What Are You Playing v5: The Revival Edition

Might as well, the old thread was ancient.

What are you all playing?

Here's my current now playing:

Fire Emblem Awakening (3DS)

Etrian Odyssey IV: Legends of the Titan (3DS)

Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate (3DS)

Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch (PS3)

Dead or Alive 5 (PS3)

Pokemon Black 2 (NDS) 

Uncharted: Golden Abyss - Not quite as good as U2 or U3, but it's great fun.

Tales of Graces f - About 15ish hours in now; it's fun but I think I'm going to have a break from it as I'm not in the mood.

Chaz, fancy some DOA5 fights at some point? ^^ 

Uncharted: Golden Abyss - Not quite as good as U2 or U3, but it's great fun.

Tales of Graces f - About 15ish hours in now; it's fun but I think I'm going to have a break from it as I'm not in the mood.

 

Chaz, fancy some DOA5 fights at some point? ^^ 

 

DarthJohnova

Maybe we can have better luck :P 

Last thing I played was Bioshock Infinite and finished it the day of release lol. Couldn't put it down. And I haven't played anything else since, it's just that good that it makes everything else look lame in comparisonseanmcloughlin

Bioshock will probably be a summer game for me.

What did you think of the ending, btw? Without spoilers. 

[QUOTE="seanmcloughlin"]Last thing I played was Bioshock Infinite and finished it the day of release lol. Couldn't put it down. And I haven't played anything else since, it's just that good that it makes everything else look lame in comparisoncharizard1605

Bioshock will probably be a summer game for me.

What did you think of the ending, btw? Without spoilers. 

The ending was awesome, it leads to a tonne of discussion and it's a very well written ending too. Especially when you replay the game and see things you didn't the first time. One of the better endings in games 

As a successor to Bioshock, Bioshock Infinite is incredibly disappointing. It makes every mistake that 2 made, plus more. On it's own, it's admittedly great, I couldn't stop playing. 

 And either I'm prescent, or that final twist was glaringly obvious.  

As a successor to Bioshock, Bioshock Infinite is incredibly disappointing. It makes every mistake that 2 made, plus more. On it's own, it's admittedly great, I couldn't stop playing. 

 And either I'm prescent, or that final twist was glaringly obvious.  

meetroid8

Some parts of it were obvious especially given the mechanics in the game, but some parts of it are not apparent until you replay the game.

What mistakes do you think it made? Spoiler tag if you have to 

Gears of War Judgment-Pretty far into it I'd say. I like how you switch characters and the character's identities feel solid. Declassified missions with the exception of the time limits are fun. Hoping to finish it up pretty soon.

Bioshock 2- Started it a while back but hadn't played in a long time so I restarted. I like the combat better than the first one.

FFIV- Going to fight Rubicante

Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days- Only need to do a little bit more to beat it but just haven't gotten around to it.

Been playing Bioshock Infinite which I wrap up yesterday (the night before I played for almost six hours:P). One of my favorite games, improving greatly over Bioshock 1 in some places like the gameplay which is a blast now. Story got crazy and interesting (and also reminded me of another series I love) and Columbia was so beautiful especially the scale of things.

Now that I finish with it, I put it aside for now and focus back on the new update that came out recently for Guild Wars 2 and also start Slender. 

[QUOTE="meetroid8"]

As a successor to Bioshock, Bioshock Infinite is incredibly disappointing. It makes every mistake that 2 made, plus more. On it's own, it's admittedly great, I couldn't stop playing. 

 And either I'm prescent, or that final twist was glaringly obvious.  

seanmcloughlin

Some parts of it were obvious especially given the mechanics in the game, but some parts of it are not apparent until you replay the game.

What mistakes do you think it made? Spoiler tag if you have to 

Mistakes is the wrong word. I wanted to play Bioshock, and I got an entirely different game. I wanted to slowly explore a new world full of secrets, aqcuiring new powers, abilities, and weapons at my own pace, becoming intimately familiar with the new environment, its lore, and its residents as I progressed.

I got a fantastic, but heavily structured action game in which I was tugged along at the game's leisure and a mucky but admittedly compelling time traveling plot. 

Jew Loli

Judgment, Infinite and Apollo Justice.

Anyone wants to co-op some Judgment let me know. 

I was a bit skeptical of Portal 2's co-op when it was announced way back, thinking it was just Portal with two extra portals. It's more than that though, it's Portal with a friend (and Portal without those crappy levels where you spend 10 minutes just looking for portal surfaces). Not a second gun unlike most co-op games period. A friend. Someone to share in your misery as the two of you spend hours talking to each other and trying to solve devilishly clever puzzles instead of merely focusing on not f***ing up and avoiding being a burden on your partner.

Side note: If my k/d ratio were tracked, I'd be in the top 1000 easily. ^-^

Gears of War: Judgement's campaign could use some more variety. Doesn't matter if I'm in the middle of a zone scheduled for a Hammering, if I have to defend an object, or if I'm fighting in a room dustier than the entirety of Uncharted 3, I'm always fighting a large number of enemies in a small environment and that just gets tiring after a while.

And, as you might expect of me, still playing Fire Emblem: Awakening. I've still got plenty to do post-game, namely collect support conversations, but I'm overpowered on Hard Classic so there's no challenge at all for me, barring the later DLC and bonus paralogues, of which two haven't been released yet. Because I don't wanna start Lunatic until I'm 100% done my Hard Classic playthrough though, I'm getting, dare I say it, bored of the game. >.>

And, as you might expect of me, still playing Fire Emblem: Awakening. I've still got plenty to do post-game, namely collect support conversations, but I'm overpowered on Hard Classic so there's no challenge at all for me, barring the later DLC and bonus paralogues, of which two haven't been released yet. Because I don't wanna start Lunatic until I'm 100% done my Hard Classic playthrough though, I'm getting, dare I say it, bored of the game. >.>

Technoweirdo

It was bound to happen. It always happens. 

Finishing off SM 3D Land (world 7) and getting Luigi's Mansion 2, Etrian Odyssey 4 (how is this btw?) & Fire Emblem soonish.

Done with Halo 4 Legendary. Picking up Bioshock Infinite when I can be bothered.

I got to the giant snake (?) on God of War Ascension, I don't think I'm far into the game. I also need to summon the testicular fortitude to finish Dark Souls: AotA DLC. Okami HD is on PS+ this week.

Vita...finished Uncharted again. 8-9 unfinished games to choose from.

Guild Wars 2, though i haven't done anything since the last time i updated my status on it. in few words: the new story missions are fun, i'm enjoying my new alt.

Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate: fun fun fun fun fun fun. i'm getting pretty good with the bow. switch axe still feels like easy mode, but it's so gratifying.

[QUOTE="Technoweirdo"]

And, as you might expect of me, still playing Fire Emblem: Awakening. I've still got plenty to do post-game, namely collect support conversations, but I'm overpowered on Hard Classic so there's no challenge at all for me, barring the later DLC and bonus paralogues, of which two haven't been released yet. Because I don't wanna start Lunatic until I'm 100% done my Hard Classic playthrough though, I'm getting, dare I say it, bored of the game. >.>

Brown9

It was bound to happen. It always happens. 

But it's (my) GOTY 2013! It can't! It just can't even after 200 hours! :cry: Maybe I'll start that Lunatic run after all. Or a Hard Classic no-grind run.

Just finished Dragon Age II.

And other than that, been playing GTA IV and The 3rd Birthday.

Hitman HD Trilogy, i forgot how difficult earlier games can be even to these days.

Ofc i'm a newcomer to the serie so...

playing lots and lots of super adventure box.

so much for being able to study for the tests >.>

But it's (my) GOTY 2013! It can't! It just can't even after 200 hours! :cry: Maybe I'll start that Lunatic run after all. Or a Hard Classic no-grind run.

Technoweirdo

You will grow bored faster forcing yourself in that manner.

I'm calling it now. 

League of Legends with some UMVC3 here and there.

Getting into some silly theorycrafting and whatnot, trying to climb the ranked ladders. Made it through the first 5 divisions of Bronze and I'm working my way through Silver now. 

League of Legends with some UMVC3 here and there.

Getting into some silly theorycrafting and whatnot, trying to climb the ranked ladders. Made it through the first 5 divisions of Bronze and I'm working my way through Silver now. 

whiskeystrike

You started in Bronze 5? Damn dude , I started in Bronze 1 and I was 3 times close to Silver , but trolls always hinder my progress.

Though I may be low now , I was 1 or 2 victories away from Gold once. I'll get there eventually. 

[QUOTE="whiskeystrike"]

League of Legends with some UMVC3 here and there.

Getting into some silly theorycrafting and whatnot, trying to climb the ranked ladders. Made it through the first 5 divisions of Bronze and I'm working my way through Silver now. 

Darnasian

You started in Bronze 5? Damn dude , I started in Bronze 1 and I was 3 times close to Silver , but trolls always hinder my progress.

Though I may be low now , I was 1 or 2 victories away from Gold once. I'll get there eventually. 

Well I didn't really start in Bronze 5 but I got knocked down from Silver promotion so many times I might as well have been. Back a year and some time ago when I was unemployed I played extensively and quite seriously and I managed to get one of my accounts up to about a 1600 elo. Life got busy and I stopped paying attention to the meta and of course my mechanics fell off. I recently got back into the game and was appalled at how left behind I felt but I started to pay more attention to the patches and the subreddit (on Reddit of course)while watching some really great videos from a user called Gbay99. Really picked my game back up. My mechanics are more or less back up to speed but staying aware, positioning, etc is still a learning process. 

Gbay99 uses a mixture of Sun Tzu, philosophy, science and of course common sense to put together some great videos, like this http://youtu.be/GhVHYNMr7cM2

[QUOTE="Darnasian"][QUOTE="whiskeystrike"]

League of Legends with some UMVC3 here and there.

Getting into some silly theorycrafting and whatnot, trying to climb the ranked ladders. Made it through the first 5 divisions of Bronze and I'm working my way through Silver now. 

whiskeystrike

You started in Bronze 5? Damn dude , I started in Bronze 1 and I was 3 times close to Silver , but trolls always hinder my progress.

Though I may be low now , I was 1 or 2 victories away from Gold once. I'll get there eventually. 

Well I didn't really start in Bronze 5 but I got knocked down from Silver promotion so many times I might as well have been. Back a year and some time ago when I was unemployed I played extensively and quite seriously and I managed to get one of my accounts up to about a 1600 elo. Life got busy and I stopped paying attention to the meta and of course my mechanics fell off. I recently got back into the game and was appalled at how left behind I felt but I started to pay more attention to the patches and the subreddit (on Reddit of course)while watching some really great videos from a user called Gbay99. Really picked my game back up. My mechanics are more or less back up to speed but staying aware, positioning, etc is still a learning process. 

Gbay99 uses a mixture of Sun Tzu, philosophy, science and of course common sense to put together some great videos, like this http://youtu.be/GhVHYNMr7cM2

Very interesting. Pretty basic principles , but even though they are basic , people don't know or don't want to apply them because they are stupid and like to charge head on. Even though the game is about skill , cs , counter , skill alone can get you out of messy situations. I gotta admit. I was ganked many times and got Double or Triple Kill , but that's because I played smart and didn't charge in 2 opponents.

In the free time that I have (free time for me means outside of gaming) , I like to study history and Machiavelli and Sun Tzu are 2 of the most interesting personalities I like to study.

As a note: Machiavelli is my role model/hero/whatever. I like reading his books. Very psychological. I want to be as persuasive as him :o O.o

I was a bit skeptical of Portal 2's co-op when it was announced way back, thinking it was just Portal with two extra portals. It's more than that though, it's Portal with a friend (and Portal without those crappy levels where you spend 10 minutes just looking for portal surfaces). Not a second gun unlike most co-op games period. A friend. Someone to share in your misery as the two of you spend hours talking to each other and trying to solve devilishly clever puzzles instead of merely focusing on not f***ing up and avoiding being a burden on your partner.

Side note: If my k/d ratio were tracked, I'd be in the top 1000 easily. ^-

Technoweirdo

Portal 2 Co-Op is probably the best thing ever made this decade, rivalling that of the wheel!

AND YOU MUST CONTINUE PLAYING FIRE EMBLEM. BCOZ THE PAL MASTER RACE IS GETTING IT THIS MONTH.

Someone should play against bots with me in LoL (if it has that) so I can start getting into the game.ChubbyGuy40

You can add me at whiskeystrike. 

Got some urge and started a playthrough on Hard in the original Bioshock. It's been a couple of years so took me some practice to get better. Start photographing enemies for data and tonic.

 Still a great game.

I'm close to finishing Jugdment's campaign but I'm temporarily stuck. I'm at the point where [spoiler] you've just dropped the Lightmass missle on Karn and have to fight off his minions attacking you. I fought off the first wave but the second wave with the Ragers and Bloodmounts keeps killing me. [/spoiler] M13L13S

[QUOTE="ChubbyGuy40"]Someone should play against bots with me in LoL (if it has that) so I can start getting into the game.whiskeystrike

You can add me at whiskeystrike. 

Whiskey , on what server are you playing? 

[QUOTE="whiskeystrike"]

[QUOTE="ChubbyGuy40"]Someone should play against bots with me in LoL (if it has that) so I can start getting into the game.Darnasian

You can add me at whiskeystrike. 

Whiskey , on what server are you playing? 

NA 

[QUOTE="M13L13S"]I'm close to finishing Jugdment's campaign but I'm temporarily stuck. I'm at the point where [spoiler] you've just dropped the Lightmass missle on Karn and have to fight off his minions attacking you. I fought off the first wave but the second wave with the Ragers and Bloodmounts keeps killing me. [/spoiler] freedomfreak

I tried that the first four times. Eventually I went outside to the left where the big pipe kept the Reavers from taking me out and my turrets kept the Bloodmounts off me. I just beat the whole game a few minutes ago. 

I tried that the first four times. Eventually I went outside to the left where the big pipe kept the Reavers from taking me out and my turrets kept the Bloodmounts off me. I just beat the whole game a few minutes ago.  M13L13S

[QUOTE="M13L13S"]I tried that the first four times. Eventually I went outside to the left where the big pipe kept the Reavers from taking me out and my turrets kept the Bloodmounts off me. I just beat the whole game a few minutes ago.  freedomfreak

Hardcore because Insane was locked. If it's an FPS or Gears game, I almost always play on the hardest available difficulty. There are a few exceptions though.

Hardcore because Insane was locked. If it's an FPS or Gears game, I almost always play on the hardest available difficulty. There are a few exceptions though. M13L13S

[QUOTE="M13L13S"]Hardcore because Insane was locked. If it's an FPS or Gears game, I almost always play on the hardest available difficulty. There are a few exceptions though. freedomfreak

I feel weird if I'm not playing on the hardest. It's like I'm not getting the most out of the game. I didn't do that in Bioshock I don't believe and I'm not doing it in Bioshock 2, though.

I feel weird if I'm not playing on the hardest. It's like I'm not getting the most out of the game. I didn't do that in Bioshock I don't believe and I'm not doing it in Bioshock 2, though. M13L13S