The Currently Playing Thread

[Umbrasquall]

Just talking with a friend and this topic came up so I decided to post it here. I haven't really played a lot of different games in the past year, but I've played a few through throughly. I'm currently trying to master Ninja Gaiden Black, possibly the hardest game I've ever played. Off and on over the past year and a half I've played (some replays): Super Smash 64 (Really good with Ness and Pikachu) Mario Cart 64 (Learned how to power slide lol) Zelda OoT (A long time favoriate I can actually beat this entire game in 6 hours) Metal Gear Solid 2 (Short game, played it on normal I think) Metal Gear Solid 3 (Beat it on Euro Extreme) Silent Hill 4: The Room (Totally got owned, worst ending and everything =P) C&C Generals & Zero Hour (Play a few online tournaments so I'm decent) Shadow of the Collosus (Amazing game, a bit easy mechanically, only beat it once) Halo 1 & 2 (Amazing games once again, beat both on Legendary, found all the good glitches/tricks, got some of the skulls, played online with XBC for a month) Ninja Gaiden Black (Newest game, had this for a month now, beaten story and most of missions on Master)

[Casualtie]

everquest 2: fun and addicting game. i'm not like those people who are insane and stay up til 3 in the morning playing, but i would like to hit level 70 for the new expansion. counter-strike: source: awesome game. alos, very addicting. i play it with a few friends from school, but usually never by myself.

[ExoByte]

In no particular order: Halo Halo 2 PGR 3 Dead or Alive 2 Ultimate Dead or Alive 4 Oblivion Chromehounds

[sargentpepper882]

KH one and tow but one was better FF10 adn FF12 when it comes out Soul Caliber 2 Def Jam Vendetta bitches (ghostface killah) counter strike source Age of Empires two and expanion and 3 if i had it rise of nations, wan tnew one realyl badly star wars battlefront 2 battlefield two Parappa teh Rappa for ps1--the most amazing game ever, tell me if youv played battle for middle earth Tiberian Sun among others

[Keeper]

Emperor: Battle for dune Thief 2: The Metal Age Thief: Deadly Shadows Starwars, Galactic battlegrounds Starwars: Jedi Knight, Jedi Acadamy Half-life Half-life: Opposing force Half-life: Blue shift Starcraft Starcraft: brood wars And a game you've probably never heard: Lost Eden

[Umbrasquall]

C&C TS? Old school lol. Hey Keeper you any good at Starcraft? My friends want me to play them so I'm installing it but I have no idea how to play it. I'm fairly good with other RTS. Just need to know what are the hit/run tactics and unit specialties.

[Keeper]

C&C TS? Old school lol. Hey Keeper you any good at Starcraft? My friends want me to play them so I'm installing it but I have no idea how to play it. I'm fairly good with other RTS. Just need to know what are the hit/run tactics and unit specialties. [/b] Sorry, I'm okay at the game, but I'm not a Grade A player. I do, however, have some links for you: this this and this hope they help

[danbarber]

Final Fantasy VII, VIII and IX I've played this year. As well as Medievil and Sheep. I just bought Doom on live arcade, most fun I've had in ages. I've also played Oblivion and Giants: Citizen Kabuto this year.

[CryoDragoon]

Ninja Gaiden (on xbox) Halo 2 (on xbox) splinter cell chaos theory... on xbox battle for middle earth 2... on pc counter strike source pc and that's about it...

[badassbob]

Starcraft Starcraft Brood Wars Age of Empires Age of Empires: Rise of Rome Age of Empires 2 Age of Empires 2: The Conquerors Age of Empires 3 Red Alert Red Alert 2 FEAR Stalingrad (a demo that lead to my discovery of Blitzkrieg) Blitzkrieg II Grand Theft Auto Grand Theft Auto III Grand Theft Auto San Andreas

[FreshBrains]

Red Orchestra: Ostfront 1941-45 Half Life 2: Episode 1 DEFCON: Everybody Dies (Thanks for ruining the ending, assholes&#33 Counter-Strike: Source Battlefield 2142 (Demo) That's all I've been playing for the past few weeks.

[DSK123]

Pretty much right now just Test Drive Unlimited, since what happened with star wars galaxies I have been without an mmo. Somedays i'll pop in Call of Duty 2 or Project Gotham Racing 3. Oh yea, how could I forget, I also play a little Halo 2.

[Pastro]

Counter strike source Halo 1/2 Oblivion NHL07 at the moment

[Flotsam]

playing a game called Okami which is pretty sweet...ign page for okami and i have been playing Shadow of the Colossus which is an amazing game that everyone should play

[Tsen]

Alright, here's my list: NBA Jam (For SNES...pretty old-school, but it's kind of addicting, so when one of my roommates brought up a SNES...) Halo (and a little Halo 2, but I liked the mulitplayer of the first one better.) Dungeon Siege: Legends of Aranna Diablo II Super Smash 64 (Yeah, I LOVE that game. I'm pretty good at Pikachu, too--my favorite thing is to thunder-strafe: Jump over somebody and use thunder at the same time, and the thunder misses you and goes straight down into them. Does pretty good damage, and you can hit people who hide in awkward spots) Jet Force Gemni (Another 64 game--a 64 and a SNES are all we really play in the dorms, even though we have two XBoxes and a Gamecube) James Bond Goldeneye (Yup, the 64 version) Age of Mythology Age of Empires III

[The Blue Meanie]

Hmmm. Despite the fact that I have essays and exams, I'm still playiong the occiaional game: Silent Hunter III, my favfourite (World War II Nazi submarine simulator, heavily modded with historical accuracy mods) A BRILLIANT game if you have the patience to learn geometry, cartography, and a bunch of other mathematical stuff to plot torpedo solutions and courses manually. VERY satisfying when you get a hit. Rome: Total War (again, heavily modded with historical accuracy mods) The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion (A good game, but to be honest, I got a LITTLE bored of it. Plus, it takes some seriously heavy hardware to run on decent graphics settings) Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne (I'm replaying this even though it's an old game) The Sims 2 (Shoot me, I don't care, it's a fun game every now and then) Galactic Civilisations II (The best turn-based strategy game I've played in a while, bgesides the Total War series. Pity it didn't gwet much publicity) Evil Genius (this is an incredibly fun game... sort of like James Bond meets Austin Powers meets Dungeon Keeper) And, the number One game I've been waiting for for over a year, which I will buy as soon as it hits the shelves: Medieval II: Total War boo-yah! It's gonna be awesome! (In case you haven't figured it out by now, I'm a massive history junkie, especially medieval history)

[Man of Shred]

Megaman 3 from the xbox anniversarry collection. what can i say, i love those oldskool games.

[Tsen]

Hey, TBM, check out 688(i) Hunter/Killer. It's a sub simulator based around the Los Angeles 688(i) class of US submarines, and it's really good. Involves a lot of math, strategy and good instincts. I've always loved sub games...I'll have to try that one of yours. 688(i) does require a few mods to make it an accurate simulator, but it's definitely worth a play or two. Could be hard finding it, though...I only have it because my aunt gave it to me for a birthday six or seven years ago. EDIT: And Evil Genius was a great game, kind of sad it was never extremely popular. I loved it, though my computer couldn't quite handle it.

[The Blue Meanie]

Hey, TBM, check out 688(i) Hunter/Killer. It's a sub simulator based around the Los Angeles 688(i) class of US submarines, and it's really good. Involves a lot of math, strategy and good instincts. I've always loved sub games...I'll have to try that one of yours. 688(i) does require a few mods to make it an accurate simulator, but it's definitely worth a play or two. [/b] Hmmm. I may, but, I like the purrrdy 3d graphics of SH3 and the WWII era.

[Umbrasquall]

Super Smash 64 (Yeah, I LOVE that game. I'm pretty good at Pikachu, too--my favorite thing is to thunder-strafe: Jump over somebody and use thunder at the same time, and the thunder misses you and goes straight down into them. Does pretty good damage, and you can hit people who hide in awkward spots)[/b] After a year of exploring every character with my friends, we've come to the conclusion that Pikachus is unbeatable. Do the sideways+R shock and immediately follow into a reverse grab. Use light up+A to knock them up and do a thunder while they're above me. Edge-guard with throws and the super-cheap smash+A attack. If you get that down it's literally impossible to lose in a 1v1.

[Jess]

I love the Total War games too, unfortunately my PC can't cope with Rome: Total War so I'm playing some Shogun at the moment. Old school. Didn't know they were releasing another Medieval one, awesome.

[The Blue Meanie]

I love the Total War games too, unfortunately my PC can't cope with Rome: Total War so I'm playing some Shogun at the moment. Old school. Didn't know they were releasing another Medieval one, awesome. [/b] Heh. Shogun. But, medieval 2: Total War is gonna be awesome. I HIGHLY reccommend upgrading or getting a new computer, just for M2:TW. I'm thinking of upgrading my own computer, actually... I probably won't for a while, though. I CAN run M2:TW. I've tried the demo. but, I have to set the graphics settings on "Medium", is all.

[Tsen]

I can't run it. When I'm not a poor college bastard, I'll build my SUPA COMPUTA ™ and get the game. When I get around to it.

[arh]

I don't play much games nowadays, but I have to admit that the past couple of months has seen me playing a lot of Mario Kart DS and Tetris DS..

[badassbob]

GTA: San Andreas but 100x better... brace yourself..... ....San Andreas Multiplayer! It's a billion times better than the single player version - a lot more stuff happens. I use insert link for some reason, so just follow these for more info: http://www.sa-mp.com/ (For the download and basic info) http://www.skg-clan.co.nr/ (for the best sa mp gang/ clan in the universe of which I am an army official&#33