These two demos hit XBL and PSN today, and I got a chance to try them out.

BF:BC seems like it will be a fun rent. The funnest aspect seemed to be the single-player experience, a mix of vehicle-heavy mayhem, quirky humor, and a potentially interesting story. The weakest seemed to be the multiplayer, feeling akin to Quake Wars, were the game's weaknesses are only amplified by their sum.

Civilization Revolution also seemed just decent, average. Basically 1/3 the choices of Civ IV, its greatest weakness is that it feels stripped. The game touts mulitplayer but beware; since the game is turn-based, anticipate a lot of downtime while you watch each player go through their turn. But Civilization has always been more focused on single-player and single friend v. friend, and I think that's what most people will buy the game for. It's essentially a great console translation.

This week I bought Ninja Gaiden II and Bourne Conspiracy. NGII is amazing and BC is extremely good for a licenced game, and very good it its own right. One reviewer but it well saying the hand-to-hand combat is excellent, the shooting good, and the driving poor.

[ADD] By the way, Dark Sector had a universal price drop to $39.99. If I wasn't already over my budget this month I'd definitely buy it. (And Mass Effect and BioShock are the same price at Amazon.)