What Are You Playing (End of the Year Edition)

chrislad · 20-11-2012 10:39am

I've been absent from the Xbox for the past while due to college so my 6 weeks after exams are looking as such

Assassins Creed 3

Max Payne 3

Darksiders 2

Lego Lord of the Rings

Lego Batman 2

That should keep me going, along with finishing Bastion and The Walking Dead.

Penn · 20-11-2012 10:47am

I thought I was finished with Borderlands 2 until after Christmas but didn't expect new DLC to be released so soon so I'll be playing that for the next few days I reckon. Also started a full playthrough of GTAIV and Episodes from Liberty City which should tide me over for a while. Then when Christmas comes, getting Hitman and Need for Speed Most Wanted.

Should be getting a new PS3 early next month as my 60GB phat release day PS3 is still working fine, but 60GB just isn't enough between game installations and games I want to download as I'm signed up to Playstation Plus, so going to get a Slim 500GB (or maybe 320GB depending on what deals are available).

Dave_The_Sheep · 20-11-2012 11:08am

At the moment it's a combination of Borderlands 2, The Walking Dead and Shogun 2.

For Christmas, it's going to be X-COM and Dishonored, I think. Now to start dropping hints to the family and girlfriend.

Though I wouldn't mind a good meaty title to get stuck into either. Something you can drop a few hundred hours into, like Skyrim, or X3... Any recommendations?

chrislad · 20-11-2012 11:20am

Dave_The_Sheep wrote: »

At the moment it's a combination of Borderlands 2, The Walking Dead and Shogun 2.

For Christmas, it's going to be X-COM and Dishonored, I think. Now to start dropping hints to the family and girlfriend.

Though I wouldn't mind a good meaty title to get stuck into either. Something you can drop a few hundred hours into, like Skyrim, or X3... Any recommendations?

I have the Witcher 2 on my list, but I won't have enough time until after next years exams!!! Supposed to be very meaty. And I mean that in both contexts.

Dave_The_Sheep · 20-11-2012 11:24am

chrislad wrote: »

I have the Witcher 2 on my list, but I won't have enough time until after next years exams!!! Supposed to be very meaty. And I mean that in both contexts.

I have that too, it's in my backlog. I couldn't get into it though - the same happened with the Witcher. Was about ten hours in, stopped playing and never felt the need to go back to it.

I've heard it's excellent though.

Zillah · 20-11-2012 2:50pm

ShadowHearth wrote: »

black and white... wow!

i need to install black and white 2 again. i fecking loved that game.

This is some new meme where we say the opposite of what we mean, right?

Let me try:
Black and White 2 was a polished, well-designed game full of purpose, fun and satisfaction. It was also very well optimised.

Cravez · 20-11-2012 3:36pm

At the moment: (All on PC)
X-Com Enemy Unknown
DayZ
Team Fortress 2
Chivalry: Medieval Warfare
Battlefield 3

ShadowHearth · 20-11-2012 8:03pm

Zillah wrote: »

This is some new meme where we say the opposite of what we mean, right?

Let me try:
Black and White 2 was a polished, well-designed game full of purpose, fun and satisfaction. It was also very well optimised.

what?

No, i loved black and white games. i loved black and white 2. I never finished it for some reason, but i need to get finger out and reinstall it.

meme? wtf?

anyway, i got that spec ops: the line for a 5eu and i have to say its a sin not to pick that up for a fiver. i am really enjoying it and the settings is really good. Story wise it is really catchig me on. deeper i go, the more i want to find out!

TPD · 20-11-2012 9:19pm

Zillah wrote: »

This is some new meme where we say the opposite of what we mean, right?

Let me try:
Black and White 2 was a polished, well-designed game full of purpose, fun and satisfaction. It was also very well optimised.

ShadowHearth wrote: »

what?

No, i loved black and white games. i loved black and white 2. I never finished it for some reason, but i need to get finger out and reinstall it.

meme? wtf?

Whatever the thoughts about Black and White 2, the first was genuinely innovative and very humorous.

Bonesy. · 20-11-2012 9:53pm

Left school there a few weeks back and until i get placed into a FÁS course (oh the joy) in January I've a lot of time on my hands. So just gonna get bet into the PS3 for a while.
Playing Black Ops II at the moment and finding it not to be as bad as I thought but the multiplayer isn't the best and will get most likely get mind-numbingly repetitive after a while so thinking of getting into Mass Effect for the first time and plsy the trilogy, looking for a game with lots of hours and a decent story, any suggestions?

degrassinoel · 20-11-2012 10:48pm

Bonesy. wrote: »

Left school there a few weeks back and until i get placed into a FÁS course (oh the joy) in January I've a lot of time on my hands. So just gonna get bet into the PS3 for a while.
Playing Black Ops II at the moment and finding it not to be as bad as I thought but the multiplayer isn't the best and will get most likely get mind-numbingly repetitive after a while so thinking of getting into Mass Effect for the first time and plsy the trilogy, looking for a game with lots of hours and a decent story, any suggestions?

Eh yeah, after your fas course ends you should look for employment rather than make plans to play games dude

danthefan · 20-11-2012 10:50pm

Trying desperately to get through some of my backlog.

I just finished Deus Ex:HR the other day, that is a damn fine video game.

Started Sleeping Dogs yesterday, have 3 or 4 hours in, will finish this now before moving onto. It's pretty enjoyable. I haven't played GTA for a while so I'm sure there are differences but it's very reminiscent of a GTA game. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing at all.

Think I'll tackle Batman:AC next.

After that, dunno.

Gunmonkey · 20-11-2012 11:29pm

Finished Bayonetta after leaving it a year ago. Decided to try the Hard mode but then.....Gracious & Glorious in the first area......F**K THAT!!!

Mainly play loL every day for "1st win" IP bonus, a bit of ME3 MP when I feel like it, and just got a PSP so can finally play my copy of Valkyria Chronicles 2. Also ordered AC3 for PC so thats out Friday, and have some friends dropping down Saturday week for a Lego LoTR-filled weekend

Bonesy. · 21-11-2012 12:31am

I know thats the plan just spoiling myself until i start the course :P

Dacelonid · 21-11-2012 2:43pm

Trying to get trough some of the big backlog of games I have (damn you Steam sale), but am on a bit of an indie buzz at the moment. Just finished Braid, and am currently getting through Spacechem, Super Meat Boy, Machinarium, Shatter and Rochard. Also want to finally finish Skyrim, Torchlight and seeing as The final Walking Dead is released, I also need to get through that too.
Thankfully am off work with a dodgy back at the moment so might get something completed

CastorTroy · 21-11-2012 3:07pm

Just started Harley Quinn's Revenge, so once I'm done with that, then maybe I'll move on to Walking Dead. I started Bioshock a while back but think since it took so long to get it running on Windows 7, I got bored within about 30 minutes. Must go back and try again now I know it's working.

ShadowHearth · 21-11-2012 9:29pm

okay, i love spec ops: the line. Just did one mission which made me feel like a total cock.

djkeogh · 22-11-2012 11:47am

too many games being played at the moment

Black Ops 2:
This is in heavy rotation at the moment. Mixing it up with MP and SP. Finding the SP to be one of the least enjoyable COD campaigns i've played. Seems to be lacking atmosphere or something. 5 levels in and no level has blown me away and kept me enthralled.

Pinball FX 2:
This game is never far from the my most played game of a month. Fantastic, addictive never ending fun. The game that keeps on giving and a new table out soon as well

Max Payne 3:
Onto the last 2 levels on my New York Minute playthrough, then complete the campaing AGAIN on Hardcore

Xcom:
On the back burner but need to get back to this cracker

Dark Souls:
Got stuck on the 4 kings. Need help to stand a Chance I think.

Other games I'm kicking some time into for slow completions are
MW3 - Achievements
Hydrophobia
Gears of War 3

ED E · 22-11-2012 12:14pm

Playing Revenge of the Titans right now. Gotta go back to Borderlands2 and probably then another run of XCOM.

That_Guy · 23-11-2012 3:11pm

PS3: Killzone, Madden NFL 13

Xbox 360: Crysis 2, FIFA 13

3DS: Mario Kart 7, Samurai G, Liberation Maiden

09-12-2012 1:26pm

Still playing Halo 3 against another guy I live with.. Both were level 46/47 back in the day so it's pretty full on with a few beers. I threw the controller at the wall when he got 3 crazy no scope kills in a row to win 25-24.

Same with Fifa 13.. We all play it in the house for a while a couple of evenings a week. All manual settings... Only way to play it. So much better.

Slowly making my way through Dishonored on the laptop.. Really love it but make sure not to overkill it. I just killed Waverly Boyle in her mansion.. Anyone know how far I'm through the game?

Started Far Cry 3 this weekend.. My laptop can manage it on medium if I overclock so I'm happy. Fun game even if I've only played it hungover so far.. Hasn't drawn me in yet at all though and don't think it will. It crashed a while ago and haven't bothered to start it up again.

And the big one... Civ 4. Played it for the first time 2 months ago and love it. After being out of PC games for so many years, I'm not surprised that it's the game that drew me in massively after getting a good laptop. So so many hours recently put into it.

Need some other game ideas.. Getting lazier and liking games again.

danthefan · 09-12-2012 2:37pm

Coming towards the end of Sleeping Dogs now, was going for all the collectables and stuff but I'm not arsed anymore, just going to finish the story missions.

Currently on chapter 3 of The Walking Dead, amazing game.

noodler · 09-12-2012 3:28pm

Mass Effect 1 (PS3 - feels like something I have to do - can't say I am finding it all that enjoyable in the early stages).

Pes 2013

Dark Souls

Retr0gamer · 09-12-2012 3:37pm

noodler wrote: »

Mass Effect 1 (PS3 - feels like something I have to do - can't say I am finding it all that enjoyable in the early stages).

It's very rough compared to the later games especially the lazy reused assets in the side missions.

noodler · 09-12-2012 3:42pm

Retr0gamer wrote: »

It's very rough compared to the later games especially the lazy reused assets in the side missions.

I haven't even gotten to the dread Mako bits yet.

ShadowHearth · 09-12-2012 3:45pm

well i have finished spec ops the line today. loved it. wont bother with multiplayer, thats not what i got this game.

so currently i still play:

PC:

Dark souls - have a lot further then i hoped lol. on ps3 i got up to sens fortress and i could not progress as i was getting my nipples twisted off. Now i am a lot further!

BF3 - with aftermath my BF3 time rocketed sky high again. after last 2 expansions being so ****, this one feels like a brand new game.

EVE online - i am a junky for this game and it takes majority of my time. LOVE it. Got two accounts so far. one mining other PVP/PVE. everyday i find out something new, just love how sandboxy the game is.

3DS:

playing Resident evil revalations.i cant believe how good they made this with a sea of **** RE games that fallowed lately. 3D effect can go and die in the ditch if you ask me.

with spec ops finished i can start something else. i got like 2 tons and a half of games... might go and finish. borderlands 2, XCOM, arkham City, Driver,Jagged alliance, MM6, Saints row 3 installed alone on my pc and barely or not touched at all...

Retr0gamer · 09-12-2012 3:58pm

noodler wrote: »

I haven't even gotten to the dread Mako bits yet.

If you have a slow elevator fetish it's probably the best game ever

ancapailldorcha · 09-12-2012 4:16pm

Just started Mass Effect. Seems to have an interesting story but the battle system is puzzling me a bit.
Also nearly finished my NG in Demon's Souls with a magic build. Trying to do a few of the World Tendency events which is a pain as it resets between logins to the server. Thank God From nipped this in the bud.
Need to wrap up FFVI as well and maybe finally start Tactics Ogre or FFIX.

CastorTroy · 09-12-2012 6:17pm

Finally started Okamiden on the DS

Also playing Enslaved Odyssey to the West on PS3

ShadowHearth · 09-12-2012 6:44pm

finished driver just now... wow 2 games finished today, i am on the roll lol

lets see, what can i finish today too!

Tij da feen · 09-12-2012 7:29pm

Started playing a lot of Left 4 Dead 2 again on PC. I also have a back catalog of games on Steam that I have to work through, I'll probably start off with Metro 2033. I'm also playing some Halo 4 on Xbox, I'm having a lot of enjoyment from this, brings me back to the Halo 2 days.

Josey Wales · 09-12-2012 8:00pm

I just finished Assassin's Creed III this weekend so now I need to find something new to play. After spending so long playing a third-person action game I think I'm in the mood for something short and sweet. Maybe a shooter. I will have to look through my backlog for something interesting.

GTR63 · 09-12-2012 9:38pm

Playing Resident Evil 6 a bit meh so far just finished the 1st chapter of the Leon campaign and shot the bulletsponge blobby zombie? Are the two other campaigns much good.

Dcully · 09-12-2012 10:08pm

Planetside 2 and BF3 for multiplayer
[BF3 has suddenly became fun to play again since Aftermath expansion]
Far Cry3 and some Minecraft for single player shenannigans.

brianregan09 · 09-12-2012 10:13pm

Finished the story on amazing spiderman , Started Enslaved Odyssey to the west yesterday and have pretty much played it non stop since amazing game amazed i got it for a fiver in Xtravison

CastorTroy · 10-12-2012 1:26am

brianregan09 wrote: »

Finished the story on amazing spiderman , Started Enslaved Odyssey to the west yesterday and have pretty much played it non stop since amazing game amazed i got it for a fiver in Xtravison

Yep, I'm just starting Chapter 8 of Enslaved. Really liking it. It's like Uncharted with more exploring/climbing and less combat. So Uncharted meets Prince of Persia.

Mr Freeze · 10-12-2012 12:07pm

Skyrim Dragonborn DLC
Far Cry 3

Replaying The Walking Dead

Alphajax (on WP7)

Kiith · 10-12-2012 12:14pm

FarCry 3, Planetside 2, and Mass Effect 3.

Will do an Assassins Creed playthrough once i've finished the above.

SeantheMan · 03-01-2013 10:07am

SeantheMan wrote: »

Now
Medal of Honor - prob finished with it for good now
Black Ops 2 - load of meh , not sure if I'll play it anymore either
Sniper Elite V2 - very samey and boring
Team Fortress 2 - never gets old
Left4Dead2 - set STEAM region to US - more fun vs Americans late at night
Guild Wars 2 - played for 1 day, should really get back to it
Skyrim - rolled a new sneaky archer character - will get the new DLC too
StarCraft 2 - for the RTS fix, though im awful
Natural Selection 2 - still undecided as to whether I like it or not
FIFA 13

Next
Tropico 4 - bought it last week , need to try it
Hitman
Dishonored
Far Cry 3

So finally got around to Tropico 4 on the 1st of January - new year etc, so I said I'd get through my backlog.
BUT, I can't see that happening because I think this game will be taking up all my time !! It's amazing

- absolutely love it.
I wasn't too bowled over by the demo, but I started the game and stuck with it for 2 hours ...I think I put in about 12 hours yesterday, best day of the year so far

saiint · 03-01-2013 10:10am

SeantheMan wrote: »

So finally got around to Tropico 4 on the 1st of January - new year etc, so I said I'd get through my backlog.
BUT, I can't see that happening because I think this game will be taking up all my time !! It's amazing - absolutely love it.
I wasn't too bowled over by the demo, but I started the game and stuck with it for 2 hours ...I think I put in about 12 hours yesterday, best day of the year so far

sadly games like that tend to get boring after a few weeks
either that or the music will drive you ****ing mental :pac:

SeantheMan · 03-01-2013 11:10am

saiint wrote: »

sadly games like that tend to get boring after a few weeks
either that or the music will drive you ****ing mental :pac:

I'm loving the music haha, it'll be a good game to just jump back to for a few hours here and there though I reckon. Might inspire me to try out a few more of these sim types, last ones I tried were Theme Park/Hospital back in the day.
That prison one looked a good concept - not to big on its graphical style though

Creamy Goodness · 03-01-2013 11:18am

borderlands 2
the walking dead (on episode 2 so far, so good)

dastardly00 · 03-01-2013 1:06pm

I'm just finishing Read Dead Redemption at the moment on the PS3. I'll get stuck into the Undead Nightmare version after that.

On my Android phone, I'm working my way through the seasons I haven't played in Cut the Rope .

folan · 03-01-2013 1:08pm

just starting on Hitman Absolution. So far, so good.

penev10 · 03-01-2013 1:22pm

Managed to wean myself off Dark Souls over Xmas and as I've the house to myself tonight I'm going to charge headlong into XCOM!

DeSelby83 · 03-01-2013 1:25pm

too many games to play....had crazy semester in college so now have to get around to AC3, Aftermath on BF3, Halo 4 all on xbox and then catch up on some previous steam sale games, Darksiders, Arkham City, Metro 2033, Skyrim and then dip in and out of TF2 and Dota 2.
Edit: forgot about dead space 1 and 2. cant get by that stupid asteroid part in 1

saiint · 03-01-2013 1:26pm

for meself
im playing forza motorsport 4
and sucking badly at it but enjoying it at the same time

also nbak213 on the side

balkieb2002 · 03-01-2013 1:31pm

Currently playing through Far Cry 3, God of War 1 and FIFA 13.
Usually not great at playing through multiple games during same period but with these I find I can pick them up and play for a couple hours and then move onto the next game while actually progressing the story and not rushing my way through them.

Up next is Walking Dead and God of War 2.

Dcully · 03-01-2013 5:38pm

Mostly playing BF3 and Planetside 2 these days for multiplayer.
Also dabbed into Chivalry - what a brutal game , brutal as in brutality ,seems a great game if i was any good at it.

In terms of single player i tend to pop in and out of games and rarely if ever just stick to one to complete,ive been known to take a year or more to complete games

But over the Christmas ive started to play some of these games for single player.

CIV 5 and gods and kings expansion

Shogun 2 Total War Fall of the samurai

Xcom Enemy Unknown

Darksiders ,want to complete before DS2 even though i played DS2 for a bit first.

Started playing Tomb Raider Underworld then realized it better complete some of the others first

Started to play Skyrim again with full on sneaky archer and wow its a lot more fun than magic or melee classes.

Borderlands2

Far Cry3

Dishonoured

Started to play the STALKER Complete 2009 mod for S.T.A.L.K.E.R and wow what fantastic mod [im hearing the Misery mod for the expansion is even better.

I plan to properly get stuck into Dark Souls,AC3,Mass Effect 3,The Witcher2,Anno 2070,Torchlight 2,Darksiders2,
Jaysus the list is endless, but i really need to complete some games lol.
Not to mention it promises to be a cracking year for new stuff too.

CastorTroy · 05-01-2013 2:26am

I know it's past the year end now, but just started Walking Dead. Trying to decide which is better between mouse and joypad.

What Are You Playing (End of the Year Edition)

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