Bigus Dickus
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I got a couple of games for Christmas... Splinter Cell something for the 360 (from the wife), and several Xbox games from my parents who really don't know anything at all about consoles (well, my wife at least told them about the Xbox part! hah!).
Haven't opened them - was considering what I might trade them in for (Splinter Cell just doesn't seem interesting to me, I'm a little burned out on FPS right now after a ten year UT brawl). GoW was great - one of the best I've ever played - but Lost Planet seem, for now, like too much of the same. Yeah, different graphical style, different monsters and such, but same basic gameplay. I had PDZero as a launch game and never played more than an hour of it.
Most sports games don't hold much of my attention, other than TW golf, and I've considered getting the 07 version. Beyond that, I love PGR3, and I really enjoyed Kameo at launch... played the heck out of it.
What is out there now or on the near horizon that is something a bit "different?" I was a big StarTrek fan but always thought playing a ST game was a bit too, erm, nerdy or something. Is the new one worth checking into? I never got into the whole role playing thing, but OTOH first person shooters with different characters/weapons/environments/dumb plot is something I need a break from. I guess I'm looking for something in that middle ground: action but not FPS, strategy more than mystery. Oh, and if there is a chance that the wife might actually like it that is a plus (she enjoyed TWgolf until I started winning all the time, or having to obviously lose, so that's a plus for the 07 version).
Any good air/space fighters? FNR3 demo seemed pretty fun, but I'm afraid it will get too repetitious.
Bah, I must seem like the uber-game-screwge!
Stuff like BioShock, MassEffect, and TooHuman seems interesting to me, and by the time they are released I'll probably be over my GoW/FPS hiatus. Can't wait for Forza2, but that's a while out.
Suggestions?
Haven't opened them - was considering what I might trade them in for (Splinter Cell just doesn't seem interesting to me, I'm a little burned out on FPS right now after a ten year UT brawl). GoW was great - one of the best I've ever played - but Lost Planet seem, for now, like too much of the same. Yeah, different graphical style, different monsters and such, but same basic gameplay. I had PDZero as a launch game and never played more than an hour of it.
Most sports games don't hold much of my attention, other than TW golf, and I've considered getting the 07 version. Beyond that, I love PGR3, and I really enjoyed Kameo at launch... played the heck out of it.
What is out there now or on the near horizon that is something a bit "different?" I was a big StarTrek fan but always thought playing a ST game was a bit too, erm, nerdy or something. Is the new one worth checking into? I never got into the whole role playing thing, but OTOH first person shooters with different characters/weapons/environments/dumb plot is something I need a break from. I guess I'm looking for something in that middle ground: action but not FPS, strategy more than mystery. Oh, and if there is a chance that the wife might actually like it that is a plus (she enjoyed TWgolf until I started winning all the time, or having to obviously lose, so that's a plus for the 07 version).
Any good air/space fighters? FNR3 demo seemed pretty fun, but I'm afraid it will get too repetitious.
Bah, I must seem like the uber-game-screwge!
Stuff like BioShock, MassEffect, and TooHuman seems interesting to me, and by the time they are released I'll probably be over my GoW/FPS hiatus. Can't wait for Forza2, but that's a while out.Suggestions?
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