Dust off the Xbox 360, exclusives coming this Christmas

April 30, 2009

Dust off the Xbox 360, exclusives coming this Christmas There is no denying it, the Xbox 360 has had a dry lineup thus far with very little exclusives coming out this year. You could say that the PS3 has the Xbox 360 beat as far as the game lineup is concerned for 2009. However, don’t count the Xbox 360 out yet as there will be some exclusive titles coming out in time for Christmas.

I indicated previously that the Xbox 360 has the PS3 beat as far as getting a jump start on building its 2010 game lineup with titles like Lost Planet 2 and Mass Effect 2 in the pipeline. However, most multiplatform owners will probably agree with me that the Xbox 360 has been collecting some dust this year. The game that I do still play from time to time is Gears of War 2.

Holiday 2009 won’t be a completely dry season as the Xbox 360 will be getting several exclusive titles later this year. One of the most recently revealed titles is Magna Carta II. This is a follow up to the original Magna Carta: Tears of Blood on the PS2.

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I actually thoroughly enjoyed the first game on the PS2 many years ago. Believe it or not, the game is not a Japanese RPG but created by a well known Korean MMO developer, Softmax. This game could possibly be a real contender to White Knight Chronicles on the PS3 if the developer utilizes its MMO background for the game.

The other game that I am looking forward to is Halo 3: ODST. Even though it’s only a standalone expansion pack and is said to be a few hours long, the game will come with 24 additional maps to be played with Halo 3. This alone could be worth whatever Microsoft will charge for this game.

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Finally, the super long awaited Splinter Cell: Conviction will be coming out sometime this holiday. This is the game Ubisoft announced a few years ago that the game would be out in 2007 but managed to drag it along for over two years. Very little is known about the game except that you play as Sam Fisher, a bum in hiding, and he comes out to beat up some ruffians to protect a friend.

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The hype has been building around this game for quite some time. I understand that Conviction will be a one-off and not part of the main series, but I truly hope that Ubisoft’s judgment is better than it was for Haze.

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71 Responses to “Dust off the Xbox 360, exclusives coming this Christmas”

  1. bigmickyd:

    maybe thats y they all RRoD? to much dust from not being play and when they finally do, well the poop themselfs?

    (sorry guys, some one had to you know?)

  2. SW:

    All my machines have been collecting dust lately, well until I got Star Ocean, but it will be done in a day or so. Then back to dust collection unit…

    Give us MOAR games!!!

  3. harry sachz:

    Is Max Payne 3 going to be out this year?

  4. Ivan_PSP:

    Not enough exclusives. Not like i care about my Xbox 360 since well I’m a PS3 owner too i got too many old and news coming out all must have exclusives.

    What happen to Alan Awake Splinter Cell: Conviction?

    They need to start wasting more money on hogging exclusives if they want to achieve a great exclusive game lineup like Sony has since 2007.

    No one is dusting the Xbox 360 because they are getting fix by Microsoft.

  5. CarlB:

    “You could say that the PS3 has the Xbox 360 beat as far as the game lineup is concerned for 2009.”

    I don’t know, maybe some just get played up more then others to build hype for an underselling console…

    I know release date calendars are very shaky things but the ones I found on IGN.com had some interesting numbers (how much quality these titles contain will only be evident after they release – if they release this year at all- I went ahead and took out most of the fluff I could find), and a lot of mistakes. I tried to sort it out as best I could in a little time with Open Office Spreadsheet and came out with the following, which is still nowhere near 100% accurate:

    Release count for the remainder of 2009:

    360 – 255
    Wii – 237
    PS3 – 219

    Multiplatform count for PS3 and 360:

    PS3 – 162
    360 – 155

    Exclusives:

    PS3 – 57
    360 – 100

    So, most of these are multiplats, most likely some will slip into next year or never come out, some are DLC/XBLA/PSN, while yet others you wouldn’t want to touch with a ten foot pole… but surely the quality games and content that does come out will be more than enough for a 360 or PS3 owner to keep them content for the rest of the year with their respective console (assuming they only had one or the other… let’s ignore all the Wii-kiddie titles)?

    Well, in looking over it, I see maybe about 20 multiplats that are interesting to me and another 5 exclusives per console that pique my interest… but that’s just me.

  6. CarlB:

    xbox360.ign.com/index/release.html
    ps3.ign.com/index/release.html
    wii.ign.com/index/release.html

  7. CarlB:

    Also of note, a little over 100 titles per console are “TBA 2009″, which could mean anything.

  8. Happyhockum:

    Hate to say ‘I told you so’ but….

  9. Barnabe Jones:

    I don’t know?…. the last Splinter Cell was… shit. Hopefully they will be able to redeem the series after the last one.

    Mgna Carta looks pretty cool. A 3 hour Halo expansion seems kind of like a waste of time, since KillZone 2 already made that franchise obsolete.

  10. darkwhitehair:

    are you people retarded?
    didnt Halo Wars teach you anything? mark my words… Halo ODST… top of the “Top Seller” list the first month it comes out… top five in the next month… this is big people… they are getting ready to switch from Halo 3 to ODST…

    Id love to play ODST… it looks more stealthy than action-y…

    SAM FISHER! OMG! must play Conviction… I still hope that this is multiplatform… cus they had so much delay… please Ubisoft… PLEASE!

  11. darkwhitehair:

    I played Double Agent on the PS2… dont tell me about shit Barnabe…. I heard the 360 and PC version were good…

    still cant play it…

  12. CAD:

    Mike explain to me how the 360 is collecting dust when there is such a hugh back catalogue of games to go through. You ack like this years releases for the 360 is bad or something. PS3 only has Killzone and you act like they released 100 games. Halo wars and GTA: The Lost and the Damned and Star Ocean have come out this year and for sure 2 of them performed better then Killzone which had dissapointing sales for a community of 20 million. Yesterday Dave talked about that issue of all the games that got released in Q4 2008 and today you make this stupid assertion. Where do you really get your logic? Do you not realize that every Wednesday there are new XBLA games to add to the list. Hell, the Dishwasher is so worth the money. You claim not to be a PS3 fanboy but you can only pretend for so long because it’s so obvious that you are.

  13. kev:

    Cad – don’t waste your time. Mike is a fanboy. he knows he’s a fanboy. we know he’s a fanboy. he just doesn’t have the balls to admit it. at least Ivan does.

    the fact is; Carlb and you both used facts and logic in your posts; therefore, both posts will be ignored by the (adolescent) author of this drivel.

    what i can’t understand is why “exclusives” are being hyped as something important. the ps3 supposedly has the most and most gamers couldn’t care less, judging from the lackluster ps3 sales in comparison to the competition.

    the reality is; mike would hype anything ps3 related over the 360. his “articles” proved this time and again….. it’s funny watching this clown get punked by the facts tho….

  14. Barnabe Jones:

    I don’t know… i played Double Agent on PS3. I bought it used, then traded it back after about a week. It felt like a PS2 game, only the other splinter cell games that were on PS2 were actually good.

    I think the halo expansion will be a 3 hour game, sold at full retail price, and the xbox community are the types to go out and buy it, so I’m sure it will sell well.

  15. jojo29:

    CAD
    Killzone sales are still coming in, don’t be quick to dismiss a game like that, not all games sell millions overnight, especially since like you said, there are many games out, Killzone 2 came out a couple weeks after SF4, i barely managed to pony up the cash for KZ2, not only that, but then RE5 dropped after Killzone 2, not too mention any PSN games that were released and whatnot.

    The thing with Halo Wars, is, well its just another Halo game, yes its a nice game and all, but not exacly original ip, and GTA is just add on content.

    Im thinking Mike is meaning full on triple A games, of which, Killzone 2 is the only one, i mean, it set the new bar for FPS games in terms of graphics….

    Anyways, besides all that mumbo jumbo, CAD your right, both systems do have a lot to offer now in terms of PSN/Arcade DLs, as well as a back catalogue from the crowded holiday season…I guess we will just have to wait and see for E3 and TGS to see what they all have to offer this year, but as for me, i am currently playing the following: SF4, Killzone 2, Motorstorm 2, RE5, Resistance 2, Flower, and Final Fantasy 12<–never really got a chance to beat it lol, and am EAGERLY awaiting till the end of the day today so i can get my MvC2 on !!!!

  16. CarlB:

    Barnabe,

    “KillZone 2 already made that franchise obsolete”

    Nice Barnabe… you must be referring to it’s fabled and long history, enormous sales, international competition acceptance, or huge fanbase? Killzone 2 is the PS3’s best shooter, and it looks to be a good one, so give it a rest. “Killzone 2 doesn’t do a whole lot that you haven’t seen before in other titles(G. I.)”

    “the last Splinter Cell was… shit”

    I’m guessing you played the PS3 version a year later that was said to have unresponsive targeting? The 360 version received generally favorable reviews…

  17. CarlB:

    … sorry Barnabe, you beat me to it with something that vaguely looked like a retraction on the Splinter Cell statement… but yes, that version on PS3 was not as well received for several reasons, the targeting being one.

  18. Arvis:

    So Magna Carta is not a JRPG… it’s a “KRPG?”

    -Arvis

  19. CarlB:

    Isn’t a WRPG or KRPG considered a JRPG if it is done in the same style?

  20. darkwhitehair:

    kev… god I cant believe Im saying this again… thing is… these guys are using flame bait type titles to lure people like you in… and then stay to spew the pile of shit out of your mouth…

    looks like he won… I remember… well this has been going on for a while… I remember you wanted to quit this website… and yet you come back… giving them more hits… giving enough money to Mike so he can buy money hats… and climb the ranks in google…

    CONGRATULATIONS! you are helping your own enemy…

  21. darkwhitehair:

    WAIT! Hold on a second… the Ps3 version was bad? I knew it… it was the work of Microsoft wasnt it… they couldnt just let it go… they just had to sabotage the game… DAMN YOU TO HELL!!!

    Please Ubisoft… Conviction on the PS3… I bought the Creed of your Ass… even though it had no trophies…

  22. CON:

    “A 3 hour Halo expansion seems kind of like a waste of time, since KillZone 2 already made that franchise obsolete.”

    Yeah i hear killzone is really wiping the floor with halo

  23. Mike Ferro:

    blah fanboy smanshboy… I don’t know why you guys are upset, I’m promoting these Xbox 360 exclusives. Literally everywhere you go either on N4G, NEOGAF, or Gametrailers people are blasting that Xbox 360 don’t have any exclusives this year. I wanted to prove that this is not entirely true.

    I don’t know if this is a difficult concept to understand but I don’t have this strange attachment towards one console versus the other, or even the extreme allegiance towards a company, like some of you guys seem to have because I own all the systems. However of course I do have preferences towards features, controllers, games, quality of hardware or software etc..

    I don’t view one system as the end all and be all or the holy grail or something to that effect because its a piece of consumer electronic at the end of the day. I have invested heavily in both systems with more games than you can imagine.

    I have no qualms about being harshly critical to whatever I feel needs to be criticized. As you know our site is all about attitude, we don’t “pull our punches.” My job is not to keep some neutral balance, but to provide a good dose of attitude/opinion instead of sugar coating it because “it is what it is.” ;)

    Interesting topic on JRPG or KRPG -
    No, I wouldn’t attribute style to origin.

    For example some people call the style of using turn based battle system as JRPG, this is in fact incorrect as western developers created the concept of turn based strategy as well as it is still utilized with games today such as Lord of the Ring and Dungeons & Dragon. Magic the Gathering is another example of a popular PC based game that utilize turn-based strategy. Even Fallout 3 employs a fairly robust turn-based battle system as well.

    Also, the artistic style is difficult to attribute to origin as well considering many of the countries in the east such as Japan, Korea and China use the anime style.

    When people say JRPG – it literally means RPG developed in Japan.

  24. harry sachz:

    @ JoJo,

    “Killzone sales are still coming in, don’t be quick to dismiss a game like that, not all games sell millions overnight,”

    Funny, I could have sworn you people were touting something like 1.1 million presales.

  25. harry sachz:

    I have to admit, I don’t have any complaints about the content of Mike’s post… for once! haha

  26. jojo29:

    Harry

    I’ve uttered no such phrases about Killzone 2, but i would like to know what the total sales of the game are, not just the NPD…

  27. harry sachz:

    Of course you didn’t…

  28. CarlB:

    Cool. So it is a KRPG. Thanks for answering our questions Mike. So when did you get your 360?

  29. CarlB:

    Harry, I think that was Barnabe with preorders.

  30. harry sachz:

    Yeah I knew it was one of them. Humblest apologies Jojo.

  31. Ivan_PSP:

    Yes HALO is obsolete… KILLZONE 2 destroy every single competitor known. Most Xbox 360 are full of dust there’s nothing new on that junk.

    You want games you need a
    ♣♥♠☻Ω☼♫♪

  32. CarlB:

    “Yes HALO is obsolete…” which is why Halo 2 came out in 2004, Halo 3 came out in late 2007, Halo Wars came out this year, and ODST will come out later this year. Welcome to 2009 Ivan. What do you have there that you need if “you want games”? Lucky Charms? I just need a 360 Ivan, try it sometime ♠

  33. Ivan_PSP:

    CarlB:
    So what they all suck. The reason they sold was because there was nothing else for system and Microsoft spend more money on ads they making the game.

    Yeah Halo is obsolete over extinct.
    Super short
    Ugly dated graphics
    No innovation

    you lame

  34. harry sachz:

    “you lame” — HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

  35. CarlB:

    “Super short
    Ugly dated graphics
    No innovation”

    Words of a propet Ivan. KZ2 will probably be seen the same way in another 8 years as well. By many, it has two out of three already.

  36. CAD:

    Ivan do us a favor and get rid of you 360. You talk so much shit but yet you have one. I feel sorry for you 360. To me it’s like a prisoner at Guatanamo Bay.

  37. CAD:

    Yaaaa We got a response outta Mike. But really Mike, I’m still not convinced. So basically your saying that your paid to write Bullshit. Oh Mikey you sold out to the all mighty dollar.

  38. CarlB:

    Aargh… “prophet”… sorry.

  39. darkwhitehair:

    carl… I know you want to make fun of Ivan… but when you make fun of Killzone 2… I die a little on the inside…

    maybe you can make fun of him by mentioning how he likes Nickelodeon cartoon shows that only pedophiles watch… (and Xbox Live users)

    Not Killzone 2… our people have suffered for too long…

  40. CarlB:

    “but when you make fun of Killzone 2″

    Alright, not sure where I made fun of it, just mentioning other reviews, but if it makes you feel any better… If I had a PS3… (mark my words, both you and Sony, PS2 BC, God of War III, and the $250 price point will see many PS3 buyers, that is if the generation isn’t over by then… I can hear it now, “Microsoft says when the next gen will be… with reliable hardware from the start… we promise! *with a 3 year warranty – just in case* ”

    But even if it is the end of the gen I would probably still be buying a ($250 PS2 BC) PS3 because of all the software that was just beginning to tap the true “potential” of the PS3 at just that time (not to mention the fact of being able to play my existing PS2 games for that much longer).

    Anyways, if I had a PS3 I would have made playing KZ3 one of my priorities. As it is now, I have plenty to catch up on with my 360.

    By the way, the two out of three I was mentioning was short and not very innovative. I also thought Chains of Olympus was short and not very innovative, but I had a great time playing it.

    “our people have suffered for too long…”

    What about Resistance 1&2? Weren’t they good as shooters as well? Not to mention all the awesome multiplat shooters…

  41. darkwhitehair:

    shh… we dont talk about Resistance 2 anymore… shh…

    LOOK AT UNCHARTED 2 SO AWESOME!

  42. darkwhitehair:

    also… check out sacred 2… you might like it…

  43. CarlB:

    I saw sacred 2 and put it in the rental queue w/GameFly… but also just bought Crackdown and stranglehold Stranglehold for $9 a piece new from Walmart and Newegg. I just missed the Devil May Cry 4 deal for $9 from Best Buy. Also thinking about getting Condemned: Criminal Origins 2 for $12 from Amazon as I get free shipping from them… just waiting for my Amazon card approval that will make it free.

  44. Arvis:

    I had a dream two nights ago that I bought a 360. And then, in the dream, was trying to remember WHY I bought it. The conclusion the dream me came to was: Mass Effect 2.

    -Arvis

  45. CarlB:

    Arvis, I had that same dream for PS3, and the conclusion was: God of War 3. (and because it had PS2BC, and was finally $250)

  46. harry sachz:

    haha @ CharlieB.

  47. CarlB:

    Harry, what is your gamertag? Also, if you are interested in Achievements for XBox Originals (like Jade Empire!) support it here:

    petitionspot.com/petitions/XBoxOGsAchievements

  48. SW:

    I too had a dream, but I cannot remember what it was.

    Oh and – Ick, Jade Empire. It must have lost something in the port to PC because it was just plain horrible imo.

  49. harry sachz:

    Charlie, drop me an email address or something that I can send it to. I don’t want to post it here, i’ll more than likely get friend requests from people who are as sick as me if I did that.

  50. CarlB:

    SW, maybe it’s just nostalgia talking, but I truly enjoyed the experience on XBox. Plus I believe there were several superior competitors that had come out on PC by the time it eventually came to PC.

    Harry, one better, my Gamertag is USMC MSgt B… please send an invite as I would be happy to have you as a friend. Same with you SW.

  51. darkwhitehair:

    HAHAHAHAHHAH I can see you CArl… the wonders of xbox.com… muahahahahahahahaha

    Online Stalking FTW!

  52. darkwhitehair:

    YOU PLAYED THE AVATAR GAME! Achievement Whore… wow

  53. harry sachz:

    Done! Invite has been sent!

  54. Spideydog:

    Harry Quote: “I don’t want to post it here, i’ll more than likely get friend requests from people who are as sick as me if I did that.”

    You added me …. lol

  55. darkwhitehair:

    I think I may have found kev on Live… just search for kev in find a gamertag… dude… his avatar looks gay…

    carl… you and your achievements… Im begining to worry bout you… tell me… are you really an achievement whore? this is a dangerous disease carl… YOU MUST FIGHT IT! By playing some of the really shitty PS2 games… or Haze and Lair… they dont have achievements…

    muahahahahh

  56. Arvis:

    Carl,

    You didn’t REALLY have that dream!! SHENANIGANS! ;)

    Seriously, though, when the biggest difference between the two consoles are exclusives and price, then console preference is more opinion in this gen than it has ever been before, wouldn’t you say?

    -Arvis

  57. CarlB:

    You forgot one big difference: millions of customers who already bought into the playstation brand with PS2 and a relatively large game library with it who are rather miffed now that they actually took out a major capability from the launch model PS3 (last gen bc) that the main competitor still has, all while charging $200 more than said competitor for their base console because of features they do not necessarily want or need as basic gamers.

    I would say console preference is about personal preference, which could be opinion, but also situation. Many do not care about PS2 BC because they may have already picked up the PS3 when it had it. Yet others may not have really cared about achievements, but rather between 1-5 exclusives that Sony has already for PS3 or may be upcoming (years later and still waiting). Still others may have been videophiles and wanted a bargain Blu-ray player near launch time.

    I would say that those who only cared about the next generation of games (and not necessarily which company was coming out first with a console to play them) and wanted to play them a year ahead of everybody else went ahead and bought a 360 (they might have even been very impressed with a strange new concept called “achievements”…. hint, hint). RRoD wart and all, I am glad I did, as I am sure you are with your PS3.

  58. CarlB:

    New buyer 1(adult gamer) example:

    1. Is not particularly excited about the 3-5 major AAA title exclusives from either company.

    2. Main purpose for buying the console is playing as many quality games as possible (multiplatform or exclusive) and the main decision will be which has the most favorably reviewed games to choose from now, not at some “potential” future.

    3. Does not have an extra $150-$200 for luxuries such as blu-ray, and does not need wireless built in. (Anybody else betting on a price drop announcement at E3 or before the holidays?)

    4. Ancillary support for the decision may come from present user base numbers (which may be a very good sign of future stability and support) and achievements across all present gen titles.

    5. Does not want or need kiddie titles.

    So with these stipulations in mind, the new buyer may have the knowledge (from a friend perhaps) to look at Metacritic and see, yes, 360 does have over 90 more titles with favorable reviews… and everything else seems to line up with 360.

    Or they could just take another look at Metacritic and see PS2 has more than 500 favorably reviewed titles, buy a PS2 and be happily gaming for the rest of the gen (or until the PS3 came down to an affordable price for them with PS2 BC put back in – but there I go again).

    New buyer 2 example (adult gamer):

    1. Wants wireless built in, blu-ray capable gaming machine.

    2. Has an extra $150-$200 and wants to be able to upgrade with reasonably priced hard
    drives.

    3. Cares about multiplayer, but doesn not want to pay a monthly fee, no matter how small, for it.

    4. Is concerned about hardware reliability and reputation.

    5. Truly cares about titles like Metal Gear Solid, God of War, Gran Turismo, etc.

    And we have a PS3 buyer.

  59. SW:

    “Many do not care about PS2 BC because they may have already picked up the PS3 when it had it.”

    Lets not forgot those who’ve moved on, or still have thier PS2’s to play :)

    Would be neat if Sony created a software solution for PSX & PS2 games, but I guess that would stop them from re-releasing them on the PSN store for $$$ tho…

    Oh and where are adult gamers 3, 4, & 5 who purchased the Wii! It has more than a zillion ‘kiddie’ games you know!

    I’m scared to use more smiley faces, in case I get the moderation of doom… *sadface*

  60. CarlB:

    “moved on”… for shame.

    The new models are not already bc with PS1?

    Sorry for not repeating, “does not want or need kiddie titles” for #2.

    Wii: everybody else, old, young, and/or fat, nintendo fans, don’t care about graphics, love casual games, have kids, etc. ad nauseum… bleh.

  61. darkwhitehair:

    hold on a second gentle mans… Mad World folks… nothing else needed… give me Mad World… and Brawl and Mario Kart… buts thats all I need… you can have you stoopid achievements for Xbox Originals :P

    this conversation is pointless… we are going around in circles…

    so carl… achievement whore much? eh Avatar? eh?? Eh dash of destruction? eh Yaris?

  62. Arvis:

    GAH! Mad World is rubbish! No one should buy a Wii for that game. Shallow, sensationalist, repetitive GARBAGE the appeals to the lowest common denominator of gaming society. You could PAY me to play that crap.

    -Arvis

    P.S. Carl, it seems you basically went to great lengths just to agree with the sentiment I posited. That’s a change… although, I have a feeling it won’t last… :)

  63. Arvis:

    *that & *couldn’t

    This site needs an edit function. GEORGE!? Where you at???

    -Arvis

  64. CarlB:

    dwh,

    3 out of 97 in the past 3 and a half years you pick out. Avatar was a GameFly rental and took very little time to play through. Yaris and Dash were both free. I actually enjoyed Dash as a free game, but the true achievement whore would have all of the available achievements in those last two by now, not just a few. Anyway, they were all pretty quick plays.

    You would actually spend $250 for just three games? Oh well. More power to you (Nintendo Power!), have fun following the herd and going “moo” and all that.

    Arvis,

    No, I still believe last gen BC needed to be added as a “biggest difference, and that just as many people buy for their particular situation as opposed to arbitrary “opinion”. I guess I tried to articulate that, but to no avail.

    I do think it is safe to say that if each consoles current features and price to not change positions for the rest of the gen then neither will their relative sales position for the rest of the gen.

  65. SW:

    “The new models are not already bc with PS1?”

    No idea, I was a Saturn & N64 owner don’t have any PSX titles to try :)

    @Arvis – I agree, Madworld is utter trash… Don’t get me wrong, I’m all about taking a guy and ramming him into a spike covered wall, but the gameplay sucks indeed.

    DWH hit the nail on the head, there are a nice amount of great wii games that blend ‘kiddie’ image with gameplay (such as mario).

    My main concern with nintendo titles for the ‘hardcore’ is that they seem to just be rehashes of previous games and after playing OoT and them Majoras mask, Windwaker, and now ttp they all seem the same, nothing has progressed in terms of combat (yes they added special moves for ttp but they were meh)…

    Still, ill be a hypocrite and say that i would LOVE another F-Zero w/ online!

  66. CarlB:

    I believe they are. I highly suggest Final Fantasy IX, Chrono Cross, Metal Gear Solid, and Vagrant Story for starters. Also Final Fantasy Origins, Anthology, and Chronicles (no idea on these prices now though, may be better to wait for them on PSN).

    “Nice amount” combined with degraded multiplatforms (if at all) does not equate to “player” in this gen for gamers like us (if I may). And I mean this not on a sales level, but on a level of which console we would most likely spend most of our time actually playing by ourselves or with our gamer friends. I know this may be a bold assumption and there are likely to be exceptions, but I believe you know what I mean.

  67. Arvis:

    Carl,

    You may not give me an inch, but I always find myself giving you grudging respect. Vagrant Story is one of those classics that only the refined and intelligent palate was able to truly appreciate.

    That being said, if you owned a PS3 you never would have had to resort to playing Avatar… ;)

    Either way, the PS3/360 sure could use some more co-op type games that I can play with the gf (not Guardian Force). The Wii has us enjoying Brawl’s Subspace Adventure mode for now, but that won’t last long.

    -Arvis

  68. CarlB:

    Arvis,

    dwh is right you know… I love achievements, which is the only reason I touched Avatar, because they were extremely easy to get in a very short time. Shameless, I know. And you are right, if I had a PS3 at the time, I wouldn’t have had a reason to play anything like it. The PS3 has more than enough crappy games as well, but the real reason would be because PS3 games in general didn’t have trophies at the time. :)

    I never really was much into co-op. Two other PSX games that are my favorites are Suikoden II and Grandia. Loved ‘em.

  69. darkwhitehair:

    Sacred 2 is shit… dont buy it…

    well we got White Knight Chronicles coming up…

    BEFORE THAT! MARVEL VS CAPCOM BABY!

  70. Arvis:

    DWH, feel like telling me when MvC is coming out, or what?

    Carl, my snide comment about Avatar was mostly a joke. :)

    -Arvis

  71. CarlB:

    it was a admittedly a low point in my gaming history…

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