Sunday, Feb 4, 2007
Although busy with work and my free time is rare, I've been adding some games to my collection.
Picked up Saint's Row for the XBox360. It's a really good effort at a Grand Theft Auto clone, although the game does lack some of GTA's great features (such as flying, boating and other vehicals). The city looks great, the missions are fun (although frustrating at times - especially if you have to drive all the way across the city before a mission starts ... and if you die, you need to drive all that way again).
The voice acting in Saint's Row is good, and has some top talent. I head the voice of one of the female actresses in the game, and kept asking myself, "who is that? I recognize that voice ..." I finally realized it was the voice of Meg Griffith from the Family Guy. It was a riot to hear her sounding like a tough girl, making sexual inuendos and talking about killing people.
I also borrowed Hitman: Blood Money from a friend of mine. I have always loved that series. A great addition to the series - some very unique missions and characters. Looking forward to Assassin's Creed (an assassin like game set in the dark ages).
Other than that, I have a few games for the PC that I haven't even opened yet. Star Trek: Legacy and Titan Quest. I'll fill you in when I get to play these...
Picked up Saint's Row for the XBox360. It's a really good effort at a Grand Theft Auto clone, although the game does lack some of GTA's great features (such as flying, boating and other vehicals). The city looks great, the missions are fun (although frustrating at times - especially if you have to drive all the way across the city before a mission starts ... and if you die, you need to drive all that way again).
The voice acting in Saint's Row is good, and has some top talent. I head the voice of one of the female actresses in the game, and kept asking myself, "who is that? I recognize that voice ..." I finally realized it was the voice of Meg Griffith from the Family Guy. It was a riot to hear her sounding like a tough girl, making sexual inuendos and talking about killing people.
I also borrowed Hitman: Blood Money from a friend of mine. I have always loved that series. A great addition to the series - some very unique missions and characters. Looking forward to Assassin's Creed (an assassin like game set in the dark ages).
Other than that, I have a few games for the PC that I haven't even opened yet. Star Trek: Legacy and Titan Quest. I'll fill you in when I get to play these...
Sunday, Jan 7, 2007
So I cracked and purchased an XBox360. After reading the reviews of the PS3, and reading gamespots comparison, I decided that the XBox360 just had more to offer. Most games appeared better on the system, but there were plenty of more games out for the XBox360. This may change in time ... but by then a NEW system will probably be out. Plus, I had a chance to check out XBox Live at a friends, and it was pretty cool (although a rip off ... luckily I can afford it now).
I got Tiger Woods '07 and the new Need for Speed. Tiger Woods is pretty darn cool. I love the fact that there is a crowd watching now (even though they all look and move the exact same). When you hit a ball into the crowd, and someone doubles-over when they get hit by the ball ... that is awesome. Gameplay is good, but the learning curve for some items is tough (like putting and the approach shots). When you get it down, it's fun. What I DONT like about the game is everything that is missing from the '06 version. There are mini games, but some of the games from '06 are missing in '07 (although 07 does have some new games). Also, where is the REAL TIME calendar. That was a COOL feature of '06. They have the TIGER CHALLENGE (where you play all these professionals in order to finally play Tiger), but there is no LEGEND challenge like there was in '06 as well (where you play classic golfers that are no longer around).
Need for Speed is very cool. It took elements from all the Need for Speed games. New to the series is the canyon races, which are cool ... but can be difficult for the novice racer. Some of the later races and challenges are definately very tough ... but I'll get there.
I wanted to get Saints Row, but unfortunately, Best Buy didn't have it in that day ... There is a GameStop right near me, but I refuse to give them any business anymore. Someone purchased me some games for the holidays from GameStop and they lost the reciept. So, I went to EXCHANGE the games at the store (because they were for a different platform). They said they could only give me the "trade-in" value of the games (which is like $5 a game). So, I took them to Best Buy and they exchanged them with NO QUESTIONS for full purchase price. Then I bought the XBOX360 and 2 games ... looks like GameStop lost some business there. Plus, as I will never be a return customer to GameStop, they will be losing ALOT of business from me in the future. Suckers.
I got Tiger Woods '07 and the new Need for Speed. Tiger Woods is pretty darn cool. I love the fact that there is a crowd watching now (even though they all look and move the exact same). When you hit a ball into the crowd, and someone doubles-over when they get hit by the ball ... that is awesome. Gameplay is good, but the learning curve for some items is tough (like putting and the approach shots). When you get it down, it's fun. What I DONT like about the game is everything that is missing from the '06 version. There are mini games, but some of the games from '06 are missing in '07 (although 07 does have some new games). Also, where is the REAL TIME calendar. That was a COOL feature of '06. They have the TIGER CHALLENGE (where you play all these professionals in order to finally play Tiger), but there is no LEGEND challenge like there was in '06 as well (where you play classic golfers that are no longer around).
Need for Speed is very cool. It took elements from all the Need for Speed games. New to the series is the canyon races, which are cool ... but can be difficult for the novice racer. Some of the later races and challenges are definately very tough ... but I'll get there.
I wanted to get Saints Row, but unfortunately, Best Buy didn't have it in that day ... There is a GameStop right near me, but I refuse to give them any business anymore. Someone purchased me some games for the holidays from GameStop and they lost the reciept. So, I went to EXCHANGE the games at the store (because they were for a different platform). They said they could only give me the "trade-in" value of the games (which is like $5 a game). So, I took them to Best Buy and they exchanged them with NO QUESTIONS for full purchase price. Then I bought the XBOX360 and 2 games ... looks like GameStop lost some business there. Plus, as I will never be a return customer to GameStop, they will be losing ALOT of business from me in the future. Suckers.
Tuesday, Sep 12, 2006
Well, I'm inbetween apartments, and crashing at family and friends while my girlfriend moves out of my apartment. This leaves me working remotely for a bit, and reverting to laptop power. Luckily, I have a nice Alienware Area-51 that has the power to play most of the top games. I wont go into the entire situation, but let's just say I am managing to run all my operations via Starbucks (work operations, that is). Pretty powerful. 10-20 years ago I wouldn't have had the capability. In fact, 10-20 years ago I wasn't even working yet.
Anyway, I got Marc Ecko's Getting Up, where you play a grafitti artist trying to make his mark. Unfortunately, although my computer plays the program, it runs the game TOO fast. The slightest move sends the player all the way across the room. Trying to fight at 12x normal speed is impossible as well. I can't really figure out what is wrong. So far I have contact Atari to troubleshoot the game. If they can tell me what to do great ... if not, I got the game for only $8 at one of the stores. So, no big loss.
The game looks cool (even at 12x speed). The graphics aren't great (compared to other games out there), but they are alright. It seems like an interesting concept. Let's take a GTA type game, and add some cool Grafitti artist missions. I'll let you know more when I get it working (if I get it working)
Anyway, I got Marc Ecko's Getting Up, where you play a grafitti artist trying to make his mark. Unfortunately, although my computer plays the program, it runs the game TOO fast. The slightest move sends the player all the way across the room. Trying to fight at 12x normal speed is impossible as well. I can't really figure out what is wrong. So far I have contact Atari to troubleshoot the game. If they can tell me what to do great ... if not, I got the game for only $8 at one of the stores. So, no big loss.
The game looks cool (even at 12x speed). The graphics aren't great (compared to other games out there), but they are alright. It seems like an interesting concept. Let's take a GTA type game, and add some cool Grafitti artist missions. I'll let you know more when I get it working (if I get it working)
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