Q2 2010 Releases - Train Kept A-Rollin'

[stray]

Yeah, there's not much to compare Splinter Cell with Metal Gear. You have a coherent, "realistic" plot on one hand and "WHAT THE FUCK, JAPAN?" plots on the other.

I always liked this "rivalry" :) I think the main difference is not the weirdness, but that Metal Gear is a criticism on warfare. And SC is more in the "celebrate" the military variety of games. I wouldn't say that is necessarily more realistic. I think it's more accurate to call SC a fantasy, and MG, behind all of it's whacky shit, is absurdist. Both are real in their own way, depending on who you are.

Enough of the philosophical bullshit though. MG is mainly different for having traditional boss battles.  

[Morfiend]

Skate 2 makes me wary of Skate 3.  2 wasn't much an improvement over 1.  Adding more fucking hard to do tricks with more challenges that are nigh impossible doesn't appeal to me (was some asshole really pining for finger flips?).  They need to make the city more fun to skate around, not more of a pain in the ass.

Just looking through some interviews and videos, Skate 3 is set in a new "skater" friendly city with none of the hostile security guards or rail capping bullshit from the previous title.  Apparently there is a skate park editor and a improved video tools.  Inching toward must buy. 

Skate 2 is to Skate 1 what Tony Hawks Underground was to THPS4. These games don't need to go with gimmicks of "taking back the town". Just give us a good city to skate in, and lots of fun skating challenges.

[Riggswolfe]

Hmmm...Alpha Protocol is a must buy for me. I'm intrigued by the thought of an espionage RPG and I'm willing to look over less than spectacular graphics.

PS3 portable is also a must buy.

Alan Wake is a probably buy.

The rest? I'll pass.

[Velorath]

There's a Splinter Cell demo going up on Live tomorrow.

Another good video on Red Dead Redemption.

[MisterNoisy]

RDR looks like a must-buy for me, but I'm a sucker for sandbox-style games.

Just like Q1, I'm probably looking at ~$4-500 out the door in the span of 3 months.  Alpha Protocol (despite the bigass delays and well...  Sega), SC:C, Alan Wake (I just have to see how horrible this ended up being), Skate 3, ModNation Racers, SSF4 and 3D Dot Game Heroes look like must-buys.  I'm really iffy on the new Prince of Persia if only because the last two weren't particularly good and they seem to be tying it to the release of the upcoming movie - never a good sign.

[Velorath]

RDR looks like a must-buy for me, but I'm a sucker for sandbox-style games.

Just like Q1, I'm probably looking at ~$4-500 out the door in the span of 3 months.  Alpha Protocol (despite the bigass delays and well...  Sega), SC:C, Alan Wake (I just have to see how horrible this ended up being), Skate 3, ModNation Racers, SSF4 and 3D Dot Game Heroes look like must-buys.  I'm really iffy on the new Prince of Persia if only because the last two weren't particularly good and they seem to be tying it to the release of the upcoming movie - never a good sign.

Not sure why you think Alan Wake will be horrible.  Seems like almost all the hands-on reactions that came out last month were pretty positive.  Story and character-wise, it seems like a number of people have compared it favorably to Twin Peaks, and most people have said the gameplay is pretty smooth as well.

I've never really gotten into the Prince of Persia games, but this new one is supposed to be closer to the first two games of the Sands of Time trilogy.  It's only a tie-in to the movie's release in that they wanted a new PoP game on shelves when the movie comes out.

[stray]

Alpha Protocol (despite the bigass delays and well...  Sega

They've had some flops, but for every Sonic, there's a VC, VF5, Bayonetta, Total War, and Condemned. Or maybe it's safe to say they're a good publisher... umm and still make good arcade games too.

Alpha Protocol sounds pretty cool, but I'd be slightly suspicious for it being Obsidian more than Sega.

[Stormwaltz]

They've had some flops, but for every Sonic, there's a ...Total War

Total War is not unanimously loved. There series has decayed over time, particularly in the areas of AI and quality control.

[AutomaticZen]

Day Ones

Splinter Cell (360 sadly, wanted it on PC)
SSF4
Alpha Protocol

Will Get Around To It

Prince of Persia
3D Dot Game Heroes
Blur

Maybes

Split Second

[Stormwaltz]

Okay, changed my mind about Mod Nation Racers after watching this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccdT0siROy4

I'm a sucker for a good construction set. Not a "day one" purchase, but I'd pay full price for it. Looks fun.

[Paelos]

They've had some flops, but for every Sonic, there's a ...Total War

Total War is not unanimously loved. There series has decayed over time, particularly in the areas of AI and quality control.

Very much so. Empire was a complete and utter flop. I won't buy Napoleon simply for that fact (and the fact they exist in almost the same period). Wake me when they get to WWI.

[Velorath]

Added Disgaea Infinite for the PSP to the main list.  Arc Rise Fantasia for the Wii will probably get thrown in there at some point too.

I should probably just make a topic for Red Dead Redemption at some point since I'm really hyped up for it.  Even the multiplayer stuff looks really good.  I remember having a surprising amount of fun with some f13'ers in GTAIV (on the 360), so hopefully I'll see some of you in RDR as well (again, on 360).