Release Season Slowdown -- What Do You Play?

   Now that we're mostly in the slow period of new releases, gamers can take the time to asses what games might have gone untouched or forgotten during the flurry of high profile titles releasing week after week.  What games do you all find yourself gravitating to in preparation for the upcoming holiday release season?  
    For myself, I'm looking at concentrating a little more on 3D Dot Game Heroes, Dead Space, IL-2 Sturmovik and Bioshock 2.  There are still plenty of others that I'm forgetting about, but those are my main three games I'm going back to.  Even if you don't have a specific game, do you find yourself drawn to a specific genre during these off-times?  Perhaps you're more into the in-depth RPGs like Persona or Fallout that require more of a commitment.  You might be more of a casual player due to summer vacation being a slightly more laid back, easy time.  Just interested to see what everyone else is up to out there :D

There are so many things I haven't played, completed, or collected everything I want to collect yet that I'll be good for a long, long time.
This list would be so long I don't even know where to start.

Silent Hill 2, even though I should be playing Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days.

Playing god hand, recently beaten hard and doing another run, will probably play it on and off until whichever game I pick up next, might return to some games in my backlog. Don't really have much time so this is great, will save money for fall.

God Hand...That's the game that has the guy punching the other guy through the mouth on the cover, right?  Never did get around to playing that one--I'm guessing that since you're going through another run that the game is pretty good?
 
@ProfessorEss said:

" There are so many things I haven't played, completed, or collected everything I want to collect yet that I'll be good for a long, long time. This list would be so long I don't even know where to start. "

Playing Alpha Protocol and All Points Bulletin. They've been taking up all my time. I bought Monster Hunter 3 when it came out but only spent about an hour with it before I put it on the shelf. I plan on returning to that at some point. I just bought the id pack on steam too so I can play the dooms and quakes in short bursts. I played The Sims 3 while catching up on X-files on Netflix too.

I've spent the whole year preparing for the summer. I have a huge pile of Adventure games and RPG's that will take the whole summer to beat

" God Hand...That's the game that has the guy punching the other guy through the mouth on the cover, right?  Never did get around to playing that one--I'm guessing that since you're going through another run that the game is pretty good?  "

 Where have you been? Its one of the best games on the PS2.  

 

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" I've spent the whole year preparing for the summer. I have a huge pile of Adventure games and RPG's that will take the whole summer to beat "

i'm mostly playing super Mario Galaxy 2. i'll probably pick crackdown 2 later.

Slowdown? 
Owning all the current gen consoles and the handhelds there is no "Slowdown" for me. 
Steam, PSN, XBLA and retail releases. I have no idea why people say "Slowdown"  

Demon's Souls was just released in Europe, so I'm probably playing that.

I've been a PC gamer exclusively up until a few months ago when I got an Xbox, so I'm catching up on stuff I've missed. Right now I'm mainly playing Dante's Inferno, Halo ODST, and Shadow Complex. Ran through The Force Unleashed recently, that was pretty fun. And I bought the first Kane & Lynch on the Steam sale yesterday and I'm kind of liking it. I know. I KNOW. 
 
But, yeah, trying to play as many games as I can before Rock Band 3 and Kinect come out, devour my life, and my family and I never leave the house again.

Way too many games but I'll see what I can remember. Transformers: WFC, Brutal Legend, Need for Speed Shift, Bad Company 2 (Onslaught Mode), Red Dead Redemption (Co-op DLC), Max Payne 1 & 2 (Damn you Valve and your summer deals), The Saboteur, Killzone 2, Motorstorm Pacific Rift, Final Fantasy 13, Liberty City Stories, F.E.A.R. 2, Borderlands (General Knoxx DLC), Mass Effect 2(Insanity playthrough) and Dragon Age Origins: Awakening. I'm sure more will be added to my list because of the crazy deals happening on Steam.

" I've been a PC gamer exclusively up until a few months ago when I got an Xbox, so I'm catching up on stuff I've missed. Right now I'm mainly playing Dante's Inferno, Halo ODST, and Shadow Complex. Ran through The Force Unleashed recently, that was pretty fun. And I bought the first Kane & Lynch on the Steam sale yesterday and I'm kind of liking it. I know. I KNOW.  But, yeah, trying to play as many games as I can before Rock Band 3 and Kinect come out, devour my life, and my family and I never leave the house again. "

RDR still....and soon Alan Wake and Alpha Protocol to go along with it.

Having a very large shelf of unplayed games from PS1, PS2, PS3 makes this is a good thing for me. I am saving money and cleaning up the backlog, not to mention Steam as well and it's recent sale.
 
Currently playing Gears of War 1 for the first time, as I just bought my 360 when the Spring bundle was launched. Also getting back into FFXIII and will probably play Assassin's Creed 2 or Fatal Frame 1 after I finish Gears.

I'm gonna get Sin and Punishment soon, just came out in the US. That game looks awesome.

I'm really interested in Demon's Souls. The only thing making me reluctant to purchase it is the idea of losing hours of progress. Sure, we should all play games to have fun, and that seems to be what DS is all about, but I can't imagine myself not getting frustrated with the game.

I figured that was slightly exaggerated. Secondly, I love the idea of players cooperating with each other, yet at the same time I read there is a PVP element. Is there corpse camping in the game while playing on PSN?

I plan on buying a 360 and playing Mass Effect 1 & 2, Alan Wake, Conviction and Shadow Complex. That should get me through the summer.

"Slowdown? Owning all the current gen consoles and the handhelds there is no "Slowdown" for me. Steam, PSN, XBLA and retail releases. I have no idea why people say "Slowdown"   "

I just picked up Valkyria Chronicles and am horribly addicted.  Still need to finish God of War 3 and FF13, but Modern Warfare 2  and Pixel Junk Monsters both keep getting in the way.  Needless to say I'm not really looking towards the horizon and new games right now.

I have 3 SMT games to finish and plan on getting Dragon Quest IX when its released, with all the games i need to finish i won't be done till next year 0.0

Morrowind.... could take awhile. ;) 

I plan on playing team fortress 2 as usual, and any other game I pick up during the massive steam sale.