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'Tis the Season
December 7th 2006, 17:39 CET by Chunkstyle What are you buying, what did you ask for, what do you expect you'll actually get? Are you filled with tidings of comfort and joy, or are you Scrooging out this year? Do you know the true meaning of Christmas, or does Linus have to preach at you one more time? |
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Okay then, since Bob has disagreed, that makes it official! Oblivion is GOTY! |
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Merry Christmas, PlanetCrap. Shouldn't the best games of '06 discussion wait until '06 is over? -chris |
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Is anything of note yet to be released? Wii
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GOTY: Shadow of the Colossus. Half-life 2: Episode 1. I don't go there to hurt you
I just go there and sit down to read but this heart conspired against me went and ripped itself free |
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What else is coming out? I imagine the dev/pubs trying to make the Christmas season have done so, or pushed back to 1Q of 2007. |
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I can only think of Xbox 360 games at the moment, of which the best are Burnout Revenge, Dead Rising, and Saints Row. As masterful as Saints Row is, Dead Rising probably tops it. Dead Rising is a cinch for GOTY. Wii
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College Hoops 2K7 and Elebits are the only big releases I'm aware of for December. And they're barely major. Actually, the liberalism of the media - as a general thing - IS a major fallacy. What the media is, is a whore. -LP Johnsen Family
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Merry Christmas Dick! |
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Dead Rising: so good that fifteen minutes of the demo prevented me from buying it, or even playing it ever again. -chris |
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Definitely GOTY. Wii
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I'd pick Gears over dead rising as goty, and i wouldn't pick gears as goty unless there was nothing else worth playing. |
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I vote mgns for president. Actually I think those two are part of my lifetime awards Best Eeeevar games, nothing better pops to mind right now. 360-related there's only GoW for me. Yeah Dead Rising is also a nominee, but GoW and its coop+multiplayer tops it easily. Pro Laudo Verum.
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Okami might have been close to GOTY if it weren't so long. Also, if they fixed the brush system. Lady, people aren't chocolates. But you know what they are, mostly? Bastards. Bastard-coated bastards with bastard filling.
Blog. 198 lbs. 18 to go. |
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*disclaimer: Have only tried demo of Dead Rising. Once again a lack of experience doesn't prevent me from joining discussions. Pro Laudo Verum.
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Dead Rising never clicked for me. Too difficult for its own good. Love Gears of War, though, and I'm liking Rainbow 6: Vegas. Drow are elves but evil. And you know they are evil because of their black skin, and because they are run by women. --Foodbunny
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Okami might have been close to GOTY if it weren't so long. Also, if they fixed the brush system. Okami might have been close to GOTY is if didn't suck balls. |
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Ok, my GOTY list: Action: Gears of War RPG: TES - Oblivion Expansion: Half-Life 2 Episode One Strategy: didn't play any strat games this year Sports: NBA 2K7 Puzzle/Board: Explorers Online at games.asobrain.com (it's Settlers of Catan with a different name) Overall: Oblivion just beats out Ep One due mainly to length factors. Game I'm most glad I stopped playing before meeting my girlfriend: World of Warcraft Worst camera use in an otherwise great game: Lego Star Wars II -chris |
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Okami isn't due in Europe until next year. I've only heard good things about it, so I'll probably get that. If I do, it'll expand my PS2 library to an even four titles. Not bad, considering I don't even own the damn console. I don't go there to hurt you
I just go there and sit down to read but this heart conspired against me went and ripped itself free |
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Lego Star Wars II was awesome. Multiplayer GOTY. Actually, the liberalism of the media - as a general thing - IS a major fallacy. What the media is, is a whore. -LP Johnsen Family
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Squeaky's taste in games is notoriously bad, so you can safely ignore his Okami comments. Drow are elves but evil. And you know they are evil because of their black skin, and because they are run by women. --Foodbunny
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Agreed on Lego Star Wars 2. Awesome game. Lady, people aren't chocolates. But you know what they are, mostly? Bastards. Bastard-coated bastards with bastard filling.
Blog. 198 lbs. 18 to go. |
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Lego Star Wars II is more frustrating than fun. It is overlong and repetitive. |
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If you play it by yourself, sure. Lady, people aren't chocolates. But you know what they are, mostly? Bastards. Bastard-coated bastards with bastard filling.
Blog. 198 lbs. 18 to go. |
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Hmmm... Game of the year is such a tough call. Instead I'll my games of the year and go with that. Games of Year (in no particular order): Company of Heroes. Oblivion Gears of War Episode One Beyond that I played Madden 07 a lot, but I wouldn't put it up for game of the year. Too many things off and the menu system actively hates me. And the same with NWN2. I've played it a lot and I will play it more, but if it wasn't a D&D RPG, I would probably be kicking myself for buying it right now. |
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No, I agree with G-Man.. it's VERY repetitive. It's a platform game wrapped up with coop and star wars. While that means it isn't all bad, it definitely isn't game of the year material. |
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While we're listing stuff. Album of the year; Tool's 10,000 days, Red Hot Chili's Stadium Arcadium, Springsteens's We shall overcome, Woven Hand's Mosaic. In that order. Did I miss any significant releases? I don't go there to hurt you
I just go there and sit down to read but this heart conspired against me went and ripped itself free |
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I'm going to ask for a 360 wireless headset, and a buddy has hinted a 360 webcam thing may be turning up. Since I have a bunch of games to swap, I'll probably pick up Rainbow Six and Viva Pinata this weekend, not that I'll have much time to play them between now and Christmas. I'd quite like a DS lite, but I think that's probably too expensive to ask for a single present. As for GOTY, it's got to be Gears of War for me, just because the multiplayer pushes it that much further ahead than the otherwise undoubtedly excellent Oblivion. I couldn't persist with Dead Rising because of the many features that conflicted with my play-style and time constraints. |
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You can beat Lego Star Wars II by yourself in like six hours ... But it's certainly not GOTY. It's "video game to play with your girlfriend who doesn't play video games and has a hard time with the controls" of the year. Because it's simple, it's reasonably fun, and it can be played in small slices. -chris |
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What possible use is a wireless headset for the 360? Unless you're going to get that keyboardy doodad also? |
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It's "video game to play with your girlfriend who doesn't play video games and has a hard time with the controls" of the year. Because it's simple, it's reasonably fun, and it can be played in small slices. Exactly. It's perfect. Actually, the liberalism of the media - as a general thing - IS a major fallacy. What the media is, is a whore. -LP Johnsen Family
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Well, it's not essential, certainly. But it's a pleasant luxury not to have a wire dangling off you, nor having to take the headset off when you put the controller down, etc. |
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Why would you want the headset on when you're not holding the controller? Since the controller is wireless, I'm confused by the whole idea. I'll keep my wired headset.... |
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I have no idea what to ask for for Christmas. Clothes, I guess. Lady, people aren't chocolates. But you know what they are, mostly? Bastards. Bastard-coated bastards with bastard filling.
Blog. 198 lbs. 18 to go. |
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Some people don't like to take their controller into the bathroom, but DO like to talk while in there. |
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So I can go and get another beer from the fridge and pour it into a pint glass? Plenty of times I've been sitting in a lobby waiting and wanted to put down the controller to do something else. It's not like it's a hardship to take off the headset, but, nonetheless, a wire connecting you with something else is cumbersome, so why not get rid of it? |
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Dead Rising can't be GOTY, with the stupid save system and the unreadable text. Although it's worked it's way out of my system shockingly quickly, I'm going to have to go with Gears of War. I've heard good things about Viva Pinata but haven't played it. Album of the year is Return to Cookie Mountain, by TV On The Radio. |
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note to self: do not play xbox live with lwf -chris |
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Do tell! Drow are elves but evil. And you know they are evil because of their black skin, and because they are run by women. --Foodbunny
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Ahh, sitting at home. Alone. Drinking. Playing video games. Lady, people aren't chocolates. But you know what they are, mostly? Bastards. Bastard-coated bastards with bastard filling.
Blog. 198 lbs. 18 to go. |
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Thanks to my four housemates, I am almost never alone, even if I am playing computer games whilst drinking myself ito a stupour. A mixed blessing. |
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I was at a TV on the Radio concert a few weeks ago. I can't see it as likely that they somehow released the album of the year. Their lead guitarist definitely looks like Spike Lee with big hair, though. -chris |
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#49 Greg Ah. Color me dense. Drow are elves but evil. And you know they are evil because of their black skin, and because they are run by women. --Foodbunny
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I have no idea what to ask for for Christmas. Clothes, I guess. Yeah, me neither. I told my mom I can use some more golf shirts and one or two dress shirts, but other than that it's all books and videogames. And I still haven't played some of the games I got last Christmas. Really, I'd like to just stop with the gift-giving aspect of Christmas, because I don't want anything anymore. Or at least, most of the things I do want and haven't bought yet are over $1000. You are a fucking tard, bago. -Greg
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RPG: TES - Oblivion Expansion: Half-Life 2 Episode One [...] Overall: Oblivion just beats out Ep One due mainly to length factors. QFT*... with honorable mentions going to Frets on Fire (memory leaks be damned!) (*btw quoting - I caved in and bought myself a G15 for Christmas. I look forward to not having to type tags ever again.) Lies! Subterfuge! Seething corruption!
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Really, I'd like to just stop with the gift-giving aspect of Christmas, because I don't want anything anymore. I've achieved this wonderous state of Zen. I talked to my Dad last year and we agreed that giving presents among the adults was a retarded waste of time and money so that's over with. My wife and I have agreed to not get anything for each other (although we have free license to buy one semi-expensive thing each that we really want, instead). It's awesome. Enjoy your consumption induced shopping rush, suckers! |
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I like buying stuff for people for Christmas, and I like Christmas morning. It only becomes annoying when there are questions as to what to get. If I have a list and can easily fly through it, shopping during this season is a joke. Due to some of my family's financials, we're doing a full on pollyanna (thanks to JJZ for pointing out that that's a regional term and otherwise known as secret santa), so I don't have much to get, and I won't be spending a lot on doing so. So I'll be like Warren and buy a semi-expensive thing for me. A new car. |^^^^^^^^^^^^ |||__
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With the house and other shitfuckery that's been going on, christmas is non existant for us this year (aside from rebuying everything with the insurance money). Not that it's a big deal, there is absolutely nothing I can think of that I'd like to get. |
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Christmas gift-giving facilitates my entire (nuclear) family getting together on Christmas morning, talking and laughing, unwrapping stuff, cooking and eating breakfast, and generally having a great time. I like my family more than I like nearly all other human beings in the world, and we all enjoy spending that time together. So it's worth it. -chris |
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Buying stuff this year has wound up with us spending quite a bit, but I have neices and nephews and what not to buy for. Greedy little bastards. Lady, people aren't chocolates. But you know what they are, mostly? Bastards. Bastard-coated bastards with bastard filling.
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