What Are You Playing This Weekend?

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March 13, 2010 at 9:00 am

With my 360 off getting repaired, I’ve been spending a lot more time with my PS3 than I normally would. Heavy Rain, Final Fantasy XIII and Yakuza 3 have all occupied my time in recent weeks, to varying degrees of enjoyment.

But the most pleasure I’ve had is revisiting Valkyria Chronicles. I downloaded all the DLC and started a new game on the hardest difficulty. It’s a total and utter bastard. But otherwise, reacquainting myself with Squad 7 of the Gallian militia has been just the tonic after the previous JPRG I played.

I’m also going to be checking out Just Cause 2 for some crazy antics before heading into yet another JRPG in Resonance of Fate.

What are you playing this weekend?

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Sesshomaru

March 13, 2010 at 9:13 am

Final Fantasy XIII. I’m up to the chapter 9 boss. He kicked my butt last night, but I formulated a strategy in my sleep, so I am going to show him. Then maybe some RE5 so I can access Josh, I mean that separate ways rip off…

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shimano

March 13, 2010 at 9:32 am

Burnout Paradise and MW2

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Old_Skool_Gamer

March 13, 2010 at 9:36 am

Hey Dave, can you let us know what Just Cause 2 is like.

On topic, This weekend I’ll be venturing to Pandora and spending some time with James Cameron’s Avatar. After that I’ll be heading for Star Wars: The Force Unleashed.

I’ll probably squeeze in some Lazy Raiders as well to break things up a bit. Great little game but I wouldn’t reccomend it to anyone that couldn’t handle that rotating Tetris Kotaku linked to a while ago.

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Dunnowhathuh

March 13, 2010 at 9:49 am

Final Fantasy XIII. Might throw some Bad Company 2 in there if I can actually connect.

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Cam

March 13, 2010 at 10:05 am

Gonna jump into Yakuza 3

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1. bazuden
  
  March 13, 2010 at 5:58 pm
  
  Should’ve been called Legal Guardian 3.
  
  But I must admit I’ve enjoyed playing it so far. Just wish it would hurry up and get a bit more gangsta and a little less babysitter.
  
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Jason

March 13, 2010 at 10:07 am

I picked up my Black Wii last night, so it’s going to be new Super Mario Bros FTW!, also due to my internet cap moving to a 50GB plan, I’ll be downloading all the content I have queued on my PSN account.

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tallkid123

March 13, 2010 at 10:08 am

Just finished Heavy Rain last night. Was playing a bit of SFIV with my TE stick this morning and if there’s time, will probably get stuck into Bioshock 2.

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Luke

March 13, 2010 at 10:12 am

Hard mode for a new game? I thought difficulty levels only existed for skirmish battles. Is there new DLC for difficulty levels for the main game? >goes to Wikipedia<

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1. David Wildgoose
  
  March 13, 2010 at 11:55 am
  
  Yes, I meant the skirmish battles. Poor phrasing on my part.
  
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Sabmac

March 13, 2010 at 10:26 am

BC2 (PC). Oh, and the clipal 500 🙂 Might record it to my PS3.

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matt30822

March 13, 2010 at 10:27 am

I am actually playing DoW2 Chaos Rising which has surprised me so much. What an excellent game! I think in terms of gameplay, intensity and story it is so much better then the vanilla Dow2. Easily one of my favourite games this year (so far – right up there with Mass 2).

Also planning on getting some BC2 MP in as well.

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rob

March 13, 2010 at 10:28 am

Digging out some recent oldies this weekend. Advance Wars: Dual Strike for a long car trip today, then tonight or tomorrow I’ll bust out some Company of Heroes multiplayer with my bros.

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Mr Waffle

March 13, 2010 at 10:33 am

Dawn of War 2: Chaos Rising. It’s totally rad. There’s nothing like the sound of a Dreadnaught Assault Cannon in the morning… FOR THE EMPEROR!

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Brendan Keogh

March 13, 2010 at 10:44 am

I’m continuing to work through my Evil Fallout 3 character, as well as my Infamous-difficulty Far Cry 2 game.

Oh, and I discovered Doodle Jump, which will most likely be my most played game for the weekend if my wrist doesnt snap.

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legless joe

March 13, 2010 at 11:00 am

MW2

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Cerzel

March 13, 2010 at 11:20 am

FFXIII. Might also play some Megaman 10 and ODST or Modern Warfare 2 if either of them show up soon enough (ordered ’em online to get them both like $40 cheaper than even GAME is selling them for).

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Chris Bobridge

March 13, 2010 at 11:25 am

My Final Fantasy copy hasn’t arrived yet, so, some Bioshock 2 multiplayer will suit me just fine. I’m a little bit disappointed that it just seems to be an unlock code for the Sinclair Solutions Test Pack, unless it was in an update I didn’t notice to the game.

And possibly some of the Just Cause 2 demo.

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1. David Wildgoose
  
  March 13, 2010 at 11:52 am
  
  Most multiplayer DLC works that way. The content is pushed to every player via a title update then unlocked for those who purchase it. Otherwise it would create problems for matches involving players with and without the DLC.
  
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  1. Chris Bobridge
    
    March 13, 2010 at 12:27 pm
    
    Thanks for the reply, David. I’d figured that out but yeah, couldn’t actually remember a title update. 🙂
    
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    1. Chris Bobridge
      
      March 13, 2010 at 3:45 pm
      
      http://www.kotaku.com.au/2010/03/bioshock-2s-dlc-is-on-the-disc-to-keep-us-all-together/#more-383501
      
      Though this seems to say it *was* already on the disc ‘to keep the player base together’. Surely they could have made a patch that included the more data as you suggested to keep us together?
      
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      1. David Wildgoose
        
        March 13, 2010 at 9:42 pm
        
        I hadn’t seen that quote at the time. They don’t actually say it *is* on the disc, but given they don’t say it *isn’t* you’d have to assume it is. Poor form, 2K.
      2. formulated
        
        March 14, 2010 at 11:09 am
        
        Poor form 2K, is the multiplayer community that doesn’t have a HDD to store DLC really so big that they would affect the online experience? Do people without HDD’s even buy points? Why not just allow access to the content from launch.. or a FREE unlock?! The argument of restricting content until a certain date to keep the game fresh and new can still apply, no need to charge people for it though.
        The one thing that I’d imagine splitting the community is price, and not users available storage space or their download quota.
Vash128

March 13, 2010 at 11:26 am

I loved Valkyria Chronicles haven’t gotten the DLC yet but when I have no more new games to play I think i’ll revisit it and get the DLC. Currently playing Yakuza 3 and loving it!

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Andrew

March 13, 2010 at 12:00 pm

Did anyone else sign up to the FF14 beta?

http://entry.ffxiv.com/eu/index.html

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1. Cerzel
  
  March 13, 2010 at 12:11 pm
  
  Oh, there’s a EU section?
  Despite registering for a european account and inputting the FFXIII code in that account, when they sent me the email to apply for the beta it linked to the NA application, which refused my euro account, so I thought it was NA only.
  Way to give the wrong link, Square-Enix.
  
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  1. Cerzel
    
    March 13, 2010 at 12:12 pm
    
    …Or not. It’s still refusing it.
    Probably should have tried before just seeing the /eu/ part and making that comment.
    
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    1. Jamie Thomson
      
      March 14, 2010 at 1:45 am
      
      Yeah I’m having the same problem. It wasn’t accepting my eu login, so I went in a set up another one through the beta application website, but now that won’t accept my code…
      
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2. Jay Pecoraro
  
  March 14, 2010 at 4:01 pm
  
  I was going to, however EB gave me a 360 code instead of a PS3 one, and I tried the 360 one and it turns out its already been used. EB are hopeless. -.-
  I’m going back this week and damnding a PS3 code, I really want to have the chance to try out the beta.
  
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Adrian Verna

March 13, 2010 at 12:31 pm

Final Fantasy XIII, and maybe some Tatsunoko vs Capcom. I’m up to Chapter 5 in FFXIII. I don’t care what the haters say, I’m having fun with it.

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Justin Tam

March 13, 2010 at 12:46 pm

Second playthrough of Mass Effect and possibly some Assassin’s Creed II.

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Strife

March 13, 2010 at 12:56 pm

Yakuza 3 fo sho I sooo hope they release 4 in english or im gonna be pissed

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1. Matthew Buckner
  
  March 13, 2010 at 1:45 pm
  
  NO, that’s a terrible idea! One of the best things about Yakuza is the Japanese language track! There is nothing worse than listening to shitty american voice overs in Japanese games! That being said, the voice acting in FFXIII isn’t too bad. Although the young red haired chick, Vanille is pretty bad. Which is unfortunate because she is an Australian…but I think that’s her downfall..she is trying to do a different accent but her Australian accent keeps creeping through.
  
  Anywho, I’ll be digging deeper into FFXIII, playing some BFBC2 MP and a bit of Lego Rock Band thrown in for good measure.
  
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Braaains

March 13, 2010 at 1:50 pm

Bought Yakuza 3 while it was on launch-window sale, but I think I’ll leave it for a couple of weeks until God of War 3 has come and gone. Nothing else gets played when a new GOW game comes out, so best to keep the decks clear 🙂

Will be having another run through Heavy Rain (I’ll try not to get you killed this time, Norman, I promise), and maybe start New Game+ in Demon’s Souls.

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PlasmaDavid

March 13, 2010 at 2:56 pm

RUSEbetaRUSEbetaRUSEbetaRUSEbetaRUSEbeta

Also the RUSE beta, giving that a shot.

Also a touch of Advance Wars DS, some Animal Crossing DS and possibly will start HL2 Episode 2.

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Crazyguy1990

March 13, 2010 at 3:48 pm

I’m breaking out my wheel and playing GT5: Prologue.

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Neb-X

March 13, 2010 at 3:48 pm

Chaos Rising, Lego Universe Beta and R.U.S.E Beta. There will probably be some Bad Company 2 and Modern Warfare 2 multiplayer in there as well.

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Matthew Herne

March 13, 2010 at 5:14 pm

I’m just about finished Heavy Rain, and will probably finish that if I can bring myself to. I always find it hard to finish and put games away that I’ve gotten really engrossed in – you can kind of only experience it for the first time once. I always end up finishing them eventually though.

Other than that, Final Fantasy XIII and maybe Ace Attorney Investigations.
You’ve reminded me though – I still have to finish Valkyria Chronicles, so I might do that if I get a chance!

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xKomusox

March 13, 2010 at 7:42 pm

FFXIII all the way, maybe a little WKC grinding but i doubt it.

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Andy Te

March 13, 2010 at 7:53 pm

Playing Final Fantasy XIII at the moment, currently at Chapter 6. But I might take a break from it to play Yakuza 3, Bad Company 2 or pick a random game from my collection

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Susan_Boyle

March 13, 2010 at 8:15 pm

I’m working all weekend :/ But have Mon/Tues off so I’ll be able to divide my time between FFXIII if it arrives in the mail in time and I’ll play BC2 MP on PC for a few hours here and there. I will not rest until I can unlock a decent scope. Is it just me or is it too long between getting half decent upgrades for the guns?

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1. alinos
  
  March 14, 2010 at 8:59 am
  
  nope otherwise thered be no longevity
  
  although im starting to get sick of people on lvl 22 with a 12 times scope and the spoting addon telling me im not allowed to go sniper since they already are
  
  not my bloody fault the game wouldnt let me on for the first week, and how else am i meant to unlock the stuff
  
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MichaelB37

March 13, 2010 at 9:12 pm

Metal Gear Solid 4, finally beat The Boss on Snake Eater so I’m all ready for Snake’s final mission.

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Peter Richards

March 14, 2010 at 3:59 am

Trying to finish my touch-table to play the RUSE beta, and revisiting Halo ODST after watching the Reach footage, I got a little Halo hungry again.
BTW, what happened to your 360, and was it a Jasper?

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Con

March 14, 2010 at 5:29 am

Quick bit of God of War III at the Sony booth over here at GDC 🙂

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RK

March 14, 2010 at 11:22 am

FF13. Engrossed with it. HAPPY that for once I don’t have to spend 30 hours of gameplay travelling back and forth between areas in the name of open gameplay, and that I don’t need to ask myself why these people trying to save the world are spending ages racing chocobos or playing blitzball or whatever. Thinking a lot of the complaints about Vanille’s chirpiness are people who weren’t paying attention to her first voiceovers (or the many contextual clues) that she’s intentionally puttin on a fake smiley front to cope with the situation. Thinking a lot of the people complaining about Hope were just as whiney at his age :). Psychologically it is (so far) more realistic than JRPG heroes often are…

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Joe Mama

March 14, 2010 at 12:05 pm

Just marathoned Bioshock, going to play Max Payne for a bit,

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lorrie

March 14, 2010 at 3:15 pm

Trying to play other games, cant stop playing BFBC2.

Whats a Campaign…

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Jay Pecoraro

March 14, 2010 at 3:23 pm

I’m having a bit of a RPG themed gaming weekend, i’m playing my Kingdom Hearts Final Mix + Japanese import and FFXIII.

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OT

March 14, 2010 at 4:53 pm

crysis and supreme commander 2

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kaiden

March 14, 2010 at 6:52 pm

NOT BIOSHOCK 2.

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harli

March 14, 2010 at 10:50 pm

Starcraft 2 Beta.

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