I played a lot of video games yesterday. I played Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures, Lego Movie Game, and Lego Marvel on the WiiU. Pac-Man is a weird game. It feels like it's trying to be Sonic Adventure with more platforming. It's not particularly good, but it's not terrible by any stretch of the imagination. The only thing I don't really like about it is that Pac-Man speaks. His voice is so light that it's kind of jarring. I always thought Pac-Man would work better as a silent protagonist. Lego Movie game was the next to be played. I didn't hate it, but I think that either the port was a hasty port or that they didn't have the A team working on this game. The way the Legos are put together and the graphics just look messy and rough. I wouldn't have been surprised if it had been this way in the demo or the alpha, but the fact that it looks this rough in the finished game makes me want to return it to GS. I'll probably keep playing it, though. Lego Marvel was just like it was on PS3 and 360, only problem I had was that the Lego games on the WiiU won't let you just play with Pro controller so you have to start the game on the gamepad, turn on the pro controller as the second player, drop out of the game on the gamepad, and then you can play as the second player using the pro controller. It is a hassle. I also played the Bayonetta demo. I loved it.
I find these days that it's getting harder and harder to motivate myself to play games for long stretches of time. I don't know what it is exactly (fatigue, maybe?), but I find myself not having as much fun unless it's either a Nintendo game or something I've been looking forward to a long time (a list that has fewer and fewer things on it as time goes by). The last time I had this problem it was alleviated by Far Cry 3 coming out and being so good that it kicked me back into the gaming mood. I'm hoping that happens again soon. Maybe with Far Cry 4?
I'm going to be participating at a fighting game tournament here soon, btw! It's at a gaming bar in town called Headshots. The games are Tekken Tag 2, Smash 3DS, Persona 4 Arena, and Third Strike! The tourney is a couple of weeks away so I have some time to practice, but I'll just enjoy playing no matter what place I come in. I'll be bringing my fightstick and subjecting people to the King/Bob and King/Armor King team. I can't wait to unleash my Q in Third Strike either. THE FLOOR IS LAVA!