So a quick catchup on the last few months
Games
Do not waste time with:
360 =
Hitman Blood Money, Blacksite Area 51, Turning Point Fall of Liberty, Conflict Denied Ops, Timeshift
all had terrible problems with controls, sense of claustrophobia or wall-eye paths, AI that's written by children with ADHD, SDRGRR (pronounced said roger) see where your enemies lay in wait/die/restart/get a better jump at the point they appear/rinse/repeat, etc. Timeshift falls into this category because it had some neat ideas with time physics but also lacked anything beyond that gimmick.
Wii =
Hannah Montana Spotlight World Tour
It's pretty easy to pick out the wii games just from the covers alone as what not to pick.
PC =
Conan: Hybordian Adventures
It was a month long amount of play to find out that while the great ideas were a breath of fresh air from other MMORPGs, the group play, crafting, overall communication and system requirements were in the end a conglomerate of things to distract from what's really worth playing out there. Gore, fun fighting and solo play will only last for so long.
Take some time and rent or borrow:
360 =
Battlefield: Bad Company, Call of Duty 4
Too short to really get your money's worth. Both are solid and fun but save the cash.
Wii =
Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles, House of the Dead 2 + 3
Great arcade type play that's always great to play through once. Much easier with a friend.
PC =
Crysis, Far Cry
Too short to be worth it even though you can really show off your system with Crysis if you've spent gobs of money.
BUY:
360 =
Mass Effect
Quite a great storyline and voice acting again from this Bioware company. KOTOR was great and this is nothing short of that. The only downside to this game is the planetary vehicle scavenging that as long as you don't search for everything on every planet can be ignored.
Too Human
Different idea for controls and it works. Great backgrounds, setting, music score, graphics, Diablo style item gathering, and voice acting. Solid RPG.
Ninja Gaiden 2
True test at player's ability to master controls and an unforgiving camera. When it's pulled off it can entrance and leaves a person wanting more.
Rainbow Six Las Vegas 1+2
One of the few 1st person games that isn't short due to the pace of the game. More strategy than the average spray and pray.
Wii =
Super Smash Bros
A gem when it comes to fighting games. Lots of unlockables and nostaliga at every turn especially the blisters.
Super Mario Kart
Same as Smash Bros minus the blisters.
Wii Fit
If you can afford it the board is pretty amazing as far as sensitivity. The mini games are quite a fun challenge when people are watching and drinking. I can see this becoming a platform for some pretty neat sports type games like skateboarding or even the old classic Time Crisis when used in conjunction with the controller.
PC =
Company of Heroes + Opposing Fronts
Quite a well thought out strategy game where focus is put more on micromanagement than on creation of a huge army and steamrolling. Immersive storylines that are fluid and cohesive in their presentation.
Half-Life 2
Well worth it to play through a game that comes from a company that sets milestones and has more creativity than the average bear. I played through this game again after buying a new video card and I was reminded at how Sierra/Steam helps me pass judgement on the other run of the mill companies.
Looking forward to getting pissed and happy about:
Fallout 3, Fable 2, Gears of War 2, Tom Clancy's Endwar, Operation Flashpoint 2, Resident Evil 5, WoW WotLK (yeah for the last 2 years), Diablo 3, Mercenaries 2, Final Fantasy 13, Megaman 9 Wiiware, Left for Dead, Dead Space, Spore
Music
Glen Hansard - Once Soundtrack
Games
Do not waste time with:
360 =
Hitman Blood Money, Blacksite Area 51, Turning Point Fall of Liberty, Conflict Denied Ops, Timeshift
all had terrible problems with controls, sense of claustrophobia or wall-eye paths, AI that's written by children with ADHD, SDRGRR (pronounced said roger) see where your enemies lay in wait/die/restart/get a better jump at the point they appear/rinse/repeat, etc. Timeshift falls into this category because it had some neat ideas with time physics but also lacked anything beyond that gimmick.
Wii =
Hannah Montana Spotlight World Tour
It's pretty easy to pick out the wii games just from the covers alone as what not to pick.
PC =
Conan: Hybordian Adventures
It was a month long amount of play to find out that while the great ideas were a breath of fresh air from other MMORPGs, the group play, crafting, overall communication and system requirements were in the end a conglomerate of things to distract from what's really worth playing out there. Gore, fun fighting and solo play will only last for so long.
Take some time and rent or borrow:
360 =
Battlefield: Bad Company, Call of Duty 4
Too short to really get your money's worth. Both are solid and fun but save the cash.
Wii =
Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles, House of the Dead 2 + 3
Great arcade type play that's always great to play through once. Much easier with a friend.
PC =
Crysis, Far Cry
Too short to be worth it even though you can really show off your system with Crysis if you've spent gobs of money.
BUY:
360 =
Mass Effect
Quite a great storyline and voice acting again from this Bioware company. KOTOR was great and this is nothing short of that. The only downside to this game is the planetary vehicle scavenging that as long as you don't search for everything on every planet can be ignored.
Too Human
Different idea for controls and it works. Great backgrounds, setting, music score, graphics, Diablo style item gathering, and voice acting. Solid RPG.
Ninja Gaiden 2
True test at player's ability to master controls and an unforgiving camera. When it's pulled off it can entrance and leaves a person wanting more.
Rainbow Six Las Vegas 1+2
One of the few 1st person games that isn't short due to the pace of the game. More strategy than the average spray and pray.
Wii =
Super Smash Bros
A gem when it comes to fighting games. Lots of unlockables and nostaliga at every turn especially the blisters.
Super Mario Kart
Same as Smash Bros minus the blisters.
Wii Fit
If you can afford it the board is pretty amazing as far as sensitivity. The mini games are quite a fun challenge when people are watching and drinking. I can see this becoming a platform for some pretty neat sports type games like skateboarding or even the old classic Time Crisis when used in conjunction with the controller.
PC =
Company of Heroes + Opposing Fronts
Quite a well thought out strategy game where focus is put more on micromanagement than on creation of a huge army and steamrolling. Immersive storylines that are fluid and cohesive in their presentation.
Half-Life 2
Well worth it to play through a game that comes from a company that sets milestones and has more creativity than the average bear. I played through this game again after buying a new video card and I was reminded at how Sierra/Steam helps me pass judgement on the other run of the mill companies.
Looking forward to getting pissed and happy about:
Fallout 3, Fable 2, Gears of War 2, Tom Clancy's Endwar, Operation Flashpoint 2, Resident Evil 5, WoW WotLK (yeah for the last 2 years), Diablo 3, Mercenaries 2, Final Fantasy 13, Megaman 9 Wiiware, Left for Dead, Dead Space, Spore
Music
Glen Hansard - Once Soundtrack
Julee Cruise - Floating into the Night (music of the movie Blue Velvet and other David Lynch material)
Someone Still Loves you Boris Yeltsin - Perishing
The Hold Steady - Stay Positive
Pavement - Brighten the Corners
David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars 30th Anniversary Edition
Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha
Mates of State - Re-Arrange Us
Wolf Parade - At Mount Zoomer
Aimee Mann - @#%&*! Smilers
Islands - Arm's Way
The National - Virginia EP
Technology
Mac's use of UNIX can be frustrating to do what used to be simple tasks. For example I legally downloaded a dvd from a company that put it in *.VOB format. I then tried to burn the entire folder as a burn folder and realized that the iMac likes to format all DVD burns as Mac HS extended format. Now why would Apple not allow you to change any format settings on their standard burning Superdrive? Ka Ching Baddity Bling Bitches. After hours of searching I broke down and grabbed a seperate program for converting and burning.
1 comment:
Hey just found your site... Very nice heads up on the games to check out/not check out!
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