Killzone 2/Wipeout HD

Killzone 2 has many great aspects to it, but gameplay isn't really one of them. The music in the game is good, the graphics are spectacular, but the campaign is pretty mediocre. I guess you can't expect too much of a story in any shooters, but it seemed like this one should've been better. There were plenty of great guns, plenty of helghast to shoot, and great boss fights (though few in number). There are a few problems with the story. There is little to no character development. You don't really get to know anyone that well, but then again, the campaign is pretty short, at about only 10 hours, if you're good. There is also a weak plotline. The plot is literally to stop Radec (Visari's main man) from getting codes necessary to control nuclear bombs. There really isn't much more to it than that. Literally, the entire campaign is spent trying to find Radec. Of course, Radec is one heck of an opponent to verse. He can cloak himself and then re-appear right next to you, while almost instantaneously kill you with his knife. I guess Radec further proves my point that the boss battles are fantastic, but the story and the stereotypical helghast soldier get very old, very fast. It's a game of fantastic graphics, great weapons, okay gameplay, and a bad story. All in all, it's still worth purchasing, but lower your expectations a little bit.  90/100

Wipeout HD is the newest installment in the ongoing Wipeout series. This game packs a bunch for being only 19.99 on the playstation network. Wipeout is all about fast, brutal racing, and that's all it is. That's all it has to be to be great. Sure, it's difficult, but that doesn't make it bad. That's the thing that separates me from most of the other critics. I enjoy challenging games. I like games that you have to work for to accomplish what you want. I like games that require you to push yourself to your limits to achieve in them. Anyways, about the game. The game has online capabilities, a campaign mode, and a racebox mode. The game has many fun aspects to it such as zone mode, where you race until you smash your vehicle, and you gradually go faster as you progress from level 1 to level 2, or from level 2 to level 3, and so on. There are 12 vehicles types in the game, some of which you need to unlock to race with. Every vehicle has 100,000 loyalty points you can earn, which can get you the 100,000 loyalty points trophy, and can also unlock all of the vehicles skins for that vehicle. The game has 8 different main stages where you can race the computers on novice, skilled, or elite mode. Elite mode is very difficult and can get extremely frustrating. The computers can beat you by 1 second one run, and then 12 seconds the next, even if you got the same time both runs. But eventually, you will be able to win. It is not impossible. It is just very hard. Wipeout HD's is also one of the two PS3 games with a 4/4 difficulty of obtaining 100% of the trophies, so if you're up for the challenge, get this game. Also, if you just want to have some fun and race on novice mode, that's fine too. With graphics in full 1080p, there is nothing not to like about this game. 90/100