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Weekly Gaming Update – Week 8

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Posted by Craig on February 27, 2010 – 10:09 pm
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Still playing:

Rockband for Xbox 360

I got this for my birthday in January and I’m still playing it. The guitar is fun, but after I get to medium I just can’t do the fingering properly and I give up. But with the drums I believe I can actually learn to do it properly! I just finished Medium this week, so I’m moving on to Hard mode. And yes, hard mode is hard. But I think with practice I can actually do it.

Afrika for PS3

This game seems to go on and on and on. I’m still playing it occasionally, but not that often really. I’m almost at my limit.

Assassin’s Creed 2: Bonfire of the Vanities for Xbox 360

This DLC was quite fun. Finally you get to explore the other side of the river in Florence! There are 9 assassinations to complete, so it gave me a nostalgic feeling. Kinda reminded me of AC1 a bit, which was a good thing.

New Game Purchases:

Heavy Rain for PS3

Despite being a little buggy, this is a cool game. I really liked that while waiting to install the game, it instructs you on how to fold a piece of paper (that comes in the game box) into one of those origami thingies from the front cover. The game basically is one big, long quick time event. Now normally I hate those, but considering the entire game is based from the ground up around the concept, it works well. The graphics are good, although the characters are very robotic and not all the voices are actually good. But overall, a fun game. I had a hard time putting the controller down to write this.

Endless Oceans 2 for Nintendo Wii

Going from Heavy Rain to this game is BAD. It makes the graphics look absolutely horrible. I remember Endless Oceans 1 looking okay, but maybe my memory isn’t that great. The game itself is fun, it’s just the graphics that look dated – and that’s Nintendo’s fault for making the Wii too underpowered – but that’s another subject.

Game Wish List!

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Posted by Craig on December 29, 2009 – 5:08 pm
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  1. My ultimate fantasy game would be an MMO. And since this is my ultimate fantasy game, I wouldn’t mind paying a monthly fee for it, cause it’s that good.
  2. It would have no servers or shards, with everyone in the one world. I do not believe in segregation – it’s the major thing that puts me off a lot of MMO’s. A lot of games have one group of servers for Euro’s, and one for American’s. Well I’m in Australia, and I have friends in both places, but they force me to choose one or the other. It pretty much sucks. I want to bring back the MASSIVE in Massively Multiplayer. I want one world with EVERYONE in it!
  3. I want no rules. Everything is allowed, but policed by the players themselves. IE: There would be open PVP, but if you kill another player then you get a bounty on your head, and other players will get a reward if they kill you.
  4. It would have a fantastic, emotional, immersive story. This seems to be lacking in a lot of games. So far I’ve yet to play any game whose story can compare with a really good movie. I have hopes for Heavy Rain, but time will tell.
  5. On a similar note, I want more realistic, complete characters. Game characters have a habit of being one-dimension stereotypes whose personality consists entirely of catch phrases. I want characters who I can get to know – whom I will grow to love or hate. But lately all game characters are just cardboard cutouts.
  6. I like backstory, as long as its relevant to the plot. Dragon Age has a lot of backstory and lore you can read, but I CBF because it has no relevance to the game itself. It’s all just fluff. However in a game like Fatal Frame, or Forbidden Siren, for example, the backstory is important, and only by reading all the notes and journal entries will you understand what’s happening.
  7. No limits on what my character looks like! Since I’ve already said my fantasy game is an MMO, I don’t want to be put into the shoes of someone else. I’m creating and playing my own character, so I want to make him look exactly how I imagine he would look like. So far the games that have the most customizability are City of Heroes and Champions Online, but even then there are limits, such as there are some items that female characters cannot wear, in Champions. I want No Limits! If I want my guy running around in a dress and high heel, then I should be allowed to! If I want him running around in a leather jockstrap and nothing else, then I should be allowed to! Sure, I would expect some strange looks, but MMO’s are about freedom, aren’t they?
  8. I want quests. I know a lot of people don’t like Quest-based MMO’s, but I like having something to do. Quests give me a goal, and make the daily grind feel slightly more important. Now in my fantasy game there wouldn’t be any grind at all, but that’s where the quests come in. If the quests are written well (which ties in to point 2), then it won’t feel like grinding at all. It will feel like an epic quest, just as it should.
  9. I want a world that changes. I’m tired of finding an NPC stranded in a cave, helping them out, only to have them run back inside again a second later. I want the world to change. I want the world to remember what I’ve done, and react accordingly. I want NPC’s to remember who I am!
  10. I want originality! Dragon Age made me realize how much I have missed originality in games. Humans/Elves/Dwarves, etc etc etc… its all been done before. Think of your own stuff for God’s sake! It’s not that hard! I’ve done it!

What’s the most important thing on your game wish list? What do you think of mine? Post your answers in the comments below!