So, what're you playing?

[Yegolev]

I enjoyed Shadow Complex a lot on 360.  Nice mini-homage to Super Metroid.

I own four shirts with Samus Aran on them, so use discretion when ingesting my opinion.

[Rasix]

Shadow Complex was amazing (minus the Card brand nuttery).  I think I made up a category to give it some sort of game of the year.  Probably my favorite game out of that genre.

More Fallout 4.   Now my son wants me to level up his LoL account because he's not allowed to play with other people. 

[Rendakor]

Mostly Marvel Heroes; Deadpool is nearly 60 then I'll figure out who to play next. I wish I had known this was an ARPG instead of a traditional MMO; I would have started playing a while ago.

Stalled on Story of Seasons and need something new to play on my handhelds.

[Falconeer]

Rainbow Six Siege. Amazing game, especially with four friends. It's entertaining even when you suck terribly, which is a good change for a serious FPS.

[MisterNoisy]

Gobs of Fallout 4, with alcohol-fueled round-robin Duck Game/Broforce/Nidhogg sessions with friends on the weekends

[Yegolev]

Ah, Nidhogg is great for drunk coop.  Or sober, even.  Not really my thing but it's neat and well-executed.

[Sky]

Made the mistake of watching a marathon of Roman Empire stuff on History while painting the other day.

Soo.....Civ V as Romans :) My first expansionist victim was Arabia, which makes me want to change my leader to Trump...

[Kail]

Been plowing through old Assassin's Creed games, AC4 and AC: Freedom Cry.  Next up is either Unity (now that they've had time to fix the bugs... right?  RIGHT GUYS?) or Rogue, which is supposed to be another piratey one like AC4, but I haven't decided on which yet.

Humble Bundle right now is a bunch of old Neo-Geo games, so I've been messing around with those.  It's the first time I've seen a lot of them on PC, so it's nice to be able to play around with Samurai Shodown and King of Monsters and stuff again.  Plus the usual pile of Metal Slug and KoF titles (no KoF 13 tho).

Nuclear Throne finally launched, so I've been playing that a bit, too.  It's one of those randomly generated roguelike top down games where half your chance of success depends on what power-ups the RNG throws you. It seems pretty fun so far, though I suck at it pretty hard.

Speaking of games I suck at, started in on Hotline Miami 2, and either I'm remembering wrong or this game is way the fuck harder than the original.  My body count at the end of these missions is fucking stupid, and there's a ton of gimmicky crap you have to work around this time through.  Just got through a stage where I had to change characters every floor, which followed a stage on a boat which was complete bullshit (off screen snipers in a top down game should be illegal).  I had a peek at the wiki and I don't think I'm even half way through.  Ughhhh.

[Shannow]

Arctic MUD reset. Rushing with a group of friends. Still better than any current MMO out there.

[Job601]

Xenoblade Chronicles X.  The characters look terrible, the story's told hamhandedly, every cutscene is too long, and the game doesn't do a good job of teaching you about combat and character-building.  On the other hand, the environment is beautiful and fun to move around in despite its size.  The core gameplay of exploration and combat is really compelling, and it's sometimes difficult without being overly punishing.  

[Ginaz]

I've been playing a bit of Chronicle: RuneScape Legends, a card game from the makers of RuneScape that is currently in closed beta.  It's like Hearthstone on a table top.  Not sure if I like it or not yet.  I also have 3 beta keys if anyone wants them.

https://www.rschronicle.com/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHxtpKGHKVQ

[Falconeer]

I would gladly try it. Not sure if I can keep up with a TCG business model, but everything else seems right up my alley.

[schild]

RuneScape Legends looks very strange.

[Tannhauser]

Played three hours each of Civ III and IV yesterday, need a break from Fallout 4.  Interesting to go back and compare and contrast the two.

[Jeff Kelly]

I've been playing Nuclear Throne for the last two days. It's out of early access now.

It's hard and bullet-hellish dual-stick shooter and I disagree with a lot of the design decisions they've made. It's also still glitchy and sort of unpolished and not that well balanced.

[Phildo]

I tried to replay Civ III a few months ago and ragequit the first time I got attacked from a random civilization and realized I forgot to stack defenders on my border cities.

[ezrast]

I picked up Flamebreak on Steam and am loving it so far. It's approximately what you would get if you made (a fantasy version of) Faster Than Light but replaced all the encounters with Binding of Isaac levels. Except that you play every game with a randomly generated character, and have to make do with whatever combinations of race/skills/weapon the game sees fit to give you. The game plays better than it looks (largely due to the view being strictly top-down - less "nice" than 3/4 perspective, but eliminating parallax was the right choice), and it seems fairly high-skillcap. Every time I play "just one more round" I feel like I've learned something new about a particular skill or combo.

Of course, I'm a big sucker for procedural content so YMMV, but it's definitely a solid game (from the makers of Altitude, which was generally well-supported and under-appreciated) and worth five dollars. My only complaint is that a bunch of the DPS-only skills feel useless compared to the mobility and control options, but that may even out as I get better at the game.

[Rendakor]

Picked up Papers, Please on Steam sale and loving it; I've already been sent to the gulag twice. Not sure I'll get all 20 endings but I at least want a few decent ones.

Hopped on Hex for the holiday event so now I'm playing that off and on again, making silly PVE decks for the arena. 221 is a shit format so I only did enough drafts/gauntlet to get my 4 AAs.

Still futzing with Marvel Heroes too; leveling up Rogue because stealing powers from people is pretty fun.

[apocrypha]

I've also been playing Marvel Heroes for a few days. It's grabbed me more than I was expecting, good solid ARPG.

[Falconeer]

Playing Rust. It is the most masochistic and truly hardcore survival game out there.

Yes, all your stuff can be destroyed when you are offline.
Yes, your body can be fully looted when you die.
No, there is no private property and no in-game laws that enforce it. The only way you can claim a place as your own is by putting walls and a lock around it. And it can be blown up.m
No, there are no safe zones and NO you never really log out. When you quit playing your character just falls to the ground asleep, and can be killed and looted.
And because of all the above things, the community is the most toxic I've ever seen as only the worst human beings can endure this for more than five minutes. The worst humans, plus me of course, who plays it as the official good guy literally trying to survive as long as possible without losing my own dignity and decency.

Because the thrill is real. There's nothing harder to survive than other humans, and as long as it's just a game I find it as exciting as rollercoaster rides, base jumping or horror movies (if you are into that, of course).

[Tannhauser]

OK Witcher 3 is good.  Really good.  I put about 8 hours into White Orchard(?).  My problems with Witcher 1 and 2 seem to have been addressed and, it's early, but DA: Inquisition is in danger of losing RPG of the year for me.  W3 is reallly addictive, that good old Sid Mier Civ 'just one more turn' feeling.    BTW I don't call Fallout 4 a RPG; it's more of a loot gathering and sorting simulation to me. 

[MediumHigh]

Witcher 3 for like the next three years apparently 

[Hawkbit]

If you're one of the three people that own a 3DS, buy Steamworld Heist on the eShop. ~$18 after tax and it's an 2d X-com-like. It's a solid game built with the Steamworld Dig style.

It's probably the only 3DS game worth buying for 2015.

[brellium]

Witcher 3 for like the next three years apparently 

I'm debating the Witcher series, I own all three, but only got to the city on 1 after my computer started giving up the ghost.

[Sky]

I played the 1st Witcher all the way through when it came out, loved it. For some reason the 2nd, I just got hung up on the tutorials, controls seemed too fiddly or something.

3rd time is the charm, game is awesome.

[Sir T]

Just picked up Fallout 3 GOTY and Dishonoured GOTY on Gamersgate for around €15. Never played fallout so this should be good, and Dishonoured might scratch that Thief itch far better than the latest thief game. We will see.

[Rendakor]

It's probably the only 3DS game worth buying for 2015.

Etrian Odyssey Untold 2 was great.

[Shannow]

Rebel Galaxy. Fun little game. Loving the soundtrack (very Fireflyish)

[jakonovski]

Mad Max. I know it's just another iteration of the open world formula, but the movie's aesthetic is so strong that even a little bit rubbing off on the game is enough to make me want to spend time with it.

Now if I was a proper post apocalyptic gamer, I'd just play Underrail. But I'm a whore of the big corporation.
 

[Signe]

Thanks to Xmas, I'm playing Fallout 4 and I like it a lot although not as much as New Vegas.  Controller is a MUST!  When Grim Dawn gets a polish, they ARE planning to polish it - right?, I'll play that again... or too.  :) 

[Threash]

Playing project zomboid for some reason.

[MrHat]

Holy shit why didn't anyone tell me about Mini Metro?!

Design metro lines to meet demand just by dragging and dropping.  End designs look like metro maps:



Game is seriously zen.  Wish it was available on iOS though.

[Ironwood]

Sam posted that years ago ?

[Hutch]

Mini Metro killed our productivity via Useless Distractions thread, a while back.

[MrHat]

Mini Metro killed our productivity via Useless Distractions thread, a while back.

Damn. Either I totally missed it or I'm get old and forgetful.

Either way - super fun.