Weekend Gamer: What are you playing?

[Jetherik]

Another weekend and another chance to make some gaming choices. What are you going to be playing?

[Mortis]

Bioshock again (on hard) and some demos. The Skate demo is growing on me.

[Wyrm]

Hopefully Bioshock if my computer decides to work. Also, just started up Twilight Princess for Wii, and that rocks, so I'll spend some time on that as well.

[Norse]

I hope I receive Bioshock from my Canadian friends so I can play some. If not, I'll probably try to finish Ninja Gaiden Sigma

[midrael]

Shadow of Colossus if I manage to find the time around helping my sister move back to college this weekend.

[Knite]

Bioshock
Maybe some NCAA06 or APF2k8... maybe a little bit of R6:Vegas (if you bastards play), or some Shadowrun or something...

[Abash Alarmist]

I shall be shocking biological organisms.

[Returner]

Bioshock
Two Worlds
Lineage II
CSS

[grandepolloloco]

woot its bioshock weekend for me =D Maybe some more darkness if I find the time

[Mal.Reynolds]

was gonna be work and Two Worlds but Delayed AGAIN

[flinxz]

World in Conflict Demo

[Evil Avnovice]

-Luminous Arc
-Brain Age 2
-Sudoku (Brain Age 2)

[Gorvi]

I'm working yet again Saturday, so gaming time will be pretty limited. Jeanne d'Arc will be taking up the majority of the time I do manage to get together. Hopefully some Pyschonauts too.

[Rifter]

Bioshock and Crackdown, primarily. Also, some GRAW 2 at the Lan party tomorrow.

[fatefodder]

Microsoft Xbox 360:
- Bioshock
- Gears of War (maybe)

Nintendo Wii:
- Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors (maybe)

PC:
- Defense of the Ancients (maybe)

[UnderHero5]

Bioshock and Picross DS. I didn't think I'd like Picross as much as I do. It's awesome!

[GunshipRadio]

I started running through Sam & Max Season 1 last night for the first time since they all came out, so I figured I'd finish that off. Plus I'll probably get in some rounds of CS:S

[Zanch]

Bioshock, of course.

[RevGored]

Keepin' on with FFXII, some more Persona 3 maybe, and as always, Planet Puzzle League

[Heretic Machine]

Well, I'll be playing some more Bioshock probably. I beat it last night, but I can easily seem myself going back to get some more research points and stuff. I wouldn't mind playing through it again either.

I may start up some CoH/CoV in a bit, I dunno. I'm in the beta for another MMO right now, so I'll do some more of that later. Might try to make some more progress in Luminous Arc, which has been on hold since Bioshock came out. Looks to be a pretty good weekend with so much to play, and so little else to do.

[Gerbs]

Bioshock and Luminous Arc.

[Chainblast]

Bioshock. I was looking at Two Worlds but got a hold of the demo and was not at all impressed. Delay or not that one is off!

[MegaChops]

Bioshock, The Darkness, and probably two worlds if it arrives from gamefly this weekend. maybe some Pokemon Pearl to finish up my national pokedex. but it'll probably just be Bioshock all weekend long.

[Darinisawesome]

Metroid: Prime and, of course, Bioshock.

[TrackZero]

Bioshock, for today at least. This weekend I'm out of town (and due to such won't be able to attend PAX either, *sob*).

Now next Tuesday, I plan to be playing Halo 3, Assassin's Creed and Mass Effect. I'll be posting more once I get back.....heh heh heh.

[Wokapto]

A little Bioshock and a lot of driving 6 hours to Fairbanks (Alaska) just for curry.

[CptTripps]

Bioshock and hopefully Two Worlds!!

[Maskatron]

Bioshock, and a little Space Giraffe probably.

[SPBTooL]

Call of Duty 4 beta

[NeuroMan42]

Finishing Bioshock and waiting for Metroid 3 next week.

[theCurse]

BioShock.

Maybe some Guitar Hero.

[Rafer]

Persona 3. About 25 hours in so far.

[Itchyeyes]

Perhaps we should re-title this thread 'what will you be playing besides Bioshock'...

I'm hoping to get a chance to play the World in Conflict demo, and I've also got a copy of The Darkness from Gamefly that I need to play. That is, if I can fit it in between all of the Bioshock I'll be playing :p

[Echani]

My Bioshock pre-order didn't arrive today, so unlike the rest of the western world I won't be playing that. Probably a bit of Dead Rising, might try to nail down NWN2 too.

[Spigot]

Bioshock as much as possible. My brother in law is down, so who knows what that will do to my gaming time. Plus I'm working. Boo.

When I'm not playing Bioshock, I'll hopefully get a little further in Space Giraffe without getting absolutely destroyed. I'm coming for you, EternalGamer2.

And the usual Picross sessions at work with a bit of Magical Starsign. I've got Heroes of Mana and Luminous Arc but I think I'll save them for after Magical Starsign.

I'd like to play some more Persona 3 (I'm about 10-15 hours in) but I really want to finish Bioshock first.

[Rafterman]

I didn't have enough cash to pickup Bioshock yet, so I restarted Halo One in preparation for Halo Three's imminent release. I had forgotten how much fun I had with Halo One, so perhaps this lack of money is a good thing.

Who am I kidding, I too want the Bioshock!!!!

[Jackel]

Bioshock demo (If i like it then possibly the full version too)
Garrys Mod 10
Mario Strikers Supercharged
Resident Evil 4 Wii (Maybe)

[Bad_Buddha]

I'll be finishing up Overlord and then getting into Bioshock.

Might be hitting up a vintage motorcycle rally on Vashon Island Sunday.

[Zurik]

The question should have been who isn't playing Bioshock this weekend!

[cp#]

It would of been Bioshock.

[PIPBoy3000]

Bioshock, assuming it ships today or tomorrow.

[Purple Santa]

Going to finally play some Bioshock. It's been sitting there waiting to be played. Also trying to put some time into Super Mario for DS since I never did get around to finishing it.

[Kelegacy]

Persona 3!!! Fucking awesome game.

And MLB '07: The Show intermittently. Softball tourney all day Sunday, at the crack of dawn.

[KingGorilla]

This one needed a poll-Bioshock? Something Else?

I am going to finish up Bioshock, I am on the last level and I have harvested each little sister, to this point, I am a bad ass. This game gets BETTER the deeper I get into the story and the game.

[Zander]

Bioshock 360.

[torrefaction]

http://www.fishing-in-spain.com/pike1%20large.jpg

[Shandor]

Perhaps we should re-title this thread 'what will you be playing besides Bioshock'...

Well, if that's how we're looking at it... :) Other than the obvious Bioshock, I want to check out the World in Conflict demo and, as long as Gamefly gets me Two Worlds today, I'll be playing that some. Other than those, maybe some CoV.

[Returner]

Well, if that's how we're looking at it... :) Other than the obvious Bioshock, I want to check out the World in Conflict demo and, as long as Gamefly gets me Two Worlds today, I'll be playing that some. Other than those, maybe some CoV.

You won't have time you'll be to busy entertaining me.

[Evil Avnovice]

Hmm....the pike disease is spreading here too. ;)

[XenonCJ]

World of Warcraft...

[Shadowstorm]

I wanted to play Bioshock but it's all sold out anywhere I look.

So I'll settle for Halo 2, like usual.

[Bydo_Empire]

Yesterday I won the BCS Championship in my NCAA 08 dynasty, so I might see how my recruiting for next season goes. Or, I might take a little break from the game.

I'll probably spend some time w/ MK:A for the Wii. And perhaps it's time to get back to Super Paper Mario - I got to Chapter 4 and stopped playing. In fact, I've got a pile of half-finished Wii games sitting on the shelf I need to get to: SPM, Godfather, Sonic, SSX Blur. I need to make a dent in at least a couple of them.

I'm sure I'll get my classic gaming fix in, though which system I play varies from day to day.

[screwtape]

Bioshock on Hard. It's quite a challenge. I'm going to find all the weapon stations this time, and hopefully get all the tonics or plasmids.

I just got a 360 Elite, so my HDTV is finally displaying in all its 1080p glory.

If I need a break from Bioshock, I've got The Darkness and Hexic 2.

[Animated X]

I will probably be trying to finish up some games that have started, in anticipation for the Fall Glut.

Ps2
Front Mission 4
Odin Sphere


Xbox 360
Def Jam Icon

(Got it on ebay for 15$ new, I am looking forward to cracking it open)

Xbox

Psi Ops
Psychonauts


(I finally played far enough into this game to really get into it, and now I have to find the damn Milkman. The problem is, as far as I can tell I need the Cobweb Duster in order to proceed any further in that story arc, but I only have about 300 of the 900 arrowheads needed to buy it from the store. I am enjoying the story but am not gonna grind for hours on end to find arrowheads just to play the main portion of the game. Can anybody tell me if I can actually finish the Milkman Mission without the duster, or alternately an easy way to score a crap ton of Arrowheads?)

[Yeti2005]

I picked up Bioshock on Tuesday but I've been unable to play it because I'm travelling. Can't wait to spent some time in Rapture

[Mr.Condescension]

Resident Evil Remake
Ninja Gaiden Sigma
Grandia III

I'm returning my rental copy of Rainbow 6 Vegas. It looks good and plays well (just remember to set your PS3 to 720p or it looks fuzzy as all hell...stupid reviewers played it at 1080i and 1080p and marked the graphics down due to their ignorance), but in the end I got bored due to the lack of variety in the environments, gameplay, and enemy types (exactly 1). I guess that type of game is just not for me. I much prefer shooters like Gears and Resistance with highly varied locales, enemy types/bosses, and gameplay situations.

I finished both KOTOR and Shadow of the Colossus recently. I called the ending to KOTOR roughly 20 minutes into the game, so that was a pretty big letdown, but Shadow of the Colossus had a fantastic ending, with the last few bosses being highlights of the game imho. Incredible game, just incredible. (especially with the upscaling and smoothing on the PS3)

[torrefaction]

Ouch. You have to change your settings by the game on the PS3?

That makes me appreciate the 360's scaling chip that much more.

[51|RandoM]

bioshock.
undying.

[Mr.Condescension]

Ouch. You have to change your settings by the game on the PS3?

That makes me appreciate the 360's scaling chip that much more.

Yeah, it's a problem with the PS3 version of Rainbow 6 Vegas. The Darkness, for instance, ran it's framebuffer at 720p by default and let your TV do the upscaling. It looked fantastic. Rainbow 6 on the other hand tries to scale 720p to the PS3 output and does it VERY poorly. To have it look good you have to tell your PS3 to max out your resolution at 720p.

[torrefaction]

Oh, is it only R6:V? That's much less serious than I thought.

[Acidpoptart]

Looks like I am the only one who will be playing Madden 08 this weekend? Its been sitting at home for a week, so now that the work week is over I will have time. Anyone else pick up Madden?

[menage]

Bioshock!

Saving the little sisters.

[Clark352]

More Warcraft 3 on battle.net.

sigh.

I really need to stop being so damn responsible and get a 360.

[KingGorilla]

I just finished, harvested every one of those little bitches. I must say, for playing on hard(as with most shooters) the game only got difficult when I zoned out and quit caring. But just like my "JC Denton" I manufactured a creature of unfathomable battle prowess, and who could hack anything to his heart's content. If Half-Life and Doom are at one end of the linear spectrum, Oblivion at another, I must say that Bioshock, like Deus Ex, lies somewhere in the middle, but a shade closer to a rail shooter than STALKER. Pipe Dream, once I maxed out those tonics, was a breeze, I dabbled with sneaking, but found that raw combat was easier. Each person does, indeed, make their own experience of every sequence. But I could not picture tangling with those Rosies if I had not harvested the little girls.

I would like to review this, but I doubt that is needed.

[Bydo_Empire]

Looks like I am the only one who will be playing Madden 08 this weekend? Its been sitting at home for a week, so now that the work week is over I will have time. Anyone else pick up Madden?Sorry man, this year I went NCAA. I might pick up Madden for the Wii just for the heck of it, but I think I'll have had my share of video game football.

[lockwoodx]

not bioshock. Still waiting for a reliable pc crack.

[maharahaj]

Bioshock (360) and Resident Evil 4 (GCN version on the Wii). Maybe some Lunar Knights too (DS).

[Kielaran]

Shadowrun, and lots of it...that is unless Bioshock comes in the mail:confused:

[atariv8]

I'm trying to play the Medal of Honor Airborne demo but the download keeps dying on me. Trying to compare and contrast Bioshock on my PC and 360 but the download on that demo keeps dying on me. Between the water not showing up in Tomb Raider Anniversary, the sky constantly "tearing" on me in Stalker and other Windows odds and ends, I'm about to swear off PC gaming forever. There's something nice about putting a disc in and playing the game or downloading demos without issues. I know I should get a dedicated gaming rig but my money is well spent in other places right now. That and I think I've finally reached a point where I don't have time to tweak my system anymore. I was around the days when I was wondering why Space Quest was only showing up in 4 colors instead of 16 on my dad's work computer. (If you know what I'm talking about you've been around too.) PC gaming has worn me down at age 36. Ahh...what am I saying...I'm addicted. I'll be back to loading games on my computer that were never meant to run on my computer in a couple of weeks.

Sorry everyone...just venting. I'll be finishing Bioshock and Rainbow Six Vegas this weekend...on the 360 of course.

[Yeti]

I'm just in middle of setting up a Lan party tonight for some Halo2 action in prep for Halo3. There should be 11 of us tonight so should be pretty fun, other games marked down for play are Mario Kart64, Gears of War and Street Fighter Alpha 2 plus prolly some other random shit.

[Spigot]

It would of been Bioshock.It would HAVE been, not would OF been.

Kids these days...

[Phanto]

Wow is Bioshock story so short?? I see a lot of post about " finishing Bioshock so I wonder.
..

I will be playing mostly Oblivion, I haven't buy Bioshock yet but I will most likely buy it later..

[Spigot]

Wow is Bioshock story so short?? I see a lot of post about " finishing Bioshock so I wonder.Methinks it's more a case of people who have basically been shut in since Tuesday (or lucked out and got it last week).

You could do 20 hours of solid gaming in the time between Tuesday and now.

[Rylos]

I'll be playing some Virtua Fighter 5, Super Stardust HD and probably some Bomberman Live. Might even try going back to Forza 2.

No Bioshock for me.

[Finn78]

No Bioshock for me! Probably Project Gotham Racing 3 (just got a 360 a couple of weeks ago, and hoping every time I play that those red rings don't start up), maybe Super Swing Golf (because I'm addicted to it for some reason), and hopefully more Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis.

[Lint of Death]

I have been trying to get back into Guild Wars, but every other time the game either never starts or the .exe becomes inexplicably 'unmodifiable' (because it is 'in use') so the launch fails.

This never happened the last time I played nearly a year ago. ARRGH.

[KingGorilla]

Wow is Bioshock story so short?? I see a lot of post about " finishing Bioshock so I wonder.
..

I will be playing mostly Oblivion, I haven't buy Bioshock yet but I will most likely buy it later..

15 hours and change according to Steam. I played it like a shooter, I can imagine that people who play more stealth fully will get a longer run out of the game(and you can play stealth style). It reminded me a lot of Deus Ex in that way, I played heavily an assault style(hacked security bots and gun turrets, maxed the speed, really made sure I upgraded all of my guns). I explored a lot, as well.
This is not Stalker or Oblivion, there is not a lot of space to explore, unfortunately. You are under the sea(down where it's wetter, everything's better)...

[Schnoogs]

Bioshock of course

[Scaryfaced]

Must...play...more....Bioshock! Saving the little sisters is hard, yet rewarding.


Shame on anyone who downloads this game. The devs deserve every red cent they get for this masterpiece.

[Johan]

Shame on anyone who downloads this game. The devs deserve every red cent they get for this masterpiece.

You mean shame on anyone who pirates it? Downloading from Steam gets the developer/publisher their slice...

[Spigot]

You mean shame on anyone who pirates it? Downloading from Steam gets the developer/publisher their slice...But that hurts the packaging and printing industries, the crux of any modern society. Not to mention the poor guy who works behind the counter at the local game shop. He needs you to go there and buy Bioshock from him so he can feed his 8 kids.

Save life as you know it. Don't download a game.

[Devolution]

Being a masochist and reliving the disappoinment that is Halo 2.

[KingGorilla]

You should try Tiberium Sun.

[BlackPete]

Bioshock 360 has been sitting on my desk for the past couple of days since my Bioshock PC fiasco. I guess partly due to being somewhat bitter and partly because I needed to finish off a season of The Wire.

So... Bioshock 360 for me! Failing that, there's always Picross.

[rinichanraar]

Resistance on Hard, maybe. I don't know.

[Mr.Condescension]

Oh, is it only R6:V? That's much less serious than I thought.

Yes, it's only Rainbow Six Vegas.

[Wolvie]

What am I playing? Bioshock, duh.

[Headcase]

I'll work to finish Shining Force before Metroid Prime 3 comes out... maybe. Now I have Resident Evil 4 for Wii, only at chapter 1-3 on my first run of the game. It's a great game, but I always see myself gravitating away from it.

I'm getting the idea that this "Bioshock" game is quite popular :D

[bean19]

I beat Bioshock this week and it pulled me away from Persona 3. I'm going through Psychonauts again right now, but I'll be done with that by mid-day tomorrow. . . should be ready to get back into Persona 3 then.

[laggerific]

Well...I was planning on playing Bioshock, but then Vista fragged itself...so I'm playing the troubleshooting game.

I loaded it up in my still working XP, and I missed those awesome water effects, so I'm thinking I will need to stick with the DX10 version...

So...anyone ever installed Vista over itself? Does it reformat the partition or will it just overwrite itself?

[Scaryfaced]

Save life as you know it. Don't download a game.

Now that I think about it, I got it off Steam

[JRR006]

Bioshock when I'm alone at night with the lights off. Guild Wars in the early evenings!

[fitbabits]

Tiger Woods PGA 07 on Xbox 360 - easily the best golf game I've played since Links 2004.

[bjornbarspingvinen]

NBA2k7 and World in conflict Demo. Hoops and Bombs, oh yeah!
(untinl NHL2k8 and NHL08 comes, then it´s Hockey times! WHOOOHOOO, and some WIC bombs online)

[Syl]

Bioshock; then back to Persona 3

[Smokus Herbus]

Another Bioshock here, along with some more Skate demo.

[Mojopin]

I loaded it up in my still working XP, and I missed those awesome water effects, so I'm thinking I will need to stick with the DX10 version...

The difference between leaving an actual trail in water or just foam keeps you from playing Bioshock until you can get it working in Vista? That water trail must be something because from the H2H video I've seen on IGN and a few screenshot comparisons, It didn't seem DX10 improved the experience much at all.

[techromage]

Well as I type this, I'm playing Shadowrun. Before that I bought Jewel Quest and got 3 quick achievements. At some point I'm gonna fire up Bioshock.

[Shadowstorm]

I'm buying Bioshock off of Newegg. Should be here momentarily.

[KingGorilla]

I played my obligatory 45 minutes of Tomb Raider Anniversary, got to the bear, died, and remembered why I hate Tomb Raider games. Now I need to call my friend Steve and lend him the gametap version for him to feel the same, and then let his sister play.

[MrE]

Well, Bioshock is sold out at most stores here, so I'll be playing Overlord and maybe log into Lord of the Rings Online... maybe. Other than working all weekend.