April 16: wallet threat level deja vu

Posted by on April 16, 2012 in Games

Did you play The Witcher 2 last year? You should have. If you didn’t, or even if you did, this week you can play the Enhanced Edition on the PC or the Xbox 360. Because isn’t it time we all moved on from Mass Effect 3?

Also “new” this week is Deadliest Warrior: Ancient Combat, the suitably subtitled re-release of two previous Deadly Warrior games. The Playstation Vita gets Disgaea 3, which was already released for the PS3 and is the only option for Vita owners who want their portable Disgaea. Thanks to Sony’s approach to backwards compatibility (i.e. “What’s backwards compatibility?”), your UMDs of Disgea 2 are no good here. Trials Evolution for the 360 is the sequel to Trials HD, which doesn’t seem to have a lot of wiggle room for new gameplay. Isn’t the latest-gen Excite Bike market on the 360 tapped out since Trials HD and Joe Danger?

The really new thing this week is Botanicula (pictured), the new and squishier game from the folks who made Machinarium, an adventure game about robots.

  • MonsieurEek

    I’ve owned a PSP for a couple years, and my copy of Disgaea works perfectly on the Vita. So would Disgaea 2 to according to this compatibility list:
    http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=316058

  • Pogue Mahone

    I shall express my gratitude to CD Projekt for taking pity on those of us with puny PCs by releasing their game to consoles. And join those of you evangelizing Witcher 2 post haste.

  • tomchick

    Wait, I thought the Vita couldn’t play UMDs?

  • Ninyu

    PSP games can be played on the Vita if you download it from the store.  There are only select ones available right now.  IIRC, Disgaea 2 is there.

  • Anon

    PC also gets Michel Gagné’s Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet finally. Proud recipient of QT3′s runner up prize for best game title of 2011!

    Botanicula is interesting, but I wonder how much game is there. Last thing I experienced from Amanita was this neat little thing: http://amanita-design.net/osada/

  • Anon

    Ooo, Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP just popped up on Steam too! Not sure how well it would transition from iOS, but you get the soundtrack too which would mitigate any disappointment for me at least. Now if only they’d release their regurgitation based game!

  • Slumberland

    “Because isn’t it time we all moved on from Mass Effect 3?”

    I tried and failed so hard that I’m actually playing Mass Effect 2 again.

    Nevertheless, ready and eager for Witcher 2.

  • Barac Wiley

    Are they offering free digital copies of PSP games you own on UMD, though? Because personally I’m not real sold on buying a second copy of a game I already bought just because I didn’t buy it in the “right” format (i.e. one that didn’t even exist back when I got my PSP).

  • tomchick

    Ah, I didn’t realize Disgaea 2 was available from the PSN store.  I checked the PSN store before I posted this entry, but the “buy it now” link just pointed to retailers for copies of the game on UMDs, which don’t work on the Vita.