Games for the week of July 27

By duckofdoom August 3, 2008 1 Comments

So I wanted to make this a weekly thing I did where I'd buy a game, spend a day playing it then report back with my impressions. Well this week had some money and television problems conspired against me and thus the only game I got was Geometry Wars 2. That's cool though, as it's a pretty damn awesome game that I could go on for a while about.

The original Geometry Wars was one of the very first 360 games I played and I was hooked for weeks. It blew my mind that I had this brand new, next-gen console and all I wanted to play was a game that basically amounted to a throwback to Robotron and Tempest. Here it is about three years later and I'm still crazy about it. The original only had one mode though. This game's got six. What the hell, guys? Six modes? Are you trying to fucking kill me here? Clearly breaking my sanity was part of this games design doc because score beating goodness of this magnitude is enough to keep me locked in my room for weeks chasing after that ever elusive higher score. Maybe I'll get a review going on this one. I keep saying that but I swear, the reviews will be written.

Another game I've been giving a good bit of time to this week is Jeanne D'arc. I picked up last week but only just now am I giving it a solid go. Right off the bat I'll admit to not being all that crazy about tactical RPGs. However, all the hype this game got meant I just had to pick it up. So far this game is looking to be an excellent starting point for a novice player like myself. It starts you off with only three distinct players instead of the dozens of generic swordsmen and archers you usually have access to in these games. I understand that my experience in the genre is slim but from the few other games I've tried, I've generally started out with a bunch of nameless bodies that I have no real connection to and generally don't really care if they live or die. In this one my tactics include names like "Hmm, I need to sit Liane in the back so she can heal unharmed." or "Bartrand needs to come up from the side and set Roger up for a burning aura attack". Having characters that have an actual background and real impact on the story greatly increase my enjoyment of a game.

Next week I'll probably be picking up Soul Calibur 4. For reals this time. That and a set of these babies most likely. Also I was wondering if I should make another weekly post about my comic purchases. I know that's more of a Comicvine sort of thing, but I don't really feel like maintaining two blogs. One of which I'd only use to post about comics in a place where I'm sure no one would see.

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