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2003 Videogame Holiday Gift Guide

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the games-people-play dept.

Tim Grube writes "Gaming Horizon is currently hosting a feature that informs gamers on what to buy this holiday season. The 2003 Holiday Gift Guide presents twenty-five titles per console including the Microsoft Xbox, Sony Playstation 2, Nintendo GameCube, PC, and HandHelds."

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  1. ET 2 for Atari 2600 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I loved that ET game on Atari 2600. I'm still waiting for ET 2. Come on, guys!

  2. CmdrTaco's holiday wish list by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
    • goat
    • pancakes
    • natalie portman, petrified and naked
    • yoda doll
    • grease
    • grits
    • aibo
  3. google cache by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    google cache

  4. Game to avoid: Deus Ex Invisible War by Overly+Critical+Guy · · Score: 2, Troll

    This sequel was supposed to be an improvement over the incredible first game, but instead it became a straight X-Box console port.

    The AI sucks, it takes 5 shots to the head to kill a guy, the ragdoll physics are ridiculous, the interface is notoriously console-oriented (you even have to use the keyboard to exit a menu screen), the graphics are bad, and as far as gameplay goes, they removed:

    - Skills system
    - Conversation logger
    - Size-based inventory screen (12 slots...candy bar takes the same slot as a rocket launcher)
    - Seperate ammo types (that's right, all guns use the same ammo)
    - Weapon reloading
    - About half of Deus Ex 1's length of gameplay...Invisible War is only 10-15 hours long, and you can just sneak through airvents for most of the levels

    I'm fuming at Ion Storm. Warren Spector promised so many things, but he let Harvey Smith oversee Deus Ex 2 this time around, and it became a dumbed-down X-Box console game. We PC users suffered for it.

    Check out the www.ionstorm.com forums which are packed with pissed-off PC gamers.

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    "Sufferin' succotash."
  5. Mod it. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Mod your console and save yourself some money.

    You can get games from:
    alt.binaries.cd.image.playstation2.dvdiso
    alt.binaries.cd.image.playstation2
    alt.binaries.c d.image.playstation
    alt.binaries.cd.image.xbox
    a lt.binaries.cd.image.gamecube (you can play GC images over a LAN thanks to an exploit found in Phantasy Star Online)

    Chips are like $50 and there are a few places online that will install it for you for $30. That's less than the cost of two games.

  6. Re:This the season ... by fbg111 · · Score: 0, Troll

    ...and Super Smash brothers.

    A mature Nintendo game? Hell really has frozen over.

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  7. This man has not played the game! MOD PARENT DOWN by Moryath · · Score: 0, Troll

    After further thought, the man bitches about the game without reason -- it's obvious he has not played it.

    MOD PARENT DOWN, PLEASE