December 2007 Gaming Update
I haven’t blogged for a few days and honestly I was kind of at a loss as of what to post. I usually don’t go this long, but the biggest news in my life right now resolves around Microsoft and I am hesitant to blog too much until I have been formally educated on the ways of blogging as a Microsoft employee.
I thought this would be a great time to talk about what I have been doing in my spare time since the big news. Playstation 3 has been in heavy rotation in my household. Dawngrrl has been specifically using the Xbox 360 to get herself through Assassin’s Creed, and I have just finished Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune after a short distraction, and completion, of Guitar Hero III on PS3.
Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune for Playstation 3
I think I might be nearly at a loss for words on how to describe this game. Ok, that’s a flat out lie, I have plenty of words and all of them are synonyms for <expletive deleted> awesome! Of course, your first impression revolves around graphics. This Tomb Raider like game is something that really shows off what the PS3 can do. Unlike the Totally Rad Show’s review, I won’t say that the entire game is this beautiful, many parts are just very good, but when this game does take it to the edge, it throws you off and you are immersed. I remember one moment when I had just found a German U-Boat at the top of a waterfall in the middle of the jungle. I climbed my way around to the top, then I walked out to the bow and looked over the valley below. It nearly could have been a photograph. The scene was given incredible ambiance from the flare and color of a setting sun over the blanket of trees and I called for Dawngrrl to come look. It was beyond belief for game graphics. I was temporarily stunned.
The game play is somewhat awkward at first. It may take you a little time to get used to it. Once you get used to it, it’s really not that bad. Switching weapons is pretty easy and the mechanics are ok. Running while aiming a gun is almost impossible, so that can be frustrating, but other than that it’s ok. Hand to hand combat is pretty simple and rarely became a factor for me.
This game is stricken with one thing I don’t care for. Those Dragon Slayer like cut scenes where you have to pay attention and press the button they tell you to press right when it says so. The end fight is almost entirely this and was definitely a let down.
Over all, if you have a Playstation 3 I would say this is a must have game. I thoroughly enjoyed it and even with the small setbacks, is more than worth the time to play. The story is fantastic, the score is as good as anything you will get from Hollywood and the voice acting is better than 90% of games out there. Five Stars!
Guitar Hero III for Playstation 3
I had so many reservations with this game. Let me start by saying I am a guitar player. I had thought that as a guitar player, this game just wouldn’t be any fun. It wasn’t until Andy got me to try Guitar Hero on Playstation 2 that I changed my tune. I though it was pretty easy, and afterwards kind of dismissed it. When I got the MS gig, I decided to give myself a present, so while we were at Wal-Mart, I picked up Guitar Hero III for PS3. I would have gotten it for Xbox 360 but the copies there did not have wireless guitars and the PS3 ones did.
This game really is a blast. The graphics are good, but really a non factor, your eyes stay trained on the fret board and it’s a lot of fun to work through. The gigs are fun, the guitar battles are hard but really fun, and the sound is awesome. Th
is is the only game I have ever turned up!
I love how you have to really get into it to win. Especially in the guitar battles, rocking out is not only encouraged, it’s required to survive. Air guitarists rejoice with this one, it’s just too much fun.
I am sorely tempted to pick up Rock Band next!
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It is so funny how popular this Guitar Hero has gotten. On our local news station they reported that someone sold a brand new Guitar Hero for $9,000.00. How this happened, I have no clue. I’m excited to try this out mostly because of my curiousity to see what all the hype is about!
Any word on how Dawngrrl liked Assassin’s Creed? Such a beautiful game with some of the best combat I’ve ever seen!