I've been playing a lot of GTA IV for the past week, and its a really surperb game. But how this game got a 10 is ridiculous in my opinion. This is a great game......when it works.

I don't think any Xbox 360 game has crashed on me so many times. To give an example of the **** I have to deal, with: I invest two hours worth of gameplay before the game crashes on me, and when I reboot the game all that progress is gone. A big waste of time.

I don't know what's up with autosave, but I don't like it when I'm playing a game and I'm constantly praying that the game doesn't crash. It's stupid.

Honestly, this buggy mess could've been something extraordinary if these kinks were ironed out. Either its the game to blame or its Microsoft's ****ty hardware, but I'm gonna put my money on the game since I never had these problems with my other games.

The game has gone from a 9 game to an 8 game for me.

I'm playing Grand Theft Auto IV now, and I really like it. So far the story is interesting, but it hasn't been as compelling as I expected it to be so far. I'm still very early in the game though.

But the game is just plain fun, and easily one of the best games I've played in a long time. At just a few hours in, the game definitely fits in the 9 or above score range. Does it reach 10? The jury's still out on that one...for me at least. It does many things well, but doesn't do them exceedingly better than other games. The combat for one is a bit clunky for me.

A lot of fun, and I can't wait to play more.

In other news, I heard BG&E 2 was announced and I'm pretty happy about that. The first game had one of the strongest in-game narratives I've experienced, as well as some fantastic visual and audio design. I'm keeping my eye on it.

Other games down the pipeline that people seem to be talking about:

New Prince of Persia

I don't know, graphics look pretty interesting, but gameplay looks pretty similar. I'm not that excited for this one despite how I much I enjoyed PoP:SoT.

Mirror's Edge

First person running game, reminds me of parkour. Also kinda iffy for me, I mean I'm just kind of sick of all these FPS games. this ones a bit more unique, but I dunno

Haze

Generic FPS, not worth my time

Stuff I've Played:

Super Mario Galaxy

Got all 120 stars, I feel special I guess. This game was excellent, every moment playing it I thought to myself, "This is this is the most wonderful game imaginable." It was just very unique and fun. A little on the easy side, and doesn't feel quite as classic as Mario 64, but a great game nonetheless.

Apollo Justice

I love the Ace Attorney games, and this one lives up to its predecessors. Great writing, great gameplay, and great characters. The last case wasn't as epic as the last cases for the past three games, and that was a bit of a letdown though. But I like the new characters and look foward to more adventures with them in later games.

No More Heroes

A very interesting game, one whose strengths lie in it's very creative and interesting cast of characters. Very unpredictable and I liked that. The fighting was very cool and felt satisfying. The level design and overworld weren't so great sadly. I liked it, but it could've been better.

Super Smash Bros Melee

I just got into this a few months ago. At first it was confusing and seemed kinda dumb. But after getting used to the controls and developing fighting strategies, it clicked. I understood why this is such an immensely popular game: It's just plain fun and addictive. If I need a study break with my friends, this is the game we'd always play. My favorite character is Zelda.

Okami Wii

I'm playing this now and its a great game. I can see the inspiration it gets from Zelda, but the two are actually pretty different. I love the game's sense of humor and creative levels. The graphics get a lot of praise from people everywhere, but I'll be honest, sometimes the graphics annoy me by how colorful and intense it is. I sometimes get a headache from playing just because the visuals are so vibrant and alive. The brush mechanics can also be a pain sometimes, just because my inputs aren't recognized correctly all the time. I'd say the brush controls worked about 60% of the time for me. But overall, the story is fantastic and the gameplay is fantastic as well, but I do prefer Zelda: Twilight Princess more by a wide margin.

Stuff I want to play

Zack and Wiki

The Rumored Kid Icarus on Wii

Resident Evil 5

GTAIV

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