Weekend Gamer - What are You Playing?

[Jetherik]

This is a weekend where no games will be played. I will just be reading Harry Potter. So, if you are not reading Harry Potter, which games will you be playing this weekend?

[PIPBoy3000]

Well, I'm off to the beach and disconnected to the Internet for a few days. Endless Neverwinter Nights building, as usual. Splinter Cell Chaos Theory, maybe. Just in case, I'm hauling along Icewind Dale 2 which I always wanted to finish.

[sickfallout]

My WoW Warrior alt, Killer7 for PS2, and working on my FFIX replay. sigh, i miss those good old days of 16-bit RPGs.

[LilAbner]

BugFix2..........

[Neverborne]

Starcraft: Brood War = Best RTS ever.

[vladthedog]

i'll be doin the harry potter thang as well.. in fact, in another hr i'm leaving to go pick me up my copy.. i'm gonna try to get through at least one chapter tonite, but it's already past my bedtime so we'll see :)

[thecrazyd]

Goin to comic con. Gonna meet Bruce Campbell, Jim Mafood (again), Derrick Hunter, J-Ro, Jackson Public and other awesome people.

[Blue]

Harry Potter here as well. When I'm not tearing through his Sixth Year, I'll be hitting up some Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory and a tiny bit o' Warcraft.

[Furious Wang]

Harry Potter. Makes me wish I was still a kid.

[TrackZero]

Sorry, I'll be reading Potter. I also got a laugh that the lineup was shorter for people like me, coming in off the street, than the line-up for people who had pre-ordered.

[eatme]

I'm gonna be realizing the sheer extent of the City of Heroes nerfs. Or, maybe I'll level my scrapper while I still can.

[chronocrash]

I finally found a working snes emu for my xbox, so I've started a game of Final Fantasy 3. (This is also known as FF6, right? I've heard FF6 is the best, and I just want to make sure I'm actually playing the right one.)
Other than that, I'm playing that familiar title "Procrastinate As Long As Possible Before Writing The Research Paper Due Very Soon." It's got a helluva grind to it, and the leveling up can be slow and arduous, but ultimately I may reap the rewards.

[mister_slim]

Rez.

Meteos.

Rez.

[AnthraxKitty]

Killer 7 on PS2. I love it.

Wish I still had my Cube, though...aiming with these nubs is a pain in the ass.

[Heretic Machine]

I finally found a working snes emu for my xbox, so I've started a game of Final Fantasy 3. (This is also known as FF6, right? I've heard FF6 is the best, and I just want to make sure I'm actually playing the right one.)

Yup, best ever. Might be the best J-RPG ever made. Just to let you know, I think it's pretty much WWII turned into a J-RPG, and I think that's uber bad-ass.

As for me... Well, I've been playing a little Morrowind, pondering the possibility of playing Xenogears again... Might pick up Destroy All Humans for XBOX tomarrow, not sure. Other than that, I'm reading Stephen King's It.

[Draft]

I'm gonna be realizing the sheer extent of the City of Heroes nerfs. Or, maybe I'll level my scrapper while I still can.Yeah man, wow. I used to play CoH and still keep up with some of my old gang (COLD FUSION.) What they did to controllers is criminal. Got to be one of the harshest nerfs I've ever seen.

[Kagger]

I just hit Bran Bal in Final Fantasy IX. Also working on FF: TA....add in Some JKA and this thing called exercise.

[chronocrash]

I just hit Bran Bal in Final Fantasy IX.

I've heard nothing but bad things about FFIX. Although, most of the people that say these allegations also think FFX sucked. (I kinda do too). The excuse I've heard most often: "If it wasn't called a Final Fantasy game, it would be great."
What are the strong points of FFIX, and what are the weak points?
Sorry, don't mean to seem like I'm trying to derail this topic, but I don't feel like starting a new thread over this.

[Kefkataran]

Like many, I won't be getting in much gaming. Most of my time will be spent reading Harry Potter, driving back and forth from my hometown, and going to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory with some friends. Any free time in there will probably go to CoH.

I'm gonna be realizing the sheer extent of the City of Heroes nerfs. Or, maybe I'll level my scrapper while I still can.

Regen scrappers especially. :\ I'm more than a little worried.

[TalkingOctopus]

I'm currently playing through Phantom Brave, X-Men Legends, and Rachet & Clank on the ps2. I've had the most fun with Rachet & Clank...I'll have to pick up the sequel when I'm done.

[Thumper]

I will continue being addicted to WoW and driving for rank 3 with my priest.
POWER TO THE FORSAKEN!

[Thenetcase]

I'll be reading readers digest on the toilet.

Just kidding.

I'll be playing City of Heroes all weekend. At least the part of the weekend where I am not in the pool with beautiful young women. :)

[mister_slim]

I'm currently playing through Phantom Brave, X-Men Legends, and Rachet & Clank on the ps2. I've had the most fun with Rachet & Clank...I'll have to pick up the sequel when I'm done.
The problem with R&C1 is that once you play the sequels and have a taste of strafe, you can never go back to the first one.

[agentgray]

Sorry, I'll be reading Potter. I also got a laugh that the lineup was shorter for people like me, coming in off the street, than the line-up for people who had pre-ordered.This blows me away. Like the publisher is really not going to have enough copies...yeah right.

[Redline]

Fixing my car. Seeing my woman.

[dr_qwandry]

Silent Hill 3
or
Ghosthunter
im picking one of them up tommorow

[bobmitch]

Far Cry 64bit on my new rig due to arrive today.

(X2 4800+ Dual Core, SLI'd Nvidia 7800's, 2gig3200 ram)

I know, I know... ;)

[Kefkataran]

I'm currently playing through Phantom Brave, X-Men Legends, and Rachet & Clank on the ps2. I've had the most fun with Rachet & Clank...I'll have to pick up the sequel when I'm done.

I suggest both sequels. They're great. And you reminded me that I need to pick up X-Men Legends soon, since it's all cheap now.

Like the publisher is really not going to have enough copies...yeah right.

I think the fear is more that the store won't have ordered enough copies. Obviously, the bigger the store is, the less likely, but I'm sure there's some places where it's happened. Maybe.

[KamaItachi]

Oddly now Potter is out I have one of my dwindling opportunities to play a shitload of games while the missus is caught up the latest book. Been running through the mercenaries mini-game on RE4, X men Legends and more Advance Wars DS (which just keeps getting better and better folks)

[KDups]

When I get my hands on the new Potter I'll be all over that, but in the meantime I'll continue my playthrough of Pikmin 2. Just finished the first cave and I'm really digging it. Didn't play more than a few hours of the first, but the no time limit and 2nd character are cool additions to the sequel.

Reminds me why I like Nintendo so much.

[ezzkmo]

i picked up potter as well, about 2am at walmart. they had crates of books stacked all over the place with pretty much nobody in the store. makes me chuckle at the barnes and noble line i saw at 10pm. i still have to read books 4 and 5 before i start this though. as for games, this weekend i'm playing meteos (freakin addicting) and guild wars. i may reactivate my wow account too. but i'm off to the beach saturday morning, gotta get my fair share of sunshine and ocean in so i don't feel guilty.

[Vandenh]

Harry Potter? Sorry.. couldn't care less. I am off to Paris to eat Vietnamese and Japanese food and do some shopping :) Games? Maybe Sunday some Republic Commando (yeah I just got some Clone Wards DVDs).

[kwillhan]

I'm playing Polaris on my DS and I'm still having trouble getting past 250.000 ish. Level three is uber grounds, and despite many many minutes spent on that turf I cannot get 300 lines.

Polaris is like a war. I'm just there so that I can tell people I got to 400.

And I will.

Kelly

[TrackZero]

I'm playing Polaris on my DS and I'm still having trouble getting past 250.000 ish. Level three is uber grounds, and despite many many minutes spent on that turf I cannot get 300 lines.

Polaris is like a war. I'm just there so that I can tell people I got to 400.

And I will.

Kelly

I assume you mean Polarium?

[SBKidJamX]

Headin' off to Comic-Con with my friends this weekend. Should be a total blast.

[AspectVoid]

For me, it depends. I'm certainly gonna get in some Mechwarrior 4, as I've been going through two or three missions a day. If my gamefly stuff comes today, then I'll also be playing Kessen 3 and Musashi Samurai Legend. That's what I use rentals for, playing the lower rated games that I have some interest in. I buy the good games, of course.

[Everlost_MI]

I have lots of time to play GTA:SA, River City Ransom EX for my DS (Had to buy it on Ebay, locally no one had it used) and Rage of Mages for the PC since the wife is reading the latest Harry Potter book.

[screwtape]

(X2 4800+ Dual Core, SLI'd Nvidia 7800's, 2gig3200 ram)

I know, I know... ;)
Holy shit. Mind if I ask how much all that cost?

I'll be playing BF2 (if it works), Chronicles of Riddick, and maybe finishing up some Xbox/GC games that I've had for a while.

[VoodooKarma]

Finishing up Ninja Five-O on GBA and starting up a new game of Chrono Trigger on my SNES emulator.

[bgivnin]

...and Rage of Mages for the PC since the wife is reading the latest Harry Potter book.

WOW! That's cool, man! I was searching through my games collection last night while I was putting some games CD's away and reminiscing about ROM. I haven't thought about that game since I helped work on it when I worked at Monolith many years ago. Very cool.

Once she tears through ROM, you should see if you can find her ROM2. :)

[Spigot]

Did the midnight line-up at a local independant bookstore for my copy of Harry Potter. Unfortunately I have to work this weekend so I won't get in much reading. I miss my old job where I could bring in books and while away the weekend shifts by reading.

Gamewise: Killer 7 on the Cube, Atelier Iris on the PS2, maybe a bit of WoW (though my office is still unbearably hot) and perhaps some Fire Emblem. I also picked up Katamari Damacy AGAIN as my brother has my copy and is many, many hours away. I figure I'll just donate it to him and buy a new copy and play it again. I can't wait for We Love Katamari!

[Spigot]

I've heard nothing but bad things about FFIX. Although, most of the people that say these allegations also think FFX sucked. (I kinda do too). The excuse I've heard most often: "If it wasn't called a Final Fantasy game, it would be great."
What are the strong points of FFIX, and what are the weak points?
Sorry, don't mean to seem like I'm trying to derail this topic, but I don't feel like starting a new thread over this.

I loved FFIX. It wasn't as realistic as FFVIII and the story was a lot lighter than the previous entries which is probably what people didn't like about it. For me it was very much a game that was a tip of the hat to those of us who'd been playing since the very first one. A lot of characters and such that harkened back to the earlier 2D style of the FF series.

I think that if you'd started with FFVII as your introduction to the Final Fantasy world(s), you could probably think that FFIX was kind of a let down. As someone who had snuck out to play the first FF on his friends NES way back in the day, it was great.

It had a very swashbuckling adventure feel to it as opposed to the overwrought drama of FFVI-VIII. It wasn't a terribly deep story and the characters weren't near as conflicted, but damn, it was a lot of fun.

FFX was very good too, but it is a lot more in the vein of FFVIII than the other Final Fantasies. By that I mean that it is very character driven as opposed to having a lot of adventure. Again, I loved it but I also loved FFVIII. Both FF's 8 & 10 are the only games, period, to make me cry during the ending. I still get the sniffles when I watch the endings for either game. However, I can definately see why people may not have liked either game, though the changes in FF8 take more time to get used to than the ones they did in FF10.

Ok. Back to the weekend gaming!

[bobmitch]

Holy shit. Mind if I ask how much all that cost?

I'll be playing BF2 (if it works), Chronicles of Riddick, and maybe finishing up some Xbox/GC games that I've had for a while.
2300 Great British Pounds.

Lotta cash, but a sweet sweet machine. :) Still hasn't arrived though - and I paid for the Saturday delivery.... gonna have to phone them soon....

[riposte101]

Getting some final fantasy tactics advanced in when I get a chance. Mostly the San Diego Comic Con is going to be taking up all of my time.

[vladthedog]

Sorry, I'll be reading Potter. I also got a laugh that the lineup was shorter for people like me, coming in off the street, than the line-up for people who had pre-ordered.

oh ya? crazy. at the barnes and noble where i pre-ordered it sounded like there were close to 900 people who preordered. and the people who hadn't had to get a # in order to get in line...

[Triprotic]

something on the recetly aquired Xbox... jade empire or burnout 3 i think :)

[Rakael]

More Tales of Symphonia here. I would love to play CoH and maybe even give WoW another try, but I just can't bring myself to go into overdraft for either. That and my CoH disks are missing in action.

Also will be finishing up City of the Dead. Great book.

[Evil Avatar]

I'm going to go over to Jetherik's house and wait outside the door until he comes out to get the mail and then beat him about the head and shoulders with an old boot until he relinquishes his copy of Harry Potter.

Just as Amazon.com said they would in their E-mail, they delayed my copy of Harry Potter. So, that story we posted yesterday where they were saying, "No. No. Everyone will get them on time." was a lie.

Corporate bastards. If I wasn't in the middle of my work week, I would demand my money back.

[vladthedog]

Evil Avatar:

do you get your copy for free then? I know amazon had some sort of thing stating they promised copies to be delivered saturday or it was free. but then of course they had stipulations.... just curious.

[Everlost_MI]

WOW! That's cool, man! I was searching through my games collection last night while I was putting some games CD's away and reminiscing about ROM. I haven't thought about that game since I helped work on it when I worked at Monolith many years ago. Very cool.

Once she tears through ROM, you should see if you can find her ROM2. :)

Actually she's reading the new Harry Potter and I am playing ROM. I picked up ROM & ROM 2 in a dual pack on Ebay for $5.00. The first is a hell of a lot of fun. So what kind of work did you do on ROM?

[Kagger]

OK, I loved FFX. My first RPG and First FF. Awesome stuff. I havent played a FF I didnt like (Im getting into FF:TA). My order went like this. FFX, 7, 8, 4 X-2, 6, and I'm working on 9. IX isn't a bad game, I'm reallying enjoying it. However, I dont like the element of once you hit point X (won't say for spoiler purposes), you may miss things in the game. Same thing in 8. After 9 I may go to 5 (hear its 'ok') or I may get my DS on with a few new games. It depends on the cash flow.

FFX to me had a great story, I really enjoyed it, and just thinking about it makes me want to play it again. FF8 is a game I believe I would enjoy more a 2nd time. I was following a guide and it said to get 30 screws, I spent so much time gather items (got 30 pipes too) that I took a break. And then this one area I wasted time getting items also. Bah.


The FF series is one of my all time favorites, right up there with MGS.


Well...I must do chores so I can make an in game meeting/training session in my clan.

I stopped reading Harry Potter at 4.

[Chimpbot]

I've heard nothing but bad things about FFIX. Although, most of the people that say these allegations also think FFX sucked. (I kinda do too). The excuse I've heard most often: "If it wasn't called a Final Fantasy game, it would be great."
What are the strong points of FFIX, and what are the weak points?
Sorry, don't mean to seem like I'm trying to derail this topic, but I don't feel like starting a new thread over this.

Personally, I loved FF9. It was fun, light-hearted and most importantly; it wasn't the boring angst-filled tromp that FF8 was. It harkened back to the old days of Final Fantasy...and it was a hoot. It was a new high-point in the series for me, especially after the huge letdown 8 turned out to be. 6 and 7 will still be my favorites, but 9 isn't far behind.

FF10, however, was horrid.
I hated every minute of it.
It was about as linear as you could possibly get, with only a few points at which you could freely explore. The plot was weak and I loathed all of the characters. Each and every single one of them. If it hadn't been called a Final Fantasy game, I doubt anybody would have even bothered with it; the only reason people bought into it in the first place was because of the "Final Fantasy" moniker...without it, the game would have gotten raked over the coals.


As for my reading...
I'll be perusing the various Werewolf: The Forsaken books. I have a game to run, after all!
Besides, I'm not much of a Potter fan...

[TRiLoGY]

Im playing StarWars Galaxies and God of War..

[Kagger]

What server do you play on Trilogy? I used to be on Starside with my clan (guild in there...we are multi game)

FFX was linear...as you were forced into each area. I just wish I got to control the airship

[DeadPixel]

Trying out the 10-day DAOC thing.

[splatstick]

Working two twelve hour shifts as a rent-a-cop, so lots of PSP love. Probably Untold and Lumines.

[Taco]

There were 30 of the Potter books at the local grocery market. Not one person standing around them. Was surprised after reading about all the crowds and lines and such.

[Evil Avatar]

Working two twelve hour shifts as a rent-a-cop, so lots of PSP love. Probably Untold and Lumines.

Don't fall asleep!

You should try working in a state or county prison. I've got friends who work for county here in Arizona and the pay is really good. If you get on the graveyard shift then mostly what you do is spend the night watching inmates sleep.

But, they can't take their PSP or DS into the prison. Ha!

[Evil Avatar]

Evil Avatar:

do you get your copy for free then? I know amazon had some sort of thing stating they promised copies to be delivered saturday or it was free. but then of course they had stipulations.... just curious.

Would you believe that it did show up on time after all??? It was waiting outside the gate when I woke up today. So, despite sending me an E-mail saying it was going to be late and having a USPS tracking number on their website saying it would be delivered the 19th, it still showed up on time.

I'm a happy guy to get the book, but I got relieved from work early today which means that I don't get an extra day off this week. Perhaps I should volunteer to work tomorrow so I have more time to read?

[TheHulk]

Just picked up Potter at Books A Million. Couldn't resist the 50% off price. Might try to get in some Psychonauts, but sounds like I need to work on some of those FF games I'm still working on.

[Everlost_MI]

Ok, I just got back from seeing the Fantastic Four and for all the whining and complaining from various comic book readers I don't see the big deal. It wasn't true to the comic but what Marvel adapation has been? Really. Spider-Man, Blade, X-Men, Daredevil, Punisher and Hulk weren't. I didn't see Elektra, so I can only imagine that was. Each had their flaws and their strengths as did F.F. I thought they did a good job with the movie. If you read any of the F.F. from the mid 70s, this fit right in with those Silver Age books/stories.

So throw your stones, I dug it. Yeah I suck. Whatever. I got the biggest shit eating grin on my face and felt like I was 8 years old again reading comic books with a flashlight under my blanket until 2 in the morning when the Torch yelled "Flame On!" Let alone anytime the Thing and the Torch interacted.

The movie was a lot of fun.

[vladthedog]

Would you believe that it did show up on time after all??? It was waiting outside the gate when I woke up today. So, despite sending me an E-mail saying it was going to be late and having a USPS tracking number on their website saying it would be delivered the 19th, it still showed up on time.

I'm a happy guy to get the book, but I got relieved from work early today which means that I don't get an extra day off this week. Perhaps I should volunteer to work tomorrow so I have more time to read?

i just finished it... easily the best book in the series... call in sick these next few days if need be ;)

[Heretic Machine]

The only problems I have from watching the trailers of the Fantastic Four are with Dr. Doom. For one thing, he has no accent. For another, he has stupid electrical powers...

Other than that, it looked like any Fantastic Four comic you might pick up.

[Heretic Machine]

Oh, heres some news... just reinstalled Giants: Citizen Kabuto... The first time I played it I enjoyed it quite a bit, but found the semi-frequent crashes to be far too hindering because of the lack of save points. You could literally be set back and hour at any given time.

This time, I'm just going to use level select cheats, fuck trying to play it legitimetly... Also, put Destroy All Humans into lay-away today, going to get it out next Friday/Saturday!

[Kefkataran]

Ok, I just got back from seeing the Fantastic Four and for all the whining and complaining from various comic book readers I don't see the big deal. It wasn't true to the comic but what Marvel adapation has been?

I'm a comic reader and loved it. Personally, I think all the Marvel adaptations have been fairly close to the books except for small changes. And most of the changes are just because, well, they're movies, not comics; some stuff just doesn't translate well. I have high hopes for the FF sequel -- especially hopes that they'll make Doc Doom better.

[Spigot]

The only problems I have from watching the trailers of the Fantastic Four are with Dr. Doom. For one thing, he has no accent. For another, he has stupid electrical powers...

Other than that, it looked like any Fantastic Four comic you might pick up.

I agree completely. I like the way they did The Human Torch, but Dr. Doom having electrical powers? Yeesh.

Something about the way the mask looks bugs me too. I'm not sure exactly what... It just looks a bit off.

[Heretic Machine]

Something about the way the mask looks bugs me too. I'm not sure exactly what... It just looks a bit off.

I agree... I described it as "clunky." Which I guess makes sence for a big metal mask, but still, it didn't have the same appeal as the design in the comics. But that's another one of those things that just doesn't translate well, honestly.

Like spandex.

[evilpenguin9000]

i just finished it... easily the best book in the series... call in sick these next few days if need be ;)

Spent all day Saturday reading The Half Blood Prince and have a hard time disagreeing, although it's close between this one and Goblet of Fire.

I got my warrior alt up to 60 in WoW, so now I'm not sure what I'm gonna do when all my guildmates aren't around for instance runs. I really don't need to take a third char to 60, I need to get a life.