You hit pretty much all my criticisms and then some. It's a pretty good game even though it borrows all its mechanics from others and is too long. It's just not a good Castlevania game at all. I'm interested to see what the sequel will be like though. Could be quite different from what I hear.
I'm not even aware right now of what's coming out soon. I've had a lot to play as it is. A wealth of games, you might say 
I'm hoping to get Blood Dragon and Killzone Mercenary. Gotta wait till I get paid though.
Hmm, I should probably play the game first. Well, I'll need to buy it then. Well, I should probably play my copy of P3 Portable for my PSP 
Ah, the backlog. What a pleasant burden lol. All I had from this past generation at first was a Wii, so I played a lot of the games from the early years. I've really fallen behind, though, in the last couple because I finally jumpled on board with the other consoles. I have those Project Rainfall RPGs too and had planned to play them last year. Yeah, that didn't happen. Hopefully this year. Sin and Punishment: Star Successor is really good, though it's pretty hard. I never did beat the final boss. It's an easy game to go back to though.
Don't feel back about missing a week. I was MIA for most of December lol. But glad you're back
I haven't read much the last couple years because life has been so busy but I started Mockingjay (the third Hunger Games book) recently and have made some decent progress. I read A Game of Thrones back in college and have since seen the first season of the show and picked up the other books but I haven't read them yet. I'm glad you didn't give any spoilers about the Red Wedding. At this point all I know is that something bad goes down and people die. I want to read more but it tends to be either gaming or reading...or blogging. So many choices
Deus Ex: Human Revolution is my favorite on that list. I love the cyberpunk setting. Dishonored is a close second but those are very similar games in regard to how they play and the choices given to the player. I would go with whichever of those seems to have the more interesting world to you. Just don't play them back to back.
I don't really have a desire to play Soul Hackers, especially after my experience with SMT IV, which was mostly positive, but I don't want to subject myself to the developmental ideas of 15 years earlier lol. Devil Survivor, on the other hand, I'd love to get, preferably the 3DS update.
I have Warhawk in one of those long PS1 cases. It's all busted up though lol. My wife says it looks like a giant cassette case.
I know people like Mario Kart Wii but I couldn't stand it because it seemed to take all the strategy out in favor of accessibility, as if the normal rubber band AI isn't bad enough. MK7 went a long way in restoring my faith in the series. I'm definitely interested to see how the Wii U game turns out.
I hope your PC runs BioShock without any problems. That's a great game. I haven't played the second one yet but I hear it's pretty good. Same great gameplay even if the story is less remarkable.
