For a moment I though I liked videogames. Now I have realized that I know absolutely nothing about them. I'm a little glad I never heard of most of these things before.
I purchased the latest DLC for Mass Effect 2 yesterday. I played it through in about one sitting in about 45 minutes. I will admit that some of the reason behind buying it was for the S-Rank but the other reason I bought it was because I loved the original game so much. I played through the whole game in a few days. I haven't had so much fun playing a RPG in quite some time. The classic space opera story combined with the entertaining gun play made Mass Effect 2 one of my favorite games of all time.
Even though the game itself is completely awesome, the DLC is another story. Yesterday I downloaded the new guns, armors, and vehicle expecting to get sucked into the wonderful game all over again. The weapons were pretty lackluster and the missions with the hammerhead was really shallow. My bout with disappointment continued with the Kasumi DLC as well. Kasumi is one the same level as Zaeed because of the fact that you can easily tell that there was not as much time spent polishing the back story of these two in comparison to the rest of the Normandy Crew.
I still love ME2 but as of late, I've not been satisfied with the DLC offerings. I'm still waiting for the "far reaching content" that supposed to show up some time next year. I know its asking a lot but I want the Dragon Age treatment for Mass Effect. Expanding the character with more skills and diverse weaponry would go a great deal to enhance the game. Another addition to the already colorful cast is not necessary. I hope that one day I can play an expansion pack for Mass Effect 2.
I like the guitar riffs of Trivium but I can't stand the really bad screaming style of vocals. Any one have recommendations that would fit these criteria?
I don't think that's that awful of an idea. If you buy a PS3 and Heavy Rain it's very likely you will start getting games for it. There's are plenty of past and current exclusives to justify the price of one.
I finished playing Heavy Rain yesterday and I gotta say that after playing it I'm amazed at how much of my time is spent thinking about that game. I've talked to a few of my other friends who are playing and or beat the game and I keep getting totally blow away. The variety of endings are completely insane. For example one friend had a character die within the first 90 minutes. I can't wrap my hand around how the game would be different without the presence of this character. There are so many things about that game that don't feel so developed. Some of the writing is pretty bad, for example, "Take these pain killers, they will take away the pain." Except for those few choice lines the rest was believable. The voice acting was lacking in some spots as well. I though the children sounded absolutely horrible. There are some people who thought that there was an overt amount of "frenchiness" in the speech but I didn't notice all that much.
In my book the game is totally forgiven by the fact that the story was so good. There were hints of Se7en in there and a little Saw as well. I played through that game in two sessions because it was really hard to stop. The pacing is frantic enough to the point where I was constantly on the edge of my chair wondering what was going to happen next. I'm sad that it's still to early to talk any major spoilers but there is so much to think and discuss.
Throughout the whole game I was wondering, how many other ways could this play out? Judging by the wide variety of endings there are many ways the story could go. Whether or not you should buy it is a different question. I would recommend renting or borrowing it. I bought it because I really appreciate the fact that Quantum Dream is taking a chance with something as different as this. It's refreshing to see something new.
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