So, what're you playing?

[Rasix]

Dead Rising 2.

Trying to save my daughter by raising enough cash to buy her daily dose of anti zombie medicine. I smashed slot machines till I got enough while fighting off hundreds of zombies. When I brought back the $25,000 worth of zombrex injection she said she finished unlocking a new weapon for Megaman on her PSP. Awwwwww.

I didn't have to buy any until the very end, and I still may end up with a spare dose.  Certain survivors will give you some if rescued and there's one hidden behind the stage in the Slot Ranch and one on top of some stuff in the Yucatan.  Also, if need be you can always let the bitten survivor die.

Fun game, but the end is becoming a bit of bullshit.  They introduce a new enemy type that makes playing the game somewhat of an annoyance.  It becomes incredibly difficult to heal up during missions (they get realy stingy at this time) and at the same time it's difficult to get healing supplies before missions.   Good thing is that it's pretty much missions only at this point, but if you want to have a save point for just running around and killing shit, do it around the case 4 or 5 time frame.

edit: Ohh and for cash, every ATM has $2500 in it.  Take them out whenever you run by them.

I should finish up in a couple of days and then probably play some free Fable 2 (thanks Ingmar).  I'm curious about whatever mode might be available when I beat Dead Rising 2, but I doubt it'll be any sort of decent endless mode.  The first Dead Rising's infinity mode was terrible.  

[ghost]

Played some Civ V this weekend.  I found it largely uninteresting.  I don't know if it's Civ V itself, or if I've just burned out on the Civ series altogether. 

[Ingmar]

Finally got around to doing a bunch of ME2 DLC that I hadn't played. Lair of the Shadow Broker was excellent.

Also messing around with Fable 2 since it was free, mostly to see if I can grok why I have a couple friends who think it was great. So far I don't hate it, but...

[stu]

Dead Rising 2.

Trying to save my daughter by raising enough cash to buy her daily dose of anti zombie medicine. I smashed slot machines till I got enough while fighting off hundreds of zombies.

Have you tried playing as a gladiator in the Terror Is Reality XVII gameshow for mad cash? It's a lot more efficient than scrounging up money from the casinos. You get something like $50k for fifteen minutes of competition.

There's also a magazine that gives a bonus to gambling and will turn $300 wins into something like $1200.

[WayAbvPar]

Picked up ToEE for $6 from Gog.com, added the Co8 patch, and made a party over the weekend. Am still barely into the moathouse, but I am having fun.

[HaemishM]

Wait, let me get this straight... Fable 2 is free right now on XBox Live?

[Rasix]

It was for me using the link Ingmar provided (in the Useless Gaming Chatter thread).  

Odd thing is that it created a new entry for it in my games library.  So I have an entry for the disked version and one for the non.  It's sharing the same achievements at least.  I haven't checked if it carried over the saves, but I would hope it did.   Doesn't matter much, as I'd likely do a new game if I play again.

edit: Still free.

[HaemishM]

That link told me it couldn't be had on the web marketplace. I'll have to check and see if I can get it at home.

[Ingmar]

It was apparently only free for a few hours, by mistake. I think it is $20 again now. They didn't take it away from people who got it during that window though.

EDIT: Yeah $20 now:

http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/games/media/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d8024d5307f1/?of=7

http://www.gamepro.com/article/news/216951/oops-fable-2-accidently-free-last-friday/

[HaemishM]

Fuckers. Yeah, it was $20 when I got home.

[jakonovski]

I went a bit nuts on the XBLA and got Super Meat Boy, Costume Quest, Comic Jumper and Limbo all in one go. We shall see how I survive the coming weekend, what with Vegas coming out on Friday in the EU.

[Rasix]

Fuckers. Yeah, it was $20 when I got home.

My bad. Must have been cached for me.

Just about done with Dead Rising 2.  On "Overtime" mode right now.  The previous boss was a pile of dick.  In a game where you mostly use melee weapons to kill zombies, there shouldn't be a boss fight where it's impossible to use one (he just disarms you automatically and kicks the shit out of you to boot).  He also has a move that's pretty much a one shot kill. 

My kingdom for a true sandbox mode.

Trying desperately to cling to my mantra of "Obsidian is shit" and avoid the urges to buy New Vegas. 

[Sky]

The previous boss was a pile of dick. 

I'm so excited to see Louis CK this weekend!

[Lantyssa]

Trying desperately to cling to my mantra of "Obsidian is shit" and avoid the urges to buy New Vegas. 

Wait for a Steam sale.  It'll be cheaper and either they'll have patched it, or modders will.

[Ironwood]

Picked up ToEE for $6 from Gog.com, added the Co8 patch, and made a party over the weekend. Am still barely into the moathouse, but I am having fun.

Let me know how you get on.  I'm in the moathouse and fed up already.  I haven't Co8'd yet though.

[Minvaren]

I caved and finally picked up a PS3 so that I can continue to enjoy Rock Band/Guitar Hero goodness.  It will replace the media bridge in the stereo rack, so that's a good thing as well.

It's shocking how much the games have dropped in price on a new console!  I picked up RB and RB2 new for $30 combined, and GH:WT and GH5 new for $15 each.  It's also shocking the amount of stuff that was left out of RB and RB2 on the PS2, almost like a completely new game.  And with all the DLC available, it might actually be.

Tomorrow: trying to properly calibrate the lag on GH5.  "0ms video/10ms audio" my ass - I couldn't pass a single song on Hard, let alone Expert with those settings.  This weekend: soldering new mercury switches into the RB guitar...

[WayAbvPar]

Picked up ToEE for $6 from Gog.com, added the Co8 patch, and made a party over the weekend. Am still barely into the moathouse, but I am having fun.

Let me know how you get on.  I'm in the moathouse and fed up already.  I haven't Co8'd yet though.

I have been distracted by a few other games, but my only real complaint so far is the shitty UI. There is a way to map hot keys to radial dial locations though, so once I bother figuring that out it will be better.

[jakonovski]

Loving Super Meat Boy so far, a perfect blend of masochistic addiction. Going to be the best 10 moneys I spent this year.

[rk47]

Fuckers. Yeah, it was $20 when I got home.

My bad. Must have been cached for me.

Just about done with Dead Rising 2.  On "Overtime" mode right now.  The previous boss was a pile of dick.  In a game where you mostly use melee weapons to kill zombies, there shouldn't be a boss fight where it's impossible to use one (he just disarms you automatically and kicks the shit out of you to boot).  He also has a move that's pretty much a one shot kill. 

My kingdom for a true sandbox mode.

Trying desperately to cling to my mantra of "Obsidian is shit" and avoid the urges to buy New Vegas. 

Yeah, I finished the overtime too and got no incentive to replay it. Friend told me I could finally kick psychopath asses easy at level 40+. I did a few and it felt really hollow. Nothing else to do in game but take my time to explore stuff.

[Rasix]

Just finished overtime mode as well.  I thought the last fight was the most reasonable psychopath fight.  Damage is completely avoidable, he doesn't have a billion HP, and doesn't have any one shot kill garbage or huge damage attacks you can't get out of.  Plus the mechanic going into it means it's more than just having knife gloves and a bunch of painkillers.

I suppose for a sandbox I can always just pick a time far from a plot quest and not save.

Onto something else.  Maybe some Fable 2 as an appetizer.  Having a subpar system and all of the bug reports are making it more easy to resist the urge to get Fallout: NV for now. 

[rk47]

I dunno about you, but I was only level 30 when I did Overtime boss. Gawd, I cursed and swore at the screen a few times. It's pretty mind-boggling why they wouldn't just give RETRY option at every death. Instead I have to run from the goddamn toilet, getting grabbed on by a few zombies, get there, load cutscene and fight restart again.

I cheated a bit by drinking Painkiller before heading into the last room. That lasted around half a minute so I could tank some blows but otherwise, yeah, OK fight as long as I know when to dodge and when to hit.

[Rasix]

I think I was only 31 and did the painkiller trick as well.  It took me around 3-4 tries and, yes, the inability to retry a psychopath fight is a complete cockstab. At least you're only greated by 3 loading screens on your way to him.    

Using a pipe or a flashlight helped with the damage.  Fists are safe but slow.  With a melee weapon, you can't get greedy

fake edit: Funny thing I read about the previous psychopath fight, any glove weapons are allowed and he'll only disarm held melee weapons.    

Dead Rising 2 could be an easily be an all time great if the developers could just let go of their love of making the game punishing.  They relented in a lot of ways from the first and improved some of the worst annoyances, but they just haven't gone far enough.  Reminds me of the GTA developers and their serial dislike of mission checkpoints.

[Paelos]

I can't stop digging in minecraft. I had intentions to build something, but now I'm just storing a bunch of stone in large boxes all over my winged underground self-sustaining tree farm and fortress. I haven't seen the sun in the game since day 2.

[Thrawn]

I think in my limited play time I'm going to try to start playing MTGO more, I miss playing Magic.  I vastly preffer playing it in person but MTGO is better then nothing.

Although I really should work on all the games I have that I haven't ever finished in preperation for this years holiday Steam sales. 

[AcidCat]

Costume Quest is cool in a mellow, old school kind of way. The combat gets a bit rote but the Halloween vibe is really charming, I kind of think of it as an interactive Halloween decoration.

[rk47]

Dead Rising 2 could be an easily be an all time great if the developers could just let go of their love of making the game punishing.  They relented in a lot of ways from the first and improved some of the worst annoyances, but they just haven't gone far enough.  Reminds me of the GTA developers and their serial dislike of mission checkpoints.

A friend of mine got angry when I told him about the sequel's final boss. He said I got it easy compared to Dead Rising 1. I watched a video replay of the finale where the player commented if he loses the final boss fight, he had to replay the previous tank shootout that lasted 10 minutes. LOL. Way to go, capcom!

Also: I gave in and played the poker to get Knight Helm, played slot machines to accumulate 2 mil for the Knight's Boots. Took me 3 hours to raise 800k just using slot machines and killing approaching zombies. 15 minutes wearing the full knight set later, the novelty wore off and I wondered what I was thinking.

[ghost]

The only thing I'm playing right now is Eve Online, and by "playing" Imean checking my accounts to make sure they are skilling up appropriately.

I tried to get into X3, but it's a little too slow and complex for me to deal with right now.  It does seem like a good game, though.  I'm still pissed at Civ V 

[birdsguts]

The only thing I'm playing right now is Eve Online, and by "playing" Imean checking my accounts to make sure they are skilling up appropriately.

Hah! That sounds all too familiar.

[Soulflame]

The only thing I'm really playing is Etrian Odyssey 3.

[WayAbvPar]

I think in my limited play time I'm going to try to start playing MTGO more, I miss playing Magic.  I vastly preffer playing it in person but MTGO is better then nothing.

Although I really should work on all the games I have that I haven't ever finished in preperation for this years holiday Steam sales. 

Heh- was just checking ebay auctions to try to gauge a price for my collection. I  stopped playing around Antiquities and have a couple of thousand cards to sell, including a couple of the Power Nine. I am not sure if they are Beta or Unlimited though...haven't looked at them in years.

[Yegolev]

Minecraft
Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels...
Mostly Monster Hunter Tri since it's a hair easier than Monster Hunter 2, and I can sprawl on the sofa while playing it.

[Hawkbit]

Monster Hunter Tri was awesome... but entirely too deep for me to get into.  I played roughly 25 hours and felt like I never scratched the surface.  It's now the #1 online game for the Wii, beating out SSBros. last month, I think.

[Yegolev]

Seems less deep than #2, or maybe it's the crap tutorials in Tri.

[jakonovski]

Went to sleep at 4AM last night. Fucking Vegas...

[Yegolev]

Do you mean just now?