Ok, so I’m a little behind here on my posts.  Blame the games industry for releasing too many games at once. 

In any case, I’ve given both Bioshock 2 and Aliens vs. Predator some significant play time.  With Bioshock 2, I’ve played some of the single player, but most of my time has been spent in multiplayer.  All the issues with the connection to the servers and the lag aside, it’s a hell of a lot of fun.  And I think all of us RPG players at heart appreciate the ranking system they have incorporated into it.  Thank you very much. 

My favorite moment so far?  Probably grabbing a Big Dadddy’s proximity mine with my telekinesis plasmid, and launching at some poor splicer, blowing him to bits.  Achievement name:  “Catch”. 

Here’s some Bioshock 2 screenshots from single player:













Now on to Aliens vs. Predator.  After some significant problems even getting the game to run (I froze six times on the opening cinematic), I finally updated my video drivers, which seems to have rectified my issues. 

I’ve only played the single player Marine campaign so far, but I must say I am impressed.  The atmosphere matches the tone of the movies very well.  I found myself yelling out loud on several occasions as an alien appeared in front of me (seemingly out of nowhere).  And seeing one racing along a wall at you is pretty freaking cool.  (Undies soiling cool, mind you.) 

The Queen boss fight was sort of lame, but the second half of it got me on the edge of my seat, so that’s okay I guess.  That’s about where I stopped, although I did play a bit further along enough to see the first appearance of the Predator.  Haven’t fought him yet, but I’m sure it won’t be long. 

Here’s some screenies:

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