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[Barkworm]

I just got Darksiders. So far I like it.

[Cure]

Originally Posted by Barkworm

I just got Darksiders. So far I like it.

That game really surprised me. I was not expecting to love it as much as I did.

[Brodie]

Originally Posted by TheCure

That game really surprised me. I was not expecting to love it as much as I did.

It was just as awesome as I expected it to be.

Also? I got a free game with mine.

[AquaParade]

Originally Posted by Barkworm

I just got Darksiders. So far I like it.

I expected to be a fan of that game, but after playing the demo, I just couldn't get into it...

[Brodie]

The demo doesnt do the game justice. At all.

[Samhain]

Originally Posted by Brodie

The demo doesnt do the game justice. At all.

Agree. I love that friggin game. I was so hyped before it came out and once I got it, I was in heaven, or hell.

[AquaParade]

Originally Posted by AquaParade

Bioshock 2

I beat it and ended with the "good ending" this morning.
Simply Amazing.
Judging by the majority of feedback I was reading on the web, I was pretty sure that the sequel to the original Bioshock was going to fall just a little short in comparison. In my opinion, this was just not the case. I can't remember the last time I felt so beautifully immersed in a video game universe.

The combat, as I'm sure most of you have heard is a definite step up from the original. Dual wielding plasmids and weapons was a real treat, and I was pleasantly surprised at how well the plasmids and weapons worked in conjunction. One really neat example of this involves launching an enemy into the air with a "cyclone trap" , and instantly aiming up towards him, and tearing him to shreds with your machine gun in mid air...or even firing a spear afterwards to launch him across the room and onto the wall. Simply awesome.

What really sold me on this game was the level of immersion. Vapor leaves your visor "helmet hud" moist, water drips on your helmet triggering just the right sound effect, and the oceanic architecture is stunning. When you play this game and turn out the lights, you will enter the world of rapture.

To wrap things up, this was definitely one of the most satisfying games I've played in a while. After Mass Effect 2 spoiled me, I thought I'd have a mediocre few months of gaming, but Bioshock 2 has surpassed the original in my eyes (despite the oh so brilliant " Would you kindly?" revelation), and even risen to the top of my favorite games list among champions like Metal Gear Solid 3 and Shadow of the Colossus....Oh and the story was good too! Touching stuff.

Highly Recommended :]

Hope no one minds me throwin my "currently playing" Bioshock 2 feedback in here....Thoughts?

Originally Posted by Brodie

The demo doesnt do the game justice. At all.

This true? I really wanted to like that game. I'm a huge action adventure fan, but man fighting those big bats was excruciatingly boring, and I didn't think the level architecture was that great in the demo either...

[Brodie]

From what people are saying, I kind of want to "play" Bioshock 2, but I dont think it'd be much of an "experience," as the first one was. I'm interested.

And as far as Darksiders, it gets better, more interesting. Its a matter of investing time into it too. I flew through it, cause it was like "oh ****, I'm gonna do this, NOW I'm doing this." Whereas Cure was kind of slower and more meticulous, and collecting EVERY thing.

Its playable a bunch of different ways, in that regard. And at no time do you feel like its NOT some form of epic. Like, you ARE War, and you're powerful, and they show that. They just knock you down a few pegs by making you go up against GIANT BEHEMOTHS, or angels.

Really neat. Almost makes up for Joe Mad's absense from comics for 10 years... (cause Ultimates 3 certainly didn't.)

Its the adult version of Zelda, for basic terms. I look forward to Darksiders 2 more than I do the next Zelda, I'll say that much.

[Ninjinister]

One of my co-workers is going to let me borrow Darksiders. Then another of my co-workers (who doesn't even own a PS3 or 360, mind you) said this morning upon learning this, "Didn't you hear how terrible that game is?" He proceeds to pull up a review on Youtube by some British bloke whose accent is too thick for me to understand everything he says. The only thing I can understand is "God of War" repeated ad infinitum. Cue second co-worker giggling like a schoolgirl.

First co-worker and I spend the entire duration discussing how it's almost nothing like God of War and is more like the Zelda games.

Not related to game purchases, mind you, just Brodie's mention of the game triggered this memory from this morning.

On the actual purchasing front, I just got Hokuto no Ken: Raoh Gaiden on PSP. Haven't tried it yet, though.

[Candy Kappa]

soon done with saints row 2, love it