The reviews are in this week and chances are you have already played at least one of them. Call of Duty 4 needs no introduction. Easily the first-person-shooter of the year, COD4 mixes a short, but very very sweet, single player mode with a deep and engrossing multiplayer. If it wasn't for the sheer amount of gaming goodness arriving every day - Mario on Tuesday, Assassin's Creed and, best of all, Mass Effect yesterday - I'd be spending more time on it.
The other reviews cover games likely to turn up under numerous Christmas trees. The Simpsons Game has received fairly average reviews generally - it gets a 3/5 here too - but I've got a soft sport for it. Sure the camera is awful and the action generic but the familiar characters and setting do make a difference. Plus you have to admire the way the game gently mocks age-old videogame clichés - crates, invisible walls etc - and then unashamedly adheres to them throughout the game. Last up is Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga - basically Lego Star Wars 1&2 with online. In theory this sounds great - especially the original trilogy levels - but with all the great stuff out at the moment none of my friends have bought this yet. And, quite frankly, there are far more important games to be playing at the moment. Like Mass Effect - I've only played for 3 hours and this is already looking very special indeed. More impressions soon.
