18/10/2014
Time to finish off some stories, before the pre xmas launch fest. There are a few on my list, I may not get through them all this weekend 😉 Here’s my list, in no particular order: Wolfenstein: The New Order An amazing story with cool nods back to the original, everything a FPS should be, with no gimmicks. [Rating: 4.5] The Last of Us Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon Valiant…
13/10/2014
I really enjoyed the previous installment of Far Cry. One of the few games, together with GTAV, and Tomb Raider, that have been compelliing enough to complete the story lines. Saying that, I’m making good progress into Diablo III, and I must go back and finish The Last of US, and Wolfenstein… anyway I digress, allow me to introduce you to Kyrat An introduction to the Lowlands of Kyrat. This…
21/09/2014
Here’s footage of the future version of Ultra Street Fighter 4, the Omega edition! According to this post on Eventhub it’s intended more for fun, than a balanced release… and it does certainly look fun, and will be free 🙂 This will be released in October, together with the v1.04 update: This blog entry also states that a new patch is heading our way in October. The v1.04 update will…
27/07/2014
Booted Child of Light(wonder why critics rateit 82% on xbox one, and 74% on 360?), on xbox live, what a juxta to the 2 last arcade games I tried! I can recognise the shared engine with Valiant Hearts, although the character movement is much more fluid… plus the right thumb stick controlled willow-the-wisp like firefly entity is a wonderful addition, like a playable Navi 🙂 The text dialogue is beautiful,…
27/07/2014
So to continue today’s xbox live endeavour, I’ve chosen 2, 2D platform games to jump about with, Abyss Odysey, and Blood of the Werewolf. 1st impressions? Due to the clumsy controls I doubt I’ll be playing Abyss Odysey again; I’ve too many games to play to leave out the ones with non intuative shnky controls. Blood of the Werewolf, at first seems clunky, the levels are simple jump and shoot……
27/07/2014
Started playing the Ubisoft xbox live version of Valiant Hearts: The Great War. I’m enjoying the easy pace, simple puzzles and challenges, and brief history of The Great War. From the wiki Valiant Hearts: The Great War is a puzzle adventure video game developed by Ubisoft Montpellier and published by Ubisoft. The game is inspired by letters written during the Great War and has four characters on the battlefield help…
26/07/2014
So I’m asking myself this question: Is what is on a purchased disc your own? I recently booted up Street Fighter x Tekken, while working through my fighting games, and promptly remembered that half the characters are missing. Don’t get me wrong, they’re there on the roster… just not playable! Usually this is a eh oh moment… but in this instant I couldn’t play Blanka! WTF is a Street Fighter…
26/07/2014
Started playing the Lego Movie Xbox 360 game, and it didn’t dissappoint 🙂 It follows the plot of the film scenes, and is heaps of fun. Will I finish it? Perhaps not. I’ve not enjoyed a Lego title to completion, after the Star Wars release… but stranger things happen [Rating: 3]
12/07/2014
I find it hard to believe that I have never tried this before! I find enterring lengthy text messages via joystick into XBOX LIve timely. Today I plugged in a keyboard I have been using with a Raspberry Pi into the XBOX to see if it would work. Wonders of technology, keyboard typing without the need for drivers! Not sure of how long the nolvelty will last before I revert…
12/07/2014
I recieved a Sanwa octaganol plate for my my Madcatz Fightstick Pro today, from an Ebay purchase. Not sure of how it will change my Street Fighter game play, but I am keen to give it a try 🙂 One issue, I can’t get the back plate off of the joystick to fit it 🙂
29/06/2014
I paid for the Street Fighter Ultra costumes. I feel like I validated the pay to play Capcom business model, but I don’t regret it for a minute:
29/06/2014
Shit, I’ve just purchased the last Ultra iteration… but I’m still excited by the prospect of Street Fighter V coming to PS4 and Xbone 🙂 Excerpt from EventHubs, info courtesy of sponichi Updated: Capcom’s Yoshinori Ono addressed Sports Nippon’s report today and said that the “pay to win model is not accurate and isn’t something we’re planning for. “Sorry for the confusion! We’re still in early planning stages and will…
I’ve been playing some version of SFIV for a while now, but today the question hit me: Whats the difference between Battle Points & Player Points? Here’s a succinct answer from a google search: PP stands for Player Points. BP stands for Battle Points. PP is essentially your overall skill as measured by the game and your wins and losses, regardless of what character you’re using. BP measures your skill…
16/06/2014
As a public service announcement, here’s a reminder that Street Fighter iv is now free on Xbox live, for gold members, until the end of the month! As a long time fan of the game I’m stoked that new players will have the pleasure of experiencing SFiv for the first time. For those who are new to the series, and even maybe the genre, here’s a great guide to start…
13/06/2014
As a big fan of the series I was keen to get into Trials Fusion, and all I can think is each next title takes it a step back from the simplistic beauty; complexity is added to ‘upgrade’ and ‘appeal’ Find the voices a mix between Gladys and the sublime media of Bioshock… except more annoying, and not as funny. FMX mode is a nice addition, where traditonal MX tricks…
07/06/2014
So with the news of the recent launch of Ultra Street Fighter IV, I have found a token that grants 48 hours of Gold membership to xbox live, I’ve had a few fights to test my connection and setup (7 wins from 8, my Blanka still kicks arse 🙂 ), and the Ultra update is currently downloading. So to fill in the time, and to get my game up to…
06/06/2014
Phil Spencer from Microsoft posted on twitter today: June #XboxOne software dev kit gives devs access to more GPU bandwidth. More performance, new tools and flexibility to make games better But what does this mean? Eurogamer questined Microsoft: Microsoft has confirmed that this boost in performance is in fact due to Kinect being stripped from the package. When asked if the two were related, a Microsoft spokesperson sent Eurogamer the…
01/06/2014
I still call Niko for GTA V DLC, after watching this what do you think?
01/06/2014
I’ve played Watch Dogs for the past day (16.1% Progression!), here’re a few of my thoughts on the title so far, my largest criticism is that it isn’t GTA 🙂 Watch Dogs don’t sprint Towers, it’s an Ubisoft open world adventure, how can there not be towers to liberate(!) No clipping experienced on the PS3, I was prepared for the worse I’m not using guns often, that’s cool and makes…
31/05/2014
Watch Dogs is currently installing on my PS3, the nearly 2 year wait is finally over… and I don’t know if I should be excited, or ready for a little disappointment. There have been brief reviews of how unimpressed some players have been, take Metacritic’s user score of 4.5, and the first couple of publisher opinions not too much better, which is the juxta of most game’s scores on (pre)release.…