So I've been making some use of my one month free on XBox Live and so far I've been trying out a couple of game demos. Being that I am trying to be a cheap bastard here, it was a surprise to see that you have to buy points to buy stuff on XBox Live. What got me even more was there wasn't any online arcade or a place you could just play games. You had to buy them to play the full games!
Buy, buy, buy... *feels a headache coming on*
I admit though, that I was surprised to see the amount of games that there are demos for. Which is a good thing, because I don't think I'm going to be going crazy on this point buying stuff any day soon. And well, with all of these free demos to try out, I really don't know where to begin! But maybe this will help me sort out what I actually like and really, really don't.
I still hate Overlord... you too Dynasty Warriors: Gundam. Booo!
Anyway, two games that I've tried that I believe to be worth mentioning are The Darkness and Connan. I've only read about Connan and The Darkness I've actually been wanting to rent for a few months now, but wouldn't you know it? Blockbuster hasn't had it in stock...
Connan was pretty straight forward, I mean you run, you hack and the bad guys die. What stumped me for a good 5 minutes was how to break through the soldiers that kept blocking. I mean here I am, wailing away at this bastards with all two of my swords and nothing!
To my surprise, breaking through those blocks required either a two handed weapon or just one sword. Once that was learned, those soldiers were a breeze.
My only gripe from the demo was the lack of ability to move the camera, which I am hoping is only because it is a demo. It is an absolute pain to not be able to see enemies running at you from off-camera. Well like I said, I am hoping that this is something only here because it is a demo. If not... blah!
The Darkness was pretty fun too and the story itself (from the 3 chapters included in the demo) seemed interesting. What I like even more is that you aren't playing the hero, you aren't a 'good guy' here. Nope, you just got betrayed and now you're out to make them all pay. Oh and you've got some demon power living inside of you too, which does help matters.
The gun play is pretty standard FPS stuff, you shoot and reload and all that stuff. What adds a little spice to the mix is the Darkness powers. You can scout around with it and can also kill with it at the same time, which definitely comes in handy.
The catch here is you have to get rid of light sources or else it will limit your power. Or something to that effect. What was a fun power was the Shadow Arm I believed it was called. You basically have this black demon arm/spike that you can use to impale enemies and destroy stuff with. It did get a little frustrating at a point, because I just couldn't seem to get the damn this to kill people.
I think I might have missed something along the way.
Anyhow, that is that and now I'm going to go try out maybe Dead Rising (Old game yes, but the promise of zombie killing is too much for me to resist), Skate (Don't ask why) and maybe Bioshock too.
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