Sam’s Rant – Multiplayer Games; Re-Post

To celebrate reaching my 250^th Post, I thought that for my 251^st I would re-post my very first post (which was actually written 1 year before I started the blog). I have also updated the posts with Links and Pictures for both your viewing pleasure but also to show you how much I have advanced since I started way back in November 2009, Enjoy.

Before I start this rant I would like to point out that I actually love games and do buy them and have a lot of fun with them.

Multiplayer games are something that can get on my nerves. Mainly online multiplayer games. The biggest problem for me is that everyone that I play against is better than me, bully me and try to lower my self-esteem. This is also the case when playing Super Smash Bros Melee on the Game Cube in K101 (A room at my previous college), that is if I can play at all because some people hog the console and don’t allow anyone else to play it.

All right SSBM is not an online game but it is a multiplayer game. One major problem about online multiplayers is the game modes are the same and when playing with other people they use the same tactics over and over again (but they won’t allow me to do that). Let me tell you that I like playing Unreal Tournament 2004 after college and it can be quite fun hearing other people moan for a change when they get killed. Some people do a thing called camping (why is it called that?). As far as I see it there is nothing wrong with it, it’s just like sniping in other shooting games. So why do these people who moan about campers, when at points in the game they do it themselves. Also they do something called boosting (why is this also called that?). Boosting involves pushing someone on your own team forward. Surely if it makes the player move quicker you could finish the game more quickly. This could also be used to cover by pushing your friend (or ex friend after playing the game) forward, they get shot and you take out the baddie.

Also why are multiplayer options (apparently) better than the normal single player in major BIG GAMES? OK in SSBM the single player is the biggest problem of the game, in fact it’s BORING. But in a game as big (or in my opinion PANTS) as HALO 3, surely the single player is better. Well according to most people, it’s not. This is also the case in Gears of War and maybe even Gears of War 2 (POO). I like playing multiplayer games with my friends; this is because for most of my life I live as a loner (at least I did back in 2008). In fact I hardly ever get to play a multiplayer game with friends because they might be doing something else. In some circumstances it maybe they have a job, this is fine, they have to make money one way or another.

Most people playing online see me as either some new boy or someone to pick one, so they all target me (Mario Kart Wii).

You may still be saying to yourself “why is HALO 3 PANTS”. The multiplayer is the same game every time you play it; people target you in multiplayer and its PANTS. Put some new characters, weapons, vehicles and levels in it. In my opinion one of the best multiplayer games around is 007 Nightfire on the Game Cube. There are multiple modes, multiple characters, multiple levels and the multiplayer is actually fun. It’s a good laugh with friends and people don’t moan when you are camping (oh wait that’s a different game).

Fighting games are actually a lot of fun. My Favourite is still Mortal Kombat because it is fun and it has a range of funability and isn’t ruined with university grad students all over the internet trying to ruin your day. TEKKEN 4 was a good multiplayer game (I don’t have it; I was playing the free version in GAME). But games like SSBM and Soul Calibur ruin some of that funification by adding lots of stupid combos for players thinking it will be even more fun, but in actual fact it ruins your day by practicing for a full day in the practice mode and you have to memorize all of these.

Racing games are the best multiplayer games because it is just racing, and all you have to do is go faster than everybody else, EASY. OK here I go and you are not going to like this one little bit but the thing after it is going to be worse.

FINAL FANTASY IS RUBBISH, EVERY GAME IS THE SAME.

OK, MMO’s are RUBBISH (apart from the new Animal Crossing on Wii). MMO’s are all the same; well to be far most are the same. Fantasy Medieval World with spells and swords. If you want to see how rubbish watch the Fable and Fable 2 reviews on Zero Punctuation. In order to be the best you have to get skill points and get more skill points but even if you get all the PANTS skill points there are there is still going to be someone better than you. I thought SPORE was going to have something of an MMO in it but NOOOOOOOOOOO. Also World of Warcraft is the same in every PANTS expansion pack there is. Be the hero and kill the Lich King for the one Millionth time. You could just form a group of friends but if they are at work (or down the pub going YAY or COME ON YOU BROWNS to the football, Drinking or pursuing Women) you can’t play and get killed for the one Gillionth time (a Gillion is a new number that I created about 7 years ago). EVE Online is really the only game I have thought about playing because it looks like it’s the only one that works. Why doesn’t someone make an MMO about Pirates, that could be FUN?

In all seriousness I like playing multiplayer games but other people can ruin it by being mean to one another. Here’s my tip, ADD SOME FUNIFICATION TO MULTIPLAYER GAMES AND LEAVE THE COMPETITIVENESS FOR THE CGS.

GENEPOOL (I was about 19 Years Old when I first wrote this)

Christmas Present Ideas – 5 Board Games

If you read last weeks post you may have seen that I decided to give you some Christmas Present Ideas. Last week I did 10 films that I suggest you buy. This week I am going to recommend 5 Board Games that you should get. Once again I am not putting them in any particular order. I will not give too much detail as I don’t want to confuse you or take away some of the fun.  so, onto the Board Games.

Lords of Waterdeep – My second favourite Board Game (after Monopoly) and the Best Board Game I have played this year. Up to 5 players can enjoy this one. Basically you are one of nine Lords of Waterdeep and during your turn you need to put men out on the board to collect resources to complete quests and gain the most points to win. How you win is determined by what quests you complete as well as bonuses at the end of the game depending on which character you are. Each round you take it in turns to put pieces out and there are all sorts of things you can accomplish including:

• Building buildings
• Hiring Adventurers
• Collecting Gold
• Choosing Quests
• Playing Intrigue Cards

The Game is a lot of fun and well worth buying, so BUY IT, BUY IT NOW, WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR.

Ticket To Ride – Ticket to Ride is one of the simplest games on the planet. Maybe that’s why it won a Game of the Year Award. In Ticket to Ride up to 5 players can join in the fun as you take it in turns to either pick up train cards, lay routes that match the quantity and colour of the cards you have and also buy ticket cards which if you complete will give you more points. You can only do one action per turn and to complete a route to get basic points you need cards to match a route. so a route that has 5 blue rectangles on it means that you need 5 blue cards to do it. The game is so basic all I really have to say is GO AND BUY IT, IT WON A GAME OF THE YEAR AWARD FOR CRYING OUT LOUD, GET YOUR WALLET OUT, GO DOWN TO THE SHOPS OR ONLINE AND BUY IT, BUY IT, BUY IT.

Quarriors – Not all addictions are bad, surely Board Game Addiction is Good under the basis that it is Fun. Well I am addicted to Quarriors, A dice game consisting of 130 Dice (in the normal game) for 4 players to enjoy. If you have played Dominion you will probably get the hang of this quite quickly. You take it in turns to draw 6 dice from your bag and roll them. Whatever you roll is what you get which also depends on the dice. You can then spend Money or Quiddity to buy more dice (one per turn). The dice are lined up next to the card they represent and it is from these cards that helps you to choose what dice you want as well as details about the dice. Some dice are monsters while others are spells. You win the game by gaining glory from monsters you put out. If they survive you get the glory it says on the Card. Another Fantastic Game which you should go out and BUY, WHY ARE YOU DELAYING, GO AND BUY IT (even though it is kind of ironic that I am recommending a game that is not available on Amazon, sort of).

King of Tokyo – King of Tokyo is a game where up to 6 people play as Movie Monsters (that look like but are not actually those monsters) and have to fight it out to the death to become King of Tokyo. The game is very basic but can become very strategic and tactical. Whoever is the first monster to get 20 points (or is the last monster standing) wins the game, anyone whose life reaches zero is dead. During your turn you roll 6 dice and whatever you get on the dice shows what you do:

• If you roll 3 matching numbers you get that many points.
• If you roll Claws you attack
• If you roll Hearts you heal (but only if you are not in Tokyo)
• If you roll a lightning bolt you gain energy (which buys power cards)

Whoever is the first to roll a claws dice (and keeps) becomes King of Tokyo. For every turn he remains King of Tokyo he gains an additional 2 points. If someone attacks him and he is losing health he can retreat but he loses the title of King of Tokyo and the new monster becomes King of Tokyo. The monsters outside Tokyo only attack and wound the current King of Tokyo while the current King of Tokyo attacks and wounds all monsters outside Tokyo, Simple really. A fun game that the whole family can enjoy and a perfect gift for christmas, SO WHY HAVE YOU NOT BOUGHT IT YET, GO AND BUY IT.

Bohnanza – There are many board games that involve buying and trading, but as far as I know there is only one game that involves the buying and trading of beans. In Bohnanza up to seven players take it in turns to plant, trade, plant more and harvest beans. When you are given your cards at the beginning of the game you can look at them (Obviously) but you can’t shuffle them around, you have to keep them in that order and plant them in that order (face up top card is first). Anymore that you pickup at the end of you turn have to be placed at the back of your hand. You also only start off with 2 bean fields and you have to plant your top card at the beginning of your turn so you may be forced to get rid of a whole crop to plant the new one (you can though buy a new field when you have enough cash). You get money through harvesting fields with enough plants in them to gain the right amount of coins. So if you have 4 Coffee beans you can harvest them for 1 coin, you do that by turning one card over (which becomes your coin) and then discarding all the others. You trade during your turn with the other players by trading two cards off the top of the deck as well as any cards you have in your hand that you don’t want, that they might want. Whatever card gets traded has to be planted though and cannot be traded even further. Some beans are rarer than others and as a result are worth more. whoever has the most money at the end of the game wins. While the game may look daunting from all that text it is a really fun game and one I would seriously recommend you get, SO BUY IT, BUY IT NOW, BUY IT NOW.

So, there you have some more fun christmas present ideas, come back next week for more, until then go and BUY THEM,WHY ARE YOU STILL READING THIS, YOU COULD HAVE ORDERED IT ALL THESE GAMES FROM AMAZON BY NOW, BUY THEM, BUY THEM, BUY THEM NOW.

GENEPOOL

E3 Press Conference Notes – Nintendo

The last of the Big Three E3 Press Conferences is from Nintendo. Nintendo are always the highlight of E3 for me, I look forward to their press conference more than any other and is always the one I watch last because I want to save the best till last, Enjoy.

Pikmin in Miyamoto’s dressing room, nice effects, translator is on stage. Stage is nice and colourful.

Wii U news, First personal dedicated screen for a Game Console. The game pad looks really good. Simultaneous capabilities.

Pikmin 3, Rock Pikmin characters, 2 screen gameplay, can play with just the pad as well. Several characters. Challenge mode, replay. Pikmin in Miyamoto’s pocket.

Reggie, Reggie, Reggie. It’s all about the games (so that’s where Microsoft has been going wrong since they started appearing at E3). Wii U: Games, Social, Entertainment. Video capabilities including YouTube and Netflix. Connecting with friends with a gaming experience. 2 separate gamepads, dual gamepads. Asymmetric gameplay. Just watching the introductory video makes me want a Wii U NOW.

Miiverse, congregate, share, send messages, talk, and draw pictures.

New Super Mario Bros. U. Allows chat through Miiverse appears it could have 5 player gameplay, the game looks pretty nice.

Third Party Games, Batman Arkham City; Armoured Edition, exclusive features.

Scribblenauts Unlimited, create on Wii U controller, share creations with friends, looks like fun.

More on the way, Darksiders 2, Mass Effect 3, Tank! Tank! Tank!, Tekken Tag Tournament 2, Trine 2, Ninja Gaiden 3, Aliens Colonial Marines, so much Good Stuff.

Wii Fit U, use of new controller, dual screen, new games, new ways to play. No need for TV with new controller.

New Game from FreeStyle Games (I have met a couple of people who work there), SING (working title). Face your friends with the new controller and friends dance with the TV.

Scott Moffitt, Nintendo of America, Seems like quite a nice guy., 3DS News. New Super Mario Bros. 2. Paper Mario 3D with stickers. Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon.

Lego City Undercover on Wii U. looks like fun with some funny parts too, possibly a bit of GTA.

Ubisoft Games for Wii U. Just Dance 4 on stage Demo, ZombiU; shooter game for more hardcore players, Assassins Creed 3, Rabbids Land, Rayman Legends, Sports Connection, Marvel Avengers: Battle For Earth.

NintendoLand, Katsuya Eguchi, Wii U Software Producer. Nintendo Theme Park, 12 attractions, new multiplayer experiences, Wii U pad special role with different information and experience. Maze game with 5 players, looks like a lot of fun.

Another great year for Nintendo at E3. The Wii U looks even better now and I am more excited about it. Nintendo’s press conference is definitely the best this year but there was one thing missing, Satoru Iwata was not there which is a shame because his pieces are some of the best moments in the history of E3.

GENEPOOL

E3 Press Conference Notes – Sony

Last week I posted up my notes on Microsoft’s E3 Press Conference, today it is time for the Notes I made while watching Sony’s E3 Press Conference. Sony’s presentations have always been very good since I started watching them in 2010. This year was also A very Good year for Sony, Enjoy.

Nice looking set, very colourful. Was that Killzone I just saw, please be true? Looks less casual than Microsoft, Good.

Jack is back. “Who won E3, Who Lost E3”, well it’s obviously Microsoft. Thank you to all Gamers from Sony, Microsoft doesn’t do that.

Business man of the year is in the audience, Kazuo Hirai, New President and CEO of Sony.

Something about Heavy Rain, David Cage is on stage, I am getting more and more excited about this every second, New Title; BEYOND. Ellen Page stars in this new game, a scene from the game. Good Graphics, the character looks like Natalie Portman. Interesting, nice looking trailer. Best Game of E3 at the moment.

Michael, who’s Michael? PlayStation All Stars Battle Royale, this sounds familiar, hasn’t Nintendo done something similar. PS3 and Vita compatible. Side scrolling gameplay, sounds even more familiar. Faces at the bottom with health bars, OK not percentage but still familiar. Oh they are special Bars, looks interesting but looks more like a copycat.

This cross-platform function looks interesting.

PSN Games, 200 titles over the next 12 months, that is about 16 titles a month. PlayStation Plus free for a year, if you are at the Press Conference. YouTube, Hulu and Crackle to PS Vita, What is Hulu and Crackle?

Call of Duty Black Ops Declassified is being released on Vita. Assassin’s Creed 3: Liberation on Vita, female Assassin this time around, I still have to play the first one. Why do people clap when a new colour is available? Pilot a ship in the game, I like where this is going. Looks Good, if this was a single game in itself it would be fantastic, think of the multiplayer possibilities. It’s available on PS3, Fantastic.

Big News on Far Cry 3. Pretty Good Facial Hair on the Stage. 4 player co-op. Was that train moving, something that was missing from Far Cry 2, I wonder if you can drive them? I am even more excited about it now.

250 titles on PS Move, how money does Kinect have? Andrew House, New President and Group CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment – Nice British Accent. Video game in a book, Wonderbook. J. K. Rowling is doing a game for this new thing – Book of Spells. The trailer for Wonderbook looked better than Book of Spells. This could be really good but needs a visionary mind as well as a creative mind to vision and produce games for it.

God of War Ascension, looks less God like and more Human Traveller like; initially. Some Deer people ok. Is that a Kraken? Green Power. The mechanism for the lift reminds me of something from Fairytale Fights. The Mythical creatures look Amazing. Elephant Man/Warrior/Creature/Thing. A little bit gruesome if you ask me.

What’s going on, there is darkness in the room and strange sounds. Is this another Uncharted game? Something has happened to a city, possibly in America. What is this game, I don’t recognise it. The Last Of Us? (Quick Reading – Brand New Game from Naughty Dog who makes Uncharted) Looks really Good actually, something to keep my eyes on.

Another Fantastic Year for Sony, Where was Kevin Butler?

GENEPOOL

E3 Press Conference Notes – Microsoft

It’s that time of year when all the Big Companies in the Video Games Industry show off all their latest stuff. Every year I watch the press conferences at E3 and make some notes and sometimes publish those on FaceBook. This year I have decided to Publish those notes on my Blog (which I have been meaning to do since I started the Blog). Now these Notes are kind of rough but notes usually are aren’t they. Stay tuned later in the month for more press conference notes but today it is Microsoft’s turn.

Looks less casual than all past E3 Conferences

Nice looking trailer, oh wait it’s Halo. Halo 4 will either be the start of a great new series (like the original series despite the fact I have not played any of them, except for round at a friend’s house and in Curry’s) or be the end of Halo altogether thanks to Microsoft milking the franchise for all it’s worth. Looks pretty Good actually.

The host looks like Ray Romano from Everybody Loves Raymond.

I thought the Wii has sold more?

Oh come on, there we go, is that the flag for Honduras? He looks like Sev from Killzone, LAWSUIT. It’s a trailer for Splinter Cell 15 or 20 or 48, I have lost count. This looks Good too, let me just do some research………. YES, it’s on PS3 too. Aren’t you going to hide the bodies? “A spy who breaks into an enemy base and kills everybody isn’t a very good spy” – Yahtzee. Didn’t someone already say that in a Bond Film “I am already dead”?

EA Sports, I might go to sleep for now. Another FIFA game, when will it end? Why don’t they do a Boxing game where you can play the part of Haye or Chisora and smash beer bottles on each other’s heads, that sounds like an Awesome Game. Madden seems to be very slow, Why can’t you attack each other, why does it have to be like real life, it’s a game, I want to use the Post’s as a weapon.

World of Warcraft on Xbox, wait it’s Fable 9421.

A new action racer, oh wait its Forza, AGAIN.

A new Gears of War, I thought it only just finished, if this gets released in the next couple of years it will more than likely flop, 4 is not a good number in the video games industry. Halo 4 has a chance because it has been a while since the last game, oh wait it hasn’t. 2013, oh dear. Forget Gears of war (for at least 5 years), when is Unreal Tournament 4 coming out?

Flying cars. All these things included in the new Forza appear to have been nicked from other racing games. Microsoft should have done the clever thing and bought Bizarre Creations when it was up for sale, that way they could bring back Gran Tourismo’s biggest realistic driving rival, Project Gotham, Forza does not hold a candle in a comparison, Forza is PANTS.

Thanks for reminding me Yusuf, I forgot that the 360 is nothing more than a Glorified Set-Top Box. If you are seen talking to your TV, your family/friends might call for an ambulance (and a straitjacket). I thought the 360 was supposed to be a Video Games Console, the more and more you say is telling me that it isn’t. BORING, I AM BORED NOW. This is supposed to be a Games Convention, stop talking about stuff that has nothing to do with Games. Interesting to see that you can watch all sports except Sumo Wrestling, Elephant Soccer and Yak Skiing. Now it’s time to move on to a clone of iTunes for your Xbox. Yes, he’s finished, time to move on…..oh no.

Nike, its licenses like this that ruin the Xbox’s true potential. This is as boring as the previous 5 hour Set-Top Box piece. Hurray less than an hour to go until the conference is finished.

Now a talk from the man who thought “I Know, lets charge people for the use of the internet twice”, well he’s the head of that division anyway so it would make sense. “Can you imagine your life without your Smart Phone or Tablet”, yes I can seeing as I don’t own either. It’s not a 360 Tablet is it, that would prove without a Shadow of a doubt that they are just copying Nintendo, As far as I can see, it is not, but most other things the Xbox has implemented since 2007 has just been copied from Nintendo. If I wanted to read when watching a film I would watch a World Cinema Film. I want to enjoy a film, not read interesting facts about it at the same time. The way he talks sounds like he is not actually a fan of Game of Thrones. Internet Explorer is coming to Xbox, I thought with it being a Microsoft Product it would already have it. Hurray, Prometheus Debuted in the UK before America, UK, UK, UK, UK, UK.

Someone with a brilliant British Accent. The Reboot that Tomb Raider needs. Looks strikingly similar to Uncharted, hmm. That man someone sprung back up after getting shot in the leg. Yes we can see you are on fire. They make great noises when they get shot/die. Slow Motion River? A scene similar to a scene in The Lost World Jurassic Park, and now a scene similar to a scene in Jurassic Park 3 (without the Pterodactyl’s of course). Looks Good, nice cap.

He looks a bit like Christian Slater. Ascend looks Good. What is Loco Cycle and Matta or Matter?

Another Resident Evil, oh dear. Are there Zombies piloting the Helicopter? Appears to be an improvement, could be Good, for a change. I was right, Zombies in Helicopter. They appear to be slightly more camp Zombies.

Wreckateer looks interesting, oh no it involves Kinect, BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. If it had a proper controller it could be awesome. Why is it that Microsoft always has to ruin the end of their shows with Kinect.

The South Park game appears to have a nice blend of Action, RPG, Story and Side Scrolling gameplay, could be a Very Good Game. Definitely looks better than that racing game from the 90’s. Trey Parker and Matt Stone really know how to present something, they are almost as Fantastic as Tim Schafer. Please stay on, you are better than the whole conference, please don’t go.

No, Go Away Harmonix, we have had enough of rhythm dance games. Look out for Dance Central 4 at next year’s E3 and Dance Central 5 the following year, it’s almost like Fifa. Is this Americas entry into the Eurovision Song Contest (despite the fact that America is not allowed to join in).

Ray is back, Stand in the centre please.

I did not play much of Black Ops but I did like the Zombie part, I would buy Black Ops just to play the Zombies Game in it. I wonder if Black Ops 2 has Zombies. A female president, that’s new – NOT. Looks Great, could be better than Modern Warfare, more futuristic, this is what the series needs. A proper Gun Game not a realistic shooter, Brilliant. Some Gameplay looks similar to Frontlines, Frontlines is a Good Game. The Plane piece looks like a Battlefield 3 (which is better than all Call of Duty Games) copy but still looks like a Fun feature. Black Ops 2 looks really Good but what I really want to play is Call of Duty Zombies, that would be better and would sell better than Modern Warfare.

Microsoft has had an improvement this year but it keeps forgetting that it should be all about the games and not the features on its glorified Set-Top Box. While it is improving it is not by much. Once again they keep all the major stuff at the beginning which means that after you have seen the first 3-5 games you may as well stop watching. OK, they do finish on a high note but the show is already ruined beyond repair. Some games look really Good but there could be so much more. I might stop watching their presentations in the future. What I would really like to know is, Can I buy a 360 without Kinect, all other pointless features and just use it to play games, is that at all possible?

GENEPOOL

For The First Time In A Very Long Time, A Game Gets Released That Is Not A War Simulator – Twisted Metal

This week sees the release of Twisted Metal onto the PS3. Now it is not the first game in the Twisted Metal series but it is simply called Twisted Metal. But before I talk about this game I would like to share some interesting history (well at least I think it is interesting).

When I was young I remember my brother had a friend round from school and they played on a game console in his room. I later realised (many years later) that it was a PS1. Now this was a time when I would play Video Games every so often, it was not a major part of my life at the time, WOW things have changed. They were playing this odd racing looking game where there were several cars in it including a Saloon Gang Car, a digger that looked like it had teeth and a funny looking Ice-Cream van. Well I was allowed to have a go and I remember racing the Saloon Gang Car along the road and I think it could shoot (this was about 1995/1996). Now this was not the only time I saw this game. I think I might have seen it before but I definitely remember seeing it once or twice afterwards. One thing was a miss though, I did not know the name of the game and no matter how many times I remembered it I still had no Idea what it was called.

I was watching the Sony Press Conference at E3 2010 (one of the biggest events on the gaming calendar). I like watching the Press conferences and I usually mean to give a little review of what happens on this blog but I don’t usually get round to it. Microsoft’s was OK but it felt like they were having a Coffee break every 5 Minutes. Nintendo’s is usually my favourite and it was really Good that year. Sony’s Press conference was twice as long as the other two’s. Nintendo and Microsoft were just over an hour while Sony was over 2 Hours. Well at least they did not disappoint, I even saw Kevin Butler (Seriously, click that link, it’s a Fantastic Speech) for the first time. Well the show was about to wrap up and they were showing off the last big surprise. It was a Big Surprise not only for the people in the room at the time but for me. They showed a trailer for a game and in the trailer I saw that Ice-cream van from a that game all those years ago. I then watched the remainder of the conference and saw what I thought was one of the best looking Games I had seen in years and by Games I mean Explosions, Madness, Unrealistic Physics, Rock Music, Unrealistic Driving where you can go round a corner and not take your finger off the Accelerator and Almost if not Unlimited Ammunition for your Big Guns.

Twisted Metal is a car combat game, it is not really about racing, it’s about having cars with weapons on them and destroying other cars. There are many different vehicles that can be used in the game including an Ice-Cream van that turns into a robot like in Transformers and along with other vehicles like Helicopters. There are several different types of multiplayer matches like Team Death Match and Nuke. Early shots of the single player mode look interesting as well as challenging with some boss levels looking like they can take a while to complete. But the Multiplayer looks like it is the main star of the show. Now I am really excited about this game but there is one problem, Clowns. I am terrified of Clowns. For the most part I am looking forward to playing the game and not letting it bug me but there is 1 upside which is that when I am playing in a different team I can attack the clowns and let out the fear and anger out at clowns.

From the trailer it sounds like there will be some Good Music in the game, well it makes sense that in a game called Twisted Metal there will hopefully be some Heavy Metal Music. Twisted Metal is looking like an incredible Game and I am really excited to play it when it comes out this week, I hope it is as Fantastic as it looks.

GENEPOOL

Sam’s Rant – Fallout 3

Before I start I would like to point out that I like playing Games and enjoy playing them. Yes, I don’t like the game all other gamers in the world like. You may wonder why, well the reason for that is IT IS TOOOOOOOOO DIFFICULT EVEN ON EASY MODE. I will explain this in more detail later. I really wanted to play this game when it first came out, it looked like fun. The idea of walking around a wasteland and all the things the game showed including a Giant Robot looked like so much fun. In 2010 I was coming home from college and I decided to buy a game. Now it was a difficult choice to make between Fallout 3 and Brϋtal Legend. I decided to go for Fallout 3 and by Brϋtal Legend later. I take it home and started playing it on my PS3.

The initial few levels were good fun inside the vault but then when you had to escape was difficult because you don’t have a decent weapon and people with Really Good Weapons are coming to kill you. After you escape you enter the bizarre wilderness and you walk around pointlessly for a bit until you find this nice small town where you can’t do anything you want to because you need to do jobs for people and don’t have any money: bottle caps. Yes somehow with no major government bottle caps are a form of legal tender. Perhaps you should find something completely pointless and use some major charm offensive and claim to someone it is worth millions of bottle caps. Well you end up doing jobs to get bottle caps. One of the first jobs I get is to go to a local super market and find out if there is anything there. Well I travel there and get attacked several times by some wild mutated Pigs/Dogs. I then get to the super market to discover there is a Giant Scorpion outside. I decide to use my BB Gun to try and shoot it but it only alerts it that I am in the area and it decides to come after me. So I try to deceive it thinking I am somewhere that I am not so I can go around it but somehow it is able to know exactly where I am and no matter what I do it keeps coming so I have nothing to do but to keep shooting at it with my pointless gun and then it kills me. It was at this point that I started to regret buying the game. So I go for an explore down to the riverside and then I get attacked again by some local people with spiked shoulder pads (so they must have been fans of the Road Warriors) and Good Weapons and then I think I got killed again. I then traded some supplies to get some better weapons but they don’t work because somebody thinks that Laser Guns work on batteries so I got killed some more by small Pigs/Dogs. So then I go back to the Super Market and meet a child who says his parents were attacked by Giant Ants and then I said I would help him but I did not get a chance to do so. Luckily the Giant Scorpion was not at the super market but inside were more local people so I avoid them and look in a box. I then go back to the small town and told the woman I checked the whole area just so I would not have to go back. I did some more jobs for her including making myself ill from radiation poisoning and I also had an explore around other places including a nearby empty school and after robbing everything I could find I decided to look through the town near the river to get to the next major objective but I ran into some more local people and a big Yellow Bloke. So I try to get away using a feature on my big green watch to get away but it won’t let me so I had to run away so it would let me do it. Then I decide to do the one thing I was most excited about doing which was blowing up the Nuke inside the town. I had to rig it up using a device and some drugs to make it possible for me to do it. I then had to travel to a nearby hotel to blow it up but on the way I got killed by another Pig/Dog and then I decided not play the game again and get rid of it. After months of trying to figure out how to get rid of it I finally trade it in and Get Brϋtal Legend instead which is a Much Better Game and not a Complete Waste of Time and Money.

There are a few things to like about Fallout 3 like The Robots, The 1920′s – 1940′s Music and………………………………………….. That’s about it really. So Yes, Fallout 3 is not as Fantastic as people were claiming it to be and if you want to play a Good Role Playing Game play Brϋtal Legend.

GENEPOOL