I have yet to actually buy the full version of the game. Only because I have a working Dreamcast and I own Soul Calibur. Having spent some time with the XBLA trial verison, I will be forking over 800 MS for it. No online play but it’s fun. Bottom Line:Good Buy. I may be giving Namco more of my money in a couple weeks when Soul Calibur IV comes out.
Being a big fan of Hulk Ultimate Destruction(HUD) I was very excited to hear that the developer of The Incredible Hulk(TIH) was going to be make TIH a spiritual successor to HUD. However good intentions are no match for the movie game curse. The game was obviously rushed and is lacking many of the elements that made HUD so great. I am a big fan of the Hulk character, controlling a ridiculously powerful avatar in a fully destructible environment is a lot of fun. That being said I like this game. But the glitches, like jumping in water and being moved around at random coupled with the game’s freezing issue makes it quite difficult to recommend. Renting or borrowing is the best bet.
Quick and dirty
Like any other piece of exercise equipment, it’s worth is in its use. I really enjoyed most of the excercise”games” and activities. The downside to Wii Fit is it’s $90 price tag and that all the content isn’t available from the start. But there is fun to be had and who couldn’t benefit from getting their heart rate up a little more often. Bottom Line: Good Buy
Video Review
With all the hoopla about Wiiware’s lack of storage space many of us forgot about the most important point, the games. I don’t think that Wiiware is the second coming or anything but one title in its launch really stands out. Coincidentally it was the only Wiiware launch title that initially caught my eye, Lost Winds. I am only about 2.5 hours into it but I can’t put it down. It is the only game I’ve played this week and that means a lot in a post-GTA release world. Some of the other WW(Wiiware) launch titles look a bit suspect. Pop, I am looking at you. Lost Winds is a platformer that allows you to use gusts of wind to scale the environment, solve puzzles and defeat enemies. You control Toku who with the help of Enril, a wind element, must defeat a vengeful previously imprisoned elemental named Balasar. The gameplay is simple and the difficulty so far has ramped up appropriately. Gusts of wind are in your control to interact with fire, earth(rocks) and water to solve easy and pause worthy puzzles. Multiplayer is something I have yet to try but that would be icing on the cake. Bottom Line: $10 well spent.
My PS3 is the highest console on my shelf with the Wii in the middle and the 360 at the bottom. The current placement of my consoles on my shelf is not indicative of my true feelings towards them. A 360 fan(not boy) is what I am(sorry for the rhyming). I do have a PSone in my nightstand(sick right?) with the mobile monitor, but it hasn’t been turned on in quite some time. Being a relatively new PS3 owner I still feel the need to justify its purchase so I preordered Metal Gear Solid 4. So I decided to pick up the MGS Essential Collection last week to see what all the fuss is about. Ironically the justification is rather weak due to the fact that two other devices I own can deliver the joy that is Metal Gear Solid. Now that I have finally stated the inspiration for this rant I cannot believe it took me this long to play this game. I have been rather vocal about being a Splinter Cell fan and have shunned the MGS series. While I still am a self-proclaimed Sam Fisher fan I must say that the first of the Essential Collections offerings has held up very well. After an attempt to play the first Metal Gear several years ago I was content in only having defeated Ocelot. But I missed out on a convoluted and compelling story line that had me in “fisticuffs” with the likes of Gray Fox, Raven, Liquid Snake and the sultry Sniper Wolf. I completed the game in about two days. This game is a rebuttal to anyone who makes an argument that games cannot compete with film and that they lag behind movies in story telling. Despite it being quite pixelated and jaggy the visuals hold up urprisingly well. You know you are playing a 10+ year old game but the wtiting keeps it all together. To be honest it was a tad confusing at times and even verbose but once it drew me in I could not stop playing. I cannot help but wonder what other goodness I have been missing out on. My plan is to complete all the Metal Gear Solid Essential games and have a much better experience this June while playing MGS4. I give Metal Gear Solid a thumbs up. Late to the party but very glad I came.
