November 23rd to 29th
Sit back and relax, the release tide has finally receded. We'll have a few more blips in December, but that's about it for the rest of 2009. Looking back on all the games we've seen in the past couple months, I can't help but feel like we've had a really strong finish to the year. Stronger than 2008? Most definitely. Between Uncharted 2, Dragon Age, Assassin's Creed 2 and Demon's Souls I'd be hard pressed to tell you if one is head and shoulders above the rest. They're all amazing in their own special way.
Things are slow this week if you're not a Wii gamer. The only title that seems vaguely interesting to me is King Arthur - The Role-playing Wargame, which is a digital download-only release for now. The trailers and developer diaries give it a Rome: Total War vibe with magic and some roleplaying in there for good measure. Look for it on Steam this coming Tuesday.
Onward to the Wii games! I can't wait for Twilight Scene it? to come out.
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PC
King Arthur - The Role-playing Wargame
Serious Sam HD
360
Karaoke Revolution: Yes, We Still Release These Edition
PS3
Karaoke Revolution: Beating a Dead Horse, One Pop Song At a Time
Wii
Coldstone Creamery: Scoop it Up (you sad bastards)
Karaoke Revolution: Dress your Avatar Like a Clown Whore Edition
Marines: Modern Urban Combat (Come oooooooon stupid parents. Big money, big money!)
Rec Room Games
Rogue Trooper: Quartz Zone Massacre (Nothing says success like a "massacre" on the Wii)
Twilight Scene it?
Your Shape: Featuring Jenny McCarthy
Nintendo DS
Fighting Fantasy: Warlock of Firetop Mountain
Hello Kitty Party
PSP
Tekken 6
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I have to say, I like the snark on this list.
"We are at our best when we work together. We are at our worst when we expend valuable and finite energy and resources destroying one another." - Paleocon, regarding humanity.
No comment about Hello Kitty?
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I know you guys don't cover Virtual Console games, but if the rumors are to be believed, Super Mario Kart (SNES) is finally making it to the Wii tomorrow. That, right there, makes my Thanksgiving holiday.
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Now I can fulfill my lifetime dream of being a Coldstone Creamery employee.
In Your Shape: Featuring Jenny McCarthy, do you exercise by swatting away vaccines as they try to destroy your children?
King Arthur seems pretty cool but I might wait for impressions first. Is anyone going to give it a try on tuesday?
That Fighting Fantasy is sounds awfully similar to some other fantasy thingy I heard of somewhere. I'm surprised it got through the legal red-tape.
Also, what does it say that even Amazon won't sell some of the games on your list?
I can barely contain my lack of enthusiasm.
If it doesn't have a Roman numeral behind it it's legally okay.
Robear wrote:
King Arthur does look interesting. King's Bounty: Armored Princess just came out as well. Sadly, still working on releases from 4 weeks ago. ><
'Chaos claims the unwary or the incomplete. A true man may flinch away its embrace, if he is stalwart, and he girds his soul with the armour of contempt." - Gideon Ravenor
I realize it's part of their normal title, but the question mark at the end of "Twilight Scene it?" denotes a definite, "Seriously?" for me.
TempestBlayze wrote:
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Coldstone Creamery: Scoop it Up - it truly is the end of days. People actually had to work on this, the poor bastards. Even if they were Guantanamo prisoners, they didn't deserve that.
Will wait on King Arthur impressions as well, but Serious Sam HD is going to be a fantastic co-op time (again)!
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Fighting Fantasy was a series of fantasy gamebooks by Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone. The Warlock of Firetop Mountain was the first in the series. The DS game is apparently a licensed product. I for one would suggest just finding a copy of the book.
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I dunno, the Coldstone game might fill a niche for the masochistic Wii Fit market. Play an hour of Fit, then reward yourself with some virtual ice cream servitude.
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...and if you were referencing the similarity to "Final Fantasy," harrisben: the books actually predate Final Fantasy, so they were there first!
I'm glad to see GWJ taking a chance to get a cut on Amazon links. It is certainly less egregious than CAG, who I just pointed out in another thread would (at least at one point) rewrite all Amazon links posted to their forums to be affiliate links.
I really kind of want Hello Kitty Party. I have this Badtz-Maru thing.
Certis wrote:
I'm surprised King Arthur is even being mentioned since I hadn't heard anyone talking about it. I had been following the diaries they have been putting up, but it hardly looks like something I'm going to jump on at full price with all the other games on my plate right now. I will finish Dragon Age. I will!
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I'll admit, you provided the inspiration.
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I think it's a great idea, and I will check with GWJ first before I buy from this point on.
However, you picked a bit of a lemon of a week to start.
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Cold Stone actually hired Ian Bogost's Persuasive Games studio a few years ago to make a training game for employees to learn about scooping and mixing, and the effects of portion sizes, shorting customers and managing margins. Not all employees have played it, though (I've asked the few times I've stopped into a store).
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I'd kinda like a "search amazon" box so I can give GWJ affiliate credits when I do actually buy from Amazon.
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Loving the snark present in the list.
-Marines: Modern Urban Combat (Come oooooooon stupid parents. Big money, big money!)
Is this the old 'bait & switch' tactic like when some ding-dong walks out of Blockbuster with a copy of Transmorphers instead of Transformers?
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Wow, weak week.
Certis wrote:
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<+katisu> Q-Stone is an internet genius
My favorite part of the box art for Marines: Modern Urban Combat is the little logo that lets you know it's a "First Person Shooter."
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King Arthur looks kind of cool, based on the screenshot there. Too bad the link won't load.
The fact that there is a Twilight Scene It game where the subject matter is only two currently-released movies (one of which was only JUST released) is a little boggling.
Either it will require players to be freakishly obsessive about minute details in the films, or you'll start seeing recycled questions after 15 minutes.
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FTFY - Possibly the only thing that makes that game noteworthy. What the hell are they trying to do with that punctuation?
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This would be great. I buy a lot from Amazon, but rarely games. If I could toss the affiliate credits GWJ's way that'd be nice.
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Whoa! I had no idea King Arthur was close to release. The last update I saw suggested it was Q1.
I am really curious about it and would love to see some review/thoughts on the game.
In the meantime: Dragon Age continues.
Are there downloads that are not digital?
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