TNL's GotM: September 2006

[Andy]

Previous entries:
August 2006: TBD
July 2006: Prey [360, PC]
June 2006: Tie: Half-Life 2: Episode 1 [PC] / Street Fighter Alpha Anthology [PS2]
May 2006 - New Super Mario Bros. [DS]
March 2006 - Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion [360, PC]

Really great month, one of the first where I've really had to weight each option. Finally the releases are starting to pick up.

Anyway, for me, Yakuza, Okami, and Company of Heroes were the big hitters this month. About halfway through Okami, and with admittedly only a little play so far in CoH, I'm still going to have to give my vote to Yakuza. Even with all of it's faults, it really sucked me in with it's atmosphere like few games have this gen, and while Okami is proving to be an excellent title as well, and I'm pretty certain of CoH's excellence, Yakuza is the game I'll probably remember most.

[Tain]

Okami's cool, but Yakuza all the way.

[Korly]

Why wasn't Doom a choice? Well, I picked LSWII 'cause I haven't played Okami or Yakuza yet.

Also, I liked Rule of Rose this month.

[sethsez]

The only game I picked up was Pokemon Mystery Dungeon because I was in the mood for a roguelike that's not as punishing as NetHack.

Of course, I didn't know that the final dungeon is 99 floors, reverts you to level one, takes away all your money and items, makes you go in solo and saves before you enter so you can't cheese your way out of it by resetting the system. But hey.

[Chux]

Doom - XBLA.

[marwan]

Okami's cool, but Yakuza all the way.

yakuza is better than Okami? i'm playing Okami at the moment, and besides the cool paint brush graphics, i dont see what's so special about it. over-rated? i'm getting so bored of it already!

if Yakuza is that good, then i will have to check it out.

[MechDeus]

Still haven't played VP2 yet. Same goes for Megaman but I doubt that stands a chance at beating out Okami, Yakuza, and VP2.

Yakuza was really good overall, and while the gameplay dragged on by the end the finale was pretty awesome. I think I'll hold off voting at least until I've finished Okami, because that game is also awesome and has yet to slow down for me.

[Bacon McShig]

I'm around 5 or 6 hours into both Okami and Yakuza, and although they're enjoyable, I could sorta take 'em or leave 'em at this point.

I've enjoyed Rocket Slime and Loco Roco much more than those games thus far. I gave Rocket Slime the nod, as it can be enjoyed in long or short bursts where LR is strictly a 'play 2 or 3 stages then set it down' affair.

Megaman's also good, but man, that map.

[Diff-chan]

Okami or Yakuza? Man I'll be making that decision when I'm picking my GOTY, not now. Abstain.

[Opaque]

Even though I only have about ten minutes of experience playing Okami at Gamestop, I already know I'm going to like it more than anything else which came out this month.