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TBB Summons “The Games of May!”

crafted by: Paul

April was kind of a crappy video game month. Just typing this I can't think of a game that came out. Oh yeah, Splinter Cell, zzzzzzz. Buy May! Wow! So many AAA games that it feels like March! MAYBE BIGGER? It is a month of big but sorta bizarre sequels - Red Dead Redemption is a sequel to Red Dead Revolver which no one played, The Forgotten Sands is a sequel to the Sands of Time and not the actual last Prince of Persia, and Super Mario Galaxy is the first straight-up sequel to a Mario game. Lots of weird racing games too, but I think I'm too old to care. -Paul 

Wait... Mario 3 wasn't a straight up sequel?? -Alex
 

May 3

 

Picross 3D (DS)

Paul - Ask Alex... 

Alex - I LOOOOOVE the original Picross on DS.  It would have to fight with Peggle for my favorite casual game of all time.  I'm a bit worried because I think making the format 3D may make this too complicated.  Even in 2D, Picross required some pretty complex thinking.  To be fair I know nothing about this game other than seeing about a couple of pictures, but i have high hopes. 

May 4

 

Iron Man 2 (everything)

Paul - I'll never play this and will never think about playing this. The movie looks RAD but I'm a little sad that it's the only AWESOME movie coming this summer. 

Alex - How do you make a game fail?  Give Sega the summer's #1 movie license. OHHHHH!!!  (Side note to self: Read Iron Man comics.) 

Fat Princess: Fistful of Cake (PSP)

Paul - I heard that this game was not that good. To be honest, any game with "King" or "Princess" or "Fat" in the title just passes me by. 

Alex - Paul, why did I tell you to add this to the list?  It's not like I care enough to even look up a trailer for the PSP version of the game.  I was a little interested in the original until I heard it was completely broken. 

May 11

 

3D Dot Game Heroes (PS3)

Paul - I sorta want to play this. It's cheap and I've been wanting to play a new 2D Zelda game for a while. The cutesy self-parody is unappealing, but Zelda games have that junk anyways. I like the surprisingly high-quality graphics, but the forced perspective effect makes me a little nauseous. Oof! 

Alex - Everything about this game looks great EXCEPT that it looks exactly like the original Zelda.  Don't get me wrong, I really like the original Zelda, but it just seems a little too simple and boring for a lengthy modern game.  Then again I really, really liked Darksiders and that game is probably more like Zelda than even 3D Dot Heroes is. 

 

Skate 3 (everything)

Paul - Who still plays skating games? 

Alex - Skate 1 was the first game I got when I bought a 360. The original holds a special place in my heart.  I played the demo for Skate 2 and 3, but I just can't get interested in them again.  Skating games need a renaissance. 

 

Lost Planet 2

Paul - I owned the original Lost Planet for a while when I first got my 360. It was impressive but wayyy too Capcomy for me. Very difficult even when you're not under a constant time restraint. As soon as they showed that the Gears of War guys were in it I lost any interest in the sequel. But then I heard there were submarine mechs?? 

Alex -  The original was a generic, good but not great game.  The sequel looks to be the same.  Looks like a great bargain bin item. 

May 18

Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands

Paul - I loved the last Prince of Persia game, so I was sad they didn't continue on with those characters and art style. I never played the original Sands of Time, but this just reeks of movie tie-in. Ubisoft is so annoying. 

Alex - I'm with Paul on this.  I really liked the PoP reboot.  Reboots of pretty much every series, movie or games, in the past 8 years have been great, why the hell would they go backwards?  Oh, because the scrawny kid from Donnie Darko did steroids? Okay that makes sense. 

 

Attack of the Movies 3D

Paul - A budget 3D game. I feel like this fell back in time from 2012 when there will be lots of crappy 3D games like this. 

Alex - Holy shit, a theme park ride for your living room!  I love how on gametrailers.com it has a user rating of 10 because one person rated it.  This game looks hilariously great if it were only a dollar. 

 

Alan Wake

Paul - I was very interested in this when it was first announced years ago. My excitement has cooled the more I've seen of it because it looks more actiony than I hoped it would be. However, playing Deadly Premonition got me excited again for a mysterious game set in a small lumber town that actually has good graphics and play mechanics. 

Alex - Wasn't this supposed to be a launch game or something?  Only 5 years late.  Long enough for me to not care too much anymore.  It does sound pretty good though, and if it's highly rated I'll likely pick it up.  I'm curious to see the whole "light as weapons" mechanic. 

 

Red Dead Redemption

Paul - I am very excited for this. The world, graphics and gameplay all look good, plus it feels like it will be more of an open-ended adventure than Rockstar's GTA games. Got me excited to ride a horse for the first time since Shadow of the Colossus! 

Alex - Despite everyone being really excited for this game I jsut seem to find myself not looking forward to it.  I think I'm still disappointed with GTAIV and so it's hard for me to separate this game far enough from that.  This is a good time to plug an old blog that Paul and I used to maintain 2 years ago (it only lasted 2 months, we are doing much better now, but I think Iwas funnier back then.)  So check out this post about GTAIV from our old blog and you'll see why I was so disappointed. 

 

Split/Second

Paul - This looks like a Beetle Adventure Racing for 2010. I'm sure Alex will get it. 

Alex - I really like the burnout series and this game looks pretty close to that experience except you make shit blow up and cause persistent changes to the track?  Yeah, I'm in.  Also I like any game where the term "persistent" applies. 

May 23

Super Mario Galaxy 2

Paul - I admit I want to play this, but only because I never played the first Galaxy. So I guess I should play that. Too bad I don't have a Wii... Alex, give me your Wii. 

Alex - Paul, you have 3 Wiis in your living room, why do you need mine?  I'll probably pick this game up.  I wasn't excited for Galaxy when it came out, but damn that game was great.  I'm not excited for this either, but i'm positive the game will be excellent.  I feel pretty much the same way about all of Nintendo's "hardcore" franchises. 

May 25

 

UFC Undisputed 10

Paul - Another game I'll never think about. UFC is the WWE with all the fun taken out. 

Alex - My dad and I beat the shit out of eachother in the first UFC game, and that was fun.  I'll never buy this but I hope my brother or dad get it so I can beat the living snot out of them.  I did hear that they are making the controls more accessible which is good because the original required more study time than Turbo Mega Alpha Super Street Fighter Omega 15 in order to play decently. 

 

Blur

Paul - Whenever I see this I get confused because Blur is my favorite band. Blur the racing game is supposed to be like Mario Kart but with real cars. Sounds cool if I was 13 and at a sleep-over. 

Alex -  I can't believe this game and Split Second are coming out at the same time.  Unfortunately for Blur, Split/Second looks more original and therefore better.  Sorry Blur. 

Modnation Racers (PS3, PSP)

Paul - I really dig the Kevin Butler/PS3 commercial for this game. I don't know much about it but it sorta looks like Little Big Planet but with karts... but crappier than that would be. 

Alex - Does anyone remember Penny Racers?  This game sort of reminds me of Penny Racers for N64 which was an AWESOME game...until i played it a few years later... 

May 26

 

Hexyz Force (PSP)

Paul - Games like this always trick me into wanting a PSP. I like RPGs that have different quests with different main characters, like this has. I think I can now say that iPad RPGs are cooler than PSP RPGs. Thanks, Chaos Rings! 

Alex - Paul, Chaos Rings is only for iPhone right now, the only reason I don't buy it is because they already said they are working on an ipad version, which I would rather have.  Now on to Hexyz Force.  This game SCREAMS mid-generation Japanese PS1 RPG, everything from the style to the music to the gameplay.  And wow...shit I want this game. 

May 30

 

Rocket Knight

Paul - The original Rocket Knight/Sparkster games are really forgotten classics. I'm excited to see Konami go back to the franchise with an all-new game (no updated port). The art style is really impressive too, creating this storybook, pseudo-puppet show aesthetic that looks like a lot of fun. 

Alex - As a Genesis owner back in the day, I LOVED renting Rocket Knight.  I recently played Sparkster for Game-A-Day and it still holds up as a great game.  I hope with the increased screen space they can do something with Rocket Knight's extreme mobility.  I'm cautious about this game for fear of being really disappointed.