So, what're you playing?

[Ingmar]

I finally finished a game of King Arthur, that took forever.

Also, EDGEWORTH. 

[stray]

Someone lent me COD: MW2. I've played multiplayer before, but the single player is.... completely retarded. Can't believe this is a popular game. Makes me sad.

I guess it's not fair to judge it for storytelling though. Some of the action and presentation is cool.

[stu]

I play at least a few short sessions of MW2 multiplayer a day and I still haven't advanced past the first tutorial in single player. With all the new titles getting released in the coming months, I doubt I'll ever play the campaign. Single player is barely an afterthought but the co-op challenges are fun when you link with a buddy. Of course, the challenges don't have any storyline.

[HaemishM]

I played up to the first boss of Mad World recently, and I can see the appeal.  Too much waggling for me at the moment, though.  Makes my brain-baby kick.

I wanted to like that one, but goddamnit, the waggle was worthless and the control was slushy. Apparently, the only devs who can program the Wiichuk analog stick's sensitivity right are the first-party assholes.

[stray]

I play at least a few short sessions of MW2 multiplayer a day and I still haven't advanced past the first tutorial in single player. With all the new titles getting released in the coming months, I doubt I'll ever play the campaign. Single player is barely an afterthought but the co-op challenges are fun when you link with a buddy. Of course, the challenges don't have any storyline.

The storyline is just kind of silly because you're fighting Russians. For a very far fetched, over the top reason that has no parallel in history, and probably would never happen... because it's completely fucking nuts. That said, it shifts from set pieces where you're in the Army dealing with a Red Dawn type of scenario, and some Mercs doing more covert operations. The Merc bits are better.

[Azazel]

Ended up playing nothing over the weekend, besides farming tradeskill components in LOTRO and a couple of rounds of BF:BC2.

BC2 is getting a bit old now though, since I don't want to grind for more unlocks when it's all going to be wiped in a couple of weeks, but more importantly Im getting sick of the one map. Wake Island, and even that level in the BF1942 Secret Weapons demo were more interesting and involved more thought. Im sure the BF2 one was as well, but I don't recall which map was in the demo. Or if there was a demo.

Mostly though, I'm spending what limited free time I have on painting wargames miniatures for Games Workshop's Lord of the Rings game. I finished Pippin in Gondor Armour and a Dark Rider on the weekend! Yipee!

[raydeen]

I was going to resurrect the games for netbooks thread but figured it would go just as well here. Morrowind GOTY (Steam edition) plays quite nicely on the eee. I downloaded a registry tweaker to get widescreen support and had a bit of a blast playing with it last night. I guess I shouldn't be amazed as that game was from 2002 or so but it made me a happy camper. I might actually finish it this time. As much as I liked Oblivion, Morrowind feels like the better game to me.

[Tebonas]

Finished my first King Arthur playthrough just in time before Drakensang 2 arrived. Just figuring out which character to play and off I'll go.

[Sky]

First round of testing with the 3d setup. I'll probably be playing more TF2 since it's ridicumazingly good in 3d, even though I should rename myself cannon fodder. Have to go back and finish Dragon Age. I was waiting for the kit to arrive to get back into Batman, so I'll probably put some time into that, too. And of course Burnout, fun racing mayhem.

With the steam stuff piled up, it's amazing to have so many choices. I normally only buy a handful of games a year. I guess that is tangential to the zomgdrm thread, eh?

[Ard]

Wait.
Drakensang 2?  When did this happen?  Crap, now I need to actually go back and finish my playthrough.

Beat Mass Effect 2.   Not really much to add there.
Beat the Witcher finally.  Weird game power level wise.  Felt insanely weak in a few spots, but I plowed through the end segment without even worrying about being hurt.  The amount of hookers in the last two chapters was severely lacking though.

Playing White Knight Chronicles now, and enjoying it a lot.  Actually tried out the online, and liked it surprisingly.  Haven't run into too many pants on head retards there yet.  I'm sure it's just a matter of time.

[Rasix]

Beat the Witcher finally.  Weird game power level wise.  Felt insanely weak in a few spots,

Let me guess, first time in the swamp with the plants? The first major boss fight (hound wasn't it) was somewhat of a sore point for a lot of people also.
 
Picking up Heavy Rain during my lunch break. Giggity.

Also playing a good amount of Plants v. Zombies on the iphone.  It's awesome.

[Ard]

Let me guess, first time in the swamp with the plants? The first major boss fight (hound wasn't it) was somewhat of a sore point for a lot of people also.

It was sporadic throughout the game untl the last chapter and the epilogue.  I mostly avoided the plants.  Random things every now and then would destroy me out of the blue.  I potioned up for the end segment though and basically somehow ended up with more or less infinite mana.  I just chain cast incinerate on everything.  It was mildly retarded.  I probably could have started abusing potions long before that point.  Honestly, the weird difficulty bumps didn't really phase me.  Chapter 2 is nearly what did me in with how long it was in such a small area.

[Goreschach]

Wait.
Drakensang 2?  When did this happen?  Crap, now I need to actually go back and finish my playthrough.

I'm guessing the german version? If memory serves, the english port of the original came out a few months after the original.

[Tebonas]

Indeed you guess right. Its the German version of Drakensang 2 that came out last week.

[Ard]

I didn't even realize Drakensang 2 was on the plate for development, much less release.  This is what I get for not paying attention.  At least I know what's next on my plate to finish though.

[rk47]

Can't tear my eyes off Mass Effect 2...but...I can't bear to think of the two years of wait for the trilogy to settle.

In middle of all that, I mess around Blood Bowl with Skavens & Wood Elfs versus my brother.

[stray]

Assassin's Creed2, Earth Defense Force, Blue Dragon

At least, these are all of my unplayed games. Still trying to revisit FFXII too.

Also, sort of trying to replay Dragon Age.. not sure if I can do it.

[MournelitheCalix]

Heavy Rain, loving it right now except for the cumbersome antiintuitive controls.  Excellent story so far

[Engels]

Dirt 2 that came with my new Radeon 4870. Its harder than most racing games to strart with, but its a ton of fun so far. I hadn't expected it, since I am not really that into racing games. Its absolutely amazingly gorgeous on the 4870 with or without tessellation. I hesitate to say it, but I think its the most gorgeous vid game I've ever played. Heats up the vid card like a mutha tho.

[kildorn]

Endless Ocean 2 <3

[stray]

Dirt 2 that came with my new Radeon 4870. Its harder than most racing games to strart with, but its a ton of fun so far. I hadn't expected it, since I am not really that into racing games. Its absolutely amazingly gorgeous on the 4870 with or without tessellation. I hesitate to say it, but I think its the most gorgeous vid game I've ever played. Heats up the vid card like a mutha tho.

Dirt is badass :D I have it on console,but I suppose it's the same thing on PC. FYI, they make another game with the same engine (GRID), but it's street oriented.

[Tebonas]

I got Dirt 2 with my Radeon 5850 as well, but I really couldn't stand those pseudo surfer dudes that talked to me before I could start a race. So you are saying I should soldier through to the actual races?

[Engels]

Ya, you gotta flow with it. I named myself Jesus in the game, and its hilarious to have the SoCal dudes always saying "Hey Hey Soos!". The driving is quite fun and challenging. Depending on the vehicle class, the mechanics change. Even from vehicle to vehicle within the same class. Its got a bit of a learning curve.

The cool thing, tho, is only 4 buttons to worry about. Accelerate, Brake, left and right.

[Azazel]

I play at least a few short sessions of MW2 multiplayer a day and I still haven't advanced past the first tutorial in single player. With all the new titles getting released in the coming months, I doubt I'll ever play the campaign. Single player is barely an afterthought but the co-op challenges are fun when you link with a buddy. Of course, the challenges don't have any storyline.

The storyline is just kind of silly because you're fighting Russians. For a very far fetched, over the top reason that has no parallel in history, and probably would never happen... because it's completely fucking nuts. That said, it shifts from set pieces where you're in the Army dealing with a Red Dawn type of scenario, and some Mercs doing more covert operations. The Merc bits are better.

Funny, I have no desire to play it in spammy MP, but I'd like to play once through the campaign.

[Engels]

For lack of a better spot to link this, here's a quick IL-2 fraps vid I made linked from my dropbox. Let me know if its a good method for small movie sharing.

[Azazel]

More LotRO, and quite enjoying midlessly running around Paris exploding things in Saboteur. Very repetitive, but I'm easily amused, it seems. Tons more fun than Prototype got to be.

[Comstar]

Finished Mass Effect 2. Liked it so much got and finished Mass Effect 1.  Now replaying Dragon Age as a Dwarf commoner fighter before taking the Mass Effect 1 character into Mass Effect 2.

[Sky]

Mostly Tomb Raider Underworld. If, for some reason, you wonder about other things I'm messing with, check the 3d vision thread.

With the new 1080p monitor, I can finally get to Medieval 2 (it didn't like 720p) and my fiance is an addict for all things from that time period, so I'll probably put in some time on that.

[Velorath]

Right now, playing an odd mix of somewhat updated retrogaming with Final Fantasy 1 on the iphone and God of War 1 from the PS3 collection.

[koro]

I've got a huge backlog of games dating back to around Christmas and the big Steam sale, including both Max Paynes, the Witcher, Stalker and Clear Sky, Jade Empire, and Arkham Asylum. Not to mention the extra playthroughs of Dragon Age and Mass Effect (1) I've been wanting to do.

Instead, I'm playing fucking Freelancer.

[Yegolev]

Finished Mass Effect 2. Liked it so much got and finished Mass Effect 1.  Now replaying Dragon Age as a Dwarf commoner fighter before taking the Mass Effect 1 character into Mass Effect 2.

That's some hardcore shit.

Finally got some free time this past weekend while the wife was out of town and the boy was at the grandparents', so I restarted Shadowhearts Covenant.  I don't recall the first one being quite this silly (a buffoon that is also a vampire is still a buffoon) but it is still much better than most other JRPGs... ever.

Prior to that, I completed the master challenges in Peggle Deluxe (again) and have begun poking at the last batch of challenges.  I may have the names wrong.

Also prior to that I had been working on Mass Effect 2, but that has been supplanted by White Knight Chronicles.  It took me a little while to figure out the combat, but I am getting into it now.  I think I am going to like it a lot, but I haven't started the real game yet.

I have Heavy Rain sitting on the shelf next to the TV, between Shadowhearts and WKC.

[jakonovski]

I have to be without internet for three weeks, thanks to uniformly useless service providers. I took the opportunity to buy a PS3 (it's so much nicer to use than the 360!) and play through all the exclusives I've missed. I started with the Resistance games, the first is a stinker and the second is awesome. Next up is MGS4, or if I can't find it at the local mall I will resort to Heavy Rain despite the cutthroat EU retail pricing.

Fake edit: and yes, I will buy Demons Souls as soon as I get my internet back.

[ghost]

I'm back on WoW.  Sounds a bit like "I picked up heroin again". 

[Rasix]

Finished Heavy Rain.  Need to pick a new console game.  Maybe I'll go back and finish Persona 4.

Also, playing FF1 on the iphone.  I'm glad modern RPGs are a bit more of a directed experience, although I wish they'd let you also get a little lost like this one does.

[JWIV]

Took the opportunity over the weekend to get in some more Demon's Souls time since the wife and child were out of the house for an extended period of time. 

Otherwise, still doing a bit of WoW and flOw.    I did pick up Singstar for the wife, who seems to be now attempting to max out our credit card by buying every song ever released for the damn game.

In addition to Demon's Souls, I _really_ need to make time for Sins of a Solar Empire, since I did pick up the Diplomacy expansion, but haven't had a chance to really try it out.