Okay, now that I've got some free time at the library, I'll try to complete my review for LBP2. Let's just jump right in with the graphics then shall we?
Beautiful. The textures of the different materials you can use in the levels and level creator are discernable from eachother and the background, your Sackperson's movements are a little more "lifelike" (not that we know how a Sackperson would move in real life.), and the environments that the creators of this game (not the general public, but the actual producers and programmers) have constructed are wildly unique. If you're not playing this game for the level creation, multiplayer, story, or the outright cuteness of Sackboy, then you're either super bored or you just like the way the game looks.
I guess that's all there really is to say about Little Big Planet 2 other than BUY THIS GAME. Or steal it, I'm not against a little crime if it means having fun in the long run (No, do not steal. And especially don't blame it on me if you get caught..). Great Multiplayer, awesome level creation, nearly unlimited customization of your Sackperson, and beautiful graphics. I can't find a reason not to buy this game. Well, unless you don't have internet connection. Then you're stuck playing the story mode over and over again until your cheap ass parents or landlord can afford internet.
-Virus
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Monday, June 18, 2012
No Internet
Hey Readers. Turns out that I will no longer have internet at my house, so don't be expecting very many reviews as of lately. Just a heads up.
-Virus
-Virus
Thursday, June 14, 2012
Review: Little Big Planet 2 (Part 1)
Creativity! Custimization! Costumes! KICKASS MULTIPLAYER! I'm searching for something negative to say about this game, and I've got nothing. Now I haven't traded this game in yet, so I'm sure that I'll find a flaw by the time I get the next LBP game (Little Big Planet Karting). Today I'll be typing up my review of Little Big Planet 2, a game whose sole purpose was to show how creative the world can be, and it does it beautifully. Let's start with the story levels.
I had a slight bit of trouble connecting the dots between the story levels on the first Little Big Planet, if they had any sort of distinguishable story at all then I didn't see it. The second game however has continuing characters. Characters that have background with eachother. Your whole mission is to stop some evil, purple and black, dragon thing that is eating everything. Of course you can't just take this thing head on, you've got to get the upgrades! By upgrades I mean awesome gloves and stuff. Grabinators, Grappling Hooks, cakeinator, and hats that shoot fire and water, oh and did I mention the jet-packs? Although they're nothing new, the jet packs still remain one of my favorite items that your Sackperson can equip. Anyway, once you've finished sampling and learning to use all of these items then you get on a giant spaceship and head off into outer space to kill the giant evil dragon thing. I think it was called the Negativitron or something like that. I can't remember correctly. I played the story once or twice and that's all so I can't really remember all the stuff about all the characters or the story. Overall, the story is basically one giant tutorial that prepares you to play the online content, which if you can't play, then there's almost no point in getting the game.
I don't have a lot of time right now so I'm just going to stop here, wait until tomorrow or sometime next week until I can finish my review. Thank you for your patience. Oh, for now I play strictly on Playstation 3 but I hope to get Xbox Live soon. As for now if you wish to play me on Battlefield 3 or Modern Warfare 3, or any other game that I possibly have (keep in mind I don't play shooters a lot online so my profiles are measly levels.) you can add me on PSN, crazyjaw5.
-Virus
I had a slight bit of trouble connecting the dots between the story levels on the first Little Big Planet, if they had any sort of distinguishable story at all then I didn't see it. The second game however has continuing characters. Characters that have background with eachother. Your whole mission is to stop some evil, purple and black, dragon thing that is eating everything. Of course you can't just take this thing head on, you've got to get the upgrades! By upgrades I mean awesome gloves and stuff. Grabinators, Grappling Hooks, cakeinator, and hats that shoot fire and water, oh and did I mention the jet-packs? Although they're nothing new, the jet packs still remain one of my favorite items that your Sackperson can equip. Anyway, once you've finished sampling and learning to use all of these items then you get on a giant spaceship and head off into outer space to kill the giant evil dragon thing. I think it was called the Negativitron or something like that. I can't remember correctly. I played the story once or twice and that's all so I can't really remember all the stuff about all the characters or the story. Overall, the story is basically one giant tutorial that prepares you to play the online content, which if you can't play, then there's almost no point in getting the game.
I don't have a lot of time right now so I'm just going to stop here, wait until tomorrow or sometime next week until I can finish my review. Thank you for your patience. Oh, for now I play strictly on Playstation 3 but I hope to get Xbox Live soon. As for now if you wish to play me on Battlefield 3 or Modern Warfare 3, or any other game that I possibly have (keep in mind I don't play shooters a lot online so my profiles are measly levels.) you can add me on PSN, crazyjaw5.
-Virus
Sunday, June 10, 2012
Review: Marvel vs Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds
Before I start, you should check out whatshawt.com for me. A friend of mine works for the dude that operates the site. It's basically the latest news and reviews on things related to gaming and tech. So check it out. Moving on!
Today I submit my review for Marvel vs Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds, the third installment of one of my favorite arcade fighters.
Lets start with the cast, a collection of all-stars from both sides that's left slightly lacking. You have the obvious characters; Captain America, Ryu (Street Fighter), Spider-Man, Chun-Li (Street Fighter), Iron Man, Thor, Hulk, Wolverine, Akuma (Street Fighter), Zero (some Mega-Man game). And then others that I didn't expect; Amaterasu (Okami), Chris Redfield and Wesker (Resident Evil series), Dante and Trish (Devil May Cry), Deadpool, X-23 (a botched Wolverine clone, in case you didn't know), Super Skrull, and M.O.D.O.K. (yes, seriously. And he's way overpowered.). Some of these characters are easy to use, and there's some that I never wanted to select again. Such as Super Skrull. Strong character, has all the powers of the Fantastic 4, but operating this character felt slow. Not slow like the bigger characters who deal tons of damage, but slow as in there was no time to react to an opponents counter-attack. My favorite to use though, Deadpool. To be fair, Deadpool and Spider-Man are my favorite Marvel characters of all time, but Deadpool has the comical flair in this game that always earned him a spot on my teams.
Gameplay? Controls? That's entirely up to you. No joke, you decide how to play the game. There's Normal, and Basic controls. Basic makes it easier to perform special moves and counter-attacks as well as your team-ultra combo. Normal mode is basic Street Fighter controls, made easier with the use of the analog stick rather than the D-pad. If you've never played a Street Fighter game on the PS3 or Xbox 360, let me just tell you that the moves aren't as clear as Mortal Kombat's control scheme.
Multiplayer time! I love some good fighter genre multiplayer and this game delivers that. My only issue with it is the use of DLC content against players that don't have it. Such as the character available for purchase; Sheo-Gorath from the Marvel Universe. A strong character whose special moves are easy to troll with if you're in Basic mode. Pissed me right off with how many people were using him as their teams strong point. If you don't have internet connectivity (then you're probably not reading this) then you can still enjoy playing with a friend in the same room. Really though, if you're making a fighter game then it had better have 2 player locally available. So my complaint about the multiplayer isn't really with the game, it's with the players online. They are evil.
Graphics are pretty basic, but still visually satisfying. Characters move on screen in a way that's almost fluid depending on who you choose. The music is nothing to brag about, just a basic fighter soundtrack.
Replayability depends on how easily you get bored with a game. Playing the single player campaign over and over again bored me, and the people online just irritated me. I'd recommend this game to people living with room-mates, or college students living in the dorms, because unless you've got somebody to play with it's going to get really boring, really fast.
Overall I give this game a 4 out of 5 stars, if the single player had a story (like the new Mortal Kombat) then I might've kept the game a bit longer to play through with each character.
So that's it for this game, let me know what you think and if my review was helpful.
-Virus
Today I submit my review for Marvel vs Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds, the third installment of one of my favorite arcade fighters.
Lets start with the cast, a collection of all-stars from both sides that's left slightly lacking. You have the obvious characters; Captain America, Ryu (Street Fighter), Spider-Man, Chun-Li (Street Fighter), Iron Man, Thor, Hulk, Wolverine, Akuma (Street Fighter), Zero (some Mega-Man game). And then others that I didn't expect; Amaterasu (Okami), Chris Redfield and Wesker (Resident Evil series), Dante and Trish (Devil May Cry), Deadpool, X-23 (a botched Wolverine clone, in case you didn't know), Super Skrull, and M.O.D.O.K. (yes, seriously. And he's way overpowered.). Some of these characters are easy to use, and there's some that I never wanted to select again. Such as Super Skrull. Strong character, has all the powers of the Fantastic 4, but operating this character felt slow. Not slow like the bigger characters who deal tons of damage, but slow as in there was no time to react to an opponents counter-attack. My favorite to use though, Deadpool. To be fair, Deadpool and Spider-Man are my favorite Marvel characters of all time, but Deadpool has the comical flair in this game that always earned him a spot on my teams.
Gameplay? Controls? That's entirely up to you. No joke, you decide how to play the game. There's Normal, and Basic controls. Basic makes it easier to perform special moves and counter-attacks as well as your team-ultra combo. Normal mode is basic Street Fighter controls, made easier with the use of the analog stick rather than the D-pad. If you've never played a Street Fighter game on the PS3 or Xbox 360, let me just tell you that the moves aren't as clear as Mortal Kombat's control scheme.
Multiplayer time! I love some good fighter genre multiplayer and this game delivers that. My only issue with it is the use of DLC content against players that don't have it. Such as the character available for purchase; Sheo-Gorath from the Marvel Universe. A strong character whose special moves are easy to troll with if you're in Basic mode. Pissed me right off with how many people were using him as their teams strong point. If you don't have internet connectivity (then you're probably not reading this) then you can still enjoy playing with a friend in the same room. Really though, if you're making a fighter game then it had better have 2 player locally available. So my complaint about the multiplayer isn't really with the game, it's with the players online. They are evil.
Graphics are pretty basic, but still visually satisfying. Characters move on screen in a way that's almost fluid depending on who you choose. The music is nothing to brag about, just a basic fighter soundtrack.
Replayability depends on how easily you get bored with a game. Playing the single player campaign over and over again bored me, and the people online just irritated me. I'd recommend this game to people living with room-mates, or college students living in the dorms, because unless you've got somebody to play with it's going to get really boring, really fast.
Overall I give this game a 4 out of 5 stars, if the single player had a story (like the new Mortal Kombat) then I might've kept the game a bit longer to play through with each character.
So that's it for this game, let me know what you think and if my review was helpful.
-Virus
Saturday, June 9, 2012
Review: Blood Drive
Welcome welcome one and all, this is the domain of The Dashboard Gamer. Which would be me. My name is Virus and I started doing game reviews a couple years ago, but ended up putting gaming in the back seat to take care of more important things. I'm back now though and ready to give harsh reviews to the games of the modern age. An explanation of the name? I give my harshest reviews when I'm on my way to trade games in at Gamestop (I am not legally affiliated with them in any way, although I wouldn't mind it), so I decided to record my reviews and then type them up for others to read. Let's get started.
Today I review the game Blood Drive, a game that should be my favorite Twisted Metal look-alike, but isn't.
The premise seems promising enough. You have a badass car fitted out with some awesome weapons and special abilities, other cars are trying to blow you up, and (here's the selling point) ZOMBIES. So where do they go wrong? Where do all games go wrong nowadays? The Multiplayer. Now I get that the big thing people are looking for now is "can I play online?" but, call me old fashioned, I like to see the frustration on a friends face when I kick their ass. What's the fun in destroying your friends in every event, if you can't rub it in their faces? I'm joking, I'm not really that much of a sore winner (yes I am). Really though, as if having the limited options of Single Player or Online wasn't enough, nobody plays the damn game online anyway. I had the game for a couple months and in that time I only found 2 lobbies where actual people were playing. What does the game do if it can't find you a compatible lobby? You start your own automatically. There's no choosing of the map or event, it just throws you into a match against the AI.
On the topic of the AI, that's one thing the developers got right in Blood Drive. When you first start you'll probably notice that there's no difficulty setting. The only reason I know this is because I was losing too much, so I looked around the menus but it was nowhere to be found. This game has one setting and the AI has one mode; Slaughter the player. As usual, the AI drivers will target whoever is in the lead, but they won't just attack you like most games make it seem. If you're in the lead, you are the primary target, but it's not afraid to kill the other drivers to get to you. The part that the AI could be better with is the Zombies.
Ah the poor zombies. Running, shambling, hopping, and charging their way around the maps only to be flattened against the hood of your vehicle or blown apart by your weapon. Well, all zombies except one that is. If you own an Xbox 360 then you've probably played Left 4 Dead or Left 4 Dead 2, which means you have had the fear of God put into you by a tank at some point. That fear doesn't end with those games. The Tank has followed from your gaming nightmares and jumped right into this off-brand Twisted Metal. Only this time, you can't kill it. You want to survive the round? If you see one of those, turn around and boost your way as far from it as possible. Or, charge it. See what happens.
Okay, I'm currently not able to go in depth as I wanted to, my computer battery is dying. So just to finish up, I'd give this game a 3 out of 5 Stars rating. Good idea, but poor execution. If you have any more questions about Blood Drive please leave them in the comments section below and I'll try to cover them in my next post.
-Virus
Today I review the game Blood Drive, a game that should be my favorite Twisted Metal look-alike, but isn't.
The premise seems promising enough. You have a badass car fitted out with some awesome weapons and special abilities, other cars are trying to blow you up, and (here's the selling point) ZOMBIES. So where do they go wrong? Where do all games go wrong nowadays? The Multiplayer. Now I get that the big thing people are looking for now is "can I play online?" but, call me old fashioned, I like to see the frustration on a friends face when I kick their ass. What's the fun in destroying your friends in every event, if you can't rub it in their faces? I'm joking, I'm not really that much of a sore winner (yes I am). Really though, as if having the limited options of Single Player or Online wasn't enough, nobody plays the damn game online anyway. I had the game for a couple months and in that time I only found 2 lobbies where actual people were playing. What does the game do if it can't find you a compatible lobby? You start your own automatically. There's no choosing of the map or event, it just throws you into a match against the AI.
On the topic of the AI, that's one thing the developers got right in Blood Drive. When you first start you'll probably notice that there's no difficulty setting. The only reason I know this is because I was losing too much, so I looked around the menus but it was nowhere to be found. This game has one setting and the AI has one mode; Slaughter the player. As usual, the AI drivers will target whoever is in the lead, but they won't just attack you like most games make it seem. If you're in the lead, you are the primary target, but it's not afraid to kill the other drivers to get to you. The part that the AI could be better with is the Zombies.
Ah the poor zombies. Running, shambling, hopping, and charging their way around the maps only to be flattened against the hood of your vehicle or blown apart by your weapon. Well, all zombies except one that is. If you own an Xbox 360 then you've probably played Left 4 Dead or Left 4 Dead 2, which means you have had the fear of God put into you by a tank at some point. That fear doesn't end with those games. The Tank has followed from your gaming nightmares and jumped right into this off-brand Twisted Metal. Only this time, you can't kill it. You want to survive the round? If you see one of those, turn around and boost your way as far from it as possible. Or, charge it. See what happens.
Okay, I'm currently not able to go in depth as I wanted to, my computer battery is dying. So just to finish up, I'd give this game a 3 out of 5 Stars rating. Good idea, but poor execution. If you have any more questions about Blood Drive please leave them in the comments section below and I'll try to cover them in my next post.
-Virus
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