What's next on your gaming radar screen?

dbdynsty25 · Post by **dbdynsty25** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 1:39 am

Feanor wrote:Thanks. My new PC fits those requirements closely, except I don't have a sound card and my video card is only a 320 MB GeForce 8800 GTS.

ONLY? Your video card beats the crap out of a GeForce 8600.

GB_Simo · Post by **GB_Simo** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 8:15 am

WillHunting wrote:Add Stuntman (360) to the list.

I'm looking out for that one too. I loved the first one enough to complete it despite the difficulty curve resembling the north face of the Eiger, and the new one looks like a lot of fun. Beyond that and NASCAR '08, not a lot on the radar for me.

Feanor · Post by **Feanor** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 10:52 am

dbdynsty25 wrote:
Feanor wrote:Thanks. My new PC fits those requirements closely, except I don't have a sound card and my video card is only a 320 MB GeForce 8800 GTS.
ONLY? Your video card beats the crap out of a GeForce 8600.

Yeah, you're right about that - the jump from 8600 to the 8800 is huge. I said "only" just because the recommended specs say 512 MB.

I'm pretty sure the price of the 640 MB GeForce 8800 GTS card has dropped significantly in just the past two weeks. When I bought my PC from Cyberpower the 320 MB card was $303 and the 640 MB was $493 so I never considered getting the bigger version. But now the prices they have are $300 and $409.

dbdynsty25 · Post by **dbdynsty25** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 12:55 pm

Feanor wrote:I'm pretty sure the price of the 640 MB GeForce 8800 GTS card has dropped significantly in just the past two weeks. When I bought my PC from Cyberpower the 320 MB card was $303 and the 640 MB was $493 so I never considered getting the bigger version. But now the prices they have are $300 and $409.

Wow...that's one hellova markup. I got my 320 for $239 and my 640 for $359 about four months ago. I guess they have to build in the testing and installation though...so I suppose it's not as high as I think.

greggsand · Post by **greggsand** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 1:38 pm

So what are the odds of Nascar 08 (360) being any good. I think it's out on the 23rd.

XXXIV · Post by **XXXIV** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 9:09 pm

greggsand wrote:So what are the odds of Nascar 08 (360) being any good. I think it's out on the 23rd.

Great question. I was wwondering the same thing. I havent heard much about it.
I think the last one I played on the PS2 was pretty good...so who knows.

Zeppo · Post by **Zeppo** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 9:18 pm

I saw one or two videos of NASCAR at gametrailers.com and the thing that gets me excited is that it will support 16 racers online. There are, I think, only two road courses, but with 16 cars online and then possibly filling more of the field with AI cars, if they are worthwhile at all, I may even be able to deal with the occasional oval race. 16 people online!

greggsand · Post by **greggsand** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 9:36 pm

There's supposed to be a demo up any day now on the XBOX Marketplace - hopefully it'll have an online sample...

James_E · Post by **James_E** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 10:55 pm

Coming into my radar is a repurchase of an XB360... debating diving back in...

fsquid · Post by **fsquid** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 10:04 am

Madden 08 and Tiger Woods 08 are also on my radar for the PC. Anyone seen any details about the PC versions of these games?

Diablo25 · Post by **Diablo25** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 10:50 am

You RPG guys might like this Mass Effect video. Pretty impressive.
http://gamevideos.com/video/id/13287

Diablo25 · Post by **Diablo25** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 11:01 am

As far as my "Radar" games...

Madden 08
NHL 08
Halo 3
Half Life 2 Orange Box - This one is gonna take some people by surprise. (IMO)
COD4
Brothers In Arms: Hells Highway (can't wait for this one)

Macca00 · Post by **Macca00** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 11:15 am

Diablo25 wrote: Half Life 2 Orange Box - This one is gonna take some people by surprise. (IMO)

DEFINITELY! Can't wait to play through HL2 again plus the add-on missions and Team Fortress 2.

Zeppo · Post by **Zeppo** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 11:36 am

Macca00 wrote:
Diablo25 wrote: Half Life 2 Orange Box - This one is gonna take some people by surprise. (IMO)
DEFINITELY! Can't wait to play through HL2 again plus the add-on missions and Team Fortress 2.

Team Fortress 2 has looked really fun to me from the first time I saw it, but with the lukewarm reception around here to ShadowRun, a very similar concept, I'd be a bit surprised to see it stick around here.

Portal is the one in that box (as Dave O'Brien would say

) that I am really, really looking forward to, besides the main feature of the HL2 episode, of course.

I'm also looking forward to the new BiA. The last one was a little less than I had hoped, but the MP in the original remains one of my favorites ever, even though I didn't play it very much at all. Having 2 on 2 with squads was mega fun and very different from any other game I've played; I have no idea what they are planning for this next one online, but I hope they get at least 3 on 3 going.

James_E · Post by **James_E** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 11:17 pm

James_E wrote:Coming into my radar is a repurchase of an XB360... debating diving back in...

I pulled the trigger. $400 CDN for a used one with 2 controllers (one wired) and GRAW, Lost Planet, Gears of War, Ridge Racer 6 and Arcade unplugged. I'll be back on XBL now. I don't have Forza 2 yet but I will.

greggsand · Post by **greggsand** » Sat Jul 21, 2007 12:36 am

James_E wrote:
James_E wrote:Coming into my radar is a repurchase of an XB360... debating diving back in...
I pulled the trigger. $400 CDN for a used one with 2 controllers (one wired) and GRAW, Lost Planet, Gears of War, Ridge Racer 6 and Arcade unplugged. I'll be back on XBL now. I don't have Forza 2 yet but I will.

Hell of a deal. That's an instant 4 months of gaming...

Diablo25 · Post by **Diablo25** » Sat Jul 21, 2007 1:58 am

Zeppo wrote:
Macca00 wrote:
Diablo25 wrote: Half Life 2 Orange Box - This one is gonna take some people by surprise. (IMO)
DEFINITELY! Can't wait to play through HL2 again plus the add-on missions and Team Fortress 2.
Team Fortress 2 has looked really fun to me from the first time I saw it, but with the lukewarm reception around here to ShadowRun, a very similar concept, I'd be a bit surprised to see it stick around here.

Portal is the one in that box (as Dave O'Brien would say ) that I am really, really looking forward to, besides the main feature of the HL2 episode, of course.

I'm also looking forward to the new BiA. The last one was a little less than I had hoped, but the MP in the original remains one of my favorites ever, even though I didn't play it very much at all. Having 2 on 2 with squads was mega fun and very different from any other game I've played; I have no idea what they are planning for this next one online, but I hope they get at least 3 on 3 going.

http://orange.half-life2.com/index.html

dbdynsty25 · Post by **dbdynsty25** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 12:05 pm

GTA IV delayed till 2008...no release date given yet.

FloridaGators · Post by **FloridaGators** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 2:47 pm

I haven't gamed in over three years. I'm excited to get back into it as I can get an Xbox 360 for free (as part of a comp. service at a poker site I've diligently played on for 3 years--the reason I haven't gamed).

I'm interested to try out APF 2k8 (as I've always been a more loyal VC guy than EA guy after playing NFL 2k3 and never really looking back) as well as trying out the new hockey games...from what I've tried to catch up on NHL 2007 from EA was actually good (shocking, because EA hockey used to suck).

Does the Xbox 360 have any baseball games or any niche games worth trying?

I'm thinking about getting three games.

APF 2k8 and then two I'm open for.

EDIT

Does Ratbag do any games any more? (racing games)

World of Outlaws: Sprint Cars for the PS2 (which I think came out in 2002 or 2003) was the best video game I've ever played next to the Winning Eleven Series (WE 6 is my all time favorite, though they are all good).

That game was so addicting, so realistic, and just an overall blast.

My PS2 broke so I can't play it any more, probably a small reason why I just dropped gaming.

Slumberland · Post by **Slumberland** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 3:01 pm

A trio of NHL '07, MLB 2K7 and APF 2K7 would probably provide months of gaming fun. MLB was sort of a slider nightmare and I eventually gave up on it but I've heard that All-Star default settings became much more playable after they patched it. NHL '08 is just a month and a half away though.

As for niche titles, DiRT is pretty freakin' awesome.

Personally, I'm really excited for BioShock. But perhaps no one should take advice from the dude who's been playing History Channel: Civil War for the past couple days.

WillHunting · Post by **WillHunting** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 3:03 pm

Slumberland wrote:Personally, I'm really excited for BioShock. But perhaps no one should take advice from the dude who's been playing History Channel: Civil War for the past couple days.

Actually, how good/bad is Civil War? It looks interesting and I hope it drops to 19.99 soon.

pk500 · Post by **pk500** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 3:05 pm

Gators:

Welcome back, man. Ratbag Games doesn't exist anymore, so no more Ratbag video games.

Take care,
PK

Slumberland · Post by **Slumberland** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 3:15 pm

Civil War is kind of awful. The graphics are pedestrian, the soldier voices terrible, missions end all of a sudden with no real warning, it seems like you can take a hundred bullets and still finish the missions with full health (as long as you take cover to 'heal'), etc. It's like the fever dream version of Call of Duty. AND YET... I'm having fun with it. The way they set up the history behind each battle is well done, some of the settings are neat, and it's hysterical how long it takes to load some of the weapons... you've never seen anything like it. I'm just happy to be playing a Civil War game at all. Melee attacks are sort of fun, too. You can knock someone back and then shoot them point blank with a musket. Knives, pistols, even an old school sniper rifle. I don't regret the rental in the slightest. What other game lets you sneak up on old, white-haired men and shoot them in the back?

Sudz · Post by **Sudz** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 3:18 pm

nhl 08. nothing else.

matthewk · Post by **matthewk** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 2:09 pm

Hooked!
Mercury Meltdown
MLB Power Pros
Tiger Woods 08

All on the Wii.

My gaming habits are significantly changing. Most of the 'hardcore' games have little appeal to me, although I still like my games to have a lot of substance. I still use 2k5 for my football fix, and the Show for baseball, but I'm having a fun time with the Wii and games like Wii Sports, SSX, and Marble Madness. I have virtually no interest in Madden, even the Wii version.