What'cha Been Doing Pt 12: You Should Go Comment On My Other Blog
By TheGamerGeek 1 Comments
THIS WEEK
It sucks, so you should comment on my Year-End awards blog.
L4D2
Saboteur
Demon's Souls
Dexters heart-wrenching finale
Did I mention you should comment on my Year-End blog?
MOTHER EFFING CHRISTMAS MOVIES
The obvious thing everyone has heard at this point is that Left 4 Dead 2 is more Left 4 Dead, and while that is true, it doesn't change the fact that Left 4 Dead 2 is fucking awesome. Sure, the AI is really bad. Your friendly AI pretty much stands around and does the dumbest things possible in tense situations and I've had times where zombies would run right by me and start smashing directly into a wall. But when there is this many damn enemies flying at you, the one or two zombies that have busted AI seems more like something to be happy about. The four new survivors are...eh. I'm not really a fan of any, Ellis is a funny stereo-type. Everyone else was just...there. Nothing can replace my Bill and Louis. Ever.
The thing that made Left 4 Dead 1 stand out in my eyes were those tense moments when maybe you hear a Witch crying and you have to be very quiet and soft-walking or when a Tank is just going hog-shit crazy on you. Those are back and adding the Charger Special Infected made it worse...in the best way. There are many times when you'll turn a corner, see a Charger and near piss yourself as he throws his head into you, pushing you backwards. Left 4 Dead 2 is a solid and comfortable buy for absolutely anyone and everyone who enjoyed the first. If you didn't... you might want to skip this.
Demon's Souls
Admittedly, I won't be able to talk to much about this game nor give it a solid Rent, Buy, Pass rating as I didn't play enough. If I was going to, I'd say buy. Because I
I almost always go into games hoping they will be great, but never more-so have I wished that then when I went into The Saboteur. Pandemic was an amazing studio that had a few rough patches and in the end, those unfortunate mis-steps, killed them. It is great and fitting that they went out with a game like The Saboteur. Not only is it ridiculous and filled with explosions, most importantly, it's damn fun. Saying that doesn't mean The Saboteur is perfect, it's far from it. It could have benefited so much from a few more months in development but the product I got was still very enjoyable. The most noticeable factor of the game is the look, it looks exceptional. The in-engine cutscenes are really ugly and janky looking but when the game is playing, it's beautiful with only a few frame-rate drops thrown in here and there. The art style is just great. While I've watched the whole 'Turn this environment from one color to another' thing quite a bit, never has it been as good as this. When it happens, you feel like you actually freed the citizens and done them a solid. That is, until you go outside and run them all over.
I'm kissing the games dick a lot but it has it's faults. The hand-to-hand combat is, in one word, terrible. It looks bad, controls very strange, and is not fun to do. The platforming has neat ideas like having the things you can grab onto glow, which is very helpful, but having to constantly tap A was something that they should've changed to the Assassins Creed formula where you just hold up and go; there's certain points where you'll feel stuck, also. It's all just awkward. The story progression on the other hand, is simply magnificent. The story in general was great, it was contrived and crazy, yes. But that's exactly what I wanted from this game. The ending was one of the best this year, it was so...gratifying. The Saboteur has it's hitches like many games but is so fun and exciting that I can't help but love it and tell you to buy it.
CHRISTMAS MOVIES
So, I've started this thing where I'm going to watch a Christmas movie a day until Christmas Day. Since I started a few days ago, I've watched about 5 or so movies. At the end of next weeks What'cha Been Doing, I will giving you a list of my favorite Christmas Movies. Ho ho ho, holly jolly, tit-tat, bah humbug.
TV
Dexter- The Getaway: SEASON FINALE: A+...fuck man...fuck.
Scrubs- Our Histories: B+
Survivor- Two Brains Are Better Than One: B+
Survivor- SEASON FINALE: B
Dexter Season 4 Rating: A+
Survivor Season 19 Rating: B+
Movies
Next Day Air: A-
Christmas with the Kranks: D-
Home Alone: A
How The Grinch Stole Christmas: A-
Bad Santa: A
Elf: A
Four Christmases: D+
NEXT WEEK
Games, probably.
Until then,
Shuttup and leave...also...comment on my Year-End Awards blog. Just sayin'