Juggling Games, Technical Difficulties 0

by Adam Blue • Editorial

This week I’ve been all about Uncharted 2, Brutal Legend, and Dead Space: Extraction. Juggling games like this is quite exhausting (sitting on the couch…?), but I made sure to get a lot of yard work done last weekend, so I think I’m good. After beating Uncharted 2, Sean and I jumped into some co-op which is a lot of fun. We completed the first mission, and failed the second. It was hard. Probably because we were playing on hard. But seriously, three super-soldier shotgun warriors spawned behind Sean during a cut-scene, and pretty much annihilated him before our eyes…as if the game was mocking us. I then screamed as a rocket soldier jumped down in front of me, with no fear in his goggles. The difficulty here is fantastic, but with only one other mission to go, I’ll have a major case of blue-balls. Three co-op missions are just not enough for me. But am I asking for too much? Maybe DLC? Will we see a full-on co-op 3rd Uncharted?

As for Brutal Legend, I’ve been traveling the world in search of dragon statues and whatever else I can still grab. I realized I never bothered with the runes that give solos…those would have been a big help during the end stage battles! But just traversing through the different environments, listening to the metal, is quite fun. Going through the scary enemy territory and listening to the keyboard-heavy metal is actually quite scary. To this day, Cradle of Filth just sounds scary. But the more I play, the more I enjoy – even though I already completed the story. This really turned out to be a solid experience.

Dead Space: Extraction is just awesome. As a huge fan of the first, this game really pulls me in. You play through the same parts as the original game and find story elements that tie the universe in more closely. It’s an on-rails shooter, but it delivers on a higher level than others. It plays out like a movie with no interruptions, and cut-scenes are seamless with the action. Also, and I think it’s obvious, the main character at one point just stares at a girls ass as she’s bending over. This goes on for like five seconds. As you turn away you can see your buddy eying you, thinking, “What a perv. But deep down inside, I understand”. You even watch the same chick walk in front of you totally nude. There are many items to collect and things to watch out for around the environment that can help upgrade your weapons. It has a 2-player mode and I’d really like to try it out.

Today my router and receiver went out. The router won’t do wireless efficiently (wired still good though), and the optical ports now just sing me songs of static and tears. Instead, I’m now using the HDMI audio of my LCD, as well as the audio out for my Sub. And you know what? The sound is crisper. I guess I can thank HDMI for that, but I do miss the surround. Uncharted 2 uses it great and was a good way to hear enemies around me in multiplayer. I’m not really in any position to be able to buy a replacement for either of these, so for gaming sessions, the ethernet will be strewn about the house and my LCD will have to kick it up a notch.

Borderlands later today though…so exciting!

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