I believe at this point I need to thank the fall crop of games for addicting me again. In one week, I purchased Rock Band 2, LittleBigPlanet, and Dead Space. These three games have left me completely engaged since I purchased them. Not since the days of Final Fantasy X have I felt so compelled to complete everything in the game.
The first culprit to blame for this is LBP. This game is almost like a drug. First, I was addicted to building a level. I would play five hours straight without a break and not even realize it. Then I was obsessed with acing every level. Now I am trying to focus on collecting all the items. This game seems as though it could be near endless.
Carrying my completonist attitude over to Rock Band 2 is just about as bad. I want to play every gig while earning every star and beating every challenge. Overall, this may take quite a while. Although I do have a lot of fun doing it. I have also had a chance to check out the online part as I hopped online with a friend one nite and spent about three hours rocking out with them.
Finally, there is Dead Space. This game had me hooked until I picked up LBP. Then I got in the mood to shoot things up again. I did finally beat the fame and was fairly satisfied with it. Now I just want to max out all I the weapons and find all of the logs. Beating the game gives you 10 power nodes – so that should help me in my endeavor. The only problem I had with the game was its inconsistent difficulty levels. Outside of that it was a great game in my opinion. I’ll try to put up a full review later.
Overall, these games have excited me about gaming again. For a while, I was just going thru the motions and doing just enough to get thru a game. Now I am recommited to completing everything which lay before me.
As always, thanks for your time.
