What Are You Playing This Weekend?

14 years ago

January 23, 2010 at 12:00 pm

How’s this for frustrating? I have Mass Effect 2 right here with me. But I cannot play it.

For one, I’m still on my replay of the original I started last weekend. I had previously finished it twice, but both times were over two years ago. Those experiences are a bit hazy now.

So I do want to completely refresh the memory before starting the sequel.

But, even if I had finished my third playthrough, I still wouldn’t be playing Mass Effect 2. The review code I have here only runs on a special “debug” console – it won’t work on my normal 360 where my save game is stored.

So if I do play Mass Effect 2, it won’t be with my Shepard.

Thing is, I don’t know for how much longer I can resist…

What games are you failing to resist this weekend?

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Dan @ CFx

January 23, 2010 at 2:24 pm

Modnation Racers Beta on PS3 otherwise back to Army Of Two 40th Day or Borderlands on 360 🙂

btw @ Mass Effect 2.. just play it!!!!!

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Tyr

January 23, 2010 at 2:27 pm

WoW… Damn that game to heck with its endless gameplay!

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linchowlewy

January 23, 2010 at 2:30 pm

same thing as most weekends. LoL

I might mix it up with finishing the first bioshock in preperation for Bioshock 2.

tempted to revisit Brutal legend and i still need to start Darksiders though.

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1. linchowlewy
  
  January 23, 2010 at 2:31 pm
  
  For the uninitiated LoL = League of Legends.
  
  A ridiculously awesome MoBA game which Kotaku reviewed and has had me hooked since beta.
  
  https://signup.leagueoflegends.com?ref=4b4e43b606ab3
  
  signup there if you so desire
  
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Lincoln Tanner

January 23, 2010 at 2:43 pm

I’m trying to get thru army of 2 40th day, finished dark void last nite was quite short but fun and yeah gonna finish off my playthru of mass effect ready for 2!

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Adam Grabda

January 23, 2010 at 2:46 pm

I’ll be hitting up some more of Darksiders and possibly play a bit of Borderlands Co-Op with a mate.

Great weekend to stay inside with the A/C maxed! Its so bloody hot!

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Ryan Chalker

January 23, 2010 at 2:47 pm

When are yesterday’s winners being announced?

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Andrew

January 23, 2010 at 2:51 pm

Have been watching a lot of Heavy rain videos to get myself psyched before it comes out. As for actually playing games, I decided to start a new game of infamous (being a good boy). I got about half way through the game, and just as I finished this uber hard mission with Cole escorting a bus to a hospital my game froze and I was set back like 2 hours of gameplay.

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Aliasalpha

January 23, 2010 at 2:55 pm

copy the save over with a memory card?

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1. David Wildgoose
  
  January 23, 2010 at 3:58 pm
  
  To be imported into ME2, the ME1 save must be on the storage device on which it was originally created. I am totally out of luck.
  
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  1. Aliasalpha
    
    January 23, 2010 at 6:53 pm
    
    How would it know the difference? Kind of a lame thing if it’s going to bugger up the people who upgrade their hard drive after playing mass effect 1
    
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  2. Steve
    
    January 23, 2010 at 7:24 pm
    
    Wait, so because I’ve switched consoles since playing Mass Effect, I won’t be able to import my character? Even though the save file is right fricking there on the new hard drive?
    
    That makes absolutely no sense.
    
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  3. Ben Theunissen
    
    January 24, 2010 at 8:05 pm
    
    What about if you bring over a few ME profiles to a memory card and then you finish the last battle on the memory card, Im pretty sure every game autosaves in the final battle
    
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femto

January 23, 2010 at 2:57 pm

I know what you are talking about, I just completed ME1 again so I am happy with my story for ME2.

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James Mac

January 23, 2010 at 2:59 pm

Mass Effect.

I want to reach level 60… and someone told me there’s an apartment reward if you finish pinnacle station, so I’ve got to go through that too.

Maybe some Darksiders if I get time.
Thank God Tuesday’s a public holiday.

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Strife

January 23, 2010 at 3:08 pm

…..That is so awesome id just play it cause you know ur gonna play through the game like 2 or 3 times anyway

i’ve got everything I want so im not resisting playing anything atm

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Nick Corcoran

January 23, 2010 at 3:09 pm

you say it’s a special debug console, but couldn’t you just whack your hard drive into the debug console?

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1. David Wildgoose
  
  January 23, 2010 at 3:56 pm
  
  Unfortunately, no. Retail console hard drives don’t work on debug consoles.
  
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  1. Nick Corcoran
    
    January 24, 2010 at 8:20 pm
    
    well that’s got to suck. just play it with out your old save. i’m not going to bother with my old save i want to start from scratch.
    
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Matthew Hema

January 23, 2010 at 3:09 pm

going back to complete all the DLC for fallout 3, oorah! to GOTY edition

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Noel Ash

January 23, 2010 at 3:12 pm

Legend of Zelda 2: Adventures of Link
Duke Nukem 3d

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Paul Puccio

January 23, 2010 at 3:14 pm

Finishing off Bayonetta, then straight back in for a playthrough on hard!

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Mr Explody

January 23, 2010 at 3:14 pm

My copy of Bayonetta Climax Edition arrived so I’m playing that. Bayonetta is such a slurry in the game with a filthy mouth.

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1. Dilbert
  
  January 23, 2010 at 8:02 pm
  
  kudos on the use of ‘slurry’, personally its one of my favorite words
  
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Adam

January 23, 2010 at 3:17 pm

Gonna go through some Mirror’s Edge time trials and hopefully pick up MW2 if I can be bothered.

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SF

January 23, 2010 at 3:24 pm

Still MW2 online. I’m ready for the map packs though…

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Dunnowhathuh

January 23, 2010 at 3:34 pm

The original Deus Ex. Part of me wants to play some Mass Effect as well but chances are I won’t. Happy with letting my 2 year old save file sit until the game is finally released.

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Old_Skool_Gamer

January 23, 2010 at 3:35 pm

This weekend I’m getting into Afro Samurai, when I finish that I’ll be finishing off Assassin’s Creed (the first one). I also hired Race Pro so I’ll be playing a bit of that, and I bought Sega Mega Drive Ultimate Collection for 15 bucks so if I get time I’ll squeeze some of that in too.

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Andrew Mills

January 23, 2010 at 3:41 pm

Personally I’m failing to resist not resisting the original Mass Effect on my PC.

…I think that makes sense.

Either way I just can’t get myself into the mood for a SciFi RPG at the moment, even after having only yesterday seen the jaw droppingly good Avatar in my local cinema.

So for the time being, I’m delighting myself with yet another play through of GTAIV, this time I went with the charcoal suit though. Very stylish.

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1. Sabmac
  
  January 24, 2010 at 5:39 am
  
  I spent most of last month playing GTAIV again… In a charcoal suit O_O
  
  Managed to get around to some ME though. Finished it, only to have it crash during the cut scene after killing whatshisface. (I do pay attention to the story, I’m just shit with names). So I have to finish it again. Yay. Lucky I’m pretty well advanced.
  
  This weekend I won’t be playing much as I’ll be working constantly. But on MY weekend, which is wed/thurs/fri, I’ll be playing ME2 🙂
  
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Aidan Dullard

January 23, 2010 at 3:43 pm

Possibly more frustrating than having Mass Effect 2 and not being able to play it is not having Mass Effect 2 and wanting to play it 😛

I told myself I wasn’t going to play through Mass Effect 1 for the 4th time, but the allure of an Adept and mild insanity have led me to once again switch on my console.

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Rick Thatcher

January 23, 2010 at 3:47 pm

Oh man that sucks!

I am playing Mass Effect for the first time. I don’t know how I managed to put it off so long, especially since I loved KOTOR.

Also playing Darksiders which is a LOT of fun, and my usual FIFA 10.

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1. Quinn
  
  January 23, 2010 at 10:49 pm
  
  Yeah I am playing ME for the first time as well, I got it for PC because it was only $5 on steam. Yay! Too bad it has audio issues, lol.
  
  I don’t really like how it feels though. It’s too much like playing every other game on the Unreal engine. Thats not to say I dislike it, just I prefer the ‘proper’ RPGness of KOTOR, Jade Empire and Dragon Age.
  
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Raytheon

January 23, 2010 at 3:50 pm

I will be endlessly searching for green bar matches on mw2, and playing Red Faction, which i have just bought.

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oggob

January 23, 2010 at 3:57 pm

for today at least, everything… in a house with no air-conditioning… it’s rather humid and hot… and I do have faith in all my gaming consoles, just feel it’s best to not run them on a day like today…

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Andrew Low

January 23, 2010 at 4:12 pm

I just can’t seem to quit you Borderlands.

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Mark P

January 23, 2010 at 4:17 pm

Finally pulled my copy of Mass Effect off the shelf that’s been collecting dust to see what all the fuss is about before 2 arives.

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Tori

January 23, 2010 at 4:26 pm

Replaying Bayonetta on Hard, trying to get used to adjusting dodge times.

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Jared Araniego

January 23, 2010 at 4:40 pm

Bayonetta!! And Puzzle fighter HD Remix thingo and Marvel Vs Capcom 2! AND a boy and his blob. AAH it’s all too much.

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Marcel

January 23, 2010 at 5:34 pm

Working hard this weekend, so i have time to play some Battlefield bad company 2 PC beta next week.

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Nathan Runge

January 23, 2010 at 5:54 pm

I’m going through the boundless joy of the playing the game I’m developing… endlessly. Damn you Dr. Obstacle!

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Matfei

January 23, 2010 at 6:03 pm

Mass Effect… Replaying with my Shepard, doing everything, making the right choices, refreshing my memory of the experience.

Bring on ME2, booyah.

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Nick Matthews

January 23, 2010 at 6:04 pm

About to hit Virmire on my Mass Effect 1 replay, then putting some time into Vandal Hearts: Flames of Judgement before ME2 hits.

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Steve Roderick

January 23, 2010 at 7:52 pm

Mass Effect 1

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Josh

January 23, 2010 at 7:54 pm

This weekend I’m playing Metroid Prime Trilogy like I have for the past 5 or 6 weekends. 50 hours in and I’m near the end of MP2. Also playing Modern Warfare Reflex Edition online alot.

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RK

January 23, 2010 at 8:14 pm

GH5. Maybe psych myself up to grind out a couple more bosses in Demon’s Glitches 😉

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Brian Uden

January 23, 2010 at 8:52 pm

Just finished Uncharted 2, and now straight into Hard mode.

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Ben

January 23, 2010 at 10:51 pm

Might continue with a New Game + on Mass Effect in preparation for ME2.

At the moment, I’m about to boot up Jedi Academy. Love the Jedi Knight / Dark Forces games.

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Jared Araniego

January 23, 2010 at 11:37 pm

Bayonetta, A Boy and His Blob mostly. Then Puzzle Fighter HD Remix thingo and Marvel vs Capcom 2 on the side. FUN!

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Peter Richards

January 24, 2010 at 12:24 am

I can’t sleep, have two games to choose from. MW2 or Batman AA, haven’t played either yet.

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Marcel

January 24, 2010 at 12:59 am

Just downloading Mass effect 1 from steam, to play again before Mass effect 2 comes out… unfortunately being a Bigpond user >< im forced to use steamwatch so i dont waste my Quota – Making the download very very painfully slow

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Matthew Buckner

January 24, 2010 at 1:56 am

Finished my 2nd play through of Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 today on the Legendary difficulty – not that legendary btw, was pretty easy. Now i’m booting up Dead Space, picked it up for $39 this morning at Game. One of the games I just never got around to buying/playing, until now…

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Jay Pecoraro

January 24, 2010 at 3:49 am

My Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep Japanese import, been playing it all week and all weekend.

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HotDamn!

January 24, 2010 at 9:41 am

Mid-way through a Killzone 2 play-through….but this weekend I’ve had an itch for some racing, so been playing Forza 3. Sweet game. I spend half my time customising my cars.

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Nathan Runge

January 24, 2010 at 12:55 pm

Getting some Valkyria Chronicles in again… Damn I love that game.

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Andrew Hobbs

January 24, 2010 at 1:30 pm

I would be playing ME1, but I switched to a 360 Elite a while ago, and somehow the Bring Down the Sky DLC got corrupted and I have to download it again. Internode chose this time to cut off my internet for reasons they cannot explain.

So, I borrowed Halo 3 ODST from my brother and I’m trying to get some achievements in AC2!

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Sage

January 24, 2010 at 1:58 pm

Finishing darksiders. Up to final boss battle.
After that, not sure… been thinking of trying to slam out a playthrough of Mass Effect before no. 2 comes out.

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WTHfor

January 24, 2010 at 3:40 pm

Mass Effect second play-through.

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Crazyguy1990

January 24, 2010 at 5:16 pm

I’m finally playing the full version of LittleBigPlanet! 😀

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jim

January 25, 2010 at 12:54 am

I also have a copy of ME2 I can’t play, because MY GODDAMN 360 DECIDED TO DIE ON THURSDAY! WWWWWWHHHHHYYY?!

Last straw Microsoft, last straw.

And if I’m about to get a barrage of replies telling me to get a PS3 then don’t bother I got one already.

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CyK

January 25, 2010 at 10:40 am

Animal Crossing Wii…

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