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The game’s main game-play element is God of War style action. The game world is centered around a hub-like structure, similar to the recent Wolfenstien. What some call dungeons, I call ‘levels’. There’s not a real over-world, so you use various checkpoints to go from level to level. Or travel on your own if you wish. Like Metroid, you gain items that let you progress. Sometimes you can go back to a previous area and get a hidden item that was out of reach. Upgrades are insane, which are allowed for your weapons, your other weapons, your health and armor, and special abilities. Boss battles are big and epic, and you get to ride a flaming horse. This game has it all.

What helps make this game-play fun is the world. The design of the characters are just awesome. I’m not knowledgeable on comic book artists, but Joe Mad is creative director on the game…which shines through more than most games with original IP. I mean, I want some action figures of these badasses! Especially Samael. The story is rather enjoyable as well. It’s a take on Christian mythology, which from the medium, hasn’t really been done much if at all (that’s usually a touchy subject in this age…How do you think the Greeks might have thought of God of War?). Voice-work is awesome too, which helps drive the story. Mark Hamill is in it, so, that’s always a plus.

Now, it isn’t without its faults. The only issues I really had with the game are very minor. The controls feel like they could have been tighter, although this is a development process that may take a few games before being refined. The controls are easy and fluid, but there is something there that sets it apart from, say, the controls of God of War. I also got pissed at jumps. Now, this may be a wireless controller lag issue, but a lot of times jumps would delay and I’d fall to my death. Again, this could be the hardware as I feel Left 4 Dead 2 suffers bad from lag, yet everyone and their Mom writes this game home as the be-all-end-all multiplayer game – that I don’t agree with.

I guess that’s getting beyond the point…but to the point: Any little issues are so minor (and no game is perfect) that this game does deserve a perfect score because it needs to be played. Cool thing is that this is a first time game from Vigil studios. That says a lot and I hope it means more titles in the future. They’re working on an MMO right now, which I don’t play anyway, but I’m sure something else will crop up. I need to add that seeing review scores for this game make me laugh. It’s getting high scores…but this is just a game that, despite any flaws, is just so fun that it needs no less than a perfect score. I would never tell a gamer to avoid this game. Like I said before, this is a gamer’s game. It encompasses everything that makes gaming fun, sets it on fire, slaps your face, and gives you an enema.

Conclusion: Buy it. If strapped of funds, rent or borrow. Stealing might be accepted as long as you’re not stealing it from a gamer playing it.

When I needed the extra HDMI for my laptop, I needed it ASAP so I went to the store. That’s where they get you, because it’s something you need so they slap the $50 price tag on it. But the main thing that got me about this is I finally found an HDMI cable that’s light, thin, and easily flexible. My others are like water hoses…they pop around and knock stuff over. They’re also basic without some crazy red or green plastic craziness decorated all over.

The site pretty much covers all aspects of home theater gaming and even PC cabling. Anytime you need to buy any type of cable…check Optimized first. I’m in a budget crunch so it makes perfect sense to me.

Here’s the list. You know how it goes:

Eat Lead
XMen Origins Wolverine
F.E.A.R. 2
Red Faction: Guerrilla
Shadow Complex
Batman: Arkham Asylum
The Beatles: Rock Band
Splosion Man
Halo 3: ODST
Brütal Legend
Assassin’s Creed II
Borderlands
The Dishwasher: Dead Samurai
Wolfenstein
Terminator Salvation
WANTED:Weapons of Fate
Wheelman
Bionic Commando
Modern Warfare 2
Uncharted 2
Fable 2
Geometry Wars Evolved 2
Aegis Wing
Wolf of the Battlefield: Commando 3
Mercenaries 2
Banjo Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts
Banjo Kazooie
Gears of War 2
Left 4 Dead
Assault Heroes
Halo Wars
[PROTOTYPE]
Marvel Ult. Alliance 2
Trials HD
Resident Evil 5
New Super Mario Bros. Wii
Fracture
Secret Service
Street Fighter 4
Banjo Tooie
R-Type Dimensions
Mutant storm Empire
Tinker
Call of Duty Classic

Most of these games are the 360 versions. That’s really just how it is. Even with school, he’s still got the time. I hope next year for both his list and mine, there will be a good chunk of Wii, PS3, and even PC games.

Bold Indicates Completion – Any games played from previous years or completed in previous years are not included – Games in semi-playing order:

Dash of Destruction
Left 4 Dead
Mirror’s Edge
Sonic The Hedgehog
Rise of the Argonauts
Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard
MadWorld
Banjo Kazooie: N&B
Street Fighter 4
Prince of Persia
Sonic Unleashed
Halo Wars
Outrun
R-Type Dimensions
Wheelman
Dawn of War 2
Conflict Denied Ops
Retro Game Challenge
R-Type Command
Wolverine
Project Sylpheed
The Dishwasher
Mercenaries 2
Raiden Fighters Aces
Prototype
Indiana Jones: Staff of Kings
‘Splosion Man
Red Faction Guerilla
Ghostbusters
Bionic Commando
Ninja Blade
Battlefield 1943
Transformers 2
Call of Juarez: BiB
Shadow Complex
Call of Duty World at War
Killzone 2
Batman: Arkham Asylum
Call of Duty 4
Marvel Ult. Alliance 2
Nerf N-Strike
Scribblenauts
Halo 3: ODST
Sega Superstar Tennis
Wii Sports Resort
Brutal Legend
Dead Space: Extraction
Uncharted 2
Borderlands
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Raven Squad
Assassin’s Creed II
Midnight Club L.A.
WET
Crysis Warhead
Tinker
MotorStorm: Pacific Rift
Rouge Warrior
Resident Evil 5
New Super Mario Bros. Wii
Battlefield: Bad Company
Call of Duty Classic
Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor

Unfortunately the 360 dominates. I say unfortunately because I wish there was stronger competition. PC saw very little action I’m afraid, even though it was hot action (DoW:II and some LAN). The PS3 saw a little more than usual but with multiplatform games, the 360 has the edge. The Wii had some new strong titles and it made me visit the old which I had a lot of fun with. Another thing to think about here is personal life. During this time, my daughter was born. I was also laid-off from my job. I can still say I had plenty of time to game – mainly because this is my one and only hobby. I don’t have cable, I’m so white that I’m blinding, and I don’t like sports.

Tomorrow Sean’s list will go up. You think he has me beat in played or completed games? He’s a full-time student with a curfew. Let’s see how that worked out.

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