Just got skate 2... better blog before I start it!
Prince of Persia was pretty fun... when I rarely did get stuck it was rightfully due to a tricky puzzle & not some broken, annoying rut in the gameplay. Interactive cinematic eye candy abound. Combat surmountable and pattern heavy. Epilogue didn't sound worth it at $10
I mentioned before how I didn't mind games being "easy," and I guess a lot of it has to do with getting old and wanting to ENJOY games and not suffer in torturous frustration limbo; though I am being a bit of a cheap, selfish bastard by mostly renting, but I'm of course currently trying to not further increase the piles of shiny, worthless plastic I already own. I just want to experience the here and the now. And travel light.
Ratchet and Clank Future: Tools of Destruction was also quite fun, especially the rewarding weapon upgrade system. Contrary to one review I read, the R&C charm is still there, just with a slightly more dire & dramatic tone which worked in my opinion. I actually played the downloadable segue Quest for Booty before the main game, and it had some enjoyable new mechanics and settings, but was sorely lacking in the guns & ammo supply system, especially evident on higher difficulties. Ryan Scott notably said in a recent podcast that he felt Insomniac has perfected 3D third person movement controls, insisting that all developers should simply use their engine, and I almost agree (if you don't believe there's been improvement, try to go back to Ratchet 1).
I haven't played an Insomniac game that I didn't at least kind of like, spending many hours running through those colorful worlds as the lil purple dragon (with perhaps the exception of the annoying sidekicks in Spyro 3); spending time with the lombax, his robotic napsack, and oh so many creative killing apparati (though the economy in Ratchet 2 was kinda cruel if I remember right); or blasting scores of aliens in loud HD fashion (even if the story of Resistance 2 was epically disappointing to some people).
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