Game Releases: May/June

[schild]

Yes, THAT'S WHAT I WAS GETTING AT.

Not even a little, hombre. Should've just said yes or no, /shrug.

You're a one trick pony.

So, you haven't played either?

[Hindenburg]

Oh ffs, I've played both. Neither was open ended, or very much similar besides the setting and the deep prejudice for filthy mexicans. Both sequels promise to be sandboxes.

[schild]

Oh ffs, I've played both. Neither was open ended, or very much similar besides the setting and the deep prejudice for filthy mexicans. Both sequels promise to be sandboxes.

You stole my thunder.

[Murgos]

Both sequels promise to be sandboxes.

Sandboxes and Western.  See my post above before Schild decided he was going to assert his impressions as superior.

[schild]

Both sequels promise to be sandboxes.

Sandboxes and Western.  See my post above before Schild decided he was going to assert his impressions as superior.

The sequels, butthead. Not the first ones. The first ones weren't alike and neither was a sandbox. Being Western doesn't fall inline with the movie shit. It needs to be more obscure/have more substance than just a base genre to seem even remotely alike. I don't even want to mention that Red Dead Revolver came out in fucking 2004 and CoJ came out in 2007 - which is a fucking eon apart for games, moore's law and all.

[Hindenburg]

Shit, they're westerns? Really?

I don't even want to mention

Yes, yes you do. Why do you lie, schild?

[schild]

Shit, they're westerns? Really?

I don't even want to mention

Yes, yes you do.

I didn't, but I did. Also, Fucking hell, are you going through the whole cast of Knight's Tale?

Admittedly, I noticed when you had the black prince first >_>

[Hindenburg]

Rome. It was crazy awesome. I cried at some points.

[schild]

Rome. It was crazy awesome. I cried at some points.

Oh, I suppose, yes, you are. That looks like Paul Bettany in a serious business shot on my giant monitor.

[Hindenburg]

This is the part where you expect me to fall for that trap, isn't it?

[Stormwaltz]

Get. A. Fucking. Console.

You're a developer, a writer no less, you have no fucking excuse.

I tried to write a reply to this four fucking times, and Firefox blew it away each time. Here's the short version:

I have a Wii and a PS2. Until the "next gen" consoles release more RPGs and strategy games and fewer action and sports games, they can get tossed.

Edit: 900th post. Go me.

[Lantyssa]

Wohoo!  Nine tenths of the way to a thousand.



I mostly agree though.  The only reason I play a few xbox 360 games is because my roommate got one.

[Morfiend]

To me this looks like a better console game than a PC game. Some games just work better with a controller.

Don't you start. DON'T YOU DO IT!

[Sky]

To me this looks like a better console game than a PC game. Some games just work better with a controller.

Don't you start. DON'T YOU DO IT!

Right back at ya. 

[Hayduke]

So, am I wrong that Prototype will be getting a PC release negating this whole flamewar entirely?  Cause everything I've seen says it's PC as well.  I'll probably get both games for PS3 though.

Overlord 2 will probably be a buy for me, maybe not at release though.  Enjoyed the first one.  And Damnation?  Nobody's mentioned it?  I don't really like Steampunk in general, but I kind of like their take on it.  Maybe there's something horribly wrong with the game I've missed.  Looks kind of fun to me though.

Bionic Commando though.  Wow.  I've wanted a sequel I was like ten or so.  But seeing those vids I couldn't be more apathetic.

[Hindenburg]

You do know about Bionic Commando Rearmed, right?

[Hayduke]

No.  Interesting though.

[Velorath]

So, am I wrong that Prototype will be getting a PC release negating this whole flamewar entirely?  Cause everything I've seen says it's PC as well.  I'll probably get both games for PS3 though.

It's getting a PC release, but given how the majority of console to PC ports go I'd be hesitant to say that negates anything.  So far it looks like all the hands-on impressions of the game are from the 360 version.

[Morfiend]

Video review of inFAMOUS from IGN. Yeah its IGN, but the video is much better than the other linked one.

http://ps3.ign.com/dor/objects/800208/sucker-punch-project/videos/infamous_vdr_051109.html

[Velorath]

I think I'm pretty much sold on inFAMOUS.

[Xanthippe]

Little King's Story intrigues me, but that video almost convinced me not to buy it.  Worst video ever.

[Sir T]

Hah, Overlord 2 looks like the exact same braindamaged nonsensical zerg as the first game. Count me in.

Overlord was a very fun game. Count on my money changing hands for that one too.

[Velorath]

SMT: Devil Summoner 2... froth?

The few places that have reviewed it have given it pretty positive scores.

[Hindenburg]

After an extensive 5 minutes, I also aprove of King Abaddon.

[schild]

Devil Summoner 2 does not work in my hardware back compat PS3.

HOW FUCKING AWESOME.

Scatlus. Lol. 

Had to reboot, took 2 minutes to get to the atlus logo. We'll see how this works out.

Edit: I'm gonna noisegrid this.

[Velorath]

Added Red Faction: Guerrilla onto the 6/2 release dates.  I was vaguely aware of it before but it didn't really pop onto my radar until the guys on the most recent Listen UP podcast went crazy over it.  I think it was David Ellis who described the single player game as GTA on Mars, and they mention that the multiplayer draws a lot of inspiration from Tribes.  The destructible environments also sound pretty cool, especially when they were talking about blowing up both ends of a bridge that the enemy team was crossing, causing the bridge and the enemies to plummet down into the chasm below.

They're also keeping me very interested in the UFC game, but I think I might end up waiting for a price drop on that one.

[Jain Zar]

Outside of Ghostbusters and maybe Punch Out that list is pretty bare for what I would want.

My must haves are all portable titles these days.  I still need Dark Spire, FF4 remake, the Klonoa remake (Wii), Samurai Shodown Anthology (Wii), and tons of upcoming DS and PSP turn based strategy and RPG goodness.

Its gotten to the point where I really don't NEED a home console just about as my type of games are more found on the little systems I can shove in my pockets...

[Dion]

blowing up both ends of a bridge that the enemy team was crossing, causing the bridge and the enemies to plummet down into the chasm below.

I did that in the first Red Faction demo and it was pretty awesome 

[Velorath]

Monster Hunter Freedom Unite for the PSP has been added to June 23rd with the release date now showing up on Capcom's website.

[MournelitheCalix]

Damnation land Overlord 2, I will purchase both of these games.  They look great.  I wish there were more western type of games ala G.U.N. I had a lot of fun with that.

[Velorath]

Demo for inFAMOUS went up on PSN yesterday.  Haven't had time to check it out myself yet.

[Velorath]

Fight Night Round 4 demo is now up on LIVE for Gold subscribers.