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Darksiders and RE5 DLC by Lizard_King 03/09/2010, 6:01pm PST
Apparently, it's like Zelda, but I don't know much about that series except my one attempt at it on the Wii was a failure, and I almost made it to one hour on the Wind Waker before being distracted by another game. It reminds me most of all of Soul Reaver, in the sense that it had a surprisingly enjoyable story, cliches and all, and adds in a combat system that has gradually scaling complexity that works in most of the ways it needs to. Much like Batman, it appears to pay only lip service to any sort of skill early on, but more than makes up for it later. It does include a number of difficulty walls, primarily in the bigger miniboss sequences and at least one of the bosses so far, but nothing that's the end of the world. Pending review when I get to what is apparently a real shit kicker in the last batch of levels.

I have a feeling I'm going to end up enjoying this a lot more than the marquee beat-em-ups of the year, if only because it's mercifully QTE light. That's right, fuck you GoWIII.

The RE: DLC is a bargain. A steal, even. The new characters in Mercenaries: Reunion are ridiculous, and work well with the more lethal scenarios. And I'm not just saying that because I got a SS rating on dual. The new missions are a study in contrasts between old RE (I think you kill like 5 or enemies throughout the entire Mansion in the first one) and a peak version of that panicked village sequence times a million in Desperate Escape. The former is very playable solo, but the latter I would not attempt to play without a human partner, and not above normal the first time.

If there's anything annoying about them it's that they failed to include checkpoints that you can load (ie beat it in one session or else), and no upgrades or new game + options. The latter especially is a big mistake.
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        Oh man, I can bitch more about Mass Effect's writing. Watch how petty I can be by Rafiki 02/23/2010, 5:10pm PST NEW
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    Darksiders and RE5 DLC by Lizard_King 03/09/2010, 6:01pm PST NEW
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