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When there's not much else to do on a chilly or rainy day, why not take over the world?

Since I'm fond of "sandbox" games, I'm playing a couple of campaigns of Hearts of Iron 3, a semi-historical WW2 "empire builder" game. The sheer complexity of it makes the learning curve for Morrowind or Oblivion look like a small ripple. It handles the various nations' militaries down to the division level, even allows you to alter the balance of brigades within a division, and the map breaks the entire planet down into several thousand almost "county-sized" provinces, each with its own stats. Care to play one of the major powers and alter the course of history? Fine. Care to play a smaller country like Australia or Greece and see if you can make a difference? Not a problem? Tiny Luxemburg or remote Tibet? Yes, it's possible, but there's not a whole lot that you can accomplish because of your limited size and resources. The basic game out of the box is buggy to the verge of being unplayable (a few "small details", like the war doesn't start, crashes, etc.), and I sometimes wonder if it was ever playtested before they released the initial disc, but it keeps getting better and better with every patch. Quite simply, it's becoming the most elaborate and detailed simulation of WW2 released to date, by far, with the ability to alter the historical balance of alliances, outcomes of camapigns, etc., if you work at it, but tends to follow the historical direction (to a degree) otherwise. Ideally (if it was working PROPERLY), it would limit you more-or-less to what was "possible", whether it happened that way or not, yet allow you the freedom to TRY other ahistorical things that "might" have happened. As with Oblivion and its popular "overhaul" mods, external programmers have managed to mod it a lot closer to what it should have been, and still might become after a few more patches and expansions.

Other than that, I'm still playing occasional Morrowind sessions, and exploring some of the Tamriel Rebuilt mod's portions of the Morrowind Mainland, doing a few factions quests that I have yet to try, etc. If Skyrim turns out to be nothing but a glorified FPS game with a few "token" RPG elements included just to appease the older fanbase, then I'll probably be spending a lot more time with MW over the next few years, despite its obvious age.

This.

Only difference is a bit of Skyrim forum reading. Everything else is otherwise the same (yeah, I'm playing Oblivion, but I do that periodically anyway. After that it might be either a partial playthrough of Divinity 2 as a melee, or Dark Cloud 2. Or Portal.)

Playing world of warcraft, playing black ops, lurking forums.

I love those axes and everything looks great even for a sketch, go join bethseda NOW!!!!

I wish I HAD a PS2 or phat PS3 so I could play the Dark Cloud games again, they were alot of fun to me and I never got to play Dark Cloud 2 Tho I have ALOT of PS1 games that I need to play as well....



I think today I might do some drawings, play with my kittens :3 than exercise than either play Oblivion some or go play some Chrono Cross, haven't played any games all week since I have been giving money to the Red Cross for Japan,so far I have given $101 and counting which is hard to do without a job............................Text and email the boyfriend whom parent's don't agree with because of race,(I am 20 for God's sake!!) surf the forums, drink some tea, and don't start reading any books XD


Also I will be waiting atleast a week or little longer for the following things to get in: 2 rabbit charms, one for me and the boyfriend and the other for my cousin and whomever he is dating, Kara no Kyoukai Movie 8 anime, Iphone 4 strap adapter, Ghost Stories Anime, Chaos:Head anime :3

I spent 4 hours completely lost in Morrowind yesterday, wandering the wildy's. I had no idea where I was in rl and in the game.

Playin random games

Playing Batman: AA, TES IV, Naruto: BB, and eventually SWTOR when it comes out (hopefully in the spring, according to the vague release date).

...and occasionally :banghead: , but only when insanity gets the best of me

I'm spending my time...

1) I will be playing more Oblivion. Currently replaying American McGee's Alice. Also will probably play more Fallout 3 later on. I have a stack of games that I haven't opened yet (Metro 2033, Bioshock 1 and 2, Red Faction Guerrilla, etc...) Also got a bug to play more Stalker as I never finished that... Anyhow got tons of stuff to play until then. I stopped playing Two Worlds but will go back to that too b4 November.

2) Listening to lots of music.

3) Working on designing a 32 level megawad for Doom 2.

4) Reading / posting on various forums.

5) Reading some Terry Brooks.

6) Snacking on stuff.

Replaying Morrowind.

Playing Oblivion every now and then but basically just living life. Now with the snow melting, it's time to start training for footy again!

Working on the GT5 trophy for getting every car. So far, about 250/1000+. Should last me until November.

I just got Two Worlds 2 and I'm around five hours in and enjoying it. I'm mainly on the forums though just patiently waiting and discussing the game.

Looking for a time-warp machine so I can get to November sooner! ;D No, but really--I'm falling off the edge of my seat, mouth watering in anticipation, and just trying not to get too over-hyped about it--most of the time... Thankfully, I have two kids to raise, so I am obligated to focus on real life more than my fantasy world (in which I am the hero of Tamriel, and the Dovakhin, and whoever else i want to be! ). But I do allow myself ample time to drift away in my head (with too much frequency, at times...), and I'm also still working on my Syl novel--posting book one, and still working out the flaws in book two until it has reached the level of perfection that will leave me satisfied... So much to do, so little time. But still, I can hardly wait!!!!

If you are still skimming through the many pages of comments with even a slight of interest in what people are doing, here is mine:

-I am trying to finish Morrowind for the first time. Right now I'm in the middle of the "Fourth and Fifth Trials".

-I am replaying Oblivion AGAIN, even though I squeezed the gameplay out of it like a lemon, it's still my favorite game ever made.

-I tried Arena and couldn't get into it...Maybe I'll try again with a strategy guide.

-I got out of Privateer's Hold in Daggerfall and lost interest once I got to the city of Daggerfall, but I'll get around to it.

:)

This I can very much relate to, lol! And I plan on doing the same thing to Skyrim, once it comes out!

There's plenty in my life keeping me busy, but when I do get free time I'm playing a lot of Oblivion. I've also got Mass Effect 2 and Gran Turismo 5 to keep me busy (even though I e completed ME2 three times already ). There's a few games I want to by and play between now and November, mainly Brink and Portal 2.

I've got a copy of Morrowind on the PC at work, and I check TES website every break, so I'm kept fairly sane at work. It's safe to say I'm still far too excited by Skyrim though. The Elder Scrolls is "my game" though. All my friends associate it with me. It's the best series in gaming to me, everything else is just a distraction.

I've been biding my time by absorbing myself in all the information about the new Mortal Kombat. It's looking to be what I've always wanted MK to be. - I think it will last me quite a while.

Strated replaying OB yesterday and I'm always playing other RPGs, DA O (and now II), ME series and The Witcher

Right now. Playing Guildwars. BMXing. Hanging out with friends... Life goes on. Really haven't been gaming at all lately, haven't touched my Xbox in weeks.

RPG's aren't the only style of game I play. I'm playing other games. I can't play Oblivion any more, don't have a computer capable and I REFUSE to play it on the XBox without user mods. I also don't have a comuter capable of playing Morrowind and don't have it for the XBox.

I'm exdited about Skyrim, but skeptical at the same time. So until E3, or until we know more info, I'll just roam the forums and play my other games.

I'm patient, I can wait.

Living a 'real' life. Working, college, enjoying my son, awaiting my second child, hanging out with friends, playing OTHER games like Divinity II, Risen, Team Fortress II, Killing Floor, Greed Corp., Global Agenda, X3 Terran Conflict...... The list goes on. I've done everthing there is to do in Arena/Daggerfall/Morrowind/Obivion. Even with most of the mods, I'm tapped out. Skyrim will be a welcome addition to the list, but I can easilly wait the time. When your wife is pregnant, you have more important/interesing things to look forward to than a game release. It's just a shame we were a month early on our success....

Playing through FO:NV for the second time and having a blast with a different char build. I played Dragon Age 2 for a while and was totally underwhelmed with it. I `ll also keep playing Oblivion on and off as I have been doing for a long time.
Hoping when the Wittcher 2 comes out, that it will keep me engrossed for a while. Apart from that, work and real life keep me from pining for Skyrim too much

lol

playing ME1 and 2

also want diablo 3 NOW

I just started playing FO:NV.
plus homework and my research project is taking lots of my time.
November seems soooooo far off.