Yep, i bought the 360. well okay, i actually bought it last sunday, but i've been playing gears since then, so i wasn't spending too much time on the net :D!

well anyways, i just finished gears of war like 5 minutes ago. It was waay too short. I hope Epic games makes Gears of War 2 much longer! But other than that, the game was amazing. I already knew about the graphics (who doesn't) but the presentation and the score and the sound effects and everything made it soo much better. I loved all the cinematics, and that last one was AMAZING! (that's why i kinda' have this feeling that there WILL be a Gears 2.) I'd love to hear/see/play the explanation as to how they survived. There's obviously more to locusts than the humans know :D! and yeah, then there's the movie aswell... definately gonna be a must-watch for me. i hope they make it good!

apart from that... let's see.... well, i guess i'll be playing Forza 2 (im not a real _fan_ of that game as such) until sept 12 (already pre-ordered SKATE from EBGames. how come it's costing me $80 (canadian)?! what a surcharge for pre-ordering?) and anyways, i can't wait till november: Mass Effect and Assassin's Creed... damn this christmas IS coming early :D!

anyways, if u guys wanna add me as a friend, i'm "indian boy90". unfortunately, i didn't get a free month of gold cuz i registered via the computer. not that i mind but still :(. i guess i'll join LIVE gold some time... just... not now...

anyways.
PEACE!

yes i am.

planning to buy the 360 this weekend, given that i get my paycheque sometime soon (in case u don't know, i got a job, and was payed a substantial amount for three weeks of teaching 3d animation at asummer camp). anyways. wish me luck! here's the one i'm after:

http://www.costco.ca/Browse/Product.aspx?Prodid=10302199&search=xbox%20360&Mo=45&cm_re=1_en-_-Top_Left_Nav-_-Top_search&lang=en-CA&Nr=P_CatalogName:BCCA&Sp=S&N=0&whse=BCCA&Dx=mode+matchallpartial&Ntk=Text_Search&Dr=P_CatalogName:BCCA&Ne=4000000&D=xbox%20360&Ntt=xbox%20360&No=0&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&Nty=1&topnav=&s=1

from costco canada..... can't wait! gonna try and get Gears of War for a decent price too! and even if i don't, gonna get Gears of War somehow! :D!

cheers!

alright, here we go; what a better time to start my gamers' blog than at the start of an E3 week! The ultimate reason i waited till this long was because i knew that there were many things that i would be covering during holiday season, and i didn't want a one-post blog like in so many other places. Also, i've decided to go ahead and buy a 360 sometime in August, maybe september. No Gears of War for me, cuz that'll come on PC aswell, but i'm definately gonna buy SKATE, Assassin's Creed and Mass Effect. No questions about it.

Oh well, i'm going to start this blog off with my most anticipated game for the 360, Assassin's Creed. I've been following it very closely, and it had gotten the most of my attention at the Microsoft pre-E3 show, and i'm more than ready to express my views on it.
The gameplay video i'm discussing from is the latest one, and can be found at Gamespot if you want to see what i'm talking about:


1) didn't like the digital touch during play. Got into the way of the medieval feel. The weird digital distortions with the bluish tint, and the small txt indicators and descriptors when u change ur target felt kinda irritating, and even forced.

2) I was kinda' worried about not seeing the hay fly, and not seeing people react to this guy in white and red flying down against a yellowish backdrop into that pile of hay. jade raymodn: "luckily no-one saw that." uhhh what?

3) animations at the start did look a little iffy. animations during the free running session was great though!

4) where's the physics? that body that floated above ground may be a 'bug,' but if the physics engine is active like in the fight, then the body should still have tumbled down! Speaking of physics, when in the fight, that guy was thrown into the scaffolding; why did he fly into the air?

5) speaking of the fight: uber-greatness! the countering loks nice, and the brilliant camera movements are adding to the flair. Only unfortunate bit was that it seemed like they were coming at you one at a time. Multi-direction fighting should be a norm these days!

6) "Free running," "par cour" (parkour?) or simply uber-awesomness... whatever you want to call it, it was great. The only thing i'm wondering is, if you don't have a great memory of your recon mission, you won't be able to use ur skills in the middle of a chase. Maybe if u can set up 'beacons' during recon, that appear on a minimap during the second half of the mission, that would be great!

7) What were the alternates? What were the other choices in this mission? Possibly force ur way through the front door. What else? I don't see u entering a muslim's palace with christian monks [for example].

that's my thoughts for AC thus far. Hopefully these things will ne cleared up soon. They do have time till mid September (i would think) if they want to sell by november. Can't wait to see more on this game as the week continues.

Hope you enjoyed the read! more will be coming soon!