Although I’m primarily a console gamer – I wasn’t always, and a few PC games have special places in my heart. One such game was StarCraft, an RTS game I still hold with high regard to this day. With real-time strategy being one of the few genres that I feel suits the PC platform better than consoles – the keyboard and mouse perfect for precise selection and navigation in a micro management environment – I still haven’t seen an RTS title that tops the sheer brilliance of Blizzard’s sci-fi strategy game. So naturally when the sequel finally arrived, twelve years since the original’s release, I was more than happy to see what changes had been made that was worth such a long, long wait.
Castle Crashers + Streets Of Rage = A beat ‘em up to rival them all
Back on the Sega Mega-Drive, one of my favorite games I would play constantly was Streets Of Rage 2. For some reason 1 and 3 didn’t compare to the second outing of thug bashing. Plus there was a kid on roller blades who I thought was awesome. So I started off playing beat ‘em ups, a side from the classic FPS games which I don’t really need to mention now.
When I finally got to play Castle Crashers on XBL I loved it, but for the life of me couldn’t complete the damn thing on my own. It was a perfect mix of old school beat ‘em up, plus some awesome medieval and quite comical graphics and theme, it was truly a game that brought back some fond memories.
Since then I have been thinking, what would be the perfect game to combine Castle Crashers and Streets Of Rage 2? Well put simply, there wasn’t one out on the market…Untill now.
The For-runners are back, and this time it’s up to you what is built.
Halo 3 brought us something that console fans had been yearning for in one shape or form since Halo: Combat Evolved, and that was a level editor of sorts. Dubbed Forge, this basic level editor would let players customise some of their favorite maps with a variety of weapons, props and vehicles.
Later on in Halo 3’s life Bungie released some unique DLC expand forge further, 2 maps came out over the months the first of which was Foundry, where keen level editors were given a small blank space to play with and a lot more terrian objects to play with, such as bridges, shipping containers etc, this got gamers such as myself pretty excited at the amount of freedom you had in such a small area. But when Sandbox came out for Halo Forge this took map editing for Halo 3 to a whole new level. You could create pretty much anything you wanted within reason, you were given 2 tiers to customise with a wealth of terrain and landscaping tools. With Sandbox I created my own game pretty much, which never really took off, but I may bring it back.
The last time we left Sam and Max, they were about to be set upon by a horde of clones of our lovable but chubby Sam. The penultimate episode of the third series of Sam and Max begins with you holed up in Stinky’s Diner fighting off the Samulacra in an episode which looks set to challenge “The Tomb of Sammun-Mak” as the best of the season so far. Does it succeed? Read on and find out!
So far, there’s been nothing but pleasing news about my most anticipated fighter *ever*, Marvel vs Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds. Mixing some classic characters with very welcome newcomers, the roster we knew so far contained Capcom’s Ryu, Chris Redfield, Morrigan, Felicia and Dante, and also Marvel’s Wolverine, Iron Man, Hulk, Deadpool, and Captain America. They were off to a good start, and since then I’ve been anxious to hear more. There are plenty of characters we expect to see sooner or later, and some unexpected surprises – the latest news on the roster is a little of both. So without further ado, I’ll get on and tell you who the six latest additions are…
TEAM CAPCOM
Chun-Li
One of the more obvious characters, wherever Ryu goes the beautiful Chun-Li is sure to follow. Although not unexpected, Chun-Li is a welcome addition to the Capcom roster, being a staple part of the Street Fighter series and perhaps the most iconic female fighter in gaming. It’s always good to see her as a part of the roster – but I have a feeling she won’t be seeing as much use from me as in Street Fighter IV, what with all the outrageous and exciting new characters MvC3 has to offer. Still, it wouldn’t be the same without her.
You may remember sometime last week a post done by me highlighting the rumour about Capcom Vs Namco and visa versa. Well I am pleased to announce at Comic Con this weekend the rumour came true…well almost.
Original Rumour: Capcom Vs Namco, a game putting various characters from the Capcom and Namco games and pitting them against each other. Much like Marvel Vs Capcom. There will be two games being made one by Capcom with the Street Fighter IV engine and one by Namco with the Tekken 6 engine.
Up until now I have not said much about Guitar Hero Warriors of rock. I suppose a lot of the attention has been diverted away by the unveiling of Rockband’s ‘real’ guitar controllers’ whose somewhat shiny if not a little controversial appearance would be enough to distract any hardcore fan. Still, I think its time to put realism aside for a second and change this. After-all, we are talking about a game here and not a virtual music lesson. It has been common knowledge for some time now that in contrast to Rockband’s attempt to bring music gaming closer to reality, the guys at guitar hero have decided to take their new release back to its roots. But how will this affect the set-list, story and gameplay? I think its time to take a look at what we know now…
As it should be made known and clear now: I’m not very good with racing games. This is on both a skill and interest level. The only racing games I enjoy are the non-serious ones such as Burnout and Mario Kart, and the only racing game which I’m able to effectively master is the Mario Kart series, which I get obsessed with whenever it comes out. It’s normally that racing games demand a lot more discipline and time to effectively master which turn me off of them. However, one game coming out later in the year is making me forego my normal attitude towards serious racers in order to embrace this game fully. That game is F1 2010.
The other necessary part to this is that I love Formula One. Since my dad got me into it in 1998, I’ve been watching avidly every year, been to Silverstone several times, and make events of watching it with friends. It’s the only sport I hold any interest in, and several F1 games haven’t rekindled the same love I got from F1 World Grand Prix on the N64 or Grand Prix Manager 2 for the PC. F1 2010 again, looks to change all of that. But why is it that this one game seems intent on rekindling my love for ‘Serious’ Racing games?
We have been an established game site for about a year and a bit now, so I thought it would be a good laugh to see what my first ever game review for Plus XP was like. Now for all of you out there who don’t know, Plus XP started off as a blog site which I ran by myself called Garvaos’ Gaming Blog with the catchy URL ‘robsrockingreviews.wordpress.com’ yes as a matter of fact I do look back at that URL and die a little inside. But never the less that is how Plus XP spawned, and now we are a fully fledged site with a solid team of people, yay.
The original Plus XP Banner, gotta love generic pixel text
Before I start diving head first into this rumour, I just want to say that I was a huge Tekken and Soul Calibur fan back before I religiously played Street Fighter. I loved Soul Calibur to bits and I still do. Now that I have a love for street fighter. To hear a rumour of a Namco Vs Capcom game, has got me just a little bit excited. But to hear a rumor about 2 Namco Vs Capcom games has made me run around in circles giggling.
