ArtisticallyChill

• is playing Sacred 2: Fallen Angel. http://ping.fm/qPeNi #
• blogPost: Twittering My Life Away – 2009-05-30 http://tinyurl.com/kn6mzr #
• Watching the season finale of The Tonight Show while doing some work for work. #
• Getting a jump on tomorrow’s workload while Ice Road Truckers Season 2 plays in the background. #
• Done with work. Writing up a blog post or two. #
• blogPost: Amidst The Rage Against The Machines, There’s Salvation http://tinyurl.com/mg8tkl #
• Couldn’t have said it better myself: http://ping.fm/mg7Ss #
• 7 days down, 23 to go. I feel proud for being so committed to my workout. Hopefully I can stay motivated to see this through to the end. #
• If you haven’t been watching Spike’s Deadliest Warrior then you’ve been missing out on a cool show. There’s marathon on now. Watch it! #
• blogPost: 2 Movie Based Games: 2 Direct Opposites http://tinyurl.com/msb46d #

Wolverine: Uncaged Edition is a fun and entertaining to play despite its tie-in to the EPIC FAIL that was the movie. Raven Software did a great job making this a true Wolverine game that’s filled with blood-gushing decapitations, eviscerations and severed limbs. The countering, dodging and quick kill moves add a bit more variety to the gameplay so it feels a bit less like a standard button masher. The upgrading element reminds me a bit of the studio’s previous games: X-Men Legends I and II, as well as Marvel Ultimate Alliance. As you level up you are given points to unlock and upgrade your health and rage meters, your claw damage, as well as special moves. The quick kills and environment kills were nicely done but it would have been nice to see a bit more variety. Maybe adding the use of the directional pad would have made this work by pressing any direction and tapping the quick kill button again during the bullet time you’re in after you initiate a quick kill.

Overall, Wolverine is definitely a good game to pick up and play, especially after having a bad day. This game will surely be a quick fix for your superhero gaming needs as we impatiently wait for Batman: Arkham Asylum to hit the shelves.

Terminator: Salvation is another direct opposite of it’s movie counterpart. The movie I enjoyed. The game, however, was a complete and EPIC FAILURE. The gameplay can frustrate you to the point of breaking the controller on a few levels, mainly all the ones that involve you being on vehicle. The developer, GRIN, wanted the game to feel realistic by making it a pain in the ass to aim a mounted weapons and sometimes the weapons you’re carrying. Another sign of poor development was dividing up the chapters of the game and then having to load each one after reaching the end of one section. This break in the gameplay provides ruins any chance the player has at really getting into the game. GRIN should have paid attention to Gears Of War. EPIC definitely set the standard for 3rd person shooters with immersive gameplay and story. Terminator: Salvation plays quick, a little too quick. I beat the game in 3.5 hours and on the hardest difficulty. For $66, I expect a bit more than 3.5 hours of gameplay regardless of how bad or good the game is.

Overall, Terminator: Salvation is a complete waste of money, even for a rental, an EPIC FAIL. Save you money or catch a matinee of the actual movie.

~ LoneWolf