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September 02, 2006

Combat, Contests, Pilgirms, and Buying Forecasts.

Okay, so, F.E.A.R. Combat. It's nothing you haven't seen before. I downloaded it. I played a couple of rounds, one of basic Deathmatch and one of Slo-Mo Deathmatch, which honestly is the same thing only there is a Slo-Mo-granting powerup. I enjoyed the fact that you got to pick from the main weapons of the game when you start. Enjoy Dual Pistols? Need the Shotgun to do any damage? Wish you always had the sniper rifle? You just pick it when you start as the weapon you spawn with, which I appreciate, though I had to chose the automatic sorts of guns to do any damage, cause I roll like that. Anyway, it's not for me, but it is free. If you're throwing together a LAN party and want something new to play, there are definately worse games you could play, and this one is, again, free. And if you know someone who bought F.E.A.R., you can just play with them too. And that is F.E.A.R. Combat. Whee. You know, I wonder how good Derraie's compy is... the man plays Quake III for crying out loud, this would be a step up... For my money, though, I'll stick to Dystopia. I actually can't waituntil they release it for sale, I'm going to buy it immediately. Thenew maps and new stream of players will make it, hopefully, easier to find a good game.

I'm in round two of the Great Designer Search. WHOO HOO! Wish me luck on the next test.

Okay, so, totally at random, I found this? And I'm like, huh. And then I go here and it has a (offically agreed to) scan of the Free Comic Book Day comic of the comic. And I think it's the greatest thing ever. So moments later I order the whole series so far off of Amazon. I'm a loser like that. But it just goes to show that you can make stuff by giving things away! Or something.

So, okay, I was looking over the games that are coming out and my buying schedule... it's not pretty. Game developers, release things in the summer, dammit! Here it is. Note most of these are DS games. That's because the DS is fucking awesome.
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Sept 12: Cooking Mama. I forgot this game was coming out, but it's the sort of game that, if I ever want it, I better buy it quick. It's a game... where you cook... in the game... Fuck. Yeah.
Sept. 19: Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime. What can I say, it looks charming, and it also feels like the sort of game that I'm going to lose the ability to find if I wait too long to pick it up.
Also Sept. 19: Contact. I've been jonsing for this for a long, long while. An extremely quirky and niche RPG with a messed up sense of humor and attacks where you peel off stickers and stick them to things? I'm there.
ALSO also Sept. 19: Okami. Man, alot is coming out on September 19th. That's not cool. Okami is crazy pretty and Zelda-licious. I want. I just hope my PS2 works, so I can play it. I may have to hold off on this purchase, though. That's too much already in like a week span for a game that may or may not work on my crippled system...
"End of September": DEFCON: Everybody Dies. Yay for Nuclear War online! I like Introversion's stuff. They got style. And at 15 bucks, maybe less if they ever get the pre-order up on Steam so I can lock in a discount, this is a no-brainer for me. Plus, I still like that subtitle.
Oct. 9: Clubhouse Games. Not something I'm going to be playing nonstop, of course, but with how much I'm craving the online simplegames on the XBLA, I can see me playing casual card games online while chatting, waiting for downloads, watching things, etc. Plus, apparently the game has a built-in pictochat interface when you play! Probably will only be active for people you have the friend codes of, though. Stupid friend codes.
Oct. 24: Dark Messiah of Might and Magic. After playing the demo, how can I pass this up? The combat is just too cool for school. Plus, after reading the PAX coverage of the multiplayer that they're trying to enact, I could see this being a purchase I play off and on for a long, long while. I wanna be a priestess, running around healing people while they attempt to capture the flag or something!
Oct. 31: Final Fantasy XII. Self-explanatory. I'm really looking forward to the Gambit system, honestly, even though some people hate it. The idea of programming the AI of my computer controlled party just seems cool, and a streamlining of picking attack over and over again, until I pick heal... or whatever. Here's to hoping my PS2 is functional.
Nov. 7: Guitar Hero II. In all honesty, I may hold off on my copy for awhile. Spants is going to buy this with the guitar to replace my guitar controller, which his family somehow broke at some point, so I may just be making many trips to Spaeth's for awhile to rokk out. But I'll get it eventually. And again, hope my PS2 is functional for it.
Nov. 9: Elite Beat Agents. How could I not pick up the spiritual sequel to Ouendan? Not an option.
Nov. 14: Final Fantasy III: Um, self-explanatory. I do wanna know what the fuck the Wi-fi functions of the game is, though. They said it's something like e-mail or something? Hell if I know.
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There you go. Alot of DS games, two PC games, and several PS2 games which are up in the air if my PS2 is really broke like Jonathan claims. Those are some huge PS2 games, though, makes me wonder if picking up a new system would be worth it... I mean, Final Fantasy XII, for crying out loud... mm... anyway, that's not even counting my purchase of a Wii whenever that is... and some DS games that look cool but I know will still be on the shelves when I want them, like Mario Vs Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis, and ones that I probably want, but want something else more, like Scurge: Hive... gods, that's alot of games...

Posted by poetfox at September 2, 2006 10:10 AM

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