The weekend is here - WHATCHA Playing?

JudgeDredd · October 05, 2012, 05:36:04 AM

Well - I picked up DCS BS 2 again the other day and I've decided to try (again) and get back into it - hopefully having more staying power than before.

The problem with the sims is I love the sim aspect - but they are so complicated and deep. I always start by saying I'll be systematic with the learning....learn to fly and hold, learn to hit with cannon...then rockets, then missiles...but I generally fire it up, go for a fly, fight with the controls and die.

I will TRY DESPERATELY to do it systematically this time...there's a fantastic sim there waiting to be used and abused.

Also the new AGEoD game...I actually fired it up a couple of days ago and played for about 3 hours. I didn't have a clue what I was doing or what I had to do and it looks like I'm going to get my arse kicked...but I've decided not to do what I did with all previous AGEoD games - start a game, get lost, lose lots of battles and quite...so I'm playing this one out until I work out what I'm doing - imminent death or not.

I've also got my B-17 to finish off. I can't do a lot during the week because the light is quite bad so in the autumn/winter model making is reserved for the weekends. I'll also be making a start on my P-40.

MetalDog · October 05, 2012, 05:53:51 AM

Civ IV MP, CKII and maybe bust out Civ V that was so generously donated to me by one of our very own.

bayonetbrant · October 05, 2012, 05:55:56 AM

soccer
soccer
soccer
go to football game
soccer
soccer

Bayonet Jr has a tournament this weekend

finally got around to playtesting the civ-building boardgame I've been working on. basic mechanics are sound, but the combat system needed tweaking while we were testing, so I may pound on a few battles in that this weekend to test some more

Tuna · October 05, 2012, 06:20:42 AM

Had a really great game of AGEOD Civil War last week, gave it another play after watching those Videos.. I can tell you, I have not had as much fun in a game in a loooong time. So of course I picked up AJE this week.. Will be getting some time into that.. Want to play some MP CLoD with a friend, hopefully that comes through. Bummed that X-Com is not released till after the long weekend :(

undercovergeek · October 05, 2012, 06:33:38 AM

a CMBN PBEM - massive 12000 point game - my Fireflys are just plinking shots off Panthers armour and then getting toasted by the return fire - need some sneakier tactics i think

a CMBN tournament PBEM, round 1 of 3 - theres only 8 minutes left to play but my opponent has gone on holiday, im left with the turn to ponder who will win, i hold the church, the bridge, 'monument hill', and 2 farms - by far and away the best CBMN game, and possibly the most immersive, dramatic game of anything ive played in a long while - the force selection and map has been awesome

a CMFI PBEM - just about to crush my opponent for the second time in a PBEM - i didnt realise i had done so well until i started sneaking an elite assault squad round the back of his lines - dead Germans everywhere

CKII - some Brandenburg AAR and some more turns of Parma for LB

hopefully some AoW Shadow Magic, still too scared of ProN until i can lock myself in a soundproof box for a few hours - heart wants XCOM, head says no

Gusington · October 05, 2012, 07:13:08 AM

Perhaps finish Thief III, gird my loins for Dishonored, and getting drunk in Boston.

LongBlade · October 05, 2012, 07:25:03 AM

I've got a Flames of War minis game scheduled today. Looking forward to that.

Tonight I think I'll fire up Guild Wars 2 and see if I can melt the new video card in here. I'm also going to try and get a review copy of War of the Roses and see how the full game looks.

TheCommandTent · October 05, 2012, 07:32:16 AM

Again I am stuck working most of the weekend. :( However if I do find some time I'll try to get some Wargame: EE in as well as some BF3. Also there is a pile of unpainted minis I need to get to.

Rayfer · October 05, 2012, 08:16:19 AM

Will be playing Decisive Campaigns Case Blue...picked it up earlier in the week with the Matrix 25% off coupon.

Greybriar · October 05, 2012, 08:27:26 AM

Quote from: JudgeDredd on October 05, 2012, 05:36:04 AM
The weekend is here - WHATCHA Playing?

Mostly World of WarCraft: Mists of Pandaria--I have a lot of leveling to do and skills to advance due to the expansion. A bit of EVE Online, if my friends are on. Not sure what else; probably some retro single player games, if anything.

tgb · October 05, 2012, 08:40:08 AM

AJE
The new build for a beta test I'm part of but can't discuss
Shopping around for the best pre-order price on XCOM

JasonPratt · October 05, 2012, 08:57:47 AM

While I lust rather badly for some of the new games out there, I am currently holding (mostly) to a resolve to play the giant stack of things I already have.

Last weekend I fired up an old copy of Demon's Souls for the first time. I'm.... probably going to move along to some other game this weekend. Dunno. Will give it another shot. I appreciate what it's trying to do with a gameplay model that rewards thinking about how to best to attack and defend against the enemy. (D'sS is a third-or-first person fantasy action rpg, like Skyrim but tougher and not remotely as deep in many ways but with a curious online presence where you can occasionally see other players, or memories of them, working their way through the levels and leaving messages to help other players--or even briefly joining a game to help or grief you! It recently spawned a reportedly better sequel/remake, Dark Souls.)

However, the game design intentionally lends itself to a high level of repetition in the missions and areas. When I've been there and done that 15 times already, just about exactly the same every time, I naturally feel like it's time to move on.

Unsure of what I'll fire up next. Aside from a ton of PC wargames (some of them stacked next to the computer), I still have a ton of PS3 games, too, to work through. I may split the difference by taking another stab at the R.U.S.E. mission I'm currently stuck on, or trying to get a little further in Bladestorm (a game I ought to utterly love, being a fan of Koei's Kessen series, of which this is basically Kessen 4 set for the first time in Europe--but which I cannot for the life of me manage to stay very interested in.)

MengJiao · October 05, 2012, 09:11:48 AM

Quote from: Tuna on October 05, 2012, 06:20:42 AM
Had a really great game of AGEOD Civil War last week, gave it another play after watching those Videos.. I can tell you, I have not had as much fun in a game in a loooong time. So of course I picked up AJE this week.. Will be getting some time into that.. Want to play some MP CLoD with a friend, hopefully that comes through. Bummed that X-Com is not released till after the long weekend :(

AJE PBEM, ROF (floatplane! Barge bombing!), LOMAC (maybe), Third Wire (maybe), paper Harpoon 4.1 (maybe).

CLoD sounds fun. If it is still around when I get a new computer in March, I'll be playing it I hope.

FlickJax · October 05, 2012, 09:25:17 AM

Civ 5, world of tanks, maybe some torchlight II

Sir Slash · October 05, 2012, 10:34:10 AM

CMBN- The Road to Monteborg. Still struggling to finish-off this campaign. Five min. left in the current battle and have 1 more vic. location to secure. Problem is, it's 2 bunkers, trenches, 81mm mortar teams and infantry. And I'm all out of arty. It's gonna be real close and this a must win to complete the campaign. Otherwise I'm reading O'Reilly's new book, "Killing Kennedy" when I need a break.