Socom 2:US Navy Seals Review

    I played this after I finished the first Socom and I finished this game last night.It's REALLY good and the missions are somewhat challenging.Your teams are replaced;your Alpha team was the Bravo team from the first game and Bravo team is made up of 2 new people,Wardog and Vandal.There are 4 areas in the game that you go to and each area has 3 levels for a total of 12 missions.The areas are:Albania,Brazil,Algeria,and Russia.Each area has its own cutscene to provide backdrop to why you're there.The levels are pretty varied and aren't TOO difficult;they're more time-consuming than anything.Personally,I found this game easier than the first Socom.None of the missions were as difficult as the last 3 in Socom 1;those missions made me want to stab my neck with a rusty screwdriver!Anyways,I enjoyed the Brazil missions and the Russia missions.Only 2 or 3 missions are timed,so you have to finish them quickly.The second to last mission I HATED because you have escort a Nuclear Specialist,codenamed Flatfoot,to gather Intel on Nuclear materials and you have to make sure he stays alive or you AUTOMATICALLY fail the mission and you have to start over.To make matters worse,there's an attack helicopter near the beginning of the level that you have to shoot down if you want to complete the mission,or else you can't extract and you'll end up dying.The last mission is VERY time-consuming;you have 30 minutes to secure the gridge of the ship you're on from crashing into Seattle.Then,you have to blow up the helicopter so the terrorists can't escape and disarm 4 bombs.Finally,you have to climb up a crow's nest and signal all clear so the sub that's waiting for you can stand down.When you finish the game,you unlock the credits movie and ALL the Seals weapons.You also unlock Lieutenant difficulty and you can choose what mission(s) you want to play.To fully unlock everything,you'll have to beat the game around 5 times.If this sounds like the type of game you'd want to play and aren't put off by what I've said,you will enjoy it.You can find it on Amazon here:http://www.amazon.com/SOCOM-U-S-Navy-Seals-Playstation-2/dp/B000099T2H/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1303934227&sr=8-1.This is one of the best games I've played recently and I recommend that you check it yourself and see if you'll enjoy it.You can't go wrong either way.Thanks for reading!!With that,I'm out.Peace! :)

DS Lite review

 What I love about the DS Lite is that it has a Gameboy Advance slot to play GBA games,a feature missing from the DSi which came after.This basically doubles your game library,which is always a good thing.The only thing I didn't like was the size of the screen.I wish it was a little bit bigger.I decided to buy it so I could play Pokemon White and trade and battle my friends.