Let's make it easy - there's not a review out there that puts 2K ahead of EA. EA gets copy like "the best hockey videogame ever produced." (1UP) and "it’s one of the best sports games to be released in the last decade." (IGN) 2K is slightly more arcade-y, but unless you're anti-EA, NHL 09 is hockey game you want.
09/09: TNA iMPACT! [metacritic] Not good. It seems rental/"pick up and play"-proof, since you've got force your way thru enough of the single player story mode to get the guys you may want to play with in exhibition mode. That seems like a flip from most wrestler games, where the story mode is lesser priority. PS3 is said to be lesser than the 360.
Downloadable Games Jeopardy! {$15} - photo realistic 3D set! Because the thing that held you back from buying this before was the backgrounds not looking accurate enough. 2,500 clues sounds like you'll have enough to play for a couple weeks (expansion pack are promised for 2009) and online multiplayer including voice chat almost makes it worth it. The one catch I note is your responses are multiple choice - you're not typing in the answers (err, questions).
PS1 Classics (4 weeks - oops)
Add On Content - PAIN: a new environment (Amusement Park) with new modes for $6, and three new characters are $1 each.
- Rock Band * "Two Weeks" - All That Remains {$1} * "This Calling" - All That Remains {$1} * "Charlene (I’m Right Behind You)" - Stephen and the Colberts (free)
I clearly have not been watching enough Comedy Central lately.
Guitar Hero III: Metallica "Death Magnetic" album {$18} * "That Was Just Your Life" * "The End Of The Line" * "Broken, Beat & Scarred" * "The Day That Never Comes" * "All Nightmare Long" * "Cyanide" * "The Unforgiven III" * "The Judas Kiss" * "Suicide & Redemption J.H." * "Suicide & Redemption K.H." (different versions) * "My Apocalypse"
Game Demos - FIFA 09 - Guitar Hero: Aerosmith
Game Videos - Golden Axe: Best Rider (trailer) - FIFA 09 (trailer) - NHL 09 (trailer, 2) - Blitz: the League II (trailer) - Saints Row 2 (trailer 2) - Need for Speed Undercover (trailer) - Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway (gameplay) - Legendary (BTS, 2)
Movie/Blue-Ray Trailers
PS3 Wallpaper - PAIN (3)
PS3 Theme - Mirror's Edge - Need for Speed Undercover - PAIN (4)
Originally posted by thecubsfanLet's make it easy - there's not a review out there that puts 2K ahead of EA. EA gets copy like "the best hockey videogame ever produced." (1UP) and "it’s one of the best sports games to be released in the last decade." (IGN) 2K is slightly more arcade-y, but unless you're anti-EA, NHL 09 is hockey game you want.
This game is about as fantastic as any I can remember buying - maybe since GTA IV. Unlike most hockey (and soccer) games where it's mostly "how fast can you breakaway or convert a crossing pass" this one actually has five-on-five in the zone FLOW. I don't recall ever having that so well represented.
Also, Gary Thorne! Go buy this game now.
Holy fuck shit motherfucker shit. Read comics. Fuck shit shit fuck shit I sold out when I did my job. Fuck fuck fuck shit fuck. Sorry had to do it....
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Revenge of the Sith = one thumb up from me. Fuck shit. I want to tittie fuck your ass. -- The Guinness. to Cerebus
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Dear Esther is narrative-based gaming at its highest quality. Also enjoyed Thomas Was Alone, which is a fun romp with some nice British narration. Proteus and Hotline Miami are both well worth their asking price.