Finished Mario Sunshine, and it was really quite good (once I fixed the camera), a lot better than I was expecting it to be, because all I remember about it is hating it when I tried to play it on the Gamecube.
Jak 2 was rather disappointing, however, and I stopped playing pretty early on. Kinda sucks since the first one was so good, I do at least think that if you havent played the first Jak and Daxter then the price of the HD collection is still worth it just for that. But just didn't like the fauxpen world crap in Jak 2, like it was just another game in that era after GTA 3/VC came out where so many things had to be like it, even games that didn't fit. And the "open" world didn't serve any purpose since theres nothing to explore or see, really, just made getting around annoying. It was actually way more linear than the first one which had a hub-based world. (also, I disliked the tone/world/etc, where it wanted to get all angsty and grimdark.)
So after quitting that I continued on the gamecube/wii game spree I'm currently going on, and after briefly checking to see whether Aquaman: Battle for Atlantis really was one of the worst games ever made (eeyup), I'm now playing Mario Galaxy 2 (said to be one of the best games by some). And so far, I'm not liking it near as much as Sunshine. Its definitely better than it was on the Wii now that I can just play it on a 360 controller, but it doesnt feel as tight or fun as Sunshine did, and I dislike the little round worlds thing (didn't have much of a problem with it in Ratchet and Clank though, I think overall those were bigger little worlds so you werent constantly running away from the camera.)
Maybe I'll watch a lets play of Jak 2, after I finish watching the one for Shadows of the Damned (another game I started to play, kinda liked, but couldn't get into the gameplay of it and quit early on) and then move on to Jak 3 and hope its better (from what I've read though, its not.)
Anyone know of any other good platformy collecty kinda games? At some point I might get the Ratchet and Clank HD collection, and theres going to be a new R&C game coming out soonventually (and luckily its a return to formula, instead of crappy 4-person coop generic shootem ups like the last couple), and basically I'm just waiting until Hat in Time comes out (I didn't get beta access though, so I'll have to wait until its fully done)
