Saturday, June 1, 2013

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.

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.