Where Go?

I've been away from here for a little, not so much because I've gotten burnt out and didn't feel like writing or something to that effect. It has been more like I've been working a bit more lately and things have been crazy around here (parents dropping in for a visit, memorial service for my grandparents). But things are slowing back down and now I'm trying to play catch up on a couple of things.

First off, whodathunkit?! Reading the news about Mass Effect II coming to the PS3 next year is a shocker! I mean wow... so I thought that series was a Microsoft exclusive? Huh. So much for that!

I wonder if this will mean that ME3 will follow suit?

Allow me to come clean about something: I am torn. What I mean by that is this coming holiday season is PACKED like a mutha with a ton of games that has me running all over the place like a kid in a candy store. I have reserved Fable III and Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II. But what has me torn is Halo: Reach and Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood.

I wanted to avoid being a game crazed idiot this year and I think I have done a decent job at keeping away. But there is just so much coming out that I don't even know if I should go or don't go. Ya know?

Personally, I actually think I am siding a bit more with Assassin's Creed. I enjoyed Assassin's Creed II quite a bit and the thought of having a Brotherhood that will aid you against your enemies in Rome sounds like a party to me. It just feels more compelling to me at this point.

I honestly just want the Halo: Reach Collector's Edition just for the Noble 6 statue thing that comes with that massive box set...

And Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep is coming soon, too! My girlfriend, being the avid Kingdom Hearts fan, absolutely blew a lid and flipped out when she heard that the game was getting a Special Edition... for UK onry. Har... Har... Har...

That just adds a bit more fuel to the fire, which is adding on top of the hole where Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix should have been. She is a angry girl some days.

I cheated my way through StarCraft II and went ahead and skipped to the ending. Interesting how things turned out in the end. I then reloaded my honest gameplay save and proceeded to get my ass handed to me.

Such is life.

Last thing I want to blabber on about is Dragon Age II. I still have my doubts about all of these changes being made, but this pre-rendered trailer does a decent job of getting my expectations up over game play that probably won't be.

It would be awesome to see a actual fight in a RPG look the way it does in the video I have linked below this. Probably the next generation of consoles will get us there? I just hope 3D isn't the next step for gaming... that crap gives me a headache.