So 2012 is all but over and there's loads of time to catch up on some games. I've already smashed through most of the 2012's big titles, and I've had to go back to the well to find something new to play over the break. I ended up settling on Dark Souls.

I played Demon's Souls when it first came out, although I didn't finish it. I picked up the second game when it came out, but for whatever reason it didn't really grab me. Now I've got plenty of time for gaming so I thought I'd give it another bash, and I'm loving it. It gives me a strong Castlevania vibe (moreso than that pretender Lords of Shadow) and feels kind of like a modern version of that game, or Ghosts and Goblins. At some point I cracked and went and read up on a wiki, and now I've got a much better handle on wtf is going on in the game.

Anyone else enjoying some holiday gaming in between stints of eating too much and blocking up the crapper?

I'm hammering away at The Witcher in between stints of Natural Selection 2.
Great RPG, would recommend. The first 3-4 hrs were pretty dull and the combat system felt a little clunky at first but all forums said push past and the game will blossom and it surely did.

Far Cry 3 mostly, plus Wii U stuff, but I want to get through Dead Space 2 while on holidays as well so I'm ready for when number 3 comes out.

Finished Super Mario Bros U with 5 stars on the menu screen in a couple days so I decided to bust out Donkey Kong Country Returns since I bought it when it came out and never played it. The difficulty of this game really puts Mario Bros to shame though the Mario Bros U challenge levels are actually quite challenging, at least to get gold anyway.

I'm in the same boat as mental. reinstalled Skyrim with a fuck load of mods for another go. I've been getting my mp kicks from some Killing Floor and Blops 2.

Played the Uncharted series, was fun. Now playing GW2 again.

well considering I only get 2 days off, dishonored (almost finished), FarCry 3, Chivalry, Dota 2 and if there is time I may give TF2 a go.

Been playing Halo 4 and Skyrim at home as my gf bought me an xbox for christmas. Also been playing Far Cry 3 on my mates xbox at his place. Really enjoying Far Cry 3, really on the edge of your seat gaming imo.

Similar to Faceman:



...and a bit of Assassin's Creed 3 on the PS3

Far Cry 3

Played story in 10 hrs and someone else saved over my savegame :( so I probably will start again. Trick is to set off alarms and run away and pick them of when they are chasing you.

Trick is to set off alarms and run away and pick them of when they are chasing you.

The fuck? And miss out on the fat XP bonus for clearing them silently?

they both have 6 strings.

I guess you had to be there

This. Really love open and dynamic games like that. About 35 hours into it but barely halfway through the story.

Nothing like carefully scoping out an enemy base first, taking out a few guards and hiding their bodies, then about to get spotted but a fucking tiger happens to wander along into the base and mauls the remaining guards, saving my arse ...

sounds like it needs a real money auction house

The fuck? And miss out on the fat XP bonus for clearing them silently?

You get plenty of xp over the course of the game, and half the skills are useless anyway, so in the end that xp means sfa.
Also, snipe from miles away (or rocket launcher) and if they cant see you they wont hit the alarm.. they run around like headless chickens and you still get the take base unseen bonus.

Towards the end i was just lobbing explosives into the bases or charging in and letting them hit the alarms, more fun that way, and if you really care about xp then the special chain takedowns give you plenty and you can let the reinforcements come til you have as much as you want.

World of Tanks (as usual)
Dirt Showdown (Demo, will prolly get the game, looks and plays brilliantly at full detail @ 5876 x 1080)
Far Cry 3 (downloading and installing as I post, will drop some screenshots up when it's done).

Finish far cry 3. Solid game that one.

Playing through Mass Effect 3 because I never really finished it the first time. Also top notch game.

I also managed to snag Dark Souls off amazon for PC for $15. I hooked up an xbox controller and am running dsfix and the game looks and plays great. Time to get my arse handed to me in a number of spectacular ways :D

Working on my 2nd run through of Borderlands 2 as well as playing Arkham City (only discovered Arkham Asylum a month ago)

Im a big FPS fan and i played both.

Borderlands 2 IMO needs to be played coop. I got bored by myself and wasnt a fan of the RPG style quests. Also, didnt like skill tree. Loot was good. Played about 3hrs as Zero then about 10hrs as gunslinger then stopped playing.

Far Cry 3 i think the shooter mechanics are better, skill tree makes a more significant difference sooner, and is solid when played solo. However, ive just gotten to the second island and im tired of the repetitiveness although new enemies and weapons might change this. 15-20hrs played so far.

Just my opinion. I know others will think differently. Also, Far Cry 3 needs a decent system where as borderlands 2 doesnt.

My job.

I just want to share the classic game Ghosts'n Goblin will be having an online game already!!! isn't that great?