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I played the 360 version of Darksiders and don't seem to recall the problems being that bad with it. I noticed screen tearing but it wasn't anywhere near as bad as it seems to be for other people. Anyways, rented GoW3 today. Figured it'd take awhile for GameFly to send it out so I just went to my local BlockBuster and rented a copy. Will try it out later tonight.

FF13 and ME2, given up on Crysis for awhile.

And how is Darksiders even remotely similar to Zelda??

You mean besides the fact it straight up uses the Zelda formula? Enter dungeon, get new item, use new item to solve the puzzles and defeat the boss. Rinse and repeat.

At one point I did, I just kept on playing it for the achievements. I wasn't expecting Hard mode to be a huge step up in quality for the game though. Normal mode really doesn't do this game justice at all, the difference is really that big.

So I'm playing through Hard mode right now in Bayonetta and I must admit I'm finally starting to enjoy the game. The difference between Normal and Hard mode is HUGE. Makes me wish this difficulty was available right from the start. Enemies are straight up relentless and are literally trying to rip Bayonetta apart. The action is so much more intense and is really making me use Bayonetta's canceling abilities to their fullest (I'm not just talking about dodge offset either, this chick can cancel with a lot of shit). The fact the enemy encounters are different too helps because I never know what to expect in the next fight. So yea, the game is finally fun now.

why did people hate on brutal legend? it seems like a good game so far

It's alright but the game will get dull before the midway mark and from that point on it just feels like it's dragging to the end. Doesn't help that the RTS element really doesn't require much strategy even on the Brutal difficulty. I suck at RTS's but I just straight up blew through Brutal difficulty by just massing troops, taking over fan geysers and moving in for the kill. Rinse and repeat. The game really nailed the Heavy Metal world look though, well, at least on the main land. The other areas are the standard generic settings we've seen in other games.

It's a game with wasted potential, could've been much more if it was given more time or a bit more attention was given in the gameplay department.

Ugh, I'm trying. God knows I'm trying but I just can not get into Bayonetta. I want to like this game, I really do but it does such a great job either boring me or just straight up annoying me. I didn't know you had to collect records in order to unlock weapons, I was getting pissed at the Rodin guy for never having weapons in stock. Anyways, once I started to mess with the newly acquired weapons disappointment quickly followed. The combos are exactly the same across all weapons and weapon set ups. They all feel exactly the same with the exception of the sword. The sword is the only weapon with unique combos as far as I can tell. Sure, some of the other weapons may have a somewhat unique aspect but they're not unique enough. I never feel like I have to have any particular weapon equipped (besides the sword) because I could just as easily get the same moves with any other weapon. I'm just throwing out the same stuff I've done a million times over now but OH WAIT! Now the attacks will be fire based/ice based/lightning based because this weapon is equipped. It's just so generic. There's 3 more weapons I have yet to get so I'm hoping they're not going to be more carbon copies but I suppose at this point I should expect them to be. And I don't even want to get started on it's inconsistent buffer system. I'll press forward though because I'm an achievement whore and there are quite a few left to get. I will say I am glad I rented this game, I'd be pretty pissed if I bought it.

i will start playing batman aa this weekend. i didn't care for the demo. though i heard the final game is much better.

I loved it, but it's very slick and doesn't offer a great deal of challenging combat in the main game.

It's fun though, and it really does justice to the Batman universe.

does the game have any puzzles? or it just combat/stealth/platforming?

The Riddles are puzzles, some of them are pretty challenging too. The ? mark challenges for example, very creative and will have you spending some time on some of them.

Really the only big complaint I have against Batman AA is the lack of gadgets. Batman has a shitload of toys to mess around with but we only got to use a couple.

i will start playing batman aa this weekend. i didn't care for the demo. though i heard the final game is much better.

I loved it, but it's very slick and doesn't offer a great deal of challenging combat in the main game.

It's fun though, and it really does justice to the Batman universe.

Word. I actually like the combat though. Sure, it isn't insanely deep but they really did a great job of capturing Batman's elite hand to hand combat skills. It's just fun to watch him fly around all over the place owning fools.

What happened in the car accident?

People died. :(

He used Smash's famous "BAM" in his graduation speech

That would be so awesome if it were actually true.

I remember him. He hasn't really been that active this past year but I remember him. Still not sure if this is true or not but if it is true then that sure does suck. Dead at 18, pssh, he barely lived. Such a shame.