What Are You Playing? December 1st, 2012

I'm revoking your PC-gamer card if you get it for the Wii U.

I just beat Borderlands 2, I'm finishing up The Walking Dead, and I'm going to revisit XCOM & Batman: AC for the PC.

The only local "co-op" is Zombies and that's a truly awful, and uneventful experience.

It was awesome on the 360, but it's even better the second time through on PC!

nothing
putting up the xmas tree
though i might end the day with some Darksiders 2

I wrap some Christmas lights around my torchiere and call it a Christmas tree... :P

FireFall beta and Dota2. later will start on Sword of the Stars 2

it started a bit roughly since there was trouble with servers before the weekend stuff started (i got admitted into beta proper) and then players from EU couldn't log into servers for about half hour into the weekend event. Game plays well, especially when there is a good number of people in the area, which was really fun when The Chosen drop pod would appear in the vicinity and you got to watch a crowd of people rush towards it. It looked even better during the in-game night when projectiles would flash through the darkness, accompanied by the intense flashes of jet pack thrusters. quest wise only a short quest chain is available for now, along with two types of random event missions an of course fighting off the Chosen attacks, as well as regaining control of areas taken by them (which requires larger groups of players cooperating). PvP also works fine, haven't played much of it but i didn't have any trouble while I did.

I finished P4G yesterday (the first JRPG I ever finished! Woohoo!), so I went on to the Vita PS+ freebies, starting with Uncharted. Aside from all the touchy-swipy bullshit, it's pretty good. I love how the gyroscope compensates for the analog sticks' lack of precision when aiming.
Also a bit of Hitman Absolution, but I still haven't played a lot of it.

Is P4 Arena accessible to people like me who swore off fighting games because Shao Khan made me want to snap my Vita in two? The story intrigues me.

Nice. I'll give P4A a try as soon as I finish P3P, then. Or should I wait until I also play through The Answer in FES?

I recommend playing The Answer only if you enjoy the dungeon crawling, because you'll find no Social Links there. Basically, it's 30 hours of hardcore Tartarus with some story thrown in (I liked it, though). If you choose not to play it, at least read a summary or watch the cutscenes on Youtube to be completely ready for P4A's story mode.

On a side note: Forgive Daniel. Apparently he still hasn't recovered from that... incident.

Halo 4, and LoL while i wait for FarCry 3 PC to unlock.

Far Cry 3 pc. Its very good.

Persona 4 Golden is still taking up my game time right now. Nothing really new other than that.

Same, I'm just one 20 hours in and loving it. Although I have made some time to beat Sine Mora.

I'm trying to decide what games from my Steam collection to install on the new SSD. I have a few that I haven't played, and a few others that I play occasionally. Right now I have about 150GB of unused space to work with. Basically, I'm playing the download game.

Black Ops 2, got one of the possible endings already, working on another play thru.

Still in the Zone this weekend, also making time to play some Dust 514 beta. I really liking how far Dust has come since the beta began.

Finally finished ACIII... I got Dishonored and Sleeping Dogs cheap on thanksgiving, but I've been playing Endless Space...well, endlessly. I haven't fired either of the other 2 games up!

So is Endless Space any good, I was thinking about getting it.

it scratches the space empire sim itch nicely. And its pretty cheap (or at least it was on steam when I picked it up)

Bought the Borderlands 2 season pass, wasnt expecting so many dlcs so soon.

Played through comic jumper. I might start another XBLA game from the backlog next. And my Black Ops 2 came from Amazon warehouse... but they sent the PS3 version instead of Xbox. Since I have the PS3 too I checked out the multiplayer, but not wanting to put too much time into leveling since I'll be returning it soon and possibly getting the xbox version.

I guess this is probably a good place to ask this question. The last COD I owned was COD4:MW. Which one should I get out of MW 1-3 or BO 1-2? Should I go with BO2 to get the newest, or is there a standout one that seems better? I realize this is subjective, just trying to get some opinions though.

They are all pretty similar, with the most people playing blops2 matchmaking will be easiest there, and the Pick 10 system they use for load outs is the best so far

Modern Warfare 3 is definitely better than 2, and a lot less broken. Black Ops is better than MW2, but I'd suffice to say it's not as exciting as MW3, and it's a lot slower paced. The campaign is better though. Black Ops II has the *potential* to be the best CoD yet, but the multiplayer has so many issues and you most likely won't enjoy it unless you have a couple of friends. The campaign is the best since World at War.

'the best campaign since world at war'?

I'm guessing you didn't play that game on veteran, i'd be surprised if you didn't play it at all. I know it probably seems good on lower difficulties, but on veteran it's very clear just how astonishingly poorly designed that game was.

I have yet to play a single Call of Duty game that is enjoyable on Veteran, it's artificial difficulty. It was fun. That's all I care about. Played the whole thing in four player co-op and loved every minute of it.

Civ v
Xcom eu
Blops 2

Torchlight I, Civ IV+V, and Skyrim (Can't wait for Dragonborn to hit PC!).

It's a combination of Assassin's Creed III and Black Ops II.

Dark Souls
Black ops 2
Metal Gear Solid 3 (via MGS: HD collection)

MGS: Peace Walker.

Also I did use my Wii U briefly to set everything up and update the console before putting it away and wrapping it up for christmas. It's an absolute mess!..... my feelings are I mean. For everything I love about it, there's a problem. The screen on the gamepad looks gorgeous, but it gets uncomfortable in my hands after a while. I like how the home menu works, but it can be hard to navigate. I'm ****ing over the moon about the community forums at the touch of a screen, but everything takes way too long to load. I'm not letting my hopes get shattered before I even play it properly, but these problems are going to keep annoying me.

Finally finished AC3 last week, than moved on to Spec Ops: The Line, finished it today and was incredibly impressed by the amazing story. Definitely my favorite shooter in recent memory (perhaps ever, but I'm a huge sucker for narrative driven games) and just got started on Dishonored. I'm a masochist, so I'm attempting a no-kill, no-detection playthrough on very hard my first time around, because I apparently hate myself.

Just startet on Sword of the stars 2 enchaned edition and wow....just wow.

Also just completet far cry 3 and hitman absolution.

About as much as you :-) Only thing i missed was the HUGE levels from blood money, rather than the smaller ones. But the Io still makes some of the best level design by far.

Just bought Spec Ops the Line for the 360 used ($20), only to find it's $5 to download. :( Think I'll bring it back to Gamestop.

Hitman Absolution and NHL 13 to bury my hockey needs in.

Hitman...

While I was playing my xbox froze and when I came back it said my save file was corrupted and I have to start a new game, I won't have time to finish it since its rented and due tomorrow. :(
Might buy it if its on sale, very fun game.

More then halfway I think... "Fight Night" Mission. :/

Currently playing ZombiU on the Wii U, while also playing some New Super Mario Bros. (although I'll be giving that back to my friend shortly, so I'll just have ZombiU). I really want to pick up Farcry 3 (but still deciding for PS3 or PC). I was playing Hitman: Absolution but I got distracted by ZombiU... and before that, I was playing Pokemon: Black and White 2 (black version) but got distracted by Hitman: Absolution. Ugh, first world problems? :P

I'm REALLY tempted to buy Batman: Arkham City: Armored Edition for the Wii U.

I am so sad.

Mass Effect 3 & Dark Souls.

im kinda late to the party but... BF3 PREMIUM... the new maps & modes are fantastic!!!
ive always enjoyed BF map packs more than any other shooter... they always feel like a new game experience... and not just another map...
(cant wait to check out the AFTERMATH pack tomorrow)

also still playin HALO 4 MP, and im gonna finally do some spartan ops...

also my $10 copy of WITCHER 2 just came in the mail so ill be starting that soon...

( i was excited when i opened it, came with a map, a 80+ page quest handbook, and a actual game booklet w/30+ pages)
it may not be much to some people, but i personally really miss game booklets... i feel its kinda cheap & lazy on the developers part for discontinuing them...