Finished System Shock 2. Like it's successor Bioshock, it completely trailed off towards the end, but made up for it with the "naahhh" at the end

Definitely a fantastic game. The fact that you can't pause to do anything (hack, ruffle through inventory etc) like you can in Bioshock really adds to the tension.

Now I have another terabyte drive to fill with games i have been mostly experimenting with games I had not paid attention for sometime.

MS Flight Sim 9 - dusted down the old Logitech Exterme Joystick and crashed me a few planes

Kane and Lynch - I really had written this off as it refused to play when I had a my 9800 GX2, but plays nicely now and despite being a bit pants, I have enjoyed it and am close to finishing it

Sins of a Solar Empire - although I am a little overwhelmed/have low concentration levels and found it a bit of a daunting prospect

I played about with Sins for a bit, but after you've played a couple of maps then you've really seen pretty much all the game can offer.  I enjoyed it for a bit, but quickly became bored mostly due to the aching slowness of it.  Finishing off an opponent's fleet when it won't sit still is a frustrating task.

MW2 on PS3 eating up my time atm. I have also just bought a new 40" lcd which coupled with my audio setup makes the whole experience immense.

Also, I bought Mass Effect and the Witcher in the steam sale, but havn't had enough time to get very far into them.

Is it me or does the Witcher feel overwhelming at times, with so many quests to do at the same time.

STILL playing Dragon Age & FM10.

...also Football Director through a C64 emulator...ahhh the memories.

Still got X-Com Apocalypse, Kings Bounty Armoured Princess, Puzzle Quest Warlords & Torchlight to play. Happy days.

Completed the single player part of DiRT2 - enjoyed it a lot

I'm going to play Thief 2 again and then I'm going to have a look at T2X: Shadows of the Metal Age.

FrozenLuffy wrote:

I'm going to play Thief 2 again and then I'm going to have a look at T2X: Shadows of the Metal Age.

Will Thief and Thief 2 work with Vista if I put it into XP or Windows 98 Compatibility mode because I would love to play them again?
Also do you have to fiddle with something (can't remeber what) to make it so it only uses one core of my CPU?

Arnie last edited this patent nonsense on Jan 12, 2010 at 5:13am

Arnie wrote:

FrozenLuffy wrote:

I'm going to play Thief 2 again and then I'm going to have a look at T2X: Shadows of the Metal Age.

Will Thief and Thief 2 work with Vista if I put it into XP or Windows 98 Compatibility mode because I would love to play them again?
Also do you have to fiddle with something (can't remeber what) to make it so it only uses one core of my CPU?

I had problems running Thief 2 (from the recently released Thief collection) when I had XP installed, so much so I didn't end up playing it. I'm sure there's a way, I just lost patience.

Ghostbusters.  Bought it over Christmas on Steam for £5.

Was really looking forward to it on it's release but was put off by the mediocre reviews but just been playing it for the last hour and had a really good time. Well worth teh £5.

The Witcher, struggling in a swamp at the moment - stupid poisonous plants...grrr...

Far Cry 2 . As my game time seems to be limited to about an hour every other day at most, it's perfect pick up and play - and I love the combination of Draganov and flamethrower.

Psychonauts. This could have been pretty good as an adventure, but as a platformer it doesn;t do it for me. Having said that, I wasn;t hugely impressed by any of the characters or the plot, up until I reached the Milkman Conspiracy, which is just superb.

Playing trough Mass Effect again before getting number 2. Can't believe how much more stuff and side plots I've come across this time. And I've just got to Feros after 30 hours of play!!

Finished Mass Effect 2 last night, enjoyed it so much, I imeditately loaded up my first play through to start a second play through on insane difficulty, its ace! Also just started assassins creed 2, which at the moment, smacks to much of the first one for my liking, but im going to stick with it a while

illusion wrote:

Ghostbusters.  Bought it over Christmas on Steam for £5.

Was really looking forward to it on it's release but was put off by the mediocre reviews but just been playing it for the last hour and had a really good time. Well worth teh £5.

Finished it myself this week; well worth £5; in no way worth full-price money on the PC.  Polished and all that, but just not very long or challenging.

Started Red Faction Guerilla on the PC.  Interesting idea, but much like Far Cry 2.  Plus, it has a weird bug which makes it run incredibly fast on Windows7.  It's like watching a silent film from 1920 except you need the reflexes of an amphetamine addict.

dan23e wrote:

Just finished Assassins creed 2. Stick with it, I thought it was miles better than the first game.

Now onto Darksiders and uncharted 2. Darksiders is promising. Although I like Uncharted 2 I am not sure about the glowing 10/10 reviews. There is just something about it that I find frustrating. Fiddly controls, occasional imprecise actions. As a hollywood blockbuster it hits the right notes but as a game, to me there is just something lacking.

Also 1/3 of the way through dragon age and have to start Mass effect 2. Also thoroughly neglecting L4D2, MW2 MP and Borderlands. Oh well it's better to have too many games than too few.

I just can't get myself to carry on in ACII, I've just got my "suit" so am really early in the game, but it's so similar to the first one, which I really didn't like at all... the reviews and everyone I hear from says the same as you - stick with it and it's good. I'll give it another go.

I have the same advice for you - stick with Uncharted 2! I was playing Demon's Souls at the time, and remember thinking "meh" with uncharted 2, even up to the 6th chapter. But then the game literally grabs you by the throat and won't let go, with some fantastic action levels/platforming and set pieces that will blow any other game away. It's really good and worth bearing with, you'll see!

EDIT: I'm currently playing Darksiders, and it's really good with great zelda-esque dungeons and puzzles. Also playing Mass Effect 2 and lots of Bad Company 2 beta.

Sobtanian last edited this patent nonsense on Feb 5, 2010 at 8:50am

Mass Effect 2 - stellar.

Finished Dragon Age - absolutely brilliant.

Starting the first Baldur's Gate now & still playing FM10. Although good, I'm not getting the same enjoyment as I did with FM06. It's getting too cluttered and still has a few glitches which really should be ironed out considering how many FM's SI have done now.

UFC Undisputed on the 360. Mostly because I broke my fight Night 4 disc

It's ok, but the controls can be horribly unresponsive so I've about given up on it now - great fun when you get the KO, but too many combinationsa of button presses to get more than basic kicks and punches for me, plus almost impossible to escape submissions.