The 2010 Video Games Thread

[Kodos]

Per BigDPW's request, here is your 2010 video game thread. Personally, I cannot wait for Tiger Woods 2011. It is reported that EA Sports will be collaborating with Rockstar to make an open world game where Tiger can hook up with women he's not married to, and his wife Elin (playable character) is always showing up on the golf course looking to beat the crap out of him. I think the Wii version may be the one to get due to the advanced motion controls. I can't wait to run down Tiger with a Hummer!

Here is a link to The 2009 Video Game Thread.

[illinifan999]

I had no idea that Mass Effect 2 was even in production much less that it's coming out this month. Sounds awesome that you can import your save from the 1st one and the decisions you made in that save will have an effect on your new game in Mass Effect 2.

[sterlingice]

Just posting so I get updates from this thread. Nothing useful

SI

[DataKing]

Bioshock 2. February 9th. That is all.

[Honolulu_Blue]

After I finish Dragon's Age, my plan is to play through both Bioshock and Mass Effect, so I will be ready for the sequels.

I have some good gaming ahead of me.

[MizzouRah]

Note to self to finish up Bioshock!

Red Dead Redemption!!!

[CleBrownsfan]

Originally Posted by sterlingice

Just posting so I get updates from this thread. Nothing useful

SI

+1 & for the PS3 guys - I'm ready for MAG!

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

Originally Posted by CleBrownsfan

+1 & for the PS3 guys - I'm ready for MAG!

FYI.....MAG is in open beta this week in case you didn't know. Go out to PSN and you can download the program to test it out.

[CleBrownsfan]

nice - did not know that. Anyone try it out yet?

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

Originally Posted by CleBrownsfan

nice - did not know that. Anyone try it out yet?

Not yet. Open beta runs through January 10th.

[DeToxRox]

Heavy Rain, God of War 3, Read Dead Redemption and Bioshock 2 plz.

Plus the customary Show of course.

[JediKooter]

I'm not a huge Star Trek fan, but, I am pretty curious about Star Trek Online that is supposed to launch at the begining of February. Also looking forward to The Force Unleashed 2.

[Icy]

MAG is the one i'm expectign the most, besides the new versions of NHL, MLB the show, FIFA and NBA2k.

Past year was the first in a while that i didn't purchase ncaa football, but i ended bitting on madden. I think i have played it 30 minutes, so in 2010 i need to promise myself i won't fall for any EA sports football game again.

[cuervo72]

EA to announce return of 'NBA Jam' - ESPN

I don't really play consoles much anymore and I barely watch basketball but this...this has me intrigued.

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

Originally Posted by cuervo72

EA to announce return of 'NBA Jam' - ESPN

I don't really play consoles much anymore and I barely watch basketball but this...this has me intrigued.

That's so 2009..........

Front Office Football Central - View Single Post - The 2009 Video Game Thread

[cuervo72]

Originally Posted by Mizzou B-ball fan

That's so 2009..........

Front Office Football Central - View Single Post - The 2009 Video Game Thread

Bah, MJ4H needs to learn how to read a calendar. And everyone in that old thread needs to stop living in the past*.



*says the guy with interest in a 20-year old franchise

[MrDNA]

Anybody seen the TV ad for Bioshock 2? It made my jaw drop. I believe Amazon is running a deal on pre-orders for this bad boy. I just need to convince myself I can afford it...

[judicial clerk]

For some eason Dante's inferno has tickled my fancy, so to speak.

[mckerney]

[mckerney]

[kingnebwsu]

Is it bad that I've recently been playing Phantasy Star Online on a person's PC server? (since Sega shut down the official ones) Yet I haven't played MW2 in 3 weeks...what's wrong with me?

[SackAttack]

Originally Posted by kingnebwsu

Is it bad that I've recently been playing Phantasy Star Online on a person's PC server? (since Sega shut down the official ones) Yet I haven't played MW2 in 3 weeks...what's wrong with me?

That's okay. I've been playing Phantasy Star Zero on DS, since it's basically a DS version of PSO. I don't have a wireless router, but that game makes me feel like I ought to get one.

[sterlingice]

Originally Posted by SackAttack

That's okay. I've been playing Phantasy Star Zero on DS, since it's basically a DS version of PSO. I don't have a wireless router, but that game makes me feel like I ought to get one.

Phantasy Star Zero? Do tell.

SI

[CleBrownsfan]

arggg - I played the beta for MAG for about a half hour last night. After playing I'm not convinced it will be a 1st day purchase. Graphics were meh and I really don't like the gameplay at all. I guess I'm just a little spoiled playing CoD.

[spleen1015]

1/26 Mass Effect 2
2/9 Bioshock 2
2/16 Heavy Rain
3/9 Final Fantasy XIII
3/23 Just Cause 2

The first qtr is going to be bad.

[Mustang]

Originally Posted by JediKooter

The Force Unleashed 2.

I was disappointed with Unleashed mainly because it was a little to button mashy for me. I've never been a big fan of games where you have to do certain combos on the gamepad in order to do certain things in the game.

In the short term, the only game that is a day one purchase for me is Mass Effect 2.

[RainMaker]

Originally Posted by MrDNA

Anybody seen the TV ad for Bioshock 2? It made my jaw drop. I believe Amazon is running a deal on pre-orders for this bad boy. I just need to convince myself I can afford it...

Pre-order is $53.99 and you get a $10 credit toward a future video game. For someone who will definitely be buying a game in the future, that's basically getting it for $43.99.

[MJ4H]

HD Nintendo DS With Motion Sensor In The Works!
Filed under: Interview, News, Nintendo DS/DSi — hey_suburbia @ 9:53 am


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The Asahi Shimbun has an interview with Satoru Iwata, President of Nintendo, where he comments on a successor to the Nintendo DS. Iwata tells the paper:
The future handheld will be able to output high resolution graphics and have a motion sensor.
While Nintendo is developing the machine, Iwata did not set a release date. Instead, he mentioned DS sales in North America reached an all time high in 2009.
Most forums are buzzing about a Fall 2010 date, we shall see!

[gstelmack]

Originally Posted by spleen1015

3/23 Just Cause 2

This is the one I want.

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

Originally Posted by spleen1015

1/26 Mass Effect 2
2/9 Bioshock 2
2/16 Heavy Rain
3/9 Final Fantasy XIII
3/23 Just Cause 2

The first qtr is going to be bad.

Gran Turismo releases in March as well. An argument could easily be made that the games coming out in the 1st quarter 2010 are a better overall lineup than what we saw in the Fall 2009 lineup. An absolute wallet-buster period for avid gamers. The Show is obviously a 1st day buy as well for any PS3 owner who likes sports.

[DataKing]

I thought the March release date for Gran Turismo was only for Japan.

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

Originally Posted by DataKing

I thought the March release date for Gran Turismo was only for Japan.

You're right. I've already preordered it through Play Asia since it's supposed to have English support. I had that stuck in my head and forgot that was the Japan date. Thanks for the correction.

[Big Fo]

Infinite Space
Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey
MLB: the Show '10

March will be a busy month if I'm still not as addicted to FM by then. No More Heroes 2 (January) might have dropped in price by then too.

Also big news revealed in the Iwata interview is that the new Zelda game for Wii will be coming out this year.

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

Originally Posted by Big Fo

Also big news revealed in the Iwata interview is that the new Zelda game for Wii will be coming out this year.

Is it really big news if everyone knows that he's going to say it's coming out this year before he says it? Has to be the worst kept secret in recent memory.

[samifan24]

I played the MAG beta after seeing it mentioned in this thread and I came away unimpressed. It just didn't stand out to me.

By the way, I picked up a $15 Toys R Us gift card last fall and I don't think I'm going to use it. I'd prefer to trade it for an Amazon.com gift card. If you think you can use it and want to swap, PM me.

[Vince, Pt. II]

Originally Posted by JediKooter

I'm not a huge Star Trek fan, but, I am pretty curious about Star Trek Online that is supposed to launch at the begining of February. Also looking forward to The Force Unleashed 2.

I have a bunch of friends who work at Cryptic Studios and I was invited to the Friends and Family Beta Test. It completely and totally fragged my computer the one time I tried to run it. Crashed to the Desktop probably 5 times, locked up the system 2 or 3 times, and one time my computer just randomly restarted in the middle of the game. I got to play about 1 minute of the game, and while it looked ok, the controls were a little inaccurate (reminded me of early Madden games where the players felt like they were running around on ice) and there were a few grammatical and spelling errors in the dialogue. It was early in the beta test, so I'm sure they'll tighten things up...but if you've played Champions Online (also by Cryptic Studios) it's hard to get too excited about Star Trek Online - outside of an absolutely amazing character design feature (when you start a new character), Champions is a pretty weak game.

[Vince, Pt. II]

Square/Enix still has a free pass on me for their Final Fantasy games - I buy each one the day it comes out. I have to say, however, that recent entries in the series haven't impressed me very much. It's not that they are bad games...it's just that they're so vanilla. For a franchise that absolutely blew me away with each of the first four installments (I, IV, VI and VII - the first four available easily in the US), everything since has been pretty generic and formulaic. I'm going to go back through and re-play VIII, IX, X and XII at some point to make sure I'm not missing something, but none of them really impressed me.

[sterlingice]

Originally Posted by MJ4H

HD Nintendo DS With Motion Sensor In The Works!
Filed under: Interview, News, Nintendo DS/DSi — hey_suburbia @ 9:53 am

Now I have a quandary. My current DS is pretty much being held together by not much more than duct tape (ok, not quite that bad but almost). There's a bit of a story about me sitting on it with it open, breaking the hinge, and then doing a decent but not perfect repair job with a new case from ebay and how that's starting to unravel because, well, frankly, they're harder to repair than most laptops since they're so tiny.

I was pretty set on getting a DSI XL when it came out here, which should be in Q1 2010. But if there's another DS right around the corner- which probably will be Christmas in Japan and Q1 2011 here, maybe I should just look for a used DS (either Lite or Phat, so I have a GBA port) to tide me through until 2011.

SI

[JediKooter]

Originally Posted by Mustang

I was disappointed with Unleashed mainly because it was a little to button mashy for me. I've never been a big fan of games where you have to do certain combos on the gamepad in order to do certain things in the game.

In the short term, the only game that is a day one purchase for me is Mass Effect 2.

That is funny, because that was one of the few games where the combos didn't seem like some quantum string algorthm I had to figure out and actually didn't mind it. Plus I just force grabbed things and threw them or used the force lightning. I also liked throwing the lightsaber.

[JediKooter]

Originally Posted by Vince, Pt. II

I have a bunch of friends who work at Cryptic Studios and I was invited to the Friends and Family Beta Test. It completely and totally fragged my computer the one time I tried to run it. Crashed to the Desktop probably 5 times, locked up the system 2 or 3 times, and one time my computer just randomly restarted in the middle of the game. I got to play about 1 minute of the game, and while it looked ok, the controls were a little inaccurate (reminded me of early Madden games where the players felt like they were running around on ice) and there were a few grammatical and spelling errors in the dialogue. It was early in the beta test, so I'm sure they'll tighten things up...but if you've played Champions Online (also by Cryptic Studios) it's hard to get too excited about Star Trek Online - outside of an absolutely amazing character design feature (when you start a new character), Champions is a pretty weak game.

Well crap, that did not sound good at all. Hopefully they've fine tuned it since then. I signed up for the beta but didn't get an invite. Never played Champions Online so I have no idea. Was hoping to support a local company as Los Gatos is very close to where I'm at and Star Trek is a huge franchise and was hoping they did it right.

[samifan24]

PS3 gamers, did Bethesda ever patch Fallout 3: GOTY Edition to make it playable? I've held off on buying the game because I heard that the expansion packs are unplayable in the GOTY edition. I'm wondering if I should just buy the regular edition for $27 on Amazon.

[tyketime]

We just got an XBOX 360 for the Holidays. So as a game for me, would it be better to buy Mass Effect 2 on XBOX or PC? Is "control" easier/harder on one vs the other?

[Scoobz0202]

I thought the controls were perfectly fine in Mass Effect, Tyke. The only thing that sucked in the original was driving the Mako (vehicle) around, but I bet it sucked on the pc as well. For the most part though, tyke, playing Mass Effect on the XBOX I never once thought, "Damn, I wish I was playing on my pc instead."

For me, I tend to buy RPG's that are multi-platform on the xbox instead of the pc. I prefer to sit on the couch and play on a 40+ inch HD tv as opposed to sitting at my pc.

[tyketime]

Originally Posted by Scoobz0202

I prefer to sit on the couch and play on a 40+ inch HD tv as opposed to sitting at my pc.

I certainly understand and can appreciate that. Whether my wife & kids will like me monopolizing the main TV is another story...

[Scoobz0202]

Yea, I have issues with the tv time as well. I do actually have wires already plugged into the tv and I then have adapters already plugged into my pc monitor so I can just move the 360 back and forth.

[k0ruptr]

Originally Posted by cuervo72

EA to announce return of 'NBA Jam' - ESPN

I don't really play consoles much anymore and I barely watch basketball but this...this has me intrigued.

stupid that it is wii specific. This game would make a ton on Xbox live arcade.

[k0ruptr]

Originally Posted by kingnebwsu

Is it bad that I've recently been playing Phantasy Star Online on a person's PC server? (since Sega shut down the official ones) Yet I haven't played MW2 in 3 weeks...what's wrong with me?

ORLY? me too, schthack? or something different, I've been playing a lot, but I'm only level 20 on my new character (humar) but I'm k0ruptr on there so maybe we can game soon?

[HeavyReign]

Originally Posted by spleen1015

1/26 Mass Effect 2
2/9 Bioshock 2
2/16 Heavy Rain
3/9 Final Fantasy XIII
3/23 Just Cause 2

The first qtr is going to be bad.

Guess I better get to work. I've already got Dragon Age sitting on my shelf waiting for FBCB to get done. Mass Effect, Bioshock, and Final Fantasy are all buys for me. Should keep me busy for approximately the rest of the year.

[k0ruptr]

Originally Posted by HeavyReign

Guess I better get to work. I've already got Dragon Age sitting on my shelf waiting for FBCB to get done. Mass Effect, Bioshock, and Final Fantasy are all buys for me. Should keep me busy for approximately the rest of the year.

please just concentrate on FBCB! we will reward you with plenty of sales to fuel your game buying afterwards!

[Vince, Pt. II]

Originally Posted by JediKooter

Well crap, that did not sound good at all. Hopefully they've fine tuned it since then. I signed up for the beta but didn't get an invite. Never played Champions Online so I have no idea. Was hoping to support a local company as Los Gatos is very close to where I'm at and Star Trek is a huge franchise and was hoping they did it right.

I think it was a combination of server overload and software issues - the day that I played was Saturday of Thanksgiving weekend, and according to one of my sources with the company they had minimal staff working due to the holiday and were swamped on the server side. I am a huge Trek fan, and I love the MMO genre, so I'm holding out high hopes. Sadly, all my friends that work for the company are in PR or HR, so I know nothing about the people that do the actual coding. I'm certain it's improved, but I'm gunshy about trying again after my computer got fried the first time.