So since there's nothing good coming any time soon, I'm thinking of picking up F.E.A.R. to tide me over. What's the verdict on that game?

I just finished playing this game. It was fun and the graphics were good but some of the levels get repetitive and I hated the ending(I did like the story though). The AI is pretty smart you will have to use some strategy when going after them. I never tried the multiplayer so I don't know how that is. I don't know how much it costs right now but I don't think it is a $60 game.

i got it because I knew a friend wanted to play it. I played it for an hour or so and really didn't think it was anything special or new. If you're REALLY into the genre, I'd say go for it.

lol, Microsoft support is insane (well, just very poor speakers of English)...when I called in when my 360 was first having issues, I slowly spelled my name and address. I made the mistake of not having them read it back to me. They honestly got about 1/2 of the letters in my simple name and address wrong, so UPS hasn't been able to deliver my repaired unit for the last 3 days.

Apparently Indians don't understand American English as well as Mexicans?

seems like an exercise in futility, doesn't it

I agree. FEAR had awesome graphics when it came out on PC 2 years ago, but now on the 360 it doesn't look as hot as it once did. Practically every single level is in the the same office type environment, and you are fighting the same generic enemy soldier 95% of the time, so yes it does get repetitive.

One thing FEAR is known best for is its AI. Enemies will flank you, use cover, etc.

If you haven't played Condemned yet, I recommend it over FEAR. Condemned is much scarier, has more variety in levels and enemies, and is just all around better.

Man, do I hear that

Condemned is much scarey and more intense and the surround sound is amazing in the game. Some of the best sound in a videogame.

Fear is alittle funner, but Condemened is a title that you must experience.

I personally thought Condemned was one of the worst games I have ever played.

Grab wrench, pipe, conduit, 2x4, walk, hit enemy, stun with stun gun, rinse / repeat 450 times.. I stopped after like the 4th level.

I know I'm in the minority on this, however.

I thought Condemned was a great launch game to show off the system. If it were to come out now I probably wouldn't bother with it at least until it was $20 or less. Still good as a budget title though.

Condemned is still my #1 game on the 360.

It's going to be a long summer followed by one of the most ridiculous falls in a while (GTA IV, Halo 3, Mass Effect, Blue Dragon, possibly some of the big 3 Wii games on that system (Metroid/Mario/SSB)). I'm hoping some of these games finally hit $20 that have been out a while and are hovering around or above $30 now. In the meantime, Carcassonne comes out on XBLA in June, which will surely eat up a lot of my time.

Condemned is still a great game and lack of MP is what made people not get it I think. I loved it. I didn't 100% it because I'm too scared to go through it again. (Honestly).

Ridiculous is an understatement.

I wouldn't recommend FEAR. It got boring very quickly, and when I played it, it had framerate issues.

Which is asinine. I HATE that with any game that happens to be in the first person perspective and involves a gun nowadays people assume it should have MP support. Condemned is the ultimate single player game. Making it a MP title would have watered down the game.

Anyone watch that leaked Halo 3 footage of Zanzibar? The beta is quickly becoming one big joke if that is one of the 3 maps. If so, we are down to two new maps(possibly) for three weeks. What a big letdown.

Where might we find this leaked footage?

This may be it: http://kotaku.com/gaming/clips/clip-...vid-254649.php

Looks like Halo 2: Source.

Looks like I will finally get my 360 back today:

Heh, that's why they shoe-horned multi-player into Metroid Prime 2.

Yep. Hopefully Bioshock remains MP free.

???

I watched a little of the video and it didn't look like any map I'd ever played on, thought I'll admit I haven't played Halo 2 in about a year or so.

I know there was a Zanzibar map but it seemed new to me.

If you didn't recognize that map as Zanzibar, you need to dust of your Halo 2 disc. The inside of the base is very different, but the outside areas are damn near identical.