What are you playing at the moment?

[Wossi]

I'm attempting to play Mass Effect, when it isn't coming up with a dirty disc error and crashing on me. Bloody good game so far.

[Joe 90]

CoD4 multiplayer
Kane & Lynch
Mass Effect

[Justsomebloke]

COD4 MP (of course )

Got it Sat night & have played around 12 hours online. I am a 2nd Lieutenant now & starting to feel at home. Don't know whether it will take over from BF2 yet, Only time will tell.

[testpattern]

i'm playing through s.t.a.l.k.e.r. again .. found out there's "proper" endings and a level i missed so i'm playing through more carefully this time. i've bumped up to the hardest difficulty and turned the crosshair off!
just love the atmosphere in this game. i think its the best balance between looting, shooting and um spooking.

[Admiral Huddy]

Testpattern

You don't have to play the whole thing again.. Read below if you want..
Spoiler Alert! - Highlight below to read!



If you have any save games, from your first play, the real ending is based on descisions at the end. In the power plant, there's a fight at the stair well.. Around the otherside is the door to the see the Wishmaker.. you die. Game ends.

However, there is a ladder nearby that leads to another floor. There's a short fight and a door that you should have they key to. It was a main mission from earlier.. Enter through the door and you get another level. Fight on further and you will finally find out about your existence.. Choice to join the cause and the game ends. Abort your duties and the game goes into another longer level (the real ending) and you have to escape.



End Spoiler Alert!

[Admiral Huddy]

Nearly finished Airbourne.. Have to say it's quite stressful at times and my heart was pounding last night.. Not had that before... There's one point you are on a balcony and face a hord of Germans troops to get to 4 AA guns. After destroying each one.. checkpoint. However, if you die, you have to face the same barrage of enemies all over agin despite reaching a checkpoint. I thought this was a bit odd..

[Admiral Huddy]

GOW

After trying to get the hotfix installed, registering with Xbox live and set the controls, I actually got round to start playing Gears of War last night.

With everything on high and at 1920 x 1200, the graphics look awesome has to be said. I like the openess with the buildings and the co-op attacks, picking up tags along the way. Nice touch I thought.

The ony gripe I have so far is the control interface, which took me a while to get use to. Gone are the standard crouch and jump keys I would normally configure in favour of a cinimatic action key instead. This is most likely ported function of the xbox. On Hardcore setting, I found it impossible to kill the enemy, even during the training. I just couldn't get a shot on target.

So I tried on normal, and was still struggling. I then realised I was doing it all wrong. The emphasis is on "cover, shoot and move". Using this method made the game flow with cinimatic movements and effects. It helps to using the sight too After about 3 hours of gameplay, I realised it may have not been the difficulty setting after all but the way I was playing the game, which is a bit different to what I was used to.

So, after some initial teething problems, I'm finding the game awesomely different. Although I should have stuck with Hardcore

[Stan_Lite]

Nice preview Paul.

I've just bought GOW but won't be playing it for a bit as I've barely started UT3 so I'll be fiddling with that for a while yet. I only played a half hour the other night and I was pished so I can't really say what it's like yet

[Davey_Pitch]

Yesterday I finished off the CSI game on the 360. Fun enough, but so glad I rented it and didn't buy it, as it's not worth £40 or whatever they're charging for it. It's simply too short to be anything other than a rental.

I've been dipping into Assassin's Creed lately as well. The sub-missions to access the assassinations are fun enough to start with, but they'll certainly get boring the more I do them, which is why I'm picking at the game and don't expect to complete it any time soon. Graphically though the game is exceptional, to the point where it could well be the most beautiful game I've ever played. I certainly can't wait to see what the inevitable sequel looks like

Might finally crack open Smackdown vs Raw 2008 now, had it since my birthday and figure while I'm off ill I should have a go at it, and maybe The Orange Box as well

[Haly]

Originally Posted by Davey_Pitch

Yesterday I finished off the CSI game on the 360. Fun enough, but so glad I rented it and didn't buy it, as it's not worth £40 or whatever they're charging for it. It's simply too short to be anything other than a rental.

I entirely agree there.

I've still not played Assassin's Creed hugely, it's just not drawn me in yet. It's beautiful though and I'm really looking forward to seeing it on a bigger screen soon.

I've only really been playing CoD4 and Bladestorm. Planning to cancel my games rental for a little while as I've got enough games to keep me busy at the moment so there's just no point.