Last Game you have played...

[Lhun]

I finished the game only once, as Spain. I usually consider it a win if i full-fill all the victory condition and consider my position stable. I usually manage that around year 50, and abandon the game instead of playing the remaining 100 turns. Rome:TW was better that way, you won when you full-filled all victory conditions and not at the end of a fixed number of turns (though you could keep playing)

Austria's Line Infantry are pretty much the worst of all, despite them having 150 instead of 120 per unit. Prussia has the best, (didn't really save my ass though if every single neighbour wants to kill me) England is a little better than France (since reload is generally better than accuracy) and Spain and other nations with generic unit values are only a little better than Austria.

[Scylding]

Last game I played was the original Assassin's Creed. I'm not sure it has a point beyond taking flying headbutts through crowds of women carrying pots on their heads. I mean, I think it thinks it does, but I got the most fun out of making an ass out of myself. What else is new. ;)

Looking forward to Red Dead Redemption (yes, I know, I'm behind the times), which I will probably take more seriously. Really looking forward to Deus Ex 3, which I will take more seriously than is probably healthy.

- Joe

[TheMindKiller]

Technically the last game I played was Mega Poker on my iPhone. The REAL last game was Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood about 2-3 weeks ago. I love the multiplayer in that game, but I had to move apartments and haven't gotten to hook it back up yet.

[Maxx]

I finished the game only once, as Spain. I usually consider it a win if i full-fill all the victory condition and consider my position stable. I usually manage that around year 50, and abandon the game instead of playing the remaining 100 turns. Rome:TW was better that way, you won when you full-filled all victory conditions and not at the end of a fixed number of turns (though you could keep playing)

Austria's Line Infantry are pretty much the worst of all, despite them having 150 instead of 120 per unit. Prussia has the best, (didn't really save my ass though if every single neighbour wants to kill me) England is a little better than France (since reload is generally better than accuracy) and Spain and other nations with generic unit values are only a little better than Austria.

Oh Happy Austria! I think maybe the French start the game with an experienced army or something. Or maybe I hadn't learned to entrench. As an Austrian or an Ottoman, digging in with Artillery seems pretty important.

[Lhun]

Oh Happy Austria! I think maybe the French start the game with an experienced army or something.Hm, i think all nations start without any experience points, but even seemingly identical units have different values in some cases. The French get a little more accuracy than standard for most units (land and naval) for example, the English get a bit faster reload times. Meelee values are similarly different.
Or maybe I hadn't learned to entrench. As an Austrian or an Ottoman, digging in with Artillery seems pretty important.Fortifying is something of a mixed blessing. On the one hand, those few sandbags will provide excellent protection against counterfire from artillery and are absolutely indestructible (as are fences and walls if you're on a battle map with fields), so it's very good for an artillery duel. On the other hand the field of fire is limited and the guns are immobile, so they're rather vulnerable to flank attacks.

[Maxx]

Hm, i think all nations start without any experience points, but even seemingly identical units have different values in some cases. The French get a little more accuracy than standard for most units (land and naval) for example, the English get a bit faster reload times. Meelee values are similarly different.
Fortifying is something of a mixed blessing. On the one hand, those few sandbags will provide excellent protection against counterfire from artillery and are absolutely indestructible (as are fences and walls if you're on a battle map with fields), so it's very good for an artillery duel. On the other hand the field of fire is limited and the guns are immobile, so they're rather vulnerable to flank attacks.

You can dig in your infantry too. Unfortunately I don't remember all that much about the game. I do remember a snowy day with my Austrians dug in and finally defeating the French.

Oh but those far off snowy days are long gone. I'm facing some of my usual major defeats from my usual PBEM opponents in a muddy Russian Spring and in the tropical South Pacific.

[Lhun]

Oh but those far off snowy days are long gone. I'm facing some of my usual major defeats from my usual PBEM opponents in a muddy Russian Spring and in the tropical South Pacific.If you like PBEM strategy games, you should definitly check out Dominions 3. Best turn based strategy game i've ever known, the sheer amount of possibilities and depth of gameplay is beyond amazing. I think there's a demo available.

[maggi90w1]

Crusader Kings. Anyone ever heard of Crusader Kings?

[Maxx]

If you like PBEM strategy games, you should definitly check out Dominions 3. Best turn based strategy game i've ever known, the sheer amount of possibilities and depth of gameplay is beyond amazing. I think there's a demo available.

I think I was already crushed in the beta for Dominons (1?). It had zombies, I think. Good game. Bad associations. I think I had one whole army killed and zombied against me. I quit. Or surrendered or surrendered and quit.

[Maxx]

Crusader Kings. Anyone ever heard of Crusader Kings?

There's a new version on the way:

http://www.paradoxplaza.com/press/2010/8/crusader-kings-ii-announced

[Eddyz Aquila]

Fortifying is something of a mixed blessing. On the one hand, those few sandbags will provide excellent protection against counterfire from artillery and are absolutely indestructible (as are fences and walls if you're on a battle map with fields), so it's very good for an artillery duel. On the other hand the field of fire is limited and the guns are immobile, so they're rather vulnerable to flank attacks.

Fortify only if you have a strong defensive position. In order to protect the artillery place them right in the middle of your army and drag the line infantry slightly forwards so that they protect the flanks. Use light infantry just behind them but make sure they're not in the line of fire of the artillery or else the canister shot will rip them to shreds.

Otherwise, canister shot in ETW is quite effective.
Not as much as NTW. Round shot is much more effective in NTW.

[TenebraeAquilonis]

Just got Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep on psp, not very far in it, but its fun. And I just bought KH2 today, so I'm going to replay that along with Dirge of Cerberus.

[maggi90w1]

There's a new version on the way:
I know and I'm really looking forward to this.Crusader Kings has such a unique concept (following a family instead of a country) but it has a lot of flaws as well. The biggest one being that there is hardly anything to do but waiting whatevents will happen.

[Maxx]

I know and I'm really looking forward to this.Crusader Kings has such a unique concept (following a family instead of a country) but it has a lot of flaws as well. The biggest one being that there is hardly anything to do but waiting whatevents will happen.

It gets mentioned on the Wargamer Forums from time to time. I'm a pretty hyperactive gamer and Medieval total War 2 is about as much waiting as I can usually manage. I have trouble sitting still in a virtual reality. This can be a real problem when (say in a Red Orchestra Mod) a lot of other players are sitting still with their sniper rifles ready and zeroed on the one spot where you can get over the rubble. I can recall how I used to have to learn all the sniper spots so that I could get to town in a hurry -- literally something like: run up behind wall, jump on rubble, rest M1 on wall, shoot sniper at window A (an easy shot luckily), run to shrub, duck, shoot sniper hiding under the truck, cross street, go upstairs, shoot sniper at window B down the street, duck, change windows, shoot sniper behind that wall thing at the middle of town and then run downtown and get killed.

[Lhun]

I think I was already crushed in the beta for Dominons (1?). It had zombies, I think. Good game. Bad associations. I think I had one whole army killed and zombied against me. I quit. Or surrendered or surrendered and quit.Ah, the multiplayer Dominions games are brutal. You should train in single player first, until you can easily beat a full roster of AIs on impossible, so you can then go on to multiplayer and get your ass handed to you within a few rounds.
Seriously though, i do recommend reading some of the excellent national guides available in the forums. Once one is familiar with the basic gameplay (thugs, supercombatants and forging) one can go an join one of the newbie games in the mulitplayer forum to get a feel for how different fighting a human is to fighting an AI. It's not just the diplomacy (there is none in SP), as impressive as the AI is for a game with such a scope, it's still very troop centric. But a player with some experience with the hundreds of spells and magic items can usually come up with counter to defeat any number of unaugmented troops. (Although with the impossible AI setting, winning battles with a 10:1 kill ratio can still mean you lose)
I looked it up, and there actually is demo available for download here:
http://www.shrapnelgames.com/Illwinter/DOM3/DOM3_page.html

[Opty]

I just went back and finished playing Red Dead Redemption. It's actually a lot better than I originally gave it credit for. Beautiful graphics, great voice acting, great lead character (John Marston), pretty good story.

As far as 2010 games go, I still liked ME2 better, but RDR was a pretty close second. Liked it even better than Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood.

Even though I hate zombie-related trip (seems every game these days is about zombies...like every new book and TV show is about vampires), I'm about to start the "Undead" DLC for RDR. I hear it's pretty good.

[Droemar]

Oooh! I just beat Red Dead about three months back! Last game I finished was Dragon Age: Origins, but I also beat both Left for Deads with a friend.
I have Assassin's Creed (the first one) ready to play, and Uncharted.
Can't wait for Pokemon Black and white ... but I'm shameless.

[DragonHeart]

Been playing Dragon Age 2. Love it. I didn't play the first one yet; actually just ordered it today.

I'm having a ton of fun with it. Absolutely love the party banter/dialogue. I don't even remember what kept me from buying the first one but I am so glad I gave the demo a shot, then got the game. I've been in the mood for a new game and this is delivering in spades.

I just hit the second act, so getting ready to do the second round of companion quests. Playing as a mage and currently romancing Anders. What can I say, I like the tortured ones. Yes, I also like Fenris even though he's a jerk. I greatly enjoy having him in my party so I can laugh at Varric making fun of him being broody all the time. XD

[LOG]

Dragon Age: Origins, again.
F.E.A.R. 2 as well.

[Ludicrum]

Last game beaten: Dragon Age 2 (before that, Two Worlds 2)

Last game played: Homefront

[L_N]

Marvel VS Capcom 3. And man, do my thumbs hurt...

[ConChron]

Doom Blade, fan made Dungeon Master.

I'm surrounded by dragons and I'm squealing like a little girl. :eek:

[-Epic-]

Recently I've been playing Super Mario Sunshine (again) and Pokémon Black version. I gave my DS to my brother though, so I'll just be playing Mario until the 3DS comes out.

[cryaegm]

Last game I played? Dragon Quest VI, but I'm still playing it right now. :p The last game before that was Alan Wake.

[Heidicvlach]

I just finished Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective for DS. It's a murder mystery story with time travel/object possessing physical puzzles. The ending blew my mind.

[Nick Blaze]

I'm currently playing RPGWO, Dragon Quest VI, and Wild ARMs 2.

[plaid_the_inhaler]

Just got done completing all the expansions for Fallout 3 (doesn't compare to the classic turn-based goodness, but the atmosphere grew on me). Starting to get into Fallout: New Vegas. Slightly embarrassed to admit I still play Star Trek: Birth of the Federation. Want to revisit Condemned: Criminal Origins. Creepy, trippy stuff, that one.

- Dave

[Gravity's Rainbow]

Minecraft

[Romantic Heretic]

Jade Empire (http://jade.bioware.com/). I'm rather enjoying it. It's like being inside a wuxia movie.

[AdriRaven]

I've been alternating between running through Fallout 3 and New Vegas, and playing Sims 2 - since it runs a bit better on my laptop than Sims 3. The story aspects of both franchises make me think a bit, and I've got a small notepad near my table for whenever I get thoughts.

[DavidBrett]

Switching between The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena, Mass Effect 2 and Red Dead Redemption - All amazing games in their own little ways.

[utesfanami]

Just bought Conduit 2. My wife and I really like the team invasion mode. Solid Wii FPS.

[IllustriousKnight]

Ridiculously addicted to Bayonetta at the moment. Love me a good 'hack n slash'. Chuffed as beans that Bayonetta 2 has been confirmed too! :D

[Ephiam]

Bayonetta 2 has been confirmed? I didn't hear anything about that! That's AWESOME news, because I absolutely LOVED Bayonetta. It's one of the very few games I've gotten roughly 100% of the obtainable items and what-not. Sadly that data is on another friend's XBOX, so I'll have to hunt him down and get it some day! It's just such a fun game, and the fact that it doesn't take its self too seriously also makes so fun to play. I love over-the-top in action games! Adds to the "awesome." Lol.


Well I finished Lufia: Curse of the Sinestrals for the Nintendo DS a few days ago, and I have to say that I enjoyed the hell out of that game. It reminded me of how much I liked puzzles mixed in to my RPGs! My only real complaint is that the story moved at near light-speed, and not many of the events had much time to really sink in. Other than that, I thought it was an awesome re-imagining!

Now I think I'm going to start Golden Sun for the GBA, and then move on to the second game... some time in the very distant future. =P

[Her Dark Star]

Just finished playing Knight of the old republic 1 and 2, been meaning to play them for years. Both awesome and disappointing at the same time

[Sefer]

Seiken Densetsu 3 for the fifth time

[Opty]

Just got Grand Theft Auto IV. It's one I'd been meaning to pick up for a while. Pretty good so far. Rockstar seems to always make good, deeply textured games. And, I like that they're usually designed with similar controls so, even though the stories are different, the games are still familiar.

[TenebraeAquilonis]

Been playing World of Warcraft lately, haven't played in years! That and the latest Monster Hunter on psp, its one of my all time favorite franchises :D

[TheMindKiller]

Playing iphone and ipad game smostly these days, lol. I watch Starcraft 2 but don't have the Internet to play it!

Playing Starfront, the starcraft knockoff for the ipad and other games like Infinity Field (a Geometry Wars knockoff) and Collision Effect.

[movieman]

Was trying to finish Witcher 1 before Witcher 2 was released, but I'm still only half-way through due to spending too much time writing :).

[roseangel]

Final Fantasy XII and XIII at the moment.

[parumpdragon]

Demos Rising (was nostalgic for an old computer and so I played while I was looking thru old files)

[playground_king]

Currently trying to beat Dragon Age and Enslaved.

[Eudoxia]

Played a little bit of Siren: Blood Curse an hour ago.

[Santini]

Last console game I played was the recent Mortal Kombat on the 360. Single player was fun and full of nostalgia, but online versus matches were hit-or-miss. Sunk a lot of time into playing, then dropped it all to continue writing.

Turns out I'd rather get better at completing a novel than a multi-hit combo string.

[DonnyTheDinosaur]

Kingdom of Loathing (http://www.kingdomofloathing.com)

[third person]

STALKER: Call of Pripyat. Not as good as the first one, Shadow of Chernobyl. However these are in my opinion the scariest survival horror game series there are right now. Imagine Fallout with zero camp, realistic weapon physics, and lots and lots of things that would even scare Australia's wildlife.

I'm about to give Morrowind another chance soon. Oblivion spoiled me, it was my first fantasy FPS (first person slash/stab get it? ha!) and I prefer realtime combat to diceroll combat. I guess I lose geek points for that, but I prefer games that require you to be the one actually fighting and not a math result.

[Cliff Face]

Been playing Neverwinter Nights 2 (not the expansions) tonight and a few nights ago.

I never actually finished that game when I originally bought it - I think I still have a working save game of where I got up to the first time through, but I'm going through from the beginning anyway.

I mostly want to find out what happens at the end of the story. And I also want to play the expansion, which I bought about a year ago and have never played. I won't play it until I've got the whole storyline from the original NWN2.

And as an added bonus, this game can keep me sane when life gets a little too much. Usually I write to escape my troubles, but gaming can be just as good, especially when I'm not in the mood to write, or have been writing homework stuff all day.

And I was thinking about reinstalling StarCraft and Brood Wars, and playing some multiplayer against the computer. I used to love doing that. 1 computer opponent could hardly ever beat me, but I used to love putting 7 computer opponents allied against me, and seeing how long I could last. Surprisingly, I could still win sometimes. :)

[third person]

Classic FPS games I wish still had a sizable following for online play:

Unreal Tournament (the first)
Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory (damn I miss this one)

This Halo-fication of games these days is disturbing. Back in the day PC games were for people that liked a challenge. Now, to appeal to the ADD addled spoiled brats that play XBOX all day things have to be big shiny easy. Instant gratification. No bueno. I want my days of Nintendo-level hard back! (TV tropes term. Don't look it up unless you want to waste hours on that site.)

[gambit924]

Last game I sat down and played was Suikoden. I am going to find those 108 characters whether they like it or not!

[Cliff Face]

LOL, Nintendo-level hard. Love it.

I grew up with Nintendo. Some of the most challenging games I ever played were on Nintendo's various systems.

I'm thinking specifically of Super Mario Bros. on the SNES, the first Donkey Kong on SNES (I could finish all the other ones with like 102%, but not the first one), GoldenEye and Perfect Dark on the N64.

I wish I still had an old SNES with Donkey Kong 2 -> 4 on it. (Were there 4 or only 3 on the SNES? *shrug*) I loved those games so much.

/nostalgic

[TH_Caldwell]

I recently finished playing Portal 2. Right now I'm in the middle of L.A. Noire and am playing Gears of War with the hubby.

[strategic_tragedies]

Final Fantasy 10.... Yeah. I'm serious.

[Arcadia Divine]

Fallout: New Vegas

[Gilroy Cullen]

Last played:

On PC:
Dungeon Siege: Legend of Aranna
Roller Coaster Tycoon

On XBox 360:
Halo 2
Return to Wolfenstein
Fable 2

[AloneBadman]

Xbox 360:
Dark Souls
Skyrim
Saint's Row the Third

[Gilroy Cullen]

Girlfriend got Skyrim for Christmas from her son. Awesome game on Xbox. Almost didn't come to work because of it.

[Anjasa]

PC gamer, through and through.

Been playing Skyrim & Saints Row: The Third :D

Still hemming and hawing over The Old Republic, but I think that'd cut in to my writing way too much...

[jerriecan]

Fallout: New Vegas on PC, with several mods installed (A World of Pain and New Vegas Bounties I and II, to be specific).

[Makeshift Bubbles]

Wario Land 3, on my trusty Game Boy Colour.

Yep, I'm pretty hardcore.

[Jehhillenberg]

L.A. Noir on PS3; it was okay. Not much variety in the cases or action.

[TenebraeAquilonis]

Been loving Skyrim....until the bf kicked me off to play Dragon Age 2.

[alpaca]

I last played The Sims 3 just earlier today. I've been playing those games since the original and I just can't get enough of them. Besides being fun (for me at least :P) I like that sometimes a character or event can inspire a story for my writing. It doesn't happen too often, but when it does I really enjoy that.

I played Lord of the Rings Online just a few days ago.. that was my replacement for WoW. I'm big on MMORPG games, and this one fits the bill.

[Nissie]

Bahh, Batman: Arkham City. Why u so many Riddler trophy sidequests? ;___;

[Anjasa]

I got to roleplay with friends last night in The Old Republic :D Hurray for RP!

[TenebraeAquilonis]

Been all over Dawn of the Dragon (yep, huge Spyro junkie), followed by lots of Skyrim.

[Lhipenwhe]

Dragon Age: Origins. I might play the (allegedly) bad sequel to it one day.

[TenebraeAquilonis]

Dragon Age: Origins. I might play the (allegedly) bad sequel to it one day.

Just wanna throw in I don't think the sequel is bad at all. Maybe not as many choices at the beginning but the graphics and gameplay make up for stuff like that :P

[Brutal Mustang]

I'm in the middle of Red Dead Redemption for the second time. The last new game I finished was Uncharted 3. I want Skyrim, but I'm saving every penny I have to buy a house.

[J.W. Alden]

Dragon Age: Origins. I might play the (allegedly) bad sequel to it one day.

Just wanna throw in I don't think the sequel is bad at all. Maybe not as many choices at the beginning but the graphics and gameplay make up for stuff like that :P

I have to agree. It was certainly nothing like the original, and in that much it's dissapointing if you loved Origins (which I did), but it's not a bad game at all. If you come into it without the expectation another Origins, you'll be pleased.

I can't wait to see what the next one is like after all of the complaints about this one though. Bioware is usually awesome at listening to fan feedback.

[mario_c]

OK, everyone can giggle at my cheapo Flash games habit. I don't know why I'm addicted to this game, but I am:
Bloons (http://ninjakiwi.com/Games/Tower-Defense/Play/Bloons-Tower-Defense-5.html)!
This is a really violent one with some inventive weapons and a few cool settings. It even has some shooter action with the right weapons:
Viva Caligula (http://games.adultswim.com/viva-caligula-adventure-online-game.html)
Here's one for you true believers out there :D
Seven Deadly Sins (http://www.flashninjaclan.com/zzz299_.php)
And for when you wanna kill some zombies (doesn't perform as fast in the latest version of Flash, for some weird reason):
Days2Die (http://armorgames.com/play/3531/days-2-die)
Hey, if I'm not gonna get any work done, why should anyone else? :e2tongue: Have fun!

[Rosethorn]

I was playing Star Wars: The Old Republic pretty regularly but I was also working at BioWare when I was playing. I didn't think I was loving the game just because I worked for them, but ever since I got let go, I'm having a hard time returning to the game.

For quick, fun breaks, I usually play Ticket to Ride on XBox 360.

[DamnStraight]

Dark Souls
Skyrim

[Snowball2695]

Am I weird for playing Morrowind and not skyrim? 'Cause I totally am.

[Zoombie]

Every once and a while, I'll go, "You know what was awesome? Freespace 2!"

Then I'll replay it and go, "Yup...still awesome."

[TenebraeAquilonis]

Was playing Final Fantasy XIII 24/7 but I just bought the sequel ;D Looove the Historia Crux idea and now the next portion of my life will be spent hunting down chocobos for racing.

[DragonHeart]

I've been playing Uncharted. Yeah, I'm a bit behind the times. It's aged pretty well, though some of the jumping mechanics are, erm, interesting. Glad they refined that a lot in 2, which I've already played.

[Opty]

Uncharted is a great game.

I just beat Mass Effect 2 on Insanity tonight to prep for next week's release of ME3.

[thothguard51]

Chess, Master level and its kicking my ass...

[LOG]

My first time playing Half-Life 2.
I played Half-Life a bit, but it was kind of buggy, and I couldn't finish it because long jump refused to work for me.
2 is pretty fun, I tried it on hard for a bit and it was definitely hard, though I could still succeed, but I decided to turn it back down to normal for Water Hazard and onward.

[TenebraeAquilonis]

Replaying Devil May Cry 4 with a little Monster Hunter Portable 3rd thrown in. Definitely some of my favorite series.

[Shadow Dragon]

Disgaea 2. Not quite as good as the original, but still a very fun game. You can certainly tell that they had a bigger budget this time and it shows in the music and battle animations. The humor feels a bit forced at times in this one, but it'll still get a laugh out of most people. Also the item names and descriptions are just genius. Like the one ax called Enforcer (description: I'll enforce you!) and a healing item called a charred newt (description: it didn't get better).

[Chiron]

Dragon Age 2. Thought it was gonna suckk because everyone complained. It wasn't bad. In fact, I loved it. One of my favorite games in a long time.

[darkangel77]

Star Wars: The Old Republic...was never a Star Wars fan but I love this game. And it's a good time-killer until I start school again, and/or Diablo 3 or Dragon Age 3 come out :-)

[DragonHeart]

I've been playing Jak and Daxter. :D Going to PAX just makes me want to play a million games haha. Saw Jak on the PSN and remembered that I never actually finished it so I figured I'd go ahead and do that. Already about 2/3rds of the way through the story, thinking about taking a break though. Trying to collect everything as I go and there are a few things that are really frustrating me right now.

[Shadow Dragon]

I've been playing the original Fallout. Considering when it was released, it's pretty good and it's definitely more challenging than Fallout 3 or NV. Though I do miss the autosave feature. I've had a few times when I didn't think to save the game for like an hour or so only to end up getting killed in a random encounter.

[Billtrumpet25]

Civ 5 as Russia.

Let's just say America got creamed. ;)

[gambit924]

Going back old school. Last game I played was Final Fantasy VII. I love you Cloud! And Sephiroth is hot as well, lol.

[Snowball2695]

I've been playing Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2 almost non stop for about 10 hours, and I still don't think I'm halfway through!
Seriously though, if you a fan of Strategy RPGs, you should really check this one out.

[chorsonn]

I got tired to racing games that I used to do; now I’ll go crazy over the Assassin’s Creed.

[narmowen]

Mass Effect 3, multiplayer. Then, I'll be back to Final Fantasy XII.

[alpaca]

The Sims 3. Doesn't really fit in with what many of you have mentioned. :)

[Romantic Heretic]

Arkham Asylum that finally came out on the Mac. Very tough, but fun.

[JeffRen]

Skyward Sword

Legen.............



.........dary

[Cliff Face]

Dawn Of War: Dark Crusade.

I never actually finished this game when I bought it, mostly because I played Necrons on Medium, and Tau were impossible to beat. This time? Tau, on Easy. :tongue

I'm making quick progress through it. Going to play a "weak" army on Easy next.

[Silence]

Battlefield 3, call of duty MW3 and recently dug COD 4 (MW1) out of storage and played it, old school mode is not something I would recommend for a melee match...

[TenebraeAquilonis]

Replaying Shadow of the Colossus, it's one of my all time favorite games. I love the fight with Phalanx!

[Lycoplax]

Dead Island. I didn't pay it any mind when it came out because I suspected it of being just like every other zombie game that came out in rapid succession at the peak of the zombie wave. I've checked out Left 4 Dead, Dead Rising, Dead Space, etc, and while each had its own merits, none kept my interest. (Though I enjoyed watching hubby play Dead Space, I didn't feel compelled to play it myself)

But hubby and I decided to give Dead Island a try a few weeks ago, and we're hooked. Not only is the combat very satisfying, and the environments expansive and just plain awesome to look at, the developers had way too much fun putting in bonuses and secrets to find. Like Jason freaking Voorhees. I killed him, won his chainsaw, then turned around to leave and he was standing right behind me. Pretty much scared the piss out of me. (I apologize if this is a spoiler for anyone, I figure the game's been out long enough by now)

And of course, looking forward to Assassin's Creed 3, Bioshock Infinite, and Resident Evil 6 this year.

(50th post! Yay!)