Week o Games, 8/2: Hearts of Iron 3, Fallout DLC, TMNT Reshelled, .... gi joe?

slash000

Another week, another 7 days of new game releases!

Welcome to the 75 edition of G&T's newly traditional "Weekly Games Release Thread!" - Week 8/2/09 - 8/8/09!

Where we discuss what we're looking forward to, what we're going to buy, and what we're just now realizing is being released this week that we had forgotten about!

NDS

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra


Reversal Challenge


8BallAllstars

PC

Fallout 3: Mothership Zeta




Hearts of Iron III

PS2

Aliens in the Attic



G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra





SingStar: Queen

PS3

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra



SingStar: Queen

PSP

Brave: A Warrior's Tale




G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra


Aliens in the Attic


Hannah Montana: Rock Out the Show

Wii

Real Heroes: Firefighter



G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra




Daisy Fuentes Pilates




Brave: A Warrior's Tale

Overturn
Ultimate Duck Hunting

World Championship Athletics

Xbox360

Fallout 3: Mothership Zeta (XBL dlc?)




Brave: A Warrior's Tale




G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra




Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles In Time Re-Shelled (XBLA)

Fallout 3 DLC for 360 and PC...

Hearts of Iron III...

TMNT Turtles in Time Reshelled...


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Also, before anyone writes off Real Heroes: FireFighters for the Wii, it's actually had decent hands-on previews. Apparently it's like Call of Duty meets Metroid Prime meets firefighting. Supposed to have a decent story and good voice acting, including Jamie Kennedy and Bender i mean John Di Maggio. It's also $30 iirc.

Cornell002

TMNT for the win. Anyone know if it has the original music?

DiannaoChong

Cornell002 wrote: »

TMNT for the win. Anyone know if it has the original music?

Who knows, Ill drown it out with dragonforce anyways.

UnbreakableVow

I'm all for remakes and such, but the graphics in the TMNT remake look pretty horrendous.

Hoping Mothership Zeta is good, seeing as it is the last Fallout 3 DLC.

Kelor

Just Zeta I think. I didn't even know they made a G.I. Joe game but movie tie in games releasing to every platform under the sun don't have a great track record.

cj iwakura

DiannaoChong wrote: »

Cornell002 wrote: »

TMNT for the win. Anyone know if it has the original music?

Who knows, Ill drown it out with dragonforce anyways.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vq9YbzLjLJQ?


And I want TMNT on PC.

Woodroez

I've been thinking that it looks like they were shooting pretty low with the graphics in Reshelled, but on the whole it almost has to be better than getting the original, insofar as displaying it on an hdtv goes.

Not that I would have minded getting the original, though.

EDIT: I have a feeling GI Joe will be...what we expect it to be.

UnbreakableVow

Woodroez wrote: »

EDIT: I have a feeling GI Joe will be...what we expect it to be.

GI Joe looks like Crackdown: The Movie.

I wish the logic applied that GI Joe: The Game would be GI Joe's Crackdown: The Official Game of the Movie.

maximumzero

TMNT is the only must-buy of the week.

And I'm thankful that Ubi dropped the price.

But I would have bought it at $15. :P

slash000

cj iwakura wrote: »

DiannaoChong wrote: »

Cornell002 wrote: »

TMNT for the win. Anyone know if it has the original music?

Who knows, Ill drown it out with dragonforce anyways.

[ ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vq9YbzLjLJQ[/url]?


And I want TMNT on PC.

not that dragonforce, this dragonforce. :P


Also I'd consider getting TMNT if it was released for PC as well. As it is, I can live without it if it never releases on PC. But it'd be something I'd at least consider.

B:L

Overturn looks like a shitty Virtual On/Armored Core ripoff that uses the wii balance board.

I might pick it up when it drops to $10.

DiannaoChong

cj iwakura wrote: »

DiannaoChong wrote: »

Cornell002 wrote: »

TMNT for the win. Anyone know if it has the original music?

Who knows, Ill drown it out with dragonforce anyways.

linkwtfiswrongwithyou?


And I want TMNT on PC.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmU2R9lTivY


Their music also works well with the other TMNT arcade title on the 360. Its awesome for any high energy beatemups.

Although I agree, I would like it for pc too, i would actually buy it for both, and I am morally against such actions normally.

Handsome Costanza

:whistle:Teenage mutant ninja turtles!

Teenage mutant ninja turtles !

Teenage mutant ninja turtles !

Iwillfuckingbuythisnow, turtle power!:whistle:

cloudeagle

Oh my yes.

Random anecdote: remember when TMNT debuted in the 80s with a five-episode miniseries? I didn't hear about it beforehand, and turned on the tube expecting the normal cartoons. Instead, I got singers rapidly chanting "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles." And then my head exploded from the sheer weirdness.

Tough to remember when the turtles were actually considered bizarre, eh?

Anyway, G.I. Joe. EA's non-proud return to quick licensed games. We've heard pretty much zilch about how it will play, right?

brynstar

GI Joe looks like a potentially shoddy remake of the old forward-scrolling Space Harrier style arcade game, with mediocre 3D graphics and a confused presentation that mixes elements of the movie with elements of the cartoon.

I'll be picking up a copy in about 20 minutes.

slash000

edit: youtube version below \/

slash000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPBQ4A8pbn4

brynstar

slash000 wrote: »

http://blip.tv/play/g4Q9gZX_UgI

Okay, that trailer just did away with any doubt I might have had about buying this. Thanks slash!

Lunker

Man, I've been trying to resist TMNT, but that does look pretty awesome. I might wait until after Shadow Complex, but damn, I want to bury my shell at Wounded Knee.

UnbreakableVow

That trailer picked up in the second half, but only thanks to the theme song. Those graphics look so terri-bad.

Bartholamue

Wow, that's a lot of shovelware this week.

brynstar

Well, played a bit of GI JOE. I shot dudes with inexplicable laser guns. I punched some guys. Epic orchestral versions of the original GI JOE theme blared out of my speakers.

I'm enjoying it.

Keep in mind that I also like FMV games.

maximumzero

brynstar wrote: »

Well, played a bit of GI JOE. I shot dudes with inexplicable laser guns. I punched some guys. Epic orchestral versions of the original GI JOE theme blared out of my speakers.

I'm enjoying it.

Keep in mind that I also like FMV games.

So what you're saying is you would have shit yourself if they made a GI Joe FMV game?

brynstar

maximumzero wrote: »

brynstar wrote: »

Well, played a bit of GI JOE. I shot dudes with inexplicable laser guns. I punched some guys. Epic orchestral versions of the original GI JOE theme blared out of my speakers.

I'm enjoying it.

Keep in mind that I also like FMV games.

So what you're saying is you would have shit yourself if they made a GI Joe FMV game?

Hahahahaha. Yes!

slash000

I skimmed the reviews for GI Joe.

Most reviews sum it up like this:

If they were going to make a 3D Contra, and tried, but ended up making it a little repetitive, a little dull, and a little lacking in personality, then you get this game.


I haven't played a true 3D contra yet. I have played Contra, Super C, Contra 3, Contra 4, and Contra Shattered Soldier. I have NeoContra sitting on my shelf but I've never tried it.


I like the idea but it sounds like GI Joe had a good idea.. The reviews say that the game was constrained by the movie. So they couldn't go all whacky with cool stuff like the Contra games are known for.



Apparently it has 2 player local coop, though, so there's that.

brynstar

If you've ever seen the old Konami arcade GI Joe game, the new game is essentially that done in low budget 3D.

The Contra comparison is somewhat apt, although the game is much less platformy than Contra.