Questionable Mentions are games I didn’t get a chance to play, but might have made my top ten list. In my opinion, nowhere near enough people mention the games that didn’t make their list due to ignorance. Whether this is a mistake of negligence or arrogance, I don’t know, but I don’t want to be accused of either. Here’s a list of games that I wish I hadn’t missed, from least interested to most interested.
Prince of Persia
I got about a half-hour of this game at my friend Matt’s house while in Ottawa, and it just didn’t grab me. I don’t see what everyone likes about it; I’ll be the first to say I want something more Assassin’s Creed, where there are many ways to handle the tasks in front of you, instead of precise button combinations at precise times. But, I didn’t spend enough time with it.
FIFA Soccer 09
I love soccer, and I really wish I had picked this up considering all of the love for it on I Love Games. I may still do so, but I don’t know. I probably will waste many hours with it if I do.
Time Hollow
One of the several DS games I’ve heard are unmissable, I just haven’t had the energy to pick it up and try it out.
Lock’s Quest
Even more than Time Hollow, I really want to see this game. I’m not a big tower defense fan, but the buzz for this game has been o surprisingly positive that I’ll have to go back and have a look at this at some point.
Star Ocean: First Departure
Considering how much people freaked out for the original, and how favourably the reviews are looking at this one, I’m intrigued and want to spend some time with this. I hope the save functionality is bus-friendly or I’ll ignore it.
Persona 3 FES
I played a fair bit of Persona 3, but I lent my copy of FES to my friend Angus as soon as I got it. He’s yet to get it back to me! It’s okay, though, because I hadn’t even gotten that far in P3.
Zoids Assault, Operation Darkness, Spectral Force 3 
I love SRPGs, but these ones got such mixed reviews that I just want the prices to drop! C’mon, Atlus, throw me a bone! UPDATE: Apparently OD and SF3 are $20 on Amazon.ca now. Go figure! ORDER’D!
Wipeout HD
When I saw the trailer for this, and it had Kraftwerk in it, and was pretty, I was sad. I don’t regret getting a 360, but man, I wish I could have some of those PS3 games.
Peggle Nights
I haven’t been arsed to buy this one yet, but if I do, it will keep me up to 4am a few nights, at least.
The Last Guy
People stopped talking about this at some point, but I wanted to hear more! An indie title that uses satellite photos of cities to build levels?! Insanity! Do want!
Soul Bubbles
I blame The Quixotic Engineer for my mad jonesing for this game. He made it look AMAZING.
PixelJunk Eden
I still don’t know what this game is about. All I know is that a lot of people love it and it looks pretty. That’s enough for me.
Mirror’s Edge
One of the games I was most excited about, I instead became apprehensive when I heard about its length (and the recession really started hitting me in the wallet area). I regret not yet getting it, as it looks stunning (I adore the clean, blueprint-like feel) and every criticism about the game sounds pretty irrelevant to me (I don’t care if the shooting sucks, I don’t want to do it).
Valkyria Chonicles
Oh, Valkyria Chronicles. You are the kind of game that might have made me buy a console in the past. Why did it take you so long to come out? Again, I’m happy with my 360… but, seriously, I might have considered the PS3 if I had known a masterful, progressive tactical RPG was on the way that had an alternate-history angle to it.
Mother 3
I need to beat Earthbound first, but I am really just sitting on this. It looks so pretty. Must play.
Boom Blox
I think this is the only Wii game in here… but, boy, does it look awesome. I love Jenga, I love knocking things down, I love physics and explosions and cleverly-used motion control and all that. Can’t someone make a Source Engine remake? Maybe I just need to get ahold of a Wii long enough to rent this game.
LittleBigPlanet
Out of all of the knives in the PS3’s drawer, none cut deeper than LBP. Every part of me wants to play this, right now. I want to make things. I want to dress sackboy up in silly outfits. I want to use calculators made out of virtual gears and wire and bits of old tire. This is one game where I just won’t hear any of the criticism; it looks perfect. Or, at least, perfect for me.
Tuesday, 30. December 2008
Soul Bubbles was also picked as Gamasutra’s #1 overlooked game of the year!
I picked up Persona 3 again recently, and it has its claws firmly in me now. It glosses over all the little things that usually bug me about JRPGs, and the life/school sim is the cherry on top. Highly recommended!
As much as I’d like to see how the Metal Gear series concludes, Valkyria Chronicles and and PJE are definitely the main attractions on the PS3 right now. If they drop the hardware price I’ll be awfully tempted…
Thursday, 1. January 2009
Matt, I think we just need to make friends with some people whose only next-gen system is a PS3, and do a temporary system swap. Then we can play those 3 games we want to play, and not pay for that giant hunk of plastic! Even if I could afford it I’m running out of space! SNES, PS2, 360, PC… that’s just about enough for me. If it at least had PS2 back-compatibility, still, I might be tempted… MIGHT.
Sunday, 11. January 2009
Will -
I get copies of EA-developed titles for $20. Give me your shipping address and I will mail you a copy of Mirror’s Edge. If you like it, you can purchase it for what I paid. If you don’t, you can keep it as a coaster for free.
/Jazz
Friday, 24. July 2009
i’ve got my bro to buy me the zoids assault, must say that it is way cooler than i expected it to be :)