- ps2:
- silent hill 3
after i checked out some screens of silent hill 4, i started getting excited about the series again and decided to pick up sh3. i was pretty dissapointed with 2, but the screens of 3 looked pretty rad. i think the graphics are a big jump from 2. character design is nice, lighting is really nice, sound is really nice. voice acting and monster design are pretty bad. some of the voices are on par with blue stinger (dc) if any of you guys played that. i still haven't beat it, but it's a pretty neat game. i'd recommend it. it's only $30 now. - manhunt
fun game. mediocre environment design. character models are okay — better than most rockstar games. the violent deaths are over the top and always interesting. i'd recommend this game.
xbox: - beyond good & evil
pretty neat game. nice graphics, kind of cheesy character design, a fun game. it's only $20 for all 3 systems now, so you might as well pick it up if you've got some extra scratch. - dead or alive volleyball
another game which had it's price cut, so i picked it up. i'm into these games where you can win items and stuff. i'm one of those suckers who actually got into monster rancher and the like. if you can find it cheap and aren't afraid to look like a dirty bastard buying this cheesy game, i say go for it. - max payne 2
this looked pretty rad for the pc, but since my pc sucks, i picked it up for the xbox since the ps2 version is supposed to be loaded with low res textures and slowdown. well, the xbox version has a nice framerate and resolution and the textures aren't too low res, but it still looks like ass. animation is way primitive, they chopped down the poly count big time from the pc version. it's a fun game with a nice story and great voice acting, but i'd wait until it goes on sale. it's not worth the $50 i paid for it. - splinter cell
this game was $5 if i bought max payne 2, so i picked it up. i'd heard good stuff about it, so imagine my surprise when i saw it in action. graphics look like ass. like much more than max payne. it's got some nice lighting every so often, but the low poly count, gay character design and animation and extremely shitty framerate are over the top. then the frame rate looks like it's about 25fps. jesus christ, this game was made a year or two ago, not in 1995. i haven't even gotten by the first level yet. i haven't had any desire to. this game isn't even worth the $5 i paid for it.
i haven't picked up anything for gamecube for a while. i haven't seen anything even remotely interesting for gc in months. zelda was the last game i picked up for gc and i haven't seen anything else since. i'm looking forward to the metal gear solid remake, though. that looks like it's shaped up since the initial info was released. that final fantasy game looks like it might be fun to, but i'll wait for that to hit the bargin bin.
i'm really looking forward to ninja gaiden on xbox. that game is looking rad as hell. after shinobi dissapointed me on ps2, i was looking forward to a good ninja game.
the suffering looks like it might be kind of fun too. that's comming out for ps2 and xbox.
[ no time, no money] but now that I'm settled a bit in Cali, and have a semi-steady income, I'll be buying Final Fantasy: CC, Mario Party 5 and Bust A Move for Gamecube. I have bought a few shareware PPC apps for my new Dell Axim, and will maybe get a few more soon, [getting a smartphone in the next month, gonna need some time-wasters for that thing too] of all the games I'm dying to grab hold of, mostly, I'm drooling over UT2K4, Tribes: Vengence, and the obligatory Doom III/HL2 stuff.
