GG i don't know if you're still interested but i remember you telling me to look out for reasonable deals on modern warfare 2.  i think this one is not too bad.  I don't know how the hardened edition differs from the standard one but it seems not too bad a price:

http://www.zavvi.com/games/platforms/xbox-360/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-2-hardened-edition/10067352.html

bugsonglass said:

GG i don't know if you're still interested but i remember you telling me to look out for reasonable deals on modern warfare 2.  i think this one is not too bad.  I don't know how the hardened edition differs from the standard one but it seems not too bad a price:

http://www.zavvi.com/games/platforms/xbox-360/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-2-hardened-edition/10067352.html

No I was looking for cheap prices on COD4 on 360 before reflex. I'll check this out though, thanks.

EDIT: Eh, still too high, I am looking to get Red Dead Redemption first. Hopefully treyarch will port MW2 to wii eventually.

DKC returns eruption trailer

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/exclusive-eruption-donkey-kong/707131

This game is going to kick your ass. My hype is very low for this one. As long as its gifted to me for Christmas I'll take it, but damn I feel wary about getting this now. Those giant hammers are going to pound you to a pulp.

gamingeek said:

Iwata

You were having trouble coming up with good songs...

Harsh, Iwata.  Harsh

First dungeon in MM done and honestly it sucked ass. Much worse than I remember it, but I do remember that the dungeons do get better. The rest of the game is so stellar that it makes up for it, still can you imagine MM with 8 awesome dungeons, wow.

Where the hell is our Skyward Sword info, its been a long time since we had anything on that game.

I'm back having played Severn-how-do-u-spell-it snow level. Wow, best looking level on Wii? It's a very strong contender. And you then seamlesly go into the bunker which is a completely different design from the N64 game. It's damned cool. This game has gone from maybe it's good, to wow, it IS good. Great even sometimes.

I can probably say from what I have played so far that it is the best single player FPS I have played in a long time.

The snow level has an awesome scope but also lets you stealth about picking people off, very cool. Then inside the bunker there are some snipers with laser sights like in Halo 3. As I lined up a shot on one he turned his sights towards me and the laser caused lens flare just at  the moment I shot him. Wow moment right there. And then there is a night vision part like COD4 which is cool, reminded me more of splinter cell because of the way you can sneak about.

Oh and the melee move with the nunchuk is the best melee move since Halo, it feels completely natural and works brilliantly. If there is some fool in your face a quick chop will butt the gun in his face, but that's only half the story. Because it's been performance captured it has a weight and motion to it that physically connects with you.

Then as the opening camera pan of the archives started my jaw hit the floor. As a Goldeneye fan just seeing the familiar tiling and wall paint sent a giddy shiver up my spine. The actual level wasn't as good as the facility, dam, snow level or bunker but it was great fun, showing that a game doesn't have to have open battlefields and huge scope to be a hugely enjoyable FPS.

Anyhow in the archives as you duck behind bookcases and they (and you) can shoot the books out of the cabinets

And just randomly I saw this statue and I wondered, hey I wonder if I melee that will it.... and yeah, it split into 4 under my fist and crumbled to the floor. It just goes to show the little things, the attention to detail Eurocom have put in here.

Also the AI is pretty darn smart, as I advanced forward the guy in front of me did a little backwards hop, over the cover point and took up a new position.

This is not just a great Wii FPS. This is a great FPS, full stop. Loving it so far, apart from the club level. It has exceeded my expectations. Oh and headshots work perfectly and so do the controls once you've tweaked them. Ignore any grumbling you see in reviews, that's just the reviewer's folly.

The actual gameplay, if you ignore the level design and visuals, the actual gameplay outdoes COD, the balance between AI and health and weapons and stealth, it all just works and feels satisfying.

I replayed DKC on VC, and had a great time with it.

gamingeek said:

It was like someone took a mallet to my balls.

Ravenprose said:

I replayed DKC on VC, and had a great time with it.

Yeah but maybe you like that sort of thing?

gamingeek said:

Looks like Game Informer are the odd ones out. Even Gamesradar which complains about control problems which don't exist, or which can be negated by using the controller options.

EDIT: 7/10 from Eurogamer, will read now.

Seems that some reviews say the single player is 11 hrs and has replayability on top of that with the new objectives at higher difficulty.

I was well pleased to see Tom McShea review it on gamespot, as I've read enough of his stuff to value his opinion on games -- he gave it an 8.5.

I cannot emphasize enough the general anti-Nintendo slant gameinformer has had for many years.  Gameinformer is very cosy with US developers and publishers, and the hook the magazine is known for is world exclusive covers.  Almost all of their covers break news on a new game.  As you can imagine Nintendo has never played ball with acess the way other publishers have (hell, half the time Reggie doesn;t even know what Nintendo Japan is doing).  And equally obviously Nintendo does not buy advertising in magazines.  So they get the no-friends trreatment.

I'm familiar with their biases, so I still find their magazine usefull to read.

ASK_Story said:

gamingeek said:

Yeah if you are really into multiplayer I guess. I'm getting both though and if Goldeneye holds up, its single player will be quite a bit better than the 4 COD campaigns I've played.

I don't think I even touched Modern Warfare 1 & 2 or World at War's single player. I did play some co-op with my cousins with W@W but that's about it.

-- That's the only parts I played!