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February 9, 2009 by Tony 6 Comments

As I mentioned earlier, I actually have been playing games, but nothing recently. Our recent Gamefly delivery brought two games, one for me and one for the kids:

Left 4 Dead – No need for details here. There are four of you and thousands of them (Zombies). I will say, however, that while the game is okay with computer-controller teammates, I really want to experience some real-life teammates. If you see me on Live and want some to blast some zombies, let me know.

The shotgun is very satisfying. I have a need to explode some zombie heads.

Sorry!Hasbro Game Night – This is one we picked up for the kids to try out on the Wii. The kids love boardgames, but sometimes it’s nice to just have the computer handle all the details. Plus, there are no pieces the one year-old can put in his month. There are (Connect Four, Yahtzee, Boggle, Sorry, Sorry Slide, and Battleship). The older kids are still to young for Yahtzee and Boggle, and Connect Four is easily played without the Wii, but the absolutely loved playing Sorry. After they got the hang of it, they played it daily for about a week.

That is not, however, enough to deem a purchase. This is a renter at best.

Resident Evil 5 Demo – It was interesting to see the chatter (on Twitter mostly) shortly after this demo dropped. Most complained about how horribly it controlled or how slow it was or whatever. I had a similar initial impression. But as I played I realized what I needed to do. My suggestion (which took a while for me to figure out myself) was to put yourself in a Resident Evil 4 state of mind. From then on, I really enjoyed this demo.

RE5 Screen - B

Again, the co-op play has not been probed. I hope to rectify this situation, as well.

Dawn of War II Multiplayer Demo – I have been out of the RTS game for so long, this felt like reconnecting with a high school buddy on Facebook. I had a blast playing DoW II. I am not steeped in the Warhammer 40K mythos, but after playing this, I want to be. I suddenly feel a need to buy and paint little miniature metal figurines.

Filed Under: Gaming Tagged With: Dawn of War II, Hasbro Family Game Night, Left 4 Dead, Resident Evil 5

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  1. Ehergeiz says

    February 10, 2009 at 12:07 am

    NOOooo!!!! Don’t give into your urge to buy those infernal miniatures Tony!

    You can borrow mine. 😉

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  2. Woolfman says

    February 10, 2009 at 10:55 am

    Yeah or mine 😛 WHOO!HOOO! GO! Blood Angles!

    Reply
  3. FlamingSquirrel says

    February 10, 2009 at 5:17 pm

    Yeah, Left 4 Dead isn’t very good with AI teammates (or on xbox 360 *cough* *cough*). It’s really a social experience, to be played with other people. On PC, you can even play with random people online and find pleasant respectful gamers, simply looking to play the game and have a good time. Good luck finding that on 360 😛

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  4. Tony says

    February 10, 2009 at 9:18 pm

    @FS – thinking of playing it with random people online with the 360 makes me sad. It’s going to be ugly.

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  5. Brock says

    February 12, 2009 at 11:57 pm

    Hey, I have L4D on the 360. And I’m usually respectful and friendly… Usually…

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    • Tony says

      February 13, 2009 at 10:57 am

      It’s settled, then. We need some L4D. Now we just need to sucker (I mean invite) two others to join us.

      Reply

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