I played the Diablo 3 demo on PS3, and actually really liked it.  I had no interest in this game when it first came out, and the fact that Blizzard seems to have really upped the sleaze factor lately didn't help.  Obviously the real money auction house was a disaster.  Also, I thought I had lost interest in the loot hunt style of action RPG in general.  But I found myself quite enjoying the game.

I love the art style, with its hand-painted look and earthy, muted colors.  The combat is actually pretty fun too.  I only tried the Barbarian, and every one of his attacks - even the standard one - feel weighty and solid.  I actually thought it used rumble until I realized it was just the satisfying thunk in my headphones. (Side note: rumble really adds to the experience for me, and one thing that is really lacking in PC gaming)

This type of game seems perfectly suited to consoles, and I'm not sure I would enjoy it as much just clicking a mouse everywhere.  There was an excellent action RPG during the Xbox/PS2 generation called Baldur's Gate Dark Alliance which proved that these games didn't require a bunch of key mappings to work.  Admittedly it takes longer to switch out skills and such than I'm guessing it would on PC.

Speaking of skills, I like what they're doing with the steady progression of unlocked skills, with several modifiers (Runes?) for each.  The Souls games have sort of wearied me on the wall-o-skills type of game design.  Give me a basic, yet deep and rock solid combat system and I'm good.  But these skills didn't seem overwhelming, perhaps since they dole them out gradually at first.  Also, you don't actually have to choose as in a tree and wonder if you made the right choice since they all unlock eventually, by level.

Since the console versions lack the RMAH, I was spared that particular mess.  And by many accounts the console versions are superior for it.  I don't know if the fun would hold me for a whole game, but I certainly like what I experienced in the demo (which is surprisingly long).

I almost forgot about Champions of Norrath!  (It also had a sequel I believe which I never played).  That was a fun one too, although at the time I remember sneering slightly at how much more simplistic both Norrath and Dark Alliance were compared to Diablo.  PC master race dontcha know.  I tried X-Men Legends but never really liked it.  But that was more due to my dislike of comic book stuff than anything.

I only played a demo of Torchlight.  It didn't really click (no pun intended) with me for some reason.  There's definitely something to the console thing.  Dix, I spent a ridiculous number of hours with Diablo II but oddly enough I don't really see that happening again if it requires KB/M.  I'm at this odd crossroads between console and PC gaming, with the PC clearly in my future, but with a console flavoring (read: gamepad) that I doubt I'll ever ditch.

On the first day of Christmas, Purolator gave to me: a 650 ti Boost. 

I resumed Bulletstorm, and the first words I heard were Trishka's; "That's four more dicks down," and my heart was filled with joy. 

Now my entire system power consumption only registers something in the range of 240W under full gaming load (down from 300), and my happy tanks are full to overflowing. 

I'm currently just breaking into the good Dr's house in Dishonored. 

Of the games from this years Steam sale, Tomb Raider 2013 is my favorite by far. Despite the lack of, you know, tomb raiding, the game still manages to be playable hours at a time. I haven't played any of the others (other than demo's) so I still getting a guilty feeling jumping off too high ledges and my ribs often hurt in sympathy.