The Bourne (insert random word that preferably ends in –Y)

A few nights ago after watching The Mist with fellow Laserblader Brendo (effed up, I recommend) , he directed me to Download the new game footage of the Gears of War II. Gears looks amazing of course but he kind of got on my case because I was also downloading the demo for the Bourne Fraternity game. I waited until he left to play it.

Well, I honestly, I really had fun with it. I am a fan of the movie series. The Bourne Virginity being my favorite of course but the game does a decent job of reenacting some of the cooler scenes in the movies.

The fight scenes are fast and close up and you get that kind of filming angle that gives it a cinematic effect. I also like how it moves really fast from one part to the next. It uses the button response gimmick (which I don’t hate) to allow for certain seemless sections.

It probably won’t be overall that good of game because let’s face it; Movie games suck*! It does seriously suffer from a lack of a counter button which I am amazed has been left out of the fighting. Also, why doesn’t he look like Matt Damon. He’s only the sexiest man alive.

Give it a try. It’s free. And don’t make fun of me.

* Apparently the Chronicles of Riddick video game didn’t suck that much but the movie did so I count that.

What have we been doing? GTV IV that's what!

So, it's been eerily quiet here on the games division and I can only take some of the blame. Brendan's getting married, Susan and I have been smoking GTA IV like it's crack (sorry Dad... too soon?), and I don't think that Matt has an excuse. Mass Effect? That was sooo 4 months ago.

Early thoughts on GTA IV - Everyone and their mother will tell you how awesome GTA IV is and I agree but I did want to mention a few things that I dislike so far. No spoilers here. And please don't hate me.

1) Walking - the walking movement is a little weird. With such a great game why is turning around so hard? I keep turning into the railways and doors. Oh, and how hard is it to go up a ladder? Turns out it's pretty hard.

2) Driving. It's really hard. It took me a while to beat the first race which made me very angry!

3) The map. I use it often but I have to go through a few steps to get to it. In Bully, created by Rockstar, your map can be easily brought up by pressing the select button. Also, zooming in on the map is annoyingly slow. Anyone else?

4) Failing a mission - I do like when you fail you can go to again quickly but why do so many mission start out with you driving 5 minutes to get to the main story. When you fail you have to re-drive and re-drive. Small complaint.

Now, I know I am complaining about a great game but I thought I would just bring it up. Happy gaming and let's go with the posts!