So many games, so little dough...

Post by **CronoTriggerfan** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 4:04 pm

I'm at quite the loss, guys. My Wii's been broken for a while now, and I just got it fixed, noticing there's some great games I missed, and a few that are coming up quick! Not to mention the 360 games coming out. Problem is, I've only got enough for about 2 games.

Metriod Prime 3 Corruption, Super Mario Galaxy, Assassin's Creed, Battalion Wars 2, Mass Effect, the list goes on! Not to mention the fact that they've either just recently come out or are coming very soon. So what games are under your radar, and for hypothetical purposes, if you were in my position, which two would you grab? Thanks!

CTFan

Jongamer · Post by **Jongamer** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 4:32 pm

well, since I only have a Wii (About to be on my 3rd Wii, friggin' pixels from overheated GPU) I would get SMG and MP3C, or If I had a 360, I would get Mass effect and SMG.

lifeisbetterwithketchup · Tue Oct 16, 2007 4:59 pm

BWii and Mario Galaxy are all I'm buying this year (now that SSBB is delayed

), but Mass Effect for 360 looks freaking cool! (I don't have a 360, so that's not possible for me)

BTW: I already have Metroid Prime 3.

Kurt_ · Post by **Kurt_** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 5:37 pm

Assuming money is in the future for you (Christmas!), if I were in your position I would get something with good replay value or online play, like Halo 3, Half-Life OB, or SSBB (Don't know when it's coming out).

lifeisbetterwithketchup · Tue Oct 16, 2007 5:56 pm

Kurt_ wrote:SSBB (Don't know when it's coming out).

It's coming out on effing February 10, 2008. The only good thing about the new release date is that it's a Sunday (meaning my friends and I will be able to do midnight launch, and a day-long launch party).

Post by **Skyone** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 7:17 pm

Jongamer wrote:(About to be on my 3rd Wii, friggin' pixels from overheated GPU)

Oh shi-- when does this happen? Mine gets some weird black pixels when I go to the Home menu on some games - I've ignored it since day one though.

Post by **CronoTriggerfan** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 7:26 pm

Skyone wrote:
Jongamer wrote:(About to be on my 3rd Wii, friggin' pixels from overheated GPU)
Oh shi-- when does this happen? Mine gets some weird black pixels when I go to the Home menu on some games - I've ignored it since day one though.

Yeah, that happened to my friend's Wii after about a month of heavy use.

Right after his died, I got this to stop it!

CTFan

Twisted Warthog · Post by **Twisted Warthog** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 7:54 pm

Defiantly get Mass Effect. Its being done by Bio-Ware so you know your going to be playing an exceptionally awesome game.

For the second game I'd get Super Mario Galaxy. Looks like its going to be the next best thing to happen to Mario Platformers since 3-D.

jones · Post by **jones** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 8:29 pm

I guess if I were in your boat I would get one for each system.

For the 360 I would have no choice, but to go with Mass Effect. I'm really looking forward to this one myself and knowing of your appreciation for RPG games I imagine you would enjoy it as well.

Despite my lack of love for the Wii, putting myself in your shoes, I would have to go for Metroid Prime: Corruption. I haven't cared for a Mario game since Super Mario Bros. 3, so that counts Super Mario Galaxy out right away for me. Thus leaving Metroid, which could be cool. Just a shame it doesn't have online, but if the campaign is deep it could be worth the investment.

Otherwise... There's always Assassin's Creed for the 360. That's a game that I would love to get, but probably will have to pass on due to all of the other greatness coming out in the final months of the year...

Jongamer · Post by **Jongamer** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 6:13 am

Skyone wrote:
Jongamer wrote:(About to be on my 3rd Wii, friggin' pixels from overheated GPU)
Oh shi-- when does this happen? Mine gets some weird black pixels when I go to the Home menu on some games - I've ignored it since day one though.

Yeah, I beleave the problem is with the Wiiconnect24, because the fans are not on during standby so the GPU builds up so much heat it pretty much burns it, the other day I felt the bottom of the Wii when it was Horizontal on connect24 for a hour or 2, and that was easily hotter than the 360 after like 2 hours on Gears of War, roughly 160F, but thats just guessing with the back of my hand.

What I do is I wait for it to get REALLY bad then send it in to Nintendo to get repaired and say to them WTH happened here.

Well if they get enough Wii's like this, I'm sure they will fix the problem.

Only other problem I have seen with a Wii is my friend's Wii, it will not read most Wii games, but reads all GCN games, it used to only do these disc read problems when it was played for a couple hours and then when we switched games it wouldnt read any other Wii games.

timmeh87 · Post by **timmeh87** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 8:00 am

modchip?

Fat D · Post by **Fat D** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 8:21 am

yes, WC24 + horizontal position = pain.

but Full Standby + Vertical = life

Post by **CronoTriggerfan** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 1:53 pm

jones wrote:I guess if I were in your boat I would get one for each system.

For the 360 I would have no choice, but to go with Mass Effect. I'm really looking forward to this one myself and knowing of your appreciation for RPG games I imagine you would enjoy it as well.

Despite my lack of love for the Wii, putting myself in your shoes, I would have to go for Metroid Prime: Corruption. I haven't cared for a Mario game since Super Mario Bros. 3, so that counts Super Mario Galaxy out right away for me. Thus leaving Metroid, which could be cool. Just a shame it doesn't have online, but if the campaign is deep it could be worth the investment.

Otherwise... There's always Assassin's Creed for the 360. That's a game that I would love to get, but probably will have to pass on due to all of the other greatness coming out in the final months of the year...

That's the problem, there's just TOO MANY GAMES coming out!

I'm still torn. Mass Effect does look cool, but Assassin's Creed is just too tempting to ignore. And I know how much you can't stand the Wii, but I must say, Galaxy does intrigue me. Oh well. The only reason I'm so short on cash is that I just bought an Xbox 360 wireless network adapter, so I can get live later this month!

And seeing as I picked up Halo 3 the other day, maybe we should hook up sometime and frag some noobs. XD

CTFan

Kurt_ · Post by **Kurt_** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 1:59 pm

They don't make systems like they used to, do they?

They should make them functional over pretty. I know I wouldn't care if my Wii or XBox 360 was bigger if it stopped it from dying less than a year after I buy it.

jones · Post by **jones** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 2:28 pm

CronoTriggerfan wrote:That's the problem, there's just TOO MANY GAMES coming out! I'm still torn. Mass Effect does look cool, but Assassin's Creed is just too tempting to ignore. And I know how much you can't stand the Wii, but I must say, Galaxy does intrigue me. Oh well. The only reason I'm so short on cash is that I just bought an Xbox 360 wireless network adapter, so I can get live later this month! And seeing as I picked up Halo 3 the other day, maybe we should hook up sometime and frag some noobs. XD

CTFan

Nice! Glad to hear we'll be seeing you online soon. I would definitely be up for rockin' out to H3 one of these days. Typically Ben and I are on along with some other people that are connected to the site in some, way, shape, or form.

Gaming is really killing me the last few weeks... One week Halo 3, the next PGR4, and then last week The Orange Box. I think I have a couple weeks to catch my breath until GH3 comes out. Then after that its Mass Effect and hopefully nothing else for the rest of the year. I've got to call off the hounds at some point. LOL

Thankfully they are only offering Rock Band as a bundle this year, so I should be able to avoid it until '08. Otherwise, I would have liked to give Eternal Sonata a shot, but just can't justify buying it at this time. I guess there's always the used bin someday though.