Currently Playing (with comments)

Submitted by diaskeaus on Wed, 04/25/2007 - 11:28
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  1. Updated 4.26.07

  3. GBA
  4. Castlevania: Circle of the Moon - just beat the second boss.
  5. Fire Emblem - just started this, pretty cool, reminds me of Ogre Battle in a way.
  6. Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap - I beat the first dungeon, then realized the save game function didn't work, so I had to beat it again. Interesting concept so far...
  7. Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance - hard to say where I am, but I like gaining levels :)
  8. Final Fantasy Tactics Advance - at the beginning levels, trying to do every quest. So far, it's a nice, little game (note: *little*, it's freaking hard to see the action)
  9. Golden Sun - my version has this weird glitch with the main character battle graphics, and even on my high end machine, the game still runs slow. oh well.

  11. PC
  12. Age of Mythology - looks really neat, but reminds me too much of Age of Empires II. Clunky graphics and boring units, so far.
  13. America's Army - Grrrr. I've played the training mission for guns over and over, and always end up failing in one of the tests. You can't speed through the dialogues, and I don't know if I can stomach another lecture on how to wield my imaginary firearm.
  14. Babylon 5: I've Found Her - I keep getting about ten minutes into the first training assignment, and then crashing into the jumpgate. Freaking hard. Takes forever to get there, and it's over in an instant.
  15. Baldur's Gate II - only played the initial set-up. I was distracted by Neverwinter Nights. Nevertheless, if I have time, this looks fun...
  16. Devil May Cry 3: Special Edition - the controls are menacing, but the game is smooth as anything, and oozes with style. I probably need a gamepad, but even then, it would be confusing with all of the combos and such. I've only got to the second level though, and can't beat the boss.
  17. Albion - Fun, little romp. Though, I don't like the timed aspect of it. Graphics (2d) are cute, story is weird, and the 3d portion of the game stinks to high hell.
  18. Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind - My copy, unfortunately, doesn't have Bloodmoon or Tribunal, so I haven't really played it. I would really like to handle those Dark Brotherhood assassin clothes, instead of the piddly peasant rags you get in the beginning.
  19. Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - played this over and over again, trying to perfect my assassin. I really need to be in the mood though, because it's so tight, the training schedule I've set up, and sort of takes away the pleasure of actually playing the game. I wish they would have used a set system instead of the train-in-any-skill-you-want system.
  20. Fallout - timed game! I don't like these. Why did they have to do that? I'll probably get around to it sometime, after I've finished Fallout 2...
  21. Fallout 2 - fun, and very creative, although at the moment, slow (at least, my character is). It's nice to look at, and fun to play, and doesn't feel very contrived.
  22. Gothic II - Got into the main town, but now I'm nervous as heck, because I have to choose a master to train under, and I think I remember from an old walkthrough that you only get to choose one, so I don't know what to choose...
  23. Gunz - Slick game, even works for me multiplayer (China is the home of the Lag Monster, who takes bites out of your connection every two and a half seconds), but way too hard to advance. I just don't have the cash to buy those slick upgrades.
  24. Neverwinter Nights - ugh. My bane. Infinite amount of modules (extra games), which are even longer than the main campaign. I've now got a character developing on each module, and I have no idea how I'm going to complete them all.
  25. Planescape: Torment - I like it, but kind of wished (wistfully, of course) that the Underworld were a bit nicer, and not so, well... fleshly. Put a beautiful shining tree in there, with a portal to a beautiful sky world, and I'd be a much happier camper.
  26. Sacred: Underworld - Jeez, it's big. Jeez, it's big. JEEZ, it's big.
  27. Savage: Battle For Newerth - My connection is too bad, and glitches my character to death. Still, a gorgeous game, something I could really get into if my blows actually connected with the enemy, and I knew how the enemy seemingly always connected their hits.
  28. Shadow Armada - I'll probably get rid of this soon. It's fun, but too much like Asteroids for me, which I'm not a real fan of. PLUS... the server was down last time, and the game is kind of pointless in solo mode.
  29. The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay - Atmospheric, slick, and sly. Though I do wish there were a more intense save point system, rather than the checkpoint system allowing only one quick save. I wonder how linear this will be. I do like sneaking around in the dark though.
  30. The Cleaner - w.e.i.r.d., but neat. It's a Darthlupi game though, and to be expected. I don't like that you can't go back, and that once you travel to another dimension, that's it and your stuck in the new one. I liked Mage a lot better, because of the non-linearity.
  31. The Ur-Quan Masters - Hard and intimidating. But I like the idea. I'm not sure when I'll have the time to fully invest in it though.
  32. UFO: Afterlight - apparently, it's good, because it's like XCOM, which I've never played but supposedly is legendary for its coolness. Afterlight, though, is really complicated, and it *isn't* SimCity, so I'm at a loss as to whether I should care about it.
  33. Clive Barker's Undying - I played this when it first came out, and it was cool. Today, it is still cool. It rocks. Though it does seem somewhat harder now that I'm older, as weird as that may sound.
  34. Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos - Only played through the first couple of maps. It's famous and should be played by anybody who cares about the modern state of gaming. Though I haven't played enough to make any further judgments.
  35. Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne - like Reign of Chaos, only played the first couple of maps. They seem the same really, but Blizzard game quality always comes in the half-completion or three-quarter completion of the game, when the story really shines.
  36. The Wheel of Time - hey! It's the long-lost game! Yeah, and it's fun too, and highly original (from any other kind of FPS, except Hexen, and Dark Messiah...), and it uses the Unreal Engine, which is neater. All Hail Robert Jordan, Lord of Chaos.
  37. X3 - veeery slow. If I could get my ship to go faster, definitely more enjoyable. It's the kind of game where you set your navigation flag to the next sector, and can either watch the random stars fly by your ship in repetition, or go read a chapter of a book and come back when you've arrived. It's no Freelancer, but definitely has a kind of energy to it that an action game wouldn't have. (That is a good thing.)

  39. Neverwinter Night Modules
  40. Darkness Over Daggerford - Just started. The first battle was hard, and I died. I did have a rogue though, with a piddly little dagger, and I was being attacked by a Bandit Lord with a bloody flaming sword. How unfair can you get?
  41. Diablo: The Remake - This is impressive. Diablo was a great game, but being able to play it in 3D is even better.
  42. Excrucio Eternum - So far, I don't have a clue how to proceed, but then, I've only played the first five minutes.
  43. Kung Fu Master I - Half of the game is in Italian, which kind of messes with the illusion. I guess I'm glad they did an English translation though, because it is pretty fun, even if I don't understand the names of the monsters.
  44. The Conan Chronicles: Legions of the Dead - I was actually hoping to follow the movie storyline, but they chose a much different path. Oh well. Supposedly, it's based off a Robert E. Howard story, so who am I to complain? I've never actually finished any of his books, after all.
  45. The HeX coda 01 - Elves in chai... no, elves in retro-steampunk-futuristic chainmail! And they can hack computers, dance disco, and have aethernet accounts to check world news, the weather forecast, and even download questionable pictures... ahem. Suffice it to say, it's intriguing, and here's hoping the story is as good as the tilesets.
  46. Tortured Hearts II - nothing to say on this yet. It's #1 for Neverwinter Fault downloads, and supposedly the size of any large Elder Scrolls game, which leaves me wondering... how?! Questions about this or Oblivion constantly raise themselves in my mind, and then I realize this one is much easier to not get a headache with...
  47. Infinite Dungeons - I dislike the authentication thing very much. But the game is fun. Reminds me of the old days playing Lufia II. Very fun.
  48. Kingmaker - And for some reason, this one doesn't require authentication... why? Whatever... the game seems a bit contrived, as if its *trying* really hard to not be normal. Still, it packs a challenge (at least for now), so it's enjoyable.
Author Comments: 

These are the games I have on hand now. This is by no means the list of what I'm *actually* playing, but these are the games I've started with some vague intention of finishing at some point.

Distractions, distractions...

timada11/11/2009

Nice list, devil may cry 3 will defiantly be much more fun to play with a game pad, it is a play station 2 game after all. I got bored of Age of Mythology too, like you said the units are quite dull. I would still like to go back and finish it one day but I don’t know how much time I will have now since I have a new job as a Content freelancer.