This is a decent game if you are looking for a basic turn based RPG. no real strenuous graphics... feels like a classic super nintendo RPG in a lot of ways. You basically get a real advantage with your party if you know what you are doing. It is rare that you don't get to dominate a battle, BUT with the add-ons, you can easily get owned. I have a party that is mostly level 50, and the bottom floor of the add-on STILL owns me. The trophies also are not all that difficult to achieve if you are looking to get the platinum.
The only issue is, killing 50,000 monsters and playing the game for 200ish hours, can get old. especially if you realize you can create your entire party from the "main" characters and level them up all at the same time instead of having 50+ characters. I have played the game 110 hours and beaten it with most characters. I have figured out the game so well, i can beat the game in 30 minutes. so playing for another 90 hours... seems pretty tedious especially just to get a trophy. I almost feel like i should start the game, turn my fan on to keep my ps3 cool, and watch cable. The only real issue is killing 50000 monsters, which honestly you could just fight the monsters on the first floor.
Saturday, June 1, 2013
Virtua Fighter 5
I have been playing Virtua Fighter off and on for years, including the arcade games. Virtua Fighter 4 was not all that difficult of a game, and once you learned how the A.I worked, it never really got more challenging. It is the one REAL downside to this game. If you master a character, the computer basically cannot beat you. My actual record on Virtua fighter 5 story mode is like 500 wins, and 10ish losses. No quitting in the middle of a battle either. that is my actual record. Kind of a disappointment in my opinion. If you are looking for a challenge, and you played VF4 a lot... you are not in for one. I think 4 was actually harder.
Yakuza 3
This is a fun game, and with the multiple assortment of mini-games, it is definitely a challenge. The only real issue I had with this game, is the number of hoodlums you face seems to be never ending. As I once said to my best friend "There sure are alot of hoods in Japan." This game is basically a more 3 dimensional version of virtua fighter with some of the most violent take downs and moves i have ever seen in a game. Slamming men into safety railings. Picking up environmental objects and bludgeoning them half-to-death. Just a lot of violence, and a decent story-line to boot.
Dante's Inferno
This is another God of War rip off, but instead of legendary mythical beasts from Greek Mythos, you are fighting Demon's in hell. Really kind of an easy game in my opinion, and because of that I never felt like buying the add-on content was worth it.
Batman: Arkham Asylum
I like this game. Sometimes the play control can be choppy and disappointing. But the storyline, was great. It was definitely accurate of how the comics would go. It made me feel like i was playing a modernized version of the early to mid 90s Knightfall series, but with modern graphics and the Voice of the 90s Batman, who as we of the 90s generation get to play the man who voiced batman in a decent story. This game deserved Game of the Year, and it is a must have game for any true batman fan.
The Cave
This game is not the greatest game in the world. and honestly, the fact it is trying to teach you a moral in a video game can get pretty lame. To top it off, the game's puzzles can be rather annoying. To top it off, the voice of The Cave, gets REALLY old. This is not a game I would have actually purchased, and am grateful it was free on ps plus. And the fact that you have to play and beat the game at least 5ish times to get all of the endings is annoying and repetitive. not really a game i would recommend to people.
Final Fantasy X HD
I liked the storyline of FFX, I never actually played X-2 but it got mixed reviews. I personally thought if you took it on it's own merit it was one of the better FF Games, originality.my all-time favorite still being FF7, due to its originality I am sorry that they never actually finished the HD remake of 7. especially since it was the greatest selling game for all of squaresoft's library. I think remaking X in HD is a good choice for square, but not the best choice that they could have made for HD remakes.
Metal Gear Saga HD
I am glad they are re-releasing all of the Metal Gear Saga in HD. I played each of these games for hours, and the were great each time i played them. The replayability of them was probably their greatest feature. And playing the games through a second time revealed so much more of the motivation of the characters. Which is why they were so great. I even like Metal Gear Solid 2, which most people did not. They did not feel that Raiden was a good enough substitue... but the point was that you could recreate what Solid Snake did in Shadow Moses, with someone else. As the story line progressed I felt that it got more and more interesting, like the fact that Ocelot was brainwashed by the nano-machines inside of his body. Overall, I loved this game series.
Castlevania (PS3)
This is probably the most visually stunning game i have EVER PLAYED to date. I still am amazed at the detail in this game when i play it. I love this game, and Kojima did an amazing job on the reboot. I actually think that the explanation this game gives of why the Belmont Clan is hunting dracula is a very interesting one. It also is very true to Kojima's style (even if others do not like it all the time) of the classic long cut scenes. It is still a great game in my opinion and the abilities are also interesting as well. I enjoyed playing this game, and getting it for under $20 i feel like was a steal.
Kane and Lynch 1 and 2
Not many people are a fan of this game series. I personally loved it. The first game was basically a 2 player remake of the game Freedom Fighters for PS2. I never played that game much, but i saw it played enough by my former roommate, that I knew what it was about, and understood the play controls... and In Dead Men, you controlled your party members the exact same way.
Kane and Lynch 2 you switched from playing Kane as first player to Lynch. Lynch is pretty hardcore, and they even made him look like the Undertaker on the cover of the first game. You run through Hong Kong trying to kill countless dirty cops owned by a head of state, in order to escape the city. The two of you get completely screwed over, and are forced to run. I liked these games, the sad part is Kane and Lynch have been forced into the role of add-on characters for the Lara croft game, because they did not sell well.
Kane and Lynch 2 you switched from playing Kane as first player to Lynch. Lynch is pretty hardcore, and they even made him look like the Undertaker on the cover of the first game. You run through Hong Kong trying to kill countless dirty cops owned by a head of state, in order to escape the city. The two of you get completely screwed over, and are forced to run. I liked these games, the sad part is Kane and Lynch have been forced into the role of add-on characters for the Lara croft game, because they did not sell well.
Facebreaker
This game was basically impossible... i mean there is even a literally impossible difficulty setting. I never beat this game in the 5 years i owned it. I eventually just got sick of trying to beat it anyway possible, and am now selling it on amazon. overall this is a terrible game with bad play control. good luck beating it with one character let alone all of them.
Friday, May 31, 2013
Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage
This is a dynasty warriors alternative, made by Tecmo. This is the Fist of the North Star game that we always wanted. NOT the crappy NES game that came out in 87ish... which by the way if you look it up on youtube, there are people able to beat it in under 10min. THE WHOLE GAME! yes, this game was stupid, (the NES version). Touting itself as Fist of the North Star... i have no clue what that game was. Ken's Rage is the REAL Fist of the North Star game. I love this game, the punching of people and making their heads explode with Hokuto Shinken, eviscerating their bodies with Nanto Seiken. Overall this was a great game, even if it got repetitive at times. Hoards of stupid baddies to slay easily and quickly is what makes this game a very good anime to console port.
Darksiders I and II
These games are fun... I think the first game has a lot more going for it in someways than II. I like the combos better in I, the fact you can pick up cars, and the fact the abyssal chain is much more useful in grabbing chaos growth than the death grip. Honestly, in a lot of ways the Death Grip move is not all that useful. I thought it would be much more useful, and you would be able to grab onto chaos growth with it... and you cannot. you just fall to your death pitifully might i add.... lol. I did like going to earth and the more vast array of guns. I also liked see parts of the different worlds. I am hoping as the story more unfolds it will become a much better game series overall and they will perfect more of what you can do. I think Darksiders V (which they already have plans for) will be the best one of them all, being as you will pick up right at the end of the first Darksiders riding to right the wrongs of the apocalypse, in a multi-player online game.
Tron Legacy
This is a VERY hard game, and the difficulty curve JUMPS tremendously. i got stuck on the second level, because of this difficulty jump, just on normal. this is still a pretty fun game, and the multiplayer battle-royale online is also pretty fun. The light cycles and tanks are interesting to drive as well. The only issue i have with this game, is the wall running. The wall running at times can be choppy in a way where when you want to run sideways along a wall you run up it, or vice versa.
Alice Madness Returns
I had a lot of fun playing this game, even if it wasn't very difficult. I put it on Nightmare setting, and still felt like it was BARELY a challenge. I could even get some of the "do not get hit" trophies on the hardest difficulty. This game is very much like the original Lewis Carroll books which were EXTREMELY dark, if you didn't know. This to me was true to the Alice series, and was a great way to update it for the modern era, and make it much more for adults, than the Disney movie.
Naughty Bear Gold and Panic in paradise
To be honest, I like different aspects of each game. The graphics in the original are actually much better than panic in paradise. (1080p vs 720p), and the fact that you get guns in the first game and can shoot them is pretty fun. There is also much more variety of traps in the original naughty bear. In Panic in Paradise, you can perform grabs. which you could not do in the original. In panic in paradise, if a bear is trapped in a trap, and another comes to free him... you cannot scare that bear away. that was something i found i liked in the original. The level up/weapons system in panic in paradise, also can get old. because if you max out ALL the pants (like i have) you no longer gain experience from that piece of equipment. You are actually being robbed of experience points with the way the level up system was created.
Both games are difficult, but can be fun if you figure out what to do pretty quickly.
Both games are difficult, but can be fun if you figure out what to do pretty quickly.
Alpha Protocol
For those of you who had NEVER heard of this game (don't feel bad i hadn't either) this is an obsidian game, that was released by Sega. Obsidian are the chief programmers who made fallout 1 and 2 before selling the rights to bethesda for 3 and creating new vegas. This game is basically a cross between metal gear solid, and fallout. It is a tactical espionage game with the same perk system as fallout where they can be achieved by talking or performing certain actions. To top it off you can purchase skills per level with an ability point exchange system. This is a VERY hard game. It is hard to sneak up on people, it is hard to pick locks, and hard to hack.
I have gotten pretty proficient at this game, and I STILL think it is difficult. I literally got to a point where i could not kill a boss and had to start the game over, so i am writing this review pre-completion. And i think this game will be a challenge for me for a while to come. The lock picking is done with the L2 pressure sensitive trigger moving the weights up and down via a laser. the hacking is like looking at the matrix trying to find the code that isn't moving. MUCH HARDER THAN FALLOUT! fallout is basic compared to this. none the less, because it is more challenging it is a shorter game, and still fun. I cannot imagine this game taking more than 30 hours to complete.
I have gotten pretty proficient at this game, and I STILL think it is difficult. I literally got to a point where i could not kill a boss and had to start the game over, so i am writing this review pre-completion. And i think this game will be a challenge for me for a while to come. The lock picking is done with the L2 pressure sensitive trigger moving the weights up and down via a laser. the hacking is like looking at the matrix trying to find the code that isn't moving. MUCH HARDER THAN FALLOUT! fallout is basic compared to this. none the less, because it is more challenging it is a shorter game, and still fun. I cannot imagine this game taking more than 30 hours to complete.
Dark Sector
This game was advertised as a Resident Evil story-line, by some. I never heard that, but basically it is the movie/anime "the guyver" the video game. you run around with a glaive (a bladed boomerang basically) and not the polearm, and a gun. You are fighting alien infected creatures that are in an alternate time line post-cold war Russia, where the cold war is still raging on in modern day. Your main character is an American spy trying to get information about the infection. This game has some of the most realistic blood/brain matter splatter i have ever seen in a video game. Fun to play, and some of the powers you get are pretty cool too, like invisibility and a force shield, even if you don't get to use them for long. The weapons are customizable as well which is useful.
Conan
This game is an older PS3 game with no trophies, but still fun. It is basically a God of War rip off voiced by Ron Perlman as Conan. There are somethings that i liked about this game, like for example different weapons styles and the ability to throw rocks and/or weapons at your opponents. It is a pretty easy game overall, and still fun.
Eternal Sonata
There were some cool parts to this game, but over all i just found it way too repetitive. for me, i need a game that is going to have more variety than just light/shadow attacks. and the fact that almost 50% of the things that need to be achieved cannot be done until after you have beaten the game once, is just frustrating. overall the graphics are good, and the combat system is a little forced in my opinion, getting to a point where you just have to run at the monsters and attack them as much as possible with no strategy involved.
Ninja Gaiden Sigma
This was a pretty good game. One of the hardest video games, i have ever played to be honest. I had to play it for over a month straight just to be able to beat it the first time through, and i never got past the 7th level on the hardest difficulty setting, due to the jump in difficulty this game had. if you think you are good at video games, and want a REAL challenge... i would play this game to test your mettle.
Newest post
Sorry guys, that i have been away for a while, i got to crunch time with graduate school and also got sick for a while. so I am going to hammer out a few good reviews today.
Monday, March 11, 2013
Knytt Underground (now free on ps plus)
Seriously, i could not play this game for more than 10 min... I am so glad i didn't buy it. Like honestly, who wants to see some company's/game's logo in the bottom corner of the screen the entire time you play a game. I already started playing your game... Am I too Stupid to figure out what I am STILL playing?! Apparently that is what this game company thinks... yeah... not for me. too bad I cannot Rate it ZERO stars on PSN, because i would have... yup, glad i didn't buy it. even if the full version takes away their logo. the game still just plain sucks.
Prince Of Persia (2008)
Honestly... this game could be a lot better... The having to hit the circle button to grab onto stuff while doing a wall run gets old. That and half the time when you are doing the double magic jump where you have to hit triangle never works. I am not a fan, especially since this was made by the creators of assassin's creed. Honestly, I expect more from Ubisoft... but I guess they are a crap shoot. Much like the 4-player TMNT: The arcade game remake that they made where the play control for it was so bad it wasn't even playable.
Spec OPS: The Line
I love this game's story, but the play control is terrible... honestly the story is the only thing that kept me playing it until the end. half the time when you are getting into cover it doesn't work... like seriously you have to jam on the button repeatedly just to get into cover. Other than that I loved this game. It was a great game, very realistic... uses real guns, and a great storyline that has kept me playing it almost non-stop since i got it as the new free PS plus game. The other great thing about this game. NO MULTI-PLAYER TROPHIES! ZERO! so even if no one plays the game online it doesn't matter.
Quantum Theory
This Game is your pretty basic 3rd person shooter. It is a little on the difficult side at times, with the bosses, but other than that not too bad. I enjoyed this game. I especially liked when you shoot people in the head, and your guy starts talking, and says things like "heh splat!", or "More, MORE!". I did like the fact that you can throw your partner across the room, but i actually wish the story was co-op. I think that would have made the game a lot more fun. Not many people play the multi-player either which is pretty lame, because most of the Trophies are for multi-player. which I always hate when games force you to get Multi-player trophies. Especially when rarely anyone plays the multi-player.
Other than that I enjoy this game. Killing weird alien-demon things is always fun.
Other than that I enjoy this game. Killing weird alien-demon things is always fun.
Sunday, March 10, 2013
Overlord I and II
I loved this game series. I am sad they did not make a 3rd game. The only thing I found REALLY frustrating, was when you try to beat it as a domination Overlord, in Overlord II, and if 1 person gets killed when you raid the Elf Village, at the end of the game, you cannot get 100% domination. The lamest part about it is the people basically run into the grenades that are being thrown. I got so frustrated that i seriously stopped playing that pathway because almost everytime one person if not 2 would die simultaneously that you are supposed to enslave. I seriously only had 15 people before i had 100% domination to enslave, out of the 300 that i had to do. this was the only thing that was really annoying, especially since you cannot lock onto enslaved people and move them, like you can your minions. If you could do that... the game would have been a LOT easier, but still fun.
Hell Yeah! Wrath of The Dead Rabbit
This is an okay game, but i seriously regret buying it now. It is way too short for how much i paid for it. It is easy to figure out MOST of the puzzles, and honestly, the minigames get kind of annoying after a while since they recycle the same ones over and over again. That and the whole "The Island" which is your punishment island to get more treasures, is NOT seemlessly put into the game, which honestly is kind of terrible. You have to completely quit out of your game to go to the island and then come back in. I think there are a lot of drawbacks for this game... and like i said I regret buying it. I would give it a 6.5/10. The jokes are kind of funny but get old quick.
Friday, February 22, 2013
Playstation 4
After seeing the 2 hour preview that was done at 3pm PST (and yes i tried to watch the whole thing, even though Sony's feed crashed at parts), is going to revolutionize the Gaming world. Just some of the concepts that came out for the games seemed amazing. I am not too into the move, and I don't know anyone who has one... but with some of the options that will possibly come out it might be fun... especially if they are updating it much like the dual shock 4 controller that has a 3d distance sensor... if you were going to update that, imagine what could be done to play fencing games... Just as an example.. the game would be able to tell where you were in the room and more accurately judge your strikes. so you could use this for a rerelease of medieval, which will probably come out soon... Especially since Dan is one of the characters on the Playstation All-Stars game, which is basically just a copy of Smash brothers, but with Sony characters.
The other thing that could be done with something like this, is a more realistic first person shooter... Especially if they add multiple monitor capabilities, or even come up with some kind of Curved T.V. Screen... which knowing Sony is possibly in the works, since the resolution of the PS4 is DOUBLE what it is for the PS3. Currently resolution is 1440 x 1080p... the PS4 is capable of 2880 by 2160. The graphics processing unit, can do most of the computing for the PS4 as well, which means the CPU will deal with most of the run-time information, and AI functions for games. Games in the next 3 years, i can imagine are going to be DRASTICALLY more difficult as the AI learns your playing patterns even faster than the PS3 is capable of, and adapting. This will push Hardcore gamers to be much better and games than they are now. I personally am very excited for the Playstation 4 even if it is not completely backwards compatible... I do expect that just like the Playstation 3, once there are enough games out on the system... it won't matter and your PS3 will be collecting dust, much like my PS2 was.
The other thing that could be done with something like this, is a more realistic first person shooter... Especially if they add multiple monitor capabilities, or even come up with some kind of Curved T.V. Screen... which knowing Sony is possibly in the works, since the resolution of the PS4 is DOUBLE what it is for the PS3. Currently resolution is 1440 x 1080p... the PS4 is capable of 2880 by 2160. The graphics processing unit, can do most of the computing for the PS4 as well, which means the CPU will deal with most of the run-time information, and AI functions for games. Games in the next 3 years, i can imagine are going to be DRASTICALLY more difficult as the AI learns your playing patterns even faster than the PS3 is capable of, and adapting. This will push Hardcore gamers to be much better and games than they are now. I personally am very excited for the Playstation 4 even if it is not completely backwards compatible... I do expect that just like the Playstation 3, once there are enough games out on the system... it won't matter and your PS3 will be collecting dust, much like my PS2 was.
Evil Dead Games
So I am just going to Review all of them all at once, in order. If you ever played Hail to the King, you will know how FRUSTRATING this game was... The coolest, but also hardest part about this game was the combo system. If you didn't know that you needed to talk smack to kill the Deadites in this game, it was over. This made the game VERY difficult at times. For example without using it, it was almost impossible to kill some of the Deadites. With it, there was one specific combo that you could do, that almost gauranteed item drops everytime you killed a deadite. And if you never played this game, you DESPERATELY needed those items.
The opening Scene is in the Cabin, which was like a maze in the first place. This game was true to Ash form if you really think about it though... talking smack, facing almost impossible odds, and trying to save the girl in the end. The girl was actually supposed to be the girl he kisses at the end of Army of Darkness with red hair. Bruce Campbell does do all the Voice over work for all of this game series which makes it pretty amazing. The only game he doesn't do the voice over work for, is a little known Android O/S game, called Army of Darkness Defense. The only reason he doesn't is all the Dialogue, is from the actual movie of Army of Darkness. The most Difficult part of Hail to the king, was the lack of GAS for the Chainsaw, which you needed desperately. I never actually Beat this game it was so difficult, and that was just on easy.
Fistful of Boomstick, now this game was much more tolerable to play. They did add a kind of "Grab" move with the chainsaw, and with unlimited gas for it... the game was much easier. If you performed the "Grab" where he would lift them up, and just evicerate the enemy by letting the chainsaw run inside of them, spurting gallons of blood... most enemies could not withstand it. The only other thing you needed was the musket pistol, which did insane amounts of damage and stunned enemies. You were pretty much unstoppable at that point, but then they give you the 8 shot boomstick which really was just ridiculous. at that point you should have had so many other rounds for the guns you had that you were just laying the deadite hordes to waste.
Next in the PS2 game series, was Evil Dead: Regeneration. In this game you had a sidekick named sam who is voiced by Ted Raimi. Brother of the Creator Sam Raimi and was also in the Xena/Hercules series as pretty much any extra they ever needed, and Joxar. He has a new york accent, and is Half-deadite... so he can Regenerate himself as many times as needed, or as many times as you can creatively think of killing him...Which was half of the entertainment value of the game. Personally for those of us who are the cult game fans... I wish this was rereleased as a PSN game, but i just don't see it happening. Especially now with all the information that has come out from Sony about the PS4 and the LACK of backwards compatibility... this includes PSN games. (seems stupid to me). I understand they are banking on people just moving on to the PS4 like they did from PS2 to PS3, but i don't think it will have as smooth of a transition.
The last Game is Army of Darkness Defense (that i have played, or KNOW OF). This is a very simple game, but very fun. You use the touch pad to move Ash left or right, and everything else is done automatically. You can upgrade your troops and castle, and use the upgrades to help you defend the necronimicon from Evil Ash, just like the last scene in the movie. This is a very simple game, and easy to master... and with the lines from Army of Darkness, put a fresh spin on a cult classic. This game seems to be just in time for the remake of Evil Dead, which I am sure will have people on the edge of their seats like the original did in the early 80s.
The opening Scene is in the Cabin, which was like a maze in the first place. This game was true to Ash form if you really think about it though... talking smack, facing almost impossible odds, and trying to save the girl in the end. The girl was actually supposed to be the girl he kisses at the end of Army of Darkness with red hair. Bruce Campbell does do all the Voice over work for all of this game series which makes it pretty amazing. The only game he doesn't do the voice over work for, is a little known Android O/S game, called Army of Darkness Defense. The only reason he doesn't is all the Dialogue, is from the actual movie of Army of Darkness. The most Difficult part of Hail to the king, was the lack of GAS for the Chainsaw, which you needed desperately. I never actually Beat this game it was so difficult, and that was just on easy.
Fistful of Boomstick, now this game was much more tolerable to play. They did add a kind of "Grab" move with the chainsaw, and with unlimited gas for it... the game was much easier. If you performed the "Grab" where he would lift them up, and just evicerate the enemy by letting the chainsaw run inside of them, spurting gallons of blood... most enemies could not withstand it. The only other thing you needed was the musket pistol, which did insane amounts of damage and stunned enemies. You were pretty much unstoppable at that point, but then they give you the 8 shot boomstick which really was just ridiculous. at that point you should have had so many other rounds for the guns you had that you were just laying the deadite hordes to waste.
Next in the PS2 game series, was Evil Dead: Regeneration. In this game you had a sidekick named sam who is voiced by Ted Raimi. Brother of the Creator Sam Raimi and was also in the Xena/Hercules series as pretty much any extra they ever needed, and Joxar. He has a new york accent, and is Half-deadite... so he can Regenerate himself as many times as needed, or as many times as you can creatively think of killing him...Which was half of the entertainment value of the game. Personally for those of us who are the cult game fans... I wish this was rereleased as a PSN game, but i just don't see it happening. Especially now with all the information that has come out from Sony about the PS4 and the LACK of backwards compatibility... this includes PSN games. (seems stupid to me). I understand they are banking on people just moving on to the PS4 like they did from PS2 to PS3, but i don't think it will have as smooth of a transition.
The last Game is Army of Darkness Defense (that i have played, or KNOW OF). This is a very simple game, but very fun. You use the touch pad to move Ash left or right, and everything else is done automatically. You can upgrade your troops and castle, and use the upgrades to help you defend the necronimicon from Evil Ash, just like the last scene in the movie. This is a very simple game, and easy to master... and with the lines from Army of Darkness, put a fresh spin on a cult classic. This game seems to be just in time for the remake of Evil Dead, which I am sure will have people on the edge of their seats like the original did in the early 80s.
Strong Bad's Cool Game... (SBCG4AP)
I don't know if you are a fan of Strong Bad, and www.Homestarrunner.com I personally did not start hearing about til about 5 years ago... at that time, they were still making new videos... which they are no longer doing sadly. But I bought this game probably about 2 years ago when they rereleased it for the PS3. I bought all 5 games in the season pass pack. This game is actually pretty funny. It isn't complicated by any stretch... I completed the game in like an hour... all you need to do is talk to everyone... and if you use the walk through you could probably get everything on any episode in under two hours.... including playing the mini-games. which include... "Math Kickers featuring the Algebros" (double dragon rip off involving math equations that you DON't do). "Snake Puncher" (a rip-off of atari 2600 boxing). and several others including a rip-off of megaman, T&C surf, and even the ever classic... king's quest are all involved in this game series.
So if you are looking to have a few laughs... and a game that REALLY isn't that hard, and just waste some time to try and relax and make fun of people at the same time. this is a great game. not a 10 by any stretch, more like a 7.5 and that is only because of the dialogue from Strong Bad.
So if you are looking to have a few laughs... and a game that REALLY isn't that hard, and just waste some time to try and relax and make fun of people at the same time. this is a great game. not a 10 by any stretch, more like a 7.5 and that is only because of the dialogue from Strong Bad.
Thursday, February 21, 2013
Side Note
I am trying to get caught up on some reviews, so i may MASH reviews for several games in a series into one review... like for example, i need to write a DEATHSPANK review... i am not going to write a review of EACH game... there are 3 games, and i have over 150 games that i own JUST FOR PS3, that i Plan on reviewing. so I will review them, all at once... like for example... Strong Bad's Cool Game For Attractive People... it is a 5 game series, I will just review all 5 games, at once.
Vanquish
This is the New PS plus game for this week. I love this game. I am a little disappointed that I already owned the disc based version of the game, but i have learned recently... I am REALLY lazy when it comes to playing games. I love being able to not get up when i want to switch games quickly. I personally will look through my library of HDD games, before i look on my rack for games to play. There is still a reason i buy disc based games... COST! Wait 6months to a year and most are down $20-$30. Like Mortal Kombat... on the PSN store the KOMPLETE EDITION is still $39.99. added to my library via disc based. $15. The advantages to HDD games are, if they get corrupted... delete the game data and start fresh. Which with disc-based... if your disc gets warped from playing a game too much (that is my copy of fallout: new vegas most-likely honestly) and it is just plain messed up, and there is not much you can do.
SO on that note, to have a back-up of a game that I love playing and don't want messed up, I purchased the FREE PS plus copy of Vanquish. Would be cooler if i got something else, but nonetheless still a great game.
It is basically a standard 3rd person shooter with a few nuances... you are in a exo-suit so you have a rocket pack on your back which you can use to boost yourself into cover... like that feature. you can also use the suit to dodge, then holding L1, you can slow down time to hit multiple targets at once. This suit also regenerates your health, but it does overheat. so it isn't like you are invincible. You do die... and i assure you playing it on hard my first time through... i have. Yes. you heard that right. I play video games a lot. and because of that I normally start games on hard. There are very Few games, that I do not... and that would be like... Castlevania, or Lost Planet 2 since you get to level 1-2 on hard, and you cannot defeat the boss. you just don't have the firepower, since the game is designed for infinite replay. On vanquish, I have only gotten to 2-2, but part of that is because i am going for the achievement (don't die on any difficulty) which happens to make me leave the game when i die and go to the title screen. Especially since any of the other trophies i can go back and do over on easy if i REALLY wanted to just get trophies... which personally. i normally don't... I just play games for fun. This is one game that doesn't lack in that.
SO on that note, to have a back-up of a game that I love playing and don't want messed up, I purchased the FREE PS plus copy of Vanquish. Would be cooler if i got something else, but nonetheless still a great game.
It is basically a standard 3rd person shooter with a few nuances... you are in a exo-suit so you have a rocket pack on your back which you can use to boost yourself into cover... like that feature. you can also use the suit to dodge, then holding L1, you can slow down time to hit multiple targets at once. This suit also regenerates your health, but it does overheat. so it isn't like you are invincible. You do die... and i assure you playing it on hard my first time through... i have. Yes. you heard that right. I play video games a lot. and because of that I normally start games on hard. There are very Few games, that I do not... and that would be like... Castlevania, or Lost Planet 2 since you get to level 1-2 on hard, and you cannot defeat the boss. you just don't have the firepower, since the game is designed for infinite replay. On vanquish, I have only gotten to 2-2, but part of that is because i am going for the achievement (don't die on any difficulty) which happens to make me leave the game when i die and go to the title screen. Especially since any of the other trophies i can go back and do over on easy if i REALLY wanted to just get trophies... which personally. i normally don't... I just play games for fun. This is one game that doesn't lack in that.
Lost Planet 2
I like this game... it isn't GREAT, but it is fun. There are a few things i don't like that capcom did... for instance... I CANNOT PAUSE THE GAME?! WHAT?! Who came up with this idea... Seriously, my choices are to clean out the level and get pelted by rounds, (yes there are swarms of enemies) and kill my time for the level losing possibility for S rank, or complete the WHOLE chapter which takes an hour, or just... DIE. that is it? if you play one player and host a game so that people can drop in, to a 4 player co-op game... you can get owned. This is the main thing, that makes me rate it 7 out of 10.
Practice/ Training mode...
Practice on this game is HARD! like seriously, i couldn't beat the first beginner obstacle course. and i play video games a LOT! I thought this was supposed to be a TUTORIAL! how am I supposed to complete it, if it is that hard. to me, that makes no sense.
Last downside...
I tried starting a game on Hard. and if you have read my blog, you know that I start games on hard for fun. I like to be challenged... well... this game is not set up that you can do that. Because it is designed to customize weapons, and infinite replay-ability, i could not get past 1-2. the Akrid you fight just doesn't take enough damage from your pee shooter... because that is what it feels like you are shooting at it. I felt like i was shooting spit balls, at the neighborhood bully who is about to own me, and give me a swirly. Even tossing grenades into the air, and exploding them next to it's head, like it shows in the Demo in the beginning of the game, barely hurts it. i went through at LEAST 20 grenades, and STILL only got it to MAYBE half of it's damage. I put the game on normal, and i am breezing through the levels, and mostly getting S-Rank. I do have to say, I think it is possible, that the game is harder because I own Resident Evil 5. The reason I say this... you can put up a "title" for your character to be known by. one of the ones I started with, was BSAA. Which is who Chris Redfield works for in RE5. So that, could be the reason i was getting OWNED... but i doubt it was the sole reason.
All that aside, the game is a fun game in my opinion.
Practice/ Training mode...
Practice on this game is HARD! like seriously, i couldn't beat the first beginner obstacle course. and i play video games a LOT! I thought this was supposed to be a TUTORIAL! how am I supposed to complete it, if it is that hard. to me, that makes no sense.
Last downside...
I tried starting a game on Hard. and if you have read my blog, you know that I start games on hard for fun. I like to be challenged... well... this game is not set up that you can do that. Because it is designed to customize weapons, and infinite replay-ability, i could not get past 1-2. the Akrid you fight just doesn't take enough damage from your pee shooter... because that is what it feels like you are shooting at it. I felt like i was shooting spit balls, at the neighborhood bully who is about to own me, and give me a swirly. Even tossing grenades into the air, and exploding them next to it's head, like it shows in the Demo in the beginning of the game, barely hurts it. i went through at LEAST 20 grenades, and STILL only got it to MAYBE half of it's damage. I put the game on normal, and i am breezing through the levels, and mostly getting S-Rank. I do have to say, I think it is possible, that the game is harder because I own Resident Evil 5. The reason I say this... you can put up a "title" for your character to be known by. one of the ones I started with, was BSAA. Which is who Chris Redfield works for in RE5. So that, could be the reason i was getting OWNED... but i doubt it was the sole reason.
All that aside, the game is a fun game in my opinion.
Closure (A RANT, BE WARNED)
Okay, before i get started let me say two things... one, this review will be SHORT. there is NO depth to this game at all. Secondly... IN MY OPINION, the concept... is STUPID. This is why i think it is stupid... Wow, i run around picking up a light ball, or a KEY, and i can only carry one object. but if i don't move the light ball, and i step in the "black area" that there was a floor, there isn't now. Stupid. so for example, one level you have to swim to get to the door, and make sure and not highlight ALL of the wall that you need to swim to, then jump over so you can get past it. This game is Repetitive and boring... Most of the puzzles take about 4 tries to understand what you are doing, and at that point, you realize... Why am I playing this game? The black and white look gets tiresome to top it all off... it really is one of the most annoying puzzle games, i think i have ever played. if i had to rate it out of 10, i would give it a 2... it seriously is that boring and annoying to me. I personally feel that there is very little originality in this game.
Legacy of Kain series
So a friend of mine and I were talking a while ago about doing some classic video game Reviews... Personally, I liked the whole Legacy of Kain Series even if the story line seemed not to mesh well, if you play the games. Like for instance In Defiance you Travel back in time with one of the Two main characters in the Game, Raziel, and are back before a point where the "Father of all Vampires" Yanos Audron is dead... Kain has his Heart inside of him... Well needless to say, you Revive him, then kill him again. The funniest part about this, is this is supposedly before legacy of kain: Blood omen 2 takes place, and in blood omen 2 he is walking around alive. Things they should have done some fact checking on is all... lol...
Anyways, That is about the LITTLEST complaint I have on this game series, other than I just didn't like blood omen, the First Legacy of Kain game. It to me, was just stupid... had bad graphics for it's time, and just didn't appeal to me. I really couldn't get into it. I think it was probably because i started with Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver. Now if you never were able to play this game... i feel like you missed out on something great. ESPECIALLY for it's time. This game was one of the first 3-d games to not only have environmental kills, but be one of the first games to allow you to throw weapons that you picked up from your environment in order to do stealth kills with them.
I played this game so much, that I used to have friends over and would stop looking at the screen for 5-10 minutes at a stretch and my friends were just watching in awe of what i was doing, because i would not even be touched. The Main character in this game, wasn't just a Vampire. Raziel, was a Revived Spectral Vampire... He was much like the Wraiths' you would fight in the game, except the couldn't just drain life from things. He did however SWALLOW SOULS... yes just like Evil Dead "I'll Swallow your SOUL!". Soul Reaver 2 was the next game that was released, As Far as I know. Blood Omen 2 came out much later... Blood Omen 2 was also a fun game, but i will get to that in a minute. I loved The story of the Soul Reaver Games, and the Intrigue, and unanswered questions were left unanswered.
Blood Omen 2 was a good game because of the many powers and abilities you were able to gain. My favorite was the charm ability... I loved using it on hapless humans, and making them kill themselves in interesting ways... for example there is one point where you have to have a human flip a lever, and when he does he cooks himself... CLASSY! this game made me laugh over and over again with things like that.
Finally the end of the Story came with Legacy of Kain: Defiance. In my opinion, this made it all culminate actually, and was probably the best game out of the series. They took away the one bad thing about blood omen 2, the TERRIBLE block mechanics, which you almost had to have auto block on (i did). and just gave Kain the ability to dodge via mist form. Much cooler, and much more fluid for the combat. This also made you realize why Kain was the way he was, and Why he had thrown Raziel into the Abyss, to turn him into the tatter corpse wraith soul stealing vampire that he was. There was a sixth game in development, that was never created... it was cancelled in 2004. There is currently rumors that a Reboot of this series maybe created. Personally if a reboot is made it would be awesome. If you want the Next best thing, Start playing Darksiders. It is about as close to a modern Legacy of Kain game, that I have found.
Anyways, That is about the LITTLEST complaint I have on this game series, other than I just didn't like blood omen, the First Legacy of Kain game. It to me, was just stupid... had bad graphics for it's time, and just didn't appeal to me. I really couldn't get into it. I think it was probably because i started with Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver. Now if you never were able to play this game... i feel like you missed out on something great. ESPECIALLY for it's time. This game was one of the first 3-d games to not only have environmental kills, but be one of the first games to allow you to throw weapons that you picked up from your environment in order to do stealth kills with them.
I played this game so much, that I used to have friends over and would stop looking at the screen for 5-10 minutes at a stretch and my friends were just watching in awe of what i was doing, because i would not even be touched. The Main character in this game, wasn't just a Vampire. Raziel, was a Revived Spectral Vampire... He was much like the Wraiths' you would fight in the game, except the couldn't just drain life from things. He did however SWALLOW SOULS... yes just like Evil Dead "I'll Swallow your SOUL!". Soul Reaver 2 was the next game that was released, As Far as I know. Blood Omen 2 came out much later... Blood Omen 2 was also a fun game, but i will get to that in a minute. I loved The story of the Soul Reaver Games, and the Intrigue, and unanswered questions were left unanswered.
Blood Omen 2 was a good game because of the many powers and abilities you were able to gain. My favorite was the charm ability... I loved using it on hapless humans, and making them kill themselves in interesting ways... for example there is one point where you have to have a human flip a lever, and when he does he cooks himself... CLASSY! this game made me laugh over and over again with things like that.
Finally the end of the Story came with Legacy of Kain: Defiance. In my opinion, this made it all culminate actually, and was probably the best game out of the series. They took away the one bad thing about blood omen 2, the TERRIBLE block mechanics, which you almost had to have auto block on (i did). and just gave Kain the ability to dodge via mist form. Much cooler, and much more fluid for the combat. This also made you realize why Kain was the way he was, and Why he had thrown Raziel into the Abyss, to turn him into the tatter corpse wraith soul stealing vampire that he was. There was a sixth game in development, that was never created... it was cancelled in 2004. There is currently rumors that a Reboot of this series maybe created. Personally if a reboot is made it would be awesome. If you want the Next best thing, Start playing Darksiders. It is about as close to a modern Legacy of Kain game, that I have found.
Thursday, February 14, 2013
Mortal Kombat 2011 and MK vs DC (aka Mortal Kombat 9, or THE Mortal Kombat)
For those of you who have not played the whole game, and are fans of Mortal Kombat... YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED. I seriously just played the game for the past 5 hours straight. This game is awesome. I cannot believe how well they did with merging all of the games, AND making something different as well.
If you have never played the game, it is a MESH, and REBOOT of the first 3 Mortal Kombat games. What I like about it is that the story is still done well, even with the fact that reboots have become so popular recently. In this case though... IT DIDN'T RUIN IT! I seriously felt like I was 12 years old again playing Mortal Kombat II with blood again for the first time. The combo system is kind of like that of MK vs DC. The differences are that, you have the X-ray attacks. instead of just using your "Kombat Rage". You can now use the meter that was used for Counters in MK vs DC to do something useful. So all and all the new one is great.
Personally, I liked MK vs DC. I just thought they put the game together rather quickly. 22 characters to play 11 DC and 11 MK seemed pretty slim. I think 15 and 15 would have been a lot better. I think they just wanted to stick with a small core of people to play. me personally, I think having Cyrax or Smoke in this game would have been cool.. and on the DC side they should have had Green Arrow. But if they would have made Green Arrow like he was in the Super Nintendo game "Justice League Task Force" He would have been unstoppable... more so than they made The Joker. Who by far is one of the best guys, besides Batman, on the DC side.
I was also disappointed, that a game made by WB interactive did NOT have Kevin Conroy voice Batman. IF you don't know who that is he is the voice of batman in the old batman animated series in the 90s, the WB cartoon network justice league, and the 2 WB interactive Batman: Arkham Asylum/City games. If you are odd ball like me for example. you will go try to support people like him by buying their game... hence why i loved the Evil Dead games. I could give money to Bruce Campbell. Anyways.. like is said in the beginning... BUY THE NEW MORTAL KOMBAT. The new "Komplete Edition" is $15 on amazon.com totally worth it.
If you have never played the game, it is a MESH, and REBOOT of the first 3 Mortal Kombat games. What I like about it is that the story is still done well, even with the fact that reboots have become so popular recently. In this case though... IT DIDN'T RUIN IT! I seriously felt like I was 12 years old again playing Mortal Kombat II with blood again for the first time. The combo system is kind of like that of MK vs DC. The differences are that, you have the X-ray attacks. instead of just using your "Kombat Rage". You can now use the meter that was used for Counters in MK vs DC to do something useful. So all and all the new one is great.
Personally, I liked MK vs DC. I just thought they put the game together rather quickly. 22 characters to play 11 DC and 11 MK seemed pretty slim. I think 15 and 15 would have been a lot better. I think they just wanted to stick with a small core of people to play. me personally, I think having Cyrax or Smoke in this game would have been cool.. and on the DC side they should have had Green Arrow. But if they would have made Green Arrow like he was in the Super Nintendo game "Justice League Task Force" He would have been unstoppable... more so than they made The Joker. Who by far is one of the best guys, besides Batman, on the DC side.
I was also disappointed, that a game made by WB interactive did NOT have Kevin Conroy voice Batman. IF you don't know who that is he is the voice of batman in the old batman animated series in the 90s, the WB cartoon network justice league, and the 2 WB interactive Batman: Arkham Asylum/City games. If you are odd ball like me for example. you will go try to support people like him by buying their game... hence why i loved the Evil Dead games. I could give money to Bruce Campbell. Anyways.. like is said in the beginning... BUY THE NEW MORTAL KOMBAT. The new "Komplete Edition" is $15 on amazon.com totally worth it.
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
First Person Shooters
I am just going to throw this out there... I am not REALLY a FPS person. I don't understand the craze of wasting $60 for a game, that honestly, all it is... is different weapons, and a different map layout. there really isn't that MUCH originality in the FPS world.
Like for example... Time Shift. it is an okay game by the people who made Half-Life Sierra. This game has a cool concept with the whole slowing down time and stopping it. I like that aspect, but the thing i don't like is that the game even on normal FORCES you to use that just to be able to beat the game. They send so many guys after you and just to get to cover you have to stop time. So overall, it could be a better game.
Bulletstorm, is in my opinion, one of the greatest first person shooters that has been made. Bulletstorm forces you to kill the enemies in who are genetically altered prisoners on a prison planet. The guns you get are original, for existance the mine launcher that bounces, or the "flail launcher" which shoots 2 grenades tied together with a chain. There are over 100 "skillshots" or ways to kill enemies in the game. The multiplayer forces you to help other players in order to accomplish the goals.
I enjoyed this game a lot. I am just disappointed that there will not be a Sequel because of EA saying that they lost too much money. The reason they lost too much money on it was the fact that people were downloading it illegally... uhm, doesn't that make it a GOOD game? hopefully the sequel will be picked up but nobody knows for sure.
Like for example... Time Shift. it is an okay game by the people who made Half-Life Sierra. This game has a cool concept with the whole slowing down time and stopping it. I like that aspect, but the thing i don't like is that the game even on normal FORCES you to use that just to be able to beat the game. They send so many guys after you and just to get to cover you have to stop time. So overall, it could be a better game.
Bulletstorm, is in my opinion, one of the greatest first person shooters that has been made. Bulletstorm forces you to kill the enemies in who are genetically altered prisoners on a prison planet. The guns you get are original, for existance the mine launcher that bounces, or the "flail launcher" which shoots 2 grenades tied together with a chain. There are over 100 "skillshots" or ways to kill enemies in the game. The multiplayer forces you to help other players in order to accomplish the goals.
I enjoyed this game a lot. I am just disappointed that there will not be a Sequel because of EA saying that they lost too much money. The reason they lost too much money on it was the fact that people were downloading it illegally... uhm, doesn't that make it a GOOD game? hopefully the sequel will be picked up but nobody knows for sure.
Megaman 9 and 10
Okay, I have been a fan of Megaman games since they came out 25 years ago and playing the original Megaman. Seriously... i don't remember them being THIS HARD. I remember them being kind of chince with the jumping like on Gutsman's stage but really... overall i don't remember them being vaguely impossible. That is just on EASY. like seriously... getting shot one seems to take off almost a 1/8 of your life. so if i get hit 8 times i am dead. what is the point of the life meter then?
When did it become to the point to get achievements, to make them so ridiculous it is not even worth it. For example "True Megaman" is "beat all 8 stages without getting hurt only using the megabuster". Is that worth a Gold PS3 trophy? because i certainly don't think so. At that point the game doesn't really even seem fun. that would be like having non-stop played the megaman series, and having all the patterns memorized. that is like in the original game fighting ice man, just shooting and knowing when he is going to land so you can time your megabuster at the perfect time so he lands on it everytime never getting touched. Yes, i know of that trick since i used it. but really it seems like i would have to just play it 8 hours a day just to get good again.
I do remember playing the games and getting good, like Megaman X for example... I could seriously play that game when it came out for super nintendo and play it all the way through on one life. But i rarely would just use the megabuster, and i almost ALWAYS had to use at least one energy tank. I have only unlocked the Hadoken on Megaman X once, but it was so hard to use consistently because of the fact that you were pretty much locked in place when you used it, and if you got touched you lost it. so it was basically useless.
My third issue is this... when did it become so hard to recognize the pattern of who you are supposed to fight first? I mean really, that was like the easiest thing to do in the old megaman games. It was obvious who you could fight first. and honestly, the original megaman was much simpler than these new versions. I don't even remember X4, megaman 2 or 3 being this hard. megaman 2 in my opinion was a JOKE compared to this game. this is like Megaman X3 where you can barely even hurt the last guy. I seriously followed a walkthrough on how to beat him, and that didn't even work. what happened to playing games for fun? and just enjoying them.
When did it become to the point to get achievements, to make them so ridiculous it is not even worth it. For example "True Megaman" is "beat all 8 stages without getting hurt only using the megabuster". Is that worth a Gold PS3 trophy? because i certainly don't think so. At that point the game doesn't really even seem fun. that would be like having non-stop played the megaman series, and having all the patterns memorized. that is like in the original game fighting ice man, just shooting and knowing when he is going to land so you can time your megabuster at the perfect time so he lands on it everytime never getting touched. Yes, i know of that trick since i used it. but really it seems like i would have to just play it 8 hours a day just to get good again.
I do remember playing the games and getting good, like Megaman X for example... I could seriously play that game when it came out for super nintendo and play it all the way through on one life. But i rarely would just use the megabuster, and i almost ALWAYS had to use at least one energy tank. I have only unlocked the Hadoken on Megaman X once, but it was so hard to use consistently because of the fact that you were pretty much locked in place when you used it, and if you got touched you lost it. so it was basically useless.
My third issue is this... when did it become so hard to recognize the pattern of who you are supposed to fight first? I mean really, that was like the easiest thing to do in the old megaman games. It was obvious who you could fight first. and honestly, the original megaman was much simpler than these new versions. I don't even remember X4, megaman 2 or 3 being this hard. megaman 2 in my opinion was a JOKE compared to this game. this is like Megaman X3 where you can barely even hurt the last guy. I seriously followed a walkthrough on how to beat him, and that didn't even work. what happened to playing games for fun? and just enjoying them.
Fallout New Vegas: Ultimate Edition Gripes and Kudos
First I am going to start off with my praises to the add-ons. I loved Big MT. I thought it was the best written, and the fact that they got James Urbaniak, to do one of the Voices made it even better. Especially since people say i look exactly like Dr. Venture. Plus the announcements on the loud speaker are classic... like "Hey Guys! have you tried this intercom thing?! It makes you sound like some kind of SKKYYYY GOOODDD!" lol that was so awesome the first time I heard it.
The next thing I would like to Praise Bethesda for is the Honest Hearts Add-on. It was nice to see Mormon's portrayed Positively for once in any form of media, especially since I am one. I really think that someone at Bethesda who helped to Develop the game is Mormon, or a member of "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints."
The one thing I didn't like about Honest Hearts is this... okay, you are in a post-apocalyptic world, where ammo is supposed to be scare... and uhm... the Native Americans don't use a Bow and Arrow?! really... REALLY?! come on guys... that doesn't seem very post-apocalyptic wild west to me. most people probably don't know this, but a Bow and Arrow can go through Military grade KEVLAR. so why not use it in a post-apocalyptic world against guys in metal armor? just seems kind of odd.
The other thing i didn't like about the add-ons... no REALLY good perks other than Grunt, and The survivalist one that turns guys into blood sausage... i mean honestly, you can pretty much own anything in new vegas on very hard if you take 4 perks... and one to just support them. 1st BETTER CRITICALS, Second Hand Loader, Third The Professional, 4th Bloody mess. Here is why... Jury rigger to support repairing your equipment is nice, but not needed. if you run around sneaking using the Ranger Sequioa, which you can get from Cheif Hanlon at Camp Golf after he kills himself, you are literally with sneak criticals doing an extra 100% damage. the SWC rounds work as armor piercing rounds. you will literally be shooting death claws in the head on VERY HARD in the lonesome road, and killing them instantly. if you want some V.A.T.S. support just make sure and take sniper and gunslinger... and you will basically be unstoppable. you can run around in light armor and own everything.
After playing the add-ons... i honestly found them to be pointless. :/ rather sad to be honest. Wow... i can cap out at level 50 and have 100 in all my skills. :/ where is the challenge? just what i think.
The next thing I would like to Praise Bethesda for is the Honest Hearts Add-on. It was nice to see Mormon's portrayed Positively for once in any form of media, especially since I am one. I really think that someone at Bethesda who helped to Develop the game is Mormon, or a member of "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints."
The one thing I didn't like about Honest Hearts is this... okay, you are in a post-apocalyptic world, where ammo is supposed to be scare... and uhm... the Native Americans don't use a Bow and Arrow?! really... REALLY?! come on guys... that doesn't seem very post-apocalyptic wild west to me. most people probably don't know this, but a Bow and Arrow can go through Military grade KEVLAR. so why not use it in a post-apocalyptic world against guys in metal armor? just seems kind of odd.
The other thing i didn't like about the add-ons... no REALLY good perks other than Grunt, and The survivalist one that turns guys into blood sausage... i mean honestly, you can pretty much own anything in new vegas on very hard if you take 4 perks... and one to just support them. 1st BETTER CRITICALS, Second Hand Loader, Third The Professional, 4th Bloody mess. Here is why... Jury rigger to support repairing your equipment is nice, but not needed. if you run around sneaking using the Ranger Sequioa, which you can get from Cheif Hanlon at Camp Golf after he kills himself, you are literally with sneak criticals doing an extra 100% damage. the SWC rounds work as armor piercing rounds. you will literally be shooting death claws in the head on VERY HARD in the lonesome road, and killing them instantly. if you want some V.A.T.S. support just make sure and take sniper and gunslinger... and you will basically be unstoppable. you can run around in light armor and own everything.
After playing the add-ons... i honestly found them to be pointless. :/ rather sad to be honest. Wow... i can cap out at level 50 and have 100 in all my skills. :/ where is the challenge? just what i think.
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Paying monthly
So I have to say, I am not a fan of this concept. Like those of you who play world of warcraft for hours on end... yeah, not for me. The reason i bring this up. is because i looked at the new lord of the rings game... and EA has put out another crappy pay-online game much like Star wars. I am sorry, but i am not going to pay a monthly fee to play your game... nor am i in the middle of the game going to buy AMMO to make your profit margins higher.
Personally, i think that is exactly what this is... when you pay monthly for a game you are paying to make their profit margins higher... If you are going to do that, why don't i get the option to pay a game i PAID for, offline?? i mean really half the time you play online you get people either screaming obscenities non-stop, or you get people who really are the type who suicide themselves constantly. I am not looking for either of those. can I just play a game and not pay for it after i am done with it? I mean to be honest, If I continued paying out for all the games that I have to play, a monthly fee for each one... i would be ruined. who would be able to afford games at that point? just a question i don't think people have really considered.
Personally, i think that is exactly what this is... when you pay monthly for a game you are paying to make their profit margins higher... If you are going to do that, why don't i get the option to pay a game i PAID for, offline?? i mean really half the time you play online you get people either screaming obscenities non-stop, or you get people who really are the type who suicide themselves constantly. I am not looking for either of those. can I just play a game and not pay for it after i am done with it? I mean to be honest, If I continued paying out for all the games that I have to play, a monthly fee for each one... i would be ruined. who would be able to afford games at that point? just a question i don't think people have really considered.
Friday, February 1, 2013
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So I have been a little lazy with playing around with my blog so forgive me. The reason for that is that I just started my masters program and am trying to keep up with the course work, and make sure it is done properly. Most of my assignments are due on Wednesday nights, so I am thinking that most of my Reviews are going to be put up on Saturday. That gives me a few days to play the game and give a solid analysis of what I think is good, or bad about a game.
Monday, January 28, 2013
First Post
So this is my First post here. I really don't think I will get hundreds of hits right away. I want to start by listing some of My interests as a gamer. I currently have a PS3 as my main gaming device. Yes I did have an original PS, PS2, as well as when I was younger, a Nintendo, Super Nintendo, Sega Master System, and even a Coleco Vision. Now many of you probably don't even know what a Coleco is. It was the precursor to most video games (not all, Pong consoles really were the first), and the start of what we see now in graphical development. Secondly, I subscribe to PS plus, so those of you now knowing that it is easy for me to say that I have OVER 150 games. Yes they are on my hard drive mostly.
I plan on taking a Screen shot of my PS3 home screen as evidence of this. It would be annoying for me to list every game that I have played and/or do a walk through for them all. SO, I am not going to. Suffice it to say I am really just creating this blog in a hopes that some people will realize that they have an ally in the cyber world who has some of the same gripes that they do.
For example, I downloaded the New "God of War: Ascension" Beta. This was seriously disappointing for me. I think this should have come out with "God of War III". Taking the Hercules Arena and using it as a Multiplayer battle field seems REALLY lazy to me. I understand these guys are under deadlines, that is why i am not making too many gripes about things, but these are the things that I see wrong personally.
Second, Why change the controller configuration LITERALLY with every game. I realized this as I started playing some of the Old games in warm up for the beta coming out, figuring that it would help me to "brush up" on my controller usage skills for the new one. I was wrong. Figure out something that works... and STICK WITH IT. It doesn't need to get more complicated with EVERY game you make. The more you do that, you are losing replay value of previous games. If you want to attract and audience and keep them buying your games new, Sticking with the same thing would be a good way to do that. less to learn means people have invested more time in gameplay and storyline than relearning how to control the character every time. Having received a BA in Psychology, and being enrolled in a MA for Psychology program, people don't want to relearn the game play with every game. keep it fast and simple.
So in General I am not going to put tons of Gripes overall about games on here... or try not to. We all have our frustrations, I am just looking to be a voice of the people to show that even with a busy life you can still manage your time effectively enough to enjoy the little things in life, and for me that is playing great video games.
I plan on taking a Screen shot of my PS3 home screen as evidence of this. It would be annoying for me to list every game that I have played and/or do a walk through for them all. SO, I am not going to. Suffice it to say I am really just creating this blog in a hopes that some people will realize that they have an ally in the cyber world who has some of the same gripes that they do.
For example, I downloaded the New "God of War: Ascension" Beta. This was seriously disappointing for me. I think this should have come out with "God of War III". Taking the Hercules Arena and using it as a Multiplayer battle field seems REALLY lazy to me. I understand these guys are under deadlines, that is why i am not making too many gripes about things, but these are the things that I see wrong personally.
Second, Why change the controller configuration LITERALLY with every game. I realized this as I started playing some of the Old games in warm up for the beta coming out, figuring that it would help me to "brush up" on my controller usage skills for the new one. I was wrong. Figure out something that works... and STICK WITH IT. It doesn't need to get more complicated with EVERY game you make. The more you do that, you are losing replay value of previous games. If you want to attract and audience and keep them buying your games new, Sticking with the same thing would be a good way to do that. less to learn means people have invested more time in gameplay and storyline than relearning how to control the character every time. Having received a BA in Psychology, and being enrolled in a MA for Psychology program, people don't want to relearn the game play with every game. keep it fast and simple.
So in General I am not going to put tons of Gripes overall about games on here... or try not to. We all have our frustrations, I am just looking to be a voice of the people to show that even with a busy life you can still manage your time effectively enough to enjoy the little things in life, and for me that is playing great video games.
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