Game Over(load)

About this time every year, every publisher on every platform decides they need to release every game they have in development. So we go from the summer doldrums to the fall overload. In the past few weeks I've picked up Rage, Skyrim, Gears of War 3, Zelda, and Mario 3D. And I'll be back to get Mario Kart 7 in less than a week.

Skyrim and Zelda were the ones I've been looking forward to for more than a year and they certainly haven't disappointed so far. The reviews of those two have been near perfect and from what I can tell, they've earned the praise. Zelda starts off extreeeeeeemly slow and assumes you've never played a videogame before, let alone a Zelda game. Also that you like reading lots of stupid unecessary dialogue. But once they introduce the controls, it seems to pick up speed. Skyrim builds on the great foundation that Oblivion built. The worst stuff is fixed and the best stuff is improved.It's an MMO without all those other pesky people.

Rage and GoW3 I picked up because they seemed like good games and they've been entertaining. Rage, in particular, is a lot of fun, moves quickly, and looks gorgeous.

Mario 3D Land should have been a launch title to really show off the 3DS' capabilities. It's pretty entertaining and finally gives me something to do with that system. I'm looking forward to next week when DS Lunch gets an upgrade to the new version of Mario Kart. Should be fun.