Scribblenauts is coming out so soon?  Wow.  I didn't realize that.  That's definetely one to pick up.  Based on the E3 hype, it's starting to look like it'll be the first real game of the year contender.  

That's actually another good question since we are almost halfway through the year.  Has there been a real GOTY contender released yet?  I suppose GTA: CW is up there and maybe inFAMOUS.  Other than that it's a tough call.  By this time last year we'd already seen Brawl, GTA4, and MGS4 which were all very strong games and almost universally praised.  

phantom_leo said:

robio said:

Scribblenauts is coming out so soon?  Wow.  I didn't realize that.  That's definetely one to pick up.  Based on the E3 hype, it's starting to look like it'll be the first real game of the year contender.  

That's actually another good question since we are almost halfway through the year.  Has there been a real GOTY contender released yet?  I suppose GTA: CW is up there and maybe inFAMOUS.  Other than that it's a tough call.  By this time last year we'd already seen Brawl, GTA4, and MGS4 which were all very strong games and almost universally praised.  

STREET. FIGHTER. IV ! ! !

Is that some kind of beat'em up?  I've never heard of it.

Just got back from Target, they have a lot of great 360 games really cheap now. And a bunch of absolute crap on the Wii.

I saw Mass Effect, The Darkness, GRAW 1 & 2, Vegas 1 & 2, Orange Box, Tomb Raider remake, Oblivion, and more all for under $30 brand new. Most of them were actually $20.

Also temporary price cuts on many newer games. Fable 2 for $30. Riddick for $40.

edgecrusher said:

Just got back from Target, they have a lot of great 360 games really cheap now. And a bunch of absolute crap on the Wii.

I saw Mass Effect, The Darkness, GRAW 1 & 2, Vegas 1 & 2, Orange Box, Tomb Raider remake, Oblivion, and more all for under $30 brand new. Most of them were actually $20.

Also temporary price cuts on many newer games. Fable 2 for $30. Riddick for $40.

Foolz said:

robio said:

Scribblenauts is coming out so soon?  Wow.  I didn't realize that.  That's definetely one to pick up.  Based on the E3 hype, it's starting to look like it'll be the first real game of the year contender.  

That's actually another good question since we are almost halfway through the year.  Has there been a real GOTY contender released yet?  I suppose GTA: CW is up there and maybe inFAMOUS.  Other than that it's a tough call.  By this time last year we'd already seen Brawl, GTA4, and MGS4 which were all very strong games and almost universally praised.  

And last year after they'd been played everybody realised Brawl, GTA4 and MGS4 were not GOTY contendors at all!

*shakes head*

This year so far, RE5. Screw the haters. But to be honest if it ends up as my GOTY, its been a crappy year. So I doubt it will be my GOTY but its a contender for sure.

robio said:

Dvader said:

robio said:

There's virtually no end in sight to the good games.  It's like owning a PS2 all over again.

Lets not get too carried away. It is a great lineup though.

I was just going through the Wii's line up of games for the rest of the year and seeing if I was just full of crap and getting carried away, but I actually am hard pressed to think of a time when any console had a line up that I was this excited about.  

The Must Play Games:

Little King Story
Dawn of Discovery
Wii Sports Resort
Cursed Mountain
Harvest Moon: Animal Parade
Muramasa: The Demon Blade
Silent Hill: Shattered Memories
TMNT: Smash Up
Wii Fit Plus
New Super Mario Bros. Wii
Rabbids Go Home
Tatsunoko vs. Capcom

The Games I'm Considering (good reviews and/or extra spending money may be needed)

The Conduit
Secret Files: Tunguska (very promising point and click adventure)
Phantom Brave: We Meet Again
Metroid Prime Trilogy
Beatles: Rock Band
Dead Space Extraction
DJ Hero
Marvel Ultimatum 2 (if it has standard controls I'm buying it)
Mini Ninjas
Toy Story Mania (it's for the kids, I assure you)
Red Steel 2

The WiiWare

Tales of Monkey Island
Cave Story
Contra Rebirth
Max and the Magic Marker
The Rose Princess
Lost Winds II
Harvest Moon: Ranch Store
Mr. Driller World
The Night Game

Outside of the WiiWare that's almost 2 dozen games over the next 6 months.  By the time December rolls around I'm either going to have a serious backlog or will have had to have made a lot of tough decisions.

Cool list.

I dont have money so its not like I can really get anything but say I did have money from that list this is what I would want from the Wii:

The Must Play Games:

Silent Hill: Shattered Memories
New Super Mario Bros. Wii

Resident Evil Darkside Chronicles

The Games I'm Considering (good reviews and/or extra spending money may be needed)

Little King Story
Wii Sports Resort
Muramasa: The Demon Blade
Dead Space Extraction
Red Steel 2

The WiiWare

Cave Story
Contra Rebirth
Lost Winds II

phantom_leo said:

robio said:

Scribblenauts is coming out so soon?  Wow.  I didn't realize that.  That's definetely one to pick up.  Based on the E3 hype, it's starting to look like it'll be the first real game of the year contender.  

That's actually another good question since we are almost halfway through the year.  Has there been a real GOTY contender released yet?  I suppose GTA: CW is up there and maybe inFAMOUS.  Other than that it's a tough call.  By this time last year we'd already seen Brawl, GTA4, and MGS4 which were all very strong games and almost universally praised.  

STREET. FIGHTER. IV ! ! !

That game came out last year.

darthhomer said:

phantom_leo said:

robio said:

Scribblenauts is coming out so soon?  Wow.  I didn't realize that.  That's definetely one to pick up.  Based on the E3 hype, it's starting to look like it'll be the first real game of the year contender.  

That's actually another good question since we are almost halfway through the year.  Has there been a real GOTY contender released yet?  I suppose GTA: CW is up there and maybe inFAMOUS.  Other than that it's a tough call.  By this time last year we'd already seen Brawl, GTA4, and MGS4 which were all very strong games and almost universally praised.  

STREET. FIGHTER. IV ! ! !

That game came out last year.

 Only in the arcades. SFIV came out for consoles in February 2009 worldwide.

Dvader said:

Ghostbusters pissed me off. The game does not have a checkpoint for when you are at base. I finished the second level, afterwards it takes you to the HQ where you can walk around and there it advances the story. I figured that is a perfect place to stop the game. I go back to start it up and it automatically starts me at the beginning of the third level, apperantly there is no checkpoint for the HQ. I missed all the story, I had no idea what was going on. I had to go on youtube to watch all the cutscenes that happened and it was major stuff. So never quit your game when in HQ it wont save it there.

Oh and the load times, when you die and restart, are so long there is a movie clip that plays with the official theme song to entertain you. Also while I was playing just now, the frame rate dropped so badly it went to zero for about 3 seconds.

Not the best made game out there.

But I am in the library now fighting that librarian ghost from the first movie. I went into that exact room from the movie and the cards started to fly out of the drawers, so cool.

 You should be playing the superior wii version! 

Ravenprose said:

Foolz said:

Dvader said:

Ghostbusters pissed me off. The game does not have a checkpoint for when you are at base. I finished the second level, afterwards it takes you to the HQ where you can walk around and there it advances the story. I figured that is a perfect place to stop the game. I go back to start it up and it automatically starts me at the beginning of the third level, apperantly there is no checkpoint for the HQ. I missed all the story, I had no idea what was going on. I had to go on youtube to watch all the cutscenes that happened and it was major stuff. So never quit your game when in HQ it wont save it there.

Oh and the load times, when you die and restart, are so long there is a movie clip that plays with the official theme song to entertain you. Also while I was playing just now, the frame rate dropped so badly it went to zero for about 3 seconds.

Not the best made game out there.

But I am in the library now fighting that librarian ghost from the first movie. I went into that exact room from the movie and the cards started to fly out of the drawers, so cool.

 You should be playing the superior wii version! 

 No, the Xbox 360 has the most superior version!

 Tell that to GS!