Monday, November 17, 2008

The flood gates have opened...

It is the end of the year. This is the time that game publishers have decided to saturate the market with games. That wouldn't be a problem, except the majority of these are A-class titles.

Just to give you and idea of the problem, here is a look at the PC releases I am interested in from October -> December:

10/20 - Dead Space
10/21 - Far Cry 2
10/21 - Spider-Man: Web of Shadows
10/28 - Fallout 3
10/28 - Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3

11/04 - James Bond 007: Quantum of Solace
11/17 - Left 4 Dead
11/17 - Need for Speed: Undercover
11/18 - Tomb Raider: Underworld
11/18 - Legendary

12/02 - Grand Theft Auto IV
12/09 - Prince of Persia

Whew!
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Okay, so with that release calendar in mind here is what I am currently playing (in order of time invested):



  • Fallout 3

    I'm totally engrossed in this game. It feels like I am getting close to the end, so I am trying to avoid certain Quests. I would like to explore more of this vast landscape. There is so much to see and do that this game has capture most of my time. I will try to write a piece on this soon.

  • Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3

    Not sure about this, yet. I missed the first 2, but have played the other C&Cs. I don't really like the "CO-OP" feature of the single player. On the levels I've played so far it feels like the "CO-OP" player gets in the way especially when building a base. On the flip side, it is nice to have someone else there when large battles begin.

  • Call of Duty: World at War

    After about 30 minutes of play the feeling of COD 4 started to come back. It never quite comes back completely and I am left longing for more play in COD 4, but going back to it now I feel would not be a good idea. I would have my butt handed to me by the elite players since I would have to start from scratch.I started up the single player once to see the visual difference in single vs. multiplayer.

  • Left 4 Dead: Demo

    Playing in preparation for the full game. It feels like a TF2 with Zombies.

  • Far Cry 2

    This game is massive. I am not captured by it as much as I am by Fallout 3. It is like GTA FPS and that makes it awesome.

  • Spider-Man: Web of Shadows

    Contrary to reviews, I see this as the best Spider-Man game to date. It has a few flaws that don't make sense, like webs that attach to nothing a lot of times. This was fixed in Spider-Man 2, but has digressed in this version.


Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Game Graphics (Part 2)

Check out part 2 of this great article