Well this is it, the final entry into this blog series. There were fewer parts than I initially expected, due to the fact that I combined the Madden, FIFA, NHL, and Need for Speed games. But anyway, here are the last four...
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World's Scariest Police Chases (PS1)
Rating: 6.7
Familiarity: 7.4
This is a game that's based on the popular TV show with John Bunnell, and he lends his voice-work as well. Basically you play as a cop who goes through various driving-based missions to catch the bad guys, in a lot of different (and often absurd) situations. There's also free patrol mode, which lets you cruise around the city and arrest everybody who tries to flee from you. Which is, on average, about 1/5 cars. Needless to say, that must be a terrible city to live in if there's that many criminals. The biggest flaw with this game is the uneven damage meter. If your car so much as touches a light pole, you take a chunk of damage. If a suspect smashes head-on into the same pole, he takes hardly any damage at all, if any. This gets tedious.
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X-Men 2: Clone Wars (Sega Genesis)
Rating: 7.1
Familiarity: 2.6
I think I may have mentioned before how some of my Genesis games are too hard for my taste. This is yet another one of those games. It's not a bad game in any way, really, but it's very difficult. Essentially it's a side-scrolling platformer similar to theShinobi games, but instead of a ninja, you're playing as the X-Men. Several of the levels can be very tricky and pull-your-hair-out frustrating, but of course that only leads to a feeling of greater satisfaction when you make it through. One of the best parts of this game was that you could battle Magneto, defeat him, and then unlock him. Man, he kicked some serious butt when you played as him.
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flower (PS3 - Downloadable Only)
Rating: 7.4
Familiarity: 8.3
This is just simply one of those unique games that you only feel like playing when you're in a certain mood. But when you're in that mood...well, it's a great game. Basically, you control the wind. By pressing and holding any button on your controller, you can blow the wind, and you can steer it with the SIXAXIS motion sensor. The objective is to release flower petals and create a chain of them in the wind, and by releasing more and more petals as well as completing some simple paths and "puzzles", you restore color intodull parts of the environment. It's a very relaxing experience, and also very simple to pick up and play without even thinking about it. Even somebody who is really not into gaming can easily grab a controller and become immersed in flower. This is one title I recommend. Play the demo, see if you like it.
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inFamous (PS3)
Rating: 8.7
Familiarity: 8.7
This was one of the first few games on the PS3 that I seriously enjoyed, and one major reason why I loved owning the console for quite a while. The story is extremely good, the gameplay is solid, the missions are varied, the powers are great, and the free-roaming is excellent. My only complaint about this game is pretty much everybody's complaint about it...it has a lack of replay value. Sure, you'll definitely want to play through the game at least twice, once as the hero and once as the anti-hero, but after that there isn't much incentive to come back other than to blast more goons with your electrical superpowers. Sucker Punch realized this issue though, and thanks to the implementation of user-created content in inFamous 2, it looks like this problem may be solved. If you haven't played this game yet, play it now, so that you'll be ready in time for the sequel.
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Thanks for reading, and I hope you've all enjoyed the dive into my stash of games. I'll be happy to get back to some other blogs now, that's for sure, lol. Oh, also, if anybody's interested in a great website to find some video game themes, check this out: www.gamethemesongs.com