It's a little weird that Tomb Raider will be a Square Enix property, isn't it?
As I've a full playing slate for the coming week, I should have plenty of substance to write about in the coming days aside from "I'm too tired to think straight." I've got Flower, F.E.A.R. 2, Onechanbara (both Wii and Xbox 360!) and Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection for Xbox 360.
I'm dubious about Flower, but only because I think half the reason I so mightily hate flOw is because people over-vaunted my expectations. So I'm firmly refusing to adopt any preconceptions. Here's a fun question: if you're a game reviewer and a game's being massively hyped, should you:
a. Enter a zen state in which you meditatively disregard the hype and judge the game on its own merits or b. Allow yourself to be swept along on the hype wave and share in the expectations -- so that your experience will be just like the average consumer's?
If you like to discuss questions like these, you will be happy that the latest Wall Of Text from Shawn Elliot's reviews symposium is now published. You really only need to read the parts I wrote, though.
...Yes, I'm joking.
I'm really looking forward to this Genesis collection, by the way. So is my cat Zelda, who has been cuddling it all day. It looks like I mis-named her; she's obviously a hardcore Sega fangirl. Go figure:
She's never been like this with any other game.
