What video games are you currently playing?

I recently discovered that buying Popcap Games means you have a license you can use up to five times per game. I dug through the junk email inbox and found my registration code for Plants vs Zombies, and have been happily replaying all evening. w00t.

 

dayz just came out with a standalone on steam that i bought. there is so much potential. i quit awhile ago because the bugs and hackers got too annoying. but i agree this is the future (dayz is still alpha but very playable, kinda of a tough learning curve). the world just feels so open and you can create your own gaming experience to some extent, and aren't forced to grind abilities like on mmos.

player editing is essential to great games imo. i still remember half-life being an editable game that spawned counter-strike and then more refined corporate games like cod and battlefield. looking forward to what the arma 3 community can do.

 

Ive been playing Marvel Heroes, Rift, and Neverwinter lately.

 

i was just reading reviews on that; they're all solid so far even though it's an alpha w/ warts.

i've up a bit past 600 hrs played now on dota2 and i feel like i'm finally on the low end of mediocre against medium bots, but i love how it's been stretching my brain. i feel like dota is making me better at other games (even shooters) because of my spatial awareness and options/angles outlook has gone up.

also mixing in some far cry 3 which is the tits for a sandbox game; best mix of stealth and shooting mechanics i've seen.
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also, people are liking the just cause 2 multiplayer mod just released; i might fire that up on my xmas break...


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The new X3 game is awful, but it got me playing X3:AP again using the XRM mod and a few dozen others.

Its quite fun fully modded and really the only sandbox space game out there to speak of.

 

I recently discovered Path of Exile, which is sort of a fan-made "What Diablo 3 COULD have been like" game. It takes a... unique... approach to character building.
This is a slightly out of date look at the passive skill tree:

 

I've been watching a guy named xcal on Twitch play PoE.
I about crapped my pants when he zoomed out on the skill page all the way. Holy massive matrix, Batman!

PoE has been fun to watch, especially since the loot drops are better than D3's.

 

I play a lot of Uncharted Waters Online. I also play Terraria, Civ5, and Skullgirls on a pretty regular basis, and a couple zombie co-op FPSs when I have friends. (If anyone wants to add me on Steam, electric_katana. ^.^)

I also love platformers. Anyone has any recommendations, I'll take them.

Haven't played any of the Bioshocks, and I haven't played Monaco, although I have been looking at that one, too.

 

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DayZ is beautifully glitchy at the moment but still fun. I had a Mosen with sights etc etc until my bandage didn't work... not a problem though as its only alpha.

Here's Devildoggamer having a run, not my style, but entertaining maybe?...

This is the 'Seinfeld of Games', you heard it here first, it's a game about nothing, where anything can happen.

 

i'm hearing spelunky hd and rogue legacy are 2 of the best platformers ever made; also super meat boy in case you haven't heard about that; i played that for awhile w/ a dual shock 3 on my pc and loved the physics.

 

have you tried rogue legacy and/or spelunky? rockpapershotgun can't say enough nice things about them and i've grown to trust their writers...

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Thanks for all the suggestions!

Yeah, wired Xbox controller is my favorite as well. I hate using my keyboard to game, so I use a controller whenever possible, haha.

I've recently started playing Super Meat Boy (I actually got it to see what all the fuss what about ^.^), and it's definitely fantastic. For sure, lots of finicky jump timing, but well worth it. And Fez, I coincidentally just got that last night. Only half hour into it, and I love it. It's definitely unique in its concept.

I bought Limbo a while ago, but never got around to playing it. I'll probably push it up my holiday gaming list. I love dark games, and unsettling ways to die sounds right up my alley. And I've heard so many fantastic things about Braid. I'm gonna have to try that one, and Spelunky and Rogue Legacy, too.

I've been playing Electronic Super Joy, and that one's got me hooked pretty well. I'm a massive sucker for soundtracks in video games (ask me how the only reason I started playing COD was when I found out Hans Zimmer scored MW2...), and that plus the ridiculous difficulty of some of the levels equals absolute addiction for me. It's a lot like Super Meat Boy in the jump timing aspect--some of the levels require an insane amount of precision (I died about 100 times on a single level trying to beat it the first time), but there are checkpoints, if you can reach them.

Also, I grabbed Monaco, as soon as I have some time to try it, I'll report back.

 

stuck with Diablo2 , AOE2, prototype rad alert - yuris revenge

 

I've been on an Age of Empires 2 kick. I was trying to distract myself yesterday, and I think I played something like six hours of standard battles. I am now Champion of the Celts. w00t.

 

I bought Bioshock 1 and 2 for myself this Christmas, based mostly on their enduring reputations and intriguing visuals. This is the first real game I've played since Quake back in the late 90's.

I'm a little disappointed that it's mostly a Zombie blaster but the setting is phenomenal. Are there any other games out with really interesting environments to explore but less focused on horror and gore thrills? Does GTAV allow you to just roam around and do stuff or are you stuck killing hookers and driving over pedestrians?

 

I haven't played it myself yet, but some of the biggest criticism from friends that have is that it's a really big environment with a while lot of not much to do.

It might fall into the horror genre, but have you considered Fallout 3 or Fallout: New Vegas? They have a whole lot of areas to explore and things to find if that's what you're into, to the point where I'd eventually remember that there was a main storyline and I should go finish it at some point.