Cool cover art - sadly that's how I sometimes feel when I'm playing Borderlands. BL was pulling big punches as an FPS / RPG hybride, a sweet 4 player co-op title, and just a massive title in general. Then came the drastic art style change in the middle of development. This wasn't a small change by no means, this completely altered the look of the game. A look that, honestly, I was not a fan of when first seeing but has slowly grown on me as a standout style. Overall I'm not disappointed with Borderlands I'm still logging in hours but after getting over the bazillion guns, art style, co-op and FPS/RPG mix, I'm left with a feeling of something is missing to making this post-apocalyptic/Mad Max title perfect....

Lately I've had a combination of nothing of interest to write about and just being plain out lazy. I'm hoping doing this [8bit Impression] will snap me out of it. It also helps that I have a night off of work and finally have a night to sit back and play some video games. I'm currently downloading the Wet demo for PS3 and drinking a Yuengling in between rounds of NHL 10. Almost a perfect night. Anyways, onto my impression of X-Men Origins: Wolverine.

I recently picked up NHL 10 for Xbox 360 and Madden 10 for PS3 - it's the year of the 10, well at least for one of these titles. I haven't bought a Madden game since '07, but did play some '09, and it seems not much has changed other than some tweaks to the franchise mode and the gameplay. Actually some of the tweaks aren't better and end up making this game very mechanical and flat. As compared to NHL 10 - Madden doesn't compare and definitely doesn't do it's sport justice when put side to side. Which is strange you think these different EA studios could chat about how they approach development. 

"More tequila and a woman of questionable moral character." Not sure I can count the number of times I've uttered that line. I usually get the first part which never leads to the second part. But that is just one of the many great lines Ray McCall has in this fun and well executed sequel. The original COJ was a bargain bin picker for me and was a perfect one at that - it was ok and that was it. COJ: BIB has greatly improved on the original and it's lack of being a solid title to being a standalone good game.

Oooo big exclusive. I feel like there was alot of hype around inFamous but at the same time it felt like everyone wasn't sure or were indifferent to it being good. After reading a bit more about the title and Sucker Punch I started to hype myself up about it and I got excited. Then I played it and now I feel indifferent towards it. inFamous starts out great - title screen, hit start, boom. You're right into the story. Nothing else. No menus - nothing. Just an explosion and wonder about what is going on or where this story is going. If there is one thing inFamous has going for itself it's the story arc and intrigue. I was immediately interested in what was going on and actually getting to the bottom of it and mixed with very cool artistic graphic novel cutscenes made it that much more interesting. Too bad that is all that really stands out...

I figure I'd do a 'first impression' of the new Ghostbusters video game rather than wait for a full review because that could be months from now. My roommate picked up a copy this morning for PS3 and rubbed it in my face, through a quick gchat, that he was "busting ghosts" while I was at work. He's a good friend, really. His quick synopsis through short text blasts in the chat box were basically - yea it's fun. Which honestly I think is all one can expect with this title - pure fun. Like the films. As soon as I got home from work I pwned a burrito and fired up the new game. So far so good, everything is how it should be and more importantly how I expect it to be. Original music - nice. Nods to the original movies here and there - nice, I can feel the nostaglia. Original actors with decent dialogue - we might be onto something...