I expect many of you will be playing whatever new games you got for Christmas. Meanwhile, I’ll be enjoying the apocalypse thanks to an early review copy of Darksiders.
I’ll also be installing the preview code of Stalker: Call of Pripyat that landed on my desk just before I left the office for the holidays. And maybe I’ll have time to find out just how much Rapture has changed in the years between BioShock and its upcoming sequel.
How about you?
Stephen Alexander
Saturday, December 26, 2009 at 9:01 PMI’ve been playing the God of War collection since I never got to play the original titles on the PS2. I’ve gotta say that despite it’s age, the game holds up remarkably well visually.
Trent Watherston
Saturday, December 26, 2009 at 9:10 PMTime to finish the pro-registrataion side on Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 this weekend i think.
Though now that i have 10 days til i head back to work, i will be be investing a lot of time into the games i haven’t had time to play. Uncharted and Uncharted 2 are at the top of the list. I might also attempt investing in an uncensored copy of Left 4 Dead 2.
Dunnowhathuh
Saturday, December 26, 2009 at 9:33 PMAssassin’s Creed 2, Killzone 2, Left 4 Dead 2 (…that’s a lot of 2′s) and Ratchet and Clank Crack in Time ALL AT THE SAME TIME.
lorrie
Monday, December 28, 2009 at 3:39 PMHow many pairs of hands do you have? Also 4 tvs and consoles.. Damn lots of hands must mean lots of money :P
Chuloopa
Saturday, December 26, 2009 at 9:34 PMI’ve just finally completed Batman Arkum Asylum’s Story mode, but i’m still swinging about determined to hunt down every last Riddler trophy. I haven’t been this addicted to a game for quite a while.
But as of 4am tomorrow (sunday morning) i’ll be taking the 8 hour drive to Adelaide with my lovely Girlfriend to spend a week with her relatives, so i won’t have much time for gaming unfortunately. Although i have remained optimistic and dragged my DS along for the time away.
I’m quite keen to hear what Darkstalkers is like past that initial hour. Very much looking forward to your feedback Mr. Goose.
Remember try not to binge too much on games while you’re on your break as you may have to end up going to Gamer Rehab – and we all know how costly that “vital” service is =)
Master911
Saturday, December 26, 2009 at 10:26 PMRecently Finished Duke Duke Nukem: Zero Hour, and i am now playing Need for Speed Hot Pursuit, Resident evil 3 and Build A Lot 4
Chris Ryan
Saturday, December 26, 2009 at 10:41 PMFirstly, damn you Wildgoose and your early War gaming. I trust that ChaosEater feels fine to wield. Our eldest is trying to find his best mate on GTA4, who for some reason is not showing up in-game. Meanwhile getting invites for MW2 from friends, but I want to take advantage of/abuse the Uncharted dbl points weekend. The Dantes Inferno may well get another run-thru- 2010 sure looks like a fine year for next gen beaters, TBH God of War 3 demo looks less impressive than both Bayonetta AND Dante so far…
David Putz
Sunday, December 27, 2009 at 2:25 AMBatman:AA and finishing off that one match I’ve started in Sins of a Solar Empire thats gone for 4 hours so far.
Jay
Sunday, December 27, 2009 at 3:00 AMMy XBox just red ringed about 3 hours ago, so I’m going to finally boot up InFamous I think. Shame, I just got a copy of AC2 as well. :(
Joshua Iacobozzi
Sunday, December 27, 2009 at 6:08 AMI’m playing GH5 since I snagged the RB full instrument set yesterday at the sales. It’s pretty fun, but the drums are kind of unresponsive. Still a steal for the price I got.
Strange
Sunday, December 27, 2009 at 1:14 PMYou can download a drum tuning app on your PC through Activision. Although to use it you’ll need the MIDI-USB cable which is tricky to obtain in Australia. There used to be a link on Red Octane’s site but apparently now you have to ask them for it via http://guitarhero.custhelp.com/
Strange
Sunday, December 27, 2009 at 1:16 PMOh wait, you’re using the Rock Band drums? Don’t think there’s all that much you can do with those, sorry.
Joshua Iacobozzi
Sunday, December 27, 2009 at 7:11 PMThanks for your help, anyway. I’m pretty sure they’ll just loosen up with time. The guitar and mic are perfect, though. And it’s alright, no need to apologize.
WTHfor
Sunday, December 27, 2009 at 10:49 AMI got the games that were on my wishlist for some time.. Fallout 3 GOTY, Mass Effect & C&C 3 Tiberium Wars. By the time I get through those we could really be into a post-apocalyptic future. :)
bazuden
Sunday, December 27, 2009 at 10:56 AMI enjoyed wasting Death with his own blade in Dante’s Inferno demo. The rest of my game time has consisted of loving/hating Machinarium.
Joshua Iacobozzi
Sunday, December 27, 2009 at 7:13 PMSo did I. It’s awesome how the blade has that hinge that moves to turn the scythe into a spear and a sort of halberd. I thought the Holy Blast attacks with the cross were too overpowered, though, there didn’t seem to be any visible cooldown system that I noted.
Strange
Sunday, December 27, 2009 at 11:46 AMI’m playing nothing.
Apparently I’m last in the gaming pecking order when everyone’s on holidays.
Seeing as I’m the cook and I’m never on holidays I’m almost considering dosing their food with sleeping pills so I can get my turn. Almost.
Sweating Bullets
Sunday, December 27, 2009 at 12:07 PMWildgoose a quick question for you – which version of Darksiders are you playing? Xbox or PS? If both – which version is better in your opinion and why?
David Wildgoose
Sunday, December 27, 2009 at 12:09 PMI’ve only played the 360 version, so I can’t really comment.
GuestNAME
Sunday, December 27, 2009 at 12:10 PMSpirit Tracks FTW!!!
Cerzel
Sunday, December 27, 2009 at 12:21 PMGoing through Vagrant Story, having just grabbed it off PSN. This game was great before, but now that I’m older and actually understand how it works, the battle system is even better than I remembered. It helps that this is the first time I turned on the messages for the equipment status changes, because I never knew how the affinities worked until now.
And damn, Sydney is still one of the best villains ever. I just wish the other games set in Ivalice were half as interesting.
Strange
Sunday, December 27, 2009 at 1:22 PMVagrant Story is one of my favourite games of all time. Even though I have it on disc and play it again every few years I’m tempted to buy it on PSN so I can have portable Vagrant Story goodness on my PSP.
Aran
Sunday, December 27, 2009 at 1:24 PMI’m probably going to buy LoZ: Spirit Tracks tomorrow, so I’ll be playing that pretty heavily. Also I bought my old man the complete Age Of Empires 3 collection for xmas, so I’m playing that as well. >_>
Joshua Iacobozzi
Sunday, December 27, 2009 at 5:47 PM@ Swearing Bullets
Just use a guide video on the web. It’ll be boring, but it’s basically free achievement points. This is pretty much what collecting items like intel and collectibles around the game world has become for me, a chore. Especially with free-world games, there is often no challenge, most notably Prototype and Spiderman: Web of Shadows. I liked the Audio Logs in ODST however since they actually gave you an insight into Sadie’s Story.
Ari
Sunday, December 27, 2009 at 8:36 PMJust finally starting to get into my holidays so I’ve decided to do some gaming catch up: Shadow of the Colossus, Flower and InFamous for me. Also a Platinum on AC2 would be lovely.
Scott Gardner
Sunday, December 27, 2009 at 9:32 PMAh, Infamous is good, It makes me wish I had a PS3.
Simon Hutchinson
Sunday, December 27, 2009 at 11:38 PMThis is one of the most linear games i have ever played. Square has put the focus solely on the story.
The game does open up towards the end but up until then (which is around 30 hours, at least) you are in a pipe running from enemy to boss fight to cut scene to boss fight
Expect people to call this Final Fantasy XIII: Metal Gear Solid 4 edition because teh amount and length of cut scenes, while beautiful, is bordering ridiculous.
That said, i still stand by my comment that the game is awesome but the FF purists are going to want to destroy Square Enix. Final Fantasy 1 through 7 this is not.
Anthony Massingham
Monday, December 28, 2009 at 10:52 AMWell, I Was going to play the copy of MW2 I got for xmas, however my xbox decided to red ring just intime. So I will either play Ghostbusters ( which was gifted to me for xmas over steam ), Bioshock for old times sake, or Vampire the Masquerade because it’s awesome.