Why Did It Take So Long?

[IcemanFTW]

I'm hoping I can level up a fair amount and get some $$$, I want to buy Donut Drake!

That's exactly want I want to do as well!  Any idea how much Donut Drake is?

[rey-o]

I think he's like, 2 000 000 smackaroos. I'm just shy of a million right now...sheeeeeesh that's going to be a long haul for something inconsequential, ahhahaha.

[IcemanFTW]

I think he's like, 2 000 000 smackaroos. I'm just shy of a million right now...sheeeeeesh that's going to be a long haul for something inconsequential, ahhahaha.

Even with a 2x weekend, I don't know if I'll be able to play enough to collect the cash.  Ah well, I'll give it a try anyways.

[Jorge]

Craaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaap.

I forgot about this again!

There are too many games, dammit.

[rey-o]

I found myself caught up in a fair amount of work this weekend so I wasn't able to really take advantage of the doubleXP days. Only played a handful of games, booo...

I did manage to take a few screen caps of Doughnut Drake and Laseravic, seeing as how I won't be able to but those skins for some time ! (Actually Doughnut Laseravic was exclusive for Thanksgiving). The new map is pretty cool, but I've only played on it a few times.

[IcemanFTW]

I found myself caught up in a fair amount of work this weekend so I wasn't able to really take advantage of the doubleXP days. Only played a handful of games, booo...

Same here.  I wanted to play alot more, but life and that damn Peggle got in the way.  At least I managed to finish Adventure Mode in Peggle.

[rey-o]

This past weekend they temporarily tweaked the health a bit, I think everyone had 65% health - which is the same as crushing difficulty. I got in a handful of games and I actually didn't mind the change. I found myself getting more kills which also lead to more medals, and more $$$ at the end of the match. The bad part of it was that I also died more than usual, and climbing walls/ladders, became a dangerous maneuver. Also it seemed like camping became a viable prospect.

They also added a special Plunder Only playlist, all Plunder, all the time. One of my fave game types, hopefully it's a change that will stick. As for the health, I not too sure I'd like it permanently at 65%,sure I made a ton of cash but a weekend wasn't long enough to see if it's a good change or not.

[IcemanFTW]

I saw something about the test weekend on the Playstation blog, but I didn't get a chance to check it out.  Personally I think that the crushing difficultly would make a good addition to the online game.

[rey-o]

Now that most of the major game of the year awards have been handed out, it's a good time to post here about how much butt U2 has kicked. IGN,1UP,Eurogamer,Spike TV Awards ... the list goes on. Here's a list from wiki although it's far from comprehensive : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_awards_received_by_Uncharted_2:_Among_Thieves


Well deserved, and congrats to Naughty Dog, I played this game like it was a lifestyle choice, and I'm only taking a break from it now so that I can play some other games in my backlog. Despite all this, I still feel like U2 is like this little underdog of a game that really made it. The original  was good, but no one expected a sequel of  this magnitude, it's development team was much smaller than the huge crews behind something like a Halo 3 or Assassin's Creed 2, it's on a console that some felt was desperately lagging behind the other two, the game didn't have the marketing push that other heavies get...

So yeah, go Uncharted 2!

Another cool thing I just read today: http://www.joystiq.com/2010/01/21/new-uncharted-2-dlc-retail-twin-pack-for-japan/ . You can check out the pics of a few special skins like Killzone 2 characters, Infamous' Cole and Zeke, and Resistance characters! I am so into that and I'll be getting those as soon as they become available here.

[Jorge]

Cole skin?
Awesome.

Now, if he had Cole's powers...