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"Xmas is looming ..."

And I am allowed to get 3 games this year (along with other non game-related presents) but i'm having trouble choosing which ones.

Theres quite alot of sequels but seeing as I haven't played the first game of the sequel I dont know whether i'll like them or not.

So, can somebody help me choose the best games this Xmas by listing what would be your top 5 games to buy for Xmas. This excludes imports and games that come out after Xmas, they have to be out in the UK before Xmas.

Halo 2 is great but I haven't played it for a whole day (OMG!!) and dont really feel like playing it tonight so i'm sure it wont keep me entertained for long.

GTA San Andreas came out a month ago and even though I still like it I dont play it as often and I definately need a new game to play.

I'm thinking about a platformer, the last platformer I played was Crash Bandicoot on the Xbox which (suprisingly) was quite fun even though I completed it quickly. I want a pretty hard platformer, the new Ratchet and Clank looks good along with Jak 3 and a few others.

I dont really want Killzone so dont bother putting that in the list, it looks alright but I dont think i'll enjoy it. It's a shame they haven't released a new SSX or NBA Street because I love them games so much and if I got them both at Xmas i'd be so happy. This year seems boring, maybe i'm just being lazy and aren't searching around for games but there doesn't seem to be anything that i'm really exited about.

Quite a few games that I was looking forward to have been delayed like Splinter Cell, Doom 3, Half Life 2 etc. But there must be some good games coming out this Xmas, there always is.

Prince of Persia was okay when I got it but I got bored quite quickly so I dont really want the second installment.

If there isn't any decent games coming out that i'd like then I think i'll have to go for an older game that I haven't got and that everyone thinks is good.

So, if you could help me choose some games i'd appreciate it.

Thanks!

Anyone have the original on N64 and selling?

Dante: right vergil! wrote:
>I like all bond games

There's something wrong with you.

>I only liked the original goldeneye for about a year.

Only a year? There's definitely something wrong with you.

FinalFantasyFanatic wrote:
> Goldeneye will suck.

Why? I don't think it will. I like all bond games and I only liked the original goldeneye for about a year.

Thanks alot Lalakers and FM.

I R HOOPSTA wrote:
> Qucik question : What is the best site to go on for good, detailed and
> honest reviews?

Use www.gamerankings.com

That way you can see all media reviews for a title, then read the highest scoring review to see what's good about the game and the lowest scoring review to see what's bad about the game.

Quite rightly moaning, they've taken tons of stuff out and replaced it with stupid nonsense. Spank-o-meter? Great for horny little 12 year old boys stupid addition for rest of us

NBA Live 2005 much better choice

When I went on the GameFaqs forums I couldn't beleive how many people were moaning about the game.

I'm thinking of getting NBA LIVE 2005.

Marcini wrote:
> I R HOOPSTA wrote:
> Qucik question : What is the best site to go on for good, detailed
> and
> honest reviews?
>
> IGN is normally very good.


IGN??? *snickers* whatever you say man

I R HOOPSTA wrote:
> WWE Smackdown vs Raw
>
> ARGH.
> I know that if I still loved wrestling this would be at the top of my
> list but I dont like Wrestling anymore and haven't since 1999 (ish)
> so i'm not sure. It looks good but will it be good enough.


It isn't, save your money and stick with HCTP. That actually has more features which is quite shocking to say of a prequel

So far i've got :

- NBA Live 2005

- Football Manager 2005

I need one more, Jak 3 looks good. But i'm worried that I might get bored of the story and never play it again.

:(