BTW while we're talking console gaming, I just bought a pretty nice, cheap console flying game, Blazing Angels II Secret Weapons of Luftwaffe. Very nice. Of course it is a far cry from a real flight sim, don't expect that as 90% of the time the planes fly like on rails and for instance don't lose any altitude or change direction ANY when banking hard, so it's strictly arcade even with 'simulator' flight controls selected.
But anyhow, it was surprisingly entertaining, took me 3-4 sessions to play it all the way through with Ace achievements, a good 5-6 hours I think, which is more I expected for a 10-dollar bargain bin game. Clearly in or near the top ten in Xbox games for entertainment value, and OK even for young players.
Today I got me a PC game for a change, 'Cryostasis' which is alike the Penumbra series (which I liked) and also another horror/survival/adventure game I forget the name but happens on an icy ship...cold something. Anyway, I hear it's pretty good. I love a good horror/adventure game but these days they are usually reduced to just simple splatter á la Resident Evil and Dead Space etc. with no suspense left whatsoever, just sudden scares and pixel blood aplenty. Although I'm not averse to gore - I liked the Condemned series a lot indeed and boy they are brutal games well worth the 18 years age limit. But still, Penumbra Overture for instance has practically no violence or any gore (not even weapons to speak of) and it's still ten times scarier than any of these 'horror' shooters, which IMO is very nice. There's enough violence in the world already I sometimes feel it may not be so sensible to even allow games like Condemned etc.
I've had my eye on Silent Hill series which could be pretty entertaining and even scary, but alas, never seen any in the bargain bins...hm, I guess I need to go find some reviews to figure out if they'd be worth more.
