{"id":1541,"date":"2009-07-24T03:50:23","date_gmt":"2009-07-24T03:50:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielprimed.com\/?p=1541"},"modified":"2012-03-10T11:29:21","modified_gmt":"2012-03-10T11:29:21","slug":"mini-demo-reviews-and-im-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danielprimed.com\/2009\/07\/mini-demo-reviews-and-im-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Mini Demo Reviews and I’m Back"},"content":{"rendered":"

G’day, I’m back. Don’t you just hate it when you return from a rather taxing holiday only to have responsibilities lying in wait at home? I certainly do. I’ve gotta update some passport stuff and prepare for my trip back to Shanghai which I’m hoping will happen this year, just before the new year. Once I finish my uni work, I’ll be doing a one month intensive TESOL (teaching English as second (other) language) course right up to Christmas and then start working possibly weeks after that!<\/p>\n

That’s not for months yet, although uni’s starting monday which might slow down the posts a little. Also, if you didn’t notice, my new column went up on GameSetWatch, it’s called Memberships, Hierarchy and Lore of the Gorons<\/a>. Originally I wasn’t very happy with the article \u2013 felt like I was grasping at straws, but after some extensive renovation I’m rather pleased with it.<\/p>\n

Lastly, just before my break, I downloaded a number of demos from PSN, of the 6 or so titles I was most impressed with the experimental puzzler Trash Panic<\/em>. I’ll probably download this one today as it had me hooked pretty bad, as for everything else though \u2013 including previously played demos – here’s some mini-impressions.<\/p>\n

Ridge Racer 7<\/em> \u2013 very early PS3, can’t launch into slides easily<\/p>\n

Everybody’s Golf<\/em> \u2013 just like Mario Golf ‘cept the camera is a little more difficult to control and the new (optional) power-bar-less mechanic lessens precession in shots, still Mario Golf was beaut<\/p>\n

Sega Rally<\/em> \u2013 too floaty, I don’t like these sorts of games<\/p>\n

infamous<\/em> \u2013 haven’t played<\/p>\n

Riddick<\/em> \u2013 reminds me of Doom 3 with less colour and more headspin, demo makes it difficult to appreciate<\/p>\n

Killzone 2<\/em> \u2013 argh, didn’t like this one, great graphical showcase tainted by unenjoyable realism, like Call of Duty 4 but unforgiving<\/p>\n

Burnout Paradise <\/em>\u2013 cars don’t feel as good as the amazing Burnout Revenge, I would probably warm into this title if willing to give up the blind faith<\/p>\n

MotorStorm Pacific Rift<\/em> \u2013 awesomeness, however all vehicles lose out to the bikes, full game would be sweet if it was overloaded with short cuts and destruction<\/p>\n

Mirror’s Edge<\/em> \u2013 refreshing but needs oiling<\/p>\n

Crash Commando<\/em> \u2013 maybe if I’d played Soldat I wouldn’t think much of this, well…I haven’t played Soldat, but enjoyed this thoroughly, needs more weapons and quicker drop ins though<\/p>\n

Marvel Vs Capcom 2<\/em> \u2013 need time to understand the nuances of the fighting system, inflated sprites looks yucky<\/p>\n

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G’day, I’m back. Don’t you just hate it when you return from a rather taxing holiday only to have responsibilities lying in wait at home? I certainly do. I’ve gotta update some passport stuff and prepare for my trip back to Shanghai which I’m hoping will happen this year, just before the new year. Once […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[95],"class_list":["post-1541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-site-updates","tag-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielprimed.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1541"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielprimed.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielprimed.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielprimed.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielprimed.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1541"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/danielprimed.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1541\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4091,"href":"https:\/\/danielprimed.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1541\/revisions\/4091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielprimed.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielprimed.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielprimed.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}