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Fallout 3, Fable 2 definitely. The rest are maybes. I'm really not that into games anymore so I've narrowed it down to those two because I know they'll deliver, I also need money so it makes things hard, especially with Aussie games retailing at $80+...

I'm more interested in a new laptop and my shiny new 3 grand bass-amp setup (too many adjectives?) right now...

My list is: 1) Stalker: Clear Sky (2 more days!) 2) Rock Band 2 3) Fallout 3 4) Fable 2 5) Left 4 Dead 6) TF2

For sure:

1. Final Fantasy XIII
2. Spore
3. Rock Band 2
4. LittleBigPlanet
5. Mirror's Edge
6. Penny Arcade Adventures 2
7. Valkyria Chronicles

Maybe:

1. Force Unleashed
2. Fallout 3
3. Dora the Explorer: Dora Saves the Snow Princess
4. Bioshock
5. Stargate Worlds
6. Chrono Trigger DS

Unfortunately, I think my eyes are bigger than my wallet. This looks to be a very expensive list.

Currently playing Diablo II and MDK. BAH.. What are these new fangled games you kids are talking about. ..

I WILL be playing the Penny Arcade games as soon as I can pay for them. Great stuff.

Posted By: photozzCurrently playing Diablo II and MDK. BAH.. What are these new fangled games you kids are talking about. ..

IWILLbe playing the Penny Arcade games as soon as I can pay for them. Great stuff.

Yeah I actually just started playing Command & Conquer: Red Alert again thanks to that free download. And I still play Civilization 4 all the freakin' time.

MDK was awesome! And I've been fiddling around with Eye Of The Beholder, but having some trouble getting it to run reliably on XP. One step forward, two steps back.

My "must buy" games are: Rock Band 2, Fable 2, Left 4 Dead, and Portal:Still Alive
Probable - Force Unleashed
Maybe - Mirror's Edge, BiA:HH

Fable 2, Fallout 3, Left 4 Dead, Mirrors Edge, Hells Highway, Valkyria Chronicles, Stalker Clear Sky, Chrono Trigger DS, Red Alert 3, Dragon Quest 4, Dead Space, Far Cry 2, Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm, CoD World at War, Prince of Persia, Persona 4 - All on the watch list at least

Another expensive holiday season is here huzzah

I usually don't play survival horror because they freak me out so much but I think I'm going to have to get Dead Space.

Will definitely get Fable 2 and Fallout 3 too.

Fable 2, Fallout 3, Left 4 Dead, Gears of War 2, Dead Space, and of course Spore
And with the KOTOR MMO in production, I really need to get a job...

Fallout 3 Survival Edition - if I have the money.
Dead Space
Mirror's Edge - preorder from GameStop for Faith's messenger bag!
Renting GoW2
Force Unleashed, certainly.
Anything from VALVe - Portal: Still Alive, Left 4 Dead.

And I'm waiting for Star Trek: Online, though I'd certainly try the KotOR MMO.

My 360 got the infamous RROD last night, let's hope it's back before Fable. At least I have my PS3 to fall back on and (*shudder*) the Wii...

EDIT: Brothers in Arms video on GT - look who's talking at 2:22...

Interesting last name.
And WOAH. I wasn't even going to look at BiA:HH, but that's awesome.

Be honest Eli, how tempted were you to do your little bit in that video as Cloverfield? I'm still not sold on BIA:HH, just so completely over WW2. Even the next COD doesn't interest me in the slightest. I think COD4 broke me, 60 year old weapons vs. Airstrikes and Barrett .50 Cal sniper rifles. No contest.

Posted By: FerrosBe honest Eli, how tempted were you to do your little bit in that video as Cloverfield? I'm still not sold on BIA:HH, just so completely over WW2. Even the next COD doesn't interest me in the slightest. I think COD4 broke me, 60 year old weapons vs. Airstrikes and Barrett .50 Cal sniper rifles. No contest.Never go with a hippie to a second location.

But you forgot Nazis.

I've shot more digital nazis than i care to count. Now i enjoy shooting digital terrorists.

I wasn't interested in BiA at all either, but then I watched some of these videos. Damn, it looks awesome and I'm grabbing it, go the gore. Also, fuck CoD5...

My list back dated to the beginning of September (UK release dates) -

5th Sept Mercenaries 2
19th Sept The Force Unleashed
26th Sept BIA-HH < I wanna practice exploding peoples brain pans so I can use the game as defence at my trial.
10th Oct Lego Batman
24th Oct Fable II - Collectors edition (preordered) < Taking a day off work for this one
24th Oct Little Big Planet (preordered)
24th Oct Deadspace (possibly)
31st Oct Fallout 3
7th Nov Gears of war 2
14th Nov COD - World at war

I think my brain may implode at the end of October.

The October releases alone will cost £160 ($297.22) (4 games at £40 each) and I'm hoping to fit a 1080P HD TV in there somewhere as well so I guess I won't be turning the heating on this year (or buying food, socialising, etc.).

So far the first 2 on the list have been released at disappointingly unpolished levels of completion.

BIA tomorrow, probably won't get to play it 'til Friday or Saturday though. That block of releases in October will be a bitch, I figure I'll get LBP and Dead Space later but Fallout 3 and Fable 2 will still be too big to finish clear of each-other. Since I started watching Firefly again I've been more interested in Dead Space...

Posted By: RerunBIA tomorrow, probably won't get to play it 'til Friday or Saturday though. That block of releases in October will be a bitch, I figure I'll get LBP and Dead Space later but Fallout 3 and Fable 2 will still be too big to finish clear of each-other. Since I started watching Firefly again I've been more interested in Dead Space...

Holy crap, really? sneaky sneaky Gearbox. I'm broke though :(, and I just bought STALKER (Which is great) and RB2.

Speaking of which, we need an FB RB Band Topic soon :P

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Posted By: RerunBIA tomorrow, probably won't get to play it 'til Friday or Saturday though. That block of releases in October will be a bitch, I figure I'll get LBP and Dead Space later but Fallout 3 and Fable 2 will still be too big to finish clear of each-other. Since I started watching Firefly again I've been more interested in Dead Space...

Holy crap, really? sneaky sneaky Gearbox. I'm broke though :(, and I just bought STALKER (Which is great) and RB2.

Speaking of which, we need an FB RB Band Topic soon :P

When does Rock Band 2 come out? RB1 is out here (Australia) on November 1, we got raped...

Yeah I heard Australia just got RB1. That really really blows. RB2 is already out for the 360 and comes out for PS3 in a couple weeks. I hear that they're going to be a little more aggressive with international distribution this time, so keep your fingers crossed.

You can import RB2 from Britian if you're desperate for it in Australia but be prepared to pay an arm and a leg for the joy of plastic instruments.

Posted By: Mike BradyYeah I heard Australia just got RB1. That really really blows. RB2 is already out for the 360 and comes out for PS3 in a couple weeks. I hear that they're going to be a little more aggressive with international distribution this time, so keep your fingers crossed.In Soviet Russia, Hoop-Dee-Doo reviews you!

No, November 1, it's not out 'til November 1. It lost my interest when it didn't get released earlier this year, I might buy Guitar Hero World Tour though purely for 'Obstacle 1'...

Ouch. They really dropped the ball there.

Depending on when RB2 comes to Aussieland, you might be better off just waiting for that release, then renting RB1, and paying the five bucks to transfer all the songs over to RB2.

As for all of the other titles, GameFly is my friend :-)

Yeah I got gamefly a few weeks ago because of all the games coming out.

Fallout 3 (was really looking forward to this one until I saw those vids from the pirated copy)
Dead Space
Legendary
Far Cry 2
Mirrors Edge
Left 4 Dead
and probably a few others im forgetting.

Stalker: Clear Sky is amazing. That is all. I've had a few very frustrating crashes, but I still love the game, I just hope it gets patched up a ton.

Also: Anyone been using the new Rock Band.com?

Thanks to a recent birthday I already have Brothers In Arms: Hell's Highway (fucking worth it even if you've grown tired of WWII games like I had), Rock Band 2, Dragon Quest IV, and The Force Unleashed.

Games I'll definitely be getting in the next few months are Fallout 3, Fable II, Chrono Trigger, Left 4 Dead, Gears of War 2, Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts, Scene It? Box Office Smash, and Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia .
Games I may pick up this fall and if not definitely when they have a price drop are Far Cry 2, Dead Space, Metal Slug 7, The Last Remnant, and Prince of Persia.

I had always heard from reviewers that BiA was more than just your average WWII shooter, but HH seems to be getting pretty good to mediocre reviews. I'm just thinking of XPlay here, which gave the first BiA a 4/5, IIRC.

edit: Oh snap, it's our very own Elivorio in that Gametrailers video. I think he should have put on the Bro-verfield persona, since he said "Awesome".

Posted By: John DarcI had always heard from reviewers that BiA was more than just your average WWII shooter, but HH seems to be getting pretty good to mediocre reviews. I'm just thinking of XPlay here, which gave the first BiA a 4/5, IIRC.

edit: Oh snap, it's our very own Elivorio in that Gametrailers video. I think he should have put on the Bro-verfield persona, since he said "Awesome".Move over, bananas! I've got a new source of potassium!

Found that a while ago and chucked it up here. Did you get the game JD?

I'm in the same boat as Joel, in that I don't own a next gen system to play these on.

Posted By: John DarcI'm in the same boat as Joel, in that I don't own a next gen system to play these on.Move over, bananas! I've got a new source of potassium!

You have shoes, yeah? Use 'em for fly kickin'...

huh?

the price of xbox360 goes down like every month

Posted By: FrackTruckthe price of xbox360 goes down like every month

That's nothing, Sony will go down on you every day if you buy a PS3.

Posted By: Dram

Posted By: FrackTruckthe price of xbox360 goes down like every month

That's nothing, Sony will go down on youevery dayif you buy a PS3.

Wish I had that in writing...

Posted By: Rerun

Posted By: Dram

Posted By: FrackTruckthe price of xbox360 goes down like every month

That's nothing, Sony will go down on youevery dayif you buy a PS3.

Wish I had that in writing...

I'll go down on anyone willing to buy me a PS3. Just .. you know.. throwing that out there.

I am poor, so I will continue my tradition of buying all the games that were cool last year. Assassins Creed and Dead Rising, here I come!

Posted By: DrOswaldI am poor, so I will continue my tradition of buying all the games that were cool last year. Assassins Creed and Dead Rising, here I come!

Ahem... Dead Rising came out two years ago, it's still very cool though...

waiting on gamefly for Dead Rising right now. Got Assassins Creed a couple weeks ago, it was pretty fun but its repetitive and the ending is let down.

Posted By: Duderwaiting on gamefly for Dead Rising right now. Got Assassins Creed a couple weeks ago, it was pretty fun but its repetitive and the ending is let down.

I liked the ending, it was the middle section that I hated. I thought that game was very well done, beautiful looking to say the least...

Thanks to the stupidity of the people who work at Kmart i have a copy of Fable 2 in my hands a week before release. I'm enjoying it, it has some issues but i'm still in the new game glow so i can't be very objective. Anywho, i'm gonna go back to Albion, seeya there folks!

Posted By: FerrosThanks to the stupidity of the people who work at Kmart i have a copy of Fable 2 in my hands a week before release. I'm enjoying it, it has some issues but i'm still in the new game glow so i can't be very objective. Anywho, i'm gonna go back to Albion, seeya there folks!Never go with a hippie to a second location.

Yeah, I forgot you were an Aussie, you lucky bastard. We have a thread on that over at the site I admin, we have no-one on my site who got it, care to tell them how you happened to grab it?

I was in a local Sears and they had Fable II displayed in the glass case. I tried to get a copy and the guy told me he couldn't sell them until Tuesday. I thought about pushing a washer down an escalator to distract them while I busted into the glass case and secured a copy.

A friend of mine told me street date had been broken (There was a notice on Kotaku apparently) by Kmart so i went to my local one and asked if they had it in stock and they sold it to me, it was that simple. They got their arse handed to them by MS though. 50,000 dollar fine and 10,000 dollars on top of that for each copy sold, also they won't have gears of war 2 on launch day. I'd wager the poor girl who sold it to me got in hella trouble.

Posted By: FerrosA friend of mine told me street date had been broken (There was a notice on Kotaku apparently) by Kmart so i went to my local one and asked if they had it in stock and they sold it to me, it was that simple. They got their arse handed to them by MS though. 50,000 dollar fine and 10,000 dollars on top of that for each copy sold, also they won't have gears of war 2 on launch day. I'd wager the poor girl who sold it to me got in hella trouble.Never go with a hippie to a second location.

Yeah that seems to be the news reported. Although I don't think it was the cashiers fault since it happened at other stores as well. Which did you go to?

I don't see why it matters.

What, they need to build anticipation? They want higher opening week sales numbers? Get out of here.

Posted By: John DarcI don't see why it matters.

I don't have any "insider" knowledge on the economics of it, but just logically stepping through it, I would assume that if all retailers were allowed to sell the game whenever they wanted to, it would cause some problems. Due to shipping issues, some stores would get it before others, which would give them an advantage in sales over the ones who get it later. That would cause them to raise hell at the distributor for what would be termed as "unfairness". So to avoid all of that, the distributor ships them out to everyone well in advance of the planned release date, but tells everyone to hold off on selling them to ensure a fair start.

To put it in other terms, think of a movie that is being super-hyped. It's supposed to come out on Friday, but some theaters decide that since they already have the film in hand, who not start showing it on Wednesday instead? So everyone goes to see it in those theaters, taking money away from the theaters who are playing by the rules.

In the end, the people who made the game/movie/whatever need to retain some control over when it gets to the consumers, and keep everyone happy at the same time. Street dates are the method that makes the most sense.

Speaking of keeping everyone happy... ARG! LittleBigPlanet! Arg I say! I wish I had something intelligent to say, but I'm just so full of angst. My Mii is set to Wiimo. Life is pain.

Hopefully none of those statements can be found in the Qur'an, or I may have to retract this post and publish it next week. "Life is pain" sounds Catholic, so I think I'm safe there.

Posted By: Mike BradySpeaking of keeping everyone happy... ARG! LittleBigPlanet! Arg I say! I wish I had something intelligent to say, but I'm just so full of angst. My Mii is set to Wiimo. Life is pain.

Hopefully none of those statements can be found in the Qur'an, or I may have to retract this post and publish it next week. "Life is pain" sounds Catholic, so I think I'm safe there.Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Goddammit, don't recall that post, I've been waiting for it since it was announced!