Oh that's right, I bought new games last friday. Kind of been busy playing those games, so I forgot to make one of these blog posts....

DiRT 2

I loved the first DiRT game. Just something about going 100 through a zigzaggy forest without crashing is a lot of fun to me. And the interior view added loads of immersion on top of it. The second iteration focuses on X-Games a bit more, which I don't necessarily like, but it still maintains those traditional rally aspects. And the game looks so gorgeus! They improved on multiplayer as well, but I only played one match online so far and won pretty easily since everybody else wrecked... I like how you wait for the other racers to go first like in a proper event. I've played this many hours already and there is still stuff to do. I'm used to sim racing and arcade racing, but rally racing is probably what I enjoy the most.

Guitar Hero 5

Look, I played Guitar Hero World Tour to death. I got it in January and have gotten to rank 41 by then. Now this new one comes along, and I don't want to play World Tour again, ever. Guitar Hero 5 improves on World Tour in so many ways, and since you can import both DLC and a portion of the disc songs from World Tour, there is even less incentive for me to go back. It's so much more streamlined, both in the multiplayer and the regular career. I love the new design and the improved graphics, I love the ridiculously varied soundtrack (Public Enemy feat Zakk Wylde, you say?). The only reasons I'm not playing this game, is a) because I have stuff to do and b) because I destroy my fingers. Having played GH so long, my fingers can take a lot of abuse, but seeing how I've played maybe 300 songs since Friday I am pushing my limits and then some. It's fun, though.