Monday Blues - What did you actually play?

[menage]

Oh no, Monday again. I almost forgot that I'm supposed to have the blues and write up the topic. What did you plan to play and what did you guys actually play this weekend? Was it worth your while? Any memorable experiences?

Tell us please!

I planned to play Bioshock and actually finish the damn thing, but instead I ended up grinding my ass off with Disgaea 2 this weekend. God that game can be like work and fun at the same time

[DeadPixel]

Bioshock until 4am on Friday night and 5am on Saturday night. This really messed up my work schedule. I refuse to play that game with any daylight outside.

[Evil Avnovice]

Outside of Drawn to Life, absolutely nothing. Just need to watch the final two episodes of Xena: Warrior Princess Season 6, and I'm done.

[Telefrog]

I somehow wound up playing a couple of hours of Saint's Row followed by an unhealthily large dose of Tony Hawk's Project 8.

[Loki_09]

Weekend in Albany with my girlfriend = sporadic Link to the Past on my PSP....

lame

[pheriannath]

Planned: Finish Heavenly Sword, enjoy the last day or so of the Hellgate: London alpha test

Actual: Finished Heavenly Sword, started playing through Silent Hill 2 with a friend, played a LOT of Persona 3.

[walkstheplanes]

Viva Pinata. Plus I saw Sweeney Todd and Shoot 'em Up.

[jpublic]

Played some City of Heroes again after a multi-month break - a lot of time was also spent on the gaming crack that is Picross DS.

Bit of a shame, I wanted to work on my first runthrough of Persona 3.

[biosc1]

I somehow wound up playing a couple of hours of Saint's Row

Jeesh...you and me both. Some of those damn missions pissed me off though (or I just suck)...having to restart some over and over :( Still enjoying myself though.

Also played some more Bioshock. I agree with the other guy, hard to play when there is daylight outside.

Also, a little more Enemy Territory. Trying to decide if I like it or not.

[Nura]

Played a bunch of Vanguard: Saga of heroes, and then i got into the CoD4 beta, which is awesome, so that took alot of my time. And as of now i'm playing the "Oh-crap-i-need-cash-for-a-new-computer" game, since my old desktop computer decided to stop working :(

[Mortis]

Just Skate all weekend as planned. Going to be playing it all this week also!

[GrinR]

World of Warcraft (god help me) with the Evil Avatar guild. We could use more people. With only 12-15 or so, we're looking good, but it's still not easy to get a group together.

[NationalKato]

Tried to get a grip on the new NHL 2K8 control scheme in time for my league...frequently got frustrated and slapped in Bioshock for comfort.

[Gorvi]

Planned: A lot of Jeanne d'Arc and Warhawk

Played: I played a little bit of Jeanne d'Arc and a little Warhawk, but not as much as I had planned. For some reason I busted out Mega Man X of all games and played that for a bit on Saturday, though I have no idea why.

But most of my gameing time was spent with Etrian Odyssey. I am having a total love/hate relationship with that game. I love the old school style of it, the game looks great, the menus are all easy to navigate, and generally it scratches my dungeon crawling itch. I hate the fact that money is incredibly scarce to the point that it's a real problem, coupled with the fact that most common things (reviving allies and staying at the Inn in particular) are very expensive for what they are. Also, the FOEs are overpowered to the point of being ridiculous. It's not fun having each of your party members one shotted one by one by an enemy walking around an area full of mobs that are challenging, but not too bad. And, like a masochist, I can tell I'll be playing EO for quite a while.

[Heretic Machine]

Surprisingly, quite a bit of R6: Vegas. Just felt like using scoped weapons.

[frederec]

Played some Jeanne d'Arc. Mostly prepped for a talk I'm giving in...an hour. Gah, I hate these things.

[Brady]

I planned on finally beating Bioshock...

Ended up going with
Getting Rank 16 in CoD4 Beta
Finally play & beat HL2:EP1 (finally got it w/ orange box)
Fortress Forever
and a lil TFC / DoD:S

[51|RandoM]

Jeanne D'Arc, only have a few maps left till the end. sniffle.

[tenchiker]

I just finished Stalker. What an amazing game. It had the best atmosphere of any game i've ever played. It had a few bugs and some not so great things about it. Namely the backtracking and the endings. But seriously the sound, firefights, gunplay, and overall creepiness were spectacular. I can't wait for Clear Sky.

[captainstrombosis]

CoD4 had a lot of fun. Also decided to finish SupCom campaigns.

[bapenguin]

Heavenly Sword, CoD4 Beta and a bit of Stranglehold.

Also fired up WiC. It was a good gaming weekend.

[Adam Blue]

I played through some Bioshock...but like I told some of the guys online last night...I just cannot keep going. It is too boring to me. I played on hard and saved the little sisters I came across, but as I kept playing I felt like I was forcing myself to play through just to beat it. It seems the basic gameplay element of the game is to kill enemies by using all the different items you've collected along the way, along with the environment. But it became too redundant. But it has great graphics and great story...only not enough to keep me playing.

Other than that, I played a ton of the CoD4 beta. Myself along with my lil' bro, Sean Blue, are an amazing team. We are like our own squad. It's awesome.

I also did some heavy Company of Heroes LANing with some cool custom maps. That games never gets old, and even recovering from surgery, I'll still sit in my computer chair to play it...even though it hurts.

[MegaChops]

NHL 08 and CoD4 Beta. that's it.

[KSmitty]

I had some friends over so we played SSBMelee on the GC. I finally bought Metroid Prime 3 and started playing it last night and so far you can color me very impressed.

[Kelegacy]

Bought Puzzle Figher for my girlfriend, played some of that. If you ever see Kelegacy online playing Bejeweled or Puzzle Fighter, it's probably not me. You've been warned. :)

Myself: some Virtua Tennis 3, Just Cause, Amped 3 and scouring Crackdown for the last 20-odd agility orbs.

But basically just shivering with anticipation for Eternal Sonata and my copy of Blue Dragon that still hasn't come to me from some slow-ass ebayer that I want to throttle and maim.

[cannedpasta]

Lots and lots of Skate

[sprankton]

Finished MoH:Ariborne, NHL08, Fortress Forever, Peggle Extreme HL edition

[vherub]

The thing with e.odyssey is you make a party of chip, chop, chup and give them all the chop skill. On the first level, you can use the cutthrough and rack up the items. You repeat this a few times and money is no longer an issue.
Later in the game, the foe's and money no longer are as much of a problem (where you feel like you could suddenly get wiped out and lose all your progress) and you get spells that limit the excessive healing fees.

Spent some time playing jeanne d'arc when not watching football.

[GodFather]

MOH:Airbourne. Im on the last level and want to finish it up so I can play Bioshock next!

[Wyrm]

Didn't get much gaming in. Did a little WoW with the EA guild, and then did some Halo 2 as well. Having to get up early for work seriously infringes on the time I can dedicate to gaming every day. But I need money for Rock Band...

[Johan]

I played the, "gee...will regular Ibuprofen kill this massive sinus headache, or do I need my 800 mg. prescription pain killer? Or my leftover Vicodin? Or some combination of all of the above? With alcohol?" game...

I also played the "IS IT THE FREAKING 25TH YET?" game as well. I'm getting itchy, and it's not the jock itch this time...;)

[Deunnero]

Nothing but NHL 08 for me, with the occassional Puzzle Fighter when the gf starts to whine.

[Draconis]

Went to the within Temptation concert, then played some Civ IV, found out I can only stomach it in small amounts, and played some FFXI as well.

[Abednigo]

I played a lot of Puzzle Quest on my shiny new PSP slim. That game is sweet. I need to get back to Metroid Prime 3 though. I'm close to finishing and don't need to be distracted just yet with another game. :)

[Gorvi]

The thing with e.odyssey is you make a party of chip, chop, chup and give them all the chop skill. On the first level, you can use the cutthrough and rack up the items. You repeat this a few times and money is no longer an issue.
Later in the game, the foe's and money no longer are as much of a problem (where you feel like you could suddenly get wiped out and lose all your progress) and you get spells that limit the excessive healing fees.
Hmmm, I'll have to try that, thanks. I kept forgetting to go over to those little areas and using the Chop command.

[Schnoogs]

Medal of Honor

[ezzkmo]

Did I play anything? I can't really remember to be honest. Some LIVE demos is about all.

[walkstheplanes]

How many people in these threads actually read the previous posts? I'm assuming that only people who do will reply to this, but I dunno. I just post and then forget about this thread.

[Squidbot]

Battlefield 2142

[Gorvi]

How many people in these threads actually read the previous posts? I'm assuming that only people who do will reply to this, but I dunno. I just post and then forget about this thread.
I never read any of the posts in most threads. In fact, any relevance this post has to the one I'm quoting now is purely coincidental.

[spdiscus]

Finished BioShock (rescue). Replay starts tonight (harvest).
Downloaded a few XBL demos, but forgot to play them.

[dotbomb]

I played nothing. Man life is just too busy right now.

[biosc1]

How many people in these threads actually read the previous posts? I'm assuming that only people who do will reply to this, but I dunno. I just post and then forget about this thread.

I read them. Like the "What are you playing this weekend" thread. It gives me ideas about games I may not be giving enough "love" to.

Before reading these threads, I had no idea about this Jeanne D'Arc game (or however you spell that). I also see that the EvAv WoW group is sadly undermanned and I also see a bunch of guys playing NHL 08, which will be great when Best Buy finally decides to deliver it! :mad:

[Worldcrafter]

Worked a bit more on finally beating Zelda:TP.

I also played the game 'tear up the nasty carpet that came with the house to find wood floors underneath'. My girlfriend and I plan on playing a few more levels of that once we rent a dumpster.

[Heretic Machine]

How many people in these threads actually read the previous posts? I'm assuming that only people who do will reply to this, but I dunno. I just post and then forget about this thread.

I skim and lock on to interesting things.

[tenchiker]

I played through some Bioshock...but like I told some of the guys online last night...I just cannot keep going. It is too boring to me. I played on hard and saved the little sisters I came across, but as I kept playing I felt like I was forcing myself to play through just to beat it. It seems the basic gameplay element of the game is to kill enemies by using all the different items you've collected along the way, along with the environment. But it became too redundant. But it has great graphics and great story...only not enough to keep me playing.


Welcome to the gameplay of every single FPS ever made. I loved Bioshock. But ymmv.

[Bad_Buddha]

I played a little bit of Civ 4 and finished a couple missions in Lord of the Rings, The Battle for Middle-earth II.

Poked through some of my library and pulled out Crimson Skies and Europa Universalis II just in case I run out of things to play.

Haven't played much Bioshock yet. Can't seem to get excited about it.

[Ghostbear]

i played the call of duty beta until my eyes bled

[pseudopseudo]

I played a lot of the skate. demo (I'll be picking that up on my way home from work tonight, f'sure) and a lot of Excite Truck. Most of the weekend I was driving cross-country, otherwise I'd have been playing a lot more, I'm sure.

[92miata]

heavenly sword. surprisingly awesome game. rented it. will solve it and return my ps3. nothing coming anytime soon. time to build my new system since the purchase program from the retail edge is close. quad core baby!!!!!

[gojira]

Way too much City of Heroes/Villains. On the plus side I have a new character who is level 10 and has his Raptor Pack. :D

[total]

I got all but one achievement in Viva Pinata!

[Adam Blue]

i played the call of duty beta until my eyes bled

I literally did until my second a**hole bled.

[Bad_Buddha]

I literally did until my second a**hole bled.

Is that the one that EA tore for you with C&C3? :p

Go change your packing, Adam! ;)

That going okay for you? Any infection?:confused:

[Typical_Michael]

Went to the within Temptation concert, then played some Civ IV, found out I can only stomach it in small amounts, and played some FFXI as well.

Wait, you saw a WT concert? Where do you live? I thought they never come stateside, they only play in Europe, and for some reason, Mexico.


I worked all weekend and wrote a paper on Christianity's role in the fall of the Roman Empire. Oh boy!

[MrE]

NHL 2008, MoH:Airborne and Lord of the Rings Online. Also tried out the Fury beta ( can't help but read this as "Furry", ewww) and it was meh.

Cannot get over how much the AI steps up in NHL 2008. If you think you can run up the crease and have a shoot off fest, this game will promptly kick your butt. MoH is ok, but after doing the Normandy invasion yet again (Now behind enemy lines!) I'm struggling to finish it. Guess I need to go back to Bioshock and finish that up instead.

[CoachCrazyMcScot]

I so wanted a night of Bioshock to finish. It was not to be.

Played a smidgeon of CoD Beta and played Madden Saturday night. Beating your brother-in-law 3X is sometimes a necessary evil, if only to learn him a thing or two.

I only hope it doesn't haunt me later, 'cause those are football devils they are.

Then the gaming gods tricked me into Hexic 2. While fun in multi, it's mostly rehash, and I liked the graphic better in the first. Still it is another one of those 4 AM time wasting drivels that I am hopelessly addicted to.

Why?

[total]

Oh I also borrowed the PS3 from work (we have them for these NASCAR promos) and played Resistance and MK2. Talk about a disappointment.

[Gorvi]

Oh I also borrowed the PS3 from work (we have them for these NASCAR promos) and played Resistance and MK2. Talk about a disappointment.
Just to be curious, what didn't you like about Resistance?

[WhiteCrow]

I played some EVE Online, along with a bit of the CoD4 Beta last night to chill out after working all day Saturday.

While CoD4 isn't exactly what I'm looking for in terms of a modern combat game, it really does have it's moments.

[Adam Blue]

Is that the one that EA tore for you with C&C3? :p

Go change your packing, Adam! ;)

That going okay for you? Any infection?:confused:

Ha! That's pretty good. But no infection, the nerve endings have grown back so I now feel pain...it started yesterday. :eek:

[Atepsflame]

Dick all. I think a maybe played half an hour of Metroid Prime 3 to try and get myself to sleep on saturday, but other than that, all my time was spent on homework. God, was does college have to be so damn difficult?

[Digital Outlaw]

I played Aegis Wing, never knew that game was so good..... Kind of addicting

[total]

Just to be curious, what didn't you like about Resistance?

I guess I just thought it was more than what it was. Granted I haven't read any reviews or really payed any attention to it at all. I just heard it was the game to play online for the PS3. I guess I was just expecting that looked on par with Gears or Shadowrun, but Resistance looked pretty bland in comparison.

It was weird playing a FPS with no one talking (I am used to Shadowrun and the like now). I played mostly team deathmatch and it didn't really feel like a team at all.

I couldn't find a server that had anything but 200% weapon damage and one hit kills on. It really sucked being hit by a stray machine gun bullet and dying.

The weapons seemed pretty generic to me. They all kind of felt the same sans the shotgun and pulse cannon type thing.

Honestly I was hoping this would push me into getting a PS3 but I just can't see buying one now. If there is something I should be playing on it that I'm not let me know. I would love to try a demo of Warhawk or Tekken because I think those would really get me to buy one of the damn things. No demo on either of them tho, and that really pissed me off. I ended up paying the $5 for MK2 and playing that most of the weekend. At least I can play MK2 at work now.

EDIT: The Playstation store is balls too. There should be demos for every game on it.

[KingGorilla]

One week, one week, one week, one week, one week.

[Bad_Buddha]

One week, one week, one week, one week, one week.

My daughter is excited (http://www.amazon.com/Activision-Dora-the-Explorer-Candyland/dp/B000TTGRXQ/ref=sr_1_1/002-3793257-0574447?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1190063589&sr=1-1)too! :p

[atariv8]

Planned on playing Bioshock but ended up playing some HL2 mods instead. My son was hogging the 360 with some Project 8. Then last night I actually went out...AND SAW INTERPOL LIVE! Best show I've ever seen.

[total]

AND SAW INTERPOL LIVE! Best show I've ever seen.

You rotten bastard. I would have died to see that show.

[Resarf]

Had something of a Live Arcade theme going this weekend. Played all the way through Sonic 2, and got in some time with SPFIIHDR and SoR2.

Also got to spend some quality time with the CoD4 beta.

[flinxz]

Day of Defeat
Company of Heroes
Strike Force Commandos

[Donut11]

Replaying HL2, getting ready for Orange Box.
Jam Sessions
Super Mario Strykers Charged with the daugter. Evil wench discovered sidekick specials.

[Typical_Michael]

My daughter is excited (http://www.amazon.com/Activision-Dora-the-Explorer-Candyland/dp/B000TTGRXQ/ref=sr_1_1/002-3793257-0574447?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1190063589&sr=1-1)too! :p

B_B you make me laugh.

[Maskatron]

I played nothing. Man life is just too busy right now.

QF similarities. Actually, I did finally get around to watching the second half of The Fountain on Blu-Ray, so the PS3 got some use.

I was set to geek out on the TF2 beta tonight, but then I unexpectedly scored tix to David Cross tonight that had been sold out for weeks. :)

[beefyjr]

I finished Bioshock and sold it back with a bunch of other crap. I got the rescue ending, and I thought it was great. I thought that the last section of the game was really fucking bad, and I was appalled by the collection quests. The major plot point fell flat with me as well. Definitely a great game over all, but I felt there were some definite missteps that hampered the experience as a whole.

I picked up Skate and played it all weekend. That game will probably be in my top 3 for the year.

[Kielaran]

Did for the most part what I wanted to : Shadowrun and Bioshock, though I do wish I had leaned heavier on Bioshock...at this rate I will never finish that game

[Spigot]

I spent the weekend getting over my stupid cold and going to the local fall fair with the family.

That said, I did get some gaming in. Picked up Jam Sessions on Friday evening. Very... unique. I'll do a write-up for it soon.

I did get some solid play time in on Blue Dragon, Metroid Prime 3 and Phoenix Wright 3 though. That was nice. I finally beat the stupid war golem on Metroid Prime 3 and that made my weekend. Everything else was just cake on the icing. I didn't (and don't) want to make too much progress on Blue Dragon if only because I know it'll go up on the shelf once my copy of Eternal Sonata arrives and I want to try to leave the game in a spot where I will know what to do and where to go and what is going on. That's the problem with FFXII... It always takes me a bit of time to remember what the hell I was doing whenever I come back to it.
Gorvi: I take it you're not terribly far in Etrian Odyssey. Once you hit the second and third strata, cash starts rolling in.

[Gorvi]

Gorvi: I take it you're not terribly far in Etrian Odyssey. Once you hit the second and third strata, cash starts rolling in.
Yeah, I'm about 4 hours in or so. I got stuck in a rut where I kept having 2 characters die, I'd go back to town, revive them, go try to get money to stay at the inn and get new gear, get greedy and try to go further, rinse and repeat. I need to just be more patient.

[Spigot]

Yeah, I'm about 4 hours in or so. I got stuck in a rut where I kept having 2 characters die, I'd go back to town, revive them, go try to get money to stay at the inn and get new gear, get greedy and try to go further, rinse and repeat. I need to just be more patient.Ah, you ARE just starting.

It is a very tough game at the beginning. Heck, it never really lets you off easy, ever, though your party at least gets the skills to keep themselves alive through the tough fights later on. Whatever you do, don't try to kill the big bug monsters on the 3-4th floor. Just flee and run away from them right now. Trust me. You have to be a lot stronger than you likely are in order to beat them.

You'll learn to love the flee command.

[NeoCutter]

I fininshed Lair and then polished off the Aries finale in the Original God of War. Then I got killed a lot in WarHawk. :0)

[A Lusty Alien]

World of Warcraft (god help me) with the Evil Avatar guild. We could use more people. With only 12-15 or so, we're looking good, but it's still not easy to get a group together.

GrinR... What are server is the EvAv guild on? What are the level requirements to join? And please tell me that you are Horde and not Alliance.

I still have my WoW account but I haven't played it in a couple of months. I originally got it because that is what everybody else I knew locally said they were playing; but after I got it, found out that they weren't actively playing the game or were interested in regular online gatherings.

[Bahamut]

Dick all. I think a maybe played half an hour of Metroid Prime 3 to try and get myself to sleep on saturday, but other than that, all my time was spent on homework. God, was does college have to be so damn difficult?

lol, undergrad is easy.

As for me, I played Super Stardust HD...god I love that game. Broke the 100 million mark yesterday, although I was pissed that I died on the fourth planet on hard mode.

[Schnoogs]

lol, undergrad is easy..

I'm actually finding grad school to be way easier.