Just an hour left before I leave for airport. Excited about the Europe holiday trip I am leaving for tonight for about 14 days. So most probably I'll be largely absent for that period in GS and other sites I am part of.

Today also marks the completion of 1 week of my summer holidays. And what a week it has been! I played nearly 8-11 hours everyday, read a pretty interesting novel by Simenon in the remaining time and even went to a farewell party hosted by my school (of course! How can I miss that? ;) )

So, I have basically finished BOTH Bayonetta and Fable II. I purchased Fable II nearly 8 months back but got around playing it only now.

So here are my quick impressions of the games I finished in the past week :

Bayonetta : Love it.It's amazing.Stylish,cla$$y and pure over-the-top action personified.I still can't stop loving the combat. It's nearly everything that Devil May Cry should have been. It's fast (as fast as Ninja Gaiden), it's full of easy to grasp but difficult to master combos and has got one SERIOUSLY RAD mechanic by the name of Witch Time. It's so amazing that it is truly the single biggest highlight about the game's combat. It's also got some pretty awesome,epic-scale boss fights that can stretch on for entire levels.These large-scale boss fights give a feeling of God of War games.

And it's stylish. Sure DMC is stylish too. But Bayonetta is cla$$y $tyle. The executions and climax moves they're rad.And the humor? Don't even get me started.I was rolling on the floor when the unexpected "fake credits" sequence came to an end.It's the kind of humor that these Japanese guys love so much. Random humor. :PI loved the jazz soundtrack of the game too.Suits the game and it's mood.

But there are few things that can possibly annoy you. Firstly, Bayonetta's biggest strength is it's weakness too. The over-the-top nature. Sometimes all the mayhem and confusion around you tends to get on your head. This is MOSTLY balanced by perfectly timed humor as well as a bit of unexpected hilarity from the cutscenes. But if you can't digest some of the over-the-top nature of Japanese games then this isn't for you.

I loved it regardless of that. ;)

I will give more detailed impressions on my review. I don't really have a definite score for it since Bayonetta has got bucket loads of replay value. In fact half of the weapons and accessories and techniques are available only after the first playthrough. So loads to do still.

Estimated Score : 9.0/10

Fable II : Unexpectedly good.It's no secret to anyone that I disliked the first Fable. I gave it a 6.5/10 mostly due to it's repetitive,clunky combat and poor morality choices.

Fable II is LOADS better.It's the point where Lionhead's and Molyneux's ideas are finally coming into shape. The combat is easily the core of the improvement in this sequel.It's flexible,addictive and entertaining. It's easy to grasp and never gets repetitive nor tiring. The morality decisions are handled WAY better than in the original and now you actually feel the weight of your decision upon you.

But Fable II is unlike most of the RPGs in a way much like Morrowind or Oblivion. It's more about the world than the story or characters or even combat. The world of Fable II is rich. Rich as anything you can imagine. The quality of time the developers have spent in creating this rich (again quality wise not quantity) is really appreciable. The trademark British humour lurks here too. Lines like, "The only downside of worshipping shadow and darkness is that you have to drink your tea without milk" or "That's a funny looking child.Oh wait,that's a dog" :lol: can't come from anywhere but Britain. And for fans of such type of humor it's a treat.

Much of Fable II's beauty lies in how certain decisions upon you can heavily change the world and it's towns around you.I can't wait to try it the second time around to try the alternate decisions and see how radically different the world ends up.

My score for Fable II is perhaps influenced by how I expected literally NOTHING from this game. I was heavily disappointed by my first and my expectations on Fable II were nearly zero. But it has surprised me and it's probably amongst the better RPGs of this generation.

Estimated Score :8.5/10

That's all for now,folks.

Don't forget to wave if you see me.I would post my pics (for those who don't know me on Facebook) so you can recognize me walking down your street,but nah...maybe some other day. :P

C ya

Lightwarrior179