Seasons are changing and I’ve shifted gears back into my video game mode, meaning more new purchases.
I started out with Mercenaries which is really quite good. You play a mercenary (obviously), in the midst of a war against North Korea and you’re running around performing missions for different factions in an effort to gather info on the infamous “Deck of 52″ (this sounds… familiar). The whole game looks great (dark and dreary - typical war game), and has a Grand Theft Auto feel to the mechanics of it, not that that’s a bad thing.
Speaking of GTA, after making my way through the entire suit of clubs in Mercenaries, I dropped it for Total Overdose, aka GTA: Mexico. Pinning it down like that isn’t totally fair, as the driving is nowhere near as good. On the other hand, the gunplay in the game is ridiculously fun, with you hopping all over like you’re in The Matrix or something. The premise of the story is similar to that Chris Rock movie Bad Company (great movie), but in Mexico and with more action.
I also ordered a copy of Crazy Taxi 3: High Roller, a game which was an Xbox exclusive way back when that I’d forgotten about. It’s in Vegas! Probably that’s where the game actually is right now, too, since it’s not here.
In the midst of all this single player action, Abe and I have also started playing Halo for the very first time ever. We’re playing through in co-op mode, which is a great alternative to having to do the entire thing alone and then beating eachother up in versus mode.
Most recently, I’ve started playing Saints Row, another Grand Theft Auto-looking game, with one notable exception: it’s on the Xbox 360. And it looks amazing. I’d write more but, well, new toy… and… yeah.
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