Every now and then I get into a right proper mood where all I can think about isAliens-related stuff. I shall probably write anotherAliensgame feature this week, which I’m sure three of you are looking forward to. That’s three of you including me. Anyway, I have ordered that rubbish-yet-awesomeAlien TrilogyPSX game off eBay tonight and I am really looking forward to getting it, becauseAliensstuff is good n’ that.
Also, games have been played. You can hit the jump to see what those games have been. Spoiler, one of my games isAliens-related.
Cantler:Dokopon PartyandBit.Trip Beat.Woo.
Aziz:I turned on my Xbox 360 for the first time in two months to download theResident Evil 5versus mode and then I turned it off. I have no time to play at home anymore.
I did play some moreDante’s Infernothis past week as well as theRed Faction: Guerrillamultiplayer. Shit is tight, son.
Razak:Wolverine. It’s a blast though I wish there were some better bosses. They kind of get repetitive.
Sterling:MoreKillzone 2as usual. Also spiced this weekend up with the Capcom arcade version ofAlien vs. Predator, and since Adam Dork reminded me ofGods, I downloaded that and had a crack at it. I remember it being a lot easier when I was six years old.
Concelmo:More of the glorious (although slightly dated)Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon. Also, my three new favorite things:Space Invaders Extreme,Arkanoid Live, and hanging out with Jonathan Ross to watch theSurvivorfinale. 🙂
Sarkar:My brother came home from college this week, so I finally had a sentient opponent to throw Hadoukens at in theMarvel vs. Capcom 2demo! Of course, he was able to beat me — twice — by mashing buttons, so I decided that we’d switch toSuper Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix. I proceeded to summarily whip his ass. Then we played a couple of games of3 on 3 NHL Arcade, which was fun, as always.
As for solo gaming, I got back into Road to the Show inMLB 09. Samit Sarkar finished his second season in the minors, and got invited to spring training with the Yankees! I made the team as a middle relief pitcher, and after a month or so, I became the fifth starter! Hooray!
I also popped theNHL 09disc into my PS3 for the first time since the end of January, and I finished off Samit Sarkar’s rookie season by winning Lord Stanley’s Cup with the New York Rangers! I defeated the Vancouver Canucks, four games to one. Sarkar finished with 35 points in 19 playoff games, but it was goalie Henrik Lundqvist who won the Conn Smythe Trophy (playoff MVP), going 16-3 with four shutouts and a 1.69 goals against average. After such an awesome regular season (99 points in only 54 NHL games) and playoffs, Sarkar signed a three-year deal ($2.2 million per year) with the Rangers.
Finally, I tried out the demos ofUFC 2009 UndisputedandFight Night Round 4. The controls inUFCare a bit overwhelming — they seem simple, but you can do a lot with them (as was evinced by the thorough tutorial). But I had fun, and if I had any interest in MMA at all, I could see myself liking the game.FNR4was just plain awesome. I literally spent two hours playing the demo — I just kept switching back and forth between playing a few matches as Manny Pacquiao and Ricky Hatton. In all that time, I didn’t lose once (I did have two draws), though that’s probably due to the fights being limited to three rounds in the demo.
Holmes:GotMadWorldandDead Rising Wiiback from a friend after lending them out about a month ago. Playing them again reaffirmed my opinion of both games (neither are perfect, but both give you a kind of fun you may’t get anywhere else.)
Said friend wanted to borrow more games, so we dug through my catalog of Wii titles to see what would suit him. We test-droveRune Factory: Frontier,Mushroom Men: The Spore Wars,Tatsunoko Vs Capcom,Ultimate Shooting Collection,Donkey Kong Jungle Beat Wii,Excitebots, andElebits. He decided onDonkey Kong, Mushroom Men,andRune Factory. He wantedExcitebotsas well, but as it turns out, I’m now on the job to review the game, so I had to hold onto it.
Then we played someMario Kart WiiandBrawl.Brawlis even more fun than I remembered, but a lot of that had to do with the fact that we were playing on Saturday night.
Adding K.K. Slider makes everything better than you remembered.
Devore:I finally beatCondemned 2, and I’m not entirely sure what to think. It’s definitely worse than the first game, but I do like that the forensic stuff was expanded upon and how even though the story is completely absurd, it at least makes some sense now. Oddly enough I would still recommend it if only for the bear level and the hobo fight club mode.
Holmes:Bear level?
I’m in.
Bennett:I’m still spending leisure time in my zen garden as I replay adventure mode inPlants Vs. Zombies, and I fiddled around withGardening Mamaa little bit but found myself tired of the formula more or less before I even got started. I think I’m going to save myself forScience Papaand see if I like that any better. The weekend brought about my determination to finishPersona 4once and for all before my copy ofDevil Summoner 2arrived. Although I didn’t make the goal (Devil Summoner 2arrived today), I finally pulled myself out of my rut thanks to a friend’s coaching and made it to the last dungeon. Although I’m still not completely finished, I’m amazed more than ever before at how rich the game’s story is, and how courageously it addressed major issues in Japanese society (and to some degree, American society as well). If you haven’t gotten this game, get it — it’s truly incredible in every way a game can be.
Ross:It’s been a busy week for me, but I’ve finally convinced enough people to buyDemigodnow that we can field a 5 person team. Also been enjoyingValkyria Chronicles– great game so far, but I wish it rewarded strategy a bit more since it seems to emphasize blind charging to the objective. Also gotten in a few rounds ofSFIVnow that I finally got my fightstick (Yay!)
