What are you buying this week? (10/17)

[Destructor]

What's due out this week? A lot:

PS2: Blitz: The League, Crash Tag Team Racing, Disney's Chicken Little, DragonBall Z: Budokai Tenkaichi, Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life Special Edition, IHRA Drag Racing Sportsman Edition, JAK X Combat Racing, Major League Baseball 2K5: World Series Edition, Shadow of the Colossus, Shining Force Neo, Sniper Elite, SpongeBob SquarePants: Lights Camera Pants!, The Warriors, Tony Hawk's American Wasteland,
World Poker Tour

PSP: The Con, X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse

Xbox: Blitz: The League, Crash Tag Team Racing, Disney's Chicken Little, Grand Theft Auto Trilogy, Greg Hastings' Tournament Paintball MAX'd, IHRA Drag Racing Sportsman Edition, Major League Baseball 2K5: World Series Edition, Shattered Union, Sniper Elite, SpongeBob SquarePants: Lights Camera Pants!, Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse, The Bible Game, The Warriors, Tony Hawk's American Wasteland, World Poker Tour

Cube: Crash Tag Team Racing, Disney's Chicken Little, Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance, SpongeBob SquarePants: Lights Camera Pants!, Tony Hawk's American Wasteland

DS: Big Mutha Truckers, Dig Dug: Digging Strike, Ford Racing 2, Scooby-Doo! Unmasked, Snood 2: Lost In Snoodville, Spyro: Shadow Legacy

GBA: Big Mutha Truckers, CandyLand / Chutes & Ladders / Memory, Crash & Spyro Superpack, Crash Superpack, Disney's Chicken Little, Ford Racing 3, Life / Yahtzee / Payday, Mousetrap / Operation / Simon, SpongeBob SquarePants: Lights Camera Pants!, Spyro Superpack, Tony Hawk's American Sk8land, World Poker Tour

PC: Age of Empires III, Disney's Chicken Little, F.E.A.R., Namco Museum: 50th, Anniversary Collection, Nancy Drew: Last Train Canyon, Quake 4, Rhem 2, Shattered Union, Sniper Elite, SpongeBob SquarePants: Lights Camera Pants!, Ultima Online: The Eighth Age, X3: The Reunion, Zoo Tycoon 2: Endangered Species


That's a crapload of awesome releases this week. Between Shadow of the Colossus, F.E.A.R., Quake 4, Fire Emblem, Jak X, Shining Force Neo, Blitz: The League, Tony Hawk's American Wasteland, the GTA Trilogy, Age of Empires 3, and The Bible Game (don't ask me, I just post this), there's something for just about everybody.

My poor wallet.

[Purge]

I want the Bible game; I wanna go smoke some heathens.

[coopasonic]

nothing... again. I might become interested in Blitz if impressions here are encouraging.

I'm on the verge of trading in my 3 remaining systems (xbox, ps2, gba), picking up a DS and waiting for the next gen to hit.

I'd think about FEAR, but my relatively new PC is crashing from time to time playing Far Cry... cmon next gen hurry up.

[whiteboyskim]

Holy shit the Bible Game! W00T!!! Heathens, repent now!!!

/confirms first-class ticket to Hell


F.E.A.R. will be picked up about 10 seconds after it hits shelves this week. I'll probably pick up Serious Sam II as well for the weekend, and Quake 4 I'll let everyone know. The console games get added to the Christmas list, so check off Stubbs the Zombie for Xbox, Shadow of the Colossus for PS2, then throw in X3: Reunion and Age of Empires 3 for the PC as well.

Hey, I like to diversify.

[wonderpug]

Shadow of the Colossus, woo woo!

Tempted by X3 too, but I'll wait for some forum impressions.

[The_Man]

I'll be buying Blitz the League for the Xbox for sure.  Also I can't resist a new baseball game and the 2k5 World Series Edition looks intriguing.  If they fixed all the problems with the first release, this could be a great game, even though the season is almost over.

[Knightshade Dragon]

We have literally almost 70 reviews coming in the next 14 days, including Quake 4 tomorrow.  Hopefully we'll be able to help you weed out the crap so you can spend your cash on the gems.

[Lockdown]

If they fixed all the problems with the first release, this could be a great game...

The key word being IF.  Let us know what you find out if/when you pick it up please.

LD

[Dreamshadow]

I want:

Fire Emblem
Shining Force Neo
F.E.A.R
Quake 4
Shattered Union

I won't be buying anything unfortunately...buying a house takes priority.

[Starshifter]

Well, this week it's going to be:

Crash Tag Team Racing [NGC]
Nyko Gamecube Memory Card 1019 Blocks ($19.99 at Walmart)
The Warriors [Xbox]

[TheMissingLink]

Most likely Fire Emblem here...that's it.

[Fellow]

Too much to pick from, so I'll probably fret for a couple of days, and end up picking nothing, because of being overwhelmed with choices.

That said... F.E.A.R is something I'm keeping a very close eye on, and I'm curious to see how Shadow of the Colossus and Fire Emblem fare.

Also, I don't think X3 will be released this week, since it went gold just yesterday. They did announce a UK release date of the, um, 28th, was it?

[Andrew Mallon]

Fire Emblem
F.E.A.R.
Shadow of the Colossus

Those are the three I'm interested in. I'm going to hold off on FE and Colossus until next week though, as I think TRU is running their 'Buy 2 Get 1 Free' sale again.

[rrmorton]

Awesome week of incredible newness!

Definitely buying...

F.E.A.R. (PC)
Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse (XBOX)
Age of Empires III (PC)
Shadow of the Colossus (PS2)

Maybe, someday, depending on reviews...

X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse (PSP)
The Warriors (XBOX)
Quake 4 (PC)
Shattered Union (PC/Xbox)

[Hetz]

For Sure:

FEAR
Age of Empires III

Maybe:

Shattered Union

[WinoMcCougarstein]

I really want to play Blitz, but I dont think I will buy it.  Probably a rental.  I'm on the fence with Tony Hawk.  I want to play it now, but I also kind of want to wait for the 360 version.  I'll probably give in and end up purchasing it for the xbox.

[Big Jake]

Almost Certainly Buying:
Fear
Quake 4
(Im not listing X3, as it is NOT coming out this week).

Looking at Buying:
AoE3

And I have at least another two insta-buys next week. November will be a lean month for my wallet. :cry:

[depward]

I'm going to try and not pick up anything.  Don't have the time lately.  And I currently want Digital Devil Saga 2 to have my baby.  So I'm fully content at the moment  

[Nth Power]

I'd like F.E.A.R., but I don't think my PC will be able to handle it.  Other than that, nothing much else looks good except Shadow of the Colossus.

[Calvin]

FEAR is 100%. In fact, I already have it
Quake 4 after a nice price drop.

[fyedaddy]

Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance (little explanation necessary)
Dig Dug: Digging Strike (love what Nintendo has been doing with the re-releases)
Life / Yahtzee / Payday (the entire family will get their use from this one.. and the Risk compilation was solid)

[Laner]

Assuming I have the money (which I don't):

Shadow of the Colossus
Tony Hawk's American Wasteland
Age of Empires III
F.E.A.R.
Quake 4
X3: The Reunion

[The Grue]

Wait...why are Microsoft's and Lionhead's sites telling me Fable: The Lost Chapters s out this week for XBox and it isn't on this list and Gamestop shows 11/1?  I was looking forward to finally playing Fable.

[Calvin]

Hmm if X3 makes it this week I will have to try hard not to get it. Has anyone heard ANYTHING about the flight model? Why they couldn't just copy any other half decent space sim instead of that dreck in X2 is beyond me.

[Dafones]

Likely Shadow of the Colossus for me.

[stiffler]

Man, there is a ton of interesting stuff the last few weeks.  I can't afford all of it, but damn I'm going to be a happy man in a few months when the prices start dropping!

[Interloper]

Fire Emblem

[Pi]

Shadow of the Colossus - it's the first game I've preordered in years.

[-Lord Ebonstone-]

Shadow of the Colossus here.  Assuming reviews favor it.

[AgtFox]

Shadow of the Colossus here.  Assuming reviews favor it.

There's plenty of that (91% right now):

IGN  10/17/2005 9.7 out of 10 97.0%
1UP  10/14/2005 9.5 out of 10 95.0%
PSM Magazine   12/1/2005 9.5 out of 10 95.0%
Gamespy  10/17/2005 4.5 out of 5 90.0%
Official Playstation Magazine   10/1/2005 4.5 out of 5 90.0%
Electronic Gaming Monthly   11/1/2005 8.83 out of 10 88.3%
Game Informer   10/1/2005 8.75 out of 10 87.5%
GameSpot  10/17/2005 8.7 out of 10 87.0%

[EddieA]

I'm not getting anything right now, but I will definitely eventually get Crash Tag Team Racing, Shadow of The Colossus, Shining Force Neo, THAW, Stubbs the Zombie, Fire Emblem, and probably AoE3.

[TheMissingLink]

I've decided to forgo Fire Emblem and grab Blitz: The League instead.  The 8.6 Gamespot review (which, coincidentally is the same score they gave FE) put me over the edge.

[Lockdown]

I plan on buying the Astros a freakin' clue!!!!!!

Christ they piss me off.

Also, Fire Emblem and that strategy game Shattered something.

LD

[Beer Goggles]

Holy shit the Bible Game! W00T!!! Heathens, repent now!!!

Better than another WWII game.

If I can pull myself away from Barbarian Invasion, I will get the F.E.A.R. DVD.

[Calvin]

I've decided to forgo Fire Emblem and grab Blitz: The League instead.  The 8.6 Gamespot review (which, coincidentally is the same score they gave FE) put me over the edge.

Wow.

[-Lord Ebonstone-]

Hm... Shadow of the Collossus is only 12-14 hours.  Hmm...

[farley2k]

Hm... Shadow of the Collossus is only 12-14 hours.  Hmm...

Yea!!  I hate long games and this will mean they really focused on the game.

ICO wasn't much longer (shorter I think) and it was phenominal so they get my trust.

[AgtFox]

Ico can be beaten in 4 hours and I still say it is one of the best experiences in all of gaming.  If Colossus is 3x longer, I'm in!