This was such a beautiful moment in Red Dead Redemption. You enter Mexico, and a spooky, contemplative song takes over unexpectedly as you make your way into the next town.
Instinctively, you take in the world around you and think about the journey until this point and where it might go next.
Where narrative didn’t have much to say, this addition to the atmosphere added so much to that moment in the game.
The song is “Far Away” by Jose Gonzalez.
What Excel was really meant for.
Review: Infamous 2 - A Spark Of Brilliance
Is it hard to write a good video game review? I got three new video games in the mail last week and I’m reviewing the first of them, Infamous 2, to see if I’m any good. Let me know if you found this a good summary and evaluation of the game.
I can remember my most frustrating moments in the original Infamous. As bike messenger-turned-electric-superhero Cole McGrath, I’m hopping across rooftops trying to get to my next mission across town, when a gang of criminals would spot me from street-level or from an adjacent building and begin firing their sub-machine guns in my direction.
It seemed that 30% of the hundreds of bullets shot at me would connect. While I was jumping manically for cover behind building-top air conditioners or ducking into alleys, the thugs would continue to shoot and eventually track me down. Sometimes, their incredible accuracy could kill me before I could even find cover.
We need more power!
I could huddle behind that air conditioner and peek over its top, shooting an electric burst at my assailants, hoping to take him down before a rogue bullet caught me. But as a character in a well-written story with dozens of missions to tackle, I’ve got better shit to do than defend myself from a passing random thug.
It was a regular occurence and one that killed the momentum of an otherwise enjoyable gameplay experience. In other words, for a game that tells the story of an average man given incredible power, the ordeal left me with a feeling of powerlessness.
The level of nerd I am
Tech you could fit in your hand now vs 1993.
