What's your fall lineup look like?
So, we're starting to enter the big release season and the tsunami of gaming awesomeness has already started rushing in. I was thinking last night about the sheer number of games I want to buy before year end and aside from the terrifying financial aspect of that, I'm wondering where I'll find time to play all these games and still you know, work and stuff. Yet, none of those concerns have dampened my desire to play (and likely own) all of these. So, what're you stoked for this fall (keep it to stuff coming out by year-end)? Here's my list in no particular order:
World In Conflict - PC
Team Fortress 2 - PC
Portal - PC
Half-Life 2 Episode 2 - PC
Call of Duty 4 - PC
The Witcher - PC
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption - Wii
Mercury Meltdown Revolution - Wii
Rock Band (Full Package) - 360 or PS3 (Haven't decided yet, depends on possible 360 DRM changes)
Guitar Hero III - 360
Ace Combat 6 - 360
Crysis - PC
Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts - PC
Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction - PS3
Mass Effect - 360
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune - PS3 (Maybe)
Sega Rally Revo - 360
Enemy Territory: Quake Wars - PC
Army of Two - 360 (Most likely a rental)
Halo 3 - 360
Super Mario Galaxy - Wii
Super Smash Bros. Brawl - Wii
TimeShift - 360 (Most likely a rental)
Assassin's Creed - 360
Project Gotham Racing 4 - 360
Haze - PS3
BlackSite: Area 51 - 360 (Most likely a rental)
This is all I can think of right now. The terrifying part is assuming I'm buying all these things and what their costs are, this will cost me about $1670CDN which after sales tax where I live is $1903.80CDN. That's...well that's an impossibility. I guess I'll be renting more of these than I'd planned or waiting for some to hit the bargain bin. Two of these are already out as well but they're considered fall heavy hitters so I included them. My girlfriend wants GH3 and Rock Band too so hopefully, I can get her to pitch in on those. 
EDIT: CRAP! I forgot Unreal Tournament 3 for PC and Zelda Phantom Hourglass for DS. Oh help me...
EDIT 2: Hellgate London, NWN2 Expansion and Contra 4. Damn you all.
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No doubt, PA. My list is considerably shorter than yours, and I'm already running into funding issues. I am currently lusting after:
The Orange Box
World in Conflict
Metroid Prime 3
Bioshock's not even finished yet, and that doesn't take into account the releases in the coming months (at minimum, GH3 and Rock Band). I don't think I had these issues before I started listening to the Conference Call....
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This is definitely another great year for gaming.
Half-Life: Episode 2 (PC)
Portal (PC)
Team Fortress 2 (PC)
Assassin's Creed (PC)
World In Conflict (PC)
Super Mario Galaxies (Wii)
Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii)
Zelda: Phantom Hourglass. (DS)
Halo 3 (360)
I'm trying to keep my list as small as possible as I'm low on cash.
Hmm..
Blazing Angels 2 (picked up already)
Orange Box
Thrillville: Off the Rails
Halo 3
Flatout: Ultimate Carnage
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The way it's looking: Team Fortress 2 until about 2012 when the world ends.
Maybe Rock Band in between frags. =)
The man wears a bucket of KFC on his head. I wouldn't expect anything less. - Pred
My must-haves are:
Orange Box
UT3
Call of Duty 4
Halo 3
Other stuff I want but will wait on demos and/or word of mouth:
Crysis
Kane and Lynch
AA: True Soldiers
Area 51: Blacksite
I'm just glad Mercenaries 2, GTA 4 and Left4Dead were pushed out to next year. This fall is insane.
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baggachipz: Who cares about Japan, let them have their silly pointless dog games and countless re-hashes of anime-based dragon princess super lucky crapitty crap.
360
Eternal Sonata - Halo 3 - Guitar Hero II or III - The Simpsons Game (maybe) - Assassin's Creed - Mass Effect
Wii
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption - Super Mario Galaxy - NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams - Trauma Center: New Blood - Super Smash Bros. Brawl
PSP
Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles
DS
The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass - Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trials and Tribulations - Contra 4 - Sonic Rush Adventure (maybe) - Mega Man ZX Advent
In other words: too many games.
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My list (* denotes definite purchases, everything else may be a rental or a purchase):
September
*Halo 3
Skate
Heavenly Sword
PGR4
Stranglehold
October
Tony Hawk
Guitar Hero 3
*Zelda DS
*Half Life Orange
November
Assassin's Creed
*Mass Effect
*Mario Galaxy
Army of Two
Uncharted
COD4
Katamari
Haze
Unreal Tournament 3
*Rock Band
December
*Smash Bros
January
Burnout Paradise
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I'm buying only those that I have to and renting the best.
World In Conflict - PC
Team Fortress 2 - (PC Already bought)
Portal - PC (Already bought)
Half-Life 2 Episode 2 - PC (Already bought)
Call of Duty 4 - PC
The Witcher - PC
Rock Band - 360 (Rental)
Guitar Hero III - 360 (Rental)
Ace Combat 6 - 360 (Rental)
Crysis - PC
Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts - PC
Mass Effect - 360 (Rental)
Army of Two - 360 (rental)
Halo 3 - 360 (Rental)
Assassin's Creed - 360 (Rental)
BlackSite: Area 51 - 360 (Rental)
Soul Nomad (Nippon Ichi) - PS2 (Rental)
Beatiful Katamari 360 - (Rental)
Naruto - 360 (Rental)
Kane & Lynch 360 or PC - (Rental)
Battlefield Bad Company 360 - (Rental depends on word of mouth/reviews)
Zelda Phantom Hourglass - DS - (Rental)
Full Metal Alchemist card game - DS - (Rental if it's any good)
Front Mission DS - MUST HAVE
Neves - DS - (Rental if it's any good)
Contra 4 - DS - (Rental if it's any good)
Geometry Wars - DS - (Rental if it's any good)
Orcs & Elves (iD's RPG) - DS - (Rental)
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Gyat Dayum, are we talking about just buying the games or also playing them? Because that list would take me years to get through...
The man wears a bucket of KFC on his head. I wouldn't expect anything less. - Pred
I would them I labeled an' buy them I didna. A lot o' them depend on th' reviews. If unfavorable I`ll drop Naruto, Mass Effect, Witcher, BF: Bad Company, Geo Wars, Orcs & Elves, Contra 4, Neves, FMA, Soul Nomad, Area 51, Tarr Chronicles, an' Zelda. 't jus' depends on how good th' game be.
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The Job part of GWJ has been much more prominent that the Game part. So between work, trying to get published/tenure and buying a house, my gaming hours have been close to zero for a while. My stress levels have been up, so I'm going to schedule in some gaming time to help w/ that, but it will till be minimal.
That said, my fall lineup is:
Orange Box & as many hours of TF2 as I can swing
Bioshock (behind the curve on this one)
and finishing S.T.A.L.K.E.R., which is a big kick the pants.
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Everything is a definite buy unless otherwise marked. Anything noted as a possible rental might just get lost in the shuffle unless impressions here and general reviews say it's excellent.
September:
Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts
World in Conflict (PC, Might skip it. It's losing out already to the beta of TF2.)
Halo 3
October:
PGR4 (Not a september release!)
Ace Combat 6
Guitar Hero 3
AA: True Soldiers (360, Possible Rental)
Need for Speed: Pro Street (Definite Rental)
Virtua Fighter 5
The Orange Box (PC)
Flatout: Ultimate Carnage (Rental all the way)
November:
Assassin's Creed (360)
Mass Effect (Almost definitely a Rental, It will be my "Maybe I'll like it" RPG for the year that I play, like for a day, hate the next, and get rid of)
Army of Two (360, Possible Rental)
Kane & Lynch: Dead men (360, Possible Rental)
Call of Duty 4 (PC & 360)
Unreal Tournament 3 (PC, Will depend on system performance with hardware similar to my own rig)
Crysis
Supreme Commander: Forged Allegiance
And that's all I can find at the moment, though I feel like I'm missing one or two things.
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Hmmm.
Rock Band
Hellgate: London
Mass Effect
GH3 (probably)
Also gotta tackle NHL08 and NBA2k8 for a website, but I'm not paying for those, so they probably don't count.
There's other stuff I'd like to play (CoD4, for example), but I think playing through more than a game a month, with the spare time I have, probably isn't realistic.
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Some of them, like crysis, I'll try the beta first. To me, it is a good way to find out what I like before shelling out the cash.
Man that's alot of games. I'm actually into to getting the WiiZapper and the lightgun-esque games coming out for it barring really bad reviews.
Probably a few others too from among games like CRysis, Mario, Hellgate, Quake Wars, Phantom Hourglass, ...
Assassin's Creed
Haze
Halo 3
Mass Effect (isn't this next year?)
Call of Duty 4
Ace Combat 6
...aaand I think that's it. Maybe Eternal Sonata if I want my RPG fix.
Yet even then we ran like the wind,
whilst our laughter echoed under cerulean skies...
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...even though I'm still not in the beta despite preordering virtually the day preorders went live... 
Other than that, FFIV DS if that's released here this year, and possibly Guitar Hero 3. That's all for me.
Here's my list...great year for gaming!
World In Conflict - PC (Bought)
Orange Box - PC (Bought)
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption - Wii (Bought)
Halo 3 - 360
Enemy Territory: Quake Wars - PC
Crysis - PC
Call of Duty 4 - 360
Rock Band (Full Package) - 360
Guitar Hero III - 360
Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts - PC
Assassin's Creed - 360
World in Conflict
The Witcher
COH: Opposing Fronts
Orange Box
NWN 2:Mask of the Betrayer
Jericho
COD 4
Crysis (if my system can handle it)
Let's see here:
Buy
World In Conflict - PC
Team Fortress 2 - PC
Portal - PC
Half-Life 2 Episode 2 - PC
Call of Duty 4 - PC
The Witcher - PC
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption - Wii
Crysis - PC
Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts - PC
Mass Effect - 360
Halo 3 - 360
Super Mario Galaxy - Wii
Hellgate London - PC
RENT
Super Smash Bros. Brawl - Wii
Assassin's Creed - 360
Haze - PS3
BlackSite: Area 51 - 360
Ace Combat 6 - 360
Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction - PS3
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune - PS3 (Maybe)
Army of Two - 360
The good news is, at least a couple of these will either be delayed or suck
Certis beat me to it. - Elysium
My wallet's already drained just catching up with the wealth of awesomeness opened up by the new 360 and DS.
Probable buys:
Mass Effect
Hellgate: London
Keeping an eye on:
Halo 3
The Witcher
Zelda Phantom Hourglass
Assassin's Creed
Trauma Center
Everything can be debated, but that doesn't necessarily mean it's debatable.
--Chuck Klosterman, Fargo Rock City
Yeah, it's going to be an expensive season.
Buy:
Halo 3
Mass Effect
Unreal Tournament
Hellgate
Crysis
Beautiful Katamari
NWN Expansion
Maybe buy, maybe rent:
CoD4
Assassin's Creed
Definitely rent:
Blacksite
Army of Two
Kane & Lynch
Ace Combat 6
PGR4
Need For Speed Pro Street
I can't tell because I never know what's coming out until like, a week before now. Which is good since i'm broke anyway.
Must-Have:
Halo 2
Pro Evolution Soccer 2008
Rock Band
Guitar Hero III
Mass Effect
Crysis
Call of Duty 4
May-Gets:
skate.
FIFA 08
Ace Combat 6
Army of Two
PGR4
Virtua Fighter 5
Quote:
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Certis beat me to it. - Elysium
Buy:
Orange Box (PC) - Done
Halo 3
Rock Band
Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (DS)
FFT: Lion War (PSP)
Maybe/Rent
Disgaea (PSP)
Mass Effect
Panzer Tactics (DS)
Guitar Hero 3
Assassin's Creed
Hellgate: London
We'll see what I/the wallet can handle.
MrDeVil909: I feel it necessary to point out that there are drug resistant strains of most STDs. Especially in developing nations.
Funkenpants: Great. Yet another area in which we're losing our lead to foreigners.
Ok, so are we all total slaves to hype or what? I can't remember a time in recent history where so many quality games were coming out at once across nearly every system. In fact, the last couple of years have been more blah than anything else. What's up with this?
Psychotic Foreign Teenage Chicks are so hot. - Legion
I find it ironic anytime a healthy vaccinated person bitches about science...on the internet. - MaverickDago
When you see the same 8-10 games being listed by many/most of the people here, we're just self-reinforcing the hype.
MrDeVil909: I feel it necessary to point out that there are drug resistant strains of most STDs. Especially in developing nations.
Funkenpants: Great. Yet another area in which we're losing our lead to foreigners.
Buy:
Orange Box (PC and 360 both)
SOCOM: Confrontation (PS3)
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (PS3) <-- I guarantee everyone will be all over this come release and glowing reviews
WipeOut HD (PS3)
Halo 3 (360)
Final Fantasy Tactics (PSP)
Castlevania: Dracula X Chronicles (PSP)
Mass Effect (360)
Rock Band (360 or PS3, undecided)
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (360)
Unreal Tournament III (PS3 and/or PC)
World in Conflict (PC)
Borderline (reviews will swing them one way or the other)
America's Army: True Soldiers (360)
Ratchet & Clank Future (PS3)
Syphon Filter: Logan's Shadow (PSP)
Assassin's Creed (360)
Disgaea (PSP)
The Witcher (PC)
Hellgate: London (PC)
Rent:
Beautiful Katamari (360)
TimeShift (360)
Guitar Hero III (360)
Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (DS)
Army of Two (360)
Haze (PS3)
Kane & Lynch (360)
Blacksite: Area 51 (360)
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It's an unusually strong holiday season. We've seen it coming all year. Even with some big delays (GTA4, Spore, etc) and some smaller-profile but killer game delays (Left 4 Dead, Frontlines, Mercenaries, etc), it's still a tidal wave of big-time games. The three "next-gen" consoles hitting their strides plus a somewhat resurgent PC platform equals a big Christmas.
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Halo 3
FFT (PSP)
Disgaea (PSP)
Beautiful Katamari
That's all I have time or money for, really.
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