I have been thinking back the February last year where I finally got a copy of Fallout 3 for my birthday. After trying out oblivion and not really getting on with it, I was a bit dubious about trying the game, but never the less I played it and got hooked to it. I thought this was the perfect combination of First Person Shooter and Role Playing Game I had been looking for. So almost a year on I sit [...]
Archive for January, 2010
Just child’s play? Well the new year is upon us and after a slightly longer break than anticipated I feel it is due time for some reviews. After much thought on what my first full review of the year should be (and honestly, it was a difficult choice) I decided it was only right to kick off 2010 with a closer look at the newest offering from the rock band family. Yes, I know its kinda predictable, but it is [...]
About a month or so ago, one of my friends sent me a message about a Square Enix promotion for final fantasy 13. It involved Signing up and then eventually getting a code which would enable me to download an exclusive Xbox avatar pet, namely the good ol lovely very cute, very awesome… CHOCOBO! Last week I got the code for said Chocobo through my mail box, entered the code, and downloaded my avatar pet. Visions of my avatar sitting [...]
Last year we saw a miniature uprising in the games industry. Casual gaming made an all time high with the release of both Wii Fit and Wii Fit plus, with Wii Fit becoming the biggest selling game of all time. Both the Guitar Hero and Rock Band franchises went into overdrive, releasing a grand total of two new Rock Band titles and six new Hero titles (including Band Hero and DJ Hero). 2009 also saw some great gaming titles too, such [...]
Everywhere outside of Japan and the US (namely Europe and Australia) almost always get screwed when it comes to special editions of games, and even miss out on some games altogether. I for one am still bitter that Kingdom Hearts Re: Chain of Memories – especially seeing as it was released in the US, meaning that all of the translation work had already been done. This is generally because the UK isn’t seen as a big enough market, but for the [...]
Us gamers have a vast knowledge of what to do when the earth is in danger - wether it’s an alien invasion, an airborne Zombie Virus or a nuclear holocaust, we have the gaming knowledge to keep our virtual selves alive in desperate times. But what if one day a virus does break out, turning the whole world into zombies? Or nuclear war does hit, taking the all the world’s population by surprise and turning everything into a barren wasteland? Will us gamers [...]
In the older days of console gaming, all systems were separate – NES games would only work on the NES, Sega Mega Drive games would only work on the Mega Drive, and so forth – but since I was young, and only ever owned one current console at a time, it wasn’t a big issue – when I had a Sega it was all I ever played, and I never had to consider the concept of compatibility. However, not much [...]
I have been playing Assassin’s Creed II for the most part of the last week – having received it for Christmas alongside my copy of Dragonball: Raging Blast. Although I haven’t yet finished the game, I feel it’s time I wrote down my thoughts of the second installment regarding the story of the battle of Assassin’s and Templars. The original title was a bit of a mixed bag, with a general feeling of uncertainty around a lot of gamers. On one hand, the concept [...]
