Monday Blues - What did you Actually Play?

[menage]

Sigh, that weekend went by so fast it was almost as if I went to sleep on Friday and woke up this morning. Still, I got some gaming in, how about you? What did you guys play? Any memorable moments? Please share here with the rest of us!

I played Disgaea 3, still finding out the humongous amount of stuff the game has yet again. Also finished Castle Crashers and Bionic Commando.

[rein]

Kingdom Under Fire: Circle of Doom, $10 at Target. I'm still on my first play through using Leinart and I feel I will get my $10 worth.

[Gorvi]

I played a bit of the SOCOM beta. It's a good game from what I can tell, just not one that's for me. I got in a bit of Disgaea 3, though not very much. I think I went through two battles. I also played a bit of Resistance on Superhuman for some reason, mostly because I got a pair of decent headphones and I wanted to try them out on something loud. That game gets a bit tough on Superhuman, especially before you get the health regeneration.

But, my main game over the weekend was Wild ARMs XF. Holy shit is that game good. It's easily the most innovative SRPG to come around in a long, long time. Battles are always interesting, they're always throwing something new at you, be it trying to get to an exit within a certain number of turns, getting through an area by stealth, environmental puzzles, or any number of other things. The story is pretty interesting too, at least so far. I'm a good 13 hours in right now, and from what I've read, it's a 60+ hour game, so I've got a lot ahead of me. :)

[J3DI]

I've been trying to plsy more Burnout, surprisingly there aren't that many EvAv playing... or none on my list that is. I am also trying to get or get close to 200pts. for all the XBLA games I have. Poker Smash is not an easy game to play. I can't make chains if my life depended on it.

[Itchyeyes]

Played a little bit of Spore until I got the EE patch downloaded for The Witcher, then it was nothing but that for the rest of the weekend.

[modeps]

Nothing... nothing at all.

[Spigot]

I started up yet another game of Fallout, this time on my shiny repaired laptop. I might actually get a bit further than the first or second town, unlike every other attempt I've ever made to play this game.

Due to the fact that my 360 is still off for repairs, I was able to do what I really wanted to do, which was play lots of Persona 3: FES. I just finished got to the 69th floor or so and have about half a month to kill before the next full moon, so I'll be focusing on the social aspects for the next while instead of grinding up Tartarus. Yay! I've already maxed out one social link and it's time to start working on some of the other ones.

I also sunk a bit of time into Spore (started a new world and am planning on playing as a carnivore as my herbivore/religious planet got wiped out by the computer), some Dragon Quest IV DS (I just got to the second chapter... I know... I'm slow) and then I started to play a lot of what might become my new addiction.

I'm talking about Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology on the PSP. I know it's basically a best of mix tape of all of the Tales games barring Vesperia, but man, it's addictive. It's like a singleplayer MMO in some instances but the bite-sized quests coupled with the crazy depth of the crafting system, job list and so forth has me quaking in my boots. I just realized now that there are more than just the initial four classes to choose from. EEK!

I was up until about 3:30 this morning playing the game and I'm regretting it now since I only got about 3 hours of sleep :P

[Wraith]

Played a good deal of Grand Theft Auto IV (PS3). Got a few more missions done. Got a few more cars stolen for Stevie. Chose to kill Derrick instead of Francis.

[menage]

The weenend, geez, can someone change that:P

[Emabulator]

I played Crysis Warhead and GTR Evolution.

[Primus]

WAR, and so far I am not disappointed.

[Grifter]

I played a little stalaker clear sky but a friend of mine gave me (let me borrow) this game called Silver Fall which is a pretty sweet Diablo clone with some really nice (IMO) art direction.

The game world itself is also very interesting, it has a very steam punk/high fantasy feel to it. Instead of being good or evil you choose between technology and nature (neither being any more good or evil than the other.) based on types of missions you choose. Accordingly, depending on how much you are aligned with one or the other also determines if you can use certain weapons or items and also opens up different types of skills in the already varying skill trees.

Considering the game is over a year old (I think) I was pretty impressed by the graphics and I really like the game world so far. It has a few issues with balancing but overall I think it's worth the attention of anyone who likes a good hack and slash RPG.

[tiremfej]

Frontlines: Fuel of War. I downloaded the new maps, and love them! The most underrated game this year. It's come a long way since release. The bargin price of $30 doesn't hurt either.

[Atorak]

Warhammer Online and Rock Band 2. Lots of WAR, a little rockin'.

[Commissar Rob]

Finished off SWTFU and dove back in for a few crystals. Not a bad game per se, but certainly could've used some focus testing. Spent some quality time with Squad Command on my PSP, and I've found that I really, really like that take on 40k gameplay. To me, it really feels like playing a tabletop game (albeit one where the Chaos side has a hell of a lot more points than I do). Very fun. Last night, I finally convinced my PS3 to download the Burnout 1.4 patch, so I did a few races with the bike. Very fun, and cool that they keeping the title fresh with these updates.

[Mal.Reynolds]

SOCOM Im having some fun but i think ill cancel my pre-order

[Purple Santa]

Played lots of GH II. 5* all the songs on easy and played some Co-op with Ms. Clause. Co-op is a lot more challenging than I realized. Lots of fun but lots of profanity from us both as we try to get co-op achievements (yeah, we are achievement whores :) ). I'm not sure where I go now with GH II. I tried hard (with controller) and even in practice on the slowest movement, it was still daunting for my eyes to catch the orange note. I'm at a standstill there for the moment. I actually have to get used to using the "guitar" so maybe i'll work on that and move up to hard...as the peanut gallery (my cats) laugh at my incompetent future attempts at playing GH at a real level...

Also made it out of the creepy theater in Silent Hill origins. Now going to the creepy hotel (will norman and mother be there?)...trying to finish this before SH: Homecoming arrives soon...

[Virodeath]

SOCOM beta
Burnout: Paradise
Uncharted - (trying to get those last Trophy's)
GH3
LEGO Indiana Jones

[Caerim]

WAR and slept a lot. I'm impressed with the PVP as my little group scales the levels.

Organized groups do destroy pugs all the time though as even 3-4 coordinated players will turn the tides.

[spdiscus]

According to my save game, I got in 9.5 hours of Eternal Darkness. Thought the game was shorter, but I appear to be in the final stretch.
Good stuff. Very good.

[Kamalot]

Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn (Wii)
Too Human (Xbox 360)
Dragon Quest (DS)
Super Smash Bros Brawl (Wii)
Battallion Wars II ONLINE CO-OP (Wii)
F-Zero (GameCube)
Castle Crashers (360)
Bionic Commando (360)

Damn... this was a great gaming weekend!

[Cyndair]

4 of my friends came over. We set up a LAN party in the basement and played WAR all weekend. It was a great time. The game makes everything so accessible and there is so much to do right off the bat. PvP was a blast with all of us in the same room. With the amount that we played I'm surprised I wasn't sick of it by the end of the weekend. Everyone went home on Sunday at 4 and by time 8 o'clock rolled around we were all on Ventrilo and at it again.

There are some bugs and the code could definitely do with some optimization. I didn't have any trouble but my friends running on older computers crashed a few times when trying to load new areas. Overall though, fantastic game so far. Haven't had that much fun playing with friends in a long time.

[NationalKato]

Tons of NHL09. Having a blast in Be A Pro mode, which just might be the reason to play this game for a very long time.

Also tried Alone In the Dark. I liked the presentation and some of the set-piece levels, but I was constantly fighting the controls and sluggish camera. Ultimately, frustration won out over any enjoyment of the game and it's on its way back to GameFly.

[Crittias]

The Witcher. It rules!

[muddi900]

Bionic Commando Rearmed and some Lost Winds.

[Bad_Buddha]

I got back into Spore and I'm ready to hit the tribal stage.

Got The Witcher EE set patched and ran through the opening cutscene on Friday evening. when I fired it up on Saturday afternoon, it crashed before it even got to the opening screens. Checked the forums, backed off my sound hardware acceleration and everything worked fine! I had invoked EAX when I fired it up on Friday! Silly me! Got through the initial attack and now I'm gathering ingredients. Looks like this will be a fun one.

Started up my obligatory Goblin Shaman in WAR and got him up to lvl 4. Same stuff I did back during the beta so I'm waiting to see what the higher level stuff is like. I like it so far, but I don't want to get sucked into another MMORPG like I did with WoW.

[Skampy]

Played a ridiculous amount of warhammer

[Kelegacy]

Beat Quake 4 (360)over the weekend. Pretty good game. Also played DDR: Universe with the girlfriend, some Blue Dragon, and today I hope some games come in from Gamefly. If not, I might continue Blue Dragon or Eternal Sonata.

I also beat Earth Defense Force today. What a fucking pain in the ass that game could be. I'm glad I was able to beat it. Great game, I probably won't be going back to it and trying it at a higher difficultly level though.

[DiBiddilyBop]

Played plenty of Soul Calibur 4 and Disgaea 3. That with a short break for some Far Cry in anticipation of Far Cry 2 coming out in a month.

[Maybeme]

Started a few characters in Warhammer, didn't do beta or early access but it was pretty accessible for a newcomer. Spent almost the whole weekend on Rock Band 2 though, that game is all kinds of awesome.

[ElektroDragon]

DiRT, KUF: Circle of Doom, Feeding Frenzy 2, Domino Master, Stranglehold, Wartech, Just Cause, Resistance FOM, Ninenty Nine Nights.

I decided Wartech and probably Stranglehold have to get sold, collector or not.

[ÜberJumper]

Company of Heroes Multiplayer and CoD4 Multiplayer (PC).

[Evil_SPanKY]

My saturday consisted of power washing my fathers deck, to prep for sealing/staining. Good times...NOT.

Actual gaming consisted of playing the Witcher Enhanced Edition re-release/update/whatever. I just never tried this when it was originally out, and all the issues post release scared me away initially, then forgot all about it entirely. So far great RPG type of game, with a very occasional CTD issue after about 5 hours of constant play. Still annoying, but does not happen too often.

[Booda]

Played WAR pretty much all day Sunday & enjoyed every minute of it.

[Spigot]

I played a little stalaker clear sky but a friend of mine gave me (let me borrow) this game called Silver Fall which is a pretty sweet Diablo clone with some really nice (IMO) art direction. I recall seeing Silverall around. Interesting. I'll add it to the pile o' games in my brain that I need to get around to playing at some point.

Though you had me at steampunk...

[Mysterio]

Played my Archmage (R5) in WAR for only a few hours.

Also played 1v1 Gin Rummy with my girlfriend (she loves that game); she lost again, and has yet to beat me in almost 10 tries. I don't feel bad for her, though, since she talks serious smack while leading!

Finally checked out Domino Master and decided to purchase it for us, since she played with real dominoes in the past, while I haven't. I wonder if she can beat me in that game... :D

EDIT: But the best 3 hours of my weekend were spent watching my Dolphins dismantle Belicheat and his Patriots while the spoiled and ungrateful Pats fans filed out of the stadium after the start of the 4th quarter. And those Pats fans were booing? Seriously? Booing, after all the success they've had with Tom Brady? Seriously?

[biosc1]

According to my save game, I got in 9.5 hours of Eternal Darkness. Thought the game was shorter, but I appear to be in the final stretch.
Good stuff. Very good.

You would think so :rolleyes:

As for me:

[PC] TF2 - lots of game time this weekend. It was between this and the Witcher. Had some great games and some really non-team play games. I love seeing people getting upset with comments like "You all suck" and "No one worth being a medic to in this game"...my responses being "show us" and "stop being a medic".

[PC] Witcher - played a few hours of this. Right now into the first village and just roaming around. It feels much more open ended than I thought it would be.

[PC] Stubbs the Zombie - can't say much. It's an okay game. Only $5 this weekend, I'll invest some more time, but it'll probably go on my backlog for now.

[360] NHL 09 - playing 3 Be a Pro's at the moment. A right winger, a defenceman and a goalie. Can't quite decide who I'm having more fun with, so I just rotate between the 3. So much fun I haven't even explored what else this game has to offer.

[PS3] - Burnout Paradise. Just bought this last Tuesday and then the patch came out, so I've been splitting time between cars and bikes. I understand the issue with losing a race and not being able to restart it right away, but I guess I'm still just exploring so much that it has only annoyed me once or twice.

[corpsegrinder39]

I knocked down a small building with a sledgehammer. Oh, and also played some Rock Band 2.

[spdiscus]

You would think so :rolleyes:


Damn. I'll get back to you on that one.

[biosc1]

Damn. I'll get back to you on that one.

Oh, it's a good thing. I wouldn't want to spoil anything for you.

Best memory I had of this game was playing it on a small 19" tv in a cabin up by a lake many years ago. Dark outside, big trees swaying in the wind, huddled on the couch with an ex as we played through this.

Truly creepy.

[Spigot]

biosc1, that is awesome. I love playing spooky games when the weather is just right for maximum creep factor.

[spdiscus]

Heroes is going to keep me from playing tonight, but I'll try to get back to it sometime this week.

... huddled on the couch with an ex as we played through this.
How'd you talk your ex into a night of video games? Nights with my exes are generally...regret-inducing. ;-)

[Spigot]

How'd you talk your ex into a night of video games? Nights with my exes are generally...regret-inducing. ;-)Maybe that's why it was so scary!

[ezzkmo]

Played nothin!

[techromage]

Well 2 people that I met on LIVE were being shipped off to Iraq on Sunday so I spent the weekend playing as much Call Of Duty 4 as I could with them. After that I went to a club (for the first time in 4 years!) just to celebrate my birthday (the 21st. Thank you EvAv for sending that extra speshul birthday email by the way).

Then I went to work (on my birthday, no less!) Then I came home and played more COD4 till I crashed around 12:30 AM.