideally played in order? or is one of them markedly better than the rest?

[trias_e]

The DS is my favorite modern system as well.  I'm highly enjoying Devil Survivor right now myself.  In any DS conversation I have to emphasize how awesome 999, the Phoenix Wright series, and Ghost Trick are, even though they aren't in the genre you mentioned.  They are all heavy on the characters/plot, light on the puzzles/adventure elements, but oh so excellent.

Personally I couldn't stand Etrian Odyssey due to the grinding necessary to progress.  Got sick of The World Ends With You halfway through.  Despite it being a solid and interesting game, I just couldn't get into the combat whatsoever.  

[Special J]

Might pick up Mortal Kombat and/or Portal 2 next week, since both are supposed to be on sale for $30-40 from various retailers.  Didn't have much interest in MK at first (haven't played an MK game since Trilogy), but I've heard nothing but good things about it since it released.

I've been playing Mortal Kombat and I'm really digging it.  It's pretty easy to pick up but looks deep enough to keep more advanced players happy (though I'm far from advanced, going on the word of some much better players).  The gore and violence are back with a vengeance and the fatalities will make you 

Online has been a little 'meh' so far since I'm getting routinely pwned and had a bad run of opponents always picking Scorprion but its improved.  Lag was a problem in some fights but overall ok.

[Rendakor]

All three of the Etrian Odyssey games are story-lite, gameplay heavy, so order doesn't matter so much. Both 2 and 3 are more balanced (read: difficult) than 1, because they removed some of the skills that trivialized the game. If you can find the original cheap, start there so you can get a good introduction to the series and abuse the OP skills, then pick up 2 and 3 down the road if you enjoy it.

[Pagz]

Been playing through Icewind Dale for the first time over multiplayer via Gameranger. Wish we had known you can't cast raise dead on elves before we character gen'd or else we wouldn't of made half the party elves -.-'. Still great fun and recommend anybody who hasn't played it to give it a whirl multiplayer (couldn't imagine playing it single player though).

[Malakili]

Knocked out Portal 2.  By and large I felt the puzzles were a bit easier than in Portal 1, but I suspect having played portal 1 in the first place made it easier.   The Co-Op puzzles were also really fun.

[Sky]

After almost 50 hours, thought I was finally done with Divinity 2....nope. Actually I was kind of hoping they were going to leave it on a surprise ending.


Protip: anything you disenchant adds that enchantment to your Workshop. Wish I'd known that long before level 35! Being able to enchant everything with the best stuff you find is awesome, and makes finding some otherwise shit gear beneficial, because you might want to nick the enchantment for your good gear.

[Paelos]

Mount and Blade Warband in prep for M&B Fire and Sword releasing on Tuesday.

[Minvaren]

Working on Borderlands here and there to call it "done."  I dislike not finishing games.

Enjoying the fact that my survival at L20 is much higher than 10 levels ago.

[Chimpy]

Now that I have a TV, I think I am going to break out my vintage 1990s game systems and play some Conker's Bad Fur Day and Final Fantasy on the PlayStation.

[Amaron]

Now that I have a TV, I think I am going to break out my vintage 1990s game systems and play some Conker's Bad Fur Day and Final Fantasy on the PlayStation.

You got a CRT? I've been sorely tempted to try ebaying a nice CRT somewhere for my vintage stuff.

[Azuredream]

Just finished Planescape: Torment for the first time. I actually played KotoR II prior to this one and I can definitely see how the stories in them are similar. One of the O_o moments for me was when talking to an NPC, there were NINETEEN different dialogue options I could choose. I also finally understand Ingmar's signature. I'm thinking of checking out Baldur's Gate I&II next.

[Sheepherder]

Baldur's Gate is unlike PS:T.

Google EasyTutu if you're interested in doing BGI in BGII's engine, which you should, because it's infinitely more compatible with new video cards.

[Ingmar]

Yeah playing I in II's engine is recommended. In addition to the Tutu method there's also a mod floating around out there that lets you play the 2 games together as a continuous thing in one engine, I'll see if I can track it down.

EDIT: I think it was this http://forums.spellholdstudios.net/forum/261-bgt-weidu/

[Yegolev]

What I am NOT playing is Torchlight after it crashed on me three times today.

[Yegolev]

Looks like it's some sort of hardware or video error.  Suspect it is related to a recent update of video drivers, or at least I hope so since I think any hardware issues at this point will make me barf.

[Paelos]

Looks like it's some sort of hardware or video error.  Suspect it is related to a recent update of video drivers, or at least I hope so since I think any hardware issues at this point will make me barf.

I ran into problems over and over and over with Steam games until I identified I had a bad RAM stick.

[K9]

Dragon Age: Origins, finally got it off Steam. The game seems fun, but I'm really feeling like I made a bunch of fundamental and irreversible choices with my character. Also the difficulty is a bit all over the place, fights are either one-shot affairs where nobody goes below 75% HP, or I get reamed attempt after attempt. Also the issue of false choice bothers me; there have been numerous encounters where I try to take a quest, only for the person to get in a huff and piss off, and they do this no matter what I say and for no clear reason. Which makes me wonder what the point of having them there was. I guess if I had to sum the game up it would be erratic; great in some places, lol-awful in others.

[Jeff Kelly]

Started Red Dead Redemption. Enjoying it so far. I just wish Rockstar for once would release a game where characters and vehicles or mounts didn't handle like crap. I'm seriously fed up with bumping into stuff, missing corners and getting stuck in places. That horse handles like a Mack Truck

[Mrbloodworth]

Minecraft, Global agenda, and a whole bunch of Civilization revolution. Such a great game.

[rattran]

I'm also having Torchlight crash repeatedly on me, I suspect the latest Catalyst drivers don't play nice with it.

[apocrypha]

Chafing at the bit to play Portal 2 co-op, but thanks to PSN hackage that's still not happening.

Instead I am playing Photoshop-the-photos-how-the-client-wants-them-while-gritting-teeth-at-ridiculous-over-saturation. Is that a game? Feels like one, a bad one!

[Mrbloodworth]

Ha! I know that game.

[Yegolev]

I'm also having Torchlight crash repeatedly on me, I suspect the latest Catalyst drivers don't play nice with it.

I'm having Dead Space hang as well, before and after a Catalyst update.  I'm definitely going back to Nvidia, or at least something besides Sapphire.

[Morat20]

Making my way through my backlog of Lego games on the Xbox. Wrapped up Star Wars: The Complete Series (not 100% -- I didn't do the blue minikit stuff or the arcade, and am missing a few achievements for things like dodges or killing specific people with others -- but got all the red and gold bricks, all the basic minikits, unlocked everyone, etc).

Started on Lego Indy, after that Lego Batman. Have the ORIGINAL Assasin's Creed and Bioshock on my "to-do" list.

Also playing Medieval 2: Total War when my wife is using the Xbox. It is, sadly, one of the most 'modern' games my old PC can run. I really need a new one.....

All I've learned from that is I hate the Pope.

[Paelos]

Also playing Medieval 2: Total War when my wife is using the Xbox. It is, sadly, one of the most 'modern' games my old PC can run. I really need a new one.....

All I've learned from that is I hate the Pope.

Just wait until he's YOUR Pope, then the fun begins. Crusades are hilarious.

[jakonovski]

World of Tanks continues to consume everything. I fill the gaps with Capsized now. It's really neat and I'm digging the music.