Pretty Good Week for Gaming

[stray]

Not sure what to get first...


Bully
BF2142
Ultimate Alliance
Justice Leage Heroes
Destroy All Humans 2
Brigade E5 (JA clone??)
Sid Meier's Railroads!


Next week:

Phantasy Star Universe
Dark Messiah
Splinter Cell: Double Agent (platforms beside the 360)
Guild Wars: Nightfall
Reservoir Dogs (Ok.....maybe not)

[Sky]

Bully PS2 exclusive 

I've decided to hold off on new games until I build my new pc. BF2142 and Gothic 3 are on the top of the list, I'll probably get both for xmas because the ladyfriend likes BF2 and Gothic 2. Railroads looks cool, I spent a lot of time with the original but RT2 never grabbed my interest. Dark Messiah if it gets good reviews, but also next year. The rest of this year I'll be playing old games I've meant to finish and CoV, maybe some EQ2 if I burn out on CoV. Core 2 Duo pc won't be cheap :P

One gripe about 2142: why is widescreen still a hack, EA? Get with the goddamned times, already. Three years ago when I was hacking 1942 to widescreen I thought that shit would be all cleared up by now.

[schild]

Way to leave off Contact (DS) (Suda!), Summon Night 2 (GBA) (sequel to the best GBA game...ever), and WTF!

Also, there's a couple PS2 games I'm on the fence about...

[WayAbvPar]

Sid Meier's Railroads!

Somehow I hadn't heard about this. Is it like an updated Railroad Tycoon or something?

[Furiously]

Yea - all in 3d - supposedly a "return to the roots" like Civ 4...

[Yoru]

I might check out Railroads later on in the holiday season, but this week is all The Guild 2 for me - it's being put out by Aspyr here in the US. Supposedly basically an updated Europa 1400: The Guild, with more gameplay options, a better politics system, and a better dynasty system.

Once I tire of running a turner's shop in 1400s Leipzig, then I'll see about kickin' it with iron horses.

[stray]

Way to leave off Contact (DS) (Suda!), Summon Night 2 (GBA) (sequel to the best GBA game...ever), and WTF!

Also, there's a couple PS2 games I'm on the fence about...

I haven't touched my GBA in a long time. I *had* a DS, but somehow it went on permanent loan to somebody.

Sorry ;)

I failed to mentioned Dothack GU (looks pretty at least). What other PS2 games are you talking about?


Yoru: Is the Guild 2 good? Looks like nothing but wailing and gnashing of teeth on their boards. [EDIT] Oops. Nevermind. You haven't played it. I should read.

[stray]

What I'm really trying to figure out is: How am I going to play all of these games?

I think I'll buy Bully and Ultimate Alliance now. By the time I finish them, PSU, FFXII, NWN2, and Nightfall will be out. That's four RPG's to choose from.

Later on in early November, Medieval 2, the new Tony Hawk game, and Guitar Hero 2 will be out. I'll have to juggle those with all of the shit I didn't purchase earlier.

And then December comes, whereby I decide to get a PS3, 360, or a Wii.

Too many choices! This sucks.

[schild]

I can make a list of the stuff this Fall/Winter if wanted. I've got a pretty good list already on my desktop.

[Big Gulp]

And then December comes, whereby I decide to get a PS3, 360, or a Wii.

I'd think this one would be easy...  Got an HDTV?  Get a 360.  Regular TV?  Wii.

There, settled.

[stray]

I have an HDTV, but the Wii is still attractive. I was "fearing change" for awhile there, but I have a feeling that Nintendo is going to provide more memorable experiences than Sony or Microsoft.

I can make a list of the stuff this Fall/Winter if wanted. I've got a pretty good list already on my desktop.

That'd be cool.

Then again, you're already doing those weekly news briefs things. Those are good for keeping up (I only made this thread because you didn't do it today  ).

[schild]

The 360 has a monster catalogue coming up. Monster, Monster, Monster.

[schild]

As for the news brief thing, the Dave Rickey thing and another interview I'm working on took it out of me. I mean TOOK IT OUT OF ME.

[hal]

How can you say its good in gaming when there is nothing in the game releases topic? Tell me something besides the titles. I think its a desert here. Theres no games worth playing.

[stray]

The 360 has a monster catalogue coming up. Monster, Monster, Monster.

I'm not disputing that, but how many of those titles (even if good) are really going to offer a completely new gaming experience? Even great console games of the recent past are fairly conventional.

No doubt I'm going to want to play many 360 and PS3 titles, and no doubt, I'm going to enjoy many of them when I finally get my hands of them......But really, most of them are going to be the same types of games we've been playing for years now -- just with more shiny.

OTOH, when I look at even a basic game like Wii Tennis in action, I get all giddy inside. I want that shit in my house right now. Especially when I start thinking of what more robust games will be like.

The PS3 or 360 seem cool, and look like smarter "investments", but they haven't made me feel "giddy". The Wii is the bigger gamble, but it's in the realm of "things I really don't want to wait for" -- If I don't get one, I'll just get immediately jealous of people who have them.

[schild]

You know that giddy feeling for new clever looking games. Average time til it goes away, 8 minutes. 2 hours if you're loaded full of beer.

[stray]

How can you say its good in gaming when there is nothing in the game releases topic? Tell me something besides the titles. I think its a desert here. Theres no games worth playing.

I don't really understand your first question.

This wasn't meant to be a "review" thread. It's merely a release thread.

The titles are self explanatory to most of us, since they're all sequels. But here goes anyways:


Bully = Rockstar. GTA in highschool.

BF2142 = Battlefield 2 in the future.

Ultimate Alliance = Marvel Action RPG. Probably much like the X-Men Legends games.

Justice Leage Heroes = DC Action RPG. Probably a ripoff of the X-Men Legends games.

Destroy All Humans 2 = Destroy All Humans 2

Brigade E5 (JA clone??) = JA clone made by Russians.

Sid Meier's Railroads! = The newest in Sid's Rehash Series (i.e. Railroads! is to Railroad Tycoon as Civ IV is to Civ I as Pirates! is to Pirates!)

[Big Gulp]

You know that giddy feeling for new clever looking games. Average time til it goes away, 8 minutes. 2 hours if you're loaded full of beer.

Exactly.  Now do this little excercise, Stray.  Take your TV remote, hold it in a relaxed manner while you're sitting down and twitch it ever now and then while aiming it at the screen.  Do this for 5 minutes (don't cheat) and tell me how it feels.

That's why I'm hedging my bets on the Wii.  I'll wait 'til I see some reviews that I trust beyond the "I played it at TGS, and the set up was sort of off, but it could be fun" variety we've all seen.

[stray]

*covers ears*

La la la la la


Seriously guys. I'm getting giddy in that old school kind of way. Like when I first got my driver's license. First saw someone plug in an electric guitar. Or first saw a Transformer's commercial.

[Velorath]

Exactly.  Now do this little excercise, Stray.  Take your TV remote, hold it in a relaxed manner while you're sitting down and twitch it ever now and then while aiming it at the screen.  Do this for 5 minutes (don't cheat) and tell me how it feels.

Chances are I'd feel like like an idiot for doing that for 5 minutes at a blank screen.  Also note that doing that with a regular controller would feel just as stupid.  In other words, what the hell is your point exactly?

[Flood]

MEDIEVAL 2 COMING SOON HELL YA.

*cough*

P.S. - Nice Master of the Flying Guillotine, y0.  Ever seen Northern Kicks and Southern Fists?

[stray]

P.S. - Nice Master of the Flying Guillotine, y0.  Ever seen Northern Kicks and Southern Fists?

Sure haven't, and I've seen a lot. Any connection?

I did a search. Says it was from Taiwan. Interesting.

There's a Chinese actor in it though named John Liu. Looked him up on IMDB. This guy has probably the coolest list of screen credits ever:

Snuff Bottle Connection (1977)

The Instant Kung Fu Man (1977)

Wu Tang Magic Kick (1977)

Incredible Kung Fu Mission -- aka Kung Fu Commandos  (1979)

60 Second Assassin (1979)

Ninja vs the CIA -- aka Ninja in the Claws of the CIA -- aka Kung Fu Leung Strikes Emanuelle -- aka Made in China (1982)

[Rasix]

My wife is going to greatly dislike our future credit card bills (eep, plus I just spent $60 bucks registering for tennis tournament).  There's just too much shit I absolutely must buy (Bully, NWN2, Medieval 2, Burning Crusade).  Plus there's games that interest me greatly and there's bound to be a few PS2 games that sneak up on me.

No time to play this all either.  Damn.

Edit: Fuck, there's also that game schild (or did Phil review it?) just reviewed.  That looks damn good too.  I love dark rpgs.

[Tebonas]

Bought Gothic 3 before the weekend. Still one or two patches needed to squash most of the bugs. I'll know more when my ordered memory sticks are here, 1GB are not enough, its extremely choppy with my 2GHz CPU and Radeon X800. Like the levelling system, fighting seems to be easier and the UI is more streamlined (left-click for normal attack, right click for fast attack, various combinations for special attacks).

[Flood]

P.S. - Nice Master of the Flying Guillotine, y0.  Ever seen Northern Kicks and Southern Fists?

Sure haven't, and I've seen a lot. Any connection?

I did a search. Says it was from Taiwan. Interesting.

There's a Chinese actor in it though named John Liu. Looked him up on IMDB. This guy has probably the coolest list of screen credits ever:

Snuff Bottle Connection (1977)

The Instant Kung Fu Man (1977)

Wu Tang Magic Kick (1977)

Incredible Kung Fu Mission -- aka Kung Fu Commandos  (1979)

60 Second Assassin (1979)

Ninja vs the CIA -- aka Ninja in the Claws of the CIA -- aka Kung Fu Leung Strikes Emanuelle -- aka Made in China (1982)

After this I will end the thread hijack I promise.  Story time.

Northern Kicks and Southern Fists is one of my favorite old school kung fu movies.  My best friend and I saw it originally (twice) on the old "Action Theater" that used to run at noon on Sunday TV when I was oh, say 10-17 years old.  This is where I first saw Master of the Flying G. too BTW.  I think I saw NK&SF at age 15ish, so let's just round that number to 15+ years ago.

Anyway, years go by, and after alot of things happening (good and bad) I end up living with my best friend (again) as a roomate after 3 years of us being out of contact and a failed marriage on his part.  He is a great dude and for my birthday the first year I moved in he actually tracked down and ordered NK&SF over the internet, which was a pretty impressive feat in 1995.  But.  I didn't receive the movie itself (which came on a VHS tape) for another 8 months.  No lie.  I don't know what happened.  My guess is it was in some guy's backpack that died trying to get to the US in a cargo container or something.  My buddy being sneaky didn't even tell me he ordered the damn thing until it actually arrived in the mail after all that time.

The movie is absolutely fantastic.  The production level looks like it was filmed by 4 drunks with 2 cameras.  The martial arts are pretty good, and the final fight is both North and South faction fighters joining forces to slay the ultimate bad dude, whos weapon of choice appeared to be Ben Wa balls (Errr whatever they were, large-ish metal ball bearings) that he would strike people with in some sort of Tiger Claw like grip. 

I'll never forget when my pal first gave me thetape.  The plastic case it came in looked like it had been delivered from Thunderdome, and even the label on the VHS tape itself was attached crooked.  That movie holds a special place in my heart not only for being what it is but for the memories attached to it.  I am fairly sure I still have it, although it might have gotten misplaced after the recent get the fuck out scenario with my ex.  I have some of my most "valuable" VHS tapes stored here in my apartment.  I'll see if I can dig it out for you and maybe get some label info.

[Big Gulp]

In other words, what the hell is your point exactly?

Fetal alcohol syndrome, or are you just displaying garden variety stupidity?

[Signe]

On Preorder:

Gothic III
PSU
Buring Lesions
The Fairy EQ2 thingy
FFXII

I just got Tales of the Abyss the other day for PS2.  It's not very good really, except it's combat is a bit unusual and more clever than some.  It's one of those oldie time Japanese rpgs.

[schild]

List thread? Here's the rest of my October (i.e. What I have preordered and the system it's for). But remember, my gaming habits are all over the goddamn map.

This Week
Contact - DS
Eureka 7 - PS2
Tokobot Plus - PS2
Summon Night 2 - GBA
Bully - PS2
Splinter Cell: Double Agent - 360
WTF - PSP

Next Week
Magical Starsign - DS
Scurge: Hive - DS
Touch Detective - DS
.hack//GU vol. 1 - PS2
Phantasy Star Universe - 360
Konductra - DS

Week after next
Lumines II - PSP
Neverwinter Nights 2 - PC
FFXII - PS2
Power Stone Colllection - PSP
Children of Mana - DS

I sorta like October.

[Riggswolfe]

It looks like Ultimate Alliance is next week but I'll be getting it on the 360.

NWN2 is the only other must have for me on this current list, though the IGN review of Bully made it sound interesting since it's not as shallow as I thought it would be.

[Sky]

Yea - all in 3d - supposedly a "return to the roots" like Civ 4...

[Yegolev]

./hack?  Should I have pushed through the first one?

[Rasix]

Week after next
Lumines II - PSP

WHY? Did they suddenly unfuck the songlist?

[Velorath]

Fetal alcohol syndrome, or are you just displaying garden variety stupidity?

No, you just made a piss poor attempt at an argument.

To give you an idea of what it was like to read something so pointlessly stupid, do this little excercise, Big Gulp.  Take your TV remote, hold it in a relaxed manner while you're sitting down,  shove it straight up your ass and twitch it ever now and then.  Do this for 5 minutes (don't cheat) and tell me how it feels.

[Signe]

Oh right.  I have NWN2 preordered as well.  I did it so long ago, I forgot.  I've also ordered Two Worlds and Project Offset.  Both look pretty good to me but aren't coming out for some time, I think.

[Yoru]

Don't forget that the new Gyakuten Saiban/Phoenix Wright DS game comes out in Japan some time in the next few weeks. My local import shop has my copy on preorder. :)