Today the playstation network released the Twisted Metal multiplayer demo for public use. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH (sorry just a joy buzz) Our Favorite Serial Killer Clown returns as of 2/14 with the New Twisted Metal which is awesome as all hell from what I got from the demo. (thus this being part 1 of two) Now to my dismay the iconic Ice Cream truck does not seem to be available from the start. But I guess with the new direction and work Dave Jaffe has put into this visual orgasm of chaos it'll will keep things intersting.
The Twisted Metal series is one of my personal favorites since day one of the playstation. Seeing as it's lasted 15+ plus years as a memorable experience to the gaming world I would like to say this is one game I'm hoping will keep me busy for months.
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Saturday, January 28, 2012
A Bat, A Clown and some gigabites
I've been playing on and off lately Trying to keep up with some other side projects lately and well now seemed like the best time for me to update and give a few reviews. First up :
Gotham City Imposters-
This past tuesday was a treat on the playstation network as the Gotham City Imposters Beta was made available. Now for anyone that's played the beta I need not say anymore as you have seen the chaos that is. For those of you whom have not keep reading this review.
Game Style : Think Brink with the wonderful toys of batman, well not really.
Now for those of you whom have not played Brink either this game is a FPS where apparently Batman and the Joker have left Gotham City. A group of Vigilanties and Anarchists are now fighting it out on the streets for Justice or Chaos. It sounds crazy right? that's not even the begining of it. The beta includes an initiation to the game by two idiotic batman wanna be's but they give you a taste of the gadgetry and mayhem that lay within.
So lets get right to the chaos you start out with a typical body type an assault rifle, grenade and some back ups as well as a piece of gadgetry. From there it's alot of gaining experience which gives you unlock keys. Now unlike Brink once you get a key any weapon they show you is available once you unlock as well as weapon mods, support weapons and gadgets. Again pretty typical except it's all moded to work on that off track thinking like batman tends to do. For example there is a weapon mod that sniffs out enemy body odor so you can track them or "smell them coming". Now batman has batarangs which act like a shuriken and a boomerang well you don't exactly get to do that exactly you can get a boomerang which can daze multiple enemies or shuriken which is a quick stab to your opponent. The game kept Brink's customization and body type workings. So you can customize your Batman or Joker outfit to stand out amongst your crazy friends and yes you can fight or commit crime in bunny slippers.
As it's currently a beta I hope they keep alot of what they have and work on the server issues as that seems to be the primary issue I keep having with this game. It's chaotic and a relatively basic game currently but they hint with some of the tasks and innerworkings that a single player story will be unveiled with the full game. Right now it's multiplayer mayhem with a limit to stages, but with whats available for your play it's rather worth it. Now since I can't give a full recall of all weapons, I'll give you a list of gadgetry and support items that the game offers and you'll get a better idea of the fun behind this title -
Support Items:
Game Review 2
Record of Agarest War
I'll explain this one with a tale from the birth of the Playstation 3. When the system was new I found out you could use the japanese playstation store if you followed the profile set up and set it to area = Japan. I don't think it's as easy to do now as the network has gotten more complicated. Back to my story though I had a Japanese Profile which I was downloading demo's left and right This game happen to be one of the titles I played and ironically it's because I thought it was dealing with "The Record of Lodoss War" Anime. It was almost all in japanese so I didn't really get the gist of the story. Well this weekend searching the psn for something new to play I re came across the title and looked it up on youtube and was shocked to see something I only remember in japanese.
Game Type: Strategy RPG
Think: Final Fantasy Tactics or Front Mission
Now as my gaming experience has grown quite substantially I recognize the characters in this game from Cross Edge which is very similar in it's base ideas. The story is basically a general from an army quits as he see's corruption in his fellow officers and strikes out to bring balance to the people.
I'll be honest the gameplay itself is somewhat trivial as you can download beginner packs which give you a substantial amount of items and a decent start to the game. Now gladly most of these packs are free in comparison to the $30 you're spending for the game itself . The other part of this being on the network that really made this a pain was the 9 gig download to install the game and if you only have 9 or so gigs on your hd don't bother getting this game until you have another 9 gigs free as it requires that space to unpack and install the game files. Now it sounds like I'm badmouthing this game somewhat and I partially am it's only that the waiting and cost don't exactly equall the gameplay thrill, but I've yet to speak of the bonuses which might not be a plus to everyone.
The game plays on older graphics so those of you whom have a taste for oldschool rpgs will love this, or if you're a fan of the Disgaia series you'll like the familiarity of it. Now as well If you were a fan of CrossEdge you'll recognize some of the characters and be familiar with the enemies and gameplay as it has that wonderful combo special move build up to it. Meaning if you chose your attacks wisely you can go from a simple slash to a screen glowing mind dizzying combo which will whomp your opponent into the dirt. As well if you've played Cross Edge you're familliar with the town/tower set up where you can use alchemy to create, spend TP on items or Ep to improve your weaponry. Spend money for things you created once at a possible reduced price or simply collect on your titles.
The title system is relatively simple compared to Cross Edge's version as you don't need to pull off a 5000 hit combo and master everymove to get some of the more difficult titles. This as well makes the game a bit more user friendly.
Well I'm starting to drowse out and that's what I'm currently playing folks as of 2/14 I'm going Twisted Metal and Possibly 1/31 I may be playing Final Fantasy XIII 2. I'll update as I play. G'nite all.
Gotham City Imposters-
This past tuesday was a treat on the playstation network as the Gotham City Imposters Beta was made available. Now for anyone that's played the beta I need not say anymore as you have seen the chaos that is. For those of you whom have not keep reading this review.
Game Style : Think Brink with the wonderful toys of batman, well not really.
Now for those of you whom have not played Brink either this game is a FPS where apparently Batman and the Joker have left Gotham City. A group of Vigilanties and Anarchists are now fighting it out on the streets for Justice or Chaos. It sounds crazy right? that's not even the begining of it. The beta includes an initiation to the game by two idiotic batman wanna be's but they give you a taste of the gadgetry and mayhem that lay within.
So lets get right to the chaos you start out with a typical body type an assault rifle, grenade and some back ups as well as a piece of gadgetry. From there it's alot of gaining experience which gives you unlock keys. Now unlike Brink once you get a key any weapon they show you is available once you unlock as well as weapon mods, support weapons and gadgets. Again pretty typical except it's all moded to work on that off track thinking like batman tends to do. For example there is a weapon mod that sniffs out enemy body odor so you can track them or "smell them coming". Now batman has batarangs which act like a shuriken and a boomerang well you don't exactly get to do that exactly you can get a boomerang which can daze multiple enemies or shuriken which is a quick stab to your opponent. The game kept Brink's customization and body type workings. So you can customize your Batman or Joker outfit to stand out amongst your crazy friends and yes you can fight or commit crime in bunny slippers.
As it's currently a beta I hope they keep alot of what they have and work on the server issues as that seems to be the primary issue I keep having with this game. It's chaotic and a relatively basic game currently but they hint with some of the tasks and innerworkings that a single player story will be unveiled with the full game. Right now it's multiplayer mayhem with a limit to stages, but with whats available for your play it's rather worth it. Now since I can't give a full recall of all weapons, I'll give you a list of gadgetry and support items that the game offers and you'll get a better idea of the fun behind this title -
Support Items:
- Bear Traps
- Jack in the Boxes with Dynamite
- Anti Air Tazer gnomes
- Grenades
- Pipe Bombs
- Grapple Gun
- Rollerskates
- Glider packs
- Spring and bounce shoes
- Xray Goggles
Game Review 2
Record of Agarest War
I'll explain this one with a tale from the birth of the Playstation 3. When the system was new I found out you could use the japanese playstation store if you followed the profile set up and set it to area = Japan. I don't think it's as easy to do now as the network has gotten more complicated. Back to my story though I had a Japanese Profile which I was downloading demo's left and right This game happen to be one of the titles I played and ironically it's because I thought it was dealing with "The Record of Lodoss War" Anime. It was almost all in japanese so I didn't really get the gist of the story. Well this weekend searching the psn for something new to play I re came across the title and looked it up on youtube and was shocked to see something I only remember in japanese.
Game Type: Strategy RPG
Think: Final Fantasy Tactics or Front Mission
Now as my gaming experience has grown quite substantially I recognize the characters in this game from Cross Edge which is very similar in it's base ideas. The story is basically a general from an army quits as he see's corruption in his fellow officers and strikes out to bring balance to the people.
I'll be honest the gameplay itself is somewhat trivial as you can download beginner packs which give you a substantial amount of items and a decent start to the game. Now gladly most of these packs are free in comparison to the $30 you're spending for the game itself . The other part of this being on the network that really made this a pain was the 9 gig download to install the game and if you only have 9 or so gigs on your hd don't bother getting this game until you have another 9 gigs free as it requires that space to unpack and install the game files. Now it sounds like I'm badmouthing this game somewhat and I partially am it's only that the waiting and cost don't exactly equall the gameplay thrill, but I've yet to speak of the bonuses which might not be a plus to everyone.
The game plays on older graphics so those of you whom have a taste for oldschool rpgs will love this, or if you're a fan of the Disgaia series you'll like the familiarity of it. Now as well If you were a fan of CrossEdge you'll recognize some of the characters and be familiar with the enemies and gameplay as it has that wonderful combo special move build up to it. Meaning if you chose your attacks wisely you can go from a simple slash to a screen glowing mind dizzying combo which will whomp your opponent into the dirt. As well if you've played Cross Edge you're familliar with the town/tower set up where you can use alchemy to create, spend TP on items or Ep to improve your weaponry. Spend money for things you created once at a possible reduced price or simply collect on your titles.
The title system is relatively simple compared to Cross Edge's version as you don't need to pull off a 5000 hit combo and master everymove to get some of the more difficult titles. This as well makes the game a bit more user friendly.
Well I'm starting to drowse out and that's what I'm currently playing folks as of 2/14 I'm going Twisted Metal and Possibly 1/31 I may be playing Final Fantasy XIII 2. I'll update as I play. G'nite all.
Friday, January 13, 2012
New vs Old - Final Fantasy
With the upcoming release of Final Fantasy XIII - 2 I've been playing older games. Thankfully the playstation network put out Final Fantasy Origins Ps1 classic. So I've been playing Final Fantasy the original remixed for playstation of course but still essentially the same game. This got me thinking to the difference between the old and the new. Thus I've decided to show not only the growth but the flaws I feel alot of the newer games in the franchise have obtained.
Lets Start with an Outline of classic Final Fantasy -
Final Fantasy
Final Fantasy XIII /XIII-2
Don't get me wrong here I'm not saying the newer games are bad, but lacking. After playing the classics it's hard to ignore that we lost alot of originality and replaced it with a tale people actually cry over.
Lets Start with an Outline of classic Final Fantasy -
Final Fantasy
- Random encounters
- Turn based battle
- 6 Classes
- Monsters based on animals and lore
- transportaion by boat, airship, canoe
- Class upgrades
- Spells were bought
- Lvl 50 was originally max
Final Fantasy XIII /XIII-2
- Classes set but can be learned by all
- Battle is action based but still somewhat turn choice.
- Random Encounters are avoidable
- Monsters are a mix of crazy creations, myth and technology
- Spells are known, but you need experience to unlock
- max lvl 99 and possibly higher
- Weapons mutate and are not really bought but upgraded
Don't get me wrong here I'm not saying the newer games are bad, but lacking. After playing the classics it's hard to ignore that we lost alot of originality and replaced it with a tale people actually cry over.
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
What I've learned from Video Games -
- Little brothers get Luigi
- good things are found in pots
- When life gives you Lemons ... Burn Life's house down
- If it's left around on a stage it's probably breakable
- Reaching for a star is great grabbing a star makes everything flash and play in high speed
- Pac man was a raver, he sat in a dark room eating pills and listening to techno music while running from ghosts.
- when stuck light all the torches
- The Konami Code is the answer
- Eating mushrooms makes you huge but plants, feathers and such give you super powers
- Bannana's may trip you up but turtle shells will ruin you.
- when in doubt break stuff
- Candles and walls hold things of great interest
- If you cant reach it jump on someone to get closer
- If that doesn't work make sure you have a boomerang or bow.
- 100 coins, rings or the such equal free guy.
Gamer History -
Some gamers talk about how good they are at a certain type of game others about how long they've been around games. I personally like the latter, depending on your roots explains what you may or may not know about the games you play today.
I personally come from classic Nintendo roots yeah I played arcade and some atari depending on what relative I was visiting. I grew up from NES to SNES to playstation and have stuck with Sony since. Yes I've played games on the Wii and Xbox but Sony is home. Thus is how I come to my views on the console wars. This is nothing new folks. It used to be the war between Nintendo and Sega. Yeah the arguments never were as huge as we did not have the internet to start our arguments upon but really it's nothing new.
If you look at the gaming industry as a resume are not the hardcore gamers the ones with the most experience? Now I know this will lead to alot of debate so here's my retort to all arguments from the Hardcore gamers going well I grew up on Playstation only so your dinosaur gaming can shove it. Have you beaten Castlevania or Pitfall? Have you experienced the frustration of gaming that has slower more timed controls over faster responding controllers? The older games actually taught alot of what makes some gamers good at some of the games out today.
Example here's my console experience:
To simplify this all and get to my overall point. Gaming should not be about what you can do but how you can help and enjoy a gaming experience. If your goal is to annoy another player or just put them in their place... keep it friendly, because you never know whom is on the other end of the controller on the other side.
I personally come from classic Nintendo roots yeah I played arcade and some atari depending on what relative I was visiting. I grew up from NES to SNES to playstation and have stuck with Sony since. Yes I've played games on the Wii and Xbox but Sony is home. Thus is how I come to my views on the console wars. This is nothing new folks. It used to be the war between Nintendo and Sega. Yeah the arguments never were as huge as we did not have the internet to start our arguments upon but really it's nothing new.
If you look at the gaming industry as a resume are not the hardcore gamers the ones with the most experience? Now I know this will lead to alot of debate so here's my retort to all arguments from the Hardcore gamers going well I grew up on Playstation only so your dinosaur gaming can shove it. Have you beaten Castlevania or Pitfall? Have you experienced the frustration of gaming that has slower more timed controls over faster responding controllers? The older games actually taught alot of what makes some gamers good at some of the games out today.
Example here's my console experience:
- Atari 2600
- NES
- SNES
- Genesis
- Sega CD
- Playstation
- Nintendo 64
- Playstation 2
- Gamecube
- Wii
- Xbox
- Playstation 3
- Gameboy
- Gamegear
- Gameboy Color
- Gameboy Advance
- Nokia NGage
- PSP
To simplify this all and get to my overall point. Gaming should not be about what you can do but how you can help and enjoy a gaming experience. If your goal is to annoy another player or just put them in their place... keep it friendly, because you never know whom is on the other end of the controller on the other side.
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