What are you playing in the Dog Days of Summer?

[WayAbvPar]

EA's FIFA World Cup 2006 Germany (X-Box) - I got the futbol fever. Other than graphic slowdown, the game's damn good.

Dude, pick up Winning Eleven 9. I have both, and WE9 kicks the everliving shit out of FIFA (which I liked!). It will also help you get to know the club players better in readiness for the EPL season.

Hell, maybe I will buy it and ship it to you- I need a playmate online!  :-D

[HaemishM]

The EA version was cheaper and I couldn't actually find the Winning Eleven 9 here. 8 was on the shelf used, but not 9.

[WindiaN]

Smash, Fifa, mario tennis, battlefield 2

about to start shattered galaxies again, anybody want to join? I think its free these days

[WayAbvPar]

The EA version was cheaper and I couldn't actually find the Winning Eleven 9 here. 8 was on the shelf used, but not 9.

Move out of the sticks, gentlemen.

[Morfiend]

I found this new game, its called "Me vs Mexican Painters". The goal is to have your house end up looking nice, and in the proccess not die from the fumes. So far I seem to be losing. As I sit here in heavy paint fumes, wondering if they fixed the room that they painted the wrong color yet.

[WindiaN]

EA's FIFA World Cup 2006 Germany (X-Box) - I got the futbol fever. Other than graphic slowdown, the game's damn good.

Dude, pick up Winning Eleven 9. I have both, and WE9 kicks the everliving shit out of FIFA (which I liked!).

What's so great about WE9 (I loved Fifa)? All my euro friends claim its a better game, is it just the gameplay or what?
i'm thinking about buying it/xbox live for when i go back to college.

[WayAbvPar]

The actual gameplay is about 10x more complex (TONS of things you can do), and the different game modes (Cup, League, Master League, etc) are far, far deeper. Team management, formations, attack and defense strategies...

If you liked FIFA (which I did), you should LOVE WE9. It is a hell of a lot harder at first, but when you learn some of the sweet moves it is beyond fun. I highly recommend going through the various tutorials. I didn't at first, but checked them out a few days ago. I am a MUCH more dangerous scorer now.

Youtube has a bunch of gameplay videos. I saw one with Cristiano Ronaldo (who I fucking despise) dekeing in and out of a field full of practice players, doing all sorts of ball tricks and whatnot. About halfway through it, I decided I HAD to buy it.

FIFA is much more arcade-y; WE9 is more of a sim, but has far deeper mechanics even for player control.

[foobar88]

CS:S deathmatch
Oblivion
Civ4
wc3:TFT
D2:LOD


Trying to get into:
Ghost Recon 3

Trying to get over:
WoW

[Flood]

Playing:


WoW - I'm levelling my first ever Warlock in anticipation of being able to move my Dwarf Priest to this newer server.

Dawn of War: Winter Assualt - I can't believe what a great game this is.  Too bad finding anyone to play online with will make you hate humanity (Well, more than usual.)

Sim City4

Battlefield 2 - Rarely but when the FPS urge takes hold at least I have this massive thing installed and ready to play.


Pondering:


CivCity Rome



Pretty bored with everything actually.  Sort of hoping something comes out and grabs my interest soon.  (Non-console, since I'm now console less.)

[Lum]

Suikoden IV and will play V after. IV is fun, though the storyline is kind of boring. I hear the story in V is better.

This is like saying you heard Meryl Streep was a better actress than Paris Hilton, but you weren't really sure. Seriously, just skip straight to V. IV is a good example of how not to do a JRPG. V has much the same gameplay as IV, only better, and the story doesn't put you completely to sleep.

[OcellotJenkins]

I can't seem to put Age of Empires DS down.  WoW raiding has dwindled to once or twice a week.

[schild]

Suikoden IV and will play V after. IV is fun, though the storyline is kind of boring. I hear the story in V is better.

This is like saying you heard Meryl Streep was a better actress than Paris Hilton, but you weren't really sure. Seriously, just skip straight to V. IV is a good example of how not to do a JRPG. V has much the same gameplay as IV, only better, and the story doesn't put you completely to sleep.

Well, that's not quite true. The first few hours of Suikoden V can put you to sleep. So play it in the middle of the day.

[penfold]

Chromehounds exclusively at the moment. Squad games have been awesome. The only negative points are the disconnects and hassles in the MP lobbies.

I was playing alot of Titan Quest up until I bought CH, perhaps i'll play again but now have completed once i want to play MP, and none of my usual crowd are playing it anymore either.

Dawn of War:Winter Assault is fired up occasionally, as is TA Spring. TA Spring doesnt get played as it used too, a new version screwed up the AI that my mods, and a fix only came out recently.

I have a new DS Lite, and New Mario Bros. I'll get some more games soon.

[Bunk]

Hmm, Oblivion again, with tons of mods this time. GTA:SA since I played it on PS2 the first time. May try finishing Bloodlines again, since my machine can finally handle it fully. I'll probably pick up HMM5.

[Morfiend]

Since my DVD drive just broke. I am now playing Prey exclusivly on my PC. As I got that game with CDs nots a DVD. It really is a fun game.

[Rasix]

I'm now on to Shadow Hearts 2.  Judging only by the first 4 hours.. this is seriously one of the best console RPGs ever released.  It makes any FF past 6 look like complete dogshit in comparison.

[Riggswolfe]

Suikoden IV and will play V after. IV is fun, though the storyline is kind of boring. I hear the story in V is better.

This is like saying you heard Meryl Streep was a better actress than Paris Hilton, but you weren't really sure. Seriously, just skip straight to V. IV is a good example of how not to do a JRPG. V has much the same gameplay as IV, only better, and the story doesn't put you completely to sleep.

Well, that's not quite true. The first few hours of Suikoden V can put you to sleep. So play it in the middle of the day.

Ironically that's what I did. Called in sick to work and started on it at noon, stopped around midnight. So far, V is better than IV in every sense, but especially in the story. Though, to my shock, I totally miscalled who the villain would be. I thought for sure they were setting up the Queen as the villain and the other guy was just a distraction. My bad.

[Sky]

Freedom Force vs the Third Reich. I love Freedom Force, dammit.

My girlfriend thinks I did the VO for Mentor :P

[Tairnyn]

Currently playing:
Summon Night: Swordcraft Story
CivCity: Rome

Recently played:
Prey - Great use of an interesting game engine. Good, honest fun.
Titan Quest - Couldn't bring myself to play through the same story again.

[Rasix]

Freedom Force vs the Third Reich. I love Freedom Force, dammit.

My girlfriend thinks I did the VO for Mentor :P

I wish that game didn't have herpes.

[voodoolily]

I'm still playing Lost in Blue on the DS. I've decided it's more fun to hunt, fish, and gather twigs and fruits than to get off the island, even though I already have the key to the boat in the bad guys' lair. So I'm going for the "survive 365 days" ending.

Also playing Mario and Luigi Superstar Saga, which for some reason I hadn't noticed existed until a month ago.

[Stormwaltz]

Work being what it is, I only play the Sims LARP on the weekend. By which I mean, I see my lonely wife and rapidly developing larva, mow the lawn, and do the laundry.

My shelf of games I bought but haven't played now includes:

PC
Act of War: Direct Action
Auto Assault (never activated sub)
Civ IV: Warlords
DropTeam
ES: Oblivion
Galactic Civilizations IV
Hearts of Iron II: Doomsday
Hegemonia: Legions of Iron
Red Orchestra
Rise of Legends
X3 (via Steam)

PS2
Dark Cloud 2
MS Saga: A New Dawn
Steambot Chronicles
Warship Gunner
Wild Arms 4
Xenosaga
Xenosaga II

[Rodent]

Ever since I cancelled my WoW account I've been going through Snes RPG. Currently at Chrono Trigger.

Also working on New Super Mario Bros. and Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow for the DS.

[Sky]

Since my pc has herpes already I just bought Star Rangers 2.

[Driakos]

PC
Dawn of War - Winter Assault is taking up most of my time.  I haven't braved gen-pop online, just playing versus friends at the moment.  Great game.

WoW - For less than an hour in the past week.  Yet another guild busted up, I can't take building up again.  Almost two years of build and fall.  What kept me going was hoping to see all of the Raid stuff (never have gotten to in any MMO).  Now I just don't care anymore.  I'll pretend I saw it all with our ZG runs, and limited MC success. Maybe when the expansion hits I'll get busy again.  I could join random guild X I guess, but then I'd feel like a traitor.  I guess not logging in is sort of dodgy too, just doesn't feel as dirty as switching teams.

The Ship

Dwelling on whether or not to fire up CoX again, just for a few weeks of fun.


360
Burnout Revenge
Battle for Middle Earth II
Dead Rising Demo


DS
New Super Mario Bros.
Metroid Pinball

[Signe]

I just dl'd the Dark Messiah demo so I guess I'll play that for a bit.

[Yoru]

Dark Messiah demo? Linky plz.

[Strazos]

Dark Messiah demo? Linky plz.

ZOMG, seconded.

EDIT: Mad Skillz. http://www.fileplanet.com/166052/160000/fileinfo/Dark-Messiah-of-Might-&-Magic-Singleplayer-Demo

[Soln]

Active:
Eve (sort of)
TQ (lots now only sort of)
WoW

Trying to get into:
Shadow of the Colossus
Ibiru

Trying to finish:
Lost in Blue
Trauma Center

Want to start:
Phoenix Wright
Brain Age
Settlers of Catan (with expansions)

[WindiaN]

non-fileplanet dark messiah link: http://files.filefront.com/Dark+Messiah+of+Might+and+Magic+Demo+v10/;5370570;;/fileinfo.html

[lamaros]

Worth it? 1.5gig is annoyingly large.

[WindiaN]

haven't actually played it, just started the dl this morning before i left for work... heres a multiplayer preview though: http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/might-and-magic/719539p1.html

[Signe]

Sorry about no linky.  I just assumed everyone already knew.  You lot always know everything before I even know anything.  This game is so fucking dark it gave me a headache.

[Yoru]

Sorry about no linky.  I just assumed everyone already knew.  You lot always know everything before I even know anything.  This game is so fucking dark it gave me a headache.

It's August. I don't know anything.




What does the sun look like?

[Strazos]

Demo was pretty cool, if slightly unstable. You basically get to play in the area showcased in the videos released on Steam awhile back.

It seems neat, in that you don't pick a "class." Instead you pick whatever skills you like, so you can make some sort of Hybrid character if you like.