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Deus Ex (2000) - a game that pushes the boundaries of what the video game medium is capable of to a degree unmatched to this very day.
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SSX3-2

Deus Ex (2000) - a game that pushes the boundaries of what the video game medium is capable of to a degree unmatched to this very day.
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It wasn't really an individual game the led me to purchasing the 3DS, Vita, and WiiU. The Zelda bundle sold me on 3DS, the entire launch line-up sold me on WiiU, and an awesome Black Friday deal sold me on Vita.
I think the same will hold true for X1 and PS4. Unless The Last Guardian or Banjo-Threeie suddenly appear, I expect I'll wait until both systems drop to $300.
I bought PS4 on Day One, and loving KillZone and Battlefield4. Also Tomb Raider definitive edition is so nice. I can't wait for Infamous SS and MGS : GZ, coming very soon; but my most wanted are MGSV: The Phantom Pain, DriveClub, The Order 1886, Destiny, FFXV and Uncharted4, really can't wait people, Next Gen is gonna be amazing.
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| TornadoCreator said: My rule still stands, I'd like to think there's nothing that will make me break my rule, but that's not true. To re-iterate: My rule, though admittedly it's one I got from a podcast, but it's a good rule: Only buy a console when it has a minimum of five games you want out for it on the day of purchase, that you can't play on a platform you already own. This is a golden rule, and it's why I don't own a PS4/Xbone. InFamous: Second Son would count, Dead Rising 3 would count, Assassin's Creed 4 would not as it's on the last gen machines. So that's how my rule works. So; Metal Gear Solid V, Watch_Dogs, and The Evil Within... none of these count because they're all coming to last gen hardware. The Order 1886, Final Fantasy XV, Cyberpunk 2077 and Batman: Arkham Knight however all count because none of them are coming out on last-gen hardware. It's a hard rule to follow, especially when they promise better graphics and a better experience, but the difference will be minimal so it's not worth the expense. All this said, I love Final Fantasy and if they can make FF15 actually decent, something deserving of going up next to FF6-10 as a part of the series, that'll be the shove I need. (I used to scoff at FF10, then the franchise got sooo bad it hurt and now I welcome it with open arms, so that's what FF13 did Squeenix. It was so bad I lowered my standards). So yeah, if FF15 is good I will sing from the rooftops about how my true love for gaming is back; the problem is, this is Sqeeenix we're talking about, so it'll probably suck terribly at which point I don't feel I should be morally or indeed legally responsible for my actions. |
As much as that rule "makes sense", I don't think it's actually that reasonable. If I can extrapolate this: if this was a rule that every console buyer went by, then there'd be very few sales for at least the first year the console is on the market. Then publishers will think to themselves "why should we put our game on this console? Only X amount of people own it. No way would we get a return on our investment". They could take the risk and think "our game is gonna be so great, it will drive people to buy the hardware and the game", but remember.....you gotta wait until 5 games come out in order to buy the system. So really, the game wouldn't push hardware if people are just waiting until a certain number of games come out.
I know this is an extreme hypothetical.....but the proposition that you shouldn't buy a next gen console until 5 games not available on a current gen console come out is kinda extreme as well, in the grand scheme of things.
OT: I already picked up a PS4 and I got it for no other reason that I had the means to do it. It also "forced" me to get PS+, which allowed me to take advantage of the free games on PS3 and PS4. So while no game made me go "I need a PS4 right now", the PS4 itself kinda paid for itself. I have Uncharted 3, Shadow of the Colossus HD, Bioshock Infinite, Metro: Last Light, DmC, Resogun, Outlast, and Dead Nation: Apocalypse. I would have gotten Shadow Fall when I bought the system, but I just picked up KZ3 a few weeks prior for like $8 at Disc Replay, and I'm still playing that. Didn't see a point in having two Killzones that were new to me.

Nothing that's been shown yet. Let's see what Naughty Dog has first.
I think A Link between Worlds is the one pushing me for the 3DS.
Wii U will be X or Zelda, whichever comes first.
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I already have a Wii U, but for the other two, it would either be the elusive 'Last Guardian' if it jumped gens, or a slew of my favorite genres, like rpgs, or really unique games. I've always been of the mind that I refuse to buy a console until the amount of personal must-have games equals the value of the console itself. I can't justify to myself paying more for the box than the games themselves, since I really only use consoles for gaming. I would NEVER buy a console for one or two games. It's too much of an investment with too little payout.
Unfortunately, I don't count FF XV and KH III as 'must haves', since I've honestly never been a fan of either series, even though rpg is my genre of choice. And shooters, third person or otherwise, are rarely enough to entice me, though I have enjoyed the Bioshock series and Left for Dead multiplayer despite being awful at both.
Also, as strange as it seems, ultra realism is a turn-off for me, as I don't find it aesthetically pleasing at all. I have a tendency to overlook anything that looks too brown/gray and gritty when scanning video game news sites. I might be a hard sell this gen.