Points Addict: 2 Years of Addiction

After two years I have 43,550 points (for an average of 1,814 points per month or 75 pts per day!). I still enjoy achievement points (and trophies for that matter), but I no longer have any desire to play bad games for points (see last year's period of doing just this). There's too little time, and too many good games.

Note: I also smashed my goal of getting over 40K in 2 years time.

Review: Bioshock 2 (360)

+'s

-looks, sounds, and plays as a Bioshock sequel should

-fantastic sense of atmosphere (as in the first, great artistic style, and sense of era)

-good presentation (graphics, sound, etc.)

-combat was a bit more fun

-competent multiplayer mode (plays as it should, different characters to play as and side stories to unlock, you unlock additional loadouts to customize with plasmids/weapons/tonics that are also unlocked as you level up. Well thought outl modes: Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, Find the Little Sister, etc.)

-'s

-story isn't quite as engaging as the original

Neutral

-Playing as a Big Daddy isn't quite as badass as one would expect

Overall, Bioshock 2 is a very good game. The single player is very solid by itself, and the multiplayer is good enough to make this a fullly worthwhile purchase.

Points Addict: 43,000

Tonight I passed 43K while playing Bioshock 2.

Review: Mass Effect 2(360)

+'s

-improves on the original in every way (graphics, frame rate, controls, inventory management and story)

-really aren't any side quests or frustrating missions anymore

-tons and tons of hours of gameplay (all of which is very, very good)

-six very different character classes to choose from (all with enhanced abilities)

-outstanding writing and characters

-fantastic music and sound (perfectly fits the game)

-'s

-scanning planets can be monotonous

-still some weird bugs (standing on platforms that aren't there, not being able to turn while moving forward, etc.)

Neutral

-importing a ME1 character is not quite as easy as it should be (I had to load my ME1 save and complete the game gain before this would work)

Overall, this is my favorite game I've played by BioWare and one of my favorite RPG's ever. I could barely put this one down, and I couldn't wait to play it again when I was finished.