Game Neglect

posted by Dan Foster

Wed Feb 21, 2007 at 03:15:16 PM EST

As I make my way threw my third time playing gears of war story mode, I can not help but think about my other 360 games that I have that are being neglected because of gears of war.I have gotten both splinter cell double agent and saints row that I recieved from christmas still sitting in their wrapper.I also have Lost Planet and Viva Pinta that I have been playing but nothing like the time I play with gears.And I have a nintendo wii with legend of zelda that I have played maybe about an hour since I got it about a month ago.And on top of that I am thinking about going to pick up crack down today.I know my time is limited with a baby, wife, job and other hobbies. But as soon as get some free time to play my video games its always gears of war. I do not know if its because I want to get good at it, so I practice playing every chance I get, or is it trying to unlock the achivments that have me playing any chance I get. If their was a child protective service for video games they would have taken my games away from me.            


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  •  Funny (none / 0)

    I have the same issue.  I've had Rainbow Six Vegas for forever and have only put it in my 360 once.  The only games I've played consistently since getting Gears is Viva Pinata and NHL 07.  Gears is often my first choice, but since I finally beat the game on Insane difficulty, the only other reason to go back to it is to get the final two cog tags I'm missing.

    Now it's all about multiplayer Gears.  Plus, I plan on finally playing Rainbow Six Vegas, FEAR and even Lost Planet.  Unless Crackdown takes over my life.

    by papi blez on Wed Feb 21, 2007 at 03:22:13 PM EST

    •  Other games are getting dusty... (none / 0)

      I've been neglecting my other games as well.  I have Viva Pinata, Saint's Row, Splinter Cell:DA, Lost Planet, & Hitman:Blood Money waiting in the wings.  In fact, I've lent out Splinter Cell because I feel that someone should benefit from it.   I did manage to finish Rainbow 6 though (great game!).  It's been pretty much Gears multiplayer.  Talk about this game having play value!  Again, nothing I've ever played has had such an engrossing multiplayer than Gears, & I've been gaming since the old school days of Atari & Coleco!  Gears has got me hooked & always coming back for more.

      Friends don't let friends two-piece.

      by Blankman on Thu Feb 22, 2007 at 01:43:28 AM EST

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  •  i have/had the same issue (none / 0)

    previously it was halo and now its gears and halo all the other games are rotting on the shelf. I wrote about it long ago asking myself if  games like these are actually bad for business, mainly because i'm not buying anymore games, save Halo3.

    by naveeda on Wed Feb 21, 2007 at 03:34:53 PM EST

  •  Yeah I hear (none / 0)

     you guys no kids yet but everything else.
      Family and friends and going out of town I keep missing all of the damn frag fests......it sucks.  I think I'll try to tell everyone else to F.O. Friday so I can join again.  I've only been like 3.  
      And yeah I'll I've played, when I have time, is Gears, Pinata, and Wii Sports.

    Let's get it own!

    by Macaface on Wed Feb 21, 2007 at 04:38:58 PM EST

  •  ugh (none / 0)

    yep, I am actually trading in a bunch of games tomorrow (to pay for crackdown hounestly.)

    Not all who wander are lost

    by Zoso Fan on Wed Feb 21, 2007 at 06:26:27 PM EST

  •  I'm addicted ... (none / 0)

    to Gears. I've played video games since the NES and I have to say, that Gears is one of the most impressive games I've ever played. I bought my X360 only for that game.
    I was playing MGS3 (which is also one of my top10 games ever) on the PS2 when my X360 and Gears arrived. Since then I haven't touched my PS2 and there are still 3 games lying around which are still not touched. It's a pity, but Gears caught my attention for the last month.
    A couple of days I wanted to get back to MGS3, but I couldn't stand it for longer than 20 min. So I reconnected the X360 again and got back the the MP. I'v never experienced that a game addicted me so much before.
    Many thanks to EPIC und Cliffy for that masterweork!

    absolutely talented !!!

    by Mad Bungee on Thu Feb 22, 2007 at 04:31:26 AM EST

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