Lately, I’ve been trying to list every game coming out for the major consoles and the PC. I think from now on, going forward, I’m just going to list the games I think would be of interest to the buttonmashing-dot-com audience. I’m guessing the majority of you guys and gals aren’t interested in Pony Palz 3. Let me know if I’m missing my target audience.
Without further ado, the month of releases:
Week of September 2nd
Infinite Undiscovery
Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise
Warhammer: Battle March
NFL Head Coach 09
FaceBreaker
Week of September 9th
NHL 09
TNA Impact!
Zoids Assault
NHL 2K9
Week of September 16th
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
Rock Band 2
Armored Core: For Answer
Pure
Battle Fantasia
Week of September 23rd
LEGO Batman
BAJA: Edge of Control
Cabela’s Dangerous Hunts ’09
Week of September 30th
Silent Hill: Homecoming
Legendary
Guilty Gear 2: Overture
Samurai Warriors 2: Extreme Legends
Week of September 2nd
Rapala’s Fishing Frenzy with Fishing Pole
Defendin De Penguin
Week of September 9th
Active Life Outdoor Challenge
The Price is Right
NHL 2K9
Hell’s Kitchen
Ten Pin Alley 2
Cabela’s Legendary Adventures
Week of September 16th
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
Harvest Moon: Tree of Tranquility
Dance Dance Revolution Hottest Party 2 with Dance Mat
Zoo Hospital
Offshore Tycoon
Crazy Golf
TNA Impact!
Ocean Commander
Week of September 23rd
LEGO Batman
Wario Land: Shake It!
Samba De Amigo
SimCity Creator
Lost In Blue Shipwrecked
Pitfall: The Lost Expedition
Yamaha Supercross
Brothers in Arms: Double Time
Week of September 30th
Carnival Games – Mini Golf
We Cheer
Monster Lab
Army Men: Soldiers of Misfortune
Brave: A Warrior’s Tale
Week of September 2nd
Defendin De Penguin
Week of September 9th
Mystery Case Files: MillionHeir
The Price is Right
Spore Creatures
Viva Piñata: Pocket Paradise
Hell’s Kitchen
Lock’s Quest
Week of September 16th
Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
Line Rider 2: Unbound
Mazes Of Fate
Week of September 23rd
My Japanese Coach
LEGO Batman
Kirby Super Star Ultra
Disgaea DS
SimCity Creator
Shaun The Sheep
Week of September 30th
Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood
Monster Lab
ZUBO
Di-Gata Defenders
Week of September 2nd
Mercenaries 2: World in Flames
Flatout: Ultimate Carnage
Spore
What’s point of listing anything else this week?
Week of September 9th
Week of September 16th
Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning
Crysis Warhead
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky
The Witcher Enhanced
Week of September 23rd
LEGO Batman
Brothers in Arms: Hell’s Highway
Guild Wars Trilogy
Week of September 30th
Sacred 2: Fallen Angel
Etch a Sketch
Week of September 2nd
Mercenaries 2: World in Flames
FaceBreaker
NFL Head Coach 09
Week of September 9th
NHL 09
TNA Impact!
NHL 2K9
Week of September 16th
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
Armored Core: For Answer
Pure
Week of September 23rd
LEGO Batman
Brothers in Arms: Hell’s Highway
Week of September 30th
Silent Hill: Homecoming
Legendary
Week of September 2nd
Brave: A Warrior’s Tale
Week of September 16th
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
Yggdra Union
B-Boy
Week of September 23rd
LEGO Batman
Valhalla Knights 2
Not a bad month for games. Nothing blockbuster except for a couple DS titles and Mercenaries 2. Are you planning on picking anything up this month?
Hmm.
Force Unleashed for sure. Viva Pinata and Lego Batman if the credit is there.
Got Mercs 2. From what I hear the 360 is VERY buggy, crashes, weird glitches etc. I’ve encountered no serious glitches in my PS3 version, and aside from a general lack of polish, it’s an EXTREMELY fun game.
Mercs 2 has been solid on the 360. I suspect the reports of glitches may be another attempt to make the PS3 look like the “superior” machine.
Personally, I’d rather have the 360 version for Live support, but if I owned a PS3 and didn’t care about co-op I’d probably get that version just so it would play on a console that doesn’t sound like a jet engine.
@Jason O – I think my PS3 is louder than the 360. We have to turn the sound system up every time the fans kick on. I was surprised by it. The drive runs quieter, but I think as a whole it’s just as loud.
@Nat – I’m not sure about FU yet. My bro-in-law is pretty high on it, though, so I may check it out.
@FS – I’ve heard about the buginess of Mercs 2 on the 360, not sure what to think of them. Like Jason says, I wonder if it’s fanboyism? Who knows. Good to hear it’s running good on the PS3 and that it’s fun.
For some reason or another, my interest in Force Unleashed cooled after playing the demo.
It was just a bit too unwieldy to toss things and I had to fight that stupid AT-ST far too many times before I got the hang of it.
I do want to play the game and it’s a sure rental but I think I’ll just save my $50-60 for Dead Space or Valkyria Chronicles in the coming months.
That said, I’ve somehow managed to pick up about 5 games in the last week and a half, so I’m set for games for the time being. I got Tales of Vesperia, Mercs 2, Disgaea 3, Infinite Undiscovery and Spore… I’ve only cracked the plastic on IU and Spore (with about 3 minutes of Disgaea 3 for good measure) and I’m quite liking what I’ve played of both.
Spore is just fun. It might not be as intricate as it had been billed but I had a blast with the first couple of stages of evolution and look forward to playing it with my son as we make crazier and crazier monsters, trucks and other things.
I’m going to spend today playing some Infinite Undiscovery, but lame title aside, it’s looking like a very neat NON-Final Fantasy JRPG from Square/Tri-Ace. Heck, the main character is a flautist. That’s a nice change!
So, Spore has been dumbed down for the kiddies? I’m not understanding?
Spore isn’t dumbed down but I’ve read a few complaints about the fact that it a) doesn’t do nearly as much procedural generation of animation/textures/whatever as they showed/promised back in 2005 or whenever AND b) the creatures are mainly just for show. Where you put the spikes/ooze-sprayer/whatever on your creatures doesn’t really have any effect when you go into battle with other creatures. It’s the stats that you get from the various pieces that matter.
It’s a lot of nit-picking and frankly, if I hadn’t had it pointed out to me, I probably wouldn’t have noticed it. It’s still a fantastic piece of software from what I’ve spent with it though… The DRM is pretty draconian, but I haven’t run into any issues with it… yet 🙂
@Brock – You’ve got quite the play stack there. Interested in reviewing any of them for the site? 🙂
I’m interested to hear about Tales and IU.
I just might take you up on that, Tony.
For those interested, Infinite Undiscovery is one of those games that is going to appeal to a niche of JRPG fans who want something different. It’s got an ‘everything-but-the-kitchen-sink’ feel to it. That’s not bad, but at the beginning, there is so much on offer that it’s almost overwhelming.
It also has production values that vary from gorgeous to downright ugly… I’m talking visually, aurally and with regards to the interface. Yet for everything that the game does wrong, it has something it does right which balances things out and has you digging a bit deeper to see what it other surprises the game has to offer.
That said, if you don’t like JRPGs, stay away. This is not the game for you, even though it does have a more action-oriented feel to it.