What Are You Currently Playing?

[crys]

Originally Posted by RoninJedi84

I'm going through a retro-game phase myself. Just beat the first Castelvania on NES last night. Only took me 20 f*&^ing years! Been playing Tetris off and on, too, but currently bouncing between Super Mario Bros. 3 and Mega Man 1 and 2.

Looking for suggestions for other "classic" games that actually deserve that term. Sadly, I'm not much of an RPG fan, and Final Fantasy on the NES and Final Fantasy III (or VI, whichever way you look at it) on SNES just didn't do it for me. Any ideas?

I was more of a Sega Megadrive and Master System fan, although there were of course some games that were common to both Sega and Nintendo. Cannon Fodder was a fun little war sim, Super Turrican a neat platform shmup, Gods was a great arcade style game set in ancient Greece... Karn has already mentioned Super Metroid and, yep, it's a genuine classic.

It's a pity you're not a fan of RPGs, because it's probably worth owning a SNES just to be able to play Shadowrun. It's far superior to the Megadrive/Genesis game, in fact it's a completely different game.

[soulsinging]

Just got Mass Effect 2 for ps3, and 3 hours in it is blowing me away already. I can see myself being lost in this game for weeks.

[Cayal]

^ It's a damn good game. I have it on 360.

I am currently playing Fable 2

[Culhwch]

Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy.

[AE35Unit]

Gran Turismo 5 on ps3, Gran Turismo on the psp! Also Lego Indiana 2 (ps3 ) and Angry Birds (phone and ps3 )

[Rane Longfox]

Just finished playing through Freelancer again, after 5 years having not touched it. I love that game, it's beyond awesome. A quick google shows very little hope for the sequel ever coming to fruition though, mores the pity. I'll just have to rely on mods to find new stuff to do on it!

But it got me back into massive-world games, so I've just ordered Just Cause off amazon - only a couple of quid, and I absolutely loved it on Xbox360 when it first came out. Unfortunately my PC isn't up to managing Just Cause 2, but we can't win 'em all!

[thaddeus6th]

I'm still hoping for a sequel to Vagrant Story. Not holding my breath, though.

[Red 13]

I've just started playing Assasins Creed Brotherhood and i'm loving it. I must admit that i'm quite overwhelmed by the amount of contracts and other stuff you can do in the game. AC2 seems quite bland in comparison.

Last week i played Dead Space 2 and have played it about three times since. I was already in adoration of the first one and was incredibly releaved by the fact that the second one is just as good and just as scary. I particularily enjoy using the javelin gun, lol.

[Overread]

Currently dipping in and out of a few games (not really got settled into anything at present).

Stronghold 2 and Stronghold Legends are fun little games to get into, though I find them rather lackluster in some ways compared to the original game. Still a lot of fun to be had and some areas have become a new challenge (esp in SH2 with balancing your castle out) but just not that same charm as the first.

Sword of the Stars - I want to like this title; its got charm to it in bucketloads; but I've yet to really sink my teeth into it and get to grips with the game (and the combat). I think once I master understanding the tech tree I'll be half way there.

Minecraft - this is like lego so much fun in such a simple game its hard not to lose hours to mining and building

[Rane Longfox]

Just Cause turned up three days before it was quoted, and it's just as good as I remember, though the background music is quite irritating.

[AE35Unit]

Worms on the psp is a lark!

[Menion]

Found my old copy of Crimson Skies, couldn't belive my eyes when I found it, lost it about....4 or 5 years ago. Won a CS competition in my local Games Workshop shop first prize!

[Heck Tate]

Just got sucked back into Starcraft 2 after months of not playing. I swear Blizzard games are like some sort of drug that I can never fully kick.

[AdamCollings]

I'm playing 'The Silver Lining' Episode 3. I'm a real adventure game kind of guy and haven't really touched many games since the decline of the adventure genre. If you're not aware of 'The Silver Lining' it is a fan-made (but very professional) sequel to Sierra's King's Quest series.
I'm really looking forward to Infamous Adventure's Space Quest II remake.

[AE35Unit]

Currently on Gran Turismo 4 on the PS2. Tried out Heroes over Europe, a WWII dogfight game on the ps3 , very hard! Need to try out a Midnight Club game when I get time.