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.
Friday, February 22, 2013
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.
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