What are you playing right now?

[Springblossom]

Just unlocked the Crystal Cruiser in FTL: Faster Than Light.

There are not enough s in the world.

 

[exball]

Just unlocked the Crystal Cruiser in FTL: Faster Than Light.

There are not enough s in the world.

Took you long enough nerd.

 

[Watcher]

I mentioned Demon's Souls a few posts ago. I'm surprised how I'm just going through it pretty easily. It's loads easier than Dark Souls mostly because of how stupid the AI is in comparison. Enemies will just wail on you and usually just raising your shield, running behind them and backstabbing them kills them instantly. I got to the first boss (excluding the tutorial boss) only dying maybe 3 times in total. All instant kill parts.

I might actually complete the game pretty quickly. From what I've heard the game doesn't get Dark Souls level challenging til later on and even then, New Game Plus is where the actual challenge is.

I also noticed the interface, particle effects and lighting look better in Demon's Souls than Dark Souls. It's probably due to how Demon's Souls has "levels" whereas Dark Soul's is a pseudo-open world with no loading screens.

In terms of challenge I think the main difficulty of the game is mostly due to how there are no saved points in the level. Which I have to admit does make me more cautious a player but it also loses the frantic element that Dark Souls had.

 

[The Fair Lady]

Final Fantasy XIII-2. Even though it has an ME3 ending, it's still fun.

 

[Da Pickle Monsta]

Assassin's Creed IV and Call of Duty: Ghosts. I'm concentrating more on ACIV because I'm so tremendously disappointed with CoD.

 

[Arkangel]

I tried 1999 mode. My first playthrough on normal was just running and gunning. I can't do that anymore in 1999 mode.

 

[PvtRichardCranium]

Hellgate London because I'm a nerd.

 

[BALLZ-BROKEN]

I bought the Elder Scrolls Anthology and I've played Skyrim for a few hours. I've never played any of the TES games, so I was expecting Skyrim to be "New Vegas with Magic".

I wanted to be a well-spoken capitalist lizard with a mean axe, but those damn bears and frost trolls keep killing me!

 

[exball]

I bought the Elder Scrolls Anthology and I've played Skyrim for a few hours. I've never played any of the TES games, so I was expecting Skyrim to be "New Vegas with Magic".

I wanted to be a well-spoken capitalist lizard with a mean axe, but those damn bears and frost trolls keep killing me!

You should install the Falskaar and Wyrmstooth mods. Their basically DLC. That and interesting NPC's because it's awesome.

 

[exball]

Started playing some more Binding of Isaac.

 

[Surtur]

Pong

 

[BALLZ-BROKEN]

I've played Skyrim for a few more hours and I've never heard the infamous "arrow to the knee".

I used to patrol the Mojave almost wishing for a nuclear winter, but then I took an arrow to the knee.

 

[Watcher]

I've played Skyrim for a few more hours and I've never heard the infamous "arrow to the knee".

I used to patrol the Mojave almost wishing for a nuclear winter, but then I took an arrow to the knee.

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[Fibonacci]

Playing Saints Row 4's Free Weekend. First impression: it's good, not great. It's pretty much just SR3 with some new textures and a different storyline. Also, super powers render vehicles practically useless.

Had fun, though:

 

[Smokedaddy]

Once upon a time, high-school age types would go hit up the video arcade on Friday nights esp. when they lived in a podunk town with nothing reasonable to do that wouldn't get you busted. And before that (in another age of the Earth, lost in a distant haze of time, living on only through half-remembered legends whispered among old folk in the darkest night when the wind howls) (or some such shit) when there were no video games to speak of, the thing was pinball.

I've been doing a lot of "Pinball Arcade" -- it was a free weekend thingy on Steam and I got suckered in. The tables are simulations of actual old machines, and the simulation is *really* well done. On a few titles, I know some of the people that worked on them (I was at Midway for a couple of years, and Williams = Bally = Midway -- I got there just after they killed pinball, bummed me out) and it's a kick to play them. (Medieval Madness comes to mind.) The simulation is good enough that the ball can get stuck sometimes in the same places it'd get stuck for reals. I remember when Black Knight hit the arcades, it's a hoot playing it again. Twlilight Zone is another great one, so is the Pinbot series. If you dig pinball (of course none of you punks ever played actual pinball or even heard of it, but I amuse myself by thinking somebody might have) it's worth checking out.

When you get good at pinball you realize it's not just ripping you off every time the ball goes out. 95% of the time you fucked it up somehow. The other five percent, yes, it ripped you off, but that's part of the game.

Pro Tip: good players usually keep the flipper nearest the ball high. Usually.

 

[exball]

Infinity blade II.

 

[Da Pickle Monsta]

Just Assassin's Creed IV. I'm loving the hell out of it.

 

[Cute Anime Girl]

Call the doctors and tell them to go home, I'll be doing the operating from now on.

 

[spaps]

Ever since the Friday the 13th update on Steam, I've been playing through POSTAL 2's A Week in Paradise gamemode, based on the mod of the same name. The Eternal Damnation weapons are a great addition. Today I found the secret terrorist base after fighting through the sewers, broke out of prison again, befriended two dogs (one of which was killed by a massive explosion of multiple cars ), and raided almost every house I could find. Amazing how a fairly poorly-made game could be so fun.

 

[Watcher]

Amazing how a fairly poorly-made game could be so fun.

Postal 2 has more gameplay than most AAA released games.