I remember when the first game was announced and the first trailer was shown. Then I was excited but, later the more I saw the less my excitement became. Now I happy that I passed that title up with its liner missions. Glitches and clunky gameplay. So now we get the sequel Assassin’s Creed 2. Did the crew learn from their mistakes and fans advice?
POSITIVES
- Story – You really get into the main characters life before and after he becomes an assassin.
- Missions – Lots more variety then the last game. Still could use more thou.
- Voice Acting – Im happy the have Italian accents and speak the language from time to time.
- Shops and clothing color customization
NEGATIVE
- Controls – Argh! While not that bad, sometimes I feel like Im playing a Tomb Raider game.
- Opening Gameply – Such a waste of time and a terrible first impression.
- Scene changes – Why is it necessary to blind me with bright white lights 1/8 of the time.
NIT-PICKING
- I really hate all the future segments and story lines. I think they take away from the flow and style of the main game.
- Needs more array of weapons and armor.
- I like the game to have more stealth gameplay elements.
CONCLUSIONS
It’s true the sequel is vastly superior to the original. That is how a sequel should be. However, the game still has some issues that carried over. Controls just feel clunky, too many times I couldn’t pick up items and bodies. I jump off walls when I did want to and I hate having to hold down a run button. I can only wonder what the story of the assassin’s will be but hope the developers cut the future crap. I say the game is worth $45.
Ohhhh will Capcom ever learn. Goes to show you that games are never really complete. Well good news to SF4 fans! Capcom will be releasing next year SUPER Street Fighter 2 Alpha..I mean .. Super Street Fighter 4. Will the game be worth fans money ?
Lets talk about what will be new. First off two characters that were left out (possible purposely) are back. Dee Jay and T. Hawk are coming as well as an all new female Korean character Junri. Now DJ and T.Hawk look the same as they did before. As for out new female character…I feel were still getting characters designs that just dont feel right with the rest. Capcom has announced more characters will be added and I only can hope more new characters. I also like a few Street Fighter 3 characters to come into this game.
There was also some discussion from developers on tweaks to the gameplay mechanics. How much changes is the question but Im sure it wont be anything major. There is also going to be some re-balances to many of the characters. Remember the developers talking about how much time was spent on balancing for the original game? Why they need to re-balanced gameplay and characters ?
For now thats about all, but since I skipped the original title and the other promising fighter games were duds I might just pick this title up.
By now Im sure its no surprise that there is another Resident Evil film. I can’t believe this franchise that has little to do with its game counter-part and still shell out sequel after sequel. Of course those purists fans like the idea that the films are such a departure from the games. However, if they wanted to make the films so different then why even call it Resident Evil.
Now to be fair the second film wasn’t all that bad. Even the first film compared to House of the Dead or DOOM wasn’t bad. What makes this a waste is not the fact that the movies were not as good as they could have. It’s that by the time the first film was released fans already has four games that expanded the story to possibly a dozen films. So why did the film makers decide to make a totally different story line? Who knows.
What is so disappointing in this franchise is that it took such a departure from its game anthology. There is no Wesker, no Hunters, no Tyrant, no crimson zombies etc. Fans didn’t want Alice and the franchise didn’t need Alice. So Biohazard and Resident Evil fans still dream of a re-boot so they can see their favorite game interpreted on the sliver screen. That is what makes this a wasted franchise.
It has been reported that COD: Modern Warfare 2 in one country sold over a million copies in one day. Now its being reported that total sales in US, UK and Canada on its first day come to a staggering 5 million copies sold! This is the part where I say, “HOLY F’N SHIT!” You can look at this your self here if you think I’m kidding http://www.gamespot.com/news/6239789.html
In a way I should not be surprised. The last game was so revered by lots of people, fans and critics. I can’t help but think that the 3rd installment has to be bigger and better than anyone could ever have dreamed to compare to the sales of this game. However, to those that think this will sway my choice for game of the year your sourly mistaken.
Well I said that the nominations were not set in stone. Honestly I don’t know why I forgot about this game. The animation is amazing. Combat is fun to over all insane and frantic. The game is without a doubt the best 3rd party Wii title this year. It’s a shame the game did not get the love that Vinillaware’s last game Odin Sphere had received. I guess a Wii 3rd party title no matter how good, will be shun by the gaming community. Never the less, I won’t over look this title and neither should you.
Hello to all you guys, girls and ghouls. Time has come to nominate five games that are the cream of the crop in my eyes for the 2009 year. basically the rule is that it has to have been released in the year its being awarded to. It has to be a stand-alone title, no game of the year editions or re-released versions. Lastly has to be a game I have already played. So last year’s winner was “Little Big Planet”. Which game will make it this year? Let’s see…. the nominations are….
#1 Scribblenauts
This game is loads of fun. Never has a game made vocabulary such an interesting gameplay. What game lets you make God, a ninja and a rabbit fight to the death? The puzzles are very unique while making the difficulty balanced enough for an arrangement of gamers.
#2 Dragon Age Origins
Fresh off the truck Dragon Age is impressive in its dialogue and voice acting. The difficulty is tough but not controller breaking tough. The story is enough to keep you interested and getting to make your teammates love you so you can sleep with them is just fun. This game could mark a return of the dungeon crawlers.
#3 Batman: Arkham Asylam
I said it before and I’ll say it again. Many games make you play as Batman but, how many of those games make you FEEL like your Batman. Rocksteady worked very hard to make this the best Batman game and it’s seriously close to being not only the best Batman game, also the best comic book hero game. It has alot of good qualities that over-shadows the few bad qualities.
#1 Street Fighter 4
Yeah, I’m not happy with SF4. However, I can’t deny how much better this game is compared to other fighting games. It is next-gen Street Fighter 2 with all the characters, special moves and such. The online mode is the best by far from any other in the genre. Why it gets nominated is because even though I disapprove of it I still play it over the rest of the fighting games this year.
There you have it folks. I know some of you think your favorite titles should be nominated but I either didn’t think it was better than these or it didn’t qualify. I’m open to anyones thoughts and the winner will be announced Jan 2.
Hello again guys, girls and ghouls! Time for a new review, I think I don’t have to explain my love for this franchise. I loved the first game and its original gameplay design with story pacing with multiple endings. Im happy the second game was picked up because the first game was not a huge success. So how does the third game pan out on a newer console?
POSITIVES
Big sprawling areas with lots of color and design
New and old jobs from 3 different employer’s
Combat is much tighter and technical
Fatigue gauge has been removed
Large amount of customizable items.
Japanese Language w/ english subtitles
NEGATIVES
Earning money is such a grind
Easy to break your favorite weapon
Dying unexpectedly leading to loss of data
NIT-PICKING
Story and characters seem bland.
No cut limbs or severed heads.
Graphics are not next-gen quality.
CONCLUSION
It’s interesting that even after three games there is still room for much more to do with the franchise. I’m happy that all the problems of the second title was addressed. This is the best in the franchise however like the games before it Samurai 3 is by no means a blockbuster. Way of the Samurai 3 is only for gamers that are into samurai action/adventure titles period.
The more I read about the game industry the more I see some pretty asinine things going on just for the sake of money. So I made a new column to address these issues that piss me off as a fellow gamer. First up is downloadable content or DLC. I love DLC but the industry has found a way to screw gamers out of their money. How you ask?
OK, lets take a recent case game. Resident Evil 5 was announced to have an online multiplayer mode on release. The developers talk about it and seemed to be excited to implement this feature to the title. Then Capcom had the idea to take it out of the original games features and offer it as DLC for 15 bucks. That’s what I call greedy corporate bullshit! They took out a feature for a game that was originally planned to be in the game just to make more money.
Capcom isn’t the only company to do this. Activision also did this for the Transformers:Revenge game last summer. Releasing a pack of multiplayer maps and characters that is suppose to be in the game and was left out so gamers had to shell out more cash. So now your not paying 64 dollars for a complete game anymore. Now gamers could pay after DLC over a hundred dollars for one title. Some companies even go so far to charge gamers for something so small like alternate outfits at a ubsured price! When does this bullshit become enough? It’s like buying a chess set only to have a couple pieces missing and having to buy them separate. Or buying a DVD and charging extra for bonus features that the studio already made.
However, not all DLC is wrong. Take Little Big Planet….Extra content is always being uploaded that was originally not planned during it’s release. Also some companies will cut gamers a break by giving them extra content for free like Batman Arkham Asylam. I have no problem with that and Im happy to get things for free because I bought the game to support the title. As for this leave content out so gamers can pay more later? I spit on the companies that do it just for more money.
Well, well, well. Here we go again talking about the next video game movie to hit the silver screen. Already I hear negative comments so stupid and pointless I just will not repeat them. It’s true that video game movies have not captured the same attraction or income as their game counter parts did. But, less we forget how long it took hollywood to make good comic book films like Iron Man?
In any case I reserved any deserved positive or negative thoughts about this film until I saw a trailer. Today I have and I can say I’m interested. The films got story, action and characters with personality that reminded me of the games. Now this was only 3 minutes of a 2 hour movie but it’s enough to carry my interest to see it. I like this film to be a big hit and it could be even bigger of a block buster then Tomb Raider. Sources say the film will have first crack at summer on May 10th 2010. Let’s hope we not need the dagger of time if the film ends up being a mess.
Happy Halloween! Lets talk game demos! God of War is a franchise that many developers dreams of. However, to me I dont understand why it gets as much praise as it does. The games are good no question. I thought the story was OK but, the sequel was far superior. Truthfully I’m not all that excited about the third installment. I guess I just want my next-gen games to be alot more next-gen. Regardless if it didn’t meet my expectations here is what I love and hate from the demo…..
Right away the visual are nice. I only could hope the collection set has the same treatment. I love how there was alot of stuff going on with people running away and undead killed them one by one. It makes the game much more alive. The brutality is also turned up a notch. It’s great to see the guts of a Centare sprawled on the floor as I finished him off. The gameplay has been tweaked a bit but it’s all the same as the last game so players should feel very comfortable. I also like where the button icons have been placed on-screen.
So as I said before I wanted so much more from this game. I love to have some real weapon physics. I also like to see enemies react if different ways with limbs flying all over. Speaking of which, why do I keep seeing the same enemies from the first and second game. I really like to see some new enemies to fight from beginning to end.
It was a fun yet short demo. Im sure it will sell lots but is it worth 60$ or 200$ for the ultimate edition? Time will tell.
Gamer K