I find the stat counters great, Like on MW2, I have alredy played online for over one day. That said this weekend will invovle some more MW 2 !!

I'm going to be all over Uncharted 2 as I attempt to find the last remaining 20 or so treasures, and get the last few remaining trophies so I can get platinum.

I may also have to crack open Bioshock again so I can complete that before Bioshock 2 arrives on Feb 9. Got the pre-order notification from Mighty Ape yesterday, and noting it was due for release the day after my birthday, I figured I'd order it to save my wife the hassle of figuring out what to get me next year (what can I say? I'm good like that ;-)). I ordered the Rapture edition, which comes with an art book, Little Sister figurine and t-shirt. Not quite as special as the Special Edition, but a cut above the standard version :-)

I'm a stats fiend as well.One area in which I think stat tacking is done very well (and I'm surprised more games haven't copied and done similar things) is Halo 3's multiplayer. The Bungie.net component has a tonne of interesting stats from your multiplayer exploits - not to mention the fact that you can actually record and share your proudest moments :)

stats are good. but can be depressing at the same time. showing how much of your life has been sucked away by a game.

I like how Dragon Age actually uses stats like this on a lot of the loading screens... so you can see which party member is contributing most of the damage, how many darkspawn you've killed, it definitely makes the load times a lot more manageable.

The NPC dialogue is great too - the way they interject themselves into conversations and occasionally bicker with each other is a real highlight of the game.

I'm about 20 hours in and I suspect I'm less than halfway through the main story - hopefully I'll be a bit further by the end of this weekend! I'm holding off starting Assassins Creed II until I've finished a first playthrough.

Saints Row 1 and 2 had a number of stats that were *ahem* interesting like the number of pedestrains killed, mugged, distance travelled on foot, bike, car, plane, boat, helicopter as wellas the obligatory hours played. The original had an achievement at 20 hours called addicted to the row and the sequel had one that kicked in at 50 hours.

I think I've spent almost 100 hours playing that game and if you haven't played it, get it. Forget the easy comparisons to GTA and play the game because it has a sense of humour. Even after the hours I've played there are still so many easter eggs, random lines from pedestrians and bizarre things that just happen.

I love looking at Stats. Every now and again before I exit a session I'll check out my stats.

A few times in Assassin's Creed II I've accidentally assassinated an innocent bystander instead of pickpocketing them (holding down the wrong button). Made me feel a bit 'special' but it was hilarious nonetheless. I'm glad it doesn't keep count of that!

Ditto to m0rph3us comments about Dragonage load screens. Also comes with story updates too which I thought was a great idea. I am just hitting forty hours and think I am not far from the final fights. Already planning my next character for when I clock it and start again. I have mainly followed the main storyline so next time through will pick-up more of the side quests and, of course, change the way I resolved the main quests.

Not related. But My PS3 just turned off for no reason and when I try to power it up the power light turns yellow beeps three times and flashes red..!!

It's not under warranty, what are my options?! am I going to have to buy a new console?? Its a launch 60gig model, so is ps2 BC, sigh

@m0rph3us and Noddy Senior. This may sound lame but how do you get character stats to appear on the load screen? Mine only shows story hints. Is this perhaps a difference in platforms or just a setting I have missed?

I do enjoy seeing how effective my different characters are at similar points in games.

I also find that sometimes stats can give too much away though. Like 0% of X nasty critter killed. Well...thanks for spoiling that surprise.