My New Year's Resolutions

Honestly this should have been posted yesterday or Friday but I didn't think about it till today. I'm not sure if anyone will see this but hell if i don't follow through on these I can at least feel bad each time I come to the blog.

• I'm going to post more often with reviews and opinion articles on current gaming news.
• I'm going to try to stop writing "gonna" because apparently my computer is trying to tell me it's not a real word.
• I will try to start using my video equipment to do more videos. (maybe video reviews, or me playing a demo/first 15 minutes of a game and try to be entertaining.)
• I want to learn how to play Dwarf Fortress effectively. (I got most of the basics down but the military aspect eludes me.) 
• And lastly I want to give other video game genres I've usually would just avoid a chance. (mostly fighting, and racing games.)  

Anyway my next post which will be about my top ten games for 2010 should be up by tomorrow or Tuesday.

--Thanks for reading.

Old Cole Vs. Old New Cole Vs. New Old Cole

Old Cole was bland but at least he looked like a badass.



Old New Cole may look like an asshole but at least he doesn't look like the zombie the original was.



Initially I was annoyed by the change but eventually got over it and realized they don't look 100% different. Old New Cole could kind of pass as a happier "I have powers and you don't" Cole...with hair.



New Old Cole...Yay!!!!!?????



When I first saw the newest iteration I was ecstatic. The more I thought about it, the more I hated it. This new Cole doesn't really look as badass as the original. He doesn't look as boring but he also looks more like your average person...if that makes sense. In some screen shots the newest Cole looks sick almost diseased. Now even if the best of the screen shots is what he will look like through out come launch, I have one big problem. They didn't change back the voice. The voice of Cole in Infamous 2 doesn't really match the current character model in my opinion.



I loved the first Infamous and trust Sucker Punch will deliver an even better experience than the first. I guess I'll eventually get use to Cole's voice with his current look. Funny after all this I still have to get use to it. I mean was it really worth complaining about the original character, about the second iteration, and now the third, if in the end it still isn't quite right?

Revised Top 5

Well I saw that most of my “top 5 games I can’t wait for” came out and I decided to update it. I’m still gonna stay in the 2010, so any game that was on my list that got pushed to a different year will be replaced, and any of the games I’ve played I’ll give a little description on what I thought of it. So lets start with the games I’m gonna take off the list.

Pokemon HeartGold and SoulSilver (DS)
I did not complete this game. Reason why? I got bored halfway through. I think I’m getting tired of the whole pokemon formula, I’ll probably even skip pokemon Black and White.

The Grinder (Wii, PS3, X360)
Not Coming out this year. Halloween 2011...

Alpha Protocol (PC, PS3, X360)
I skipped on this game… after seeing a couple of reviews I decided to save my money…. For naughty bear…

Naughty Bear (PS3, X360)
I feel I picked the wrong game to back my money on, I should of got alpha protocol. I did not enjoy Naughty Bear…

Okay now to the revised list.

5. Civilization 5 (PC)
I have no clue if my laptop can run this game, I don’t know much about pc gaming… but after playing civilization revolution on the consoles I been wanting to try the pc games, and with civilization 5 coming out soon might as well try that one.
September 21, 2010
http://www.civilization5.com/

4. Fallout New Vegas (PC, PS3, X360)
I loved Fallout 3. It took me a while to get into it, but I've spent more time devoted to that game than I did to my porn collection at the time. A new location and a new story with some tweaked mechanics. I'm up to pay 80 bucks for it. (if I had 80 bucks)
October 19, 2010
http://fallout.bethsoft.com/

3. Harvest Moon Grand Bazaar (DS)
I love the harvest moon series… It’s hard to explain why I like it so much, but I always enjoy myself taking care of my farm, wooing the women of the town, and giving people I don’t like trash…(By the time this gets on the blog this game is already out… I’m just to poor to get it at the moment.)
http://www.natsume.com/coming_soon/games/hmgb/index.html

2. LittleBigPlanet 2 (PS3)
I still enjoy the original LittleBigPlanet, and having that game with a bunch of new items for level creation just sounds amazing. I really like the music sequencer they showed off not to long ago. Hopefully I’ll be able to complete making a level this time.
November 16, 2010
http://www.littlebigplanet.com/2/

1.Fable III (X360, PC)
This should have been on my list the last time, it just slipped my mind but not this time. I really loved the first fable (I didn’t hear about all the stuff Molyneux said while the game was in development.). And Fable 2 is something I still play today. I really can’t wait for this game and I’m hoping on saving enough cash for the limited edition version.
October 26, 2010
http://lionhead.com/Fable/FableIII/

Naughty Bear Review

Naughty as in bad

Liked

Some Humor: You’ll get some chuckles out of the things that are going on. Stuff like choking a teddy bear with a phone or the fact that they named a zombie teddy bear Geebus.

Hated

Sea Sick: the Frame rate in Naughty Bear is poor. It gets distracting and it just gets worse when you start killing the other bears.

Boring: Naughty Bear Gets boring fast, the deaths and screams of the other bears become a dull throb in the back of your head as you think what game you’re gonna play next.

You know what fuck the list of pros and cons. The bottom line here is Naughty Bear is not a good game. The Frame rate is Disgustingly bad, the camera is shit, the game can’t keep up with its self and freezes up when to much is happening (which is often towards the end of the game), and in the end a big waste of time. It’s a interesting concept but poorly executed, this game would be hard for me to recommend to anyone even if the price was ten dollars. Just pass this one up or wait till its 3 bucks.

2.0/10 SHIT

I played all the main story missions, a handful of the challenges, and a few matches in multiplayer.

Modnation Code

I doubt if anyone reads this blog (yet!), but if you do leave comments or hit the follow button. I tend to get lazy when I don't have anyone to update for.... motivate me dammit! Why am I writing this again? Oh yeah I got a extra code for Modnation for something called the Air Raid, so I decided might as well give it away seeing that I doubt I'm gonna be able to get Modnation anyway (damn my lack of money).

And if you can't see the Image above the code is: FEN5-LHBN-B843.

Oh and if you get the code leave a comment saying you got it so people don't waste their time.

(p.s. Steve/John don't take this code...)

(p.s.s the Steve and John that write for this blog not any Steve's or John's that just read the blog)

Record of Agarest War Halfway Review?

I’m not really sure if I can or should call this a review, but I think I’m going to. Basically, a lot of good looking smexy games are coming out next week. It’s bad enough that I won’t have enough money to buy them all, but also not have enough time because of other games. So, I figure if I want Agarest to be reviewed this month I’m gonna have to do it now while I’m on the halfway point in the game (or so it seems anyway). I will however be doing a full review of the game when I do finish it (which will probably be in a couple of months).

Liked:

Soul Breed: I’ll be bloody honest right now, this was the main reason I got this game when I heard about it. There are five chapters in the game. In each chapter, you play the child of the main character from the previous chapter. The interesting part is, depending on who you marry and mate with determines the stats and skills of your child.

Story: While not the best story in the world, it is enjoyable and interesting enough to keep me going instead of outright quitting the game. The basic premise of the story is basically an ancient evil has come back to takeover the world and the first hero who dies at one point is granted strength to help the world defeat this darkness, but he has to give his and his descendants their… freedom I guess would be the best word in this case.

Meh:

English Subtitles: The game only has Japanese voiceovers. This didn’t really bother me, but I may as well mention it just in case this does bother you.

Dislike:

Fighting: I probably should have mentioned this before, but the game is a strategy RPG (like FF: Tactics or Fire Emblem). I tend to enjoy these types of games, but Agarest War has a few issues. Every battlefield is flat, they reuse the battlefields a lot, there’s no feeling of an advantage when you attack from behind or the sides, and my biggest issue with it is the battles just get too tedious too fast.

Stuck: It's possible to get stuck, there’s no way to change the difficulty mid game, and if you can’t get out of your predicament, you're just gonna have to restart. (Yeah I'm an idiot... there's a kind of move menu so you can go straight to town you visited...)

I’m enjoying the story but the fights are really bringing me down. If I had to rate Agarest War from where I am in the game, I would give it a 6/10.

Edit:

I decided to record the intro of the game out of boredom and put it here enjoy.

Crazy Uncharted 2 Clip

This isn't me playing in this video.