Wednesday, 5 November 2014

GTA V FPS FTW WTF

"This is first-person GTA V."
  -  http://n4g.com/news/1615787/gta-5-gets-first-person-mode-but-is-it-worth-buying-again

Yes. Yes it is. An FPS GTA V it is.

So my opinion to this is that this is to just feed the realism fetishes that seems to be filling the C.O.D. patterned pants and dribbling down their legs on to their boots found on the cheep at the military surplus store because their pocket money doesn't allow for anything more expensive.
Sorry kinda went off on one there, But you get my basic point that this is just for the masses to please them so they can be more "emerged" within the game play so they can think that they are mercilessly killing people... Not helping the Gamer image guys, this is why Australia does not like us.
But really EA you already ate all the money in the world just in pre-orders, you don't need to do this it's just more money you could be spending on a genuinely good idea from some small studio that needs money for there ideas.

Sunday, 30 June 2013

The Walking Dead: Game Review

The walking dead is a title by TellTale games that takes on a very narrative form of game play. Yes this is the "Oh God poker night and back to the sodding future TellTale games" actually I think that's their full name now. but honest they went to there room and thought about what they have done and now they have made something that has spread like aids in an orgy.
So because of how everyone goes on I'm going to describe the premise without being all gushy. A black man who murdered a man having an affair with his wife kills his now zombie sheriff escort to prison and try's to survive. he soon meets a girl who is mixed race and takes her on his endeavours, everyone is racist because they think he is her dad. the rest of the story follows him fitting in to a role of surrogate father and starts to care for... ah fuck I did it. well you get the idea. Don't blame me I've just finished it.
This is a game which has a million ends and even more middle parts. each section is split in to a chapter which plays similar to others but always different depending on what you've done with it very similar to an ear, they're pretty similar until you change it and eh I'm getting of point.No matter how you play the game the ending is always nuts in a clamp sad. I've played through two of the endings and had to watch Yahtzee after to stop me from topping myself.
The story telling I amazing and even from the first chapter you can feel yourself applying your real life emotions to these characters and even start to hate some of them. by the end you will have such a strong bond with the character you play and the girl clementine you will find it hard to finish the game. Even characters you've only met temporarily you can hate or love, and I feel this is down to one thing Timing.
It is my honest opinion that you would not feel for these characters if it wasn't for the way they time different moments. it gives you just enough time to stop and think about the characters and then talk to them to develop how you feel even more. then during times when you need to0 make a quick decision it becomes instinctive and makes you choose almost faster than you can think and this means your less logical and more emotional. Yeah applying emotions to a game, that happens.
The reason you feel so much more while playing this than if you were to say watch it as a movie is because it is you, your decisions, your character and in the end your clementine and no other type of narrative can give you the same feeling.
Ok lets get on to the game itself, more specifically graphics. In short its borderlands had a cell shaded baby with the back to the future game. Now this may not seem like much, and trust me it pissed me of to start, but when you get a 1/4 through the first chapter you forget all about it and it seems to go perfectly. as a result you don't need a computer so fresh it smells like a Chinese fart to enjoy it in full quality. the way the colour scheme is you wouldn't be able to see much if it wasn't cell shaded either.
the game play is basically like a typical point and click adventure except you control the character, so try this and this on this and this in this while its on her. its that sort of game. it works and feels good to be able to relax as you play. choices in dialog are made with one of the four buttons and unlike a lot of games its not clear cut like Y is asshole X is good guy and B is middle or whatever, there pretty ambiguous and feel like actual things you may say.

So this is an emotional game that packs in as much emotion as a bag full of ball kicks, and will have you on the edge of your seat as you get to the second episode.
"Developer Irrational Games will apparently unveil information on a new DLC offering for BioShock Infinite in 'late July'."

 As one of the millions of people who loved this game I think I can say this while being backed with much of the gamer community in agreement, "don't fuck it up, guys."
 they claim it will give us "hours of additional gameplay and continue the player's journey in the sky-city of Columbia with new stories, characters, abilities and weapons". If you are unsure of how to feel then you are in the same boat I'm in. If it promises to add on to the experience and deepen the story then I am happy to replay it with this DLC. on the other hand if they just put a few shinny things that make you go ooooh shiny and then that's it I'm going to be mighty pissed.

The Wii Becomes More Usless

"As planned, Nintendo is today discontinuing several of the outgoing Wii's online services.
The discontinued services will render the following Wii home menu 'Channels' obsolete:
Nintendo Channel
news Channel
Forecast Channel
Everybody Votes Channel
Mii Contest Channel
Data exchange with Wii Friends"

What the fuck? The Wii had these things. Now The Wii has as many features as a mouldy piece of cheese,  mind you I wouldn't touch either unless I was on a deserted island and my porn numbed cock needed something to help it along.
does anyone care at all, because I own a Wii and cant get a Wii U and I couldn't care less if a bomb was rigged to explode to kill the queen when someone try's to use the discontinued channels.  Lets be fair the only one who cares is probably so lonely he might hang himself due to his not owning a Wii U the blood is in your hands Nintendo.

Saturday, 29 June 2013

Wii U And Its Failings

I think its a safe assumption that the Wii U has flopped and will pail in to insignificants compered to the up and coming next gen systems. so here is a list of things I feel Nintendo needs to do for its next console if it wants to be up there with the best of them like when they released the GameCube.

1. No More Gimmicks-
    Lets be honest Nintendo has become a giant gimmick, oh looks motion control, now we have 3D, look no HUD. To be honest all this new innovation is to the detriment of the rest of the console and its games. For example I feel that DK for the Wii would have been so much better without the motion control moments.
    I love the concept of having no HUD on screen, but that's it the concept I love. when they implemented it, it just felt gimmicky and just took you out of the emersion. so NO gimmicks from now on just a straight console.

2. Make It Easy To Make Games For-
    Nintendo's consoles are notorious for being hard to develop games for and to be honest its just daft. what you've done is started a group project but demanded it all be done in Japanese while your non Japanese speaking friends do most of the work. Its just stupid.

3. Think About The Hard-core Market-
    This is an area that Nintendo always neglects like a child without any legs, and Nintendo if you ignore it, it wont go anywhere. look at the others their legless babies have grown up and now have tank tracks and bazookas but yours is just there while you occasionally throw it some food like zombie U.
    I feel that if Nintendo put there mind and millions to it they could create half descent games that appeal beyond there market of legless babies and Nintendo fans.

4. Bring Back Some Old Reboots (Don't)-
   Stop with the reboots try and make something g new and interesting instead of just going "hey do you remember when we where original and cool" then go and make Luigi Wii U. Just stop come up with something else that's cool and original.
   Not to say they should stop all together maybe just a new Earthbound, Actually don't make another earth bound you'll fuck it up.

5. Get Some New Guys-
    Every Nintendo title there is an old name, one who has done the same shit before. surely you have enough money to get a few new guys in and experiment, I mean its not that much hassle.
 I've seen the porn you guys have more than enough crazy individuals who could make a game that doesn't make me want to puke rainbows.

It pisses me of, I consider myself a fan of Nintendo but I think they are just turning the whole company in to one big Sonic '06.