New Games on the Horizon (the video game thread)

I started playing Zelda Twilight Princesses; great game. I love Zelda games, well put together and the puzzles are challenging.

Zelda is another favorite series of mine to play. I am actually playing A Legend of Zelda: A link to the past, on my trusty old SNES emulator.

It was my absolute favorite game as a child, playing it is still fun and challenging, and it brings back soo many memories of when life was fun lol.

I play it about once a year, taking a break from Skyrim right now, that I have been completley immersed in since it came out.

So Skyrim is good? I've been hearing a lot of buzz about it but I can't break away from BF3 just yet.

So Skyrim is good? I've been hearing a lot of buzz about it but I can't break away from BF3 just yet.


I tried the other one, Oblivion I think when it got all these great reviews as well.

From what I have gather from yo uover the years we have similar gaming interest and I am willing to bet you won't like Skyrim. I don't think yo ulike any RPG's and this is the mother of RPG's.

I like the idea of RPG's but I just don't have the time for them or patience.

I was big into Zelda back in the day... are the GTA games considered to be RPG?

I was big into Zelda back in the day... are the GTA games considered to be RPG?


Zelda GTA etc...are not really RPG games yes they have some of the same attributes but they are different.

To me a true RPG game would be any of the Final Fantasy; Skyruim, Fall Out, etc...Game where you just put in hours and hours to build your character not necessarily move the story.

Old school RPG use to be where they would fight but you had no real time control. You would pick your move then see it play out and then the computer would pick it's move then see it play out and so fourth until someone was killed.

Example:

Final Fantasy VII - Fighting - A cover by Spoony_Bard - YouTube

I hear ya. I rented a game once, think it was Fallout 3, and was bored outta my mind. If that's how Skyrim is I should probably pass.

Skyrim is definitely RPG, and GTA is not. I'm playing Skyrim on PS3, and I like it, but I just don't have the hours to devote to it lol. It's nice to have for when you have a little time to kill though. But it has serious problems on PS3 (look up Skyrim PS3 problems on IGN) that make it annoying. Like the fact that every time you save the save file grows larger. Mine is about 6k right now and it's only getting bigger. And I've prob. put in like 15 hours on the game.

I hear ya. I rented a game once, think it was Fallout 3, and was bored outta my mind. If that's how Skyrim is I should probably pass.


They are exactly the same different settings. I was the same way; got Fallout 3 all pumped and it took forever to get going. I ended up just giving up on it.

Let's say I got a job in the north pole measuring snow fall amounts for six months; yes then bring on the Skyrim and Fallout games to fill my down time otherwise I don't have the time for them.

I actually got through Final Fantasy 7 when I first graduate from college and had my first real job; I got it used for twenty bucks and it filled my time becasue I had no money to do anything else.

So my 360 died last night with the RROD.

Anybody have suggestions on how to get a cheaper one as replacement.

Part of me says F it and just chuck and use my PS3 but I do like playing some of the Xbox only games.

Obviously I would suggest getting a PS3. Seeing as how it comes with blu-ray, wifi, and what is now regarded as a stronger lineup of exclusives. However if you like Halo, GOW, Fable, etc then I would suggest going to Gamestop and getting a Pre-owned 360.

My brother actually got the cheapest model new, the arcade for around $200 and kept his hard drive from his RROD console.