I hate the calm before the storm....

[Zeus]

It's always like this the last couple of weeks before E3. We get nothing - I mean NOTHING - out of the game companies. Sure you have a few small things announced, like Eric's favourite bundle, but there's no news of any kind anywhere, just stupid little rumours. Announcing Borderlands 2 and Halo 4 BML (Blow My Load) Editions ain't nothing. Then we spent a month sifting through the absolute torrent of information that comes out in that 5 or 6 day span hoping not to miss out on those smaller release titles that often end up being better than the big-named franchises.

[Eric]

like Eric's favourite bundle

*spits out coke* oh come on!

[Anarky]

My girlfriend does PR for video games... all I hear about E3 for the 2 months before it is how much work it is and how she can't wait for it to be done.

She is currently working with THQ and DarkSiders 2

[Zeus]

My girlfriend does PR for video games... all I hear about E3 for the 2 months before it is how much work it is and how she can't wait for it to be done.

She is currently working with THQ and DarkSiders 2

No one actually in the industry likes it due to the extreme pressures of meeting a specific date. It's much worse for them than us consumers.

I have zero interest in Darksiders 2. Anyone here even care?

[Shrinweck]

No, fuck that game and everyone involved with it (kidding)

But on a serious note, I didn't particularly like the combat in the original, but they're changing it up, so I imagine I will read reviews and buy it when it goes on sale for something less than $20.

[Eric]

I thought it was a decent and entertaining Zelda clone actually.

[Zeus]

I thought it was a decent and entertaining Zelda clone actually.

And that's what you hear a lot. "Pretty good Zelda clone with multi". But a month after release, no one cared anymore and the price dropped faster than a teenaged girl's panties backstage at a Bieber concert. I'm curious how this one's gonna resonate with gamers when it goes up against Borderlands, Halo, Assassin's Creed, Medal of Honor, and CoD.

[Eric]

Well I got it for $5 on steam so.

[Zeus]

Well I got it for $5 on steam so.

I can probably get it for around that price on 360/PS3 now in the local game stores. NO ONE cares about that game at all anymore

[Don]

Civ 5's coming out at the end of June so that should be enough to keep me busy. There's also Torchlight 2, and Guild Wars 2 is supposed to be the savior of MMORPGs though I have been burned by such proclamations quite a few times so I'm skeptical.

[Shrinweck]

You can have all the free game time (after initial purchase), smart and numerous skills, and interesting questing in the world and it isn't going to save Guild Wars 2 from still being Guild Wars. Which is to say boring, somewhat clunky combat in comparison to just about every MMORPG. Am I still going to play the shit out of it? Probably. Okay, almost definitely.

[Don]

Well, most MMORPGs are good investment as a single player game assuming you were able to finish it one to two months (since you get one month for free), which is why although I know most of them won't actually deliver what they claim it's still a decent deal.