Until Dawn, Mad Max, Metal Gear Solid V, New PC

Until Dawn (PS4)

• Do you like horror movies?  Did you like the Butterfly Effect?  Do you like choices? Do you like QTE's? 
• The game is basically a horror game where your goal is to keep everyone alive. 
• It plays like Heavy Rain which I really liked, so it's a story driven game with some interactive elements.
• There are tons of player choices which will alter the story and the game has multiple endings.
• I think this game is the ultimate party game where it's best if you have a group of friends watching the game, making decisions, and scream because of those decisions.  There are times when it cuts to you being asked questions by a psychiatrist asking what you are scared of and other strange questions that I assume tailors the enemies and situations based on your answers. 
• There are a ton of jump scares and if you have the playstation camera it will take pictures while you are playing and capture the moments during the scares and impose that on the screen which is an awesome feature.  I am tempted to buy the camera just for this game.
• I've only played about 2 hours and have really enjoyed the game so far,  There have already been 4 or 5 jump scares that caught me off guard and I may have jump/screamed a little. 

Mad Max(Steam)

• The game isn't related to the movie which came out this year and the main character doesn't look like Mel or Tom but he does fit the Mad Max mold. 
• I was really impressed with the graphics so clean and crisp and the draw distances are amazing.  I have every setting maxed and I'm at 128 fps so it's a good port.  It was developed by Waner Brothers whose previous release, Batman,  was awful and still not fixed. 
• The combat is modeled after Batman and has some extra features like charge attacks and some of the take downs are pretty violent   You do have a gun but ammo is limited. 
• The main part of the game involves your car which you are building it up from scratch.  The first real mission has you getting a body for your car.  The car combat feels ok so far but I really haven't done much but ram people into rocks.
• From reviews that I've read it's says the secondary missions aren't very compelling but I'll have to judge myself.  The game seems large as well over 30 hours I think.

Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (Steam)

• So many games so little time.
• I played through the prologue which as about an hour and a half and it was awesome.  The graphics are clean and sharp on PC it's one of the best looking titles of this generation. 
• The story starts out crazy and I never knew what to expect as it kept throwing more and more awesome things at me.
• Once that is complete the main game begins and it's been referred to as the Far Cry 4 stealth game as it's open world, huge open world, where you do what you want when you want.
• I just got to that part when I stopped but I did ride my horse for bout 5 minutes and it felt great.
• I looked at my completion stat after finishing the prologue and it said 1% so this is a huge game. one reviewer is only 10% through and he's played 18 hours so another long game.
• There aren't 30-40 minute cutscenes in this one like MG4 it's more like Peacewalker. 
• I am interested to see how the game plays out as it's the last true Metal Gear game. 

PC

• I did upgrade my PC last week and only had one issue.
• The night before I had taken apart my PC to get ready for the new components and I couldn't find the parts that held the CPU cooler to my motherboard.  I spent and hour or more searching and could never find it so I went and bought a new water cooler.  I did have some small issues with the placement of the fans and the cooler radiator, but overall it was very easy to install.
• I did some research on the best way to get good air flow through my case and that's a science that goes deep.  I ended up with 3 fans and I took out my top Hard drive cage.
• Once everything was installed I fired it up and it worked without issues.
• I reinstalled Windows 10 for the 3rd time and had to call to get my activation code which I said I had it on 2 computers which made me have to call again, luckily they don't save that info.
• I booted up some games and I did see about a 10-15 fps improvement in the Witcher 3, GTA V and Far Cry 4.  I'm not sure if it was the new components or if the airflow was my problem as the graphics card will throttle down if it gets too hot.  I was pleased.
• I really like my motherboard and the GUI setup is very easy to use and overclocking the board is done by turning a dial on the motherboard. I overclocked my CPU to 4.3Ghz and haven't had any issues.

New Releases - A couple of big releases this week.  Metal Gear Solid V will be the last one written and directed by Kojima.  The PC version was supposed to come out 2 weeks later but the developers didn't take a summer vacation so it's out at the same time.  Stasis looks interesting a horror game from an isometric view.  Dragonroppa and SteinsGate for vita are some other neat looking titles.

​PC

Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (download - $60)

Mad Max (download - $60)

Company of Heroes 2 - The British Forces (download - $13)

Act of Aggression (download - $45)

Rememoried (download)

Stasis (download)

Deliverance (download)

Steamalot: Epoch's Journey (download)

Close Your Eyes (download - free-to-play)

Immortal Defense

Trigonarium (download)

Nobunga's Ambition: Sphere of Influence (download)

iZBOT (download)

Renowned Explorers: International Society (download)

Raiden IV: Overkill (download)

Gunman Clive 2 (download)

PlayStation 4

Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain

Mad Max

Far Cry 4 Complete Edition

Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons

Nobunga's Ambition: Sphere of Influence

Super Time Force Ultra (download - free for PlayStation Plus)

Grow Home (download - free for PlayStation Plus)

Xeodrifter (download - free for PlayStation Plus)

Armello (download)

Zombie Vikings (download)

Xbox One

Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain

Mad Max

Far Cry 4 Complete Edition

Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons

The Deer God (download - free for Xbox Live Gold)

Broken Sword 5: The Serpent's Curse (download)

Nightmares From The Deep: The Cursed Heart (download)

Quest of Dungeons (download)

Super Toy Cars (download)

Xbox 360

Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain

PlayStation 3

Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain

Steins;Gate

Nobunga's Ambition: Sphere of Influence (download)

Wii U

Year Walk (download)

Gunman Clive HD Collection (download)

Vs. Excitebike (download - Wii U Virtual Console)

Vita

Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls

Steins;Gate

Super Time Force Ultra (download)

Xeodrifter (download)​

Newegg, Rocket League, PC, WD Cloud EX2

Sorry my blog has been absent for the past several weeks not many games coming out and I've mostly been playing Rocket League but Madden releases this week which starts the fall release and it's going to get crazy around here.

Newegg

• Want to give them a thumbs up this week.
• When I bought my graphics card it came with a free copy of Batman Arkham Knight. The game is still broken.
• Luckily I was able to get a free copy of Metal Gear Solid Phantom Pain just by using their Chat system and my order numbers. Kudos to them.

Rocket League

• I've put in around 60-70 hours with this game and still not close to being tired of it.
• I'm always playing a match and thinking it will be my last one for the night but just have to go one more.
• The DLC is okay just more cosmetics and a couple of cars.  All stadiums will be free which is a good thing. 
• I like the soundtrack as well and will probably purchase that soon. 

PC

• For the past week my PC has been acting strange and having problems booting and yesterday it would not boot at all.  It would just start and spin the fans then stop again in a repeated loop so I decided to upgrade to the new Skylake suite of products.
• I bought this board MSI Z170A GAMING M7, i5-6600k, and 16GB of DDR 4 ram which should be here today.

WD Cloud EX2

• I've been thinking about buying a NAS for awhile now.  I bought a Seagate 5TB external drive recently and have had some problems with it so I decided to try out the WD Home Nas.
• It connects to your network and I can access it through my PC or my tablet.
• It was easy to setup and I did forgo the RAID 1 option and am using RAID 0 and splitting the files across 2 drives.  I am basically using it as a media server. 
• It does have the Plex server app, but if you need to transcode any videos the NAS is just too slow so I'm still using my small desktop to run the server.  Streaming form the Plex server is fast with no hiccups while playing videos.
• So far I'm pretty impressed with how easy it is to setup and start sharing files. 

 

New Releases -  I am picking up Madden and will only pay $18 after trading in last years version and all the benefits of that from Best Buy.  The Best Buy Gamers Club is a really good deal.  Also Until Dawn comes out this week which looks really intersting and if you've never played Dishonoured then the definitive version is out this week and you really should pick it up.  Great game. Oh and if you have kids Disney Infinity 3.0 is out as well.  One more game is the Gears of War 1 remake.  I'd pick it up if was all 3 but just the first one I'll wait.

PC

 

Mega Man Legacy Collection (download - $15)

Capsule Force (download)

One Piece Pirate Warriors 3 (download - $50)

Evoland 2 (download)

Crookz - The Big Heist (download - $30)

Nova-111 (download)

Planet of the Eyes (download)

Pretty Girls Mahjong Solitaire (download)

Nyctophobia (download)

Party Hard (download)

Coated (download)

Hegemony III: Clash of the Ancients (download)

Celestial Tear: Demon's Revenge (download)

Fish or Die (download)

Kult: Heretic Kingdoms (download)

Sound Shift (download)

Lamia Must Die (download - free-to-play)

Dead in Bermuda (download)

Fran Bow (download)

Country Tales (download)

Calvino Noir (download)

Iggy's Egg Adventure (download)

Caveman Craig (download)

Mountain Crime: Requital (download)

Xenocide (download)

Close Your Eyes (download - free-to-play)

Razenroth (download)

PlayStation 4
 Madden NFL 16

Disney Infinity 3.0

Until Dawn

One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3

Dishonored: Definitive Edition

Mega Man Legacy Collection (download - $15)

Capsule Force (download)

I Am Bread (download)

Calvino Noir (download)

Nova-111 (download)

Ascendant (download)

Back to Bed (download)

VVVVVV (download)

Xbox One
 Gears of War: Ultimate Edition

Madden NFL 16

Disney Infinity 3.0

Dishonored: Definitive Edition

Mega Man Legacy Collection (download - $15)

Xbox 360
 Madden NFL 16

Disney Infinity 3.0

PlayStation 3
 Madden NFL 16

Disney Infinity 3.0

Steins;Gate (download)

Dengeki Bunko: Fighting Climax (download)

Back to Bed (download)

Wii U
 Disney Infinity 3.0

Runbow (download)

Vita
 Steins;Gate (download)

Amnesia: Memories (download)

Back to Bed (download)

VVVVVV (download)

 

Rocket League, Resident Evil 6, Kotor 2

This has been me the past week. Image thanks to Kotaku.

 

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Rocket League

• I've put in about 15 hours this week, I just can't stop playing. I'm level 19 on Steam and 13 on PS4.
• I've started working on my aerial play which looks cool but is also very useful. The goals are just tall enough that a double jump is not enough to block the ball shot at the top of the goal so you must go aerial to block them. Also you can turn your car completely vertical which maximizes the hit radius of the car which makes shots and blocking a bit easier.
• I played a great 1v1 match that had the other guy cussing me after my second goal. What is wrong with people.
• I think I'm starting to favor 2v2 matches which ups the tension just enough and gives more opportunities to make some great saves and shots without feeling too crowded.
• The only bad thing about the game is that there is no punishment for quitting a match which happens far to often. The game will sub an AI character automatically so there is no stop in play but there should be some punishment for quitting after a score. It should be something like you can't start another match for 5 minutes but the game is using dedicated servers which would probably be hard to code.
• Another small gripe, again with people not the game, is that after the match there is a 60 second countdown where you ca n ready up to play again if everyone clicks ready it will instantly start the game, but for some reason there are a ton of jerks out there that will let the counter run down to around 5 seconds before hitting the button. I know they are jerks because almost 95% of the time they are on the team that lost.

Resident Evil 6​​

• I am playing one other game and that is RE6 co-op with Angel. ​
• I tried playing solo when it came out but never got very far. The game is much better when playing co-op which make sense since it was developed with that in mind.
• ​The game is interesting as you play 4 different episodes each with there own 2 characters. ​Each episode has 4 chapters and you will meet the other characters along the way. We are only playing the first 2 chapters of each episode which makes the game feel a bit like a soap opera, it's nice to see how all the stories are interacting with one another.
• ​The game is more of a 3rd person shooter than the classic survival horror of the first 3 games. As always there are some cool monsters to fight and some of the boss monsters are huge. The game is pretty tough as well I think in one chapter one of us died 7 times, notice I didn't mention names.
• ​Knights of the old Republic 2​ or KOTOR 2
• It has been 10 years since the release and it just got updated on steam with widescreen, controller, and steam workshop support. Now you can easily add the mod that enabled all of the content left out of the original game.
• Disney is doing the Star Wars properties right so far and hopefully they will release a new or updated version of Tie Fighter or X-wing. We can only hope.

New Releases​ - Not many to choose from this week except for the PS4. Journey is out on the PS4 and if you never played it on the PS3 you should rectify that soon. Also if you love pigeons you should check out ​Hatoful Boyfriend​. ​

 

PC

 

Game of Thrones Episode 5: A Nest of Vipers

The Talos Principle: Road To Gehenna

Tembo the Badass Elephant

Yasai Ninja

 

PS4

 

F1 2015

Game of Thrones Episode 5: A Nest of Vipers

Hatoful Boyfriend

Journey

Nutjitsu

Onechanbara Z2: Chaos

Phantom Breaker: Battlegrounds Overdrive

Poltergeist: A Pixelated Horror

Q.U.B.E: Director’s Cut

Tembo the Badass Elephant

Wolfenstein: the Old Blood - retail

Yasai Ninja

Zombie Army Trilogy - retail

 

XB1

 

F1 2015

Game of Thrones Episode 5: A Nest of Vipers

Q.U.B.E: Director’s Cut

Tembo the Badass Elephant

Wolfenstein: the Old Blood - retail

Zombie Army Trilogy - retail

 

WiiU

 

Dragon Fantasy: The Volumes of Westeria

The Quiet Collection

 

PS3

 

Game of Thrones Episode 5: A Nest of Vipers

Q.U.B.E: Director’s Cut

 

360

 

Game of Thrones Episode 5: A Nest of Vipers

 

3DS

 

Dragon Fantasy: The Volumes of Westeria

3D Streets of Rage 2

 

Vita

Hatoful Boyfriend

Poltergeist: A Pixelated Horror

Squares

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Rocket League, Rory McIlroy PGA Tour

Rocket League

• If you have PS Plus then download this game now for free.  If you don't or have an Xbone/PC then buy and download this game now.
• The game is soccer with RC cars and it's a blast.  I've spent about 5 hours with the game the past 2 nights and it's only getting better.
• The controls are pretty basic: gas, reverse, slide, jump, double jump, and boost which you acquire and store by running over boost spots around the course. 
• The game reminds me a bit of NFL Blitz which was just fast paced visceral action arcade game. 
• Each game is only 5 minutes long so it's easy to jump in for a couple of rounds when you have some time to kill. 
• The game has a full single player mode but the multiplayer is where it's at.
• The matches are 1v1 up to 4v4 which gets pretty chaotic.  I've mostly played 3v3 which has the best balance. 
• At the start and after every goal the cars are placed randomly on the field and a countdown begins with the ball in the middle.  You start revving your engines and map out the best route to the ball with the most boost pads along the way and then launch yourself as the timer reaches 0. You and a couple of teammates will usually meet one or 2 of your opponents at the ball and then you all hit it at the same time and then who knows what will happen.  It's kind of like playing pool with about 4 people trying to break. 
• When a goal is scored it creates a blast explosion so that any cars around the goal will be blown back which is awesome and then the instant replay starts which hardly anyone skips.  The presentation is really nice. 
• There are a variety of cars which you can customize, I think there were 500 million different variants, but you do have to level up and earn them. 
•  I liked the game so much that I bought it on Steam even though I got the PS4 version free because I wanted to support the developers.

​Rory McIlroy PGA Tour (PS4)​

• ​I have mixed emotions about this game. At first I thought the game was pretty good but after playing again last night...
• ​They had 2 years to work on the game so I'm not sure why it lacks so much content from the previous versions. ​
• There are only 8 real courses with 4 fantasy courses, they say the game is a platform and they will be releasing courses throughout the year and next which is fine depending on how much they cost.
• Gameface is gone and the player builder is really weak.  I think there is only one face you can modify.
• ​The full course is rendered in the game which means you are now able to hit into another holes fairway like in real life. The best benefit is that there ​are no load times between holes​ which is awesome. ​
• I'm playing on the Tour difficulty mode so you can't zoom into the location of where your ball will land so instead you hit a button which shows an overhead map of the hole.  There are various distance markers around the course like the pin placement or bunker positions so you do have to think about where you want to aim and I really like that feature as it feels more realistic. 
• ​There are 3 swing types that you can choose from.  Standard and Tour analog stick swings, and the 3​-Click method. 
• ​I've never felt that the EA golf games had a great analog stick feel to them.  Links 2004 was perfect.
• ​The driving feels okay but chipping and putting feels off.  ​I think the issue is that you can set the distance of your club using the cursor and then just do a full swing and it will go that set distance so you don't have to gauge how far back you need to swing to get the correct amount of power.  I think there is a button that will reset this but you have to hit that before every swing and there is no option to change that so its cumbersome and doesn't make sense.  If you don't reset then chipping is very easy. 
• Putting is a bit different this year.  You still set your putting distance by moving a cursor but there isn't a traditional power meter.  I think they are trying to make putting more tempo based so it does take some time to get used to. 
• I really don't like setting distances by moving a cursor I want it to be tied to the analog stick movement. 
• ​I did try the 3-Click method for a couple of holes and I did like it, I just wish the analog method felt better.  ​
• ​There is a career mode which is a bit strange.  You play tournaments but don't play every hole.  You may play 3-4 holes on the first round then based on how you do it will simulate the rest.  The second round is about the same and the 3rd and 4th you play more.  I guess this it to prevent burnout but you never feel vested in any tournament.  ​
• ​Also the worst you can score on any hole is double the par even in multiplayer which ​is a bit strange that's not a changeable option.
• ​After writing all of this up I really can't find much to say good about the game.  I kind of want to get my Xbox out and play some Links 2004, that's an 11 year old game that I feel is still better. ​What is wrong with EA?

Batman Arkham Knight, Home Theater, Move Reviews

Batman Arkham Knight

• I caved and bought the PS4 version. After GCU and reward points it was $14 so not too bad.
• The game runs smoothly and looks better than the PC version, wow really stinks to say that.  
• The biggest complaint about the game is the inclusion of the batmobile, so far I've enjoyed using it although it is hard to control until you get used to it.  I was crashing all over town and doing more damage than the bad guys. 
• The story has been real interesting and they did an awesome thing with a character that you thought was dead that brought a smile to my face when it happened. 
• In the past games you were overwhelmed with Riddler trophies scattered throughout the city, but so far I"ve only come across 3 of them in the world, I think I'm still in the tutorial levels. 
• The combat seems a bit slower and more deliberate than in Origins, it feels like you have more time to counter attacks and I'm on the hardest difficulty.  
• As for the PC version they stopped selling it digitally which is a good thing.  They released a patch that supposedly fixed the missing textures and AO effects but it still doesn't look as good as the PS4 and the big patch that fixes stuttering doesn't have a release date.

 

Home Theater Update

• A month ago I sat on my couch to hear how different my setup sounded from where I usually sit and I was very disappointed. The sound was awful, I didn't feel enveloped in the sound and the bass was severely lacking.
• I always wanted a second sub and this confirmed that I needed one.  So I ordered the exact same model and now needed to find the best placement of both subs, which was not in the locations that I had ran wires.
• I had to get out my special microphone and run the REW software. The software measures the loudness of the different frequencies of your speakers so you can see where you have peaks and lulls.   I first tried placing the subs where I had ran my wires and when I measured each sub individually the charts looked good but as soon as I tried both of them together there was a huge 30db lull at the 50hz range so they were cancelling one another out.
• After 4 hours I finally found the best spot which was in the middle of the room along the wall on opposite sides. The bass sounds awesome now and the sound is bit smoother at the couch than where I usually sit.
• I can really tell a difference now with the two subs, listening to music is a joy as the sound stage and the bass are mixed perfectly together.
• I also went ahead and got a new receiver, Denon 4520CI, since my old one was hit by lightening.  This one is their last generation flagship model which I got a great deal on. 
• With this receiver I can run a full 9.2 setup so I went ahead and hooked up my 2 front height speakers. I'm using some older speakers until the ones that I want go on sale so I'm not sure that I'm getting the full benefit from these extra speakers. I hope to spend some more time testing them this weekend. 
• If any of you have a sound system that you want me to help tune just let me know and I'll bring over my mic and laptop. Speaker placement can make a huge difference in the sound of your room.

Movie Reviews

Unbroken - A great movie about an amazing human being. 

The Wedding Ringer - I was really surprised by this movie.  It was actually funny and not too vulgar.

The Judge - Maybe a bit slow but I enjoyed the movie and thought the acting was really good. 

Seventh Son - Had some decent special effects and Jeff Bridges was great.

WIld Card - Another Jason Statham movie that was just ok. 

The Kingsmen - Decent movie with some cool action sequences but not as good as the previews.

Birdman -  Strange, strange movie that I really didn't enjoy. 

Focus - Ehh. Predictable and skippable, at least there was a pretty girl to stare at the whole movie.

Last Knights - Not worth your time.

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New Releases - A couple of cool games coming out this week.  Card Hunter on Steam, God of War 3 Remaster on PS4 (I really liked that game so I'm debating picking that one up.  EA Golf is back with Rory on the cover and it only includes 8 real courses and 4 fantasy so not many to choose from compared to the last game. 

Guild of Dungeoneering is my pick of the week, it's a rogue like where you build your own dungeon and enemy placement using cards that you collect. 

PC

No Time To Explain Remastered (download)

Card Hunter (download - free-to-play)

Guild of Dungeoneering (download - $15)

Fighties (download)

Drift 84 (download)

AR-K: The Great Escape (download)

Anti-Opoly (download)

SEEP Universe (download)

Axis Football 2015 (download)

DGU (download)

A Mass of Dead (download)

AntharioN (download)

Odallus: The Dark Call (download)

Luckslinger (download)

Legions of Steel (download)

Biodrone Battle (download)

Niko: Through the Dream (download)

Interstellaria (download)

Cast of the Seven Godsends (download - $7)

Aberoth (download - free-to-play)

PlayStation 4

EA SPORTS Rory McIlroy PGA Tour

Godzilla

God of War III Remastered

Deception IV: The Nightmare Princess

The Vanishing of Ethan Carter (download)

The Fall (download)

Xbox One

EA SPORTS Rory McIlroy PGA Tour

No Time to Explain (download)

The Fall (download)

PlayStation 3

Godzilla (download)

Monster Jam Battlegrounds (download)

 

Sony E3 Conference, Overall E3 Impressions, Batman Arkham Knight, Witcher 3, Watch_Dogs, Rock band 4

Sony E3 Press Conference

• Went to the Rave Theater to watch the Sony Conference.   There were around 70 people at the event. 
• I wasn't really impressed with the setup.  The video didn't even take up the full screen and the sound was in 2.1 stereo. 
• The conference itself was good and they show quite a lot of stuff that the crowd did get excited for. 
• We got codes for $5 in Playstation money and some posters and stuff so probably not worth it next year. I'll have the event next year at my house. 

Overall E3 Impressions

• Fallout 4 is coming, Fallout 4 is coming this year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Ordered the Pip-Boy version yesterday.
• The Last Guardian was shown which was announced over 5 years ago, and a FF 7 remake announced which made the crowds go wild.
• Halo 5 and Doom looked impressive. 
• Call of Duty Maps now come out first on the PS4 this year.
• Horizon Zero Dawn was probably my favorite game play demo of the show.  Very impressive combat and visuals.
• Hololens actually looked cool if you are into Minecraft.  *Mark*. Maybe another reason to jump back to the Xbone.

Batman Arkham Knight

• I would love to give impressions but since the PC version is a horrible mess those will have to wait.
• I did get the game free with my new video card but I did buy the season pass, I may try and get a refund on Steam if the issues aren't fixed quickly.
• The PC version has horrible stuttering when driving the batmobile and the frame rate drops to the teens randomly.
• This version is also missing Ambient Occlusion which is an effect that really makes the game look great, the console versions have this feature and it looks so much better there. 
• I may go ahead and get the PS4 version as I'm not sure they can fix these issues in a couple of weeks. 

Witcher 3

• Still Witchering away.  I think I'm at 45 hours played and level 14 so still a long way to go.
• Donald has already beat the game and got all 1000 achievement points.
• Gwent is really addictive and strategic, most of my matches are intense and full of tough choices.  They should release a full featured version on smartphones. 
• I think they are half-way through releasing the 16 pieces of DLC content for free.  They release 2 a week and usually consist of alternate clothing  and a quest, not bad for free content.
• So far my favorite moment of the game is when the Witcher has to go to a tavern to watch a bard sing so that he can get some information.  The song is amazing, I think I've listened to it over 25 times. It's not on the Official soundtrack for the game though which was disappointing. 
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zu392CRW8H8

​Watch_Dogs​

• Brent, the impressions will be coming soon as I bought the game on the Steam sale.  Only 2 years late
• I've only put in 20 minutes so far and that tutorial bit has been fun. The driving will take some time to get used to as it's very floaty.  I was crashing all over the place running from the cops, not sure how they didn't catch me. 
• The hacking was cool and being able to see what each NPC is interested in was cool. 

Rockband 4

• Was so excited to hear the game was coming out for the new consoles and I still am but the key feature that I use, Midi support for my drums will not be supported on launch and depending upon how vocal the community is it may take a long time before it's implemented.  Online play is also not showing up.
• I understand why though.  They are truly an independent studio now and don't have the money or backing of a large partner like they did last generation. 
• I am still getting the game as I enjoy playing bass and I think they will have over 1,000 songs available from the previous version so it will be worth it for that.

​New Releases​ - Batman is finally here and looks to be awesome.  Tales from the Borderlands Ep 3 is also out, I've really enjoyed that game as well.

PC

• Batman: Arkham Knight (download - $60) - Pre-loaded and ready to go.  Hopefully it will release early.
• Tales From the Borderlands: Episode 3 (download - $25) - Really good adventure type game.
• Final Fantasy XIV: Heavenaward (download - $40) - Heard cool things but you can only access if you've finished the main story missions.
• Devil May Cry 4: Special Edition (download - $25) - Really liked the game but a little to steep in the price.
• MotoGP 15 (download)
• Mahjong Pretty Girls Battle : School Girls Edition (download) - Huh?  What about the ugly girls?
• Barony (download)
• Super 3-D Noah's Ark (download) - Super 3D ????
• Curse of Mermos (download - free-to-play)
• Her Story (download)
• Area-X (download)
• Centauri Sector (download)
• Blockwick 2 (download)
• Icarus-X: Tides of Fire (download)
• Pizza Express (download)
• Streets of Fury EX (download)
• Lethis - Path of Progress (download)
• Fort Meow (download)
• East Tower - Kuon (download)
• Metal Slug (download - $8)
• Niko: Through the Dream (download)
• Lost Lands: Dark Overlord (download)

PlayStation 4

• Batman: Arkham Knight
• Final Fantasy XIV: Heavenaward
• Ride
• PlanetSide 2 (download - free-to-play) - Interested to see how it plays compared to the PC version. 
• Tales From the Borderlands: Episode 3 (download - $25)
• Devil May Cry 4: Special Edition (download - $25)
• Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Director's Cut (download)
• Ender of Fire (download)
• Riptide GP2 (download)
• Tour de France 2015 (download)
• Attacking Zegata (download)
• Astebreed (download)
• Arcade Archives Raiders 5 (download)

Xbox One

• Batman: Arkham Knight
• Ride
• Tales From the Borderlands: Episode 3 (download - $25)
• Devil May Cry 4: Special Edition (download - $25)

Xbox 360

• Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
• Tales From the Borderlands: Episode 3 (download - $25)

PlayStation 3

• Final Fantasy XIV: Heavenaward
• Tales From the Borderlands: Episode 3 (download - $25)
• Suikoden III (download - PS2 Classic)
• Tour de France 2015 (download)

Wii U

• Art Academy: Home Studio (download)

Steam Sale, Witcher 3, RE5 E3 News

Steam Sale starts Tomorrow June 11 so get your wallets ready. 

 

Witcher 3

• Cost 33 Million to make with 34 Million in advertising, sold over 4 million copies since release. I think they made money.
• Although my time spent playing is at 30 hours I feel that I haven't even really begun, I still haven't made it to Novigrad. 
• I'm at level 11 and starting to over level some of my main and sub quests which is making it harder to pick which ones to start.  The enemies are still tough though, i played a level 8 quest and the fight took about 2 minutes to beat after failing a couple of times.
• I'm playing with a controller mod that allows me to use Signs without having to pause the game, just hold RT and press the corresponding button triggers the sign which is how the game should have been all along.  So much better. 
• I believe there is some shady dealing going on in most of my Gwent games.

Resident Evil 5

• Finished playing the game co-op with Angel and it was a blast.
• We did have to kind of cheat to win though as Angel couldn't press the A button fast enough so I had to get a controller mod and use turbo mode. 
• RE5 is probably my favorite co-op game, I've beat it 5 times.  Gears of War is a close, close, second.

E3 - News is happening every day so there is a ton to note. 

• Sony is showing their press conference at the Rave on Monday night I think you can still get tickets.  Should be fun.
• New Xbox One controller is coming that has a regular audio out like the PS4.  I hope it also gains some heft as I've noticed it creaking in my hands after some sessions in Borderlands,  I still prefer the 360 controller.
• Xbox one is getting a wirless adapter for the PC but only works on Windows 10.
• Both consoles are getting 1TB versions, this should have been the case in the beginning, 500gb??? Really???
• Steam Controller is up for pre-order along with the Steam link that will allow you to stream games from your PC at 1080P, they both come out in October.
• Fallout 4 will probably be realeased this year.  Hopefully this is true. 
• Nathan Drake Uncharted Collection coming to PS4.  Some of my favorite games and I will be buying again.

​New Releases -  Lego my Dinosaur.  Also The Elder Scrolls online comes to consoles.  Light week due to E3 which is next week. 

PC

F1 2015 (download - $55)

Titanis (download)

Aero's Quest (download)

Dreaming (download)

Neo Aquarium - The King of Crustaceans (download)

Death Pirate (download)

Quantum Conscience (download)

Kholat (download - $20)

Monster Jam Battlegrounds (download)

Miner Warfare (download)

PlayStation 4

LEGO Jurassic World

The Elder Scrolls Online

Hustle Kings (download)

Invokers Tournament (download)

Arcade Archives Gradius (download)

Xbox One

LEGO Jurassic World

The Elder Scrolls Online

Vita

LEGO Jurassic World

Operation Abyss: New Tokyo Legacy

Terraria (download)

Nintendo 3DS

LEGO Jurassic World

Dr. Mario: Miracle Cure (download)​