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General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: Himu on November 28, 2008, 09:37:17 PM

Title: Help me pick my next next gen game purchase
Post by: Himu on November 28, 2008, 09:37:17 PM: I'm not sure what next gen game I should get next. I played Mirrors Edge and beat it at my cousin's this week. But that leaves PoP, Fallout 3, Fable 2, TLR, Valkyria, and MGS4.

I'm going to only make two more game purchases the rest of this year: Persona 4 and one more. Cast your votes.
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Post by: ch1nchilla on November 28, 2008, 09:40:28 PM: Valkyria would be my choice.
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Post by: Bebpo on November 28, 2008, 09:43:29 PM: Knowing you I'd go with TLR. Not that I've played more than 5 mins of it yet, but everyone says it's a fantastic jrpg and that's your kind of thing.
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Post by: fistfulofmetal on November 28, 2008, 09:46:14 PM: MGS4, you dumb bastard.
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Post by: recursivelyenumerable on November 28, 2008, 09:46:55 PM: Yeah but Himu hated both Romancing Saga PS2 and FF12. Since those seem to be the biggest influences on TLR I dunno if it's a good recommendation for him.
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Post by: Himu on November 28, 2008, 09:47:18 PM: Quote from: Bebpo on November 28, 2008, 09:43:29 PM
Knowing you I'd go with TLR. Not that I've played more than 5 mins of it yet, but everyone says it's a fantastic jrpg and that's your kind of thing.

I like any genre though, so that makes little sense. Plus I'm kinda tired of jrpgs. Persona 4 and CT is all I need the rest of the year.
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Post by: Human Snorenado on November 28, 2008, 09:47:35 PM: Quote from: fistfulofmetal on November 28, 2008, 09:46:14 PM
MGS4, you dumb bastard.

That's not a game.
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Post by: Himu on November 28, 2008, 09:48:13 PM: I'm leaning on Fallout 3 tbqh

Either that or PoP.
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Post by: Human Snorenado on November 28, 2008, 09:49:49 PM: Get Fallout 3, play a real manly man's rpg Himumu. I say this even though I'm really looking forward to P4. When I get my 360 after Crimmus I plan on getting Fallout 3 and Tales of Vesperia.
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Post by: Himu on November 28, 2008, 09:50:52 PM: Question for those who have played Fallout 3. I am a big Fallout 1 fan, how would I like it? Is it true to the Fallout name or is just thrown on the box? I haven't enjoyed a game Bethesda has made yet so I'm wary, but optimistic I'll enjoy it at the same time due to the name on the box.

As for MGS4, well, all the 4's I've played this year unless they're fucking remakes (FFIV, DQIV) have been disappointing. I'm not in a rush to play MGS4 yet for fear it'll turn out like Devil May Cry 4, Grand Theft Auto IV, and Ace Attorney 4.
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Post by: Arbys Roast Beef Sandwich on November 28, 2008, 10:00:10 PM: Fallout 3 is 40 on Amazon today. Do it himu, I know I did. :-*
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Post by: Van Cruncheon on November 28, 2008, 10:06:59 PM: valkyria
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Post by: Great Rumbler on November 28, 2008, 10:11:55 PM: Quote from: Himuro on November 28, 2008, 09:50:52 PM
Question for those who have played Fallout 3. I am a big Fallout 1 fan, how would I like it? Is it true to the Fallout name or is just thrown on the box? I haven't enjoyed a game Bethesda has made yet so I'm wary, but optimistic I'll enjoy it at the same time due to the name on the box.

It has some throwbacks to the earlier games and one recurring character, but it's definitely Bethesda's Fallout 3 so don't go in expecting a similar experience to the previous games. It still suffers from some of the same problems that have plagued past Bethesda games, but it's far superior to Oblivion in pretty much every way.
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Post by: y2kev on November 28, 2008, 10:26:30 PM: Valkyria.
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Post by: Joe Molotov on November 28, 2008, 10:31:20 PM: Fallout 3 will put hair on your chest.
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Post by: Himu on November 28, 2008, 10:41:30 PM: but my chest is already hairy
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Post by: AdmiralViscen on November 28, 2008, 10:46:19 PM: Valkyria
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Post by: BlackMage on November 28, 2008, 10:47:27 PM: Valkyria.
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Post by: y2kev on November 28, 2008, 10:48:18 PM: Well we've voted on valkyria so himu should now pick up tlr or something
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Post by: Himu on November 28, 2008, 10:55:54 PM: what is great about valkyria, I haven't paid attention to it and want to support it because it has sega on the box and looks good.
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Post by: Jansen on November 28, 2008, 10:56:00 PM: fallout 3

shit like valkyria can wait because a) it's not as good as fallout 3 and b) it'll hit bomba pricing relatively soon

itt gigantic japafags converge
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Post by: Greatness Gone on November 28, 2008, 10:57:20 PM: Don't get Fallout 3. It's an even trashier version of the trashy game Oblivion covered in a thick layer of trashy ho.

Get Prince of Persia because J is going to star in the movie version.
Title: Re: Help me pick my next next gen game purchase
Post by: Van Cruncheon on November 28, 2008, 11:04:25 PM: Quote from: Himuro on November 28, 2008, 10:55:54 PM
what is great about valkyria, I haven't paid attention to it and want to support it because it has sega on the box and looks good.

created by former overworks staff

has vyse and aika as recruitable characters

wholly unique and spectacularly polish take on the srpg genre, set in an original world

better than the other animu pap you adore
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Post by: Himu on November 28, 2008, 11:05:07 PM: Quote from: Professor Prole on November 28, 2008, 11:04:25 PM
Quote from: Himuro on November 28, 2008, 10:55:54 PM
what is great about valkyria, I haven't paid attention to it and want to support it because it has sega on the box and looks good.

created by former overworks staff

has vyse and aika as recruitable characters

wholly unique and spectacularly polish take on the srpg genre, set in an original world

better than the other animu pap you adore

but you play more animu pap than i do!
Title: Re: Help me pick my next next gen game purchase
Post by: Mr. Gundam on November 28, 2008, 11:08:26 PM: Valkyria. Support Sega making a good decision for once.

Prince of Persia will be $25 by the end of January.
Title: Re: Help me pick my next next gen game purchase
Post by: Van Cruncheon on November 28, 2008, 11:09:33 PM: i play more GAMES than you

and while i enjoy animu pap, i don't ADORE it (see: suikoden, any ff game)

and i don't like shenmue
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Post by: Jansen on November 28, 2008, 11:10:06 PM: he should support the better game and get fallout 3
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Post by: y2kev on November 28, 2008, 11:10:35 PM: instead we should play shenmue again!

page scenster, eb is going mue
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Post by: Himu on November 28, 2008, 11:11:25 PM: omg shenmue
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Post by: Van Cruncheon on November 28, 2008, 11:12:04 PM: you don't play shenmue

you fight its shit controls while wondering how many painkillers it would take to usher you into death's embrace
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Post by: Mr. Gundam on November 28, 2008, 11:12:15 PM: Quote from: Wicked Laharl on November 28, 2008, 11:10:06 PM
he should support the better game and get fallout 3

Tons of people, myself included, bought Fallout 3. MORE people need to buy Valkyria.
Title: Re: Help me pick my next next gen game purchase
Post by: Himu on November 28, 2008, 11:12:49 PM: omg cheeseburgers with chainsaws and flirting with big, muscular American sailors

omg
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Post by: Van Cruncheon on November 28, 2008, 11:14:07 PM: valkyria has both of those AND is an actual good game
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Post by: Himu on November 28, 2008, 11:15:17 PM: valkyria has cheeseburgers AND sailors?

you're shitting me
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Post by: Van Cruncheon on November 28, 2008, 11:15:29 PM: nope
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Post by: Junpei the Tracer! on November 28, 2008, 11:17:21 PM: Drinky destroying my dreams :'(
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Post by: Jansen on November 28, 2008, 11:18:13 PM: Quote from: distantmantra on November 28, 2008, 11:12:15 PM

Tons of people, myself included, bought Fallout 3.

and all of those people made the best possible game purchasing decision of fall 08 even if they don't realize it.

Quote
MORE people need to buy Valkyria.

sure, but only after they buy the better game (fallout 3) first
Title: Re: Help me pick my next next gen game purchase
Post by: Himu on November 28, 2008, 11:19:20 PM: wicked laharl what's so great about Fallout 3? I'm watching the GT review for the first time in a few moments.

I have paid very little attention to game reviews and game impressions this fall.
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Post by: Mr. Gundam on November 28, 2008, 11:19:58 PM: Quote from: Green Shinobi on November 28, 2008, 11:18:55 PM
A man shouldn't take NPDs into account when making his purchases.

Fallout 3 all the way. Best murder simulator ever.

I don't give a shit about NPDs, I want a Valkyria 2, and the only way that happens is if people show an interest in the first one and buy it.
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Post by: Himu on November 28, 2008, 11:20:43 PM: It bombed in Japan didn't it :-\
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Post by: y2kev on November 28, 2008, 11:20:51 PM: It's pretty good. I mean, if you like Oblivion, you'll like Fallout, and if you hate Oblivion, you might like Fallout.

Valkyria is really great though. It has one of the best casts and some of the freshest gameplay in an SRPG...or any RPG...in a while. You really can't differ more than FO3 and VC though.

distant: there's hope. they, for whatever reason, are making an animu and im sure they'll want to tie in another game. and it's kind of ps2+, so if it sells like 400k worldwide it should turn a profit.
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Post by: Himu on November 28, 2008, 11:22:54 PM: I haven't liked an srpg substantially this entire decade. Almost all the srpgs I play that people rave about I have a long list of issues I have with them, particularly Nippon Ichi games, which aren't BAD but aren't really my thing. The one thing that makes me interested in Valkyria is the premise and the people who made the game in the first place. SoA rox.
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Post by: Mr. Gundam on November 28, 2008, 11:23:47 PM: Quote from: Himuro on November 28, 2008, 11:22:54 PM
I haven't liked an srpg substantially this entire decade. Almost all the srpgs I play that people rave about I have a long list of issues I have with them, particularly Nippon Ichi games, which aren't BAD but aren't really my thing. The one thing that makes me interested in Valkyria is the premise and the people who made the game in the first place. SoA rox.

There is a demo for it on the Playstation Store.

Quote from: y2kev on November 28, 2008, 11:20:51 PM
distant: there's hope. they, for whatever reason, are making an animu and im sure they'll want to tie in another game. and it's kind of ps2+, so if it sells like 400k worldwide it should turn a profit.

Yeah, I know about the anime series. I have a feeling that Sega would love to turn Valkyria into their new Sakura Wars-type franchise.
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Post by: Van Cruncheon on November 28, 2008, 11:24:05 PM: it's nothing like a nippon ichi srpg. just dl the demo, fruitcake
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Post by: Himu on November 28, 2008, 11:24:53 PM: My ps3 is on the east coast.

I'll just get Fallout 3 and ask for Valkyria/PoP for Xmas. The end.
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Post by: Jansen on November 28, 2008, 11:30:54 PM: Quote from: Himuro on November 28, 2008, 11:19:20 PM
wicked laharl what's so great about Fallout 3? I'm watching the GT review for the first time in a few moments.

I have paid very little attention to game reviews and game impressions this fall.

VATS, character progression, exploration, bloody mess perk
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Post by: y2kev on November 28, 2008, 11:31:30 PM: nippon ichi :-X
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Post by: Mr. Gundam on November 28, 2008, 11:34:04 PM: Quote from: Professor Prole on November 28, 2008, 11:24:05 PM
it's nothing like a nippon ichi srpg. just dl the demo, fruitcake

Valkyria is like Valkyria. It might be a J-SRPG, but I honestly can't think of any single game that it's like.

Part Gears of Wars, part Sakura Wars, parts of some other games, and ALL AWESOME.
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Post by: y2kev on November 28, 2008, 11:38:15 PM: Some people have said Jagged Alliance.

Btw it's amazing how despite Welkies' and Alicia's appearances, they are not tremendous jrpg doucherags. I can't believe how much I like the cast.

And Isara is hilarious :lol
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Post by: y2kev on November 28, 2008, 11:39:49 PM: Oh and the game has RACISM

RACISM and the HOLOCAUST

How would the holocaust have happened if ultra conservative Japanese managed to apologize for that AND the comfort women all at once? play valkyria to find out!
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Post by: Himu on November 28, 2008, 11:51:26 PM: dammit i'm watchign PoP media now and fuck I'm considering getting this instead of Fallout 3

It looks so amazing
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Post by: recursivelyenumerable on November 29, 2008, 12:01:09 AM: guys, i'm thinking of buying ar tonelico :-[

i wouldn't have even noticed it but i stumbled upon a few music clips on youtube while searching for clips of the band the singer for the chrono cross theme song is in, and they're kind of awesome :-[ and i feel somehow obliged to hear the music in its intended context, however icky it may be, because the lead music composer is also the director/scenario writer/lead designer for the game :o which makes it a little like wagner in how you may not be crazy about the german nationalism espoused in his operas' plots, but you kinda have to go along with it to get the full experience of his music

is there a support group I can go to
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Post by: recursivelyenumerable on November 29, 2008, 12:04:41 AM: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY9BX23YAqY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-gTK0KotuM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJzi2p93igk

i mean jesus christ listen to this
plus the lyrics are in some crazy made-up Klingon language which is 8)
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Post by: y2kev on November 29, 2008, 12:16:20 AM: isnt ar tonelico the game with the anal sex
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Post by: recursivelyenumerable on November 29, 2008, 12:18:19 AM: yes, i believe that's correct
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Post by: Joe Molotov on November 29, 2008, 12:21:14 AM: Quote from: y2kev on November 29, 2008, 12:16:20 AM
isnt ar tonelico the game with the anal sex

You can "dive" into a girl's "port" with your "crystal".
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Post by: tiesto on November 29, 2008, 12:38:53 AM: Valkyria sounds right up your alley, even though I have yet to try it...

:heart SOA :heart
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Post by: MrAngryFace on November 29, 2008, 01:01:51 AM: Valkyria or Fallout 3
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Post by: Olivia Wilde Homo on November 29, 2008, 01:30:21 AM: Anything that has Skies of Arcadia related characters needs to be purchased NOW
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Post by: demi on November 29, 2008, 02:28:44 AM: Valkyria can wait until it's cheap. Why would you buy a SEGA game at full price?

Btw, get Sonic Unleashed.
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Post by: Greatness Gone on November 29, 2008, 02:31:47 AM: ~~JESUS~~ WHITE ALLAH COMMANDS YOU TO PURCHASE THE BETTER GAME.

(http://towleroad.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/jake_gyllenhaal_shirtless_2.jpg)

Fallout 3 is gay as fuck. Absolutely soulless. HORRIBLE GAMEPLAY. Plus, the new prince is the hottest videogame character since Dante.

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Post by: Himu on November 29, 2008, 02:34:37 AM: i'll never be able to watch donnie darko ever again
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Post by: demi on November 29, 2008, 02:53:21 AM: Quote from: Himuro on November 29, 2008, 02:34:37 AM
i'll never be able to watch donnie darko ever again

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Post by: demi on November 29, 2008, 03:03:00 AM: http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&ref%5F=amb%5Flink%5F7797732%5F2&docId=1000208101

Sonic Unleashed for $26 on 360 for today (Deal of the Day)
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Post by: cool breeze on November 28, 2008, 11:01:52 PM: $5 off if you enter UNLEASH5

I'll order tomorrow unless they are out of stock or stop doing the deal
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Post by: Joe Molotov on November 28, 2008, 11:05:12 PM: Last Remnant is $30.
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Post by: FatalT on November 29, 2008, 07:04:32 AM: NBA 09 for PS3 is uh, free except for shipping on Amazon. It's $9.95 right now but if you use the code NBA09PS3 in the checkout it knocks off $10 which makes the game free. I ordered one just for the hell of it.

http://www.amazon.com/NBA-09-Inside-Playstation-3/dp/B001CPBLLE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1227956889&sr=1-1

SCRATCH THAT, DEAL IS DEAD WITHIN AN HOUR.
Title: Re: Help me pick my next next gen game purchase
Post by: Third on November 29, 2008, 09:31:14 AM: Fallout 3 is the first open world wrpg I actually like. Oblivion and Morrowind were total shit.

I'd go with MGS4, POP and Fallout 3.
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Post by: Jansen on November 29, 2008, 02:20:44 PM: Quote from: Jinfash on November 29, 2008, 07:12:29 AM
Oh and leper WickedLaharl. :punch

well people are often mislabeled for telling the truth.