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pokeclaudel on 11 May 2011

DS:

  • Chrono Trigger
  • Legend of Zelda: spirit tracks
  • Pokemon Daimond
  • Final Fantasy III
  • Final Fantasy IV
  • Final Fantasy Tactics A2

3DS:

  • SSFIV
  • samurai warriors
  • Ridge racer

Wii:

  • Fragile dreams
  • Donkey kong kountry
  • Wii fit - my sister wanted it
  • tatsunoko vs capcom
  • Resident evil the darkside Chronicles
  • metroid other m
  • monster hunter tri
  • redsteel 2
  • Rune Factory Frontier
  • New Super Mario Bros. Wii
  • Super Mario Galaxy
  • Super Mario Galaxy 2
  • Super Smash Brothers Brawl
  • mariokart Wii
  • Kirby's Epic Yarn
  • The Conduit
  • Dance dance revoulution Hottest party

Xbox 360:

  • Halo Reach
  • dead space 2
  • Marvel vs Capcom 3
  • Assasins creed 2

I've never bought a single Ps3 game at launch before. But that will change with Uncharted 3.



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d21lewis on 11 May 2011
Vetteman94 said:

Most of my PS3 game purchases are First day, unlike my 360 or PC games which are normally months after release.


Xbox 360

Halo: Reach - Yes probably the best FPS released this gen
Gears of War - Yes, One of my all time favorite games
Gears of War 2 - The best TPS of all time and in my personal Top 10 list
Ace Combat 6 - Not as good as the PS2 mainline games, but still a fun game

PS3
Call of Duty 3 - My man source of online gaming in the early years of PS3,  good game but not great
Resistance: Fall of Man: Probably the most underrated FPS on PS3, 
Heavenly Sword  -  One of my favorite Hack n Slash games this gen,  really hoping for a sequel
Devil May Cry 4 - Not as good as the previous games
LittleBigPlanet - Absolute pure genius,  one of the most fun title I have played
Call of Duty 4 - Last COD game I bought,  since they havent changed since this one,  Still the best they ever made
Metal Gear Solid 4 - One of the greatest endings to a Game series I have ever experienced,  still gives me chills
MotorStorm - Good racing game that was fun and extremely frustrating at times
Unreal Tournament III - Not the best UT game, but still alot of fun, especially with friends
Warhawk - To date probably the best Online experience to be had on the PS3
Lair  -  Not as bad as everyone says,  not as good as it should have been.  The concept had such promise
Valkyria Chronicles - One of the few games to make me cry,  a brilliant game and a great story. A Must have game
Need for Speed Carbon - The last Need for Speed game that I played that is worth a damn, 
SOCOM Confrontation - Bought mainly for Bluetooth headset,  game wasnt worth the $20
Fight Night Round 3 - One of the best boxing games I have played
Madden 07 - Good football game,  but the last I will buy due to gaming interests changing
Resistance 2 - A step back from the previous game, but did improve some things as well,  Good solid FPS
Timeshift - Fun FPS game,  well made just not spectacular.   
Fallout 3 - My favorite WRPG this gen,  buggy at first but fixed in a timely manner
F.E.A.R. - Scared the crap out of me,  Good game, solid FPS and great scare parts as well
Rock Band 2 - Still my favorite Music/Rythym game 
Tom Clancey's GRAW 2 - Another good Tom Clancey game,  they know how to make good military shooters
Dead Space - Fantastic game, great lighting and sounds,  one of my favorite horror games this gen
Killzone 2 - Absolutley stunning game with a great online community,  spent countless hours online
Tom Clancey's HAWX - Got burned on this one,  was expecting an Ace Combat type game, didnt get one
inFamous - The best sandbox game available on PS3,  awesome story with some cool twists
F.E.A.R.2 - Such a let down after the first one,  seemed to go more Sci-Fi than horror
Batman AA - Finally a comic book game that not only doesnt suck,  but is f'n awesome
Brutal Legend - A must have for any Heavy Metal fan,  lots of fun with great music
Uncharted 2 Among Theives - Arguably the best game to release in 2009
Borderlands - 8 playthroughs, 16 if you count 2nd playthroughs, over 400 hours and 9 million weapons later. Oh Yeah
Ratchet and Clank A Crank in Time - Beautiful game, outrageous weapons, everything you would expect from R&C
God of War Collection - The best Hack n Slach games from PS2 as HD remakes,  worth every penny
Dante's Inferno - God of War wannbe,  but still a good game, even if it doesnt quite follow the story the way it should.
Heavy Rain - My game of the Generation
God of War III - The epic ending to a great series,  Best looking game on any console, and awesome to play as well
Medal of Honor - Good game but too short,  better than the COD games that were released recently
Fallout New Vegas - Fantastic game once you get past the bugs,  but the problem is you cant at times
Gran Turismo 5 - Best GT game ever, and best Racing game on consoles
Dead Space 2 - Took what was great on the original and improved it,  one of my favorite series this gen
Killzone 3 - Second only to Halo Reach for best FPS this gen,  and its crazy in 3D
LittleBigPlanet 2 - Oh the amount of things to do in this game is unreal,  all the new gadgets added are awesome,  another great game from Media Molecule
SOCOM 4 - I Dont know yet as I havent played it,  but it has 3D and thats promising
Portal 2 - Fantastic game, fantastic humor,  and great puzzles that make you think,  would love to try out that co-op feature I hear it has


Holy crap, dude!!  That's one hell of a list!



09tarheel on 11 May 2011

I have not yet bought a HD game on day one, because I've owned the HD consoles multiple times when the backlog of games interests me enough to buy the system. If I get any PS3 games on day 1 it will either be L.A. Noire, or Uncharted 3.

For Wii I have bought several games day 1

-Super Mario Galaxy - Absolutely worth it, my favorite game released in the last decade.

-Super Mario Galaxy 2 - Don't regret it, but didn't enjoy it as much as the first.

-Super Smash Bros. Brawl - I got hyped in on this one. It's a fun game, but I didn't really need it first day.

-Wii Sports Resort - Loved this game, one of my most anticipated games this generation before release. The only thing I didn't like was having to watch the 10 minute Motionplus info video before I could start playing.

-Kirby's Epic Yarn - A lot of fun, don't regret it.

-Metroid Prime 3 - A fun game, but I sold it and bought the Trilogy, I might as well have waited for that.

I bought the 3DS and Pilotwings Resort on launch day. Don't regret either yet, I like Pilotwings but only bought it because it seemed like the best of the launch titles.

 

I'm probably forgetting a couple, and there were other titles that I bought in the first couple weeks of release that I wish I hadn't.



ishiki on 11 May 2011

PS3:
Uncharted 2: A good Game, With probably the most realistic acting characters. I really should have rented it instead. I beat it in 3 days and sold it a few months later.

Final Fantasy XIII: I enjoyed this a lot. What I expected in gameplay/art direction from my favorite series.

Xbox 360
Gears of War: Really really fun, and good. Crap Story though that's what I expected.

PSP: 
The Third Birthday: I had a gift certificate. And the game seem interesting. Was much better than I was expecting. My favorite music this gen, with great art direction and gameplay. bleh characters though.

The Legend Of Heroes: Trails in the sky. 1 of my 2 favorite games this gen. My favorite dialogue in a game. Great Battle System. Great Music. It's biggest negative is it looks like it was made in 1997.

PC:
Dead Space 2: The other of my favorite games this gen. Cool new gameplay Zero gravity fighting! Intense. Controls felt tighter than in DS1. Nice characters, art design and music. Not quite enough boss battles though.

Day 1 games for me coming up
1) Tomb Raider (I've liked every tomb raider crystal dynamics has done more than the previous.)
2) Final Fantasy XIII-2
3) Deus Ex 3
4) Mass Effect 3



d21lewis on 11 May 2011
CGI-Quality said:
d21lewis said:
  • Heavy Rain:  This is the kind of niche game that I love.  I was tooo hyped for this one (and CGI kept feeding my hype--he's the "Flavor Flav" of VGChartz!).  Amazing game.  Usually when I buy a game, I sneak it past my girlfriend (I have SHELVES of video games and I always convince her that "Oh, I bought this game months ago!" despite the fact that it's January and the game says 2011 when I turn it on.) but with Heavy Rain, we walked right into that store, side by side, bought the game, and she watched me play it.  Great game.

Mission accomplished!


Exactly why I avoid those "CGI-Quality's Hype Threads"!!  You had me waking up in the middle of the night thinking about Heavy Rain.  Maybe you do your job a little too good!

Also, great list of games you got there.  Any of them stand out as being particulary worth it or not worth buying?  Don't ask me why but reading the responses intrigue me.



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Vetteman94 on 11 May 2011
d21lewis said:
Vetteman94 said:

Most of my PS3 game purchases are First day, unlike my 360 or PC games which are normally months after release.


Xbox 360

Halo: Reach - Yes probably the best FPS released this gen
Gears of War - Yes, One of my all time favorite games
Gears of War 2 - The best TPS of all time and in my personal Top 10 list
Ace Combat 6 - Not as good as the PS2 mainline games, but still a fun game

PS3
Call of Duty 3 - My man source of online gaming in the early years of PS3,  good game but not great
Resistance: Fall of Man: Probably the most underrated FPS on PS3, 
Heavenly Sword  -  One of my favorite Hack n Slash games this gen,  really hoping for a sequel
Devil May Cry 4 - Not as good as the previous games
LittleBigPlanet - Absolute pure genius,  one of the most fun title I have played
Call of Duty 4 - Last COD game I bought,  since they havent changed since this one,  Still the best they ever made
Metal Gear Solid 4 - One of the greatest endings to a Game series I have ever experienced,  still gives me chills
MotorStorm - Good racing game that was fun and extremely frustrating at times
Unreal Tournament III - Not the best UT game, but still alot of fun, especially with friends
Warhawk - To date probably the best Online experience to be had on the PS3
Lair  -  Not as bad as everyone says,  not as good as it should have been.  The concept had such promise
Valkyria Chronicles - One of the few games to make me cry,  a brilliant game and a great story. A Must have game
Need for Speed Carbon - The last Need for Speed game that I played that is worth a damn, 
SOCOM Confrontation - Bought mainly for Bluetooth headset,  game wasnt worth the $20
Fight Night Round 3 - One of the best boxing games I have played
Madden 07 - Good football game,  but the last I will buy due to gaming interests changing
Resistance 2 - A step back from the previous game, but did improve some things as well,  Good solid FPS
Timeshift - Fun FPS game,  well made just not spectacular.   
Fallout 3 - My favorite WRPG this gen,  buggy at first but fixed in a timely manner
F.E.A.R. - Scared the crap out of me,  Good game, solid FPS and great scare parts as well
Rock Band 2 - Still my favorite Music/Rythym game 
Tom Clancey's GRAW 2 - Another good Tom Clancey game,  they know how to make good military shooters
Dead Space - Fantastic game, great lighting and sounds,  one of my favorite horror games this gen
Killzone 2 - Absolutley stunning game with a great online community,  spent countless hours online
Tom Clancey's HAWX - Got burned on this one,  was expecting an Ace Combat type game, didnt get one
inFamous - The best sandbox game available on PS3,  awesome story with some cool twists
F.E.A.R.2 - Such a let down after the first one,  seemed to go more Sci-Fi than horror
Batman AA - Finally a comic book game that not only doesnt suck,  but is f'n awesome
Brutal Legend - A must have for any Heavy Metal fan,  lots of fun with great music
Uncharted 2 Among Theives - Arguably the best game to release in 2009
Borderlands - 8 playthroughs, 16 if you count 2nd playthroughs, over 400 hours and 9 million weapons later. Oh Yeah
Ratchet and Clank A Crank in Time - Beautiful game, outrageous weapons, everything you would expect from R&C
God of War Collection - The best Hack n Slach games from PS2 as HD remakes,  worth every penny
Dante's Inferno - God of War wannbe,  but still a good game, even if it doesnt quite follow the story the way it should.
Heavy Rain - My game of the Generation
God of War III - The epic ending to a great series,  Best looking game on any console, and awesome to play as well
Medal of Honor - Good game but too short,  better than the COD games that were released recently
Fallout New Vegas - Fantastic game once you get past the bugs,  but the problem is you cant at times
Gran Turismo 5 - Best GT game ever, and best Racing game on consoles
Dead Space 2 - Took what was great on the original and improved it,  one of my favorite series this gen
Killzone 3 - Second only to Halo Reach for best FPS this gen,  and its crazy in 3D
LittleBigPlanet 2 - Oh the amount of things to do in this game is unreal,  all the new gadgets added are awesome,  another great game from Media Molecule
SOCOM 4 - I Dont know yet as I havent played it,  but it has 3D and thats promising
Portal 2 - Fantastic game, fantastic humor,  and great puzzles that make you think,  would love to try out that co-op feature I hear it has


Holy crap, dude!!  That's one hell of a list!

Looking through the list I actually forgot a couple, and I never put PSP games.  I think I have a problem......

PS3
Grand Theft Auto IV
Tom Clancey Rainbow 6 Vegas 2
Eye of Judgement 
Tiger Woods 07
Gran Turismo 5 Prologue 
MAG

PSP
God of War Ghost of Sparta
God of War Chains of Olympus
Ace Combat: Joint Assault
Ace Combat: Skies of Deception
LittleBigPlanet
Gran Turismo
Resistance: Retribution



melbye on 11 May 2011

My list would be massive and i don't want to waste space, but future games that will be day one:
Zelda: Skyward Sword

Batman Arkham City

Assassin's Creed Revelation

LA Noire

Infamous 2

Duke Nukem Forever

Resident Evil Revelation

Kid Icarus Uprising

Super Mario 3DS

Xenoblade Chronicles

Mass Effect 3



d21lewis on 11 May 2011
Vetteman94 said:
d21lewis said:
Vetteman94 said:

Most of my PS3 game purchases are First day, unlike my 360 or PC games which are normally months after release.


Xbox 360

Halo: Reach - Yes probably the best FPS released this gen
Gears of War - Yes, One of my all time favorite games
Gears of War 2 - The best TPS of all time and in my personal Top 10 list
Ace Combat 6 - Not as good as the PS2 mainline games, but still a fun game

PS3
Call of Duty 3 - My man source of online gaming in the early years of PS3,  good game but not great
Resistance: Fall of Man: Probably the most underrated FPS on PS3, 
Heavenly Sword  -  One of my favorite Hack n Slash games this gen,  really hoping for a sequel
Devil May Cry 4 - Not as good as the previous games
LittleBigPlanet - Absolute pure genius,  one of the most fun title I have played
Call of Duty 4 - Last COD game I bought,  since they havent changed since this one,  Still the best they ever made
Metal Gear Solid 4 - One of the greatest endings to a Game series I have ever experienced,  still gives me chills
MotorStorm - Good racing game that was fun and extremely frustrating at times
Unreal Tournament III - Not the best UT game, but still alot of fun, especially with friends
Warhawk - To date probably the best Online experience to be had on the PS3
Lair  -  Not as bad as everyone says,  not as good as it should have been.  The concept had such promise
Valkyria Chronicles - One of the few games to make me cry,  a brilliant game and a great story. A Must have game
Need for Speed Carbon - The last Need for Speed game that I played that is worth a damn, 
SOCOM Confrontation - Bought mainly for Bluetooth headset,  game wasnt worth the $20
Fight Night Round 3 - One of the best boxing games I have played
Madden 07 - Good football game,  but the last I will buy due to gaming interests changing
Resistance 2 - A step back from the previous game, but did improve some things as well,  Good solid FPS
Timeshift - Fun FPS game,  well made just not spectacular.   
Fallout 3 - My favorite WRPG this gen,  buggy at first but fixed in a timely manner
F.E.A.R. - Scared the crap out of me,  Good game, solid FPS and great scare parts as well
Rock Band 2 - Still my favorite Music/Rythym game 
Tom Clancey's GRAW 2 - Another good Tom Clancey game,  they know how to make good military shooters
Dead Space - Fantastic game, great lighting and sounds,  one of my favorite horror games this gen
Killzone 2 - Absolutley stunning game with a great online community,  spent countless hours online
Tom Clancey's HAWX - Got burned on this one,  was expecting an Ace Combat type game, didnt get one
inFamous - The best sandbox game available on PS3,  awesome story with some cool twists
F.E.A.R.2 - Such a let down after the first one,  seemed to go more Sci-Fi than horror
Batman AA - Finally a comic book game that not only doesnt suck,  but is f'n awesome
Brutal Legend - A must have for any Heavy Metal fan,  lots of fun with great music
Uncharted 2 Among Theives - Arguably the best game to release in 2009
Borderlands - 8 playthroughs, 16 if you count 2nd playthroughs, over 400 hours and 9 million weapons later. Oh Yeah
Ratchet and Clank A Crank in Time - Beautiful game, outrageous weapons, everything you would expect from R&C
God of War Collection - The best Hack n Slach games from PS2 as HD remakes,  worth every penny
Dante's Inferno - God of War wannbe,  but still a good game, even if it doesnt quite follow the story the way it should.
Heavy Rain - My game of the Generation
God of War III - The epic ending to a great series,  Best looking game on any console, and awesome to play as well
Medal of Honor - Good game but too short,  better than the COD games that were released recently
Fallout New Vegas - Fantastic game once you get past the bugs,  but the problem is you cant at times
Gran Turismo 5 - Best GT game ever, and best Racing game on consoles
Dead Space 2 - Took what was great on the original and improved it,  one of my favorite series this gen
Killzone 3 - Second only to Halo Reach for best FPS this gen,  and its crazy in 3D
LittleBigPlanet 2 - Oh the amount of things to do in this game is unreal,  all the new gadgets added are awesome,  another great game from Media Molecule
SOCOM 4 - I Dont know yet as I havent played it,  but it has 3D and thats promising
Portal 2 - Fantastic game, fantastic humor,  and great puzzles that make you think,  would love to try out that co-op feature I hear it has


Holy crap, dude!!  That's one hell of a list!

Looking through the list I actually forgot a couple, and I never put PSP games.  I think I have a problem......

PS3
Grand Theft Auto IV
Tom Clancey Rainbow 6 Vegas 2
Eye of Judgement 
Tiger Woods 07
Gran Turismo 5 Prologue 
MAG

PSP
God of War Ghost of Sparta
God of War Chains of Olympus
Ace Combat: Joint Assault
Ace Combat: Skies of Deception
LittleBigPlanet
Gran Turismo
Resistance: Retribution


Thanks to guys like you, guys like me can feel adequate!



green_sky on 11 May 2011

DS

Super Mario Bros DS - Classic Mario as always :)

PS3

Batman AA - What a surprise this was. From the very start with joker's banter to the end. AAA experience.

Uncharted 2 - One of my favourite games this gen if not the favourite. 

Modern Warfare 2 - Didn't know what i was getting into. My first call of duty game. Ended up putting 350 hours in it. 

Portal 2 - Something to be experience. A different kind of game and something to remember as others fade. 

I usually buy my games when they drop in price so this is it for launch day purchases. The backlog is 15-20 games and that usually prevents me from buying games Day 1. 

Day 1 (this year)

Portal 2 

Uncharted 3

Battlefield 3/Modern Warfare 3 - Most likely Battlefield. Activision's handing of the franchise pisses me off. Horrible port of Black Ops for the ps3 with connection problems for first 2-3 months didn't help. 



EncodedNybble on 11 May 2011

While I can't list all of the games I got day 1 (mainly because I don't remember) I did do what you did for the MGS 4 bundle though slightly differently.

I remember waitinf for the bundle and signed up on Amazon for them to email me when pre-orders were going to be available.  I got an email from Amazon saying "this Friday at 9 Pacific you can pre-order the MGS4 bundle, it is in limited supply bla bla bla not many pre-orders."

I woke up that day at around 7:30 for work.  It was a surprisingly warm day (for San Francisco) and I was by the beach.  That combined with my desire for the MSG4 bundle (I didn't have a PS3 before that), I decided to take the day off of work and play hookey.

I set up my 1-click settings (1 less step for purchase) and at 1 minute to 9 I hit refresh every 5 seconds.  9 rolled around and I preordered it in a pretty anti-climatic fashion (1 click, no cheers :().  I then spent the rest of the day by the beach drinking chilled chocolate drinks, drinking beer and eating burgers under the warm sun and listening to a lot of Stevie Ray Vaughn.  One of my more favorite days ever.

On another note, my upcoming preorders are:

LA Noire,

Infamous 2

Dark Souls

Uncharted 3

Batman Arkham CIty

Most everything else I can wait until later/price drops to play.