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I hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving down in the States! Up here in Canada we continued to beaver away at building our igloos for the winter and insuring we have enough whale blubber to last us until spring. After a hype dampening demo, Deus Ex 2 is ready to slink into stores, ashamed of the first impression it made on thousands of gamers. Despite this, Invisible War is our pick of the litter for this week and should get plenty of attention from Xbox and PC gamers alike.
1080: Avalanche
Platform: Gamecube
Ships: Dec 1st
Price: $49.99
The Buzz: Nintendo's snowboarding mascot has improved by leaps and bounds every time I've seen a new gameplay video of it. The question remains, will it be good enough to challenge SSX3?
Neverwinter Nights: Hordes of the Underdark
Platform: PC
Ships: Dec 2nd
Price: $29.99
The Buzz: The second and quite possibly final expansion for Neverwinter Nights has six new prestige classes, four new tile sets, 16 new creatures and the ability to level up to 40.
Dance Dance Revolution: Ultramix
Platform: Xbox
Ships: Dec 2nd
Price: $39.99
The Buzz: This is the first time the Dance Dance series has landed on the Xbox and you can download new songs, moves and more over Live.
Armed & Dangerous
Platform: PC, Xbox
Ships: Dec 2nd
Price: $39.99 (PC), $49.99 (Xbox)
The Buzz: Possibly the most anticipated game around here this week aside from Deus Ex 2, the makers of Giants are back with a more action-orientated release with the humor injection we expect from a Planet Moon title.
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Platform: PC
Ships: Dec 2nd
Price: $39.99
The Buzz: Last version out of the gate! Higher resolution, lower price and the same excellent gameplay make this a must-have for the PC if you don't mind a ten hour game.
Beyond Good and Evil
Platform: Gamecube, Xbox
Ships: Dec 2nd
Price: $49.99
The Buzz: Already receiving good reviews for being a solid platformer although it's a little short. This is one to watch out for.
I-Ninja
Platform: Gamecube, Xbox
Ships: Dec 4th
Price: $49.99
The Buzz: Released on the PS2 last week for ten bucks cheaper, so far the reviews have been around 80%.
DVDs
• 1 Love
• Alias: The Complete Second Season
• Hud
• The Jamie Kennedy Experiment: Complete 1st Season
• The Pirates Of The Caribbean
• Star Trek Deep Space Nine: Complete 7th Season
• To Live And Die In L.A.
The rest of the DVDs.
- Certis
Comments
Honestly, Armed and Dangerous is my pick of the week. A disappointing demo and some 'meh' first impressions leaves me cold on Deus Ex 2: Consoled To Death. On the other hand, awesome weapons, an inventive and creative team, and trademark humor places Armed and Dangerous much higher on my anticipation meter.
The thing about smart people is they seem like crazy people to dumb people -- Thing I saw on the Internet
If Deus Ex is so "consoled out," maybe it'll be good on a console - my console. We'll have to wait and see, I suppose.
Yes, the demo was so bad I will not get DX:IW. I am appreciative about them releasing the demo since it saved me $50.
PSN ID: Haul_N_Oats
I've started playing Giants again just to get the controls down for Armed and Dangerous. I've been looking forward to this sucker for a while.... Now if my wife will just let me buy it.
I'm not giving up hope on DX:IW, but I'm gonna wait quite a while and see how what the consensus is after the hype/outrage dies down.
"You know, hubbinsd, as much as I don't want to go into library science, I still think you're pretty sexy." -Wordsmythe
I guess i'll be plaing wait & see game with DX2. I'm still hopping...
If anyone picks up BG&E I'd be interested to hear what you think. It looks pretty good.
Either way...I'm picking up DX2...
If it sells like crap and gets panned then they'll refocus on DX3 and we can all pretend that DX2 never happened.
Aint nothing new about the world order..it's been playing since the day they put George Washington on a quarter
Delivering Truth while the 10% deliver lies.
DX2 for me...I just can't say no to free things...
I wish you guys would stop encouraging him.
EvilHomer3k wrote:You are an evil, evil person.
Baron Of Hell wrote:YOU VILLAIN!
Who did you sleep with??
“Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” ― Howard Thurman
No no, I didn't get the game free. There were perks, however.
I wish you guys would stop encouraging him.
EvilHomer3k wrote:You are an evil, evil person.
Baron Of Hell wrote:YOU VILLAIN!
"makers of Giants are back with a more action-orientated release"
I hate to be a bastard, but 'orientated' is not a word, and it makes me and Baby Jebus cry.
Your pal,
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Dry your tears, atom, it appears to be a word. However, I would agree that it probably isn't the right word for the way they were using it.
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=orientated
"If you're not a stinky-stink, you're not addicted to anything!" - Reaper
PS4: SwayOkay, Steam: [GWJ] Sway, Origin: SwayGWJ
It's Canadian slang.
“Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” ― Howard Thurman
Canadian for "shut up, Sway", no doubt.
"If you're not a stinky-stink, you're not addicted to anything!" - Reaper
PS4: SwayOkay, Steam: [GWJ] Sway, Origin: SwayGWJ
Just noticed the avatar Sway, glad to see you used it
PSN ID: Haul_N_Oats
How could I not? It was custom-made for me! It fits like a dream, too.
"If you're not a stinky-stink, you're not addicted to anything!" - Reaper
PS4: SwayOkay, Steam: [GWJ] Sway, Origin: SwayGWJ
Aww, shucks... I'm so glad you've taken to it. I suffer for my art.
Horizons is released on the 5th in Europe.
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I, too, was completely turned off by the DX:IW demo. I want to thank all the developers at Ion for releasing it, you saved me $50 I can better spend on something worth the money.
I think we all need to stop avoiding the real question here:
WWMCD?
I'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt, I believe if there are problems with the PC version they will be patched up. Might be worth waiting for a few weeks before picking it up.
“Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” ― Howard Thurman
Has anybody seen the XBox commercial for DX: IW?
"In the Future War on Terror ... blah blah, Invisible War! a Deus Ex game"
What? I think thier marketing department needs a good ass kicking. That tagline is annoying enough without downplaying the fact that it's Deus Ex 2.
I'm still baffled by the whole Xbox decision in the first place..
Most of their sucess has been on the PC.. so most of their existing market would be on the PC..
There wasnt even an Xbox port of the original... I wonder exactly how many extra copies they'll even sell on the Xbox.
Though with them gettting it out before Xmas I suspect they may actually get some decent sales on the Xbox..
I for one hope that the Xbox 2 is radically different platform from the PC...thus hopefully more dev's won't take the easy route out..
or it blows up and they stop producing for the PC..
Aint nothing new about the world order..it's been playing since the day they put George Washington on a quarter
Delivering Truth while the 10% deliver lies.
You still have not done the DVDs !! No matter, I already have Pirates of the C in hand
PSN ID: Haul_N_Oats
Flux, you must be insane or something, they've been there the whole time.
Pyro, please fetch Flux his meds.
“Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” ― Howard Thurman
Nice edit job
PSN ID: Haul_N_Oats