{"id":1827,"date":"2009-02-22T16:43:49","date_gmt":"2009-02-22T22:43:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamesanityblog.com\/?p=1827"},"modified":"2009-02-22T16:43:49","modified_gmt":"2009-02-22T22:43:49","slug":"this-week-in-games-feb-22-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2009\/02\/22\/this-week-in-games-feb-22-28\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week in Games: Feb. 22 &#8211; 28"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1828 alignleft\" title=\"kz2_box\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamesanityblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/kz2_box.jpg\" alt=\"kz2_box\" width=\"100\" height=\"115\" \/>This week sees more major releases, including some hotly anticipated exclusives!  The PS3 gets <strong>Killzone 2<\/strong> while the XBOX360 gets its&#8217; first look at the <strong>Star Ocean<\/strong> franchise, while the Wii gets <strong>Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop<\/strong>.  PC gamers get a solid European RPG with <strong>Drakensang: The Dark Eye<\/strong>, while the DS keeps on roilling with releases such as <strong>Puzzle Quest: Galactrix <\/strong>and <strong>Legacy of Ys: Books I &#038; II<\/strong>.  Check out the list!<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamingwithchildren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/360.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1365\" title=\"360\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamingwithchildren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/360.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"54\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Star Ocean: The Last Hope\n<\/li>\n<li>Stoked\n<\/li>\n<li>Shellshock 2\n<\/li>\n<li>50 Cent: Blood on the Sand\n<\/li>\n<li>Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazzard\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamingwithchildren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/ps3.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1366\" title=\"ps3\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamingwithchildren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/ps3.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"54\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Killzone 2\n<\/li>\n<li>50 Cent: Blood on the Sand\n<\/li>\n<li>Shellshock 2\n<\/li>\n<li>Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazzard\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamingwithchildren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/wii.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1367\" title=\"wii\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamingwithchildren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/wii.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"54\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamingwithchildren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/ps2.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1368\" title=\"ps2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamingwithchildren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/ps2.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"54\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>No new releases\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamingwithchildren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/psp.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1369\" title=\"psp\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamingwithchildren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/psp.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"54\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>No new releases\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamingwithchildren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/ds.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1370\" title=\"ds\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamingwithchildren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/ds.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"54\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Peggle Dual Shot\n<\/li>\n<li>Legacy of Ys: Books I &#038; II\n<\/li>\n<li>Puzzle Quest Galactrix\n<\/li>\n<li>Imagine: Ice Champions\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamingwithchildren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/pc.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1371\" title=\"pc\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamingwithchildren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/pc.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"54\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Drakensang: The Dark Eye\n<\/li>\n<li>Penumbra Collection\n<\/li>\n<li>Shellshock 2\n<\/li>\n<li>Tom Clancy&#8217;s EndWar\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As for last week &#8230; the promising set of releases proved to be very good, with the PC release of <strong>Warhammer Dawn of War II<\/strong> being widely praised as a excellent RTS &#8211; which my own limited experience with the game confirms.  The DS entry of <strong>Fire Emblem<\/strong> is also solid, but perhaps not at the same level as its&#8217; predecessors, while <strong>Prinny<\/strong> did a good job of extending the Disgaea franchise on the PSP with a hard-as-nails platformer that is still loads of fun.  Perhaps most controversial is <strong>Street Fighter IV<\/strong>, with universally high scores but many articles suggesting that it is solid but yet another example of what is being seen as widespread score inflation of high-profile games recently.<\/p>\n<p>Last week I also finished a lot of games, including <strong>Burnout Paradise: Ultimate Box<\/strong>, <strong>LocoRoco 2<\/strong> and <strong>Prinny<\/strong> for the PSP, finally finishing <strong>Arcanum<\/strong> &#8230; as well as what seems like a dozen crappy iPhone games.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What I&#8217;m Currently Playing:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>PC:<\/em> <strong>Warhammer Dawn of War II<\/strong>&#8211; I am not a huge RTS fan, but like to play them occasionally &#8230; it has been long enough that I&#8217;m thoroughly enjoying this!<\/li>\n<li><em>PC:<\/em> <strong>Gothic 2 Gold<\/strong> &#8211; still enjoying this on my netbook.<\/li>\n<li><em>DS:<\/em> <strong>Fire Emblem: Dragon Storm<\/strong> &#8211; I love this franchise and am thoroughly enjoying the DS version.<\/li>\n<li><em>iPhone:<\/em> <strong>The Quest<\/strong> &#8211; iPhone games are evolving, and this is a great clasic style RPG with modern graphics.  Loads of fun!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Enjoy gaming!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week sees more major releases, including some hotly anticipated exclusives! The PS3 gets Killzone 2 while the XBOX360 gets its&#8217; first look at the Star Ocean franchise, while the Wii gets Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop. PC gamers get a solid European RPG with Drakensang: The Dark Eye, while the DS keeps on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-this-week-in-games"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1827"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1827\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}