Spiderman Web of Shadows

I didn’t really have many expectations for this game coming into it. For this game that was a good thing. I’ve only made it half way through the game so far and I’m struggling for a reason to play through to the end.

What I liked:

• -Just like previous Spiderman games swinging around the city can be one of the more enjoyable parts of the game.
• -Transition between normal and black Spiderman is really smooth.
• -Fighting animations in the air and on the ground are great.
• -Character models are decent.
• -Characters from other Marvel Comics.
• -The Vulture has wings made out of swords.

What I didn’t like:

• -The city is pretty bland.
• -The story so far is boring as hell.
• -The fighting becomes really repetitive after a while.
• -The small crimes you can stop while swinging through city are all easy and dumb.
• -Text can be hard to read on an SDTV.
• -Missions are highly repetitive. Far worse than any of GTA’s missions have ever been.

GTA IV: Lost and Damned

Grand Theft Auto IV was my Game of the Year of 2008. So obviously I was pretty hyped for Lost and Damned. After a 24 hour download (slow crappy internet connection) my patience was rewarded.

What I liked:

• -Great characters with great voice acting.
• -Billy Grey is one of my favourite characters from the last 5 years.
• -New bike handling is just what the game needed.
• -Tons of new bikes.
• -Calling dudes for backup was pretty helpful in harder missions.
• -New weapons fit perfectly with the biker theme.
• -Seeing Niko in a few missions was pretty sweet.
• -Gang Wars brings back one of my favourite parts of San Andreas.
• -Smacking dudes off their bikes with baseball bat during races is pretty damn awesome.
• -Riding as a gang.
• -Australian and version no longer censored.
• -Sport bikes being referred to as ‘Hair Dryers’.
• -Cars being referred to as ‘Cages’
• -Most weapons available from the get go.
• -Great value.
• -Leading the gang is pretty sweet.
• -New cinematic camera angles in some missions we’re good.
• -The game managed to get me to play the multiplayer again.
• -Virtual Penis

What I didn’t like:

• -Would have preferred to play as a Billy Grey like character.
• -Only 4 new cars and their all pretty average.
• -Story ended pretty abruptly.
• -Only 1 unlockable safe house and it’s an absolute shit hole.
• -Unable to change Johnny’s clothes.
• -Virtual penis looks a little janky.
• -Some of my favourite characters from Niko’s story aren’t present in Lost and Damned.
• -Didn’t see much of anywhere but .
• -Only 1 small part involved the Asian biker gang.
• -New content not available in GTA 4 proper.
  

Condemned: Criminal Origins

I played the demo back when I first got my 360 Christmas of 2007 and i loved it. Which is why I’m so surprised it took me this long to play it. So far I’ve only actually played through the first chapter so I don’t really have much to say about it yet.

What I liked:

• -Melee combat is pretty gruesome.
• -Story seems to be going somewhere interesting.

What I didn’t like:

• -Investigation tools seem really simple so far.
• -Graphics looking a bit outdated.
• -A bit to dark I some places.