I'm going to be laid up for weeks, need game shortlist to stop myself going mad.

Raybies666

Long story short, due to a pilonidal abcess (really, don't GIS it. DON'T), I will almost certainly have lower back surgery tomorrow.

This will mean upward of 10 hours a day on the couch for a few weeks.

I need books, DVDs of asian guys kicking the shit out of each other, and videogames. Help me PA, you're my only hope.


I've access to a wii, ds, ps2, and if we can get it fixed, a 360.

I have Guitar hero controllers for the Wii, and will get Rock Band 2 if it actually gets released this friday, but it will be weeks before I can play it. The same goes for excessive waggle, suggest by all means, but its just not possible for a while.

Here's a list of the sort of things I own:

Platformers: Have the Mario series downloaded, also got Braid recently. I'm open to platformers in a big way. Also have New SMB.

1st/3rd person shooters: Not as big on them as I used to be. Have the Punisher, Rogue Trooper, Metroid Prime Series and Red Steel. I don't hate Red Steel, I think it's ok, so am open to the sequel. Call of Duty 4 was fun, but you'd have to convince me on Modern Warfare 2.

Side on/top down shooters: I love Contra 3 and merely like Contra Rebirth. I am open to Contra 4. I enjoy R-type games I've dowloaded on Wii, but bullet hell is just not my thing.

Fighting 1 on 1: I have Soul Calibur 2. I don't know if I need any more in that series. Downloaded SF2 and Super SF2 on wii, and MVC2 on 360. I used to like SF back in the day. I also enjoy my copy of Virtua Fighter 4, but am a little bewildered, mostly because I'm not a fan of picking one fighter and learning them to the point of mastery. I'm open to Tekken, but have never owned a copy.

Fighting brawler: GOD HAND was the game I got when this happened last year and was totally worth the effort. I hear the updates of Final Fight and Altered Beast are both shitpiles. I also enjoyed Viewtiful Joe, and Madworld.

open world: Enjoyed GTA:SA, got bored with GTA4. Enjoyed Prototype recently too.


RPG: I love Mass Effect. I do not love Final Fantasy. I do not enjoy being forced to grind levels befpre being able to progress. I enjoy the 2 Paper Mario Games, but got sick of Mario RPG.

Strategy (Very loose definition here): Starcraft (the only PC game I can play) and Civilization Revolution are agreeable, and the only games of these types I've ever really wanted to sit down and play.

I need to wrap this up, so just to say that I enjoyed No More Heroes, Fahrenheit/Indigo Prophecy, and Killer 7. I also open to puzzlers.

You'll have to forgive typing etc, am a little woozy, but help picking a couple of decent games to order or download will help with the crushing boredom of the coming weeks.

So, who wants to recommend a game for me?

EDIT: Forgot to mention I'm in Ireland, so PAL games are the necessity, and I have no way of playing PC games. I thought I mentioned this before , but I'm taking lots of painkillers.

Dyvion

I've got one of those (FOR THE LOVE OF GOD DO NOT GIS) and I've been keeping it drained (DO NOT GIS) so mine is ok... but eventually it's going to drive me to surgery as well. I'm just putting it off.

New RPG's out now... Risen for PC. Decent, and pretty... brutal combat system though. If you're still down when Dragon Age comes out, you can grab that for PC or the 360.

Scribblenauts for the DS will keep you entertained for days (I promise).

Little King's Story for the Wii is a pikmin-esque game where you direct the little king to recruit villagers to use their talents to unlock areas of the game world with their special skills. As you unlock more areas you unlock more jobs for the citizens of your town... which gives them more skills that you can use to unlock more areas etc.

surrealitycheck

What is Gis?

EvilBadman

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If your 360 gets fixed and you haven't played them: Banjo-Kazooie and Tooie. Also SMB:Galaxy.

Edit: Additional Question - You mention having New SMB (assuming Wii) but Rock Band 2 isn't out? Where are you from?

Darmak

I just did, it's not that gross. :P

But as for suggestions, try looking here. It's made just for us G&Ters and it's pretty goddamn helpful to boot.

EvilBadman

Everytime I see the Slashsignal, I wanna alphabetize the damn thing.

Monger

If you liked God Hand and Viewtiful Joe and haven't already gotten around to them, Devil May Cry 1, 3, and 4 are absolute musts. Especially 3. The Dishwasher: Dead Samurai on XBLA is also a fantastic sidescrolling brawler in the same style. Bayonetta is the next big release of this type, but it got pushed back into next year. Definitely worth picking up if you've got free time around then. Of course, Ninja Gaiden: Black is still on Live Marketplace. Watching. Waiting. And Ninja Gaiden 2 is worth a playthrough if you like Black, despite some wonky balance issues.

Uh, obligatory Ico and Shadow of the Colossus reminder. And Psychonauts, on Live Marketplace and Steam. And Prince of Persia: Sands of Time. And The Orange Box, if not everything from Valve.

Antihippy

DVDs of asian guys kicking the shit out of each other

If you're looking for recommendations of this, I'd recommend

Big trouble in little china
Drunken master 1&2
kung fu hustle
Shaolin soccer
A better tomorrow 1&2
Hard boiled
Crouching tiger, hidden dragon

For beat 'em ups, maybe devil may cry 4? Maybe ninja gaiden 2, but I wouldn't recommend it to someone who needs to relax. :P

Dyvion

Antihippy wrote: »

Big trouble in little china
Drunken master 1&2
kung fu hustle
Shaolin soccer
A better tomorrow 1&2
Hard boiled
Crouching tiger, hidden dragon

And Showdown in Little Tokyo... and Ong Bak... and Chocolate... like Ong Bak but with a girl. and and and...

Blue map

If you like platformer's Super Mario Galaxy is a must if you don't already have it, De Blob and Klonoa are great fun as well. Iv'e also heard good things about Wario Land though i haven't played it myself.

As for ds platformers Henry Hatsworth is a puzzle/platformer hybrid well worth your time even with its occasionally shoddy level design, i've also heard good things about the sonic rush series but again i haven't played them myself.

As for 360 platformers, N+ is absolutely fantastic and Bionic commando rearmed is definitely worth a look, although that game tends to be fairly polarizing so be forewarned.

Edit: Also for the 360, Mirrors Edge is fantastic although it tends very polarizing so again, be forewarned.

Raybies666

Dyvion wrote: »

Antihippy wrote: »

Big trouble in little china
Drunken master 1&2
kung fu hustle
Shaolin soccer
A better tomorrow 1&2
Hard boiled
Crouching tiger, hidden dragon

And Showdown in Little Tokyo... and Ong Bak... and Chocolate... like Ong Bak but with a girl. and and and...

I have all those movies apart from Chocolate. These movies tend to be real cheap, so there's about 150 Kung fu/Hong Kong gunplay type movies in my closet. Which is nice.


Good suggestions so far, I completely forgot to mention that I have Devil May Cry 1-3. Fun games for sure, but I'm not sure if I need a fourth.

Ninja Gaiden Black and Super Mario Galaxy are in front of me somewhere, damn fine stuff.

I completely forgot about the team Ico games, oddly given I asked in Game if they were hiding in the second hand games only about 2 weeks ago. I'll look into that.

Darian

Despite your not mentioning it, this might be a good time for a sports campaign mode if you like any of those sorts of games. FIFA 10?

Raybies666

Darmak wrote: »

I just did, it's not that gross. :P

But as for suggestions, try looking here. It's made just for us G&Ters and it's pretty goddamn helpful to boot.

I treat everyone with kid gloves on this subject as I tire of hearing the word Gross.

Unless I'm very lucky tonight and the damn thing bursts, I'll be having my fifth surgery for this tomorrow. After the third operation, the guys I lived got pissed off that I was moving so slowly and started giving out that I must be playing this up. The conversation went like this:

Me:But guys, they cut a slice out of my lower back, stitched it up, stitched the skin down so it would heal back to the flesh and then attached a hard bandage the size of a toilet roll insert by running sutures under the wound itself so I cant move.

Them: Bullshit

Me, raising the back of my Tshirt: really, look

Them: Don't show us that shit!

Me: Guys, you cant see the wound, there's the equivalent of a foot square band aid over the entire thing, I'm just showing you the size of the dressing.

Them, looking like the cliche of a woman on a chair when a mouse is seen: NOOOOOOO!

It's always funny when wannabe tough guys act like that. They couldn't handle seeing a giant band aid, but it stopped them talking shit.

Or at least it did, until one of them had to get surgery for the same issue. The guy had his abcess drained only (lucky for him, its not as painful as the excision) and was telling everybody how he was fine and all the nurses were impressed at how little painkillers he had to take etc.

Cue the other guy telling all and sundry how I'm a fucking pussy. I then explained the difference in procedures and he shut the fuck up fast.

Then the chap who had the operation called and said the painkillers and anaesthetics etc must have worn off a week after the op, and suddenly he was in a great deal of pain and then apologised.

Guess which one of these two I still actually speak to.

Gandalf_the_Crazed

Virtual Console stuff for the Wii is nice. You like platformers; have you played Bubble Bobble?

TheUnsane1

So you like platformers, have a ps2, and I see no Ratchet and Clank or Jak games listed. Short of the Jak racing game and R+C deadlocked (which I havent played but looks multiplayer based) ALL of these are good buys imo. Also see Sly Cooper games.

Spoit

If you liked the paper mario games, I'd definitely suggest Mario and Luigi: Bowser's inside story. And the GBA Mario RPG for that matter, but the first DS one really isn't worth the prices it's being sold for.

Raybies666

Unrelated to G&T, I've found chinese guys kicking each other Nirvana:

http://www.play.com/DVD/Region_1/4-/5399920/WingChungTheCompleteSeries/Product.html?ptsl=1&ob=Price&fb=0&addpt=447350801

Oh yes.


Gameswise, I think Ico or Shadow of the collosus is a win. As they're €40.00 online, I can't really get both. One down. Also I might get DS Picross, as I quite enjoy the version on WiiVC

Hylianbunny

The Disgaea series could suck away a lot of free time.

Yall

I had a broken neck once and Elder Scrolls : Obivion saved my brain. Get your 360 fixed...

METAzraeL

Get Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer for the DS. It's a remake of an SNES roguelike, pretty much a perfect game and one that you can play for the next year and still enjoy. Just approach it like an arcade rpg, see how far you can get, learn something, repeat, and you'll start to appreciate it. It's selling new in the US for $15, hopefully shouldn't be too much more in PAL countries.

Raybies666

Once again, thanks for the suggestions. Its just 2am here, and I think I just got out of going to hospital. You don't want to know how.

Dyvion

Raybies666 wrote: »

Once again, thanks for the suggestions. Its just 2am here, and I think I just got out of going to hospital. You don't want to know how.

Uh... congratulations? At least on the not having to go to the hospital part.

Raybies666

Dyvion wrote: »

Raybies666 wrote: »

Once again, thanks for the suggestions. Its just 2am here, and I think I just got out of going to hospital. You don't want to know how.

Uh... congratulations? At least on the not having to go to the hospital part.

Never mind. Still have to go. And with that, I'm off

Shorn Scrotum Man

That shit sucks, had it myself way back in the day. They hop you up on some primo drugs after the surgery, at least they did here in America. I still can't remember anything until 2 days after the surgery.

The little hole heals up nicely, the big hole is gonna leave a hell of a scar.

I'd suggest the Wii Dead Space game. Nothing like taking out the frustrations you will soon have by dismembering some necromorphs.

Gandalf_the_Crazed

Dead Space isn't on Wii, I don't think?

If it is, holy hell, I'mma buy it.

surrealitycheck

Dead Space isn't on Wii, I don't think?

Dead space extraction, a rail shooter.

Gandalf_the_Crazed

Oh. Dammit.

Raybies666

Got back from hospital, had to walk home. :x

Scrbblenauts looks like a winner, just have to wait and get paid, then sort my credit card. And SOTC too, once money rearranges itself in my favour.

Fatty McBeardo

Wait, you had to walk home after having had surgery?

I don't suppose now would be the time to recommend any of the Trauma Center games.

When I am laid up I really enjoy sports games, for reasons I don't understand. Especially golf and baseball.

Dyvion

Raybies666 wrote: »

Got back from hospital, had to walk home.

That's all kinds of wrong... on so many levels. Hopefully it wasn't more than a couple blocks? And don't they have cabs over there?

BTP

Raybies666 wrote: »

I need DVDs of asian guys kicking the shit out of each other

Iron Monkey. Even the dub is good.

Platformers: Have the Mario series downloaded, also got Braid recently. I'm open to platformers in a big way. Also have New SMB.

Kirby Superstar Ultra (DS). I've only played the SNES version, but I see no reason why you shouldn't grab this version as I'm sure there is even more added to it.

Side on/top down shooters: I love Contra 3 and merely like Contra Rebirth. I am open to Contra 4. I enjoy R-type games I've dowloaded on Wii, but bullet hell is just not my thing.

I'm glad you didn't say anything about enemy-hell. :P

Blast Works (Wii) LOTS AND LOTS of unlockables, and with the amount of time you'll have, you can even create some of your own levels.
Geometry Wars Galaxies (Wii and DS) (You'll need both to unlock the last level.)
...and there's no reason not to get Super C from the Virtual Console. It's like Contra 3 only with more levels and no weapon switching, so it's like you're getting an even harder game. But unless I'm mistaken, there's only one difficulty.

Fighting 1 on 1: I have Soul Calibur 2. I don't know if I need any more in that series. Downloaded SF2 and Super SF2 on wii, and MVC2 on 360. I used to like SF back in the day. I also enjoy my copy of Virtua Fighter 4, but am a little bewildered, mostly because I'm not a fan of picking one fighter and learning them to the point of mastery. I'm open to Tekken, but have never owned a copy.

I sure hope you mean you have SF2:TURBO and not World Warrior. SNES SF2:T also has Champion Edition in it, so it's like getting two games in one.

(coughBrawlcough).....Excuse me.

Fighting brawler: GOD HAND was the game I got when this happened last year and was totally worth the effort. I hear the updates of Final Fight and Altered Beast are both shitpiles. I also enjoyed Viewtiful Joe, and Madworld.

Hmm......River City Ransom from Virtual Console?

Strategy (Very loose definition here): Starcraft (the only PC game I can play) and Civilization Revolution are agreeable, and the only games of these types I've ever really wanted to sit down and play.

Probably not quite what you meant, but Worms Open Warfare 2 (DS)

I also open to puzzlers.

Space Bust-a-Move (DS) and Bust-a-Move Plus (WiiWare), Tetris DS and Tetris Party (WiiWare), Scribblenauts (DS)

Hope this helps.

Shorn Scrotum Man

Raybies666 wrote: »

Got back from hospital, had to walk home. :x

Scrbblenauts looks like a winner, just have to wait and get paid, then sort my credit card. And SOTC too, once money rearranges itself in my favour.

Jesus Christ dude. Lay down and let that shit heal.

That's fuckin terrible.

METAzraeL

I was riding around on my bike one night when I spotted a bloke in a wheelchair in the middle of the street. He told us as we honour guard flanked him down a hill that he had just wheeled from the hospital after getting out. The hospital that's a good few miles away.

His problem was that he didn't have Shiren the Wanderer. Don't let this happen to you.

InfestedGnome

Kung Fu Hustle
Kung Fu Panda

Phoenix Wright Series for DS
Scribblenauts

Kris_xK

If you get your 360 fixed, Batman AA is a fantastic choice to kill some time.

Raybies666

Am lying down now and not moving. The walk was not too long, and couldn't hail a taxi, possibly because I looked like one of the local junkies at the time.

First off, enough kung fu suggestions, I have every thing listed so far and you guys have good taste.
have ordered Fatl Contact with Wu Jing, Jackie Chan in City Hunter (it cracks me up and I didn't have my own copy) and The protector (I have to know), and the Wing Chun tv series with Yuen Biao. Ip Man is on preorder, altough at this stage, I just wonder why Donnie Yen doesn't just get it over with and play Bruce Lee?

Gameswise, I'm sold on scribblenauts. as soon as credit card clears, I'll order it.

I enjoyed the Batman demo, but I'm in no position to get the 360 fixed at the moment.

Shadow of the collosus is tempting, but I'm all excited because Final Fight 2 came out on euro Virtual Console today. I love Final Fight, but I sure as fuck wasn't forking out for a one player version.


Also, while I'm here, thanks guys.

BlackDragon480

Raybies666 wrote: »

Wing Chun tv series with Yuen Biao

That man is so underappreciated in the West that it isn't even funny. You'd think if Samo could get his own series in the States and have a decent film presence, then all of the Three Brothers could, but Yuen just never could catch a break.

And good call on City Hunter, Jackie Chan as Chun-Li never gets old.

Willybubba

What about Fallout 3? If you include the DLC (and, on PC, the shitloads of mods) you can kill a lot of time with it. And mutants.

Raybies666

BlackDragon480 wrote: »

Raybies666 wrote: »

Wing Chun tv series with Yuen Biao

That man is so underappreciated in the West that it isn't even funny. You'd think if Samo could get his own series in the States and have a decent film presence, then all of the Three Brothers could, but Yuen just never could catch a break.

And good call on City Hunter, Jackie Chan as Chun-Li never gets old.

Prodigal Son is just so fucking good.

In fairness though, I think Yuen Biao is never as good as when he's with Jackie and Sammo, which ends up overshadowing just how amazing the guy is.

Also, Sammo made my favourite Kung Fu movies ever, Prodigal Son, Warriors Two and the Victim http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080971/

The fights in The Victim are so good, I watch it once a month and made me a fan of Leung Kar Yan. Also features Sammo, in period movie, scaring superstitious lackeys by dressing as, wait for it, dracula. That's right, dracula. Fantastic.

The Grey GOAT

I saw you mentioned you liked Street Fighter games back in the day. Go pick up part 4 if you can but definitely get a joystick.

Also, if your thinking about playing Shadow of Colossus do it. You won't be disappointed once you get sucked into it you won't be able to put it down.