The first of many preview threads, or so I hope! I'm not really sure how I want to do this, so I'll just try and feel it out. I'll start with a rough list of games and their release dates (according to Gamespot). I may not list all the games, but the list should contain most of them. PC: Star Wars: Empire at War (RTS) 2/15 Dungeons & Dragons Online: Stormreach (MMORPG) 2/28 LOTR: Middle-earth II (RTS) 2/28 Xbox 360: Full Auto (Car Combat) 2/14 Fight Night Round 3 (360 version) (Boxing) 2/14 College Hoops 2K6 (360 version) (College Hoops..duh) 2/21 Some Arcade games like Street Fighter too (not sure if I should include those). Gamecube: Yeah, the GC is running out of exclusives Xbox: You know...the Xbox is running out of them too. PS2: Devil May Cry 3: Special Edition (3rd person action...you know what it's like) 1/24 Tales of Legendia (RPG) 2/1 Drakengard 2 (Action RPG) 2/12 State of Emergency 2 ("Modern Shooter") 2/14 MLB '06: The Show (Baseball) 1/28 24: The Game (Jack Bauer simulator of course ) 2/28 Multi-console (not including handheld versions of games): Curious George (Adventure) 2/1 [Practically every system except the 360...it is a game based on a movie] EA Sports Arena Football (Exclusive Arena Football) 2/7 [PS2, Xbox] World Soccer Winning Eleven 9 (Soccer) 2/7 (PS2, Xbox) Fight Night Round 3 (current-gen version) (Boxing) 2/14 [PS2, Xbox] Rugby 06 AKA Football for REAL men 06 2/14 [PS2, Xbox] Marc Ecko's Getting Up ("Modern Action Adventure") 2/14 [PC, PS2, Xbox] Teen Titans ("Modern Action Adventure") 2/14 [Gamecube, PS2, Xbox] Final Fight: Streetwise (Beat-'Em-Up...Final Fight style hopefully) 2/21 [PS2, Xbox] Sonic Riders (Racing) 2/21 [Gamecube, PS2, Xbox] FIFA Street 2 (Soccer) 2/28 [Gamecube, PS2, Xbox] Black AKA Gun p*rn ("Modern First-Person Shooter" or gun p*rn) 2/28 [PS2, Xbox] Stacked (Poker) 2/28 [PS2, Xbox, and PC about a month later] DS: Tamagotchi Connection: Corner Shop (Strategy...virtual pet to be exact I think) 1/31 Resident Evil: Deadly Silence (RE1 Remake) 2/7 Age of Empires: The Age of Kings (Turn-based strategy...little different than PC AOE IIRC) 2/14 Super Monkey Ball: Touch and Roll (Party game) 2/21 Super Princess Peach (2D Platformer, Princess Peach style) 2/27 Fifa Street 2 (Soccer) 2/28 PSP: Mega Man Maverick Hunter X (Remake of MM X) 1/31 Street Fighter Alpha 3 MAX (Port of SFA3) 2/7 World Soccer Winning Eleven 9 (Soccer) 2/7 Fight Night Round 3 (Boxing) 2/14 Exit (2D Platforming craziness) 2/14 MLB '06: The Show (Baseball) 2/28 Fifa Street 2 (Soccer) 2/28 Generation of Chaos (Nippon Ichi SRPG) 2/28 Stacked (Poker) 2/28 Wow, that's a lot more games then I'd thought there would be, and I didn't even include everything, including some expansion packs for some PC games. I still have the "previews" to go, where I included some screens and impressions/previews from IGN/GS for each game (if they had them). Since there are WAY more games than images allowed in one post, it might take some time and several posts to have that all put up. Give me a few minutes while I get that posted. I'll post in the same order as this list, so you'll know when I'm done (Stacked PSP will be the last "preview").
Star Wars: Empire at War: http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/starwarsrts/news.html?sid=6140634&mode=previews&page=1 IIRC, GS has a demo available for the game. Sounds like fun. D&D Online http://www.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/ddonline/news.html?sid=6139504&mode=previews IIRC, I thought I read some recent impressions from someone at GAF, and I don't think the impressions were quite as positive as the GS impressions from November. So make sure you read up on this one. LOTR: Middle-earth II http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/battleformiddleearth2/news.html?sid=6142435 Full Auto http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/action/fullauto/news.html?sid=6142430 Fight Night Round 3 (X360) http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/sports/fightnightround3/news.html?sid=6141856&mode=previews If you want some more screens at insane resolutions, let me know. This games look so amazing...EA leading in next-gen graphics. College Hoops 2K6 (screen via IGN) I don't really see any recent impressions for the 360 version. Maybe kind of like NBA 2K6 (PS2, Xbox) versus the 360 version type differences? DMC3:SE http://www.gamespot.com/ps2/action/devilmaycry3specialedition/news.html?sid=6142046&mode=recent Remember, only $20. Tales of Legendia http://www.gamespot.com/ps2/rpg/talesoflegendia/news.html?sid=6142412&mode=recent
Drakengard II http://www.gamespot.com/ps2/rpg/drakengard2/news.html?sid=6129517&mode=recent Those impressions were before the game was announced for NA obviously. State of Emergency 2 http://www.gamespot.com/ps2/action/stateofemergency2/news.html?sid=6142697&mode=recent MLB '06: The Show http://www.gamespot.com/ps2/sports/mlb06theshow/news.html?sid=6141366&mode=recent 24: The Game http://www.gamespot.com/ps2/adventure/24thegame/news.html?sid=6128153&mode=recent Yeah, some more early impressions that aren't completely up-to-date. Curious George http://www.gamespot.com/gamecube/action/curiousgeorge/news.html?sid=6135628&mode=recent EA Sports Arena Football http://www.gamespot.com/xbox/sports/easportsarenafootball/news.html?sid=6141433&mode=recent World Soccer Winning Eleven 9 http://www.gamespot.com/ps2/sports/worldsoccerwinningeleven9/news.html?sid=6141694&mode=recent Fight Night Round 3 (current-gen version) http://xbox.ign.com/articles/675/675392p1.html (IGN impressions)
Rugby 06 Uh...yeah that was joke. The game is coming out soon, but I'm not giving out a preview. Sorry Kate, I care more about Arena Football apparently than I do Rugby. Marc Ecko's Getting Up http://xbox.ign.com/articles/651/651967p1.html I can't really quote anything from that...why can't you summarize a preview IGN? Teen Titans http://cube.ign.com/articles/664/664651p1.html Final Fight: Streetwise http://www.gamespot.com/xbox/action/finalfightstreetwise/news.html?sid=6142254&mode=recent Sonic Riders http://www.gamespot.com/gamecube/driving/sonicriders/news.html?sid=6141526&mode=recent FIFA Street 2 Don't really see many impressions on this one either. Eh...you know what to expect. Black http://www.gamespot.com/ps2/action/black/news.html?sid=6142465 Definitely check out the videos for this game. Who needs next-gen? Stacked http://www.gamespot.com/xbox/puzzle/stacked/news.html?sid=6128805&mode=recent Semi-early impressions here as well. Tamagotchi Corner Shop http://www.gamespot.com/ds/strategy/tamagotchi/news.html?sid=6142556&mode=recent
Resident Evil: Deadly Silence http://www.gamespot.com/ds/action/residentevilds/news.html?sid=6142714&mode=recent Age of Empires: The Age of Kings http://www.gamespot.com/ds/strategy/ageofempiresiiageofkings/news.html?sid=6131266&mode=recent Super Monkey Ball: Touch and Roll http://www.gamespot.com/ds/action/supermonkeyballds/news.html?sid=6139626&mode=recent Super Princess Peach http://www.gamespot.com/ds/action/superprincesspeach/news.html?sid=6136313&mode=recent Fifa Street 2 (DS) I don't see ANY screens or impressions for this game. I can't even really find any confirmation other than GS release list that this will come out in Feb..not even sure if it still exists actually, although knowing EA...probably. Mega Man Maverick Hunter X http://www.gamespot.com/psp/action/irregularhunterx/news.html?sid=6133776&mode=recent Street Fighter Alpha 3 MAX http://www.gamespot.com/psp/action/streetfighteralpha3/news.html?sid=6142284&mode=recent World Soccer Winning Eleven 9 (PSP) http://www.gamespot.com/psp/sports/worldsoccerwinningeleven/news.html?sid=6131393&mode=recent Fight Night Round 3 (PSP) http://psp.ign.com/articles/675/675484p1.html
Exit http://www.gamespot.com/psp/action/exit/news.html?sid=6133797&mode=recent MLB '06: The Show (PSP) http://www.gamespot.com/psp/sports/mlb06theshow/news.html?sid=6141949&mode=recent FIFA Street 2 (PSP) Like the other versions, not many impressions/screens for this one. Again, you know what to expect I guess. Generation of Chaos http://www.gamespot.com/psp/strategy/generationofchaos/news.html?sid=6142776&mode=recent I'm not even sure if the Japan version got good scores; I just know this is a RPG, which the PSP really needs some more of. I also like Nippon Ichi's games, so that doesn't hurt. Stacked (PSP) I don't really see much about the PSP version specifically, other than it will be able to share data with the PS2 version or something like that. OK, that should be it. Sorry to anyone on dialup.
You forgot (all exclusives): For Gamecube: Chibi-Robo For DS: True Swing Golf Rub Rabbits For XBOX: Painkiller
The only 3 I'm waiting for now... Neverwinter Nights 2 Elder Scrolls 4 : Oblivion D&D Online *drool* Why couldn't they be released right now when I don't have to work??? ARRGG!
I actually had some of those up there, but I took them off due to a combination of not knowing if people cared about them and because I was a bit lazy...plus I wanted to make a joke about the XBX and the GC. Although I didn't put True Swing Golf on there since it had already been reviewed by GS, and didn't seem to get a good score either (6.0). However, I'll go ahead and post them here: GC: Chibi-Robo ("Fantasy Action Adventure") 2/6 http://www.gamespot.com/gamecube/action/chibirobo/news.html?sid=6139321&mode=recent DS: True Swing Golf (Golf) 1/23 http://www.gamespot.com/ds/sports/touchgolf/review.html (from GS review) Rub The Rabbits! (Puzzle..."sequel" to Feel the Magic) 2/8 http://www.gamespot.com/ds/puzzle/rubrabbits/news.html?sid=6136328&mode=recent Again, early impressions. Xbox Painkiller (FPS) 2/28 http://www.gamespot.com/xbox/action/painkiller/news.html?sid=6136733&mode=recent Early impressions again. Anyone else have some more? I know I'm still missing some, but not sure if anyone is looking forward to the ones not on the list.
i am looking forward to that patch for battlefront 2 which is suppose to fix all th bugs/glitches and stuff.
There's a patch for Call of Duty 2 coming out pretty soon. It will finally be compatible and run through PunkBuster. Thankgod. It's badly needed. Also, Battle Field 2 has a patch coming out farely soon. I just patched my Age of Empires 3 game. Man, that Starwars game looks SICK. I'm downloading the demo right now.
Great way to start out your posts RC.. thanks for the info.. What's the deal with poker being everywhere now?? Internet/TV/Games toooooo much IMO..
I'm thinking of picking up Battlefield 2, do a lot fo you bbsers play it? A friend of mine has it, looked pretty cool. Worth the $50?
I've heard great things about it, although I haven't played it yet. I'd probably get it if I were you. In fact, you might be able to get it for less than $50; seems like you could get it for less than that, especially since it is a PC game. OK RF Online (Rising Force Online) (Sci-Fi MMORPG) 2/21 http://www.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/rfonline/news.html?sid=6141691&mode=recent
I did go pick it up, my friend convinced me, it was $50 at a local store. If anyone else plays it let me know, we can hook up and play
Good decision. And actually, I was wrong about the <$50 comment. Maybe I was thinking of a one-time deal for BF2, but most places still list it at ~$50 (except maybe eBay of course).
One more question, since I bought it and installed it today, does that mean it would have d-loaded me the latest patch? How would I know if I have that or not?
I haven't installed a new-ish PC game in a while, but I doubt it would have downloaded the latest patch (if there is one out besides the one coming out soon). It probably would have said something like "searching for updates" or something like that during installation (kind of like anti-spyware programs in a way), which would have made it pretty obvious. If it has some sort of "Update" button, then that should be an easy way to check if you have the latest patch (it will either update or say you have the latest patch I would think). If the game doesn't have anything like that, then I'd just download the patch manually and install it. Again, it might say you have the latest version if it was somehow already up-to-date, but if not, the patch will do its thing. Might need Uprising or someone else who has the game for better information, but I would guess it would be something like that.