What are you playing at the moment?

[Haly]

Like the 'What are you listening to/reading' threads only it's for games :D

Currently I'm playing:
World of Warcraft as I've got back into it, possibly because it's the only thing that will just about run on this XP2200 PC I'm using at the moment.
Viva Pinata although got stuck on it for now but it's a good relaxing game.
And I keep meaning to get back into Oblivion after playing some of the main quest originally, I want to try some sidequests now. It's a bit hard to see on a 14" TV though. :shocked:

Can you tell I've got a bit of free time at the moment? ;D

[Nismo]

Crackdown, but finding it a bit 'meh' for various reasons.

Want to try and get Excite Truck for the Wii.

[Dee]

Twilight Princess, I am gutted cos we've nearly finished it :p

[Nismo]

Twilight Princess, I am gutted cos we've nearly finished it :p

You'll have to download OOT for the Virtual Console ;)

[Dee]

You'll have to download OOT for the Virtual Console ;)

Nah, Ive got the Master Quest for the Gamecube :cool:

[Nismo]

Nah, Ive got the Master Quest for the Gamecube :cool:

Oh right, Nurr :embarassed:

[Belmit]

Finally got all the single-player achievements for Gears of War so I'm letting it go for a while now. I think there's a new Oblivion expansion coming out soonish but I've only seen it advertised for the PC so far, can't imagine it won't be on the 360 though. I'll almost certainly be getting it. Hopefully STALKER will be out next month as well. I'm crossing my fingers, but not holding my breath!

Might have a crack at Tomb Raider again for some achievements, and I have Halo 3 on pre-order too.

[leowyatt]

STALKER

you mean that is actually being released? I thought it was like DN: Forever never to be released :D

[Stan_Lite]

At work I've just started Quake 4 and at home, HL2 (both on PC).

Stan :)

[Belmit]

you mean that is actually being released? I thought it was like DN: Forever never to be released :D

Yep, check out my pre-order. Note order date and price. :)

http://www.belmit.co.uk/boatdrinks/pics/stalker.PNG

[Haly]

I'm not sure if I want STALKER coming out. I heard that when it does the world ends :p

[Pickers]

Full Auto on xbox360 - thanks to Fakesnake ;)
Gave PGR3 a break to play it.

On the PC, last time I had time to play on it, I was working though Boiling Point, may get back to it eventually.

[Desmo]

Well I just whipped out my orig Xbox, got the Xecuter2 working again and it fired up first time so I reckon I'll be playing a few old classics :p

[Dee]

Twilight Princess, I am gutted cos we've nearly finished it :p

Gutted now we've finished it :'( What are we going to do all night now? ;)

[Pickers]

Gutted now we've finished it :'( What are we going to do all night now? ;)

Warning...Warning... SMUT leak discovered in Computer and Consoles.
Immediate evacuation of innocent civilians required.
Send in Tak to mop up...

[Tak]

Send in Tak to mop up...

You called? :evil: :evil: :evil:



*goes back to wait for piccys in the smut thread before she gets told off :embarassed: :embarassed: *

[Pickers]

You called? :evil: :evil: :evil:



*goes back to wait for piccys in the smut thread before she gets told off :embarassed: :embarassed: *
Like a moth to the flame
(or a fly around ****) ;)
Impressive response time Tak ;)

[Davey_Pitch]

On the Xbox I've been playing Pro Evo 6 laying the smack down online. I'll have another couple of games tonight, as from tomorrow I'll be playing Crackdown.

On the PC I'm working my way through Knights of the Old Republic again. I forgot just how engrossing it can be.

Also still playing Guitar Hero 1 + 2 on the PS2 from time to time, a great way to waste 20 mins or so :)

[Haly]

Well I just whipped out my orig Xbox, got the Xecuter2 working again and it fired up first time so I reckon I'll be playing a few old classics :p

I'm considering getting an xecuter2 for my xbox as it's just sitting in a box at the moment, not sure how much I'd use it though. And don't trust myself to not break the thing :embarassed:

I'm hoping to get a good dose of Oblivion this weekend, hit level 47 in WoW and not sure if I can be bothered to level up hard again for a few days. Off car hunting though, this going outdoors thing really cuts into the gaming time. :shocked:

[Priest]

Just finished Enchanted Arms, just need to finish off a few things to get 100% (collect a few golems), really enjoyed it so a big thank you to Jen for recommending it. :)

I was thinking of giving Oblivion another blast as I want to try The Nights of the Nine quests, but since I just got Crackdown don't think that's gonna happen. ;D

[Haly]

Glad to hear you enjoyed it :)

I've spent most of the day playing Oblivion and really enjoying it, been doing the arena quests and moved onto the fighter's guild line of sidequests but there's so many others :shocked:
Amazed how much there's to do in the game :) When I tried it on the PC when it came out, it really didn't appeal to me, I think it feels better on a console for some reason.

[Creature]

I'm trying to finish off oblivion. I could do it in about 3 minutes, but I fancy closing the great gate before jumping in the top of the final building.

[Admiral Huddy]

Currently playing Splinter Cell 4 - Double Agent.

After a very poor start due to dual core optimizer installation problems, this game is turning out to be not too bad for a console conversion. I've just completed the Ship level 4 in the ice and snow which which was easy enough. However the level before with the the JBAs training was awsome. It's a long time since i've played the original so I forgot how enjoyable these games are. It does take a little time to get into stealthy sneak'em ups but so far so good. :)

[semi-pro waster]

I've just completed NFS: Carbon recently, both the Challenge and Career modes (twice over in fact but that is a different story) and now I'm thinking about starting Farcry properly. I know I'm way behind the times but my computer is a bit over two and a half years old now so I'm just getting round to games I didn't play at the time. :)

[Haly]

What was wrong with the other thread? :p
I'm still just playing WoW on the PC.

[Admiral Huddy]

What was wrong with the other thread? :p
I'm still just playing WoW on the PC.


Sorry, I wasn't aware of any other thread..

I dearn't get into Wow or Eve, I'd end up playing too much.. Was bad enough with CoH.. but with these two i'd be up all night and divorced within a month.

[Justsomebloke]

BF2 still & daily, It'll be 2 years in June if i am still playing it then & i've clocked up over 1600 hours. When ever i play anything else i am thinking "I could be playing BF2".
There are just so many different ways to play BF2 with all the different classes actually having quite different roles amongst the team. Then there are all the maps and variations of equipment and vehicles and now there are Infantry only servers as well. You can be flying a Jet off a carrier one minute strafing enemy bases and armour or you can be parachuting out of a blackhawk with 4-5 dudes over an enemy base to Cap it. In & out of tanks and APCs, gangs of lads steaming about in jeeps and buggys jumping out rifles cocked. Engineers repairing and laying mines, Proper snipers with decent gilly suits and excellent rifles taking peoples heads off. With other games the classes are just different skins but with BF2 you can proper get into the class you choose. Being a medic on infantry only servers is a favourite of mine. You get to drop meddy packs and you can defribulate dead dudes and bring them back. Medics have good sprint and you can drop packs around yourself, heal/revive but you wear no armour so it all evens out.
Anyway that's me BF2.
The only other game i play is RFactor the racing sim with my wheel/pedals and all that gubbings. A new mod has come out for that which is excellent, Race prepped Clios that handle and really suit my style. I've done really well in these online & have yet to be beat in a race.

[Davey_Pitch]

I really enjoyed the BF2 demo and actually became a pretty decent sniper, but for some reason I never got the full game and I know if I tried now I'd get wasted by everyone with a lot of experience over me. I may try it at some point though and see how I do :)

[Feek]

rfactor central is down at the moment (or at least it was at the weekend), where can I download these new mods from, Pikey?

Plus, what's the box I need to tick for the feedback reversal as I've got the wheel and pedals working now - Very good :D :D :D

[Haly]

WoW's never really dragged me in. I'll play it a fair bit but it's never really become a huge deal for me. Only really play it now because of some old counterstrike mates that play it.
EverQuest 1 dragged me in a fair bit between 2001-2003 but I'd still say I wasn't addicted to that either, still got A Levels, still had a reasonable social life and my bf at the time played it which was convenient :p However, I did think of EQ related things while in lectures ;D

[Justsomebloke]

I really enjoyed the BF2 demo and actually became a pretty decent sniper, but for some reason I never got the full game and I know if I tried now I'd get wasted by everyone with a lot of experience over me. I may try it at some point though and see how I do :)

Not true at all mate. I am pleased to say lots of new players have joined the ranks since xmas and many are coming back to BF2 after there stint on 2142. Besides that anyone can kill anyone in BF2 that is one of the many good things about BF2. Me i just can't get enouth of 64 man IO battles.
32v32 all tooled up kicking off, it's great fun. For total noobs to BF2 you just hang with a decent medic, he,ll look after you until you get grounded.


@Feek.

This is The mod to have at the mo, it is excellent.
http://www.rfactorcentral.com/detail.cfm?ID=Renault%20Super%20Clio

RSc was down for a bit but ok now.

The box is in the control option for your wheel in RFactor, where you adjust feedback etc Iirc there is a slider for percentage, slide it all the way back to -100% that's minus 100%.

[Belmit]

I'm not sure if I want STALKER coming out. I heard that when it does the world ends :p

Your order for S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl - Limited Edition Tin (Stalker) has been posted.


:shocked:

Would be just my luck that the world would end and I don't get to play it!

Edit: And more on topic, I've been replaying Tomb Raider Legends to get all the bonus bronze, silver and gold awards. Only have six time trials left to get all the achievements now.

[Zirax]

Well I am currently giving Stalker a go at the moment. The verdict is kinda :/ at the moment. Awesome skyline and textures, but my god is it sketchy in places!!!

Its very much a letdown. This was one of a few games that I was going to buy, no chance now. I won't bitch on as you seem to be looking forward to it Belmit :)

[Haly]

:shocked:

Would be just my luck that the world would end and I don't get to play it!

Edit: And more on topic, I've been replaying Tomb Raider Legends to get all the bonus bronze, silver and gold awards. Only have six time trials left to get all the achievements now.

Fingers crossed I was wrong ;D
And hope it's as good as you're hoping :) I've not really kept an eye on its development in a while as I'm not much of a PC gamer these days (besides bouts of Football Manager addiction).

I'm now currently playing through Crackdown and I think soon to be Worms and TMNT again. Oooh and Oblivion as always now. So many games, so little time ;D

[Creature]

I'm currently playing...*ahem* Digimon World on the DS. It's a suprisingly good game.

[Haly]

I'm currently playing...*ahem* Digimon World on the DS. It's a suprisingly good game.

:huh: *shakes head* :p

[Belmit]

I've not really kept an eye on its development in a while as I'm not much of a PC gamer these days (besides bouts of Football Manager addiction).

I think the last PC game I bought was FEAR, must have been well over a year ago now. Unless you count Halflife episode 2.

My expectations for STALKER are mixed. I was initially hoping it would be at least as good graphically as HL2 (which it looks like it might be), but the delays suggest that it's the gameplay that will be most affected.

[Creature]

:huh: *shakes head* :p*shrugs* Keeps me entertained till Diamond/Pearl.

[Daz]

And they cant come quick enough. You'll have to let me know which one you're getting dude so I can get the other. That way I'll know at least one person with the other set.

[Davey_Pitch]

/prepares himself for a major bashing

At the moment I'm playing Sims 2 :embarassed: I'm going through creating all you lot slowly but surely then sitting back and watching how you all interact. I'm waiting to see who will get slapped first :D

[leowyatt]

Sims 2, awesome!!!

Is there a 360 sims game? Had that on the gamecube, but we kinda fell out of the habit of going to work then coming home and playing going to work :D

[Admiral Huddy]

/prepares himself for a major bashing

At the moment I'm playing Sims 2 :embarassed: I'm going through creating all you lot slowly but surely then sitting back and watching how you all interact. I'm waiting to see who will get slapped first :D

Davey, you have good down in my estimation :p


Still playing Splinter cell 4.. I'm really enjoying this game. I love sneak 'em ups. There's really sod all coming out on PC at the moment.... STALKER is due this week but that's about it. I pick up PCG every month and nothing... nothing noting bloody nothing!! Then you hear about the console games coming out.. and I have to admit I've been very tempted to buy GOW for 360.. Halo II out on PC in May - Whooppe doo! just as the OTB gamers will be enjoying Halo3..

:angry:

[Daz]

It's the way things are going really. I expect PC games to become largely ports of 360 code (because as I understand it, porting between the two is relatively easy), bar the odd hardcore point and click franchise. Hardly my field of expertise though I'll admit.

Personally, with the way things are going I don't even consider graphics power important to my PC usage any more, I just want it to be quiet and run aero.

[Admiral Huddy]

oh I don't doubt it at all... It's what MS wants.. a uni-platform but it's not going to happen all the time they hold games back.. despite the extra effort that may be required to port the code.. I would like to see proper road maps for games.. However, like COD3, I doubt we'll ever see many of the 360 games on PC. Which is a shame.

[Feek]

I've just picked up Test Drive Unlimited for the PC - I've seen it described as an MS Flight Simulator for driving games. Sounds ideal, just cruise around a bit with some tunes on.

[Matblack]

Tiger Woods 07 on the PSP every now and again Crackdown but mostly its all about the golf at the moment, looking forward to Tiger for the Wii, might have to pick that up before the weekend

MB

[Haly]

Personally, with the way things are going I don't even consider graphics power important to my PC usage any more, I just want it to be quiet and run aero.

Same here. Well mainly quiet, not bothered about Vista yet.

I occassionally go through bouts of Sims 2 addiction, it's a fun game and certainly well designed. :)

Oh and I've played Pokemon Blue and did like it :p Just the others always seemed so similar :/

[Belmit]

Well I'm fairly impressed by the quality of the gumpf so far:

Tin in plastic sleeve:
http://www.belmit.co.uk/boatdrinks/pics/st01.JPG

Open box:
http://www.belmit.co.uk/boatdrinks/pics/st02.JPG

Instructions, survival guide, zone map, multiplayer codes:
http://www.belmit.co.uk/boatdrinks/pics/st03.JPG

DVD + bonus DVD:
http://www.belmit.co.uk/boatdrinks/pics/st04.JPG


Now to see if the game is anywhere near the same quality!

[Feek]

OK, I've been under a stone, what is Stalker?

[Belmit]

It's a sort of first-person shooter with strategy, similar in some respects to Deus Ex. You have to complete missions in the wastes surrounding the Chernobyl incident where strange mutant creatures have started appearing and radioactive anomalies occur. I've barely touched it yet but so far have got myself a shotgun and some food and banadages and have some missions to complete. It's interesting in that your gun will deteriorate over time and start jamming, so you have to find a new one, amongst other realistic annoyances. You have an inventory system very much like Deus Ex and can search dead people for new stuff. The graphics are slightly less impressive than Half-life 2 in my opinion but hopefully it'll become more emersive and that won't matter so much. Quite enjoying it so far!

[Feek]

I'll have to have a shufti at that..

[Garp]

I've been getting back into Eve (http://www.eve-online.com) recently. Bit strange coming back into the game having had a 9 month break (or there abouts). Hopefully once I've got my feet established and my financial situation in game settled I'll start looking at life in the unprotected 0.0 regions. Thats where the game really comes to life, working together for the benefit of every player in your alliance, REAL PvP combat that makes a difference every day to everyones gameplay.

[testpattern]

It's a sort of first-person shooter with strategy, similar in some respects to Deus Ex. You have to complete missions in the wastes surrounding the Chernobyl incident where strange mutant creatures have started appearing and radioactive anomalies occur. I've barely touched it yet but so far have got myself a shotgun and some food and banadages and have some missions to complete. It's interesting in that your gun will deteriorate over time and start jamming, so you have to find a new one, amongst other realistic annoyances. You have an inventory system very much like Deus Ex and can search dead people for new stuff. The graphics are slightly less impressive than Half-life 2 in my opinion but hopefully it'll become more emersive and that won't matter so much. Quite enjoying it so far!

i've read so many mixed reviews i can't decide whether to get stalker or not...got a recommendation yet?

[Belmit]

I'm really getting into it now. There are frustrations with it, like still being active in the game while accessing your inventory or PDA, so you might be changing guns when suddenly someone puts a bullet theough your head, but overall I'm happy with it. You get a fair bit of freedom regarding whether you go for the main story straight off or do side missions instead, but what I thought was going to be an open landscape where you just explore and have to find a place to bunk down for the night etc. is more of a penned in affair where you can't cross barbed-wire fences and have to have done certain things before progressing past barricades and deeper into The Zone.

I'm also a little disappointed that you can't fix up and drive the battered vehicles that litter the place, as promised in the trailer vids. Lomping for kilometres, killing bandits all the way to reach a mission destination and then having to turn around and head back for the reward can get tedious. Even if there were just some quad-bikes or something it would have been better.

There's something about the game that just feels unpolished, but maybe it's because it should have been released about two years ago.

On a more positive note, the fact that weapons deteriorate and that you get hungry etc. are nice touches. You can't just load up with ammo and head out into the wilderness or you'll end up dying of hunger, radiation sickness or a bad case of gun rot! I've also recently found my first gun with a scope and I'm pleased to find that you can remove the scope and put it on a new or different gun if you favour one over another, or your current one is falling apart. I've just been given a great protective suit that defends against most climate based injury - rads, chemicals, burns etc. but my next mission takes me into an abandoned lab with 'psi-activity'. In other words, stay longer than a minute and your head bursts. No idea how to get around this one yet!

[Davey_Pitch]

Sounds interesting, might have a look at it if my rig is up to it :)

I've now gone back to Ninja Gaiden for the first time in about 6 months, so jumped into Ninja Gaiden: Black on Hard to ease myself back into it. About halfway through so far, then I'll make a start on the 50 challenges I think :)

[leowyatt]

Haven't even started that yet :(

Infact I'm considering cancelling my rental, have picked up the game in over 2 1/2 weeks :shocked:

[Daz]

Hit Enchanted Arms a bit at the weekend, mainly to just get it finished as it wasn't doing much for me but the story decided to develop a little without me walking hundreds of miles to make it happen so was reasonably enjoyable.

Week off soon, and that's when I need to hit FF:XII and get through Gears of War before returning it to MB.

[leowyatt]

and get through Gears of War before returning it to MB.

we want you on multiplayer before you hand it back mister! If you want coop assistance let me know, working my way through Act 3 on insane now.

[Daz]

Will do, ta :)

[Haly]

*coughs and points at the GoW thread she bumped last night* :p
I'd also be up for some co-op in GoW as I've not played it co-op since when I played it on Davey's 360 :shocked:

[leowyatt]

Yes Jen sorry I did see your thread, just forgot to reply in there :embarassed: I'll try and arrange something for one night this week, probably towards the end :)

[Haly]

:D

[Garp]

I bought "Vampires: The Masquerade" at the weekend and have been giving that a shot. Its alright really, quite a reasonable game though I'm not certain I've picked the best clan type for my play style!

[leowyatt]

you playing Bloodlines or Redemption?

What is your style and I can try and suggest a clan :D

[killerkebab]

I've been playing Test Drive (I decided to finally teach myself to play a racing game without auto-gears and I'm getting there, very slowly) and Stalker. Both good games, I reckon.

One thing about Test Drive - is it worth shelling out for a steering wheel or is a keyboard good enough?

[Haly]

I've not played Test Drive, but from my experience of semi sim racing games a steering wheel is extremely handy. :)
Used to play GTR a fair bit and it was a lot more enjoyable to play with a wheel than a keyboard.

[Flibster]

Been playing S.T.A.L.K.E.R.

Really enjoying it. On a beast of a machine it's seriouslyh atmospheric. Almost at the Vampire: Bloodlines level at times. *Although the haunted hotel in that still gives me chills when I play it - fabulous*

Guns are varied. Love the silenced pistol.

Haven't played it too much though as I've got about 4000 photo's to process.

Also got Virtua Tennis 3 arriving soon. :D

Simon/~Flibster

[Feek]

you playing Bloodlines or Redemption?

What is your style and I can try and suggest a clan :D

Mrs. Feek has had Bloodlines for ages but it stopped working a while back and there's nowt I can do to make it run again, it starts up, and then just bombs to desktop :(

[leowyatt]

I must admit to only playing a bit of it and will see if it runs again :)

sorry to hear it won't load, is it patched up and everything?

[Garp]

It's Bloodlines.

Its hard to define my playing style :D I'm not much of one for uber steath work though, and I'm currently playing a Gangrel, which seems to sit somewhere between stealth and hand-to-head grunt. I may re-roll with a different clan / character.

[CliffyG]

WoW
Pro evo 6
Supreme Commander
Company of Heroes

Looking to get of STALKER too for some FPS action.

[killerkebab]

I've not played Test Drive, but from my experience of semi sim racing games a steering wheel is extremely handy. :)
Used to play GTR a fair bit and it was a lot more enjoyable to play with a wheel than a keyboard.With that in mind, what wheel would you recommend? I'd love a G25 but unless it really, really is amazing, I'd like to save some money :)

[Haly]

With that in mind, what wheel would you recommend? I'd love a G25 but unless it really, really is amazing, I'd like to save some money :)

I bought mine 2 years ago and went for a Logitech Formula Vibration wheel that now seems to not exist according to their site ;D
But at the time if I'd had the money I would have gone for a Logitech Momo.
Logitech definitely seem the best bet for wheels imo.

You could have mine as it's just sitting here but I'm guessing postage would be quite high as it's heavy plus the pedals :/

[Feek]

I've got a Momo sitting here that I got from Pikey, it's absolutely superb but I'm having problems getting it to fit to my desk as it's a very thick piece of kitchen work surface!

I'm going to replace it with a G25 providing I can confirm the clamp is big enough, assuming it is, you're welcome to the Momo.

[vix]

I've gona all retro and am playing Pokemon Blue on the GBA. The Pokemon DS game doesn't appeal to me :/

Also just got Guitar Hero - well Phil has, and I'm kinda liking that :)

[Davey_Pitch]

I'm actually going through Guitar Hero 2 on Hard at the moment, but Lynne hates it so I can only really play it when she's in another room/in bed so it's fairly slow going. Got 5 stars on every song on Medium, but Hard is completely another level, adding in that 5th button really throws me at times.

[kaiowas]

With that in mind, what wheel would you recommend? I'd love a G25 but unless it really, really is amazing, I'd like to save some money :)

I've got an old logitech formula force Ferrari jobby lying around here. The pedals died a long time ago but it's got analogue paddles you can use for throttle/brake anyway. It's been on freecycle for a week or so and the only person who showed an interest hasn't come to get it so it's yours for the cost of postage if you want it.

Davey - I've literally had one attempt at a song on medium so far and found the step up to 4 buttons a struggle. Did you use your little finger for the 4th button or were you moving your hand about? I guess for 5 buttons you're going to have to move your hand anyway so I'm leaning towards trying to learn that technique from the start.

[Daz]

I'm seriously salivating waiting for Guitar Hero on the 360. Gonna be great fun mastering it and taking on Dee :D

[Garp]

"Weapons of mahs-destruction"

Jeez.. what was the voice actor for Prince LaCroix thinking when he came up with that pronunciation (Mass pronounced so its sounds like the southern pronunciation of Grass)

[vix]

I'm actually going through Guitar Hero 2 on Hard at the moment, but Lynne hates it so I can only really play it when she's in another room/in bed so it's fairly slow going. Got 5 stars on every song on Medium, but Hard is completely another level, adding in that 5th button really throws me at times.

Coool! Aparently if you can play guitar it is supposed to be harder, but I find my guitar skills useful for changing buttons etc.

Have you done the Top Gear theme tune? (Jessica) It looked proper hard when Phil did it. And that was on easy :/

[Davey_Pitch]

Davey - I've literally had one attempt at a song on medium so far and found the step up to 4 buttons a struggle. Did you use your little finger for the 4th button or were you moving your hand about? I guess for 5 buttons you're going to have to move your hand anyway so I'm leaning towards trying to learn that technique from the start.

I use my little finger for the 4th button, which I find makes things much easier. When I move onto the Hard level songs I position my hand on the right of the buttons, and use my 1st finger for the 1st and 2nd buttons (unless I need to use two fingers for a chord). It's got to the point now though where I move around with my fingers as needed, I have a good idea in my head where my fingers are most of the time so I can move around with less problems. :)

Coool! Aparently if you can play guitar it is supposed to be harder, but I find my guitar skills useful for changing buttons etc.

Have you done the Top Gear theme tune? (Jessica) It looked proper hard when Phil did it. And that was on easy :/

It does seem to be the case that guitarists find it harder. Drz played it when he was here for the Liverpool Meet, and despite being a good guitarist he really struggled on it. I used to play myself, but not to a good standard, and have found that the finger dexterity I gained definitely helps.

As for Jessica, I can play it perfectly on Medium level, and not got that far yet on Hard (though I suspect to start with it will kick my ass, I'm passing the Hard songs first time generally but almost always with 3 stars). :)

[Creature]

I'm playing Forza again, getting back into practice before Forza 2. Great fun.

[Davey_Pitch]

I like Forza, wish I hadn't gotten rid of it now, it was a great game, much preferred it over the GT series. Definitely looking forward to Forza 2 :)

[Haly]

I never got on with forza :embarassed:
Loved the GT series but was never hugely keen on forza.
I tend to prefer arcade style racers though.

Next week I'm taking a week off from my nice mountain of work, and I think I might be succumbing to FF7 for a bit :D

[Admiral Huddy]

Damn bug in SCDA - Can't progress... damn console conversions!!!

I'm going out to buy STALKER today.. notice there is a patch out for this already.

edit- Installed STALKER.. looks superb @ 1920 with highest settings :) I only had a play around on the first level.. looks great.. and will start playing it Sunday night .. I'm not sure which level to play at..

Looks like a mixture of DeusEx/BF at first glance.

[killerkebab]

I got C&C3 in the post a couple days ago. Some good stuff there, the old C&C formula :D

[Davey_Pitch]

I'm getting NBA Homecourt on the 360 today so I'll be playing that later. Also been playing Test Drive: Unlimited a fair bit recently, great for just cruising around listening to some music, with the occassional race as well :)

[Admiral Huddy]

I was reading about test drive.. does sound kinda cool.

[Garp]

I was reading about test drive.. does sound kinda cool.

I'm sure its the lack of a wheel for use with driving games, but I found Test Drive Unlimited beta to have such a weird feel to it. I really didn't get on with the driving physics at all, some bizarre mix between real and arcade. *shrug*

[Davey_Pitch]

I'm sure its the lack of a wheel for use with driving games, but I found Test Drive Unlimited beta to have such a weird feel to it. I really didn't get on with the driving physics at all, some bizarre mix between real and arcade. *shrug*
Aye, some of the cars can be really hard to control, but after a while (a long while with some cars) it gets easier :)

[Haly]

Well done me.
Thought I'd have a go at climbing the Agency Tower in Crackdown last night, got 3* in agility at the moment but managed to nearly get to the top.
Just as I was making one of the last jumps up, my phone rang and my finger slipped ;D
That was a nasty splat :p

Also enjoying slowly progressing through Veteran on Call of Duty 2, it's really drawn me in with its great atmosphere. :)

[Davey_Pitch]

Well done me.
Thought I'd have a go at climbing the Agency Tower in Crackdown last night, got 3* in agility at the moment but managed to nearly get to the top.
Just as I was making one of the last jumps up, my phone rang and my finger slipped ;D
That was a nasty splat :p

Harsh but funny ;D ;D ;D

I'm varying my games quite a lot at the moment. On the 360 I'm playing GH2, Test Drive and NBA Homecourt. I'm playing Killzone: Liberation on the PSP, Theme Park on the DS, and on the PC I've gone back to The Movies as I got the expansion pack and was really in the mood to play it again. :)

[Haly]

I really want NBA Homecourt but it's probably more of a rental for me. At the moment I'm rentalless and one of the rentals I sent back hasn't shown up as come back to swapgame since I sent it last Wednesday :/ But hopefully it's not got lost in the post.

[Mohinder]

I'm currently playing Yoshi's Island DS :D
Cute game, I like it

[Darrin]

I'm still blowing **** up in Command & Conquer Generals : Zero Hour. Looking forward to being able to afford the new C&C game that's just come out....

[Davey_Pitch]

I really want NBA Homecourt but it's probably more of a rental for me. At the moment I'm rentalless and one of the rentals I sent back hasn't shown up as come back to swapgame since I sent it last Wednesday :/ But hopefully it's not got lost in the post.
It really is a rental game I think. Going through the main game (the NBA Homecourt mode) will get you almost all of the achievements if you actually aim for them (as they're things like scoring 7 long shots in a game, or a certain number of double dunks, etc). With that done, you need to level up another character to level 10, which takes a few hours, and do the online achievements (play and win 10 in a row). When you've done all that, you may find you don't want to go through it again as there's not a huge amount of variation in the matches. You can't edit the tricks your character does, which is a shame as I enjoyed that in the earlier NBA Street games, so you always do the same tricks all the time, gets a little tiresome after a while.

[Haly]

Well it's high up on the list so hopefully get it soon :)
Currently I have TMNT on the way from swapgame :cool:
And NHL2k6 seems to be totally lost which is going to be pricey for me :(

[Justsomebloke]

Can't believe i am still playing BF2, played it last night and just about every other day.
I can honestly say that the only time my head is completely free of all the worlds BS is when i am in a good game of BF2. It really does take your mind of normal world BS & stress.
On a 64 man infantry only server it really kicks off & you get completly lost in the moment. 32 of you steaming about shooting the bejesus out of everything gives you no time to think only time to enjoy.
Thank god for gaming :)

[Creature]

A combination of Crackdown, Star Trek Legacy, Battlestations Midway and Boom Boom Rocket. Want to get Crackdown finished soon as it's a mates, and the other cos they're /star trek/poor/a lot of fun repectivley.

[Stan_Lite]

Started playing Halo on the PC last night. I know it's old hat but as I said in another thread, being new to gaming, I have a lot of catching up to do.

Quite a fun game - I love the grunts and their squeaky voices.

Stan :)

[Haly]

Halo's good fun :)
Spent a day with my ex playing through it on co-op ages back :D Used to love sticking sticky grenades to him to wind him up :embarassed:

[Davey_Pitch]

I'm going really old school at the moment - 9 years old to be exact. Fallout on the PC. Absolutely brilliant roleplaying game, it's just as good now as it ever was :)

[leowyatt]

Well I'm currently working my way through Davey's copy of Condemned. Think I have the blocking sorted now :D Middle of act 3 at the minute, though swap game did email me to say Virtua Tennis 3 has been dispatched so who knows when I'll get back to Condemned. I think Kitten will look forward to doubles too.

If the full game is as fun as the demo then things are looking good.

[Haly]

I'm juggling The Sims 2 (Acquired a copy of it with all the expansion packs), Crackdown and FF12 :cool: Only just got FF12 yesterday thanks to a pile of trade ins and lovely Stan sending me his PS2 earlier than I thought. :D

My attention span seems to be nil lately so juggling games is working well for me.

[CliffyG]

I'm currently playing a lot of GRAW2 online, offline i'm playing condemned, crackdown and enchanted arms. Still playing PES6 on the PC though.

[leowyatt]

Cliffy, how you finding condemned?

[Davey_Pitch]

I'm juggling The Sims 2 (Acquired a copy of it with all the expansion packs), Crackdown and FF12 :cool: Only just got FF12 yesterday thanks to a pile of trade ins and lovely Stan sending me his PS2 earlier than I thought. :D

My attention span seems to be nil lately so juggling games is working well for me.
I need to go back to Sims 2. I made my guy top of his career track so he has plenty of free time to do other things. I'm seeing how many women he can make whoopee with :D

[CliffyG]

Cliffy, how you finding condemned?

Very tense lol :D. Really enjoying it though the combat is a little tricky to master. Have to time those blocks just right, been beaten to death a few times before being able to find the person hitting me too which is fairly annoying. Overall though it's very good so far (only completed 2 bits so far).

[Haly]

I need to go back to Sims 2. I made my guy top of his career track so he has plenty of free time to do other things. I'm seeing how many women he can make whoopee with :D

;D And there's me trying to make mine a proper family with kids and a dog and a white picket fence :p

[leowyatt]

;D And there's me trying to make mine a proper family with kids and a dog and a white picket fence :p

I think last time I spoke to Davey about it he'd got through most of the ladies ;)

[Stan_Lite]

Finally managed to finish Halo on the PC \o/

Not sure what to do at home now. I should be going away any day now (should have been away 10 days ago), so I'm not keen on starting anything new. Maybe I'll just try to improve my Texas Hold 'em on the 360 for the next few days.

I have the unreal anthology and the Half Life collection to keep me amused offshore so I like to keep them separate from home.

I have a few part-finished games I could be having a go at (Doom3, Deus Ex and Oblivion, to name a few) but I started them and never really got into them. I suppose I could always have another bash at UT2004, that's always been a favourite of mine - Hmmm....

Stan :)

[semi-pro waster]

I'd go for Deus Ex of the choices there, save just before you get to pick the endings and play through all of them would be my advice. It is a really good game, especially if you consider how old it is. :)

[Davey_Pitch]

I've gone back to PES6, only this time on the PC. I got hold of a copy then downloaded one of the patches to put all the proper teams, players, kits, etc in, and it seems more enjoyable than the Xbox 360 version. It's nice to play as Everton with proper kits, instead of Merseyside Blue :rolleyes:

[Haly]

I'd go for Deus Ex too :) It might start out a bit slow but it's a really good game once you get into it. Probably one of my favourites of all time.

I'll be playing PES6 for the 360 again soon as I've got to write a review for it for a 360 site :D \o/

[Davey_Pitch]

I'd go for Deus Ex too :) It might start out a bit slow but it's a really good game once you get into it. Probably one of my favourites of all time.

Agreed, I can go back to it any time and go through it slightly differently to the way I did it before, it just gives you so many ways to do things.

[Stan_Lite]

Advice taken, I'll have another bash at Deus Ex tonight - see how I get on.

Stan :)

[petemc]

Haha Sims 2. Is it wrong that I essentially tortured a guy in it? I left him in an empty room till he died. I was curious :D I'm looking at replaying Halo 1 & 2 at the moment. Although that bit inside Halo 1 were its nothing but copy / pasted level design is depressing me.

[Stan_Lite]

Although that bit inside Halo 1 were its nothing but copy / pasted level design is depressing me.

It did get a bit tedious with the same rooms recreated several times in the same level but apart from that was quite an entertaining game.

When I get back next time, I'll have to get Halo2 for the PC (I will have Vista by then).

Stan :)

[Matblack]

In answer to the original question, nothing :(

MB

[Daz]

Golf dude! You were only saying at the weekend how you've neglected tiger :D

[Matblack]

Golf dude! You were only saying at the weekend how you've neglected tiger :D

I'll be getting that back at the weekend as I acidentilly left it in a box which we took to Mei's house for her:numpty:

MB

[Creature]

Well, Diamond came through my door yesterday, so when I get back to Lincoln i'll be on it like a flash :D

[semi-pro waster]

I've just started playing GT Legends tonight as I've got a little bit of spare time for the moment and it seems ok so far but I need to improve lots and keyboards are not ideal for the game it seems. I did however email 10tacle (who make the game) to say I couldn't find the CD key, I removed the disk to put in a film and guess what is printed on the disk. :embarassed: To be fair to me I did think of it being there but I then dismissed the thought as "surely no company is going to be that bleedin' stupid as to print on the disk something you need to install it" - how wrong was I? ;D

[petemc]

Pikachuuuuuuuuuu! I'm debating whether to get the US copy or wait for the UK copy. I'm guessing they're all compatible like normal games?

[Dee]

The Legend of Zelda and the Lampshade of no real significance ;D

http://www.arcadestreet.com/play-the-legend-of-zelda-the-lampshade-of-no-real-significance.htm

[Creature]

Pikachuuuuuuuuuu! I'm debating whether to get the US copy or wait for the UK copy. I'm guessing they're all compatible like normal games?Yup, 100% compatible, already played for 4 1/2 hours today, on my brothers DS so limited use.

[petemc]

Pokemon Diamond has arrived \o/ First Pokemon game since Blue back in the day. Can't wait :D

[Daz]

*jealous*

[petemc]

£25 from VideoGamesPlus. No import tax. Ordered it on Monday and arrived today :D

[Creature]

I'm 45 hours in to it :p

It's a huge game, and I mean huge.

[petemc]

45hr! Wow. *cough* Nerd! ;)

[Creature]

I have a lot of free time, haven't even done the elite four.

[Robert]

I got into the Enemy Territory closed beta yesterday (had the e-mail just before I went to my exam the swines ;D). So I've been playing that today & some pro-evo 6.

[petemc]

Not you too!? Everyone I know is in this :(

[Haly]

45hr! Wow. *cough* Nerd! ;)

You don't want to know how much time I've spent on FF7, Counterstrike and Everquest if you think that's nerdy. :embarassed: ;D

[semi-pro waster]

You don't want to know how much time I've spent on FF7, Counterstrike and Everquest if you think that's nerdy. :embarassed: ;D

Not even going to ask. :p Geek. ;D I'd hate to think how much time I've spent on games over the years, it would scare the crap out of me. :) I'm just starting on Unreal 2 and Toca Race Driver as I got them cheap although I am still really enjoying GTL when I remember to play it.

[Davey_Pitch]

You don't want to know how much time I've spent on FF7, Counterstrike and Everquest if you think that's nerdy. :embarassed: ;D
Same here with Ninja Gaiden. At last count it was well above 150 hours, maybe even pushing 175. :embarassed:

[Haly]

Games on the whole I've probably spent an insane amount of time playing, probably works out as a significant part of my day for some of it :embarassed:

FF7 is probably 200-300 hours over a wide range of time as I've played through it so many times in the past 10 years (How can it be 10 years old this year? Eeeek), Counterstrike is probably in the same range, maybe more as I was more likely to do all day stints of it a few years back, Everquest is probably 40-50 days worth since 2001.
I enjoy it though, so who cares :D

[Creature]

I think i've played Diablo II for well over a total of 300 hours now. Done about 6-7 full run throughs at about 50 hours each so it makes sense. I must have played each Pokemon game for a minimum of 200 hours each aswell (each starter and collecting all).

I'm quite sad really aren't I.

[Davey_Pitch]

I've gone back to the pc at the moment, and back onto Civ 4. I remembered I had a fairly well played game I hadn't finished (from about 6 months ago), so I loaded it back up and carried on from there. Now into the final 100 years, I've never played a single game of Civ this long before so I'm eager to finish it to see what happens. I pretty much have an entire continent to myself now after wiping out the 3 other countries who had the audacity to try to share it with me. I'm pretty far ahead technologically as well, as I have Modern Armour (tanks) fighting against Riflemen, but they're all well defended by cities so I've had to use bombers to wipe the city defences out before going in. Not enough time left to score a domination victory (controlling the majority of land), so I'll see if I can win the space race instead :)

[Haly]

Oooh Civ 4 can take over your life quite easily :D

I'm playing through Meet The Robinsons, i'm not overly keen on it but it's drawn me in, I'm writing a review on it and I've had it on rental for about 3 weeks now so I feel like I should give it a chance.
After that I'm strongly considering playing FF7, 8, 9 and 12 one after the other :D

[Garp]

I've been playing Marvel Ultimate Alliance since last weekend on the PC. Completed once and part way through a second run at harder level.

Thing is, this game is ridiculously unbalanced when it comes to Johnny Storm. I completed the last game playing him 99% of the time (managed to kill him twice through stupidity). All I really had to do was walk into the room and hit "2" repeatedly until every enemy was dead. I was killing them in split-seconds. No other character seems to have a power with that level of damage. Combine it with a maxed out flame damage bonus on his modern uniform and I was 10 hitting Boss mobs with him. No one else even got a look in. Its a ranged attack so no one got close enough to hit me, and its energy needs were small enough that when I'd killed a couple of mobs the energy bonus they gave me was enough to cover the deficit. The only time I didn't have to use that was when I was deliberately building up momentum on all my team. I can't believe such a ridiculously powerful ability made it into the final game! I'm now playing it through again without using Johnny as my primary character (he's on the team 'cause his melee with fire damage is reasonable) Good game, the CGI cut-scenes are really well done and voice acted, the general controls are fairly well realised, though frustrating at times. Gets a general thumbs up, just don't use Johnny unless you're out for an easy ride!

[Davey_Pitch]

If you want an easy run through then use Silver Surfer :D His ranges attacks are very powerful (though a few people have slightly better ones), his area effect lightning attack is powerful and has good knockback (so great if you get surrounded), and he has the added bonus of being able to heal everyone on the team for mucho health, all without ever really denting his energy levels. Even on Hard he coasts through :)

[Haly]

I really must buy back Marvel:UA when I'm working again. It was good fun :)

[Garp]

Hmm.. not sure I've unlocked the silver surfer.

[Daz]

They releasing the gold edition over here you know?

[Davey_Pitch]

Hmm.. not sure I've unlocked the silver surfer.
You have to get at least bronze on every training mission, so you'd know if you'd got him as you'd probably go for it intentionally :)

[Davey_Pitch]

They releasing the gold edition over here you know?
Aye, it includes the downloadable characters, who are all pretty cool (Hawkeye and Dr Doom are possibly the two best).

[Daz]

I've been holding off on a potential purchase until later in the summer if the gold edition was destined for British shores. Not seen it on Play so assumed we were waiting for an annoucement!

[Garp]

You have to get at least bronze on every training mission, so you'd know if you'd got him as you'd probably go for it intentionally :)

Balls.. not managed to do Storm yet :(

That'd be the one character left to unlock I imagine.

[Garp]

If you want an easy run through then use Silver Surfer :D His ranges attacks are very powerful (though a few people have slightly better ones), his area effect lightning attack is powerful and has good knockback (so great if you get surrounded), and he has the added bonus of being able to heal everyone on the team for mucho health, all without ever really denting his energy levels. Even on Hard he coasts through :)

Meh... The Human Torch > Silver Surfer still in combat. I'm thinking Johnny is so overpowered maybe I'll see if I can knock up a video to demonstrate how ridiculous it is! I've got this remote explosion power that triggers every second for 120+ damage on multiple targets for pities sake. Not many people can stand that for too long, and a long range fireball power that hits for about similar dps, all without even stressing his energy levels.

[Davey_Pitch]

Meh... The Human Torch > Silver Surfer still in combat. I'm thinking Johnny is so overpowered maybe I'll see if I can knock up a video to demonstrate how ridiculous it is! I've got this remote explosion power that triggers every second for 120+ damage on multiple targets for pities sake. Not many people can stand that for too long, and a long range fireball power that hits for about similar dps, all without even stressing his energy levels.
Ah, but Johnny can't heal himself and the rest of the team can he? ;)

I do agree that he's very strong though, it took me until his Simulator mission to find that out as I never used him before that. Same goes for Iceman, another hugely powerful guy (his Ice Shield slows anyone down if they come near him) that I never used until his mission.

[leowyatt]

Well I was playing Virtua tennis 3 but got mega peed off so have sent it back :D will probably crack on with Condemned so you can have it back Davey :)

[Davey_Pitch]

Well I was playing Virtua tennis 3 but got mega peed off so have sent it back :D will probably crack on with Condemned so you can have it back Davey :)
I like VT3, enjoying the mini games though I find the actual tennis matches a bit too easy. It has to be fun though or I'd never be able to get most of the achievements for it (and I do plan on getting most of them) :)

No rush with Condemned, though when I get it back I'll be printing off a guide to all the birds etc so I can go through it once and get most of the achievements in one play through :)

NHL 2K7 arrived for me yesterday as well, should be easy enough to crack on through that and get all of the offline achievements. Severely doubt I'll bother going for any of the online ones.

[leowyatt]

I like VT3, enjoying the mini games though I find the actual tennis matches a bit too easy. It has to be fun though or I'd never be able to get most of the achievements for it (and I do plan on getting most of them) :)

Wait till you get to the King of Players tournament, I tell you if Tim was a good as he was in that game he'd been world number 1 in no time :p

For me it did start to get very repetitive as I was ranked 3rd in the world and couldn't get past Tim to get the number 1 spot. I'll probably get it again soon just need a break from it I think.

Prince of Persia is good, been playing through and quite enjoying it.

[Davey_Pitch]

Wait till you get to the King of Players tournament, I tell you if Tim was a good as he was in that game he'd been world number 1 in no time :p

For me it did start to get very repetitive as I was ranked 3rd in the world and couldn't get past Tim to get the number 1 spot. I'll probably get it again soon just need a break from it I think.


I'll look forward to that :) I love challenging tennis games but I've never really had one. I only ever lost 1 match in Top Spin 2, and that was to a top player when my character was low ranked and low skilled. They all seem to need a certain style of play to beat them, so it's just figuring out that style. From what I know of serve and volley players, against Tim I'd do everything I could to keep him at the back of the court, then pass him as he approaches the net. In games it's generally very hard to lob a net player (though it was easy in Top Spin 2), so I wouldn't want him to get set at the net.

Sounds like fun though :D

[leowyatt]

Yeah forget lobbing him he'll just smash it. If you get the nack let me know as I can win every tournament now relatively easy with a similar pattern of play but that one got me. I'll come back to it in a couple of months.

It certainly is fun, just wondering what SG will send me next ;D

[Garp]

Ah, but Johnny can't heal himself and the rest of the team can he? ;)

Why would he need to? Johnny can take out almost all enemies (except Boss spawns) before they barely even scratch even him. Even against the Boss spawn he's triggering off the health & energy globe spawn within a half dozen shots! :D

Going Chronologically backwards in games (I believe), next on my list is X-Men Legends II

[Davey_Pitch]

Wait till you get to the King of Players tournament, I tell you if Tim was a good as he was in that game he'd been world number 1 in no time :p

For me it did start to get very repetitive as I was ranked 3rd in the world and couldn't get past Tim to get the number 1 spot. I'll probably get it again soon just need a break from it I think.

I see what you mean. I got to 2nd in the world, beating everyone and winning everything, and played against Federer in the King of Players tournament. I was ahead 4-1, coasting as I had his game read perfectly, then he went superhuman on me, smashing the ball at lightning pace and getting to everything I could hit at him, and he won 6-4. I guess it's another year or two around the training sessions improving my skills and then I should be able to take him. Even when he went superhuman I was getting close in each game, so if my player skills were better I can hopefully get past him.

[Garp]

Going Chronologically backwards in games (I believe), next on my list is X-Men Legends II

Oh look.. Johnny Storm is a near carbon-copy of Sunfire. Fancy that :)
Sunfire doesn't seem quite as over-powered though with his ignite ability.

Ugly as sin graphics, considering the game isn't actually that old (2005), not a mipmapped texture in sight! Thankfully Nvidia allows you to set custom graphics settings, so I've got this bumped up to 4x Aliasing, and 4x Ansiotripic filtering, and everything else set to high quality to at least smooth things out a little :D
It really does hint that M:UA is just using a tweaked version of this engine though, even down to that utterly bizarre split down the middle of the characters faces. Here's hoping the next version of the game gets past that uglyness.

[CliffyG]

I'm now playing C & C 3, Forza 2, a tiny bit of GRAW 2 and still too much PES :D.

[Davey_Pitch]

Oh look.. Johnny Storm is a near carbon-copy of Sunfire. Fancy that :)
Sunfire doesn't seem quite as over-powered though with his ignite ability.

Ugly as sin graphics, considering the game isn't actually that old (2005), not a mipmapped texture in sight! Thankfully Nvidia allows you to set custom graphics settings, so I've got this bumped up to 4x Aliasing, and 4x Ansiotripic filtering, and everything else set to high quality to at least smooth things out a little :D
It really does hint that M:UA is just using a tweaked version of this engine though, even down to that utterly bizarre split down the middle of the characters faces. Here's hoping the next version of the game gets past that uglyness.
Aye, I noticed that about Johnny the moment I started using him. I still need to finish X-Men Legends 2 if I can be bothered. I quite like the graphics though, they have a nice cartoony look about them that I think fits quite nicely :)

[Zirax]

As i'm away from home the uber gaming rig can't come with me :(

But I am now going through all the amiga/megadrive classics on my crummy work laptop and a wireless gamepad o/

I have had a go of theme park on the DS this morning and it actually looks pretty good. This really could be a grower as it looks like the old rollercoaster tycoon. I can see myself losing a few hours on this.

Mario kart is very good as is Rayman on the DS. I think the mic is broken on my DS lite though as I can't blow up ballons on Mariokart. How do you unlock extra tracks on mariokart though? Its been years since I have played it as i've never owned anything nintendo before this

[Daz]

Finish the various cups of different difficulties, you usually unlock a character or track depending on what you select :)

[Zirax]

Ok so I need to win a cup at all three cc's. 50cc is pretty boring though :/

[Daz]

Aye, least they dont take very long :)

[Mondo]

Anyone else playing Final Fantasy 3 on the DS ?

[Garp]

Aye, I noticed that about Johnny the moment I started using him. I still need to finish X-Men Legends 2 if I can be bothered. I quite like the graphics though, they have a nice cartoony look about them that I think fits quite nicely :)

Definately agree.. the cell shading effect on the characters works perfectly, its just the lack of texture detail and mipmapping that lets it down. To be honest, with everything turned up quality wise and forced ansiotropic filtering, even the shiny blurryness somehow suits in with the comic style :D

[Haly]

Anyone else playing Final Fantasy 3 on the DS ?

I've got it on my supercard but yet to get round to playing it for more than 5mins :embarassed:
Any good?

[Davey_Pitch]

Definately agree.. the cell shading effect on the characters works perfectly, its just the lack of texture detail and mipmapping that lets it down. To be honest, with everything turned up quality wise and forced ansiotropic filtering, even the shiny blurryness somehow suits in with the comic style :D
If you finish X-Men 2 then definitely get the first 1, I prefer the storyline of it and felt it had a little more to it (though that's possibly because it was new as I went through the games in order).

[CliffyG]

Anyone else playing Final Fantasy 3 on the DS ?

I played it for quite a bit when recovering from an op but when going back to it afterwards i keep getting annoyed by the amount of times you have to fight and cant even see them to avoid it. it's put me right off that style now.

[NokkonWud]

At the moment I am playing Colin McRae DiRT with the Official Microsoft Wheel.

I must say, if you have the wheel, buy the game. If you have the game, buy the wheel. It's a brilliant sensation (though far from perfect - I'll write why in a review later), and probably the best fun I have ever had with a wheel. It's definitely more fun with DiRT than Forza2 and gaming is supposed to be about fun after all.

If DiRT had better multiplayer I would seriously recommend people to get both, but you won't be playing Single Player DiRT forever unfortunately.

[Haly]

Thanks to my lack of 360 this week, I'm attempting to cram in as much gaming time as possible before I start work on Tuesday.
I've got Guitar Hero 2 to master, finished Easy before I left so need to 5* it and work on Medium.
Plus Football Manager 2007 which is really drawing me in now and is also great if I want to do things on the PC or watch TV at the same time. :D
Just Cause arrived while I was away so i'll be working on that too.
Oh and I forgot about my rental copy of Pirates of the Caribbean which should be an easy 1k and is quite enjoyable.

Games overload ;D

[Davey_Pitch]

I'm still on Neverwinter Nights 2 while the 360 is out of commission. It's very enjoyable but I'm generally having to play it in small bursts so as not to put too much pressure on my back. I'm also goint to try to get back into my online poker a bit to try to make some extra money :D

[Darrin]

Oh, I forgot many moons ago when I first posted in this thread. I'm still playing Jumpgate (http://www.jossh.com/terminal_civilian.html), after 7 years.

Still love flying my personal spacecraft around in a real time spaceflight combat simulator. No point and click there for me. Joystick (or HOTAS) required.

[CliffyG]

Playing Forza 2 when i can find a break between playing EQ2 :).

[petemc]

I'm replaying Ninja Gaiden. Had a craving for it after watching the new Devil May Cry anime. I should really be playing DMC3 since I never finished it but I got stuck so I went for NG and now I'm stuck :D The stupid bit with the arrow guys and the bridge you run across with swinging balls and spikes in the floor. I've finished the game so I know I can do it, its just infuriating :D

[Davey_Pitch]

I'm replaying Ninja Gaiden. Had a craving for it after watching the new Devil May Cry anime. I should really be playing DMC3 since I never finished it but I got stuck so I went for NG and now I'm stuck :D The stupid bit with the arrow guys and the bridge you run across with swinging balls and spikes in the floor. I've finished the game so I know I can do it, its just infuriating :D
Heh, I know that bit well. Are you taking the arrow guys out first with your own bow and arrows? That makes things so much easier then, it's simply a matter of timing after that.

And I must admit I may go back to NG today as well. My back still hurts while sitting on the PC, but sitting on the couch is nice and comfy, so it's a convenient excuse to finish NG:Black and make a proper assault on all the challenges :)

[NokkonWud]

I'm not currently playing anything, I don't really have the urge at the moment :(.

[Haly]

I'm not currently playing anything, I don't really have the urge at the moment :(.

:shocked:

I'm going to finish off Pirates of the Caribbean tonight and then maybe suffer X-Men.

[petemc]

Heh, I know that bit well. Are you taking the arrow guys out first with your own bow and arrows? That makes things so much easier then, it's simply a matter of timing after that.

I ran out of arrows on the last guy :D Thought I'd give it a shot but just couldn't get it done. Still loving this game. The gfx haven't aged at all yet. I so hope NG2 is announced at E3 this week.

[NokkonWud]

You could always finish X-Men for me if you wanted :p.

[Haly]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, that game deserves to be destroyed everywhere.

Having said that, POTC is pissing me off at the moment too, Captain Jack seems to be able to die in small puddles of water :/ Grrrr.

[petemc]

Got past the bridges in NG. Up to Miss Evil Pink Tits. Got no health boosts so its tricky :)

[NokkonWud]

Yeah, Abooie (smcshaw from ocuk) said it drove him mad. He still stuck it out for the full 1000 though :p.

[Davey_Pitch]

Got past the bridges in NG. Up to Miss Evil Pink Tits. Got no health boosts so its tricky :)
Bah, you don't need health boosts for her, she's easy :p

[petemc]

While she looks slutty, she's not easy :p I reckon I'll get there if I'm careful.

[Davey_Pitch]

Beating Alma is all down to timing. If you study her attacks and get used to them, you can dodge everything and fight her for half an hour and never get hit. Then it's just a case of timing your attacks when she's vunerable. The best time is when she's stood on the floor. Rush in at her and use the Flying Swallow. If you hit her you'll put her on her arse, which is time to use the Izuna Drop (XYXXXY) on her. It'll take a good chunk of her health off her, but she'll be pissed, so retreat, start dodging, and do it all again :)

[Haly]

Yeah, Abooie (smcshaw from ocuk) said it drove him mad. He still stuck it out for the full 1000 though :p.

I don't think I'm going to, it's just too bad. POTC has its moments and is reasonably entertaining but X-Men just makes me want to commit acts of violence against it.
I'm not that desperate for points yet :p

[Stan_Lite]

I'm not that desperate for points yet :p

:shocked: :shocked:

I'm on the rig just now so pretty limited as regards games. I was trying to play HL2 but it refuses to open now for some reason - I get some error message when I try to run it. Not bothered tbh as I'm further through it at home, just a bit annoying is all.

In the meantime, I've dusted off Quake4 and have started that at the next level up from "noob" for a bit of a challenge :embarassed:

[Haly]

;D
I'm usually relatively calm with games but I was turning the air blue with X-Men :p It's just not sensible for my blood pressure :D

[Creature]

X-men's easy, you lot are just all crap :p

[Haly]

I never said it was hard, it's just such a terrible game, I've got better things to do ;)
Best word to describe it imo is stupid, because that's exactly what it is.

[Haly]

Anyone know how to cure a FM2007 addiction? :p
It's really well and truly got me and is a classic 'just 5 more minutes' type of game.
At least it's saving me money in a way :D

[Daz]

You should be banned from all other gaming activities until you've finished Sonic, heathen!

[Haly]

:p
I can't be bothered really :embarassed: Might do later though.

[Daz]

Jen has never completed Sonic people. Never. Shameful.

[Haly]

I've completed Sonic 2 onwards though! I just never owned Sonic 1 so just played it at friends's houses :p Don't you go shaming me! :p

[Daz]

FOR SHAME

[Haly]

Git :p

[Flibster]

Oh, I forgot many moons ago when I first posted in this thread. I'm still playing Jumpgate (http://www.jossh.com/terminal_civilian.html), after 7 years.

Still love flying my personal spacecraft around in a real time spaceflight combat simulator. No point and click there for me. Joystick (or HOTAS) required.

That looks cool. Gives me an excuse to dig out my Thrustmaster Cougar sticks again too. :D

Will have to give the trial a go.

Currently playing Enemy Engaged 2 on a single Saitek stick, it's alright.
Also playing Company of Heroes and Supreme Commander.

Supreme Commander just isn't pulling me in. Plus it forces my monitors to shut off afterwards so I have to VNC in from my laptop to reset them... :huh:

Company of Heroes is fantastic though. I just love killing Germans. :D

Simon/~Flibster

[Desmo]

Been managing to split my time between Forza2 and Just Cause now :)

Was playing JC last night on a mission where you have to drive up to the top of a volcano where there's a nightclub and kill this dude. So I'm driving up, fighting off the bad guys when my car catches fire. So I jump out guns blazing. I'm backing away from these guys when I walk off the side of the cliff....great!!!

So I'm stuck on this ledge with no way to get back up so I decide to give up, jump off the side and open up the parachute. As I'm gliding down I see a building and head towards it. What's on top? A chopper :D

I land by the building, climb to the roof and jump in. I take off and fly to the top of the volcano where I gain as much altitude as I can just so I can jump out and freefall into the volcano club. I open my chute, glide down and I land right by this guy. Shoot him to pieces and jobs a good'un.

I ****ing love this game :cool:

[petemc]

lol :D That all sounds made up :D

[killerkebab]

Syndicate for me at the moment... 'POLICE! PUT DOWN YOUR WEAPONS!'

[Desmo]

lol :D That all sounds made up :D
It happened dude. It was all proper James Bond stuff :cool:
Sinead wasn't impressed as I was telling her what just happened ;D

[Admiral Huddy]

I'm playing

Nothing! :(

I've completed S.T.A.L.K.E.R. , SCDA has a bug and there's nothing I fancy at the moment. I might have a bash at some online stuff before BioShock come out. *hehe he said bash hehehe*

[Creature]

Golden Axe trying to finish with no continues (stage 3 with full health atm) and messing around on overlord killing peasants :p

[Daz]

I didn't start losing lives until the end of stage 7 (I think) - before you get off the bird. Took me 2 or 3 reloads to get through that (ended up using magic) with enough lives to face Death Adder - which wasn't easy. With 4 lives and 3 health bars, I finished with 1 life and 2 bars on the second or third attempt.

[killerkebab]

Supreme Commander just isn't pulling me in.I found that. It is a very, very cool game and given more time I am sure I could enjoy it more - just it isn't fun, it isn't appealing, and it doesn't entice. :(

C&C3 had far more charm, same with World in Conflict...

[NokkonWud]

Football Manager 2006. Must have put around 40 hours into it (if not more) this week. Scary.

[Justsomebloke]

Hopefully tomorrow or Tuesday i will be playing STALKER.
I've been patient REAL bloody patient, i had Stalker dude in my sig years ago but gave up on it after the delays. When it did finally come out i didn't have the cash for a new copy. Anyways i purchased (said in a Gay way) a 2nd hand copy for ten English pounds inc p&p, Bargain :cool:
I'll let you know what i think If it installs & If it arrives :p


I was told long ago, "If my Auntie had Balls she would be my Uncle"
One of those Gems you never forget :)

[Feek]

nothing :(

[Desmo]

Aaawwww, Feekles.

Fancy coming over to play one evening? ;D

[Davey_Pitch]

Resi 4 on the Gamecube, PES6 on the PC, and Tiger Woods 2007 on the PC. That's about it for the moment.

[Daz]

Shadowrun now they've patched the connection delays, and hovering around random arcade games. C&C3 should be here tomorrow, and Overlord should still turn up I'm told, though it's been weeks :/

[Creature]

Perfect Dark Zero, didn't like having so few points.

[Garp]

Jade Empire.. what a great game that is. Would love to see them do combat like that in KOTOR3, Feels so much more interactive than KOTOR1&2 were.

[Haly]

I loved Jade Empire, really good game :)

[NokkonWud]

Perfect Dark Zero, didn't like having so few points.

Yeah, I think I'm too far gone for some MP points on that. It was way too unbalanced towards MP only points that game :(

[Creature]

I'm playing against bots :D

10 games of swords and shields with 100 points win
10 games of Rockets with 100 points win
Set up Team KC, 15 Dark agaent bots, RCP90's, stand around, new game every 30secs-1min

Easy.

[NokkonWud]

:o. Didn't know you could do that!

[Creature]

Yup, tedious but easy. Not looking forward to SP though, managed to do levels 1-9&13 Single and 9-13 Co-Op. 10, 11 and 12 are very hard.

[Davey_Pitch]

I'm currently bouncing between a few things. The Godfather on the 360 is dominating my time, it's turning out to be a really good game, which in some respects beats GTA at it's own game. Also having short bursts on GH2, playing Wii Sports (though I've got Resi 4 and Zelda to go through when I've got some more time), and still playing PES6 and FM2007 on the pc.

They'll keep me going till Bioshock comes out later this month :)

[Daz]

Overlord mostly. I've just carefully navigated area which has a glitch MB fell victim to - stopping your game in its tracks. Cant excuse that bug in anyway (something like that should never get through the net), but otherwise I'm really enjoying it. Something really different - reminds me a little bit of Pikmin, but just infinitely more playable, and funny. I found out quite early on that finding your minions some beer sends them mental for a short while, but I only spotted last night that this period ends with them taking a piss wherever they might be standing ;D

[Haly]

I've sold my soul to the pointwhore god so I'm hoping to finish off Shrek 3 before the meet and I'm simming FM2006 anytime I'm not at the 360.
Was hoping to get Fuzion Frenzy 2 done by the meet but only guy I know willing to boost isn't about till next week so have to wait till then :( I'll post it back to you if that's ok Davey :)

[Davey_Pitch]

That's fine with me Jen, whenever you're done with it :)

[Belmit]

I own a PC and an Xbox 360, both with numerous games, but three nights in a row I have sat down in front of the Megadrive and completed Toejam & Earl. I'm addicted.

[Daz]

We've got that on Virtual Console :D

[Zirax]

I own a PC and an Xbox 360, both with numerous games, but three nights in a row I have sat down in front of the Megadrive and completed Toejam & Earl. I'm addicted.

Can't wait to be able to hook up my megadrive in my house, so so many classics from worms to SoR 1,2,3 to Cobra Command

[Creature]

I'm going between various 360 games trying to increase my GS% Arcade games are helping a lot.

[Justsomebloke]

Well STALKER sucked like a 2 bob whore & goes down as the most disappointing game i have ever purchased in my many years.
I chopped it in locally for Medieval II Total wars which is absolutely Massive, a game of truly Epic proportions.
Total new genre for me but i think this game will draw me in as i love all that old historical crap. I've played it 4 times single player & got mashed big style ;D
Rome wasn't built in a day though & nor was my Empire, Wooooooooo ha ha ha ha ha ha ha haaaaaaaaaa
Be gone Peasants :p

[Jhadur]

Funnily enough I'm still playing Guild Wars :D

[Daz]

*shocked*

[Haly]

I'm playing Phantasy Star Universe at the moment, I expected it to be pretty awful as I hadn't read many good reviews of it, but it's actually quite fun.
It feels more like a hack and slash game with RPG elements than an RPG but it's good fun.
I've lost the urge to game and to pointwhore the last couple of days so it's a nice way of easing me back into it.
Rented it for a week from Blockbuster for £3 but I'd say it's worth £10 or so.

[Creature]

Samurai Warriors 2 and FM 2007

SW isn't as good as Dynasty Warriors, but it's still the same kind of thing, just a bit harder as you can't do levels in 5 minutes :(

[Toby]

Far too much Supreme Commander.

My excuse is that I'll be playing a load of it at a LAN in a couple of months time and currently suck too much so need the praccy :)

[Davey_Pitch]

At the moment, God of War 2 on the PS2, and NHL 2K7 on the 360. That'll be until later today when (hopefully) Bioshock arrives. I'm sure that'll dominate the bank holiday weekend for me :)

[Haly]

Bit of a thread resurrection, but just curious to see what's keeping the gamers busy at the moment :D Well before, all the 360 gamers say 'Call of Duty 4' ;)
I'm just acquiring a copy of FM2008 because I've resisted long enough, about time I wave goodbye to everything including my sleep pattern ;D

As well as that I'm trying to settle on one game to play through on the 360, at the moment I'm rushing through Harry Potter to get some points (probably the only time I will ever go near to that franchise :p) and then I dunno. Maybe Condemned or The Darkness.
Since finishing Eternal Sonata, I've felt a bit of a gap for what to concentrate on.

[Davey_Pitch]

Funnily enough I started on FM2008 last night and I've already started to feel the pull of it again, thoughts of tactics and transfers have been filling my head most of the day. Hoping I can turn Everton into a European powerhouse team like I've done in all the other games so far :D

Beyond that, PES2008 is still taking up a fair bit of time, and I need to go back to Tiger Woods 2008 as well as I really like that. COD4 will obviously be the main game from Friday though, at least for 2 weeks until I get Mass Effect/GH3/Assassin's Creed :)

[Haly]

I was reading about FM2008 on another forum so it's encouraged me to give it a go :D
Amazing how addictive it can get even after all these years when you throw in the old Champs too.

[Wossi]

Still playing Oblivion on the 360. It didn't help that I bought Shivering Isles and finally finished the main quest and most of the side quests. I don't want to buy any games just yet as I know I'll never play them until I finally get round to completing Oblivion again.

[Davey_Pitch]

I loved Oblivion the first time through, but I think I played it too much, I put nearly 300 hours into it and by the end it was almost boring. It's been at least 6 months since I played it now and I've got it on the PC so I may re-install it and go through it again :)

[CliffyG]

I'm only playing PES 2008 at the moment, just can't seem to be able to get into anything else :(.

[Wellington]

I've been Playing Master of Orion 2 on the PC and Enchanted Arms on the 360.

[Haly]

I've just started my FM2008 game managing Basingstoke :shocked: Could be interesting ;D

[Marmoset]

Bump for this. :evil:

I'm playing through Gears of War (PC) and have just started Crysis.

GoW is proof that a really simple game idea (find cover, crouch, shoot, throw frag, repeat) can really work. Great game. :)

[Haly]

Always good to see this thread bumped :D
I've given my freetime and soul to Mass Effect for the foreseeable future :D I love it :D

GoW was a great experience the first time round, really simple but fun :)

[Dymetrie]

Well my EVE career has been reinvigorated recently.

First there was talk of an Alliance between several corporations and in a few weeks I shall be forming and heading up that Alliance :)

Secondly, I have collaborated with Meds and we are now on the way to be making some serious money (current estimates are between 2 and 3 billion with current blueprint stocks).

Thirdly, I am disgustingly rich again, with the prospect of becoming even more disgustingly rich :D

Life is good, apart from having to wander around collecting tons of minerals from different stations in my freighter which is s-l-o-w :( But then again, I get to have fun in missions with my awesome Nighthawk :)

[Wellington]

Recently it's just been Hardcore!!!! COD 4 matches, playing in the Euro Domination league

Cobblers is the clan and the tag is |* so second at the moment.....

not played on the xbox for awhile may need to have ago soon.....

[Admiral Huddy]

Started playing Airbourne last week.. I have to admit despite the negative comments it's received in the press, I'm really enjoying it.