The Jan 2013 MONDAY FINISH thread

[Kushan]

Just finished Dawnguard. I don't really understand the negative press and reviews it got...if you enjoy The Elder Scrolls worlds, and the occult, and vampires...why would you not enjoy this? Great final battle too.

Did you use one of the vampire overhaul mods or vanilla? I just started the dawnguard quest line tonight. Wasn't sure what faction I was going to join on my mage, until coincidentally Underworld was on TV tonight. I think its a sign.

[Gusington]

Definitely a sign. I played through vanilla....the number of mods for Skyrim befuddles me.

[Bison]

I've finished my first 4 patrols in SH5.  I'll play the 5 patrol at some point this week.  I need to break the blockade of Germany by sinking an aircraft carrier with my little ol' Uboat.  Good freaking times.

[Anguille]

Finished the Mars Campaign in Haegemonia....now starts the large campaign.

[jomni]

After two very devastating missions in my CMSF Canadian Campaign (I don't replay missions and accept losses)... I decided to declare the campaign FINISHED. Lol!
Probably start it again.  Those Canadians are organized strangely and lacks punch.  They can't even dislodge a few insurgents. I really need to get used to them and develop strong tactics.

[JasonPratt]

Still haven't moved much on The Witcher.  :P By which I mean I haven't moved at all on The Witcher.

I have however managed to (almost) migrate my account data over from my dying old PS3 to a brand-spanking new one. Sad that my PS2 functionality will likely be gone now; there's a sort of shell available for free download from PSN, but from its description it only works if I can install the PS2 disk to my hard drive, and I don't recall any games I ever played on the PS2 that even allowed that. :(

I ALREADY MISS MY GODZILLA GAME!!!! And Dynasty Tactics 2. And the two LotR action games. And Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction.

So, this being the final Monday of Jan 13, I don't suppose I've finished any games this month at all. Unless a rather large number of PS2 games that I'll never get to play or finish now may count. (I played and finished the ones listed above, along with a ton of others, so they don't count.)

I rather doubt I'll finish Witcher 1 either this week, even if I manage to play it constantly, but I'll have a new MONDAY FINISH thread up next week for Feb 2013 anyway. :)


So who else managed to finish something this week (and/or weekend)?!

Bison: I read with great interest a thread elsewhere on Grogheads this week regarding which Silent Hunter game worked best when mod-souped up. I was a big fan of Silent Service in the old C64 and early PC days, so I recall my delight when I bought SH2, which had been praised to the heavens by a number of magazines and websites (...were there even websites in those days? I remember magazines existing....)

--WHO OBVIOUSLY HAD NEVER EVEN PLAYED THAT BUGGY MESS OF A GAME!!  >:( Horrible, horrible disappointment, and tough to patch to boot. Every time I think of trying a new SH, I poke around and see evidence the games are still released in a mid-beta state at best. (Thus the necessity for mod-souping the hell out of them.)

Still, I dream two or three times a year I guess about playing SS, so I'd say there's a reasonable probability I'll invest in a SH game eventually someday, even if I have to borg it up to Robocop levels.  ;D


Anguille: I've heard of the space strategy Haegemonia, although I've had my eye more on the Greek States Total-Warish game Hegemony instead.


Jomni, CMSF is definitely on my to-play-and-finish list, though I'm not sure how far down I've put it. (Also the list tends to shift around; the Witcher games were even further down the list but had been put on after-Christmas sale at Steam when a new-game slot opened up in my schedule. At 75% off I'd've been insane not to jump and put my new gaming rig through a harsh workout.)

[PanzersEast]

CK2 - Current campaign I started off as a Polish count and have steadily been conquering provinces.  200 years ago finally conquered a good block and declared independence and all hell broke lose.  Fought the King twice to gain and keep independence and continued to pick off provinces as there was finally a weak king and several others have continued to try for or have gotten independence.  This weekend I finally gained enough to usurp the title of King of Poland.  I had hoped to finish reunifying all the provinces to obtain my goal of King of all provinces, however did not have enough time.  So far my second son is out to get me and my son-in-law.  Good times


PE

[TheCommandTent]

I finished a couple of quests in Skyrim.  Does that count?  :)

[Marty Ward]

I didn't finish but I got through a few hundred turns of Civ V.

THANKS BISON!!!!

[Rayfer]

Finished the "Stuck in the Teeth" scenario in "Battles from the Bulge"...played as the Americans and got my first and only victory so far in this game....a marginal victory, but a victory none the less!

[Anguille]

Anguille: I've heard of the space strategy Haegemonia, although I've had my eye more on the Greek States Total-Warish game Hegemony instead.

I have both. Haegemonia is already old but had very nice graphics and a solid story....i finished it once playing the Earth campaign.

[Sir Slash]

I managed to complete the Stony Creek and Anilsund caves for Skyrim over the weekend. Stony Creek is very small but Anilsund is the real deal. Lots of draugers and magic users and lots and lots of traps. But the loot is worth it, more than Lydia and I could tote-out together. We had to go back a second time. 4 Or 5 Boss-Level chests, the last of which I unlocked with my very last lockpick. A  truly great dungeon crawl.

[smittyohio]

I finished the "Legend of Dead Kel" DLC for Kingdoms of Amalur... doing all the sidequests and keep improvements, I got like 12 hours out of it.  There are a few sidequests I won't bother with though, as they just bloat your inventory with books, and no way to delete them.

[W8taminute]

I finished the single player story in Far Car 3 this weekend.

[JasonPratt]

What is this "Far Car" series of which you speak? Its title sounds intriguing and evocative!--something along the line of Interstate 76 perhaps, but more of a free-roaming sandbox game? Grand Theft Apocalypse in effect?

;D

(Note to self: copyright the title "Grand Theft Apocalypse" pronto...)