Anthony just finished reviewing MAG, he doesn’t think it’s particularly great. The feeling seems to be that it’s just oddly designed in places and the hook of 256 players doesn’t impact the game in an especially meaningful way. He also got to check out Metro 2033, although it shows the limitations of its budget Anthony thinks it has a certain charm. Having the author of the book it is based on helping with the game could certainly give it a richer fiction than most games of its kind.

Arthur has been playing alot of the Bad Company 2 demo and is really enjoying it. The change of pace from Modern Warefare and the added variety from classes and vehicles are pluses for him. Judging from the couple of stories he tells it hasn’t lost the ability to create exciting sounding narrative moments while playing.

The discussion segment this week is sequels, there’s alot of interesting discussion here. This generation seems to be fairly unique in terms of sequels. Especially over the last year there have been sequels that have very significantly improved upon their predecessors. The show closes out as always with listener emails.

Covered games and topics: MAG, Metro 2033, Mass Effect 2, Strangers, Battlefield Bad Company 2, Dante’s Inferno, Chime, Sequels. letters

Aloha! This week it’s the regular trio as we talk about Dante’s Inferno (probably for the last time), MAG, Battlefield Bad Company 2, and more, then move on to a discussion about your thoughts on sequels, and close out with letters.

Runtime – 1:56:28

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