With E3 kicking off in a couple of hours, I wanted to go ahead and get my weekly post out of the way before I start yammering on about the same things that literally every other gaming blog will be covering. Konami has actually kicked off the show early announcing a new IP but what people mostly took away from the show was the fact that Konami wants you to buy their old stuff. That and the fact that they have developed Transfarring, which is something the gaming industry has been discussing for years. We just didn’t think it would get such a great name like transfarring. I expect us to hear lots of great names for products coming out this week.

Bayonetta

So the first game I would like to bring up is Bayonetta. I bought it a while back hearing lots of great things about it but never got around to actually playing the damn thing. While I’ve never been a fan of these types of games, reviews liked to point out that Bayonetta was the best this type of action genre has. Even knowing that, I still could not get into the game. At first I thought I was in, I got past the fact that the Joe Pesci character was annoying and that this Japanese ass game was way too over the top, but it just never stops. Those cutscenes are unbearable to watch. I’ve never been an anime fan so I couldn’t tolerate it as much as some but I can’t play a game if I don’t give a shit about the story.

The gameplay wasn’t bad and I started to see why some gamers get hooked to these types of games. Stringing together massive combos and watching Bayonetta unleash these crazy hair demons was fun to watch but couldn’t carry the game for more than the couple of hours I put into the game. I’m just not a fan of the genre. Devil May Cry never really hooked me neither. I guess Bayonetta can go back on my shelf because I’ve got too many games I actually want to get through.

Assassins Creed: Brotherhood

I’m not going to get too into detail about this game since I’ve written about it so much but just want to say that I’ve finally finished. Wow, what a hell of a way to end that game on. I’m glad it sold well enough to warrant a sequel because now AC: Revelations is one of those holiday games I need to play as soon as it is available. And no the formula has not grown stale yet. I could play another game where all I do is snap my fingers and watch my assassins I’ve been training do all the dirty work. Play this game as soon as you can.

inFamous

Thanks Sony! I played this game a while back and for some odd reason stopped in the middle of it and never proceeded to bother starting it up again. Now the game lives on my hard drive for FREE in which I’ve started another save. Not far into it at all but really enjoying it and will hopefully follow through until the end. I’d say during the summer when game releases slow down I’ll pick up the sequel.

other things going on:

• Picked up Wipeout HD as my other freebie but not sure why; I hate racing games
• Still really enjoying Super Stickman Golf; buy this if you haven’t already
• Took off work to watch E3 and play lots of games
• Excited to watch all these press conferences and not have to read a live blog
• Don’t mind live blogs though
• I have not gotten back into L.A. Noire yet…

Giantbomb has a great rundown on where to go to watch live coverage of E3 here.