Thoughts on games I'm playing now or will play in the near future:

1. Borderlands: one I've been expecting anxiously and one I'm really not sure about. I like a lot of what I see and dislike a lot of other things. It seems to me the game has a lot of little flaws that should be no-brainers for the developers and despite being small stuff (like the interface on the PC and no proper loot-sharing method) it might add up. The fact the game didn't unlock on Steam on the 26th (like previously announced for my territory), didn't help much. It bothers me that all the looting is pretty much focused on the guns and that it doesn't change your appearance, this kind of stuff seemed so obvious to me. Still believing, tough. Might turn into a success and maybe Borderlands 2 will turn out to be everything I imagined. Now, can you please unlock the damn thing ?
2. World of Goo: I gave 2D 10 bucks for it. Thought 20 dollars was a bit much, maybe I was wrong. I've only played about an hour, but it looks and sounds awesome and has a lot of charm, wich is something I value and few games have it. Gameplay is still very simple, but I heard it gets pretty hard, so I have to still get there.
3. Machinarium: I'm throught the first three scenes now and this game proves that you can have very simple mechanics and still have a nice game. This is pretty much a Flash puzzle, but it looks incredible, the music is interesting and it also has tons of charm. I'm very curious to find out how it goes on. Also, love the hint mechanic.
4. Torchlight: Already wrote about this one, here it is.
5. Dragon Age:Origins: what got me into this one was the epic scale and it also reminds me of Neverwinter Nights, wich I loved. Not sure what to expect. It seems to be prettty straightforward with the fantasy setting, nothing new there. But Bioware knows their RPG, so I'm hoping for the best. Only thing that scares me is that 20 Gb download on Steam...pretty much the only thing I'll download next month, I guess.
6. Mass Effect: I'm pretty late for it but my previous machine couldn't run it. I'm about two hours into it and since I like Bioware RPG's and like space, well, there you go. The problem with games like this one (and also Dragon Age, I'm sure) is that they take me forever to get through. Usually developers are vey vocal about their 100-hour games and I always think "how the hell am I going to finish this". Now, who the hell thought these elevators were a good idea.
7. L4D 2: I'll be late to this one. Surprisingly, I'm not that curious to play it right away, I didn't pre-order and won't buy it on launch, I'll wait a bit because there's so much stuff to play right now. But I'm guessing it will work out fine and I hope they support this one longer.