When I walked into my local Best Buy to purchase the new Wolfenstein I was asking myself the fateful question, “what platform should I buy this game on?”.  I was, after all, an Xbox 360 owner and I do have a fair gaming rig, certainly not the top tier.  Truthfully, it wasn’t much of a question.  » Read more..

I recently started up a new game of Dead Space.  Overall I recall having an enjoyable time the first go around and thought I’d play the role of completionist and pick up a few extra achievements.  The first time I played Dead Space, it took me about 11 hours to beat the game, but I poked in ever corner and picked up just about every item I could along the way.  I also played the entire game with just the plasma cutter; using the ammo from the other weapons as sale items to help feed my need for power nodes. I suppose this was made easier by the download for the Elite Suit on Live. It felt kind of like cheating to start out with a level-5 armored suit but it was free and I guess that means they wanted me to use it =).  There were a couple minor flaws in the game, like not knowing the subtle distinction between fear and anxiety…  The constant loops of pipe banging were more nauseating than fear inducing.  They often left me muting the game; especially while in a menu.  Fading the environment sounds while navigating through the store or upgrade kiosk would have been a much welcome addition.  Other than that little nuisance, I’d almost call it a perfect 5/5 game…  Almost… which leads to the point of this post!  Games should not try to be something they were never meant to be; they should focus on what makes them fun and exploit that nugget of goodness.

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