Its too much... I can't keep up! :( This could be just me but its how I am feeling right now...
Im sorry but I am hoping I can ask the industry to FRIGGIN slow down in making games, For my own sake and yours. In the Past the PS3 was known as the system with 0 games. Today, I have no time to play even a simple puzzle game like Critter Crunch.
New games are being released within weeks, not even a month. PS1 classics, PSN originals, AAA titles, coming left and right, jumping into your face! no time to even look back at the games you just bought! NOPE NON ZIP! You must get the new one! Stop what you were playing cuz the new game is out! and you have about a weeks worth to buy it, play it, and stop mid way because the next new game is coming out! Cuz you will be considered a Loser if you don't play it when it does come out! Ughhhhhhhhhhhhh....
So this sucks, I know you guys might be making fun of me, but the reality is I like to enjoy the games in a good appropriate play-time to enjoy them... you know, play single player, get the full experience, then go online and play with others who are in the same boat as me, get into a good challenge and work my way up to becoming better at it. But the way games are being released now, its insane, how can I play Uncharted 2, Trine, Critter Crunch, Dragon Age, Call of Duty, Assassins Creed II, God of War Collection, Borderlands, Demon's Souls, KoF, SF4, MvsC2... ect ect ECT! I just can't. Im right now trying to play Demon Soul's but man I keep getting killed and the amount of time and dedication this game requires is the same as a MMO. I love Critter Crunch cuz it keeps things simple with puzzle gaming and I just love too damn much the artwork. I think this is the most brilliant game of the year, like sudoku, simple to play, extremely hard (and luck) to master. I bought Trine because Yojimbo forced me to do it and I haven't even installed it on my system... + Not to mention I don't have the current luxury to be buying every brand new game that is coming out... I think SilverDragon posted a while back that before the years end, he was about to spend almost $900 just on videogames alone... I can now see why, If I bought all the new games when they come out id be without a house or car.
This is why I am coming out and asking developers to PLEASE SLOW DOWN!!!! Too many games being thrown at us will make us OD! (at least me) Sorry for my rant, I know many of you will make fun of me but I am just sad that by the time I get to enjoy one game and want to play with my friends, they are already playing different new games and it makes it harder on us on playing on the same game when we are trying to be the best, getting trophies, finishing it 110% complete, play online with friends and actually enjoy it.
Im going to have to start drinking PowerThirst so I can get neverending energy to work eat play and just straight out skip sleeping my 3 hours I can at night...
lol I guess thats a great idea Elsa, but if you do that then wouldn't be better to buy them a bit closer to December so you can get a bit better discount. Thats what I am doing now... but the sad thing might be by the time I start playing everyone will be playing FF13 or GoW3 :(
I bought Demon's Souls and logged about 30 hours in that before buying Uncharted 2 and logging about 3 hours with that then buying Borderlands and I've given that my life for the past week! I buy games faster than I can play them and I still have unopened PS2 games that I've owned for 1-2 years that speak those very words.....
I never buy more than one game at a time. If I just bought a full priced game, I will rarely buy another within a month. SELL GAMES IN THE SUMMER! DAMN!
So this means that this years gaming is going to be all messed up. How many of you can actually play and enjoy the games you buy for a good period of time without jumping into another?
I think what is making this all worse is that we don't even have a cool-down period after the holidays either. I mean it's almost time for MAG, GoW3, GT5, Castle Crashers, Dark Void, BioShock 2....and it goes on and on and on. It just doesn't end.
Pixeljunk Shooter is another game that will need to be played this holiday season. I am falling so far in my gaming as it is.....
I share the sentiments. As some one who traditionally likes to play no more than two games at a time (usually one being a new/ish release and the other not) I don't like to (or have the money to) buy anything new until I finish these games. It gets annoying when I've just started playing a release from a few weeks prior and everybody's already moved on to the game that came out 4 hours prior.
Holiday push. Its the time of the year when most people go out and shop. If the whole year was like the holidays in terms of spending then I could see them being more spaced out.
I totally agree. I have 2 games going on my PSP, 3 on my DS, just bought ratchet, demon souls and uncharted2 for PS3, but torchlight for PC and have dragon age preordered and set to be downloaded on the 3rd... D: ...If you know anyone who is offering a discount cloning service, let me know.
Wait, are we really complaining that there are too many games being released? Did I wake up in bizzaro world?
You don't have to buy everything all at once, children. If you can employ some self control and buy things at your own pace, things will work out extremely well. You may even get some discounts if you wait a bit before you play something.
I honestly never understand you people. More games is a good thing! Don't slow down, games industry. Keep throwing games out for me so that I never have to sit through a games drought in the summer.
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Yeah, I fully agree... too many really great games being released right now! (though a lot will end up being unwrapped on Christmas morning).
lol I guess thats a great idea Elsa, but if you do that then wouldn't be better to buy them a bit closer to December so you can get a bit better discount. Thats what I am doing now... but the sad thing might be by the time I start playing everyone will be playing FF13 or GoW3 :(
I also agree!
I bought Demon's Souls and logged about 30 hours in that before buying Uncharted 2 and logging about 3 hours with that then buying Borderlands and I've given that my life for the past week! I buy games faster than I can play them and I still have unopened PS2 games that I've owned for 1-2 years that speak those very words.....
yeah. but when i do get them, they'll be $30.
I never buy more than one game at a time. If I just bought a full priced game, I will rarely buy another within a month. SELL GAMES IN THE SUMMER! DAMN!
So this means that this years gaming is going to be all messed up. How many of you can actually play and enjoy the games you buy for a good period of time without jumping into another?
All I know I smell chaos for FNF and SFS...
I think what is making this all worse is that we don't even have a cool-down period after the holidays either. I mean it's almost time for MAG, GoW3, GT5, Castle Crashers, Dark Void, BioShock 2....and it goes on and on and on. It just doesn't end.
Pixeljunk Shooter is another game that will need to be played this holiday season. I am falling so far in my gaming as it is.....
I share the sentiments. As some one who traditionally likes to play no more than two games at a time (usually one being a new/ish release and the other not) I don't like to (or have the money to) buy anything new until I finish these games. It gets annoying when I've just started playing a release from a few weeks prior and everybody's already moved on to the game that came out 4 hours prior.
Holiday push. Its the time of the year when most people go out and shop. If the whole year was like the holidays in terms of spending then I could see them being more spaced out.
It's the same time every year that the flood comes and my free time disappears...
I totally agree. I have 2 games going on my PSP, 3 on my DS, just bought ratchet, demon souls and uncharted2 for PS3, but torchlight for PC and have dragon age preordered and set to be downloaded on the 3rd... D: ...If you know anyone who is offering a discount cloning service, let me know.
and now in the front page, GoW3 Collectors edition...
LOL, hope you don't like money, cause you're not gonna get to keep any of it :D......D:
Wait, are we really complaining that there are too many games being released? Did I wake up in bizzaro world?
You don't have to buy everything all at once, children. If you can employ some self control and buy things at your own pace, things will work out extremely well. You may even get some discounts if you wait a bit before you play something.
I honestly never understand you people. More games is a good thing! Don't slow down, games industry. Keep throwing games out for me so that I never have to sit through a games drought in the summer.