YEA or NAY? The (Not So) Ultimate Battle

YEA or NAY will become a regular staple of the Perspective, as I’ll give you some quick takes on news and notes from the last week:

1: YEA to the Bioshock demo that went up on PSN this past Thursday. Since I don’t own a 360, this was my first exposure to this award-winning title from last year, and I loved what I saw and played. The art style was pleasing, the storyline was eerie, the visuals and sound were impressive, and I really got a kick out of the gameplay. I hope to get my hands on a copy upon release.

2: NAY to EA Sports and their fleecing of Tiger Woods 09 owners. We gave this game high marks, but $7.50 (plus tax) for one course? ONE? Is that seriously the price that the market will bear? I know DLC has always been a hit-or-miss thing when it comes to add-ons, but this is one add-on that seems a little over the top in terms of price.

3: YEA to Midway’s NFL Blitz IP. On a whim, I ventured out to my local indie game store last week and wound up scoring NFL Blitz, Blitz 2000, and Blitz 2001 for my PSX… as well as Blitz 20-02 for my PS2. Now that football season is well underway, it’s been sweet to apply late hits to the players of yesteryear, complete some long bombs, and be treated to Tim Kitzrow’s awesome commentary. Thanks to EA, we’ll probably never see another NFL game in this series; but I hope Blitz: The League II is the bees’ knees.

4: NAY to the Nintendo DSi. Sorry, Nintendo… giving up the GBA slot for a .3 megapixel camera seems like a lame tradeoff. I like my DS Lite the way it is… why must you saddle us with yet another piece of hardware? Instead, how about some more first-party games for the unit? Hmmm?

5: NAY to the upcoming AC/DC Rock Band Expansion. Although the promise of Trophy support and Achievements is tempting, I still don’t understand why this set of 18 tracks isn’t a DLC package. I won’t even comment on how $40 is ridiculous for an expansion. This was foul when Activision did it with the ’80s and Aerosmith Guitar Hero expansions– errr… games– but at least those had somewhat varied track selections. If I’m going to pay that much money, there better damned well be more than 18 songs included.

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