Really?! The location across the street from my store did one for Reach. I know because I drove through the parking lot pointing and laughing.
Picked up Clive Barker's Jericho for the PS3 and thus far it's been a solid experience. I'm not normally one for FPS, but this one has all the elements I need to enjoy one. - No pick-ups, or searching for shit in obscure places. - Squad-based combat, with each member (six) having different abilities. - Survival sequences when monsters get in too close. - Very linear, but the story kicks in quite often. Got it for $15CAD, which is a damn good deal. I'd recommend picking it up. I bought it based on Clive Barker's name alone and discovered a bit of a gem here.
I've decided to give Game Access a try. I was easily able to throw together a list of 25 games that I'd like to try. Is anyone here a current or former member? What do/did you think?
Rented Kirby's Epic Yarn from the video store, because I can't afford to buy it. Even though I'm an employee, the most I can get off on a new game is $4.00. Gonna finish eating and give it a go while having a few beverages. I'll give my opinion later (if anyone cares). Oh, and I was bored earlier at work and popped Fallout 3 in the 360. Would you guys say that it is more of a FPS than an RPG, 'cuz y'all know I hate RPGs but to me, that means turn-based bullshit. What little bit I saw of Fallout 3, it reminded me more of like Half-Life. Thoughts? Does anyone want to try to talk me into giving it more than a passing try?
I have never liked RPG's for the exact reason you don't, but Fallout 3 is one of my favorite games of all time. The only RPG elements are basically leveling up and upgrading weapons. It's a first-person shooter where you start out weak and unequipped in a post-apocalyptic wasteland and you have free range to roam anywhere you like. Along the way you find better weapons and stronger armor which allows you to progress further through the world. You meet crazy and interesting people who give you missions (assassinate someone, find some item, deliver a message). As you complete missions you receive upgrades that make you better equipped to make it through harder parts of the game. Thats enough for the summary. I was hesitant to buy Fallout 3 because of the letters "RPG" but it got excellent reviews and thought I'd branch out and give something new a chance. After I put about 60 hours into the game, (you don't need to do close to that to beat it and get most of the story, I just like exploring and finding hidden stuff) I made my friend who doesn't even like FPS's play it and he put close to 90 hours in and swears its the best game he's ever played. Seriously, give it a good long chance. It's very hard to find a game, or anything for that matter, that gives you that amount of content and enjoyment for what is now under 60$ with all the DLC.
Someone else PMed me with that same basic sentiment and he too hates RPGs. Does anyone have any opinions on which system I should get it for, if I do get it? We have the GOTY edition for the 360 in right now but I can't afford to pay 55 bucks for that shit. I didn't notice what the PS3 regular version is going for but I know we have that one too. Come tomorrow (we didn't do a midnight release) I suspect that we will have an assload of copies because everyone is trading it in for credit towards New Vegas. Would it behoove me to go back to the beginning and start there or am I alright starting with 3? As for my Kirby initial comments (I am about 5 levels in): my teeth hurt. It is so sweet and fluffy and adorable that I feel like I can't even cuss when playing this game. That said, it is well thought out, inventive, creative and breathtakingly pretty. I see it also suffering from the village bicycle effect. I can see my 11 year old playing it (the textures are so rich and the game play is SO neat) but he wouldn't want his friends to see him playing it and he would disown me for telling them that he did. So far, I dig it, although it is, so far, ridiculously easy. If you have little ones, this game is perfect for them and it won't leave you bored to tears if you are forced to watch. It might even be better to be a spectator. You get to ooh and ahh over the scenery. There is apparently a 2 player something or other but I have no one else to play with at the moment. I'll let you know how that goes if you're interested. All in all, I may actually have to buy this but because it is so sugary, I'll wait a bit until the price comes down.
I started at Fallout 3, and from what I've read the story isn't linear, so you won't miss anything. There wasn't any point in the game where I thought "I wish I had played the last one so I knew what was going on." Fallout 3 is it's own new world and you don't need to play or know anything about the previous ones to fully enjoy it. Fallout: New Vegas takes place at the same time but across the country so the story lines don't really intersect from what I understand too. EDIT: I played it on the 360. Both systems are the same from what I've read.
That is pretty much exactly what I wanted to know. It might seem strange for me to ask these questions here considering I work at a video game store but the kid I work with the most is a total Fallout fanboy (albeit a nice, quiet, non-nerdy guy) so I wouldn't consider his opinion to be objective. He just bought a PS3 to fill the hole in his soul when his 360 RROD'd and he sprung for the Move which he says is the next cumming of jeebus. I've been thoroughly felt up by the Wii, thanks. Everything else is just a gimmick.
I'm finishing Fallout 3 for the PS3, and it is epic. There should be a GOTY edition for the PS3 also. It is worth it only for the Broken Steel expansion. Everything else is buggy shit on both systems. The story line is loosely connected, the first two are connected better. The greater world story is connected, but not the player story, (i.e. the story of the president, enclave and so on.) You can catch up on Wikipedia just fine. Start with Fallout 3. Good thing is you can burn through the story if you want, or you can blow 90 hours exploring every nook and cranny, doing every unofficial quest, official side quest, and story line. Its honestly worth it. I'm pretty much clearing out the game, even though I unfortunately had one quest glitch. And on a side note, yes, the fucking Move is the greatest shit ever. I have to fight with people to try it, but once they get it going, I can't get them out my fucking house until the controller dies. The 3D recognition + the six axis shit the PS3 already had going for it makes it fucking wonderful. I mean, jesus christ, they made Bocce Ball fun. Not even getting into the Gladiator Game, the Volleyball, or even the Disc Frisbee. Then if you get the package you get a demo disc package that basically spells the doom of all your free time. There is a game called Tumble that is priced at 9.99. Think Jenga, mixed with Tetris, mixed with other ideas that are fun, and REVERSE them all. Bam you have Tumble. (Hint: you build up, and destroy down.) Like pure heroin.
I have two copies of Fallout 3 for PC (one bought in 2008 and the GOTY edition I bought last Christmas - it was cheaper than paying for the 5 DLC's separately). It is totally awesome. As far as I know, the quests are roughly the same between the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360. However, the PC version requires a decent desktop PC to run it - my Athlon X2 5200+ with 2 gigs of RAM and Windows XP Pro battles to run it consistently well, so don't bother buying it unless you have a faster desktop than me. I exclude laptops here because I don't think many laptops more than 2 years old can handle the graphics/gameplay needs of Fallout 3 effectively - it's a HUGE world. WickedBitch, get whichever one has controls you're more comfortable with.
Seconded, the Wii eats a bums taint cheese compared to the Move, for all the reasons listed above. However I made the mistake of buying Tiger Woods 11 and playing it with the Move, holy balls is real golf hard. I also picked up my copy of Fallout: New Vegas and am currently counting the hours down to I can go traipse all over a new post-apocalyptic wasteland. Supposedly there is a fuck-bot in this one!!!
So where's all the responses about Fallout: Vegas? I'm trying to figure out if I can wait awhile and get it or if it's a must own right now.
Well for a game where total completion is rumored to take anywhere from 50-100 hours it's a little hard to give a full review. I've put about 4 hours in so far. I like the fact the main character this time isn't a Vault dweller. In fact I haven't seen a Vault at all. The main storyline is simply a tale of revenge so far. A checkered jacket wearing guy voiced by Matthew Perry splits your wig and leaves you for dead in a shallow grave. A robot digs you up and takes you to a doctor, when you come to you'll answer some questions and allocate your SPECIAL points just like Fallout 3, then it's out into the world you go. So far the two main differences thus far are faction reputation, and campsite crafting. There are factions of survivors, and your actions dictate how they feel towards you. If they hate you they will attack on sight, if they love you you get discounts at stores. Crafting is done by gathering stuff, either off corpses or the land, and combining them at a campfire. You can make food, health items etc. You can also mod your weapons but I haven't found how to do that yet. Graphically it looks exactly like Fallout 3, probably because they used the same engine, and consequently it's age shows and Bethesda will probably be releasing a patch soon to fix the bugs. The only noticeable thing I've encountered is frame rate dip and the occasional screen freeze which usually corrects itself. If you are unlucky, you get this type of shit. Overall thus far, the pros far outweigh the cons and bugs, pick if up if you're a fan of the series.
So far the majority of reviews I've read for New Vegas say that it's just a glorified DLC for Fallout 3. Is this kind of like the ODST of Fallout, in which they're just going to release Fallout 4 within the next year?
They have, yes but if you save the whole game to your hard-drive, apparently that fixes the problem too.
For PC maybe, console versions are still reporting corrupt save files, retarded AI and NPC pathing and complete crashes. I personally have encountered frame rate dips, retarded NPC pathing and one complete crash, so now I've save it every half mile or fast travel. I play on PS3 New Vegas has nothing to do with any of the story from Fallout 3. The world is huge, I personally have played around 20 hours so far and have only done maybe three steps in the main quest thread. The world is HUGE, with tons of random NPC jobs and quest lines to fulfill. Calling New Vegas glorified DLC is just retarded, considering there's around 100 hours of exploring if you want to level up completely and complete all quests. Even then you'll have to play through it two more times to get your faction rep different to alter the ending.
The glitches and bugs are across all three platforms. They'll be fixed sometime soon I'm sure. Still working on the original FallOut 3.
I just finished Force Unleashed II. It's a great game and improves upon the first in a lot of ways, however, I can't help but feel like it was rushed out the door way too fast. It's about a third as long as the first game and the last level is incredibly repetitive compared to the other levels. Playing through the six hour main story, I get the sense that they had to cut out the entire second act. Spoiler For instance, you see Boba Fett in a cutscene, but never see him again for the rest of the game. Also, some of Kota's lines don't fit exactly with what's going on and hint at other events that happened but you never played through.
Are the controls for the game at least better than in the first game? I remember hating the controls and how they flowed and targetted and moved.
I have the Force Unleashed, and couldn't get through the second fucking level cause the controls pissed me off so much. Seriously, I almost threw the controller through the TV I hated it so much. I offered to sell it to my brother for 5 bucks, but he hasn't taken me up on the offer. As for the information in the spoiler: Spoiler I highly suspect that they held back stuff that will show up later as 'downloadable content.' Assassin's Creed II did something similar, where there were large gaps in the story, and they went back and filled in the gaps with downloadable content.