Console Releases for week of 9/27

[Queasy]

Links go to Metacritic

PS2
[*]Nothing

PS3
[*]Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2
[*]Tornado Outbreak

Xbox 360
[*]Bass Pro Shops: The Strike
[*]Black College Football Xperience: The Doug Williams Edition
[*]Tornado Outbreak

Wii
[*]Bass Pro Shops: The Strike
[*]Dead Space Extraction
[*]Deca Sports 2
[*]Family Feud 2010 Edition
[*]Family Fun Football
[*]MySims Agents
[*]Tornado Outbreak
[*]Valhalla Knights: Eldar Saga

Nintendo DS
[*]Battle of Giants: Dragons
[*]Dreamer Series: Top Model
[*]Family Feud 2010 Edition
[*]Imagine: Salon Stylist
[*]Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days
[*]MySims Agents
[*]THE WIZARD OF OZ: Beyond the Yellow Brick Road

PSP
[*]Beaterator
[*]Gran Turismo PSP
[*]MotorStorm Arctic Edge
[*]Obscure: The Aftermath
[*]Undead Knights

 

[biggestmuff]

I still can't decide if I'm going to buy GT PSP or not.

 

[blurredvision]

Originally posted by: biggestmuff
I still can't decide if I'm going to buy GT PSP or not.

I was interested until I learned that you can only race against 3 AI opponents. That seems way too limiting to me, although I'll still keep an eye on it to see what other people think.

 

[Krakn3Dfx]

Originally posted by: biggestmuff
I still can't decide if I'm going to buy GT PSP or not.

Everything I've read about the game screams "gimped". Limited opponents, no online, no career mode, no real car upgrades.

For a game that was on again/off again in development over the past 3-4 years, it really feels like they either rushed it to meet the PSP Go ship date, or they just didn't want to put a handheld game out there that would take any of the spotlight away from the PS3 version coming.

 

[Qbah]

Empty week for me Nothing for the Xbox that interests me and not really into racing on my PSP.

 

[Aikouka]

The new KH game has such a weird name... at first I didn't even realize that was the actual name .

 

[Krakn3Dfx]

Originally posted by: Qbah
Empty week for me Nothing for the Xbox that interests me and not really into racing on my PSP.

What, you mean you're not into your hands cramping up every 20 minutes?

Been playing a lot of Rock Band Unplugged on my PSP, awesome game, but with my giant man hands, I have to put it down after awhile because I start cramping up quite a bit.

 

[mmntech]

Originally posted by: Krakn3Dfx

Originally posted by: biggestmuff
I still can't decide if I'm going to buy GT PSP or not.

Everything I've read about the game screams "gimped". Limited opponents, no online, no career mode, no real car upgrades.

For a game that was on again/off again in development over the past 3-4 years, it really feels like they either rushed it to meet the PSP Go ship date, or they just didn't want to put a handheld game out there that would take any of the spotlight away from the PS3 version coming.

IGN's review for it was an eye opener. Basically it looks good but there's not a whole lot to it. I could put up with the four car limit but I think they shot themselves in the foot by not allowing online play. There's no reason they couldn't have. I was going to get it but now I'm definitely not. Handhelds just aren't ideal platforms for simulation based racing games.

Motorstorm: Arctic Edge has been getting good reviews though. Definitely on my radar.

 

[fatpat268]

Originally posted by: Krakn3Dfx

Originally posted by: biggestmuff
I still can't decide if I'm going to buy GT PSP or not.

Everything I've read about the game screams "gimped". Limited opponents, no online, no career mode, no real car upgrades.

For a game that was on again/off again in development over the past 3-4 years, it really feels like they either rushed it to meet the PSP Go ship date, or they just didn't want to put a handheld game out there that would take any of the spotlight away from the PS3 version coming.

I was going to rebuy a psp and get a PSP Go, but those plans are gone.

GT PSP from most reviews seems to be a major disappointment. It seems like the core GT experience is there, but if it's lacking a real career mode, then what's the point? Racing only 3 AI is a huge bummer as well, but it's a portable game, it's not huge in the grand scheme of things. But GT has to have a career mode.... and by now, an online mode. It's kind of pathetic that a GT game still doesn't have an online mode. I dunno, I'm just hoping GT5 won't disappoint.

Also, Sony didn't help matters by completely shitting on the North American public. Euros get GT free (guess that doesn't really matter if the game sucks), and they at least have the ability to get three games free. Well, sorry sony, if you're not going to fully support the North American market, I'm not going to support your overpriced antiquated handheld. I gave praises for the PSP Go, but now I see the stinker that it is, and it's not even out yet!

Good thing the PS3 is semi decent. At least Uncharted 2 is coming soon.

 

[UpgradeFailure]

Originally posted by: Aikouka
The new KH game has such a weird name... at first I didn't even realize that was the actual name .

Yeah and it's not even called what it looks like really. Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days= Kingdom Hearts Three-Five-Eight over 2 days.

Ooook...

 

[Krakn3Dfx]

Originally posted by: fatpat268
Also, Sony didn't help matters by completely shitting on the North American public. Euros get GT free (guess that doesn't really matter if the game sucks), and they at least have the ability to get three games free. Well, sorry sony, if you're not going to fully support the North American market, I'm not going to support your overpriced antiquated handheld.

Sony is offering free game(s) in the EU because it's a market less likely and less financially able to spend the kind of money a Go costs without some sort of game coming with it.

Microsoft sells the 360 in Japan for like half the price it is here and throws in free games to boot. I think it goes without saying different regions have to be handled differently to guarantee maximizing the number of people willing to buy your product. This is nothing new, and it's smart business.

 

[Gunslinger08]

Is it just me, or does the guy in Dead Space: Extraction look like Zack Morris?

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