You know, that time when I look at my blog and realize the last post is getting close to a month old - so I feel guilty and/or obligated to come up with something worthy of writing about. Which usually ends with a random rambling about whatever comes to mind at the time - if you are a loyal reader, this is nothing new to you.
So I got my Xbox 360 back after about a week, complete with a free month of xbox live gold. So far so good, though it always seems to take a bit of time before the system goes down for the count - let’s hope this one survives. I still haven’t finished Too Human, and I am actually at a point that is just completely annoying rather than interesting at all. The game has had blocks of time like this off and on, which were not horrible but not great either. It’s one of those places that you just repeatedly die over, and over, and over again - either I am underpowered, or just not playing right but either way its actually to the point of lowering my enjoyment of the game. Luckily these areas come and go, and the whole game isn’t this way - or my personal opinion of the game would be quite a bit different. Perhaps in co-op it would be a bit better, I do know that in the past I played co-op with a friend of mine and the portion we played actually seeemed almost too easy - so perhaps the game is really just geared towards co-op, but still a solo game should be balanced as well.
As I mentioned when posting about the death of my 360, I got Star Wars Force Unleashed on release day but barely have played it thus far- partially due to my xbox being on vacation and also juggling it in with some other games. So far what I have played has been pretty enjoyable - and it was nice to see that the demo level was not exactly like a level in the full retail game, but rather sections of it to give you a feel for the game. Even though I felt a bit of Deja Vue when playing through the areas that were in the demo - I didn’t feel like I was churning through the exact same level again.
I also have Pure - which I never have been that into this kind of game in the past, and I have to say I am pleasantly suprised by the game. It is very similar to any other racer that you might have played, its not ground breaking or anything like that but its enjoyable and well done. The customization of the ATVs goes right down to every little part - the only thing thats a bit strange is there is no cost in building or customizing the ATVs, as long as you have the items unlocked you can use them - guess I am just used to having some sort of cash cost in order to upgrade my vehicles. I actually am working on a full review for the game to be posted in the near future so keep an eye out for that.
My biggest gripe with my most recent Xbox repair is I can no longer play Braid. Whenever i boot up the game it starts as a trial version of the game, and this is true if I am or am not connected to live (most games will show full versions connected to live even if its not on the original console). Unfortunately before this repair I all ready did the license swap which probably would fix up the problem - so I just have to wait and see if they just haven’t processed my games yet or something. I was actually waiting to finish up the last couple levels in that game the whole time i was away - so this was a pretty big let down. Hopefully it actually gets resolved soon.
