Jason Burns’ Blog

So this weekend I decided I wanted a game to play. Somehow I ended up with four. The regular grocery shopping trip to Fred-Meyer ended with a slick PS3 controller charger and Metal Gear Solid 4. Later that same evening Dawn and I “accidently” went to Best Buy and there were quite a few PS3 titles on price-drop. I picked up NBA 2K9, Legendary and Haze for $29, $29 and $39 respectively. On to the reviews:

Metal Gear Solid 4

This game is drop dead gorgeous. The graphics are unbelievable, the game itself is cinematic to say the least and it’s over all impact is just stunning. That being said, I prefer to play my games and Metal Gear Solid 4 is a whole lot of watching. Sometimes it makes you think you are going to play, only to be tossed into yet another cut scene.

Now to be fair I haven’t played it much, but I did get into it enough to know that the control scheme is a little cludgy and the game inturrupts you quite a bit to give you story. Now I like story, but give me a nice beginning cut scene, one at the beginning and end of each level if you have to, then leave me alone.

NBA 2K9

I didn’t think electronic basketball could be this fun again. I remember the old school days of Jordan vs. Bird. This game is unbelievable. The detail and graphics are top notch. The game play is fast and fluid and the animations and character actions are incredible. The voice over talent is your same TV announcers. I played a game of Cleveland vs. Boston, I lost. I didn’t take the time to learn the controls before hand so I am sure I will get better when I figure out the controls.

I can’t recommend this game enough and after seeing the Xbox 360 game in the store today, it looked even better.

Haze

I am probably going to get beat up for this one, but this game feels a whole lot like Halo for PS3. It’ has the same graphic style and controls. I like it quite a bit so far. I just feel like I have been there before.

Legendary

Don’t. No really, just leave it on the shelf, it’s bad.

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