What are you buying this week? (11/5) (The real post)

[Destructor]

The month of November is upon us, a month stuffed to the gills with titles everybody wants to play. Don't believe me? Here's the list:

PS2:
Aqua Teen Hunger Force: Zombie Ninja Pro-Am
Cabela's Big Game Hunter

PS3:
Bladestorm: Hundred Years War
Blazing Angels 2: Secret Missions
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga

PSP:
Chessmaster
Silent Hill: Origins
SOCOM US Navy Seals Tactical Strike
The Simpsons Game
World Series of Poker 2008: Battle for the Bracelets

360:
Bladestorm: The Hundred Years' War
Cabela's Big Game Hunter
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
F.E.A.R. Files
LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga
Scene-It

Wii:
Bee Movie
Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn
Hannah Montana: Spotlight World Tour
LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga
Mario and Sonic: Olympic Games
My Word Coach
Alien Soldier (VC)
Power Golf (VC)
Super Mario Bros. 3 (VC)

DS:
Bratz: 4 Real
Build A Bear Workshop
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker
Enchanted
Go Diego Go: Safari Adventure
Hannah Montana: Music Jam
Horse Life
Hot Wheels Beat That
LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga
My French Coach
My Spanish Coach
My Word Coach
Ontamarama
Panzer Tactics
Puzzle de Harvest Moon
Shrek the 3rd: Ogres and Donkeys
World Series of Poker 2008: Battle for the Bracelets

PC:
Blackbeard's Revenge
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Democracy
Empire Earth III
F.E.A.R. Perseus Mandate
Gears of War
Ghost in the Sheet
Hot Wheels: Beat That
Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance
The Lost Crown
The Office
The Sims 2: Teen Style Stuff
Viva Pinata
Zoo Vet Endangered Animals

As for me, I'm interested in buying Call of Duty 4, along with the new Dragon Quest Monsters title, and Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn. As for what I'm buying, I'm not quite sure. Too many games that are absolutely must buys next week and beyond... However, Alien Soldier is a MUST buy for the VC for me. It's an amazing and quite difficult side scroller from the masters at Treasure.

What are you buying this week?

[Destructor]

And your VC games of the week are:

Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES®, 1-2 players, Rated E for Everyone, 500 Wii Points): Remember when no one had ever heard of a Tanooki Suit or knew that Bowser™ had a clan of Koopalings? The game that made these things common knowledge is also considered by many to be one of the best ever made. Bowser and the Koopalings are causing chaos yet again, but this time they're going beyond the Mushroom Kingdom into the seven worlds that neighbor it. Now Mario and Luigi™ must battle new enemies, returning favorites and a new Koopaling in each unique and distinctive world on their way to ultimately taking on Bowser himself. Luckily for the brothers, they have more power-ups available than ever before. Fly above the action using the Super Leaf, swim faster by donning the Frog Suit or defeat enemies using the Hammer Bros. Suit. Use the brand-new overworld map to take the chance to play a minigame in hopes of gaining extra lives or to find a Toad's House where you can pick up additional items. All this (and more) combines into one of gaming's most well-known and beloved titles—are you ready to experience gaming bliss?

Alien Soldier (Sega Genesis, 1 player, Rated E10+ for Everyone 10 and Older –Fantasy Violence, 900 Wii Points): As Epsilon-Eagle, you are an alien soldier who has been genetically engineered to produce maximum intelligence and strength. You were once a member of the criminal organization Scarlet, but when you decided to break from the group, you were forced into a showdown with Scarlet's new leader Xi-Tiger, who kills a hostage in his attempt to destroy you. Now it's up to you to take revenge against the bad guys in this side-scrolling action game! Choose from six different weapons and battle the bosses of Scarlet until you reach the final confrontation with the ultimate secret weapon!

Power Golf (TurboGrafx16, 1-3 players, Rated E for Everyone, 600 Wii Points): Power Golf sports a perfect combination of simple-yet-realistic controls and beautiful graphics. Swing away on 18 lush holes in one of three different game modes: the single-player STROKE PLAY mode and the multiplayer MATCH PLAY and COMPETITION modes. Enter tournaments as one of three different characters—beginner, intermediate and advanced. Wind strength and the slope of the green add extra challenges to each hole. Compete against other players in the standard NORMAL MATCH or ante up one of your clubs in the unique CLUB MATCH. Up to three players can play in COMPETITION mode, and a handicap feature is included to help novice players pull off breathtaking shots just like their advanced rivals.

Alien Soldier RULES!! Buy it NOW!! And so does SMB 3, but we've never seen Alien Soldier on these shores before.

[ATB]

COD4 and Panzer Tactics (apparently for the third straight week, Destructor  )

Edit: And with Mass Effect prepaid and Rockband on preorder, this pretty much brings about the end of my gaming funding for 2007.

I have my eye on Assassin's Creed (very skeptical) and Kane and Lynch (very Skeptical) that I could pull the trigger on, but the 2 above are the last one's I'm really looking forward to that I haven't paidf or yet.

[denoginizer]

COD 4 on the 360.

[wonderpug]

Yikes.

Well, I'm interested in buying:

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga
Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn
Mario and Sonic: Olympic Games
Super Mario Bros. 3 (VC)
Panzer Tactics

But realistically, my money is only going to:
The Rock Band and Mass Effect Savings Fund

[DonD]

COD4 (360)

[Dante Rising]

Good grief:

SOCOM-PSP
Silent Hill-PSP
Panzer Tactics-DS
Dragon Quest Monster Joker-DS

F.E.A.R. Perseus Mandate-PC


And with Warhammer for the PSP coming out next week, these damned portable gaming devices are killing me.

[coopasonic]

The only game I am interested in is Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn but I don't have a Wii so this is a bye week instead of a buy week for me.

[EngineNo9]

I'd be interested in Viva Pinata for the PC if it includes the ability to change the speed of the game.  I can imagine that the mouse interface would greatly help, too.  

I might pick up Call of Duty 4 for the 360, but I want to try a single player demo first.  

[fyedaddy]

Nice! I don't expect to BUY anything THIS week, but I'd like to rent Panzer Tactics DS with the intention to buy pending reviews.

[Bullwinkle]

360:
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare - even though I'm one of the few who wishes they'd stuck with WWII
F.E.A.R. Files - not this week, but probably when it comes down to around $30
LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga - maybe.  Does anyone know if I have to play through the original trilogy again, or will it magically pick up from where I left off?  Apart from the tweaks to the prequels, what's really been added to this to make it worth playing through again?
Scene-It - I love Scene It, and the demo was interesting, but I don't know if I want 4 big ass controllers cluttering up my house that I'll get to use maybe twice.

Wii:
Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn - I'm a little disappointed to hear it's a Gamecube game.  I'd like better graphics and the ability to use the wiimote as a pointer.  I'll probably still get it, but I may wait.
Mario and Sonic: Olympic Games - I' ve been hearing good things about this, surprisingly.  Still waiting on reviews, though.
My Word Coach - Anyone have any idea about this?  Or the French and Spanish ones for the DS?
Super Mario Bros. 3 (VC) - I think I may be done with VC games until they come up with a way to let me play from a memory card.

DS:
Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker - not sure what the deal is with this one
Ontamarama - even less sure what the deal is with this one
Panzer Tactics - this one I know the deal.  IN.

So, the only two for sure are COD4, despite grumblings, and Panzer Tactics, though I always think I'll give strategy titles more time than I eventually do.  I'm going to be itching for Fire Emblem, and trying to wait on getting it, which'll lead me to Panzer Tactics, I'm sure.

[CeeKay]

CoD4.... on the PC!

[TheMissingLink]

Nothing this week

[depward]

Nothing woohoo!

[rrmorton]

CoD4.... on the PC!

[Andrew Mallon]

Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn for the Wii and Call of Duty 4 on the PS3, unless reviews say the 360 version is significantly better.

[kronovan]

Alien Soldier RULES!! Buy it NOW!! And so does SMB 3, but we've never seen Alien Soldier on these shores before.

Although it's true Alien Soldier never got a N.A. release for the Genesis, the game has actually been available on Gametap for quite some time. I liked it but I didn't think it was on the same quality level of some of Treasure's other great games, i.e. Gunstar Heroes. I do remember that the graphics were very nice. . I didn't have any plans to buy any VC games for a while, but I'm not sure I can pass on Super Mario Bros 3. I remember when we did the survey in this forum a while back for the best Mario game ever, SMB3 was many peoples choice.

Fire Emblem: Radian Dawn is a possibility, but I'll be waiting for reviews. Call of Duty 4 also interests me, but I have COD2 on it's way and I currently have my 360 shooter hands full with RB6:Vegas.  It's looking more and more like I won't be buying anything until Super Mario Galaxy and Mass Effect arrive in a few weeks.

[Ascendent]

Wow can't believe I'm the only one who's getting Gears of War for the PC. I loved it on the xbox 360 it should be an amazing experience with mouse/keyboard. CoD 4 also intrigues me, that is all.

[CeeKay]

Wow can't believe I'm the only one who's getting Gears of War for the PC. I loved it on the xbox 360 it should be an amazing experience with mouse/keyboard. CoD 4 also intrigues me, that is all.

I think everyone else here played it to death on the 360.  either that, or there's just so many new games coming out that it's lost in the avalanche.

[JuniorDan]

I've decided to rent CoD4 I have a feeling its going to be like every other shooter GRAW, RB6, BF:MC ect. I can hold off for a month or two or get it for half price on GF With Assassins Creed, Mass Effect, Kaine & lynch and Sim City Societies coming out with in the next two weeks, I can wait on this. Ace Combat and Orange Box is taking up to much of my time as it is. 

[Farscry]

My gaming budget for the year is pretty much used up, with Guitar Hero 3 and two copies of Hellgate: London (one for me, one for my GF) purchased. I'm cautiously interested in Dragon Quest Monsters for the DS, but am waiting for reviews to make sure the game is deep enough to be worthwhile. If it is, I might get it in December. But no new rpg purchases until I finish either Blue Dragon or Etrian Odyssey, so it'll likely be 2008 before I get DQM (again, if it's good enough).

[Jarrodhk]

COD4 (360).  I will have it!!  Yes...

[Fellow]

Nothing!

[Caine]

i've all but decided to pick up cod4, despite the huge backlog i have and the short amount of time i get to play these days.  both the sp and mp sound awesome.

[leo8877]

Nothing this week.

[Zinfan]

Probably COD 4 on the 360 but I just picked up the Orange box and Ratchet&Clank so I may wait awhile before jumping in on any of this weeks releases.

[Gratch]

Nothing for me.

[StitchJones]

CoD4.... on the PC!

[ROTC1983]

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Empire Earth III
F.E.A.R. Perseus Mandate
Gears of War
Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance

This is what I want...can't afford it though

[Destructor]

Alien Soldier RULES!! Buy it NOW!! And so does SMB 3, but we've never seen Alien Soldier on these shores before.

Although it's true Alien Soldier never got a N.A. release for the Genesis, the game has actually been available on Gametap for quite some time.

You and your alternative ways of playing games. Back in my day, if I wanted to play something like Alien Soldier, I'd have to import the game from across the pond and then drag out my Genesis just to play it.

Now get off my lawn!

[Thin_J]

Call of Duty 4, 360 & PC
Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance

And I'm iffy on Panzer Tactics DS.

I may jump on Gears of War for the PC too, but probably not until it's on sale.

[ROTC1983]

Call of Duty 4, 360 & PC
Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance

And I'm iffy on Panzer Tactics DS.

I may jump on Gears of War for the PC too, but probably not until it's on sale.

Thin_J, we will definitely have to get a game of SupCom in

[Thin_J]

I've fired it up a couple of times in recent weeks just as a change of pace from Company of Heroes. I still really enjoy it, I just never could get good enough to be competitive in multiplayer and everyone that seemed to enjoy play co-op against the AI with me dropped the game or just moved on to something else in what seemed like a span of a couple of weeks

I still like it and the way the expansion supposedly speeds up the initial parts of the game should help keep interest a little more. Though I kind of like it in it's current state too. The relaxed pace at the start is different from most of the other RTS games I like and it makes for a little less stressful game, at least for the first ten or fifteen minutes.

[pingwrx]

Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance
COD4 is coming from GF later this week.

[Torfish]

Wow can't believe I'm the only one who's getting Gears of War for the PC. I loved it on the xbox 360 it should be an amazing experience with mouse/keyboard. CoD 4 also intrigues me, that is all.

I don't have a 360, so I've had this pre-ordered for the PC. 

[gellar]

CoD4 PC if I can find it without too much effort, which always seems to be hit or miss with PC games these days.  Sadly Activision has not yet figured out that Digital Distribution is the future.

gellar

[semiconscious]

silent hill: origins

tho i've never gotten more than a few hours into any of them, it looks/feels like the kind of game that'll work for me better on the psp (same thing for god of war). sometimes smaller is better?...

[Thin_J]

CoD4 PC if I can find it without too much effort, which always seems to be hit or miss with PC games these days.  Sadly Activision has not yet figured out that Digital Distribution is the future.

gellar

It releases on Steam on the 12th if you do the Steam thing.

That's actually where I think I'm getting my PC version now.

[gellar]

CoD4 PC if I can find it without too much effort, which always seems to be hit or miss with PC games these days.  Sadly Activision has not yet figured out that Digital Distribution is the future.

gellar

It releases on Steam on the 12th if you do the Steam thing.

That's actually where I think I'm getting my PC version now.

DOES IT REALLY?  Awesome news mate, thanks.

I'll just wait for that unless I stumble across it somewhere this week.  Super.

gellar

[Captain Caveman]

I actually really liked the Scene It demo.