Friday 24 July 2009

Shoot yourself. Save me a bullet.

Well, here we are again.
Started the week by finishing Mass Effect a second time, and a really cool thing happened. I actually convinced Saren to shoot himself! Sure, I still had to fight his Husk after, but it was awesome none the less.
After posting last friday I headed out and re-bought The Punisher, this time on the XBox, and finished it last night. What a game. Most multi-platform games that I've tried on both the XB and PS2 have been identical in appearance, but TP actually looks loads better, from the contours on his face to the bump mapping on walls. It was the first time ever that I looked at the 'Box lovingly and pushed my PS2 aside, knowing that beneath the cheap feeling plastic and spazzy joypad there is something wonderful in that big black box.
Some of the dialogue in The Punisher is great too; "Who would win in a fight between The Punisher and DareDevil?" "Don't be stupid, DareDevil is a comic book character!", and the violence is top notch. Forcing a grenade into a guy's mouth and letting him run towards his friends? I don't know of another game where that happens.
I also picked up Resident Evil 5 last Friday, finally, and on Wednesday me and my friend Paul spent the day playing co-op over PSN. It's very good, very tactical. But I can't ever see myself playing it on my own. I tried the XBox Live demo on my own and it was arse. Sheva kept getting in my way.
I also read online that Capcom are thinking about a Wii conversion, which I'll probably grab. The Wii RE4 was probably the best version.
Looks like my PSP will be getting a lot of love in the coming months, with games like MGS: Peace Walker, SoulCalibur, Dissidia, Resident Evil Portable and Cannon Fodder on the Horizon. I hope none of them are only on this PSP Go travesty though. I still don't properly trust digital downloads, and I don't think games companies should abandon those of us without the disposeable income to upgrade their current consoles. I'm still on my first generation PSP, and while it still lives have no reason to buy another one. Plus, the Go's analogue stick is in entirely the wrong place. No thanks.
I'll sign out on a positive note, I got the Special Monster Edition of Crash of the Titans from Morrisons the other day for £4. Not a game I'll ever play, but the special edition lover in me wanted it, and as of then I hadn't ever owned a game in a fluffy orange case before. I still say it was worth it.

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