aite so i haven't done this for a very long long time. since i have a reliable place to use a comp (college library) i'm going to go back to my old routine...

killzone 2- i tried out the multiplayer yesterday.it was awesome. everything pretty much worked for me. the maps were awesome, and the action felt right. it wasn't too slow, but it wasn't too fast that the aiming became a big issue. one thing i have noticed about this game is that people tend to roll in packs. this made my game much easier (i'm usually the guy flanking with a silenced weapon on cod). one thing i did notice that the games are better suited for longer ranged matches. the assault rifle worked well in cqf but the sights,even on alt 2, felt better the farther away a person is. my only complaint is that the menu's looked a little confusing. after each match, it was hard to tell how many kills i had, or what those emblems meant at the top of the list. other than that, it was great....

call of duty world at war- ok so i picked this up over the holidays and i have played this extensively to proclaim that cod4 is way better. it doesn't mean that this was a horrible game, it just means that it is a good game, not an awesome game. positives

• single player campaign was fun. it had one of the best presentations for a ww2 shooter. action is intense and the maps were really fun. typical cod action
• nazi zombies!!!
• they tried to balance some things out from the previous games. nades aren't as dangerous because the blast radius has been reduced. i hated nade fests in the first map where nades that didn't seem dangerous became instant kills because of the large blast radius
• some guns seem a little bit more accurate (mainly the stg-44)
• some multiplayer maps were great such as castle and airfield. (dome is one of my favorite maps though i know a lot of people hate em)
• a lot of good free for all maps
• gore and limbs flying off
• you get more points for assists and killing dogs
• the dogs

negatives

• guns feel underpowered
• bouncing betty's are the most annoying thing ever. i understand the claymore, it helps out snipers, but when you have an explosive you can randomly lay on the ground in the middle of a map, it just gets annoying. if i purposely look for bouncing betty's, i die from people shooting at me for being careful. if i look out for enemies, i usually die for a bouncing betty in a place where you wouldn't expect
• vehicles....noobie crap and have no place in cod. it just kills a map
• rifles are almost useless...
• aparature sights aren't as good as red dot sights. maybe its just the color, but something doesn't feel right about that sights.
• large maps. they look ver beautiful, but unless we are playing 16 vs 16, maps llke outskirts and seelow are pretty boring. i spend minutes just trying to find opponents
• the dogs...when its theenemies
• waiting til level 65 before prestige

pretty long list. the thing about this game is that its fun, but i can't help but think how much more fun i would have playing cod4 because the negatives are big annoyances...but its still a good game...solid 8.0

nba 2k9-i'm still getting mixed feelings about it. on the one hand it feels more realistic. on the other hand, i have had to re-evaluate how i play the game. controls seem unresponsive and that really irks me. that half second delay mostly results in a TO. passing lanes are harder to thread, which irks me cuz it gets rid of my fastbreak game. animation just keeps getting better and better....i'm still on the fence about this and would have to play it extensively in career mode to either find my niche or really move on til 2010.

guitar hero world tour- i got hooked. maybe because i actually gave it a real shot, but its a really addicting game. love the musical lineup on here. love the guitar better than rockbands....but i must say going from medium difficulty and hard difficulty is too big of a jump for most songs....

farcry 2- like the game soo far. i tried out a couple of missions and i'm already seeing why a lot of people were underwhelmed. i hated traveling from place to place. i know this was a something in the original farcry, and i didn't enjoy that one either. it is beautiful though and feels like a living breathing world....

aite there goes my game impressions.i should be getting my tv soon so i'm going to be back on finishing games....til next time