Thursday, November 30th

Again, a game light day.
Golden Sun was more of the same, and I am still trying to nail down what about their combination of simplicity and variety of puzzles makes it good.

I finished CoD2 today.
CoD2 was a very varied game. The first campaign (Russians) made me remember CoD1. Wide open areas, lots of comrades, and every building a fight to the death. A great piece of work. It is one of the few games that I had to play in chunks, simply because of how intense it was. After twenty minutes, one does not feel excited or accomplished; they feel as if they went through a war zone.
Sadly, this does not carry to the British campaign. Much of the combat took place in trenches, and becomes quickly monotonous. The tank missions were fun, but far too easy, and far too short.
The American campaign has its moments. The D-day missions are exhilarating and well paced (the falling back mission especially comes to mind.) Unfortunately, the town capture missions are all very similar, and again, monotonous by the third.
Strange note: The credits have a 'video' that plays in the background, a bizarre story of a botched rescue of a British soldier by American soldiers...

I attempted to play some BF2, but something is, and has been, wrong with my connection, and I CANNOT hold a connection to any server for a BF game. Major flaw if you ask me.