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Title: What is everyone playing?
Post by: Gabriel on June 20, 2006, 01:36:56 PM
As an ongoing thread, let's see what you're playing now or what you've just bought for your gaming horde.

I just purchased Shattered Union for the X-Box.  It's a turn based wargame simulating a Civil War in the US around 2012.  The overall strategic level is represented by a Risk-like territory map.  Actual combat is performed on a hexgrid with tanks, infantry, artillery, and aircraft represented.  It's somewhat similar to Dai Senryaku Tactics.  I'm still playing with this one trying to figure out an effective way to play.

Other than that, I've mostly been playing my portables lately.  Field Commander takes up my time on my PSP (although it's been a couple of days since I played).  It's a turn based tactical wargame.  If you've played Advance Wars on the GBA, imagine a non-cartoony graphically revved up version of that game.

I'm also messing around with New Super Mario Bros on my Nintendo DS.  I'm not very far in, because I suck.

Other than that, Lineage II acts as a massive timesink.
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Post by: obryn on June 20, 2006, 09:44:01 PM
I've been hooked on Oblivion since the day it came out :)

-O
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Post by: pandiculator on June 20, 2006, 10:49:52 PM
Oblivion + FFXI = No Social Life.
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Post by: Dr_Avalanche on June 21, 2006, 05:24:28 AM
I've reinstalled Football Manager 2006. It's that time of year.
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Post by: Name Lips on June 21, 2006, 10:02:31 AM
WoW.

Oblivion failed to hold my interest.
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Post by: willpax on June 21, 2006, 10:46:32 AM
I don't do new games very often. My gaming time is currently divided among Lego Star Wars (with the kids), Neverwinter Nights (there are so many modules to download!), and Civ 3 (heavily modded). When Civ 4 comes out for the mac, that will probably take up a good chunk of my time.
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Post by: Bagpuss on June 21, 2006, 11:03:06 AM
D&D Online..... it's like online "self-harm" :(
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Post by: kanegrundar on June 21, 2006, 11:23:12 AM
I finally got around to installing X-Men Legends II on my new copmuter, so I've been playing that.  Heroes of Might and Magic V has seen quite a bit of play time as well.

Beyond that, I haven't touched Oblivion since I beat the main storyline over a month ago.  It didn't hold my interest after that.  I am looking forward to Titan Quest later this month and Marvel Ultimate Alliance in the fall.  There's a possibility I may start back up my City of Heroes/Villains account once I'm back from my honeymoon as well, but trainings may start then so that remains to be seen.  I'll likely just stick with X-Men for the time being.
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Post by: Yig on June 21, 2006, 12:52:38 PM
Playing Oblivion, Far Cry and LEGO Star Wars on the PC.

I bought a DS Lite this week so I'm playing Advance Wars on it.
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Post by: kryyst on June 21, 2006, 03:00:06 PM
Finished the main story in Oblivion and started doing some quests but then I got side tracked.

So lately my gaming life has been flip flopping between Outlaw Golf 2, and Psi-Ops for xbox, older games but I never finished them off the first time around.
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Post by: Thjalfi on June 22, 2006, 04:57:50 PM
running through GTA: San Andreas. again.
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Post by: pandiculator on June 23, 2006, 12:49:21 PM
Quote from: Thjalfirunning through GTA: San Andreas. again.

Ahh! Ahh! You're leading yourself on the path to violence! Stop the madness now!
:heh:
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Post by: McGuffin on June 29, 2006, 07:10:37 AM
Civ 4: Fall from Heaven II mod - D&D Fantasy Civ for the win
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Post by: Yig on June 29, 2006, 01:25:18 PM
I got NFS: Most Wanted but I haven't really played with it.
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Post by: Eli the Vile on June 30, 2006, 06:00:18 AM
Quote from: Thjalfirunning through GTA: San Andreas. again.

Same Here, I am gunning for 100%, But it is freaking hard as hell.
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Post by: Hastur T. Fannon on June 30, 2006, 12:16:20 PM
City of Villians/City of Heroes.  Can't do it much at the moment because YotZ is taking up most of my free time (not that I'm complaining at all

We have a Nutkinlander/Nothinglander supervillain group on Infinity that's always recruiting (not much of a base yet) and my hero group on Liberty is also recruiting (we have teleporters and worktables/bins, but nothing more yet).  Both are PvE
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Post by: kanegrundar on June 30, 2006, 12:19:05 PM
Quote from: Hastur T. FannonCity of Villians/City of Heroes.  Can't do it much at the moment because YotZ is taking up most of my free time (not that I'm complaining at all

We have a Nutkinlander/Nothinglander supervillain group on Infinity that's always recruiting (not much of a base yet) and my hero group on Liberty is also recruiting (we have teleporters and worktables/bins, but nothing more yet).  Both are PvE
I need to log into Infinity to get my character in the Nutkin/Nothing guild....I'm just having so much fun with my scrapper on Liberty right now...
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Post by: Gabriel on June 30, 2006, 05:00:27 PM
Regarding CoH, is anyone on Protector?  Just asking in case I ever resubscribe.

Lately, I've been doing some classic gaming.  I've been playing my Atari 5200 quite a bit.  Plus, my classic gaming collection has a brand new addition, a Colecovision system.  I don't have many games for it yet, so I'm playing a lot of Omega Race, Gorf, Smurf, Pepper II, and Donkey Kong.
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Post by: Hastur T. Fannon on July 02, 2006, 06:17:46 AM
Quote from: kanegrundarI need to log into Infinity to get my character in the Nutkin/Nothing guild....I'm just having so much fun with my scrapper on Liberty right now...

What's your global ID? I'll keep an eye out for you
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Post by: Eli the Vile on July 09, 2006, 12:57:27 AM
Just picked up GTA: Liberty City Stories... It is good to be back in the ole Town.
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Post by: cnath.rm on July 10, 2006, 12:24:57 AM
Still playing the Catan computer game, :)  not great in that it only works single player unless your playing it online with at least one player who has paid $30  However it's great for playing while I'm im'ing or surfing boards etc.
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Post by: theCamel on July 10, 2006, 12:57:34 AM
Quote from: Harry JoyI'm sitting around waiting for NWNII.
Yup, same here. That will be stealing a whole lotta time from me.
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Post by: JongWK on July 11, 2006, 01:58:44 PM
Civ 4
F.E.A.R.
Freelancer
Plenty of ROMs (Rock N' Roll Racing and U.N. Squadron being the main offenders)
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Post by: Gabriel on August 08, 2006, 03:06:44 PM
Lineage II continues to suck my time away.

I got an Odyssey 2 system and a multicart a couple of weeks ago.  I've been playing a lot of KC Munchkin and UFO.  A friend and I also discovered a little game called Smithereens which is surprisingly awesome.

After flipping through True 20 and seeing the capsule setting of "Mecha Versus Kaiju," I returned to my own nearly identical idea.  I pitched it to a few people and got told it sounded "boring and stupid," and basically had my hopes of a cool Robotech/Gundam versus Godzilla game dashed.

I'm back to flipping a bit through BESM d20.  It sort of dawned on me that classes and levels have no place in the game, and it's a pure point build system.  That got me thinking of some other changes I'd like to make to the engine.  Maybe I'll give it another go.
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Post by: kanegrundar on August 08, 2006, 03:12:11 PM
Quote from: Hastur T. FannonWhat's your global ID? I'll keep an eye out for you
I *think* it's Starburn1.

(Sorry for the month-late response, but I haven't been on since the end of July and somehow I got my Nutkinland e-mails accidentally set as spam.  :imsorry:  )

I hope to get back into the game this weekend at the latest.
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Post by: Bolverk on August 09, 2006, 10:14:06 AM
Civ 4 Warlords

MTW 2 when it comes out.
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Post by: Sobek on August 09, 2006, 10:30:15 AM
Civ 4
Gran Turismo 4
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Post by: kanegrundar on August 11, 2006, 12:31:41 PM
I picked up Dungeon Siege II: Broken World the other day and reinstalled DSII  and started playing it again.  I'm enjoying it immensely.  With that and Titan QUest, I'm falling in love again with that Diablo style of play.
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Post by: Hastur T. Fannon on August 13, 2006, 11:29:10 AM
Quote from: kanegrundarI *think* it's Starburn1.

It's not that - I've just tried to add it to my global friends list and you don't exist :(

If anyone else is in City of Villians, we've just had a base redesign and we now have Power, Control and Enhancement storage
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Post by: kanegrundar on August 13, 2006, 01:09:58 PM
Quote from: Hastur T. FannonIt's not that - I've just tried to add it to my global friends list and you don't exist :(

If anyone else is in City of Villians, we've just had a base redesign and we now have Power, Control and Enhancement storage
Hmmmm...I'll have to get on and check it out then.
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Post by: Zalmoxis on August 18, 2006, 06:42:10 PM
I'm still playing BZ Flag...

http://www.bzflag.org/
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Post by: Gabriel on August 25, 2006, 03:22:44 PM
And, another entry.  I kinda forgot I was in the electronic games section last time.  

Since then I've been just randomly messing around with multi-carts for classic systems, and sampling games I never got to play back in the old days.

I'm on a bit of a Lineage II break.  I'll probably pick it back up next week.  That's part of the problem I have with MMORPGs.  I can't keep up the intensity all the time.  Some times I want to play several days a week, other times I want to just play a little on the weekend, and yet other times I just want to give it a week off and do something else.  The problem it creates is that any friends I make are so much higher level than me when I get back that it doesn't make any sense for me to adventure with them.

Oh well.  I have one buddy who always keeps a character or two around that are my level.

Last week I got Tekken: Dark Resurrection for the PSP.  I'm really happy with it.  The PSP is the best portable game system available, and this game is an excellent example of why.  It has almost everything from Tekken 5 for the PS2 in it and more.  It's damn fun to play.  And, it has damn good graphics.  Not good graphics "for a portable" but damn good graphics period.  If anyone has a PSP and is sitting on the fence about this game, you have my hearty recommendation.  If you like Tekken at all, you should already have it.

I'm looking forward to getting Super Robot Taisen for the GBA (my damn copy hasn't gotten here YET!), Xenosaga III, Spectral Souls... actually, there are a ton of games this upcoming holiday season I'm interested in.
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Post by: JongWK on August 25, 2006, 06:09:36 PM
Still playing Civ IV, this time with Napoleon. Looks like a Culture or Space victory.
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Post by: Settembrini on August 25, 2006, 06:22:16 PM
Europa Universalis II.
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Post by: UmaSama on August 27, 2006, 05:49:13 AM
American McGee's Alice.
Old games makes me nostalgic.
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Post by: joewolz on August 28, 2006, 10:50:42 PM
Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood.  The absolute BEST WW2 FPS out there!
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Post by: Gabriel on August 29, 2006, 09:33:07 AM
Quote from: UmaSamaAmerican McGee's Alice.
Old games makes me nostalgic.

It's not THAT old  ;)
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Post by: UmaSama on August 29, 2006, 01:19:05 PM
Quote from: GabrielIt's not THAT old  ;)
Well it was released to the market on December 6th of 2000, so it's almost 6 years old, wich in hardware (both luckily and sadly)means old.:(
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Post by: jrients on August 29, 2006, 01:25:04 PM
I've been messing around with Legends of Wrestling II for the X-box.  A friend tells me it sucks but it's the only wrestling-based console game I have and the only other one I've played is the original Legends of Wrestling, so its hard for me to draw my own conclusion regard some parts of the game.
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Post by: Marcus on August 31, 2006, 07:56:22 AM
I've recently bought a Dreamcast via eBay... which enables me to play again the glorious game that is Double Dragon (http://youtube.com/watch?v=CNpf0iIrX4Y)! :cool:
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Post by: S. John Ross on August 31, 2006, 12:05:59 PM
Pretty much only portable stuff on the electronic front ... Advance Wars 2, Summon Night, Wario World 4, a few others, all GBA titles.

On the PC, I still haul out the last couple of GTA titles now and then. Both are long-beaten, but the sandboxy goodness means that if I want to veg for 20 minutes just driving around and smashing into stuff while cranking tunes, there they are, and god bless 'em for it.

I'm almost entirely a FTF gamer, but I do carry my Gameboy everywhere, so that's where my computer-gaming happens nowadays. I basically stopped playing PC games when editors stopped paying me to :)
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Post by: JamesV on August 31, 2006, 12:09:08 PM
I'm wasting my time with Dwarf Fortress. Damn game is an exercise in frustration, but I can't stop.
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Post by: UmaSama on August 31, 2006, 02:21:29 PM
Finished American McGee's Alice last night, so currently searching my collection to see what to play now.
Check out my review.
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Post by: UmaSama on September 04, 2006, 12:02:19 AM
Vampire the Mascarade Bloodlines, and Neverwinter Nights (again, hope to actually finish it this time).
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Post by: Alukrd on September 04, 2006, 07:07:40 PM
Ragnarok Online, Lineage II C4...

great MMORPG's from asia...

off the net i'am playing a great strategy game called ROME: TOTAL WAR...
waiting to the day that MEDIEVAL: TOTAL WAR II comes out...
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Post by: Gabriel on September 05, 2006, 05:23:04 PM
Quote from: MarcusI've recently bought a Dreamcast via eBay... which enables me to play again the glorious game that is Double Dragon (http://youtube.com/watch?v=CNpf0iIrX4Y)! :cool:

It's kind of a shame that the original arcade game seems almost lost to the mists of the late 80s.  The version most people are familiar with is the absolutely atrocious, any similarity is purely unintentional, NES adaptation.

There was a VERY cool version made for the GBA a few years back.  It was so good it almost makes up for that old NES cart.  

Sometimes I try to find the Genesis version of the game.  It certainly seems like the best home version short of arcade emulation.
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Post by: Gabriel on September 05, 2006, 05:25:10 PM
Quote from: AlukrdRagnarok Online, Lineage II C4...

Good lord, how do you have time for 2 MMORPGS???

I need to open up my shop this week and sell some SSD/crack.  :)
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Post by: willpax on September 05, 2006, 11:11:38 PM
Civilization IV, to the detriment of both work and sleep. In fact, I should be playing now, but I have some massive cd burning to do instead.
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Post by: UmaSama on September 06, 2006, 01:37:51 AM
Quote from: GabrielGood lord, how do you have time for 2 MMORPGS???

Even better, how da fuck do you got time for 2 MMORpgs and your girlfriend?:p