Q3/Q4

Silenceisbliss · 24-09-2008 10:40am #1

October 10
Lego Batman
Fracture

October 17
Saint’s Row 2

October 24
Dead Space
Fable II
Far Cry 2
Little Big Planet
Red Alert 3

October 31
Fallout 3
Quantum of Solace

November 7
Gears of War 2
Guitar Hero World Tour

November 13
World of Warcraft - The Wrath of the Lich King

November 14
Call of Duty: World at War
Mirror’s Edge

November 21
GTA IV PC
Left4Dead
Resistance 2
Tomb Raider Underworld

November 28
Nothing!

December 5
Prince of Persia

So starting on October 24, there’s a game I would seriously consider buying coming out every week (with the exception of November 13th and 28th) until December 5. Mental.
Only one I’m 100% full sure I’ll get is far cry 2, which will be awesome. although, ive a massive interst in the all the green onesI’m paranoid Mirror’s and Prince won’t turn out as good as expected; Never really got into gears, Tomb Raider isn’t the kind of game you have to get on release; I know nothing of Left4Dead, I’ve never even seen a video; Call of Duty and Quantum are by Treyarch, who don’t have a great track record; Fallout 3 doesn’t really interest me (but if it gets scores unreal, I’ll probably still pick it up);

Still though, probably the most high-profile games ever released in Q4. Going to be an expensive one, this one.

FreeOSCAR · 24-09-2008 11:44am

October 24th is a ridiculous day. I want to get all 5 of them. Why couldnt they not split up and go the week before with Saints Row 2 :mad:

FreeOSCAR · 24-09-2008 11:48am

Silenceisbliss wrote: »

October 10
Lego Batman
Fracture

October 17
Saint’s Row 2

October 24
Dead Space
Fable II
Far Cry 2
Little Big Planet
Red Alert 3

October 31
Fallout 3
Quantum of Solace

November 7
Gears of War 2
Guitar Hero World Tour

November 13
World of Warcraft - The Wrath of the Lich King

November 14
Call of Duty: World at War
Mirror’s Edge

November 21
GTA IV PC
Left4Dead
Resistance 2
Tomb Raider Underworld

November 28
Nothing!

December 5
Prince of Persia

They would be my "If I had to pick games" in Bold with Fifa thrown in on October 3rd.

Silenceisbliss · 24-09-2008 12:14pm

far cry 2 gonna be unreal. the first is still my fav game EVAR, and i hav e high expectation for this one. did ye see the part where you can shoot a guy in the leg, his freind comes over and carries him off....pop him off too!

and ammo boxes cooking off!...and homemade bombs....and wind directed fire...and *wipes drool away*...

thelordofcheese · 24-09-2008 1:27pm

Lego Batman is the only game on that list i give a damn about.

FreeOSCAR · 24-09-2008 1:50pm

Silenceisbliss wrote: »

far cry 2 gonna be unreal. the first is still my fav game EVAR, and i hav e high expectation for this one. did ye see the part where you can shoot a guy in the leg, his freind comes over and carries him off....pop him off too!

and ammo boxes cooking off!...and homemade bombs....and wind directed fire...and *wipes drool away*...

I enjoyed Far Cry aswell but my main gripe was that it got very repetitive quickly. Alot of the same missions recycled over and over. I hope the same doesnt happen here.

Ross_Mahon · 24-09-2008 1:59pm

Far Cry 2

It looks like 'Crysis In Africa'

Gears Of War 2 is going to be the most played game for this Christmas, In terms of retail Christmas starts in September! (In my shop anyways)

tman · 24-09-2008 2:18pm

Ross_Mahon wrote: »

Far Cry 2

It looks like 'Crysis In Africa'

Doesn't have any aliens in it though, so that's a huge selling point for me!
Looks like the devs actually have a clue where Crytek went wrong with Far Cry, and are making a stronger game for it rather than making the same mistakes all over again...

Golden Axe: Beast Rider is out on the 17th as well, looks like it could be alright...
Legendary is another one I'm keeping my eye on, looks promising so far!

http://www.eurogamer.net/releases.php?platform= - loads more that aren't even on the OP's list

Silenceisbliss · 24-09-2008 2:20pm

FreeOSCAR wrote: »

I enjoyed Far Cry aswell but my main gripe was that it got very repetitive quickly. Alot of the same missions recycled over and over. I hope the same doesnt happen here.

I do agree with you on that point to a certain extent. But I do have to say I loved how far cry pulled that off. I thought it was great gameplay and great storyline, and it didnt bother me in the slightest that it remained consistent throughout. they started off good, why change that i say?

Ill just say, i really liked it

Ross_Mahon wrote: »

Far Cry 2

It looks like 'Crysis In Africa'

Gears Of War 2 is going to be the most played game for this Christmas, In terms of retail Christmas starts in September! (In my shop anyways)

cryisis in africa! WIN!

and absolutly gears will walk off the shelves just like halo. its a 360 only game and both gears and halo are the xbox360 flagships. walk off the shelves they will!

Silenceisbliss · 24-09-2008 2:23pm

tman wrote: »

Doesn't have any aliens in it though, so that's a huge selling point for me!

agreed! although, you never know!

I jsut hope they pull it off nicely on the 360, im without the PC for a while at the moment so itl be 360 version for me....

FreeOSCAR · 24-09-2008 3:16pm

tman wrote: »

Golden Axe: Beast Rider is out on the 17th as well, looks like it could be alright...
Legendary is another one I'm keeping my eye on, looks promising so far!

Them games look so damn generic and boring IMO. Legendary was dev'd by Spark Unlimited whos last game Turning Point has abysmal scores on metacritic. One of the lowest on the 360 anyways.

Golden Axe: Beast Rider looks the same. Ive been reading negative previews about it from a few sites. Also what kind of a Golden Axe game doesnt have Co-Op play in it.

Then again they both could be good but Id be wary.

Maximilian · 24-09-2008 4:31pm

Colonization II is out Friday. Buh-bye weekend.

Vic Vinegar · 24-09-2008 5:32pm

Someone should give me a lend of a grand or something to get all those lovely games....

i'll pay you back, i swear!

tman · 24-09-2008 7:24pm

FreeOSCAR wrote: »

Them games look so damn generic and boring IMO. Legendary was dev'd by Spark Unlimited whos last game Turning Point has abysmal scores on metacritic. One of the lowest on the 360 anyways.

Golden Axe: Beast Rider looks the same. Ive been reading negative previews about it from a few sites. Also what kind of a Golden Axe game doesnt have Co-Op play in it.

Then again they both could be good but Id be wary.

Now you see where basing your opinion purely on video footage will get you:o
I'll still be keeping an eye on them, just a lot less enthusiastically now...

The reason both of them stood out to me, is that they both seem to be nice and straightforward games, something that you could most likely finish in a weekend easily enough.
Compared to something like Fallout 3, that's exactly what I need at the moment...

johnny_ultimate · 24-09-2008 9:14pm

Yeah there does seem like a helluva lot of games on the way: GoW2, Far Cry 2 and Fallout 3 are all ones Im looking foward to, and after finishing Sands of Time I'm dying for some 'proper' Prince of Persia. Only problem is I don't expect to have much time to play all of them. I can imagine GoW2 and PoP being pick up and play, but Fallout 3, Fable 2 and Far Cry 2 look like they need commitment!

But top of the list at the moment is Mirrors Edge. I was sceptical at first, but the fact that it looks to be doing something very different has made me more optimistic. Hopefully it will live up to some of the videos.

Jack Sheehan · 24-09-2008 9:17pm

Everything will have to get in line behind Far Cry 2 for me.

Retr0gamer · 25-09-2008 1:51am

Screw all those pretty next gen games. I want megaman 9 tomorrow!

Kinetic^ · 25-09-2008 2:07am

Left 4 Dead. That is all.

Silenceisbliss · 25-09-2008 9:26am

Jack Sheehan wrote: »

Everything will have to get in line behind Far Cry 2 for me.

me too really.... thats where my money is going first

mayordenis · 25-09-2008 9:39am

FreeOSCAR wrote: »

Them games look so damn generic and boring IMO. Legendary was dev'd by Spark Unlimited whos last game Turning Point has abysmal scores on metacritic. One of the lowest on the 360 anyways.

then again the makers of the fairly nothing Too Human made one all time classic in Eternal Darkness - not everyone gets every game right - judge each game on it's own merits and in fairness legendary has a lot of potential.

Otacon · 25-09-2008 9:43am

mayordenis wrote: »

then again the makers of the fairly nothing Too Human made one all time classic in Eternal Darkness - not everyone gets every game right - judge each game on it's own merits and in fairness legendary has a lot of potential.

Another example being Haze vs. Timesplitters.

As for me, I will be getting Far Cry 2, Motorstorm 2, Resistance 2, LittleBigPlanet, PES2009 (depending on reviews), Guitar Hero: World Tour and possibly Mirror's Edge.

mayordenis · 25-09-2008 9:51am

sure we could go on all day.
I'll say this much I've just managed to clear my credit card this morning. . .

FreeOSCAR · 25-09-2008 10:24am

mayordenis wrote: »

then again the makers of the fairly nothing Too Human made one all time classic in Eternal Darkness - not everyone gets every game right - judge each game on it's own merits and in fairness legendary has a lot of potential.

IMO Call of Duty Finest Hour was boring as heck aswell so thats two of their games that I havnt enjoyed. What potential to you think legendary has? Fair enough the premise sounds good but its gameplay that matters. From the gameplay footage ive seen it plays exactly like Turning Point. Horrific AI was the problem last time so I wonder if they addressed them issues this time. I cant see were the 'a lot of potential' comes from.

OK-Cancel-Apply · 25-09-2008 11:05am

Tomb Raider Underworld FTW!

Silenceisbliss · 25-09-2008 11:29am

mayordenis wrote: »

sure we could go on all day.
I'll say this much I've just managed to clear my credit card this morning. . .

sure this is what a credit card is for!

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