Hectic month for gaming. Been hammering the Socom 4 beta, Minecraft again, plus a few PS3 titles I picked up preowned.
- Socom 4 – Has issues but still a lot of fun!
- Minecraft – Just playing with the update. I now have wolves!
- Burnout Paradise – Was not keen on this at release for various reasons. Have put a little more time in and I’m enjoying it a lot. Still has some annoying things though. More to follow.
- Metal Gear Solid 4 – Completed all the others. Thought it about time I conquered this one too. Lots of upgrades, still the same old game.
I had to laugh when a cut scene reminded me no less than about 8 times that the guy I was speaking to sold guns, and I could buy guns from him, because that’s what he sold. Guns. If I ever wanted any guns, I could go see him.. because he buys and sells guns.
“Say, did I ever tell you I sell guns?”
“YES! I get it already… I got it 20 fecking minutes ago when you first said it!”
Then of course Otacon has to tell me twice more over the radio that the dude I was just talking too sold guns. Just in case I missed it being repeated in every other sentence.
Don’t get me wrong, I dig MGS. I just have to laugh at some of the dialogue and cut scenes. For example… given that Solid Snake is a hardened battle operative who has seen his fair share of action, does anyone really believe he wouldn’t know about terms such as “war price”? Or general war economics?
I understand you may need to inform the player what it is… but the way it is presented makes Solid Snake look like some rookie who has no idea about anything. It’s like this throughout all the games too. In trying to keep the player up to speed, it makes the main character look like an idiot.
“Just one more game” it whispers. “Just one more….”
Lack of posts is due to a Socom 4 beta addiction. Normal service to resume soon.
In the meantime, check out my first attempt at a game commentary…
Just a little something new I’m trying out.
New console, new games…
- Demon’s Souls – My review.
- Uncharted 2 – Great game, upcoming post on that.
- God of War 3 – Shorter than expected but really enjoyed it.
- Killzone 3 – Very fun shooter. Currently playing it with the Move controller, more on that soon.
As usual, expect some posts on the above games… got a lot to talk about on these!
This game does not feck around.
Firstly, this game is not as difficult as it is made out to be. Largely, deaths are caused by player mistakes rather than anything the game throws at you. Overconfidence, recklessness, lack of attention, these are the main causes of death in this game.
There are certain surefire ways to end up back at the start of the level, frustrated and lamenting the loss of all the souls (xp of sorts) you gained up to that point, and almost every single one of them can be attributed to the player. After a while I got the feeling my biggest challenge was not navigating the world or fighting enemies, it was fighting my own impatience and recklessness honed over years of playing more forgiving games.
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So I finally did it. A PS3 is on its way to me as I type this. Should be here on weds, just in time for Killzone 3 
I love this!
A user on the official Batman: Arkham Asylum forums had an issue with the game, specifically the glide ability. Cheshirec_the_cat posts;
“Hi!
I’ve got a problem when it’s time to use Batman’s glide in the game. When I hold , like it’s said to jump from one platform to another, Batman tries to open his wings again and again instead of gliding. So he fels down in a poisoning gas. If somebody could tel me, what should I do there.”
He may have been suprised to see this reply from a forum admin;
“The problem you have encountered is a hook in the copy protection, to catch out people who try and download cracked versions of the game for free.
It’s not a bug in the game’s code, it’s a bug in your moral code.”
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Im hesitant to get excited about this, but the child in me that remembers such things as ‘Sonic Tuesday’ and ‘Mortal Monday’ is already getting as hyper as a 12 year old jacked up on sugar!
Normally I dismiss any new Sonic news that vomits itself into existance, but a new 2D title? Re-built from the ground up? Could Sega revive this dead brand and finally give it the outing it so badly deserves?
To avoid dissapointment I am going to shelve any excitement and wait this out. Sega have shat on the Sonic franchise for years now… I’ll reserve judgement till I see some soild footage.
