This is a great year for Thanksgiving Gaming, one of the fullest I can recall in a long time.\u00c2 This week as I have been squeezing game time I have had to choose between several great games; Dragon Age, Assassin’s Creed 2, and Modern Warfare 2.\u00c2 It could have been worse I could have bought Left4Dead 2, and if I was a PS3 owner I would also have Uncharted 2 on my plate.\u00c2 Overall this has been a great year for gaming, and next year looks to be started well with Splinter Cell:Conviction, Mass Effect 2, FF13, and Alpha Protocol.<\/p>\n
Thus far Assassins Creed 2, has been a great experience.\u00c2 The story, game flow, and side activities are improved from the first, while retaining the awesome freedom of movement the of AC1.\u00c2 \u00c2 I find it amazing that spend\u00c2 more time picking pockets, opening chests, decoding secret messages, and updating my villa, than I have spent on assassinations.\u00c2 And all that time I spent without feeling like I was doing any grinding, which is a testament to the how much fun AC2’s core game loop is.<\/p>\n
So many games so little time, between MW2 multiplayer and time in AC2 I have had to put my Dragon Age progress on hold for a bit.\u00c2 Which is alright since DA is such a big game taking short break from it will help keep me from burning out before finishing, and its too good to not finish.<\/p>\n
Oh and thinking of MW2, I have never wished for a mouse\/keyboard set up for my Xbox more than when I am playing Multiplayer MW2.\u00c2 Yes I could have bought the PC version and I still might, but I knew way too many people with the 360 version.\u00c2 \u00c2 I had to trade good controls for a large community to play with, it was a tough trade but one I feel, at least for now, was worth it.\u00c2 \u00c2 This is the only game I can recall that I have kept playing even though I generally don’t do very well.\u00c2 Those guys at Infinityward found the secret sauce in the MW2 unlockables reward structure,\u00c2 I keep wanting to play to unlock something new.<\/p>\n
Time for me get back to holiday gaming.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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