Fall 2005

I'm in the middle of deciding what I will and won't have money for this fall, and I think I've widdled my list down pretty well. Here's what I'm planning on preordering from EB tomorrow:

PC
Quake 4 - Played it at QuakeCon...wish I were playing it right now. Like a beefed up version of Quake 3 for multiplayer, and the single player vids I've seen over at gametrailers look pretty hot too.

Age of Empires 3 - Huge spread on this in this month's Computer Gaming World. This one takes place in the "new world" between 8 different countries. You can ally with native americans, and beef up your home city in whichever country you come from, allowing them to send you different materials. You build something like a "deck" for your home city a la Magic: The Gathering, and choose different cards based on who you're playing. The mag likened it to a RPGRTS.

Battlefield 2: Special Forces - I'm so incredibly addicted to Battlefield 2 that getting the expansion for it is obvious, I think. Night levels (including nightvision), more weapons, more maps, etc. Zip lines and grappling hooks are gonna be great.


Xbox
Burnout Revenge - This is assuming, of course, that the game isn't announced for an immediate release for Xbox 360. Takedown was the first game in a loooooooooonnnnnng time that I actually played through 99%. That other 1% was signature crashes that I don't feel like getting...


PSP
Burnout Legends - I, like a lot of people, never played Burnout 1 & 2. I like the idea of playing through the maps from those with the Takedown gameplay, and I especially like the idea of having a good racer wherever I go.

Madden '06 - Yeah, I didn't get it for Xbox or PS2. Football on the go is gonna be great, and infrastructure mode makes it that much better. I can't say the voice support in Live was ever all that great on NFL 2k5, so I'm definitely not gonna miss it here.


Xbox 360
Perfect Dark Zero - Yeah, the graphics we've seen so far have been fugly, but I've got a feeling this is gonna be a great game. Microsoft is certainly putting their weight behind it for the launch, so hopefully it's every bit as good now as Halo was when it launched with the original Xbox.

Madden '06 - Two versions of Madden in the same year?! Yeah. I want football on the go, but I can't pass up the prettiness that'll be Madden on 360. I also want to be able to play the game with friends whenever they come over, so there's that excuse too...

I might end up with another 360 game, it just depends on my budget. Games that I'll beg to receive at Xmas will be: Kameo (360), NBA Live 06 or NBA 2k6 (360), Need for Speed: Most Wanted (360), NBA Live 06 (PSP), F.E.A.R. (PC), Call of Duty 2 (PC or 360), and NHL 2k6 (360).

Warning: this list is subject to change at anytime. :p

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Originally Posted by Schlep

Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess - Honestly, who isn't getting this? Watching the videos, I can't believe it's actually the Gamecube doing those graphics.

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It's been delayed until next year.. or are you seriously talking about what you're gonna play next year? Is it 2006 already? I can't tell anymore..

Has it really? Guess I'm out of the loop on Gamecube...Went back and took it off the list. :cry:

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Is it 2006 already? I can't tell anymore..

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Guess I can't either. :lol: Changed...

XBox:

NHL 2K6. I really wish there was a TNL league going.

Matrix Path of Neo: I love the movies and I know I'm going to love this game.

Other than these 2, whatever else looks interesting. No Zelda:TTP for me though, I've always hated the 3D Zelda games. Could never get into them.

Dragon Warrior 8.

And probably God of War or whatever else decides to drop in price.

Shining Force Neo, the Kingdom Under Fire sequel, and whatever is cheap around then.

Genji (cause it's pretty)
Dragon Quest VIII
MGS3 Subsistence (haven't played MGS3 yet)
Zelda: Twilight Princess
Ninja Gaiden Black
Castlevania Curse of Darkness (if it don't suck none)

I'm sure there's more, but I'm sleepy and this coffee isn't helping much.

Only game I've been willing to buy is Zelda:Twilight Princess and that has been delayed so I'm not buying shit.

Burnout Legends, Burnout Takedown, F.E.A.R. that's about it.

The only games I'm interested in buying this year are Ninja Gaiden Black and Burnout: Revenge for Xbox. I was contemplating holding out for the Xbox 360 version of Revenge, but I've decided to wait until March or later (depending on when Splinter Cell 4 comes out) before buying the 360. I was also planning on buying Twilight Princess this year, but Nintendo delayed that to March 2006.

There are a couple of games that I missed, so I might pick these up if they're cheap and I have free time.

Resident Evil 4
God of War
Star Wars: KotR
Jade Empire
Donkey Kong Jungle Beat

It doesn't look like the DS will drop to $100 later this year, so I'll hold off on getting that system unless Mario Kart DS Online is the shiznit. I'll only get the PSP if it drops to $200 and the hackers figure out how to hack the 2.0 firmware (yes, bandit, I'm aware that they didn't even hack 1.51 and I should get the 1.50 system now, but I don't have $250+ to spend at the moment).

Oh yeah, and Gunstar Super Heroes for the GBA if the reviews are good.

Great thread. I always enjoy looking forward to see what is coming. Here's my list for September through December:

DS

Lunar: Dragon Song (Ubi Soft, 09/20)
Lost in Blue (Konami, 09/27)
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow (Konami, 10/04)
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (Capcom, 10/17)
Metroid Prime: Hunters (Nintendo, 10/17)
Mario Kart DS (Nintendo, 11/07)
Metroid Pinball (Nintendo 11/07)
Viewtiful Joe DS (Capcom (11/08)
Sonic Rush (Sega, 11/15)
Animal Crossing (Nintendo, 11/21)
Mario & Luigi 2 (Nintendo, 11/21)


GameCube

Battalion Wars (Nintendo 09/19)
Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance (Nintendo 10/17)
Super Mario Strikers (Nintendo 11/15)


PC

Quake IV (Activision, 10/11)
F.E.A.R. (Vivendi, 10/18)
Star Wars: Battlefront II (LucasArts, 10/31)
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (2K, 11/01)


PlayStation 2

Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves (Sony, 09/27)
Suikoden Tactics (Konami, 11/08)
Metal Gear Solid 3: Substinance (Konami, 11/14)
Okami (Capcom, 11/14)


PSP

Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories (Rockstar, 10/24)
Metal Gear Acid 2 (Konami, 11/15)


Xbox

NHL 2K6 (2K, 09/06)
Ninja Gaiden Black (Tecmo, 09/20)
Capcom Classics Collection (Capcom, 09/27)
Call of Cthulhu (2K, 10/10)
Samurai Shodown V (SNK, 10/15)
Jaws Unleashed (Majesco, 10/25)
Castlevania: Curse of Darkness (Konami, 11/08)


Xbox 360

NHL 2K6 (2K)
Project Gotham Racing 3 (Microsoft)
Ridge Racer 6 (Namco)

The DS massacres everything else for the rest of 2005. Wow.

I'm one of those types of guys who makes lists of everything, and updates it regularly. So, this is gonna be pretty big:

XBOX:
Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth (September 1st, 2005)
Hitman: Blood Money (December 1st, 2005)
Freedom Fighters 2 (Q4 2005)
The Suffering 2: Ties That Bind (September 24th, 2005)
Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel without a Pulse (Q3 2005)
JAWS (October 19th, 2005)
Evil Dead: Regeneration (September 1st, 2005)
Burnout: Revenge (September 20th, 2005)
From Russia With Love (November 1st, 2005)
Bully (October 24th, 2005)
The Warriors (October 17th, 2005)
Samurai Shodown V (October 17th, 2005)
Ninja Gaiden Black (September 1st, 2005)
Capcom Classics Collection (September 26th, 2005)
Fable: The Lost Chapters (2005)
Star Wars: Battlefront II (November 1st, 2005)

PS2:
Ratchet: Deadlocked (November 11th, 2005)
Okami (November 1st, 2005)
Shadow of the Colossus (September 20th, 2005)
Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence (2005)
We Love Katamari! (September 6th, 2005)
Radiata Stories (September 6th, 2005)

GCN:
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (2005)
Megaman X Collection (November 12th, 2005)
Battalion Wars (September 1st, 2005)
Fire Emblem (Q3 2005)

PC:
Missing: The 13th Victim (Q3 2005)

Okay, couple of things to mention. First, just because a game is on this list doesn't necessarily mean I'm going to buy it, just that I'm interested and keeping my eye on it. Second, the release dates I update on occasion, but since those are really so fluid I don't make it a habit.

I swear to God g0zen is bizarro Yoshi. Everything he does is equal but opposite. :D

That is pretty crazy, I must admit.

Here is what I am probably going to buy:

PS2
(August 30, 2005) Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga 2
(September 6, 2005) Radiata Stories
(September 6, 2005) We ♥ Katamari
(September 20, 2005) Genji: Dawn of the Samurai
(October 18, 2005) Shadow of the Colossus

Xbox
(September 6, 2005) Indigo Prophecy
(September 26, 2005) The Suffering: Ties That Bind
(October 17, 2005) Half-Life 2
(November 2005) City of the Dead

GC
(November 2005) Chibi Robo
(November 2005) Odama

DS
(October 4, 2005) Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
(November 21, 2005) Animal Crossing DS
(November 2005) Trauma Center: Under the Knife
(December 31, 2005) Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney

I pretty much have every game DiffX hates on my list! :)

Why do I hate one of them and love the other?

Only two games: Castlevania and Half-Life 2 for Xbox.

I haven't made a list in a while and my memory is kind of spotty on what's coming out, but here's what I can remember that I want to pick up for the rest of this year:
Dragon Quest 8 (PS2)
Mario Kart (DS)
Animal Crossing (Maybe) (DS)
Lunar (DS)
Trace Memory (DS)
Mario and Luigi Super Star Saga 2 (DS)
New Super Mario Bros (If it makes it out this year) (DS)
Shadow of the Colossus (Forgot that was coming out already. O_O) (PS2)
Kingdom Hearts 2 (PS2)

I'm on kind of a tight budget right now, so I probably won't actually buy a lot of those, just rent them maybe. I so damn wish the DS used a memory card so I could save my information. :-P I also just ordered Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan! for the DS last week, so hopefully the next DS game I buy is Mario Kart. ^_^

Crap all your lists just merged with my list to make a super-mega-evolved list that has even greater attack power!

Basically every RPG/SRPG for whatever system is on my list until my wallet decides to file for bankruptcy + RE4 on PS2 so I can compare it to the Cube. Oh yeah, guess I need to buy as DS too for Lunar. Crap.

ssb

Well since Zelda isn't coming out, Okami gets bumped up to top spot.

Then a buncha DS stuff, and that's about it. When does Shadow of the Colossus come out? That and We Love Katamari are getting bought. Wow, PS2 purchases, how rare.

Okami(PS2)
Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion(PC)
Dreamfall: The Longest Journey(PC)
Gunstar Super Heroes(GBA)
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow(DS)
Shadow of the Colossus(PS2)
Sonic Rush(DS)
Indigo Prophecy(PC)

Castlevania.

Both of them.

I won't even buy 1/4 of this:

DS

Metroid Prime: Hunters
Castlevania - Dawn of Sorrow
Advance Wars: Dual Strike
Lost in Blue
Gunstar Superheroes
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attourney
Mario Kart DS
Sigma Star Saga
Trauma Center: Under the Knife
Real Time Conflict: Shogun

Xbox

Ninja Gaiden Black

Gamecube

Battalion Wars
Chaos Field
Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance

PS2

Shadow of the Colossus
Soul Calibur III
Dragon Quest VIII
Capcom Classics Collection
The Warriors
Fatal Frame III
Suikoden Tactics

Xbox 360

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
Ridge Racer 6
Frame City Killer
NBA 2K6
Madden 06
Project Gotham Racing 3
Perfect Dark Zero
Dead or Alive 4

Burnout Revenge and SSX 4.

Other than gifts (Animal Crossing and Harvest Moon:AWL), I plan on buying Atelier Iris, Tales on GC, and some PS2 GH titles.

If I buy a DS or get one as a gift (unlikely), I'll get Phoenix Wright, Dig Dug, and maybe a few others.

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Originally Posted by g0zen

Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth (September 1st, 2005)

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I'm glad someone mentioned this. Cthulhu and KUF:Heroes are pretty much the last of the games I want from this generation.

Animal Crossing DS, Sonic Rush, Metroid Prime Hunters, Mario Kart DS, CastleVania: Dawn of Sorrow, PGR 3, RR 6, and Okami are the only ones I can think of now.

We all know the Zelda delay will eventually lead to a complete cancellation.

[DS]
-"New" Super Mario Bros. (if it makes 2005)
-Super Princess Peach
-Pheonix Wright: Ace Attorney
-Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
-Lunar: Dragon Song
-Animal Crossing (I didn't like the GC one, but the DS one has my interest. Animal Crossing seems like it'd be a much better portable game than a console game, and the online play is the one thing that could make the game remotely enjoyable)
-Mario Kart DS

[GBA]
-Gunstar Super Heroes

[PS2]
-We Love Katamari
-Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistance
-Okami
-Shadow of the Colossus

Nintendo DS:
Nintendogs - I don't know why, but I NEED to get this game. It just looks like so much fun! *shrugs and hides*
Animal Crossing DS - This is like... GOTY 2005 for me. I have no doubt that this will be everything I hope for and more. Hell, it has the name "Animal Crossing". It is guaranteed to be my favorite game of 2005.
Castlevania DS - I am getting this game purely on the hype surrounding it. I only ever played one Castlevania, and it was the original GBA launch title. I thought it was enjoyable, but nothing like "OMG GREATEST SERIES OF MY LIFEEEE!!!" good.
Advance Wars DS - Same as above. People say this game can get really intense, and I love competetive games.

I'm interested in

Shadow of the Colossus
Okami
Trapt
Indigo Prophecy
Gunstar Super Heroes
We <3 Katamari

And kind of Dragon Quest 8, but I doubt I'll be up for that undertaking.

Damn, that's a lot. That's more games than I've probably bought in the last year and a half.

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Originally Posted by NeoZeedeater

Dreamfall: The Longest Journey(PC)

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Agh, really? This is fall too?

Quake 4
Taito Memories Gekan
Raiden III (PS2)
Star Soldier (PSP) - Just ordered
Capcom Classics Collection
KOF NeoWave

Oblivion(pc, the way god intended)
ookami(ps2)
city of villians(pc)
hellgate:london(pc)
animal crossing (ds)
fable lost chapters(x-box)
dungeon siege 2(pc, fighting myself on this, the demo is fun and it seems much deeper than 1, but its still pretty linear and im unsure about how long it will hold my interest)
and thats about it, nothing on the 360 looks to be a system seller except for an inferior version of oblivion(and before you all jump on me, no moddability for the morrowind modding community=inferior.), so no dice till some better stuff hits.

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Oblivion(pc, the way god intended)

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:lol:

Gunstar Super Heroes
Soul Calibur III
SSX On Tour.

That's more than enough for the next year, but I'll most likely end up buying more anyways. *sigh*

I want to get a new computer, and Age of Empires III. I could then play games like Half-Life 2 again and maybe even play it online. Also, the Rome Total War expansion.

But I may not do that, might just want to save my money.

Just got back from EB a bit ago. Preordered everything on the list except for the BF2 expansion; it wasn't in their computer yet. diff...you should definitely get a new computer with AoE 3...

Castlevania DS
Advance Wars DS
A DS to play the above on
Okami
Shadow of the Collossus
We <3 Katamari
Kingdom Hearts 2 (though that probably won't make this year)
Fire Emblem GC
Burnout: Takedown
SSX On Tour
Megaman X Collection
Gunstar Super Heroes

Though, the above games that will cost $40 or more, I'll only get if Fry's is having a good sale on them. Otherwise, I can hold out for price drops.