Forza 4

So a few weeks ago I downloaded a few different racing games from the Xbox Market.  I grabbed Shift and Forza 3.  Shift 2 demo wasn't available and Forza 4 hadn't come out yet, I knew I wanted one of them but I really want to try them out first.  I was pretty sold on Shift but hesitated because of the awful reviews.  I messed around with the Forza 3 demo and really liked it, then a week later the Forza 4 demo came out.  All I have to say is wow!!!

I have been playing this demo non-stop, the same tracks and same cars, just different settings.  The graphics are intense, the sounds are awesome and the playability is top notch.  I really liked how you could control the level arcade-ness to the level of simulation in the game.  Also with the ability to play in the gray to get just the right feel.  Personally I love the sim feel but if you take someone like my Fiance who is not good at racers can feel competitive on the easier setting making it much more enjoyable for her.

Now I just need to save up the cash and go buy the game.  This is the first time I have ever really wanted to get an Xbox game and pay full new release price for it too.

Back to the Followship

So I have been playing Lord of the Rings Online quite a bit lately.  I started playing this game years ago back in beta, I was also one of the early access pre-order people.  As I think back to those times that game has changed since then, but it changed slowly overtime.  I noticed last night I had items in my inventory that no long exist in the game and have no function.  Main main character is a Champion which had a major over haul to the class.  They redid the stance making it useful to actully use something other than Fervour.  However I do still spend all my time in Fervour mostly because I traited myself down that line.  Fervour will still be your bread and butter stance and is designed around being your high DPS single target stance.  Ardour will now be focused around AOE damage as well as group/raid play as there will be built in de-aggro bonuses.  Glory took a big change with the removal of the heavy shield use and is more or less an off tank stance.  Traited correctly and geared correctly will be good for self healing and parry/evade tanking.  For the first time in a long time I am actually having fun again on my Champion.