...And it is good.
I understand it's coming out and it's being hyped to all hell. That's as much as I know of it.
I never played the first two Fallout games, and outside of Good Old Games there is no easy way to purchase the older titles. Although I did see a "Fallout collection" with the first two and Tactics. And it was in a Fry's Electronics. At $20. And I didn't buy it. Stupid stupid stupid.
Either way, I don't care for it because I've never played the first two, and it seems like Oblivion with guns. The Elder Scrolls series disinterested me because it looked so drawn out and boring after a while, and Fallout 3 doesn't seem to buck said trend.
So yeah, wait for the collection to never come out and get it at $40 in two years. Sounds about right.
So GameTrailers TV just announced something new for Call of Duty: World at War. Co-op Zombie horde. Available once you beat the game.
I went from skeptical (WWII rumors), to hating it because it was back in WWII, to intrigued (first trailers), to interested (game footage, multiplayer announcements), to "I want this fucking game."
That's crazy. Treyarch better deliver on both this and Quantum of Solace.
To those who own both a 360 and PS3: When it comes to multiplatform games, which system do you prefer your purchases? And explain why. Is it Live? The controls?
I wonder this because I wonder if I go 360 that if I'll ever buy another multiplatform game on the PS3. Can't be just me...
"Because of your commitment to our community, you've been selected to participate in the Call of Duty: World at War Xbox 360™ Multiplayer Beta*!"
Here's a problem: I don't have a 360 yet. Good job. Maybe that's my cue to get one. But I got GTA: San Andreas and Ratchet to finish! and 14 other games! Gyaaaaaargh, I hate the holiday season.
That and I was thinking of getting a GeForce 8800GT video card instead... But video cards dropped in price recently and it might hit $100 by 2009. 360s don't drop that fast.
What say you, internet? New 360 or GeForce 8800GT? Factor in my wishlist.
I promise that this will try to avoid too much negativity. When I went to bed around 11PM (when the Japanese conference was pretty much fresh), and when I was awake around 7AM (when the US conference was about to start), I took everything Nintendo announced with salt grains. Even once saying to myself "Not paying $250 for this crap, I'll put that towards a 360 or new PC video card, thanks." So any negativity I post in these might be unwarranted. Now, Let'sdothis.
- Nintendo DSi
I already have a DS Lite that's collecting dust, thanks. And a PSP that does most of the media functions outside of the camera, and I got a camera phone that probably has better picture resolution. At least it taps into the media market the PSP was slowly dominating.
- SD Storage card solution, to prevent space issues
Okay. Hard drive (or similar) would have been a smarter move, but I guess it's a step in the right direction.
- Punch-Out!! for the Wii
I never finished Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!, and this was a franchise I couldn't care less about. Good for those who are fans of the NES game or the SNES Super Punch-Out!!, I guess.
- The Conduit coming early next year
This game's becoming a sleeper hit. And it seems solid enough, all I ask is a solid game experience. Trying to rival 360/PS3 graphics is unneeded.
- Mad World's coming in March
Okay. Don't know much about the game except the art style and stylish kills.
- Sin & Punishment 2 announced
All I know about the first S&P was that it was a Treasure-made previously-Japan-only game for the N64 that came to the Wii VC sometime last year. And that people loved it. Again, those who were fans are probably pleased, but I'm not as enthused.
- Wii Music
Laughingstock. Can't believe this came from the mind of SHIGERU MIYAMOTO. Starting to think he's going a bit senile. If this gets any good reviews from anywhere that isn't a place like WhatTheyPlay, I'll be utterly floored. I'll also be floored if it sells well at all.
- Bunch of DS trainers, including a DS pedometer
Well... I paid $20 for a cheap pedometer that held me during the time I was in High School, I don't know why somebody would buy a peripheral for their DS to do the same thing...
- Club Nintendo
Cool, I guess? I have a MyNintendo account, this better be retroactive.
Yeah, feeling kinda... underwhelmed here. Perhaps if I played some of the games people at places like NeoGAF are going ga-ga for, I'd be screaming "MEGATON" as well. But I left this thinking the same way I came into it: "This is not affirming a purchase of the Wii for me." In fact, some of this makes me not want to touch the Wii unless I find it for $99 and no more.
Perhaps I'm wrong about all this.
Airborne is boring. It's an average Call of Duty clone with two good ideas (dropping in wherever you want, weapon upgrades), but everything else seems sub-par. And don't even get me started on the absurd concepts in a game that's supposed to be historic:
And having a way to use my PS3 controller on a PC will make playing the Tomb Raider games easier. Woo.
So I realized something that I thought would've been abundantly clear when I played Warhawk last Saturday. That playing games with friends... 5 bazillion times better than soloing it with utter jackasses.
Case in point, I missed tonight's (technically last night as it's 1:30AM as I write this) ranked Warhawk match that my friends were doing. It was 9:30, I thought they were still playing, and I found out that everybody bolted. Had to check the clan page (and finally got my "join a clan" trophy) found out I was the only one online. Alright, whatever.
So I get into a Fallen Star server playing one of the classic maps with Collection mode. My team full of Chernovians were utter dumbasses! Half of them were camping the base, and still don't get that multiple cores by one person equals multiple points for the team. Although I did what I thought was tough and nailed all four cores in one go (which netted me another trophy). We still lost, 100 to 30-something.
Then we go to a CTF match. Once again, team full of idiot Chernovians. Enemy team kept stealing our flag, we'd sit around like dummies as the opposing teams kept going all MGS on us and stealing the flag while we weren't looking.
The worst part is that I'd hop into a jeep, honk the horn as a cue to get any teammates to jump in and assist. Only for none of them to do so! There'd be dummies grabbing jeeps nearby me, grabbing Warhawks, standing around like utter idiots... Ugh.
This is what bothers me about console players. At least in games like TF2 you see some semblance of teamwork, in games like Warhawk, it's sometimes hard to see that aspect when almost everybody on your team is going lone wolf. I enjoy the game... with friends. With random players it's really hit or miss.
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So in the PlayStation Store, there's a trailer for one of the most surprising releases coming out of the PSN.
Jeopardy!. They're making Jeopardy! for the PS3. I used to be a big game show nut (well, until everybody thought it'd be nice to spoil game elements as well as make flashy "Who wants to be a millionaire?" knockoff sets), so this was a surprise. Although I'm disappointed that there's no digital Alex Trebek. WTF, SOE? How hard is it to get him in a recording studio and speak several amounts of questions and responses?
Although personally I'm waiting for a Wheel of Fortune one. Although I expect not to see Pat Sajak. Again. :(
Speaking of Pat Sajak, why hasn't he peddled his game show casual games on other platforms? While PC is the king of quick flashy games, I bet Lucky Letters could work on PSN, XBLA or Wii. Wouldn't hurt them!
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I have reached a stopping point. I have nearly 20 games to start and/or finish. I haven't touched any of them outside of Hitman: Blood Money. Plus with the upcoming 360 Price drop, and there being a good chunk of 360 games I want to play there... arghhh!
Hitman: Blood Money is undeniably the best Hitman game I've played yet. There's no major issues with spotty A.I. now! No occurrences of having enemies shooting at you for even taking a quick run or just sneezing on them! Plus it looks damn good on PC. Seriously, screw looking into the trilogy, you'll do just fine with Blood Money! You may not understand some things in the plot, but hey, like it matters!
Instead of a list, check the Giant Bomb list below. I might need to crack open one of the games that I was gonna save for later due to its possible length (Tales, Fable, GTA:SA).
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I think I need to start speeding up my process of getting myself into this games journalism business. There are people dropping out like flies (like 1UP Editor and former EIC for GFW Magazine Jeff Green going to EA), and there's gonna be people looking for new talent and fresh faces to keep it relevant.
But if that job ever flops for me and doesn't work out, I always got 2-3 backup plans. But none of them are "developing a game." Hell, half the people that leave game sites to go work at companies just work as community managers (Luke Smith, Bryan Intihar). The closest I've seen in terms of "breaking into the industry by journalism" is Greg Kasavin and Ryan Payton.
And if I ever was given an offer to join a game company, it better be more than going to their official forums to level complaints about lag and stupid things like "omgwtf juggernoob and martyrnoob ruin COD WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU INFINITY WARD".
Man, I feel sorry for fourzerotwo sometimes.
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That's all I got. I need to go buy some more PS2 games! Because I feel the urge for more Ratchet and Jak. (But not the two together. Daxter and Clank? Now we're talking!)
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