I spent most of my gaming time with demos today. The best of the bunch was probably Turok and the worst was NFL Tour. Turok really brings life back to a franchise that I loved on the Nintendo64. There was plenty of intensity in the gameplay and the atmosphere was just right. The level was a bit dark for my liking and a bit confined. However, i hold out hope that this is an above average attempt.
The Club has a fun mechanic but might become repetitive. A few hours of gameplay will really shed more light on that possibility. For now this is a wait and see.
Meanwhile, NFL Tour is a joke. This crappy Arena Football knock off lacks the depth of Madden and the simplicity of Tecmo Bowl. Pretty much the worst of all worlds. This is not the football version of The Bigs.
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Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Monday, January 21, 2008
Playing This Weekend: Pinball FX, Gears of War (PC), Rock Band, Lumines
With a special three day holiday weekend I get an extra day of gaming in. Nice. I played quite a bit on the new Pinball FX table and it is worth the 200 Points it costs. It has plenty of complexity to it while not being to crowded. Just the kind of table I enjoy.
I finally added another stick of RAM for Gears of War (PC). While the game is now playable it still stutters quite a bit and has challenges when dealing with either a lot of enemies or a big enemy. Nevertheless, I have progressed through Act I without seeing anything new. I tried to play in a multiplayer game and had zero luck. Apparently, this not a hot PC title.
Finally, we played a bunch of Rock Band yesterday (hi Beck!) and we unlocked the Endless Set List. We didn't invest the 30 hours it takes to beat it - that'll hopefully be next weekend. I also tried the vocal tour. At first it was a challenge to adapt my awful voice to pass the songs. Once I stopped worrying about how I sounded - things are much better.
One last note, OXM issue 80 arrived on Friday. There are three Rock Band songs on the demo disc. The tune Sprode is something absolutely amazing to behold. And that is all I will say. (This disc also has the Turok demo on it. I did not try it... yet.)
I finally added another stick of RAM for Gears of War (PC). While the game is now playable it still stutters quite a bit and has challenges when dealing with either a lot of enemies or a big enemy. Nevertheless, I have progressed through Act I without seeing anything new. I tried to play in a multiplayer game and had zero luck. Apparently, this not a hot PC title.
Finally, we played a bunch of Rock Band yesterday (hi Beck!) and we unlocked the Endless Set List. We didn't invest the 30 hours it takes to beat it - that'll hopefully be next weekend. I also tried the vocal tour. At first it was a challenge to adapt my awful voice to pass the songs. Once I stopped worrying about how I sounded - things are much better.
One last note, OXM issue 80 arrived on Friday. There are three Rock Band songs on the demo disc. The tune Sprode is something absolutely amazing to behold. And that is all I will say. (This disc also has the Turok demo on it. I did not try it... yet.)
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