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aalfonsoThe 360 has been my main gaming platform for several months.
Keeping with what seems to be my LTTP theme in gaming, I've re-opened The Orange Box because I'd never played anything on it except Portal. Several rounds of TF2 under my belt, and I can honestly say it's just about everything I'd hoped it would be. HL2 is also impressive, despite its age. It feels like a fairly standard FPS with decent graphics, and the general tone of the story from HL1 is intact, excepting some excessive handjobbery over "Oh, my! it's Gordon Freeman, our hero!" - Gordon's an everyman, and was not particularly competent at that. Especially the way I play him. ;-P So all the added whattaguy moments seem unnaturally transported from the Halo series' grunts' reactions to Master Chief. It's kind of a mistake, because Halo's gameplay centers around being able to rest and recuperate all HP quickly, but HL is an ablative, attrition-based HP and armor model. Gordon will die a lot, MC not so much.
Burnout Paradise is good for a number of reasons. I think it's an E-Rated title, so I can play it in front of the kids.
Naruto - a.k.a GTA Ninjatown - I was really enjoying this sandbox fighting game, but lately am finding it harder to continue. The fighting system isn't terribly complex, but if I play much of anything else between Naruto sessions, I tend to forget its unique combo-then-jutsu rhythm.
Still playing Rock Band (1) at work every day during lunch, pretty much able to do Hard guitar or vocals consistently, but am not much closer to unlocking 1 Million Fans 'cheevy soon, because lunch is not enough time to play the larger venues' longer sessions.
I've had trouble turning my PSP on for ages. It's fine, I'm just uninspired. GTA IV left me a bit cold, and going back to Liberty City Stories and Vice City Stories has dropped in priority because of that.
Keeping with what seems to be my LTTP theme in gaming, I've re-opened The Orange Box because I'd never played anything on it except Portal. Several rounds of TF2 under my belt, and I can honestly say it's just about everything I'd hoped it would be. HL2 is also impressive, despite its age. It feels like a fairly standard FPS with decent graphics, and the general tone of the story from HL1 is intact, excepting some excessive handjobbery over "Oh, my! it's Gordon Freeman, our hero!" - Gordon's an everyman, and was not particularly competent at that. Especially the way I play him. ;-P So all the added whattaguy moments seem unnaturally transported from the Halo series' grunts' reactions to Master Chief. It's kind of a mistake, because Halo's gameplay centers around being able to rest and recuperate all HP quickly, but HL is an ablative, attrition-based HP and armor model. Gordon will die a lot, MC not so much.
Burnout Paradise is good for a number of reasons. I think it's an E-Rated title, so I can play it in front of the kids.
Naruto - a.k.a GTA Ninjatown - I was really enjoying this sandbox fighting game, but lately am finding it harder to continue. The fighting system isn't terribly complex, but if I play much of anything else between Naruto sessions, I tend to forget its unique combo-then-jutsu rhythm.
Still playing Rock Band (1) at work every day during lunch, pretty much able to do Hard guitar or vocals consistently, but am not much closer to unlocking 1 Million Fans 'cheevy soon, because lunch is not enough time to play the larger venues' longer sessions.
I've had trouble turning my PSP on for ages. It's fine, I'm just uninspired. GTA IV left me a bit cold, and going back to Liberty City Stories and Vice City Stories has dropped in priority because of that.
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