...so here it is. Most recently I've played Infamous, Prototype, BatMan: Arkham Asylum, and now playing the original Silent Hill. (Thank you PSN!!!) For next week; I got in on an early screening of Paranormal Activity so I'm looking forward to that and for you horror fans into shlock, a stellar Plan 9 trailer made itself known last week. I normally hate remakes but you can't really go wrong remaking Plan 9 from Outer Space.
So, Infamous was good; overall I liked it. Although I almost gave-up during the first half of the game; I couldn't stand Cole's BFF, he sounded too much like a Parody of former president Bush. Don't get me wrong I'm all about making fun of the guy but at that point I wanted to forget the whole administration.
Next up, I played Prototype; not a bad game either and in some ways a little more dynamic than Infamous, game play-wise. However, Infamous's story was a lot better fleshed out imo.
After that I got ahold of Batman Arkham Asylum; I was truly excited for this one and was sort of let down. I was hoping it would feel a lot more like the Graphic Novel written by Grant Morrison and illustrated by Dave McKean. While it was somewhat dark it still had too much of a Joel schumacher feel to it. Harley Quinn looked stupid, there I said it. I thought the game play was all over the place trying to be the best of stealth and action and neither mechanic felt at home in the game. There where some pluses. I'll give high marks for puzzels, and inventory.
Finally, the original Silent Hill. Thank you PSN!!!!! Wow, I havent played this game since it was released in 1999. When I first started playing; I was like, holy hell what is this pixilated mud on my beautiful 40" 1080p LCD, lol. After my eyes adjusted and I got used to the controlls, which took about a half hour. I was going strong. Man, It just goes to show you story and a good soundtrack is everything, in a game, in my opinion. Silent Hill still delivers the chills guys. I was playing till about 1:00 am this morning, and I was s***ing my pants on a couple of occasions, amazing. A game hasn't done that to me since, well 2003 or 2004 and I'm thinking Fatal Frame II. This generation for gaming is a let down in some respects or I'm just old and crochety, idk, they just dont make like they used to.
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Arkham Asylum was incredible. I agree, Harley Quinn looked stupid, but she would have looked just as stupid if she wore her cartoon outfit, so it's a wash. Her voice work, like all the ones from the cartoon, was excellent though. I don't agree about the Schumacher vibe though. Sucks you felt that.
The first Silent Hill is classic, even though I never got that far into it. I love the atmosphere. I lost interest in the series starting with the third one though. Your little write up made me want to play it just now...but I still haven't attempted to try fixing my PS3 so that plan is not happening haha.
I don't know about InFAMOUS, but I didn't like Prototype. I mean surely, it is interesting to get ballistic in the middle of Manhattan but, in my opinion that's all there is so it gets boring after a short amount of time. Its almost completely the same as The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction (PS2). But I don't know. It depends on individual...
Respect for SH
I want to buy Homecoming now, just to find the money
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