Over a year after Clover Studios was dissolved into Capcom, their final opus is seeing new life on the Nintendo Wii. Often mentioned in the same breath as Psychonauts, Okami could be fairly considered a Zelda clone that never got its due. More than a clone, Okami is very much its own game and if you can survive the first 20 minutes of trilling fairy speak, you might be pleasantly surprised. Also notable this week is the vastly overpriced Gran Turismo 5 Prologue for the PS3 and Rainbow Six Vegas 2 for the PC.
On DVD this week we have Juno, Lars and the Real Girl and the one no one has been waiting for: In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale. More movies here.
PC:
- Final Fantasy XI Online Vana'diel Collection 2008
- Jack Keane
- Sherlock Holmes: Nemesis
- The Sims 2 Double Deluxe (The Sims 2, Nightlife Expansion Pack and Celebration Stuff Pack)
- The Sims 2 Kitchen & Bath Interior Design Stuff
- Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2
PS3:
- Gran Turismo 5 Prologue
Wii:
- Dream Pinball
- Emergency Mayhem
- Summer Sports
Nintendo DS:
- Cory In The House
- High School Musical 2
- Fantasy All Stars
- Rondo of Swords
Comments
The last 3 posts have all been by Certis. This is different. Still top quality though.
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I really wish I had a DS.
Another week of absolutely freakin' nothing.
Oh yeah, another Gran Turismo game. Please, hold me back. I can't wait for another "realistic" racer that has cars go out of control when you try to steer them and don't crumple up into little balls of plastic, steel, and glass when you hit something at 100mph. (or 1256 kph if I got the conversion right)
Distributors do know that people play games throughout the year, right?
Wow, I feel so much less alone now... I never do multiplayer! - beeporama
GT5 Prologue, if Sony lowers the price... I'll pick it up but for $40, I'll pass. Besides, I fired up Forza 2 recently, and I'm still having fun with it.
iRacing could be the cure for what ails you. Saw a preview/writeup in PCGamer this month. Looks like a neat idea, but I'm not enough of a simmer for this level of detail, I don't think.
Steam: duckilama Battletag: DuckiLama#1806
T.Rex is more impressive than a cockroach, but that doesn't mean it aged better. - CheezePavillion
3 cups of coffee later and re-reading my remarks I've noticed I am one cranky bastard on Monday morning.
Wow, I feel so much less alone now... I never do multiplayer! - beeporama
Metal Gear Online beta it is, then!
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(peruses lists)
Guess I'm blowing cash on more stogies this week. Good thing the Baldur's Gate series is so freaking long. Butt-kicking for goodness!
I wish you guys would stop encouraging him.
EvilHomer3k wrote:You are an evil, evil person.
Baron Of Hell wrote:YOU VILLAIN!
It is. I'm up to, what, 60+ hours now? And I haven't even been inside the damn town the series is named for!
Certis: Quintin is both smart and attractive.
Fedaykin98: Good lord, I wouldn't have expected brilliance like that from that nemeslut Quintin Stone!
Yonder: It's weird to say this, but Quintin Stone may be the wisest person here.
Thank the Flying Spaghetti Monster I'm remodeling this month, or the release schedule would really depress me.
On a side note, I've taken up MUDding again. Plain text FTW!
I don't care what you do on the weekend, but I don't think it qualifies as a movie for this thread even if you film your escapades. -Garion333
For some reason I flew through BG1 fairly quickly. BG2:SoA's been what's dragging me down. I've only now just finished with Athkatla and have moved on to Spellhold after 40 days of game time.
I wish you guys would stop encouraging him.
EvilHomer3k wrote:You are an evil, evil person.
Baron Of Hell wrote:YOU VILLAIN!
I don't know yet if the game's any good, but Sherlock Holmes: Nemesis is an adventure game where Holmes takes on Arsene Lupin. It's a fun idea at least. I believe it's a sequel to Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened, in which he took on Cthulhu. Sherlock Holmes, literature's biggest nemeslut, will take on pretty much anyone and anything. Ah, the beauty of public domain!
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Favorite puzzle: Grim Fandango -- the metal detector
This is why I scheduled my first class on mondays for 1:30.
I just woke up.
oh my god boooooog
*Legion* wrote:boogle was raised in one, he knows a barn when he sees one.
I think my 60 hours was a gross overestimation. Still, I've put in quite a few hours now and I still haven't made it into Baldur's Gate. I feel a need to explore every map completely though.
Certis: Quintin is both smart and attractive.
Fedaykin98: Good lord, I wouldn't have expected brilliance like that from that nemeslut Quintin Stone!
Yonder: It's weird to say this, but Quintin Stone may be the wisest person here.
No mention of EU:Rome? Or has Paradox and it's strategy titles dropped off the radar?
Well, it is pretty difficult to drive a car with a gaming controller... but I can't help but argue that it's a driving simulator, not a crashing sim. While it's certainly beneficial to have damage for the overall "life-like" experience, damage is not necessary to make the act of driving that much more realistic. Besides, if we were able to wreck cars in a driving game, I wonder how much the game's popularity would drop due to people who can't really drive a race car at 100+ mph being unable to play...?
Well, my point was that the cars don't really handle "realistic" and there is a totally lack of reality in most of those games.
Although the REAL point is that I shouldn't be perusing GWJ before my morning coffee.
Wow, I feel so much less alone now... I never do multiplayer! - beeporama
Yeah, where's the Europa Universalis love...
When people have lied to themselves for that long, the truth feels like an attack.
—from Frostbitten by trichy