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Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Game of Thrones (game)

If there's any TV show that I think is overrated and completely stupid, it's Game of Thrones. Although my voice probably won't be heard over the tonnes of fanboys screaming that it's the best TV show ever made, I HATE THIS SHOW! People always say it's an epic fantasy world, but really, it's light on actual lore and story. As opposed to a tense conflict human drama and the unweaving of conspiracies, it's a tale of "warring families fight for throne in boring fantasy land" The characters are so forgettable and boring and the plot twists and turns are simple. Also, the production value, camera work and set/costume/sound design are low as well as the worst turn of events ever where a freaking teenager becomes king and marries the daughter of the father whose head he chopped off after the girl betrayed him to the evil family. But the absolute best thing about the series is the scene were the "tension" builds up and there's about to be a huge battle, but then the protagonist is knocked out and all of a sudden would you look at that; war's over! Despite all this crap, everyone loves the show. Why? INCEST! 


So what better way to celebrate a terrible TV series is to make a terrible game. Awful graphics? Yep. Crap voice acting? Yep. Gameplay where you choose what attacks to use at the start of the fight and then sit back and wait? Yep. Behold: Game of thrones in all it's crap!



Friday, June 22, 2012

AMAZING!!!












Bunch of Reviews

Here we go;

Mass Effect 2 is the excellent sequel to the first in the trilogy. It features more great storytelling and characters as well as some epic choices. The best thing about this game in my opinion is that it carries over all your decisions from the first game and completely changes your experience. As far as new gameplay goes, it's amazing. The shooting mechanics have been tightened and powers are much more useful. However, they removed a lot of the RPG elements that were present in the first game, which I kind of missed, but overall, the game is much better than the first and even the resource collecting plant minigame is fun. 







Transformers War fot Cybertron takes place in the official Transformers cannon universe, before the Transformers land on Earth. It has a strong story that spans an Autobot and Decpticon campaign. The graphics are great, especially because the game in built across an entirely robotic planet. The story is perfect. It has all the characters you want, with just the right voice acting you crave. Also, the plot is crafted so well it could be ripped out of the original TV series. War for Cybertron is a third Person shooter that doesn't employ cover. This may seem odd, but I think it's a good choice. Players should feel like powerful robots, not like guys who need to duck every time they get shot at. There are plenty of weapons and grenades to play with and transforming is seamless. The boss fights are awesome, with the exception that some have 1 hit kill moves. The only real problem is that the characters (the whole lot of them) don't really feel all that different. They each have a rechargeable power and an energon power, but aside from that, they're all pretty much the same. Luckily, that problem should be ironed out in the sequel. (Note: I didn't test multiplayer)



Tuesday, June 12, 2012

E3 overview

The Electronic Entertainment Exopsition. An event for all gamers to watch and marvel at the spectacle of gaming. 
This year however, I can't shake something. I was underwhelmed. Not overwhelmed or just whelmed, but underwhelmed. Some of the title at E3 will no doubt be great like Halo 4, New Super Mario Bros 2 and U, Pikmin 3, Bioshock 3, Crysis 3, Darksiders 2 and various others, but where are the new things?
All these best looking titles had numbers on the end. Is it truly that hard to think of something new and interesting? The Last of Us, Watchdogs and Dishonoured all look refreshing, that's a puddle compared to an ocean. Games which puke out sequels like the industry depends on it seem to be the way of the future (Call of Duty Black Ops 2/ COD9...Assassin's Creed 3/ AC5) which is a shame. Overall, E3 was fun because we got to see some more footage of some old favourites. It was boring because so few was new.

Sunday, June 3, 2012

Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes is awesome. Awesome movies. Awesome TV series. Awesome books. SO PLEASE, PLEASE VIDEO GAMES! DO NOT RUIN HOLMES FOR ME! I know now there is a Sherlock Holmes video game which will be unveiled at E3, but I have so many doubts. For one, releasing a game on the height of a character's popularity is akin to making a movie tie in game. Cashing in on something while it's being talked about. I loved the Sherlock Holmes movies and BBC TV series, so this had better now ruin him now. If the gameplay is something like L.A. Noire, then it might be impressive, but if it turns out like one of those CSI games, then fond memories of Sherlock Holmes will evaporate. So...video games...I'm asking you nicely. Please don't kill him.