I’m a low-grade gamer. War simulations, RPG stuff and the like are way beyond me (I’m currently playing Lego Star Wars II, FYI).
But this game really caught my attention. It’s Ambrosia Software’s “Sketch Fighter 4000 Alpha” and it’s straight out of every 13-year old boy’s study hall notebooks:
The whole game looks, well, sketchy – like it’s all been done with a ball point pen.
It simple to play, and is full of nice little touches like the smudgy eraser marks left behind after laying waste to some baddy.
As mentioned previously, I’ve been a little under the weather lately. So to pass the time I’ve been playing my PSP quite a bit.
During my year-end Let’s Avoid Taxes By Buying Boatloads of Stuff period (AKA LATBBBoS) I picked up a copy of Marvel Ultimate Alliance.
Now I’m not a huge gamer per se, and generally these sort of RPG things where you increase your striking power by +5% when the moon is full and you’re wearing Haggar slacks leave me more than a little confused. Add to that the generally poor quality of super-hero games historically, and even I wondered what I was doing.
But this thing got some great reviews, and the X-men titles I’d played were a lot of fun, so I took a chance.
(This is for Mike Lynch) WOWEE-WOW-WOW!
Take a look at this YouTube vid:
OK, the quality is nowhere near what you see on the screen, but I think you get the idea.
I’ve been having the time of my life with this game. Right now my team is Spider-Man, Thor, Captain America and Spider Woman. And I’m kicking some butt on the Easy level.
The thing is kind of a button masher, but I’ve gotten used to it.
Add to that the ability to team up with other players, track your stats and progress, and chat online, and you’ve got a pretty cool package.
Here’s my villain scorecard as of now:
And some of my current stats:
OK, I know pretty much every 8-year-old in America can kick my butt up down and sideways on this game, but I don’t care; it’s accessible enough that I can play however I’d like.
So, there you have it. I blogged about it, so it’s a write-off! ‘Nuff said!
