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21Oct/084

What an insane fall lineup

The games coming out this fall season are an assault on the senses. This is a way better lineup than last year. Games I care about include:

  • Dead Space - released Oct 13 to great reviews
  • Fable 2 - Oct 21
  • Far Cry 2 - Oct 22
  • Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3 - Oct 28
  • Fallout 3 - Oct 28
  • Gears of War 2 - Nov 7
  • Call of Duty: World at War - Nov 11
  • Mirror's Edge - Nov 11
  • World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King - Nov 13
  • Left 4 Dead - Nov 17
  • Prince of Persia - Dec 2

I've bolded the ones I'm definitely going to buy. Almost all of these are Xbox 360 titles. There are a couple good PS3 games (such as Little Big Planet), but I don't have a PS3.

I'm cautious about Fallout 3. It has probably the biggest advertising campaign out of all of them, but I have a feeling it won't meet expectations.

Lots of sequels in there. In fact, the only ones that aren't a sequel or in some way part of an existing series are Dead Space, Mirror's Edge, and Left 4 Dead.

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  1. I’ve been following the Fallout 3 coverage on No Mutants Allowed since Bethesda got the license. I think it’ll be a great game; that may be different from ‘meeting expectations’ for a lot of the Fallout fan community.

    Long time no see, Andrew. How are things going? There’s a cool geek get-together in Cambridge this Friday, if you want to come.

  2. WoW:WotLK? Seriously, you play WoW these days? As for the F3 – seems to be more Mad Max-ish/Fallout-ish than Oblivion-ish. Not being the biggest Ob fan I think that’s good for the game.

  3. Notice how I didn’t bold WoW, which means I’ll probably wait a long time before trying it.

    I’m only cautious about Fallout 3 because I’ve seen lots of demos (including all the ones at PAX), but the demos never have much substance. They usually amount to “oh look at our fancy targeting system.”

    I hope it isn’t like Oblivion, because Oblivion had really broken gameplay and repetitive voice-overs.

  4. Interwebs claim that people who didn’t like Oblivion should give F3 a try since it’s different. Equally huge but different in terms of gameplay. There are more interesting things IMO so I won’t pick it up. I preordered MKvsDC, C&C:RA3 (PC), Mirror’s Edge, PoP and TR:U. I’ll get Fable 2 and GoW2 as well. Now, where can I buy some free time? ;D


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