Fuck it. I'm sick of being a fanboy. To hell with Sony. They can fall to pieces and as far as my selfish consumerist opinion goes, I'll still have Microsoft and the Wii. Don't get me wrong...I like Sony, but goddamn it, they have dropped the ball big time with the PS3 and the exclusives and what not. That isn't to say that Microsoft is any better, what with hardware issues from here to fucking zanzibar! And the Wii. Well...it's a Wii. I just can't defend it. So yeah, that's it. I'm done holding Sony's flag with pride. Because I'm not proud. Just like I'm not proud to hold Nintendo or Microsofts flag. To hell with these corporate companies who can come up with astounding developments, but can't utilise any fucking common sense.
I'm neutral.
B[o]ut. Edit: I will admit, my profile now looks a little too bland, what with my alias being gray instead of blue ;_; Edit x 2: Despite my neutrality as far as system wars go, the PC as a gaming platform can still go to hell.
It's late and I'm tired. No, I'm not tired. I'm bored. I want to do something, but I don't know what to do. I could play a game, but there's nothing I want to play. The only film I want to watch is Korean and I don't have the energy to keep up with the subtitles. I refuse to watch a dubbed movie.
If I don't have the energy to watch a subtitled film, I'll never be able to pick up the 700 page monster of a book I'm half way into. Especially given how every other word is made up. Publishers should really have a quota for that sort of thing. Eventually, you get lost in a translation that doesn't have a handy pocket book to explain itself. 'English to Bullshit-Made-Up Language In 5 Easy Steps' was never going to be the catchiest of titles.
I could listen to music, but my headphones are broken. And it's late. I don't want to wake anyone up playing music on the speakers. I've already kept up with the news: People lose interest in the Presidential election, some 'celebrity' I've never heard of is the centre of some scandal and Resistance 2 gets a 4/5, courtesy of Vinny. I didn't see that last one coming, actually.
What day is it? It's Tuesday. No, Monday. No, it's Tuesday, except it's very early Tuesday morning. Asda will be open. I could buy some new headphones, maybe even pick up a cheap game. I could fill up my moped. Suddenly, that cheap game is looking unlikely. I could buy a DVD. But now I feel tired. Not bored, tired and I don't know if I have the energy to watch a film. I don't know if I have the energy to navigate myself to a shop 3 miles away and then back as well, come to think of it.
So where does that leave me? Right where I started. It's late and I'm tired.
I've been playing pretty extensively these past few days, between sorting out my job situation. I guess I'm savouring my days off before the inevitable hell of working two jobs at the busiest time of the year. Yaaaaay =/
CuteSo, I got LittleBigPlanet in the post yesterday. So far, I've yet to have the moment that makes me go "Wow" but the servers aren't online yet. Given that the Americas had to wait a week, I'm relishing this as the chance I have to play the single player campaign and try to suss out level design. So far, all my attempts have been...tragic. Though, in all fairness, I think I've been trying a bit too hard. I should tone things down and start simple before embarking on my Odyssey. Or I could just pla everyone elses levels whilst seething with envy. That's good too. I guess. Still, I will happily challenge anyone who remarks against Sackboys cuteness to a duel. You've been warned.
2 year old graphics, 12 year old concept, still smokin' hot.Jesus, has it really been two and a half years? I swear to god, I remember being a 15 year old who had never played a Tomb Raider game in my life picking this up casually for the PS2, not even knowing it was launch day and later wondering why people weren't as excited as I was. All my friends had passed it up for whatever else was more popular that week and when I checked the internet, nobody cared. I couldn't get my 15 year old head around it. Now, as a 17 year old (nearly 18 ;_; ) I find myself playing through it and being unable to do anything but sigh. The game is good, but it's not as great as I used to think. The poor gameplay elements that I overlooked back then now cause nothing but seething frustration. Some of the mechanics are downright broken and although the game is fun, it's not as fun as I once thought. I hate growing up. Good things are that the achievements are easy as they come and it's filling me with hope that Crystal have spent the past two years working out some of the retarded kinks. Bad news is that if Underworld hasn't improved, my heart will be broken.
Feels very 'Watchmen'-ish.I picked this up looking for a few easy achievements and came across a campaign I enjoyed more than CoD4. I'll give you guys a moment to let that comment sink in. Yeah, wierd, huh? Ok, so the difficulty setting is set way too easy, the atmosphere is conflicted and the inclusion of such obscene amounts of explosions sets the battles firmly in your favour, but what the hell. I don't care. I got more than enough laughs out of it and the story was awesome. I'm looking forward to the proposed sequel and absolutely fell in love with the voice of Preston Marlowe. He's got, like, this perfect little drawl that gets me excited whenever he speaks. I haven't yet played the Multiplayer, but I've heard it's...OK. I'll need to check it out myself, but that is the element I'm expecting to let the game out. We'll see.
Anyway, that's about all I'm up to at the moment. I have 3 days of work, before I get two more days off and then I start my new job. I swear, as much as working at Game is my ideal job, working two jobs over Christmas sure as hell isn't. This'll be fun...
Hate me because I just got a job at Game! Hah! Suck it all you losers with school and real jobs! Now I get 25% discount on all software and a 10% discount on all Hardware (I'm looking at you, Nintendo Wii!) Yes! Yes! I fucking rule!
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Sorry about acting like such a dick. It's just after having worked at McDonalds for a year and a half I need this. So permit me to be a wanker for a little while ^_^;
Oh, I did the review for Penny Arcade 2, by the way. Check it out here, as pointers on how to write reviews is always something I'm looking for. The Dead Space review might be a while. It's difficult trying to get my head around that game, so much so that it might warrant another playthrough, first.
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This blog doesn't get updated nearly enough...story of my life. Dead Space I'm in love with this game. If I were to blame any particular reason for the lack of bloggage, this game is it. It's fucked up in the best way possible.
Bang, motherfucker!
What with 2008 being my year of awakening when it comes to Survival Horror, I'm remarkably pleased that this game was released. It really does take the best of all Survival Horror games and packs it into one experience. I'm up to Chapter 10 (of 12) currently, and so far my only complaint is the story, which at no point has grasped me yet. I'm fulfilling objectives, but half the time, I'll have been focusing too much on the possibilities of Necro's jumping out at me to give the story proper attention. That said, what I have paid attention to has been worth while and I'm certainly enjoying the experience. The guns are cool, the music is great and the atmosphere on the whole is one that puts all my other horror experiences to shame (and that includes Bioshock, Condemned and Condemned 2). So in short, I'm spending all of my time terrified.
LittleBigPlanet Being in the UK sucks ass. Whilst all you lucky sons-of-bitches have been playing LBP, I'm relegated to the corner of sulking as I wait until the 5th November for our release.
Roffle's, indeed.Shame to think that if this whole song issue hadn't arisen, I'd have been playing for 2 days straight now. In any case, I have my KratosSackboy (sackman?) downloaded, courtesy of a magazine I picked up when they had the first LBP review in the world (Christ, that was like a solid month ago, now) and my Nariko Sackboy (sackgirl? sackchick?) will come with the preorder, which I think is pretty cool. One thing I want to note is that I avoided the Beta like hell, because I don't actually agree with game Betas. I think it dates back to a bad experience with the MGS4 Beta, but although I'm unsure, I absolutely despise Betas. It's almost as if I feel that it's going to take away something from the game later on, or that if there are problems, it'll put me off the main game altogether. As a result, Betas are something I avoid. There's always been a special place in my heart for gaming journalism, so I'm happy to rely on that in terms of learning about games, in the end. Fallout 3 Fallout...I don't think I'm really informed enough to say anything about this game, but I'm going to throw in my two cents all the same. "Aaa'm gon' git you, boi!"I have a deep held hatred of Oblivion. Don't ask why, because I can't really explain it any better than I did in my original review (and I still have no idea why that damned review says I gave it 4 stars when I only gave it 2...) Naturally, having such a strong disdain of ESIV, having Fallout being described as 'Oblivion with Guns' puts me off it, but like any consumerist whore, hearing such an enthusiastic response from reviews, both from major and independant publications, I'm growing steadily more interested. I've heard that the game doesn't feel as overwhelming (which was probably my key concern with Oblivion and it's map). Then again, I've heard some complaints from Fallout fans, but having never played Fallout, or Fallout 2, I suppose their complaints won't really apply to my own tastes. So maybe.After a price drop.
Fable II I found myself particularly put off Fable by the advertisements they used to have at my local cinema. They were hanging over the urinals. And because I go to the cinema quite a bit, every time I went to the toilet, possibly 2 or 3 times a week, I found myself staring at a Fable advertisement. Add onto this my Sony fanboyiism (at the time) and the fact that they didn't take these adverts down for a year after everyone forgot about the game, and you'll possibly start to understand why it frustrated me so much. I swear, it looks like a sheeps head.I'm not sure if I'm finding myself forgiving the franchise or if the game actually is starting to look good, but my interest is steadily piquing. If I was going to blame anyone, it would be Molyneux. The mans enthusiasm is infectious. As well as my hatred of the original game (not for the game itself, but for the aforementioned advertisements) I found myself seething at the arrogance of the recent downloadable title Fable II: Pub Games. I mean, seriously, if you want to advertise your game, fair enough but you know you're tactics are becoming somewhat heavy-handed when you start charging customers, solely for your right to plug a game to them. "Hey, give me 15 bucks and I'll show you 1% of what your $60 game will look like!" No thanks. However, I think the developers were aware of the backlash and have left a significant amount of time between that release and the release of the main title, so that hopefully, we will have forgiven them, I know I have, but Fable II is still not a game that I'm running out to buy. Probably after Christmas, although I'm not making any promises. Penny Arcade: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness: Episode Two I only actually found out that this game was coming out today, yesterday. I feel stupid for that. Art + Humour = MoW (Made of Win)I for one, completely loved PA:OtR-SPoD:EO (or Penny Arcade: Episode One) and can say that I am 100% well and truly up for another episode. I read a fair few reviews commenting on the possibility that the gameplay might not be strong enough to hold an episodic series of games, but personally, I feel that's Penny Arcades ace in the hole. It's beem about 2 months since I finished Episode One and I'm completely looking forward to more, and when you take into account that Episode One had been out for 3 months before I even bought it, it goes to show that either I'm weird, or that this is a concept that's going to work. I think that the humour of Penny Arcade is very much for a niche audience, but it is the sort of audience that will continue to come back for more solely for that humour. But, like I said...I could just be weird. ... I probably am. In any case, I'm looking to finish up Dead Space before cramming through Penny Arcade and hopefully I'll be finishing that up in time for LBP. Looks like my gaming schedule is abnormally packed. In any case I'll try to remember to keep this blog posted.
That's all for now, folks. B[o]ut.
EDIT: Condemned: Criminal Origins review is finally up. Insanely late, I know. I might get on my less late but still inexcusable Star Wars: TFU review, tomorrow.
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So, I beat The Force Unleashed and I'm making an unprecedented move: I'm going to play it again. I don't do this often, but it was too easy. Admittedly, I've only myself to blame for playing the easiest setting, but I really just wanted to hammer through the story before anything else. I'll probably take some time to pick up achievements and what not (despite the fact that I managed to pick up 30/47 on my first play through. That said, though, some of those Holocrons are an absolute bitch!) But yeah. Review should be up in a few days. Once I've judged the games real worth at a setting more akin to my skill level.
By the way, anyone else get the Vader glitch on the last level, when you're on top of a platform over a force field? That was a pain in the ass...
The sole reason I got The Force Unleashed on 360 instead of PS3 is for Achievements. I'm sorry! I don't have as many as I should, and these achievements looked hell easy (which they were...) So I'm about a third-a half way through the game. It's doing better than I expected actually, I'm having a great time. Some of the mini bosses are beginning to get repetitive (Here's looking at you Rancor's and
Too...many...Rancors!Junk Titans of the world...) but on the whole it was a worthy purchase for a Star Wars fan.I don't care if he is disabled, metal arms aren't fair! Though the glitches are pissing me off. Suffered two so far. One got me stuck so I couldn't move (I just let them kill me, which took forever...seriously, they've made the game absurdly easy) and then the next just froze the fucking screen. At that point, I decided to take a break, read a book, smoke a cig and after I've had some food, I'll probably get back to it. I might do a review at some point, but I can't say for certain quite yet. In any case, don't believe the hype (or lack thereforeof)
For. Fucks. Sakes. When I purchase The Force Unleashed online (21 Days ago) I was intending for it to be my first review that would be current. I.e, I review a game that people are still talking about, interested in, etc. And then it got lost in the post. So, I'm the only Star Wars fan on the whole goddamned site to have not played the bloody game. Now, after 21 days have passed, Play.com have let me tell them that I've not recieved my order (Yes, I had to wait 21 days just to tell them that I didn't have it) and now I have to wait 24 hours to find out if they're going to send me another copy. I know it's only £37 ($74...games are a bit more expensive here in the UK) but if they decide not to give me another copy, or refund me, I swear to christ I will sue. I want the game. I want to play it. If they fuck me over, I will be pissed. Bastards. Maybe.
B[o]ut.
P.S. I think it's a miracle that I still don't know anything about the plot for this title yet. It feels like I beat the internet. Which should be making reality explode just about Now.
This is about the two seperate games Lost: Via Domus and Burnout Paradise. Sorry for if you thought a new Burnout title had been announced...I just thought it sounded cool ^_^
So today, I spent abour 6 hours at my friends playing Lost, and I really enjoyed it. Seriously conflicted as to my overall opinion though. Tomorrow I'm going back to his to finish off his achievements before borrowing it for myself and rattling through it a third and final time.
Ever since Trophies have been unleashed, I've been dicking around with Burnout Paradise as well. Currently up to 34% *yeys*, I've played this more in two days that I have since I've bought it. I forgot how great it was after about a week when I bought it and now (espcially thanks to the custom playlist option) I'm playing a damn sight more.
Still not recieved The Force Unleashed yet, though...;_;
Stay tuned for furthur gaming updates from your friendly neighbourhood blogster, DJ Bo on GiantBomb.FM ... I mean:
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