[badger2d]

I've noticed that my game collection contains nothing remotely recent. I try out demos fairly often, but it's been a long time since I sampled anything that seemed worth the price of admission. (To illustrate, I think the 3 most recently produced games I own are Titan Quest, Civ 4, and Dawn of War).

So, IMG, any of you currently playing games that roxxor your soxxors?

[Jude]

badger2d, on January 27th 2009, 04:01 PM, said:

I've noticed that my game collection contains nothing remotely recent. I try out demos fairly often, but it's been a long time since I sampled anything that seemed worth the price of admission. (To illustrate, I think the 3 most recently produced games I own are Titan Quest, Civ 4, and Dawn of War).

So, IMG, any of you currently playing games that roxxor your soxxors?

Well, I've played some old games, like the Heroes of Might and Magic series, Kult, and Diablo II LOD, in the last few months, but here are some newer games that I'm really enjoying (for the Mac, but I think they all also have Windows versions):

Kivi's Underworld (Soldak)
Eschalon Book I (Basilisk)
Kudos Rock Legend (Red Marble)
Nethergate Resurrection (Spiderweb)
Fairy Tower Pinball (Littlewing)
Age of Empires III (with both expansions) (MacSoft)

Jude

[Dark_Archon]

I'm playing the trying to get all my coursework done on time this semester game. It sucks and I'm not doing so well in it. I am however totally kicking ass in the procrastination game.

[Jude]

Dark_Archon, on January 27th 2009, 04:59 PM, said:

I'm playing the trying to get all my coursework done on time this semester game. It sucks and I'm not doing so well in it. I am however totally kicking ass in the procrastination game.

The secret is to do all your reading and homework as soon as you can after the class lets out (even while riding the bus or eating or between classes). That way you are still in the right mindframe for the subject matter and less time/energy is need to get started and concentrate on it. Also, it will free up your week-ends instead of having to use them to frantically do all the stuff that is due on Monday! I'm serious; it worked well for me, and I had tons of reading, writing and translating due every day (English Writing/French double major with an extra translation certificate program added on).

Jude

[Eric5h5]

The past couple months or so have been a total indie-fest here: World of Goo, Aquaria, Geneforge 5, Darwinia, and now the Penumbra series. Honestly I've been having more fun with those than I've had playing games in quite a while. (Also I played through Sketchfighter, but that's not anywhere near the level of the others and only took me a few hours anyway; I wouldn't have got it except it was part of the Ambrosia bundle recently.)

--Eric

[teflon]

I too picked up World of Goo. great game.
Another interesting one, though only on PC at the moment is Crayon Physics. Not quite as good, but still quite satisfying in bringing things to life. The main weakness being mouse input instead of... crayon....
Im also slowly working towards finishing STALKER so that I can get onto the prequel which Ive bought and is waiting in the wings.

Im quite looking forward to a couple games too.
Demigod looks like it could kick ass. From the creators of Supreme Commander, which I loved.
DoW2 should also be ace.
Got to try the demo for FEAR2 to see if theyve got that right again.
And should Red Alert 3 really be heading to the mac by the end of march, thatll be fun too.

[jgwdoc]

I've played 3 really first rate games recently: Mass Effect, The Witcher, and STALKER.
Currently playing Dead Space, which is quite good but doesn't make the top rank.
On the Mac side, not much going on for me since Fable-TLC which I thoroughly enjoyed, and CoD4 which for SP was nothing special, but I imagine would be great for online play.

[Eric5h5]

teflon, on January 27th 2009, 06:05 PM, said:

Another interesting one, though only on PC at the moment is Crayon Physics. Not quite as good, but still quite satisfying in bringing things to life. The main weakness being mouse input instead of... crayon....

It's on the iPhone as well. Haven't tried it, but seems to me that should largely take care of the main weakness?

--Eric

[Rev-O]

Not playing anything on the Mac right now... tho I am itching to buy NWN2 (but waiting for expansions), itching to buy Pirates!, itching to buy Fate, and kinda thinking about Spore half heartedly. But I figure I should burn through some of my other games sitting around before I buy something.

Fired up the 360 and started playing. Finally broke down and resumed/started playing in earnest Oblivion with the expansions. As much as I dislike Oblivion (compared to Morrowind which is head and shoulders superior) it has completely sucked me in and I am compulsively playing it. Dead Space is sitting on the shelf waiting for me.

I keep looking at Civ 4. There it is, sitting on the little rack next to my laptop as I type this. Man... if I just pop Civ4 in the MBP Oblivion will get kicked to the curb hard and fast and I will lose the next three months of my life in a Civ4 binge. Dangerous game, Civ4 is. Must. Be. Strong. I want a time travel mod for Civ4, so I can dump money into a CERN world wonder, make a naked singularity, and then send technology back in time to myself so I can march through the bronze age with some M1 Abrams. That would just be fun!

[Pegasus]

There are lots of indie games on my list as well. I'm currently tackling Avernum 4, World of Goo, and Aquaria. After that I'll probably finish up with Tomb Raider Anniversary and get back into Darwinia and Penumbra... That is, if I don't let myself get distracted with a purchase of either Nethergate Resurrection or Eschalon Book I along the way.

Gaming on the Mac is still a lot of fun however limited the selection of titles may be.

[jackdawsson]

Playing "Diablo II" & "AoE" expansion packs (I love them!). About to play "Lego Star Wars" &, my 1st Mac FPS, "Prey". Btw, all those OS X.

On PS2, playing "Star Wars Battlefront". But no contest, I much prefer my Mac games!

[Sneaky Snake]

Call of Duty 4 (360), Battlefield 2 (PC), AoE 3 (Mac), Far Cry 2 (PC)


Mass Effect seems to be calling my name however so I'll probably trade in COD4 to get it (I'm getting kinda bored of it, beat both the campaign and online soundly)

-Snake

[teflon]

Eric5h5, on January 27th 2009, 11:28 PM, said:

[Crayon Physics]'s on the iPhone as well. Haven't tried it, but seems to me that should largely take care of the main weakness?

well, partly, but youre failing to take into account that people have got fingers quite a bit larger than the tip of your average crayon (where you can even use an edge to get a sharper line). Add to that the smaller screen...

colour me orange/blue stripes and call me an iPhone sceptic, but my limited experience with it has only shown Enigmo and a couple other games to be rather fiddly... Of course, its crayon based etc. and you can just delete what youve done, so that alleviates the potential issues.

anyway, I guess Ill have to try it before I make a decision, but Im better prepared to be pleased than disappointed with it.

[macdude22]

Sins of a Solar Empire (Windows)
World of Warcraft (Mac)
Nethergate Resurrection (Mac)
Feeding Frenzy 2 (xBox 360)
Command & Conquer 3 (Mac)

[dojoboy]

I just wrapped up my third GOTM (2 w/ Civ4 and 1 w/ Civ3: Conquests) over at CFC. With the holiday break, I was able to invest some time. Playing a CEaW and EU: Rome atm.

[Ranger_Joe]

Mac:
Civ IV Warlords (In an epic PBEM game)
Hearts of Iron 2:Armageddon (A recent patch has allowed me to continue my game as Japan)

PC:
Portal

PS3:
Valkyria Chonicles (a turn based strategy game that does a great job tying in a rich story. I think it is one of the better titles out there for the ps3.)

DS:
Final Fantasy IV (pure nostalgia. I'm loving it.)

[Jan]

Mac:

Fable – The Lost Chapters

16 hours in, trying to make all of the side quests, open magic doors and, well, go fishing.
The game is a lot of fun, even though it's quite easy and a little bit older.

Crossover Games:

Still Life – Special Edition

I quite liked it first, but now I'm stuck at the famous "cake" puzzle – the most illogical
piece of puzzle-design I've encountered in 20 years of playing adventure games.

PS3:

Fallout 3

It's your typical Bethesda RPG: I can't really find a good plot, all the characters
look, talk and walk like clones and that's about it.

[dojoboy]

Ranger_Joe, on January 28th 2009, 10:58 AM, said:

Mac:
Civ IV Warlords (In an epic PBEM game)

I'll be happy to sub for anyone in need.

[Tacohead]

Just finished playing the awesome World of Goo (Mac) and messing around with Spore (Mac) and The Ultima 6 Mod for Dungeon Siege (would be awesome if Mac DS was universal). Now I'm focusing on finally finishing the excellent Baldur's Gate 2 (Mac) and then Neverwinter Nights: Hordes of the Underdark (Mac). After that I still have Pirates (Mac) and Geneforge 5 (Mac).

When the new iMacs arrive I'll be getting one and I'll then finally be able to get Neverwinter Nights 2 (Mac). With that new machine I might finally give Bootcamp a try with The Witcher, MLB Front Office Manager, and the Sims 3.

However I'm a pretty deliberate gamer so just the Mac games I've mentioned could easily occupy me until 2010.

-PN

[PeopleLikeFrank]

Not a whole lot of time for gaming these days, so I don't get through all that many, but here's what's up right now:

Currently:
Thief - classic stealthy fun
Fallout 3 - I enjoy it a whole lot more than its many detractors, though it does have a certain Bethesda limpness to it.

Recently:
World of Goo ()
King's Bounty ()

Soon:
Thief II
Dawn of War II () -love 40k, loved DoW I, excited about 'nids
Giants - yay gog.com!
Left 4 Dead - took forever to buy it, since I'm sick to (un)death of zombies, but just found out a few friends of mine have picked it up, so time to enjoy some of that Valve polish applied to co-op!