[QUOTE="2Chalupas"]Yes. I ordered mine from Amazon when it was $56.99 $20 credit for future game purchse effectively makes it $36.99 tax and shipping included. That made it an absolute no brainer to pre-order.ekultus

Umm. I don't think I'm saving $20. I am saving $20. I'm buying like 5 new release games in the few months, so these pre-order bonuses come in handy. I can combine them towards another new game, or I can get a couple extra older/greatest hits games essentially for free. Amazon lets you apply them to anything you want in the video games section (i.e. controllers, component cables, headset, other consoles, etc)

I haven't compared them directly. But I remember thinking that Dante's Inferno looked more like a PS2 game (at least the demo did). Remember that both God of War releases were among the best looking PS2 games ever, so with it being upscaled to HD it can "almost" pass as a true next gen title. Despite how nice it looked for a PS2 game, even in the remaster there are definitely enough flaws that make you realize it's "last gen". So I will guess that Dante's would easily have an edge over the collection. I'm guessing God of War III will blow it away though because to me at least, Dante's looked pretty average for a PS3 game.

I pretty much don't buy within the first months of release, UNLESS I have it pre-ordered and there is some kind of deal on the pre-order. If there is no deal I will usually wait for a game to become cheap after about a year or so on the market. Most of my PS3 games I've gotten for less than $30. I wait either for a special sale, or black friday type deal (or gamesl like Bioshock and Dead Space by the time I picked up my PS3 their regular prices were already $19.99 or less).

Bad Company 2 = $20 credit effectively makes game $36.99 (my pre-order was 56.99, now it's 59.99)

Madden 11 = $20 credit effecitvely makes game $39.99

God of War 3 = $10 credit to make it $46.99

Very few games I will get with no special pre-order discount.

Gran Turismo 5 I am hoping for a discount, but have it pre-ordered regardless. If there is a "must have on Day 1", this is probably it for me.

3D Dot Game Heroes I am giving a chance because the regular price is pretty resonable ($36.99)

I rented MAG and haven't even bought it yet, so I feel I can give an unbiased review. MAG is miles better than Bad Company 1, and more than holds it's own against Modern Warfare 2. The 256 player maps are hardly a gimmick, it literally makes the game.

Graphically it is a notch below Modern Warfare. But Modern Warfare also sacrifices alot of animations in it's multilayer (compared to it's single player). If you compare multiplayer vs. multiplayer the graphics are much closer. Also of course you have to factor in there are more than 10 times the # of players in MAG. 256 player vs. 18 players. As far as "not having enough maps", how many do you think Bad Company 2 will have??? About 5 or 6 probably. In other words, about the same.

In the end MAG is a great game. I would say the PC version of Bad Company 2 will be MILES better (unfortunately my PC sucks at the moment). But on console it's not so clear. On the one hand you have the destructible environments and better vehicle/combat controls of Bad Company. On the other hand it's 256 players vs. 24 players. On console there are times in Bad Company where the maps feel a little "empty" due to the combination of map scale and the # of players. That almost never happened in MAG. I am sticking with m Bad Company 2 pre-order because of the $20 credit from Amazon. However, I'm pretty sure when I'm done with that game I'll be trading it in for MAG. MAG is a great PS3 shooter.