Mega Derived

Whew, I’m glad that fortnight is over. Been cracking away on some essays, which is always a blast. And going out. Finishing the Rugby season. Dieting. All sorts of cool, real-lifey things that I’m spending way too much time relaying here in a futile and cheap hope that you, humble reader, will consider me a socially well-adjusted and general all-around decent bloke.

Back to gaming. I’ve been playing Lost Planet and Crackdown lately. I’d always intended to buy Lost Planet, but Crackdown came to me as a real surprise. Basically, somebody mentioned how it was good and I saw it for cheap in HMV and just went for it. The last time I did that was a million years ago with Tiberian Sun, and that game sucked. Still, I gave in to hype and it will forever grate at my conscience.

I’m quite fond of both games, but Crackdown is definitely the better of the two. There’s something vacant about Lost Planet; an element is missing somewhere. By all logic and reasoning, it should be the finest game of all time. But it’s not. Crackdown, however, kicks major ass. I’ll write more about those games in subsequent posts over the weekend.

Next on my plate is Sonic The Hedgehog. I can’t believe I’m actually going to play it. I’ve thrown away all my razor blades, just to make sure I don’t decide to just end it all after looking at one too many loading screens. No, wait, there’s a copy of Condemned that I can play through first. Phew. I actually thought I was going to have to put Sonic in my 360 drive for a second, there.