Sounds like a dream game? Maybe...
As I said in my previous post I have been playing a few games over the last month and they've been some real crackers!
For my birthday a mate of mine gave me LEGO Lord of the Rings. He's massively into all the LEGO games and I've played a few minutes round his on some of the old ones, but I was never totally sold until I saw that a LotRs version was coming out. When the demo came out I knew it was going to be good so I waited until it dropped in price.
If you're not familiar with the LEGO games then basically they take a theme, mildly spoof, simplify the humour and put in hordes of collectables, side quests and take the players through levels that follow the scenes from films or comics. The controls are always very simple and ever level is crammed with platforming genius and puzzles to solve. They are ideal games for cooping with a mate in split screen mode.
My girlfriend and I have thoroughly enjoyed playing our way through the whole game together, playing in the brilliantly designed free-roam world between levels. Now we've completed the main story the game has really just begun! We've been re-playing levels to find all the treasure chests, unlocking and playing other characters (my girlfriend even decided to play as Grishnak in a level where he was the main bad guy?!).
Before I owned the game I read a review that said it believed LEGO's version of LotRs was the best put into computer game form. Not sure I totally agree with that, but it certainly is an excellent game and I would strongly recommend it to any LotRs lovers. My favourite LotRs game is probably Battle for Middle Earth 2... But my memories might be a little rose tinted.
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Next game is Forza 4. I got bored of Forza Horizon pretty quickly really. No simulated damage, no tuning and no easy racing mode. Multiplayer was ok, but I wanted more depth and it just wasn't in this game. So I went down to game, traded it in for £11, paid £1.50 from a reward card I had lying around and then topped it off with 49p of my hard earned cash to purchase Forza 4.
Seriously, I've never looked back. I don't play in ultra simulation mode of doom, but I do have simulated damage on and reasonably realistic controls. I love buying and tuning cars, putting different components in and then seeing how it affects the performance. It even has a split screen mode, stock cars and Nascar tracks!
My favourite car is my classic Toyota Supra, but I have a Holden, Alpha Romeo 8C and a Honda NSX, which I love to drive in.
Online is much more competitive as everyone's cars are tuned differently.
My advice: get rid of that copy of Forza Horizon! Use the £11 trade-in price (if it's still that value) and get a different game!
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Lastly, I want to talk briefly about Minecraft. It's a game which I've had a look at every now and then ever since it came out, but never really thought I'd ever buy it, or no any time soon.
What changed my mind was when I heard the xbox 360 version was really good. I had assumed it would be a bit rubbish and I might as well wait until I had a half decent PC, which won't be any time soon, so I wasn't going to bother.
The Microsoft points I had lingering from last year were just enough to make the purchase and I was instantly hooked! I find it such a calming, therapeutic game. Mining into the depths of the world, gathering resources and then constructing great towers atop mountains or underground fortresses. The best part has been playing online with friends, inviting them into my world for them to build there own constructions on their own patch of land and then for us to all go adventuring into the depths.
Minecraft's randomly generated worlds always hold surprises and are different every time. The joy of entering a world with nothing and then building something beautiful, all the time while fighting to survive against zombies and creepers, farming to produce enough food to live and seeking shelter at night. Brilliant.
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Well, that's all for now. Plan to paint my Dreadball minis this afternoon and maybe get my guitar out too (yes, Tom, I might actually do it!!!)
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