Uncharted 2

HNM is cool, my first day with a pearl I got to do Einherjar and kill Khimiara. I've now seen Cerberus die and camped some other NMs as well. But seeing as most windows still aren't in my wheel house of time I haven't gotten to even see a Fafnir or a Behemoth or an Ixion or even a Sandworm, although I have camped for 3 or those 4 just never seen them pop.

In my extra time I have been taking up other things like reading. But the thing that I have been draining basically all of my extra free time and even a lot of FFXI time into is Uncharted 2. Fun game, great graphics, and good story line. As much as I like the game play and I honestly do like the story line and am actually interested in what is going to happen next. For instance, will Drake end the game with a threesome of the 2 hotties in the game? I really want to know! Not to mention some of the offhand remarks that are said in the game are pretty funny including the swearing. I know, I'm surprised they aren't bleeping that $&*# out too.

Game play and graphics have been really good. I'm very surprised at how good the actual game play graphics are compared to the cut scene graphics. To me there is very little difference in the graphics of them and sometimes I don't even know if I'm in a cut scene or if I'm actually supposed to be still interacting with what is going on. With how good the single player action is in this game on Normal difficulty, I'm curious as to how hard it gets on the higher settings and with the co-op play.

Co-op play is actually what got me interested in the game in the first place because Disdain and the original Screamineagle were going to get the game and ironically enough the game has a 3 player co-op. I have been playing the game seeing where co-op could come in but it seems that most of the time I am either flying solo or with one other person. There haven't been too many scenarios where I am running and gunning with 2 companions but I guess there are places where they could throw the extra person in but just make it slightly harder on you by excluding that extra person.

This game is something that I have really been having fun with and really have a hard time pulling myself away from, which includes losing sleep because I'm up playing until 2AM. One of my favorite games to ever play with friends was Halo. This game has all the same ideas as Halo and keeps me hooked in the same way as Halo, including the losing sleep part. The big difference in game play is the stealth killing that I just don't seem to be that great at. I can pop moving enemies in the head with ease while dodging fire from the front, but when it comes to sneaking up on a group of 4 or more and picking them off quietly one by one I'm not so great. Occasionally they'll give me freebies where the put you in the perfect spot to take a guy out, but then I have a hard time finding the quiet way to get to the next guy and taking him down without the next guy seeing me and calling in 15 other guys. I'm getting better but its something that I have room for improvement on. Just like my awareness because without a radar like in Halo I feel blind because I don't know where a guy is behind me without me having to slowly spin my vision around.

Enough about that though. In the FFXI front I have been doing some Leathercrafting and selling some more BC products to make some gil. Sadly I'm not making the progress I would like because I can't muster enough straight gaming time together because if I'm not doing an event or camping an HNM, I'm probably sitting at my desk playing Uncharted 2 right now. Hopefully I don't sink too much more time into Uncharted 2 because I feel like I'm getting close to the end. I won't say why or where I am because if anyone does decide to play the game I don't want to ruin the story line for you.

Update:
Beat Uncharted 2 last night on Normal, very fun game. I'm thinking about buying Uncharted 1 now too.

(semi spoiler alert in the QotD)
Quote of the Day: (not exactly word for word but close enough for the gist of it)
Girl: On a scale of 1 to 10 how scared were you I was going to die?
Drake: Me? Eh, a 4.
Girl: A 4?!
Drake: Yeah, I didn't think you were gonna die.
Girl: If me dying is a 4 what's a 10?
Drake: Clowns, I HATE clowns...