What games/consoles have you bought this week??

[gmintyfresh]

Had confirmation that my preorder of reprinted Pier Solor had been sent out on Sunday, seem to have been waiting for this one for an age.

Nice one. Ive already got a copy of an earlier print but i am tempted to pick up another for the sake of it. I have got the soundtrack on the way though

Can't wait it really looks like the best of those "new" wave of MD RPGs, it's certainly been a long wait to grab a copy!

[AceGrace]

Captain Morgane and the Golden Turtle on PS3.

[Freestyler]

Captain Morgane and the Golden Turtle on PS3.

Sounds like a bottle of Rum not a game!

[shiftytigger]

Had confirmation that my preorder of reprinted Pier Solor had been sent out on Sunday, seem to have been waiting for this one for an age.

Nice one. Ive already got a copy of an earlier print but i am tempted to pick up another for the sake of it. I have got the soundtrack on the way though

Can't wait it really looks like the best of those "new" wave of MD RPGs, it's certainly been a long wait to grab a copy!

It's a good little game - takes a little while to get used to it's nuances. I got a posterity edition , reprint edition and another reprint to play. Sad , yes - but the MD is my console of choice and we all go a little extra way with our 'favourites'. Though thinking about it , I possibly should have got the entire collection of variants as well , but that was something I only just thought of and may be a step too far. From my point of view I have possibly the only 2 new and sealed MD games I may ever have. And I won't be sending them off to get bleedin graded either....mumble mutter rant moan...

[Rayne]

I bought Surf's Up on the 360 as it's only £3.99 on sale, I remember really enjoying it a while back. Look forward to playing it again

[gmintyfresh]

Picked up a really cheap Japanese copy of Marvel Vs Capcom 2 on the DC, after I made the bid I had the dawning realisation that I think I've already got a copy!!

[Evermore]

Going to stick on Calibur later. Should be good

It is a good game but also very different from previous sequels in some ways. The character roster is pretty alien to start with and I personally think the game plays a hell of a lot differently than SCIV. I didn't gel with it in the same way that I was hooked on all the other Soul Calibur games so it didn't get much play time in my PS3. The character creator is incredible though so the recent releases of DLC customisation packs might tempt me to give the game another chance.

Sounds interesting in the sense it is different to the older games. I actually feel the series went down in quality as the sequels rolled in - it lost some of purity and magic since the DC original. I am keen to give V a good seeing to now though as I have heard good things. I hope they have improved it over IV. I haven't put it on yet as I have been busy with Mario Tennis -6 and a half hours in about 24 hours

[dste]

Picked up El Shaddai for the 360 at lunchtime, set me back £7.

[Roo]

Currently downloading SEGA Superstars Tennis and Kameo: Elements of Power onto my 360 - good deal at under 1,000 points for them both!

[Megamixer]

Going to stick on Calibur later. Should be good

It is a good game but also very different from previous sequels in some ways. The character roster is pretty alien to start with and I personally think the game plays a hell of a lot differently than SCIV. I didn't gel with it in the same way that I was hooked on all the other Soul Calibur games so it didn't get much play time in my PS3. The character creator is incredible though so the recent releases of DLC customisation packs might tempt me to give the game another chance.

Sounds interesting in the sense it is different to the older games. I actually feel the series went down in quality as the sequels rolled in - it lost some of purity and magic since the DC original. I am keen to give V a good seeing to now though as I have heard good things. I hope they have improved it over IV. I haven't put it on yet as I have been busy with Mario Tennis -6 and a half hours in about 24 hours

There's several new gameplay elements such as super moves (I personally don't like them) and powered-up combo attacks plus the Guard Impact has been totally overhauled and now relies on meter i.e. you can't use it constantly. Some of the new characters are descendants/students of past characters so they have similar fighting styles with a few tweaks. There are also some brand-new fighting styles (including a custom style of Devil Jin from Tekken!) though I didn't really like them.

Soul Calibur IV is one of my favourite current-gen fighting games so since I enjoyed that when many thought it was too much that we'd seen before, it's probably natural that I didn't like the changes that V brought. Like I said though, it's not bad but I think you'll either really appreciate the updates to the series or loathe them.

[killbot]

Mischief Makers on the N64 and Micro Machines on the NES today. MM is my first unlicenced NES cart - I've previously avoided them because they look awful on the shelf among a collection of kosher carts, but MM is such a classic I made an exception. The wife loves it, too, so it's kept her quiet all night.

[SJ_Sathanas]

Picked up a really cheap Japanese copy of Marvel Vs Capcom 2 on the DC, after I made the bid I had the dawning realisation that I think I've already got a copy!!

I did that with the second Transformers film. Totally forgot I'd even seen it, never mind owned the DVD.

[thl]

Akai Katana and Vanquish for Xbox 360.

Also I recently bought Sonic CD from PSN Store (thanks to the special deals).

[Evermore]

Soul Calibur IV is one of my favourite current-gen fighting games so since I enjoyed that when many thought it was too much that we'd seen before, it's probably natural that I didn't like the changes that V brought. Like I said though, it's not bad but I think you'll either really appreciate the updates to the series or loathe them.

I'm going to go in open-minded, and without any great expectations. I do like the sound of some of the changes. There's no harm is changing things around as if there is no innovation then you'll only end up bored with a series in the long run. I'll report back my findings in a couple of days

You mentioned the change in the guard impact mechanic - reminded me of the epic fights me and my best gaming bud from a decade ago used to have. We were obsessed with Calibur - but a lot of it was about getting one over on each other! He was really really good at the game, and I was pretty handy as well. I was probably better at Soul Calibur than I was at any other video game back then. I remember anyway this one day when we were having a lethal scrap on Rock's stage - we parried and parried and parried back and forth a full eleven times before one of us final broke through - that would have been me It was an unbelievable match. Eventually he just got better and better though and then went on to the sequel, which I never really got on that well with.

Me and that chap used to play Ikaruga in co-op and Capcom vs SNK. He was better at those than me, though I used to hammer him on F-Zero GX and Advance Wars. We used to play Mario Kart on the Cube as well, which was enormous fun and then some, particularly the shine chase battle game. Probably the most fun I have ever had in a video game. Can't beat a bit of gaming with a friend in the same room

[AceGrace]

Operation Thunderbolt for C64.