Are you ready for some football?

It's been kind of an uneventful week as far as gaming goes.  I ended up beating "Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2" through the Pro-Registration campaign earlier in the week.  And after thinking about this game, I am a little disappointed.  While the story was really interesting, both campaigns played almost the same.  the only thing different was the middle third of the game.  The first third was the story leading up to having you choose which side to play as during the middle third of the game.  And the last third of the game had to do with the two sides setting aside their differences to defeat a common threat.  I did like how the middle part of each campaign weaved together with the other storyline.  Maybe I just had my expectations too high for this game.  I will admit that I haven't had the chance to try playing this over Xbox Live with anyone so that might add something to the game.  I really hope any DLC they add is kick ass, and not just an additional character or two.  One other thing I did notice comparing the two "MUA" games is that the first one, while not based on a particular comic storyline, had a much longer game storyline.  "MUA 2" was a lot shorter from start to finish then I hoped it would be.  Maybe they will add some extra stuff to the single player campign down the road.

So once I got done beating "MUA 2", I played a little "Call of Duty 4" and advanced a few levels.  After playing that for a while, I was looking at my games, and decided to fire up "Madden 09" after not playing it for a while.  Once I played a few practice games, I loaded up my San Francisco 49er franchise to see where I was in my current season.  It was a good thing I played a few practice game.  Once I loaded up my save, I was happy to remember I just finished a 16-0 regular season and was on my first playoff game, against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.  That game went well for playing my first game that mattered in a while.  I won 23-10 and advanced to the NFC title game against the hated Dallas Cowboys.  That game went pretty well as well, with a 28-13 win.  That is when I got the bad news and found out who my new opponent was.  I was matched up with the 15-1 New England Patriots.  I was dreading playing these guys, and was anticipating a shootout, with the last person with the ball having a chance to win.  Boy was I wrong.  I ended up winning my second straight Super Bowl, winning 13-7.  After advancing through the off-season, doing free agency and the draft I started my next season and picked up on a good note, beating the New Orleans Saints 44-24.  Next up on the schedule is the Denver Broncos.

And no, before you ask, I don't play on the All-Madden difficulty level.  I'm not that good at the game in my opinion.  In this version of  "Madden", they have what is called the My Skill skill level.  Basically what it does, is it adjusts itself to how you play, and adjusts the skill level accordingly, either for the better or the worse.  That seems to work well for me, and just about every game is fun and competitive. 

I do know that the next day off I have, I will be starting up "Mass Effect".  I want to be able to get a good start into the game, so I am saving it for a day off.  Hopefully that day off isn't too far away.