It’s July 4, the day we celebrate America doing some stuff to some people a number of years ago because of reasons. In honor of this great day, what could be more Patriotic than a classic scene fromMetal Wolf Chaos? Richard Hawk is the most American man that ever did America. Long live the USA!
Also, videogames. If you’re bored of watching fireworks, why not read our stupid words?
Aziz:I’ve been testing the comfortability levels with theSumo Couple Bean Bagand during my test, I finally playedNo More Heroeson the Wii. Within five minutes I fell in love with everything this game represents. Suda 51 is my hero. And I want Travis Touchdown’s jacket so bad.
Also been playingPerfect Darkfor XBLA and remembering the good times I used to have with that game back on the Nintendo 64.
Lingen:TheWorld of Warcraft: Cataclysmbeta has FINALLY ARRIVED, and outside of that the rest of the world does not exist! I’ve been playing with Jonathan Ross, Ashley Davis, and soon to be Nick Chester, and I’ve got to tell you; this changes everything… ALL OVER AGAIN.
Razak:God of War III. It’s good, in case you needed to know my opinion of it.
Chester:FinishedSingularitythis past week, and should have my review up by Monday. Short story on that is that I really enjoyed it, and have to wonder why Activision mostly ignored it; if I were the folks at Raven, I’d be pretty annoyed.
Speaking of original Activision IPs, I also decided to attempt to playPrototype, a game that I didn’t get a chance to really play last year when it was released. What a major disappointment, in that the game seems to revel in being as frustrating and annoying as possible, with dozens of “find these things, destroy them” missions while dumping hundreds of enemies in your general direction. It’s less really difficult as it seems “unbalanced” and “obnoxious.” I don’t think I’ll be finishing that one.
I’ve also started to playDeath Spank, but I don’t think I’m allowed to say anything about that yet.
Ross:Like Husky,CataclysmandWoWin general have consumed my life.
Sterling:BeatCrackdown 2for review, which will hit at 8am Central tomorrow. Also finally got round to finishingHouse of the Dead: Overkill, which was amazing, and decided to pick upHouse of the Dead 2 & 3 Returnfor good measure. Started playingMuramasa, which is cool but the controls kind of suck using remote/nunchuck input. Also,Sin & Punishment 2.
On the PC I playedAPBwhich was going to be for review but it might be best for all concerned if I just don’t bother. What a dreary game. Oh, and I took major advantage of theWar for Cybertrondouble XP weekend. Maxed out Scientist for the win!
PerLee:Husky, you got back into WoW? I am disappointed. Your life is gone. 🙁
As for me, I’ve been moving, and rocking sessions ofSSFIV, L4D2, BlazBlue, Geometry Wars 2, Mario Galaxy, Wii Sports Resort, Columns III, and I think that’s it. Been fun!
Tolentino:Argh! I’ve got an invite to theCataclysmbeta too, but I don’t have WoW! Right now a couple of MMO-playing friends of mine are furiously researching ways for me to somehow transfer it to them instead.
Being abroad this month has left me with only a Wii and a PSP, I’ve been playing a bunch ofTrauma Team. It’s pretty much the zenith of all the “medical games” that have ever come out. Any other game attempting to go after it will have a hell of a lot to surpass. I honestly don’t know how Atlus will be able to top it. Maybe some kind of PlayStation Move-compatible version? Not to bash on Kinect, but playing a surgery game without a controller of some kind in-hand would feel kind of weird.
Also, my sister recently built a gaming-capable PC, and I’m hard at work filling her hard drive with gifted games off of Steam
Grim:Doom IIandOsmos. Yeah.
Concelmo:Finally finishedTrauma Team! Not that this is a criticism, but that game is LONG! Really cool story, though. I liked the game a lot.
Once I completedTrauma Team, I finally got to startRed Dead Redemption, which I had been anxiously waiting to play. Love it so much! It may be Rockstar’s best open-world game yet. I lovedGrand Theft Auto IV, but this game has it beat on so many different levels. Yeah, it’s a little glitchy at times, but there are so many things that make up for those hiccups.
Gutierrez:Playing an unhealthy amount ofRedux HDon my iPad. I figured this deep in the game some genius developer would develop aRezclone and utilize the touch screen in all the right ways. With some digging, I stumbled uponRedux HD,which is a neat 2D side scrolling shooter that encourages well timed shots and multipliers to different beats and melodies which then composes a full electro track. It’s still not exactly the perfectRezclone that I was looking for, but it’s doing an excellent job of quenching my thirst untilChild of Edendrops.
Holmes:My guess is that the nextTrauma Centergame will be on 3DS, and that it will be amazing. 3D psychic heart surgery would be amazing.
As for me, I playedSin and Punishment: Star Successorfor review. I gave it a 8.5, but in my heart, it was really a 10. I know there are things wrong with it, but personally, I wouldn’t change a thing. It’s like when your girlfriend has gaps in her teeth, and your heart you still feel that she’d make a great super model, but at the same time, you know in your mind talent agents probably wouldn’t hire her for anything other than closed-mouth underwear work.
It’s like that.
Also picked up an Atari Lynx (for $40) and a copy ofData EAst Arcade Classicsfor the Wii. Pretty intense nostalgia trips all around. The Lynx has quite a few games that still hold up today.Todd’s Adventure in Slime Worldis an under-appreciated masterpiece.
