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obamanian on 29 January 2009
BengaBenga said:
obamanian said:

It is not very hard to see that 360 has a vastly bigger RPG lineup, and for me as a RPG gamer is the only main system in 2009, of course i am glad top have a PS3 too, since it does get 1-2 RPGs i want and a few other cool titles

It is all about individual preference, PS3 lineup is great, but 360 one is far greater for someone like me that want RPG's and huge open world games, like KUF2, Alan Wake etc

If you like RPGs, you should go Wii. It has by far the biggest and most diverse JRPG line-up this year. Just saying.

For me the amount of HD JRPGs this year is pathetic, really. Star Ocean and White Knight Chronicles are the only ones. Star Ocean will be awesome though.

 

 

Well, i have zero RPGs that interest me on Wii, plus the visuals are unacceptable in the first place, and i like best western RPGs too

Do you know any that would appeal to me ? I like WRPG's, and JRPG's like FF13, SO4, Lost Odyssey mainly

Izuna was the only one that i keep an eye on, but i do not expect much TBH

BTW 360 has a vastly bigger RPG lineup than Wii and PS3 combined for me, just see in my link, and with real huge and next gen in worlds and visuals games

White Knight is not something i will buy, since i hate generic look of MMO's and the bad visuals, i am only interested in Demon Soul and FF13vs from PS3 camp

On 360 i will buy day one Two Worlds Temptation, Divinity 2, Venetica Dungeon Hero, Precursors, Mass Effect 2, Risen, Witcher, Dragon Age, FF13, Star Ocean 4, Black Legion, Magna Carta 2, KUF2: Dominion, Savred 2, Overlord 2, Lord of Shadows, Age of Dreams, Gothic 4 and anything new Mistwalker-Lionhead come up with, so it is rather a hugly better lineup for me



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Khuutra on 29 January 2009
obamanian said:
BengaBenga said:
obamanian said:

It is not very hard to see that 360 has a vastly bigger RPG lineup, and for me as a RPG gamer is the only main system in 2009, of course i am glad top have a PS3 too, since it does get 1-2 RPGs i want and a few other cool titles

It is all about individual preference, PS3 lineup is great, but 360 one is far greater for someone like me that want RPG's and huge open world games, like KUF2, Alan Wake etc

If you like RPGs, you should go Wii. It has by far the biggest and most diverse JRPG line-up this year. Just saying.

For me the amount of HD JRPGs this year is pathetic, really. Star Ocean and White Knight Chronicles are the only ones. Star Ocean will be awesome though.

 

 

Well, i have zero RPGs that interest me on Wii, plus the visuals are unacceptable in the first place, and i like best western RPGs too

Do you know any that would appeal to me ? I like WRPG's, and JRPG's like FF13, SO4, Lost Odyssey mainly

Izuna was the only one that i keep an eye on, but i do not expect much TBH

BTW 360 has a vastly bigger RPG lineup than Wii and PS3 combined for me, just see in my link, and with real huge and next gen in worlds and visuals games

White Knight is not something i will buy, since i hate generic look of MMO's and the bad visuals, i am only interested in Demon Soul and FF13vs from PS3 camp

On 360 i will buy day one Two Worlds Temptation, Divinity 2, Venetica Dungeon Hero, Precursors, Mass Effect 2, Risen, Witcher, Dragon Age, FF13, Star Ocean 4, Black Legion, Magna Carta 2, KUF2: Dominion, Savred 2, Overlord 2, Lord of Shadows, Age of Dreams, Gothic 4 and anything new Mistwalker-Lionhead come up with, so it is rather a hugly better lineup for me

You make me wary, sir, in many ways.



bouzane on 29 January 2009

Every game on that list that I want is multi-platform. The only exclusive there that interests me is Halo Wars.



obamanian on 29 January 2009
bouzane said:
Every game on that list that I want is multi-platform. The only exclusive there that interests me is Halo Wars.

No interest in Star Ocean 4 at all ?

Also many gamers only have a 360, and many of those games are are either on PC or PS3, so you would have to buy both a PC and a PS3 to play them, when you can have them all on 360 with just one system and the lowest price imaginable

 



Stan85 on 29 January 2009
obamanian said:
bouzane said:
Every game on that list that I want is multi-platform. The only exclusive there that interests me is Halo Wars.

No interest in Star Ocean 4 at all ?

Also many gamers only have a 360, and many of those games are are either on PC or PS3, so you would have to buy both a PC and a PS3 to play them, when you can have them all on 360 with just one system and the lowest price imaginable

 

"He is lost in silence...he can not hear our music" ... familiar ? Mass Effect 2 rings a bell? It`s in winter 2009 and a massive game. Don`t tell me it will be on Pc because you don`t know. Want to play Alan Wake on the Pc? Please do...install Vista and play...no? I thought so.

Star Ocean 4 ? Race Pro ? Halo Wars ? Forza 3 ? Ninja Blade ? Halo Chronicles ? New Rare game? Nothing interesting?

Oh well...move along people,nothing to see here...

 



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bouzane on 29 January 2009
Stan85 said:
obamanian said:
bouzane said:
Every game on that list that I want is multi-platform. The only exclusive there that interests me is Halo Wars.

No interest in Star Ocean 4 at all ?

Also many gamers only have a 360, and many of those games are are either on PC or PS3, so you would have to buy both a PC and a PS3 to play them, when you can have them all on 360 with just one system and the lowest price imaginable

 

"He is lost in silence...he can not hear our music" ... familiar ? Mass Effect 2 rings a bell? It`s in winter 2009 and a massive game. Don`t tell me it will be on Pc because you don`t know. Want to play Alan Wake on the Pc? Please do...install Vista and play...no? I thought so.

Star Ocean 4 ? Race Pro ? Halo Wars ? Forza 3 ? Ninja Blade ? Halo Chronicles ? New Rare game? Nothing interesting?

Oh well...move along people,nothing to see here...

 

I'm not a big fan of modern JRPGs, especially SE. So no, I'm not interested in SO4... at all. The first Mass Effect was good despite its flaws but the sequel will make it to the PC sooner or later. Race Pro and Forza 3? I hate most racing games, especially racing sims. Halo Wars looks good but I'm always skeptical as to how an RTS will turn out on a console due to the limited controls. Ninja Blade? From Software has hardly blown me away in the past. Rare, they hardly produce system sellers. I'm dismissive of the 360's library because it simply isn't very impressive. It being perceived as being superior to that of the PS3 is hardly an accomplishment. Compare that list what I want for the PC this year:

Battle Forge
Bioshock 2: Sea of Dreams
Borderlands
Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor
Dawn of War II
Empire: Total War
F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin
Operation Flashpoint 2: Dragon Rising
Prototype
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty
Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X.

I was hardly being thorough when I compiled this list, I could probably find more.

Edit: Here are a few that I just added to my wishlist after browsing a single site.

Sins of a Solar Empire: Entrenchment
World in Conflict: Soviet Assault
Diablo 3
Storm of War: Battle of Britain
Gish 2
They Hunger: Lost Souls
Dragon Age
Beyond Good & Evil 2
Zeno Clash
Alpha Protocol
Stormrise
Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena
Subversion

This is why the $200 cost for a 360 is better spent on a video card and some RAM. Using Tigerdirect.ca I'm getting 4 gigs of Dual Channel DDR2 RAM and a Geforce 9800 GT for 150 Canadian dollars. With this upgrade my PC can utterly crush the 360 (and PS3) in terms of performance.



jasonnc80 on 29 January 2009
shio said:
obamanian said:
haxxiy said:
Good lineup, but I don't think its better than 2008 mainly because of a huge number of PC multiplats.

 

Well, most console gamers do not have a gaming PC, in fact i doubt even 2-3% has such a PC, so the 360 is like gaming heaven for all those and PS3 gamers than want PC games for just 199$

That is the magic of 360, i can get the best of PS3 (Final Fantasy 13, Devil May Cry, Resident Evil 5 etc), PC (Alan Wake, KUF2, Mass Effect 1-2, Two Worlds Temptation, Venetica, Divinity 2, Dragon Age, Witcher, Risen etc) and xbox360 (Fable 2, Lost Odyssey, Gears 2, Banjo 3, Viva Pinata 2, Star Ocean 4, Halo Wars, Halo 3, Black Legion, Kameo, new Rareware-Lionhead-Mistwalker games, Magna Carta 2 etc)

And all that for just 199$

I hardly believe that only 2-3% of Xbox 360 owners play PC games, especially considering PC had over 260 millions gamers in 2007.

While Xbox 360 is getting games that otherwise would've been exclusive to PS3 or PC, the PS3 is also getting a few that would've been Xbox 360 only. On the other hand, PC is getting nearly all of Xbox 360's best games, while X360 is getting but a fraction of PC's best.

And it's not just $200, is it? There's XBLG that you need to get if you intend to play any online game, and the games are also more expensive than the PC gets.

I would argue that with the used game market and the fact that purchased games on the consoles actually have resell value it helps alot with the expense on consoles. You're also completely disregarding the rental market on consoles and the fact that a lot of games that while worth playing don't really warrant spending the money on to keep forever.  The $10 "HD console tax" to be frank is completely irrelevant IMO.



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Mr Khan on 29 January 2009

A very solid lineup, heavy on the RPGs. Which of those titles will really stand out, though? Which will be the big 360 game of 09? The kind to sit on the level with Gears, Gears 2, or Halo 3 (or Brawl or MGS4 or Super Mario Galaxy if we go outside Microsoft's scope)

 

I see a lot of great games, but nothing that's going to really set the world on fire, but if you can see something, please, point it out



Monster Hunter: pissing me off since 2010.

Stan85 on 29 January 2009
Mr Khan said:

A very solid lineup, heavy on the RPGs. Which of those titles will really stand out, though? Which will be the big 360 game of 09? The kind to sit on the level with Gears, Gears 2, or Halo 3 (or Brawl or MGS4 or Super Mario Galaxy if we go outside Microsoft's scope)

 

I see a lot of great games, but nothing that's going to really set the world on fire, but if you can see something, please, point it out

 

 Crackdown 2 ? Ninte-Nine Nights 2 ?

GTA 4 episode 1 and 2 ?

Anyway,wait till E3 2009... in June I think... MS is not like Sony and doesn`t show it`s games with 1 or 2 years in advanced. Maybe then something interesting (for you) will come for the 360.

I`m not buying/installing Vista for Alan Wake, I`ll enjoy The Lost and the Damned,Race Pro,Ninja Blade,Gears 2,Mass Effect 2 and many more,all at the low price of 199. Thanks MS !



obamanian on 29 January 2009
Mr Khan said:

A very solid lineup, heavy on the RPGs. Which of those titles will really stand out, though? Which will be the big 360 game of 09? The kind to sit on the level with Gears, Gears 2, or Halo 3 (or Brawl or MGS4 or Super Mario Galaxy if we go outside Microsoft's scope)

 

I see a lot of great games, but nothing that's going to really set the world on fire, but if you can see something, please, point it out

Here is my top 30 most anticipated titles in 2009, the top 20 are my personal AAA-AAAA titles, those are some of my most wanted games ever, and will be bought day one, those will 100% set my world on fire, given i am a RPG gamer

1. Mass Effect 2 (360/PC later)
2. Two Worlds Temptation (360/PC)
3. Fable 2 expansion (360)
4. Fallout 3 expansion (360/PC)
5. Divinity 2: Ego Dragonis (360/PC)
6. Venetica (360/PC)
7. Alan Wake (360/PC)
8. Kingdom Under Fire 2: Dominion (360/PC)
9. Risen (360/PC)
10. Final Fantasy 13 (360/PS3)
11. Star Ocean 4 (360)
12. Witcher white wolf (360/PS3)
13. Gothic 4 (360/PC/PS3)
14. Dragon Age (360/PC/PS3)
15. Overlord 2 (360/PC/PS3)
16. Resident Evil 5 (360/PC/PS3)
17. Final Fantasy 13vs (PS3, if it comes in 2009)
18. Dungeon Hero (360/PC)
19. Majesty 2 (360/PC)
20. Dawn of Fantasy (360/PC)


The rest 10 in my top 30 most anticipated, are mostly games that may turn out good and even AAAA and are the genre i love (RPG's and WRPG's especially), we do not have much info on a few, but the promise of another amazing huge WRPG is more appealing to me than say another shooter like Gears


21. Age of Pirates: Captain Blood (360/PC)
22. Precursors (360/PC)
23. Black Legion (360)
24. Xavaint Studios RPG (360)
25. Magna Carta 2 (360)
26. Theseis (360/PC)
27. Deus Ex 3 (360/PC/PS3)
28. Demon Soul (PS3)
29. Lord of Shadows (360/PS3)
30. Aliens RPG (360/PC/PS3)

To get an idea of the games i consider top so far and had the most fun with, for my tastes always, here

1.  Fable 2 (360)
2.  Lost Odyssey (360)
3.  Mass Effect (PC/360)
4.  Fallout 3 (PC/PS3/360)
5.  Two Worlds (PC/360)
6.  Oblivion (PC/PS3/360)
7.  Last Remnant (PC/PS3/360)
8.  Tales of Vesperia (360)
9.  Viva Pinata 2 (360)
10. Kameo  (360)
11. Eternal Sonata (PS3/360)
12. Enchated Arms (PS3/360)
13. Infinite Undiscovery (360)
14. Too Human (360)
15. Ninja Gaiden 2 (360)
16. Assassins Creed (PC/PS3/360)
17. Overlord (PC/PS3/360)
18. Blue Dragon (360)
19. Prince of Persia (PC/PS3/360)
20. Lord of the Rings The Battle for Middle Earth 2 (PC/360)

21. Naruto Broken Bond (360)
22. Folklore (PS3)
23. Banjo 3 (360)
24. Bioshock (PC/PS3/360)
25. Dead Space (PC/PS3/360)
26. Dark Messiah Of Might And Magic Elements (PC/360) 
27. Viking Battle For Asgard (PC/PS3/360)  
28. Zelda TP (Wii)
29. Gears 2 (360)
30. Lost Planet (PS3/360)

BTW you asked what can stand up to Gears, Gears 2, or Halo 3

Well, i considering all of Gears 1-2, Halo 3, MGS4, LBP, Killzone 2, Uncharted etc mediocre to bad games, linear and short, those are some of the most indifferent games to me, Gears 2 makes it in my top30 list (#29, nearly last), only because it has some huge monsters, it is the only reason