I actually haven't finished any of them yet, but I've gotten done with most of it and with the racer I've played enough to get it.  Yea, that means I'm playing 5 games at a time right now.

Anyway, this is just a rundown.  Keep in mind, I bought these all for $10 each, so a 8 hour game is pretty dang worth it.  These games would be killed  $60 with the exception of PGR4 as they're all basically short (silent hill is about 12 hours i think?).  Not to say that I'm giving them slack, but I'm coping for a more movie like price.

anyway, I'll start with the two newegg ones:
PGR4 (racer)- I don't like racing games, I like this game.  Awesome graphics, tons of modes.  Not much to say about this except for the fact that it's a damn good sequel to PGR4, reminding me of PGR2.  The weather effects are great visually and as well as how they affect gameplay.
Dark Sector (shooter)-- solid shooter.  again, not too much too say.  There's a slight story, but it's more of an excuse for the gameplay.  Controlling the glaive is damn fun, especially the decapitation.  It's good, slightly different but still generic, but more or less just a solid shooter.

And my best buy ones:
Alone in the Dark (action-adventure)--- wow, did not expect this.  I thought the demo was garbage but I bought it because, well, it was only $10 and I thought some of the concepts in the demo were neat.  Little did I know that this demo was horrible in comparison to the game.  And yes, this part in the game is horrible as well.  However, once you escape that building, which is more or less completely a not very straightforward tutorial, the game becomes great.   This game has a great level of detail and there's so many unique things to do.  You can also combine things to make various stuff and you can also lay oil paths to set on fire, which you can always get more of from filling any container (can empty one by distributing the juices around) and then busting it from the cars.  The story is pretty damn interesting as well and it's set up like a tv series.  Seems like it was originally meant to be DD in seperate episodes (they have these seperated with credits at the end of each one in the game).   The controls aren't bad either, they work fine.  I dunno, but it plays so differently once you get to the park.  There is something  worth mentioning about the game--- it's buggy as hell at times.  I'ts not something that gets in the way, but when your driving especially you'll see this.  I was dirving a golf cart type vehicle and I randomly lauched very high into the air. 
--- Something you should understand, this is not a horror game.  It's more like a, well, tv series.  I want tos say something like Buffy, but not exactly.  Those type of late 90s action series though.

Bourne Conspiracy (action shooter)--- it's not a movie game but rather a game based on the book series.  That being said, I haven' exactly got much story, but on the other hand, if the books are like the movies, it's about the same on that.  It's a decent game, but not great.  I'm not saying it's bad, it's just not going to wow you.   This is the game I'm least far into, but while I have every intention of playing through it, I'm not crazy about it. It's fun, but it's, well, nothing special.

Silent Hill (adventure horror)--- I have not played a silent hill game before and to be honest, I didn't know what to expect.  I heard good things of the series and I always wanted to try it, but just never got to it.  Anyway, this game is different from most I have played.  It's more like an adventure game with the get red key to open red door (although it's more natural and more like canister to get oil) style of play.  To  be honest, this game really isn't scary.  There's some moments, but the truth is, the game is freaking disturbing.  I don't know how else to say it, it's freaking disturbing.  Such a well defined atmosphere.  Gosh, damn, it's creepy.  Again, I haven't finished it, but the story is damn interesting.


* I also have the following from the $10 deal days and will write impressions of each once I play enough: Pure, Soldier of Fortune: Payback, Turok, Turning Point: Fall of Liberty
With the exception of Pure, I have never touched these games, mainly talking about their demos.  For Pure, it's another racing game, and I actually liked the demo.  Impressions for those in 1-2 weeks

You know, although I liked many rpg stories this generation, it's truly more rare for a jrpg to have a story I dislike (although Last Remant met that), there really has only been one real mature story.  I'm not saying that the others are goofy or whatever, but no other truly gives off this arty expression.  They're pretty much more along the lines of "here's our universe, isn't it cool?"  It's rather rare for any game to achieve this type of story, but we're focusing on JRPGs here.

Anyway, here are the games I wanted to talk about.  Yes, I know, we truly don't have so many details to these games to say surely how good the stories will be, but if you just give it some thought, you'll probably recognize them.  

- End of Eternity
Yes, I know.  I'm writing about this game a lot despite only one gameplay video and a fair amount of screens.  But honestly, it is more than what we have on FFV13 and it has more on it than many other talked about games.   Anyway, it's pretty easy to tell about it without more.

* hint, hint.  There's symbology here, and I'm not referencing the magic system of another game by the same dev. 

What feels to be the essence?: "The fact that I am living means there is no God"
You know, thinking about it, while many games have played around with accepting (even wanting) death and spirituality, how many have dealt with the straight up belief in God?  The main character of the game is aritficially created living in a more or less artificial world--- a city built in order to protect them from the unlivable conditions of the outside, a world which has been aritficially tampered with.  Does this perhaps sound familiar with anything?  Global Warming?  Stem Cell?   Religion?  Yea, possibly.  Religion seems to be the focus, although the steampunk seems to make me want to say it'll also focus on technology beyond their control (as many serious steampunk things try to do).   Pay attention to this game.


And the next is, Final Fantasy Versus 13.   But you know, what's the point about writing it?  It's really just another remake of Romeo and Juliet, so I'll play this:


hell, they have a shakespeare quote that they consistently use, about two opposing families, etc.   Seriously, just call it Final Fantasy: Shakespeare

And as for Final Fantasy 13?  Maybe, can't tell right now.  Some FFs have, others didn't.  I'd say it could and I think it might, but to the extent, I'm not sure.  Will be a good story obviously.  Provacative?  I dunno.



Anyway, forgot if I referenced it or not, but this was the mature JRPG story that's already been done. 
*SPOILER ALERT*

*SPOILER ALERT* (lost odyssey, possiblity the only game to use children appropriately?  Apparently so).

It's partially because they're multiplatform, and partially just because they're flying under the radar.  However, these games are all going to be worth checking out.   How do I know?  Well umm.... look at the devs or prequels.  Hell, just look at the game itself, it looks good me say.

Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2: Civil War (all platforms)

So I won't be on the boards until probably June.  I know all of you will miss me
(insert joke here)