Quick Notes: TLAD, FEAR2, Nostalgia

So GTAIV's new Downloadable Content was released on XBL this past week. New music, vehicles, characters, cutscenes - this feels like a 'spin off' title, until you get into the meat of the missions where you start crossing paths with other Liberty City hooligans that you might know from the original storyline. Overall from what we've seen so far we don't feel like we've been ripped off (see Fable2 DLC where you get a magic eraser for all the things you did in the original game and a handful of new quests) and anyone who enjoyed GTAIV, will enjoy TLAD.

FEAR2 is out now as well, the multiplayer is pretty standard, nothing really fancy or earth shattering, but the singleplayer is something to experience whether or not you've played the original. Lots of creepy, uneasy moments make FEAR2's singleplayer campaign one of the best shooters in recent memory, but the unfortunate problem is that once you've finished it there isn't much else to do except the lackluster multiplayer. Rent this one folks, get through the campaign and look forward to other titles this year like Killzone2 on the PS3.

We also took some time and dug into Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection, reliving a lot of good memories from our childhood (Sonic, Ecco, Vectorman) and then remembering some of the junk that was out at the same time (Alex Kidd doesn't hold up at all). Overall for ~$30 the amount of titles is worth it, if you still haven't picked up one of the MANY Sega collections out there, this is worth it.

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