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Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past few months, I’m sure many people on N4G are aware that there are a ‘hell’ of a lot of AAA titles being released/that have been released this year. Now, I’m sure many are in the same predicament as me where, for the first time for this generation, I actually have to ‘choose’ one game over another because of financial constraints. Before, the amount of games which piqued my interest were always just enough to have my gaming budget be kept at a reasonable level. Now however, especially towards the end of this year, we have so many games coming out in such a small timeframe and many of them are ones I would like to purchase.
Sure you can argue that you can just leave some games for a while until you have the money/time to pick them up but the point of this blog that I am interested in is why you as a consumer are going to pick up one game over another? Below is my planned list of day one buys but I’m intrigued as to why others may not be the same. Please be aware that I only own a PC and PS3 (no 360 I’m afraid, I just don’t need one)
Day One:
Elder Scrolls Skyrim V (PC)
Need I say more? Anyone who's played the Elder Scroll's series before knows why it is so good and that mainly resides in the player being able to pretty much do want they want in a fantastical open world. Bethesda's games are always a long time in coming considering the last iteration (Oblivion) was released in 2006 and I am sure this comes down to the sheer scale and quality with they approach all of their games. This is a must-buy for me, and in my opinion will be my game of the year without question.
Battlefield 3 (PC)
Battlefield 3 see's the return of the FPS king to its rightful home, the PC. While the 'Bad Company' games were in no way bad at all (I consider Bad Company 2 to be the best FPS on the market right now), the series was always known for its large scale battles with 64 players on PC. Sure player count may not be everything, but it surely adds to the feeling of immersion and of being a small cog in a grand machine? Combine this with the power of the Frostbite 2 engine and its brilliant destruction and we are really in for a treat. Also I am of no object to the game appearing on consoles, I believe that even if I only had a PS3 DICE are skilled and experienced enough to scale everything down to cater for the 24 players, while still retaining the epic battlefield feeling. This is one game that simply cannot be missed as its going to be, in my eyes, a revolution of the FPS genre and will raise the bar for all future FPS games (i'm looking at you COD).
Infamous 2 (PS3)
For those not familiar with the game, Infamous is a game which puts you in the shoes of Cole Mcgrath; a person who for some reason some gets a hold of electrical superpowers. Sucker Punch (the developers) really nailed it with regards to the superhero feeling as you can climb over many of the objects you see in the world, can jump off of huge buildings and can utilise all of the various powers you pick up through the course of the game to pull of greater and more awesome looking electrical feats (electrical lighting storm anyone?). However the really brilliant aspect which they incorporated was the karma system, and while it may not be as deep as people would like it really makes you think about your actions and whether what you are doing would cause harm to nearby citizens.
With the sequel, everything looks to be amped up. The graphics are much more polished from the looks of things and the introduction of fire and ice powers (depending on your karma) seems like it can really mix up the gameplay even more so than what was achieved in the first outing. Everything I liked about the first game seems to have only been improved upon and made better for the sequel, so I for one cannot wait to boot this up in my PS3 this June.
Future Buys:
Portal 2 (PC)
Uncharted 3 (PS3)
Mass Effect 3 (PC)
L.A. Noire (PS3)
Batman: Arkham City (PC)
Duke Nukem Forever (PC)
Witcher 2 (PC)
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Thursday, October 20, 2011
My Project Cafe Wishlist
I've been a member here at N4G for a while and today decided to make my very first Blog Post I'am not a fan of hard work so please excuse any grammatical errors I may have.
So as you can tell by the title this is my Project Cafe(also known as Wii2)wishlist which brings me to the first thing on my list:
-A new name: When I first heard that the Nintendo Revolution was now being called "Wii" I literally thought it was a joke. It is probably the worst name I've heard for a console. Call it something that actually means something and does not have "Wii" in the title.
-A real online network:To be honest I haven't hooked my Wii up to the internet and honestly I'am not interested. With the whole Wii Friend Code hassle,lack of games that actually support online and lack of any type of services other than Netflix who would be? This is probably the main issue to be addresd in Nintendo's next console other than the graphics, so don't worry too much about this.
-Competitive Graphics: Talking about big issues being addresed this is the other big one. Rumors have been flying that it's slightly more powerful than the 360 and maybe more powerful than the Ps3, this is not even close to enough. We all saw how the new Unreal Engine looks like and this generation looks bad already. I'am not expecting the Wii2 to be the most powerful console next gen but compare the Ps3,360 and Wii to the Ps2,xbox and GC.The Ps3 and 360 look like they are from the same gen while the Wii looks like its from last gen. The point is graphics evolve along with consloes and so do games, so if the Wii2 isn't changing the graphics it isn't changing the game.
-A better control: This issue is already being addrese;but, will it be better or just a step back? Rumors say it has a 6 inch HD screen.To put that in perspective the Dualshock cotroller is 6 inches.If its really that big then they don't need new fitness game because people will get a workout just trying to hold that thing up! In all seriousness that's one huge control. Not only that but if the control is that big and has an HD screen just imagine the price tag, it could well be over $100.The Wii wouldn't be the party console anymore considering most people will only have one control.
-Achievment Support:This isn't for everyone but it's a big deal to me. Since Nintendo is late to the achievement party they have to make it better. Maybe make it for everyone, make it feature a hefty reward system better than any other. Imagine every XXXX poits you unlock a free amount of points you could use on the Nintendo Shop(I don't know how it's called).If they do it right it can defineatly make the Wiii2 the best place to play Multi-Plat games.
-An App Store:Apple has it, and it's time to take away ideas from them obviously not all apps are as handy in a console as they are in a Phone but some are, for example: Pandora, Youtube, Twitter, Facebook,Rhapsody, Sound Hound, Shazam,Hulu,PhotoShop Apps, SketchBook Apps, WebBrowsing Apps and things like that.
-Blu-Ray:While the DVD format is slowly dying Nintendo has to take advantage of Blu-Ray while it's still rising. Not only does it have the best quality in movies, it also comes in handy for making large and detailed games like Sony has been doing for some time now.
-Backwards compatibilty:For Wii and GC;a feature that every console should have.
-Consistent Good Games:The most important thing for me in this list. The Wii started out great with Super Mario Galaxy, Zelda:Twilight Princess,Super Smash Bros. Brawl, and Metroid Prime: Corruption, but then nothing.The last game I bought for my Wii was Mario Kart.The Wii had a few good games afterwards but nothing caught my attention enough to buy it.It's sad that I got my Wii in December 28 2007 and have 9 games for it and got my Ps3 June 29, 2008 and have 37 games for it.
So as you can tell by the title this is my Project Cafe(also known as Wii2)wishlist which brings me to the first thing on my list:
-A new name: When I first heard that the Nintendo Revolution was now being called "Wii" I literally thought it was a joke. It is probably the worst name I've heard for a console. Call it something that actually means something and does not have "Wii" in the title.
-A real online network:To be honest I haven't hooked my Wii up to the internet and honestly I'am not interested. With the whole Wii Friend Code hassle,lack of games that actually support online and lack of any type of services other than Netflix who would be? This is probably the main issue to be addresd in Nintendo's next console other than the graphics, so don't worry too much about this.
-Competitive Graphics: Talking about big issues being addresed this is the other big one. Rumors have been flying that it's slightly more powerful than the 360 and maybe more powerful than the Ps3, this is not even close to enough. We all saw how the new Unreal Engine looks like and this generation looks bad already. I'am not expecting the Wii2 to be the most powerful console next gen but compare the Ps3,360 and Wii to the Ps2,xbox and GC.The Ps3 and 360 look like they are from the same gen while the Wii looks like its from last gen. The point is graphics evolve along with consloes and so do games, so if the Wii2 isn't changing the graphics it isn't changing the game.
-A better control: This issue is already being addrese;but, will it be better or just a step back? Rumors say it has a 6 inch HD screen.To put that in perspective the Dualshock cotroller is 6 inches.If its really that big then they don't need new fitness game because people will get a workout just trying to hold that thing up! In all seriousness that's one huge control. Not only that but if the control is that big and has an HD screen just imagine the price tag, it could well be over $100.The Wii wouldn't be the party console anymore considering most people will only have one control.
-Achievment Support:This isn't for everyone but it's a big deal to me. Since Nintendo is late to the achievement party they have to make it better. Maybe make it for everyone, make it feature a hefty reward system better than any other. Imagine every XXXX poits you unlock a free amount of points you could use on the Nintendo Shop(I don't know how it's called).If they do it right it can defineatly make the Wiii2 the best place to play Multi-Plat games.
-An App Store:Apple has it, and it's time to take away ideas from them obviously not all apps are as handy in a console as they are in a Phone but some are, for example: Pandora, Youtube, Twitter, Facebook,Rhapsody, Sound Hound, Shazam,Hulu,PhotoShop Apps, SketchBook Apps, WebBrowsing Apps and things like that.
-Blu-Ray:While the DVD format is slowly dying Nintendo has to take advantage of Blu-Ray while it's still rising. Not only does it have the best quality in movies, it also comes in handy for making large and detailed games like Sony has been doing for some time now.
-Backwards compatibilty:For Wii and GC;a feature that every console should have.
-Consistent Good Games:The most important thing for me in this list. The Wii started out great with Super Mario Galaxy, Zelda:Twilight Princess,Super Smash Bros. Brawl, and Metroid Prime: Corruption, but then nothing.The last game I bought for my Wii was Mario Kart.The Wii had a few good games afterwards but nothing caught my attention enough to buy it.It's sad that I got my Wii in December 28 2007 and have 9 games for it and got my Ps3 June 29, 2008 and have 37 games for it.
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