The weather is getting cooler, the nights drawing in and the big games are starting to arrive. This weekend's gaming was a case in point with Halo: Reach and Dead Rising 2 both arriving. This made my relatively limited time to play both even more frustrating. My early impressions of Reach were good - it won't disappoint the fans and looks bloody marvellous. It does take itself VERY seriously though. Are you really worrying about the futility of war in the middle of an exhilarating firefight? I certainly wasn't. The choral soundtrack kicks in regularly too, reminding you of the supposed seriousness of the action.

Far less serious is Dead Rising 2. Again I only had a brief go on this - sadly - but lengthy loading times and numerous cut-scenes were not the best re-introduction to the zombie-bashing feast. Like the original though the incessant undead barrage soon makes for mindlessly enjoyable fun. There seems to be more depth in the sequel too. More thoughts on this soon.

Anyway, how was your gaming weekend?