Monday Blues - What did you Actually Play?

[menage]

Oh no! Monday! Work, school, obligations, daily chores and such. So, what did you guys play in the weekend? Rampaging yourself through a GTA to get yourself hyped for the next one? Blasting away on the new CoD maps? Or are you slaying yourself through the Nordics in Viking? Tell us all about it.

Bought a PS3! So played Ratchet, a bit of Uncharted, and some demo's and getting to know the system. I also miraculously finished Half Life 2 on 360. Played that for the first time 4 years ago on PC, got stuck then and now played through it with the Orange Box. Anyone want to explain that bizarre ending:P?

[Gorvi]

Not as much as I would've liked, I had a pretty busy weekend. Crisis Core got the most love, that's still an absolutely amazing game, at least for me. Played a bit of FFXI and hit 66 Scholar doing Campaign Battles, I didn't have time to find a party.

I grabbed Dual Shock 3 on sale yesterday and broke it in on some Uncharted. Man, I forgot how great that game is. I'm almost done with playthrough #2 on Hard (well, probably 70% anyway) and I'm 56/60 on treasures.

[Shifter]

Mostly playing the clean the baby game. But got in a couple hours of a rented Dark Sector. Not half bad, but not half good either and very frustrating in places. Also levelled up some more in PC CoD 4. I'm a total RPD whore.

[SilentScreams]

Played a little TF2, a little Dead Rising, and a little Dwarf Fortress.
I don't know why I went back to Dead Rising. That game irritates the hell out of me...crappy escort AI. :mad:

[maverick106]

God of War: CoO and Tactics: WotL mainly for me...the psp has been gettin a lot of love lately

[Flatpicker]

Finished Half Life 2 episode 2.
F'n hunters are a pita with the console.
Till I figured out I could run them over.

Just got another laptop and am going to try loading Vampire: The Masquerade on it next weekend.
Should be a cool time killer.

[Bingley Joe]

I had an epic weekend of finishing things -- Mass Effect and Eternal Sonata.

Holy FUCK was the ending of ES ever amazing (as well as amazingly weird)!! The little short film(?) after the second set of credits, after the second ending cutscene/opera was just too great. That was absolutely a perfect capper for such an amazingly touching story. Art!

[PathMaster]

Finally finished all of FEAR. Little known fact, Perseus Mandate is a stand alone expansion, and the install is over 7 gigs. Great games, imo.

I also installed American McGee's Alice and got in a few hours of that as well.

Tried to install Painkiller, but it refuses to cooperate with my machine.

[Heretic Machine]

Well, I got my PC (http://www.evilavatar.com/forums/showthread.php?t=48083) together Friday evening, and after getting everything up and running, I went back to CoH. It's been quite fun catching up with everyone, and getting back to my main. I also gave one of my secondary characters a make-over, which worked out quite well, and now I actually feel motivated to play her!

I also installed Oblivion. I only piddled around for a bit, as I think it might be the most graphically impressive game I have and I wanted to test things out. I was set on playing a custom race I found on TES Source, but it required like five other mods, and one of them ended up corrupting my install.

On Sunday I discovered a strange game called Yume Nikki (English: Dream Diary) (http://www.evilavatar.com/forums/showthread.php?t=48366). It's freeware, and I wouldn't exactly describe it as fun, but it is highly atmospheric and interesting.

On the anime front, I found a couple of things which might be interesting in a season where I was expecting nothing but Macross Frontier, but the subs aren't out yet.

[Ten19]

Played a few hours of Baroque, got through two missions in Lost Planet, started a save game in Blue Dragon, played a few hours of EQ2, and ran someone through Deadmines in WoW. Apparently I had ADD this weekend.

[menage]

On the anime front, I found a couple of things which might be interesting in a season where I was expecting nothing but Macross Frontier, but the subs aren't out yet.

Like what? Only thing so far I've seen ar romantic comedy's. Which frankly don't work for me anymore. Anything more action oriented like Bleach?

[Amankhan]

Like what? Only thing so far I've seen ar romantic comedy's. Which frankly don't work for me anymore. Anything more action oriented like Bleach?

I'm still waiting for subs for Real Drive. :(

As for what I played this past weekend, finishing up Zelda: PH on my DS, Metroid Prime 2 via the Wii, and Command & Conquer 3 on the PC.

[spdiscus]

HL2 for about an hour - hanging out in Ravenholm.
Watched The Lost Room - pretty good.

[Vyzov]

A Little bit of NFS:MW, with a dash of TF2 topped off with a large helping of Warhammer Online.

[Heretic Machine]

Like what? Only thing so far I've seen ar romantic comedy's. Which frankly don't work for me anymore. Anything more action oriented like Bleach?

Soul Eater (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soul_Eater_(manga)) is what I'm looking at. I also discovered Kure-nai (http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=anime&aid=5535); the first episode of this one is already out, I just haven't gotten around to watching it. There is also Zettai Karen Children (http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=anime&aid=5674), but I've heard mixed reviews from those who have watched it.

[zrikz]

I ended up playing... nothing. Internet has been out since Thursday and I ended up getting not enough homework done :(

3 more weeks until class is over, I hate the final month of the semester.

[Amankhan]

Soul Eater (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soul_Eater_(manga)) is what I'm looking at.

Soul Eater subs are out now.

[Skampy]

Bully(360), SSBB, Diablo 2, Wow...

[Spigot]

Hey Bingley Joe, that's great news to hear about the ending to Eternal Sonata. I'm a little burnt out on JRPGs right now after finishing Lost Odyssey, but I really need to go back and work on Eternal Sonata soon.

I played a lot of Conan (I'm pretty close to finishing the game) and Crisis Core with a little bit of Smash Bros. and Baroque thrown in for good measure.

Damn it, but those missions in Crisis Core are sucking my life away. I know I'm basically going through the same areas slashing up the same batch of enemies over and over again, but I can't stop! I want to advance the story but nooo... gotta go kill more Tonberries. :)

Just got to the 3 Amigos In The Training Room movie (at least, that's what I'll call it) and that was pretty sweet. I really hope this game has a theatre mode once I finish it as the movies are great.

[CylonLord]

Played some Opoona on Wii, Burnout Paradise on 360 doing 2 player challenges and some PGR4. Oh, and throw in some Tabula Rasa on PC as well.

[Heretic Machine]

Soul Eater subs are out now.

Eh, only one set, which I've heard are of dubious quality. I'm waiting for Saizen (http://www.saizen-fansubs.com/)'s subs, which they are doing with A-E (http://www.anime-empire.net/anime-empire/index.php). Also, for some reason, Animesuki is no longer listing it. It isn't licensed, they just aren't listing it.

[Cyndair]

Spent most of my gaming time on FFXI this weekend. Helped a few buddies kill Shen for the whm reverend mail. Also did some Limbus last night.

On the side I did a few puzzles in Professor Layton and played a little Legend of Zelda LttP for my retro fix.

[Variable Gear]

I played a little of Arcana Heart to the point where I'm mad I don't own a PS2 fighting stick. I can see the potential that the game presents, but I know I'm not going to fully experience it without a Hori Fighting Stick. Also, my criticism about the soundtrack still holds true - it's pretty uninteresting for a fighter.

I also played a bit of Quadradius, and my connection timed out a bunch times during play - which was great. I lost like five games because of that.

What else...oh, Brawl, right. I designed a couple new levels in Brawl and played about two hours of online games. My sister and I played a bunch of games with two people from a forum that shouldn't exist. It's back up today, unfortunately. Luckily we were able to beat a couple prominent members up in Brawl over the weekend.

For some reason, I played a few N64 games as well. Throughout Saturday I played through a little of Goldeneye. That game is still pretty fun. Not as fun as it used to be, but fun. I jumped into Paper Mario, which I wish I could sell and then repurchase on the VC, but I don't have any space left. The cart held some surprises for me when I first started it up. I let my friend barrow it awhile back, and his sister started a game. She's obviously not much of a gamer, as it took her six hours to beat the first chapter. The insane thing is, she was level seven when she completed it. The level cap is thirty.

I also played Rush 2049, and realized that it would be awesome if Midway released a download-only Rush game focused on three things: Races, Battles, and Stunts. There would also be the option to combine two of the modes. For example, you could have Mario Kart-style races if you combine Races with Battles, or you could combine Stunts with Races and earn boost for doing stunts, or you could combine Battle and Stunt so that no one is safe when they are in the middle of a trick. The wings should definitely make a comeback. They rock.

I played a series of online games in Advance Wars: Days of Ruin with brokenFUN. I have no idea what happened during those games, but they were played. I'm not sure if he could hear me, but I could hear him. We were using the DS headset, even though he requested my AIM SN. I really fucked up the funding one of the games, ugh. Still, at least I always remembered to enable Fog of War. Without Fog, the complexity of the game drops quite a bit, and certain units become useless.

EDIT: Yep, I completed the trilogy. I finally bought Ninja Gaiden III: The Ancient Ship of Doom on the VC, even though I haven't beaten the original Ninja Gaiden or The Dark Sword of Chaos. I didn't play but six minutes of Ninja Gaiden III, and I managed to beat the first boss with my first life. This game is looking to be much easier than the other two, which isn't a bad thing in my book.

I wish I coulda played more of the MGS Essential Collection (<3 VR Missions), Mana Khemia, and Guilty Gear XX: Accent Core but there's only so much time in a weekend.

[Zander]

Mythos. Amazing how much better this free game is than Hellgate.

[frederec]

Played a hell of a lot of Mana Khemia, and a tiny bit of Baroque. I think Mana Khemia is the best Gust alchemy game that's come out so far (compared to the 3 Atelier Iris games and Ar Tonelico). I finally forced myself to quit at what I think is the last save spot last night. Will probably beat it tonight.

[Qoz]

Mario Kart on Wii with friends and beer.
Surpringsly fun combination.

[SteveRage]

Dead Rising and Crackdown and one online match of Halo 3 to reiterate that I do, indeed, suck at Halo online lol

I'm really enjoying Dead Rising :)

[Philonious]

Finished my first run through Bully:SE, wish I would have played through it sooner. Rockstar totally needs to put together a sequel. Started up OverLord, which is surprisingly fun. I'm trying to avoid long games so that the slate is clear for GTA4 in the coming weeks.

[SkippyLeBeef]

Chromehounds

[Bad_Buddha]

Slowly working my way through Thief: Dark Shadows. I'm in the Pagan Sanctuary at the moment. I'm a bit of a "completist" in the Thief games. I like to get all of the loot and sap all of the NPC's in each mission. I got a little distracted as I was roaming around the city sections; I kept sapping citizens that were stupid enough to roaming around at night with bulging money bags and fancy jewelry! I'm pretty flush at the moment! $$$! I also need to remember to use the quicksave key more often!

Went out for a great motorcycle ride on Saturday - The sun came out for one day just to tease us. It was 38 and raining on the way into work today. :(

Spent most of Sunday redoing the main bath enclosure. What a bitch! Reminder to self: Make enough money to hire people to do this kind of crap for me!

[fitbabits]

Hardly anything, sadly. I had big plans as well...

[Bingley Joe]

Hey Bingley Joe, that's great news to hear about the ending to Eternal Sonata. I'm a little burnt out on JRPGs right now after finishing Lost Odyssey, but I really need to go back and work on Eternal Sonata soon.

Yeah, I can see how you'd be a bit spent after something like LO, but do make an effort to wrap up ES when you have some more time/energy for that sort of thing. I will say it has its share of quirks/annoyances, and some wacky pacing in certain sections, but the ending really redeemed all of that IMO.

I played the entire thing as a co-op game with my GF though, so it might help that there was someone else there to break up the gameplay a bit.. maybe try finishing it off like that if you're not already.


Oh.. and be sure to sit through all the credits -- "Fin.." in this case is not to be taken literally ;)

[Spigot]

Slowly working my way through Thief: Dark Shadows. I'm in the Pagan Sanctuary at the moment. I'm assuming you didn't make it to The Cradle then, eh? I still want to hear your impressions of TEH BEST LEVL EVAR!!!OMG111!!

[TheKeck]

I actually played CoD4 and Metroid as predicted, for once.

[Spigot]

Yeah, I can see how you'd be a bit spent after something like LO, but do make an effort to wrap up ES when you have some more time/energy for that sort of thing. I will say it has its share of quirks/annoyances, and some wacky pacing in certain sections, but the ending really redeemed all of that IMO.

I played the entire thing as a co-op game with my GF though, so it might help that there was someone else there to break up the gameplay a bit.. maybe try finishing it off like that if you're not already.HAHAHA.. That assumes I have a wife who would be willing to even touch a game controller, let alone sit and play a JRPG with me. Now if I could borrow your girlfriend for a while... :)

I just got tired of fighting the same enemy multiple times in the game back when I was working on it last fall. I think that now that I have played through an outstanding traditional JRPG (with Lost Odyssey) and have been playing some other action-RPG's with multiple copies of the same enemy (Crisis Core) I am a bit more in the mindset to appreciate Eternal Sonata's quirks. It was really just the combat and the repetition therein that turned me off of the game. Oh well. It's not like there are a lot of JRPGs out for the 360 over the next few months, so I'll fire it up soon.

[Bone]

Spent the entire weekend moving random crap from the old apartment and cleaning it up to get back our deposit... after working 12 hours I played some COD4 with the EvAv crew but was zombie-tired and pretty sure I wasn't helping our team too much :)

[MSUStud911]

Sadly I played no games this weekend at all. I was busy and worked most of Sunday, so that killed it for me.

[NationalKato]

I played about 30 minutes with the EvAv crew in COD4, but the remainder of the weekend saw me out in the real world with a good friend who was visiting from NYC.

[violentp]

Portable Ops and Metal Gear Ac!d. Nursing myself after a beer festival on Saturday so stuck with the handheld.

[ElektroDragon]

Hot Shots Golf on PS3 (it's like crack) and Viking on 360 (most underrated game ever!). It's like that old Rune PC game actually done right!

[Wolvie]

Started with some Rock band with the wife. Played Saints Row and GTA:SA to get my GTA4 itch scratched. And finished off by doing some RPG adventuring in Oblivion.

[Skull3r]

I actually didn't actually do much. I did catch up on all of Battlestar Galactica, while my high school friend came and visited. I wish I made more time to play games, but its nearing the end of my semester too, and I have major exams/ papers at least twice a week until the middle of Mayish when I get out for summer break.

[midrael]

Picked up Trace Memory for the DS and started playing that, and also started replaying Wind Waker. Hopefully this time, I can get to the end without my game and memory card being stolen so I can finish it!

[Digital Outlaw]

Finished Assassin's Creed and it was to me a 7 out 10. Other that, watched NY VS. Boston all weekend...

[Entropy Effect]

I've just about finished eliminating all the bosses in Crackdown, and somehow managed to get addicted to Puzzle Quest on PSP again.

[Mortis]

I finished Viking, could have been a great game but sadly it was not.

[Asbestos]

More Pixel Junk Monsters with the girlfriend, and then GTA:VC all last night.
=]
I wants GTA:IV

[Lind]

I finished God of War 2 yay (on easy, heh).

[GR1F1TH]

Getting my butt kicked in Ikaruga and Partying up in Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fate.

[skreesha]

I finished Condemned: Criminal Origins and played lots of PinballFX and a little bit of Ikaruga.

[biosc1]

I haven't played anything for days...other than the game of "moving and life".

My 360 is sad (http://www.360voice.com/blog-view.asp?id=49647521).

[Kamalot]

Big party weekend with weddings and birthdays. Lots of Rock Band and Smash Bros at the birthday. Also got in some Advance Wars 2 and Professor Layton on the DS!

[Earth Djinn]

Got another couple missions done on Condemned 2, as well as replaying a couple of the earlier ones to unlock the gold rewards.

[The Ligand]

I bought a dualshock and downloaded pixeljunk monsters. My friend and I had a blast. That game is fun alone, but working together makes it ever better. I also played some uncharted where I am about half way through on crushing (which is kicking my ass).

[Mindburn]

Finished my rental copy of Lost Odyssey 35 minutes before it was due on Saturday and I would have been charged for it. Pretty impressive game, though I have a lingering itch because I couldn't get one last item or beat the last Backyard boss to get my achievements.

After cramming so many hours into that one for the last week and a half (renting RPGs can come back to bite ya), the rest of the weekend was spent working out in the yard, spending an anniversary with the missus, and getting back to my serious addiction of playing drums in Rock Band (which I'm still surprised as hell I can do).

[Rafterman]

I spent my limited gaming time playing terrorist hunts in RB6V2. I haven't even played the actual storyline, I just keeping jumping into either single player hunts or online with friends. I am really enjoying it so far.

Was hoping to get in some Half Life 2 Ep 2, but perhaps next weekend.

[51|RandoM]

Sick as a dog all weekend, didn't hardly get out of bed. Was a good opportunity to read the first five novels in Orson Scott Card's Alvin Maker series and put a pretty big dent in the sixth. Very enjoyable reads, had me chuckling even while feeling like crap.

[Purple Santa]

Played a little Ninga Gaiden: Dragon Sword, amazing game so far. Also inched a bit closer to getting the scenario achievement on Texas Hold 'em on XBL.

[mute]

army of two - so a friend could play
turning point: fall of liberty - i like suffering
beowulf - couldn't get into it too well
time pilot
halo 3 campaign - need to remember the buttons for tomorrow

[Goonch]

Finally made it off of the planet Taris in Star Wars KOTOR on the 360. It only took me 4.5 years :o.

Continued with my San Fiero missions in GTA San Andreas on the PC.

I also managed to squeeze in a bit of Silent Hill Origins on the PSP and World in Conflict on the PC.

[Variable Gear]

Finally made it off of the planet Taris in Star Wars KOTOR on the 360. It only took me 4.5 years :o.

Where are you going next?

[Kamalot]

Played a little Ninga Gaiden: Dragon Sword, amazing game so far.

Isn't it? Damn! That game is total quality. Loves it.

[MrE]

Ended up playing Age of Conan Beta and NHL08 in support of the playoffs. Other than that, not much.

[laggerific]

I saw freezepop. It was a great birthday weekend. Freezepop was a sweet show to see, and it was very fun to see how they created the various sounds on their tracks. Plus, they looked like they were having a good time, which I would expect of a live performance of theirs. Played some Rock Band later on in the weekend too.

I also got to see Spore in person at the same festival I saw freezepop...but, there wasn't anything interesting happening while I was watching so I let my girlfriend drag me away.

[Goonch]

Where are you going next?

Right now I am on Dantooine. I am hiding in the Jedi Enclave, and I am in the process of becoming a Padawan.

I am not sure where the road leads next. All I know is that my 8 year old son wants me to pick the green lightsaber :D.

[Goonch]

Ended up playing Age of Conan Beta and NHL08 in support of the playoffs. Other than that, not much.

LETS GO DEVILS :D

[Evil Avnovice]

For this weekend, surprisingly nothing. Just a little Ontamarama (DS) on the side.

And Shining Force (GBA). Popped it in to mess with it, and I got hooked all over again. :D

[Mortanius]

I played a little of BioShock.

[Kamalot]

And Shining Force (GBA). Popped it in to mess with it, and I got hooked all over again. :D

That is a dangerously addictive and awesome game!

[Evil Avnovice]

That is a dangerously addictive and awesome game!

Centaurs for teh win! :D

Edit: I really, really wish that Shining Force 2 would get picked up for a remake.

[Metal Jesus]

Lots and Lots and Lots of FF 7:Crisis Core, just like I planned. That game is damn fun!

[Booda]

Wiped out another race in Soulstorm and squeezed in a few hours in ETQW.

I stopped buy the local Best Buy this weekend and saw both the regular edition and the CE of ETQW for $29.99. Great price for the game itself but at the same time it concerns me about future support for an online game that is only about seven months old.

[ezzkmo]

I played a bunch of WoW, and a few matches of Halo 3.

[Spigot]

Laggarific, I am jealous. I loves me some Freezepop but it would be very odd to see them without having a Guitar Hero/Rock Band/Frequency style interface overlaying them :)

[Hellbug]

Team Fortress 2, of course!

[eth3rton]

Devil May Cry 4. Damn I can't believe I didn't get this day 1...!

[Blog]

Chewed through a big chunk of Psychonauts (PC). I'm now officially farther than I was when I first played the game a few years ago. I still cannot believe I didn't bother to finish it back in the day...

And of course, I played some CoD4 multiplayer (PC). It's just too much fun to shoot folks in that.

[SteelAttack]

Team Fortress 2, Ikaruga (my ass still hurts), and some Halo 3 MP. Didn't have much time this weekend, but next one...next one. *waves fist*

[blackstrikex]

I beat halflife 2 as well, only got half way through on pc when it came out, and had not touched orange box since portal in november, chugged through ep 1 in one sitting.

meant to get more time into lost ody but went to a friends and nearly beat resistence in one sitting in co-op, I was player 2, you know the guy that gets to cred in the expose. "wow you took that thing down single handedly!" no respect!

[score]

It was a Mario Kart Wii weekend for me. Had a quick try at 150cc and got brutally raped by princess peach and gang. Back to 50cc for now I think...

[Skull3r]

Finished my rental copy of Lost Odyssey 35 minutes before it was due on Saturday and I would have been charged for it. Pretty impressive game, though I have a lingering itch because I couldn't get one last item or beat the last Backyard boss to get my achievements.

After cramming so many hours into that one for the last week and a half (renting RPGs can come back to bite ya), the rest of the weekend was spent working out in the yard, spending an anniversary with the missus, and getting back to my serious addiction of playing drums in Rock Band (which I'm still surprised as hell I can do).

Wait a second, how did you play through all of lost odyssey in a week and a half? I've had the game since a week after launch and I still can't get myself to finish the last few hours of that game. Jeez!!!

[Morpheus]

Played Mario Kart with a friend, my big brother and my girlfriend. Sucks to play four people on a 32" TV, way to small. After that, we played Mario And Sonic At The Olympics which is a damn funny game and surpricingly hard.

Also levelled af little up in COD4 on the PC. Can't get enough of it. BTW, do the Evilavatar guys only play on 360 together, or also on PC?

[LionEyez]

I pretty much played what I intended to

Lots of FFT (PSP) and I nearly got all the achievements for Army of Two...it's just the online one that's giving me a headache. Billion dollars..seriously..why?...

[Kamalot]

It was a Mario Kart Wii weekend for me. Had a quick try at 150cc and got brutally raped by princess peach and gang. Back to 50cc for now I think...

Mario Kart is already out in Europe?

Damn! Lucky bastards! :D

[KamaItachi]

I spent the best part of SAturday, trying (and failing) to get my Wii online. Unless I spring $70 odd for along enough cable and LAN adapter, I'm stuck with a horribly overcomplicated wireless method by runnng it though an old, busted laptop.

Other than that, I got 15 seconds TF2, a few rounds of Ikaruga and revisited Streets of Rage 2 with the mighty shaven ape, Max!

[Morpheus]

Mario Kart is already out in Europe?

Damn! Lucky bastards! :D

Your damn right it is ;)

I've been playing it almost nonstop since last thursday. You have alot to look forward to :)

[Mindburn]

Wait a second, how did you play through all of lost odyssey in a week and a half? I've had the game since a week after launch and I still can't get myself to finish the last few hours of that game. Jeez!!!
It was a bitch, and in the end I actually wished I had bought it and savored it more. Hell, and I rented it with Dark Sector, and beat that too in the limited time I had.

Let's just say there was a lot of sneaking out of bed at 5am to start playing before the wife woke up, and I'm still trying to smack myself back into a regular schedule. But it did make two interminable weeks of waiting for GTA4 go by pretty distraction-filled!

[Spigot]

As the resident Lost Odyssey fanboy around here, I bow down at the feet of Mindburn. You, my friend, are a master.

Or a very lonely unemployed person, which still makes you cooler than me :)

[Blog]

It was a Mario Kart Wii weekend for me. Had a quick try at 150cc and got brutally raped by princess peach and gang. Back to 50cc for now I think...That almost sounds like my ideal weekend right there...

[Kamalot]

That almost sounds like my ideal weekend right there...

L
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That is too funny.