Monday Blues - What did you Actually Play?

[menage]

You know it. It's Monday Blues time again. Feeling quite meh today so let's talk about all the fun we had playing our favorite pass time (next to drinking beer and such). So. What did you guys play the last couple of days? MGS4, MGS4, DMC4, or something else with a 4 in it? Still getting your ass kicked in Ninja Gaiden 2? Age of Conan got you hooked? Tell us all about it.

Finished up MGS4 on Friday. Best gaming experience this year so far. Pure brilliance. Started Ninja Gaiden 2 again and played some GTA. At Four Leaf Clover now.

[Gorvi]

Almost all Disgaea 2 and I'm really loving it. The story seems to be quite a bit shorter than the first (I'm at Chapter 10 and only about 19 hours in) so hopefully there's a ton of postgame goals to shoot for.

The only other gaming I did was the PS1 version of You Don't Know Jack with a friend who came for a visit Saturday night. The writing in that game is still so damn good.

[Codicier]

MGS3: Subsistence all day Saturday. I think I'm almost done it at this point.

[Heretic Machine]

Pretty much just TF2.

[Goronmon]

Played Ninja Gaiden 2, only on the 4th level and it already feels repetitive.

Also, put in some time with CoD4, WoW and AoC.

[Typical_Michael]

I played me up some Assassin's Creed, just like I had planned. This is a pretty fun and good looking game, I will have to thank my brother for getting it for me.

[grognard66]

Dark Sector (360) - I don't think I'll bother finishing this game.
Conan (PS3) - almost done
Space Invaders Extreme (PSP)
William's Pinball (Wii)

[Rakael]

CoD4 mostly when I had time to game. Also popped in Lost Odyssey for a bit, which is a really good game, but one you have to make time to play. Since I could only game in half hour bursts, I wasn't about to try and get sucked into LO.

[Lind]

SingStar Vol 02 PS3, best partygame ever (since Rock Band STILL aint out in sweden... :( )
Metal Gear Solid 4, got to act IV and I'm loving it.

[jacob.armitage]

finished up my second run through of NG2. now on mentor. it might actually be too hard for me.

picking up a PS3 this week, and will be starting on MGS4. yay.

[TrackZero]

Finished up MGS4 on Friday. Best gaming experience this year so far.

Lost Odyssey begs to differ. ;)

[Inverarity]

I played the original Metal Gear Solid for the first time in about six years. I plan on getting MGS4 sooner or later, but I want to play through its predecessors first. (I lost patience with MGS2 and never finished it; never played MGS3.) I started out trying to play Twin Snakes on the Wii, but I just couldn't get used to the GameCube controls - I was all over the place and flailing for buttons, and that's a recipe for misery when you're playing a stealth game. So I went back to the PS version: it's not as pretty, but it plays beautifully.

Other than that, I played:
- Rock Band (there's always time for Rock Band, especially because my wife is able to play on Hard now)
- GTA4
- Everyday Shooter

[bapenguin]

Tried to play some MGS4, just couldn't get into it. Played some GTA IV instead and worked on a bunch of video editing projects.

I also went golfing and shot my best round ever. W00t! :)

[MosBen]

I didn't get a chance to play anything this weekend as I was at the beach with the girfriend and visiting with her friends in NYC. If I had played this weekend I would have tried to finish the bank heist mission in GTAIV which is a real bitch, for me anyway.

[Borys]

Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin: Just healed the sisters and unveiled "true" boss of the game. And 5 more paintings! Yay! This game rules!

Mass Effect: finished the C-Sec Academy and went down to The Wards. I'm searching for The Keepers to scan as well as enjoy the fact that OMG KROGAN is in my party. This game really rules... good old BioWare.

[Spigot]

Lost Odyssey begs to differ. ;)Ah, they're both pretty close, though MGS4 has a few more exploding robots...

I did play a lot more TWEWY and Space Invaders Extreme than pretty much anything else this weekend. I'm still not finished TWEWY but I am hopefully on track to get it done and over with before FFTA2 hits this week.

MGS4... Sigh. I had really hoped to finish the game this weekend but I only ended up playing a tiny bit the other night. I'm somewhere near the middle/end of Act 3 and will be finishing that fight before I head to work this morning. I was just so tired this weekend that I couldn't muster up enough energy to do much more than read the MGS Database.

I did play a bunch of Rock Band on Saturday morning, come to think of it. I'm still working on the final tier of Expert Guitar songs... I can get a good 70% or so though most of them but that's about it right now. That's the problem with only playing once a week or so...

Other than that, I spent the weekend either recovering from the hell week of last week or trying out our new car. Oh, and we had our son's 4th birthday party on Saturday at McDonalds, which was pretty enjoyable. I spent so much time on Saturday and Sunday fiddling with Hot Wheels tracks that I can still see the orange plastic whenever I close my eyes...

[Kelegacy]

Lost Odyssey begs to differ. ;)

Blah. I own it and will probably go back and attempt it again someday, but on disc two 13 hours in I gave up. Huge JRPG fan, didn't care for it. Not bad, just...I don't know.

I played GTA IV all weekend. Got rehooked. Probably more hooked than I was at any point while playing the game. I think there are some really interesting missions in the game (stealing the "cursed" shipment and "I'll Take Her") but many missions are very repetitive. Some of the chase scenes have scripted events like car crashes or roadblocks happening just as you're coming through. I don't like that much, and though I think the missions need more diversification, I still love the game.

[LordFu]

I fired up some Diablo II, and when I got tired of it, I switched to some Shiren the Wanderer.

[Ten19]

I also went golfing and shot my best round ever. W00t! :)
I assume this is a golfing video game, and not some strange attempt to go Outside where the bright and vengeful Sun God lurks.

Personally I played EVE, S.T.A.L.K.E.R., TF2 and AoC. It's certainly nice having a computer with a half-way decent video card.

[Vandenh]

Almost nothing. Weather was just too good.

Some Mutant Storm Empires and just a bit of WoW.

[Poewan]

Didnt game much, just enough to get myself to act 2 in MGS4. Spent most of the weekend on the golf course, trying to figure out what the hell went wrong with my swing.

[muddi900]

Secret Agent Clank. I also goofed off instead preparing for ther "final" final. I have already phailed. MISERABLY.

[menage]

Lost Odyssey begs to differ. ;)

Ooooooh.

That was a bit mean. It's actually a bit of a tie between those 2. But MGS just beats it on the presentation front for me. MGS Act 5 just pulled it over the finish first.

[Zander]

Beat TWEWY. Fucking awesome game with a fucking awesome ending.

Now playing TWEWY end-game stuff. "Another Day" is..... odd.

3 more days until FFTA2!

[Earth Djinn]

Not much really. Just a couple hours of F.E.A.R, after watching a reaction montage of a guy playing the last level made me want to go back after nearly two years to finish it.

Its actually getting good now.

[jacob.armitage]

Played Ninja Gaiden 2, only on the 4th level and it already feels repetitive.



It gets better. And then wrose. and then better again, and then much worse and then better.

chapter 6 and 7 are pretty rad. chapter 12 is amazing. stick with it, see if they interest you enough to finish up!

[Mortis]

Mostly The Incredible Hulk, it's no UD but I am actually having a lot of fun playing it. Trying to finish some more stuff in Tiger 08 before I send it back. Also played some Battlefield: BC demo last night, can't wait for it to arrive Tuesday.

[atariv8]

MGS4: On act 3 and still waiting for the magic to happen
GTA IV: Relationship maintenance a couple of missions
Boom Blox: Finished all training then built a ton of levels with my son

[Rafterman]

Had family around, so not much gaming. Two levels of Condemned 2 and an hour or two of RB6 Vegas 2 with some friends.

My niece is in town, so this week my gamecube, eyetoy, and rockband kit will likely get some playtime in.

[Booda]

Just had enough time over the weekend to get in a few hours of AoC. The game most certainly has it's issues but I'm still enjoying it so far.

[51|RandoM]

Played lots of TF2 and watched the third season of BSG.

[TrackZero]

Blah. I own it and will probably go back and attempt it again someday, but on disc two 13 hours in I gave up. Huge JRPG fan, didn't care for it. Not bad, just...I don't know.


Funny, since I haven't been a JRPG fan since way back. But LO re-ignited that for me.

[TrackZero]

Ooooooh.

That was a bit mean. It's actually a bit of a tie between those 2. But MGS just beats it on the presentation front for me. MGS Act 5 just pulled it over the finish first.

Fair enough. From what I've seen of the MGS4 gameplay it hasn't really done it for me, though I've enjoyed watching nearly the entire game in youtube footage (as a movie, it's great). ;)

[TheKeck]

Beat up the kiddies in TF2 saturday and some Mario Kart.

[bjornbarspingvinen]

NHL08, PES 2008 and XBLA demos.
BTW, the momentum in NHL08 is friggin dumb.

[ZeroOmegaZX]

Trying to finish up Bioshock finally and dusted off my steam copy of Psychonauts to try in 1080 on the new plasma....

[Loki_09]

Living room is almost done, and the entertainment center is set up and ready to send my electric bill through the roof. Might have to get in on some CoD4 in the next few days...

[skreesha]

I played several hours of Resistance. I also snuck in a few minutes of Space Invaders Extreme and Summon Night.

[Clark352]

I played "It's Time to Clean the Gutters!"

Man, that game is POS.

[f1sh3r]

finished blue dragon and condemned 2. started assassin's creed (which is kick ass btw) and viva pinata for the kids (which is addicting for some reason).

[Crashproof]

TF2, followed by some more TF2, with a side of TF2.

Unlocked pyro milestone 3 without really grinding, but then it's always been my most played class. Also broke a few of my engineer records.

[thomasc]

Played some NG2 & Stalker.

[Norse]

I finished Ninja Gaiden 2. I absolutely love that game, and started a new game (+) immediately. The weapons are awesome and having all of them from the beginning results in some crazy ass kicking.

I also bought Roogoo on XBLA. Great game IMHO.

[Wolvie]

Ninja Gaiden II! and I might add that it's not as frustrating as the first game was. Its by no means easy, it has that "just right" difficulty. Just hard enough to make me languish in my defeat and rue fighting the same enemies again. Yet not so difficult that I want to throw my controller through mt TV.
Playing NGII inspired me to go back and work through NG1. It's kinda weird playing through the first and second game in a series at the same time.

Oh, also my Wii got some attention as well, as I played some Metroid Prime 3. Man I missed that game.

[HunterX280]

I played quite a bit of Mario Kart Wii on Friday. I won 2 out of 3 rounds. Saturday I went to MS and played something under NDA. I also picked up Lost Odyssey and played that for about 90 minutes. So far I am liking the FFX style enviroments with a bit of FFX and Legend of Dragoon mix of gameplay. I am going to try to make some time to play more because I hear the story feels like somewhere about FF4-6 territory and that sounds compelling. Sunday got to play juggling family at my engagement dinner. Considering no one gets along in my family, it went surprisingly well. Now all I have to do is wait until August and then not ever have to worry about it ever again! The wedding game is hard...

[vherub]

beat contra 3 and legend of the mystical ninja (only took me 15 years)

played some snatcher, phantom hourglass and trauma center (wii)

[presage]

Finished up MGS4, was really one of the best gaming experiences I've had in a long long time. Aside from that I played through DBZ: Burst Limit just getting all the characters and racking me up some gamerscore points.

[BleedTheFreak]

I played some more WoW, trying to get my alt leveled into the 30's for the new patch (mounts at level 30 now!). I also picked up Disgaea to tide me over until A2 drops, whch has been pretty fun so far.

So I had skipped Lost Odyssey, how does it compare to some of my other favorite JRPG's like Final Fantasy XII and ... uh, other Final Fantasy games?

[dbh1973]

Wild Arms XF and Oblivion and Civ IV.

[TrackZero]

I played some more WoW, trying to get my alt leveled into the 30's for the new patch (mounts at level 30 now!).

Bastard. I just got to level 40 on Saturday morning. Cost me 90+ gold to get a mount and my riding ability (I remember when it used to be half that price). Good luck doing so at 30 unless you've got a guild/friend paying for you.

[HunterX280]

So I had skipped Lost Odyssey, how does it compare to some of my other favorite JRPG's like Final Fantasy XII and ... uh, other Final Fantasy games?

So far (only 90 minutes in, give or take a few) the battle system feels like the love child of Final Fantasy X (you get a battle list down in the bottom left) and Legend of Dragoon (timed button presses to increase damage or do status effects). The way you move around feels a lot like FFX as well. The areas and the map especially.

From what I've heard around the forums the story is reminiscent of FF4-6 but I can't confirm that yet. I'll be playing it over the next few months (or years, it's 4 freaking disks!) so hopefully it turns out to be good.

[dotbomb]

Played Ninja Gaiden II. Got past chapter 1 and then just past the point you face that spidery thingy for the second time. Good times.

[BleedTheFreak]

Bastard. I just got to level 40 on Saturday morning. Cost me 90+ gold to get a mount and my riding ability (I remember when it used to be half that price). Good luck doing so at 30 unless you've got a guild/friend paying for you.

Well, this isn't my first time at the rodeo. Last Feb I actually leveled up a Warlock to 70, and so she's been funding this new character (I'm flush with cash between tailoring and running dailies).

However, I'm sure I'd have had the money easy because (and maybe this is the economy on my server being crazy) it's EASY to get lots of cash. If you put up a decent green you can get between 1 and 5 gold for it, even in the high teens. Ore (I'm mining) is going for 2g for a stack of Copper, 8-10g for a stack of Tin, and Iron is going for about 12-15g for a stack. Plus, I'm selling my mats I get from disenchanting them for sometimes 4g for a stack of strange dust and 8-10g for a stack of soul dust (or whatever the second type of dust is?). I'm flush with cash. Sunday morning I had 90g for my Warlock and 50g for my new character. I ran my dailies and made my spell/shadow/moon cloth and put them up for sale, plus put up all the junk in my level 28's bag, and now my main has 500g (with another 80g up on the AH) and my warrior has over 200g on him. Cash is stupid easy to come by, because EVERYONE has lots of cash thanks to the dailies. Good? Bad? I think it's good, personally.

[straximus]

Played through Portal again, and beat the six advanced levels for the first time. Finally got past the part in HL2:Ep1 I've been stuck at for ages.

[Purple Santa]

Beat TWEWY. Fucking awesome game with a fucking awesome ending.

Now playing TWEWY end-game stuff. "Another Day" is..... odd.

3 more days until FFTA2!

Congrats on beating TWEWY. Yes it is an awesome ending. You want to keep going...you will flesh out more of the plot and it really does get even better. Now if I can finally get Spigot to finish...

Played some MGS 4 and the cinema's are fantastic...it is as if i'm watching a movie...a very good one...which is pulling me along to play...the gameplay, not so much. I'm as someone else stated, waiting for the magic...

Also started watching Firefly and damn what a great series this is. PS3 works great as DVD upscaler :)

[Wolvie]

beat contra 3 and legend of the mystical ninja (only took me 15 years)

Wow, suddenly I don't feel so bad for not beating NG1. It's only been 3 and a half years.

[Cha-Ka]

Played a lot of the Hulk on PS3 this weekend, and I love it. Other than unlocking your moves by accomplishing Feats (a big checklist of pre-determined tasks) instead of buying the moves you want with points, I don't see any major differences between this game and Ultimate Destruction. It's fun!

[WSwwan]

What did I play? Some Advance Wars: Days of Ruin, a bit of Eye of Judgment, and some Uncharted. Nothing especially cool.

[lallous]

Lots of Professor Layton. I really enjoyed searching for coins ;).
Finished around 30 puzzles till now and not even one disappointed me.
I just hope a sequel is on the way !

[Uniqueusername]

Bourne Conspiracy. Finished it in one sitting. Glad it was only a rental. ;)

[biosc1]

Still playing "Reiinstall everything from my last OS re-install"...you know how you keep forgetting to install stuff until you need it the most...

Really getting into Shadowrun [PC]...I can't believe I missed out on this game before. Lot's of interesting abilities for a FPS.

Bought and played a little Call of Juarez [PC]...pretty game, haven't played enough to form an opinion.

Some Half-Life 2 Ep 2 [PC]...still trucking along. Finally went back to it after stopping when I got stuck at an area...ended up being my stupidity and I got by it.

Installed and played about 4 hours of Sid Meier's Railroads last night...haven't played that in ages and it sucked me right back in. Nice and relaxing evening.

Fired up M.A.M.E...haven't touched it in ages and a lot is out of date, but got to play the games I wanted to play.

Other than that...on the non-PC side

Finished Professor Layton [DS]...well, the story at least. Wow, what a great game :)

Some NDA [360]... ;)

Some Rockstar Table Tennis [360]...

Some Gauntlet [360]...well, a lot of Gauntlet :)

Wow...looking back...that was a great weekend of gaming for me. A seemingly rare occurrence lately :)

[Mindburn]

Lego Indy for the block! (many blocks, actually) Wife jumped in and out of the game all weekend, though that was the only skillful jumping she did...

Still great fun, and the sound effects are oddly exciting.

[Evil Avnovice]

-Etrian Odyssey II (Wii)
-Etrian Odyssey II (Xbox 360)
-Etrian Odyssey II (PS3)
-Etrian Odyssey II (PSP)
-Etrian Odyssey II (DS)

Did I mention I was playing Etrian Odyssey II? :p

[*raoul]

Dead Rising!

[NightRain]

I planned on playing MGS4 but ended up getting sucked into Lego Indiana Jones and loved it so much that was all I played.

[Purple Santa]

-Etrian Odyssey II (Wii)
-Etrian Odyssey II (Xbox 360)
-Etrian Odyssey II (PS3)
-Etrian Odyssey II (PSP)
-Etrian Odyssey II (DS)

Did I mention I was playing Etrian Odyssey II? :p

You swore in your lonely thread it was a MGS 4 weekend...oh the shame and humility ;)

[Sl1pstream]

RB - CoD4 - TF2

Made a party in Etrian Oddyssey, I'll get more into that on the way to work tomorrow.

[Variable Gear]

I played a little of Ghost Squad and Mercury Meltdown Revolution before I realized that both of those aren't much fun. Then I put Space Invaders Extreme into my DS, and played the shit out of it. Finally, on Sunday, I celebrated Nintendo's WiiWare movement by playing some of the best available titles. I opened yet another chest of memories in Lost Winds, simulated a few more days of the Kingdom of Square in My Life as a King, and cleared the Forest levels in Toki Tori. I can't wait to download Gyrostarr when I get home from work! :)

[cepwin]

Pretty much MGS4....just finished chapter 2.
I also installed some demos on my PSP (Secret Agent Clank and a cartoony golf game) and took a quick look at the golf game.

[EL CABONG]

Rainbow 6 Vegas 2 and some Grid.

[ezzkmo]

I actually played GTA4. Quite fun the helicopter is.

[Goonch]

I picked up the Metal Gear Solid Essential Collection and a PS2. However, I played Metal Gear Solid on my PSOne and a bit of GTA 4 on the 360.

MGS looks much better on my PSOne's built in LCD screen than on my HDTV.

Does the PS3 upscale the PSOne games by much???

[Bad_Buddha]

Cleaned out the garage and took a load to the dump. Ripped out the tile and wallboard from the master bath to get ready for the remodel. Cleaned a lot of crap out of the house. Had family over.

Put in an offer on a new house.

Reloaded Diablo 2 to get the No-CD patch installed. Played that for a bit.

Downloaded and played through the Hellgate: London demo. Liked it so much I bought the game with a local store coupon. Cost $15. Home ill today so I've been playing it most of the day. Having quite a bit of fun with it! Just the SP game so far - Not a big MP fan.

[Bahamut]

For once, nothing! It would've normally been TF2, but tonight was the NYC Liquid Tension Experiment concert (a great experience)!

[Spigot]

So I had skipped Lost Odyssey, how does it compare to some of my other favorite JRPG's like Final Fantasy XII and ... uh, other Final Fantasy games?As a huge Final Fantasy nut, I absolutely ADORED Lost Odyssey. I sunk a good 100 hours into it and none of that time felt like useless padding.

It feels like what FFXII would have been like if they hadn't completely altered the gameplay for FFXII and had stuck with a more traditional storyline a la FFIV or FFVI.

[Spigot]

Congrats on beating TWEWY. Yes it is an awesome ending. You want to keep going...you will flesh out more of the plot and it really does get even better. Now if I can finally get Spigot to finish...

Played some MGS 4 and the cinema's are fantastic...it is as if i'm watching a movie...a very good one...which is pulling me along to play...the gameplay, not so much. I'm as someone else stated, waiting for the magic...I'm working on it! I'm getting pretty close... I think I only have one more day left. I should have it finished by the end of this week so we can finally have that Spoilerific thread :)

As for MGS4, I'm just starting Act 4. Great stuff. I read a great review (http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/article/446323) today, at least when it came to reconciling the cinematics and gameplay conundrum.

First of all, the secret is just to split your comprehension of the MGS series into two distinct channels – the Metal Gear Solid titles aren't games that include a lot of long movie bits; they're both movie and game, two distinct works co-habiting the same package, taking turns occupying the player/viewer's consciousness. In my barely legible notes, scribbled sometime in the early-morning darkness of my 20th hour of MGS4, I compare the series to an omnibus volume of the Lord of the Rings books: it functions both as fantastic literature and fantastic doorstop ... but it doesn't function as both at once; reading it, your door swings shut.

[blackstrikex]

beat ninja gaiden 2, after that and gta, its time to finally insert that 3rd disc of lost odyssey and get back on track

[Evil Avnovice]

You swore in your lonely thread it was a MGS 4 weekend...oh the shame and humility ;)

Actually, it was a Gears of War 2 thread. ;)

[Kagger]

Well, on Sunday my group started a modified GURPs system (to make it similar to D6 Star Wars). Matthias is in this group.

I also knocked down some Final Fantasy XII, which I wrapped up on Monday. Now it's on to Metroid Prime 3 (finishing it), and finishing Half-Life 2: Episode 2

[Schnoogs]

A shit ton of TigerWoods08