Full games:
PS3
Spiderman 3: Borrowed from a friend and I was put off when I first started by it not controlling as well as the Spiderman2 (PS2) but once you get the hang of it it's rather nice. Feels unfinished and can be a bit buggy nut isn't a bad game, and thankfull no longer do I have to put up with "MY BALOOOOOON" being screech from a small child who should never be allowed to hold a ballon.
Ratchet & Clank: Tools of Destruction: £39.98 [New] Tescos
I know I mentioned this in the last entry but it's amazing, it's just keeps on giving. Mainly weapons but that's what these games are about./ The story is progressing well and the controls are beautifully simple. The way that the game changes from 3rd-person Shooter, platformer, puzzler, Six-axis flying and falling, is seemless and stops the game from feeling repetative. Buy it fun for all the family.
Feel Ski £3.99 PSN Store
A six-axis game, hmm very hit and miss. Sadly the idea is sound you tilt the pad to control a skier down a hill. Sadly it's not as responsive as you'd like and it's quite dull. You only get 2 levels (basically too easy & too hard). The game has little depth. Sadly I couldn't seem to get a match online but I wasn't really that bothered.
SingStar (Solus) £17.99 Play.com
Firstly it took them 5 days to deliver something I expected to get on release day, not happy. Made stightly better by the fact I chosen the game without the mics as I saw no need in wireless mics. Which from what I've noticed don't even come with the game yet anyway. So I spent the money saved on downloading tunes from the SingStore. At £0.99 it's a total bargain, except if you already have them on previous PS2 Singstars. Looks like Sony are now going to make us early adopters pay twice, yet again. That said it does mean I can download the tunes I want not have to try and sing songs that I can't possible hope to win on.
The game it's self hasn't really changed but bit have been added to the experience ie SingStore (mentioned above) and My SingStar online. This is a stripped down version of sites like youtube. It allows you to share your songs, videos and picture with other people online. They can then rate your videos. I think over xmas this feature is going to be totally rinsed. It's very simple to use and works well just a shame the load is so poor (slow servers!?).
Social gaming at it's best and a great form of excersise as it improves lung caposity), shame it can create an annoyance to neighbours. I'm worried that Chelsea Dagger is going to get me evicted ;-)
PSP:
Syphon Filter: Logan's Shadow £17.99 Play.com
Yet again another order from play that took over 7 days to arrive. Sadly I've not played much of it yet but from what I have it's better than the Dark Mirror was. The game has the best controls I've used for a game of this type put Metal Gear to same. The story is awesome. Sadly when I first booted it up and had ago at the practice missions I was disappointed as the 1st 3 were the same as the previous game. Then you get 2 more that are new. Part 4 is combat training teaching you new stealing mores and the blind firing from cover. The 5th part teaches you how to swim. I'm not going to spoil this as it's was a really pleasnt surprise and shows how much better games can look running at 266Mhz. Can't wait to try God of War: Canins of Olimpus which runs at 333Mhz. But I digress.
The game is a typical 3rd person stealth action but what makes it differnt is the control method makes it a joy to play not damn hard work which means you can concentrate on playing rather than which buttons you should be pressing. I'll let you know what I think when I've completed it and had a good look at the Combat Ops demo that comes with the game.
