What are you playing? (Mid-Year Edition)

Mr E

It's fair to say that the 3DS is getting most of my gaming time in the last few months (with games like Bioshock Infinite and Tomb Raider gathering dust, unfinished). Not likely to change in the next few weeks either, but Tiny Tina has done a good job of pulling me back to Borderlands 2 on the 360.

Animal Crossing New Leaf has been out for just over 2 weeks, and I've put 39 hours into it.

Super Little Acorns 3D Turbo is a great 3DS port of an iOS game with tons of levels and challenges (gets bloody hard too so it's a good challenge). On sale at the moment in the eShop.

I'm about half way through Donkey Kong Country Returns on the 3DS too, and half way through Fire Emblem Awakening.

So yeah, 3DS 3DS 3DS.....

Not The Real Scarecrow

After spending a fortune building up my game catalogue, I'm after getting sucked into the free Neverwinter.I've played a few mmo's over the years and always get bored at a certain point or end up forcing myself to keep playing every night because I have a sub.Inevitably, I play too much and get sick of it, but with the free to play model on Neverwinter,I don't feel the pressure to play. The graphics aren't the greatest but am really enjoying the combat and the user generated content.It also seem like it really is free to play, but reckon will throw a few quid at it at some stage just to support it.Was playing The Secret World and even though,I'm a massive horror fan and enjoyed the story,I found the controls fairly clunky and the servers slightly dead.
Also back playing BF3 a bit and starting the Mass Effect Trilogy to see what it's like playing through the entire story with out waiting a year or more between games.Probably going to pick up Rogue Legacy soon enough, to have some thing to tap away at when I only fancy playing for short periods of time.

GTR63

Playing Phoenix Wright: Justice for All(again), Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D, Uncharted Golden Abyss and Tomb Raider(again).
Got LBP and MGS HD for the Vita, Fire Emblem Awakening and Luigi's Mansion 2 on the back burner too.

danthefan

PC - Tomb Raider
PS3 - DmC
Vita - Hotline Miami, Velocity Ultra, trying to get P4G and Soul Sacrifice going too

Mickeroo

Just finished Dark Souls last week, most of the way through a second playthrough now too although I might leave it for a while before I finally finish it again.

Picked up Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning & Oblivion 5th Anniversary Edition and I started Oblivion the other day. Also started Fable 3, since it was free but it doesn't really appeal to me so far. I'll probably go back to it when I'm done with the others.

Still pouring a lot of hours into Halo 4 (16 days and counting) when i'm not in the mood for an RPG too.

johnny_ultimate

Still working through the glorious Fire Emblem Awakening, think I'm on campaign mission 20. Can't fault the game, genuinely fantastic.

Finished the Last of Us so said I'd give ICO HD a playthrough before moving onto XCOM. Another near faultless experience, and has aged extraordinarily well with or without some vaguely improved textures!

Still on Ni No Kuni too, which I love but keep getting distracted away from. Must refocus on that.

Randall Floyd

RopeDrink wrote: »

Mostly just web-games & free-to-play stuff this year since I quit WoW and D3 was a let down - I've not bought a game in a long time with small exception to some cheap little games like The Binding Of Isaac on Steam.

Wartune,
League of Legends,
Dead Frontier,
Path of Exile,
The Last Stand: Dead Zone...

The only mainsteam game I play occasionally that I bought full-whack is StreetFighter IV AE but I've semi-retired after four years of headbutting people with Balrog.

Mostly play DF/SF4 for movie making purposes, much like what happened with WoW (Was bored of it by mid/end WotLK but stuck with it for YouTube).

There's not really been any recent releases I had much interest in buying... I'd have loved to play The Last Of Us but it's console exclusive. Wanted RE6 but seeing as it's basically just following the path RE4-5 set, I held off on it. I'm more into the classic ones and RE4 is the only one of the over-the-shoulder RE's I enjoyed immensely.

If you can get RE6 cheap buy it, it's better than 5 in my opinion, playing Far Cry 3 at the moment, great game.

Taylor365

Randall Floyd wrote: »

If you can get RE6 cheap buy it, it's better than 5 in my opinion, playing Far Cry 3 at the moment, great game.

Who doesn't like zombies with guns ...


.....me

Playing Dead Island for the past year. I might finish it..... someday.

Also messing around with Prison Architect.

Might dip back in BF3 for awhile....after i download the 8gb patch dear god.

Mister Man

I have way too many to get through! Just last night I picked up Just Cause 2. The day before I got The Last of Us, and the day before that, I renewed me subscription for PS+ after being gone for the month. From that alone, I've quite a sizable backlog.
Added too that quite a few games still sitting on my steam account, and the summer sales coming up, I'm expecting to have a the typical PC gamer's backlog. I would take a stab at saying I have 30+ games between X360, PS3 and PC to complete right now. PS+ Doesn't help that at all! 15 quid for 3 months and you get quite a few games. Great deal.

To name a few games I need to get through, I have Bioshock 2, GTA IV, Metro 2033, Fable III, The Witcher 2, The Walking Dead, Super Meat Boy & Dead Island.

krudler

The Last Of Us, fantastic loving it so far, the story is really involving and Naughty Dog have made something really special. Wouldnt be surprised if I play it again straight after, multiplayer is excellent too.

Despicable Me Minion Rush on my Samsung S3, what, dont judge me its fun :pac:

SgtBob

Deadpool - Generic gameplay wise, but if you like Deadpool you'll be happy. Very funny stuff.
Hotline Miami - Just awesome, tough as nails at times.
Muramasa - Just played through the first area. Looks good, will get into this properly when I finish the other two.
X-com - iOS version, it suits the touch screen well, bar going between outdoor and indoor areas. Great game.
Phoenix Wright Trilogy - Picked it up on iOS, have played the first chapter as it's free, to see if I'd be into it. I liked it so will pick up the other chapters at some point.

Still playing BF3 on and off, would like to complete all the achievements before BF4 arrives. Just for yucks.

Play a bit of DayZ and Arma 2 Wasteland on and off, while waiting for DayZ SA.

Finished The Last of Us the other day, that was wow. Deserves the high praise it's receiving.

Sephiroth_dude

Final fantasy xiv beta
Coh 2
Tales of grace f
Dragons dogma

Myrddin

Playing a fair amount of Ridge Racer 1 lately. I've also recently started Zelda 2, having finished Zelda 1

CastorTroy

Portal 2 - Replay. meant to play Last of Us this weekend but just started up Portal 2 after installing new processor to try any game. But played it to a point where I have to finish so nearly finished now.

ZombiU- started it so just have to go back to it.

Luigi's Mansion 2

kaimera

css gungame
grid2
company of heroes 1
still playing fm2011

ShadowHearth

So what do I play now:

World of tanks - Takes most of my play time now. Really love it.

Shift 2 - Installed it yeasterday again and started it from the scratch. Played few hours and really enjoyed it. Playing it on 42inch TV at 1080p and 60fps makes a huge difference from 360 to me.

Blops 2 - I jumpin for few rounds now and then. Nothing too serious.

Fire emblem - I play 3ds only when I am in bed, before sleep. Making a small break from MH3 with Fire Emblem. A lot of fun.

Starhawk - I am shocked how good it is. Some achievment to have such game on hardware like ps3. I really hope there will be new one for ps4.

2Mad2BeMad

black ops 2 - playing league play, nothing too serious just find it easy to level up quicker :P

dark souls - on my 4th play through also made a 2nd character game never gets old

fable 3 - free game of course :P but have to say i really am enjoying it, i just became king and i thought it was over but its not

skyrim - havnt played it in over 2-3 months, just cant get into it at all, going to try and grind it out until i finish it, i reckon im half way through it by now

cherryghost

PC:
GRID 2
Company of Heroes 2
Dota 2

3DS:
Animal Crossing: New Leaf

DS:
Pokemon SoulSilver

Retr0gamer

Trying to clear out my shorter games since I'm running out of room for new stuff. I'm currently playing Lollipop Chainsaw but should be finished it pretty quickly.

On handheld I'm playing Shim Megami Tensei: Strange Journey which is a superb piece of dungeon crawling action with some of the best dungeon design in any game I've played.

brianregan09

Currently playing Kingdom of Amalur really suprised how good it is, Finished Last of Us last week ill just echo what everyone else has said it's amazing

Mister Man

brianregan09 wrote: »

Currently playing Kingdom of Amalur really suprised how good it is

I just downloaded that myself. I was surprised at how much I've enjoyed it. I'm normally not a fan of fans like this

MadYaker

Arma 2 - A bit of Dayz and a whole lot of Wasteland.

CSS - I always play this every now and again, I've put 1000s of hours into it.

Duggy747

Dirt 3 - Was in the mood for a racing game so I installed this again. It's enjoyable but, my God, I forgot how annoying the "totally rad" voiceovers are. Really bugged me in Dirt 2 as well.

Arma 2 - Brother and I play Dayz often enough so we decided to try some mods for Arma like coop missions and Escape Chenarus, good fun.

Zelda: The Windwaker - Never had a Gamecube or knew anyone who did so I never had the chance to play this game during the console's life, despite hearing for years how much it's loved. Thoroughly enjoying it, though, and it'll keep me busy for a while.

Fez - It's good but didn't find it to be that brilliant, to be honest. I normally love these type of indie games that mix old-skool with different elements to challenge you but this game just didn't do it for me.

Zeno Clash - An odd FPS game where the focus is on you punching and kicking your way across a bizarre landscape. It's ok, novelty wears off fairly quick though I like the strange art design.

Payday The Heist - Pop this on every now and again, still an enjoyable game if you have the right team. Looking forward to the sequel where I hope they iron out some problems as well as the promise of tons of maps.

Also got Rayman for Android. I missed playing Rayman Origins so it's nice to play more challenging levels while it still uses the same design.

RobertFoster

3DS: Animal Crossing. Just started last week, so still getting into the swing of things. I wish there was a way to increase the amount of stuff I could carry.

PC: Back to the Future: The Game. On to the third episode, so it's ticking away nicely. Hopefully I can keep it up as I've a bad habit of losing interest in adventure games.

PS3: Catherine. Didn't really get into it, so it's on the back burner unfortunately.

360: Fez. It's been that long since I played it a restart is in order.


There's about 40 games in my backlog. Stupid bundles and sales

Cokeistan

Just started playing Metro last light on PS3. Seems pretty good plot wise but game play is standard enough.

I tried to finish DmC recently but just couldn't get into it at all, the characters seemed so....generic.

Still play the odd online game in fifa 14, decent time killer!

Anyone know if com is coming to android?

Plumpynutt

Finished The Last of Us a few days ago, and just started New Game + for a second playthrough.

Also just started Ico, Shadow of the Colossus, and the Cave.

Still playing BF3 too, although I doubt I'll ever reach Col. 100

Radiosonde

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

Still working through the glorious Fire Emblem Awakening, think I'm on campaign mission 20. Can't fault the game, genuinely fantastic.

I'd 90% agree with you, but flaw people have mentioned is the AI. Its not bad, but your units stray within striking distance and the enemy just rushes at you and tries to pick off your weakest unit (foolishly, like winged horse units will just charge in to battle, even if within range of archers for example.) Smarter, more tactical AI and you'd be looking at a truly remarkable game. The combat has me dreaming of an online-play focused Advance Wars, not that I think that will happen/

Sierra Oscar

I just started playing Company of Heroes 2 last week and I am really enjoying it so far. I didn't follow the development of the game all that closely, so I was not all that sure what to expect. As an avid CoH fan I was somewhat surprised by how similar the sequel is to the first installment, but the more I think of it the more I realize this is actually a good thing. They significantly improved the single player element and adding to the gameplay experience, whilst at the same time keeping intact the core gameplay elements. Having to worry about weather effects and the likes also adds a new gameplay element, which is to be welcomed!

I am also playing Rising Storm from Tripwire. I would really recommend the game to anyone interested in a realistic multiplayer shooter.

Retr0gamer

The problem with making the AI more intelligent is that it becomes more frustrating. There's a balancing act between AI that you will kick your ass unfairly everytime and know your every move and AI that the player can read and use to their advantage. One is more realistic, the other makes for a better game.

Radiosonde

Retr0gamer wrote: »

The problem with making the AI more intelligent is that it becomes more frustrating. There's a balancing act between AI that you will kick your ass unfairly everytime and know your every move and AI that the player can read and use to their advantage. One is more realistic, the other makes for a better game.

People manage to play chess against AI (Ok, not against Deep Blue) and not get their asses kicked when they know what they're doing, and it has to anticipate all a lot and not make stupidly aggressive moves - doesn't make them bad games. Not that FE should have chess levels of complexity, but it could be a little smarter.

Though this is why I'd love to see proper multiplayer so much, since you'd get clever and unpredictable, but not infallible, opponents.

Vicxas

I bought Rollercoaster Tycoon 1&2 on GoG.

My god I forgot how utterly addictive this game is 12 years on.

Jordan 199

Dirt Showdown, Wolfenstein 3D and Borderlands 2.

Azza

Trying to play the Last of Us both it can't compete with Company of Heroes 2 for my attention. Mainly playing COH 2 in multiplayer, while not up to the standard of the first, its core gameplay is still so good.

Also just getting into Day-Z. Its pretty interesting and unique, tension filled at times, the bugs are pretty much as scary as the zombies!

Considering getting Guild Wars 2 but I'll probably hold off for a little while longer.

chickenboy

Just started a SL1 runthrough of dark souls, I am prepared to die!

Mulling over getting the last of us over the weekend, but may wait until it drops in price.

That_Guy

Playing through a fair few things at the moment.

Animal Crossing (3DS)
Saints Row: The Third (PS3)
Ico (PS3)
XCOM: Enemy Unknown (PS3)
FIFA 13 (Xbox 360)

Given the weather, I've not really been playing a whole lot so the backlog continues.

nesf

AI: War + all expansions: this has tied up a lot of my time the past week or two.
Eador - Masters of a Broken World: started playing this today, a lot of fun if a bit buggy still.
Swords n Soldiers HD: I got it very cheap in a sale and it was worth about that. The boy seems to really enjoy it though.

Planned:
Fallen Enchantress
More CoH 2

Conza41

Currently I'm playing through Far Cry 3, which so far is a pretty amazing game. Not sure how far I'm into it, but I should be a fair bit in. Bought Blood Dragon for it as well to play once I'm done with Far Cry 3.

I've started to find time to start up another campaign of Rome: Total War to prepare myself for the sequel come September. Been playing away at this game for years and I just can't get bored of it.

Danonino.

Can't decide which to buy:

Far Cry Blood Dragon, Okami HD, Hotline Miami or Shatter ?? O_o

Someone help and make up my mind for me

ShadowHearth

Danonino. wrote: »

Can't decide which to buy:

Far Cry Blood Dragon, Okami HD, Hotline Miami or Shatter ?? O_o

Someone help and make up my mind for me

Hotline Miami. And turn that sound up!

Danonino.

Ahhh I still can't decide. Been playing through Thomas was alone and loving it. Never played Okami after hearing it was coming to the wii and still never bought it. woops. I think I'll flip a coin... but far cry is on sale too. feck it back out in the sun methinks, Ill drunk buy something tonight.

ShadowHearth

Danonino. wrote: »

Ahhh I still can't decide. Been playing through Thomas was alone and loving it. Never played Okami after hearing it was coming to the wii and still never bought it. woops. I think I'll flip a coin... but far cry is on sale too. feck it back out in the sun methinks, Ill drunk buy something tonight.

Surely Hotline Miami is on sale for 2-3eu? Its stupidly good game for that price. Just make sure to have some weed while playing it. Its expensive part!

Danonino.

ps3...... 8 bucks seem steep but i flipped anyway and Miami won. oh well ;D heres hoping

Sarky

Serious Warframe binges for me this last month. It's a surprisingly fun game, probably because of its simplicity rather than despite it. I sometimes grab 3 friends and head out to a web cafe to play it with them. Great shooty-hacky-slashy fun, although I still feel a bit uncomfortable about the balance of the microtransactions.

When it's not Warframe, I'm dipping into TF2, The Binding of Isaac, and a bit of Planetside 2.

returnNull

Just finished Legend of Grimrock(really enjoyable!) and about to start on Fez.Really love the indie game scene for the last while.