I gave myself a rather large gaming task list today. Finish Twilight Princess, get 80% completion in Burnout Paradise, beat the solo guitar tour on hard in Rock Band, and finally bang out as much of No More Heroes if time would allow.
The first task I decided to bang out was completing the solo guitar tour in Rock Band. While Rock Band's guitar difficulty doesn't touch Guitar Hero III, things can get a little rough at the end. The final song Green Grass and High Tides by The Outlaws is quickly becoming a new favorite of mine with its two really long and quite frankly pretty insane solos. This of course rewarded me with a respectable 90 gamerpoints and a golden guitar for my efforts. Status: Complete
In Burnout I have begun working on banging out some of the road rules times around the city. While I am starting to narrow down my options there is still way too much to do in Paradise City (EA talking about DLC will only help this statement). I have 44 events until my burnout elite license, around 20 some billboards, lord knows how many smashes, and just about every showtime left just waiting for me to stamp on my license. With that said I'm sitting at around 77%. Status: Currently playing
This brings us to Twilight Princess, which I can now safely take off of games I need to beat. I was a little late to the party, but I still had a good time. That said it didn't win over my heart like some past Zelda games. The world of Hyrule feels like an after thought with very forgettable characters and areas. While there are a few dungeons that keep you on your toes, I found most of them a little slower than I'm use to, with boss fights that didn't really get going until the very end. With all this said it is by no means a bad game, its just not a step forward for the series in my opinion. Twilight Princess feels like a game that was made for those that didn't bother to play Wind Waker because of its cel-shaded graphics, when I for one believe Wind Waker is a much better game. Status: Accomplished
I didn't get too far into No More Heroes today, but I have enjoyed it for the most part so far. The combat is extremely fun, and Travis Touchdown is earning a spot in my heart of hearts. The Wii remote finishing moves help keep the repetitive nature that you find in most action games fresh. The characters in No More Heroes are equally as fresh, if not more so. Each assassin has a style all their own, and Travis is never short on words. Some of the drawbacks to No More Heroes are that the open world isn't very appealing. With so much style in the story and the characters, I wonder if it is on purpose that the world is so bland in order to make them stand out more. Either way it just doesn't look nice to the eyes, and the side missions are really just a way to draw out the length of the game between missions. Hopefully I'll be able to have a full review sometime this weekend or early next week. Status: 8th ranked assassin
It was a great day to catch up on the games I've had sitting around (no car for a day will do that). With what seems to be a gap from here until mid March, I thankfully won't get backed up anytime soon.
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