This just came in from IGN, and while I was excited but with low expectations, now I want it to be big. I'm actually gonna go back to that dangerous place and get my hopes up. I've been hurt before but nothing says 'it'll be worth it' like Bruce Wayne's bruised, stubbly chin. This looks awesome!
Batman: Arkham Origins Teaser Trailer
Thursday, 16 May 2013
Tuesday, 7 May 2013
Is it that time again?
Oh SNAP!!
Too right buddy. Yea, get excited cause it just got real around here!
First of all, a big apology for the hideously obvious lack of upkeep regarding this blog. I've had so many things to write about but have been too busy doing things that actually pay (real life money - I know, it's hard to take in). In all honesty my Xbox gets used for nothing but LoveFilm, Netflix and Game of Thrones now - not at the same time - and the last new game I bought and played was Injustice: Gods Amoung Us literally just because it had Batman in it -save your money unless you think the idea of superheroes really needs support to stay popular. There are a lot of dashes in this paragraph ---
The reason I am excited is because of screenshots of Batman: Arkham Origins! I have been hearing about the next instalment in the series for a long time and it really didn't get me going but something about seeing these initial screenshots for the first time just got me so excited. I know that I'm probably way behind with the info on this but I don't care, I saw them today and now I'm excited, that's what's important.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not expecting it to be an amazing game, I'll actually be surprised if it's any good at all - but the reason I still get excited goes all the way back to Arkham Asylum, arguably one of my favourite video game experiences. I enjoyed Arkham Asylum so much that the idea of another game in the same vain just brings me back to sneaking through the sewers trying to keep my footsteps quiet enough to go unnoticed by Killer Croc. I don't think Arkham Origins will be amazing because:
1. I hate origin stories that are told more than once
2. Arkham City was good but didn't leave me jumping with joy (like Asylum did) so now I feel like everything else is just an attempt at former glory.
3. No Rocksteady
4.It's clearly just an attempt to cash in on a franchise within a ridiculously over popularised franchise.
From what I can see so far, Batman: Arkham Origins will feature Black Mask and Slade (Deathstroke) as nemeses (yes that is the plural) and you play a younger Batman who isn't quite as grounded as the loveable leg-breaker we've come to know.
Too right buddy. Yea, get excited cause it just got real around here!
First of all, a big apology for the hideously obvious lack of upkeep regarding this blog. I've had so many things to write about but have been too busy doing things that actually pay (real life money - I know, it's hard to take in). In all honesty my Xbox gets used for nothing but LoveFilm, Netflix and Game of Thrones now - not at the same time - and the last new game I bought and played was Injustice: Gods Amoung Us literally just because it had Batman in it -save your money unless you think the idea of superheroes really needs support to stay popular. There are a lot of dashes in this paragraph ---
The reason I am excited is because of screenshots of Batman: Arkham Origins! I have been hearing about the next instalment in the series for a long time and it really didn't get me going but something about seeing these initial screenshots for the first time just got me so excited. I know that I'm probably way behind with the info on this but I don't care, I saw them today and now I'm excited, that's what's important.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not expecting it to be an amazing game, I'll actually be surprised if it's any good at all - but the reason I still get excited goes all the way back to Arkham Asylum, arguably one of my favourite video game experiences. I enjoyed Arkham Asylum so much that the idea of another game in the same vain just brings me back to sneaking through the sewers trying to keep my footsteps quiet enough to go unnoticed by Killer Croc. I don't think Arkham Origins will be amazing because:
1. I hate origin stories that are told more than once
2. Arkham City was good but didn't leave me jumping with joy (like Asylum did) so now I feel like everything else is just an attempt at former glory.
3. No Rocksteady
4.It's clearly just an attempt to cash in on a franchise within a ridiculously over popularised franchise.
From what I can see so far, Batman: Arkham Origins will feature Black Mask and Slade (Deathstroke) as nemeses (yes that is the plural) and you play a younger Batman who isn't quite as grounded as the loveable leg-breaker we've come to know.
October 25th is the release date. I will definitely buy this just because it is a Batman game and I am obliged to at least check it out.
No this post has not been proof read.
Thursday, 10 January 2013
Happy New Year!
The thing I love about Far Cry 3 so far is the unscripted element that fits into the game so naturally.
The idea that while I'm stealthily sneaking around an enemy outpost preying on pirates - my potential meal ticket to new missions, cash and ammo - a tiger could at the same time be stalking me, his potential meal!
Before I got the game, author of Chaos Mushroom, Raz86 told me of the time he was attacked by a random dog as they are EVERYWHERE! He subsequently shot the dog in the face - as you would - only to turn around and be attacked by a leopard. After beating him (or her) off of his virtual arm he applied the time-honoured tactic of backing up rapidly and firing randomly ... until he fell off a cliff! Sliding down the cliffside into shark infested water I think his deep rooted phobia of sharks got the better him, and while I stopped listening at this point, I like to imagine that the story ends with him squealing and turning off the xbox (like I did when I first played Tomb Raider 2 and fell into the pit of tigers).
I have yet to do any actual story missions but I'm expecting good things, and I've got all the ammo and weapon capacity possible - as well as more money than any wallet can carry - so I think I'll be ready for them!
Another friend of mine has a Molotov cocktail permanently lodged in his arm (bizarrely), which is hilarious but can be rather distracting.
I'm looking forward to Devil May Cry (5) and Injustice: Gods Among Us, just because.
Will be playing ZombieU for the first time in February (refused to wait in line at MCMxpo). I've heard good things so I'm curious.
Stay tuned
Press Start.
The idea that while I'm stealthily sneaking around an enemy outpost preying on pirates - my potential meal ticket to new missions, cash and ammo - a tiger could at the same time be stalking me, his potential meal!
Before I got the game, author of Chaos Mushroom, Raz86 told me of the time he was attacked by a random dog as they are EVERYWHERE! He subsequently shot the dog in the face - as you would - only to turn around and be attacked by a leopard. After beating him (or her) off of his virtual arm he applied the time-honoured tactic of backing up rapidly and firing randomly ... until he fell off a cliff! Sliding down the cliffside into shark infested water I think his deep rooted phobia of sharks got the better him, and while I stopped listening at this point, I like to imagine that the story ends with him squealing and turning off the xbox (like I did when I first played Tomb Raider 2 and fell into the pit of tigers).
I have yet to do any actual story missions but I'm expecting good things, and I've got all the ammo and weapon capacity possible - as well as more money than any wallet can carry - so I think I'll be ready for them!
Another friend of mine has a Molotov cocktail permanently lodged in his arm (bizarrely), which is hilarious but can be rather distracting.
I'm looking forward to Devil May Cry (5) and Injustice: Gods Among Us, just because.
Will be playing ZombieU for the first time in February (refused to wait in line at MCMxpo). I've heard good things so I'm curious.
Stay tuned
Press Start.
Wednesday, 7 November 2012
Literally Almost Cried
While perusing IGN.co.uk I stumbled across this.
MOUNTED DRAGONS!
That is literally a dream I once had as a wee tot, soon to be made a (virtual) reality!
During Bethesda's GameJam in 2011 a few amazing ideas were put forward by the team and made me think 'yes, I reckon that would make the game perfect!' However I never thought that any of them would ever see the light of my (massive) television. The key feature that intrigued me was dragon mounts (and the Giant Mudcrab) and I had in fact resolved that it would never happen so there was no need to be excited about it.
And then this happened.
Can't wait!
Still holding out for that Giant Mudcrab.
MOUNTED DRAGONS!
That is literally a dream I once had as a wee tot, soon to be made a (virtual) reality!
During Bethesda's GameJam in 2011 a few amazing ideas were put forward by the team and made me think 'yes, I reckon that would make the game perfect!' However I never thought that any of them would ever see the light of my (massive) television. The key feature that intrigued me was dragon mounts (and the Giant Mudcrab) and I had in fact resolved that it would never happen so there was no need to be excited about it.
And then this happened.
Can't wait!
Still holding out for that Giant Mudcrab.
Monday, 15 October 2012
It's Not Just Me!!
My excuse was that I was a late starter. I was embarrassed to see that my entire friends list had long since moved on to save the universe as Commander Shepard, or to massacre maniacal midgets while searching for treasure across Pandora, while I was still getting kicked out of mead halls for shouting at locals in Tamriel's northern territories nearly a year after release. Skyrim's relentless, vice-like grip on my time refused to loosen for more than a day, occasionally letting me out for some Minecraft if I had been a 'good little Dragonborn', before reeling me back in for weeks on end.
For months I thought I was alone in my struggle, and when Resident Evil 6 busted my chains and broke me out, actually allowing me to play co-op with friends and interact with other human-beings, I thought I was finally free!
Until I bumped into an old friend on the way home from an evening of light debauchery.
During a short chat he cautiously commented that he was on his way home to play Skyrim, dubious as to whether or not I knew what it was or had even heard of it as we had never known each other as gamers and operated on different consoles (so no gamertags had ever been exchanged). At that moment I realised: there were others! In an attempt to contain my joy, I casually explained that I was still doing nothing but side quests to build up my level 50 character, inadvertently incurring a simultaneous 'geek-fit'. He told me of others who had suffered the same blight yet wore it proudly as a badge of honour rather than hiding from it in disgrace and inspired me to do the same.
After a forceful strut home I decided that I had fought it for long enough and it was time to give in to my inner callings. Flinging aside RE6 I restored the fifth instalment of the Elder Scrolls series to it's rightful throne - the tray of my Xbox 360. To my delight, that old familiar ping neglected to tell me that I couldn't sign in to windows live, but instead plastered across the top of my screen 'You have 1 friend playing Skyrim'.
Regardless of whomever that random loner was, forget humanity! Faith in myself was officially restored.
For months I thought I was alone in my struggle, and when Resident Evil 6 busted my chains and broke me out, actually allowing me to play co-op with friends and interact with other human-beings, I thought I was finally free!
Until I bumped into an old friend on the way home from an evening of light debauchery.
During a short chat he cautiously commented that he was on his way home to play Skyrim, dubious as to whether or not I knew what it was or had even heard of it as we had never known each other as gamers and operated on different consoles (so no gamertags had ever been exchanged). At that moment I realised: there were others! In an attempt to contain my joy, I casually explained that I was still doing nothing but side quests to build up my level 50 character, inadvertently incurring a simultaneous 'geek-fit'. He told me of others who had suffered the same blight yet wore it proudly as a badge of honour rather than hiding from it in disgrace and inspired me to do the same.
After a forceful strut home I decided that I had fought it for long enough and it was time to give in to my inner callings. Flinging aside RE6 I restored the fifth instalment of the Elder Scrolls series to it's rightful throne - the tray of my Xbox 360. To my delight, that old familiar ping neglected to tell me that I couldn't sign in to windows live, but instead plastered across the top of my screen 'You have 1 friend playing Skyrim'.
Regardless of whomever that random loner was, forget humanity! Faith in myself was officially restored.
Monday, 19 March 2012
Everybody loves free stuff!
Be sure to connect to Xbox Live or the PlayStation Network and fire up your copy of Soul Calibur 5 on 21 March - this wednesday- for your FREE update! Then in april check out the marketplace for the new DLC costume packs on 3 and 4 of April for Xbox and PlayStation respectively and monthly thereafter.
The update will tweak the gameplay based on consumer feedback to give a more rewarding experience as well as re-balancing the characters and optimising the online ranked game search.
Eurogamer.net has all the information on the update and DLC packages as well as this video, giving you a sneak peak of what to expect come Wednesday.
Until then...
Press Start!
The update will tweak the gameplay based on consumer feedback to give a more rewarding experience as well as re-balancing the characters and optimising the online ranked game search.
Eurogamer.net has all the information on the update and DLC packages as well as this video, giving you a sneak peak of what to expect come Wednesday.
Until then...
Press Start!
Wednesday, 7 March 2012
Patience is a Virtue ...
Our friends across the pond in some place called Americaland or something are already sinking their teeth into the big juicy burger that is Street Fighter X Tekken. Those of us on the more refined side of the Atlantic Ocean are playing that old familiar waiting game until the UK launch of Capcom's offering to the franchise crossovers. Until Friday 9 March (2012) you can wet your appetite with this video from Eurogamer (if you can bare the music).
For now, Press Start!
For now, Press Start!
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