Chris_redfield
01-17-2009, 04:15 PM
Right, I just popped into the pre-orders section of game to make sure I got a pre-order in for the new Street Fighter IV on PS3 so I could get a copy on day of release.
Oh look , Killzone 2 is also available for pre-order as well I've been waiting for that as well so another pre-order.
I then wondered what else was out soon as tbh I have been fairly busy catching up with the sheer amount of games that were out just before christmas (fallout 3 is STILL in its celophane wrapper as I didn't want to start it until finishing the main story mode of Fable 2 and then I got way laid by motorstorm 2, Resistance 2, L4D, C&C RA3, MK VS DC, Dead Space and a few others.)
And then I noticed that Halo Wars (whether it will work or not is still open to debate but as I love the Halo Universe its a pre-order I compulsively have to make.) Warhammer Dawn of War 2 (no one makes RTS titles as good as Relic.) And Resi 5 and Fear 2 will also be gracing shop shelves next month.
Is anyone else starting to get annoyed at the current rate at which devs are churning out qaulity software all of a sudden. I mean last year gamers were giving up the PC as dead for a gaming platform, but all of a sudden not only is Dawn of War 2 set to make an apearance shortly, but Empire Total War will follow very closely behind.
I'm actually starting to wonder whether the current tidal wave of quality titles is going to have a back lash on the industry, as the econmy slows down surely people will start buying fewer games. And if they don't reduce their intake of games surely they will start turning toward the pre-owned titles. Pre-own's are great because they give people a chance to trade and experience more titles, but they are bad because on each subsequent sale of a game the developer doesn't see a penny.
Well, anyway I was also wondering what everyone else is looking forward to playing over the coming months and whether or not I had missed any coming titles. Next month should definately be exciting anyway, if anything just to see whether my head explodes over the difficult decision which game do I play first on the 27th Halo Wars or Killzone 2. One is a re-invention of a much loved universe that I have already inhabited and become familiar with through many hours of single and multiplayer campaigns. The other promises to deliver everything that its predecessor didn't, what could have been essentially one of the greatest FPS's of all time was held back by the PS2's ageing hardware and control system.
Still, chances are I wont play either if I haven't finished Resi 5 on hard by that point. Mind you Resi 5 has the potential to dissapoint not only because it has so much to live up to but because Shinji Mikami is no longer at the helm and also because other recent horror survival titles like Dead Space offered an incredibly exciting and new veiwpoint on the ageing genre (well for games anyway. I can't even begin to comprehend how many times the sci-fi horror in space has been rechewed and spat out for both cinema and literature.)
Oh look , Killzone 2 is also available for pre-order as well I've been waiting for that as well so another pre-order.
I then wondered what else was out soon as tbh I have been fairly busy catching up with the sheer amount of games that were out just before christmas (fallout 3 is STILL in its celophane wrapper as I didn't want to start it until finishing the main story mode of Fable 2 and then I got way laid by motorstorm 2, Resistance 2, L4D, C&C RA3, MK VS DC, Dead Space and a few others.)
And then I noticed that Halo Wars (whether it will work or not is still open to debate but as I love the Halo Universe its a pre-order I compulsively have to make.) Warhammer Dawn of War 2 (no one makes RTS titles as good as Relic.) And Resi 5 and Fear 2 will also be gracing shop shelves next month.
Is anyone else starting to get annoyed at the current rate at which devs are churning out qaulity software all of a sudden. I mean last year gamers were giving up the PC as dead for a gaming platform, but all of a sudden not only is Dawn of War 2 set to make an apearance shortly, but Empire Total War will follow very closely behind.
I'm actually starting to wonder whether the current tidal wave of quality titles is going to have a back lash on the industry, as the econmy slows down surely people will start buying fewer games. And if they don't reduce their intake of games surely they will start turning toward the pre-owned titles. Pre-own's are great because they give people a chance to trade and experience more titles, but they are bad because on each subsequent sale of a game the developer doesn't see a penny.
Well, anyway I was also wondering what everyone else is looking forward to playing over the coming months and whether or not I had missed any coming titles. Next month should definately be exciting anyway, if anything just to see whether my head explodes over the difficult decision which game do I play first on the 27th Halo Wars or Killzone 2. One is a re-invention of a much loved universe that I have already inhabited and become familiar with through many hours of single and multiplayer campaigns. The other promises to deliver everything that its predecessor didn't, what could have been essentially one of the greatest FPS's of all time was held back by the PS2's ageing hardware and control system.
Still, chances are I wont play either if I haven't finished Resi 5 on hard by that point. Mind you Resi 5 has the potential to dissapoint not only because it has so much to live up to but because Shinji Mikami is no longer at the helm and also because other recent horror survival titles like Dead Space offered an incredibly exciting and new veiwpoint on the ageing genre (well for games anyway. I can't even begin to comprehend how many times the sci-fi horror in space has been rechewed and spat out for both cinema and literature.)