Motorstorm, WipEout, Ratchet, Saints Row 2 impressions...
By kilzombie 12 Comments
I got some awesome stuff for my birthday, a few games, two $50 dollar PSN cards, and a watch! All of which are beyond awesome. I'll put up my impressions of each game I played, and I've also had an interesting dream a couple nights ago, plus I remembered some pictures I mean't to talk about in previous blogs, but completely forgot about them.
I picked up Motorstorm Pacific Rift, and I've been enjoying it immensely, even though I've barely played it, but from what I've seen and played, its really fun. The graphics are awesome, and the crashes are fucking brutal, and I do mean BRUTAL, like I had a monster truck run over my poor guy who was on an ATV, it was awesome...
WipEout was the first thing I bought using the PSN card, and I'm amazed that a game that's got a download that's barely even 1 gig in size, could be such a visual feast. This game really does look amazing, running in 1080P and at a buttery smooth 60fps is fucking awesome. If you're used to the psp controls, these might feel a little different, but not so much, the only major difference in controls is the use of the X button to accelerate, which barely any games use this gen. I also love the photo mode in this game, plus it let my add some cool motion blur effects.
Ratchet was really fun too, I miss playing Tools of Destruction-it's been borrowed by a friend and still hasn't been returned, I freakin love this game. But sadly I finished it in just a few hours, which really left me wanting more. The lack of weapons does kinda suck(where's my groovitron!?) but it's ok, what I really miss is clank, I never realised how much we took him for granted in previous games. It's a pretty solid downloadable title, and I'd reccomend it to anyone who likes the ratchet games. Ratchet's new wrench functionality does add a new aspect to the gameplay, and keeps things from getting too similar to past games, but it's still a ratchet game at heart, though there's a gaping hole where Clank should be, I'm sure the next installment will prove to be very interesting.
Onto Saints Row 2, If you've read some of my previous posts, you'd know that I was really disappointed with GTA IV, mainly because I loved the crazyness of San Andreas, especially the flat-out rediculous cheats you were able to use. Saints Row feels more like San Andreas in so many ways, like the customisation(well saint's row takes it a step further) and the various factions, and owned lots that bring in cash for you. I was really hesitant to buy it, but since there aren't many games coming out soon, apart from Killzone, I decided to pick it up, and even though GTA surpasses SR with pure technical prowess, ultimately, I found SR way more fun.
One of my other presents was this awesome watch from one of my very best friends, I'm sure GamerGeek360 will fall in love with, as it's a 007 watch from Swatch. I took a pic, and here it is:
