Skyrim continues to be my go to game. 130 hours in. My stealthy archer character is now so powerful that I can take down most foes with one well placed arrow from my legendary Daedric bow armed with Ebony arrows and benefitting from the 3x damage of the sneak attack. It is extremely satisfying, but in the long haul may be what makes me finally stop playing. I am pretty unstoppable at the moment. I was obsessed with making my character the ultimate archer. Leveling up my skills, aiming to craft a daedric bow for the first time, finding or crafting enchanted armor to improve my bow damage. I am now where I want to be. As a result my character hasn't died is a really long time. I fear no creature in all of Skyrim. Even Elder Dragons go down easily. Now that any really threat is gone, I feel like the game may become dull. We'll see.
On the PS3 side of things my HDD has been filling up quickly with all these free games you get as a Playstation Plus subscriber. Sony's online service and functionality may still be far away from Microsoft's, but I do feel like I am getting my money's worth from my PS+ membership. So many free or discounted games. My library is full of these things and most of them I haven't even played once. I have the entire original Resident Evil trilogy, the new Back to the Future game (all episodes), countless classic games, and the list continues to grow. One of the recent titles offered is the classic Simpsons Arcade game. I had fond memories of sinking countless quarters into this thing. I was really excited at the thought of playing it again, now for free!
Man, funny how clouded your memory can be. Maybe it is just that my taste as a gamer has changed, but holy crap this game is terrible!!! I also never realized how absolutely ridiculous its premise was. It makes no sense. Smithers robs a jewelry store and then kidnaps Maggie? Are you kidding me? Did the creators of this game ever see a single Simpsons episode? The entire game doesn't make any sense in regards to its use of characters. And the game is unbelievable cheap and difficult, which is a staple of these old arcade games and how they were programmed to take your money. Anyway, word of warning, avoid this game. Don't let your childhood memories fool you into thinking it was ever any good. Because it's not!
The last bit of gaming news is that I picked up Saints Row the Third because of all the good word of mouth it received. I heard it was over-the-top crazy and in my limited time with it (played for about an hour last night), it is. Plenty of potential here for good, escapist fun.
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