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Weekend Discussion
by Xav de Matos, Jan 08, 2011 8:00am PSTThe snow finally fell hard on Toronto last night. It's a welcome change of pace from the dirty, muddy look the city has been sporting for most of the holiday season. Now, where's my shovel!
Here's what Team Shack will be playing this weekend.
- Alice O'Connor: I'm hoping to spend the weekend reading or out and about but I'll probably end up playing a dash of Vanquish or Kane & Lynch 2 anyway.
- Garnett Lee: It's the first round of the NFL playoffs and there are some great games to watch. The rest of the time I'll be finishing Uncharted 2, starting LittleBIGPlanet 2, and probably spending some time in the jungles of Bad Company 2 "Vietnam" online.
- Brian Leahy: This weekend I'll be playing more WoW and SC2, though I do plan on turning my consoles on again this weekend to check out the Community Playlist in Halo: Reach, Vanquish, Assassin's Creed Brotherhood, and more NFS: Hot Pursuit.
- Xav de Matos: Since I have to get ready for some upcoming travel, I may focus my attention on handhelds for a while. I've packed my iPhone with new games, downloaded new titles for my PSP, and dusted off Chrono Trigger for my NDS. At home, I'll keep my focus on replaying Dead Space, perfecting rounds of Super Street Fighter IV, and tearing it up in Vanquish.
- Jeff Mattas: [Shoveling sand. There's no snow in California.]
- Ozzie Mejia: School's started, so I'll be hitting the books...and sneaking in some rounds of Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood.
The true joy of this game is just running and jumping and feeling like a bad ass, when finicky controls get in the way of it you get snapped out of the trance. Having a little more automated guidance to keep you from dropping out of the flow by just barely missing a ledge or whatever would really just crank up the fun factor. Would be nice to also have longer stints of uninterrupted running to really pick up speed. The colored objects showing you things to interact with is a good start, but honestly I'd be stoked to have a lot more guidance. Stopping to look around and try and figure out where you need to go and how you are going to do it is another thing that just rips you out of the moment.
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