Consolation Prize

Well the UK bank holiday has been and gone which meant I got a nice three day weekend affording me the luxury of some extra time to play games.

I’m still tearing around “Liberty City” in GTA IV and I think I’m on the home stretch of the main story arc now, working for a mafia boss called “Gravelli”. So far the meter says I’m 70% complete and the clock is on 51 hours. I’m certainly getting value for money out of this game, bearing in mind that I usually play a game for about 15 - 20 hours on average before moving onto something new. I can easily see another 20 hours of gameplay left in GTA IV, especially if I want to try and get the 100% complete achievement, but I’m not sure if I can really be bothered hunting down those 200 pigeons flying rats.

I’ve also recently started playing God of War: Chains of Olympus on the PSP. I really enjoyed the first two games and so far this is living up to my expectations. Although there’s nothing really new in terms of gameplay it’s still a very entertaining romp through the Greek mythological setting. The game has only just begun and I’ve already had a great deal of fun “hacking and slashing” through the invading Persian army at the city of Attica to finally confront the Basilisk which has been unleashed upon the city. If the game maintains this pace it’s going to be one hell of a journey.

51 hours and only at 70% complete? Wow, that’s a nice sized game. Good times!

Yeah it was a good sized game indeed, certainly longer than your average console game!