Been playing some good games recently

I finally bought Forza Horizon at the weekend. I spent £3 on it, plus some money I had left over from trade-ins a while back and I got £9 for GTA 4, which I was chuffed about; especially when you consider it's over 4 years old!

It doesn't seem as hardcore as I thought it'd be, but that's sort of a good thing. It definitely feels like an up to date version of NFS Underground 2. I love the cars, the upgrading and sheer amount of personalisation. I was expecting there to be tuning and car damage, but both of these don't seem to be present.

First car I bought was a Toyota Supra, which was my pet love when I first got into NFS Underground. Not sure why, I just loved it! Still has a great feel and there's something about it that I still like. But since I found a 1971 Plymouth Cuda in a "barn find" mission, within the game, I've fallen in love with the old american muscle cars. I've been a big kid, spending my in-game money on old muscle cars and then sticking a massive super-charger onto the engine, without doing anything about actually important things like brakes and suspension, and then watching it roar in a straight line straight into a tree! Haven't got bored of that yet, but when I do there's only about a million other cars and aspects to the game to get my mitts into.

Another good game, which I've been looking forward to for a while, is The Cave. A Double Fine production available on XBLA for 1200 points. It's a platform puzzle adventure game, where you take 3 characters through a talking cave, each character searching for their deepest desire. There are 7 characters to choose from so to completely complete the game you've got 3 play throughs, each will be slightly different as the different combinations of characters bring up different challenges.

Overall I'm a little disappointed with The Cave, but I did have very high hopes! It only takes about 4 hours to complete and you could probably do it quicker if you don't enjoy exploring all the different areas and try to find secret rooms and things. But the story is good, the dialogue is humourous and the puzzles make for a great sofa game to play with mates. Would be best played with 3 people, each having their own character. I have played through the game twice with my girlfriend and we always have to swap to the third character, which can be a little frustrating sometimes.

There are a lot of good games coming this year, which I'm looking forward to. First of which is Gears of War Judgement! Before that comes out I'm hoping to finally crack horde mode on Gears of War 3! Will need to gather the forces soon!