It's Summer 2006, what are you playing?

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The creation of ILG has made this kinda thread fall along the wayside.

Anyway, I was playing Oblivion and Jets & Gunz for a long while, but I've taken a break to go play Carcassonne online and other board games.

Wheeeeee.

How 'bout you? Is the game you're playing any good?

― kingfish du lac (kingfish 2.0), Sunday, 2 July 2006 07:52 (eighteen years ago) link

Mostly We Love Katamari, Rome: Total War and Nethack at the moment. It's all good.

― Duck Rivers (noodle vague), Sunday, 2 July 2006 10:19 (eighteen years ago) link

Trauma Center: Under the Knife has taken up most of my DS time recently, and I am at this very minute starting The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask after recently acquiring the "Legend of Zelda Collectors Edition" for the Gamecube.

― Craig Gilchrist (Craig Gilchrist), Sunday, 2 July 2006 11:05 (eighteen years ago) link

Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow for the Gamecube; Dragon Quest 7 for the PS

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Sunday, 2 July 2006 13:25 (eighteen years ago) link

Er, Gameboy that is.

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Sunday, 2 July 2006 13:36 (eighteen years ago) link

sim2 university

― Machibuse '80 (ex machina), Sunday, 2 July 2006 14:19 (eighteen years ago) link

X-Men Legends 2 (the most awesome bug-ridden piece of crap I've ever loved).

― David R. (popshots75`), Sunday, 2 July 2006 14:22 (eighteen years ago) link

Gun. Looks good, but leaves a lot to be desired.

Hulk. Great gameplay, terrible story / missions / writing.

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Sunday, 2 July 2006 14:53 (eighteen years ago) link

WoW BABY

Also Sudoku.

― Jesus Dan (Dan Perry), Sunday, 2 July 2006 15:17 (eighteen years ago) link

Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater.

― sLeeeter Kinney (Leee), Sunday, 2 July 2006 18:40 (eighteen years ago) link

still on Counter-Strike source. i may have to get competitive or something soon it's getting too easy on pubs.

other than that, brain age, animal crossing and football manager 2005.

― teh_kit has 22 friends (g-kit), Sunday, 2 July 2006 19:05 (eighteen years ago) link

WoW.
Mario and Lugi: Partners in Time.
Disgaea.

― jeffrey (johnson), Sunday, 2 July 2006 21:54 (eighteen years ago) link

Disgaea 2 comes out in August!!!

I'm replaying Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow. Also Dawn of War.

― adam (adam), Sunday, 2 July 2006 22:59 (eighteen years ago) link

Oblivion
Electroplankton
Mario Kart DS

― Christopher Costello (CGC), Monday, 3 July 2006 00:06 (eighteen years ago) link

ive started gta:sa from the beginning. my last run through i quit at the plane lessons. for some reason im great at manual aim shooting and car racing this time and i suck at taking over territory. the complete opposite was true last time. im still in los santos and i have 80 something million dollars. sweet, but nothing to spend it on. and i still cant resist killing the drug dealers whenever i spot them even though theyre only worth two grand each. also, im actually watching the cut scenes this time through. i just xed through them last time. its still kind of painful to watch but ok to know why im doing stuff. im also half way through the latest tomb raider and a little into liberty city on psp. im giving katamari and all the sports games a rest.

pleasant plains is playing liberty city on the ps2 right now.

― sunny successor (katharine), Monday, 3 July 2006 01:43 (eighteen years ago) link

Table Tennis. Hey, I like this.

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Monday, 3 July 2006 01:49 (eighteen years ago) link

Me and MGS3 -- 1+1=2: 1 attempt at beating 1 boss took 2 hours.

― sLeeeter Kinney (Leee), Monday, 3 July 2006 02:26 (eighteen years ago) link

Yesterday finished liberty city on ps2, but will carry on playing for all the extra things.

also revisiting Tron 2 on the PC, just love the look and feel of the graphics. although i can't get multiplay to work :(

and when i always find the time for a few bouts of Katamari these days.

― Ste (Fuzzy), Monday, 3 July 2006 11:35 (eighteen years ago) link

Me and MGS3 -- 1+1=2: 1 attempt at beating 1 boss took 2 hours.

If I'm thinking of the same boss, that's one of my favorite video game moments ever.

I'm also playing FF4 on the GBA but it's kind of tedious. Every dungeon has like two different random encounters (ie two sets of monsters that you find) and they show up every ten or fifteen steps.

― adam (adam), Monday, 3 July 2006 11:41 (eighteen years ago) link

If you mean The End, then man, you sux0r. You should've seen me playing him. For the first 5 minutes, I was lying in the grass frantically trying to find him with thermal goggles. 30 minutes in, I find a shed to the corner, but ignore it -- surely a trap! 45 minutes in, I take the chance and go in -- hey, a sniper rifle!

MGS3 is nuts in a bad way for me! Every time I get past a screen with any number of guards, I save. I'm waiting for ParaMedic to make fun of the staggering number of times that I've saved so far.

― sLeeeter Kinney (Leee), Monday, 3 July 2006 19:43 (eighteen years ago) link

It's embarrassing how bad I'm at MGS just because it doesn't have radar. Oh Soliton!!

― sLeeeter Kinney (Leee), Monday, 3 July 2006 19:52 (eighteen years ago) link

I have never enjoyed metal gear solid no matter how hard i try.

― jeffrey (johnson), Monday, 3 July 2006 21:34 (eighteen years ago) link

Playing: Splinter Cell - pandora tomorrow multiplayer. Amazingly balanced spy (standard splinter cell character) vs merc (Level 60 warrior).

I pretty much detested the single player but the multiplayer, when i play with my friend of a similar skill level, has a tension and atmosphere that i've not found in any other game, ever.

― jeffrey (johnson), Monday, 3 July 2006 21:38 (eighteen years ago) link

I loved loved loved the fight with The End. It took hours and I kind of wanted to cry for most of it but afterwards I was totally, totally satisfied. Apparently you can shoot (and eat!) his bird. I haven't been able to do it.

― adam (adam), Monday, 3 July 2006 22:57 (eighteen years ago) link

Bust-A-Groove.

― Laurah (laurah), Monday, 3 July 2006 23:07 (eighteen years ago) link

I saw his bird! But I was so paranoid about shooting things -- I didn't want to give away my position -- that I let the squawky bastard live.

― sLeeeter Kinney (Leee), Tuesday, 4 July 2006 01:47 (eighteen years ago) link

pro-evolution soccer (ps2)
grand theft auto - liberty stories (psp)
star wars - empire at war (pc)

― i am not a nugget (stevie), Tuesday, 4 July 2006 09:39 (eighteen years ago) link

just finished Zelda Oracle of Ages/Seasons for GB Color.
still playing user holds for DROD: Journey to Rooted Hold.
just bought Shadow of the Colossus but probably won't get to it for awhile.

― a.b. (alanbanana), Tuesday, 4 July 2006 17:43 (eighteen years ago) link

super mario 64 ds and paper mario thousand year door

― michael ian blakk (account), Tuesday, 4 July 2006 18:08 (eighteen years ago) link

I have started Titan Quest, it is amusing in the Diablo ways, I suppose. I never played Diablo/Diablo 2, though, so the idea never had a chance to really stale.

― Will M. (Will M.), Tuesday, 4 July 2006 19:24 (eighteen years ago) link

is paper mario good?

― s1ocki (slutsky), Tuesday, 4 July 2006 20:01 (eighteen years ago) link

paper mario is good.

― jeffrey (johnson), Tuesday, 4 July 2006 20:15 (eighteen years ago) link

i just started playing TROPICO again. SO GOOD.

― teh_kit has 22 friends (g-kit), Thursday, 6 July 2006 07:55 (eighteen years ago) link

Beating the last few figments out of Psychonauts, replaying Halflife 2 on easy because I only just finished it on average, actually possibly rethinking Libery City (I'm not far in, but do I really want to scour the city for packages? Isn't there anything else I could do with my time?)

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Thursday, 6 July 2006 09:08 (eighteen years ago) link

Good call Greg! Best game to play in the hot weather.

I've still barely started on Psychonauts, though I've had it a while, because I rented God of War last week and have just started on Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance. I'll get round to it eventually though, cos it seemed great.

― melton mowbray's APOCALYPTO! (adr), Thursday, 6 July 2006 10:33 (eighteen years ago) link

Tropico one + Expansion Pack > Tropico two (even tho it has pirates).

― jeffrey (johnson), Thursday, 6 July 2006 20:58 (eighteen years ago) link

I am playing:
random snes and genesis games
Brain Training
New Super Mario Bros. and soon Animal Crossing: DS

― jeffrey (johnson), Thursday, 6 July 2006 21:03 (eighteen years ago) link

MLB2K general manager franchise mode

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 6 July 2006 21:08 (eighteen years ago) link

paper mario is great
really, really great

i wish i were playing it now :(

― Arial Pink (account), Thursday, 6 July 2006 22:00 (eighteen years ago) link

i need to set my gamecube up again.

― jeffrey (johnson), Thursday, 6 July 2006 22:09 (eighteen years ago) link

cursor dodger
http://www.fetchfido.co.uk/games/cursor-dodger/cursor-dodger.htm

― zappi (joni), Thursday, 6 July 2006 22:48 (eighteen years ago) link

mario 3, bubble bobble, contra
river city ransom just came in the mail oh my god

― sleep (sleep), Friday, 7 July 2006 02:40 (eighteen years ago) link

I have abandoned Oblivion - curse you, corrupt save game!

I've recently made a start on Thief: Deadly Shadows, which has been sitting on my desk for months still in the wrapper. It hasn't really bitten me though. Still feeding the Dark Age of Camelot habit, naturellement.

― Zora (Zora), Friday, 7 July 2006 08:40 (eighteen years ago) link

Animal Crossing on the DS is taking up most of my time - just prior to that it was Minish Cap. I've dabbled with the Movies and Sims2, and I just bought the Movies special xfx expansion pack and Sims2 Open for Business, so I should install those on the weekend and see what they're like I guess.

― Trayce (trayce), Friday, 7 July 2006 10:22 (eighteen years ago) link

TELL ME ABOUT MOVIES XPANSION.

― teh_kit has 22 friends (g-kit), Friday, 7 July 2006 11:00 (eighteen years ago) link

tell me about movies expansion.

― jeffrey (johnson), Friday, 7 July 2006 17:14 (eighteen years ago) link

plz 2 tell us, we r humble and allergic to google.

― teh_kit has 22 friends (g-kit), Friday, 7 July 2006 17:15 (eighteen years ago) link

FUCK IT, I'M GONNA BUY IT ANYWAY

― teh_kit has 22 friends (g-kit), Friday, 7 July 2006 17:16 (eighteen years ago) link

Trayce, please tell me about the Movies expansion! I can't play it as my Windows drive is busted, but I can play it vicariously through you a la Dan's WoW thread.

― melton mowbray's APOCALYPTO! (adr), Friday, 7 July 2006 17:49 (eighteen years ago) link

mostly rotating between tetris ds, meteos, mario kart ds, and new super mario bros.

― hella somethin' Gwen Stefani pantwork (haitch), Saturday, 8 July 2006 07:46 (eighteen years ago) link

Skipping 50 messages at this point... Click here if you want to load them all.

no it isnt really worth it

you're yellowcarded for a reason, y'know

― kingfish prætor (kingfish 2.0), Monday, 25 September 2006 01:53 (eighteen years ago) link

I just beat Earthbound for the second time and am now playing through "Inindo: Way of the Ninja" for the first time (don't know if I'll stick with it)

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Monday, 25 September 2006 01:56 (eighteen years ago) link

Speaking of getting old games working, I cant get Dungeon Keeper to play on my XP box and I'm not sure why. I mean it runs, but the video weirds out and flickers like a bastard. Then I tried something else - the compatibility mode I think - and it was running like turbo mode was on, going a bajillion miles an hour. Oh and with no sound. GRARGH. How do I get it to work? :(

― Trayce (trayce), Monday, 25 September 2006 02:00 (eighteen years ago) link

just beat Call of Duty: United Offensive. Also dabbling in Lego Star WArs II and Faces of War

― kingfish prætor (kingfish 2.0), Monday, 25 September 2006 04:59 (eighteen years ago) link

Got Psychonauts last week, and so far this sucker is kinda fun but pretty overrated... not like OMGWTF awesome or anything. And the clunky gameplay, occasionally confusing graphics, endless cut scenes and looong load times are all annoying.

Pretty much how I feel

This is the thread for LucasArts alumni: (DoubleFine, Telltale, Psychonauts, etc)

Come on and join me there. Working through it myself. I'm really enjoying the mystery and new characters. The loading times are a real pain in the ass as are the camera views. It can take a long time to get used to it. Also things aren't that hard. Yet. God, I know I'm going to regret saying that now...

― Kv_nol (Kv_nol), Monday, 25 September 2006 11:16 (eighteen years ago) link

I have been playing Lego Star Wars 2. It's pretty good.

― treefell (treefell), Monday, 25 September 2006 12:34 (eighteen years ago) link

I've been torturing myself with Lego Star Wars II DS, but I got frustrated with horrible platform jumping in the ewok stage last night and turned it off (probably for good).

― Jordan (Jordan), Monday, 25 September 2006 12:48 (eighteen years ago) link

FF1 on emulator at work.

― a naked Kraken annoying Times Square tourists with an acoustic guitar (nickalici, Monday, 25 September 2006 12:54 (eighteen years ago) link

Monkey Island 1 & 2 will always be awesome.

― teh_kit (g-kit), Monday, 25 September 2006 13:05 (eighteen years ago) link

I played Monkey Island II the other week. I got as far as talking to the Woodchuck, then willie the cartographer and switched it off. I have such great memories of it, especially the later parts of the game, but I cannot be bothered with the first island. I expect I'll never play it again to be honest.

But what am I playing?

-Silent Storm 2 on the PC. Taking someone out with the sniper rifle and the ground-mounted machine guns is SO satisfying.
-Tony Hawks American Skateland on DS which is nice to pass the time, but I'm pretty certain I'm not very good at it.
-Also Starfox on the DS. Just getting started on this, but it seems fun so far! And the control system is actually very good.
-Oh yeah, and Pokemon - Leaf Green. All my pokemon are Lame, I'll soon catch some good ones I'm sure!

― Craig Gilchrist (Craig Gilchrist), Monday, 25 September 2006 13:32 (eighteen years ago) link

Call of Juarez arrived today.
lots of positive reviews, most odd for a Western game, so i thought i'd give it a go. i'll let you all know how it is in the next few days.

― teh_kit (g-kit), Monday, 25 September 2006 13:59 (eighteen years ago) link

I'm playing the only 60ish days left until WII game.

― a naked Kraken annoying Times Square tourists with an acoustic guitar (nickalici, Monday, 25 September 2006 14:20 (eighteen years ago) link

I have been playing:

- Half Life 2 (regular & EP1 - just finished both; MORE PLZ)
- Call of Duty 2 (almost finished!)
- DOA 4 (MY GOD TEH TITTIES)
- Lego Star Wars: Thee Original Trilogy (by proxy; letting my roomy & his gurl charge thru it, then I'll do it on my own once I move)

― David R. (popshots75`), Monday, 25 September 2006 18:06 (eighteen years ago) link

-Yakuza, which is boring and infuriating and fun
-New Super Mario and Brain Age, thanks to Slocki the wonderful guy who gave my his DS Phat
-The Warriors for the second time, and I'm pretty shocked at how brutal it is, which I wasn't the first time
-MGS3, stuck on the sniper battle
-NHL Hitz, the best game, so slept-on

― antexit (antexit), Monday, 25 September 2006 19:11 (eighteen years ago) link

- trauma center (stuck on the stupid aneurysm level)
- dragon quest slime dudes (JOY)
- mario/luigi: partners in time (just picked it up used)
- phoenix wright - just picked it up haven't played it yet

― s1ocki (slutsky), Monday, 25 September 2006 22:01 (eighteen years ago) link

Found out the other day that Trauma Centre and Harvest Moon won't be available for sale in Aus :( :(

Time for Amazon I guess.

― Trayce (trayce), Monday, 25 September 2006 22:59 (eighteen years ago) link

Trayce, what Harvest Moon do you mean? I happen to have a copy of one of installments (don't remember which).

― c('°c) (Leee), Monday, 25 September 2006 23:44 (eighteen years ago) link

The DS one that's just come out in Japan. It wont be getting an Aus release :(

― Trayce (trayce), Tuesday, 26 September 2006 02:23 (eighteen years ago) link

Call of Juarez is decent. At first, i was rather disappointed; looong load times and fiddly graphics options meant it took me the best part of an hour to optimise the game for my machine. the load times are the biggest disappointment, especially since my machine is pretty speedy.
you play two characters in this game, one stealthy, one guns-a-blazing.
the learning curve for the stealth missions is quite steep, and it took me a long time to escape from a town with the entire population looking for me. when they spot you, they shoot, if they hit you, you die. really tough introduction to the game.
but it's SO worth it to get to play the shooty character - you have a bullet time ability and dual pistols, and it looks awesome and fits really well into the gameplay. 5 bullets to the face in SLO-MO, bitch!
if you've always wanted to play a cowboy game that isn't total shite, check it out.

― teh_kit (g-kit), Tuesday, 26 September 2006 08:43 (eighteen years ago) link

The DS one that's just come out in Japan. It wont be getting an Aus release :(

DVDCrave have got this listed and in stock at the moment for AUD$57.

― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Tuesday, 26 September 2006 10:58 (eighteen years ago) link

shit, already beat Call of Duty 2. game was WAY too short, but good for rental/Gamefly

― kingfish prætor (kingfish 2.0), Friday, 29 September 2006 05:44 (eighteen years ago) link

Yakuza
Okami
GTA: Liberty City Stories

― Marmot (marmotwolof), Friday, 29 September 2006 06:41 (eighteen years ago) link

still playing Call of Juarez. promoting it from "decent" to "fucking awesome" now.

― teh_kit (g-kit), Friday, 29 September 2006 06:44 (eighteen years ago) link

rollercoaster

― sunny successor (katharine), Friday, 29 September 2006 12:16 (eighteen years ago) link

shit, already beat Call of Duty 2

Short my ass! Granted, I'm playing it sporadically. (I can only take so much gunfire.)

― David R. (popshots75`), Friday, 29 September 2006 13:56 (eighteen years ago) link

You are in for three unmitigated treats and one infuriating game.

― James.Cobo (jamescobo), Friday, 29 September 2006 14:01 (eighteen years ago) link

been playing a lot of rome games lately, thus my latest name. the demo & art bits for Caesar IV are really good. I like actually seeing my subjects wandering around the town.

― kingfish prætor (kingfish 2.0), Saturday, 30 September 2006 09:39 (eighteen years ago) link

x-files: resist or serve for ps2. gameplay is pretty standard resident evil/silent hill survival horror, but it captures the atmosphere of the show very well. voice actors are from the show too!

speaking of silent hill i ordered silent hill 2 new directly from konami, which i've been wanting to play again (i never beat it) since the movie came out, but havent been able to find used anywhere (though that's not too surprising for a 5 year-old game).

― how much, latebloomer? (latebloomer), Saturday, 30 September 2006 12:17 (eighteen years ago) link

I agree COD 2 was too short compared to the first, and not as good IMO.

― Darramouss (Darramouss ftw), Saturday, 30 September 2006 12:30 (eighteen years ago) link

I'm going to play Guitar Hero 2 tonight and am pretty excited about it. Other than that, still making my way through Okami. Just finished Lego Star Wars 2.

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Saturday, 30 September 2006 16:58 (eighteen years ago) link

You are in for three unmitigated treats and one infuriating game.

-- James.Cobo (trdn8...), Yesterday 11:01 AM. (jamescobo) (later)

which is the infuriating one? i assume you mean... trauma center?

i already beat rocket slime!

― s1ocki (slutsky), Saturday, 30 September 2006 20:13 (eighteen years ago) link

Guys, Guitar Hero 2 is about three times as good as the original. Holy shit.

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Sunday, 1 October 2006 08:16 (eighteen years ago) link

I bought Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow DS in a moment of weakness yesterday. I hope it washes Lego Star Wars II DS out of my brain.

― Jordan (Jordan), Sunday, 1 October 2006 13:55 (eighteen years ago) link

Ok it rules, I played it for like two hours tonight.

― Jordan (Jordan), Monday, 2 October 2006 01:27 (eighteen years ago) link

I was hungover yesterday and needed to play games lying down, so I went back to Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time, which I just kind of stopped playing for no good reason. I've now racked up 11 hours on it, and I'm hoping I must be getting near the end by now... *(just done the Volcano level)

― Craig Gilchrist (Craig Gilchrist), Monday, 2 October 2006 06:29 (eighteen years ago) link

I've never played or even seen it but I'm going to go ahead and wager that yes, the volcano level is probably near the end of the game. The volcano level is always near the end of the game.

― a naked Kraken annoying Times Square tourists with an acoustic guitar (nickalici, Monday, 2 October 2006 18:04 (eighteen years ago) link

OTM

― teh_kit (g-kit), Monday, 2 October 2006 18:08 (eighteen years ago) link

Hahah. Normally, I'd agree that should be OTM, but from the walkthrough I just checked (Only to see how far there is to go!!), I'm only on level 17 of 24. :(

― Craig Gilchrist (Craig Gilchrist), Monday, 2 October 2006 18:44 (eighteen years ago) link

I'm about halfway through Castlevania DS. No volcanoes yet. I'm so glad that people are still making games like this!

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 3 October 2006 16:14 (eighteen years ago) link

I've borrowed Brother in Arms

Rather repetitive- The situations are all looking the same right now: approach enemy, attempt to flank him repeat

― lk (lawrence kansas), Tuesday, 3 October 2006 17:10 (eighteen years ago) link

Me & the roomy have broke out SMASH TV for the SNES the last couple of nights, it is fun w/ beers etc, and one of the only games from back then that is still as hard as I remember it.

― a naked Kraken annoying Times Square tourists with an acoustic guitar (nickalici, Tuesday, 3 October 2006 17:11 (eighteen years ago) link

Also it reminds me of this one particular arcade on a pier in Myrtle Beach that I wasted many a quarter on.

― a naked Kraken annoying Times Square tourists with an acoustic guitar (nickalici, Tuesday, 3 October 2006 17:12 (eighteen years ago) link

ha yeah there's a bunch of those places i obssessively played MK 2 and T2: The Arcade Game for hours

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Tuesday, 3 October 2006 19:40 (eighteen years ago) link

I are finally installed and playing the Movies stuntsplosions expansion! I'll report back in a day or two once I get to a point I can use the new tech. Might even post a film. Heh.

― Trayce (trayce), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 00:23 (eighteen years ago) link

And after my earlier whining, thanks to aldo's suggestion I did look at DVDcrave and I've ordered Harvest moon and trauma centre DS yay!

― Trayce (trayce), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 01:16 (eighteen years ago) link

hmmm, i ordered Need For Speed Underground 2 yesterday. am i mad? it was only a fiver.

need a break from all these fps's i guess

― Ste (Fuzzy), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 08:03 (eighteen years ago) link

gunstar super heroes (gba)

― sleep (sleep), Monday, 9 October 2006 18:41 (eighteen years ago) link

one year passes...

Trying to get into Darwinia based on its reputation, but it just seems awfully boring so far.
-- Dan I. (Dan I.), Thursday, 17 August 2006 18:22 (1 year ago) Bookmark Link

I just bought this off ebay for like $2. Is it any good dueds?

― W4LTER, Monday, 15 October 2007 03:29 (seventeen years ago) link

two years pass...

can it be that it was all so simple then?

― forksclovetofu, Wednesday, 3 February 2010 19:22 (fourteen years ago) link

WoW.
Mario and Lugi: Partners in Time.
Disgaea.

― jeffrey (johnson), Sunday, July 2, 2006 4:54 PM (3 years ago) Bookmark

wish this dude still posted

― Lamp, Wednesday, 3 February 2010 20:38 (fourteen years ago) link

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