Topic: Team Microtransactions (MTX) PS3 Library Deliberation Thread

SBK 2011: Superbike World Championship
Built on a budget, and too difficult to get into for anyone who isn't a motorcyle fanatic. Realistic but not fun. The most panned of the SBK games and so probably best avoided.
Verdict: 2

SBK Generations
This came out the following year and was thankfully an improvement, it sounds like it was easier to play and less bugs but the graphics, sound and AI weren't particularly good so still nothing essential here.
Verdict: 3

SBK X: Superbike World Championship
Oddly this is the oldest of the 3 games, coming out in 2010 but also the most highly praised as well. It seems to be a different group of reviewers so hard to know for sure if this is in fact the best of the bunch as we lack continuity. But the comments from both reviewers and players seems to be the most positive for this entry so a relatively safe bet that it's the most enjoyable.
Verdict: 3

Shaun White Snowboarding
very mixed reviews on this one, averages around 6/10. Consensus seems to have been a game with potential, but needed more development. hampered by sluggish framerate, unintuitive control scheme that takes some getting used to, and an identity crisis whether it wants to be arcade or sim. it's open mountain which appears to have lots to do, but not much variety.
Verdict: 2

@leucocyte I'm glad you googled the German game. I was worried what might come up lol.

Shift 2: Unleashed
A decent racing game, that is good fun, but not innovative enough to be in anyway essential. Seems to divide opinion a lot, some get really stuck into it, others find it somewhat dull and frustrating. But definitely worth a look for racing games looking for something halfway between arcade and sim, especially if they enjoy getting stuck into the customisation.
Verdict: 3

@leucocyte I had a quick look and it got some good reviews (German of course).
It is one of those games that I would imagine has a very niche following. Maybe a place in Not Important?

Short Peace: Ranko Tsukigime's Longest Day
Part of a multi media project that contained 4 short anime films and this game.
One of the films won the Grand Prize at the 16th Japan Media arts festival with another being nominated for an Oscar! So it seems like a big deal.
So now the game...
It was described as an anime with gameplay elements and can be completed in just over an hour. To me it seems like they were aiming to expand the subject of the project into other art forms.
From a subject point of view, it seems important but as a game, kinda pointless. I would imagine if you were that heavy into the project you could just watch the cutscenes on YouTube
Verdict: 1

@ZeD @Ralizah @LieutenantFatman @leucocyte

I think you are done. Just waiting the clarified result if that is okay please team on the main thread.

@RogerRoger Force Unleashed 2 is a strange one. As a game it is not half bad as it is more of the first but it was not needed at all. The first game wrapped the story up in a neat package and the premise of the second felt so forced.

Here are ouor games for this week :/

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@ZeD @Ralizah @leucocyte @LieutenantFatman @Rudy_Manchego @Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy

Sports Champion08 Zindagi Games
Sports Champions 2 Zindagi Games
SSX Electronic Arts
Star Ocean: The Last Hope International tri-Ace
Star Trek (2013 video game) Digital Extremes
Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Republic Heroes Krome Studios
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed LucasArts
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II LucasArts
Starhawk LightBox Interactive
Start the Party Supermassive Games
Start the Party! Save the World Supermassive Games
Stormrise The Creative Assembly
Street Fighter IV Capcom / Dimps
Street Fighter X Tekken Capcom / Namco

SSX Electronic Arts - Improved graphics from the classic PS2 games but missed the best trick of all, allowing you to play properly play against other people online. I believe they may have eventually added this in a patch once most people had moved on, too little too late. Still a fun game though.
Verdict - 3

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed LucasArts - Quite entertaining at the time, was always dissapointed at how ineffective the lighsabers were though compared to the films versions. Story telling was occassionally fun.
Verdict - 3

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II LucasArts - Cheap cash in and not at all memorable, any effort they put into story telling in the previous game was dropped for this one, game play was ok though.
Verdict - 2

Street Fighter IV Capcom / Dimps - Superb fighter, great fun in both single player and online.
Verdict - 5

Street Fighter X Tekken Capcom / Namco - Pretty good fighter but not as good as either of the games it draws from.
Verdict - 3

Copy and pasting Karl's (Edit: oops, I mean KALofKRYPTON's) contribution to this thread:

Sports Champions
VERY IMPORTANT
The easiest sell of all of the launch games for Move and a pretty good one at that. Sports Champions, to cut a long story short, just works. The included content was relatively light, but I found myself playing far more waggle table tennis, disc golf and archery with as close to 1:1 controls as you could want. The presentation was serviceable and multiplayer was a breeze.
An easy-on 'show off' game for the Move and was leagues ( )better than Wii Sports.

Start the Party
EXISTING
I personally really enjoyed Start The Party. I played it with my little girl a lot, but it was just a bit too lacking in content. It worked really well, what was there was fun, but beyond entertaining my toddler - I didn't do much else with it.

Street Fighter X Tekken
EXISTING
Make no mistake; Street Fighter X Tekken is a deep, challenging and robust fighting game that is- in true fighting game fashion - as accessible as it is arcane.
A stunning roster of characters from the titular franchises and beyond and tight gameplay most reminiscent of Street Fighter IV. Developed by Capcom, even the Tekken characters are extremely well handled - there are balancing issues here and there, but the majority of match ups can work out well enough due to the tag system.
This is a game that could and should've been huge. I'm still not entirely sure why it wasn't.

Starhawk
NOT IMPORTANT
Textbook hopes and dreams ruination in video game form! (for a Warhawk fan like me, at least)
I was excited for Starhawk, I really was. Then I got in on the beta with a couple of Warhawk buddies. Beyond the promise of transforming planes, this game was a massive disappointment - not quite Wahawk in space.
The newly introduced building systems (think fortnight, but better) were Ok, but the game really changed a lot of the thrilling gameplay beats from Warhawk that just left folks like me who were looking for more Warhawk out in the cold.
It reviewed well - but side-by-side, people loved Warhawk, whereas most people don't even remember Starhawk.

@LieutenantFatman

@KALofKRYPTON
lol, oops, sorry about that!

@LieutenantFatman
Any opportunity to bust out a 'Coral' meme is appreciated!

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14uRdE72JtbW4N3dPmgzaf...

Here's the sheet. Be sure to input your scores. I took the liberty of adding FatMan's scores, but he should still look it over.

@Ralizah
Thanks, appreciated!

Also thanks Roger for the input this round. With yours and Kal's help this should be one of the easiest rounds so far for the team.

@ZeD @Ralizah @leucocyte @LieutenantFatman @Rudy_Manchego @Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy
Updated the list with scores from our outside help ( @RogerRoger , @KALofKRYPTON)
We are now only missing;
Star Ocean: The Last Hope International
Start the Party! Save the World
Stormrise

Star Ocean: The Last Hope International

The fourth Star Ocean game, and it functions as a prequel to the original. This PS3 version of the game contained additional content that was missing from the original Xbox 360 release. The game was generally praised for its visuals, music, and gameplay, and is considered one of the best games in the series.

Verdict: 3

@ZeD @leucocyte @LieutenantFatman @Rudy_Manchego @Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy

Alright, folks, we need to get these in the bag. Only two left.

Stormrise
A failed experiment, an attempt at trying new innovative mechanics for RTS on consoles, but sadly the result is a cumbersome and frustrating buggy mess of a game. Overall a disappointing effort, and one that should only be looked at by those who are desperate to play some real time strategy on consoles. A few more months work were very much needed here.
Verdict: 2

@ZeD @leucocyte @LieutenantFatman @Rudy_Manchego @Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy

How are you getting on in thread team? The results have dried up but that's okay. I thought this would happen due to the laborious nature of the first section and the fact everyone has a life which gets in the way. If it's possible post the final result of last week into the main thread please. If you feel its better / easier the remaining active members can split into the other teams for a short time.

The thread enjoyment will ratchet up shortly I promise.