PoP and H2H

I was able to pick up a used copy of Prince of Persia at GameStop. I paid around $15 using my GameStop Discount card.

I don't know when I will get to this game, but I have heard great things about it.

I have not published the details, yet, but I purchased an Xbox360 in May. I'll explain the reasons in another post (when I get my courage). But I wanted to mention that I found an interesting site: Lens of Truth.

What I like about this site is that they attempt to do side-by-side comparisons of multiplatform games. Their posts get better as the hone their skills, but I will be using this to help choose for which platform I buy/rent/borrow games. Being a PS3 Fanboy, if there is a tie, I will definitely be choosing the PS3.

What happened to June?

June was vacation month. I spent a week in Kitty Hawk, NC (The Outer Banks) with extended family. We were able to rent a LARGE house with its own private pool walking distance from the ocean. It was a fun relaxing time. I was able to bring the PS3.We played a lot of Guitar Hero and Rock Band as a group (El Mico is on the left). I started Overlord and played COD:WaW at night. Then, I went with my parents and my sister's family to Feed the Mouse at Disney World Florida. It was HOT. All 6 Adults and 6 kids had a wonderful time. The Tower of Terror (at Disney Studios) and Expedition Everest (at Animal Kingdom) were the favorites. Disney does it right - they know how to separate you from your money. When I returned, I had the flu. I'm hoping to recover before my motorcycle trip at the end of July.

Taking Lara to the Limit

Good game, but buy it cheap. All-in-all, I was disappointed.

First let me write that I have never completed a Tomb Raider tale. I played pieces on PC or 16-bit systems, but never really got into it. So, I didn’t know all the repeating characters like Natla.

I guess my biggest disappointment was the lack of a climax. One character is killed by Lara’s Doppelganger – but revenge is never given. It was all handled too quickly in a cut scene – poor Alister. It truly is a puzzle game: solve the puzzle and the story is continued in the narrative.

The scenery was beautiful and diverse; the vehicles were fun. The puzzles were not complex (linear), but it did required me to think and explore. I cheated once and looked at a video walk-through. (I didn’t know how to “run” along a moving cable.) Gun play was automatic – with two guns and the Hammer-of-Thor, villains were not a problem.

I’ll probably go back and get the trophies I already earned before the patch came out. At least I was able to prevent the seventh age from beginning.