Games I NEED

Assassin’s Creed - PC/Xbox360

Created by the same team who brought us ‘Prince of Persia: Sands of Time’, this game has an extra appealing element that drew me to it straight away. It was Sands of Time crossed over with Hitman! I’ve been a huge fan of the Hitman series, and I adore Sands of Time, so to have the promise of something like this on the horizon is very exciting indeed.

Bioshock - PC/Xbox360

This game looks amazing. I watched a short video where one of the producers of the game took us on a little tour through the world. The atmosphere and gameplay are fantastic. It’s the kind of game I could really lose myself in for a while. It’s been a long time since a first person shooter, in my opinion, broke out of the whole “run! shoot! blast everything in site!!” mould. I know a few people have been put off by the games theme, but I for one really like it.

Games I want to try

Warhammer: Mark of Chaos - PC

A strategy game. I’ve never been keen at all on these games in the past. Watched others play them and so on. But I checked out some screens and wasn’t really impressed until I watched the videos. The ability to pan in and out and move around the field while you set your characters to do battle with the enemy is awesome. Because it is a strategy game however, I’m still not sure if it’ll click with me. But I’ve seen enough to want to give it a try.

Dark Messiah of Might and Magic - PC

It appears to be a game where you can switch between third or first person views. It reminds me a lot of Oblivion, yet somehow looks better. It’s an RPG, so I’m assuming there’s a story/plot to the game. It’s intrigued me, as it could be a fun game to try out. Nothing about it makes me want to drop everything to purchase it, but if it’s selling cheap, I’ll probably grab it.

In other news:

World of Warcraft cocked up the male Blood Elves appearance (orignal blood-elf below)

I’m disappointed by it, to say the least. Shari said he looks like a Night Elf with pink skin tones. Apparently the change happened because players raised concerns over the male Blood Elves looking too ‘feminine’. People have different tastes and everyone is entitled to their opinions. I can respect that. But there are more than enough beefed up races in WoW as it is. What’s wrong with having a little diversity? Blood Elves lore describes them as being dependent on magic and they tap into ‘ambient mystical energies’. They’re not physical creatures, which is why, originally, they weren’t beefed up. I was really looking forward to trying out this expansion, returning to WoW, but my comrades have been put off by this change unfortunately. Can’t blame them really. Darn you Blizzard! *shakes fist*