nonpareil

I was a fan of the original Bioshock, but only to a point. After a while, the combat became repetitive and the central idea got a little tired. I'm happy to play a sequel, but I hope they take some risks (as they did with System Shock), otherwise it will get stale fast.

I have been uncomfortably playing this game all Christmas break (on hard). It makes me very uneasy, keeps me on edge, and forces me into hording all my supplies. Yet I am constantly on the verge of death. I love it.

Good choice. Now if only I can get people to play my level.

PSN: peteypinata

I've got a '360 and a PS3. While the '360 is fun, it's not as elegant as the PS3 (nor live as elegant as XMB).

I play more games on the '360, and generally buy for the '360 unless there are critical graphical differences, but I really, really wanted to love the PS3. I wanted it to blow me away with a steady flow of awesome titles that I couldn't keep up with (the PS2 did that, but I only had an xbox, and watched with tears in my eyes as I missed exclusives too numerous and wonderful to imagine).

What has the PS3 given me? It's generally my go-to device for streaming, because it's less finicky than the '360. I never use it to surf the web (uh, wut), and I only play a couple of games on it (LBP, MGS4, Uncharted). Every other game I've wanted has come out on the '360, and is generally available for less second-hand (used PS3 games are always more expensive, oddly). But nothing's blown me away.

I'm holding out for Killzone, Heavy Rain, God of War 3, but they may be too little, too late. I adore LBP, but despite being a masterpiece, there are way, way, way too many issues. You can pour hours into a great level, but no one will play. Levels vanish inexplicably. And the level search is still borked.

Uncharted is a great franchise, but I could have lived without it (though it is in a class above Tomb Raider). MGS4 I enjoyed heaps, but had the same gripes others had - I could have lived without it.

The bottom line is the PS3 is just over-engineered, and under-utilized. With the era of the exclusive over, gamers and consumers alike will look past brand loyalty to (1) bang for their buck, (2) online gaming options. The '360 wins on both fronts. Though MS has some serious build issues (much less now than earlier) with the Xbox, it's simply the only rational choice in the post-exclusive era, and in these rough economic times.

That's how Germany does Ninja Turtles.

Let's have a release date, you bastiges.

I hope this is done by Christmas, as I plan on a lot of Horde Mode on my parents obscenely large TV while home for the holidays.

Great, great video.

I think he might mean the demo, not the game.

@Farseer (GDI): No one who played Braid called it easy. Everyone who played this called it easy. Just because there's no game over screen doesn't mean the game is easy -- PoP is easy because you have an automated helper/saver who makes jumps/wins fights for you. This is akin to having a little man in Braid who solved the puzzle for you whenever you got stuck.