It’s seemingly impossible to find a version of Carol King’s “It’s Too Late” in a 16:9 ratio. Someone should get on that. It’s so rare that I get to say Stevie Wonder is my second choice in anything, but here it is.
Destructoid played games this week. Lots of them. So many, that I simply couldn’t get this to you on schedule. Read on to find out what they were and how we felt about them.
Chester:Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock;Plants vs. Zombieson Xbox Live Arcade… and PC/Mac… and iPad;NBA Jam Wii; andWii Party!
Holmes:Other than TGS stuff, mostlyPokemon White. An official impressions post is coming, but for now, I’ll say that it’s my favorite Pokemon game ever.
Also picked up a bunch of other Japanese exclusives, like the newChibi RoboandTinglegames on the DS, the Club Nintendo-only DS game where that you only control with your voice, some Simple Series game where you plus oldies likeOuendan 2. Oh yeah, and I also bought the sequel toRadio Allergyfor the Wii, andTare Pandaon the Wonderswan.
Too bad I forgot to buy a Wonderswan.
Ross:Civilization Vand nothing else.
Razak:I’ve been playing a game calledLaunching Flixist. You play it in Gmail and it’s all text based. Only a few people are playing right now, but once it goes out of beta on Oct. 11 I’m hoping it really opens up to have a great community.
Also,Darksidersand a littleBowser’s Inside Story. I will defeat the latter at some point… one day.
Devore:MineCraft. So muchMineCraft. My kingdom in the sky is coming along nicely.
Bennett C.:Oh yeah, I played a little bit of thatFlixistthing. It’s pretty good.
While trying to update my PSP this weekend I discovered thatPixelJunk Monsters DeluxeandPixelJunk Encoreare two different things. And that I had never boughtEncore. So now I am playing 15 new levels of PixelJunk bliss on my PS3. I’m as happy as a pig in shit.
Aziz:Messed withDead Rising 2for a bit, spent a good hour withComic Jumper, touched theDJ Hero 2turntable (but did not actually play it) and played various Move games at the Sony Move store in San Francisco. The store is very lame.
Carey:Got my strategy finally lined out forCivilization V, so I can consistently win on Prince setting. I’m scared to bump up the difficulty another notch!
Also got my hands onMonaco,Hydrophobia,Comic Jumper,Super Meat Boy,World of Keflings,Feist,Ulitsa Dimitrova, andSword and Sworcery EP(yes, that’s the intended spelling of Sworcery) at the Fantastic Arcade.
Concelmo:At the very end ofFinal Fantasy IX. I will say it once again: I LOVE THIS GAME!
Kuja is a dickhead.
Sterling:Final Fantasy IXis my favorite one. Kuja is awesome. The first anime asshole to basically admit he’s just an anime asshole.
Anyway, I’ve mostly playedMove All My Shit To A House I Just FUCKING Bought, It was a game fraught with peril but I beat it and didn’t even break myDarksiderssword!
Otherwise, I’ve been locked in a bitter struggle with the firstFallout, trying to wrestle it to submission and force it to entertain me. It’s resisting every step of the way. Almost done utterly withFallout 3, and I’ve just started playingHydrophobiafor review.
Hydrophobiasucks air through teeth Yeeeeeah.
Concelmo:I agree, Jim,Final Fantasy IXis one of my favorite games in the series. Replaying it again is making me realize how amazing it is.
Kuja is awesome. A dickhead, but an awesome dickhead.
Morris:Final Fantasy XIV. All day, every day!
Aziz:Couple of games to add to my list. Just played through theEnslavedandVanquishdemos.Enslavedis going to be one of my favorite games of the year. The game is just stunning.Vanquishis also a lot of fun. Got stuck on the boss fight (where the hell can you refill ammo at?) I also now understand why I’ve never been intoGears of War. It’s too slow whereas Vanquish seems like a pure adrenaline rush.
Sarkar:I finally got around to playingNHL 11online, and I also tried out the demo forEnslaved: Odyssey to the West. It was fun, and I like the narrative conceit. Hopefully the full game rocks, too!
Zimmerman:I played through the upcomingBorderlandsDLC,Claptrap’s New Robot Revolutionand I’ll haveplentyto say about that in the review.Plenty.
Beyond that, I played through theEnslaveddemo multiple times and, in the event you were wondering why this post is going up so late, I spent my Sunday on the couch playing straight throughAlan Wakewith the woman. I wanted to re-experience the story in anticipation of the next chapter coming out in a couple of weeks and she was only vaguely familiar with the tale it tells. God damn, that game gets better every time I play it.
