Since this is more a tech blog than a game blog, I’m not going to go really in-depth about the game. If you want loads of in-depth and galleries, check out joystiq, a great blog dedicated to gaming.

What I will say, is that this game is insanely good. I’d even go so far as to say it was better than the first, something rarely achieved by a sequel, especially a sequel to something so awesome as Uncharted.

The game overall is actually fairly short. I managed to complete the game in around 6-7 hours gameplay. Though it has a great replay factor, and I barely found any of the 100 hidden treasures. :(

The scenery in-game really makes up for the short gameplay, there really are some breathtaking visuals.

I think the thing that makes Uncharted 2 so good is the fact that it’s much more real than other games. Characters tend to react how you’d expect them to react to demon sasquatches coming charging at them, as opposed to running in, guns blazing.

And yes, Nate even seems to find the time to draw a picture of them and explain that they’re scarier than Sully’s moustache and a slippery naked guy in his notebook.

I actually got it last night at about 3am when I went to bed, so I decided to wait until today to play with it. And… I luffs it!

In fact, you’ve probably noticed the widget on the right, which shows a wave that I set up just for my blog.

In case you can’t see it yet (you have to have a wave account, though the wave is public so I don’t need to add you for you to see it), here’s a screenshot of how it will look when you get on. (Note I said when, not if. There’s a bloody huge hype about this, I expect a hell of a lot of people, especially the type that read all my ramblings here, to have an account eventually!) ;)

In case you’re wondering how I did it, I added “embeddy@appspot.com” to the wave, and it gave me the code to embed the wave. Simple as that. :)

Now I’m just waiting to get the ability to send out invites. Can’t do it yet, but apparently you only get 8 and I’ve promised most of them to friends already, so no giveaways here I’m afraid!

Quick screenshot, nothing in-depth since I’m too lazy to do a massive writeup. :\

If you have google wave, this is the wave on the right, just a bit bigger:

The three games that I’m going to discuss in this article are:
Arkanoid – A clone of the original
Space Invaders – If you don’t remember this, you’re most likely incapable of reading this entry anyway.
And a third, which is very different. I’ll reserve any information until the end of this entry, but just know that it’s called Puzzle Bobble, and I like it a lot.

To start off, I’ll summarise Arkanoid and Space Invaders together: crap. Honestly, I would’ve expected great things, especially after Square-Enix released Space Invaders Extreme a little while back. (Screenshot borrowed from IGN.)

But no such luck. :( They’re literally exact clones of the original games, complete with the terrible graphics. Granted, it’s nice to reminisce, but I’d rather reminisce in front of a ROM on an emulator than playing in a tiny window with a huge border, and paying a few quid to do it. The exact same goes for Arkanoid. A couple of quick screenshots,

Now, it’s not all so bad. I’ve been playing Puzzle Bobble a bit, and it’s quite a nice game. Completely different to the Arkanoid and Space Invaders clones, frankly I find it hard to even believe that they were written by Square Enix. :(

But, onto the positive. While it’s the most expensive game that Square Enix currently offer on the Android market, it’s a great one. The graphics are nice, and it’s actually really cute ^__^ (similar style to Yosumin, which is completely unrelated to this post, but just to give you an idea!)

The idea is similar to a game I used to play on Sky games about a decade ago, with bees. I forget the name, so this isn’t really going to help you to get an idea of what the game is. It’s one of those games where you have bubbles at the top, and you have to shoot differently coloured bubbles to match them. If you get 3 or more in a row, they will chain and fall, dropping anything which is attached to them. Screenshots are more descriptive.

The only problem I have with it is that I can’t add new categories. I still need to log in the web UI for that, which is why this post is going in General. :\

Edit, it even has post previews! It doesn’t auto-format line breaks though. :-(