clearing on 8/4/2009 at 02:23
STALKER: SoC, CS
Aja on 8/4/2009 at 02:31
Quote Posted by Ostriig
I was gonna say something about how there's no need to rub it in like that, but now that I think about it... Would a 06-09 list of, according to you, highly recommended exclusives to any one console be so much longer? Honest question.
Well let's see:
360:
Dead Rising
Condemned
Gears of War*
Viva Pinata*
Crackdown
Lost Planet*
Forza 2
Mass Effect*
Banjo Kazooie N&B
Gears 2
Halo 3
Braid*
Hexic HD
Rez HD
Lumines Live*
PS3
Motorstorm
Resistance
Metal Gear 4
Metal Gear Online
Little Big Planet
Resistance 2
Flow*
Echochrome*
Wipeout HD
Flower
Noby Noby Boy
PixelJunk Monsters
DS
Elite Beat Agents
Castlevanias
Hotel Dusk
Apollo Justice
Drawn to Life
Contra 4
Metroid Hunters
New Super Mario Bros.
Ninja Gaiden
Phoenix Wrights
Zelda
PSP
LocoRoco
GTA Vice City stories
Killzone Liberation
Metal Gear Portable Ops
Final Fantasy Tactics
Jean d'Arc
Loco Roco 2
Patapon
Crush
Castlevania Dracula X
God of War
Resistance Retribution
Crisis Core
*exclusive at the time of release
Make of it what you will.
foldy on 8/4/2009 at 03:08
Add GTA: Chinatown Wars to the list of DS exclusives. What a great game.
Angel Dust on 8/4/2009 at 03:57
Quote Posted by Aja
Make of it what you will.
I make of it that each one of those platforms is as creatively stagnant as the PC is. They only have a handful of genuinely great exclusive titles but a whole lot of run-of-the-mill stuff which can certainly still be entertaining if they are in your genres of choice.
Although I must say that PSP looks pretty damn tasty.
Pidesco on 8/4/2009 at 03:57
@Aja:
First, including timed exclusives is, it seems to me, bollocks. Exclusive means just that, exclusive.
Also, just a detail, but Condemned wasn't an exclusive.
So, a corrected list would be:
360:
Dead Rising
Condemned
Crackdown
Forza 2
Banjo Kazooie N&B
Gears 2
Halo 3
Hexic HD
Rez HD
PS3:
Motorstorm
Resistance
Metal Gear 4
Little Big Planet
Resistance 2
Wipeout HD
Flower
Noby Noby Boy
PixelJunk Monsters
DS
Elite Beat Agents
Castlevanias
Hotel Dusk
Apollo Justice
Drawn to Life
Contra 4
Metroid Hunters
New Super Mario Bros.
Ninja Gaiden
Phoenix Wrights
Zelda
PSP
LocoRoco
GTA Vice City stories
Killzone Liberation
Metal Gear Portable Ops
Final Fantasy Tactics
Jean d'Arc
Loco Roco 2
Patapon
Crush
Castlevania Dracula X
God of War
Resistance Retribution
Crisis Core
These lists seem to make more sense to me, as it should be expected of portables to have more titles specifically designed for them.
Finally, are all these games really recommended? Halo 3 for example, I haven't played, but the impression I got is that was the worst entry of an already rather lackluster FPS series.
aguywhoplaysthief on 8/4/2009 at 04:00
You're missing the big strategy games, and I would argue the best strategy games we've seen for all of PC gaming.
Empire: Total War is the most obvious because it's new, but also because it fucking fantastic.
Company of Heroes and expansion are really excellent
1701 A.D. Gold aka. Anno 1701. Brilliant. 1404 is coming soon as well, and I am sure it will be be just as good, so keep on the lookout.
Also,
Orange Box
Fallout 3
Left 4 Dead
King's Bounty: The Legend. If you like the sort of thing; it's like Heroes of Might and Magic.
ChickenMcOwnage on 8/4/2009 at 04:07
Dawn of War 2
Team Fortress 2
Left 4 Dead
Dark Messiah of Might and Magic?
...I dunno, maybe Far Cry 2 and Crysis?
EvaUnit02 on 8/4/2009 at 04:09
The enhanced PS2 ports of GTA: Liberty City Stories and Vice City Stories are infinitely superior to the PSP originals. For one the controls are loads better, the 2nd analogue stick on Dual Shock 2 is dedicated to camera control and L2/R2 + fire for pulling off drive-bys... the exact same controls as the home console GTA3 Trilogy.
PS2 VCS has greater draw distances and enhanced weather effects, IIRC. Also more frenzies and extreme stunt opportunities, but who gives a shit about those really?
I've said it before and I'll say it again, the lack of a 2nd analogue stick on the PSP was a monumentally retarded idea.
Quote Posted by Angel Dust
Although I must say that PSP looks pretty damn tasty.
...only once you've installed custom firmware. DS honestly has far more "Must Have" titles and a far greater variation in the software library.
Aja on 8/4/2009 at 04:39
Quote Posted by Pidesco
@Aja:
First, including timed exclusives is, it seems to me, bollocks. Exclusive means just that, exclusive.
....
Finally, are all these games really recommended? Halo 3 for example, I haven't played, but the impression I got is that was the worst entry of an already rather lackluster FPS series.
Well, if the release date between platforms is only a few months, that's one thing. But with games like Lost Planet, Mass Effect, Braid, Lumines, Viva Pinata, Gears of War—of which the PC version came out long after the initial release—I think inclusion is reasonable.
As for whether or not the games are recommended: I just scanned the Wikipedia lists for games that I knew were good from personal experience or otherwise just popular. Halo 3 (probably undeservedly) received (
http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/xbox360/halo3) very strong reviews and sold millions: enough people liked it for it to be on the list.
And as for the "creatively stagnant" comment, well, I don't think anyone who's played the best games from any of these lists would say that.
