So, what're you playing?

[jakonovski]

I have solved my problems by firing up Resident Evil 4 HD on the good ol' PS3. Now there's a good game! Earlier this year I had cockstabbed my way mostly through Code Veronica, but at some point that was too much for me to finish.

[Setanta]

Just got a beta key to Strife - I... kind of like it.

[Job601]

The Arkham games are really fun to move around in and the combat system is great, and they make you feel stealthy, strong, and hyper-competent, as a Batman game should.  The tone is juvenile pseudo-noir and the art style is ugly craggy-faced "realism," and there were well-founded accusations of sexism about the second game. I enjoyed the gameplay even though the aesthetics were of-fputting.

[Sky]

PC. I have a 360 gamepad hooked up to it, though I rarely use it. I didn't much like the Spider-Man grapple thingy. The wanton destruction and chaos looked cool, but the feel of the shooty bits really annoyed me.

That's too bad. The grapple does take a bit to get used to but it's such a madly fun game. I'd probably put it in my top ten games ever list.

[Paelos]

Yeah Just Cause is on my top 10 as well. I've probably put the 2nd most hours into that game, behind Mount and Blade.

[HaemishM]

Arkham Asylum and City were really good but the plot/character part of the game is purely fanwank for people who loved the animated series and the comics, and since Batman is the least interesting part of Batman stuff they clowncar his rogues gallery into the games.

Aslyum was a fun action game with a decent story. City... City was a special breed. It definitely clowncar'ed a SHITLOAD of villains into the game, and the game suffered for it. It also ran like shit on my PC until I twiddled the settings down a bit. They tried to go sandboxy and to me the sandbox elements didn't really work - there wasn't a lot of variety in sandbox activities but there was a shitload of it. It was better than Asylum graphically (though worse performance wise) and worse in just about every other way but quantity. It was still worth the $5 or $7.50 I paid for it, though.

I wanted to try something different to break through my Steam backlog and try something that wasn't competitive, that I could relax with. I picked Cities in Motion 2, thinking I probably wouldn't care too much for it. So far, I LOVE this game-type-thing. It's actually engrossing.

[Khaldun]

I just couldn't get into City much, not sure why. Even Asylum started to annoy me after a while because I wanted to be able to be more flexible in tactics and use the environment in ways that weren't pre-programmed. But that's my problem with almost every game that has a set pathway.

[Signe]

PVZ Garden Warfare.  I shouldn't, though, because I get addicted to this sort of thing and can't stop for ages.  Hopefully I'll stop before I go moldy.

[Cyrrex]

I thought Asylum was a nearly perfect game for me.  I loved every damn bit of it.  I am neither a comic book nor batman nerd, but it just hit all the buttons for me.

City...I liked much of it, but it does fall off.  I never finished it, and I probably won't.  Can't quite put my finger on why, but it probably is because it feels rather disjointed, and there are just too many bad guys doing too many bad things.  I also thought the side puzzles were not as good, and that was a major part of the charm of Asylum for me.

[Yegolev]

PVZ Garden Warfare.

Surprisingly fun and well-done.  All of my son's friends seem to play this.

[Pennilenko]

Kerbal Space Program.

I know how to play KSP the proper way and have. However, I mostly just enjoy trying to get my weird contraptions into space.

[koro]

Just got a beta key to Strife - I... kind of like it.

What, like... the old 1996 DOS FPS Strife?

[Ingmar]

Warmachine Tactics beta invite came today, so we'll see what state that is in pretty soon.

[Setanta]

Just got a beta key to Strife - I... kind of like it.

What, like... the old 1996 DOS FPS Strife?

https://strife.com/portal

New MOBA but it captured me with very slow, wordy training sessions. Very cartoony feel to it - Torchlight 2 style graphics. It's just fun so far in.

Downside: it's made by S2

[schild]

Didn't S2 already fail at making one MOBA?

[Teleku]

I liked AA a lot, really, but I never got more than about an hour into AC because it came out at the same time as something else that ended up distracting me. (ME3 maybe?) Still in my backlog, console version.

Right with you here.  Loooooved Asylum.  Played it a ton and thought it was a great game.  Could not stand to play City more than 30-40 minutes at a time.  After the 4th or 5th attempt, uninstalled.  I'm not sure how they managed to make a game exactly the opposite of fun in every way from the first one, but congrats to them on pulling it off.

[Nija]

S2 makes seemingly cool games that NEVER get any traction.

[Rasix]

Ohh, they made HoN.  I'm sure Strife will have a stellar community. 

[Ginaz]

PVZ Garden Warfare.  I shouldn't, though, because I get addicted to this sort of thing and can't stop for ages.  Hopefully I'll stop before I go moldy.

I saw a few videos for it and it looked like it could be fun.  I was thinking of getting it for the pc but I haven't seen any pc reviews and the ones for consoles have been very mixed.  Have you played it a bit more to get a better feel for it?

[Rendakor]

Was feeling the MMO itch so a few friends and I fired up EQ2 again. I missed the depth it has, even if a lot of it is janky and/or cockstabby.

Still working on Demon Gaze for my Vita; need to finish that before I buy Monster Monpiece.

[Setanta]

Didn't S2 already fail at making one MOBA?

It succeeded in creating a toxic community so as MOBAs go that's par for the course. I'm biased, I prefer LoL to HoN/Dota2 but this one intrigues me enough to not pay for it but give it a whirl.

[Signe]

PVZ Garden Warfare.  I shouldn't, though, because I get addicted to this sort of thing and can't stop for ages.  Hopefully I'll stop before I go moldy.

I saw a few videos for it and it looked like it could be fun.  I was thinking of getting it for the pc but I haven't seen any pc reviews and the ones for consoles have been very mixed.  Have you played it a bit more to get a better feel for it?

No, not yet, but I did play the original one because it was free, and it's good fun.  And addictive. 

[Phildo]

What, like... the old 1996 DOS FPS Strife?

I was really fond of that game!

[calapine]

Came across this when searching for summer sales:



Müll = Garbarge 

[Yegolev]

I was playing PvZ Garden Warfare last night for at least two hours.  Had to quit and go to bed.

[Ingmar]

Came across this when searching for summer sales:

Müll = Garbarge 

They forgot to include Space Hulk, then.

[jakonovski]

Still playing RE4. Fuck me but that game is good. I'm setting myself up for real disappointment on the next 3 games (5, 6 and Revelations), aren't I?

[schild]

Those other things are not even games compared to RE4.

[Falconeer]

Does RE4 works decently on a pad-less PC? Is it enjoyable with mouse and keyboard?

[koro]

The original RE4 port had literally no mouse support at all, period. I know the new HD remaster has actual proper mouse support, but no idea if it's any good or not.

[jakonovski]

RE4 is one of those games where the controls are clunky to make the combat feel more threatening. It works on the console, but I don't think it can be replicated on the kb+m. The PS3 version is pretty much flawless, so if you have one it's a good choice.

[Maledict]

RE4 is one of those games where reviews were actually helpful. It's not the type of game I would buy normally at all, but i bought the gamecube version for my Wii after seeing it score so highly.

I honestly think it might possibly be the best game ever made. I probably play it through once a year or so, and still am amazed at how insanely tight the design of the game is and just how well executed every possible aspect is.

Such a shame the sequels were huge piles of terrible steaming rubbish.

[schild]

It's certainly one of them. And in a world without Demon's Souls I could see an argument for it being the actual best.

[naum]

Hearthstone
Dominions 4
Tomodachi Life (3DS)
Europa Universalis IV

[Quinton]

Finally fired up Shadowrun Returns: Dragonfall.  Enjoyed the intro mission.  Everything feels a bit smoother and the much-missed (in the original launch) ability to save anywhere is finally here and nice to have.