What are we doing to the children?

Please, won't somebody think of the children?!

Now I've gotten that out of my system, on with tonight's show... erm, blog.

Gran Turismo 5 Prologue. Great cars, so-so game. It was fun for the first few races really, then I realised that I couldn't change the cars - they look and drive just like road cars, which probably fills a niche. Sadly I'm not a part of that little world. Probably spoiled by the NFS range of games.

This is why it's good that I also got NFS Shift. Would have to be the most fun I have had racing all year, which is indeed a challenge being this close to the end of 2009. It all comes down to the racing line. That's right, following the damn green arrows as they arc away to the corners where they change to an alarming red (Brake you idiot! Brake!!). The cool thing is that if you stick to the arrows like that VD you picked up at that party, you get points for it. Lots and lots of Driver upgrading points. It also adds to your "precision" driving skill. Drive like your nan, avoid crashing into other cars and follow that line to be precise. If you go the other way, you are deemed "aggressive". That's driving into other cars, spinning them out of control into various walls and drafting your way into powerful corner slides (as opposed to drifting) for maximum aggressiveness.

So far, I've strangely been on the nanna track. Gotta stop trying to stick to that line and take some bastards out. Take one for the team!! Sorry readers, bed is calling and tomorrow is a great day for racing - on the Xbox, not the road.

Not At All Famous - Nope, Not One Bit

Infamous. I'll just let you sit there for a minute and reflect on the title of this great PS3 only game...

Taken a minute? Good! Well, what do you think?

Nothing? Can't take anything from the name... hmm... Well, what about a screenie??

Basically, you are a human lightning rod - shoot electricity from your hands, absorb it from televisions, lightposts, generators, anything electrical. You can also climb up buildings better than Spiderman, glide around on railway lines faster than Superman. That's right, you are the new superhero of Empire City!!

Or the new supervillain. That's the path I took. The red lightning is a dead giveaway. The thing I love about this game is the impact your choices have on how the game turns out. Steal from a guy (in a mission) and the people in the area start to hate you. Kill too many bystanders and they throw rocks at you (or run away terrified). The good vs evil isn't a clear-cut choice every time either. The guy hanging from the street light - do you shoot him with lightning or walk away? I walked away and was given a bigger evil rating.

 

As far as sand-box games go, this is probably my favourite now. You take the pace of the game as fast as you want - follow the main path, do the side quests, or go shard collecting!! I did every side-mission as it came up, freeing different parts of the city from the control of the gangs that take over at the beginning. Gang members come in all shapes and sizes, from the tiny scorpion-like constructs that sting you if you aren't fast enough to zap them, all the way up to the giant robots that have a person inside with similar powers to you. Watch out Cole, you're going to become a human pancake!

Finally, after looking at some of the awesome powers that you have access to, I hear you asking:

"Mr Wolf, sir, is that it?" Here's one last screenie to give you a hint:

Marvelous that.