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Sunday 31 October 2010

wow....force unleashed was very short. feel like i only started it and it was over. 9 levels in total. none of which were terribly long....

and some of them were multiple sub levels of the same location. so only 5 locations in total. and one of those was just basically a cinematic...so 4 really. haha. still a jolly jedi jaunt though. endings a little implausable....darth vader cannot be restrained. haha

Saturday 30 October 2010

been a while. played a few things since the last post...

Dante's inferno: total god of war clone. and i mean total. even down to the button assignments, movements, enemy types, etc. it just replaces greek mythology with christian mythology. nevertheless, i still enjoyed it. very....visceral depiction of the circles of hell. and god of war gameplay is always fun.

Advance wars:
finished this while over visiting Britt. Still just as hard as i remember it. needed quite a lot of help in many places....guess i just don thave a strategic brain. but it was still good to finish an old one i had left many years ago back in the gba days.

Heavy Rain:
been wanting to play this for quite a while. very interesting story with a most unexpected conclusion...quite a nice change to have the focus on the story for a change. I managed to keep everyone alive and get the best ending. much more...down to earth than farenheit was. haha. very involving game.

Alan Wake:
also been wanting to play this for a while. saw nath play through it and didnt expect to like it much when i got round to it, but i really enjoyed it a lot. i played it with the extra developer's commentary which gives a lot more cool insights into the story and development. and i loved seeing all the references to max payne and nordic mythology. the attention to detail in this game is frankly astonishing. not even just the environments (which are very detailed), but the depth of the character development, back stories, little details and secrets and snippets of information everywhere. so much to see. played both dlc episodes too and feel that 'season 1' concluded nicely. heres hoping they get to make a season 2.

Star wars the force unleashed 2:
just started into this. very similar to the first one. but still enjoyable jedi action.