Tom Clancy and the Games He's Probably Not Involved In

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier is the most disappointing thing since......well, I don't think I've really ever felt this level of disappointment before.

I've been hurt worse by some things I've been looking forward to....but I can't remember any of them, so, this is the most disappointing thing to me right now.

It's just frustrating to see a game with a lot of potential go to waste. Everything in that game has been done before, except done better. There are stealth sections that were better in Splinter Cell: Conviction and the new Goldeneye game, the cover based shooting is getting really tiring, and the multiplayer is kind of almost non-existent. And, the multiplayer is even rendered more pointless when we have a free Ghost Recon Online game that's coming out on ALL consoles. But, all of this is explained in that review!

I actually did recently buy a game for 10 dollars that, now playing it, I kind of wish I bought sooner now. That game is Metroid Other M. Yeah, the game has some incredibly major flaws, such as how the narration is absolutely horrible, a 3D environment is a little rough to handle with the Wii Remote turned side ways, and combat can be a little difficult when the game is lacking a real targeting system. But, even if some of these flaws are worse than in Ghost Recon: Future Soldier, since the game is technically more functional, Metroid Other M has a lot to admire as well. Even with the flaws, the gameplay is really solid, the combat is really fun, they've managed to work around the whole 3D environment thing, and Samus controls pretty nicely.

Like or hate the game, at least it's trying to be something special. It's different enough that it warrants a better buy than the recent foreigner killing simulator. Instead of just being safe, bland, and boring, even though most everything is functional in that game, Metroid Other M really tries to be different, and, from where I stand, they did a pretty good job at it!

Sometimes, just being different and intriguing is worth buying, even if the game doesn't exactly hit the mark.

Now, one of the cool things of being a video game reviewer on a website are some of the review copies some of us get to handle, and I've had a couple. The first one I got was a side scrolling shooting game that's incredibly short, but it is really fun, as it plays with gravity a bit. Antipole might be a game worth checking out!

And, there's also my review for it!

Now, my newest review copy is a game called Dark Scavenger, and the game is pretty good. Imagine a text adventure game, but with a couple of pictures and an RPG combat system. Once I beat the game, then, I'll have a review ready that will probably recommend this game, because, so far, I don't really have a problem with this game.

I guess in my next blog, I'll be talking about another game I'm looking forward, and it's probably going to be better than Ghost Recon: Future Soldier.....hopefully.

During the meanwhile, I stumbled across a fan art of Paper Mario that looks really cool!