I'm still totally sucked into Resident Evil 4 -- I'm on Chapter 4-1, and it's getting REALLY difficult!!! Those armored plagas suck the big one!

I was sort of skeptical about the game because it took me SO long to get used to the control scheme, but now that I have it down it I realize why people tout it as one of the best games on the Wii.

Oh and also I beat Super Mario Galaxy :) <3 that game!!!

Are you talking about the round room with the knight-type guys? Big PITA, mostly because Ashley kept getting in the way. Do you have any mines? They work pretty good, but get the hell out of the way when they explode. Also, when they turn into Plagas lob a flash bomb at them- wipes them out instantly. The area I hated was the sewers, when those invisible Plagas thingies would just attack out of nowhere. Creepy.:eek:

We're still holding off on new game purchases until after the gift-giving season. Meanwhile, I've finally picked Zelda up again after a couple months of not playing. Almost finished. 10 more poe souls to find and off to find Gannon. I've got all the heart containers and have finished the 50 level cave thing, whatever it was called (2nd try, with potions to spare!). I still love the game, but am looking forward to it being over.

I had Ashley wait in the other room so she didn't get in the way - I only had one grenade tho, and I kept doing it over and over again, lobbing that one grenade at them, and I was NEVER able to get it to blow off their helmets.

I just took out my trusty shotgun (or riot gun, at the time) and unloaded :P Yeah I think I know the sewer part you're talking about -- it took me a few tries but once you know where they are it is easy, of course. The part that made me totally scream the other day was the hedge maze -- friggin doggie jumped thru the bush and lets just say it's a good thing I had the wrist strap on!!!

Out of curiosity, how many play-thrus did it take before you got the million pesetas for that tommy-gun thing? The one with unlimited ammo and stuff.

I would imagine tho that even the second play-thru is MUCH MUCH easier (both to complete, and to get pesetas), even without that gun.... don't you keep all your weapons, upgrades and items?

It is a fantastic game. Be sure to sit through the ENTIRE ending though, don't leave during the credits since there's a second long cutscene which was amazing.

But yeah if you go for ALL of the items/poes/heartpieces, etc. (I got every damn one of them myself) then by the time you get to the end of Zelda it is sort of a relief! There was that one section of the game where I did nothing but collection for like, ever. And how many tries did it take you to beat Bjork on that sled race!?! I swear that bitch cheats.

You can't say it wasn't worth the money for the game! I hate paying full price for games that are 6-8 hours long. I figure, with games like Zelda, it's like buying a whole season (and then some) of a show on DVD, value-wise. Not that a long game equals a good game of course, but I feel gypped when I'm paying $10 an hour to play a video game.

Actually, I got kinda lucky and nailed the perfect run on my second try. It actually took me much longer to beat her old old, go figure.

I tried to space the collection stuff out, do a few between each major plot point. Kept some variety going. But now I've got all the hearts, all the bugs, all the other side-game items, just down to those 10 poe souls. And it's going to be tedious as hell because I haven't been methodical at all in collecting them so even with a list, I have no idea which I have and haven't gotten. Oy.

Good lord, gaming is starting to sound like a full-time occupation!

Starting to?

I got the Chicago Typewriter mid-way through the second game. You get to keep all your stuff, so I just sold most of my upgraded equipment and got the gun and the unlimited rockets. You go through the game much faster with those.:D

I'm playing Oblivion on the 360. This could take a while.

I played the PC version. Yes it is a looooooooooooooooooooong game... and so pretty. It's the reason I bought a new computer last year, and it was worth every penny.

I would definitely play it with a store-bought guide though. There are whole areas and quest lines that I would never have found otherwise.

And be sure you do all 4 of the guilds (fighter, mage, thief and dark brotherhood) questlines besides the main plot -- they each have storylines unto themselves that could almost be a stand-alone game.

Oddly enough, the only thing I didn't like about Oblivion were the Oblivion levels. They just seemed too easy and repetitive.