The difference is that I have no strong urge to play that game now, so I'd rather pick up a game I want to play now for free and pick up one I'm lukewarm about when I can get it for $20 bucks. But, yeah, like Sord, I've been pretty unimpressed by what I've played. Referring specifically to the 360 demo, I thought that the main gameplay was fun enough, but the camera was terrible as well as how the game decides who you're trying to use a force power on. It was neat, but the fact that I think the Jedi Knight games did some things better can't be good for it. (Plus, I've read through the narrative, and uh... wow. It's more fan-fictiony than the New Jedi Order/Yuuzhan Vong story was.)
I played through a good chunk of the Xbox Ninja Gaiden and found it rather bland and uninspired (not to mention it had some of the worst character and creature design I've EVER seen in a game - but that's pretty much par for the course for Team Ninja judging by their DOA designs.) I played the demo of the sequel and - look at that! - it's like the first one but the whole "everything looks like it was shoved through a laminating machine" issue was even worse. No thank you on that one. Maybe in a few years when I want a quick action title to play here or there, but not now.
I did like the DS Ninja Gaiden game, though. It's mostly because I'm fascinated with games that are transitioned well to handhelds. (Off-Topic: Oh God, Super Monkey Ball Jr. is amazing.)
I've been tossing around the idea of also picking up a few DS games in a separate purchase, and now that you mention it, the trio of Ninja Gaiden Dragon Sword, The World Ends With You, and Sonic Chronicles does sound quite tempting. My issue with DS games is generally that I already have too many games to play on it. The fact of the matter is I've got a list a mile long for DS/GBA games I'm still working on (I just picked up Drill Dozer a few weeks ago) and I hate to add more to the pile. Still, this is a pretty tempting time to pick up some games I've had my eye on.
I was cautiously optimistic about Lost Odyssey, but reading about it and watching videos just make me feel like it's not what I'm looking for. I enjoy turn-based RPGs, but Sakaguchi games can get incredibly into themselves and I'm just not sure if I can dedicate myself enough to it. (It doesn't help that I played through Final Fantasy XII and it made me feel like there are a lot of unnecessary things going on in turn-based RPGs.) Infinite Undiscovery sounds ok, I guess, but as mentioned, I just played through FFXII a few months ago and I'm not sure if I could do another "single-player MMO" game so soon.
I've played through Gears and while I thought it was fun, I'm not sure if I like stop-and-pop more than run-and-gun. In addition to that, the game is seriously lacking when it comes to its narrative. (To be fair, Gears 2 is supposed to have remedied this to some degree.) Gears 2 definitely looks pretty cool, but again, it's release falls outside of the sale.
Still trying to decide on this. Thanks for all the suggestions though, everyone. (Mad props to Kent for the laundry list of options.) Any other good offers you guys can think of?
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