Holiday Letdown?

So.

Halo 3 is in our memories, Mass Effect is done, Mario Galaxy was great and also done.

...so whats left?

Call of Duty 4? Another shooter?

What games are there to play for the major consoles this holiday season? Mainly, is there anything other than Rock Band I should be getting this holiday to tide me over? Perhaps the time has come to look back a bit into Sept, Oct, maybe give Eternal Sonata or other hidden gems a playthrough.

Anything big coming though? I seem to be let down and deflated that nothing else big is on the horizon.

Suggestions?

Nothing else big coming up?

So what about UT3, HW, F2, GTA4, DS, RE5, PT, AITD, AW?

There's nothing left this holiday season and there won't be because that's the way the industry works.

What's the point of releasing a blockbuster game this close to christmas? Everyone is close to done their holiday shopping which means less money left over for buying games.

You wont see any good games for any console until at least mid January when people have some money after paying off their christmas gift debt.

my question is how could you possibly get through all of those games in such a short time? i am absolutely ecstatic about the 360's holiday lineup. Call of Duty 4 (although i agree that it is just another shooter, it looks like a very well done shooter), Mass Effect, Assassin's Creed, Rock Band, GH3, and Virtua Fighter 5 all look amazing, and games like Burnout Paradise and DMC 4 are just on the horizon. plus, if you've somehow managed to exhaust the 360's library of good holiday games, try going back to catch some games that you missed out on. chances are you haven't played all of these yet: Bioshock, Ace Combat 6, Eternal Sonata, or Halo 3 (ok, everybody's played that one.) but all of them are great.

I'm no where near letdown this holiday season. I mean, I don't even have COD4, Uncharted, Resident Evil: UC, Battalion Wars 2, and Mass Effect yet, plus I'm no where near done with SMG and Bioshock. Only big Holiday titles I got done are Orange Box(well, Portal isn't done), Assassin's Creed, and Halo 3.

As for you, doesn't seem like you mentioned Assassin's Creed...did you play it yet or blow it off as a disappointment due to forum opinions?

Anything big coming though?The_Jmac

Not for this month. See ya next year! :D

-K

Well, forum post successful. It seems I've split the forum in half.

"See ya next year", from one...and "you didn't play ___, ___, or ____".

I did play Bioshock when it was released, and the vision and art style of that game I think warrant a game-of-the-year win.

No, I did not "blow off assassins creed due to forum opinions" to address that point.

I liked Assassins Creed, nothing spectacular though.

As of this moment, the games I guess I have "left" are, as posted above, Eternal Sonata, and Ace Combat 6 I suppose, which I've heard good things about.

I DO want to play CoD4, but with am I alone in thinking for something new, so soon after Halo 3? I don't doubt CoD4's greatness, and I'll probably pick that up in January at some point.

I'm glad I split the forum at least though.

Rock Band will be the way to go.

Nothing else big coming up?

So what about UT3, HW, F2, GTA4, DS, RE5, PT, AITD, AW?

Shade-Blade

I think he means this holiday season.

I Know what you mean! I was looking at some of the games that are going to release in the next few weeks and there's not really a lot. Unreal Tournament III looks to be about it. There might be a few other games, but none that are really worth noting. We probably won't see any real "must have" games until February or further.

Edit: But in all fairness I haven't played Bioshock or Mass Effect yet, so I can always go back and play the games that I didn't when they first came out.

Next year good games will come out but i still need to buy lots of xbox 360 games at christmas and im gonna buy some xbox 360 stuff.

ninja gaiden 2 coming pretty soon...haloman92

It's still TBA 2008, so I don't know how soon that is.

"But in all fairness I haven't played Bioshock or Mass Effect yet, so I can always go back and play the games that I didn't when they first came out."

Buy both of those immediately.

And if you haven't touched your Wii since Launch Week, (I hadn't touched mine for a long time either), pop in Galaxy. What a great game.

Rock Band though, I just wish it was more readily availible.