It's been about a month since i last posted a blog, so here's the catching up (although i haven't done much)
I pre-ordered the Uncharted 2 limited edition the other day. I usually don't pre-order games, but i was going to get Uncharted 2 anyway, and pre-ordering is the only way to get the special edition. From what i've read, it comes in a special case with some free stuff and exclusive DLC, so that's cool considering its the same price as the normal edition. It comes out this Thursday in Australia, so only another four days then i'm hunting for treasure again! I haven't played the beta yet, but the online has me interested, in that none of the reviews seem to have complained about it. I didn't really think multiplayer would suit a game like Uncharted, but from the movie clips and info thats around, it sounds fun, so that's cool.
I've started a new character in Demon's Souls. I originally was playing a New Game + with my soldier character (with a Dragon Long Sword +5 and a Viscious Compoung Long Bow +5 that made the game rather breezy at times the first play through) but the new game + makes things twice as hard. Even with all my equipment and stats, enemies kill me quicker than in the first play through, and it takes me longer to kill enemies (even the standard zombies in the first world take a few hits). I decided that i'd rather try a new character, with different stats, so i made a thief. I'm doing really well, and i'm so much faster that i can usually avoid attacks rather than defend against them. I've also started using magic a lot more, and it's made things so much easier. The skeletons in the Shadowmen area take only two fireballs to go down (the big yellow ones only take three) so it's easy to get through.
I've finished the Umbrella Chronicles on Wii, and i like it (perhaps because i payed only $20 AUD for it). I managed to get all the secret levels, and S ranks for the first two chapters of the game (RE 0 and 1). I've mastered critical headshots (yay!) which are easy enough to get by aiming for the very top of a zombie's head, so that made things easier. I think that in the entire game, my favourite levels were the first and last story missions for the RE3 chapter. They were filled with more zombies than any other part of the game.
I've also been playing Undying on my laptop (even though it is still a diseased wreck). I was surprised that it worked on my laptop, since barely anything other than Doom works on my laptop (even Duke Nuken has occasional troubles) but, barring a few occasional freezes, the game works great. It's a FPS based on a story and characters written by Clive Barker (my current obsession) but unlike the rubbishy 'Jericho', Undying is really good. You play as Patrick, a Scottish occult detective, who goes to his friend'sisland estate to help him solve a mystery. His dead family has returned from the dead, and are trying to kill him. Thus, you need to hunt them down and kill them...again. It's really good, and can get really freaky at times.
The game uses a two hand system, in that the left hand is for conventional weapons (such as a pistol, shotgun, speargun and a kickass scythe) while the right hand uses magic (like lightning bolts and exploding skulls). It's actually really good, although some spells and weapons make things a little too easy (the scythe is completely awesome, killing most enemies in two-three hits, while it's secondary function restores health; whereas the shield spell prevents damage altogether)
It's fairly long compared to recent FPS games like Killzone 2, COD4/5 and Halo 3, but it never feels drawn out.The best parts are probably towards the beginning of the game, where you have barely any weapons andammo and you are wandering through a mansion filled with werewolves (who attack in packs), while the most disappointing part of the game is towars the end, where you end up in an alternate universe that seems to be filled with cavemen (still good though). The dead family members are completely awesome though, such as the werewolf girl who presents bountiful cleavage, and the crazed axe man (with fire powers it seems). My favourite, though, is the zombie/ghost Aaron, who runs around as a naked, skinless corpse covered in hooks. As a ghost he chases after you for a good portion of the game trying to kill you, appearing and disapperaring at will, until you find his corpse andre-kill it.
And that's about all of gaming-related things i've done this last while. I also have been playing RE5 on veteran and havebeen playing through Dissidia on PSP.