I've just finished playing God of War on the PS2 that, while very short (I finished it with only three readl "days" worth of playing), was bloody awesome.
It's simply one of the goriest, most OTT mythical fighting games I've ever come across. Your character has two magic blades chained to his arms, and he hacks and flails his way through the legions of the ancient greek underworld. Orges, zombies, medusas, cyclopses, a 100-ft tall ares, the titular God - you get to kick the shit out of them all.
The game mechanic is intensely satisfying (which is probably why I finished it so quick), so you always feel in control - button mashing isn't rewarded so much as a decent combo attack - it just feels great.
The story too, is pretty great for what is essentially a gory beat 'em up. Aside from from one very silly (and skippable) 'sex' scene, played like a dance game, to a soundtrack of satisfied moans, the story is top-notch, giving the player decent motivation to carry out the story, and at least two or three very good reveals, that while not effecting gameplay, helped to make you feel that what you were doing mattered.
The game also features some stunning set-pieces, including a stunning glimpse of the man-mountain titan that has a dungeon on its back, a battle with Ares where the two of you are giants and more sick, sick fights than you can shake a severed head at. Highly recommended.
Also, my girlfriend bought herself a DS last week (in pink no less, so I can't take it out) with the mandatory Nintendogs. Man, that game is disturbing. I found myself talking to it like it was real. It's freaky little eyes looking right at me as I scratch it's head for bringing me the ball back. And I've gotta call it Daisy. In a high voice, so it'll understand me, as Ellie trained it to start with. So, humiliating, but worth a go certainly. |
E, has more options for rides, four cities instead of one, Motorbikes (I'm currently rocking a Ducati), but less variety of races and the pimping, which was the focus of NFS, doesn't seem to affect your 'rep', so you do just fine by getting a good car and maxing out the performance (though I wouldn't know, because all my rides are as glorious a a thousand Christina Aguileras making out with each other). 
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