What are you playing right now?

I bought 6 games during the last GameStop B2G1 used sale and had a couple before that.  I finished Mass Effect 1, Alan Wake (and the DLC episode), and Infamous, currently sort of playing Red Steel 2 and DJ Hero, and have No More Heroes 2, Mass Effect 2, and a few other old games to play.  I've been thinking about getting Limbo and Shadow Complex on XBLA but don't have enough time to do so just yet.

Yeah, those b2g1 sales tend to set me even further back, even though I always tell myself I'm going to resist.  I picked up Saboteur, Brutal Legend, and Ghostbusters last time, but I'm in the middle of Battlefield: Bad Company (the first one).  It's pretty solid, but doesn't set my world on fire or anything.  The save system (it saves automatically whenever you reach a save point, which is not marked on the map or anything) is mildly annoying.

Waiting for me to start in with it is the Gold's Gym cardio boxing Wii game.  The family schedule is in the process of significant changes due to the start of kindergarten, so I need to figure out a convenient workout time.

Oh, and I also got the Wii edition of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen in the recent this 'n' that sale, which has a cool 2-player mode where one person controls the robot and the 2nd player is a "drone" and simply has to point and shoot.  It lets me play together with my son, who's very young and not much into video games (but VERY into Transformers).  The game appears to be completely different from the PS3 edition.

I also got Bionicle Heroes, Revenge of the Sith and Return of the King for PS2 and Madworld for Wii in that sale (all for about $17 total).  I'll never finish this stuff. . .

I have a PC..

1. Doom 3. After a couple of restarts, I finished it years ago.  It's fun again...easier than I remember.  ...but nice and dark and spooky, as it should be.  Hopefully Doom 4 won't install so many monster closets in the house....  ;) 

2. Dungeon Master Return to Chaos.  It's a freeware clone (just google...) of the classic hacknslash from FTL.  Includes several versions, the addon and even the sequel DM II.  All in a little over 12 Megs.  Works great with XP.  This is probably my overall fav games of all time. I waited a year to play on my Amiga.  First game I got that needed the 512k memory card.  I bought an 8 meg with 2 megs on it.  Over kill! 

Took a break from Gothic 2 GOLD that I got off steam for $1.  But speaking of game deals, I got it recently with Gothic 3 for $1.99 actually.  Seriously, an amazing deal for so much gameplay.  I already had the plain Jane version of G2 and had paid $40 for it years ago.  Nice to get the digital for so cheap with all the extra bits.  Also had a G3 I bought used and it was scratched to heck.  So that replacement is welcome. 

Been craving:  Dead Space, Mass Effect, Settlers Rise of an Empire, ...others...

I am currently playing two games:

1) Mafia 2 Demo (PS3) - I love this game.  It's beautiful to look at and great fun to play (too bad about the 10 minute time limit).  Unfortunately the demo has some graphic "tearing" but I've read somewhere that the PS3 demo is based on an older build of the game - and that the retail version of the game will look and play smoothly.  So I am very happy about that.  The original "Mafia" game is one of the greatest games I've ever played and it looks like Mafia 2 may be just as good if not better. 

2) Assassin's Creed (PS3) - Im still very early in the game and had a tough time trying to pickpocket my target.  But now that I got that out of the way, I'm now able to enjoy the game.  It's great looking as most of you already know.  I only had the PS3 since last Christmas so it's still very new to me. 

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Originally Posted by Greg_S_H 

I started Limbo last night.  Cool game.  I don't want to say too much to spoil anything, but the flickering B&W graphics remind me of an old Universal horror--particularly The Wolfman.  The designers sure like to kill players.

Greg,

I just downloaded that game last week.  Great game, but it was kind of short.  I loved the atmosphere.  The game reminds me of the Gashlycrumb Tinies.

Joey,

Assassin's Creed was great.  Assassin 2 is even better. 

I'm playing Dragon Quest Sentinels Of The Starry Skies on DS.  It's just like the other DQ games, and it's nice and long.  I might be out of the loop for awhile, though, because my wife is due to deliver our first baby in October, so I'm sure I won't have much time to play.  I got a pre sell ticket for Assassin 3, though.   We will see how long it takes before I get a chance to play it.

Greg,

There were a couple spots that had me thinking for a while, but I figured them out.  Usually in a game I get impatient and look up solutions, but this time I didn't.

You're probably close to the two parts that had me stuck the most.  They were one after another.  The first was the

I figured it out by accident! LOL  Sometimes it's better to be lucky than smart. :-)

Congrats.  I kind of found the ending anti-climactic and a bit of a letdown.  Not sure what I was expecting, though.  Still a very fun game.  What about you?

They've updated PixelJunk Monsters (trophies, etc.) and I'm going back through the game.  I've beaten it before, perfect with rainbows... but damn, such a mental puzzle of strategy on each and every level.  Addictive.

I'm on a PC as well and last night just finished the main story of Assassin's Creed 2.  Mark, I agree that AC2 was better than AC1, even though the ending fight was a bit easier in AC2 than I had expected (of course that may be due to the fact that I had all the best gear and equipment before I tackled the last guy).

I'm a real completionist, though, so I still have to go back and finish up the last of the side missions and find the last of the feathers.  Can't wait for AC3 to come out!

I finished Battlefield: Bad Company.  Overall, it was a solid modern FPS but nothing in it particularly blew me away.  I've got a cold that's kept me from getting into the cardio boxing game, but it also give me some time to start in on Uncharted 2.  Whoa Nellie!  After 3 days I'm 64% of the way through, and games like that usually take me at least 6 months to finish.  It is seriously addictive -- I've basically been glued to the TV.

My wife almost killed me when I tried playing it in front of my son. :)

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Originally Posted by Radioman970 

I have a PC..

 

2. Dungeon Master Return to Chaos.  It's a freeware clone (just google...) of the classic hacknslash from FTL.  Includes several versions, the addon and even the sequel DM II.  All in a little over 12 Megs.  Works great with XP.  This is probably my overall fav games of all time. I waited a year to play on my Amiga.  First game I got that needed the 512k memory card.  I bought an 8 meg with 2 megs on it.  Over kill! 

 

I am glad you mentioned this.  I remember this game on my Amiga and played it many hours so I just downloaded it for my PC to play it again and share it with my kids.  Wow I'm old.

I'm playing the old Interstel Empire! Deluxe game on the PC as a free clone download.  Another addicting game that was on the Amiga.

I've been spending most of my gaming between the games listed in my sig... 

But have been spending alot of time playing (and loving) Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance (GC), wow why did i wait so long to try this game out! (A friend of mine gave me a buch of games to sell for him on e-bay, and while testing them to make sure they worked i popped in FE, and i don't think i will be selling it but buying it from him its a great game)

Been dabbling with Mass Effect 1 playin though the game a 3rd time with a Female Vanguard renegade style (for most choices lol), then will import that character to ME2 and continue from there.. 

Really though i'm just wasting time till Halo:Reach comes out, looking forward to playing the campaign 4 player co-op.....

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Originally Posted by Chuck Anstey 

I am glad you mentioned this.  I remember this game on my Amiga and played it many hours so I just downloaded it for my PC to play it again and share it with my kids.  Wow I'm old.

 

I'm playing the old Interstel Empire! Deluxe game on the PC as a free clone download.  Another addicting game that was on the Amiga.

I was hoping it would catch the eye of fellow Amiga (or ST) alums.    I'm STILL playing it more than just about any other thing.  I also just reinstalled Settlers: Rise of an Empire.  If you had an Amiga you had the original Settlers and I won't take "no I didn't, you jerk!" as a response to that!  Haha!  But this 6th (I think) in the series is awesome. 

Was playing Red Steel 2, started No More Heroes 2, and I just bought Metroid Other M today. (Along with Mario Kart Wii at Target, since buying Other M made MKW $20 cheaper and I had a $10 off coupon.)  Ugh, too many games and more to come in the holidays!

What do you think of Red Steel 2 and No More Heroes 2?  The originals had a rep for being innovative ideas but perhaps not as fun as they could have been.

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Originally Posted by Aaron Silverman 

What do you think of Red Steel 2 and No More Heroes 2?  The originals had a rep for being innovative ideas but perhaps not as fun as they could have been.

I played RS2 for a few hours and then kinda stopped.  I had other distractions plus wanted to start NMH2.  Then I got Metroid: Other M and stopped NMH2 as well.

RS2 isn't that great, honestly.  The graphics are neat as an artistic choice, the controls work pretty well, but the game just seems too repetitive in its environments, enemies, missions, etc. and it feels like I'm only halfway through a game that I don't feel like playing anymore.  There are other issues with using the sword, shooting, and moving the first-person camera with the remote and how those all kind of get in the way of each other.  For example, trying to slice an object while not locked-on means that your camera will swing around because the game isn't sure what you're doing (moving the camera or slicing with the sword) until after you've already done it.

NMH2 is like if you took NMH, removed anything that was remotely boring or uninteresting, and just made everything else bigger.  It's really fun, but it's obviously a Grasshopper game.  It's random, loud, has lots of cursing and violence, and is fun.

Cool, maybe I'll check out NMH2.  Speaking of random, loud, and lots of cursing and violence, I played Madworld the other day -- is that a "Grasshopper" game too?  :)

I got Toy Story 3 (for PS3) through Amazon Vine and my son, who never had any interest in playing video games before, is utterly addicted to it.  It's pretty much all he's wanted to do all week.  Thankfully it's a pretty cool game (although I wouldn't be spending nearly so much time with it were it not for the child-appropriate co-op play).

I think MadWorld was another company and released by Sega.