* The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. - Done
* Star Wars: Force Unleashed - Done
* S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl - Coming Soon
* Windows vista. - Coming Soon
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
I have been waiting for this game for along time and now I have finally played this game and let me say that it’s not a disappointment.
Before I get stated I would like clarify what my expectations were how I was looking at this game. When I was reviewing this game I was look at the Jedi Knight games as a point of comparison. I loved the Jedi knight games as they generally had a substantial story solid, Game-Play, amazing soundtrack and great graphics.
The Force unleashed does have a solid story, amazing soundtrack and good graphics.
Unfortunately the game-play feels slightly gimmicky at times.
But we are getting a head of our selves lets look at the story.
The story Happens between episodes 3 and 4 in the Star Wars saga
Darth Vader finds a young child with a particularly strong force powers while hunting for a Jedi. The child grows up and is become Vader’s secret apprentice and is instructed to hunt down Jedi and kill them. Along the way the plot twists and turns and the ending concludes nicely.
Graphics this is one of the best looking Star Wars games to date with full face expressions and detailed textures. This really helps you get immersed in the world.
Along with the new graphics comes some technology that takes destructible environments to a whole new level. Now let me expand on this point if you have been following the development of this game you will know that the game has this system for destructible matter called Digital Molecular Matter or DMM. This allows objects in the world to break part more realistically like glass shatters, wood splinters and metal bends. This means that you can force push a stormtrooper into a metal door and the door bends according to the speed and angle you bushed him at. This mechanic in game is not use as often as you might have though. However when DMM does happen it is fantastic effect.
Sound with this game is top notch with Mark Griskey taking over from John Williams in the music department. The Foley artists in this game have given us some real gems in regards to sound effects. Especially with all the metal sound in this game. A final thing to say about the sound in the voice acting is very well done with just the right mount of drama to make you feel that these people are actually real people.
Now with out further a due let’s look at game-play. Now let’s start with the bad elements about force unleashed the game is littered with quick time events. While I don’t hate them as much as Yahtzee from ‘Zero Punctuation’ does they are slightly anticlimactic after you have had a huge boss fight only have to watch a small part of the screen waiting to press a button. It would have been nicer if you could have if you could have chosen what way in which you were able to finish off an enemy. The next thing that’s annoying is that all of the cut scenes are unskippable this is all very well when you playing it through on the first time. But when you are replaying the level it is very annoying to sit through the same cut scene again. And the learning curve for the combos is about an hour. However with this be said the force power are awesome in this game and really feel like you are actually bashing around an enemy such as stormtrooper. Also the a mount of ways to kill your opponent is a nice to have.The collectables in this game i.e. ‘Holocrons’ actually are easy to find unlike other games such as Tomb Raider. Using your lightsaber is with a doubt extremely fun to use after you have unlocked your first couple of combos. Over all the gameplay feels good but slightly gimmicky.
To Conclude while The Force Unleashed does not quite match up to the Jedi Knight Games it does get awfully close. If Lucasarts had spent some extra time polishing up the game and tighten up the quick time events I would have been abetter game. But despite all this it is a good game.
4/5
Announcement Trailer
Launch Trailer
Before I get stated I would like clarify what my expectations were how I was looking at this game. When I was reviewing this game I was look at the Jedi Knight games as a point of comparison. I loved the Jedi knight games as they generally had a substantial story solid, Game-Play, amazing soundtrack and great graphics.
The Force unleashed does have a solid story, amazing soundtrack and good graphics.
Unfortunately the game-play feels slightly gimmicky at times.
But we are getting a head of our selves lets look at the story.
The story Happens between episodes 3 and 4 in the Star Wars saga
Darth Vader finds a young child with a particularly strong force powers while hunting for a Jedi. The child grows up and is become Vader’s secret apprentice and is instructed to hunt down Jedi and kill them. Along the way the plot twists and turns and the ending concludes nicely.
Graphics this is one of the best looking Star Wars games to date with full face expressions and detailed textures. This really helps you get immersed in the world.
Along with the new graphics comes some technology that takes destructible environments to a whole new level. Now let me expand on this point if you have been following the development of this game you will know that the game has this system for destructible matter called Digital Molecular Matter or DMM. This allows objects in the world to break part more realistically like glass shatters, wood splinters and metal bends. This means that you can force push a stormtrooper into a metal door and the door bends according to the speed and angle you bushed him at. This mechanic in game is not use as often as you might have though. However when DMM does happen it is fantastic effect.
Sound with this game is top notch with Mark Griskey taking over from John Williams in the music department. The Foley artists in this game have given us some real gems in regards to sound effects. Especially with all the metal sound in this game. A final thing to say about the sound in the voice acting is very well done with just the right mount of drama to make you feel that these people are actually real people.
Now with out further a due let’s look at game-play. Now let’s start with the bad elements about force unleashed the game is littered with quick time events. While I don’t hate them as much as Yahtzee from ‘Zero Punctuation’ does they are slightly anticlimactic after you have had a huge boss fight only have to watch a small part of the screen waiting to press a button. It would have been nicer if you could have if you could have chosen what way in which you were able to finish off an enemy. The next thing that’s annoying is that all of the cut scenes are unskippable this is all very well when you playing it through on the first time. But when you are replaying the level it is very annoying to sit through the same cut scene again. And the learning curve for the combos is about an hour. However with this be said the force power are awesome in this game and really feel like you are actually bashing around an enemy such as stormtrooper. Also the a mount of ways to kill your opponent is a nice to have.The collectables in this game i.e. ‘Holocrons’ actually are easy to find unlike other games such as Tomb Raider. Using your lightsaber is with a doubt extremely fun to use after you have unlocked your first couple of combos. Over all the gameplay feels good but slightly gimmicky.
To Conclude while The Force Unleashed does not quite match up to the Jedi Knight Games it does get awfully close. If Lucasarts had spent some extra time polishing up the game and tighten up the quick time events I would have been abetter game. But despite all this it is a good game.
4/5
Announcement Trailer
Launch Trailer
Saturday, August 30, 2008
The Elder Scrolls: IV Oblivion.
The Elder Scrolls: IV Oblivion is one of the defining games of the next generation of games. First of the mark let me just say that this game is the first RPG I have played so I have no other experience in RPG games. But I will try to compare it to other games I have played.
The Gameplay in oblivion is like nothing I have ever experienced after you have completed the tutorial you will find that you will want to explore everything the world has to offer and there is a LOT. The amount of time I have spent is incredible, the main quest story in oblivion is so immersive that it will make you want to play it in your first sitting this is flat out imposable as the main quest is 25+ hours. However if you will find that you will probably want to do other quests as you realize that the main quest is not just the only story you can take there are hundreds of quests ranging from retrieval missions to murdering people. There are also 4 guild quests you can take each one alone is 20+ hours just to complete. Oblivion also has a very engaging combat system where you hold down the left trigger to block and tap or hold the right trigger (for a power attack) and the bummers from magic attack. The combat system is not just devoted to weaponry but also to magic. There are literally tones of spells and the biggest array of weapons and amour I have ever seen in a game. However when you get the armour spells and weapons is entirely based on your level in the game. In fact literally every thing is based on you levels and skills. All this has a big learning curve depending on how many RPG you have played, but I found I was learning things which i had no knowledge of before the other day. The story follows you after being locked you from jail to find that the emperor Ural Septum is under threat from a cult called the Mythic Dawn. The emperor is escaping through your prison cell. The emperor has an amulet called the amulet of kings which is only thing guarding the Empire of Tamriel from the clutches of Oblivion (a world which resembles hell). The emperor Ural Septum gets assented trying to escape from the imperial palace. The emperor tells you to find his illegitimate heir give him the amulet to enable his heir to close shut the gates of oblivion. From there the story unfolds.
The voice acting is very well done unfortunately they seem to have only used 4 or 5 actors. However there is an up side the three main characters are voice by major Hollywood starts the emperor Ural Septum is voiced by Patrick Stuart(X-men trilogy) Martin Septum is voiced by Sean Bean (the Lord of the Rings The Fellowship of the Ring) and Terence Stamp voices Mankar Camoran (Star Wars episode 1 the phantom menace). The music is fantastic because it builds up great amount of atmosphere and will keep you riveted to the screen for ages.
All up the sound in general is great is one of the things that keep you in suspense.
The main problem in this game is the amount of glitches in the game which keep the Elder Scrolls: IV Oblivion from being the perfect game. It is very unlikely you will go through Oblivion and not encounter a glitch or two. It would have been it would have been better if Bethesda Softworks had waited a couple of months just to ion out the glitches Overall the Elder Scrolls: IV Oblivion is one of the best games have ever played period and is an instant classic. This is the game defines what the next generation in games is all about. Just would have been nice to have had no glitches in the game. Which keep it from being the perfect score.
4/5
Trailer
Intro
The Gameplay in oblivion is like nothing I have ever experienced after you have completed the tutorial you will find that you will want to explore everything the world has to offer and there is a LOT. The amount of time I have spent is incredible, the main quest story in oblivion is so immersive that it will make you want to play it in your first sitting this is flat out imposable as the main quest is 25+ hours. However if you will find that you will probably want to do other quests as you realize that the main quest is not just the only story you can take there are hundreds of quests ranging from retrieval missions to murdering people. There are also 4 guild quests you can take each one alone is 20+ hours just to complete. Oblivion also has a very engaging combat system where you hold down the left trigger to block and tap or hold the right trigger (for a power attack) and the bummers from magic attack. The combat system is not just devoted to weaponry but also to magic. There are literally tones of spells and the biggest array of weapons and amour I have ever seen in a game. However when you get the armour spells and weapons is entirely based on your level in the game. In fact literally every thing is based on you levels and skills. All this has a big learning curve depending on how many RPG you have played, but I found I was learning things which i had no knowledge of before the other day. The story follows you after being locked you from jail to find that the emperor Ural Septum is under threat from a cult called the Mythic Dawn. The emperor is escaping through your prison cell. The emperor has an amulet called the amulet of kings which is only thing guarding the Empire of Tamriel from the clutches of Oblivion (a world which resembles hell). The emperor Ural Septum gets assented trying to escape from the imperial palace. The emperor tells you to find his illegitimate heir give him the amulet to enable his heir to close shut the gates of oblivion. From there the story unfolds.
The voice acting is very well done unfortunately they seem to have only used 4 or 5 actors. However there is an up side the three main characters are voice by major Hollywood starts the emperor Ural Septum is voiced by Patrick Stuart(X-men trilogy) Martin Septum is voiced by Sean Bean (the Lord of the Rings The Fellowship of the Ring) and Terence Stamp voices Mankar Camoran (Star Wars episode 1 the phantom menace). The music is fantastic because it builds up great amount of atmosphere and will keep you riveted to the screen for ages.
All up the sound in general is great is one of the things that keep you in suspense.
The main problem in this game is the amount of glitches in the game which keep the Elder Scrolls: IV Oblivion from being the perfect game. It is very unlikely you will go through Oblivion and not encounter a glitch or two. It would have been it would have been better if Bethesda Softworks had waited a couple of months just to ion out the glitches Overall the Elder Scrolls: IV Oblivion is one of the best games have ever played period and is an instant classic. This is the game defines what the next generation in games is all about. Just would have been nice to have had no glitches in the game. Which keep it from being the perfect score.
4/5
Trailer
Intro
Upcoming Reviews....
- The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion.
- Star Wars: Force Unleashed Demo
- S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl
- Windows vista.
One of the best online hosters....
Tonight I Was looking around on the internet and found and online storage facility called box.
This service has a free membership and the storage on the free plan is quite good at 1gb also it is quite intuitive a simple.
Also you have the ability to stream data such as mp3's and flv's.
The only thing this service could improve on is upload sped.
But this is still one of the best ways I have seen to get your content out there.
I recommend this to any one who is just getting started on file sharing.
4/5
This service has a free membership and the storage on the free plan is quite good at 1gb also it is quite intuitive a simple.
Also you have the ability to stream data such as mp3's and flv's.
The only thing this service could improve on is upload sped.
But this is still one of the best ways I have seen to get your content out there.
I recommend this to any one who is just getting started on file sharing.
4/5
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