Review the game/s you're currently playing (in 100 words or less)

It's been a while since we've had an active "What Game Are You Playing" thread. I'm interested in hearing what games you folks are currently working on, but I'm too darn important to read your blasted Proustian drivel. Give us a review of your current poison, but keep it short and snappy for all of the important people out there. Optionally, you can also add a tl;dr for each review in fewer than eleven words in italics. Extra points (and words) if it's a haiku.

tl;dr: Play a game. Write a review. Keep it short.

Onward, Bucephalus!

Phantasmagoria 2
A standout from the FMV era of point-and-clicks, where real people (let's be economical with the word "actors") play the roles and most actions lead to short video sequences. Focuses on a former mental patient who may or may not be slipping back into madness. Campy at all times, horrendous at some, it's a fun way to spend an hour here and there, but keep a walkthrough open because it can get annoying at times. Also, boobies.

tl;dr: Campy FMV
Horror-and-click adventure.
Good fun. Also, boobies.

Crysis, LA Noire, and Botanicula to come. Let's hear yours in the meantime.

 

Borderlands 2
FPS/Action/RPG - A first person shooter loot farm game with RPG elements such as story progression, questing and leveling up. Loot can be random drops and also rewards from missions. Game is fun and online capable for up to 4 people using Steamworks.
Overall better than the first game in my opinion but does miss some of the charm of the first and also seems to have less loot/guns even though they advertised it to have much more.

Play alone if you want, but get some friends to play with for the best experience.

tl;tr
if it's a haiku.

 

CS:GO= better graphics, same game, but twice the fun ^_^

BF3= bending bullets, MAGIC!

 

Fruit Ninja;
Yes, I've never played it before for some reason, never seemed to interest me. Anyhow, I finally managed to pick it up and it gets quite boring after a while (20 minutes)

 

Angry Birds: Herp derpity

 

Bulletstorm

FPS/Action game - Fun story with a fairly unique game mechanic with the electronic "lasso". Lots of different upgrades and play styles with some fun bosses. Not real challenging, but enjoyable to the very end.

tl;dr = PLAY IT!

 

Dragon Nest

MMO - Free to play but pay to win. Eitherway still quite okay to kill some time. Has some sort of storyline.

tl;dr = Baka's hungry

Monopoly

Board Game - Makes Baka hates people more regardless of friends or family

tl;dr = Fun and lengthy and has replay values

 

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LA Noire
Heavily story-based detective game set in post-WWII Los Angeles. Clue-hunting combined with interrogation of motion-captured suspects and witnesses make gameplay feel fresh and different from anything else I've played. Feels like a new evolution of the adventure game genre. Unfortunately, lack of other significant gameplay elements makes it feel more like a tech demo for the interrogation mechanic at times. Story is good but not enough of the noir promised by the title. I love it for what it is, but wish it could be a little bit more.

tl;dr: Search. Interrogate. Convict. Unfortunately, not much else. 85/100.

 

The Waiting Game:

A simple game with limited gameplay, where you wait for your new computer to arrive so you can play other games like Shogun 2 and XCOM: Enemy Unknown. Photorealistic graphics, but rubbish gameplay. Unfortunately unavoidable.

tl:dr: Seriously, it's less than 100 words?

All the Best,

Union Jack.

 

"Go get my sword back from a thief"
Hah,easy task it will just take a few minutes.

Hey that cavern looks interesting. Might as well just side step a little and see whats inside. Perhaps a new helmet for my shiny metal armour?

Oh well, nothing there but some few gold coins and a lame rusty armour. Time to continue with the quest I was suppose to do.
Hmmm, a castle. We all know people who live in castle are loaded. Does that, get almost nothing in return. Another hour wasted. But atleast I have crossed that location out from my list of places that might have something interesting to offer.

3 hours later, OH NO a freaking dwarven ruin. Must be something nice there. And a secret door to some underground cavern there. And a dragon flying over that hill.

When the biiiiiping hell I`m I suppose to finish this godforsaken easy task of just fetching a sword from a weak thief? God I hate this game...

 

SKYRIM = Take my money now!

Such a good game.

 

Crysis - A game from 2007 that still puts up a fight against a desktop HD7850. Not as jaw-droppingly pretty as I'd been led to expect, but it is five years old. Quite a few graphical bugs for its reputation. Like a mix of Far Cry and Halo in gameplay and setting. Not as compelling as the "not just a tech demo!" reviews that tried to justify the pre-relase hype make it out to be, but decent enough to stick through until I finish the single-player.

tl;dr: 2007: Big Deal. 2012: *90's teenager voice* Big deal.