Christmas 2010

Ah Christmas, the lovely time of year where great deals appear in their hundreds, new releases every week and my game collection gets out of control.

Every year for the past two-three years I will buy tons of new games or old games at cracking prices to only barely complete one or two. The rest will sit on the shelf for months before being tempted to play or traded in towards a newer game.

So this year I've been trying my best to sit down and give them a good session A.S.A.P. At first it started off really well but with work piling on the hours (Retail at Christmas sucks) my game time as dropped to barely nothing. But that doesn't mean I'm going to give in, going to win this christmas! anyway below is the list so far.

Oh that reminds me there are some games on the list that came out back in september, I consider these christmas games because they started off quarter four insane new game launches.

COMPLETED

Halo Reach X360 - Completed (Legendary Difficulty Solo)
Medal of Honor X360 - Completed (Hardmode Difficulty Solo)
Star Wars the Force Unleashed 2 X360- Completed
Lego Harry Potter PS3 - Completed (Platnium Trophy)
Call of Duty Black Ops X360 - Completed (Veteran Difficulty Solo)

THE LIST

God of War Ghost of Sparta PSP - Started
Star Wars the Force Unleashed 2 PS3 - Still wrapped
The Sims 3 X360 - Still wrapped
Spiderman Shattered Dimension X360 - Still wrapped
Assassin's Creed Brotherhood X360 - Started
Trinity Universe PS3 - Still wrapped
Kinectnimals X360 - Started
Kinect Joy Ride X360 - Started
Kinect Adventures X360 - Played
Fable 3 X360 - Started
Vanquish X360 - Still wrapped
Fallout New Vegas X360 - Still wrapped
Kane and Lynch 2 Dog Days X360 - Still wrapped
Borderlands Game of the Year X360 - Started
Atelier Rorona PS3 - Still wrapped
Wolfenstein X360 - Still wrapped
Naruto Shippuden Ultimate Ninja Storm 2 X360 - Still wrapped

RENTAL

Shrek Forever After PS3 - Completed (Platnium Trophy)
Shrek Forever After X360 - Completed (1,000 Gamerscore)
Army of Two 40th Day - Completed

MorphX X360 - Sent back, not got time to play
How to Train Your Dragon X360 - Sent back, not got time to play
Alpha Protocol - New rental



Huge list huh, wish me luck!

Review: Star Wars the Force Unleashed 2

Finally after a long wait it came out, got to say I've been really looking forward to this game for a while. Of course soon as I could get my hands on it, this was all I was playing until it was finished (About two-three evenings).

Got to say it was amazing but there was a few points that I felt could had been a lot better which would had made this game amazing and maybe even Game of the Year for me.

First off the length was short, I was quite shocked how quick this game was over. Not as short as several other games that have come out lately but defiantly not a good length, shame really because it could had been filled quite nicely with a few extra levels.

Second

****---Spoiler Alert---****

Yoda scene was just a cameo role which was disappointing, and what in the world happened with the whole Boba Fett hunting you down. Every magazine article and advert led me to believe there was going to be a huge showdown and nothing! Very upset about that. Can only hope the third game will make up for this

****---End Spoiler---****

But now onto the good points, got to love some of the new combat moves that was added in. Nothing like stealing a staff off a guard only to swing it back and use it against them. Everything else was amazing, graphics was stunning but I expected nothing less since the first one. Story was good and looking forward to seeing how this spans out in the future.

Even though there was a few disappointments, overall I really enjoyed the game and have no regrets picking it up. It will be staying as a keeper on my shelf

P.S. The average score for game play is to do with the spoiler above, don't forget game play for me is my thoughts/did I enjoy it etc



Star Wars the Force Unleashed 2 (Xbox 360)
Score: 8 out of 10
Gameplay: Average
Graphics: Good
Story: Good
Length: Short
Controls: Good