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Getting a Ps3, need some games now.
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Your not the first person to mention this game.... I didn't type my games out, I took a picture, on page 1... CoD4. its there
It's not really all that different, it's Disgaea. The courtroom is now a classroom, and there are minor changes to classes, how you aquire them and a new cast of characters, but I mean you come to Disgaea for the traditional gameplay, not huge innovation. The soundtrack is amazing, the voice overs are good and it's as enjoyable as it always was. Plus Prinnies! Who doesn't love prinnies?
I might be a bit japanese-biased but i tend to agree with the japanese reviews. The game is quite technical, needs lot of tactical use of your weaponry (ammo is VERY limited, just like in the anime, expecially for beam guns,so you need to make every bullet count) and cover, and with the two sides campaign and tons of mobile suits to unlock it has some great replayability. Finished the fed campaign twice and the Zeon campaign once and still i'm not one bit tired of it.
No wonder no one recommended them.
You'll have to forgive my foolishness, I was running on very little sleep at the time and had just seen a bit of the gameplay.
Also, SHADOW OF COLOSSUS.
Resident Evil 4 is a must (no, you don't have to have played the old ones)
Ghosthunter was fun and, along with RE4, is a really good indication that the PS2 is still a powerful little box.
You also have to play Viewtiful Joe if you haven't already on GC.
I'll stop there. I'm sure if you do a search we have about 3951032910395 PS2 game recommendation threads that will be far more comprehensive than anything we'll recommend here.
Mostly it's a time thing -- I could play through all the missed PS2 games, of which there are many, but w/ a full time job and a master's program night classes for at least the next 2 years, working through a PS2 backlog simply doesn't interest me. Especially if, for example, the PS3 R&C game is as good, or better, than the PS2 versions, and has fancy pants graphics to boot. But if the games are much less fun without that background, I'll wait on picking them up. Uncharted is new property so that's on the short list, but Devil May Cry 4 sounds more like something that's much more awesome if you've played 1-3. But I don't know, since I haven't played any of them.
I am enjoying DMC4 a lot and haven't played any of the others.
I must politely disagree. I found The Darkness to be derivative and boring. It's your run of the mill shooter and the darkness powers didn't do anything to help the gameplay. I was very glad when I was done. Production values were pretty high, though.
I finished and enjoyed R&C immensely, and I haven't play the others either, so I would definitely recommend getting it.
To each their own. I found that the guns didn't do anything to help the gameplay. Towards the end of the game I hardly used them at all. More importantly what I liked about the game was the story and even more so how the story was told. This game is exactly how games should incorporate stories with the gameplay. I suppose if you completely skipped the story and only used the guns you might make a case for it being derivative and boring. But other than that the game breaks new ground on almost every level. I was more involved and invested in the characters, the story and the world since anything I have played since maybe Torment. It was that good for me. This is not a knock on you at all I understand the game isn't for everyone, but almost every person who has said they weren't a fan has had basically the same complaint as you. If you are playing the Darkness like you play CoD4 you are missing the point.
Nope but they did release a new trailer just last week. It looks pretty awesome.
EggyToast: I played very little of the first four R&C's and I had a great time playing R&C: ToD. And while I did play DMC1-3 before playing DMC4, it shouldn't be too much of an obstacle.
If there's one thing Starbreeze does like fucking champs, it's weave a compelling narrative into their games.
very nice little system!
There's going to be a wipeout HD? How in the hell did that pass me by?
Is there a planned release date?
Also, do we have any idea when GT5 demo will hit? I'm annoyed I missed the demo on the japanese store.
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two, supposedly - a psn HD remake of previous tracks - wipeout HD - and a brand new full release due later
That said uncharted did it well.
Other than that, I'm well up for these games. Roll on Wipeout HD!
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Super Stardust HD is excellent.
And Folklore is awesome, from my preliminary experience with it.
I haven't been this excited about anything video game related in years..
Can I just plug any old keyboard and mouse into it?
If you're interested in getting a camera for it, the 360 Live Vision camera works great
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I was in that same boat...picked up R&C on a whim after not even playing the demo. Very fun. In fact, I'm in the same boat as you (very little time to play), but I'm thinking about going back to play previous R&C games if they're even half as enjoyable as this. (Also, RE: Motion controls...R&C uses the Sixaxis for flying controls and a couple other things, and it seems to work pretty well.)
I also have Heavenly Sword, Assassin's Creed, and Burnout Paradise. I have not regretted any of those purchases, either. (Oh, and The Orage Box for PC...excellent, but I can't speak for the PS3 version.)
I'm looking at getting Uncharted, but I figure being a marquee title, it should be in the first round of Greatest Hits (or Super Hits, or DA HITZ or whatever they'll end up calling them). Maybe I'll pick up DMC4 at some point, also.
This is totally not a clickable link to my Steam Profile, SmokeStacks!
I'll just have to make sure that my friends in Vancouver never find out that I'm buying one. I'd never hear the end of it.
June absolutely cannot get here fast enough.
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So which one is more "pick up & play"? I have a class finishing up this coming week and won't have time to get sucked into a game.
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And yet you should still buy Uncharted. It is the better game out of those 3 by far.
Agreed. It's the best game I currently own on all three consoles. And I still haven't completed it, curse my gf insisting we play it together.
I'm so running through it again once we're done.
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Now you can count me amongst their ranks. The game is downright amazing. Graphically its gorgeous, the voiceacting and storyline is amazing, the characters are all great, and the gameplay is addicting. Standing in one of the jungle areas I looked around and thought:
"Out of all the games I played thus far, this is the first one that feels truely next-gen".
Seriously? I mean, it's an excellent game and one everybody should play, but there's nothing about it that couldn't have been done last gen.
Really? What about the animation system? I cant think of any system last gen that would have been able to do that.
If their not actually playing it, and not introduced to it, an innocent bystander, come walking over saying "wow what the fuck is this?" usually followed by a long pause then followed by a "wow that’s pretty bad ass".
For the price and amount of unlockables, I think it’s worth the admission.
It might have been possible... might. The AI is pretty fucking awesome to be honest. I don't think there is any one thing that sets uncharted apart though. It is one of those games where the sum is greater than all the parts. At first I thought I like Heavenly Sword better but about half way through I realized how much fun I was having. The Darkness is pretty much the only game I enjoyed more that was made in 2k7.
My favorite PSN game hands down. For me it is way more fun than super star dust.
EDIT: That was in America mind you. I have no idea when it comes out in Australia
OK, it'll be "next" on the list, then. It sounds like a good game to get when I have some free time and want something to get into once I finish up this class. I'm running through my month of "Prime" on amazon, since we're updating our whole living room, so R&C is ordered (and should be here thursday, before the PS3).
What, you mean like the facial animations? Half-Life 2 on the Xbox had excellent facial animations too.
I think he means the blending of animations, not just the face.
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It's late, so I may just not be picking up on the argument, but you mean body animations, and transitioning from one stance to another? If that's the case, Prince of Persia did that last gen too. If not, then fuck, I need sleep.
I dunno... when people talk about games feeling truely "next gen" very few games actually make that transition in my mind. Dead Rising is one. WiiSports. Little Big Planet looks to be another. Games that just would not have been possible two and a half years ago on the consoles. Just looking pretty, or having a bit smoother animation doesn't really cut it for me.
Decrease your poly-count, and viola. It's not like Dead Rising did anything revolutionary.
i kind of agree that it's the only game thus far to feel really ahead of the rest. it looks phenomenal, the one-actor voice/mocap recording is something that should be taken up by all games for cinematics immediately, and the gameplay is rich enough to return to many times over. it's not only my favourite game of the generation, it's probably my favourite game ever. but don't trust me - buy the sucker, if you haven't already!