Weekend Gamer - What are you playing this weekend?

[Jetherik]

Once again the weekend is upon us, and for some of us, we will be wrapped up in epic struggles. Some will be in a war (G.R.A.W), others in Oblivion, and for me, I will be saving the galaxy with Galatic Civ 2. Of course, the usual suspects for many of us, WoW, CoH/V. All gamer goodness is upon us. What are you playing this weekend, and what would you recommend?

[dotbomb]

Oblivion, oblivion, and a little more oblivion.

[Ka_Feosh]

I want to be playing Oblivion. But when I borrowed my friend's copy to see if my comp could handle it it crashed and died after managing to load just the heads up display against a white background.

For the first time in months I'm taking a breather from WoW (although my weekly guild raid is still on for Saturday night) and playing some Guitar Hero and possibly starting to replay some old PC games.

[Nite_Moogle]

Suffering a bit of WoW burnout, so I will intermix some BF2 and possibly Warcraft 3.

[Bydo_Empire]

I finally payed off my 600k mortgage in AC. Perfect timing since I just got Tetris DS & MPH. Those two games will suck up most of my weekend gaming time, although I just got Psychonauts last week, too, so I'm sure I'll play that.

[joruussuun]

Oblivion... looking to buy a house in-game tonight. One of the ones around 5000 gold. I need a place to store my stuff. I've been saving things since the beginning with only the sole purpose of "man, this would look cool displayed in my house". I have a Valara Stone I could of sold for decent money, but want to display it in my house. I also am planning on having a bowl filled with gold nuggets, and a bowl filled with silver nuggets.
And as soon as I finish collecting those Alyeid Statues for "the Collector" in exchange for good money, I'm so gonna break into his house and steal them back for display in mine.

[bapenguin]

HOpefully a whole lot of Oblivion on the 360. If not, I'll play it on the PC. I'd like to finish up Fight Night as well.

[Metal Jesus]

Believe it or not, but I am replaying Thief: Deadly Shadows (XBOX). The game is not perfect, but it's still very enjoyable. Plus I just miss the series, since it's one of my all-time favorites.

I'm also picking up Daxter & Syphon Filter for the PSP tomorrow. Two all-original, highly acclaimed PSP titles to dig into. I can't wait!

[hideouslywrinkled]

I'm going to be writing a paper about Chaucer this weekend (yea!).

But I plan on taking a lot of Tetris DS breaks. (I love the puzzle mode...)

[phantomhitman]

You bastards are going to make me go buy oblivion this weekend. If it sucks, or I suck at it, I will kill you all after I finished getting the achievements in the game.

[Rarely Operable Brain]

Oblivion on the 360 . . . after my son goes to bed, that is.

[Steve_Erhardt]

I'm on gaming overload... too much good stuff right now, but if I have to make a prediction, I'll probably be playing Pacific Fighters, GalCiv2 (picked it up yesterday, yeah!), and Tribes: Vengeance singleplayer (finally getting back into it after a long hiatus from when I initially purchased it). Probably at least a smattering of BF2 and WoW in there too.

[Visitor Q]

I'm letting Metroid Prime: Hunters quickly turn my otherwise fully functional hand into an unusably gnarled gaming claw... DAMN YOU STYLUS CONTROLS!

[Everlost_MI]

Oblivion, oblivion, and a little more oblivion.

Couldn't have said it any better. Maybe a bit of GRAW to spice things up.

[captainspankypants]

Typing of the Dead. I need to stop looking at the keyboard and typing with two fingers. It's fucking embarassing.

[Harshmage]

Everything. No, I'm not kidding. Desert Bash 4.0 is this weekend, and CS 1.6 and Source are major tourneys. Quake4, HL2 DM, WC3/FT, and whatever else we throw in the mix (everyone else will be playing Halo2, Mario Kart whicheverversionitisnow, Battlefield 2, and F.E.A.R.).

[Atorak]

It'll be an Oblivionarathon this weekend!

[Kem0sabe]

I actualy bought oblivion using direct2drive, finished downloading last night. At 500~kb/s it didnt take that long for the 4G~ download.

So im planning to put some serious time into it this weekend. Managed to do some of the tutorial this morning before work, and damn... Patrick Stewart is amazing ^^

[bKangy]

I'm playing DoD:S... again. I don't have much installed right now and I can't afford a new hard drive due to buying Radiohead tickets. I'm still on course for an Xbox 360 at the end of May though with 2 games... GRAW and Oblivion :)

[Rakael]

I'm going to swing by one of the local stores and see what old computer gem I can pick up for $5-10. Something old enough that my laptop can handle it easily.

Although, games are probably going to be the last thing on my mind, as my copy of Dan Simmons' "Hyperion" finally (FUCKING FINALLY!!11!1) arrived today. I never thought I would go through this much trouble to get one book. I have faith in Kelegacy's recomendation though. It will be worth it.

[Mysterio]

HOpefully a whole lot of Oblivion on the 360. If not, I'll play it on the PC.

Since you own it for both platforms, which do you prefer?

On the PC side, I have a P4-3.2GHz, 1GB RAM, 256MB Radeon X800, and a 19" ViewSonic LCD (VP912b).

On the 360 side, I have a 60" Sony rear-projection LCD HDTV (XBR series), but my theater surround isn't hooked up atm, due to recent move. So, no Dolby Digital 5.1. :(

For those who have it for either platform (or both) and considering my set-ups, which do you recommend I get?

[Kem0sabe]

I played it on the xbox and on the pc. The advantage i noticed on the pc is the control scheme, wich is much more precise for interacting, shooting spells or arrows. And i managed to tweak the ini file enough to give me about 2x as much view distance without all the textures looking like blobs. On the 360 the view distance is still very small without the textures geting all messed up.

[zipR]

Believe it or not, but I am replaying Thief: Deadly Shadows (XBOX). The game is not perfect, but it's still very enjoyable. Plus I just miss the series, since it's one of my all-time favorites.

I'm playing it for the first time on PC. So far, I'm really enjoying it. I played quite a bit of The Dark Project some time ago, but found it a little intimidating and difficult -- especially since some of the levels are so huge. I tend to play in short little bits, say 20-30 minutes at a time, and found Thief tough to stay interested in because some of the levels seem to take hours to get through. So far, it seems that DS is a bit more playable than the the first one. It looks great too. I have Thief 2, but other than loading it up once to look around at the graphics, never really played it.

[Mysterio]

I played it on the xbox and on the pc. The advantage i noticed on the pc is the control scheme, wich is much more precise for interacting, shooting spells or arrows. And i managed to tweak the ini file enough to give me about 2x as much view distance without all the textures looking like blobs. On the 360 the view distance is still very small without the textures geting all messed up.

Thanks for the input. It's a hard decision. Maybe I should get both...? ;)

[Citizen Philip]

Believe it or not, but I am replaying Thief: Deadly Shadows (XBOX). The game is not perfect, but it's still very enjoyable. Plus I just miss the series, since it's one of my all-time favorites.

I'm also picking up Daxter & Syphon Filter for the PSP tomorrow. Two all-original, highly acclaimed PSP titles to dig into. I can't wait!

Oddly enough, after I finish up with DoW: Winter Assault (only have to get the Ork ending) Thief 3 is on my list for a reinstall. Maybe some Galciv 2: just got my retail box in the mail: downloaded it last week ;)

No WoW for me anymore, I quit.




Mostly.

[Heretic Machine]

Oblivion... and for some reason, I have the urge to play Halo 2 to see the ending again.

[Kem0sabe]

Thanks for the input. It's a hard decision. Maybe I should get both...? ;)


Hmm, if you have an xbox 360, i would get oblivion for it. I find it especialy relxaing to play games on a wireless controler sitting on the couch, plus its a good reason for the 400$ invesment you made for your 360.

the main reason im playing it on the computer is because i enjoyed the modding scene so much on the previous title (morrowind). ^^

Edit: Be advised tho, the pc version will need some serious patching, dunno how the 360 version shapes up on that department, my experience playing it is limited.

[Bydo_Empire]

Although, games are probably going to be the last thing on my mind, as my copy of Dan Simmons' "Hyperion" finally (FUCKING FINALLY!!11!1) arrived today.
I just started reading that a few weeks ago. While I'm barely 100 pages in, it's fantastic so far.

[SalopGirl]

I am thinking I am actually having some xbox live withdrawls. You will probably see me on battlefield 2 or the ever favorite halo 2. There is a simple please in shooting someone in the head and laughing it up on a video game.

Gametag: Salop Girl Hope to see ya guys. Later!

[RevGored]

Oblivion, Metal Gear Acid 2, maybe try to finish up Onimusha.

But let's get serious.

Oblivion

[MrMeatshake]

this weekend i'll be finishing Mashed (http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=55810) again (i lost my old save :() so that i can live it up in a party-game stylee whenever :). man, what a sweet game that is!

after finishing jade empire and fable recently, i think i'll get some civ IV back on (and maybe a tiny bit of H2)... i've had enough of RPGs at the mo. oh, and i don't have a 360 for oblivion, yet!! :D

[mrdrum81]

Oblivion Baby!

[screwtape]

My 360 just arrived this morning. I'm going to spend the entire weekend with FNR3, GRAW, PGR3 and Geometry Wars.

Here and there, I'll play Oblivion on PC.

What a time to be alive.

[Reznoriam]

I'll be playing Oblivion. I'm about 4 hours into the game and really dying for a house. I chose heavy armor so my inventory is somewhat limited. That and I'm really frustrated with lockpicking, I'm not good at it yet.

[Kefkataran]

I'm going to be writing a paper about Chaucer this weekend (yea!).

Sweet. What's your thesis?

Doing the EvAv podcast tonight. Then Oblivion'ing the fuck out of my weekend here, believe it or not. I have the PC version, and I am ADORING it. Runs practically like butter, looks gorgeous, and has really intense, addictive gameplay. Tonight I'll probably spend most of the night dungeon-exploring and then, maybe eventually, get onto the Fighter's Guild questline finally.

[TheBrainKills]

HOpefully a whole lot of Oblivion on the 360. If not, I'll play it on the PC. I'd like to finish up Fight Night as well.

I am suprised! your missing out on all those achievement points.

Oh ya Oblivion,

in 3 days I put in about 25 hours.... game-lock. Too much fun.

[askheaves]

I think I'm going to play video games all weekend long (plus a computer reformat), but I don't want to get into a rut. Thinking I need some sort of goal like 10+ games, or 2+ game per system, or 1 from several genres.

Maybe I can make it a Live Achievement weekend and try to get my gamer score over 2000.

[Kefkataran]

I am suprised! your missing out on all those achievement points.

He's been waiting to get his free review copy. Bought the PC version to tide him over in the mean time.

[ezzkmo]

Oblivion for sure. Maybe a little GRAW and Halo 2 online. And it's also the Guild Wars Factions preview weekend right? I'll be up on that too.

[Kefkataran]

And it's also the Guild Wars Factions preview weekend right? I'll be up on that too.

Oh, good call. I was thinking I should check that out a little too. We'll see if I can pull myself away from Oblivion...

[NoName]

Oblivion until my girlfriend makes me stop playing or it's Monday morning.

[ZeroOmegaZX]

ES4: Oblivion, MP Hunters, EvE-Online

[pheriannath]

Oblivion, GRAW, and my sunday WoW raiding duties.

[crashedout]

Godfather(PC). Good game, the wonky mouse control and low geometry are the only thing keeping it from being a A title. Trying decide on Oblivion for the 360 or PC.

[TalkingOctopus]

Manhunt (ps2) - I picked it up for $5. It is pretty fun so far.

Xenogears(ps1) - Still working on this one. It had a really slow start, but it seems to be getting better.

[askheaves]

Oblivion, GRAW, and my sunday WoW raiding duties.

I'd make fun of you for playing a game in which you refer to the main mechanic as 'duties,' however I am sitting next to my DS which I brought to work so I could plant some apple and orange trees in my spare time. So, I'll just make fun of you for saying 'duties'... 'doodies'...

[SBKidJamX]

WoW and maybe finish up Onimusha. Maybe I can get my hands on a copy of Tetris DS and enjoy that.

[phantomhitman]

Maybe I can make it a Live Achievement weekend and try to get my gamer score over 2000.

rent nba 2k6, college hoops 2k6, nhl 2k6, madden, fifa, and nba live and you will be around 6,000 points. The 2k games will take you about 30 minutes each, madden will take a few hours due to the 30 year achievement, fifa and nhl are pretty simple also.

[JRR006]

Oblivion. And probably some Animal Crossing WW and Tetris DS. But mostly Oblivion.

[askheaves]

rent nba 2k6, college hoops 2k6, nhl 2k6, madden, fifa, and nba live and you will be around 6,000 points. The 2k games will take you about 30 minutes each, madden will take a few hours due to the 30 year achievement, fifa and nhl are pretty simple also.

2 problems:
1) I hate sports games (except Tennis and Boxing, oddly... they translate well)
2) Nobody in Tucson rents out 360 games yet... at least, not as of a couple of weeks ago.

I figure there has to be a good way of pulling a cool 1K points just by killing Mexicans all weekend.

[Tohoya]

Guild Wars Factions preview event FTW.

[Atorak]

Oblivion... and for some reason, I have the urge to play Halo 2 to see the ending again.

Maybe I should run through Halo 2 this weekend again. For some reason, I completely missed the "ending". :)

[maharahaj]

Having finally beaten GRAW last night, I am prepared to focus my attention on Oblivion. I also have only 5 events left in Burnout Revenge to attempt and get perfect ratings on. The other 164 events are all perfected meaning the achievement points will flow like water this weekend.

[balamoor]

Okay I need to know on Oblivion guys..should I bite the bullet spend ten bucks more and get the 360 version or the PC version?

[askheaves]

Okay I need to know on Oblivion guys..should I bite the bullet spend ten bucks more and get the 360 version or the PC version?

If you're like me, it's a choice between an extra 10 bucks for the 360 version, or an extra 500 bucks getting my computer up to spec.

[Zanzibar]

Maybe I should run through Halo 2 this weekend again. For some reason, I completely missed the "ending". :)

Wow, it took 2 and a half hours for somebody to make that joke. I was certain it was gonna be done in minutes. ;)

This weekend:

360: maybe finish Quake 4, then crack open GRAW. Possibly go buy Oblivion.

PC: Of all things, X-Wing/Tie Fighter collector's edition.

[Bumbuliuz]

Oblivion and nothing but Oblivion. And next week some more Oblivion, this time on the 360 ;)

[Chimpbot]

Shadow of the Colossus.
It took me damn long enough to actually pick it up...

[Atorak]

Wow, it took 2 and a half hours for somebody to make that joke. I was certain it was gonna be done in minutes. ;)

This weekend:

360: maybe finish Quake 4, then crack open GRAW. Possibly go buy Oblivion.

PC: Of all things, X-Wing/Tie Fighter collector's edition.

Today, I'm "that guy".

[Sestren]

Manhunt (ps2) - I picked it up for $5. It is pretty fun so far.

Xenogears(ps1) - Still working on this one. It had a really slow start, but it seems to be getting better.

Stick with Xenogears...it's a very long and pretty deep RPG. One of my favorite games of all time.

I may give Area 51 a run through this weekend since I was able to get it cheap for Xbox.

[Riproar]

Enjoying the SWAT4 expansion online COOP very much! I like the new double loaded stun gun that blasts further.

Plus brushing up on various vehicles and anti-aircraft weapons on single player BF2 servers. I'm getting better at Battlefield 2 but it's taken some time considering SWAT 4 was my first realtime, online, FPS gobsmack. All of my opponents seem to have grown up with Counter Strike. See! I didn't even need to spell that...CS...Every one knows that! I'm learnin'.

[AspectVoid]

I suppose I don't need to say it, but I will anyway. Oblivion.

[Liquidize105]

Call of Cthulhu

It's great game, I like it.

[Zeal]

Xenogears is the best RPG the PSX has to offer.

[Soap]

Oblivion.

Just joined the Thieves guild so now I get to go back and find where I put all those dropped stolen weapons. Fun Fun Fun.

[Triprotic]

Oblivion! saw it in the shops and couldn't resist buying it, I've put about 40 min in so far and it seems very good. My laptop plays it ok at 640x480, just a little jerky now and again.

I think it's time I pulled an all nighter, since I haven't done one of those for ages ;)

[The Iron Weasel]

MGS3: Subsistance....if I have time....man having a girlfriend is very time consuming, but in a good way.

[Logik]

Syphon Filter on PSP, I'm a hopeless addict. As soon as you start getting fed up with the onlne game, they give you a new gun to get back at everyone with.

[NELS]

I will be playing MGS3:Subsistance, probably finishing up my career in Fight Night R3. Also maybe finish up Half Life 2, and maybe some GalCiv 2 if I can get out there and get it.

Was thinking about getting Obvilion for PC this weekend (is it still 44.99 at Fry's?), but I am not sure my computer will run it. My computer is well above the minimal requirements (sorry for the mini threadjack) but does anyone play with my computer specs?

AMD 64 3200+
1024 gig 3200 dual channeled
256mb ATI X600 (PCI-X) (overclocked 40 %)

Does it play well? I just hate sluggish games, can hardly play them.

[Stryfe01]

I'll be playing Genji on PS2 and dragon Quest VIII. I may play some PC games, or an Xbox games. I'm still holding out on the 360 until after I move. I have too much hardware here now. What sucks is that I have games for it just sitting here...

[ruprect]

I'll be playing some game that has some dialogue by that guy who played Picard. You've probably never heard of it.

Also G.R.A.W, which I finally broke down and got.

[screwtape]

Update! News Flash! I won't be playing my 360. It worked for about 3 hours then locked up. Now it won't boot up past the splash screen. So I'll be sending it back to Microsoft.

Oh well. I still have Oblivion on the PC.

[Spigot]

I'm playing the work game this weekend. Sigh.

Of course, this means I'll be playing the snot out of AC:WW, Tetris DS and Advance Wars DS (with possibly some Mario & Luigi:PiT thrown in).

Tomorrow should see the arrival of my new gaming rig. I picked up Oblivion for the PC the other day, couldn't even begin to get it to run on this hunk of junk and went out and got the new PC that I've been waiting to get for the last 6 months. Elder Scrolls games always seem to equal a massive system upgrade/purchase for me.

Of course, I'm also playing the "Talk the wife into not taking a hammer to your new gaming PC" game. That is not nearly as fun as Oblivion or FEAR, though it does have healthy doses of both.

[Chimpbot]

Well, scratch what I mentioned earlier. Shadow of the Colossus will have to take a back seat to Oblivion. Since I happened to be in an area that actually had the game and was open at 10:30pm, I buckled and picked up a copy.

I've joined the collective...

[Spigot]

Well, scratch what I mentioned earlier. Shadow of the Colossus will have to take a back seat to Oblivion. Since I happened to be in an area that actually had the game and was open at 10:30pm, I buckled and picked up a copy.

I've joined the collective...
One of us... one of us...

[TheHulk]

Foiled again! The new WalMart that opened near me didn't get any 360s in for the opening, so guess I'll play some Destroy All Humans and Stubbs the Zombie. Might pick up Black or The Godfather so I don't feel too left out of all that new gaming goodness everybody else seems to be enjoying.

[Pumped'Up]

A little of Oblivion - even just tinkering with the graphics settings is fun!

Strangely since installing Oblivion, i can't remember what other games I have that I could also or should be playing! Ah well....

[The Tenth Hokage]

Just beat Indigo Prophecy (very well made game, except the controllers sucked). I'm either going to start Dragon Quest 8 or Destroy All Humans. I want to try Oblivion, but 1) my computer probably can't handle it 2) I have no clue if I'll like the game (I only played 1 hour of Morrowind).

[Pumped'Up]

Just beat Indigo Prophecy (very well made game, except the controllers sucked). I'm either going to start Dragon Quest 8 or Destroy All Humans. I want to try Oblivion, but 1) my computer probably can't handle it 2) I have no clue if I'll like the game (I only played 1 hour of Morrowind).
I thought Morrowind was simply, but easily forgetable.

Get Oblivion - it is the ultimate RPG in a class above all others. It is an absolute must for any RPG fan.

[Nichols]

I've been playing The Ur-Quan Masters, which got updated to 0.50 recently and added lots of neato new stuff. I've also been messing around with GalCiv 2 with the new patch. Other than that, not much else aside from the usual rounds of Ultima VII, Gearhead, and Vulture's Eye (Nethack).

[bobbler]

The next week will likely consist of these games:
DJ Max Portable (still)
Mega Man: Powered Up
Daxter (almost done)
Syphon Filter
Me n My Katamari (the controls are actually quite nice -- a lot cleaner than the analogs, once you get used to it)
GT4 (never picked it up)
Oblivion (have it for X360, but no X360 yet -- hopefully in the next week I'll be able to snag one)
MGS3:S
And who knows what else... so many games, so little time =\

[Kefkataran]

Bobbler, how ya liking Daxter and Mega Man: Powered Up? I've heard great things about both.

[bobbler]

Daxter is portable platforming sex, and MM:PU is great (oldschool megaman with a crazy amount of extras -- 2 new bosses + playing as bosses + playing as roll + level editor and infrastructure level downloading of other people's levels + etc).

[KamaItachi]

I've been mostly putting time into GRAW, but sonce I swapped out the main soundtrack for the music to Transformers: The movie I've found myself dying a bit too much. I keep gettig too hyped for my own good and end up getting shot to pieces dureing Dare.

DARE!

Dare to keep aaaaalll your dreams aliiiiive!

[Spigot]

I got my new system yesterday and was able to play a bit of Oblivion.

I like what I've seen so far. The combat and dialogue are both greatly improved over Morrowind and I can see myself spending a lot of time wandering about.

Unfortunately, I've had a few hiccups with the new system. It is less than a day old, so it'll probably take a few days to track down and squish all the bugs, but I'm hoping that by next weekend I'll have the system working perfectly.

Oh, and this weekend was the weekend I got my head handed to me in Tetris DS over the Wi-Fi. I don't understand how I went from destroying my opponents to losing 8 games in a row of Push. I think people are playing with the Ghost Bricks on though. That, to me, is cheating.

[Kyle Jones]

A lot of Oblivion, a dash of Animal Crossing and a pinch of DoD Source.

[Kefkataran]

Unfortunately, I've had a few hiccups with the new system. It is less than a day old, so it'll probably take a few days to track down and squish all the bugs, but I'm hoping that by next weekend I'll have the system working perfectly.

Hopefully just gotta get all the drivers downloaded and such. What's your new system specs?

[Spigot]

Hopefully just gotta get all the drivers downloaded and such. What's your new system specs?
P4 3.0 GHz system, 1 GB RAM, Geforce 6800GS 256MB vid card.

It's a lovely little system. It's just a matter of getting it all up and tweaked jussssst right.

When Oblivion is running properly it does look very nice.

[Stryfe01]

I ended up buying Daxter yesterday. i'm going on a road trip this week and figured i'd finally get a games other than lumies. I like it...and my gf loves it. Matter of fact she just left for work with it...

[Kefkataran]

P4 3.0 GHz system, 1 GB RAM, Geforce 6800GS 256MB vid card.

It's a lovely little system. It's just a matter of getting it all up and tweaked jussssst right.

When Oblivion is running properly it does look very nice.

Very nice, just a smidge better than mine. Congrats on the new PC! Always feels nice.

[Spigot]

Very nice, just a smidge better than mine. Congrats on the new PC! Always feels nice.
No kidding. Especially concidering I went from a 1.6 GHz system with a Geforce 4400 to this.

Now that I've updated everything, Oblivion should (hopefully) work properly. I've got the latest Beta drivers, all the Win XP updates are done... *shrug*

WoW looked and ran nice, that's for sure. No problems with it and I played for over an hour tonight. Woo.

[Kefkataran]

Of course WoW's pretty low on demands anyways. :) I didn't realize you played WoW! We must hook up in there when I re-up my subscription this summer.

[Spigot]

Everything was fine. I ran Oblivion for a good hour and a half or so and had nary a problem. FEAR looked, sounded and ran just duckily as well.

Hooray for beta drivers!