Tell GR: Buy, Try, or Die? [September 2012]

Posted on Tuesday, August 28 @ 18:23:05 Eastern by Nicholas Tan

What will you Buy? What will you Try? And what needs to Die?

This month's lineup has been but a mere appetizing sampler for the holiday season, and what a tasty one it has been with Persona 4 Arena, Sound Shapes, Sleeping Dogs, Darksiders II, The Last Story, Madden NFL 13, and the release of the Nintendo 3DS XL. Daniel and Jonathan have been slugging their way through Guild Wars 2, so August looks to be extending its welcome. As for me, I'll be the only GR rep going to PAX, so August is going to very long for me indeed.

But let's not forget about next month's lineup, which in my eyes feels like the start of a full-course meal. The main star of the month is Borderlands 2, which I will be drooling over even while I'm punching adversaries in Tekken Tag Tournament 2 and Dead or Alive 5. Sports fans, if not already tackling through Madden NFL 13, have NHL 13 in mid-September and two soccer titles, FIFA Soccer 13 and Pro Evolution Soccer, at the end of the month.

DLC can't be ignored, either, with Double Dragon: Neon, Mark of the Ninja, and the WoW extension Mists of Pandaria. HD reboots are also on the horizon, though the majority of them don't have a precise release date yet. Capcom fans will want to pre-order the Street Fighter 25th Anniversary Collector Set too.

The absense of handheld software, however, doesn't spell well for the Vita nor the 3DS. The only title worth talking about is LittleBigPlanet, whose success might be limited on the Vita and will ride mainly on the community. Let's hope the Vita and 3DS releases for October and November are much better.

Sept 4 - The Sims 3 Supernatural (PC)
Sept 7 - Mark of the Ninja (X360)
Sep 11 - NBA Baller Beats (X360)
Sep 11 - Double Dragon: Neon (X360, PS3)
Sep 11 - Tekken Tag Tournament 2 (X360, PS3)
Sep 11 - NHL 13 (X360, PS3)
Sep 18 - Borderlands 2 (X360, PS3, PC)
Sep 18 - F1 2012 (X360)
Sep 18 - Street Fighter 25th Anniversary Collector Set (X360, PS3)
Sep 25 - Dead or Alive 5 (X360, PS3)
Sep 25 - Angry Birds Trilogy (X360, PS3)
Sep 25 - Tokyo Jungle (PS3)
Sep 25 - LittleBigPlanet Vita (Vita)
Sep 25 - Pro Evolution Soccer 2013 (X360, PS3)
Sep 25 - FIFA Soccer 13 (X360, PS3)
Sep 25 - World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria (PC)
*Sep 4-25 - Battlefield 3: Armored Kill (X360, PS3, PC)
**Fall 2012 - Nights into Dreams... HD (X360, PS3, PC)
**Fall 2012 - Okami HD (X360, PS3)
**Fall 2012 - Jet Set Radio HD (X360, PS3, Vita)

*Battlefield 3 Premium Members can get Armored Kill on Sept. 4 for PS3 and Sept. 11 for Xbox 360 and PC. Regular players can get it on Sept. 18 on PS3 and Sept. 25 for Xbox 360 and PC.
**Release date not yet confirmed.

Tags: Tell GameRevolution

Comments

Imnickson
Joined: Jul 2006

Posted: Aug 28th, 2012 at 6:31 pm
I planned on getting Borderlands 2 and Tekken Tag 2 but since I got my Vita I have no desire to play console games. October and November is where most of the Vita releases are.

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Nick_Tan
Joined: Jul 2006

Posted: Aug 28th, 2012 at 7:59 pm
What did you get besides Sound Shapes?

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Imnickson
Joined: Jul 2006

Posted: Aug 28th, 2012 at 8:51 pm
Gravity Rush, Lego Batman 2, Mortal Kombat, Lumines, Super Stardust Delta, Dissisia duodecim Final Fantasy, P3P, and Ys Seven.

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Anthony_Severino
Joined: Oct 2010

Posted: Aug 29th, 2012 at 9:24 am
The Vita will do that to you. It's really a fantastic device. Once those games were their newness, you'll come back to consoles. Once things pick up, I could see myself playing on my Vita almost exclusively. At least for non-work gaming.

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213EDD
Joined: Sep 2007

Posted: Aug 28th, 2012 at 6:47 pm
Sept 4 - The Sims 3 Supernatural (PC) Die
Sept 7 - Mark of the Ninja (X360) Try
Sep 11 - NBA Baller Beats (X360) Die
Sep 11 - Double Dragon: Neon (X360, PS3) Try
Sep 11 - Tekken Tag Tournament 2 (X360, PS3) Try
Sep 11 - NHL 13 (X360, PS3) Die
Sep 18 - Borderlands 2 (X360, PS3, PC) Buy
Sep 18 - F1 2012 (X360) Die
Sep 18 - Street Fighter 25th Anniversary Collector Set (X360, PS3) Die
Sep 25 - Dead or Alive 5 (X360, PS3) Try
Sep 25 - Angry Birds Trilogy (X360, PS3) DIE IN A FUCKING FIRE
Sep 25 - Tokyo Jungle (PS3) Die
Sep 25 - LittleBigPlanet Vita (Vita) Die
Sep 25 - Pro Evolution Soccer 2013 (X360, PS3) Die
Sep 25 - FIFA Soccer 13 (X360, PS3) Die
Sep 25 - World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria (PC) FUCKING KILL ME NOW/ Die
*Sep 4-25 - Battlefield 3: Armored Kill (X360, PS3, PC) Die
**Fall 2012 - Nights into Dreams... HD (X360, PS3, PC) Die
**Fall 2012 - Okami HD (X360, PS3) Try
**Fall 2012 - Jet Set Radio HD (X360, PS3, Vita) Try

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Nick_Tan
Joined: Jul 2006

Posted: Aug 28th, 2012 at 8:00 pm
So if they put Angry Birds in World of Warcraft, you would literally set the game on fire... can I watch?

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OdiousLupous
Joined: Jul 2011

Posted: Aug 28th, 2012 at 8:11 pm
Angry flying mounts

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Sammo
Joined: Oct 2005

Posted: Aug 28th, 2012 at 7:09 pm
Oh my goodness it's Tekken Tag 2. Young Heihachi is gonna have to slap a *****.

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sg4real
Joined: Apr 2011

Posted: Aug 28th, 2012 at 7:12 pm
Sept 4 - The Sims 3 Supernatural (PC) DIE
Sept 7 - Mark of the Ninja (X360) DIE
Sep 11 - NBA Baller Beats (X360) DIE
Sep 11 - Double Dragon: Neon (X360, PS3) DIE
Sep 11 - Tekken Tag Tournament 2 (X360, PS3) DIE
Sep 11 - NHL 13 (X360, PS3) BUY
Sep 18 - Borderlands 2 (X360, PS3, PC) BUY
Sep 18 - F1 2012 (X360) DIE
Sep 18 - Street Fighter 25th Anniversary Collector Set (X360, PS3) DIE
Sep 25 - Dead or Alive 5 (X360, PS3) DIE
Sep 25 - Angry Birds Trilogy (X360, PS3) DIE
Sep 25 - Tokyo Jungle (PS3) DIE
Sep 25 - LittleBigPlanet Vita (Vita) DIE
Sep 25 - Pro Evolution Soccer 2013 (X360, PS3) DIE
Sep 25 - FIFA Soccer 13 (X360, PS3) TRY
Sep 25 - World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria (PC) BUY
*Sep 4-25 - Battlefield 3: Armored Kill (X360, PS3, PC) DIE

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joe19
Joined: Jan 2006

Posted: Aug 28th, 2012 at 8:26 pm
pickin up guild wars this weekend i got alot of playing to do before borderlands 2 comes out. I'll be "forgetting" my woman at an inconspicuous gas station somewhere in the middle of nowhere to buy me some time. :)

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Bras
Joined: Jul 2008

Posted: Aug 28th, 2012 at 10:56 pm
DIE
Sept 4 - The Sims 3 Supernatural (PC)
Sept 7 - Mark of the Ninja (X360)
Sep 11 - NBA Baller Beats (X360)
Sep 11 - Double Dragon: Neon (X360, PS3)
Sep 11 - Tekken Tag Tournament 2 (X360, PS3)
Sep 11 - NHL 13 (X360, PS3)
Sep 18 - F1 2012 (X360)
Sep 18 - Street Fighter 25th Anniversary Collector Set (X360, PS3)
Sep 25 - Dead or Alive 5 (X360, PS3)
Sep 25 - Angry Birds Trilogy (X360, PS3)
Sep 25 - Tokyo Jungle (PS3)
Sep 25 - LittleBigPlanet Vita (Vita)
Sep 25 - Pro Evolution Soccer 2013 (X360, PS3)
Sep 25 - FIFA Soccer 13 (X360, PS3)
Sep 25 - World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria (PC)
*Sep 4-25 - Battlefield 3: Armored Kill (X360, PS3, PC)
**Fall 2012 - Nights into Dreams... HD (X360, PS3, PC)

TRY
Sep 18 - Borderlands 2 (X360, PS3, PC)
**Fall 2012 - Okami HD (X360, PS3)
**Fall 2012 - Jet Set Radio HD (X360, PS3, Vita)

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Lien
Joined: Feb 2008

Posted: Aug 28th, 2012 at 11:31 pm
No buy? Jeesh guess you are hardly the gambler...

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Longo_2_guns
Joined: Jun 2003

Posted: Aug 28th, 2012 at 11:41 pm
Besides Tekken Tag, I kinda agree though.

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Lok-Nar
Joined: Feb 2012

Posted: Aug 28th, 2012 at 11:22 pm
Buy Borderlands 2, try DOA 5, die the rest

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Sourdeez
Joined: Feb 2012

Posted: Aug 29th, 2012 at 12:26 am
After how C grade borderlands 1 was I recommend "try" borderlands 2.

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De-Ting
Joined: Nov 2006

Posted: Aug 29th, 2012 at 1:51 am
Buy Borderlands 2 and, sadly, everything else can die, because I have no money.

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Jobin_Wendy
Joined: Mar 2012

Posted: Aug 29th, 2012 at 7:14 am
At least you can be sure you made the right choice. If this were BioWare game, you'd get some blue points.

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Nick_Tan
Joined: Jul 2006

Posted: Aug 29th, 2012 at 3:30 am
I smell a Borderlands 2 community event.

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Lien
Joined: Feb 2008

Posted: Aug 29th, 2012 at 4:47 am
Please say on the PC, i got it pre-odered already!

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Kassen
Joined: Aug 2012

Posted: Aug 29th, 2012 at 10:16 am
If it get good reviews, I'll prob get it for pc to.

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MasterRabbi
Joined: May 2007

Posted: Aug 29th, 2012 at 5:36 am
Try Borderlands 2 and Mark of the Ninja, everything else Die. Sims: Cashing in on Next Popular Fiction Fad deserves a thermite reaction.

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Jobin_Wendy
Joined: Mar 2012

Posted: Aug 29th, 2012 at 7:10 am
Angry Birds Trilogy - BUY!!!1!!1 Duh... Teh rest can die because there not as guwd of games as teh Angry Birdz gamez.

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Kakulukia
Joined: Nov 2005

Posted: Aug 29th, 2012 at 8:19 am
Exactly nothing here interests me. Which I guess is good, since I'm getting my Vita TOMORROW MORNING! FUCKYEAH! and I won't be able to afford too many console games if I want to garnish my Vita/PSP library.

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De-Ting
Joined: Nov 2006

Posted: Aug 29th, 2012 at 1:13 pm
What about LittleBIGPlanet Vita?

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Anthony_Severino
Joined: Oct 2010

Posted: Aug 29th, 2012 at 9:27 am
Try Borderlands 1 (free on PlayStation Plus), then possibly Buy Borderlands 2. I liked what I played of Borderlands 2, but I'm not as sold as say... Nick.

Aside from that, I'll probably buy Mark of the Ninja (yes, and Xbox 360 exclusive - it's that good).

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TurinAlexander
Joined: Sep 2006

Posted: Aug 29th, 2012 at 3:17 pm
Playing through Darksiders II now and loving it. I've already bought ACIII and Black Ops 2, and I still have eight or so games from the Steam Summer Sale to play. I'm holding off on Borderlands 2 until I can get the inevitable GotY edition on Steam for ten bucks.

I'm actually not too excited about this year's crop of new games. Dishonored looks cool, but I'll wait of reviews before I buy it, and GTAIV was so unappealing to me that I really don't care about GTAV. I don't play sports games, so slew of sequels coming out soon will be safely ignored. Oh, and WoW sucks, so adding Pandas to it doesn't do much for me.

At least I have my backlog to keep me entertained this winter.

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friggest
Joined: Mar 2008

Posted: Aug 30th, 2012 at 2:45 am
All die.
Except maybe try the 10 day free trial with Mists.
Also maybe buy Jet Set Radio HD. Nostalgia makes me depressed.

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spartan317
Joined: Dec 2005

Posted: Aug 31st, 2012 at 4:56 am
I like how Anthony (and the GR crew for that matter) has work and non-work gaming to "catch up" on... Must suck being that awesome sir's and ma'am's... I jest!!!

Have Borderlands 2 on order so I'm all for a GR playdate for that... Haven't yet made the jump to PS3, holding off until The Last of Us releases... God I want that game like a certain posh bastard wants China to bend to his "will"

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