{"id":2291,"date":"2009-04-19T07:16:53","date_gmt":"2009-04-19T13:16:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamingwithchildren.com\/?p=2291"},"modified":"2009-04-19T07:16:53","modified_gmt":"2009-04-19T13:16:53","slug":"this-week-in-games-april-19-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2009\/04\/19\/this-week-in-games-april-19-25\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week in Games: April 19 &#8211; 25"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2294 alignright\" title=\"dynwargund2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamingwithchildren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/dynwargund2.jpg\" alt=\"dynwargund2\" width=\"100\" height=\"141\" \/> We have seen a winter and spring release season that has been unrelenting &#8211; perhaps not like the Fall season, but much busier than usual.  However, recent weeks have shown signs that it was slowing &#8211; two weeks agi we just had DS and PC, and last week the same.  This week, not too much at all.  The big release is the multi-platform <strong>Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2<\/strong> on X360, PS3 and PS2, and the early looks for that one are pretty awful according to a couple of &#8216;official&#8217; XBOX magazine reviews. Aside from that, we have little other than the over-the-top <strong>Stalin vs. Martians<\/strong> for the PC. There isn&#8217;t much more this week, so 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>Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2<\/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>Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2<\/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>Jelly Belly: Ballistic Beans<\/li>\n<li>Excitebots: Trick Racing<\/li>\n<li>Pennzoil Build-N-Race: Speed Demons<\/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>Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2<\/li>\n<li>Jelly Belly: Ballistic Beans<\/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<\/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>101-in-1 Explosive Megamix<\/li>\n<li>Hands On! Tangrams<\/li>\n<li>I Love Horses<\/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>Cryostasis: The Sleep of Reason<\/li>\n<li>Stalin vs. Martians<\/li>\n<li>Zeno Clash<\/li>\n<li>Dream Day Wedding: Viva Las Vegas<\/li>\n<li>Adventure: Collector&#8217;s Edition (Volume 1)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As for last week &#8230; well, not so great once again.  The big PC release <strong>DemiGod<\/strong> is a tale worth telling, as GameStop broke street date which completely messed up Stardock&#8217;s multiplayer servers, and then the company reported that their no-DRM stance was rewarded with a mere 18,000 out of 120,000 connections being from paid copies of the game.  Pretty sad stuff and a sad statement about the ethics of gamers (I won&#8217;t say PC gamers since we know the same is true for the PSP and would be for consoles if it was as easy).  For the DS, <strong>The Dark Spire<\/strong> is a solid but niche dungeon crawler taht includes the music CD with purchase &#8211; if you liked <strong>Etrian Odyssey<\/strong> you&#8217;ll love this.  Two DS releases &#8211; <strong>C.O.R.E<\/strong> and <strong>Black Sigil: Blade of the Exiled<\/strong> &#8211; were pushed out into mid-May, so we&#8217;ll have to wait for those.  I have had some time with the PSP game <strong>Air Conflicts: Aces of World War II<\/strong> and have found it to be really, really awful &#8211; not worth buying, not worth renting, not worth getting when it drops to $5 in a few months.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What I&#8217;m Currently Playing:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>PC:<\/em> <strong>Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor<\/strong> &#8211; after loving the original and first expansion I&#8217;m rather disappointed, as the new content adds little and is over too fast.<\/li>\n<li><em>PC:<\/em> <strong>Neverwinter Nights 2: Mysteries of Westgate<\/strong> &#8211; after my big play session, I have been playing a little here and there trying to get out the review in time for the April 29th now official release date!<\/li>\n<li><em>PC:<\/em> <strong>The Last Remnant<\/strong> &#8211; pretty typical jRPG experience, nice looking game, too many cutscenes.  It feels like a huge game and I&#8217;ve put in tons of time and barely scratched the surface!<\/li>\n<li><em>DS:<\/em> <strong>Dark Spire<\/strong> &#8211; I really like this game, it is kicking my butt at times, but the music and style and old-school RPG feel are wonderful.<\/li>\n<li><em>DS:<\/em> <strong>Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars<\/strong> &#8211; I finally &#8216;finished&#8217; it but had to go back again because I want 100% completion!<\/li>\n<li><em>DS:<\/em> <strong>Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time<\/strong> &#8211; I&#8217;ve been f=having to force myself to play this &#8211; not bad, just not loving it and hard when there are the other two games I actually *want* to play.<\/li>\n<li><em>PSP:<\/em> <strong>Air Conflicts: Aces of World War II<\/strong> &#8211; I really want to like this game, but it is so poorly done that I just can&#8217;t manage to forgive it all the issues.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Enjoy gaming!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have seen a winter and spring release season that has been unrelenting &#8211; perhaps not like the Fall season, but much busier than usual. 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