[Game] The "what are you currently playing?" thread #2

[Murphy]

Red Dead Redemption(think I'll never actually finish this game lol)

You have to.

 

[dogbadger]

L4d2 which was gifted to me by a mate who loves it.
I played both l4d demos and enjoyed them but wasn't convinced it was for me - i kinda prefered KF's rawness but i have to say thou after getting into the 2nd one trying the various options it's real fun and as some of the best value i've seen in a long time.
It kinda reminds me of Perfect dark/timesplitters insofar as they pack the game out with extra challenges and gamemodes.

I recommend to anyone who hasn't got it (presumingly cos they don't think it's their kinda thing) - I enjoy it far more than i ever thought i would.

 

[Musa]

only BF3 right now

oh about l2d. Yep, I also was suprised how good this game turned out to be. I played demo but I wasn't convinced. However at some sale I bought it and I was more than pleased with gameplay. Totally desrved for high ratings. Especially versus mode required more teamplay than most (even reeslitic) tactical fps

 

[Crusher]

Minecraft
1.0 was released and the server I play on uses a new map now so I'm building a new improved castle.

 

[Krobar]

Minecraft.

I believe myself to be more of a Civil Engineer than an Architect so I'm usually designing efficient rail lines or large shops or markets. More stuff that is useful than "pretty" a good example are my "First Messiah" brand "Apoc Shelters" or "Vanilla Shelters" structures to keep thieves out and away using every means available. Never have had one fail.

Star Wars: The Old Republic: Beta.

It is *kerrkkplukk* ABSOLUTELY CONFIDENTIAL. Sorry.

 

[Grabbed_by_the_Spetsnaz]

Kicking it ol skool right now with the Goldeneye 64 and majors mask

Mainly because I'm outta broadband and EVERY BLOODY GAME I'VE INSTALLED NEEDS PATCHING D:<. I've got ten gigs worth of broadband and about 20 gigs of patching to do.

 

[Nenjin]

Ugh. I'd rather go without cable TV than have capped bandwidth. Cause then I could just watch TV on my puter!

Playing Arkham City. Feels so good to swoop and zip around the city and mash 15 bad guys' faces in without getting touched.

 

[DraKon2k]

metro 2033
skyrim#
rdr
condemned 2

 

[dogbadger]

Empires mod - steam release now and lots of new maps
No more room in hell - not much to it at this stage thou
L4D2

 

[DraKon2k]

Just finished RDR. Very nice and different ending, although

Spoiler!

John Marshton dying left me relatively cold because his wifes reaction was unrealistically "short" and the boy was way to calm. Also I was missing some musical support in that scene, which is weird because for example the credits music and all the other songs(well, there are only two in the whole game but still) were spot-on.

 

[Murphy]

RDR spoiler

Spoiler!

Well, his wife is a selfish whore, for all we know, and he's an impressionable dope who just fell for the first girl he had and she used him for it. That and her gang history makes it hardly surprising that she got over it.
The kid was obviously deeply shocked and not only did he make it his goal in life to avenge his father he also desperately wants to be like him. So there's that.

That's what I liked most about the ending, btw. That the protagonist died was hardly surprising, but I think the way the game goes on after that is really poignant.

John Marston was already a dying breed. A man stuck in the past who couldn't adapt to the changing times. Jack Marston, instead of going with the flow goes on to live in the past, abides by the rules of his dead father. The world around him goes on, but there is nothing in it for him anymore. No missions, no people to interact in a meaningful way, no goal. Nothing to live for but empty vengeance and even that doesn't give him closure once he accomplishes it!
The game just goes on, but there is nothing left to do but hunt and ride around purposelessly.

Brilliant, imo. They could have made players who want to play on with the maxed out character load the last save before John Marston dies. They could have made the game end after Jack Marston gets his revenge and let players load a game before that then.

But they didn't. I like to think it's intentional because I really love this in a very sad but interesting way. In this way it's among the best endings in videogame history.

 

[DraKon2k]

T.l.i.t.d. WIP update #5 now in !!CRYENGINE 3!! - YouTube


Looks like CryEngine 3 > Frostbite 2.0 afterall. Awesome job by those modders.

 

[CandleJack]

Well i've been playing SW:TOR for a few hours, it looks good from what i've seen.

Better than WoW at least.

 

[Moyako]

T.l.i.t.d. WIP update #5 now in !!CRYENGINE 3!! - YouTube


Looks like CryEngine 3 > Frostbite 2.0 afterall. Awesome job by those modders.

That's amazing :O

 

[Verluste]

Limbo - Game Trailer - YouTube

Limbo!

 

[Flogger23m]

Bf3.

 

[fiftyone]

Arkham City.
Awesome.

BF3.
Good Game.

RO2.
Getting Better.

 

[DraKon2k]

Just finished RDR: Undead Nightmare. Very funny and worthy DLC and nice ending again

Finished Uncharted 2 too, good game but by far NOT the uber-game everyone calls it. Not enough interaction/too much in cutscenes, pacing isn't the best(too many climbing chapters in a row, then followed by the last part of the game being a complete mess - seriously, what were they thinking? It's not fun fighting against 95934539 armored enemies for 5 chapters) and the end sucks because the blond girl is rather annoying and I don't like her(the black haired one is much better, eventhough her voice is that of a grandmother). Graphics were awesome mostly though and so is the soundtrack.

 

[dogbadger]

I've been trying a bit of APB reloaded lately.
On paper it's a dream mmo, and it does captivate you - for a bit.
After a few hours you realise its a repetitive load of rubbish that makes you rage.

 

[Fedorov]

I've been trying a bit of APB reloaded lately.
On paper it's a dream mmo, and it does captivate you - for a bit.
After a few hours you realise its a repetitive load of rubbish that makes you rage.

I spent more time in the character creation, the tattoo design and the clothing design than actually playing the game.

In my experience at least in that team deathmatch map, the enforcers have all tons of different guns and the criminals all have the starting weapons and the enforcers completely wipe us out again and again and again.

But I still like the character creator and driving around doing crazy stuff, like a GTA but with your own character.