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General Gaming / Just Played God Of War

« on: October 21, 2007, 08:52:09 PM »

Well, I know I'm WAY behind, but I finally picked up God of War for the low low price of 20 bucks the other day.  I gotta say, it's a fun game with some great imagery and cool fighting... but, I don't understand why it's so big.  I mean, it's fun and I enjoyed it, but it seems to get so much praise from gaming mags/sites that I was expecting a LOT more.  Like I said, I really enjoyed the game, but it seemed to get solid 9s in the ratings and what not everywhere I've read, and is spoken of highly, and it just didn't feel like a "9" game to me.

Anyone else feel this way, or am I just a crazy guy who can't appreciate a good action/fighter/platformer?  I don't know, I'm usually not one for these types of games in the first place, so maybe it's just not my genre.  Actually this may be my first foray into the genre at all, now that I think about it.

And yes I'm going to pick up the sequel as well.  

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General Gaming / Gaming: A Moderately Priced Hobby?

« on: September 16, 2007, 08:21:52 AM »

One of my best friends is always commenting on how cheap our favorite hobby is compared to others, such as sports, road trips, binge drinking, etc...  Do you agree?

It seems with this generations expensive consoles, and the fact that I've always been a "Buy All Systems" sorta guy, I'm not sure if I can agree anymore.  With games bumped up 10 bucks from last gen (excepting Wii games of course), it seems like in order to "catch 'em all" I'll be spending much more than "normal" people who do things outside with their friends.  I mean, just buying all three consoles when I did adds up to $1050, let alone addons for my 360 to make it usable (hard drive, wireless controllers, headset), and then buying new games regularly, I've stretched my financial well-being quite far over the past two years.

Is my friend right, however?  Do most people only stick to one console and buy a game every few months or so?  Just wondering what everyones' thoughts are on this.  

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General Gaming / Wing Commander Arena

« on: August 28, 2007, 02:59:53 PM »

Well as some of you may know I'm a huge Wing Commander fan.  Like, I run a fansite status.  So naturally I purchased the XBLA game "Wing Commander Arena", I was excited, without any big expectations since I knew well ahead of time what to expect from it.  The problem is, I've only been able to play the single player games 'cause I can never find anybody online!  That tends to be a problem for a multiplayer game.  

So even though I have a feeling that I am doomed to suffer the fight alone in the dark corriders that are single player tacked on game modes, perchance did anyone here get ahold of it and would you be willing to give it ago on some multiplayer?

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