As its unseasonably freezing here in Seattle, here's a brief post to be followed by elaboration. So I think I've plowed through most of this season's main attraction, triple A, video game releases.
Quick thoughts:
Dead Space - Awesome. Fantastic visuals, bloody satisfying gameplay. A little repetitive, some silly bosses and minigames, but a fine entertainment nonetheless
Fallout 3 - Warts and all, one of the year's best. Sure the visuals arent quite up to snuff with some of the years other titles, but the gameplay is damn fun and completely engrossing.
Left 4 Dead - My personal favorite. Sure there isn't THAT much content (don't bother playing solo) but I've had more hysterical, memorable, "cinematic" moments playing this game more then just about any other.
Gears 2 - Bloody gorgeous, fun Horde mode, but for some reason this didnt stick with me. Its a good game to be sure. Just...something missing.
Resistance 2 - Didnt care for the campaign much. Some nice visuals, variety in locations, neat scripted moments but some frustrating design decisions (one hit kill enemies, for starters). More so then Gears 2, something was really, really off putting in Resistance 2. Co-Op was fun till I tried Left 4 Dead and Horde. After those, it felt kind of simplistic and flat. More to come...
Fable 2 -Awful. One of the worst games of the year
Far Cry 2 - Awful. One of the worst games of the year
Mirror's Edge - A really, really mixed bag. Loved the look and core sense of first person parkour, but the level design almost kiboshes the whole works. Playtest your shit, y'all.
Call of Duty: World at War - Mildly amusing campaign mode, with some decent scripted moments. The unlockable zombie mode though, is the real reason to check this out.
Prince of Persia - Interesting, frustration free design but ultimately too repetitive and kind of boring
Little Big Planet - Haven't completely runthrough it, but it looks charming as hell and fun to check out what people have created BUT I find the core mechanics of moving Sackboy around to be somewhat frustrating. Now if he moved more like Mario.... :)
K, that was longer then I intended. I'll elaborate a bit more as the year comes to and end and try to cover the year that was.
Allez !
Like a thief in the night
7 years ago
2 comments:
I thought you liked Far Cry 2 and yes, Fable 2 is the biggest piece of crap ever given an A.
What was it you didn't like about Far Cry 2? I thought it was fantastic though it had some very annoying game mechanics. Maybe I just need to play it some more.
I'm gonna have to agree with you on Resistance 2 it should have been great but some of the design decisions were off putting and frankly the game was just frustrating most of the time.
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