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Added by megalowho on Oct. 18, 2009

Borderlands 

Uncharted 2 

PixelJunk Eden 
Brutal Legend 
Half-Minute Hero 
Flipnote Studio 
         
      
With Demon's Souls on hold for now. Videogames!


Added by megalowho on Sept. 14, 2009

Bit early for restrospectives and there may be more on the way deserving of this list, but here they are so far. Maybe I should visit my local GameStop, where I can buy and sell used games!
 
Saint's Row 2 - I just could not get into this game.  
Star Ocean: The Last Hope - Just really mediocre in every way except for combat. Couldn't get more than a few hours in. 
Far Cry 2 - It felt like just another FPS to me, did not enjoy it as much as I expected to. 
Sacred 2 - Jury is still out on this but I'm already regretting it, at least playing it on a console. 
Guild Wars - Thought this might scratch the ol' MMO itch. It did not.
Maboshi's Arcade - This seems to get a lot of praise but I still haven't gotten around to playing it, so I probably could have done without it. 
 
Everything else I picked up this year? We cool.


Added by megalowho on Aug. 5, 2009

It's old news now. Anticipated and most likely ready-for-release games have been getting delayed, pushed back, strategically placed, etc. into early 2010 with new announcements seeminlgy by the day. Or they were already scheduled to arrive in early 2010 in order to avoid the holiday rush altogether. Meanwhile I just picked up Sacred 2 because *nothing* worth playing seems to be getting released for consoles right now. No love for August, developers?
 
It's getting a bit stupid, especially when publishers cite "less competition" as the reason for the new release window, such as with the statement regarding Singularity. I don't have the money or time to play through all this stuff at once, and personally I'm not entirely interested in spending a shit ton of time with Modern Warfare 2 like the rest of the world, or even picking it up at launch. It'll be there when I want it, and let's be serious here, it's just another quality FPS, which I've played quite a few of over the past few years. 
 
Anyway, here's what I'm interested in playing in this now silly crowded Q1 2010:
 
Mass Effect 2
Starcraft II
Dark Void
Bayonetta
Alan Wake (yeah, right)
God of War III
Bioshock 2
Ace Attorney: Miles Edgeworth
Heavy Rain
Red Dead Redemption
 
It's full of awesome and it's sure to shrink or grow due to critical and public reception, not to mention further delays. One can only buy so many $60 games. I'm also excluding some big hitters like Splinter Cell: Conviction, Dante's Inferno and Monster Hunter 3 because my interest just isn't there (yet). And just for good measure, of what's left for the coming months here's what will likely find their way onto my shelf:
 
Muramasa: The Demon Blade
Scribblenauts
Assassin's Creed II
Brutal Legend 
Borderlands 
Dragon Age: Origins
GTA: Ballad of Gay Tony
The Beatles Rock Band (purchased!)
Modern Warfare 2 

Hmmm. That's more stuff that I anticipated. Maybe publishers do have a point here trying to avoid what looks to be an already expensive holiday of gaming. Sorry Forza Motorsport 3, Uncharted 2, Halo 3 ODST, Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2, Phantasy Star DS, Alpha Protocol, and the The Saboteur. Maybe sometime early next year, once the busy holiday season winds down, y'know?


Added by megalowho on July 19, 2009

is for Anno 1404.
 
 
It doesn't seem like it's for sale in the U.S. but it comes complete with:


-Anno 1404 game DVD
-Exclusive bonus DVD
-72-page art book
-A panoramic poster
-Old-fashioned compass
-A bag containing 6 almond seeds
-Wood and leatherbound box

And it's currently in stock on Amazon.co.uk for  £ 29.99, which is around $42.00. I'm trying to pick one up now, doesn't seem like they want to deliver to my office but lo, I shall find a way. Currently playing and enjoying the DS version of Dawn of Discovery to hold me over until that time.


Added by megalowho on July 9, 2009

I just finished pirating* through the first episode from Tales of Monkey Island, a worthy addition to the series and one that I can't wait to continue over the next few months. It has the potential to be Telltale's most enjoyable title yet when all is said and done. It's also got me in the mood to play through the original once again, which will happen soon enough over Live Arcade. Not bad for a series (and genre) that seemed all but dead until recently.

The first batch of LucasArts titles was just released on Steam, including a few notable adventures on sale at a very reasonable $4.99 apiece. Makes me want to repurchase The Dig and Fate of Atlantis just to support this business model, and also in hope of what's yet to come (DS? iPhone?). Getting less fanfare is the Tex Murphy series showing up on GOG.com, another favorite of mine. Even if it's just booting up DOS Box, it feels great to see these games easily available for anyone to download and play.

Michel Ancel is working on Beyond Good and Evil 2, David Cage is polishing up Heavy Rain. And how about that Tim Schafer guy (so hot right now), who still finds the time to put out gems like this.

It's almost as if there's an honest-to-goodness resurgence of classic PC adventure games going on. One that's proving to be profitable for all parties involved as well. There were some dark years for a while there, grasping at mediocre and souless pixel hunts as acceptance slowly set in. Playing through Syberia, trying to play through Runaway, lurking around adventuregamers.com to learn the whereabouts of Jane Jensen or Al Lowe. I thought we'd never see high quality classic adventures again, at least the way I remembered them.

And here we are now, with Telltale and LucasArts teaming up to bring back an old favorite the right way. I can't wait to see where this partnership leads (Tales of Maniac Mansion? Yes please?) but I'm just as happy that new IP's like Strong Bad and Wallace & Grommit are being taken along for the ride as well. I'm less optimistic for the future of Sierra's properties, given the current nature of the ActiBlizzard machine they nest within. But who knows, money is money. I just know It hasn't been this good in a long time for adventure game fans, and it's only going to get better.

*Not the piratebay kind. I paid telltale, generously