My Gaming Year Part 3
It's time for part 3 of my end of year evaluation. First comes Bastion, an XBLA release that features some cool combat and narration throughout your entire adventure. I enjoyed this game and its 2D art style. Another RPG, though. Kind of keeping with the trend I mentioned in my past posts.
Dead Island comes next in my list. Don't get me wrong, this game has its flaws. Engine problems abound in this game with clipping, some ugly textures, and strange enemy AI. This still doesn't detract from the fun of playing this game. Dead Island has a main story/side quest structure very similar to the Fallout and Elder Scrolls games so it's basically and action RPG. Much of the combat is first person melee and it remains a challenge all the way through to the end of the game as enemies level up with you. Also, each section of the island forces you to employ new combat mechanics to staying alive does not get boring. The sounds of the zombies screaming as they run at you are creepy and the deaths are horrifyingly gory. This games was a day one purchase for me and I am eagerly awaiting a sequel.
You Don't Know Jack is next on my list. Why is a trivia game in part 3 of my yearly gaming list? Because it is fun. It exhibits quirky humor and is entertaining from the opening logo screen. It is pretty much perfect to play at get togethers as I found out during christmas dinner at my house. On the flip side of that brilliant entry, I advise anyone to completely avoid the Scene It XBLA release that came out this year. Where were the scenes? It's just mainly static menus and an extremely annoying host. Just terrible. Anyways, now on to my favorite game this year....
Yeah, it's Skyrim. What else can be said about this game. Even my wife plays it obsessively and she is playing it in a completely different style. That is the absolute brilliance in this game over any other Elder Scrolls release or any release for that matter. The experience in this game is so unique to every player with whom I have spoken to about this game. I do have to say that it is unfortunate for the PS3 players how the game is basically broken on their platform but oh well. That's what you get for being a Sony snob. Haaaaaaaaaaa-ha!! Thanks.
Dead Island comes next in my list. Don't get me wrong, this game has its flaws. Engine problems abound in this game with clipping, some ugly textures, and strange enemy AI. This still doesn't detract from the fun of playing this game. Dead Island has a main story/side quest structure very similar to the Fallout and Elder Scrolls games so it's basically and action RPG. Much of the combat is first person melee and it remains a challenge all the way through to the end of the game as enemies level up with you. Also, each section of the island forces you to employ new combat mechanics to staying alive does not get boring. The sounds of the zombies screaming as they run at you are creepy and the deaths are horrifyingly gory. This games was a day one purchase for me and I am eagerly awaiting a sequel.
You Don't Know Jack is next on my list. Why is a trivia game in part 3 of my yearly gaming list? Because it is fun. It exhibits quirky humor and is entertaining from the opening logo screen. It is pretty much perfect to play at get togethers as I found out during christmas dinner at my house. On the flip side of that brilliant entry, I advise anyone to completely avoid the Scene It XBLA release that came out this year. Where were the scenes? It's just mainly static menus and an extremely annoying host. Just terrible. Anyways, now on to my favorite game this year....
Yeah, it's Skyrim. What else can be said about this game. Even my wife plays it obsessively and she is playing it in a completely different style. That is the absolute brilliance in this game over any other Elder Scrolls release or any release for that matter. The experience in this game is so unique to every player with whom I have spoken to about this game. I do have to say that it is unfortunate for the PS3 players how the game is basically broken on their platform but oh well. That's what you get for being a Sony snob. Haaaaaaaaaaa-ha!! Thanks.
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