Poll: I can't decide what to buy!

[godofallu]

So I know I want a cheap game or two, but the decision of which to buy is actually really getting to me. Normally i'm buying sequels or games I already know alot about, but right now everything on my radar is a new IP to me and usually involves some strange type of gameplay I don't really get a lot of.

Trenched- A Third person shooter/RTS hybrid? Right... heard it was fun though.
Serious Sam 1 and 2- A balls to the wall FPS made by a company I have never heard of with nostory
E.Y.E DC- A FPS/RPG hybrid that looks really deep but is apparently buggy... how buggy/fixed yet?
LA Noir- A detective drama? Right... heard it was fun though. Not sure how it would work.
Metro 2033- A FPS with no multiplayer which uses bullets for ammo but is apparently awesome.
Crackdown 2- Crackdown 1 + zombies, I suppose that might be kind of fun.
Saints row 1 and 2- GTA clones that I never gave a second glance, until I was told they were godly.

So yeah that's a pretty big list of strange games right there, and i'm really not sure which concept I want to crack into. Anyone play any of these games and have any strong opinions towards them?

Bonus Thought: I just heard about Red Orchestra 2, but I have never even heard of that series until now. Is this game going to be a big deal or is it just another second rate FPS game trying to act like a AAA title?

PS: Poll won't edit

 

[LookingGlass]

Is this PC only? Saints Row 2 is a lot of fun but the PC version is shit from everything I've heard.

Personally I really enjoyed Metro 2033 and would say go with that. One of my favourite shooters from recent years.

And support the indie guys and get E.Y.E. too.

 

[Valiance]

EYE is really good from what I've seen but I cannot comment on the bugs because I don't own it. My friends who have it really enjoy it though, they think it plays sort of like Deus Ex (but came out before DE:HR came out). Either way, Serious Sam 1+2 HD are entertaining if you like mindless killing and such. They're pretty too. BUT only buy Serious Sam: The Second Encounter - it comes with the whole first game's campaign! lol. If you want to play online, there aren't many online though. But you can still get a semi-decent coop game going on at peak hours, or just ask steam friends. But it doesn't have much depth and I've really only spent a few hours with them because I played the originals.

 

[KarlMonster]

I have SR2 in my Steam library, and I was going to play it until I realised I could only move in 4 diagonal directions. Maybe I'm wrong about that, but thats what I saw. So I decided it was a console port, and in the mood I was in I immediately uninstalled it and never gave it another thought. Yahtzee liked it a lot, but he played it on a console.

Metro 2033 had some of the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. people in the dev team, so its got a pretty gnarly atmosphere, but I hear its on the short side with little replay value. That kills it for me.

LA Noire - yeah I know what it is, but I've recently been disappointed by a different (and old) 'detective' adventure game and its not even close to my radar.

I think about the Serious Sams off and on. They look kinda like Painkiller; in the run around shooting everything else on the screen kind of way.

I get no Google hits for a game called E.Y.E. DC, so I have no idea what it might be.

I own Red Orchestra. Its a multiplayer-only WWII sim. The premise is that you need a lot of people to play - like an orchestra. So an armored car needs to have at least 2 people to operate it, etc. Whereas the Battlefield games have one person per tank. I was a little disappointed, but they did put a lot of work into the game.

 

[g00n77]

DO NOT GET CRACKDOWN 2! you have been warned. it has the exact same levels as the first game only it is not as fun...you might as well just replay part 1

 

[ChillzMaster]

I get the hate for Crackdown 2, but I kinda dug it... Actually, if you really liked Crackdown 1, you'll get a kick out of Crackdown 2. That's where I stood when I played C2.

Anyway, I advise you to stay away from Noire, it's a very boring game, not because it requires thought, but the concept of the game is dong a JOB. JOBS are what we try to escape when we play games. I work at a SUBWAY and I'm 16 years old and even then I'm bored out of my mind turning people's hands around looking for the smallest little detail.

Metro 2033? It's a game I've also been looking into, but there was always a Dead Rising 2 or a From Dust or a Portal 2 getting in my way from settling down and buying it. I heard it was superb, but I still got Crysis 2 rather than the game... worth it in my opinion.

-Chillz

 

[MAUSZX]

Saints row or metro2033