Winter Orgy: 2009, The "Doesn't Quite Make up for this Crappy Summer" Edition

[schild]

Yea, I know right, Cloudy but Awesome Skies with a chance of Massive Game Breaking Bugs and Unfinished Content.

You should review games like this.

Game reviews in the tradition of a weather report. That won't get old fast.

[Yegolev]

Afrika, Wet, Ass

Awesome.

[NiX]

Game reviews in the tradition of a weather report. That won't get old fast.

You could spice it up with natural disasters. Plus, weather reports are often wrong. It won't get old fast.

[Hoax]

Day 1 if I have to sell a kidney:
Borderlands

Would only buy if the threads post release sound so fun I just can't stand it, will regret the purchase:
Fallen Earth
MUA2
Demon Souls
Little Big Planet
League of Legends

Will be laughing at anyone who buys these trash ass games because they have to be subbed to something!:
ChampO
Aion

Buying on Steam when it goes on sale:
Fallout
Alpha Protocol
Dragon Age
Risen

Eventual discount bin/used purchase at some much later date if I remember them:
Wet
Mini Ninjas
Ninja Gaiden
Batman AA
That jade slut's sequel (maybe)
First truly painful xbox exclusive ever.   :
Raiden

[schild]

I am not understanding why you've got Demon's Souls under Maybe.

No one with a PS3 who doesn't have it should have it under Maybe. If you do, you're doing gaming a disservice.

[Hoax]

I added Wet to the top of the bargain list, that game could be amazing if they pull the style off but yeah Demon Souls, I dunno it looks cool and it sounds cool but I wasn't going to deal with importing it way back when and if nobody is playing it this time around I'll probably forget to buy it.  Just being honest.  I don't really do single player much, its almost always a waste of cash because I get bored long before I finish the game.

\/\/\/\/\/
That's not true, I just don't spend a ton of money on gaming.  I'm well into August in Persona4 in about 10 days, I've been gaming lots by my standards between that, fighting games and the odd game of BloodBowl.  You just don't respect anybody that doesn't spend unhealthy amounts of money, I spend too much damn time gaming.

[schild]

You don't really game much at all, so I wouldn't really separate single player and multiplayer in your case. 

[Lucas]

Day 1:

Football Manager 2010 (will rule my life and lead the european charts forever and beyond, as usual)

Dragon Age
Alpha Protocol

Tier II:

Fallen Earth (want to see how this team handle launch and first couple weeks after that)
Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising (still not sure about the realism and tactical approach of this one. Want to hear more players about hardcore mode)


Fear of Buggy Mess, no way 'til I read otherwise:

Risen


Still unsure:

Aion
Pro Evolution Soccer 2010
------

That's it.

[Sky]

Why would you think Risen would be a buggy mess but put an Obsidian game on Day 1?

Gothics definitely have bugs, but they tend to be the run-of-the-mill euro-rpg bugginess. They've said they learned from the mistakes of Gothic 3 (making it too big, mostly), I expect it to be a return to form.

[schild]

Why would you think Risen would be a buggy mess but put an Obsidian game on Day 1?

Gothics definitely have bugs, but they tend to be the run-of-the-mill euro-rpg bugginess. They've said they learned from the mistakes of Gothic 3 (making it too big, mostly), I expect it to be a return to form.

I am shocked that you're defending Piranha Bytes. Shocked, I say!

In all seriousness. I expect Alpha Protocol to work from beginning to end on day 1. Even if it ends abruptly.

I don't expect that with any European, ANY!

I'm still surprised Heavenly Sword didn't make my PS3 catch aflame.

[Lucas]

Sorry, got too burned out by Gothic 3 (loved the first two), but really I SO HOPE they manage to dish out another quality product.

Regarding Obsidian and NWN2 (for example), more than "buggy", I would have defined that game as "excruciatingly clunky", beyond the awfully generic (and quite surprisingly so, given the background of some of their designers) original campaign.

[Sky]

I expect Alpha Protocol to work from beginning to end on day 1.

Code:

Tracking 1094 known issues
Severity:	Open:	Resolved:
Block	0	7
Crash	1	9
Major	5	80
Minor	43	257
Tweak	2	169
Text	22	166
Trivial	11	205
Feature	12	105
Total	84	893

KotOR2. 7 block bugs. Wouldn't call that working from beginning to end.

[schild]

I have absolutely no reason to believe Alpha Protocol, an original IP, will be given the same treatment as SW fanfiction. 

[WayAbvPar]

Day 1, already reserved-
Rock Band: Beatles
NHl10

Day 1-
Borderlands

Need more info-
Dragon Age (although I will likely end up buying it)


Don't know enough about the rest, and won't have the time to play them even if I did.

[Hindenburg]

My god Alpha Protocol has a shitty cover.

I have absolutely no reason to believe Alpha Protocol, an original IP, will be given the same treatment as SW fanfiction. 

Sega.

[Sky]

I have absolutely no reason to believe Alpha Protocol, an original IP, will be given the same treatment as SW fanfiction. 

Ok, that logic works. I sure the hell hope they can pull it off and get out from under the shadow of making poor quality (but great potential) sequels to other dev's games.

[Yegolev]

I want to put five dollars on Alpha Protocol being a buggy-ass piece of garbage that some wackos love and defend on the internets.

[ghost]

Why is everyone so down on Wet?  It looks pretty interesting and Bethesda seems okay.  I won't play it unless it on PC though, being a third person shooter.

[Morfiend]

Pretty much anyone who like games, and can handle a little difficulty should be buying Demon's Souls day 1. If they don't, there is nothing I can say.

[Teleku]

You forgot the ever so important "and has a PS3" part of that.   

[fuser]

Heroes Over Europe (still waiting for a worthy successor to Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe).

I love that old game, so many hours into it.

After watching this review I really have no interest to buy Heroes Over Europe now.

[Azazel]

You and I do not share the same taste in games.

Yeah, I tend to like a bit of everything, but I skip most driving games, portable stuff, RTS and weeaboo JRPG shit.



Also, for the below games, this:

Have no idea what it is, and why people are mentioning it:
Risen
Wet
Alpha Protocol

lol azazel is gonna wait a week for feedback on modern warfare 2

yea, because it has a chance of mediocre considering infinity ward's spotty history of making THE SECOND BEST FPS GAMES IN THE HISTORY OF GAMING OUTSIDE OF VALVE

yes dear. Because CoD4 was fun, but a lot of that was the appeal of modern guns. It was also on really fucking tight rails and had waves of respawning enemies until you reached the next checkpoint. If the former is relaxed a little, and the latter is removed, I'll buy early. If not, I'll buy later. I don't think it'll hit the discount bin real fast though, since they're still getting near-release price on the first one here though. MP got quite meh after awhile as well. Dear god you're such a frothing fanboi at times.

Additionally, the way things work here is that most games get sold for quite a bit less within 2 weeks of release when one of the major retailers has them on "just-released" sale. If I wanted to have my wallet raped for things that will take ages for me to get around to playing, I'd be out there pissing all my money into the new-release pot instead of waiting awhile.

[Yegolev]

Call of Doody 4 was fun until the seams in the set pieces started pulling apart.  Also XBL sucked for my group.  I'll go back to TF2 if I want some of that stuff.

[schild]

MP got quite meh after awhile as well. Dear god you're such a frothing fanboi at times.

Those two sentences can't really follow eachother.

If ONLY every game had MP that took A WHILE to get meh.

Most games don't even give me a reason to enter multiplayer.

[ezrast]

Oh wow, I think I knew that Majesty 2 was getting made but I didn't know it was, like, actually getting made. Without knowing anything about it, that is the most compelling title on the list for me and I have no idea why.

[Yegolev]

Atelier Annie: Alchemists of Sera Island is set for Sometime in October.


...


Well, I'm excited.

[Azazel]

If ONLY every game had MP that took A WHILE to get meh.

Most games don't even give me a reason to enter multiplayer.

Your last sentence is true, but it awaits to be seen if MW2's MP is significantly different to CoD4's MP for me to give two shits about it, just like I didn't about CoD5's MP. Let's face it, CoD4 was no BF1942 or even BF2. CoD4's MP is very popular, yes, but so is CS, and I don't care about CS either.
But by all means, you're welcome to run out and buy it on day 1.

[Hindenburg]

Let's face it, CoD4 was no BF1942 or even BF2.

You are aware that that's a good thing, right?

Also, lol at dice products being some sort of paragon of quality.

[Azazel]

 

Despite the bugginess and almost-but-not-quite-ever-finished feel to their games, BF1942 and to a lesser extent BF2 were the best MP-FPS games I've ever played, and had a ton more depth than anything else. Due largely to the land-air-water environments and ability to use appropriate vehicles and classes for each.

CoD4, despite the prettiness, is simply spammy-Counterstrike-style combat reskinned with a grind in place of the shopping trolley. It's well done for what it is, and well-polished, but it's shallow as fuck. TF2 has much more depth for example, nevermind the better BF games.

[schild]

COD4 is nothing like Counterstrike.

You're being silly.

[Trippy]

Disagree. One mode is *exactly* like the DE Counter-Strike maps (Search & Destroy). And the "realism" servers skew the gameplay even closer to CS.

[schild]

Disagree. One mode is *exactly* like the DE Counter-Strike maps (Search & Destroy). And the "realism" servers skew the gameplay even closer to CS.

I don't play Search and Destroy because it's a terrible mode. But a mode does not a proxy make when you can play all the others. I can't comment on realism servers, I'm not that hardcore.

Either way, hes' still being silly. BF always launches buggy and the entire series feels like you're wading through mud.

[Azazel]

You're steadfastly choosing to miss the point entirely, just for something different. CoD MP is spammy, twitchy, somewhat shallow and a faster pace than I personally enjoy. It's very well done for what it is, but I prefer the slower, more tactical, less spammy pace of BF42/2. I also found CoD4 to be a fun experience to play thorugh once, but not a great game, and I suspect that MW2 will follow suit. YMMV. You're welcome to Day-1 MW2, beat the SP within 2 days and play the MP nonstop for a week until your games ADD kicks in. Good luck to you. I don't rightly give a shit though how hard you decide to fanboi it before it comes out though.

[NiX]

Your listing of Batman confused me. PC is the week of 9/13, but the console version is this week and that threw me off thinking you put the wrong week. Sad panda.

[Hindenburg]

You're steadfastly choosing to miss the point entirely, just for something different. CoD MP is spammy, twitchy, somewhat shallow and a faster pace than I personally enjoy. It's very well done for what it is, but I prefer the slower, more tactical, less spammy pace of BF42/2. I also found CoD4 to be a fun experience to play thorugh once, but not a great game, and I suspect that MW2 will follow suit. YMMV. You're welcome to Day-1 MW2, beat the SP within 2 days and play the MP nonstop for a week until your games ADD kicks in. Good luck to you. I don't rightly give a shit though how hard you decide to fanboi it before it comes out though.

You're steadfastly choosing to miss the point entirely, just for something different. BF2/42 is spammy, twitchy, somewhat shallow and a faster pace than I personally enjoy. It's very well done for what it is, but I prefer the slower, more tactical, less spammy pace of COD. I also found BF2 to be a fun experience to play thorugh once, but not a great game, and I suspect that the next BF game will follow suit. YMMV. You're welcome to Day-1 the next BF game, beat the lol SP within 2 days and play the MP nonstop for a week until your games ADD kicks in. Good luck to you. I don't rightly give a shit though how hard you decide to fanboi it before it comes out though.


Alson, Batman remains a detective, thanks to the wonders of audio logs, profiles, and DETECTIVE VISION.