by mnemoidian
Unlike last year, which at it's start looked like a terrible year for gaming, 2010 kicks off with massive titles in the first weeks - and looks to be going strong atleast for the first 6 months - wonder if I'll beat last year's tally by the end, and what I'll end up playing! Stay tuned! :P
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First game I finished in 2010. These kind of japenese-style brawler/action games usually aren't my cup of tea (don't think I've finished DMC1, DMC2 or Shinobi - all which I own) - but just the character Bayonetta really won me over the moment that TGS (I think it was?) trailer was released in 2008. That said, I played the game on PS3 - which made the experience one of the love/hate kind - I loved the game, but [Update: I haven't tried the patched version] I hated most of the technical parts - get this, bringing up the pause menu takes TEN TO TWENTY SECONDS ON AVERAGE. That said, I'll probably be back many times during the year to finish the campaign on hard and to try to get the Platinum trophy.
One playthrough, just under 60 hours (about 50 of those played during 2009), ~50% completion (according to ingame stats), over 75% of all quests completed, 93% explored. Unlikely to go back any time soon to finish off - while it was pretty good, it reminded me too much of the Baldur's Gate games - which I did not particularly enjoy, and I would've liked seeing more lessons learned from Mass Effect used.
After being somewhat disappointed by Dragon Age: Origins, my expectations for Mass Effect 2 weren't that high. There were a few things about ME2 that bothered me as well, but overall it was a MUCH better game. One thing they could've done to improve ME2 for PC owners was to use 1) Create some sort of ME1-savegame generator (for those of us who played through ME1 before ME2 was even a certainty, much less the savagame transfer). and 2) Put the ME2 Careers either on Bioware's social site (tangent: why isn't ME2 connected there at all?) or Steam Cloud... or some other cloud, so I don't have to remember to keep the ME2 savegame when I inevitably need to format this harddrive, or get a new one. That said, in my opinion, ME2 is a much more enjoyable game than DA:O. Finished at ~32h, Level 24 Vanguard, "Veteran" difficulty (might replay at "Insane"!)
Much better game than I expected it to be. A few things were a bit disappointing, but I really enjoyed playing through it. Not tried multiplayer yet, but might try it.
Wow! My (very high) expectations of Heavy Rain were definately met, though a few things still don't quite sit right with me, with the story. Will be trying to go back to see more endings and get the trophies I missed :)
~50 hours of gametime, 40% sidemissions completed, and ~40% trophies. I thoroughly enjoyed FFXIII, though I many times wished that they had chosen to decrease the number of encounters by 10-20%. There was just too many fights in the story parts of the game. The game would really have benefitted from more optional fights and less required fights... though I suspect that is the reason they limited the player's ability to level up before finishing the game.
Good game, though... still not convinced it was a significant enough leap from L4D(1), but I did enjoy it quite a lot - and I would play it again, if asked to participate in a coop session. I might even return on my own to get some of the achievements.
Had a lot of ups and downs while playing God of War 3, feels like I spent about half the game echoing Kratos' rage, howling "CAAAAAMEEERRRAAAA FAAAIIIILLLL!" at the TV. Still, I think GoW3 has some of the most beautiful scenes and best character models (though often poorly animated) I've seen in games recently. Definately not my game of the year.
I took a significant break from this, about halfway through (got distracted by all the other great games being released), and it took me a very long time to get back into it. When I did... I really regretted ever putting it down. While it was a bit rough in spots, I really enjoyed it, and after *that end* ("No, not alone..."), Darksiders 2 will be a day one purchase for me. Anyway, War is a surprisingly good character - sure, he's pretty much a stereotyical space marine (in fantasy-world), with a gravely growl, etc. But... really, what did you expect from the personification of War? I think it's perfect.
Bought during the Steam summer-sale, as the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. vibes has kind of kept me from picking it up - thankfully, Metro 2033 removes some of the worst elements of Stalker - it is not an open world game, instead it's extremely linear, with a strong story. Another weak point of Metro 2033 is that many of the guns don't really seem to have the oomph that you'd expect - and a lot of the "post-apocalypse"-built weapons will leave you wondering what weapons they really are, as the feedback from using them is not great. The Gasmask portions... I'm not sure how to comment on those. On the one hand, I feel that they are spot on in making you feel vulnerable, and I found myself almost short of breath in some sections where I had trouble finding enough filters for the gasmask to keep from suffocating - but on the other hand, near the end of the game, I found myself in a situation where I couldn't get through without getting my gasmask destroyed - and the only gasmasks around (which I found using a walkthrough that I looked up only for this purpose) were fairly well hidden (inside a closed box, that was not "obviously" openable). In the end... I did feel that I will most likely pick up Metro 2034 at some point, but I will keep my expectations fairly grounded.
