Here it is, the weekly Open Discussion for September 20, 2012. Now’s your chance to choose the topics, whether they be in relation to what game’s you’re playing or news items that have caught your interest.
This week saw an eclectic array of titles released, a few of which could be counted among this year’s top sellers when all is said and done. The first exciting title, or expansion rather, that was released was of course World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria. Blizzard’s new expansion for their once-juggernaut franchise hopes to entice seasoned players back not just with the promise of a new race, class, and higher level cap, but some cool new features as well. However, unlike with past world-changing expansions, Mists of Pandaria appears decidedly more family-friendly than fans might be interested in.
FIFA 13 also made its big debut this week, promising minute changes to the base formula of FIFA 12, but hopefully enough to warrant a purchase. While last year’s iteration was about improved physics, dribbling, and defending, FIFA 13 appears to be a more polished product that introduces a few subtle new changes in order to make the game look and play as realistic as possible.
On the news front we saw a confirmation that the much-despised Flood will return for Halo 4, albeit in the game’s multiplayer arena (and hopefully is wholly absent from its single player campaign). 343 Industries isn’t above making big decisions for fans when it comes to introducing new features and leaving out beloved ones, but the Flood ranked pretty high on most gamers “keep out” list.
As well, this week brought more details about Mass Effect 3‘s next DLC, Omega, and the announcement of the Mass Effect Trilogy for all platforms. By now most gamers seem to be beyond giving BioWare’s latest the time of day, but maybe some exciting DLC, or a chance to experience the saga as a complete package, will do the trick.
But those are only just some of the topics worth discussing; feel free to share your thoughts or gripes about any recent news or game that has caught your fancy.
Also, respect should be paid towards every commenter, and that no disparaging remarks will be tolerated. This is a place for gamers to get together and discuss the things they love, so have at it.
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Picked up Fifa 13 this week and once again the developers have done an excellent job. Every year Fifa gets better and better. I wish I could say the same for Poke Check 13 (NHL).
Also, is anyone getting Dishonored when it’s released? I never even heard of the game until I watched Face Off on Syfy Tuesday. The game looks good, but I don’t know a lot about it. At first glance it seems to have an Assassin Creed game play with a Fable look.
Yup, I’m on my way to pay off Dishonored right now!
Is anyone getting NBA2K13? I love the new dribbling controls. I was always a Live fan but the demo got me to preorder the digital copy.
So did anyone even know the game of the year edition for uncharted hit stores Tuesday? I must have missed the news somewhere. Too preoccupied with the avengers release I guess. I’m definelty trading my copy for it. I don’t like to buy dlc as it comes. Rather buy a pack. Plus it’s only forty bucks. Why not.
Also resident evil 6 release date is creepin up. Excited for that!
Yeah, I noticed Uncharted 3: GOTY on store shelves when I stopped by my local EB Games earlier this week. I never picked up the original game, so I’m definitely tempted to grab it now. Although, I may hold off to get the game bundled with the new Super Slim PS3; I still have the fat system.
Resident Evil 6 looks like it’ll be a blast, but I’ll probably hold off on that one until the price drops.
I wonder why uncharted wash annoyed but like I said I sai may have just missed it. But def pick it up. Great game. To me just as good as 2. And the super slim design does look nice but I have the slim which I’m good with.
And I agree waiting for resident evil price drop for sure. Maybe a Black Friday deal.
I started playing Dyad this morning after having it sit on my PS3′s hard drive for two months. Anyone else play it? It’s a lot of fun but the trophies are impossible!
It’s a cool game, but I didn’t love it as much as I expected to. Heavy Tempest 2000 influence, don’t you think?
Haha, I’m way too young to have played that game.
I was reading Game Informer the other day and they were talking about microsoft integrating their xbox live service into the windows 8 operating system. They were saying that if microsoft does this, it could take away some steam customers from steam. What are your thoughts about this? Is this a good thing or a bad thing?
From what I understand, developers have been very vocal about their dislike for Windows 8. That being said, Microsoft is very keen on creating a shared OS between all of their products, and anyone who owns a PC and an Xbox will reap the benefits that accompany having a Windows 8 phone/comp/360.
If their goal is to take away from Steam though, it won’t happen. Valve has built up a very loyal user base for their digital distribution service, and Microsoft likely won’t succeed in dethroning the current king. If they wanted to have a hope of doing that then they’d have to start bringing high profile Xbox exclusives (i.e. Halo 4 and Gears of War Judgment) to computer. Even then, consumers could just have both digital platforms on one PC.
I don’t think that it’ll be a bad thing for gamers if Microsoft starts bringing more first-party software to PC, and more competition very rarely ends badly for consumers – if you could even call it competition for Steam.
Do you guys know anything about the EA “sports” lawsuit/settlement? I haven’t heard anything about it recently.