What are you playing?

AshburnerX

AshburnerX

About to start Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon.

Aliens, your days are through... 'cause now you gotta answer tooooo..... EDF! FUCK YEAH!
 
Gusto

Gusto

I've been playing a lot of Minecraft lately. I do this thing where I venture off randomly in some direction with a map, build a base near a cave formation, and then connect the two locations with a powered train system.

All three of my locations so far are thematically different so it's nice to have that kind of variety when playing alone.
 
Shegokigo

Shegokigo

Fallout New Vegas (Finished Honest Hearts and working on Dead Money at the moment)
Team Fortress 2 (Enjoying the updates, the Medieval one was nice for some item variety, and really looking forward to a Strange Sniper Rifle)
RIFT (Playing this off and on with my brother. It satiates my MMO craving until SW:OR)
 
Fun Size

Fun Size

Okay, I made my way to GameStop, politely told the kid he could shove his membership opportunities - twice - and picked up Bioshock. Hopefully now I can find a way to actually play it.
 
Fun Size

Fun Size

Believe me, I agree, but my PC could barely run Portal, and I can't afford an upgrade, so I'm afraid that if I want to play anything that came out in the last five years, that's what's going to be running it.
 
fade

fade

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I've only played the demo for Batman. I liked the voice acting, and I've never been quite so attracted to a computer animated character as I was to Harley. On the other hand, the motion capture looked really weird. It was like...marionette Batman. The Batman character looked too macho for my tastes, but that's just artsy stuff. The gameplay itself was fun. I do wish it had more fighting-game style controls for the fight sequences, though. I know that hasn't gone over too well in games that have done it in the past. Still, for a character who gets by on his vast martial arts talent, it feels weird to square square square triangle square your way through it.
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Also Bioshock is awesome. Great story. Great acting.
 
Tress

Tress

fade said:
The Batman character looked too macho for my tastes, but that's just artsy stuff.
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I find this interesting. Are you referring to his basic build, or the character details? I would think Batman being larger with a strong build would be necessary for him to be a badass fighting master. If his build were smaller, wouldn't it come off as unrealistic?
 
AshburnerX

AshburnerX

... isn't most of that supposed to be body armor? To protect him from gunfire and to pad blows? I mean, just look at his head... if that was all muscle and bone, his neck would be thicker than his head.
 
Espy

Espy

Yeah, I never cared for the fact that every guy in the Arkham game was built like Arnold on his best day +10muscles. But really, it's such a minor complaint in the face of one of the best games of the last few years and easily the best comic/batman game ever done that I couldn't let the fact that Gordon was bulging out of his suit throw me off.
 
ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

WoW
Champions Online
The Sims 3 (+Medieval)
Portal 2
Mass Effect 2 (Again)

Though my favorite little time waster right now is not even a purchased game, it's called "Kingdom Rush" and is a small tower defense style game on Armor Games. Right now trying for all the Challenge Stars.
 
Jay

Jay

I'm currently playing :

- Alan Wake on the 360 (on normal :()
- Red Dead Redemption on my PS3 (I'm far too distracted by hunting and being a general asshole to finish this game)
- Oblivion (heavy modded, enjoying an AMAZING 20 hour long custom quest line)
- Killing Floor (occasionally for my MP fix)
- Witcher 2 (beautiful game but the controls/interfact is shit and frustrated me after an hour, despite an awesome story/graphics)

Reading books when the sun's up really... taking it easy. Basically waiting for Dead Island and NHL 12 to roll out next month. Looking at Deux Ex apprehensively.
 
Vrii

Vrii

Jay said:
Alan Wake on the 360 (on normal :()
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The DLC for Alan Wake is maybe the only set for any game that I've really felt was worth the money. It continues the story, and it actually adds and expands on some pretty cool gameplay elements in the process.
 
Frank

Frank

Jay said:
I'm currently playing :

- Alan Wake on the 360 (on normal :()
- Red Dead Redemption on my PS3 (I'm far too distracted by hunting and being a general asshole to finish this game)
- Oblivion (heavy modded, enjoying an AMAZING 20 hour long custom quest line)
- Killing Floor (occasionally for my MP fix)
- Witcher 2 (beautiful game but the controls/interfact is shit and frustrated me after an hour, despite an awesome story/graphics)

Reading books when the sun's up really... taking it easy. Basically waiting for Dead Island and NHL 12 to roll out next month. Looking at Deux Ex apprehensively.
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Nehrim?
 
linglingface

linglingface

My friend sent me the 7 day Rift trial aaaand well, it feels like WoW. I don't want to pay monthly for a game again, so it'll just be a 7 day thing for me! I'll enjoy it while it lasts.
I also just downloaded League of Legends. Can't wait to try it out! :3
 
Vrii

Vrii

I'm playing primarily League of Legends and Starcraft 2 right now. Back and forth between them as whims strike.
 
Shegokigo

Shegokigo

heatherling said:
My friend sent me the 7 day Rift trial aaaand well, it feels like WoW. I don't want to pay monthly for a game again, so it'll just be a 7 day thing for me! I'll enjoy it while it lasts.
I also just downloaded League of Legends. Can't wait to try it out! :3
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It's supposed to feel like WoW, that's the draw. It's basically "If you're tired of WoW but like the familiarity, wish there was more depth to the gameplay and world enviroment, then play Rift!"
 
AshburnerX

AshburnerX

Shegokigo said:
It's supposed to feel like WoW, that's the draw. It's basically "If you're tired of WoW but like the familiarity, wish there was more depth to the gameplay and world enviroment, then play Rift!"
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That's sort of the draw for Google+. "Do you like what Facebook can do, but hate everything else about it? Try GOOGLE+!"
 
Adam

Adam

My wife really enjoys RIFT. She got that rare ugly monkey mount or something which she just found brilliant because it could nearly climb sheer cliffs - something WoW never did.

Plus there's always something to do, either in groups, or RIFTs or by herself.
 
Shegokigo

Shegokigo

Yeah, which is why I used the analogy earlier. Problem is, they're so entranced by the big face of Facebook, that ALOT of people won't realize that while it's "like" Facebook, Google+ will be superior in almost every way.

If you like WoW, and are entranced by it, with no way to pull you out: RIFT isn't for you. WoW is.

If you liked WoW "back then" but don't anymore and wish you could find something similar "enough" without being WoW, RIFT is your game. However, it takes a few days before you really feel it pull away from it's WoW roots and stand on it's own merits.
 
fade

fade

Staff member
Google+ is to Facebook what a computer is to a pocket calculator. That's not necessarily a compliment to Google+, either. Sometimes people would rather just pull out a calculator.
 
Shegokigo

Shegokigo

Oh no question that Facebook is easier to get into and easier to understand. Which furthers my example point.

I get that it will NEVER overshadow WoW as Google+ will probably never have the mass media appeal of Facebook. Doesn't change the nuts and bolts of it though....
 
Frank

Frank

So, I've been playing Dragon Age 2: Legacy aaaaaaaaaand it's good. I understand it's not very long, but so far from what I've played (about 2 hours) it's a piece of the game that Dragon Age 2 should have been if DA2 wasn't the rushed mess it was.
 
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