Only $11.99 at amazon, today only.

aspro said:

Here's the deal.

+ Some times the quick menu works (to use a potion), most times it does not (it pulls up the Select menu).

+ No fucking saving in mission, and most of these things are well over an hour.

I love the world, the story, everything else about it, but it's damn frustrating not having the quick menu work when you are in the heat of battle.  Fortunately I think I'm on the last mission now.  I mean, you have to love something this much to hate it this much.  If it was just cheap AI or whatever I'd not bother finishing it.  I love/hate it so much I'm considering going straight into Fable 2 after this, just to see what they fixed.

Luckily all the missions are extremely easy!

From GS impressions of Castlevania trailer, YES!

As far as combat and general action goes, Lords of Shadow bears some resemblance to the the God of War games, and that's certainly not a bad thing. Gabriel's combat cross functions as a whip (a great relief to long-time Castlevania fans) that enables him to produce up to 40 different kind of combination attacks that are unlocked as you progress through the game. Within these combinations, there seem to be attacks that are stronger than others. For example, one of Gabriel's ranged attacks is great for dealing with a great number of enemies just outside of his immediate area, but these attacks are weaker because of their added reach. Naturally, Gabriel also has access to the classic secondary weapons of the Castlevania franchise--we got a peak at the holy water as well as the dagger, but there will be more and it's worth mentioning that all secondary items can be upgraded in some manner. Gabriel also has access to a light and dark magic system, and while we got a brief glimpse of it in action, we don’t quite know how it functions, just yet.

But we do know that platforming will also be a big part of the Lords of Shadow experience. In quite a few scenes, we saw Gabriel taking long leaps across enormous chasms. We also saw him using the combat cross to scale objects and repel down walls. All of this comes in handy when you have opportunities to explore the environments and find hidden areas that may contain useful items you can use later. Some of these items may prove to be quite useful when battling some of the boss characters known as Titans. As you can imagine, the Titans are massive creatures--so massive that Gabriel has to scale them to find their weak points, which he has to smash in order to take these Titans down. If that sounds a little familiar, it should--the sequence Konami showed looked quite similar to the way the Colossi are defeated in Shadow of the Colossus, and it actually looked pretty cool to see that kind of gameplay in such a detailed setting.

Surprisingly, Lords of Shadow also seems to have a fairly strong puzzle solving element to its gameplay. The puzzles in the game range from fairly straightforward physical puzzles, such as where Gabriel has to use his dash move to light up a series of panels beneath his feet, to some that require a little more brain power--like the puzzle that requires you to line up a series of mirrors to properly reflect a beam of light. It's not clear just how often these puzzles appear, but from all indications, these occur when Gabriel needs a specific item, like a key to a particular room.

Archangel3371 said:

It looks like someone over at Microsoft forgot to pull the info from going on XBL about Gears of War 3 when the reveal from Cliff Blezinski was moved to Monday April 12th. Oh well it was pretty much a given anyways.

Woo hoo!!! Gears 3 in April!!! I can't wait to see the footage on Monday now. Oh man though it's going to be a hell of a 1 year wait.

Yeah...stupid Halo Reach! Grrrr....

One year seems like a long ways away. That's when the 3DS comes out!

Archangel3371 said:

Nah, Halo Reach is going to totally rock. I'm really looking forward to that as well.

Yeah, I know!

I just said that because I want Gears 3 first!