Comments on: This Week in Games: May 10 – 16

By: Steve S

Steve S — Mon, 11 May 2009 23:42:14 +0000

Gears of War 2 – because I’ve been told I didn’t “get” it the first time.

Personally, that game has been one of my favorites, but games are so subjective that I have a hard time understanding why someone would tell someone else they don’t “get” a game.

By: croaker

croaker — Mon, 11 May 2009 14:00:19 +0000

With all the hype I’ve read about PvZ, I tried out the demo through steam over the weekend. I quit playing well before the time limit as I didn’t find it that interesting or fun. Sure, there were some amusing animations and plants, but I found it to be “too hyper”: I always needed to be keeping on top of the game — clicking on dropping bits of sun, waiting for key plants to generate — all while trying to keep on some sort of reasonable layout plan. It was the opposite of relaxing, and with too little fun to compensate for the tension.

I don’t tend to play much, if any, casual games, and if this is what they’re like, I suppose there’s a good reason why. Just my opinion.

I think I can see why other people would enjoy it, though. Each level is pretty short (at least as far as I played) and it’s easy to get drawn into a “just one more level” and then notice that hours have gone by unnoticed.

By: Mike Anderson

Mike Anderson — Mon, 11 May 2009 01:31:45 +0000

Hehe … no – Stalin vs. Martians is sadly not very good, but Plants vs. Zombies works quite well. On Steam for $10 (I actually got the $20 Mac Popcap one before I knew it was on Steam, but since both kids are also digging it I got both!)

By: GamerDad

GamerDad — Mon, 11 May 2009 01:25:03 +0000

“another fun replay, still underway … definitely slowed down by Plants vs. Zombies.”

You mean Plants vs. Martians? Or is this a prequel/sequel. I love plants, aliens, and zombies (pirates and cowboys too – ninjas are played out, so are robots, but I’ll allow Fuseliers, Grenadiers, Foreign Legionairres and the inevitable Nazis). But, referring to another game, Pirates/Ninjas Dodgeball? Woot.

“What a strange and interesting plant!”
“Nice plant. S’Big!”

Is Plants and Whatnot a tower defense-style game btw? I played something that sounds like this for iPhone and got bored quick. In that one you had to place guns to deter the walking dead. This sounds different and therefore interesting. Plants can do so much, they are underrated as weapons, foods and defenses by an unimaginative populace.

I’m playing?

We Love Katamari – iPhone

Gears of War 2 – because I’ve been told I didn’t “get” it the first time. I mean, stupid is stupid but okay, I’m trying it again with a friend who’d rather be playing Resistance 2 – or at least he thinks he’d rather. Hmmm

Spider-Man Friend or Foe (Wii) with GamerBoy. He’s the webhead and I usually stick to Doc Ock.

Agreed on Patapon 2.

I mean to fire up Okami for Wii as well. Sort of like how I mean to read some Tolstoy and a lot of Cormac McCarthy and I mean to watch the Kurosawa ouvre or the works of various foreign directors (btw Let the Right One In is in Swedish and it is fantastic).