{"id":3697,"date":"2011-09-17T06:30:01","date_gmt":"2011-09-17T10:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/?p=3697"},"modified":"2011-09-17T06:36:35","modified_gmt":"2011-09-17T10:36:35","slug":"september-gaming-closeout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2011\/09\/17\/september-gaming-closeout\/","title":{"rendered":"September Gaming Closeout"},"content":{"rendered":"

The ridiculousness continues. Next week (Sep 20) sees the release of F1 2011<\/em>, while the following week (Sep 27) gives us FIFA 12<\/em>, ICO and Shadow of the Colossus Collection<\/em>, and Rune Factory: Tides of Destiny<\/em>, and Atelier Totori: The Adventurer of Arland<\/em>.<\/p>\n

F1 2011<\/strong>
\nI\u2019ll be honest; I love F1 games, but I didn\u2019t really get enough out of 2010<\/em>. No particular reason other than I suck or something. F1 2011<\/em> looks to be the perfect F1 gaming experience<\/a>:<\/p>\n

After watching the promo videos all these months I had the feeling that F1 2011 will be strictly for the hardcore, people who are gamers and who also follow F1 races every year. After playing a solid 2 hours with the preview build I believe that this game will only attract fans, resulting in to low accessibility.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Let\u2019s hope that there are enough F1 fans who appreciate racing sims to support F1 2011<\/em> and continue to push the series forward.<\/p>\n

FIFA 12<\/strong>
\nOne of the top sports franchises; the Madden development team could learn a thing or two from the FIFA guys. I cannot say enough good things about this series \u2013 tons of replay value; I played the snot out of FIFA 10<\/em> and to some extent FIFA 11<\/em>. The newest yearly release should not be any different. Platinum be damned; I\u2019ll never get it due to the various online requires.<\/p>\n

Thanks to Amazon, this one comes with a nice $20 credit, some sort of MLS Fathead (for the kids) and of course release day delivery.<\/p>\n

ICO and Shadow of the Colossus Collection<\/strong>
\nI\u2019ve written about this one a little over the last couple of months, so I am not going to go very deep here. I\u2019ll just say that I have had this one on pre-order since Thanksgiving last year, so I am eagerly anticipating giving both of these classics a go.<\/p>\n

Another Amazon release day arrival. I expect this one to go to the top of the play heap; let\u2019s see if that actually happens.<\/p>\n

Rune Factory: Tides of Destiny<\/strong>
\nIn a weak moment, I pre-ordered this one site unseen<\/a>. Mostly for the Move support<\/a>, partly out of curiosity, and ultimately because I probably had one too many cold ones that night, which resulted in an Amazon clicking frenzy.<\/p>\n

Tides of Destiny is coming out later this year in North America for the PlayStation 3 and Wii, which isn\u2019t a combination of release platforms you see very often. I\u2019m not complaining, especially when the PlayStation 3 version ends up looking this pretty. I can\u2019t wait to buy this game, play it for a few hours, get bored, and move on to other things!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Replace bored<\/em> with distracted<\/em> and that will be me. Too many other gems in my gaming treasure trove waiting to be caressed and loved, and whored for Trophies.<\/p>\n

Atelier Totori: The Adventurer of Arland<\/strong>
\nOf course I had to get the \u2018Premium\u2019 version bundle complete with art book and CD soundtrack. This one has niche<\/a> written all over it, but I expect Atelier Totori<\/a><\/em> to be fun based on my typical enjoyment of quirky games and deep down love for JRPGs.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately I\u2019m usually constrained with limited clock cycles to burn on gaming, which means that I may not get around to this one for a while. I did promise myself (sort of) that I would attempt Atelier Totori\u2019s<\/em> predecessor first, Atelier Rorona: The Alchemist of Arland<\/a><\/em>. Will it happen? That\u2019s another article. Seriously, tackling a JRPG is an upcoming article.<\/p>\n

The one thing nice about JRPGs, is that historically I have always been able to get my money back from any expensive collector\u2019s edition should I decide to sell them down the road. For that matter, I can usually get my money back from regular editions. That is the beauty of niche gaming; of course you have to pre-order these games or you are the one paying a premium over MSRP.<\/p>\n

Happy Saturday!<\/p>\n

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