Yeah I know, I never use the blogs anymore. Sorry if I have been missing. Here is a review though.

Uncharted 2

You know those legendary sequels, the ones that are so good that every game that came after it was destined to be considered a disappointment when compared. When I think of greatest sequels in gaming history games like Mega Man 2 come to mind. Or Sonic 2, Resident Evil 2, Street Fighter 2, God of War 2. Sequels that took everything the first game did and raised it to the highest level. I believe Uncharted 2 can now be added to that list. I look at the Uncharted formula and feel like U2 has pushed it to it's limit. For the next title they should try some new gameplay ideas because there is no way Naughty Dog can top what they accomplished in Uncharted 2.

Uncharted 2 is basically the first game; in reality the core gameplay is identical with maybe a few melee tweaks. The gun play has not changed and the platforming is handled in the same manner it was in the previous title. There are no new gameplay additions in terms of the abilities of your character. This game is the first Uncharted with far improved level design and pacing. If there was ever an argument for how important level design is in games this is it.

The combat areas in this title blend the platforming and melee/stealth aspects of the gameplay perfectly resulting in a third person shooter that allows you to approach a situation in a variety of ways. In the first title there was usually a clear distinction between combat areas and platforming areas. There were almost no opportunities for the stealth approach. The levels were usually flat and consisted of wave after wave of enemies coming from two different sides. U2 makes sure that nearly every combat area allows you to have an opportunity for a stealth approach. Each area has vertical components, no longer are you just restricted to hiding behind the closest cover. Now you can climb up walls, get on rooftops, gain the high ground, and use ledges as cover all while in a combat situation. Nathan Drake can now pull off enemies from ledges dropping them to their death, this one melee addition adds to the stealth elements as now you can climb across the side of a building, reach a window and pull an enemy through it without them noticing you were even there before it is too late. These small tweaks to the levels change the combat dramatically. What was once a decent cover and pop shooter is now this sort of open ended "create your own" strategy shooter/stealth game. It's not to the level of MGS but it's kind of the next closest thing. Do realize that this is still a VERY scripted game, so there are many times where you will be forced to approach a situation one way, but not nearly as much as the first game.

On top of making the combat levels more engaging Naughty Dog went into the GoW book on how to make everything EPIC. We see that word thrown around a lot, this game deserves it. This game is one "OMG!!!" moment after another. You know all those clichés reviewers use on fun summer movies, stuff like "a rollercoaster ride from start to finish", "non-stop action!", "your heart will explode from the awesome!" ok I made up that last one. All those can be applied to Uncharted 2. It is a beautifully paced title, effortlessly mixing gameplay scenarios at the right moments. When you want action there is action, right when the player might be getting burned out from the action a large platforming section comes in. Drake is thrown into a multitude of different scenarios that take him all over the globe; if Uncharted were a movie the first one would be that low budget film that was filmed in one location cause they has no money. Uncharted 2 is the $300 million mega sequel that takes you all over the place and blows everything up in the process.


The best example of this is the train level; those who have played the game know what I am talking about. Minor spoilers ahead, skip to the next paragraph if you want to know nothing. Right smack in the middle of this game is a one hour long action segment that takes place on a moving train. This one hour of gameplay perfection melds every single gameplay element in Uncharted 2 into this concentrated amazingly laid out section. It has gunplay, platforming, stealth, multiple boss fights, during what has to be the most visually stunning segment of the entire game. A level for the ages.

Up to this point this review has been a love fest but there are negatives as with all games. Here is a simple assumption for me to throw out, if you did not like the first game you won't like the second game. The core gameplay is identical so if anyone had issues with the semi automated platforming it is still there. Yes it would be nice if there wasn't so much hand holding when it came to platforming. I understand that the developers were going for that simple everyone can play type of platforming; in that regard this system works fine. To go the Tomb Raider route would force the game off of its constant forward pacing. There are puzzles but once again they are as basic as they come. Like the first game the answers are found in Drake's journal, all it takes is some elementary school reasoning skills and you will do fine. They might as well scrap puzzles if that is all they are going to do with them. Above all the gunplay might be the largest issue for some. This game isn't the most fast paced, lighting reflex shooter out there. It is not that the shooting mechanics are off, where you aim is where you will shoot, it is more about how damage is handles. Enemies are bullet sponges and they don't seem to react to being shot in specific areas. It is not like RE4 where if you shoot them in the leg they will drop, or if you shoot them in the shoulder they will spin. You kind of just pump bullets into enemies until they die. The guns don't have the pop that the best shooters have, they feel like borderline pea shooters. Again it is exactly the same as the first game, I had these same complaints with that title. The difference is this game creates set pieces that fit all the gameplay elements rather than just the shooting or just the platforming. Personally I am still not a big fan of the cover shooters, pop and shoot is no where near as interesting as gunplay in a game like RE4 for me. So I was thrilled that U2 opened up the combat to encompass more than just pop and shoot.

Not only is Uncharted 2 fun to play it genuinely has a fun story with excellent characters. So many games try to be cinematic; some go about it by having hour long cutscenes which I feel is not the way. A game must meld the story with the gameplay perfectly while presenting the action in a movie like fashion, then it is cinematic. I believe there is about an hour and a half of cutscenes in Uncharted 2 but you would never realize it as these scenes are scattered throughout the game. Whenever there is a major moment in the action you are playing it, not watching it. The acting is superb; I dare you to find a better voice and motion capture cast from this entire generation. Each cutscene has this Hollywood movie feel to it, I can actually see the actors acting through their game personas. Nathan Drake continues to be the best new hero of this generation. Elena, Sully and the rest of the cast all have the perfect supporting roles. The overall plot is a basic rip-off of Indiana Jones; you won't find any deep philosophical meaning in here. It is your basic summer movie in game form. Essentially that means the story is there to provide entertainment. You will laugh, it will be really hard not to like the heroes, and you will love to hate the villains. ****c summer movie presentation, no game does it better.

Look at how much I have written and I haven't even mentioned multiplayer. The single player alone is one of the best campaigns I have played this gen, the multiplayer is what pushes the game into GOTY status. I prefer third person shooters to the first person kind, and that applies especially to online play. For whatever reason I find third person combat to be more engaging and to allow a bit more freedom. Sadly most third person shooters just don't translate well online, thankfully this is not the case. The gunplay, melee, and platforming hybrid gameplay surprisingly works great in competitive multiplayer and offers an online mode unlike any out there. ND did not skimp out on features, it has a full online mode that can rival most FPSs. All the usual game types are there, there are ranked and unranked matches, and a whole level up system complete with perks to buy. If that wasn't enough you got a slew of cooperative modes, none better than three levels that play like 3 player co-op sessions of the single player mode. The story mode is easier in U2 than the first game, thankfully the co-op mode is crazy hard to compensate. If you want your hardcore difficulty fix play this mode on crushing. I wish there were more levels to play in co-op, the other two modes are still great but nothing can match playing a campaign co-op level. The online features in Uncharted 2 are as good as any game; it will compete for best multiplayer of the year and probably win many awards.

Do I even need to mention the graphics? Look at the game, its gorgeous! It might not have the most polygon pushing graphics, nor the most photorealistic, but no game is this easy on the eyes. There are certain vistas where I stood to stare in awe for minutes. The music is all orchestrated with no real catchy tunes outside of the main theme though. While it might not be memorable it does fit the mood of every scene. The sound quality is high throughout; again maybe the gun sounds could have used a bit more oomph. Uncharted 2 is a technical marvel, it is a benchmark game for the PS3.

I won't say that Uncharted 2 has the best single player campaign or that it is perfect or anything like that. This is a game that improves on the first games formula and takes it to the limit. I honestly can't see how they can top this title without changing the gameplay in a major way. This is one of those games that excel in every aspect; you got the production values, the excellent gameplay and incredible replay value.

Overall Score: 9.7

One of my good friendson this site has shown me a site called backloggery.com, itallows you toinput games you own, orrented and mark them as beat or unfinished. Its an excellent way to keep track of your backlog. In my collection, games I own currently, I have 121 unfinished games and 312 completed ones, yes I have a huge collection of games. So I have a lot of work to do on that, you can see which games on this link, http://backloggery.com/dvader.

This site also lets me add games and mark them as formely owned or rented, it has all sorts of filters. I have always wanted to create a list of every single game I have ever beaten, with this site I can add all the games I rented or borrowed onto this list. So I have done it, I have come up with a list of every single game I have ever beaten in my life. Now this list is probably not 100% correct as I cant remember perfectly which games I finished and which ones I did not but I think I have it close.

If you check the site to see which games I have finished,dont forget its split into beaten and completed, the filters only choose one at a time. So combined I have finished 494 unique games (a few games had multiple entries cause I own multiple copies, thats why that number doesnt match the number on the site). And now for my epic breakdown of my gaming conquest history.

By console:

I will put games from the VC, PSN and game collections that belong on older systems under that older systems category.

• PS2 - 71
• PS3 (including new PSN games)- 63
• PS1 - 63
• Genesis - 49
• NES - 39
• Xbox - 37
• Wii (including WiiWare) - 24
• GC - 23
• DC - 22
• Saturn - 20
• DS - 17
• Arcade - 16
• SNES - 13
• PC - 13
• GBA - 8
• N64 - 7
• Game Gear - 6
• GBC - 6
• TG16 - 2
• MSX - 2

As you can see, I have beaten most games on the PS systems. I consider the PS1 and PS2 to be the best consoles of all time and that is probably why, cause I have done so much of my gaming on those machines. Genesis at 4th is interesting, having the Genesis collection helps with that, but even without it I did all my 16-bit gaming on that system. NES would be higher but back then finishing games was much harder. I am surprised at how many Xbox games I finished. Nintendo systems didn't do so well, the Wii is already at the mark of the GC, so the Wii will easily be my most beat Nintendo console. I only beat 7 N64 games... only 13 SNES games, yikes.

By generation:

• Last gen (PS2, Xbox, GC, GBA, DC) - 160
• This gen (PS3, Wii, DS) - 103
• 32-bit era (PS1, N64, Sat, GBC) - 96
• 16-bit era (Gen, SNES, GG, TG16) - 70
• 8-bit era (NES) - 39

No surprise here, the farther back I go the younger I was and the harder it was to complete games. Last gen I finsihed the most games but I am sure this gen will surpass that number easily.

By Publisher:

• Sega - 95
• Capcom - 56
• Nintendo - 54
• Konami - 37
• Sony - 35
• Lucasarts - 22
• Take 2 - 14
• Ubisoft - 14
• Activision - 13
• Square/Enix- 12
• EA - 12
• Eidos - 12
• Namco - 11
• Midway - 9
• Psygnosis - 5
• Microsoft - 4

What a landslide, without a doubt I have finished far more Sega games than any other. Nearly 100 games of theirs spanning so many genres, franchises, and eras. They are truly one of the greatest gaming companies of all time. I am shocked that Capcom managed to sneak past Nintendo for second place. Nintendo of course is high on the list, without question most of the best games of all time come from them and I have tried to play as many as I can. Konami was around all my life, no doubt it was going to be high up. Sony rounds up the high numbers, they came strong the last three gens. All Japanese companies at the top of course, Japan >>> rest of world. The rest of the list has the usual suspects. I left out all those other companies that had a few games. Of note, Psygnosis with 5 games, they kicked ass during the PS1 era.

By Franchise:

• Star Wars - 22
• Sonic - 18
• Mario - 15
• Castlevania - 13
• Zelda - 13
• Resident Evil - 12
• Mega Man - 11
• Metroid - 8
• Metal Gear - 8
• Virtua Fighter - 7
• GTA - 7
• Mortal Kombat - 7
• Final Fantasy - 6
• TMNT - 6
• Ratchet and Clank - 5
• Legacy of Kain - 5

On this list I cheated a bit cause I just stuck all games from one property into one franchise. So when you see Star Wars, its every single game with the word Star Wars in it, even though its split into many franchises. I have finished more Star Wars games than even Sonic ones, which surprises me. What doesn't surprise me is that I finished 18 sonic games, more than Mario which has a ton of different franchises going on. That said, they are both whores, so don't you dare try to argue that Mario has less games cause he doesn't. Castlevania and Zelda tied at 13, the reason being that there aren't more than 13 Zelda games (Link isn't a whore), if they make them I will play. Resident Evil is at 12, thats that I have not played all the spin-offs, nor do I want to. Mega Man has 11 and I skiped over the X series (except the first). Metroid is the same as Zelda, they need to make more of them. Metal Gear, played them all, need more (oops I lie, I need to finish VR Missions, oh and that Portable Ops, and those Acid games... I change my statement, I need more NOT ON THE PSP). I have been a loyal fan of VF since the beginning and I will continue to be. Yes I liked Mortal Kombat a lot. Yes I was a nutcase for TMNT. Yes I have beatenevery single Kain game, and I would buy more.

E3 is over, time to dissect it. This E3 was a hell of a lot better than last year, it was back to being the mega show we all remembered. Lets start off with the conferences:

Microsoft - This conference set the stage for the overall show we were going to have, you can tell immediately that the surprises and major reveals were back. The show kicked off with Rock Band Beatles, I love the Beatles so I am excited for it but the segment went on for far too long. While it was a major deal having the Beatles on stage, Paul and Ringo looked totally out of place. Quickly it got into the games, well not before a weird Tony Hawk reveal with a terrible skateboard peripheral, who's going to use that. Once they got into their exclusives it was golden. Some truly stunning stage presentations like Splinter Cell, Modern Warfare 2, Halo: ODST, and my favorite new game Shadow Complex. They actually showed Alan Wake, it exists! It might not have been what I expected but it was there. Forza 3 was announced, Crackdown 2, L4D2 and a new Halo, so in terms of new game announcements they did not disappoint. Then came the moment we all expected, Metal Gear was coming to the 360 and we got a crappy teaser of the new Raiden game, I was actually surprised that MGS4 won't be ported. They also covered some new multimedia enhancements, like magic streaming HD movies, looks like MS went to the same magician those OnLive guys visited. Oh that's right, Facebook and Twitter support, yay...

Microsoft then revealed their new controller, Natal. It's impressive tech to be sure, I especially love the voice recognition but I cant see it being applied to the games we normally play like Halo. It looked like a giant mini game peripheral, I am not sure having nothing is better than having something in your hand. Then Peter Monlenuex (sp?) showed off his creepy boy simulation. The demo did blow me away but afterwards reality set in, how much of a real conversation can you have with AI, it's yet to be seen.I don't see any practical use for this stuff yet, they have a lot of work to do to show that this tech can work in actual games. Overall Grade: B

Nintendo -Easily the most improved conference compared to last year, well to be fair Miyamoto could have taken a dump on stage and it would have been improved from last year.Cammy was the first presenter so I already wanted to turn off my TV but she was more serious this time, almost too much. It was like someone replaced last years Cammy with an emotionless robot Cammy, still wondering which one I prefer, probably neither. Why did I spend two sentences on Cammy? (crap now three) Anyway they started by showing New Super Mario Bros. Wii which was better than all the games they showed put together from last year. Clasic 2D Mario with four players on a console, sweet! Next was the Wii motion plus segment showing off Wii Sports Resort, to be honest it wasn't that bad but still boring to watch. Then it all went to hell. I tried to erase the memories, all I recall is that there was some fashion game, women being murdered, and Iwata talking about a vitality censor.

The outcome was looking bleak, there is no way this conference can be saved. Out came Reggie, he has become a far cry from his ass kicking self from years past. Something was different though, Reggie was ready to kick ass and take names, that's when he announced Super Mario Galaxy 2!!!! What!?! There is an actual Galaxy 2! Reggie was not finished though, he then pulled a Team Ninja Metroid game out of his ass, no one saw this one coming! That's how you freaking end a show! If they had Zelda to show at that moment it would have been the perfect trifecta, it would have been legendary. Still two big game trailers is not enough to erase the crap that filled the middle of the conference. Overall Grade: C

Sony - Sony kind of did the same thing they did last year, have a solid conference but some how managed to make it boring. It went on forever, to much blabbering from the suits and the uninterested translator. If they just stuck to the games, of which IMO they had the best lineup of the three, it would have easily been the best conference of the show. The games were stellar, none better than the opening Uncharted 2 demonstration. They had gameplay of Assassin's Creed 2, MAG (boring), Modnation Racers, and ended it with another fantastic demo, GoW3. As with MS they had plenty of new game announcements like The Agent, the aforementioned Modnation Racers, the official unveiling of The Last Guardian and FFXIV which is online but still was a cool annoucement. Sony spent a lot of time on the PSP and for good reason, it has a great lineup. There was a true MGS trailer at this show, filled with Kojima flare and comedy. An announcement of a new Resident Evil for the PSP. Gran Turismo was well represented with the PSP reveal and a glorious new trailer for GT5.

Again like MS they showed off their new motion controller. It borrows heavily from the Wii, it's basically a wiimote with a light bulb on the top. No IR censors, instead it uses the eye toy to keep track of the movements. They showed 1 to 1 motion in a variety of tech demos, again nothing we haven't seen before as Nintendo has this tech coming out this week in stores, but I can see this being applied to actual games rather easily. Like Sony said you need buttons to play games, no amount of body control can ever substitute for buttons. So while the tech is boring, I can see actual games using this next year. Overall not as well put together as MS's conference but I feel a better lineup. Overall Score: B-

EA - This was a great show, they didn't waste any time, it was straight to the games. Great stage demos of Brutal Legend, Mass Effect 2, Dragon Age, and the best trailer ever in Star Wars The Old Republic. They had strong guests, great speakers (Peter Moore is a natural), great show. Overall Score: B

Ubisoft - Stop talking!!! OMG Stop! I swear they did not show an actual game until about 40 minutes in. They hired some dude from E! to host, he wasn't bad but he didn't help. James Cameron came on to talk about Avatar the movie and game, he went on for 20 minutes describing the entire movie, while I am very interested in the movie you don't spend that much time talking about it in a game conference. Lots of kid stuff like Imagine and Petz. They had the same stage demos of their games that the other conferences had. Bad. Overall Score: D

Konami - They had Kojima talk about MGS: PW, MGS: Rising, MGS the arcade and Castlevania, what?! Castlevania?! OMG!!!! There was more to the show after that but it was total trash. Overall Score: C-

The Games (this year I will rate the games on a scale of 1 to 5, 5 being I want this game right now! and 1 being I wouldnt play it if it were free)

God of War 3 - Last year a dumb CG trailer, this year a freaking 30 minute demo! Boy it did not disappoint. The action looks similar but the sense of scale is bigger than ever. New gameplay elements were on display, like the riding of a cyclops to break the shields of the enemy. After the most gruesome death I have ever seen in a game, you gain Helios head which will be your light in dark areas. The demo ended with a fantastic flight segment up a wind tunnel. The demo had everything that makes GoW so special, its not just an action game like DMC or NG, its far more than that, the gameplay variety in that demo alone is more than those two games I mentioned. Score - 5

Assassin's Creed 2 - What a demo they had of Assassin's Creed 2. It showed off new stealth moves, better graphics, andbetter combat. The best part was when the producers stated that the mission structure is totally revamped and all of the boring crap from the first game is gone. This game will probably be one of the best games of the year. Score - 4

Modern Warfare 2 - You know what I learned from this game, climbing up mountains in real time is boring. But riding snowmobile's while shooting guys is awesome! It clearly has the same variety of locations and situations that the first game had. You know multiplayer will be excellent. A no brainer. Score - 4

Halo: ODST - I saw the stage demo of this on G4, its cool that its trying to be a more open world FPS. I am sure it will be interesting to play as someone that is no Master Chief and I bet the story will be great. Still it looked like Halo to me, which is not bad but not terribly exciting, I still need to play Halo 3 so maybe that's why I am not feeling it. Score - 3

Super Mario Galaxy 2 - OMG!!!! Its Super Mario Galxy 2!! Yoshi!!! More crazy wildly imaginative levels! New items like the drill top! The first one was the best 3D platformer of all time, this one will even be better. Score - 6

Silent Hill Shattered Memories - They had a nice long demo on this one, strangely I am still wondering how it will all come together. It's one of those games you will just have to play to find out. Having a game where your choices change the outcome is hard to convey in an E3 demo. The action segments were a kind of meh to me. Also the game seemed very slow, the demo had Harry moving from store to store just looking at things, nothing too exciting. The start of SH1 was incredible, this not so much. We shall see, I am still very interested though. Score - 3

Shadow Complex - This is how you do an XBLA game! The geniuses at Epic decided that "hey we love metroid! Specifically 2D Metroid. We can't make Metroid, so lets makes something just like it!" Thank you! It seems to have the Metroid formula firmly intact while giving it a modern world take on it. This game I would buy in a heart beat. Score - 5

Gran Turismo 5 - Look, it's still in development, yay! Best visuals in a racing game by far. It seems to have a full rally racing license as well as Nascar, making it three full games in one. It will have damage, maybe only in those two modes but who knows. Of course it will have online. The trailer showed me all I needed to see, GT5is the one racing game I will need this gen. Score - 4

Metroid: Other M - Team Ninja and Nintendo making Metroid, HUH?! The game looks like its a 2D/3D hybrid, other than that I cant tell much from the trailer. I hope it keeps all the elements that make Metroid Metroid. Too many questions surround this title but I am sure I will get it when it hits. Score - 4

Brutal Legend - I'm not really a metal fan but I like the lore of something like Heavy Metal. This is basically a game based on that and it looks like a ton of fun. Open world action/adventure with an excellent cast and theme. Plus its Tim Schafer. Score - 4

Splinter Cell Conviction - Oh hell yes! No weird hobo Sam, its badass super spy Sam. They are doing cool things with the gunplay, making it very cinematic, almost like a spy movie. The environments seem more open, more ways to tackle a situation is always welcome. I was impressed. Score - 4

Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker - Kojima is trying really hard to get the message across that this is the true sequel to the MGS franchise. Sadly its on the PSP. It looks like MGS3, which is awesome. He says it will play like an MGS game but with the limited controls of the PSP we shall see. There were four Big Bosses, so I assume there is some co-op and one hell of a screwed up story. Because its on PSP I cant care about it that much. Score - 3

Uncharted 2 - A building collapsed in real time as you are in the middle of a firefight, holy ****! That gameplay demo was as impressive as anything shown at the show. The trailer shows a more complex story in terms of the characters, which if you played the first you love. It's Uncharted 1 x 100, with multiplayer (which is awesome btw.) A big time GOTY contender. Score - 5

Resident Evil Darkside Chronicles - RE2 and CV, my two favorite old school RE games together in one game. UC was actually a really good game, very deep for a light gun game, but a tad bit sloppy. Impressions from this game say this one is even sloppier. Watching videos it seems even slower than the first. Not a good showing. Score - 3

Alan Wake - Actual Alan Wake gameplay?! Proof right there that this E3 was great. To be honest I was expecting something different, it was too standard 3rd person action game to me. Again it's just a demo, and there were cool things going on like a floating car, trees being knocked down in the background. I just hope there is a larger focus on puzzles, horror and exploration rather than shooting. Score - 3

Mass Effect 2 - Good lord this game looks amazing. Combat looks more fluid than the first. I heard the first had some issues; hopefully this game fixes that up. I am still dying to play the first and I want the second just as badly. Score - 5

New Super Mario Bros. Wii - 2D mario on consoles once again, sweet! I just hope its more SMB3 rather than SMB1 like NSMB was. Luckily the Koopa kids are back and there seems to be far better level design in this game than the DS version. The question still remains of how well a single player game it is. Score - 4

Scribblenauts - He ****ing traveled through time, grabbed a dinosaur to ride, brought him back to the future so that he can kill the ****ing robot zombies! A game where your imagination is the limit. It remains to be seen how good the puzzles will be but they say you can create and share levels so I expect great things from that. Score - 4

Bayonetta - The demo was crazy, guillotines, iron maidens, giant demon hair monsters being summoned in the middle of battle. Action that makes DMC well cry. There was this huge boss battle, the dude ripped out a bridge and used it as a weapon against you, insane stuff. Bye DMC and NG, a new champ is coming. Score - 5

Ratchet and Clank A Crack in Time - It's ratchet so I am sold already. The demo showed a large world to run around, a larger level than I have ever seen in a Ratchet game. Ratchet now has these boost rocket boots that allow you to zoom around the level. I hear Clank will have his own side to the game as well. I have no doubts that it will be better than the last one. Score - 4

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - A 3D Castlevania that looks good?! It seems like Konami finally put up the money, its visually stunning, has an all star voice cast, its got the polish all other 3D CV games did. The action looks like its heavily borrowed from GoW which is not a bad thing. Plus Kojima is helping. It might be Castlevania only in name though. I still need to see more than just a trailer but I am excited. Score - 4

Batman: Arkham Asylum - I have played the combat demo now I got to watch a demo about the stealth gameplay and I was floored. It's got a splinter cell like feel to it but in the air since Batman uses height to his advantage. There looks to be many ways to get around any one room. Best of all it is Batman, everything about it, especially the voice acting is Batman. Wow. Score - 5

Red Steel 2 - Wow, much improved from the first game, in fact it has nothing to do with the first game. Looks beautiful for a wii game, cell shading is the way to go. Combat looks fun you got the wii motion plus that should make sword fighting more dynamic. Good mix of gunplay with sword play. Looking good. Score - 4

Final Fantasy The Crystal Bearers - I have seen enough of this game to know I want it. Sadly the E3 demo wasn't that great. It showed off some cool scripted moments like flying an airship and riding a chocobo while shooting enemies. But it did not show the normal combat of the game, i wanted to see more of that. So as an E3 showing it wass not so great. Score - 3

Tekken 6 - Its got a full brawler mode, just like Tekken 3, sweet! I love Tekken cause of all the crazy extra stuff they throw into their game. It's a really good fighting engine as well but I am not a fan of their crazy insane dial a combos. But I loved Tekken 3, this looks to follow in that games footsteps, I am interested. Score - 3

Zelda : Spirit Tracks - I still see nothing that shows me that this won't be another stripped down Zelda title. Will I buy it yeah, will it be good yeah, will it be Zelda, no. It's an imposter.The artwork for the next Zeldais more exciting than this. Score - 2

Mafia 2 - I saw a stage demo of this showing an action sequence inside what I think was a winery. Looks like it had GTA4 like combat, slightly better in fact. The story seems to be a far more realistic gangster story. One producer said this game isn't really an open world game, there isn't much to do outside of missions, which is fine as long as those missions are excellent. That remains to be seen. Score - 3

Time for awards:

• Best graphics - Uncharted 2
• Biggest surprise - Metroid Other M
• Best new game announcement - Super Mario Galaxy 2
• Best game you probably missed - Scribblenauts
• Most Innovative - Scirbblenauts
• Most improved sequel - Red Steel 2
• Best new hardware - Project Natal
• Best trailer - Star Wars The Old Republic
• Most embarrassing moment - Women's Murder Club
• Best company showing - Sony (while Nintendo had trailers of their big games, Sony had gameplay. Their lineup interests me more than what MS themselves had)
• Best 360 exclusive game - Shadow Complex
• Best Wii exclusive game - Super Mario Galaxy 2
• Best PS3 exclusive game - Uncharted 2

Overall Game of the Show (had to have a demo) - Uncharted 2 (runner-up God of War 3)