Digital Nightfall on 15/4/2009 at 05:06

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There's four titles I have had my eye on, but I'll only be getting one. They are;

Fallout 3
Deadspace
Riddick: Dark Athena
Zeno Clash

I don't care much about the DRM controversy so that's not a real factor in the choice. Price is - naturally Zeno Clash has the price bias in its favor, and Riddick the most points against it. On the other hand, noone has played the finished version of ZenoClash so that's a bit of a gamble. I didn't put FEAR 2 on the list because, even though I liked the demo, in the end, I'd rather play any of the four listed than it. Too bad none of those four have demos out. I feel like Fallout 3 is an inevitable purchase, but if I don't get it now I could just as reasonably pick it up a year from now. For the others, I doubt I'll care a year from now.

Another option is to reinstall STALKER and give it a fourth try, but after three attempts to play it and never getting into it, I don't know if another try will do any good.

So if I only played one new game this year, which should it be? :)

EvaUnit02 on 15/4/2009 at 05:31

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Dead Space has dropped a fair bit in price since release, I'd say pick that up. Sweet game, probably the best survival horror title of 2008.

june gloom on 15/4/2009 at 05:57

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Also, if you liked the original FEAR, get the sequel. While it has a few things that are irritating, they don't really do much damage to what is really one of the better games I've played the last couple years.

Sinister Handed on 15/4/2009 at 07:19

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Fallout 3 is killing my backlog. I'm on my first playthrough with a ton of things to do still and I'm ready to roll another character and go through it again once I'm done.

Xenith on 15/4/2009 at 07:58

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Fallout 3 is what I'd choose, but a word of caution if you do choose it. You have a 50% chance of the game working without a flaw and a 50% chance of it being a steaming pile of bugs, crashes and other bullcrap. You won't notice this until you've played for a couple of hours. After that if the game still runs fine than you got lucky. Else... well, you'll lose some brain cells while being stressed in the search for fixes for said crashes. Then you probably won't give a damn anymore. Good luck on the gamble.

Dead Space was kind of boring and lame for me, not to mention that I still don't like the way they implemented the camera view. It's like they tried making it scarry by limiting your field of view, which I just find retarded since it stops being scarry and becomes the biggest annoyance I have ever seen in a game. Other than that, well it has nice gore and limbs fly like there's no tomorrow. A lot of people liked Dead Space as it is so maybe you will too.

I found F.E.A.R 2 to be pretty good. You get what you pay for: a shooter with tense moments here and there. The pace is more chaotic than it's predecessor and sometimes it feels like you're in a very fast car race, switching from shooting soldiers to apparitions and back to soldiers in a matter of seconds. This can be fun, but some don't like it. A lot feel that storywise it doesn't deliver, but personally I think it's just nitpicking.

If S.T.A.L.K.E.R hasn't gripped you yet than it probably still won't even if you replay it. I say you should give it another chance some other time, maybe after a couple of months or even a year. That is, unless you find something else to keep you entertained and you'll feel that you won't care enough to try it again. :)

I haven't played Riddick and Zeno.