Battlefield 3, Modern Warfare 3, and so Much More

[Davion Fuxa]

Games are coming out of the woodwork this Fall. Anyone getting any of the games coming out?

I was thinking about Battlefield 3 though I'm going to take a wait and see approach before buying it. Might consider Modern Warfare 3.

Keep in mind that these aren't the only games either - Gears of War 3 is another one coming out, Rage as well.

[Azgarth]

not usually overly into manshoots. gonna get rage though.
DXHR was fun, for recent first person games with guns, though not quite as good as the original (and easy).
played some dead island, bug fest, and the combat clearly doesn't fit too well on the pc. it's got a rather detailed system for damage and the like, and crippling limbs, but it's rather impossible to target well.

[Ashreal]

ME 3 is coming in November.

[Azgarth]

yeah
if it was anything like ME1 i'd be excited, but they said they're gonna make it like me2 only more about shooting dudes. me2 had a horrible story, it's tough imagining they'll make it worse, but by now i think they will.

[HeRetiK]

I'm already licking my fingers for GoW 3 :9

[Ashreal]

Also, bring on the skyrim!

[Azgarth]

aw hell yeah. i hope it's not just gonna be oblivion 2.0, but even if, i'll greatly enjoy it.
still wouldn't beat morrowind though. that game had style.

[Davion Fuxa]

I haven't got any of the games I'm looking into yet but it looks like they are all doing pretty well. Reviewers are liking Skyrim, Battlefield 3 is rocking and rolling, and Call of Duty 3 is holding firm as the king of FPS. It's a good time to be a gamer!

[Ashreal]

Just finished MW3 in x box...... awesome, just awesome.

[Azgarth]

skyrim is great, sunk way too much of my time into it. done all questlines b ut the main one, and a good deal of on-off sidequests too.

most fun i had with a game this year is STILL bastion though, i'm suprirsed to say. if you ever want a shortish game with flair, play it.

[Ashreal]

SKyrim is steam...... grrrrrrrrrr

[Azgarth]

yeah, i was okay with that, didn't like it, but figured fair enough.
then beth released a minipatch that just tightened the DRM part of it though, disabling a slew of mods in the process. assholes.

[Zyn]

Skyrim's alright. I've been chucking time at AC Revelations, myself. It's essentially the previous game in a new location and a few years in the future. Still, as a fan of the series, I'm okay with that.

[Azgarth]

skyrim removed all pretense of ingame roleplaying, the dialogues weren't trees, all your side of the conversation basically amounted to a <continue> button. also the interface is horrid even beyond oblivion's, quite an achievement.
i didn't much like the questlines, mostly how quickly they finished (between 4 and 12 quests or something), and that all of them had a sucky (or even non-) ending.
didn't like the spell system, if i want a gout of flame, i'm stuck doing 8 damage, there's no real upscaled version, it's like this with all the spells.
no more making your own spells, either, and enchantment's been neutered.
armor choice is now even more limited than oblivion (where they removed a couple of item choices already), now you got armor, gloves, boots, and hat. not much room for customizability.
characters are still shallow, lacking, well, character.
the world feels a lot smaller than oblivion's, in many ways.
i dislike how there's few real unique items, and they all suck because you get randomized magic loot at every dungeon you visit that is at least equal, and since the dungeons and loot scales as you level, it's trivial to get the next best mace/dagger by just doing a dungeon.

despite all that, it's still my second favourite elder scrolls game (with a leap of distance after morrowind). why?
it's basically oblivion 2.0, excepting the previously mentioned faults. the world, while smallish, is compact, it's full, oblivion's had a lot of empty space, and wasn't varied, skyrim is.
it's got character, it's got style. it's not cookie cutter fantasy, it is, in many ways, a lot closer to morrowind. the combat system is a bit more fun (though still nowhere near say mount and blade), it's fleshed out.
the ui is being modded as we speak, improved magic is coming up too, and will be done within a week of the CS being released (mod tools are awesome. mods are the sole reason the elder scrolls is one of the best series of games made).

wow, didn't mean to go all minireview there.

[evilredqueen]

ME 3 is coming in November.

November what year ??? Release date here is March 6th 2012.

Can't wait !!! Az I loved ME2 ... I hated Dragon Age and quit it for the second time.

I need a " good " rpg to carry me till March.

[Ashreal]

You should try deus ex : human revolution. It was worthy.

[evilredqueen]

I read it over ... can I pirate it? What is the big complaint about the " boss fights" all about?

[Azgarth]

they suck.
why? 'cause they're shooty shooty bossfights, which doesn't fit the whole "rpg" thing at all.
if you ignore those however, one of the best games of the decade.

[HeRetiK]

The boss fights were outsourced to a company that had rather little idea of what Deus Ex is all about. And I wish I was joking.

But yeah, be aware that the boss fights require you to take lethal action and glitch / spam your way past them and you actually got a rather decent RPG.

[Azgarth]

yeah, it's sad.
still, at least they got a good story, unlike assassin's creed *shivers*.
AC1 excluded.
the bossfights were easy enough, but the whole premise of them made my eye twitch. my char would not get babed into a freaking mook battle. my character would not walk by uncloaked.
also the ending boils down to a "choose which ending you want" in the end, which is the shame.

[Ashreal]

I loved sneaking around, waiting for people to pass by, doing take down and hiding the bodies. So much fun.

[HeRetiK]

I was a big fan of the tranquilizer gun.

1. Tranquilize guy
2. Wait for it... wait for it...
3. "Hey, what's wrong with you?".
4. GoTo 1.

[Ashreal]

Did cause the police station in detroit to be asleep with the tranq gun, good times.

[evilredqueen]

Fuck me .... now I remember ... I started playing that game once upon a time. I thought the name sounded familar. Now I am not sure what happened to it or why I quit playing it. Hmmmm... Most of the time if a game fails to grab me pretty quick I just quit playing it.

If I remember correctly the first thing that pissed me off was they forced me to play as a male. Think Half Life did that too but I liked and finished that one.

[Azgarth]

it has a rather strong story though, one where you can't just genderswap, it's logical.