the "Currently Playing" thread.

[synaesthetic]

PC: Touhou 11: Subterranean Animism again... still lose too many lives on stage 3 normal, still can't pass stage 4 without a game over. =(

I have a feeling that my tiny netbook screen is causing me problems, especially since I can't play for more than an hour or two before my eyes start to water and burn. =|

[Irenicus]

I'm playing a mod for Civilization IV BTS, History of the Three Kingdoms. It is, IMO, one of the most polished mods about the three kingdoms anywhere out there. I just finished an epic campaign in the huge map as Liu Bei, crushing all traitors to the Han cause and not-so-traitors who refused to let me annex them anyway (i.e. everyone XD). Pushed my computer to the limit and ran slow as hell, but what the hell, it was worth it.

Am now going to play Sun Ce and attempts what he would have tried in real life had he lived, a ruthless, head-on strike for Xuchang and the Emperor once I've secured the Eastern regions (and squashed Liu Biao). Then fight Yuan Shao in Cao Cao's place, or something.

Originally Posted by CeDeR

Neverwinter nights 2: Mysteries of westgate

Is it any good? I was thoroughly pissed with SoZ and all it represents, an empty shell of a toolset, while highly impressed with MotB (though not so much with the ending *see spoiler*). How does this one compare to the two main expansions or the original OC?

Spoiler for Mask of the Betrayer, last chapter/ending:

In short, it was rushed and unpolished, and I was extremely angry that my character didn't even have a choice to try to pull down the Wall of the Faithless, after all I've told Kaelyn that I *will* do it, to the Kelemvor priest that he wouldn't dare stop me, and to Kelemvor himself that he can shove his divine scepter up his ass. After so much emotional investment in a fictional crusade...I wasn't able to carry it through, or even die trying. One of the biggest what the fuck moment in my RPG gaming history. =_=

But...the fact that I was so invested in the cause speaks highly of how much I was immersed with MotB's focus on story and character, which was superior to the OC, and infinitely superior to that shitty excuse of a story SoZ has.

[pigoz]

I'm playing Heroes of Newerth these days. It's pretty fun and multiplatform so I don't have to reboot to play.

[McMilk]

PS3: Final Fantasy XIII, Assassin's Creed 2, Ninja Gaiden Σ 2

[CeDeR]

Is it any good? I was thoroughly pissed with SoZ and all it represents, an empty shell of a toolset, while highly impressed with MotB (though not so much with the ending *see spoiler*). How does this one compare to the two main expansions or the original OC?



But...the fact that I was so invested in the cause speaks highly of how much I was immersed with MotB's focus on story and character, which was superior to the OC, and infinitely superior to that shitty excuse of a story SoZ has.[/spoiler]
Yeah Mysteries of westgate is pretty good and yeah SoZ sucked.

[Chase]

360: Bayonetta

Just got it a couple hours ago. The game is badass, best action game ive played in a long time.

[Narzia]

Picked up Darksiders in the mail this morning, yay!
Will probably order Bayonetta some days later.

[TrueCaptain]

Currently I have been playing a lot of the XboX360 because it's the only modern day system that I care to own, so Smackdown vs Raw 2010, NBA2K10 and Lego Batman have been my most recent games of choice, but I did fire up Faxanadu and Swords & Serpents for the NES recently as well. I'm a retro gamer mostly, I love the classics and I feel the newer generation of video games could never touch the fun and excitement I get from video games of the past....

I guess I'm a rare breed.

[jedinat]

Originally Posted by TrueCaptain

Currently I have been playing a lot of the XboX360 because it's the only modern day system that I care to own, so Smackdown vs Raw 2010, NBA2K10 and Lego Batman have been my most recent games of choice, but I did fire up Faxanadu and Swords & Serpents for the NES recently as well. I'm a retro gamer mostly, I love the classics and I feel the newer generation of video games could never touch the fun and excitement I get from video games of the past....

I guess I'm a rare breed.

Well, if you want to have more fun with modern games, don't look to Smackdown and NBA2K and Lego Batman! Sheesh. You compare crappy low-brow sports games to fantasy RPGs of olde and sure you might very well find more entertainment in your NES. If you had a PS3 you could be playing Demon's Souls. If I had a 360 I might try Bayonetta (even though I'm not really an action gamer...).

[Woopzilla]

I'm currently playing Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield and making tons of mission plans for the AI to follow in Terrorist Hunts.

There's something fun about flying around in spectator mode and watching your team kick ass. I love waiting in rooms and giving the go-code for your team to blast the doors of their hinges and then watch how they gun everyone down as they storm in.

I really hope they turn the series around from what it is now and give us an game like R6:RS again.

[TrueCaptain]

Originally Posted by jedinat

Well, if you want to have more fun with modern games, don't look to Smackdown and NBA2K and Lego Batman! Sheesh. You compare crappy low-brow sports games to fantasy RPGs of olde and sure you might very well find more entertainment in your NES. If you had a PS3 you could be playing Demon's Souls. If I had a 360 I might try Bayonetta (even though I'm not really an action gamer...).

Well the feeling of not enjoying modern games compared to the classics isn't a new feeling, it hit around the time the PS2, GCN and XB came out, the whole new decade and generation of games just didn't have that certain fun feeling anymore and the developers seem so locked on adding in amazing graphics and tons of content that they forget to make the game fun in the process. The only games I get any satisfaction in playing are sports games and lighthearted games like Lego Batman and Lego Star Wars, I couldn't get into the complex shooting games that are out these days and the crazy action simulators that pop up every couple of months.

I guess I'm just a vintage gamer at heart, no problem with that though as there are tons of vintage games out there for me to play!

[ZeroForever]

PSP - Prinny Hero... it's kinda like mega man games fun but fustratingly hard at times.

[Statonxyb]

Way of the Samurai 3

Soon:

Batman: Arkham Asylum
Devil May Cry 4
Mercenaries 2

[iwatch2muchanime]

PS3- Blazblue, Tekken 6, Valkyria Chronicles.

DS - Chrono Trigger, TWEWY (beat em both but both so good)

[-Sho-]

For nostalgia , i play WC3 TD missed me ^^

[zebra]

PS3:

Uncharted .. in the Bunker.

Spoiler for scary level / enemies:

WHY CREATURES? WHYWHYWHY?!? I enjoyed this game so much and then they throw in zombie-mutants-thingies. I'm a sucker at horror games. This damn level is a test of my nerves XD. Ironically enough I haven't died there .. yet. I turned it off when the alarm went off and haven't returned to it yet <.<
I wanna shoot humans again v_v I want out of the dark D: I'm too delicate for such things D:

I really need company or I won't be able to finish that level without a heart attack. Pulse is over 9000 ._. I'm really not good with stuff like that >_< I would really like to play all the horror games, but I'm not able to alone xD *scaredy cat* Horror movies are no problem, but games get me with the slightest fright

Motor Storm: Pacific Rift
Banging against a wall hasn't been as pretty before. The load times get on my nerves sometimes, though.

[RWBladewing]

Trying to complete all the spec ops on veteran in Modern Warfare 2. Need to find a competent teammate who won't accidentally kill me just as we're about to finish the Big Brother level.

Also trying to get the platinum trophy for Blazblue, finally managed to beat Score Attack today (yeah I know, I'm bad).

Would like to be playing Demon's Souls but every store around here seems to be out of it, guess I will have to order it online.

[mokoufanatic]

Now playing Demon's Souls one of the hardest games i have ever played and thats saying something
warning not for the short of patient and the sore of dying
other titles include Tales of Symphonia Dawn of the New World and Wet

[MushroomSamba]

Originally Posted by zebra

PS3:

Uncharted .. in the Bunker.

Spoiler for scary level / enemies:

WHY CREATURES? WHYWHYWHY?!? I enjoyed this game so much and then they throw in zombie-mutants-thingies. I'm a sucker at horror games. This damn level is a test of my nerves XD. Ironically enough I haven't died there .. yet. I turned it off when the alarm went off and haven't returned to it yet <.<
I wanna shoot humans again v_v I want out of the dark D: I'm too delicate for such things D:

I really need company or I won't be able to finish that level without a heart attack. Pulse is over 9000 ._. I'm really not good with stuff like that >_< I would really like to play all the horror games, but I'm not able to alone xD *scaredy cat* Horror movies are no problem, but games get me with the slightest fright

Aw, I actually loved that part.

Spoiler:

...and I'll never tire of killing Nazi zombies!

If it really spooks ya, just imagine them as emaciated naked albinos with dental problems and great cardio.

[Woopzilla]

Back to playing Wipeout HD and a bit of Flower since my computer pretty much blew up. PSU went *zaaaaap* and proceeded with a small fireworks display... so no more Raven Shield or Fallout 3 for me.

I can only hope my HDD's are safe, but I'll find out next week when I get a new comp