Left 4 Dead gets a 9.5

[greenmedic88]

Not sure what the problem is. Just because a new game is released to critical acclaim does NOT mean one is immediately obligated to buy it.

There's a limit to how many games a person can practically play unless they're just sampling the games on the surface to get an impression. Renting would work just as well, not that I'm a big advocate of this (I buy what I like to see more of).

So... buy what you want to play immediately, and wait for the other games when they go on sale, or when you're ready to play. Buy new and it still counts as a sale for the publisher/developer, even when discounted.

Plus, realize once the year's over, there's going to be another drought of AAA titles shortly after. Not a bad time to pick up the titles you didn't get over the holidays.

I currently have Resistance 2, Gears 2, L4D and CoD5 in hand or on order and there's no way I can play all those FPS games fully at once. I'm still having fun running around Crysis Warhead. I have less than three hours on Resistance and I haven't even opened Gears 2 yet. I'd like to play Dead Space and Mirror's Edge, but... WTF; that's too many games to play at once.

Too many good games? Boo hoo. Buy them later when you have the time to play them. You'll probably get them on sale by waiting. The only thing you miss out on is the hype.