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Mystery Case Files: The Malgrave Incident

Mystery Case Files: The Malgrave IncidentThe Malgrave Incident was a refreshingly old school adventure style game for the Wii. This style of game was very popular on the PC years back, but still has it’s charm today.

You’re a detective and you must solve a mystery, basic but still never seems to get old. I really enjoyed the simple scenes where you must locate all the hidden objects. It’s like a massive issue of Highlights at the dentist office. I always liked looking for all the hidden stuff, simple but fun.

There’s also a number of different logic puzzles that need to be solved along the way too. I really enjoyed them, some were a bit challenging but all were solvable. Nothing too crazy or complex.

This game is really best played with someone else. It’s good to bounce ideas off one another and the slow pace of the game works well for 2 people.

While this game hasn’t gotten the greatest of ratings online, I thought that it was a lot of fun to play. Granted it’s not Halo, but I think it’s a great game for casual gamers or for people who just like the old school simple point and click adventure game that is hard to come by these days.

 

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Portal 2

Portal 2Definitely one of the better games I’ve ever played. I hadn’t played the first that came with the Orange Box, but after much hype had to give it a shot and very glad that I did.

The concept is so simple but so difficult at times. To get from point A to point B using just the portal gun that you have. Completing a stage did have that rewarding feeling, especially some of the more difficult ones.

The voice acting was great. There were many moments that were just genuinely funny. The dry cold humor from the various robots was great. The ending of the game was amazing too. The orchestra and the original song sung by the monotone robot was perfect.

Now I have to give co-op play a shot, I’ve heard that’s ever better than the single player campaign. If you like puzzles, then this is perhaps a perfect game.

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Okamiden

OkamidenI finally finished up Okamiden on my trusty old DS. It was just as must fun if not more than the previous installment, Okami which I played on the Wii a little while back.

It picks up right where the original left off, and using the touch screen and stylus for the brush techniques was great. I like to draw.

It was one of the better DS games I’ve played and quite possibly one of the last one’s I’ll probably play with all the new systems coming out now.

The graphics and artwork was just as good as the original, capturing the whole old school Japanese fable feel. Very cool, and still very impressive this time around. The younger versions of all the various animals was very well done.

The story, especially the ending did have a serious of twists that I wasn’t expecting. So that’s always refreshing. Chibi is my new hero. All in all an excellent game and good distraction from all my business the past several weeks.

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Transformers: War for Cybertron

Finally got around to playing Transformers: War for Cybertron. This game was amazing, if you’d of taken me and a bunch of my friend from 3rd grade and asked us how a Transformers game/story should be done this is how it would’ve turned out. It was so accurate to what I remembered best from Transformers growing up and none of that silly stuff from the recent movies.

The ending credits were amazingly 80’s! An original song by Stan Bush, the nostalgic graphics, it was great!

Playing as both the Decepticons and Autobots was a nice touch. Starscream, Soundwave and cast were always favorites of mine. Actually recruiting Starscream in the first chapter to the Decepticons side was really fun. It was cool to see that he was still working with Jetfire at the time. If you have any idea of what I’m talking about then you are an excellent Transformers fan and I have your back should you even need it.

Even if this game didn’t have the Transformers license, it’d still of been a terrific game. This is an extreme rarity and a real shame that licensed games almost always turn out bad. It you grew up liking the Transformers and ranks the death of Optimus Prime right up with the Challenger explosion then buy and play this game right away. If you don’t then still play it, it’s really good.

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Donkey Kong Country Returns

Donkey Kong Country ReturnsI finally beat the last boss on Donkey Kong Country Returns for the Wii. This game was really challenging, like some of the old school platformers that my brothers and I would play for hours on end growing up. I must’ve tried to beat that last boss over a hundred times before I finally got him and brought the bananas back to the island.

The rest of the game of really well done and did justice to the old Super Nintendo Donkey Kong Country games. But again I must stress how difficult the levels were overall, but how rewarding it felt to beat them. I genuinely felt excited upon beating some of the levels.

I didn’t try the co-op play, but supposedly that’s pretty cool too. There’s also some hidden levels after beating the game, but I haven’t been brave enough to attempt them.

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Mass Effect 2

Mass Effect 2Finished playing through Mass Effect 2, and have to admit I’m pretty sad to be done it. It was one of the most enjoyable games I’ve played in a very long time. Improving on the first one which was great itself in most everyway.

You know a game is really good when you play through every side quest before going through the final chapter, I really didn’t want it to end. The characters and choices that you must make are amazing. I was honestly really sad when Tali died during my final mission. She was a very loyal Quarian and her sacrifice was not in vein.

I made my character and Engineer, figured that would be a bit different than using some of the more typical classes. The leveling up system and loyalty quests were a really cool idea. I also enjoyed mining various planets to unlock power-ups etc. I thought that was a very cool approach.

Production values by BioWare were amazing. I couldn’t imagine how much effort went into making this. Even the voice acting was spot on, with Martin Sheen voicing the creepy Illusive Man.

I’m really considering playing through this again, it really was that good. Best sci-fi experience around (movies, tv, etc.).