Weekly: What Am I Playing?

As expected, this was a GRAW 2 kind of week. I was able to finish the single player campaign on 'Elevated Risk'. There's still one more level higher to finish the game at, so I may attempt that as well. My impressions:

Pros:
- Terrific visuals. A little more blurring then I would maybe like, but overall the game has a very good look to it.
- Nice action. Much like the first game, this time around there's plenty of firefights to get your teammates and yourself through.
- Blackhawk machine gun. This was my nemesis in the first game, as I would constantly be killed right as my gun started overheating. It was much easier going this time around.

Cons:
- Length. I actually said to myself "That's it?" when the credits started to roll. I guess I was surprised at the ease with which I was able to finish the final group of tasks. At least in the first game, the final boss had tons of baddies coming at me from all sides.
- Story. You'd think a Tom Clancy game would have a decent story, but alas, you'd be wrong.

I still have yet to try out the multiplayer, so I will post impressions of that whenever I get around to it.

I also played some Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on XBLA. The game was just like I remembered it back from my arcade days. Only this time, there was no constant begging for quarters from the nearest passerby.

This week, the new game on XBLA is Castlevania, which should be very good. I will definitely be picking that up when it comes out Wednesday.

What are you playing? Let me know if there's some game out there that I'm totally missing out on.

Weekly: What Am I Playing?

Every Monday, I'll try to update what I've been playing over the last week on my (insert game system here).

This past week, I started off playing Crackdown on 360. It's a pretty nice game, if you're into being able to run around in a pretty open environment and kill people just because they're in your way. Is it a great game? No, but it's worth at least a rental. It also has with it an invitation to the Halo 3 beta testing, whenever that goes live.

I also played Worms on Xbox Live Arcade when it was released Wednesday. I never really got into Worms on the PC, as I was usually just into playing something else at the time. This is a pretty nice game, though, and the online multiplayer is fun. Costs $10, so if you're interested, be sure to try out the demo first.

Then, yesterday, I started playing Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 on the 360. So far, it's showing itself off as a must buy. If you liked the first GRAW last year, you'll like this one too. I definitely recommend it, and that's just based on the single player campaign. I have yet to try out the multiplayer component, but I hear it's supposed to be the best multiplayer on 360 yet. With as good as Rainbow Six Vegas multiplayer is, I'll be interested to play GRAW 2 online soon.

So, there we are...it's been a 360 kinda week. This week should have more GRAW 2 and a new entry, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, that will be released on XBLA this Wednesday.