This new pokemon game is the best yet, no doubt about it! I'm even impressed with all the new pokemon models(although I still kind find it in my heart to allow klefki into my party) and it's been a nice refresh to see all the classics in 3D as well.
So I set out from my moms house again for another adventure, when someone decides 'hey, you look like a a Pokemon trainer, I'm giving one away so you can choose which one you want.' And after careful consideration and a sneaky peaky at the final evolution(not having another Oshawott incident here) I decide on Froakie! I also make the decision that although old generation Pokemon are available from the start I'm only having noobs in my team, this shortly goes out the window when I get a free bulbasaur and lapras.....still no tangela :(. I haven't learnt any new pokemons names as I constantly rename them (feel the power of bruce!)...Bruce rules.
I love the new EV training system and amie screen, as well as berry growing and easier grinding. This makes my dream of having ALL pokemon at lv100 a little more realistic, yet still improbable.
My so called friends in this game are huge douches that literally come up to me at the start and not knowing me at all, say that we are besties now...:/ I really would like Bruce to flamethrower them in the face. Damn you Sharn....whatever your name is!
Like mentioned before EV training is fast and easy in this game and I can even get all my old Pokemon up to scratch with reset bags. My tangrowth will win a fight one day!
I'm still waiting on my dratini and tangela to appear but as I'm already at the elite four my hopes are simply dashed. I have caught my legendary X pokemon, the easiest catch of a legendary in history, and am now just exploring all the optional parts as I kind of sped through the story. I've got my perfect outfit, although apparently not classy enough for the snobs in lumoise city and I am going to wonder trade and friend safari it up to see what goodies I can get :D
Thursday, 31 October 2013
Saturday, 26 October 2013
Friday, 6 September 2013
It's Reyn time!
So finally finished Xenoblade Chronicles and I must say this is the largest, biggest most epic RPG I've played. The story is in depth and the character development is brilliant. In my opinion it isn't one of the most interesting stories I've played in my RPG experiences, although, there are enough twists to keep you want to progressing. The British voice acting is very much a matter of opinion, a friend said it was one of the worst he had come across whereas Hubby loved the cockney accents. Personally I got use to the voices and kind of liked the fact that they were accents from jolly old Britain!
The story is based on two giant robot kind of guys, frozen in battle...apparently gods, and your just a little man that lives on his foot, not like clinging on, the Mechonis and Bionis are huge and have working ecosystems. The Mechon guys attack the Humans and cue giant adventure of revenge and intrigue.
The leading man in this story is Shulk, a quiet science guy more at home in his lab then swinging a sword.Not my cup of tea for a leading man but character development insured he didn't fail to have some bad ass moments. Reyn is a clumsy guy who is good at being the tank, he has more muscles then brains but in a loveable way. He is probably one of my faves out the lot. Sharla grated on me quite a bit and until the very end seemed to be oblivious to Reyn's love for her. Between Gadoit and Juju she didn't seem to have much of her own personality. More annoying then Sharla was Fiora but only in human form, she is such a dick at the very start and then end of the game. I'm surprised they went through turning her into one of the most rocking awesome fighters into that whingy girl again. She had first dibs on Shulk and lost them to Melia! Then she swans back in to steal him away, poor Melia. Melia is the typical magic girl of the group. I liked her and Shulk together, bit gutting when it was taken away. She had one of the best character development story-lines and I felt the most emotion for the character. Dunban is badass, the end. Rikki started annoying but somehow I turned out liking his humour quite a lot.
The game took me 85 hours to complete and I finished at level 82, so if you are looking for a quick RPG to blast through at the weekend then this is not the game for you....I think I started this game in May or June.
My fave thing in a game is sidequests and so was pleasantly surprised when I had too many! Seriously they were everywhere. Think I must have done over 200 of them but they were all good fun. The visuals in this game are epic and although the close up character models are a bit old school the endless scenery is beautiful.
This is one of the biggest games I have played that is not a MMO and so it is a good game to get your teeth into if you are waiting for the next monolith game.
The story is based on two giant robot kind of guys, frozen in battle...apparently gods, and your just a little man that lives on his foot, not like clinging on, the Mechonis and Bionis are huge and have working ecosystems. The Mechon guys attack the Humans and cue giant adventure of revenge and intrigue.
The leading man in this story is Shulk, a quiet science guy more at home in his lab then swinging a sword.Not my cup of tea for a leading man but character development insured he didn't fail to have some bad ass moments. Reyn is a clumsy guy who is good at being the tank, he has more muscles then brains but in a loveable way. He is probably one of my faves out the lot. Sharla grated on me quite a bit and until the very end seemed to be oblivious to Reyn's love for her. Between Gadoit and Juju she didn't seem to have much of her own personality. More annoying then Sharla was Fiora but only in human form, she is such a dick at the very start and then end of the game. I'm surprised they went through turning her into one of the most rocking awesome fighters into that whingy girl again. She had first dibs on Shulk and lost them to Melia! Then she swans back in to steal him away, poor Melia. Melia is the typical magic girl of the group. I liked her and Shulk together, bit gutting when it was taken away. She had one of the best character development story-lines and I felt the most emotion for the character. Dunban is badass, the end. Rikki started annoying but somehow I turned out liking his humour quite a lot.
The game took me 85 hours to complete and I finished at level 82, so if you are looking for a quick RPG to blast through at the weekend then this is not the game for you....I think I started this game in May or June.
My fave thing in a game is sidequests and so was pleasantly surprised when I had too many! Seriously they were everywhere. Think I must have done over 200 of them but they were all good fun. The visuals in this game are epic and although the close up character models are a bit old school the endless scenery is beautiful.
This is one of the biggest games I have played that is not a MMO and so it is a good game to get your teeth into if you are waiting for the next monolith game.
Tuesday, 3 September 2013
Tales of Xillia, play through one
So Xillia play through one is complete, with no major difficulties as I am pretty sure I was grinding a little bit too much. One of my favorite games in the Tales franchise is Vesperia and so going into this one I felt skeptical as none had lived up to its awesomeness as of yet. In my opinion this one competes on every level and I don't think I've ever played a game where I want everyone in my party this badly.
I write first play through in the title because at the start of the game you are given a choice of the main protagonist and I chose Jude (male) who is a medical student turned some kind of martial artist....yep. Hes a pretty awesome male protagonist but I feel some of his attention was stolen by other stronger characters in the group. I think hes a bit of a fool for being so oblivious to the feelings a Leia and swooning over grown up woman Milla instead. Milla is meant for Alvin! He's going to have to get over this fact in the upcoming sequel next year. I finally managed to utilize a food system in a Tales game, and thus managed to have all the money in the world. The shop leveling idea was pretty awesome as instead of new places unlocking new items, you had to unlock the items yourself by donating stuff you found on your adventures, you could donate Gald but I'm pretty fond of the stuff and didn't really want to squander it away.
Alvin was looking to be my favorite characters until he turned a bit emotionally unbalanced half way through the game, in a cut scene I am sure I will see when I play through as Milla. Leia Turned out to be my bestest in the end....swinging big pole arms around is awesome...the end. Rowan Illbert was pretty awesome for an old guy, some of the skits painted him out to be a hilarious pervert....but in a nice way....if that's possible. When Teepo appeared I thought my game was ruined but I turned into a huge fan when the connection with Elize was revealed. All the characters had emotional back stories and I loved them all!
The intro song is pretty epic and probably on par with Vesperia and the opening movie had my bestest anime facial expression in a while....I don't know why but I love it....powerful stuff!
I write first play through in the title because at the start of the game you are given a choice of the main protagonist and I chose Jude (male) who is a medical student turned some kind of martial artist....yep. Hes a pretty awesome male protagonist but I feel some of his attention was stolen by other stronger characters in the group. I think hes a bit of a fool for being so oblivious to the feelings a Leia and swooning over grown up woman Milla instead. Milla is meant for Alvin! He's going to have to get over this fact in the upcoming sequel next year. I finally managed to utilize a food system in a Tales game, and thus managed to have all the money in the world. The shop leveling idea was pretty awesome as instead of new places unlocking new items, you had to unlock the items yourself by donating stuff you found on your adventures, you could donate Gald but I'm pretty fond of the stuff and didn't really want to squander it away.
Alvin was looking to be my favorite characters until he turned a bit emotionally unbalanced half way through the game, in a cut scene I am sure I will see when I play through as Milla. Leia Turned out to be my bestest in the end....swinging big pole arms around is awesome...the end. Rowan Illbert was pretty awesome for an old guy, some of the skits painted him out to be a hilarious pervert....but in a nice way....if that's possible. When Teepo appeared I thought my game was ruined but I turned into a huge fan when the connection with Elize was revealed. All the characters had emotional back stories and I loved them all!
The intro song is pretty epic and probably on par with Vesperia and the opening movie had my bestest anime facial expression in a while....I don't know why but I love it....powerful stuff!
Saturday, 31 August 2013
FF Realm Reborn... Or Realm Refreshed
Expect a lot more about this to be added at later dates as I have only been playing for a week. I am currently unable to access the server so thought I would start off. My failure at accessing the server is reflected in the title my hubby has given it, realm refreshed. Of the time I have been actually able to get into this game I have to say it is probably my perfect MMO. I love Final fantasy and I love WoW so this is the perfect MMO for me.
I have attended my very first LAN party with this game so I feel like I am now truly a geek. As an awesome Gladiator Cat woman named Yoruichi Loire, I roam the world fighting enemies in the name of the immortal flames! I feel very much immersed into the experience, even when Mr Popo runs past on a chocobo and Bum Da is dancing on a table. Me and friends have begun an awesome casual guild on Phoenix server named Neo SeeD, busting through dungeons like pros. Hubby seems to have grown an odd addiction of taking photos of his giant female character sitting on rocks...
One of my first enemy kill quests was with the beloved cactuars but they are unfortunately not of the retro style I love and more ff12 style. I got my own chocobo quite early on and named him Repede and my own retainer man named Toshiro, the little loloffel (I understand that this is not correct, but it's how I say it.)
Hopefully Neo SeeD can continue their successful dungeon runs and our archer stops suffering from over confidence :D
Did I mention that my husband likes taking pictures of his character sitting on a rock looking moody.
I have attended my very first LAN party with this game so I feel like I am now truly a geek. As an awesome Gladiator Cat woman named Yoruichi Loire, I roam the world fighting enemies in the name of the immortal flames! I feel very much immersed into the experience, even when Mr Popo runs past on a chocobo and Bum Da is dancing on a table. Me and friends have begun an awesome casual guild on Phoenix server named Neo SeeD, busting through dungeons like pros. Hubby seems to have grown an odd addiction of taking photos of his giant female character sitting on rocks...
One of my first enemy kill quests was with the beloved cactuars but they are unfortunately not of the retro style I love and more ff12 style. I got my own chocobo quite early on and named him Repede and my own retainer man named Toshiro, the little loloffel (I understand that this is not correct, but it's how I say it.)
Hopefully Neo SeeD can continue their successful dungeon runs and our archer stops suffering from over confidence :D
Did I mention that my husband likes taking pictures of his character sitting on a rock looking moody.
Mathematical!
At some point this year, this happened with friends. Spare time and plasticine, good times.....
Animal Crossing : New Leaf
Been a while since I last completed a game....I seem to have started very many long or not finish-able games. So watch this space for Xenoblade, Xillia, Realm Reborn and Persona as these are like to take up most my time! But first Animal Crossing!
So I've had this game since June but as you can't really complete it I wasn't sure when a good time to have a rant about it would be. Now is the time!!
So it starts on a train and you think 'Yay moving to a new town!' But then for some reason all the animal citizens of this town have taken some serious memory displacement drug at some point in time and think you are the mayor. Cue many a day spent collecting fish, bugs and selling anything that may come into your possession so that you can pay off a seemingly endless loan leading to your 4x4 house one day becoming a home you can be proud of.......or a museum for nintendo memorabilia.
So your town gets allocated a certain randomly selected array of personalities and mine seem to have been picked from the back alley of an insane asylum. I originally had only two residents worth keeping which, through some awesome style choices, has been upgraded to three. Chief, the loveable fox rogue, Buck the friendliest guy in town and more recently, Pashmina, because she is now sporting the smartest threads in town. These are the elite of my town and who I must constantly run small fetching errands and delivery missions for so that they don't leave my humble Midgar for Bell End. (Yes my husband named his town Bell End.) I am constantly ignoring the other delinquents in hopes they would leave and be replaced with someone as cool as camo frog.
This game may sound simplistic with its constant fetching and carrying quests but I find myself addicted to making my town look nice and forever earning money to pay off the legend that is Sir Tom Nook. My house is decorated with the remnants of an underground lab and a horrifying scary Gyroid basement but I do have a lovely green room for when friends wish to stay. I may take interior decorating advice from my animal crossing home when I purchase a house IRL.....
If you're clever you can make your residents say the following:
Nice one Andy!
So I've had this game since June but as you can't really complete it I wasn't sure when a good time to have a rant about it would be. Now is the time!!
So it starts on a train and you think 'Yay moving to a new town!' But then for some reason all the animal citizens of this town have taken some serious memory displacement drug at some point in time and think you are the mayor. Cue many a day spent collecting fish, bugs and selling anything that may come into your possession so that you can pay off a seemingly endless loan leading to your 4x4 house one day becoming a home you can be proud of.......or a museum for nintendo memorabilia.
So your town gets allocated a certain randomly selected array of personalities and mine seem to have been picked from the back alley of an insane asylum. I originally had only two residents worth keeping which, through some awesome style choices, has been upgraded to three. Chief, the loveable fox rogue, Buck the friendliest guy in town and more recently, Pashmina, because she is now sporting the smartest threads in town. These are the elite of my town and who I must constantly run small fetching errands and delivery missions for so that they don't leave my humble Midgar for Bell End. (Yes my husband named his town Bell End.) I am constantly ignoring the other delinquents in hopes they would leave and be replaced with someone as cool as camo frog.
This game may sound simplistic with its constant fetching and carrying quests but I find myself addicted to making my town look nice and forever earning money to pay off the legend that is Sir Tom Nook. My house is decorated with the remnants of an underground lab and a horrifying scary Gyroid basement but I do have a lovely green room for when friends wish to stay. I may take interior decorating advice from my animal crossing home when I purchase a house IRL.....
If you're clever you can make your residents say the following:
Tuesday, 4 June 2013
The Assasin - Borderlands 2
Soooo this took a while to finish as I was playing through co-op with hubby and apparently he doesn't finish games :/ What an epic team we are though, now on our second play through. Hubby playing as Axton the commando and me as Zero in my sneaksuit. When I first put the disc in I was convinced I would be playing as Maya, the only female character available at the time, but the intro sequence sold the assasin to me.
We have finally exploded, slagged, corroded and ignited our way to victory and I am more in love with this franchise then ever before. Character development is amazing and the inclusion of the original borderlands cast made it all the more special. Handsome Jack is possibly one of the best villains out there (he has a diamond pony named butt stallion apparently) and characters like Tiny Tina make the experience all the more hilarious. Clap trap is still full of hilarious quips and the small nods at various other franchises (Donkey Kong, Minecraft, TMNT etc) are a welcome addition. This game is so unlike any other out there and it has enourmous replay value, well worth the release day asking price.
I am now a gambling addict thanks to this game, and although I have never won above a blue weapon in those slot machines I shall still continue to spend every last penny in them.....one day....
Recently a new character DLC has been announced. Say hello to krieg and his shiny meat bicycle....I WANT HIM!
We have finally exploded, slagged, corroded and ignited our way to victory and I am more in love with this franchise then ever before. Character development is amazing and the inclusion of the original borderlands cast made it all the more special. Handsome Jack is possibly one of the best villains out there (he has a diamond pony named butt stallion apparently) and characters like Tiny Tina make the experience all the more hilarious. Clap trap is still full of hilarious quips and the small nods at various other franchises (Donkey Kong, Minecraft, TMNT etc) are a welcome addition. This game is so unlike any other out there and it has enourmous replay value, well worth the release day asking price.
I am now a gambling addict thanks to this game, and although I have never won above a blue weapon in those slot machines I shall still continue to spend every last penny in them.....one day....
Recently a new character DLC has been announced. Say hello to krieg and his shiny meat bicycle....I WANT HIM!
CATCH A RIDE!!
Get you one!
Sunday, 12 May 2013
Team Win
My hubby just made an awesome pic of team sabre in our finest monster hunter attire.....and grill mask cha-cha.
Thursday, 9 May 2013
Monster Hunter Ultimate
So I'm counting this game as finished, even if there's still a lot of multiplayer to unlock and a hell of a lot more farming to be done, the credits rolled on my single player campaign and so I count it as basically completed. I do love monster hunting with my besties and my hubby, nothing like it.
Well I'm a hammer user (codename deadweight) and as complicated as this game looked when I watched hubby put hours into playing tri, I don't think I'm actually that bad at it. I hardly ever died (G rank coming up so watch this space) and have only timed out on the stupidly ridiculous Jhen moron(as I like to call him), who after some drunken hints from hubby I managed to quite easily kill with only 6seconds left on the clock....pretty impressive timing. It probably would make my list of awesome munster(intentional misspelling just for those that know me) hunter moments but these are reserved for the hilarity of multiplayer.
1) The real girls of monster hunters first attempt at killing a Qurupeco. He gave his mate rathian(not his best mate) a call and as noobish as we were, went into the next area. As we simultaneously returned rathian shot a fireball at us resulting in a hilarious reversal of us both running back into the previous area with a fireball following. Absolutely nothing tops this memory.
2) Me and male besty also killing Qurupeco, when he limps off to fly away. After sharpening my weapon I run at him from miles away, screaming like I'm playing cowboys and indians, hit him once and he dies. Pure awesomeness.
3) Also killing another Qurupeco (I feel a theme) with team Droitwich, A trap is set, everyone except me stands behind because I'm trapped in an animation, the birdface dies. Everyone's closing shot of me killing a peco while they are stood miles away.
I apologize now for all the team mates I've sent flying with my golf swing but I'm practicing the gun now and hopefully you won't end up the other side of the area, although I'm sure I saved a few of you by doing this.
Deviljho and Peco for life!
Also Peco PJ's are the greatest thing ever and they need to exist now!
Well I'm a hammer user (codename deadweight) and as complicated as this game looked when I watched hubby put hours into playing tri, I don't think I'm actually that bad at it. I hardly ever died (G rank coming up so watch this space) and have only timed out on the stupidly ridiculous Jhen moron(as I like to call him), who after some drunken hints from hubby I managed to quite easily kill with only 6seconds left on the clock....pretty impressive timing. It probably would make my list of awesome munster(intentional misspelling just for those that know me) hunter moments but these are reserved for the hilarity of multiplayer.
1) The real girls of monster hunters first attempt at killing a Qurupeco. He gave his mate rathian(not his best mate) a call and as noobish as we were, went into the next area. As we simultaneously returned rathian shot a fireball at us resulting in a hilarious reversal of us both running back into the previous area with a fireball following. Absolutely nothing tops this memory.
2) Me and male besty also killing Qurupeco, when he limps off to fly away. After sharpening my weapon I run at him from miles away, screaming like I'm playing cowboys and indians, hit him once and he dies. Pure awesomeness.
3) Also killing another Qurupeco (I feel a theme) with team Droitwich, A trap is set, everyone except me stands behind because I'm trapped in an animation, the birdface dies. Everyone's closing shot of me killing a peco while they are stood miles away.
I apologize now for all the team mates I've sent flying with my golf swing but I'm practicing the gun now and hopefully you won't end up the other side of the area, although I'm sure I saved a few of you by doing this.
Deviljho and Peco for life!
Also Peco PJ's are the greatest thing ever and they need to exist now!
Wednesday, 24 April 2013
Bioshock Infinite
Told you I was completing these games in super fast time. This one took me just a day. I must be addicted. This game is one of the most stunning and beautiful games I have seen. It is so beautiful I just wanted to stay in it for ever.....except for the whole 'we hate Irish people and ethnic people' thing they got going on. The story is a little confusing but I am totally playing it again to try to understand more. You are this guy named Booker and if you go to this floating city and take this girl trapped in a tower to this guy in New York then all your gambling debts will be written off. Simple to start with. Then this girl starts opening tears in time a space and it gets a little confuddled. Turns out people can be alive and dead and stuff....yeah...
Characters in this world are some of the best I've seen. The ever puzzling Lutece twins are amazing and interaction with them is usually hilarious. Elizabeth is not some weak girl who stumbles after the hero, she is very likeable character and quite handy in a fight, as well as when exploring. She will toss you things like money (I love loot) and potions when fighting, Ammo if you're running low and Salts to refill your scary hand magic.
My favorite moment in this game is when I got all of a sudden transported into Rapture for a brief moment and seeing, what I think, was a little Sister and Big Daddy in a tube in the distance. I had grown quite fond of Rapture and I thought this was an awesome addition. I also thought I had escaped the frights but they still managed to sneak one in, intentional or not. As I am up in a tower after pressing a button with no one about, I turn around and right there all of a sudden is some alarm guy who starts alarming in my face. Probably the biggest jump I have ever had...ever.
Voxophones are hidden throughout levels to give you more insight and in this very confusing place you will want to find them. There is an awesome huge robot thing named songbird which is quite terrifying until he is on your side, then hes briefly awesome and a good contribution to the last fight. The one thing I feel lacking is The final fight is just a big free for all and I was hoping for an awesome singular boss fight with changing mechanics. I already want to play this game again though which can not be a bad thing. Also I walked into a bar and considering it's 1908 heard a little AC/DC and another bar had tainted love.
Also it seems Booker Dewitt likes looking in trash cans....
Characters in this world are some of the best I've seen. The ever puzzling Lutece twins are amazing and interaction with them is usually hilarious. Elizabeth is not some weak girl who stumbles after the hero, she is very likeable character and quite handy in a fight, as well as when exploring. She will toss you things like money (I love loot) and potions when fighting, Ammo if you're running low and Salts to refill your scary hand magic.
My favorite moment in this game is when I got all of a sudden transported into Rapture for a brief moment and seeing, what I think, was a little Sister and Big Daddy in a tube in the distance. I had grown quite fond of Rapture and I thought this was an awesome addition. I also thought I had escaped the frights but they still managed to sneak one in, intentional or not. As I am up in a tower after pressing a button with no one about, I turn around and right there all of a sudden is some alarm guy who starts alarming in my face. Probably the biggest jump I have ever had...ever.
Voxophones are hidden throughout levels to give you more insight and in this very confusing place you will want to find them. There is an awesome huge robot thing named songbird which is quite terrifying until he is on your side, then hes briefly awesome and a good contribution to the last fight. The one thing I feel lacking is The final fight is just a big free for all and I was hoping for an awesome singular boss fight with changing mechanics. I already want to play this game again though which can not be a bad thing. Also I walked into a bar and considering it's 1908 heard a little AC/DC and another bar had tainted love.
Also it seems Booker Dewitt likes looking in trash cans....
Bioshock 2
So I am just flying through these Bioshock games and I am addicted. This second installment sees even more amazing scenery, sound and characters but is, unfortunately for me, a lot scarier! In original Bioshock and this one I had almost managed to explore every nook and cranny available until after so many frights I approached a small optional room with autopsy wrote above. As I peered inside and took a step to complete exploration the lights started flickering and a hanging silhoutte was shown.....that's it....no more....too many scaredy jumps previously meant I just could not do it! Hopefully there was only an EVE Hypo inside.
The story is, once again, made a lot clearer if you collect all the hidden recordings and explore a lot. I was picking up recordings from this dad who went in search of his daughter only to find that she had been turned into a Little Sister. The recordings stopped and then after killing a big Daddy I realised he had the same name as the guy on the recordings. This was an awesome little side story that would have been completely missed if I had sped through the game.
I loved playing as a Big Daddy because, although I dislike children, Little Sisters are awesome in this game. It's about as maternal as I'm going to get but I really wanted to protect these stab happy children. Also I saw the original enemy (Big Daddy) as more of a victim, if I was ever to play through both again it would be a nice change of perspective for the first one. You have the choices to Harvest or Save little Sisters again but also with another option to adopt, get them to gather more ADAM and then harvest or save. Typically I saved them all again and was treated to what I think was the happiest ending you could get. There are also three optional enemies you come across that you can choose to save or kill which affects the ending.
On my travels around Rapture I was looting a lot (I love to loot) and I couldn't help but notice my Big Daddy had a taste for potato chips. This opened a whole lot of questions, as I am left thinking how the hell do I manage to eat those......
The story is, once again, made a lot clearer if you collect all the hidden recordings and explore a lot. I was picking up recordings from this dad who went in search of his daughter only to find that she had been turned into a Little Sister. The recordings stopped and then after killing a big Daddy I realised he had the same name as the guy on the recordings. This was an awesome little side story that would have been completely missed if I had sped through the game.
I loved playing as a Big Daddy because, although I dislike children, Little Sisters are awesome in this game. It's about as maternal as I'm going to get but I really wanted to protect these stab happy children. Also I saw the original enemy (Big Daddy) as more of a victim, if I was ever to play through both again it would be a nice change of perspective for the first one. You have the choices to Harvest or Save little Sisters again but also with another option to adopt, get them to gather more ADAM and then harvest or save. Typically I saved them all again and was treated to what I think was the happiest ending you could get. There are also three optional enemies you come across that you can choose to save or kill which affects the ending.
On my travels around Rapture I was looting a lot (I love to loot) and I couldn't help but notice my Big Daddy had a taste for potato chips. This opened a whole lot of questions, as I am left thinking how the hell do I manage to eat those......
Friday, 19 April 2013
Bioshock
Just completed this game on Tuesday after a false start about a year ago. This game has made me rethink about trying games I didn't get on with the first time around, because my second attempt showed me how brilliant this game is! I was initially a bit skeptical as I hate anything scary but I'm more inclined to the word eerie for this one. There were only about three moments where I actually jumped out my skin, but that was probably me being a wimp. The eeriness of the game is helped along with a perfect music score, lighting and level design and the tragedy of what has befallen rapture is perfectly explained if you explore every nook and cranny for recordings. I did a lot of exploring and it paid off, if you just skip through blindly not exploring the detail you don't really get submerged far into the story and there's a chance you won't have a clue whats going on.
During your blundering through rapture you stumble upon Big Daddy(big mechanical diving suits with drill hands) and Little Sisters (little girls are creepy.....FACT), and are given the option to harvest or save the Little Sisters. During my play through I saved all the little sisters and was given a super happy ending with a family of adopted daughters. The replay value is there if you want to give a try harvesting them to see an alternate ending.
After this refreshingly different game I'm slightly addicted.....now, if you would kindly play this game too.
During your blundering through rapture you stumble upon Big Daddy(big mechanical diving suits with drill hands) and Little Sisters (little girls are creepy.....FACT), and are given the option to harvest or save the Little Sisters. During my play through I saved all the little sisters and was given a super happy ending with a family of adopted daughters. The replay value is there if you want to give a try harvesting them to see an alternate ending.
After this refreshingly different game I'm slightly addicted.....now, if you would kindly play this game too.
Saturday, 13 April 2013
Tales Of The Abyss 3DS
After 40 long hours I've finally managed to complete this game.....and I have no strong feelings either way.....so yeah not a good start. Now I LOVE the Tales series but this remake from the original 2006 game had me a little confused. What the hell is a Fonon? I still have no idea. Apart from not understanding most of the conversations about Fonons the story can be followed. So there's a big bad man and he wants to end the world and then there's the classic group of heroes. If you read all the optional skits you can really get quite involved in the story. The thing lacking is character development. You start with an arrogant twat named Luke who apparently is supposed to mature throughout the game. Lets just say he didn't mature gracefully, he went from arrogant twat to whingy negatron, so even after all his sacrificial talk I had no real connection with this character. I much preferred the bad guys team (known as the Six God generals) and was actually a little sad when they departed. Now a game that makes me want to save the bad guys and not the good guys is doing something a little wrong if you ask me. Two of my team were awesome though and by far the best characters in the game. We have Jade whose witty sarcasm and brutal honesty was hilarious in every conversation. He is not afraid to go slapping some whiny princess teenager for being a nuisance. Got to love that! The second being Guy who has a fear of women, hes not gay or anything I don't think but he does not like huggles!
The Menu, battle system and cooking are all that of classic tales of games. There was some option for capacity core equips that I completely ignored because it never got explained and I still finished the game fine. Between the 25-35 hour mark of this 40 hour game things got a little tedious and stretched. You have just got to power through. It has you going back and forth between cities about a billion times to talk to so and so who then sends you to talk to so and so who then sends you back to talk to the original guy who then decided we didn't need that first guy, go talk to this other guy. I'm pretty sure I put about ten hours into commuting.
Still don't know what a Fonon is.
Still not quite sure what actually happened in the end.
Still not sure if the Malkuth empire is paying my miles for all the commuting.
The Menu, battle system and cooking are all that of classic tales of games. There was some option for capacity core equips that I completely ignored because it never got explained and I still finished the game fine. Between the 25-35 hour mark of this 40 hour game things got a little tedious and stretched. You have just got to power through. It has you going back and forth between cities about a billion times to talk to so and so who then sends you to talk to so and so who then sends you back to talk to the original guy who then decided we didn't need that first guy, go talk to this other guy. I'm pretty sure I put about ten hours into commuting.
Still don't know what a Fonon is.
Still not quite sure what actually happened in the end.
Still not sure if the Malkuth empire is paying my miles for all the commuting.
Wednesday, 20 March 2013
Raiding Tombs and Zip lines
So my first review of a game and I've got my sights on the the new Tomb Raider. I know we are early in the year but this game has GOTY written all over it. Initially I wasn't going to get this title on launch but after my unexpected enjoyment of Far Cry 3 I decided that it was worthy of my time, and I was totally right.
Even if you are a pretty genre specific gamer, like I used to be, I can guarantee you will find something to love in this game. If you find shooters difficult and just want the adventure, just pop it on easy mode, you won't get your ass handed to you and you are free to roam those tombs without fear of a horrifically graphic death (I assure you the deaths are VERY graphic). If you're a seasoned shooter then getting specific achievements will keep you enthralled while on the hardest difficulty. RPG fans will love the story and character progression and men will just like the new Lara model. Two very memorable things may be smaller then in older games but her more realistic appearance makes her all the more attractive.
Back to those deaths and I'm telling you that if your squeamish then you best hope you can complete the game without a single death. Within the first five minutes I was crushed by a boulder, and I mean crushed, visibly. At one point I was sliding on my ass down a waterfall and due to the fact Lara wanted to wriggle about without me moving the analog stick I was impaled in the neck numerous times, over and over again. OK, fine I probably just sucked :D.
This game is just fun! I have an obsession, I think it started with Batman, where zip lines are awesome! Why is sitting on my settee pressing a button so thrilling? It's because who knows where that zip line leads. I could impale myself yet again, kill an enemy on a dismount or turn that dismount into an awesome swing on a pole and then attach to a wall. OK that doesn't sound that awesome but I frakkin LOVE IT!
I completed this game with 100% of relics and challenges complete and it was well worth the money. The story is brilliant and the small nod to future Lara with the duel pistols makes this genuinely seem like the start of Lara Croft as a Tomb Raider. I do wonder what happened to all the wolves though as I'm pretty sure I didn't make them extinct in the first twenty minutes of the game.
This game is awesome. After 100% completing it I won't be going back to it anytime soon but I will play through it all again at a later date probably, it's a keeper.
Even if you are a pretty genre specific gamer, like I used to be, I can guarantee you will find something to love in this game. If you find shooters difficult and just want the adventure, just pop it on easy mode, you won't get your ass handed to you and you are free to roam those tombs without fear of a horrifically graphic death (I assure you the deaths are VERY graphic). If you're a seasoned shooter then getting specific achievements will keep you enthralled while on the hardest difficulty. RPG fans will love the story and character progression and men will just like the new Lara model. Two very memorable things may be smaller then in older games but her more realistic appearance makes her all the more attractive.
Back to those deaths and I'm telling you that if your squeamish then you best hope you can complete the game without a single death. Within the first five minutes I was crushed by a boulder, and I mean crushed, visibly. At one point I was sliding on my ass down a waterfall and due to the fact Lara wanted to wriggle about without me moving the analog stick I was impaled in the neck numerous times, over and over again. OK, fine I probably just sucked :D.
This game is just fun! I have an obsession, I think it started with Batman, where zip lines are awesome! Why is sitting on my settee pressing a button so thrilling? It's because who knows where that zip line leads. I could impale myself yet again, kill an enemy on a dismount or turn that dismount into an awesome swing on a pole and then attach to a wall. OK that doesn't sound that awesome but I frakkin LOVE IT!
I completed this game with 100% of relics and challenges complete and it was well worth the money. The story is brilliant and the small nod to future Lara with the duel pistols makes this genuinely seem like the start of Lara Croft as a Tomb Raider. I do wonder what happened to all the wolves though as I'm pretty sure I didn't make them extinct in the first twenty minutes of the game.
This game is awesome. After 100% completing it I won't be going back to it anytime soon but I will play through it all again at a later date probably, it's a keeper.
Tuesday, 19 March 2013
A Gamer Wedding
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