My short-list and my dilemma...

My short-list: LittleBigPlanet, Far Cry 2, and Fallout 3.

Dilemma: I will only be able to afford two to play over the end of year holidays.

What do I do!

LBP looks great as both a platformer and a tool for creating levels/items etc.

Far Cry 2's open world and realism looks very appealing and looks to be extremely immersive (animation wise, not sure about story)

Fallout 3 I have mixed feelings about. It seems 'Elder Scrolls' like, a series that never really appealed to me. I've always been a fan of character development and good story, and Fallout 3 seems to have done both of these done very, very well.

What do you guys think? Any recommendations or features of any game that you think may turn me one way or the other?

I'd recommand Fallout 3 and Farcry 2. Simply because Fallout 2 and Farcry are one of my fevorite games ever, I simply doubt anything can be better then their sequels (altough I'm a bit sceptical about new Fallout).

Go, Jack Carver, go!!!!! ;-)

My short-list: LittleBigPlanet, Far Cry 2, and Fallout 3.

Dilemma: I will only be able to afford two to play over the end of year holidays.

What do I do!

LBP looks great as both a platformer and a tool for creating levels/items etc.

Far Cry 2's open world and realism looks very appealing and looks to be extremely immersive (animation wise, not sure about story)

Fallout 3 I have mixed feelings about. It seems 'Elder Scrolls' like, a series that never really appealed to me. I've always been a fan of character development and good story, and Fallout 3 seems to have done both of these done very, very well.

What do you guys think? Any recommendations or features of any game that you think may turn me one way or the other?

TheMazaku

Hard choice, personally I would try to get all three of them, I love LBP and Fallout 3 if you had to pick two of them though.

Thanks for the help so far. I've decided not to base my decision on the past games in the series for Fallout/Far Cry. Mainly because I have never played Fallout, and I found Far Cry just to be a showcase of Crytek's engine.

Luckily Far Cry 2 is made by a different developer.

I think I know what I'll do. I have exams straight after release, so I'll wait till after exams and then make my decision. That would give enough time for reviews to come up, and I can base my decision on that. And my financial situation may allow be to buy all three, which would be great!

Thanks again :D