I finally was able to score a LBP beta key this morning, much to my suprise. After the Gamespot fiasco I was ready to give up.
Its funny, but people really freaked (and currently are in the process of freaking out) trying to get this damn thing. I'll admit I got kinda caught up in it too. Readin the official forum thread on the Playstation boards probably didn't help. Talking with a hundred other people who are also extremely hyped for the game only made me more anxious to be in the beta.
The time spent on this was not healthy at all lol. While I was able to get a key, it cost me hours of sleep, one class, possibly my eyeballs (I swear my vision has dropped from staring at this damn screen), and I may or may not have pissed off my girlfriend. Its hard to remember. It sounds so crazy right now that I spent so much effort on getting in the beta, for a game that will be out in about a month.
But then I go play LittleBigPlanet and I remember "Oh yeah this is friggin incredible!" I've spent all day screwing around making one short level, that still doesn't feel finished yet. I seriously lost track of time. I can see how this game is going to take over a lot of people's lives for a while. Whats funny is I was debating what to buy next month: LBP or Fallout 3. A game like Fallout is sure to be time consuming... oh wait.
*Beware, this game steals soulsSIde note: Mega man 9 demo is friggin sweet, even if I haven''t managed to beat it yet!
I'm really excited for the releases coming up in October. So much good stuff coming out in such a small amount of time...looks like I'm gonna have to pick and choose a little bit.
Some titles that Im looking forward to:
Little Big Planet
Fallout 3
Fracture
Deadspace
Bioshock
Legendary
SOCOM Confrontation
Motorstorm Pacific Rift
Midnight Club LA
Rise of the Argonauts
Since this is obviously a lot of money, I narrowed it down to 2 games that I really have to have, and that's Fallout 3 and LBP. If it comes to having to decide between the two (which it probably will) I'm not sure which I'll choose. LBP looks so different that I am kind of leaning that way. Regardless, I plan on having both eventually, and I can't wait.
Look at those cold , cruel button eyes...
While I wait for the month of awesome that is October, I've been messin' around with Spore, which is pretty cool. colonizing planets is a lot of fun but I dont completely understand the terraform thing, I think I'm missing something. Anyways, I was pissed to find out that I was attacked by a race of aliens that I had randomly created outside of my main game. Ungrateful bastards. Other than that, not much I wanna play for now. The Force Unleashed and another Armored Core (which I kinda like) are out this month but I can't bring myself to buy either one. Sooo...OCTOBER HERE I COME.
Between the Summer semester break and now I went back to playing Oblivion on my PS3. I had started out and thought it was okay, but kind of dropped it when newer games started coming out. Since I had a little spare time during the break, I decided to pick up where I left off. I've got to say the game is way better than I gave it credit for. It starts out kind of slow and but eventually gets seriously awesome. There is just so much stuff in this game, all of it surprisingly deep. Just finishing the guild missions is a game in itself, and even though its nothing but a big closet, I love the fact that you can buy a house. sweet deal. If this is a taste of what Fallout 3 is going to be like then I am extremely excited. Oblivion set in a post - apocalyptic future? Yes please.
Home has been Hyped to hell and I don't know if we are ever even going to get to see the thing. Kaz Hirai's recent comments are not very comforting. The release date doesn't matter? Do they like pissing people off? After being delayed twice, its kind of annoying to hear a statement like this. But then again, I am just really anxious to jump into Home and see what its all about. Of course Sony is just trying to wait until they can make it as good of an experience as possible... but at some point you need to let people experience it. I'm gonna still hope for a more open Beta this year, but I really hope Home doesn't turn into Sony's very own Duke Nukem:Forever.
I've been to a lot of game sites, and stuck around a few for a while. From Gamespot to IGN, then to Gamesradar and N4G. But now I think I'm gonna start comin on over to Giant Bomb more often. The new site has a kick ass team behind it, and I can tell the guys put a lot of thought into everthing they've implemented here. I like the style and the awesome focus on games rather than platform.
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