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Xerxes

12-16-2008, 05:06 PM

I will have 16 days off starting Saturday. Working for a University has it's perks come Christmas time. I plan to wake up work out for a few hours before vegging out to games in front my 32in LCD.

I've made a list I currently don't have with me but I'll post it later. This is a list of about 26 games I plan to play during my time off. I'll be looking for hour estimations to games that's too long to be on the list when I post my list.

But now I'm looking for other suggestions. Mainly PS2/PS3/Xbox/360 games. I'll also take some suggestions for GBA/DS/PSP games. I'll be subjected to visiting people. As in driving visitors places and not having to be apart of anything going on there hence more game time.

Suggestions, suggestions, suggestions... What's short, sweet, or must plays?

Xerxes

12-16-2008, 05:06 PM

Finish Bullet Witch
Finish Condemned 2
Finish Prey
Uncharted
Just Cause
Heavenly Sword
Rogue Trooper
Dark Sector
Turok
Dead Space
Dead Rising
Conan
Bioshock
Assassin's Creed
Lost Planet
Timeshift
Mass Effect
Superman Returns
Viking
Quake 4
Half-Life
Half-Life 2
Devil May Cry
Left 4 Dead
Prince of Persia 2
Prince of Persia 3

Purple Santa

12-16-2008, 05:21 PM

GoW: Chains of Olympus (PSP)
Prince of Persia
L4D

Xerxes

12-16-2008, 05:52 PM

GoW: Chains of Olympus (PSP)
Prince of Persia
L4D

PoP is still not in my hands yet. L4D is a wildcard. I know in the evenings I'll be asked to join, and I'll go, cause I love co-op.

GoW: CoO is the first God of War game I've played and I love it. I have very high hopes for GoW 1 and 2. Even Heavenly Sword and Conan. But I probably won't beat that one as I've heard the last boss is a douche.

violent

12-16-2008, 05:54 PM

Read Bone. It's wonderful.

Xerxes

12-16-2008, 06:06 PM

Read Bone. It's wonderful.

Yeah I'd rather knock out the shelves of shit I already got. And I have a ton of Gapharic Novels to get through as well. :)

Xerxes

12-17-2008, 01:39 AM

List posted.

KamaItachi

12-17-2008, 03:16 AM

Rogue Trooper, criminally overlooked when it came out, but easily one of the best action games on the last gen. It's also really close to the comic and you can tell a lot of love went into making it.

Purple Santa

12-17-2008, 03:38 AM

Read Bone. It's wonderful.
I used to love to read Bone. Been a long time...all my comics are in my parent's attic. I'm visiting them this weekend but i won't be able to find them. I have way to many comics up there...but the temptation is there to find them.
PoP is still not in my hands yet. L4D is a wildcard. I know in the evenings I'll be asked to join, and I'll go, cause I love co-op.

GoW: CoO is the first God of War game I've played and I love it. I have very high hopes for GoW 1 and 2. Even Heavenly Sword and Conan. But I probably won't beat that one as I've heard the last boss is a douche.

I think you will enjoy L4D. I'm only a noob to online co-op but I had lots of fun with Spigot and Rock Bandit the other night. You know it will be easy to find others to join...but it's short and sweet...so lots of fun packed in a short time.

I only played GoW 1 but it's not long. Or I don't remember it being long. That's a good choice for short time game playing. Heavenly Sword is defintely short, but worth playing. Others...

Dead Space - probably one of the best of short games on your list. I would put this first in my opinion. I liked taking my time in it but even blowing through it you can't help but admire the "scenery" :)

Uncharted- Another game that has pretty "scenery" but short and a must play. One of the reasons I am glad I do own a PS3.

Bioshock- Not a long game but one you really should play when you don't want to blow through. It's a game that you need to look around and gawk at what the developers created in that game. It's beyond just good looking...it's total immersion and it's still for me a game that I will measure any future "nice looking" game against. It's one of the few games I go back to just to play around with...and I don't do that with any game really. But if you aren't interested in gawking...put this on the top of the list. Bioshock is a must play.

diablopath

12-17-2008, 11:12 AM

Xerxes

12-17-2008, 11:22 AM

I would be so pissed if this thread wasn't crashing and burning... :)

Thanks Purp for tryin...

Purple Santa

12-17-2008, 01:08 PM

I'm going to slightly derail this thread and ask other people to post their games that they plan on playing with their holiday free time.

Mine:
Final Fantasy XII
Prince of Persia
Finish Resistance 2
Finish Dead Space
Finish Fable 2

I can probably power through all of 'em (I'm halfway through all except Prince of Persia) except FF12 in a couple of days, then focus on FF12.
Well since X anticipates this thread burning and crashing...i'll join in the melee...what I hope to play...
PoP
Persona 3
L4D
Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts
Castlevania: OoE
Ratchet and Clank: Size Matters
Chrono Trigger DS
Fallout 3
Tomb Raider: Underworld
Crash: Mind over Mutant
and others that I don't have in front of me at the moment...
I would be so pissed if this thread wasn't crashing and burning... :)

Thanks Purp for tryin...
YW. Hope it helped at least...but with your permisson I added to the derail :D

Xerxes

12-17-2008, 03:21 PM

I always imagine Tomb Raider games taking a long time.

Purple Santa

12-19-2008, 05:04 AM

I always imagine Tomb Raider games taking a long time.

Well I see Xerxes as having mad gaming skillz. Don't ruin that image for me :p. You can blow through a TR game easily...

Spigot

12-19-2008, 06:27 PM

Wait... did you have Superman Returns in that list? I thought you were sticking to GOOD short games...

Xerxes

12-19-2008, 06:38 PM

I'd like to punish myself every once in a while.

Spigot

12-19-2008, 06:58 PM

I'd like to punish myself every once in a while.A hammer to the gibblies is probably faster and less painful.

Lint of Death

12-19-2008, 10:06 PM

I just came in here to high-five Xerxes for using proper grammar for the possessive form of a name ending in 'S'.

Spigot

12-19-2008, 10:10 PM

I used to love to read Bone. Been a long time...all my comics are in my parent's attic. I'm visiting them this weekend but i won't be able to find them. I have way to many comics up there...but the temptation is there to find them.I'd read Bone in bits and pieces over the years and finally sat down early this year with the complete omnibus edition (thank you library!) and read the whole stinkin' saga. Very nice stuff with a deceptively cute aesthetic over a very dark story.

I need to dig out my old Bone poster that I got in University lo those many years ago and put it up downstairs when they finish the basement. My kids will like it, if nothing else.

Xerxes

12-19-2008, 10:11 PM

I just came in here to high-five Xerxes for using proper grammar for the possessive form of a name ending in 'S'.
It was a fluke. :D

Lint of Death

12-19-2008, 10:19 PM

It was a fluke. :D

Fluke or no, I found it to be a relief. Perhaps the holiday spirit will heat my heart yet!

Spigot

12-20-2008, 06:00 AM

It was a fluke. :DThat's not a fluke.

This is a fluke.

http://www.studentsonice.com/whale2004/assets/images/pBlue-Whale-Fluke.jpg

Purple Santa

12-21-2008, 05:25 PM

I'd like to punish myself every once in a while.
Do real punishment. Play Superman 64 :p

I need to dig out my old Bone poster that I got in University lo those many years ago and put it up downstairs when they finish the basement. My kids will like it, if nothing else.
A Bone poster? Very cool...i'm definitely going to have to visit your basement when it's done ;)
That's not a fluke.

This is a fluke.

http://www.studentsonice.com/whale2004/assets/images/pBlue-Whale-Fluke.jpg
That's no fluke. That's a pike :eek:

So X, how goes the vacation?

Spigot

12-21-2008, 05:58 PM

That's one BIG pike...

And yeah... I picked up a cool poster of Bone sneaking on a mountain at night with the Red Dragon just looming behind him. I don't have anywhere to hang it right now but it's one of the posters I have in my collection from University that I'd like to get mounted so I can stop using sticky tack to hold it up. You know, class up the joint somewhat...

Xerxes

12-21-2008, 09:10 PM

Do real punishment. Play Superman 64 :p
So X, how goes the vacation?

I want to still live after wards though. :-p

Umm I've been co-oping a bad game and I think I've caught a cold. I'm ready to crawl into bed.:(

Karak

12-21-2008, 09:36 PM

I want to still live after wards though. :-p

Umm I've been co-oping a bad game and I think I've caught a cold. I'm ready to crawl into bed.:(

Rise of the argonauts.

Talanvor

12-21-2008, 10:02 PM

I'd like to punish myself every once in a while.

Obviously, you have Bullet Witch on there.

Trust me, I know. I played that goddamn game too. Actually, wait a second...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v691/Okatha/2007-11-29.png

There we go. I managed to stop myself before I finished the first level though.

Purple Santa

12-22-2008, 06:05 AM

X payed for his video game crimes. He was sent back to work :)

Kelegacy

12-22-2008, 06:14 AM

Read Bone. It's wonderful.

I bought this earlier in the year (saved about half by buying it online instead of in-store) and just picked it up again on Saturday. I have the complete collection in one volume, so it's not the easiest thing to read on the toilet. Will have to read it elsewhere. Only on like page 130, and there's something like 1300+ pages.

violent

12-22-2008, 12:34 PM

I bought this earlier in the year (saved about half by buying it online instead of in-store) and just picked it up again on Saturday. I have the complete collection in one volume, so it's not the easiest thing to read on the toilet. Will have to read it elsewhere. Only on like page 130, and there's something like 1300+ pages.

I was lucky enough to buy it before a road trip to South Carolina so I made it past halfway just on the way up. Wonderful, wonderful story. I think my girl is getting my a Phone Bone sweater for Christmas too. Oh, how well she knows me.

Xerxes

12-22-2008, 05:53 PM

I'm starting to feel slightly better.

Purple Santa

12-23-2008, 04:54 AM

I'm starting to feel slightly better.

Does this mean more Superman Returns? :) How goes the epic battle to slog through that backlog of yours...

Spigot

12-23-2008, 05:37 AM

Purple Santa

12-23-2008, 06:57 AM

I wonder if it will be anything like mine usually goes when I have some free time. I look forward to it with the glee of a million exploding suns but when it comes time to play, I either end up online, here, or watching a movie or something and then kicking myself when it gets really late and I realize I just wasted prime, unsullied gaming time doing non-gaming stuff :)

So it's not only me who does this?? I waste half a morning on here and then realize...OMG...I could of been playing <insert game> all this time! Of course today..i'm avoiding cleaning. After playing PoP non-stop the last couple of days...I need to look around to see what needs to be done around here...apparently quite a bit

Mdot

12-23-2008, 07:13 AM

I'm trying to decide whether to jump into Far Cry 2 or L4D at this point. Dead Space is coming for Christmas.

Purple Santa

12-23-2008, 12:24 PM

I'm trying to decide whether to jump into Far Cry 2 or L4D at this point. Dead Space is coming for Christmas.

You can do both. L4D you can easily play in spurts. If you need zombie bait give me a shout :D. Then you can play plenty of FC 2. Another one that I need to play also...

Xerxes

12-23-2008, 04:28 PM

I wonder if it will be anything like mine usually goes when I have some free time. I look forward to it with the glee of a million exploding suns but when it comes time to play, I either end up online, here, or watching a movie or something and then kicking myself when it gets really late and I realize I just wasted prime, unsullied gaming time doing non-gaming stuff :)

That's about it. What energy I have scrounged up for gaming was given to Rainbow Six Vegas. Sometimes it's not good to play together. ~_~

Xerxes

12-24-2008, 02:25 AM

Condemned 2 is down! On to Prince of Persia or Conan.

Spigot

12-24-2008, 08:51 AM

Do PoP. It will be a nice reward. And congrats on Condemned 2. Now I don't have to keep hearing you talk about it :)

Purple Santa

12-24-2008, 12:23 PM

Yes, do PoP then join us in the ending discussion. Hearing your POV will be really interesting addition to the mix...

Just a suggestion...if you are planning to collect em all...you'll know what I mean when you play...collect them all before the end...and you will know when that is coming.

Spigot

12-24-2008, 02:06 PM

Xerxes

12-24-2008, 03:00 PM

Trying not to spoil the game is cute and all but i have no idea what you are talking about. Whatever.

maharahaj

12-24-2008, 03:06 PM

I wonder if it will be anything like mine usually goes when I have some free time. I look forward to it with the glee of a million exploding suns but when it comes time to play, I either end up online, here, or watching a movie or something and then kicking myself when it gets really late and I realize I just wasted prime, unsullied gaming time doing non-gaming stuff :)

HA! This sums up my typical free time as well. I may not post nearly as often as others here, but I sure do spend a hell of a lot of time refreshing threads and reading.

Lesson to be learned: walk away from the CoG right now and get back to Fallout 3.

Spigot

12-24-2008, 03:23 PM

Trying not to spoil the game is cute and all but i have no idea what you are talking about. Whatever.Woah... Snarky Xerxes!

Down boy!

Once you get going, you'll see about the lightseeds. Mauve Kringle is just advising that if you want to try to collect every lightseed, do it before you start the endgame sequence (or make sure you've got a save right before you start it).

That is all.