Well, a couple of games I've been looking forward to (if you read my first blog) have come out in the past couple weeks...going to speak my mind of first impressions before I review them 8)

Madden 08: A big jump from the previous next gen console releases. Franchise mode is the biggest up for it, I can finally draft my own fantasy teams, even if it takes 10 drafts to get it right :D. But a couple things are bugging me.

1. Fumbles and Interceptions - They can be out of this world amounts at times. Playing a quick game I racked up 7 fumbles and 5 interceptions, whether or not player weapons were on. Gets a bit frustrating. But I confess, it also seems a lot easier for the player to intercept the ball also.

2. Lack of pocket: The QB's pocket collapses very quickly, or just never forms. I almost have less than a second to get that ball out, but it gives no time for the recievers to even run routes. A from left to right on my line, their ratings are in the high 80's...and they have no chance.

But none of these are gonna run me away from it, game rocks other then that. Superstar IMO has been made harder for all the good reasons, makes it better to progress him.

BioShock: This game is phenomenal. This is the first FPS since Half Life 2 that has caught my eye. Very good concept of a utopia-like underwater city gone wrong. Game is very clean and polished. Graphics, sound and voice acting is great. The Big Daddies sure aren't what I thought they were when I read about it a year or so ago, I though I was going to be one of them :D. But here's some things that are bugging me.

1. No penatly for death: just seems a bit bland that if you die, you keep everything you have, and just come back in from a vita-chamber with no reprecussions. At least it could make you load back to your last save, or take a bit of items from you.

2. Sound problems: At least for me, it seems that the sound muffles out after a while. Say I shoot the machine gun, it will sound like I'm hearing it through a wall. Just seems like it dampens the loud soundsl like gunfire and explosions, and it effects other sounds too.

These two games overall are awesome, goodgroup of games for me to cycle through playing for a while, many hours of playtime for me to endulge into!

If anyone else has these two, what do you think so far?

I_B