Burnout Paradise

So as part of the welcome back package for Playstation 3 owners you got a 30 day membership to playstation plus and a choice of 2 games. Well if you check out the playstation plus store then you will find that Burnout Paradise is free to download, so if you want even more free games then go ahead.

I've never really been fond of car games but the only one i ever liked was Burnout Revenge for the PS2. I used to play it all the time, try to get the best scores i could, i never got round to completing it 100% though. And due to this game I've always wanted to get Burnout Paradise but after seeing the style of this game i avoided it. Since you drive around the city doing missions you find a traffic lights, it's too free roamy compared to Revenge which had a set of challenges and levels that you worked your way up. But as the game was free i downloaded it to give it a go, and I've got to say i like it.

My car, 90% of the time

I still dislike the way you find and accept missions, but it's unique and interesting. Just not my cup of tea. Now I've never saw the obsession some people have with cars, and to be frank i still don't. But my class of car in this game is Stunt. For me, speed is too fast and with you constantly boosting you're not really having much fun because you have to stick in the middle of the road and you don't get to do any cool tricks or see the scenery. Then there's Aggressive with isn't too bad, but in racers i don't really like sticking with the competition, i want them so far behind they're not even on my map. So i went with stunt, this gives me a flexible amount of boost to work with, i can drift all i want and most of the time with i tap into a citizen car i don't instantly become Wrecked. Also in races i can go every shortcut i can find and do double barrel rolls until i can practically hear Slippy begging for me to do another.

Bioshock

So in preparation for Bioshock Infinite I've been replaying the original Bioshock, well also because it's a brilliant game. The whole atmosphere was broke down in the sequel, don't get me wrong, it was still a really good game. But it just lacked something that the original had. Much like what happened with Dead Space and Dead Space 2. For example in the originals there was a sense that every corner you turned there would be enemies hiding round the corners, waiting to slaughter you and jump out on purpose to scare you. The enemies were there to add to the whole feel of the game. Whereas in the sequels to both the series the enemies were just there to be fought, just there as something to waste your ammo on. If i wanted something to waste my ammo on i would be sitting there shooting walls that look at me funny.

I wish i had this in my bedroom

Enough about those two games, more about the original, so would you kindly read on. I started a new game on survivor mode(the hardest mode) today after previously completely it on normal difficulty. I decided to skip hard mode and go straight onto the worst there was, i needed a challenge to occupy my time with, and i can honestly say this is time well spent. Apart from perhaps having to restart from my most recent save every time i die(which is a lot) since i have Vita Chambers(checkpoints) turned off.

I've got to say, going through the damp corridors of Rapture knowing that everything is waiting for you, and will in fact kill you very easily adds to the atmosphere. Those Big Daddys that were troublesome to take down before, well lets just say, avoiding them is just as scary this time, knowing that they can actually kill you in one hit if you do as much as breathe in the general direction of their little one. As i foolishly found out earlier.

So if you haven't played this game before then go out and get it, it's a classic and should not be overlooked just because of it's sequel. And if you have played it before and have any tips on surviving Rapture then please, drop me a comment.

Update & Ninja Gaiden 3

Sorry for the lack of post yesterday, i was out all night so didn't get round to writing anything. Also from next saturday i will be going away to Germany with my friends for a week, and most likely won't have internet so i won't be able to stay in touch with all of you. Sorry.
However i will try to write some posts and set them to automatically publish themselves, along with removing comment moderation so you can all still read and comment. As soon as i get back i will be sure to make a post telling you all about what the trip was like.
Now onto Ninja Gaiden.

Now i've never really been a fan of Ninja Gaiden, it just hasn't appealed to me, but since it's footage from E3 it kind of caught my attention. All of these very American war and battle games recently have just flooded the game industry, with things like Call of Duty and Battlefield dominating the charts. I don't have anything against these, apart from my little brother in the room next to me screaming down the microphone at people for about 8 hours a day, he tries to reassure me that they all deserve it, but i really don't think they're the ones bringing the team down. As in all honesty, he sucks ass at any game that requires input from a human.

Duke Nukem

So many of you have been asking for this game review, so here it is! And you can bet that everything that you wanted for christmas, is in here. From monster trucks and beer to strip clubs, naked slime chicks hanging from the ceiling while being totured and of course your favourite; walls that have slappable tits on. Really, what else could you want?

Responses to Suggestions

I'm very grateful for all of your feedback about what upcoming games you want to hear about. And some of you even want to hear about retro or indie games. Well i'll see what i can do to try and satisfy all of you.

You all want to hear about the long awaited Duke Nukem, so i'll make sure that my next post is about that, and then after i might talk about Diablo 3.
Now below are all of my responses to the questions i received.

Mass Effect 3

So commander Shepherd warned everyone that the Reapers were coming for Earth, but no-one listened. I bet they feel foolish now. Anyway to fix their slight problem they've sent the exact person they ignored to get the job done, unlucky Shepherd, maybe you can have a break next game, or not. Anyone that has saw played Mass Effect 1 or 2 and saw the trailer for 3 will know that the game play styles are all identical. So then there's the question of what is new?

Well first off the main new feature in this game is Kinect, as Microsoft were throwing this new gadget at every upcoming development for the Xbox 360 it was bound to collide with this huge series. So now that you have a fancy camera and microphone at your disposal what can you do? Well I'll tell you one thing, you can't use the camera in the game, so now we're just left with an overpriced microphone, and what else can you do with that than shout abuse at your team mates and command them around, well you can also shout abuse at any NPC in the game using the same dialogue system as the previous 2 games. Sounds like fun doesn't it, I'm just glad i won't have to flail my arms round trying to dent planet sized Reapers.

Final Fantasy XIII-2

This of course is a sequel to the popular Final Fantasy XIII which was released last year. It carries on from the end of the first game and generally looks the same. The areas, the monsters, the movement and the battle system are all practically identical apart from a few new extras which play a vital part in the story. As a first there is a new main character, Noel. Not much is known about him, apart from his impressive skills with his blades and that he enjoys Serah's company and travels with her by his side, it isn't quite clear whether he has a mission to perform, or if he just wants to get some.

Alice: Madness Returns

So this game comes out on the 16th of June, for pc, ps3 and 360. I've been looking forward to it for quite awhile and intend on buying it on the ps3 on release. But before that i need to play American Mcgee's Alice!

I've seen so many trailers on this, and the insane dark demented vision of Wonderland appeals to me so much. This story of Alice is my kind of story, no soft journey down the rabbit hole, but a mental leap through nightmares.

 

EA and Ubisoft

So EA were surprising good for me. Reckoning and Overstrike, with that red head and her trench coat <3 got me. Very surprised and can't wait to hear more Overall i was very impressed and didn't think their games would be that good, i would give them an A.
However Ubisoft, just really, what was going on. Such a terrible lineup, Revelations was good and i was pleased to see that, but the rest were just disappointing. Personally i thought Ea would be bad and Ubisoft good, but boy was i wrong.