How much will November run you?

Oceaniax

From now until the end of November has the largest collection of quality games EVER released within such a short time span, to the best of my recollection. I was making a list of games to go pre-order at the local EB_Stop, and I was floored that I was going to be throwing down well over 850 bucks. O_o

PC: Crysis Call of Duty 4 Hellgate: London Unreal Tournament III






Wii: Super Mario Galaxies Links X-bow training RE: Umrella Chronicles Mario & Sonic Guitar Hero III






360: Mass Effect Assassin's Creed Army of Two Rock Band Beautiful Katamari





The sad/good thing is, I really can't trim down that list, they're all top tier highly anticipated games. I'm really, truly lucky that I recently got a new job and can afford the splurge (barely), but what about everyone else? What's on your "must buy" list for the next 30-40 days? Are you going to go nuts like I am and buy them all on release, buy them throughout 08' as money and time permits, or painfully cut your list down to the ones you hold most dear? Also, how in the hell are YOU going to find time to play them all?



PS: Sorry if the thread topic is a duplicate, I know this topic has been ongoing in other threads, but I didn't notice any central thread of discussion.

Infinity Minus One

$texas

Smug Duckling

Well, in pre-November spending, $530 for an XBox 360 + Orange Box. And soon around $100 for GH3.

In November (in order of importance):
Rock Band (gah $200 in Canada probably)
Assassin's Creed
Mass Effect
Call of Duty 4

I think that's quite enough money to splurge. I'll probably hold off on Mass Effect and Call of Duty 4 until I'm done with the others too.

urahonky

Hellgate: London + founders ($200)
Mario Galaxy ($50)
Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles ($50)
Links Crossbow Training ($25)

Everything else is going to have to wait D:.

Cilla Black

Probably nothing, since October has broken me like a old man's hip on shuffleboard night. And Phoenix Wright is due out this week to boot.

It's going to be hard resisting Revenant Wings though. I'd really like CoD4, but that is out of the question for the time being.

Pancake

$60.

I'm not planning on getting anything but Mass Effect.

cj iwakura

Dracula X/Castlevania PSP and Disgaea PSP are just around the corner.
And Phoenix Wright 3, shoot.

And I'm considering getting Hellgate.

I want GH3 strictly for the music, but no Harmonix and awful character designs leave me hesitant.

Darlan

I only have a PC, Wii, and a DS, so no 360 loving for me. I'm definitely getting Mario, and RE:UC will be a "wait 'til bargain bin," and I'll wait for a price drop with GHIII. That's probably it, actually, my wallet will be fine.

I do have my eye on Zack and Wiki later this week, reviews pending.

Edit: I'm also interested in Hellgate: London, but for whatever reason I just don't feel a need to get it this year. Eh.

Reznik

If I decide to buy all the games I want, it shapes up like this:

Rock Band
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune
Folklore
Assassin's Creed
Ratchet and Clank Future: Tools of Destruction
Haze

I'm hoping to put off at least one or two of them for Christmas so I won't have to buy them... 'cause I suppose I should be saving up to pay the other half of my tuition. Ah well!

cj iwakura

I only need worry about Rock Band if it comes out for PS2 and my GH1 guitar will work with it.

Otherwise, I'll have to pass.

Dirty Drawers

The only game I'm looking forward to is Mass Effect. If it plays well and plays for the 35+ hours that they've stated it is, I'm looking at an estimated 140 hours of gameplay. That should hold me over until I decide to pick up something else.

Typhus733

Mass Effect...and thats it. My 360 weeps in both joy and sorrow. Joy for so many awesome games, sorrow because I have no money.

Blankspace

Way too much:
Rock Band
Mass Effect(Already payed off, thankfully.)
Assassin's Creed
Super Mario Galaxy

It wouldn't be that bad if it weren't for Rock Band's crazy price tag.

LookFreeGrenade

It's mostly a race between Mass Effect and Call of Duty 4. But I'll probably, unfortunately only be able to but CoD4.

redfield85

If I had to choose my top ones.

360:
COD 4
Rock Band

Wii:
Super Mario Galaxy
RE: Umbrella Chronicles

PS2:
Fire Pro Wrestling

DS:
Contra 4

Blankspace

Oh and CoD 4.

Elendil

October's my money month:

PSP
Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
Phoenix Wright 3
Disgaea PSP
Castlevania Dracula X Chronicles

I should be good for the year after this monster.

Also, OP needs Fire Emblem

Organichu

Infinity Minus One wrote: »

$texas

Damn, I wanted to be the first. :l

Assassin's Creed for sure.

Inglorious Coyote

What really sucks is I'm stuck with jury duty the first week of November,so I'll be short a weeks pay, which means I'll be pushing it for just Rock Band and Mass Effect

Bionic Monkey

$140, for sure, in Mass Effect, Assassin's Creed and Link's Crossbow Training. $240 max if I pick up Army of Two and Umbrella Chronicles.

Compared to last year, this is easy.

AggroChan

0$

Spoiler:

no not a pirate e_e

Viscountalpha

Less the 100$

Why? well. If I spend more then that I will be eating more ramen then I care to.

Kenninator

I was going to post in this thread and say something like "lol $1000, rofl," but then I realized getting everything I want would cost about that much. D:

thorgot

There was an Unreal Tournament 2?

Smug Duckling

Elendil wrote: »

October's my money month:

PSP
Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
Phoenix Wright 3
Disgaea PSP
Castlevania Dracula X Chronicles

I should be good for the year after this monster.

Also, OP needs Fire Emblem

WTF, Zelda: Phantom Hourglass on PSP?

EDIT: Oh wait, I'm stupid. You're buying a PSP?

Pancake

thorgot wrote: »

There was an Unreal Tournament 2?

Unreal Tournament 2003 and 2004 are being considered UT2.

cj iwakura

Contra 4 is November too? I don't have enough time for all these portable games.

bruin

COD4 $60
Super Mario Galaxy $50
Assassin's Creed $60
Mass Effect $60
Rock Band $170 - $20 (GH2 guitar trade in) = $150
Maybe Link's Crossbow Training $25

So $380 to $405

D:

Spoiler:

UnbreakableVow

Rock Band - $170
Guitar Hero 3 - $100

$270 on two games. Luckily they're already paid off. Mass Effect and Assassin's Creed will have to wait, however.

Urahonky: Hellgate London + founders = $200? What are founders? And you're really prepared to pay $200 for an MMORPG?

thorgot

Well, I can't think of anything I plan on buying next month.

noobert

Depends on what the Australian multiplayer scene for Crysis/CoD 4/UT3 are like. If any of them are good enough to pull me away from TF2 then I'll be getting that particular game

Cheesechick

November hurts. Luckily my job has been nothing but constant overtime for the past few months so I'm prepared!
Must-have:
Sam & Max Season 2
Rock Band
Unreal Tournament 3
Trauma Center 2
Assassin's Creed
LifeSigns (if it's not just another damn temp date)

Maybe Uncharted: Drake's Fortune and Ontamarama depending on reviews.

Elendil

Smug Duckling wrote: »

Elendil wrote: »

October's my money month:

PSP
Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
Phoenix Wright 3
Disgaea PSP
Castlevania Dracula X Chronicles

I should be good for the year after this monster.

Also, OP needs Fire Emblem

WTF, Zelda: Phantom Hourglass on PSP?

EDIT: Oh wait, I'm stupid. You're buying a PSP?

Yes. I figured the extra $200 or so was relevant to list.

Tomanta

Just Mass Effect, LE if I can find it somewhere that's not online. CoD4 and Assassin's Creed fall onto my GameFly list. Rock Band is just too damn expensive for me right now.

BigJoeM

Super Mario Galaxy ( $54.11)
Mass Effect ( $64.80)
Link's Crossbow Training ( $27)
Total: $145.91

Waiting on reviews of Assassin's Creed and Umbrella Chronicles and anything else coming out will have to wait till later.

TxdoHawk

Definitely: Super Mario Galaxy, Fire Pro Wrestling Returns, Sam & Max Season 2.

Probably: Assassin's Creed.

Maybe: Link's Crossbow Training, Time Crisis 4.

Dodge Aspen

I have a great set of friends and family, so as long as I can wait until Christmas, I can probably get most of what I want then. I'll be getting Mario Galaxy, though, and maybe the Zapper with Crossbow Training. Other than that, I'll be able to hold off, I'm sure.

One question. Is Mario Party DS online?

Sprocket Floss

Inglorious Coyote wrote: »

What really sucks is I'm stuck with jury duty the first week of November,so I'll be short a weeks pay, which means I'll be pushing it for just Rock Band and Mass Effect

Whoa. I'm also on Jury Duty at the start of November.

I'll just be getting Mass Effect and Assassin's Creed so my commitments to liberty and justice shouldn't effect me too much.

Also, I do most of my videogame purchasing one generation late so I don't tend to rack up shitloads of game purchases on new systems. I bought an Xbox last week and about a dozen pre-owned and discounted games for couple hundred Australian. Should tide me over until the next generation.

Glenn565

Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn
Super Mario Galaxy (Being reimbursed by my brother)
Links Crossbow training

So only $70.

Goose!

Around 400 dollars, but that's probably going to computer parts for the one I'm building. I might throw some money at Mass Effect though.

Waka Laka

Mass Effect
Assassin's Creed
Hellgate London
Unreal Tournament 3
Trauma Center 2
Contra DS
[strike]Call of Duty 4[/strike] Damnit, had to make a sacrifice.

Money... NOOOOOOOO!!!

Serious, did all the developers decide to release in November around a table or something?