So… what are you playing? I hope (I *HOPE*) that I’m only going into work for an hour or three which will allow me to come home and get into Aliens vs. Predator at some point today. The original for the computer was awesome because it contained three very different games: The Human Campaign was survival horror but the twist was that instead of only giving you limited bullets that made you count each one as you pulled the trigger, they gave you infinite ammo that felt like it didn’t do a damn lick of good. You’re going full rock and roll with a heavy machine gun and it’s just not good enough. The alien portion of the game was a sneaker but every wall and ceiling was a crawlable surface (and you needed that, because you’d die after one or two hits). The predator portion of the game was like a sniper simulation (and the switching between light spectra for different prey was awesome).
I just hope that the modern 2010 version of the game is as good as the one they made back in 1997… (I also have to compose a proper response to Patrick’s post!)
I never played the AvP single-player campaign. We used to LAN the multiplayer way back when which was good times.
I finally loaded up Darksiders the other day and it was awful – one of those games where it purports to drop you in a big environment and then spends every thirty seconds dropping seemingly arbitrary impassable obstancles to funnel you to where they want you to go while smashing one button.
*obstacles* . . .grumble grumble. . .
The multiplayer where you took turns being the predator or alien were *AMAZING* games.
Playing Assassin’s Creed 2, but I’m having a rough time with it.
I loved the city-building portion of the game… I remember nothing from that game except the city-building part.
Just got back from a business trip and will soon be settling back into a second run of Infamous 2, being eeeviill this time. It’s much the same as the first one, some improvements and a few deprovements.
How’s the story?
I liked it well enough — it’s got a little complexity and moral ambiguity, some interesting twists to the main story, a couple new characters on your side who get their own (limited) story arcs. The voice acting is very good and the characters are vivid. It does drag a bit here and there, though. I’d give it an 8 out of 10 — better than the average superhero-type story, but it didn’t totally rock my world.