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Hello fellow D-toider, the name's Lewis. Nice to meet you. I hail from the very hot state of Mississippi. I'm 26, and cut my gaming teeth on the Gameboy, NES, and Super NES.
I've been playing games for as long as I can remember. Even before I got my own systems, I would go over to my cousin's house as often as possible to play his stuff. I love RPG's and fighting games with a passion, but there aren't many genres that I don't play from time to time. Sports, adventure, puzzle, racing...they're all good.
I can never decide whether Chrono Trigger or Zelda: A Link to the Past is my all-time favorite game. That's a decision no one should ever have to make. My favorite game series are Final Fantasy, Metal Gear, Resident Evil, and Soul Blade/Calibur. Hours and hours and hours of my life have gone into those franchises over the years. Square Enix is my favorite company in the game business, but I try to keep my fanboyism at a tolerable level. There's nothing more annoying than a retard who thinks that their favorite company/game/console is beyond reproach. Dog-like loyalty takes very little intelligence.
I currently have a Xbox 360, 3DS, DS Lite, PSP, Wii, PS3, Saturn, SNES, and a Dreamcast. I'm a firm believer that the more consoles you have, the better off you are. My favorite systems that I've ever owned were my SNES and my PSone. I have entirely too many fond memories of days spent with those two.
My non-gaming interests include watching tons of movies (my favorite hobby), sports, reading, and lots of Community, Lost, House, M.D., Mad Men, Futurama, Fringe, Bones, Dexter, Party Down, and The Office. Yes, my taste in tv shows is indeed fantastic.
Ten more game-related facts about me:
1. FFVI (and Tactics) > IV > XII > VIII > X > XIII > IX > VII > V > III > I > II > XI
2. I wish kids today could grow up playing the same games that I did. I love Mass Effect, but it's no replacement for Super Mario World or Earthbound.
3. I don't really play games on the PC, but I hope to make that jump one day.
4. I have a one (almost 2!) year old daughter who already shows signs of loving video games.
5. I haven't met a RTS yet that I could get into, but I still think I could love the genre, given the right gateway game.
6. Silent Hill is my favorite video game movie. I love the first three games as well.
7. I want new Parasite Eve, Chrono Trigger, Jade Empire, and Breath of Fire games very badly.
8. Fancy graphics are nice, but I never let a lack of eye candy keep me from enjoying a good game.
9. I've never finished Super Metroid, but I plan to someday.
10. My very first system was a Gameboy and my first game was Cool Spot.
www.flixster.com/user/lewiskendell
www.last.fm/user/lewiskendell
I've been playing games for as long as I can remember. Even before I got my own systems, I would go over to my cousin's house as often as possible to play his stuff. I love RPG's and fighting games with a passion, but there aren't many genres that I don't play from time to time. Sports, adventure, puzzle, racing...they're all good.
I can never decide whether Chrono Trigger or Zelda: A Link to the Past is my all-time favorite game. That's a decision no one should ever have to make. My favorite game series are Final Fantasy, Metal Gear, Resident Evil, and Soul Blade/Calibur. Hours and hours and hours of my life have gone into those franchises over the years. Square Enix is my favorite company in the game business, but I try to keep my fanboyism at a tolerable level. There's nothing more annoying than a retard who thinks that their favorite company/game/console is beyond reproach. Dog-like loyalty takes very little intelligence.
I currently have a Xbox 360, 3DS, DS Lite, PSP, Wii, PS3, Saturn, SNES, and a Dreamcast. I'm a firm believer that the more consoles you have, the better off you are. My favorite systems that I've ever owned were my SNES and my PSone. I have entirely too many fond memories of days spent with those two.
My non-gaming interests include watching tons of movies (my favorite hobby), sports, reading, and lots of Community, Lost, House, M.D., Mad Men, Futurama, Fringe, Bones, Dexter, Party Down, and The Office. Yes, my taste in tv shows is indeed fantastic.
Ten more game-related facts about me:
1. FFVI (and Tactics) > IV > XII > VIII > X > XIII > IX > VII > V > III > I > II > XI
2. I wish kids today could grow up playing the same games that I did. I love Mass Effect, but it's no replacement for Super Mario World or Earthbound.
3. I don't really play games on the PC, but I hope to make that jump one day.
4. I have a one (almost 2!) year old daughter who already shows signs of loving video games.
5. I haven't met a RTS yet that I could get into, but I still think I could love the genre, given the right gateway game.
6. Silent Hill is my favorite video game movie. I love the first three games as well.
7. I want new Parasite Eve, Chrono Trigger, Jade Empire, and Breath of Fire games very badly.
8. Fancy graphics are nice, but I never let a lack of eye candy keep me from enjoying a good game.
9. I've never finished Super Metroid, but I plan to someday.
10. My very first system was a Gameboy and my first game was Cool Spot.
www.flixster.com/user/lewiskendell
www.last.fm/user/lewiskendell
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My console family for this generation is now complete! I finally tracked down a like-new, reasonably priced, backwards compatible fatty PS3 to join my 360 and Wii. As you can imagine, I couldn't be happier that sometime next week I'll have full access to any and every awesome console game, excusives be damned! But I didn't make this blog post just to share the happy news with everyone.
I have a dilemma that I'd like to ask with some help with. I currently have a huge backlog of 360 games, a burgeoning one of Wii games, and a somewhat smaller collection of unplayed DS and PSP games. I didn't really need to add another console's worth of games to the mix, but it's a little too late for that kind of thinking at this point. What I'm aiming to do is keep my collection of PS3 games from growing beyond what I can reasonably play at any given time. So I'm going to buy only two games to start off with, and then get a few more after I'm finished with those. The first game is already set in stone: Valkyria Chronicles. I've wanted that for ages. It's the other title that I'd like to ask for some help in choosing. I'm a fan of every genre, so I'm open to just about anything. What should I get? Gimme a suggestion and a reason or two why I should pick that game, and I'd really be grateful. A few addendums. I've already played Metal Gear Solid 4, God of War 3, Folklore, Heavenly Sword, and Ratchet & Clank: Tools of Destruction, so those are all off the table. And I've already played most multiplatform releases on 360, so those can be disregarded, as well. Games that require a persistent Internet connection are also a no-go. Anything else is fair game, no matter how obscure, niche, or mega-popular.
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Living the dream since March 16, 2006
Living the dream since March 16, 2006
Umm....the Uncharted games are great, inFamous is fun but forgettable, Little Big Planet and Killzone are great too but have sequels on the way so you might want to hold off if you want to take care of that backlog, and since it’s backwards compatible I’m obligated to throw Persona 4 out there too.
I've been playing through Indigo Prophecy very slowly, since the beginning of the year. Is Heavy Rain a good deal better than that? IP is ok, but I can't play if for very long without getting to some annoying part that makes me want to stop playing for a while (Carla, I'm looking directly at you and your annoying claustrophobia).
@Handy
Those are all good suggestions, but if you could only pick one, which would you choose? And yes, I've got a copy of Persona 4 ready to go, but I have to play through Persona 3: FES first, so it may be a while :-) My PS2 crapped out last year and left me with a handy backlog of PS2 games, as well. That's the main reason why I've been holding out for an older model PS3.
Besides the aforementioned, but lovely Heavenly Sword... Killzone 2 is the only non-downloadable title I own that is PS3 exclusive. It's probably the best FPS I have ever played, but if that's not your genre I can understand not picking it up.
As far as downloadables go: Flower. Get that for sure. You cannot go wrong with Flower. It's so unique, relaxing and enjoyable.
If you don't mind a bit of a "messy" game that is still somewhat experimental, then I would suggest MAG. It really is massive - 256 people all at the same time on the same map, but the chaos is handled very well by using squad vs squad tactics to some extent (though good leaders can change this by having 4 squads in a platoon attack one enemy location such as a bunker and then sweep left to right on a map). It's a tactical game and similar to an RTS if you're in a leadership position (though it's all real people, no bots). Even if you're not much on actual shooting, there are repair guns and medic kits that all play an important role. The game is still a bit glitchy and the queue wait times to get into the bigger 256 person mode games can be 5 minutes or more - but the game is also very addictive for those that grow to love the overall tactical/cooperative feel of the game.
Also, the Uncharted games are probably the most fun I've had with my PS3, but I'm not sure they're worth more than a rental. Both can be beaten in one day, and the multiplayer was pretty bland.
Uncharted may end up being the winner, as I can probably get my hands on a copy for $20, and I've always wanted to play those games.
@Cadtalfryn and Elsa
Reliable broadband isn't available at my home (shocking in America, I know), I live outside a midsized town where all that's available outside city limits is AT&T's horrid wireless service, which is basically a glorified 3G connection. So most of my online gaming in FPS's and such is done at friends' houses. Is Killzone 2 worth it for the single player?
@epic-koryuken
I had a PS2 for ages, until my last one broke, so I'm caught up on most of those games except for relatively new RPGs like Persona 4, etc. I might actually give Sly Cooper a spin, though. I only vaguely remember playing a few minutes of one of those games years ago. A demo, maybe?
@Occams electric toothbrush
Hmmm. So would you recommend Heayu Rain more than Uncharted or Killzone? I usually buy more than rent, so you can take that into consideration if you'd like.
@mrandydixon
Thanks, I'm really excited about getting it. For the obvious reasons, and for the fact that I've really been wanting to replay Metal Gear Solid and Parasite Eve. Couldn't be bothered to just get a $15 PSone from a pawn shop or eBay, of course. Not my style. How's your daughter?
I think Uncharted 2 is the obvious choice. You have also Rockstar's new ip 'Agent' to look forward to, when it finally comes out from R*'s iron petticoat.
I've played through Uncharted & Uncharted 2 in the last few months, and they both were indeed great. Can't wait for the third one. I'll keep an eye out for Agent.