Feedback / mini "Reviews" for PRINCE of PERSIA and SKATE 2

Well feedback seems good so far for my first review. Well, not good as in "positive" but good as in "here's a list of problems"-- Which I think is great. Who needs positive feedback? Thats not helpful is it? No- I need to be told how crap I am to get better, right? RIGHT?!

Especially with feedback like "It sounds like it was written at 4am after 10 pints...." Which says to me that not only should I stop writing at 4am after 10 pints, but also that JFoundation is impressivly observant...

Heh, so I'll try another review sometime soon, making sure to follow the feedback-

* Dont get drunk before writing.
* Stop writing at 4am.
* Believing that I should read it back after I've written it. Or find an editor.
* Hold on to the feelin' instead of trying to be funny.

But the problem I have at the moment is I have no games I want to complete (modern games anyway). I recently bought Prince or Persia and Skate 2 for the PS3 and... Meh.


Prince of Persia- FUCKING TERRIBLE. Dialogue is horrible, slap googly eyes on the characters and they look like they belong in a pokeball and the old fashioned smooth free-running from the old games?
OVER.
The Prince's new claw slows things down hugely- instead of running up a wall you jump-claw-jump-claw, assuming you haven't fallen asleep before you reach your destination- assuming some more that you haven't stabbed a knitting needle through your year just to silence that TERRIBLE dialogue.
On top of this the camera angles change more than than Michael Jackson changed his.... Too soon? Anyway, it proves to be extremely irritating when you try to jump from a wallrun and the camera cuts to an "Uh-oh, you're falling down a hole!" above angle, as if the game itself is mocking you for almost failing. This then mean you have to guess your jumps towards the end of the wall and I can tell you now- Blind Faith, although a fine name for a disabled Christian rock band, is a terrible idea for a free-running game as it breaks flow.
I stopped playing, promptly.

Skate 2- is.... HARD. I'm slowly getting the hang of it, then it tells me to do a "Revert to pop shuvit" and I cant figure out how to revert. It's not on the trick menu and I presume its no longer the good ol' "R2 on a half pipe" like good old fashioned Tony taught me.....
Each time I play I find myself getting better, but then a simple sounding challenge comes along that makes me realise just how terrible I am.

On top of this, the camera angle is so low that when you pick up speed you hit that jump you've had your eye on, your characters monstrous arse takes up so much of the screen that it becomes no more than a guessing game. Then if you hit the jump you still have to time your ollie just right. It very quickly becomes a trial and error effort- the same jump over and over and over again until you finally nail it and move onto the next jump/trick/sequence that you have to try over and over until you ask yourself "Why am I still playing this?" It feels like more of a chore at times than a game.
"Easy to pick up, life time to master" -> But missing out totally on the "Easy to pick up." Its almost as if the game doesn't want YOU to play. This isn't for you, its ours.... It's an exclusive party. But for some reason, the more I play, the more I want in. Why?!

However, the developers seem to have foresaw this inevitable tediousness of the game by adding an incredibly addictive mini-game. "The Hall of Meat". Basically, every time you bail it shows you your fall in slow motion and gives you points on how much you managed to cripple your character. Beautiful. Now, every time you get frustrated when you can't get that "Boneless to 360 spoon fuck" you simply throw yourself off a building, curl into a ball and aim for a passing car. And if your friend isn't any good in 2 player, let their downfalls become an advantage and play them at this instead!

And of course the sexism is worth a chuckle- by simply making a female character the game awards you with the "Gender-Bender" trophy. Then subsequently the rest of the cast from the game still refer to you as a man. My breasts mean nothing to them.



So there we have it. That's my rambling opinions on my current gaming attempts. Almost like "mini-reviews"! And I've geniusly forgot to follow the feedback! (although its not 4am and I am relatively sober...)

So feedback is wanted, needed, longed for and stance a slim chance of being read/listened to for my next actual review.

GOODBYE (for now)

(Also apologies that this isn't as flashy as the last one- it was more of a free-flowing ramble. Like a female hiker once a month.)