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After I posted my Saints Row 3 review, EB and I continued playing the campaign. I'd already made up my mind that the story was a thin excuse for stuff blowing up left and right, and I said so in my review of the game. A good third of the campaign missions are just side missions with a bit of window dressing, and what little story there is can be summed up by "that guy is doing bad things to us, so he must die in the worst way possible."
It's the holiday season, which means practically every retailer's going nuts with sales, and downloadable games are all the rage these days.
However, EB generally likes to play things on day 1. His mantra is "BUY, BUY, BUY!" We like to play the same games, so I occasionally break my own rules and preorder a game or get it on day 1. I justify this to myself by saying that we get a lot of mileage out of these online games. In return I occasionally convince him to take advantage of a deal or consider a "back catalog" game that he might not have been willing to play otherwise.
There are plenty of self congratulatory game reviews and interviews out there. Depending on who it is from, sometimes I even eat it up. However, something struck a nerve when I read through the amazingly smug make out session with the writer behind Gears of War 3.
Two quick updates about Iron Brigade. First, the free update associated with the name change is now available and includes a new survival mode and some additional high end gear. Second, an additional (most likely "pay for") DLC pack is coming called Rise of the Martian Bear which builds on the ridiculous premise of the original game.
It took a couple of nights to get the rhythm down and get a feel for the game, but we had a blast. The game was ridiculous, over the top, and completely crazy in every way imaginable. We crashed helicopters, we stole cars, we made lewd gestures and above all, we blew @# ^% up. Saints Row 2 was the game GTA 4 tried and failed to be.
While perusing some holiday deals on PC downloads, I came across two titles that I positively loved that you can own for a combined total of $6. These are Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee and Oddworld: Abe's Exodus.
Having recently topped out at 80, prestiged, and made a dent in our second run through the XP levels, I feel like we've put enough time in to give a first-pass assessment of MW3 multiplayer.
I continue to have problems with the Elite service, now almost two weeks after the games release. It saddens me that what couldn't have been (and probably eventually will be) a big step forward for the franchise, is currently a laughing stock. As you crawl around the service, clearly still reeling from the onslaught of customers expecting it to work, you can see that developer had a lot of ambitious plans.
I played probably 10 minutes of The Binding of Isaac the other day, before I had to stop. The game didn't save, so I was kind of irritated with it. I decided that maybe I didn't give it a fair shake, so I thought I'd load it up again and see if I couldn't get a better impression of it if I gave it a couple more hours.