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July 12, 2006 -

Right now, aside from the games I'm currently playing (Phoenix Wright: Ace Attourney, Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones) and the games I know I'll soon go back to (MarioKart, Oblivion, Condemned, Castlevania DS, Resident Evil: Code Veronica X) I've got a mental list of games I'd like to play. This is my top ten list. Actually eight. I could only come up with eight.

8. Resident Evil DS - I can't keep track of all the gimmicky DS subtitles anymore. You know, the ones that always follow a colon. Deadly Silence. Dawn of Sorrow. Demon Seal. Destiny Sardine. Whatever. It's Resident Evil - the first one. Apparently, it's a fairly faithful remake with some puzzles that have been retrofitted for the DS. I loved the game, so I'm willing to try it.

7. Space Rangers 2 I've heard a lot about this game. Similar to Galactic Civilizations 2, which I stopped playing after a few hours. Space Rangers 2 sounds like more fun though. Lots of text-only minigames, and you get to deliver pizza.

6. LostMagic There's a Dearth of RPGs for the DS. The only good ones I've been able to find are GBA games. But Lostmagic looks promising. You cast different spells by drawing symbols with the stylus, and I don't know much more than that right now.

5. Stubbs the Zombie: Rebel without a Pulse I've heard that this is a fun game with some good comedy. Psychonauts taught me the value of humor in games - I'd like to give Stubbs a shot.

4. The Thief Series I loved Tenchu, loved Beyond Good and Evil, and liked Metal Gear Solid 2 a lot. Stealth games are fun. So I'm hoping to really dig the Thief games. Someday I'll get ahold of one.

3. Killer 7 I've never played any game in this series. But I've heard that this game is totally whacked, as in strange. Insane in a good way. I'm sure all the talk wasn't for nothing, so I'd like to try it.

2. Eternal Darkness I don't know exactly how I'll ever end up playing this, since it's currently Gamecube-specific. Maybe they'll eventually port it to the PC. Maybe I'll buy a Wii and play it on that. It's a very highly rated survival horror game in which I hear you can actually go insane. Nice.

1. Resident Evil 4 Hard to believe I haven't played it yet. At first, I was trying to finish Resident Evil:Code Veronica X first, but then I saw that RE4 was being released for the PC on September 13th, so I decided to wait. As long as Gamespot doesn't give the PC version a crappy rating, I'm going to buy it.

I've got a feeling that I won't be playing many of these any time soon, but I'll try to start going through them once the summer is over.

Comments on Greg's To-Play List
 
Comment Wed, July 12 - 7:42 PM by Greg
Thanks for the warning.
 
Comment Thu, July 13 - 8:39 AM by Brandon
Thief is one of the greatest games of all time and is one of my favorite games. They just absolutely knocked it out of the park with that one. Thief 2 had a more ambitions story, but I think some of the levels weren't as good as Thief. A lot of people hate Thief 3, but I thought it was pretty damn good and enjoyed it quite a bit.

Eternal Darkness is right up there with Thief and one of the GameCube's best games ever. You can pick up pre-owned Cubes for like 50 bucks now, which would be totally worth it. Hell, I'll even send you mine and you can ship it back when you're done. ED messed with your head so much it was a blast to play. I don't mean it messed with your character's head, but it messed with your head, meaning it did things to you while you were playing the game to completely freak you out. Hard to explain without ruining it, but trust me, there were plenty of times I thought I was going crazy. I should try and find that game and play it again.
 
Comment Wed, July 12 - 6:54 PM by pmd
I purchased Space Rangers 2 and then promptly returned it (before opening) when I realized it had Starforce. I've heard the downloadable version doesn't have it (for obvious reasons)... but I probably won't get it anyway.
 
Comment Mon, July 17 - 6:26 PM by Greg
Add Prey to my list. I might get that one soon.