Re: Painting Wellingtons Brown 26/02/07

On 2007-02-26 10:12:41 +0000, Chris Whitworth <usenet.chris@xxxxxxxx> said:

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Crackdown (360) - I hate 3D sandbox games. Every one I've ever played. Then I played Crackdown. It's fucking incredible, because unlike GTA, there are no limits, no tedium, nothing stopping you. If you need to get around a big building then why run when you can just jump over it. You can climb on everything, and for the first time the phrase 'virtual playground' isn't misused, it's one giant climbing frame. Just collecting agility orbs can be tons of fun for hours on end. Played about five hours, done all the first set of gang bosses and three of the next set and loving it. It's also really, really beautiful. And the rocket launcher is the best weapon ever. It's actually making me look forward to GTA4 for some reason. Ace (though the car handling model is either rubbish or I can't do it).

Final Fantasy VII (PSXviaPSP) - Started a new game, did two reactors, fell into a church, met Aeris, sneaked out with her, saw Tifa in a town and am now hunting her down. It's ok, kinda dull, has no story yet, Barrett is annoying and the combat's rubbish. I don't like turn-based RTS games, but I could cope with M&L2 cos there was a bit of interaction in there. I'll persevere, as I have been told it improves substantially after ten hours or so, but I'm just a bit bored right now.

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Forza Motorsport 2, Virtua Tennis 3 (360)

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PlayStation 3. I'm now 95% certain I will cancel my pre-order. Congrats Sony. You're utter ***-ups. Ste, can I have first refusal when you're through with it? You said you'd probably sell it when you'd done with Ico and GoW, if you want I will happily pay you back in full when you're bored of it, just consider it a long free rental.


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