Well, those of you who've known me long enough might remember that back in the day of PS2 gaming I was heavily addicted to crack... uh... I mean Guitar Hero XD. Guitar Hero 2 mainly... I got so into it that I had every song on Expert 5-starred, and most of them gold-starred (100%)... to the point where I ended up making the decision that I HAD to sell all my guitar hero games, because I was unhealthily addicted to it... So I did.
Then, Guitar Hero 3 came out... and I was fairly MEH about it. The tracklist wasn't that great, the guitar felt cheap and tacky, and the sound quality wasn't amazing. I got over it fairly quickly. Since then I haven't bothered with the Guitar Hero/Rock Band world... In face the idea of paying $200+ for one game thats really aimed at a casual gaming audience makes me laugh out loud.
However, when Guitar Hero Metallica got announced I couldn't help but get a little interested. Then my boss at work started going on about how excited he was about it and how he'd had it on pre-order for months. Anyways, cut a long story short, I had it on release day. And I have to say, I was impressed. Since then, I've picked up Guitar Hero 2 again and my house mate has acquired Guitar Hero 3... On top of that I've got hold of one of the guitar hero drum kits (which only works with Metallica, not 2 or 3) and we've been having some fun with it. Myself, my housemate and my sister have all been playing it a fair bit and I'm enjoying it again... a little too much. I'm concerned I may have reignited the addiction, but I guess only time will tell.
So anyways, why am I telling you all this? Well... to be honest, since my last entry, I've played maybe 10 minutes of Bionic Commando, an hour of The Last Remnant... and an hour or so of Gears of War 2 Horde.
Oh wait, that's not true - I did try out the new 'deleted chapter' of Gears 2... It's odd you know. The idea of Gears of War 2 going stealth was sounding awesome to me, but in reality, when you play it with stealth its just boring. It really highlights that Gears is all about brutality and killing and that if you take that away, there's nothing much left. It's not like thats a bad thing... just... *shrugs* yeah. Having said that, the DLC is still worth it... up to 19 new maps (every map released for GoW2 thus far) for 1600 MS points is hardly something to scoff at! Haven't tried all the new maps yet, but given there are a lot of new Horde achievements, you can bet your bottom dollar I will be making an effort to!
Other than that... I dunno what else I can comment on. Speeros - Hell no, I have no intention at all to get Modern Warfare 2 lol... why the fuck would I?! as for Socom... I considered it but I dunno if I can be bothered. I really want a new online game... I've got the time now that there's no GF for me to want to spend time with (sadly) but there is really nothing that has appealed to me. I'm willing for someone to throw something awesome my way... but everything seems boring or just a COD clone. Suggestions anyone?
On that - Gonna be firing up UT3, Burnout, and maybe a few others next weekend with Lil_Azza if anyone wants to join us. You can pick up a copy of UT3 from playasia.com for like $20 now... express post and itll be here by the weekend - you've got no excuse. You know you wanna ;)
Actually, I would like to make mention of one game... There's a game coming up called Risen. I'll give you this vid...
To me it looks like a darker Fable 2... which rocks. Doesn't hurt that the trailer uses Nightwish who are one of my fav bands =) Anyways, if there's any decent new games on the horizon gimme a shout, been out of the loop a little and could use a hand. Especially online ones! Til next time... game on!
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