Shipping this week: BAMF! edition

by Richard Mitchell on May 29th 2007 3:45PM

It's a pretty big week for the Xbox 360. This week we see the release of two of Microsoft's major releases for the summer, Shadowrun and Forza Motorsport 2. Not only that, but also get Monster Madness and Surf's Up. You know, on second thought, maybe we should just stick to the first two. Honestly, the big question for 360 gamers this week is whether the choose Forza or Shadowrun. Given that these are two different games that appeal to two different kinds of gamers, it's not likely to be a tough choice though.

So, do you plan on picking up any of these games?

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Tags: forza 2, Forza2, monster madness, MonsterMadness, shadowrun, shipping this week, ShippingThisWeek, surfs up, SurfsUp

Reader Comments (43)

Getting Shadowrun later today. Not a big racing fan, especially racing sims.

Forza2 here. Now to convince my wife to let me get the wheel.

Shadowrun is on my purchase list! If i was better at sim racers I'd definitely get Forza, but I suck at sims :(

Now... Burnout 5 will be a must buy :D!

Probably neither.

I'm not getting anything till the Beta is over!

Il be picking up both, Shadowrun is shaping up to be pretty awesome with some new twists to the fps genre & forza motorsport 2 i need say no more.. :)

But I'll get both eventually...

I will probably end up getting Shadowrun but I would rather read a couple of reviews or hear some word of mouth first.

shadowrun looks interesting but i'll be renting it first.

FYI guys your tag for Shadowrun is not spelled correctly.

I'm getting Forza tomorrow at circuit city and ignoring Shadowrun.

I was a beta tester and didn't like the game too much.

For starters, I do not like games counterstrike like and the whole magic/tech thing makes a shooter more complicated than fun.

Not saying that without teamwork shadowrun is awful and the Xbox Live is not the place to find intelligent life anymore.

To put the nail in the coffin, I AM NOT PAYING 60 for a half game: No single player, you can't charge more than US$30 for it, sorry MSG and FASA, but enough milking with the HORRIBLE DLC policy that plagues Xbox live nowadays.

I'll be waiting for Dirt, which IMHO blows away Forza. I was also in the Shadowrun Beta and while interesting, it didn't have that certain something that Halo and Gears possess.

Up in the air about both. I like shooters and I like a good racing sim. Yeah, I may have to wait for IGN or X-Play results before I buy Shadowrun or a demo (before the games release would have been nice). Pretty much already know what'd I'd be getting myself into if I buy Forza.

Sahdowrun sucked in plain English, I beta tested it and I didn't think it was good at all....

Forza 2 definitely (DIRT may be better in my opinion also) now, which wheel to buy that is the question......

I think ill pcik up shadow run but after the beta

#1 how can you get shadowrun later today when its not out til tomorrow?

has anyone even used the whell before? is it even worth the money?

Played some Shadowrun at the Gamerscore Blog event here in Dallas. I wasn't impressed. It's CounterStrike and PDZ with some magic. And nobody played Forza at the event that I saw.

Multiplayer only for $60 = no buy for me.

I'm on the fence with Forza 2. I like it in theory but too often I get bored with 'simulation' racers after a while.

@T-boz, what does Forza have to do with Dirt? Different cars, different tracks, different styles of play entirely; not getting Forza 2 simply because you plan to get a strictly rally style game makes no sense to me... Do you tend to stick to only a single game per genre?

@ANt, stop the crazy talk. There's only one wheel worth considering for the 360. :) If you get any other the wheels you're asking for disappointment... except if you go the madcatz route, then you're begging for it.

@tony, it's worth every penny. I've had it for a month or two now, and cannot imagine playing racing games without it. One word of caution though; Force Feedback ONLY works with games that support it; I've tried using the wheel with a couple of games that did not support it, and it was a painful experience...

I'll pass on forza since i'm going to be buying DIRT...waiting on shadowrun demo.

Im gonna pick up both but they are not avail. until tomorrow around 2pm at local gamestops and EBstores.

I hope circuit city gets them in 'round the same time.

any one know where these titles are being leaked tonight??

I agree with the sentiments of $60 for ShadowRun? What gives for half the game. The reason that Gears and Halo are amazing franchises is because of the story and pace that each title brilliantly executes (ho hum for Halo 2). I'm sure people will say WTF are you talking about at what I'm about to type here but I didn't particularly like Rainbow Six 3 or GRAW that much because to me, it was a mediocre story line. It's not a visceral experience. It's just ho hum. Now multiplayer-wise, the game is pretty damn good. At least they gave it a shot and made up a single player campaign.

Gosh, I wish someone was here explaining to me why I should buy it besides being another 360 FPS and playing against KbM players. Hell even the beta testers here on this thread say that it was boring.

AoE, I have heard mixed feelings about all of the wheels....

@21 there was NO STORYLINE in Gears. Rainbow Six Vegas is arguably the best FPS ever made in my opinion.....

Get with it, your smoking some good shit evidently!!

Shadowrun this week and forza 2 next week (forza2 isnt out in europe until the 8th..)

The beta's all I need!

I've been starved for some new X360 games that I would want to play. Shadowrun looks promising but I would want to read a least a couple reviews before cashing in my Future Shop gift card.

Il be picking up both .... but red light kill me last sunday so ......nop

ANt what we mean is not an epic story line with amazing plot twist but simply a good single player campaign that you can play when you dont have access to live or if you want to run through it with friends. Gears did have a very... interesting story line by the way, its just told in a very different way.

I am holding off on Shadowrun until I get to play the multiplayer demo. One of my friends is have a geekasm for it and one is loving halo and one wants his xbox back from microsoft and the other wants Tenchu.... I want to grab some of the games I missed like GRAW 2 and Lost Planet.

Forza is also a little too sim for me as well. I guess Halo 3 Beta is my game of the week... again.

@ANt,

I've got the official MS wheel, and am extremely happy with it. I've also got two friends who are also big enough racing game fans to require a wheels as well, and I've heard nothing but praise from them too.

The Logitech wheel I'll admit I've never tried; I've heard mostly good things about it... but personally I've never in my life been satisfied with the quality of 3rd party controllers. MadCatz wheel on the other hand I did have the misfortune of trying, and I'd suggest you get it only if you want to waste some money on a piece of crap shaped like a steering wheel.

Also, I'm not 100% sure how exactly the Force Feedback works on the Logitech Wheel, but it seems to be based off what would be rumble otherwise? In the case of the MS wheel, force feedback is a separate thing... The downside is games must specifically support the MS wheel's feedback, the upside is that it's pretty amazing with the games that do support it.

I hope Shadowrun is good, need something to tide me over until Mass Effect/Bioshock/Blue Dragon/Halo 3/GTA 4/ Unreal 3/ Lost Odyssey/ Splinter Cell Conviction, etc.

I'd get Forza, but I suck at realistic racing games. The online component looks sweet though.

I'll get Forza 2. It should fill the void I have since choosing a 360 instead of a PS3.
I hope its better than GT4 was.

no love for Monster Maddness?! I played the multi player at new york comic con in February and i thought it was quite delicious. Its too bad it is going to be over shadowed (no pun intended) by TWO Microsoft Game Studios releases.

Oh, and i'll be picking up shadowrun for sure as well. Hopefully these will get me through the summer once the Halo Beta ends and before Assassins Creed dropps. Its quite the gap at over 3 months. but we shall see.

-planning on shadowrun.

-if anyone has it, id like to hear some thoughts about it.

So i decided not to pre-order forza 2...and so i called today thinkin it might be available at eb cuz they always have leftovers...1 eb store...nope...another one...NOPE...2 bestbuy's...NOPE...futureshop as a last resort...of course...NOPE. I guess i'll be waiting till after the beta is over to get it. i aint complaining. then i can trade in just about every game i have because i'll be done squeezing achievements out of them.

I'll stick to Ridge Racer 6 for now race-wise..and if I want new action, I'll check out the Transformers game in a few weeks! :) Might suck, but we'll see.

its bwatt kicking time!

Another FPS shooter, and another, and another, etc... getting bored with the genre.

Dirt Mcgirt, i'm waiting for that game.
I'll pass on Forza, i too become bored with sim racing.

Also "Old Man Crosby's Pizza eating contest" should be coming out soon. I'll be getting that game.

I'll be getting Forza 2 from gamefly whenever I decide to send either GRAW2 or C&C3 back.

I was really excited about Forza 2 until I played the demo. I dunno, just seems so, meh.

I'm not getting either one. I had Forza2 pre-ordered, but canceled that after getting frustrated on the demo. I am curious to try the Shadowrun demo, but agree that $60 is too much. No one I know is getting it and I will only play live games with friends.

I am getting Shadowrun. I loved it during the beta. Actually like the multiplayer more than the Halo 3 beta.

Shipping this week: BAMF! edition

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