Hey all (no I'm not dead, though I'm sure a lot of people wish I was :P) I feel its time to write my (very) long overdue blog.
Yes, you did read right, it is only 362 days left until Christmas (at time of writing) so best be quick in getting your presents in :lol: So did everyone have a good Christmas? Was Santa good to you or were you on the naughty list? :lol: I had a pretty decent one in case you were wondering and I received the usual stuff like clothes and money, I also got an iPod Touch which I'm extremely happy about since my old one was fairly old. In the games department I got Dragon Age: Origins Ultimate Edition on 360 and my first Guitar Hero games!!! I got Warriors of Rock and Guitar Hero 5, both on Wii since my mum didn't know if I had a 360 or PS3 and knew I definitely had a Wii, and I'm having a lot of fun with those especially seeing as my sister likes to think shes ood when in actuality she always gets booed off stage :lol: I heading up to Dundee with my uncle tomorrow, so I'm hoping to get the complete band package for myself since I'm more of drummer :D
Also as a side note I got my pre-ordered copy of Scott Pilgrim Vs the World the day before Christmas so I was happy with that since it wasn't due for release until Monday 27th :)

Other Games In the Time Betwixt and Between.

Bonus points if you can guess the reference just made :D. Since my last log I've got so many games most of which I've completed so to start with I'll mention Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II on 360.

I got the special edition and I was really disappointed with the length of the game, It was only about 4 - 5 hours worth of gameplay not to mention that I still don't actually know if the Starkiller of the game is the real one or not due to the ending I chose. Other than that It was a decent enough game, controls are largely the same, with the only exception being that you now have dual Lightsabers and the use of the mind control technique (which is so much fun making stormtroopers kill themselves by jumping into laser barriers :D) Overall, nothing has really changed from the first game and if you like the first then you'll probably like this one too. Next we move on to Assassins Creed: Brotherhood.

As you may or may not know, I got the limited Codex edition from Play and I got it on PS3 purely because of the chance for the multiplayer beta (as mentioned in a previous blog) This game was a lot of fun to play and the multiplayer aspect is really good and competitive. The story, again seemed a little short and the ending was really unexpected (I won't spoil it for those who haven't played it yet) I don't like the fact that you're confined to the one city (Rome) As big as Rome is, It didn't feel like you had to do much exploration. When I first heard about the mutiplayer aspect of the game, I thought that it was just Ubisoft trying to appeal to people who only play games with online multiplayer, but after playing the beta I think that its actually a good addition to the series and hopefully we'll be seeing it in future games of the series. I also got Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit on the same day.

Again I got the Limited Edition, although I never intended to. When I went into Game with the pre-order slip, the girl gave me the limited edition instead of the normal and she didn't even charge any extra, so I wasn't complaining :P Anyway, onto the game itself and first of all I have to say that its a massively huge improvement on Shift. Its just better in so many aspects and is just so much fun to play as either a cop or racer and wreck the other in the hot pursuits either in career mode or online, the only complaint about career mode I have is the rapid responses you have to do as a cop, and the fact that if you touch either the wall or another car you get a time penalty which makes it harder to beat a certain time. Its just really frustrating when you get to the end of the course and you collide with another car and lose out on the best time possible because of it. lastly I got Sonic Colours and Donkey Kong Country Returns on Wii, and I have to say both are unbelievably good games. Sonic Colours is easily the best Sonic game for a long time and DKCR is a solid return to action for Donkey Kong and his little buddy Diddy Kong.

I think thats enough from this time and I'll try to be more frequent with my blog updates, but I'm not promising anything though :P So yeah.... (Scott Pilgrim reference FTW :lol: ) I may be back on January 1st with another blog and my first of the new year. I may also look back at my favourite games of this year tell what I'm looking forward to for next year so until then, have a happy new year and I'll see you in 2011 :D