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It's getting towards that expensive time of year again, when loads of games all come out at once. This year though, unless my employment situation changes, I won't be getting all of them - not least because despite a year of dossing I still haven't played all the games I already have.

Here's a list in no particular order, with my thoughts:

Dead Rising 2
The first game, while fun in short bursts, frustrated in equal measure. A no.

F1 2010
As a fan of the sport, and driving games, this is pretty much a must-buy for me.

Sid Meier's Civilization V
I remain to be convinced by this. I did not enjoy IV, though it's fair to say I didn't give it much of a chance, rage-quitting during the tutorial. I'm peculiarly bipolar in this area - I only like JRPGs that are turn-based, yet favour my Western strategy titles in real time. A maybe, but I'm wavering over that buy button in Steam.

Final Fantasy XIV
Another MMO when I'm already playing about three too many isn't really going to happen. Plus I'm still massively pissed off over FFXI - the way we Europlebs got it late, it wasn't on the PS2 and the evil "we delete your chars if you unsub" tactics. Love the series, but no. FFXIII tipped the scales.

Call of Duty: Black Ops
Can't really be arsed. I enjoyed BaCon more that I have any CoD game since UO, which is remarkable since I hated BeeF (and the first Bad Company). This one's from the nobbers who made WaW and thought bringing back the fucking dogs from MoH:AA would be a great idea.

World of Warcraft: Cataclysm
On preorder since July. Not sure why given I so rarely play, the game pretty much ended for me at L80, so this might give me a bit to do, plus I want to see what happens.

Medal of Honor (sic)
Only slightly less not arsed than CoD. Being set in Afghanistan makes it a bit more interesting, calling it a "reboot" of the series make me want to hurt things.

Fallout: New Vegas
I like the game, but partly due to Win7x64 issues I've never really gotten into the DLC I already have. No for now.

Gothic 4: Arcania
I have Gothic II and 3 still unplayed, though I guess spiritually Risen comes after them. That only really filled the drought between Oblivion and Dragon Age, wish I'd gotten into The Witcher earlier. An eye on it.

Football Manager 2011
Inevitably, yes. My own worst enemy on stuff like this.

Lego Universe
I fucking love Lego. My nephew has loads of it and I love building stuff with him. I suck at drawing and most anything else creative, but with Lego I can finally realise the fantastic visions I have all the time in my head. Sadly, without the tactile feel of the actual bricks, this is at best Minecraft with a license. Would like to try it though.

Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit
This has that sort-of "D" icon that appeared with NFS: Shift, indicating its more realistic approach, putting it in the PGR space between arcade and sim racer. While fun to pass the time with, it's hard to get too excited about. A Later.

Fable III
Yet to play the last one, and no real urge to. A no.

True Crime: Hong Kong
I actually liked the earlier games in this series, though a bit like Mafia II and Driver they were like GTA but with not a lot beyond the main missions. Since what differentiated this series from the others was being able to learn martial arts, this looks an ideal setting. If this has a free-roam mode set in a place I'd love to explore, this could be a very interesting title. A wait and see.

Gran Turismo 5
I suppose so, though I'd actually be surprised to see it this year. I own a PS3 so I think it might actually be illegal to not purchase this.

LittleBigPlanet 2
What can this deliver that the bucket-loads of user-created content and DLC cannot? Well, this. Until I saw that I had no interest in this. Dammit.

Atelier Rorona: The Alchemist of Arland
I should really play the existing three PS2 titles in this series I already have, but I doubt I'll be able to resist this one.

I'm in a similar situation, and as I've already mentioned in other areas I'm limiting myself to buying one game a month. Interestingly this hasn't limited my gaming much - I still get on with plenty of my old games, and I'm finding I'm enjoying some of the free/beta stuff like World of Tanks. Of that list I've already pre-downloaded Civ V because it sounds like a refreshing direction for an already great series, and I'll consider Dead Rising 2 off the reviews.

Civ5 is the only one there that remotely interests me, although I won't be buying it having gone off the Civ style turn based strategy thing (my brother otoh is pining already - he's never played anything else since Civilization came out in 1873 )

Holding out for Shogun 2 Total War and Deus Ex: Human Resources

The only one out of that list that I have any interest in is the new medal of honour, only because what I played of the multi player beta was a good laugh. In fact looking on the steam coming soon list, there is only really Brink and Portal 2 coming out in the next 6 months that have got me interested.

FatherJack wrote:Fallout: New Vegas
I like the game, but partly due to Win7x64 issues I've never really gotten into the DLC I already have. No for now.

say wha? Have you actually played it already somehow? Are you talking about Fallout 3?

deject wrote:say wha? Have you actually played it already somehow? Are you talking about Fallout 3?

I'm talking about Fallout 3 and it's DLC, specifically Broken Steel - which I've scarcely played. I can't justify buying (though in truth I'm deliberately looking for reasons not to, given my financial situation) another game in a series I'm only part-way through.

FJ's from the future!

What problems with the DLC were you having? (this might need to be split off to another topic btw)

deject wrote:What problems with the DLC were you having? (this might need to be split off to another topic btw)

FatherJack wrote:
Fallout: New Vegas
I like the game, but partly due to Win7x64 issues I've never really gotten into the DLC I already have. No for now.

That's hardly very descriptive.

Medal of honour (not my fault they spell it wrong) was great fun in the beta. A mix of cod and baconz and mighty purty.

Negro COD, it's treyarch but I'll probably give it a go. Hopefully I'll not regret it.

Cattyjism, I need to buy the two previous expansions and get a char levelled if I want to get this. I don't want to get this.

Gothic 4 is a different team isn't it? Risen, whilst flawed, was very enjoyable. I'll save my hack n slash beardz for the witcher two, whenever that arrives.

Fallout: I waited a decade for 3, so of course I was underwhelmed (except by my fallout boy bobblehead and artbooks and lunchbox) I should get all the add ons and go back and play it again really. The release of this may well be the thing that spurs me on.

I think I might pick up Civ 5 when it drops in price. I'll also pick up New Vegas. I may only play it on the new "hardcore" mode as it's what I wanted from F3, well, that and a better story.

I'm going to wait for a couple of reviews though, I hope Obsidian can actually release it in a finished and polished state (which'll be the first for many years).

deject wrote:What problems with the DLC were you having? (this might need to be split off to another topic btw)

It wasn't the DLC specifically, just that the game constantly crashes under Win7. It's ever since approximately patch 1.4, though I haven't tried anything newer than 1.5.

I just boot to XP and run it from there, but since that takes time and effort I don't play it very often.

It's probably 18 months since I last tried it (under Win7), it may be okay now - certainly a lot of issues I used to have with games were down to my last graphics card being on it's way out.

I wasn't trying to describe the problem and find a solution, just relating the set of circumstances which led to me not playing much.

Pc still not built so all in PS3: atelier rorona, FIFA 11, New Vegas, Gran Turismo 5, job done.

spoodie wrote:That's hardly very descriptive.

Also that I can play Fallout 3 onW7 64-bit without any issues, including all the DLC so I have not heard of any particular issues.

FatherJack wrote:Lego Universe

I quite enjoyed the beta for the few hours I played it. The creative building was separate from the gamplay proper, which is a fairly satisfying, lite MMO. I'm sure it'd be great for kids, if their parents are willing to pay. And also older fans of Lego. It's got plenty of Lego charm.

Civ 5 is a definite buy for me as it's supposed to be excellent. But I'm trying to hold off until I'm done with Halo, Alan Wake, backlog of Sam & Max and at least tried The Witcher.

The latest videos I've seen of Medal of Honor have got me quite excited about it. Especially this one - http://www.gametrailers.com/video/the-m ... -of/703942

Ooh, big choppers!

It looks good, but it seems like it's missing the destructible terrain and buildings that it should have. That 30mm chain gun seemed like it was weak.

Still, I pre-ordered it ages ago.

HereComesPete wrote: Cattyjism, I need to buy the two previous expansions and get a char levelled if I want to get this. I don't want to get this.

Incorrecto. well, yeah you need the two previous expansions, but you don't need to get a character levelled. Indeed, the fact that I can make a new dood and have a whole load of new low end content to run it through is the main thing im looking forward to it for.

Not that I imagine that will sway you, of course

deject wrote: That 30mm chain gun seemed like it was weak.

Prob using AP rounds not HE.