My Gaming Week Version 6 (Week of 09-27-09)

Here are the games I've been playing for the week of 09-27-09.

I didn't have a very exciting week of gaming this week, but here we go:


The Darkness (PS3)-

I haven't really gotten that far into the game, but so far it seems like it presents some interesting ideas for a first person shooter. I can't full judge the game as of yet though, but aside form the interesting powers you use, it seems relatively standard as far as FPSes go. Not terrible, not great. We'll have to see how much it grows on me as I get further into it though.


The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (Gamecube)-

What can I say, I love this game. I'll be the first to admit that I wasn't the biggest fan of OOT. In fact, not only is it overrated as a Zelda game, it's one of the most overrated games of all time IMO (right up there with FFVII, Halo, and GTAIII). However, Wind Waker fixed a lot of the problems I had with OOT's world and controls, and the art style even gives you the same feel as Link to the Past (which is easily the best Zelda game hands down). At first I was with the nay-sayers about the cartoony looks of the game, but I was converted after finally playing it.

I love the dungeon designs, and I even love the sailing aspect of the game. That's right I said I love the sailing elements of the Wind Waker. It actually makes it feel like more of an adventure than OOT did, and unlike OOT who's world feels empty, by comparison, every square on the map in WW has something interesting to do in it. every tiny little island in the game had a reason for being there whereas OOT just felt a lot more empty to me. The world presented in WW just feels a lot more lively to me like the world in LTTP. In LTTP there was something of interest to do in every square of the map as well. It made a more lively and interesting Hyrule than the one in OOT.

What can I say, I just wasn't a big fan of OOT. I like OOT, but I just don't love it. In the jump from LTTP to OOT, something was lost.

Twilight Princess is also a great 3D Zelda as well.


Soldier of Fortune Gold (PS2)-

This is the one I've been playing the most this week. I've actually been playing through it with a USB keyboard and mouse combo. I know some people would ask, if I was wanting to play the game with a keyboard and mouse, why wouldn't I just have bought the PC version instead of the PS2 version? Well, I want to try and collect every FPS on the PS2 that I can. i may still get the original PC version, but I decided to get the PS2 version for now.

The mouse controls in the game feel slightly delayed even if you up the sensitivety, however once you get used to them, it's not a problem. The game even controls well with the dual shock alone after some tweeking to the sensitivity, and if you just can't seem to get it down, the game has auto aim (which I always shut off regardless of the game), but you can shut it off.

Overall this is a good shooter when you just want a simple shoot everything FPS. It won't blow you away, but it's solid enough for those who don;t mind it's style of play. It definitely won't be for everyone though.


Uncharted 2 Beta (PS3)-

I didn't play this a whole lot, but I put a few good hours into it when I downloaded it. I haven't tried coop yet (I've gotta be in the mood, because it's more involved than a simple deathmatch round).

The game feels like a more acrobatic version of Gears of War. I'm quite terrible at Gears, but I do decent at Uncharted 2 for some reason. Maybe because it also allows you to run and gun better (like Socom) than Gears, and when you put them down, they stay down.




Note: That's just my personal opinion of OOT, and I'll never change it. It've played through it a few times, and I even own it on a Collector's Disk on the Gamecube, but it'll never be close to being the best Zelda game let alone the greatest game of all time IMO. LTTP was the pinnacle of the Zelda series as far as I'm concerned.

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[RetroGamerization]

The Darkness is immense, cant wait for the sequel

[teh2Dgamer]

@RetroGamerization I doubt it will get a sequel, and if it does, it will probably not be the same game which I don't think sold particularly well.

[Zelrio28]

I entirely agree with Link to the Past being one of the best games ever made, but I fail to see how Ocarina of Time is overrated. Question: are you young?

[teh2Dgamer]

@Zelrio28 If I was young, I would be singing OOT praises, and attacking LTTP like a noob. OOT is the most overrated game of all time. I could go through a laundry list of reasons why I generally disliked it. It's OK overall, but it failed to capture the Zelda feel, and had some really annoying aspects to it's gameplay. I've warmed up to it more over the years through multiple playthroughs, but it wouldn't even make my top 100 games of all time let alone my pick as the top Zelda game.

[PikolUploader]

I loved the darkness, a very well made game. also, I think you definitely play too often xD

[teh2Dgamer]

Play what too often? Games? Probably. However, There are the games I played this week, but that doesn't mean that I put countless hours on them. An hour here and an hour there. Most of them I just play leisurely, but don't have time to get super far into them.

So it's not like I played each one of these from beginning to end. I don't have that much time on my hands.

[SouthOx]

picked up Soldier of Fortune today for 5 bucks!

[samsoulee]

As far as his girlfriend doesn't care, what's the problem ?

[zedekar80]

Oh man, I didn' t know that Soldier of Fortune was on the ps2, I used to spend hours playing it at PC, I' ll buy for sure.

[sharingan072]

its only $30

there r ps2 games that cost more.

u should get it.

[sharingan072]

oracle of seasons was my 1st zelda game. i never beat it, but i loved it so.

I WANT IT BACK! T~T

[Desu666]

I bought The Darkness a few months ago and didn't get too far in it either.

Indeed, at the beginning, it feels like a plain shooter but I heard that as you go further in the story it gets really awesome (although the gameplay stays relatively the same)

I personally found the game too hard because I'm not familiar with console-FPS and I didn't quite enjoy the controls. This game is however one of the games I want to beat in the future.