Some Gaming Stuff...
Christmas is approaching, which means way too many videogames are currently being released. Here's what's been spinning in my consoles recently...
Soul Calibur II: I was a bit of a Soul Calibur junkie when we had our dreamcast hooked up a couple of years ago, so I was happy the current consoles finally have the sequel available. It plays just as well as the prior game, and it's accessible and deep at the same time. It is a little too friendly to button-mashing at times...but that's not too much of a problem. The single player Weapons Master mode adds some long term value to the game, and is an improvement over the "story mode" or whatever it was called in the prior game in the series...
Viewtiful Joe: This is really fun if you grew up with games in the eighties. It's an old fashioned side scrolling beat 'em up with a few new twists. The cell shaded graphics give a lot of charm and character to the game, and the fighting allows you to really have fun with how you win, and not just getting the job done. There's nothing like slowing down time and punching bullets and missiles back at attacking helicopters while fighting off spinning robots. I don't know if this will sell well here in the US (although I recall hearing that it didn't really even sell well in Japan either) but I hope it's successful since, so far, its one of the best games I've played this year.
The Simpsons: Hit & Run: Wow, it's a licensed game that doesn't stink. When I first heard about this title, a Grand Theft Auto clone w/ the Simpsons, I thought it would be awful. It's not, it quite fun. Solid writing and production help, as the really nail the humor and outlook of the show. Only downside, already evident fairly early in the game, is a lack of variety in missions. There's really just races, destroy another car missions, and collecting missions (with a few platforming tasks thrown in.) Still, it's real fun for any Simpsons fan, which can't be said about most prior games featuring the famous family.
Christmas is approaching, which means way too many videogames are currently being released. Here's what's been spinning in my consoles recently...
Soul Calibur II: I was a bit of a Soul Calibur junkie when we had our dreamcast hooked up a couple of years ago, so I was happy the current consoles finally have the sequel available. It plays just as well as the prior game, and it's accessible and deep at the same time. It is a little too friendly to button-mashing at times...but that's not too much of a problem. The single player Weapons Master mode adds some long term value to the game, and is an improvement over the "story mode" or whatever it was called in the prior game in the series...
Viewtiful Joe: This is really fun if you grew up with games in the eighties. It's an old fashioned side scrolling beat 'em up with a few new twists. The cell shaded graphics give a lot of charm and character to the game, and the fighting allows you to really have fun with how you win, and not just getting the job done. There's nothing like slowing down time and punching bullets and missiles back at attacking helicopters while fighting off spinning robots. I don't know if this will sell well here in the US (although I recall hearing that it didn't really even sell well in Japan either) but I hope it's successful since, so far, its one of the best games I've played this year.
The Simpsons: Hit & Run: Wow, it's a licensed game that doesn't stink. When I first heard about this title, a Grand Theft Auto clone w/ the Simpsons, I thought it would be awful. It's not, it quite fun. Solid writing and production help, as the really nail the humor and outlook of the show. Only downside, already evident fairly early in the game, is a lack of variety in missions. There's really just races, destroy another car missions, and collecting missions (with a few platforming tasks thrown in.) Still, it's real fun for any Simpsons fan, which can't be said about most prior games featuring the famous family.
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