Feature: February summary
It’s the shortest month of the year, but that doesn’t mean it hasn’t been busy here at Gamedot. New games, news reporting, bit of free time playing more games. But what games have our writers mainly been playing during February and what are they looking forward to getting their hands on during March?
Liam – It’s no shock that Bioshock 2 was my most played game. A fantastic game which I’ve completed on hard. But I’ll be having at least one more run through and I still haven’t touched the online mode yet.
Scott – Last months gaming saw the return of Griff Almighty to the world of Rapture and while the experience was great there felt like something was missing, the feel of the character did not feel any different from the protagonist in the first game which diluted the experience somewhat. Bioware, would you kindly make a third?
Adam – Well this month I’ve been replaying Demon’s Souls quite a bit. While this isn’t out in the EU due to a lack of a publisher, its one of the finest games out there. Imagine Diablo 3 from a WoW perspective. Finally I’ve obviously been playing Heavy Rain for review and leisure purposes. I’ve always liked David Cages games but Fahrenheit, the Daddy of Heavy Rain is clearly what could happen when he’s let loose.
And what are we looking forward to during March?
Liam – A surprise choice from me I reckon most of you will believe. It’s not Final Fantasy or Bad Company 2. For me my most anticipated game of March (as long as it still gets a March release) is Rugby League 3. Simply because I’m a mad rugby league fan and I’m very interested to see how this plays out on the Wii using its motion control.
Scott – This month I have bought a PS3 for the second time, purely for Heavy Rain. 2 hours in and at times I have felt like crying with joy, sorrow, angst and grief. I’m pretty sure being a father myself goes a long way in getting emotionally involved and whilst draining, I’m excited to see how the next 6-8 hours pan out.
Adam – I have a feeling there’s a few usual suspects rearing their heads, such as God of War III, Final Fantasy XIII and a few more to boot. However I like playing stuff I don’t know about too much about, but then that’s mainly from not looking at certain content too much. While a weak choice considering the triple AAA month March is bound to be, Dragon Age: Awakening has my eye simply because if you completed Origins, you knew how good the story was and if you’ve seen the trailer for the expansion and that awesome dragon, it’s worth the price of admission. If I was allowed a quirk pick I’d go for Prison Break the conspiracy though, but I have a feeling it maybe your typical ‘movie game’ sadly. I just hope Scott and other gamers aren’t disappointed by the highly criticised linearity of Final Fantasy XIII when that hits March 9th.
Monday 1st February – Sunday 7th
The month started off with the news of an official FIA WRC game, the release date for Splinter Cell: Conviction was announced, a trailer for Fallout Vegas was released, SEGA officially announced Sonic 4 and sales on the XBLA passed the $100 million mark in 2009.
Monday 8th February – Sunday 14th
Scott broke the troubling news (for some) that your game save from Mass Effect 2 may not work in ME3, a new LEGO Star Wars game was announced, EA announced Ferrari DLC for Need for Speed: Shift, a new Ghost Recon game was announced in the form of Ghost Recon: Future Soldier, key features for UFC 2010 were released, the latest Forza 3 tracks pack was released, GTA IV was patched, the first Future Soldier trailer was released, EA released some screens for FIFA World Cup 2010 and Battlefield: Bad Company 2, Space Pirates returned to the XBLA, some new Alan Wake screens were released, as well as some Crackdown 2 screens from X10, and a Red Dead Redemption trailer was released.
Monday 15th February – Sunday 21st February
Talk was circulating that the Aussies might be getting an Adult game rating, the BAFTA nominations were released, a NFS: Shift Ferrari DLC trailer was released, Metro 2033 would support DX11 with some screens released to show this off, the StarCraft II closed beta began, the release date for Moto GP 09/10 was confirmed, the fantastic Peggle arrived on the PSN, support for Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising ended, we were told the Xbox 360 version of Lost Planet 2 was heavily cut, an Aliens vs Predator launch trailer was released, had Modern Warfare 2 online become unplayable, Civ 5 was announced to be in development, and a trailer for Prison Break was released.
Monday 22nd February – Sunday 28th February
DLC for Bioshock 2 was announced, the iPhone got a new game in the form of The Crystal Maze, Batman: The Brave and the Bold was announced, another Red Dead Redemption trailer was released, screens for UFC 2010 were released as well as for Monster Hunter Tri, it was announced that Just Cause 2 was not compatible with XP, there was speculation that the Halo series may not be dead and buried, Split/Second was dated, Lost Planet 2 would have split screen play, a demo for Just Cause 2 was announced and competing against real time WRC rallies was in discussion,
