So, what're you playing?

[Azazel]

Due to the great computer pandemic of late '10, I have no current computers that have ever run EQ on them. I explained all of this very nicel;y to the GM who got back to me via email, so I'm hoping that it can help out. Also going to look for an older PC that would (hopefully) have an EQops file on it. Except I think I cleaned all that kind of shit up very recently in a frenzy of deletion.

We'll see what happens.

[Yegolev]

I've been playing a bit too much Din's Curse lately.

[Paelos]

I've been playing Bloons 4 Tower Defense. It's a lot harder than I thought going into it. Free though.

[Hawkbit]

Flopping around between a few games right now, prepping for RIFT launch. 

I'm spending a bit of time with Two Worlds 2, which isn't a terrible game.  My biggest gripes so far on PS3 is that there's a bit of hitching during the first few minutes I'm playing, but that seems to even out as I play.  To keep things smooth on the graphics they tend to use the blurring effect for distant objects, but they even applied it to the sky, so what would be a beautiful night sky on Savannah is a muddy mess.  The animation, cut scenes and voice work are just about the worst I've seen in the past few years.  Yet there's a few things that keep me logging in... the magic and crafting systems are deep, there's gambling, open word exploring, classless advancement... It's not a great game, just a good 7/10.  Rent it first, or find it cheap in a few months. 

[Tebonas]

Still Two Worlds, the game is completely unbalanced, but at least its big. Tried Fallout New Vegas DLC, but it crashes every time after the cutscene where you fall unconcious in the Abandoned Brotherhood Bunker. I guess a patch will be in order.

[Paelos]

Back to playing Anno 1404 for some reason.

[ghost]

Back to playing Anno 1404 for some reason.

It's fun.  I've enjoyed it.  Just played a bit last night.

[Mrbloodworth]

STALKER, lots of STALKER.

[bhodi]

I can't stop playing Anno 1404. I WILL BE IMPERATOR.

[Sky]

I've been jonesing to play the Anno1040 again, got distracted along the way mid-way through. Really bummed that the UI doesn't scale, it's really frigging tiny at 1080p, which is doubly bad since a) it's tough to read from 9' away and b) the game is REALLY NICE in 3D but the text becomes to blurred even when I scoot the sofa up close enough to read the small text in 2D. Blah.

Anyway, I'm still in F:NV when I get a few minutes, only got in an hour over this four-day weekend that ended yesterday.

So it's probably really dumb for me to be considering project 1999. Thankfully the isos seem to be corrupted here at work.

[Paelos]

Part of the reason I started playing was because I bought Rome: Grand Ages during a steam sale for like $2. It's a shitty version of a trading game. Finally, I got pissed with it and said, "Man, this is like Anno 1404 except Anno was like 10x better...I think I'll load that up."

[ghost]

Really bummed that the UI doesn't scale, it's really frigging tiny at 1080p, which is doubly bad since a) it's tough to read from 9' away and b) the game is REALLY NICE in 3D but the text becomes to blurred even when I scoot the sofa up close enough to read the small text in 2D. Blah.

Haha. 
 

[Bann]

Pulled the trigger on a ps3. Mostly been playing Demon's Souls, with some occasional humbling moments in NHL11 online. Also, Castlevania SOTN on PSN?! 

On the PC side, Blood bowl and Domions 3.  I think I get as much entertainment out of following the micro-communities around these games as actually playing.

[Ironwood]

I'm literally playing nothing at the moment.  Did the Dead Space thing and now I'm twiddling my thumbs.  Elena loves freebie minecraft, so considering a sub.

Beyond that, everything out there just leaves me cold.

Odd.

[Lantyssa]

It's a sub now?  Was a one-time ten euros when I got it.

[Hawkbit]

I'm *still* futzing around Two Worlds 2.  It has so much going wrong with it, yet I still play it everyday.  Very, very odd.

[Strazos]

Finishing up Temple of Elemental Evil, will be starting Icewind Dale with a new somewhat-wonky party on hard.

Also, Blood Bowl, Kane and Lynch 2 (friend really wanted to play something co-op, and it was cheap), some TF2. Waiting for DA2 I guess. Some occasional League of Legends as well.

[Minvaren]

WoW sub expired - burned out on the Shammy alt in Thousand Needles just beforehand, so good timing. 

Reinstalled Mass Effect, putzing with it here and there while I ponder Rift.  Already further than I got the first time, trying to not take it as seriously this time around.

[Hawkbit]

Not technically playing it yet, but Radiant Historia is in transit and should be here in the next day or two.  It seems to be getting really good reviews all over.  I've seen quite a few posts like "It was the 16-bit game that was never released in our youth"... so I'm somewhat excited. 

[Ironwood]

It's a sub now?  Was a one-time ten euros when I got it.

Sorry, usage of loose terminology there was probably fail.

You know what I mean.

[Murgos]

Popped Red Dead Redemption into the drive for the first time last night.  Yeah, stayed up waaay too late.

[ghost]

I think I'm going to have to start up a chapter of Steam Buyers Anonymous.  Stupid Steam sales. 

[jakonovski]

Played about 30 hours of my Mass Effect 2 nightmare playthrough. The difficulty forces you to get really familiar with the various teammates and abilities, which in turn makes nightmare mode pretty manageable.

More importantly, Killzone 3 arrived today. Started on the MP, it seems really good and most of all flexible. I went with cloaked Marksman sneaking behind the enemy, stabbing everyone in the eye.

[Sky]

Made a guy on project 1999, but the UI...it buuurns. Not the sounds, not the graphics...the controls and interface.

Same thing tripped me up when I went back to play Daggerfall. I can deal with the dated sound and graphics, but when you're fighting the interface and having to forget all the modern conveniences we've learned....blah.

[Lantyssa]

Played about 30 hours of my Mass Effect 2 nightmare playthrough. The difficulty forces you to get really familiar with the various teammates and abilities, which in turn makes nightmare mode pretty manageable.

Except for YMIR mechs and Praetorians.  I hate them so much.

[jakonovski]

Played about 30 hours of my Mass Effect 2 nightmare playthrough. The difficulty forces you to get really familiar with the various teammates and abilities, which in turn makes nightmare mode pretty manageable.

Except for YMIR mechs and Praetorians.  I hate them so much.

Disruptor ammo + incendiary ammo = problem solved. Especially after you get the machine gun from the Collector ship. Assuming you play a class that can use ARs.

[Malakili]

Global Agenda has turned into my shooter of choice.  Assault is fun, especially when you have a decent medic healing you.

WoW for dungeon runs on weekends.

Starcraft 2 - a handful of games a week mostly just trying (and failing due to play time) to keep my bonus pool at 0.

Minecraft - SMP server with a friend a few evenings a week.

Given the amount of hours I have to actually spend gaming I'm spread pretty thin.  Part of my wants to focus on just one thing so I can really stay "in it" but on the other side, the fact that I have a lot of options also fits my "i just want to play want I want to play right now" mentality that I've adopted.

Enjoying this kind of casual approach to gaming, but feeling a little guilty about it.

[Lantyssa]

Disruptor ammo + incendiary ammo = problem solved. Especially after you get the machine gun from the Collector ship. Assuming you play a class that can use ARs.

Doesn't do enough on Insane.  And I'm the biotic class.

[jakonovski]

Doesn't do enough on Insane.  And I'm the biotic class.

I always felt they were underpowered in ME2. Too little opportunity to actually use biotic powers.

[Hawkbit]

Radiant Historia just arrived an hour ago, I'm about 30min into it.  Preorders came in a nice box with the soundtrack on CD.  Load times are fast between room transitions, translation seems very good so far.  I'm really digging the White Chronicle concept, being able to go back and forth in the storyline and changing history is pretty awesome. 

[Merusk]

Doesn't do enough on Insane.  And I'm the biotic class.

I always felt they were underpowered in ME2. Too little opportunity to actually use biotic powers.

I don't think it's really there there's too little opportunity, it's that there's only a few good powers for frequent use.   My last run through I took Slam as my Shepherd perk for a soldier and it was fantastic.  I think I used it more than I shot things, particularly vs husks. 

Slam, Jack's Shockwave and Mass Pull/Throw seemed to be the most useful abilities. The rest had CDs that were too long on the NPCs to be worthwhile or were too situational.

[Lantyssa]

The problem on Insanity is that anything big has shields and armor and only a few powers work well or at all if either are up.  Once those are down Singularity is cheese.

[Minvaren]

Doing soldier/biotic on ME1 and have to agree on the "situational use of biotics" thus far.

Also, getting seasick trying to drive the rover around in low-gravity.  (Animaniacs) Bouncy, bouncy, bouncy, bouncy, bouncy... (/Animaniacs)

[stu]

Anyone played the Catharine import yet? I'm psyched in the pants for the NA release.

[HaemishM]

When in the NA release? I've been psyched since I saw the first trailer.