@Gargantua:
The whole FF series is J U N K.
No one likes that Crap, Fallout was always a superior series. And it was a PC game for ADULTS.
I know you are trolling, but:
I will admit that there are some subpar Final Fantasy games, but there are also some great ones spanning 5(!) console generations. Many are being rereleased because they are classic. Final Fantasy 7 to me was an epic during my high school days. I rented a Playstation and the game just to play it, then bought both because it was so good. It may not hold up to today, but it still has related content coming out over a decade after its release.
Fallout is great too, but it has also had some stinkers. Many people don’t like the newest incarnations (that run fine on the consoles, BTW), or that number 3 and New Vegas are pretty damn similar. Or even that it’s just piggy backing on the success of Elder Scrolls.
@frimmel:
I think there is a download for PS3 which you watch a synopsis of the first and make some decisions on the way which creates a starting point for you with ME2. So not the full ride but something to get you started.
Ah, well it’s something at least. I realized afterwards that there are people playing the second without the first even on the 360, so I know the address that. It’s just not the same as playing it though. You know, building your badass team, seducing a squad member of whichever gender, tagging the blue alien chick, etc. Actually, the newest Star Trek movie really reminded me of Mass Effect 1, although I know you disliked that movie.
In RDR it is pretty cool just to take a ride on your horse. However, even with that I don’t much like the checkpoint system. I spent rather a long time traveling to a story mission only to fall into a gulch (because it got like pitch black dark) and find myself entirely back where I’d started with nothing to show. For an open world game it felt kinda of stingy and cheap. And this was after unsatisfying experiences with poker and horseshoes. It rather dampened my enthusiasm. I want to finish it but always seem to end up playing BC2.
I’ve got a backlog of unfinished games (RDR, Batman:AA, The Saboteur and some Move titles) plus a few things I’d like to play again (Uncharted 1 and 2) and that is without a lot of the stuff I’m excited about this summer. “inFamous 2” and “LA Noire” and Augusta National is in the new Tiger Woods golf game and the idea of playing that with the Move controls has considerable appeal. Probably as close as I’ll ever have a chance to get. Might have to take up caffeinated beverages again.
Yeah, I get frustrated at save systems too. I can’t stand to go back and redo an area I just did. If anything, Oblivion and Fallout 3 taught me to save constantly, if I can. Regardless, you have a masterpiece waiting to be completed and I urge you to knock it out. It could happen in a weekend or so and if not satisfied, I’m sure you could trade it in for some big bucks still. I enjoyed the minigames but they should have been in multiplayer in the 1st place. Adding them in DLC is BS, IMO. Although the Undead Nightmare DLC is supposed to be the best of the year.
Not enough time, too many games. I know how it goes. I feel the same way about many books I own, but not so much the games. I generally keep it to a purchase every couple of months or so while trading in old games. Very few I hang on to long term.