Games to the Video 2

Welcome to part two of upcoming video games.

Things have changed since September. Release dates and such. I'm going to talk about games I'm interested in that are coming out, some honorable mentions, and then kinda update on games that were in part 1 and are released.

November is a popular month, especially November 13. I won't cover Hellgate London since it comes out on Wednesday, but if you're buying it at Target, it is going to be on the shelf on November 1, instead of October 31. I don't know why.

This is a very long post, so if you don't want to read it all, just skim through the games. I seperated the games into paragraphs and bolded and hyperlinked the name of the game.

Let's start off with the games that will be released.

First is "Gears of War" for the PC. It comes out November 6 2007. It has everything the XBox 360 version offers, plus 5 new compeign maps, more multiplayer modes, and some other features. I don't own an XBox 360, and Microsoft just keeps putting games that I want that are on the XBox onto the PC, so I don't see myself buying one anytime soon. Especially since the PC version has more to offer. The game is still being developed by Epic, even though Unreal Tournament 3 is coming out right around the corner from this. They have an outside company that I can't remember the name of, working on the maps, but they are working closely with key members of Epic, so i expect epic quality (hehe puns...).

This is kinda cool. "Super Mario Galaxy", for the Wii, was second on Part 1 also. Awesome. The release date hasn't changed so expect that November 12. I've kinda kept my ear away from this game, because I don't want anything spoiled. I went digging around in the Game FAQs forum and apparently there's been leeks to america. I stopped the second I heard that. What I have heard is that people who played the demos and such, say it is the true sequal to Mario 64. It also has 2 played coop. I that hasn't happened since Super Mario World. So that's cool. I think that's eveything about Mario Galaxy.

The rail shoot known as "Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles", for the Wii, comes out Novmeber 13, 2007. I really hoped a couple of companies would make a rail shooter for the Wii, and Capcom has. RE: Umbrella Chronicles features storylines from RE: 0, 1, 3, 4 and an extra level. It features 2 player coop. You also have the option to use the Wii Zapper, but the Zapper doesn't come out until the 19 of November. I'm excited for it. It'll be fun to kill Resident Evil Zombies, House of the Dead style. Yeah it'll probably take the scare factor down, but it'll still be fun.

Switching it up from nightmares to Nightmare, "Soul Caliber Legends", for the Wii, comes out on the 13th also. They switch up the game play from Fighter to Action Adventure game. I think it sounds fun. The sword hasn't been captured the best on the Wii yet. Twilight Princess was basic with sword movements, Dragon Blade did a fairly good job sword play, but it wasn't as responsive as some would have liked. So hopefully Soul Caliber Legends will get it right.

"Medal of Honor Heroes 2" comes out on November 13, for the Wii. I told you there was a lot of games coming out on the 13th. To be fair, these are shipping dates so probably won't be on the store shelves until a day or two later. Heroes was put out on the PSP, now they are making a second one for both the PSP and Wii. It's funny they do that with PSP games. The Wii one is what I'm interested in. I haven't played a Medal of Honor game before. In fact I really don't like historic war games very much. This one makes me excited however. It's the biggest player for online on the Wii. It supports 32 players online. On top of that you have two other modes, Campiegn and Arcade mode. Both goes through the story, but Campeign goes through it like the other Medal of Honor games, while Arcade goes through it as a rail shooter. I'll probably check out reviews before I buy this, but it definitely looks fun. It also will use the Wii Zapper. Apparently it works well to use the Zapper with campeign.

This is the type of First Person Shooter that I like. "Unreal Tournament 3" comes out November 19, 2007. As you know, I've played the demo. I had a blast with it. It just looks awesome. It's going to be fun for sure. There's actually going to be a story, instead of just a tournament type campeign. The weapons that I played with are cool. Nothing like bashing someones skull in with an Impact Hammer. Yeah this is definitely rated M. But the blood is so pretty. It's actually the fourth installment of the game, but they named it "3" because it uses the Unreal 3 engine. They also didn't name it "Unreal Tournament 2007" because it's a new chapter of the game. If you were wondering why the name that's why.

This game just keeps adding characters: "Super Smash Bros. Brawl" It's for the Wii and comes out February 10, 2008. They pushed it back from December to February. They just keep adding characters. I really don't have much more on it. The controls don't take a big advantage of the motion sensitivity, but it does offer a couple of a different options. You can use the Gamecube controller, the classic controller, or something else that I can't remember. I'm just filling in some space here.

They moved back this game. "God of War: Chains of Olympus" for the PSP, comes out March 4, 2008. The game seems to be coming along very well. The demos were shipped at the end of November and people seem to be getting them around the 20th of Ocotober. I wasn't sure if i signed up for one or not. I must have not because I didn't get one. Oh well. No big deal. I'll play the game when it comes out in February. I love the God of War series, and my only fear is that I'm going to have to buy a PS3 in the future just to play God of War 3. That won't be for awhile and PS3s will go down in price. Moving on.

Driving around in my Kart. "Mario Kart Wii" (working title) is said to come out Quarter 1 of 2008. Nothing different from last post. I need filler though. So I'll just ramble on about how it's bundled with the Wii steering wheel. This is optionaly. It just allows you to grip the controller like a steering wheel. You can just hold the controller side ways. On more line and... Alright that should be good.

This is a remake. Okami for the Wii comes out Quarter 3 of 2008. It's a port from the PS2. I don't know much more about it. I didn't buy it for the PS2, but I did play a little of it and it was fun. I think it'll make a great Wii game because of the drawing on the screen. I'll buy it. If you bought it for the PS2, you might not want to because there's really no extras for the Wii other then the controls. That's all for the games that aren't out yet.

Now that that's over, let's move onto the Honorable mentions. First up is Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock for the Wii. It comes out today, the 28th of October. I haven't played much Guitar Hero, but it was fun when I played it and got a hang of it. I still suck. There's a good sound track for this one, and it's also on the Wii. There's online play also. Next game is Call of Duty 4 Modern Warfare for PC. Like i said before, I don't really like war first person shooters, but I've heard a lot of good things about this game. That's why it's in my Honorable mentionables. Link's Crossbow Training is here because it introduces the Wii Zapper. There's not much to say about it so that's why it's here. And that's all the Honorable Mentions.

There's five games that I mentioned last time, that have come out since then (with the exception of Hellgate London which comes out in 3 days). So let's get started.

Dragon Blade: Wrath of Fire came out in September for the Wii. It was a budget title, and I bought it for 40 bucks. It got bad ratings by reviewers like Gamespot, but it got pretty good reviews by players. It's a fun game especially for a budget title.

Dead Head Fred came out in August. It was rated fairly well. The big thing that reviewers didn't like were the controls and the camera. I haven't bought this yet. I've been debating whether or not to. I might some day.

Castlevania Dracula X Chronicles came out very recently. October 23. I haven't bought it yet, because Target doesn't have it yet. They seem to get video games in late so I'm waiting to see if they will. Probably won't and I'll end up and Gamestop. It's a remake of Rondo of Blood and Symphony of the Night.

Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass came out at the beginning of October. I don't know why I haven't bought it yet. It got great reviews. I love the Zelda series. I'll get it for sure some day.

Well that's all folks for this post. I hope you enjoyed reading. I probably will post more information about the games when they come out. I usually do. I talked a lot about Dragon Blade in previous posts. If you are excited about any video games coming, go to the forum and post it.

Later.