Games you're looking forward to
Really interested in Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City.
Still not sure about L.A. Noire. I've heard that beyond the cases there really isn't much else to do in the game world, that it's just driving around from mission to mission.
Mass Effect 3, Uncharted 3, Portal 2, Skyward Sword
Shadows of the Damned - Akira Yamaoka (did the Silent Hill soundtracks) is doing the music for it, which is really cool
“if you want to be a bird,” you said once, “with colorful plumage and buoyant trills, you must also be ready for hollow bones."
The new commercial of Portal 2 is making me JIMP.
"A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary propensity toward fanaticism." -Carl Sagan
"Am I cruel? Probably. Is she an idiot? Yes." -jane s.
Common thread in all these games: All FPS's with high levels of customization and re-playability, my main criteria for picking out a game.
Also looking forward to Bioshock: Infinite, and this XBLA game called Breach coming out in January, and the new Silent Hill.
It's an add-on Nate, not an entirely new game.
I know it hasn't been announced but I want Gear Box to stop dicking around and hurry up with that Borderlands sequel.
Hopefully they'll get to it after they're through with all this Duke Nukem nonsense.
IMPOSTOR!
Erm, anyone seen this???
im such a nerd, but i wanna play duke nukem forever, because ive waited since i was 12 for it.
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“...There are so many ways of being despicable it quite makes one's head spin. But the way to be really despicable is to be contemptuous of other people's pain. You ought to have some apprehension that the man you see before you was once even younger than you are now and arrived at his present wretchedness by imperceptible degrees.”
-James Baldwin
Brink comes out next week!
Who's getting it (on 360)?
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Now that I actually have a new system, I realize 60 bucks is too much to pay for a videogame. I'm sticking with the early games that are like 20-40 bucks.
I'm considering Gamefly, but it doesn't seem like that good of a deal. 16 bucks a month for 1 game at a time. Like Netflix. For games. Don't know if it's worth it because games take longer to do than movies.
what's your system? go on amazon, they have good deals (MK9 is 40$ now, usually 60$ for example).
they also have amazon warehouse deals on used games that are good quality. those also qualify for free shipping.
PS3
MK9 looks great (I can't emphasize that enough) and I enjoyed MK vs DC (what little I played) but I'm not familiar with the storyline of the series. Is there a lot to unlock?
I grew up with Street Fighter 2, but I don't know if the online community for Street Fighter 4 is any good anymore.
I was gonna get Marvel vs Capcom 3, but to be honest, outside of the fighting, the game looks rather shallow. Plus, 59.99. Meh.
If I do get SF4, I'll wait for Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition. (Tweaked mechanics and 2 more characters than Super Street Fighter 4.
MK9 looks great (I can't emphasize that enough) and I enjoyed MK vs DC (what little I played) but I'm not familiar with the storyline of the series. Is there a lot to unlock?
from what i heard, it's a solid game. here's a review from a guy that i think is legit. he pointed out flaws in the MvC3 game that are spot-on so yeah.
you don't need to know the history but it helps. this game basically does a recap of MK1 to MK3 in an alternate reality.
excuse the theatrics and watch his review of MvC3 too.
I grew up with Street Fighter 2, but I don't know if the online community for Street Fighter 4 is any good anymore.
I was gonna get Marvel vs Capcom 3, but to be honest, outside of the fighting, the game looks rather shallow. Plus, 59.99. Meh.
there really isn't a good storyline for MvC3 but it's damn good fun. if i were you, i'd wait until the price drops to $40 or something before you get it.
there's a ton of vids on youtube with streaming tournaments for both SF4 and MvC3. they're starting with MK9 too now. check out the 'levelupseries' channel on youtube or even 'cross counter'. they review fights and commentate.
If I do get SF4, I'll wait for Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition. (Tweaked mechanics and 2 more characters than Super Street Fighter 4.
yeah, playing Oni would be sweet but to be honest, the attention is focusing more on MvC3 and MK9 now. SF is gonna stay but it's not the darling of the gamers right now.
Sign up here http://www.goozex.com/referral.asp?idr=6189380569157 and trade games that you have played. It's what I do, you basically only pay shipping once you get a few trades sent.
MK9 is awesome. It is the new standard for fighting games, in my opinion. At least in terms of single player content. It actually has a really awesome story mode. It's not just ladder mode with a few cutscenes.
Ok, MvC3 it isn't then! I'll wait til Capcom gets its head out of its ass. They do have quite a reputation right now for being money whores. DLC etc..
It's decided I will order MK9 and a single player game I have not yet decided on.
Who's getting it (on 360)?
me
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-James Baldwin
yeah, but for 30, you can have three. and the cut rate pricing on "used" games that you get as soon as they release (so, they're used in the sense that you used them) is awesome. when you're a member for a year, they give you ten percent off prices, the option to get four games, and two coupons for five bucks off games a year.
it saves me money. i get four games, and most months thats more than enough, so i dont have to buy, or send any back. but even so, say you rent four (36 bucks) to buy them all would be 240 retail. say, you send two back cause they suck (you save 120 bucks) you beat one (another sixty bucks) and you keep a really long one, like the new elder scrolls, at a cost of 45 (saving 15 off sticker price) that means you played 240 dollars worth of games, and your cost is just above buying one of them in shrink wrapping.
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“...There are so many ways of being despicable it quite makes one's head spin. But the way to be really despicable is to be contemptuous of other people's pain. You ought to have some apprehension that the man you see before you was once even younger than you are now and arrived at his present wretchedness by imperceptible degrees.”
-James Baldwin
uncharted 2 is on sale for $20 on amazon and bestbuy. i can't resist buying it...
i have the first one and i've heard a ton of good things with the sequel.
L.A NOIRE
Seriously, I haven't been this excited about a game since Red Dead, and prior to that it was a long time since I was excited about a game at all.
I'm gonna get Mortal Kombat and Enslaved in the mail in 3 days. Amazon. Why can't they come now?
The next Mavs game. Can't wait for that one.
i don't know what enslaved is but at some point, you should check out the god of war series.
enslaved is an all-right action adventure game based on the japanese mythology of monkey's journey west. i played about half of it last summer. worth the discount price.
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“...There are so many ways of being despicable it quite makes one's head spin. But the way to be really despicable is to be contemptuous of other people's pain. You ought to have some apprehension that the man you see before you was once even younger than you are now and arrived at his present wretchedness by imperceptible degrees.”
-James Baldwin
Played and beat the 1st one. Twas alright. It was too generic for me. A Devil May Cry clone.
third one is much better. you may need to play the second one to know what's going on. the third picks up exactly on where the second stopped.
New Silent Hill is starting to look pretty good:
Could be interesting:
Wasn't really interested in this game at first but now I kind of am.
From such games I only care about Battlefield 3. Rest don't impress me.
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RE6
Arkham City
X-Men: Destiny
Shattered Dimensions sequel
ZELDA: SKYWARD SWORD
Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3
Just played the demo for this and was really disappointed. Really awful controls and AI.
I still may pick it up down the road when it's in the bargain bin.
On my radar:
Meh. Just looks like slightly interactive cinema, and the movie ain't even very good.
Si vis pacem, para bellum
Just saw a trailer for the new Need For Speed game and they gave it a kind of Cannonball Run kind of feel to it. I'm wondering exactly how much of the 3,000 miles you do run though. What about a game that has you literally drive the full distance from, say, NY to LA? With all the GoogleEarth stuff they have nowadays and all the power these consoles have, seems like it'd be possible to do. Maybe have like a scavenger hunt aspect to it, where you have to hit certain cities and roadside attractions to gain points to go along with the best time. Just seems like it would be something great for an online thing.
Of course, I don't really follow gaming news. This game may already be out there.
The list for 2012 (so far):
-Bioshock Infinite
-Silent Hill: Downpour
-Alan Wake's American Nightmare
-Gotham City Impostors
-Borderlands 2
-Max Payne 3
-GTA V
-The Last of Us
Surprised I'm looking forward to this since I thought RE5 was the very definition of mediocre:
(I wasn't crazy about RE4 either. Don't hurt me.)
I love RE5 and can't wait for 6 ^__^ Also I'm hyped for Yakuza: Dead Souls.
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-Gotham City Impostors
Eh, not so much anymore. Been playing the beta and it's failed to impress me so far.
You know, it's always kind of awkward when I hype up a game here and then a couple weeks or months down the line post again about how crappy the game actually is. I mean it feels awkward to me.
At first I felt it was meh, but after playing demo and watching some more videos I think Binary Domain can be very solid game.
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MASS EFFECT O__________________________O
“if you want to be a bird,” you said once, “with colorful plumage and buoyant trills, you must also be ready for hollow bones."
Eww, Mass Effect...
I've played the demo of ME3. It's a quasi-shooter pretending to be quasi-RPG.
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Prey 2. For all its physics and methods of play, it also take me back to Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath.
I might play Farcry 3. I liked 2 a lot except for the ending which pissed me off to no end, but I'm actually looking forward to CS:GO.
Spec Ops: The Line and Ghost Recon: Future Soldier.
Oh, and this:
man, if LA noir doesnt live up to the massive boner ive fostered for it, i will be greatly upset
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“...There are so many ways of being despicable it quite makes one's head spin. But the way to be really despicable is to be contemptuous of other people's pain. You ought to have some apprehension that the man you see before you was once even younger than you are now and arrived at his present wretchedness by imperceptible degrees.”
-James Baldwin