Kilzombie

This post relates to: Resistance 2, LittleBigPlanet

Those two games have been the ones I've been playing the most, over the last few days, plus a little Deadspace aswell. As of now, Deadspace is really the only game that ever made me scream, out of pure fear. Really. Usually I'd just jump, or go "OH SHIT!" but never scream. I did finish chapter six though, and all I've got so say is, that the Leviathan is one impressive boss, even though it was pretty easy, but it's just friggin HUGE! Anyway, back on topic!

Both games have their faire share of ups and downs, and both have some frustratingly annoying sections, and both have their shining moments of pure fun. I'll start with the bad, then move on to the good.
My only gripes with Resistance, is that sometimes, it just throws increasingly tough enemies at you, without giving you enough ammo, or a adequate cover! I'm at one point in the lever after The Chimaeran Battleship, where I'm suddenly thrown against THREE goliaths, all at the same time! I can't hide behind the cars-which are everywhere-because they'll explode and kill me, I can't run very far because I've got three huge guns pointed at me, and only me, and my teammates aren't really helping. Another is the story, it just doesn't make sense, who the hell is Warner? Am I supposed to care about these characters? Why the hell am I following orders from someone who supposedly is my teammate, but I dont know him at all? And what happened in those two years where Nathan is knocked out? It's a great game, but it does fall flat on its face when it comes to storytelling, something I thought would be just fine, because the first resistance, and the ratchet & clank series all had good stories, what the hell happened here?

Onto LittleBigPlanet, my only gripe is that sometimes, you get so close to the end of a level, and you mistime a jump or a move, and end up dieing, die enough times because of these stupid mistakes, and a few badly placed checkpoints, and you'll find yourself restarting a level more than a few times, which can get old after a while, and for someone who just wants to be able to make a freakin working mechanism to work easily in the editor, it's pretty annoying how it can be a pain, mainly due to some of the horrible camera angles that you might get. Though  I did lose 4 hours, just tinkering with the editor, I completely lost track of time, while working on my level, I lost 4 hours, and I barely even finished the beginning of the level! My experience with multiplayer, has been, well, laggy. Something I wasn't expecting because I was expecting their servers to be better, since Sony's dedicated servers are usually lag-free. Though it could've just been my slow-ass connection on that particular day, I'll try again later on.

Well there you have it, I had my little rant, and gave my impressions, any questions, either PM me or comment, and I'll answer.

This post relates to: Dead Space, Resistance 2, LittleBigPlanet

I picked up LBP and R2 Thursday night, I was going to get the Sony Headset but I didn't have enough cash. So far I'm really enjoying both games, and I'm lucky I haven't gotten much homework for the weekend.
Now today, a good friend of mine came over to play these games, we played a few levels in LBP, and then I let him play a new game of DeadSpace. I was just sitting back and watching him play, and sometimes I'd just go "BAH!" at him just to see if he jumps. So he starts saying "I don't feel very immersed into this game, its not even scary..." and just at that moment, a "dead" necromorph jumps out at him and makes us both jump. A few minutes later, I was just about to shout "BAH!" at him again, when one of them jumps out from the corner and attacks, I jumped and fell off my seat and screamed, he jumps and punches the air as if it was going to jump out of the screen. It was a really cheap scare, and a priceless moment of pure comedy. We were laughing so much after that, it had me in stitches XD. Why is it that you never have a camera around when things like this happen?

Anyways, R2 is a blast to play online, but  the singleplayer story is a bit confusing, who-or what-exactly is Daedalus? I've never heard of it before, and what happened in those two years? I've run into a couple of glitched chimarea, one was just standing there, waiting to be shot, another was with one of those, I think they're called Overseers-the ones with the huge missile launchers-who was just walking round in circles and wouldnt die. But it's okay, the game is challenging, but it does have loads of cheap-one-hit-kill deaths(I'm lookin at you chamaelons!) Overall I'm enjoying it, the weapons are really cool, and the enemies are smart, and will try to flank you, and use cover effectevely.

I won a bet on thursday too, I was at the gym, and my trainer says "I'll give you 10 bucks if you can run non-stop for 15 minutes on the treadmill" I said, "Bring it on!" note that I've never been able to run for that long before, but I managed to do it. It was a shame he didn't have any money on him that day, that doesn't mean I'll forget though. :D Anyways that's about it for today, until next time!

This post relates to: BioShock, Dead Space

I finished Bioshock last night, the ending was okay, I guess. I think I'm the only one who stayed away from all the spoilers and didn't know the ending. I played through the game being the "good" guy and saved all the little sisters. I might play through it again sometime later on, just to see the other ending. But now I need to devote all my gaming time to Dead Space, because as soon as I'm done with that, I'm moving on to new games, hopefully Resistance 2, LBP and Mirror's Edge.

Not much has been happening since my last blog post, school is just normal, and I've been sick all week because of the sudden weather change. One day it was 30 degrees and sunny, the next day temperature drops to 18 and it's raining. That was a bit of a shock to my system. I know you've probably seen a million other impressions of the Mirror's Edge demo, and I'll just say that DICE is now one of my favourite developers and that I'm buying this game no matter what. But I will write about Valkeira Chronicles, since that demo hit, no one has really been talking about it. Overall it's a good tactical RPG/Shooter hybrid, and it's worth checking out if you're into that sort of game.

I saw DeadSpace:Downfall the other night, and it's interesting to see some backstory, on how they discovered the marker, and how the necromorphs got into the ship in the first place. It's a nice animated movie, though its still guresome. So far I'm about 6 hours into the game, and I'm at the Hydroponics level. I have a feeling I'm in for a huge bossfight.
I guess there isnt much else to talk about really, if anything does come to mind, I will post it next time.

This post relates to: Dead Space

Well, since my weekend is now over, and I can't find the time to pick up DeadSpace during the week, so while all the ideas I had are still floating about in my mind, I thought I'd compile a list of all the things that had run through my mind while playing. I got up to the end of chapter 4, and so far, it's been a wild ride! I'll list the main things, and I'll talk about them under.

The Story:
You are Issac Clarke, you're part of a 5-man team that is on a mission to find out why the USG Ishimura has lost all communication. It starts off with your crew crashing into the landing bay of the Ishimura, all is quiet, no one is around, and then, well, I'll leave the rest up to you to find out. But you're hooked onto the story from the start, and it's seeming to be one hell of a story. The setting, the atmosphere, it's all there, so the narrative must be there, right? I'm still unsure, since I haven't got that far into the game.

The Gameplay:
From what I've played, the controls-apart from one annoying section-are tuned to near perfection, it's so smooth, and the camera never really gets in the way, you've always got a veiw of what's in front of you. Shooting works perfectly, and so does walking/running, nothing really gets in the way, you're sucked in and it's a hard game to put down. Tactical dismemberment works perfectly here, and everything, especially the "ingame" HUD and menus work nicely, and don't feel out of place. I absolutely loved the Zero-G and Vaccum sections, Zero-G, is very well implemented, and the physics in the game is astounding, the way the blood just floats about in space, and how the bodies are animated, it's awesome. Vaccums, well, they're eerie, and they're quiet, ALL noise is sucked out, and all you hear is Issac struggling to breath in the hostile environment.

The Scares:
You want Action Survival Horror? This is the perfect game for you, it's guresome, it's bloody, and it's badass! Now I'm not one to play horror games, and I would've skipped DeadSpace if it weren't for the fact that LittleBigPlanet was delayed, so I caved and bought this instead. Every necromorph that popped out at me, I jumped, I was dreading every corner, and some of the monsters really freaked me out(mutated zombie babies anyone?) it's the stuff of nightmares. They move realisticly, and I imagine it was a pain to animate all the possible movements of the monsters, though it's really well done. This game is probably the most horrifying game I have ever played, I dread what comes next, yet I can't seem to put it down.

The Sound:
Well, everything sounds the way it should sound, in vaccums, you hear no music at all, and it's not always a dead giveaway that something is about to attack you, the music starts blaring just as soon as a monster appears, and not just before, well, not always though. Everything sounds right. Too bad I don't have surround soud though, it wouldve been that much more immersive.

The Graphics:
The game looks astounding, everything is sharp, and the framerate is buttery smooth. This is one horrifyingly beautiful game.

Conclusion:
If you're into Horror games, this one deserves to be in your permanent collection, if you aren't a horror fan, you should at least rent this stellar game. Also, the whole experience is that much more immersive if you use a Dualshock 3 controller if you're playing the PS3 version. Overall, I really want to finish this game, and I can't wait to see what it has in store. Full reveiw hopefully coming soon!
Lookin forward to reading some comments on what you think!

This post relates to: BioShock, Dead Space

I went to the store, expecting to get Bioshock, FarCry 2, LBP, and a new DS3. I thought they hadn't recalled LBP here, but I was wrong, so I caved and got DeadSpace and Bioshock instead, the guy said he'd call me when they got FarCry, which he said would either be Satuarday, or Friday. So, I managed to snag 2 games and a DS3 for a discounted price, and he said he'd buy my useless Xbox games off me when I come back next time. I booted up Deadspace, and noticed that EA stuck a couple of demos on the disc, BF:Bad Company, and Burnout, pretty useless to me now, since I have both, but I think it's a smart way to get people without a fast internet connection to try out the games. I started the game, got half way through the opening cutscene(was that Issac without his helmet, sitting down?) then my nephew walked in, so i had to quit, no way I'm going to play this in front of him, he's gullible, so he'd easily belive it's real. Anyways, I gotta go now, so I'll post impressions when I get the chance later on!