So, what're you playing?

[Thrawn]

Working through my backlog of Steam sale games much better now that I've dropped League of Legends for now.  Playing through Warhammer 40K II right now and enjoying it quite a bit.

[Tarami]

Stalker: Clear Sky.

I never played the first much, but this game just proves how much of a sucker I am for that kind of RPGish, freeroaming shooters. Far Cry 2 is another one. Clear Sky took a few patches, but I'm really enjoying it eventhough there isn't a whole lot of meat to the game, just a bunch of pretty fun and sometimes challenging game mechanics. Basically all you do is collect stuff (power-ups - "artifacts" - weapon upgrades, quest items and, obviously, guns and money) and shoot stuff but generally it's really well presented and atmospheric and kinda works in a fairly subtle way. This really has me looking forward to Call of Pripyat.

[stray]

Trouble in Paradise, Bayonetta

[edit] Viva Pinata is not as good as I thought it'd be. Damnit, gonna have to get a Wii 

[Khaldun]

My daughter and I played Viva Pinata for a while. It was frustrating, because I could see a decent sandbox sort of game in there struggling to get out.

I'm trying to decide whether to get Darksiders.

Working on Assassin's Creed II now. Went back and did some Witcher recently.

[Yegolev]

Little King's Story, Wii.  Just started, seems like it has promise.  I dig the cinematics art style, and the music.

[ghost]

Going to buy Bayonetta and Darksiders tonight.  Hopefully I will have time to play them.  Right now trying to work through Shadow Hearts and it is slow going.

[Velorath]

Newegg has the 360 version of Darksiders on sale for $40 with free shipping at the moment.

[jakonovski]

I finally have a copy of Batman: AA. I shall try and devote the weekend to beating it. Is it long?

[BitWarrior]

I finally have a copy of Batman: AA. I shall try and devote the weekend to beating it. Is it long?

Not really, though it depends how you play. Just the storyline? Pretty quick. Are you collecting all the riddles? That'll definitely take more time. Are you planning to get 3 medals on all the challenges? That'll definitely take quite a bit more time.

[stray]

My daughter and I played Viva Pinata for a while. It was frustrating, because I could see a decent sandbox sort of game in there struggling to get out.

That's how I'm feeling. Would rather get a Wii like I said (Animal Crossing, Rune Factory). It's a pretty game though.

[jakonovski]

Not really, though it depends how you play. Just the storyline? Pretty quick. Are you collecting all the riddles? That'll definitely take more time. Are you planning to get 3 medals on all the challenges? That'll definitely take quite a bit more time.

If you can get achievements for less than 100% completion on collectibles, I might give them a chance. Otherwise, just the story.

[Samwise]

Not really, though it depends how you play. Just the storyline? Pretty quick. Are you collecting all the riddles? That'll definitely take more time. Are you planning to get 3 medals on all the challenges? That'll definitely take quite a bit more time.

If you can get achievements for less than 100% completion on collectibles, I might give them a chance. Otherwise, just the story.

The collectibles are all worth doing IMO.  Each string of collectibles reveals another bit of backstory, and you get achievements for hitting certain milestones.

[Yegolev]

I walked around the corner to find my wife playing Dawn of Discovery on the Wii.  True story.

[Signe]

So why is she around the corner?   

[stray]

UFC 2009


I need to stop buying games.

[Yegolev]

So why is she around the corner?   

My house is not a tunnel.

Now I find that my key for the real Dawn of Discovery is not working.  Very strange since I bought it from Steam and played it previously.  Stupid Tages.

[Tebonas]

Replaying Mass Effect on the PC in preparation of Mass Effect 2. Can't decide yet between my Paragon Vanguard and my Renegade Soldier. Decking annoying scientists and threatening to blow away uncooperative petty thieves is just too satisfying.

[stray]

I liked being a Paragon, but I had one slip up/satisfying dickhead moment when that old gang buddy wanted help, but tried using the whole "for old time's sake" routine.

[schild]

Mass Effect also. Paragon totally for the first time around though I racked up enough renegade points to get almost all the way through the dickhead tree. Soldier also, gonna be level 50 by the end, 100%ing it for no reason other than to do it.

Killing the girl. Though I wish I could kill Kaiden also.
Killing the council, though I may save the game right before it, clone the profile, and have two to go in with. Haven't decided yet.

[Druzil]

Finally went out and bought a PSP.  I picked up Crisis Core to get started and also Daxter (can’t go wrong for $3 right?).   I’ve been looking around at what else to pick up, I think I’m going to go out and get Suikoden (been awhile), SMT:Persona (not sure if I should get the first or the third one first, I’ve never played the series), Final Fantasy Dissidia and maybe Disgaea 2.

[Malakili]

Time for another update I suppose:

I've been playing Torchlight again on Very Hard Hardcore Mode, adds quite a bit of fun to play that way, I think.
Love Beta
Team Fortress 2 as always.

On a whim, reinstalled Sim City 4 yesterday, had some fun with it, probably play that a bunch for a bit, then shelve it again for a while.

[Reg]

SimCity 4 is a much better game now that it's old and runs fast on modern hardware.

[HaemishM]

Killing the girl. Though I wish I could kill Kaiden also.
Killing the council, though I may save the game right before it, clone the profile, and have two to go in with. Haven't decided yet.

What's wrong with Kaiden? I'm finding that I want to take him on all the missions for nothing more than the biotics. Of course, I'm playing a sniper-focused infiltrator, which isn't easy, and his powers make it a lot more bearable.

[Ingmar]

Killing the girl. Though I wish I could kill Kaiden also.
Killing the council, though I may save the game right before it, clone the profile, and have two to go in with. Haven't decided yet.

What's wrong with Kaiden? I'm finding that I want to take him on all the missions for nothing more than the biotics. Of course, I'm playing a sniper-focused infiltrator, which isn't easy, and his powers make it a lot more bearable.

He's annoying. And has the same voice as Carth, so it brings back Carth whining memories.

[schild]

I don't care about KOTOR, the guy was boring to look at, had shitty writing, and was just a poorly designed character all-around. Adding humans so you can have subtle conversations about race does not a good space game make.

[rk47]

Finding it hard to play Torchlight Destroyer with the constant buff refresher. Gonna have to search for a mod to make buffs longer or something. And the spell effect, yeowch, My eyes. They burn. With frost armor, shadow armor, spectral bowman and spectral echo it's just hard to tell what's going on in combat.

[Khaldun]

Still cannot decide about whether to get Bayonetta and Darksiders.

[jakonovski]

Holy shit, Batman:AA really is as good as everyone's been saying. I love it! Still, STO beta has been taking most of my time. What is it with MMOs?

[Vision]

Im going for the Big Boss Extreme emblem in MGS4. I finally got through the frog battle, although I didn't get a beast statue after completing it. I already collected the dolls for the solar gun in a different run through, although do they still show up during every new play through? Or does its lack of appearance mean I accidentally killed a Frog?

[ghost]

What is it with MMOs?

They're designed to take most of your time?

[WayAbvPar]

And all of your soul.

[Samwise]

Finished Majesty 2.  Pretty fucking satisfying bringing that last guy down.

Still playing Brutal Legend on and off.  Learned the other night that you can ride the laser cats.  Fuck a car.   

[Hawkbit]

In Majesty 2 I'm stymied at the 'collect 35k gold in 35 days' quest.  I've blown through the game without a challenge up to this point.  

First game I tried building rangers/clerics/warriors and letting them go to town, but by day 30 I'm getting massive elementals trashing my keep.  I seem to spend too much trying to keep the little rogues from trashing my peasants.  Elementals also seem to trash my towers that guard my peasants houses.  Lost my keep at day 33 but only had maybe 10k gold.

Next I tried just building a Hero keep and bringing in a 20+ warrior/cleric/ranger combo, but they're just spread too thin.  Then I had too many creatures attacking me and lost my keep on day 34 with only 5k gold.

I'm guessing early market investment and exploring for trading hubs is key to this one, but I can't seem to get that stuff ramped up fast enough.

[Samwise]

Come over to the Majesty 2 thread.  We'll talk.   

[Azazel]

A mix of too much LotRO on PC, some Prototype and some Saboteur on 360.