DUDE.
Duuuuuuddeeee...
Rock Band is like TOTALLY out today!! You've gots to be getting that, right?
Well, if you've got the spare cash that is. With the band in a box set of instruments comprising of drums, guitar and rather sweet microphone the kit adds up to over £100 but don't let that stop you!!
The experience from playing with 3 like minded crazy fools really is untouchable in the gaming market at the moment so what are you waiting for?!
Oh pay day..
Wait, THATS today!! \m/
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( 3.7 / 637 )So Rez HD launched on XBLA yesterday to great acclaim. I’ve been waiting for this for ages, as I’ve never actually had a chance to play it for myself but from what everyone was saying about it, there was no way I wasn’t going to like it.
‘cept, I don’t.
Actually that’s not strictly true. It’s not that I don’t like it more the fact that I don’t really see what all the fuss is about. Perhaps it gets better? If that’s the case though why not show me that bit in the demo?
A good demo should give you a nice slice of the action and leave you wanting to spend money on the product, yet we see so many demo’s that have the opposite effect – XBLA titles quite often being the worst for this as they offer up only the intro rather than a cross section of the game.
Rez HD in particular though – Sure it shows you what the game does, but it just didn’t excite me in the slightest. A few things to kill, all at quite a sedate pace, and a soundtrack of (and Spanky summed it up nicely) boooof boooof boooof boooof boooof……
If someone can tell me it gets better than what was shown then maybe I’ll lay some points down on it, but to be honest I think I’m going to go buy Metal Slug 4 instead.
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( 3 / 286 )By rights I should love Advance Wars. The original GBA version pretty much propped up a 27 hour plane journey to NZ (and filled in some nice little bored evenings in a camper van in the middle of Taupo). The DS version (the first one at least) left me cold though, and still sits in my collection gathering dust.
Now there's a sequel, and a quick play last night made me realise that the first DS version was a mere blip - and that Black Hole Rising is where the series should've gone last time. It's dark, it's post-apocalyptic yet it still retains that weird mix of ultra-violent conflict, manga-esque characters and units, and a shedload of options. Also looks bloody fantastic too, not just a polish up of the GBA versions.
The game starts after a massive conflict. Everyone's dead, and it's up to you to claw your way back from the brink and start defeating the triumphant masses of the dark armies.
The gameplay hasn't altered a jot, but it has been polished and buffed up to a beautiful sheen - meaning that Advance Wars fans are going to feel right at home.
Heartily recommended.
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Bio shocked. That's what I've been for the last few nights.My new years resolution of only playing one game at a time has already gone completely out the window. The rusty tin of Rapture has been glinting at me for some time now, sitting unloved on my shelf just waiting for me to unwrap it.
So this week, that’s exactly what I did.
I almost wish I’d never played the demo. The game starts as you expect with the opening scenes from the snippet we had on XBLM a few months ago; the plane crashing into the sea and the ring of fire… all of which I’d now experienced before. Dammit! So charging through the stuff I’d seen before didn’t take too much time, and before long I was enraptured with Rapture. (Man I bet the rapture puns have been done to death!)
In a way I’m quite glad I’m playing this outside of the hyperbole bubble that surrounded the initial launch. Don’t get me wrong, it more than lives up to its glorious review scores. The art deco surroundings, the sumptuous lighting, the wonderful sounds always prodding at your senses like a deranged doctor with a syringe full of weird shit that would make you go a bit peculiar.
The best thing of all though, is that the mrs is loving WATCHING the game be played. It’s that atmospheric that it’s got a filmic quality to it. The scares (no one told me it was going to be scary by the way!) come quite often, and the sheer size and ferocity of the Big Daddies make for some brilliant edge of your seat moments.
I’m only a few hours in but this is one game I can’t wait to get stuck in to. If you see it knocking around in a bargain bin, GRAB IT!
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Gah! Y'see, y'see, this is why I remember going off PC gaming. Yes you do get shiny pretty loveliness but oh my gawd how much time did I lose this weekend just twiddling and tweaking and trying to get things to work?
Gaming wasn't so much the problem - just Vista. Yep stupidly I thought I'd go for a bit of Direct X10 sexiness and see what difference gaming under Vista makes. Simple answer: Don't do it unless you really like installing operating systems because you'll be rebuilding with XP Service Pack 2 within the space of a day.
Crysis under DirectX10 looks bloody lovely though but the performance dip might not warrant the change for a lot of people. Similarly Bioshock (current Binky fave) also looks bloody splendiferous but with a few framerates nipped off its performance, things get a bit irritating when the game gets busy.
All in all though, PC gaming is a sport for people with infinite patience, infinite monetary resources, and without a lazy streak a mile long snaking up their backs (ie not me).
Now if you'll excuse me I think I'll just get back into a bit of Company of Heroes...
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