Jan 21 - Jan 25
For our many friends in the Southeast, I hesitate to use the word drought to describe the gaming landscape of late, so let's call it instead a parched wasteland of endless nothingness. But, there is an oasis or two on the horizon as some refreshing games trickle from the dusty water spout of gaming's industrial water treatment facility ...
I think maybe that metaphor is played out, so let's move on before I break into a chorus of Itsy Bitsy Spider. Probably, considering the Game of the Week, there should have been some sort of racing and crashing analogy anyway. That game, of course, is Burnout Paradise, which earns some love on the back of a fun demo with strong multiplayer potential. Sort of a Grand Theft Burnout hybrid between classic Burnout racing, and more importantly crashing, and an open environment with emergent gameplay opportunities in a living city, sadly without any apparent prostitution or gun trafficking. Also of note, however, is Advanced Wars: Days of Ruin on the DS and No More Heroes on the Wii.
On DVD this week, you can smell the stink of what the Rock is cooking with The Game Plan, watch elaborate metal things kill people with Saw IV, or catch up on occasionally homoerotic sci-fi with Torchwood Season 1. More here.
PC:
- Pirates of the Burning Sea (1/21)
- Pacific Storm Allies (1/22)
- History Channel Lost Worlds (1/22)
DS:
- Advance Wars: Days of Ruin (1/22)
- Mario and Sonic: Olympic Games (1/22)
Xbox 360
- Burnout Paradise (1/22)
PS3:
- Burnout Paradise (1/22)
Wii:
- Kawasaki Jet Ski (1/22)
- No More Heroes (1/22)
- Endless Ocean (1/22)
- One Piece Unlimited Adventure (1/22)
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Please let No more Heroes be a good game... Please let No more Heroes be a good game... Please let No more Heroes be a good game... Please let No more Heroes be a good game... Please let No more Heroes be a good game...
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Agreed 100%.
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Endless Ocean intrigues me.
I'll be getting Burnout Paradise.
I can't play Adv Wars: Days of Ruin till I've beaten Adv Wars: DS, which I can't play till I've finished the last level of GBA AdvWars 2.
Steam Id: Yoyoson | Amoebic: after climbing up BurningManCraft's leg, I was a little too close to the subject matter and I lost my sense of scale. I didn't realize the thing was bigger than his arm.
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drdoak wrote:
Gamerankings has No More Heroes listed at 94% right now, but with only two site scores having been reported.
I don't really care though. I liked Killer7 enough that I'm picking up No More Heroes regardless.
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No buys for me, though I do have Motorstorm coming from Gamefly.
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No More Heroes looks cool, but Super Smash Bros Brawl can't come soon enough really.
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I gave up when I found out that the A button swings the sword.
When will we have a real, one-to-one, sword swinging game? My excitement around this game revolved around that entire idea.
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XBox Live: Atras
I don't mind if A swings the sword, because I still can't make small motions with the Wii. I've given people really nasty bruises in Wii Tennis because I switch up for backhand. If No More Heroes is as good as Killer 7, that's enough for me. I didn't mind Killer 7's flaws. Also, has everyone already heard about Suda's first two games being ported to the DS? That's exciting news!
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Favorite puzzle: Grim Fandango -- the metal detector
Burnout all the way. I was a big fan of Burnout 2 & 3, but haven't been terribly excited about the series ever since. This one is looking like a hit, however.
I'm looking forward to hearing how the Wii titles are, but only out of curiosity as I don't still don't one.
"Screw the speed of light, fan-boy rage is my new gold standard for measuring velocity." - Dr. J
"Lupus with a crowbar is the meaning of life itself." - Certis
I still have a lot of gaming to finish off from '07 yet. My wallet is spared another week!
Burnout! Burnout! Burnout! ...that is all.
Good time too, I think they released a patch that now has a 2D selection screen for vehicles with should greatly cut down on loading time!
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Steam Id: Yoyoson | Amoebic: after climbing up BurningManCraft's leg, I was a little too close to the subject matter and I lost my sense of scale. I didn't realize the thing was bigger than his arm.
Does anyone else find that statement disturbing given that the PS3 is a "next-gen" console?
" Did my love gun hit you?" -Gaald to Certis while playing Sins of the Solar Empire.
Very, especially since theirs is the machine that always has a hard drive.
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I don't know I mean it could turn out really good, I think it's gonna be a love hate thing with the game, that being said I look forward to trying it especially after reading more about it.
Edit: I also look forward to seeing how Burnout Paradise turned out, it looks fantastic but the Demo was meh
I still have alot of faith in the game though.
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PSN - Lothars - Steam ID - Lothars
"With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility"
The same goes for me, except there is AW 1 to be finished first. After almost finishing DS version I decided it is necessary to finish the two GBA iterations first. Damn completist me.
Robear wrote:
It is not like the remote does nothing the way it is held dictates your stance and it is used for finishing/wrestling moves. Looks like smart use to me.
I think MotorStorm is the only launch game that did not pre-install anything on the HD. Which explains the painful loading times. However, I have to give a credit to the Devs for at least trying to fix that. Now, if only they would enable custom soundtrack...!
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Never mind, the 2D selection screen only come into play in online games... not SP.
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I'm just waiting for the cautionary fan fiction - Pirates of the Burning Pee.
"And now I'm off home to my castle for tea, biscuits and wenches. Tally ho!" - Jonman
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That's why you use a finger, silly.
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