Kotaku
Quite a few titles out this week but I only have eyes and ears for one game... Patapon. I'll also be checking out Lost Planet on my PS3 if I can manage to tear myself away from my little rhythmic friends. What's on your list this week?
Patapon (PSP)
Action plus rhythm plus great art style equals awesome.
Frontlines: Fuel of War (X360, PC)
Battle for control of the earth's depleted natural resources.
Lost: Via Domus (X360, PC, PS3)
Solve the mysteries of the island.
Turning Point: Fall of Liberty (X360, PC, PS3)
The Nazi's won WWII and boy are we in trouble.
Naruto: Ninja Destiny (DS)
A Naruto 3D fighter for your DS.
The Sims 2: FreeTime (PC)
Exactly what the Sims need. More free time. Bastards.
Lost Planet: Extreme Condition (PS3)
The world of giant bugs comes to the PS3.
Destroy All Humans! Big Willy Unleashed (WII)
Aliens and penis jokes: a winning combination.
Mazes of Fate DS (DS)
Determine your fate in this RPG with mazes.
Agatha Christie: And Then There Were None (WII)
Live (or die) through Agatha Christie's greatest mystery.
ArmA: Gold Edition (PC)
ArmA: Armed Assault and ArmA: Queen's Gambit together again for the first time.
Heavenly Guardian (PS2)
Animated 2D shooter action.
Puzzle Guzzle (PSP)
Guzzle this puzzle!
Comments
Beating DMC4 on Son Of Sparda mode, eeking out all of the achievements on Rez HD, and playing through Mass Effect for the second time.
Could Patapon and GoW convince me to buy a PSP? Hmm..
Patapon for sure.
Frontlines, meh. Tried the 360 demo and was not impressed, it's basically battlefield with drones. Graphics are also very uneven.... maybe the PC version is sharper looking and smoother running?
Bad week for the X360
Pata Pata Pata Pon.......
Pon Pon Pata Pon....
PATA PATA PATA PON!
The game gets frustrating since i got no rythm.
Good thing the screen lights up though! :D
Have to get Patapon like I said I would.
When they announced the Wii I was the first to say it needed an Agatha Christie game.
Patapon FTW ;)
patapon!!!!
Damn. I thought Baroque was hitting this week. I guess I must have been mistaken.
And after a quick check on Wikipedia, my face is red. Baroque doesn't come out until mid-March. Oh well.
Patapon.
No question. 20 bucks is a steal for that little gem.
Patapon!!!!!!
It's sad, but I visit the site just to hear the addictive "PON PON PATA PON" chant. Then my family and girlfriend have it stuck in their heads.
Chaka Chaka Pata Pon.
After leeching off my brothers PSP every now and then for this long, I think its time I get one and Patapon so I don't have to fight him for playing time.
Seriously, what is the obsession with Patapon? Somebody convince me to buy the game, please. I want to be in the loop!
Is it bad that the game I'm looking forward to most is the lost game only in the hopes that I learn something new about the TV show?
And by learn something new I mean read online about how the video game reveals things.
don't everybody forget (pocky/rocky) heavenly guardian. Oh, and PATA PATA PATA PON!
PATA
PATA
PATA
PWN
I love this game.
@Anthropomancer: What part of Pon Pon Pata Pon, Pata Pata Pata Pon, and Chaka Chaka Pata Pon does not excite you?
@chainlink13: The fact that the vocals are squeaky, annoying, and repeated throughout the entire game.
Getting Patapon Monday for sure and the price of $20 is appreciated as well.
Time to get Patapon. A must buy for any PSP owner, it seems. Damn the Zigaton Tribe!
I hope many many people buy Frontline: Fuels of War.
Like hundred thousand+, so the servers will be somewhat full.
@ $19.99 Patapon will own my soul this week!
Ugh...Patapon is finally coming out? This does not bode well for me.
When I started playing the demo, I played it for so long and loud that my family got mad and locked me in the garage.
And now I'm going to have to go back in there. But it's worth it.
Patapon!
Unfortunately I haven money for Patapon, so it looks like more Sonic Adventure.
I shall be Patapon's slave.
LOST, Patapon, and Sims 2: Freetime (for my girlfriend). First week of the year I'll be buying something.
I've been anxiously awaiting the LOST game and I can't really resist Patapon at the 19.99 price point, what with all the positive reviews it has been getting. Sims 2, meh, I won't be playing it, but anything to get my girlfriend to game is worth it (even though Sims doesn't really count).
Doesn't sound like a good week for anyone really.
No Smash Bros yet? Fuck this week!
Im still gonna get frontlines, since the backstory the devs created I thought was cool and want to support them for that.
Plus am curious to see how well MP plays.
Also if the SP side of the game has an actual story to it.
@Kirbytheslayer: In-Kirby XMB: WHOA! thats harsh.
Got headphones? Its not the same but it might be better than a garage. Unless the garage adds to the game which then ill have to try out.
@Crosswayboy:
Stop that. Please. For the kittens.
I told my mom about the Agatha Christie game and she flipped (in a good way). I think I might be getting a wii...
lost, patapon, and maybe front lines...that demo didnt do it no justice..in fact that turning point demo was terrible as well...but I might get it later after some reviews come in on the final build.
Bad week for every console, beck to Lost Odyssey.
I bought my PataponStation Portable the other day, I'm ready!
PATA-PATA-PATA-PON!! FEVEEEERRRR!!! Spank them bottoms!!
You guys are seriously lucky at the 20$ price point for the game. Since over here it was around 40-45 when it released.
@Witzbold: It tanking at that price point think has to do with us getting a bargain priced version.
@2NinjasTapedTogether:
Ha! I hear you. Soon my friend, soon.
I think I might just go ahead and buy Patapon and hold onto it until I get a PSP. I'd hate to see another great game fail like Okami.
I really want to try Patapon, but if the demo (which won't boot on my PSP for some insane reason) is any indication, I probably won't be able to.
On the plus side, I just traded in some games I'll never play again at my store, so now when Brawl hits I'll be getting the game for free!
Until then, though...it's Lost Odyssey and DMC4 for me, while I try to finish off Phoenix Wright: Trials and Tribulations.
@GUNDAM-RX-78-2: The garage is just superior to the headphones I have. They're Sony "offical" ones, and they are the shittiest headphones in existence.
How bad? You know how standard headphones have the audio jack thingy, it leads up on a cord to a thicker thingy, that splits into two for each headphone, right?
Well, the ones I have, for some insane reason, were place in a weird way. If you start at the thicker thingy at the center, there's definitely one side with one cord, and another side with two cords. The problem is, the two side has one headphone, and one line to the jack. The other side has the other headphone. And the headphone on the double side has a 2 inch cord. That means I have to play with my head at a 90 degree angle if I'm using the headphones.
I'm sticking with the garage for now.
@Witzbold:
There is a MP Demo out, I won't ruin it for you ;)
Destroy All Humans? Is the Wii version any good?
Don't have a PSP, so I can't get that, it'll be TS2: Free Time for me though, everything else doesn't really interest me.
I really wish I had a PSP for Patapon, but I've been spending too much on games lately as it is, so I can't really afford to buy an entire new system right now.
Nothing more for me until Brawl is out in 2 weeks.
All over Patapon -- been playing the demo disk non-stop. I must admit, I might also buy that Lost game -- even if it's just OK, my girl and I are fans of the show and it gives us something to play together.
Frontlines has potential to be fun, being that graphics don't make a game great, but I would like to see how squad options will be before a purchase. I'm looking forward to Condemned 2, Bully & Rainbow Six Vegas 2.
Huzzah, Patapon. Mazes of Fate has also been looking mighty shiny; maze dungeon crawling ftw