[Categories: PC, playstation3, pre-Release Impressions, Releases, xbox360]
[Tags: Assassin's Creed, Assassin's Creed II, God of War Collection, L4D, L4D2, Left 4 Dead, Left 4 Dead 2, LEGO Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues, New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Tony Hawk Ride]
Pretty busy week, and might be last burst week before the holidays the only title left after this on my radar is “The Saboteur”.
New Super Mario Bros. Wii: I just picked this up, and the girlfriend and I played through the first world, from what I’ve seen so far having more players on the screen is a lot like having more baddies on the screen, I’ve been bumped into so many holes its not even funny, that was just with 2 of us, 4 players might be a little out of hand. In any case, it’s more side scrolling Super Mario action, if that’s what you’re looking for, you won’t be disappointed.
Assassin’s Creed II: Ubisoft’s much anticipated sequel to what I thought was a mediocre original. Ubi claims to have corrected every issue I had with the title, and I believe them, unlike movies, sequels tend to be better anyway, and if they fix the pacing, I’m sure I’ll have a good time with this. My only concern is the length of the game, I haven’t heard much about it in this regard but I doubt there will be a ton of replayability in this one. Regardless, I will be grabbing this on Tuesday.
Left 4 Dead 2: L4D2! sometimes you just want to unload bullets into fodder… thats what L4D is about and the sequel though it may not be a huge departure from the original, it should not disappoint when the need to destroy zombies arises.
Those the big ones on my list, but there are a few other notables that might be right for the right niché.
Tony Hawk Ride: I’ve never shied away from peripherals when they seemed reasonable, this one… I’m not so sure, sensors on the sides for pushing and for grabs, and motion sensors for the orientation of the board, but from what I know of skateboarding, I don’t know how they’re going to get all the good stuff into the amount of moves they’ll be able to track. I’m going to pass on this one, but I’d love to try it I’m just not sure how heh.
LEGO Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues: I played one of the LEGO games on the original xbox, I think it was star wars one, I can certainly see and appreciate the charm, and the humor of the LEGO titles, but the gameplay traditionally hasn’t done it for me. If you’ve liked the rest of the LEGO series of games I’m sure this won’t stray far from the formula and it should be a good time.
God of War Collection: rehash of God of War 1 & 2 for the ps3, this is interesting to me since I only played part of the first one, and didn’t finish it, didn’t even play the second one. I liked what I played though. I’m not a fan of the timing though, I may pick this up if I’m hurting for some action after the holidays, and after Darksiders, and before God of War III.
Like I mentioned, pretty hectic week for releases, but this might be the end of it for the season which saddens me a bit the last few months playing and talking about games has been awesome.
PS: Review for COD:MW2 is on the way soon.
