Post everytime that you buy a new game...

[BlueCrab]

Preordered Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World (Wii)

[Nico0020]

Got a few things today.

Megaman 9 (Wii)
Burnout Paradise (PS3) - $21
Elemental Gimmick Gear (DC) - $10

God damn I love E.G.G. It got so hard though, I never was able to finish it. Totally a zelda type game, one of the last games I bought/played on my Dreamcast.

[Specially Cork]

Pre-ordered Fallout 3 and Little Big Planet, both for PS3. Should keep me busy for a while.

[Luriden]

Reserved Gears Of War 2 Limited Edition at Gamestop yesterday.

[Nico0020]

pre ordered Left4 Dead for 360, comes with beta code
also pre ordered 007 QoS for 360, comes with code for the 1st map pack for free.

I never pre order games unless i know they will be good. IE, orange box or something. So I am taking a risk with 007, i wont pay that one off for awhile after it comes out. i wanted the free map pack lol.

[melancholy]

Picked up Fallout 3 for $52. So far I'm kinda disappointed. It's not necessarily a bad game, but the post-apocolyptic environment just isn't keeping my interest enough to keep playing. I'll give it a week to hook me and then I'll decide if I want to keep it.

[Specially Cork]

It's not necessarily a bad game, but the post-apocolyptic environment just isn't keeping my interest enough to keep playing.

It's interesting you say this, because if I recall correctly (ignore this post if I don't) - you played the hell out of Oblivion. I'm the total flipside to this; the medieval environment of Oblivion bores me to tears, while Fallout 3 has just consumed my entire day.

[melancholy]

It's not necessarily a bad game, but the post-apocolyptic environment just isn't keeping my interest enough to keep playing.

It's interesting you say this, because if I recall correctly (ignore this post if I don't) - you played the hell out of Oblivion. I'm the total flipside to this; the medieval environment of Oblivion bores me to tears, while Fallout 3 has just consumed my entire day.

Yep, your exactly right. In fact, I bought Fallout for the sole reason that it was supposed to be a 'better Oblivion'. And it plays so much like Oblivion that it feels like it's just an awesome Oblivion mod. But I loved the setting of Oblivion, and this setting just isn't as interesting to me. I'm still playing it, and I'm starting to get a grasp of things, and I'm even starting to really enjoy this game. But the game world is a complete 180 from their previous effort, so I'm not taking to it as well.

[MulletMan13]

I still am completely unable to get into Oblivion.

The gameplay mechanics are so boring to me. There's a delay in combat... your weapons suck.... magic is difficult to navigate to.... the inventory system is boring, drab and takes for-fucking-ever.

I've played through the first "mission" of getting that dude out of the sewer, and made it to a gate with small little devils (that were impossible to kill with my sword) where I died about 3 times. I've done this about three times, and am not entirely sure on where the greatness of this game lies.

I never had the interest to venture anywhere else, everything seemed too far from each other and warping to different places just felt cheap. Was this gate not supposed to be my first destination? Was I using a ridiculously underpowered sword? The pace of the game felt too slow for me. I assume it picks up?

I don't understand how a game with such odd gameplay quirks can be so popular with a mass audience. I really am all ears though if anybody can tell me what I'm doing wrong, I'd love to play through it.

[Luriden]

I still am completely unable to get into Oblivion.

The gameplay mechanics are so boring to me. There's a delay in combat... your weapons suck.... magic is difficult to navigate to.... the inventory system is boring, drab and takes for-fucking-ever.

I've played through the first "mission" of getting that dude out of the sewer, and made it to a gate with small little devils (that were impossible to kill with my sword) where I died about 3 times. I've done this about three times, and am not entirely sure on where the greatness of this game lies.

I never had the interest to venture anywhere else, everything seemed too far from each other and warping to different places just felt cheap. Was this gate not supposed to be my first destination? Was I using a ridiculously underpowered sword? The pace of the game felt too slow for me. I assume it picks up?

I don't understand how a game with such odd gameplay quirks can be so popular with a mass audience. I really am all ears though if anybody can tell me what I'm doing wrong, I'd love to play through it.

It's a huge game. Go explore some, or go do some sidequests, and come back to it. The game doesn't exactly have any particular order for anything. If nothing else you can turn the difficulty down a bit if you just want to finish it. The guild quests are a great way to level yourself up as well as rake in some cash. If you're playing the 360 version, you'll also be raking in some achievements as well.

[melancholy]

Yeah, I had to kick the difficulty slider down in Oblivion to even progress in the game, but there was definitely a 'sweet spot' on that slider that made the game somewhat challenging, but not punishing, and that's when I really got hooked.

[Wagh]

Red Alert 3

[Christuserloeser]

I preordered Pier Solar.

- btw: Happy Birthday, Wagh

[Nico0020]

Pier Solar looks impressive. I dont play very many RPGs AT ALL, but that game is beautiful for what it is. Mainly the sound, I love the music, which might alone get me to play it.

[ccb_v2]

Fallout 3 and Far Cry 2...

My 1st defining moment in Far Cry 2 (never played the first) was when I was just showing my two oldest how I was driving around in the car I fixed... I then found a jeep w/ the gun on the back and was heading accross the bridge with it... my daughter mentioned to be careful not to go off the side... me thinking that like other games i'd bounce off the side railing and wasn't being cautious and plowed through the wooden railings and teetered on the edge...

ended up backing up carefully and continuing on but that right there had me going "wow"... lol simple yes but I thought it was very cool... that and starting a grass fire when i torched my car with the flame thrower...


Haven't really gotten into Fallout 3 other than getting out of 101 and going to the 1st settlement... talking to a whore in a bar and hunting down a drug user... I played it for the first time last night and was telling my gf about it this morning... was like...

"yeah so I hooked up with this whore at the bar after renting a room... then later ended up killing this drug user I was told to track down..."

She was like... " uhhh.... ok.... this is in the game.... right??"

[Specially Cork]

Just been playing some Little Big Planet. Anybody else get this?
It looks great, but the speed of the servers is really letting down the online-side (the most important side) of the game. User-created levels take way too long to download (

[Thomas]

Pre-ordered Eternal Poison and Persona 4 today.

[Skynet]

Guitar Hero World Tour (360)

Pre-ordered Left 4 Dead (PC)

[melancholy]

Banjo-Kazooie Nuts and Bolts (360)
Banjo-Kazooie (XBLA Preorder bonus)
Mirror's Edge (PS3)

I didn't want to buy both of them today, but the preorder bonuses were too tempting.

[Skynet]

How is Mirror's Edge? That game looks great.