The useless what-I-am-playing thread

[Moaner]

Really? Nice. I've been playing it. There's no press embargo. Let me say - it's really well done. I get my actual review copy this week. Gig, the main enemy, is one of the best villains since Kefka or Bob Page.

I'm jealous. 

I saw a trailer for it when the localization was first annouced and have been foaming at the mouth since.  After playing Disgaea 1 and 2 I'm psyched for anything NIS releases and Soul Nomad looks to me like their first serious effort since Disgaea 2. 

What happened to Dragaon Shadow Spell?  Are we still getting that too?  Or do I need to learn Japanese before the end of the year?

[schild]

Here's a post I made at NISA's board:

1. GoC: Aedis Eclipse
2. Atelier Iris 3
3. Grim Grimoire
4. Soul Cradle
5. Dragoneer's Aria
6. Disgaea PSP
7. Wait, what? We're already at 7?

That doesn't leave enough room for:
Dragon Shadow Spell
Ar Tonelico 2
Mana Khemia
Atelier No Lise
Magician's Academy
Disgaea DS (aka the Most Unnecessary Remake Ever/Disgaea: Money Grab)
Baroque
Rogue Hearts Dungeon
Getsumento Heiki Mina (What? It's by IF...)

and what the hell happened to Makai Wars? PS3 -> PSP... back to PS3? Comeon!

Well, part of a post. It seems that #7 will be Disgaea 3. Also, add to the list Operation Darkness - which hasn't been announced by anyone.

Basically, I think we're SOL.

[Moaner]

I know it's unnecessary but I'd love to see Disgaea DS come stateside.  I don't own a PSP and I really don't want one, but portable Disgaea would be wonderful.  I may actually take Puzzle Quest out of my DS for Disgaea.

That list of games we probably won't get makes me sad.  Almost sad enough to start learning Japanese.  I don't know what I'll do if Disgaea 3 is not localized.

[schild]

Disgaea 3 is inevitable.

[Yegolev]

This leads easily into me saying that I have been playing Makai Kingdom a lot.  A lot.

[DraconianOne]

This week, I are mostly been playing System Shock 2 having finally, finally, got it running under XP.



I have never played it before.

[Rasix]

This week, I are mostly been playing System Shock 2 having finally, finally, got it running under XP.



I have never played it before.

Yah, that game is an unholy pain to get working. I got it to run using a launching tool but all of the videos display themselves upside down.   

Persona 3 today. Woot.

[Sky]

I had it running for a while (with upside down video, too, I probably used something you linked to) but iirc it started dying about halfway through.

Just ran through a few solo instances in EQ2 last night (eq2.wikia.com formerly eq2i.com ftw...especially as the ingame browser homepage!). Cool stuff, but Dire Hollow needs to up the Named spawns for the solo instance. Started the Bloodline Chronicles stuff but pretty much cockblocked out of that content, glad I didn't pay for it. Maybe I'll give Harclaves another shot now that I have some better gear...though I also dingered 35 last night 

[DraconianOne]

Yah, that game is an unholy pain to get working. I got it to run using a launching tool but all of the videos display themselves upside down.   

I get no movies at all as I disabled the codex - kept crashing at that point.  Movies are on youTube anyway so as long as I don't watch the end one first I'll be okay.  I ended up getting it running by setting the compatibility options to Win 2000.  Not 95/98 which it's written for, but 2000 which it's meant to be incompatible with. 

[Yegolev]

Forza 2.  I ditched that shitty Miata, downgraded my Civic to a D class and swept both D championships, put some better parts in and cleared the 200HP challenge, then did the same thing with the 300HP challenge.  That Civic is a monster.  I was even halfway through sweeping the 400HP challenge with it, with only ~368HP no less, when I realized it was 0130.

[Margalis]

Beat Devil May Cry 1, on to Twilight Princess for the Wii...I'm really behind. At this rate I won't play a new game when it comes out for a while, if ever.

[voodoolily]

Rune Factory is eating my baby.

[Yegolev]

Since I wandered upstairs for something, here's the list.

Persona 3.  It is nice.

Forza 2.  Did all I could with the Civic VTi and jerked around for a bit until I decided I had to win that Heavyweight tournament, so I bought myself a 2007(?) Charger.  Black.  Put orange flames on the front.  It was tight, and I took that thing around to quite a few wins.  Decided to spend some time in a neat Peugeot, the white one with the jaguar head on the side.  That one started sucking on the faster tracks, like Sebring, so I am going to have to find another ride.

Titan Quest: Immortal Throne.  It is more fun than I care to admit.  I blame Mythos.

Various minor things, too, amounting to just a few minutes.  One of these is Boogie, which is also more fun than I care to admit.

New arrivals include Disgaea 2, Valkyrie Profile 2 and the PSP Valkyrie Profile.  Now I have to get a PSP.  Also downloaded Super Metroid today, which reminds me how I wish the Wii Classic Controller was a bit larger.

[Sky]

Still enjoying EQ2. We've been doing some Heritage Quests and dungeoning, at least until Tragny and gimpyone outlevel me in another couple weeks.

I tend to stick with games for months at a time. The bulk of this year has been EQ2 and Gothic 3, did play through FEAR (fun to reload and play through set pieces a few times) and MUA (which I need to go back and finish). But I think that's it this year.

Of course, the EQ2 thing is going onto the back burner in 3...2...1...Bioshock.

[MisterNoisy]

Forza 2 and GH2 on 360, and a fair amount of WoW still.  The occasional round of Monster Madness and EDF2017 when I just want to play for 15 mins.

With Forza, I've kinda hit the point where the races and series are getting a little too long for 'pick up and play' kind of gaming - oddly, I can still spend a good solid hour or 2 working on a paint scheme tho.

No matter - Bioshock(360) will likely consume all of my gaming time in short order.

[schild]

Bioshock.

Despite this weeks awesome, AWESOME set of releases, I am ONLY playing Bioshock.

But I do get my new DS today. Which will be _hot_.

[Signe]

I'm thinking of getting a DS because I want to play that game where you grow stuff and tame bugs and everything.  It looks splendiferious.

[Stormwaltz]

I should be playing Civ4 BtS or SpaceForce: Rogue Universe.

Instead I re-subbed to CoX.

But hey, at least I'm actually playing a game again.

[voodoolily]

I'm thinking of getting a DS because I want to play that game where you grow stuff and tame bugs and everything.  It looks splendiferious.

Rune Factory! Xanthippe and I are playing. It is fun and more rpg-ish than the other Harvest Moons.

[schild]

I should be playing Civ4 BtS or SpaceForce: Rogue Universe.

No, you should be playing Bioshock.

[Tebonas]

SpaceForce: Rogue Universe any good? It tempts me on Steam and I still have to wait three days at  least for my Bioshock copy.

[Stormwaltz]

No, you should be playing Bioshock.

I just picked it up today - I preordered the limited edition, despite not having a system capable of running it, out of guilt for missing the boat with System Shock.

Tthe endless parade of reviews spewing breathless superlatives has unnerved me. Mass love-ins trip my bullshit detector.

SpaceForce: Rogue Universe any good?

I don't know. I've been on crunch for... hell, I don't even know anymore. Since it was released, at least. I haven't had the brains to dig into something new.

I have a great love of East European games, though. They haven't lost that sense of design adventurism PC games had in the late 80s-early 90s. "You think we should put a limited ground combat RTS in our Elite-style space fighter/trade sim? And roleplaying missions? Sure, why not!" (That's Space Rangers 2, available from Paradox's  Gamersgate.com.)

[Lum]

And roleplaying missions? Sure, why not!

Don't forget the PRISON SIMULATOR

[Nonentity]

Still playing WoW. Doing arenas, etc. Boring, I know.

I want to play Bioshock. I am going at lunch to get it.

IF TWO WORLDS IS NOT GOOD (which I have the sneaking suspicion that it will be terrible, like Dungeon Lords was), I SWEAR I WILL PUNCH SOMEONE. FUCK.

[schild]

IF TWO WORLDS IS NOT GOOD (which I have the sneaking suspicion that it will be terrible, like Dungeon Lords was), I SWEAR I WILL PUNCH SOMEONE. FUCK.

Despite the fact I've said it sucks like 10 times, prepare to get those knuckledusters ready.

[Sky]

Tthe endless parade of reviews spewing breathless superlatives has unnerved me. Mass love-ins trip my bullshit detector.

I was eagerly clutching my copy of Bioshock on the way back to my office. My supervisor, enroute to a meeting, asked me what it was. "Bioshock," I said. He kinda looked blankly (not his fault, he's a mac gamer). "System Shock 3," I added. His eyes lit up..."That game was really cool!", alluding to System Shock, which we co-purchased when it was released and we were both broke (he was a pc gamer then). On eight floppies or whatever.

[Miasma]

Still playing WoW. Doing arenas, etc. Boring, I know.

I want to play Bioshock. I am going at lunch to get it.

IF TWO WORLDS IS NOT GOOD (which I have the sneaking suspicion that it will be terrible, like Dungeon Lords was), I SWEAR I WILL PUNCH SOMEONE. FUCK.

I think a demo came out today.  I'm not sure if it's real/works.

[Signe]

I played a demo of Two Worlds a while ago and it was pretty mediocre.  I have no idea why I bought it.  I have a feeling it'll live on my special never opened games shelf.  If I do open it, I have a opened and not played more than an hour or so corner next to the stairs where I keep things like dead spiders and Dungeon Siege 2.

[Strazos]

Persona 3.





Also, a bit of EQ2. I can almost make armor that is usable!

[Signe]

Where are you in EQ2?  Bat Country is on Oasis.  Check the EQ2 forum for names to add if you want an invite.

[Strazos]

Negative, we're on Crushbone or something.

[Yegolev]

Crushbone is a WoW PVP server.  Which, I might add, if you play on then I can possibly be of assistance.

[Signe]

I am very fucking confused.

[Sky]

They're the bad men on the gank server. Don't pay them any heed.

 

[Yegolev]

I am very glad that I misremembered Crushridge as Crushbone.  It means the pills are working.