RB 2 (360) (1hr)
I picked up the Breaking Benjamin songs, I've been waiting for So Cold to come out and glad I did as it's fun to play. I also picked up some other songs and my song count is way to large now, and I can't believe how much I've spent and will keep on spending. They did release a patch and it solved some of my gripes but not all. I do like that you can download songs in the RB store in the background instead of having to download each song individually so I did that last night. I wish there was a way to skip songs when you do the quick play because some songs are just too hard and you have to quit all the way out and pick a new set list.
Halo ODST (360) (1hr)
I wish I had started this on the Normal campaign because I just want to see the story and have a good time and playing on heroic is quite challenging and I started to get frustrated. The game is good overall but for me it's just a rental.
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Stranglehold, Majesty Demo
Stranglehold (PS3) (1HR)
I have been playing this game for awhile and have about 3 missions to go. This is a great action game but does get tough in the later stages. It has some great set pieces and the slo-mo and other powers are done well. If you haven't tried it yet go and get it, it should be cheap now.
Majesty Demo (PC) (10min)
Tried the demo for Majesty 1, Majesty 2 just came out but I read that Majesty one was great so I tried it out. Majesty is an old game and the demo was pretty bad. I couldn't change the video resolution and it was at 800x600 so I had a hard time managing my city when I could only see one building at a time. There was no instructions but I could figure it out but I kept on getting attacked and losing my peasants and heroes.
I have been playing this game for awhile and have about 3 missions to go. This is a great action game but does get tough in the later stages. It has some great set pieces and the slo-mo and other powers are done well. If you haven't tried it yet go and get it, it should be cheap now.
Majesty Demo (PC) (10min)
Tried the demo for Majesty 1, Majesty 2 just came out but I read that Majesty one was great so I tried it out. Majesty is an old game and the demo was pretty bad. I couldn't change the video resolution and it was at 800x600 so I had a hard time managing my city when I could only see one building at a time. There was no instructions but I could figure it out but I kept on getting attacked and losing my peasants and heroes.
Monday, September 28, 2009
Diablo 2, Rachet and Clank, Beatles RB, Tennis, Graw 2, Creed Live
Diablo 2 (PC) (3.5 Hr)
Had a good time on Sunday playing with Mary Catherine and Mark Boyd, we have one quest left on the first level. This game is still a lot of fun but it does need to be updated and I hope Diablo 3 will come out soon, it's projected to release in 2011 which is way too far off.
Ratchet and Clank (PS3) (1.5 Hr)
I finally finished this game last night and am ready for the new one to come out.
I've read that the new one will have more things to do because the first one just felt like the old games with a new graphical overlay and I have to agree. I want to see some more puzzle elements added but not with the PS3 motion controls. There is a part in the game where you have a puzzle that I thought required the motion controls and I kept failing and almost quit playing until the game asked if I wanted to use the analog stick instead of mc. That is a nice feature that a game will notice that you are having trouble and suggest something to try as did Batman.
Beatles RB (360) (1.5 Hr)
Played with Kathleen on drums and me on Bass and microphone and we played a lot of songs and had a blast. I got to try out the harmonies a little bit when you sing you can turn the harmonies on or off. It was hard trying to sing the harmonies when you don't know the words that well and your playing bass but we pulled it off until I hit my toe on my mic stand and then I was out.
Tennis (Live) (1.5 Hr)
I went and played some real tennis on Saturday night and had a good time, I need to do more of that.
Creed (PC) (2 Hr)
Watched the Creed concert live on Rockpit.com and it set the Guiness WR for the most HD cameras used to film an outdoor event with 270 HD camera's. The quality was great and it was pretty close to HD. I had router problems but the sound and video quality left me impressed.
Graw 2 (360) (30min)
Thought I'd give this a try and once again just not my game. I had one instance where I ordered my team to assault and one guy went behind a car and the enemy was on the same side of the car and he didn't even try to shoot him they just crouched and looked the opposite directions so I turned the game off.
Had a good time on Sunday playing with Mary Catherine and Mark Boyd, we have one quest left on the first level. This game is still a lot of fun but it does need to be updated and I hope Diablo 3 will come out soon, it's projected to release in 2011 which is way too far off.
Ratchet and Clank (PS3) (1.5 Hr)
I finally finished this game last night and am ready for the new one to come out.
I've read that the new one will have more things to do because the first one just felt like the old games with a new graphical overlay and I have to agree. I want to see some more puzzle elements added but not with the PS3 motion controls. There is a part in the game where you have a puzzle that I thought required the motion controls and I kept failing and almost quit playing until the game asked if I wanted to use the analog stick instead of mc. That is a nice feature that a game will notice that you are having trouble and suggest something to try as did Batman.
Beatles RB (360) (1.5 Hr)
Played with Kathleen on drums and me on Bass and microphone and we played a lot of songs and had a blast. I got to try out the harmonies a little bit when you sing you can turn the harmonies on or off. It was hard trying to sing the harmonies when you don't know the words that well and your playing bass but we pulled it off until I hit my toe on my mic stand and then I was out.
Tennis (Live) (1.5 Hr)
I went and played some real tennis on Saturday night and had a good time, I need to do more of that.
Creed (PC) (2 Hr)
Watched the Creed concert live on Rockpit.com and it set the Guiness WR for the most HD cameras used to film an outdoor event with 270 HD camera's. The quality was great and it was pretty close to HD. I had router problems but the sound and video quality left me impressed.
Graw 2 (360) (30min)
Thought I'd give this a try and once again just not my game. I had one instance where I ordered my team to assault and one guy went behind a car and the enemy was on the same side of the car and he didn't even try to shoot him they just crouched and looked the opposite directions so I turned the game off.
Thursday, September 24, 2009
New Demos
Forza 3 and Brutal Legend demos are out there.
I am looking forward to both of these titles so hopefully they are good.
I am looking forward to both of these titles so hopefully they are good.
Penguin Wii Gun, Halo ODST, Madden 10, Beatles RB, Metroid
Penguin Wii Gun (Wii) ($40)
This is a new Wii gun controller that is actually a controller and not just a shell to put your Wii controller in, I lost control of this sentence, sorry. It supports more rumble and a louder speaker than the Wiimote. I tried a couple of games with it and here are the results.
HOTD Overkill worked okay it has calibration setup but it was always a little off the the left but this was the case with just the normal Wiimote, but I was able to finish a campaign without the cursor on the screen and had fun playing. The guns speaker did have a problem or maybe it's just supposed to be this way but it made screeching noises the whole time I played it.
Ghost Squad worked about the same and it's calibration was a lot better and was almost spot on with the sights so I was pleased but at one point the Wii and the gun lost connection and I couldn't do anything until I turned the gun off then back on.
Resident Evil uses the nunchuck and it was hard playing with my other gun controllers because it uses buttons on the wiimote. The gun has all these buttons in easy access except for the + and - which are on the side and you must use your other hand to reach those. I did have problems switching my guns in the game, you use the C button on the nunchuck which is plugged into the bottom of the gun and it was like the button was getting stuck and I kept scrolling through my guns so there may be a problem with the gun and a nunchuck.
The Gun feels great but it has some minor hiccups that do bug me so I may have to return it.
Halo ODST (360) (1Hr)
I am playing on the heroic difficulty and I got frustrated yesterday because I was dying so much but I stuck with it and am enjoying the game now. I would like to play the firefight mode but there is no matchmaking for that so you have to play with friends which is nice but no one was playing that mode so I couldn't try it out.
Madden 10 (360) 45mi)
Played my franchise game against Brent last night and our connection dropped which is a first for me but there was noticable lag during the game so he finished the game against the CPU and I'm not sure of the outcome.
Beatles RB(360) (45 min)
I finished the Story mode and it's a great game with a cool video at the end. I am going to play through the story on Bass next.
Metroid (Wii) (1hr)
The save system in this game stinks and now I'm going to have to play through the same part 3 times because it's too tough and too long without a save. I almost quit playing because of this but I'll stick with it.
This is a new Wii gun controller that is actually a controller and not just a shell to put your Wii controller in, I lost control of this sentence, sorry. It supports more rumble and a louder speaker than the Wiimote. I tried a couple of games with it and here are the results.
HOTD Overkill worked okay it has calibration setup but it was always a little off the the left but this was the case with just the normal Wiimote, but I was able to finish a campaign without the cursor on the screen and had fun playing. The guns speaker did have a problem or maybe it's just supposed to be this way but it made screeching noises the whole time I played it.
Ghost Squad worked about the same and it's calibration was a lot better and was almost spot on with the sights so I was pleased but at one point the Wii and the gun lost connection and I couldn't do anything until I turned the gun off then back on.
Resident Evil uses the nunchuck and it was hard playing with my other gun controllers because it uses buttons on the wiimote. The gun has all these buttons in easy access except for the + and - which are on the side and you must use your other hand to reach those. I did have problems switching my guns in the game, you use the C button on the nunchuck which is plugged into the bottom of the gun and it was like the button was getting stuck and I kept scrolling through my guns so there may be a problem with the gun and a nunchuck.
The Gun feels great but it has some minor hiccups that do bug me so I may have to return it.
Halo ODST (360) (1Hr)
I am playing on the heroic difficulty and I got frustrated yesterday because I was dying so much but I stuck with it and am enjoying the game now. I would like to play the firefight mode but there is no matchmaking for that so you have to play with friends which is nice but no one was playing that mode so I couldn't try it out.
Madden 10 (360) 45mi)
Played my franchise game against Brent last night and our connection dropped which is a first for me but there was noticable lag during the game so he finished the game against the CPU and I'm not sure of the outcome.
Beatles RB(360) (45 min)
I finished the Story mode and it's a great game with a cool video at the end. I am going to play through the story on Bass next.
Metroid (Wii) (1hr)
The save system in this game stinks and now I'm going to have to play through the same part 3 times because it's too tough and too long without a save. I almost quit playing because of this but I'll stick with it.
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Halo ODST, Ghost Recon, Rainbow 6 Ravenshield, Metroid Prime
Halo ODST (360) (30min)
There is a lot of buzz about this game and I wasn't sure if I wanted to buy it or not.
If you buy it at Toy's R Us you get a $20 GC and an action figure which isn't too bad, but I was lucky enough to rent a copy. So far it does feel like Halo but you can tell right away that you aren't Master Chief as grunts will make you use the environment as shields because if they gang up on you, you will be reloading from a checkpoint.
Rainbow 6 Ravenshield (PC) (30min)
Playing terrorist hunt with Rusty this weekend reminded me that I never finished Ravenshield on the PC, so I loaded it up and went through the first mission and the games feel totally different. It is going to take some getting used and even then I may just not play it.
Ghost Recon (360) (30min)
After the realization above I thought I'd try GR since I didn't beat that either but it is nothing like Rainbow Six since you don't even see your gun but just a recticle. It just wasn't the type of game that I wanted to play so I put it up as well.
Metroid Prime (Wii) (1Hr)
I got the Wave blaster after struggling to remember where I needed to go, I'm almost to the point of where I stopped playing the last time so we'll see how much further I play. The artwork and layout of the levels is still great and I hope we will see another Metroid game like this soon.
There is a lot of buzz about this game and I wasn't sure if I wanted to buy it or not.
If you buy it at Toy's R Us you get a $20 GC and an action figure which isn't too bad, but I was lucky enough to rent a copy. So far it does feel like Halo but you can tell right away that you aren't Master Chief as grunts will make you use the environment as shields because if they gang up on you, you will be reloading from a checkpoint.
Rainbow 6 Ravenshield (PC) (30min)
Playing terrorist hunt with Rusty this weekend reminded me that I never finished Ravenshield on the PC, so I loaded it up and went through the first mission and the games feel totally different. It is going to take some getting used and even then I may just not play it.
Ghost Recon (360) (30min)
After the realization above I thought I'd try GR since I didn't beat that either but it is nothing like Rainbow Six since you don't even see your gun but just a recticle. It just wasn't the type of game that I wanted to play so I put it up as well.
Metroid Prime (Wii) (1Hr)
I got the Wave blaster after struggling to remember where I needed to go, I'm almost to the point of where I stopped playing the last time so we'll see how much further I play. The artwork and layout of the levels is still great and I hope we will see another Metroid game like this soon.
Monday, September 21, 2009
Upcoming Games
Here is a list of games that I am interested in for the rest of the year.
Dead Space Extraction -- 28-Sep Wii
My Sims Agent -- 29-Sep Wii
Uncharted 2 -- 13-Oct PS3
Brutal Legend -- 13-Oct All
Borderlands -- 20-Oct All
Forza 3 -- 27-Oct 360
Alpha Protocol -- 27-Oct All
Ratchet and Clank -- 27-Oct PS3
Dragon Age -- 3-Nov All
RB Lego -- 3-Nov All
COD 2 -- 10-Nov All
Red Steel 2 -- 10-Nov Wii
Assassins Creed 2 -- 17-Nov All
Resident Evil DC -- 17-Nov Wii
Dead Space Extraction -- 28-Sep Wii
My Sims Agent -- 29-Sep Wii
Uncharted 2 -- 13-Oct PS3
Brutal Legend -- 13-Oct All
Borderlands -- 20-Oct All
Forza 3 -- 27-Oct 360
Alpha Protocol -- 27-Oct All
Ratchet and Clank -- 27-Oct PS3
Dragon Age -- 3-Nov All
RB Lego -- 3-Nov All
COD 2 -- 10-Nov All
Red Steel 2 -- 10-Nov Wii
Assassins Creed 2 -- 17-Nov All
Resident Evil DC -- 17-Nov Wii
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