Current mood:

geeky

Does Whatever A Spider Can!
So, welcome to my journal, where I plan to talk about games, life, and whatever else comes into my mind.

Let's start  with Spider-man 2 for the Xbox. Needless to say, movie-based games  generally aren't known for their quality gameplay, or their great length, but it's nice to see that a developer has finally pulled their thumbs out of their backsides and created the game that the die-hard gamers out there have been wanting for so many years; the free-roaming nature of the game really makes you feel as if you're protecting the city  from crime, and the wide variety of events occurring make the game fun to play for lengthy periods of time. there are also a huge number of secrets and collectibles in the game, ranging from awards, to different tokens, to hunting down  over 200 hint markers in the city, with all hints being given by Bruce Campbell of Evil Dead fame.  The game plays well, the story's interesting, if a little short, and not brilliant, the fight scenes are  good, and webslinging around New York is more fun than shaking a whole barrel of monkeys and then letting them loose in a nunnery.

Another fantastic game I just picked up is Viewtiful Joe for the Gamecube; think side-scrolling superhero beat 'em up with time-altering movie based abilities. And it's hard. Slow down time to dodge bullets, or punch them back at opponents, or to dodge melee attacks. Go to Mach Speed to run faster than your enemies, or attack at super speed, or enter Zoom mode to zoom in on yourself and execute special attacks. Not only is this all very cool, but the game is hard, REALLY hard, I spent a long time trying to defeat the first end boss; a helicopter, I was almost ready to give up until I realised I could use slow-mo to turn his attacks against him. God it's hard. I'm nowhere near defeating the game yet, but replaying the levels after  dying so many times ,because it's hard, is never infuriating due to the immense fun I'm having. Did I mention that this game is hard?

That's it for today, anyhow. Right now, I feel some hardcore coffee coming on.