OK, WTF am I supposed to be playing?

Let me start off by saying I don' t buy games very often. I love them, but buying every new release just isn' t the priority it used to be.
I happen to have enough of a gap in my budget this week to make a couple of guilt-free 360 purchases.
This morning I stopped by Wal-mart on the way home and there was NOTHING I wanted to buy on the shelves. I haven' t gone to Gamestop yet, so I know I haven' t seen all my choices. I' m going there tomorrow, so what two games should I pick up?

I' ve already got Oblivion.
I' m not into FPS at all really. I' m considering Forza 2, but if it' s as " deep" as the GT series, I' m not going to get the most out of it. ( I want a game, not a second job)

I DON' T WANT GOW, so don' t even suggest it.

seen all my choices. I' m going there tomorrow, so what two games should I pick up?

Heres a small list of games i made a while back....

Crackdown
Gears of War
GRAW
GRAW 2
R6: Vegas
Shadowrun
COD 2
COD 3
Condemned
Oblivion
Lost Planet
SC: Double Agent
Overlord
DOA4
Farcry
Kameo
NFS: MW
Quake 4
Viva Pinata

You' re supposed to be playing a story-based game with lots of cut scenes and voice acting that takes 35 hours minimum for a single playthrough and then gets put back on the shelf forever. Oh wait... that could be ANY game these days.

ORIGINAL: mastachefbkw


Heres a small list of games i made a while back....

Crackdown
Gears of War
GRAW
GRAW 2
R6: Vegas
Shadowrun
COD 2
COD 3
Condemned
Oblivion
Lost Planet
SC: Double Agent
Overlord
DOA4
Farcry
NFS: MW
Quake 4
Viva Pinata

without the FPS' s or GOW that leaves:


Crackdown: rented it, not worth buying

Kameo: i already traded that one in

NFS: MW : hmmm, that' s a possibility

Viva Pinata : got it, still trying to get into it

SC: Double Agent: I' m sick of the series already. I don' t want to play another one.

Condemned: I thought that sucked? Nobody seemed to like it around launch.

Lost Planet: rented it, got bored and took it back to the store early

DOA4: got it

Oblivion : got it

Overlord : There' s an active thread thrashing that one



Well...fuck. When is Mass Effect coming?

NFS: MW : hmmm, that' s a possibility

Viva Pinata : got it, still trying to get into it

Condemned: I thought that sucked? Nobody seemed to like it around launch.

I recommend these games because they' re down to like $30 I think. MW will give you about 2+ weeks of gameplay. Same with Viva, that is if you can get into it, and Condemned was actually pretty popular I thought, but I could be wrong and it could be just me that liked it. It wont give you more than a week and a half unless you dont play often or if you try to get all the achievments

Well...***. When is Mass Effect coming?

I wouldnt expect it any time soon

I finished Condemnded, and i can say the game is good but not great , this is no AAA titles, the atmosphere is excellent but it gets repetitive, gameplay wise and specialy graphic wise, fortunatly it' s not a long game... all in all i don' think it' s worth buying unless if it' s very cheap but you don' t like FPS don' t you... well this is a very slow fps.



Lost Planet , i' m playing it right now, and though the graphics are " sometimes" very impressive, the gameplay is frustrating, you always have top worrry about that count down, and man when enemies start raining fires on you, it' s hard to stop them until you receive " massive damage" ;)... that was mentioned in one of the reviews i read and NOW i know exactly what they are talking about ... for now on my third mission i can say it' s a fun game but that' s not a very good game.

either you buy the other suggestions , or i would Definitly recommend Vegas even if it' s an FPS, but it doesn' t pay like an FPS , this is a VERY GOOD GAME...

I was thinking the same thing nekkid.

I was going to go to EBgames today and buy a PC game. Which would take most of the day since the store that I like is located in another city. I told myself, well there are no new releases, what' s the point? Fuck it, I' ll just read a book.

It seems like the best games in ' 07 are going to be release between August and November. But damn those months are going to be the best I' ve ever seen. Ten years from now, we' ll still be talking about Fall of ' 07, well maybe not but it' s still going to be pretty sweet. I suggest saving your money for the fall. There' s about 5 to 10 AAA games I' ll be buying in that period. It seems like most of the games I' ve been anticipating for years are all rushing through the door at the same time, I hope my semester is not too brutal with homework.

if you have other consoles try buying something for them, everybody has missed at least 1 great game on the ps2/gc/xbox gen that you havent played yet, get that.

Change is inevitable. Except from a vending machine.

Viva La Revolution! erm, I mean Viva La Wii!

if you have other consoles try buying something for them, everybody has missed at least 1 great game on the ps2/gc/xbox gen that you havent played yet, get that.

good point

Please dont buy Quake 4, theres an incredible amount of trash inside the box.

ORIGINAL: Silentbomber

if you have other consoles try buying something for them, everybody has missed at least 1 great game on the ps2/gc/xbox gen that you havent played yet, get that.

Yeah, that' s what I' m sure I' ll end up doing. I was just making sure there wasn' t something spectacular that I missed somehow.

Please dont buy Quake 4, theres an incredible amount of trash inside the box.

Its a decent shooter. but the fps is a bit broken!

Xbox 360

-Dirt
-Forza Motorsport 2
-Condemned: Criminal Origins
-PGR3

These are all good if you' re looking for a quick-fix on the 360.

Last Gen

God of War
God of War II
Okami
Psychonauts
Metal Gear Solid 1 2 & 3
Pikmin 1 & 2
Socom 2 or 3 (Online components are both going strong for both)
Katamari Damacy
We Love Katamari

All of those are amazing games, and every one except God of War II runs under 30 bucks.

My suggestion? Buy 1 or 2 last-gen gems & wait for Sept-Nov.

Dead rising is a game im pretty intrested in.

Even if you break 2 legs from a crab it still runs!
What you gotta do is find its weak spot and do massive damage at it.

You haven' t played it yet? It' s pretty awesome, despite the weak save feature. I spend more time just running around whacking zombies than completing missions. It' s why I have like 2 achievements for it.

It might help ig you told us what games you do have.

From what' s been suggested, Dead Rising and NFS: Most Wanted are both worth getting. If you' re not playin in HD then Most Wanted will run at 60fps, otherwise it' s 30. Dead Rising simply owns. Download the demo and see what you think.

No i havn' t tried DR yet,and all though im thinking of the darkness,I have already call of juarez + overlord to finish and some games on hard,like COD3+MTW2.

So Im more intrested in DR for fun times fast.

At the same time The darkness looks kind of epic and awesome graphically so its hard choice...

Even if you break 2 legs from a crab it still runs!
What you gotta do is find its weak spot and do massive damage at it.

Last Gen

God of War
God of War II
Okami
Psychonauts
Metal Gear Solid 1 2 & 3
Pikmin 1 & 2
Socom 2 or 3 (Online components are both going strong for both)
Katamari Damacy
We Love Katamari

Man, I keep my eyes open for Psychonauts everytime I look around in stores but haven' t been seeing it. I might end up just getting the PC version.

Speaking of last-gen titles, Jade Empire seems top-notch.

If you dont have Dead Rising then you really should buy it, its a good game despite the fuking awful save system (witch will make you throw your controller more than once) and is a necessary buy for 360 if you dont like FPS´s.

Psychonauts is a great game that you must play in PS2 due to the controller, i would also recommend Shin Megami Tensei Nocturne, Okami, and Oddworld: Stranger´s Wrath.

ORIGINAL: fernandino

If you dont have Dead Rising then you really should buy it, its a good game despite the fuking awful save system (witch will make you throw your controller more than once) and is a necessary buy for 360 if you dont like FPS´s.

Psychonauts is a great game that you must play in PS2 due to the controller, i would also recommend Shin Megami Tensei Nocturne, Okami, and Oddworld: Stranger´s Wrath.

Yes.

Dead Rising
Psychonauts
Okami
Oddworld: Stranger' s Wrath

Never played Shin Megami Tensei Nocturne, so I don' t know about that one. The other ones are definite keepers, though.

I would like to say that I really liked Tomb Raider: Legend on the 360. I know I' m not the only one either!

Man, I keep my eyes open for Psychonauts everytime I look around in stores but haven' t been seeing it. I might end up just getting the PC version.

You probably won' t find it in normal retail chains, not without going up to somebody & asking. They' ve always got a couple copies hanging around the local Gamestop though.

If you dont have Dead Rising then you really should buy it,

I played the demo and while I found it fun and got the impression that it would get very repetitive but that was just the demo.

I played the demo and while I found it fun and got the impression that it would get very repetitive but that was just the demo.

So did I but bought the game today,because I think the missions+sidequest,saving the folks inside and beating bosses and then later uncovering the truth behind the zombies etc is something that might get you from the repetive nature of the demo.

Even if you break 2 legs from a crab it still runs!
What you gotta do is find its weak spot and do massive damage at it.

Yeah, the repetitive nature is there... that is until you pick up the katana, lawnmower, bowling-balls, shopping-carts & red-hot frying pans.

Don' t bother with the guns, for the most part they' re useless. Even the shotgun (the best firearm in the game) is pretty weak compared to some of the other stuff in the mall.

Don' t bother with the guns,

Actually I found great use of the Uzi so far atleast...

Even if you break 2 legs from a crab it still runs!
What you gotta do is find its weak spot and do massive damage at it.

I picked up Condemned, btw. I' m loving it so far, but dammit it' s HARD. I' m seriously tempted to turn the difficulty to easy, but I' m still making progress between horrible beat-downs, so I' ll keep it on normal for now. I guess I just need to learn to block effectively.

Anyway, thanks for the recommendation.

Speaking of last-gen titles, Jade Empire seems top-notch.

If it says Bioware on the case, its made of good and win.

I dont want to celebrate, I want to sell you hate.