summer drought of games starting?

Headshot

has the summer drought of games started already?

seems to me nothing that interesting coming out or am i wrong?

Retr0gamer

There's little kings story on the wii, and, well not much else. It's good for me though since my college funding is up.

ríomhaire

Silent Hill Wii and Dead Rising 2 are looking damn good, but I don't know the release date for those.

GothPunk

inFamous is coming out later this month, I'm looking forward to that. It even has access to the Uncharted 2 multiplayer beta

UFC 2009 and Pokemon Platinum are out this month as well, as is EA Sports Active and Bionic Commando. Punch Out Wii will probably do well and the Terminator Salvation game might not suck. So nothing huge I guess, but there's sure to be something worth your time this month.

The beginning of June is huge though, The Sims 3 and Star Ocean 4, wahey!

Podge2k7

UFC Undisputed!
Fight Night Round 4!
Dead Rising 2!

Theres 3 games for ya that i think will be good!

B00MSTICK

Starcraft 2's "Battle Reports" are keeping me happy tbh, probably hold off getting a PC til its out.

So sometime in 2010 then.

Retr0gamer

GothPunk wrote: »

The beginning of June is huge though, The Sims 3 and Star Ocean 4, wahey!

I've heard Star Ocean 4 isn't great at all from the guys at hardcore gaming 101.

Helix

John Giles wrote: »

has the summer drought of games started already?

my hoop it has

phenomenal amount on the way

AlmightyCushion

I've got a backlog of pc games to play so I'm good.

Krieg

Only game Im looking forward to is Flashpoint 2, possible release date of August, (but it'll probably be December )

yawnstretch

Every year it's the same. You get the doubters pointing at subpar games or unclear release dates. Truth is the industry still hasn't learned. Just look at the blockbuster glut before Christmas. It was the worst overload yet!

This year though I was ready for it and warned some of my less hardcore mates and they're thanking me for the plentiful stash of unpurchased triple A titles they have to get the through the summer.

However, next year some of the publishers will try to compensate for the drought (EA for example - I'd link but I'm on an iPhone) as I think they've finally learned their lesson.

Gunmonkey

Well theres Plants vs Zombies next week which I cant wait for. Prototype and Red Faction: Guerilla out in June, but Arkham Asylum is pushed back to July now by the sounds of it *cries*

And if theres no new games coming out, either trawl the bargain sections for great games you might have missed or try save some money in these harsh economic times.

noodler

I still have to play Uncharted 1 and LBP and Siren.

Still have to buy Resi 5, Dead Space.

Thats all for when I have finished Persona 4.

CutzEr

The harry potter game will be coming out along side the movie, it is always huge, and sometimes good.

L31mr0d

yeah I've got a fairly hefty backlog of fence-sitter games that I'm going to try out. Also some ones I never got around to playing (Fallout 3, MGS4... etc)

The new Wolverine game looks pretty sweet (check out the review on game trailers)

Zeouterlimits

Titles that come to mind that're coming out between now and August:
-Prototype
-inFamous
-Bionic Commando
-Red Faction
-Pokémon Platinum
-Ghostbusters
-GH:Metallica
-Star Ocean: The Last Hope
-Tales of Vesperia (finally)

And that's not counting any PSN/XBLA stuff.

Overheal

When in doubt look backward. Been playing Zelda and Mutant Apocalypse on the SNES, Tropico 2: Pirates Cove, Perimeter, oh and L4D. New buy.

At any given time there is a ton of old games that you gave a pass when they came out, have never played, and turned out to be great titles.

GothPunk

Retr0gamer wrote: »

I've heard Star Ocean 4 isn't great at all from the guys at hardcore gaming 101.

Yeah I've heard that on NeoGAF - apparently the battle system and production values are amazing, but the story/characterisation is muck. So probably not a day one for me, but I'm a Star Ocean fan so I'll get it eventually. Even better if it has Japanese with English subtitles VO so I can avoid the painful voice acting. Ouch!

corcaigh07

time to work on the backlog and the tan.....bioshock, orange box, GTA DS for me.

Theirs a couple of games getting released in the next few weeks that I want to get:

Virtua tennis 2009
UFC Undisputed 2009
Guitar Hero:Metallica

Not to everyone's taste but I'm looking forward to them.

AlmightyCushion

L31mr0d wrote: »

yeah I've got a fairly hefty backlog of fence-sitter games that I'm going to try out. Also some ones I never got around to playing (Fallout 3, MGS4... etc)

The new Wolverine game looks pretty sweet (check out the review on game trailers)

Make sure you do plenty of wandering in fallout. It's a great game for that although you do kiss away a small chunk of your life.

Gummy Panda

noodler wrote: »

I still have to play Uncharted 1 and LBP and Siren.

Still have to buy Resi 5, Dead Space.

Thats all for when I have finished Persona 4.

Get dead space. It's now cheap and it's awesome.

Cunny-Funt

I always like to try out an mmo during the summer, not big into mmos but I do find them interesting, though I've not played many, so its like saying im not big into playing FPS after only trying 3 FPS games.

noodler

L31mr0d wrote: »

yeah I've got a fairly hefty backlog of fence-sitter games that I'm going to try out. Also some ones I never got around to playing (Fallout 3, MGS4... etc)

The new Wolverine game looks pretty sweet (check out the review on game trailers)

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

Make sure you do plenty of wandering in fallout. It's a great game for that although you do kiss away a small chunk of your life.

Could hardly agree more. Still my fav game of this gen I reckon.
All the REAL fun is off the beaten track. Far more side quests than main story.

Gummy Panda wrote: »

Get dead space. It's now cheap and it's awesome.

I see it around for cheap alright but I actually OWN LBP, Siren and Uncharted so they have to be next when I finish P4 (which is a bit of a slog to be honest-really doesn't make me want to try P3:FES since 4 is supposed to be MORE user-friendly).

Anyone finished P4? I want to know how much of the story I have left.

Retr0gamer

Persona is more about the battle system and you have to be prepared for some grinding.

noodler

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Persona is more about the battle system and you have to be prepared for some grinding.

Its quite basic in RPG terms. I dunno about 3 but elemental weaknesses are more important than any other factor really. I should be greatful theres more than one dungeon but its still ten repetitive floors (twice if you want bonus items for quests and bosses) per Dungeon. You can rarely let your gaurd down though and you feel most of the moves have a purpose-good example is the 2nd level elemental spells they are more powerful than my physical attacks and rightly so.

Syferus

Every year without fail these sorts of threads crop up. Yes - there's less triple A ames coming out in the summer, but unless you are an insomiac who spends the majority of most days playing games there is undoubtably so many games on your pile of shame (games you want to play but never have) to keep you going until the first dew of Autumn appears.

What it hurts the most is forums because they're driven on what's newly released and herd playing, something that is obviously more fractured when there's less banner games being released.

We should copy the format that's proliferated alot of other gaming forums and have a poll to decide a back catalogue game that alot of people haven't exprienced to play for a given week and discuss as they play through it.

Retr0gamer

noodler wrote: »

Its quite basic in RPG terms. I dunno about 3 but elemental weaknesses are more important than any other factor really. I should be greatful theres more than one dungeon but its still ten repetitive floors (twice if you want bonus items for quests and bosses) per Dungeon. You can rarely let your gaurd down though and you feel most of the moves have a purpose-good example is the 2nd level elemental spells they are more powerful than my physical attacks and rightly so.

The only big difference between 3 and 4 is that in 3 you only have control over the main character in battle. It might sound weird but it does work altough I've heard it's very hard to get used to for people coming from P4. Elemental weaknesses also play a huge part in P3 and there's an awful lot of dungeon between save points so you really have to grind and make sure you get a back attack for every battle. Also fusing personas is very important as well, with good social links you can create personas that are way over the levels you should normally be getting them at. It's an RPG that doesn't relie on story but more on the amount of oprional stuff you can do and a battle system that while extremely tough is a great accomplishment when you can make it work for you. The characters are also excellent. It's more or a Grandia than a final fantasy VII.

AlmightyCushion

noodler wrote: »

Could hardly agree more. Still my fav game of this gen I reckon.
All the REAL fun is off the beaten track. Far more side quests than main story.

I had maxed out my levels long before I started the main mission. As soon as I got to megaton I just started walking about and doing side missions. Absolutely great game.

GothPunk

Syferus wrote: »

We should copy the format that's proliferated alot of other gaming forums and have a poll to decide a back catalogue game that alot of people haven't exprienced to play for a given week and discuss as they play through it.

I like this idea a lot, but whether we all have the time/gaming system/attention span is another thing. I know I have about 10 games on the go at the moment, I'm a gaming procrastinator. It could be good for me to be forced encouraged to play one game at a time.

Syferus

GothPunk wrote: »

I like this idea a lot, but whether we all have the time/gaming system/attention span is another thing. I know I have about 10 games on the go at the moment, I'm a gaming procrastinator. It could be good for me to be forced encouraged to play one game at a time.

The games would need to have good catchment of courses, the best ones being multi-platform PS3/360 ones, PS2 or relatively low-spec PC games. It's unlikely most would complete a given game in the period alotted, either a week or two, so you'd have to prepared to double up if you liked one game and didn't finsh it in time.

redshoulder

Still have to complete Fallout 3, Farcry 2 & Dead Space , just got bored of pc games in general.

Undead

John Giles wrote: »

has the summer drought of games started already?

seems to me nothing that interesting coming out or am i wrong?

Battlestations Pacific on the 15thish

johnny_ultimate

Actually glad there's a drought - haven't had much time to game for the last month or so, which means a healthy backlog of games to get through. Still working my way through Lost & Damned (more gameplay than your average full price release) and MadWorld (haven't had anytime to play this really, and works better in small bursts). Plus Persona 4 has been put on the side until Friday morning when I finally hand in my thesis - I cannot wait for another 70 hours of wonderful Japanese quirkiness. Really must get Dead Space too - price is right at the moment.

Also just got into Peggle last night. I can see that stealthily draining free time for a few more days.

NunianVonFuch

Syferus wrote: »

The games would need to have good catchment of courses, the best ones being multi-platform PS3/360 ones, PS2 or relatively low-spec PC games. It's unlikely most would complete a given game in the period alotted, either a week or two, so you'd have to prepared to double up if you liked one game and didn't finsh it in time.

That's a great idea! Just do a poll with 5 cross platform titles in it and the poll can be comprised of a few games we suggest on here.

I suggest The Chronicles of Riddick-Butcher Bay&Dark Athena, Dead Rising (cos I need to go back to it sometime!), CoD:WaW, Far Cry 2 or Fable 2. They're all in my pile to go through, but I'm open to anything decent really.

Ciaran500

Barely scraped the games that came out over the Winter, so this should be a great Summer for games

Jack Sheehan

Really looking forward to Red Faction: Guerilla. Comes out in June, check out this trailer and tell me you're not interested!

http://www.giantbomb.com/red-faction-guerrilla-tactics-trailer/17-516/

GothPunk

Syferus wrote: »

The games would need to have good catchment of courses, the best ones being multi-platform PS3/360 ones, PS2 or relatively low-spec PC games. It's unlikely most would complete a given game in the period alotted, either a week or two, so you'd have to prepared to double up if you liked one game and didn't finsh it in time.

You should start a seperate thread about this maybe, to gauge what the interest level is. I like NunianVonFuch's poll idea too.

NunianVonFuch

Jack Sheehan wrote: »

Really looking forward to Red Faction: Guerilla. Comes out in June, check out this trailer and tell me you're not interested!

http://www.giantbomb.com/red-faction-guerrilla-tactics-trailer/17-516/

Try the demo too, up on the marketplace now. Pretty decent but they really exaggerated the quality of their physics imo. I was trying to knock down a building at the start - only one wall remained with supports at each corner and it was the narrowest wall of a one story rectangular building (the first one you see at the start of the demo). Somehow the building stayed standing! Bit ridiculous. Like the shape of an "L". Once you got your hands on the

gun turret in the getaway truck

and start blowing the crap out of everything it's pretty entertaining.

Most importantly, I just can't wait to get bird****ed.

Gummy Panda

I hope for a drought. I'm still catching up on games i missed while playing wow. Wallet enjoys a drought too

Atavan-Halen

Tales of Vesperia and Guitar Hero: Metallica are the ones I'm looking forward to, but I hope nothing else comes out during the summer, as I have loads of games to catch up on!

Sephiroth_dude

Zeouterlimits wrote: »

-Star Ocean: The Last Hope
-Tales of Vesperia (finally)

And that's not counting any PSN/XBLA stuff.

Any release date for those too yet?

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

I've got a backlog of pc games to play so I'm good.

Im the same,I have dead space,fallout 3,stalker clear sky,spore and a few more to play :-/ empire total war and soccer manager have all taken up most of my time.

Demigod is released next wk or the wk after was considering buying that but after reading a few reviews I think I'll give a miss.

Atavan-Halen

26th June for Vesperia, hopefully. And 5th June for Star Ocean

silvine

Sounds like a good idea.

My pile of shame includes: CIV4, Mass Effect, Command and Conquer 3, Lost Odyssey, Condemned 1&2, Psychonauts and Elder Scrolls IV: The expansions and Left 4 Dead.

Gunmonkey

NunianVonFuch wrote: »

That's a great idea! Just do a poll with 5 cross platform titles in it and the poll can be comprised of a few games we suggest on here.

I suggest The Chronicles of Riddick-Butcher Bay&Dark Athena, Dead Rising (cos I need to go back to it sometime!), CoD:WaW, Far Cry 2 or Fable 2. They're all in my pile to go through, but I'm open to anything decent really.

Maybe a seperate thread in the Xbox forum, Playstation forum, Nintendo forum and dunno where to put a PC one. Then have 2 games on the go at one time, like 1 Xbox and 1 Nintendo while we vote for the PC and PS games for the next week. For big cross-platform games like Dead Space, GTA or CoD we could have one big thread for all the formats its on.

I probably will not be able to participate as Fallout 3:Broken Steel and Plants vs Zombies are both out today........its like the games industry doesn't want me to have free time for other games

Headshot

sorry to dig up this thread again but im feeling that pain of the summer drought atm

Outkast_IRE

Same here Last one i bought was Arma2 and i enjoyed but way too buggy to enjoy and multiplayer i dont have a clue whats goin on

Retr0gamer

Persona 3 and SF4 are keeping me more than occupied.

super_furry

Been using it to get through some games I missed the first time around. Loving the Riddick remake at the moment, played it on the Xbox and it's even better second time around. Battlefield 1943 and Marvel vs Capcom 2 are keeping me busy with online play too.

Josey Wales

I'm back into playing Pro Evo 2009 in a big way at the moment. The other game I'm playing is the Fury expansion for Wipeout HD.

I still have a save game to go back to in Fallout 3 but I'm wating on the Broken Steel DLC to arrive on the PS3.