Getting a new GPU today so I might try it. Right after Age of Conan, hear there's a new engine with a lot of improvements.

Metaw

Now THERE'S a game that needs to bite the dust and stay there.

Idk about online, but the game takes so much time to complete, must be hard to find an opponent to stay till the end. And there was so many flaws in civ 5 it must be very unbalanced.masterdrat

These assertions seem pretty baseless to me. Civ V received generally awesome reviews, some better than Civ IV. So name these "balancing issues" or don't claim them.

Team Fortress 2

Left 4 Dead 1/2

Day of Defeat/Source

And all of these are 20 bucks or less.

I buy them *after reviews. Some games I'll just buy straight out no questions asked, like Deus Ex: Human Revolution, TES V: Skyrim, and Diablo III.

However, most of the big releases this year I'm happy to say I waited, because they weren't worth the money.

Should definitely have included the words "real time" in there somewhere, even though from your lists it's understood. Civilization is definitely the king of TURN BASED strategy, so clarification ftw.

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All the games you mentioned focus on the fundamentals of what makes good FPS, and they make sure to always bring those basics to the next generation with top-notch production values and minor tweaks to the formula.

PTMags

This. And as soon as game developers start messin' with the formula, you don't get a shooter that's tighter than a squirrel's butt. You get a "Terducken" like Bioshock.

lolwut. I'd rather play Bioshock over Blops or MoH or any other throwaway fps any day of the week.

Generic shooting, weak story/plot, no sense of atmosphere or life, carrot-on-a-stick multiplayer progression and lack of real depth are the norm nowadays. High production values and a cinematic like experience are great and all, but i'd rather just watch Heat, The Matrix, Hard Boiled, or Saving Private Ryan and save $50-60 for a game that at least tries to do something a little different, or will have some replay value.

As would I, which is why I own Bioshock and not any of the modern CoD or MoH games. However Bioshock isn't really MP friendly is it? And that's what this gen of gamers is looking for, by and large. So when a company makes a solid FPS with emphasis on MP, it gets a high score, period.

What is the difference between Call of Duty Black ops and Homefront or Medal of honor or even Crisis 2 .. .Has anybody noticed the lack of originality or innovation for fps lately ? The market is flooded with sequels that are always the same why hasn't this tendency received punishment in review scores ??? DragutinTodos

I don't know? Why did Fallout 3 receive a 100/100 on some sites? I think the common thread here is that all of these are blockbuster titles by huge companies, not that they actually deserved the score.

On the other hand, I'd say all the FPS games you mentioned probably accomplish the hell out of what they claim to do, as opposed to an RPG that says "innovative, dynamic combat system" and when you play it, the combat contains two swing types and a block.

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I'm going to do the beta because it's fun to be able to look back at what it was like then after you've been playing awhile. Diablo II beta was lightyears behind where it is now, or even where it ended up five years ago, etc. Also... I just need something to satisfy my Diablo III fix, which hasn't had a hint of satisfaction in ten years, if you know what I mean ;)

Next, I've never heard of this other game, so it's sort of impossible for me to be excited about it. Post a link or something.

FelipeInside

Torchlight and Titan Quest my friend...

Have already played both to death, and they can scratch around the itch, but they don't quite reach it.

I'm going to do the beta because it's fun to be able to look back at what it was like then after you've been playing awhile. Diablo II beta was lightyears behind where it is now, or even where it ended up five years ago, etc. Also... I just need something to satisfy my Diablo III fix, which hasn't had a hint of satisfaction in ten years, if you know what I mean ;)

Next, I've never heard of this other game, so it's sort of impossible for me to be excited about it. Post a link or something.

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Diablo 3 is my most anticipated game behind Kingdum of alamur..Big diablo fan here really big..Cant wait beta is suppose to go live in june..There talking about diablo 3 do out in nov- dec..If dec man that would make one epic christmas gift haha..It would also make my year..With all the games im following this would be the iceing on the cake..

FelipeInside

Well since I'm already in the beta... seems like it'd be a waste not to.