I'm not sure what suddenly made me really excited for the franchise. Perhaps the desolation, or the weariness trapped in these folk's face or the droning pulse of the fantastic "Masters of War" cover. Something clicked. I was faced with a double edge sword of wanting to learn more about the series but didn't want to read any spoilers. Of course since Fall of Man was a PS3 launch title all sorts of stuff has been written. When Resistance 2 came out many fans of the original were disappointed. Having avoided much of the Internet's impressions of the game I finally took to playing the series last week.
Sunday, September 4, 2011
Two to get ready for 3
This Tuesday marks the release of Insomniac Games latest title, Resistance 3. As a way to build excitement for their latest shooter, Insomniac and Sony have released a bundle pack of the first two PlayStation 3 titles in a Dual Pack collection. Both games were titles that I was aware of but had never really any strong desire to play. That is until this teaser trailer for Resistance 3 came out.
I'm not sure what suddenly made me really excited for the franchise. Perhaps the desolation, or the weariness trapped in these folk's face or the droning pulse of the fantastic "Masters of War" cover. Something clicked. I was faced with a double edge sword of wanting to learn more about the series but didn't want to read any spoilers. Of course since Fall of Man was a PS3 launch title all sorts of stuff has been written. When Resistance 2 came out many fans of the original were disappointed. Having avoided much of the Internet's impressions of the game I finally took to playing the series last week.
I'm not sure what suddenly made me really excited for the franchise. Perhaps the desolation, or the weariness trapped in these folk's face or the droning pulse of the fantastic "Masters of War" cover. Something clicked. I was faced with a double edge sword of wanting to learn more about the series but didn't want to read any spoilers. Of course since Fall of Man was a PS3 launch title all sorts of stuff has been written. When Resistance 2 came out many fans of the original were disappointed. Having avoided much of the Internet's impressions of the game I finally took to playing the series last week.
Saturday, September 3, 2011
Assassinating the Summer with gaming
With Summer almost at an end I find myself looking forward to several upcoming titles. Uncharted 3, Skyrim, Rage, Resistance 3, Batman Arkham City, Assassin's Creed Revelation and holy crap this list just keeps getting longer and longer the more I think about upcoming games. I'm a bit of a gaming completionist. Yes I love gaming to collect trophies (although my hobby looks like a tiny pebble compared to some folks), but I'm a completionist more in the sense that once I've started a game for a story I want to continue playing new games that continue a storyline.
In 2009 Ubisoft published Assassin's Creed 2 to much acclaim and accolade. It was certain well deserved. The game play was refined from the first title, the story was rich and intriguing, and it was a game that I absolutely couldn't put down once I opened it on Christmas morning that year. In the summer of 2010, Ubisoft announced that they would be releasing the followup to AC2 that fall with Assassin's Creed Brotherhood. In the announcement, the only thing in announcement, hell in all of the announcements up until almost a week before the game was released, was how ACB had a fantastic multiplayer mode. Very little was said about the continuing saga of Ezio. The end of AC2 was such a dramatic cliffhanger that all the talk of multiplayer and no mention of the single player story frankly turned my own excitement into a meager flicker, relegated to the column of well I'll either get the game at Christmas from someone outside my immediate family or wait for the price to drop.
In 2009 Ubisoft published Assassin's Creed 2 to much acclaim and accolade. It was certain well deserved. The game play was refined from the first title, the story was rich and intriguing, and it was a game that I absolutely couldn't put down once I opened it on Christmas morning that year. In the summer of 2010, Ubisoft announced that they would be releasing the followup to AC2 that fall with Assassin's Creed Brotherhood. In the announcement, the only thing in announcement, hell in all of the announcements up until almost a week before the game was released, was how ACB had a fantastic multiplayer mode. Very little was said about the continuing saga of Ezio. The end of AC2 was such a dramatic cliffhanger that all the talk of multiplayer and no mention of the single player story frankly turned my own excitement into a meager flicker, relegated to the column of well I'll either get the game at Christmas from someone outside my immediate family or wait for the price to drop.
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