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zebano

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League of Legends
Titan Quest - probably won't finish this, the only reason D2 was so great was the multiplayer.
Kings Bounty - great fun but I've just started my third character I keep changing classes and upping the difficulty level. I need to buckle down and finish it one of these days.
More League of Legends!!! (awesome game)
 

ImpulsE69

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SC2 multiplayer
Bad Company 2 multiplayer

Thats it, nothing exciting out or has been out for a long time it seems.


If you might be getting bored of SC2 and haven't already, try out League of Legends. Not the same game, but I was addicted to SC2...tried League of Legends and haven't played SC2 since...
 

ChrisAttebery

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I just finished the HL2: Minerva mod. I downloaded the Mission Improbable mod to play next.

I just got DiRT2 about a month ago and it's taking care of my racing needs since the RC track is rained out for the winter.

I also bought Batman:AA off Steam yesterday. I won't have a video card that can play it until Christmas, but I've got a GTX460 coming. I saw some demos of it before it was released on the GTX480 and it looks great to me.
 

Powermoloch

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Jul 5, 2005
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COD:BO
COD:MW2
SC2
LFD2
ME:1
Just Cause:2 (demo :) )
Dirt 2 (deleted after a few mins because of GFWL lame)
 

brandonb

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World of Goo - Finally beat it, probably won't touch it again (it's a nice game but the replay value isn't too high)

Asheron's Call - Resubbed since its cheaper than most games, and my home internet sucks so I wanted something to test for MMORPG latency where I didn't have to invest into a game for something that may or might not work well.

Rift : Planes of Telara - Beta testing this MMORPG but did not even log into beta 2 after playing beta 1 (didn't like the game much)

That's about it for this month.
 

MentalIlness

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Nov 22, 2009
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Wow, AOM is old school now isn't it?

I don't understand playing all of them. I would just play the most recent or most entertaining one. Are you playing multiplayer or campaign?

Well, Age Of Mythology is old school. But not as old as the other Age Of Empires games I am currently playing. Id say it is on Age Of Empires 3 level of detail.

And no, I don't play them multiplayer. I only play the campaigns.

EXCELLENT games. And the replay value is endless.

And quite honestly, I have 3 copies of each one that I listed. In case something would happen to a copy. Great games.

Ever played these on a 40' screen ? Its great on a snowy day with a cup of coffee. :)
 

JoshGuru7

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PC:
Big Brain Wolf ($, 2/5)
Just Cause 2 ($$, 5/5)
Poker Night at the Inventory ($, 2/5)
Plants vs. Zombies ($, 5/5)
Bloody Good Time ($, 4/5)
Sam & Max 106: Bright Side of the Moon ($, 3/5)
Bit.Trip Beat ($, 3/5)
Call of Duty: Black Ops ($$$, 4/5)
Civilization 5 ($$$, 5/5)

PS3:
Resonance of Fate ($$, 4/5)
Demon Souls ($$, 5/5)
 
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NoSoup4You

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Feb 12, 2007
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NBA 2K11
Risen
Mass Effect
Mass Effect 2
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2

After several playthroughs I finally decided to tackle Mass Effect on Insanity, it was a breeze in ME1 but ME2 is absolutely brutal. Played/playing both as a Vanguard, that's an 'insta-win' class in ME1 but in ME2 I die a lot. Kind of frustrating that all enemies have shield/armor on Insanity, it makes squadmates without any shield/armor specific powers damn near useless (Jack, Jacob...).

Modern Warfare 2 is the best of the CoD's on PC, I'm still undecided about Black Ops. It's such a huge step backward from a technical perspective - graphics, sound are all completely awful compared to MW2 (I'm refering to multiplayer only, didn't bother with the campaign much - seemed a typical CoD snooze-fest).

Risen was a blast up until I finally reached Act 2 - I was hoping to be a full caster (Mage) but instead I'm still relying mostly on melee weapons. This might be because I put too many points into staff fighting (had to to beat that Master Aric guy...) and now my magic and mana aren't up to snuff yet...

NBA 2K11... it was the best bball game ever upon release. They've kind of mucked it up with patches, frustrating when you get used to the gameplay and then they change up everything on you. Great game though.
 
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Kalmah

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Oct 2, 2003
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-Evil Genius

-Installed Dungeon keeper 2 a couple of days ago(works surprisingly well on win7 with compatibilty set to xp service pack 3 and visual themes disabled) I also forced aa and 16 af in drivers.

-Team Fortress 2
 

Attic

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Jan 9, 2010
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The ones that are getting most of my attention the last two weeks:

DMC4 - Love the graphical style, looks awsome at full details. The attack style is fast and the progression of moves and in game story sat well with me. Some truely epic boss battles.

Darkriders - A must for Zelda fans imo. It's like a badass post apocolyptic zelda on steroids. Not at all what I was expecting. Performance is low on my rig, 45-60fps. I would have thought locked at 60fps. Doesn't have the epic feel of Zelda, but the protaganist is bad ass enough to slightly make up for it.

Aaaaaaaaaaahaaaaaaa - Indie jumper game.
 

power_hour

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Oct 16, 2010
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Dragons Age Origins
Forza3
BFBC2

Downloading the Witcher and Borderlands from the awesome Steam sale... :whiste:
 

zerocool84

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Nov 11, 2004
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Just been playing console games. Gran Turismo 5. I need to play BF:BC2 Vietnam more or TF2 for the Xmas stuff they always do.
 

CPA

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Nov 19, 2001
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Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light (finished it)
Darksiders (about 80% done)
Little bit of Fallout NV
 

MentalIlness

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Nov 22, 2009
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Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light (finished it)

So exactly how good is this game ? I have it, but haven't installed it yet though. Good ? Bad ? Ugly ?

I do have 2 360 controllers to use as well with the game.
 

Modular

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Jul 1, 2005
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Ever played these on a 40' screen ? Its great on a snowy day with a cup of coffee. :)

40 feet? I'd imagine that's pretty great on any day, and with any beverage. ;)

I've been playing Batman AA. It's a great game! The only problem is that I'm going to have a hard time not making sure I get all the interview tapes, etc.
 

MustangSVT

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Oct 7, 2000
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QWOP - about 30 minutes this week. 16meters baby!.

and my colleague shows me how to beat it using a flaw in the game... blah...
 

Borealis7

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Oct 19, 2006
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i have less and less time to play nowadays, but Diablo 2:Lord of destruction :D
shame i cant get the high-res patch to work.
 

GullyFoyle

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Battlefield 2 with the DconX mod - I have been building some new CTF maps to play with some buds.
BFBC2 - Got back in after about a months break to play the new map pack 7 and Vietnam.
Battlefield Play4Free - played a few hours of the beta.
 

HunterDT

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Two Worlds 2 took up most of December for me. Now I am playing Titan Quest thanks to the Steam sale.
 

dpodblood

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May 20, 2010
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Guild Wars: Factions
COD: Black Ops
Super Meat Boy
Ratchet and Clank: Tools of Destruction
Infamous