Saturnalian wrote:
Play ICO & Shadow of the Colossus Collection. Now. If you've not played them before, that is.
If you've played them before, I'll pick something else.
But seriously, they're single handily the greatest single player games ever. Don't make me fawn all over them in front of these people again. I'll do it. Don't make me do it.
I fully intend to play them at some point because everyone goes on about them so much so rest assured I will make time for them at some point; probably the next time I see a decent price for them. I've got half a suspicion I'm not going to like ICO for some reason but SotC I'm definitely looking forward to.
Dimrill wrote:
I played in through thrice to max it. It's just so.... "bleurgh 73%" didn't stir anything in me. The added rubbish Harvest Moon crop thing was half baked too. It had added aloof female character that I'm supposed to care about, too.
A 73% opinion isn't all that bad, and it can't have been completely hateful if you managed it three times through. Also Curiosity has some good words for it so I'm still strongly considering it...
Mr Dave wrote:
This is, sadly, the worst R&C game on the ps3. If it were one of the other two I'd recommend them most heartily. But not this one.
Eh, the only reason I've got it is because it was a freebie apology from that time the Playstation network was hacked; it's not the kind of thing I'd go for because, well, I'm terrible at platforming in 3D so I'm happy to not to have to consider this one!
TheVision wrote:
Gears of War 3 - You'll have this completed in no time. It finishes the story off so I'd only bother if you really want to see what happens, other than that.. It's the same as the 2nd.
Aye, I'm expecting to be able to just blast through this one pretty quickly at some point and never bother with it much further. Mrs B's not a fan though and I need something she'll be happy to watch this time round as she was utterly bored by Deus Ex.
TheVision wrote:
El Shaddai - Fantastic presentation behind a dull game. Don't bother.
I did wonder if that would be the case; obviously it's gorgeous and a bit different from the norm which is why I wanted to give it a shot but I was suspicious there was a lack of depth hiding behind the visuals. Hmmm. I'm thinking about taking this off the list entirely to be honest.
TheVision wrote:
Halo Reach - One of my favourite games ever. If you've played any of the other Halos then you know what to expect but it's got a pretty good story going for it.
I'll definitely play this at some point as I played, and mostly enjoyed, Halo 3 and ODST (the atmosphere in the hub world was a real surprised to me as I went in just expecting to be running and gunning as usual) also Mrs B really loves watching the Halo games for some odd reason.
TheVision wrote:
I have got Asuras Wrath on my play list too, quite close to the top. I don't think it's very long but it does look intriguing.
I suspect it'll get boring pretty quickly in terms of actual gameplay but I'm determined to give it a shot because the demo was such utterly fucking comedy ridiculousness. Who doesn't want a game where your enemy stabs you on the moon with a sword so long he actually pushes you all the way to the surface of the Earth and then through it? Fuck yeah!
Also, the boss fight against the planet sized angry man who pushes his finger in from space all the way through the atmosphere and onto your face.
So, NIER is still currently my top choice with Halo Reach bubbling under. Thanks for all your comments chaps.