Games To The Video Thrice

I'm testing out a new code editor called "Crimson Editor." New in the sense that I've never used it before. It has some features that I like over OmniPad. In fact it's perfect, except for one little thing that I can overlook. With OmniPad, I could right click on an HTML file and it would offer "Open With OmniPad" right in the main rightclick (not under "open with..." is what I'm saying." So yeah. Moving On.

Over the past "Games to the Video" series they have evolved. This is no exception. These posts tend to be long, so to ease your pain of reading about video games you don't care about I bold the names of the video games, make them links, and I also put a picture next to them. "Games to the Video" is split into three parts: upcoming video games that I have an interest in, honorable mentions (games that looked interesting but haven't mentioned in the past), and video games from past "Games to the Video"'s. For past looks at Games to the Video, here's the one from August and here's the one from November [links removed - use Index Map].

"Mario Kart Wii", is the only game that makes it return to "Games to The Video Thrice", that comes from the first version of the series. Well what do I need to stay about it? Probably that it has finally been given an official release date here in the U.S. April 27, 2008. Yeah. That sounds sweet. It features 4 players on one console, and 12 players online. Yeah! Comes packaged with the steering wheel for the wii. It's just a little plastic case for the controller to set in. Reviews from other places are giving it a 9 out of 10. It's Mario Kart. It has to be good. You can garantee that I'll buy it on the first day.

"Okami", is making its way to the Wii. I played a little bit of the PS2 version and love it. It's being ported by Ready At Dawn, the same guys that did Daxter and God of War Chains of Olympus. They are made up of guys from both Blizzard and Naughty Dog, and they pushed the PSP to the limits wiht their games. I'm really looking forward to see what they'll do with the Wii. Okami is said to be released April 15, 2008. I think I said late 2008, but obviously that's not late. If you haven't played the PS2 version, it's cool because you have to draw stuff on the screen for attacks. The Wii should make this interesting. However if you have played the PS2 version, there are no extras in this port. I'm probably gonna buy it. I need to save some money though so we'll see.

"Grand Theft Auto IV", is coming up. April 29, 2008. This is kinda an exciting time in the GTA series. It's on Next Gen technology finally. I'll probably wait until it drops in price. Maybe a greatest hits. You know it will be. Now Sony just needs to announce it's Greatest Hits for PS3. GTA is on next gen platforms so it'll be beautiful, big (although not as big as San Andreas I'm assuming) and adding some things. Next-Gen has an in depth article on GTA. It's interesting (but 8 pages long). So yeah. It's gonna be on Xbox 360, and PS3.

"American McGee's Grimm", is from the mind of American McGee. I have to admit that I've never played any of his games (but I want to play Alice which is a dark version of Alice in Wonderland). It'll be available on GameTap only. It may come out on other platforms, but initially in Spring 2008 (no official release date yet) it'll be on GameTap. It's a 24 episode series taking place in twisted and dark fairy tales. I saw it on XPlay and it looked really interesting so I may have to sign up for Gametap. I might wait for a retail version though. There's talk that American might make retail versions later. That's all I got from that.

"Borderlands", is a game that has slowly grown on me. Not a lot of information is available on it. It was shown in an article of Game Informer in September of 2007. As far as I know, no new information has been released about it. Well the release date is said to be quarter 4 of 2008 (because they said that it wouldn't be released in the 2008 fiscal year and that ends Oct. 31 2008). It's going to be on PC, PS2, and the 360. The trailer is on the Playstation network in HD and looks awesome. That's what really sparked my interest big time. A half of million differnt weapons is said to be in the game. Randomly generated weapons and areas (similar to Diablo II). Four player Co-op. I'll probably get it on the PC because then my friend and I can play Co-op together. That's that.

"Mirror's Edge", is an interesting game that I stumbled upon. It takes the First-Person shooter Genre and changes its focus on the "person" part. I sounds cool. It's an adventure game. Sounds like the story takes place around a girl to rescue her sister from a corrupt government. No release date but speculation tells me sometime in 2008. It's going to be on the PS3, 360, and PC. I'm leaning towards the PS3, but maybe I'll do that PC thing. I'll see what the reviews say about controls and what not.

"Edge of Twilight", grabbed me with it's screenshots and then its story. Not much is known. But it kinda sounds like Twilight Princess. There's to parallel worlds. One dark one light. Each has different powers. It's going to be on the PS3, 360, and PC. I'm leaning towards the PS3 version on this one. No release date set yet. 2009 is speculated though. I jump way ahead of myself don't I?

"Section 8", just got jumped on to me when I started looking at articles for these games on Gamespot. I saw a screenshot of this game and then read about it and I fell in love. Sounds interesting. Looks good too. So Sector 8 is about an infantry unit taking on dangerous missions in space. Who knows if it'll be good or bad. It's on PS3, PC, and 360. A lot of that going around this post. Quarter 3 of 2009 for a release date.

"God of War 3", was announced so that's why it's on the list. To be announced for the release date though. It's going to be epic. It's on the PS3. One of the reasons I went with that console. I kinda wish Kratos would have been in Smash Bros. Brawl. It'd be fun to see Nintendo characters bleed at the blades of Kratos. But alas that will never happen. God of War is a Sony only title. I'm just yammering at this point so yeah. Just need a little more.

"Starcraft II", is all I should have to say. But I won't. No release date from Blizzard. Probably a good thing though. They wouldn't make it and fans would be dissappointed but happy that Blizzard is polishing it. Anyways all three races have been announced/revealed. Half of the zerg units are new and most of the old ones have learned some tricks. It's the zerg and that makes sense. Terren looks awesome along with protoss. With the new Zerg movies/screenshots, the game actually looks a little grittier. That's a good thing. for a second it was looking like "Warcraft in Space." A lot of fans have complained about that, and sounds like Blizzard is taking it more seriously that they need to get rid of some shininess and put in grittiness. That was my only complaint. We are looking at a TBA for the release date on the PC. Good.

Alright now for Honorable Mentions. "House of the Dead 2 & 3 Return" hit the Wii. I remember playing House of the Dead 1 at the arcade at the bowling alley back in the day. I wanna get it but need to save money. I heard it was 40 bucks. It's for the Wii. Good things have been said. "Worms: A Space Oddity" also hit the store shelves for the Wii. It's 2D (I praise it) and people like it except for no promised multiplayer, and the price. 50 bucks, but apparently you can download a cheap worms game that plays similar on XBox Live. I might check it out someday. "Heavenly Sword" for the PS3 is awesome. The only reason it wasn't in my previous games to the videos is because I didn't have a PS3. I don't mind it being short. It's really fun. "Assassin's Creed" is also another good one to mention. Just watching someone else play is fun with that game. Of course I recommend playing it. I think that's it for Honorable Mentions.

Well there's 8 games that I mentioned that have come out now. Let's take a look at them, and see what happened Hellgate London I've beat to death so I won't mention it here.

Gears of War I bought for the PC and enjoyed palying it. I haven't beat it yet. It's one of those games that I got sidetracked my other games with. So one day I'll finish it. Judging by the release dates of some of the games listed above, I won't be getting new games for some time, or have long periods of time without a new game. So yeah. I like it and made a good transition to the PC, but Microsoft it retarded asking PC games to pay for a gold Live accound for some extra stuff. PC online gaming should be free. Yeah I can play online against other players, but I have to pay to play Co-op. That's dumb. Leave it to Micro$haft.

Mario Galaxy is an awesome game and I will go back and beat it for all 120 stars someday. I hate purple comets though. The rest of the game is awesome and just feels awesome to run around and up side down on a planet. Get blasted into space if fun. The story is also pretty good, for a mario game.

Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles I played for a little bit with a friend, and then I got sidetracked mario galaxy and I loaned it to a friend and haven't gotten it back yet. That's pretty much it with it. I need to get it back and play it more. It was fun for the little while I played it.

Soulcalibur Legends I never bought but a friend of mine did. He thought it was alright.

Medal of Honor Heroes 2 I never bought but heard good things about. What? you think I'm made of money? read the review if you want to know if it's good. You don't trust game review sites? Well read the player reviews. Ha! Gotcha there! Moving on.

Unreal Tournament 3 I think I told you about. The story is horrible, but the unreal tournament feel is definitely there and is a very fun game. Coop with my friend was fun.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl I just got. Adventure mode is fun, brawl is fun, the mini games are fun. It's just fun. I enjoy playing it and trying to unlock everything.

God of War Chains of Olympus I acutally just started playing yesterday. It's fun so far. Ready At Dawn did a great job making the game. It feels like the PS2 God of Wars and looks almost as good. It's a little slower framerate so it skips a little in the animation but it still looks good considering it's on a handheld.

Phew. Done with that one. Last year was a big year for games (especially the last two quarters of the year) so that's why this post has a lot of games spread out. A lot of new IPs I've noticed. As more information get's released about these games, they might fall out of my grace, or they will rise to the greats. I don't know. A lot of games on the list don't have a lot of info about them yet so we'll just have to wait and see. i might do and update post on this entitle "Games To The Video 3.5" or something. Or maybe It'll be a regular post.

Later and thanks for reading.