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October 26, 2012
Nano Doc
By: Thegreenback
Nano
Doc is a side scrolling shooter type game where the world has been
infected by a horrible mutating virus that kills loads of people with
out warning. As two scientists try a crazy idea to make a little robot
to find the virus in the patient and take it out to save them.
The main point of the game is that you are a tiny robot
going around in a persons bloodstream. You must take down loads of small
viruses as well as a big one that trys to take you out. But you are not
alone. Your makers keep you updated on enemies and how they might
attack you. You also are fully armed to stop them from killing the host
person.
The enemies are varied for each level increasing how hard they are
to kill and changing how they attack. In the beginning you start with
just a few virus cells that don’t move but shoot back at you. As you get
further some rush you with big groups trying to overwhelm you, or
spinning around in a circle spamming the screen with shots.
The shooting is different then most as you fight enemies
they show up in different colors. From red to blue to green and lastly
yellow. As you see them coming up, you hit the buttons on your
controller matching the same colors. Red is the B button and X is blue
etc. Making it more challenging to figure out what button to hit as the
enemies come faster or even in groups of every color. There are also
extra things that, if you get fast enough, help you along nicely. By
killing enemies, you get a chance to get a short bonus device. Such as
increased speed of your shots, shields and shooting all colors at the
same time to wipe out all enemies quickly. You can also absorb red blood
cells to make your health go back up. Or you can absorb white cells to
increase your shooting. You can also charge up cells or viruses into a
bomb where you let go destroying and hurting more enemies.
There are 20 different levels to fight through. As the
easiest is the first handful but the farther you get in the game the
more skilled you have to be. You also get money with the more kills you
get from destroying the viruses. And at the end of each level you spend
them on upgrading your equipment. Ranging to making you shoot more or
faster, have greater health and even extra lives.
At the end of each level there is a giant virus boss. And
each one has its own way of attacking you. Some of them spam your whole
view with their shots but doesn’t hurt much. As some others only do a
few shots but if it hits then takes a lot of your health in one go. As
you try and get there health bar down they also call reinforcements to
take you out.
The overall is: it’s a
fun game. Good use of changing enemies to keep you on your toes. As you
feel overwhelmed at times giving you that hard challenge. Can be a good
quick pick up game or sit down and try to beat all in one go. So for
just 80pts ($1) you should go and try it then buy it.
I
would give this 7.2 out of 10.
~Thegreenback~
~Thegreenback~
September 14, 2012
September 1, 2012
Sushi Castle
By: Thegreenback
Sushi Castle is a
Indie game where you play a ninja going deep into a castle who shoots his way
through enemies and bosses.
This is not a normal shooter game. You start off
with you looking at the castle then do a short cut scene and you’re then
playing in the game. Where you use the left analog stick to move around then
the right to shoot towards. With only just the two bumpers and right trigger
button to do extra stuff, the controls are very easy to get use to.
As you start out, you only have your trusted dragon
cannon gun, that shoots blue spheres, that help you proceed to the next area.
You can also find upgrades from entering a room with chests or take your
chances with items that you find. As one set of items you can hold in your
inventory slot can help you or harm you. Having a rice ball might make your
stats go up a lot but loose shooting or attack power with the same item. Giving
you that feeling of wanting to try it but not sure if you should. You also have
what look like onions that are used as bombs. Using them for enemies to do some
major damage or to taking out blocks to get and see what the chests have in
them.
Each room you go into is randomly chosen from a
decent amount of created room. It also seems you also get random enemies too.
From being nothing at all to more than eight at a time, overwhelming you. Each
enemy is different, some having to shoot them and knocking them to the ground
and having to finish them off or killing them and having them come back to
life. With such a variety of enemies you think you won't get used to handling
them and taking them out. As soon as you do, you meet a new enemy or they add a
few more of them and it become even harder. You can even try out what is kind
of a challenge room where you battle waves of enemies. Some being harder than
others but if you manage to take them all down you generally get an item that
will help you. Some could give you great attack power to kill with fewer hits,
or maybe even more health.
You also come across areas that you can buy stuff
with the coins that you found from enemies or chests. The shops seem to come
far and few between, so if you manage to find it, make sure to stop in and
check it out. With other areas that just wont let you leave till everything is
killed in that room giving you a challenge. But to cross deeper into the levels
of the game you must take on a boss at the end of each level to progress. They
are also randomly picked with a few words to you that are ever changing. Some
seeming odd and others just humorous. As they each have their own way of
attacking you and seeming to make sure you either just live or give you a run
for your money. But you also get a item that raises and heals some of your
hearts preparing you for what comes next on the new levels.
The overall is that it’s a very fun game. With
changing areas and even bosses you never know what is coming next. As even the
dialog is different for scenes making it more enjoyable. But you cant see all
the room or even the bosses on one total play though making it have
replay value. So if you want to be entertained and have a good time, try out
this game and buy it for just 80pts ($1)
~Thegreenback~
August 5, 2012
August 4, 2012
July 20, 2012
Little Ninjas
By: Thegreenback
Is
an INDIE fighting game where you can pick and chose a variety of
characters for battle. You start out by picking what player you want to
be. Letting you change your name and choose what ninja you want to take
down your enemies with. As each ninja has their different stats some
being better with powers and speed. While others do more damage with
just normal attacks. Giving you a variety of ninjas you want to choose
from to fit your fighting style. It also means that you can go against
your opposite to see what one is better or check out their powers.
You
can level up by killing enemies or doing certain requirements that let
you gain experience. The powers you acquire are unique to your ninja.
Some making you invincible for just a few seconds. Others, doing massive
damage to your opponent. But if you die don’t worry you won’t lose any
levels just that the enemies will become stronger making it more
challenging. It also counts down to your next level of getting new
powers, and when you use them there is a cool down meter showing when
you can use it again, having some strategic value. It also makes you or
your enemies stronger with attacks and health. So if you are a level 15
and a level 2 is attacking you, you can take them out a lot more easily
than if your around the same level.
You can do a
lot of varied fights such as capture the flag where who killed the last
player with the flag is now the new owner and levels up with how long
they can hold it. Another is touching a sphere, and staying on it
longer, levels you up even faster. Or you can change it up and try to
take down waves of enemies as you try to survive it all.
The
main point of the game is to reach level 20 and when you reach it you
must take out all of the enemies that stand in your way. You can fight
just one on one with you VS an AI with just a click of a button. Also
available is having a massive battle with your friends on the same
console up to four people. Even if you don’t have anyone over you can
still have four helping or hurting with teams set up and changing how
hard they fight. From training to going onto hard mode.
The
overall is that it is a fun game you can just pick it up and go or stay
for hours honing your skills. You get a ninja that can jump around and
take down enemies and level up to get unique powers. With different
fighting arenas you can strategize how to take others out or just hit
them in the face. So for only 80pts ($1) go and try out the game and buy
it.
~Thegreenback~
July 1, 2012
Curse Of Shadows
By: Thegreenback
Curse of shadows is a jumping puzzle
game where you are Suni, a thief, that has stolen an amulet with
magical powers. As a curse crosses the land making people lose their
shadows to a demon or spirit. As your gramps goes to try to lift the
curse from the people to be a hero. But after a while goes by, Suni
tries to go save her grandpa.
As you play the game you have a cool
thing that will help you out. Since you have the magical amulet you
have the power to shift into your shadow. But you can’t just shift
when ever you want. You must be in strong light from a lamp and if
you get out of the lamps light you will go back to the normal world.
Trying to sneak past the guard who will kill you on site.
Seeing the different worlds are unique
and you can just change with a quick push of a button. As you do
change from one realm to another each has its own set of rules. In
the light you see object as they are with all the colors. But in the
dark world you see things in black and white as you no longer can
see or be affected by the light world. You must jump on the shadow
that will progress you further to where you need to be. To get
across areas you need to use both light and dark realms to figure
out the puzzle. As you move across the area you see a pole with a
red scarf on it is your check point so if you die you will restart
there. While the end of a level will have a pole with fireworks.
Trying to get to help your grandpa is a
very treacherous journey. As you need to shift into the dark realm to
get away from the guards. Who have been told about you and will take
you down in a single blow. As well as the other beasts in the shadow
realm. As they go looking for things if they spot you best move
quickly or jump into the light realm to be safe.
The look of the game is very colorful.
It is a cartoonish style of look as it has cut scenes to tell you how
the story goes and get to know about Suni. As you play cities going
in the background or cherry blossoms falling down from the trees
gives it a nice feel to it. While also looking for collectibles
throughout the game.
Overall, the game is very challenging
with jumping at the right time to tricking guards to try and attack
you. The story is sweet and simple, telling you what is going on and
why things are happening. Also being able to jump back to any level
you want is nice with some secret things if you beat the game. It is
a very fun game where you can play a little bit if you want or try
and beat it all in one go. For just 80pts ($1) it is a good jumping
puzzle game so go try it out and buy it.
~Thegreenback~
June 24, 2012
Mortal Legacies
By: Thegreenback
This is an Indie RPG game where you must save Elisia from a
terrible thing and talk to the king to help save the world. As you start out it
looks like a classic RPG with a story line of heroic proportions. Making your way
across the land to reach your life goal of becoming a hero.
As you go across the land each town or area has different
looks and the music changes with it. Getting a feel of what might be coming to
either harm you or help you. Seeing in various places of how they put details the game in general. Some being that you have a wall of swords and a furnace just gives
it that nice touch instead of a dude you just walk to and trade for stuff. You
also come across a varied amount of people that you can talk to. Some say
things that will make you laugh out loud and others can be serious. It makes
you want to talk to everyone you can just to see what they will say. Also with
items and gear will make you have a good chuckle with the descriptions.. You can also
buy or sell all your gear. With a meter to show how much you can buy of one item with all the
gold you have collected. And just a single push of a button you can see how
much you can carry for either all your gold or just some with how much it cost.
Making it nice to getting what you need and moving to your fights.
You have a varied amount of classes that help you on your
journey some being classic that you look for and love. While other can be
different but will make your party flow together nicely as they fit like a
puzzle. As you level up they each have different abilities to help their
quests. As each gets a leveling system too making them more powerful and
helpful for the battles to come.
The combat is turn based system randomly deciding who starts the
fight to get the edge thrown in it. As you use your abilities and strength to
take down your enemies that stand in the way of your quest. But it is a very
fast paced game even with the turned based combat. You level up nicely and not
grind for days just to see that one more level to perfection. And it doesn’t
feel boring with different monsters to fight and how much show up randomly as
you walk or run to your destination.
Overall the game is fun I picked it up and couldn’t stop
till I beat the game. You get very nice music and the lands look good with the
themes. Combat isn’t really repetitive with a good variety of abilities and how
you need to change your strategy to handle the battle. So for a game that cost
80 points ($1) it is well worth it and should try it out.
~Thegreenback~
June 21, 2012
Saints Row
Saints Row is a game that is based off
of Grand Theft Auto but with a bit of differences. As you pick how
your character will look and dress with a lot of customization.
You start out in the streets and find
yourself asking to be part of the “Row” where they are a gang
that is ready to take on the other gangs in the city. As you get to
know your fellow members you will fight, shoot, race and kill any
other gang member that gets in your way. Either doing main missions
or just walking down the street and starting something.
As being part of an organization you
start from the bottom up. Every mission you gain more territory for
you gang with some story behind them. Or you gather up members and
try to take down a stronghold with waves of enemies or certain
requirements. Owning more of the city will mean you get less likely
to have other gangs try and take you out. Also easier to get your
members to join up for mission or strongholds. Going through missions
you learn more about your rival gangs with how you’re impacting
them or their struggles. Giving you the choice to take down one area
at a time or all at once.
To do a mission you have to earn
respect points to fill a bar. And when that bar is filled you get a
x1 sign or more. To get respect you can steal a car then hold another
person in the car for money as cops chase you around. Some others are
insurance fraud where you get cars to hit you and reach a money mark
to get some cash also. They have assassination missions to find a
person in the streets as you kill them with a required weapon, a
harder mission to do but a lot of money. Or you can just do some
racing and see if your car is fast enough for the prize. As most of
them are fun and can be original, with each success you get, it
becomes increasingly harder to finish. Leaving some seemingly
impossible or having an unattainable goal. You can also get some new
cloths to get more respect as some people will react to you
differently.
With each member of your gang they seem
to get random weapons from a knife to a shotgun. As you take down
either cops or other gangs they can walk over a pick up better
weapons to increase your chances of survival. But the AI for them is
really bad they get stuck on a plant. Some just don’t follow you at
all, others will run into a burning building and catch on fire. So
the game tries to balance it out and allows you to revive your fallen
comrades. If you get close to them just a push of a button and your
poor beer on their heads and back to shooting they go.
The city is a good size one. Not so big
that you get annoyed cause stuff is too far of a drive but not so
small that you see everything in a short trip. As some things look
like they have been copied and pasted. While others have their own
look as you roam around to see what is out there.
The game also has a lot of glitches
from hitting a wall and your car disappearing to trucks driving down
the road and just vanish in thin air. Some people will talk to you
and their mouths move but no sound comes out. A few others is your
car will explode off a single bullet or you kill someone but their
body will float in midair.
So the overall of the game is that it
has a decent variety of weapons. The story can get a little
compelling to see how things play out. Has a lot of glitches that
will annoy you or making you confused to how stuff happened. A lot of
customization to your character. A lot of missions to strongholds but
with the respect point system holding it back forcing you to do side
quest stuff but making the game last a lot longer. A good size
sandbox game.
So I would give it 5.8 out
of 10
~Thegreenback~
There's An AppFor That!
This Week's App is.... Logo Quiz!
Logo Quiz is a free app from the App Store. It is simply a pop culture quiz on what else? Logo's! This is a very fun, addicting and usually frustrating game. Filled with hundreds of logo's spread across 8 different levels seemingly getting more difficult as the levels progress. Filled with every type of logo from very simple, easy to recognize, logo's. (i.e. Ninendo, Windows, Monster and Playstation) Going all the way up to some that you know you know what it is but just can't recall on the spot like the Miracle Network or for guys, Olay! With the levels never changing, it gives it very little replay value, but it will still keep you entertained and pissed off, all at the same time, for hours!
June 10, 2012
Battlelog
By: B-Rad G From Malibu
This weeks app is... Battlelog! Battlelog is an online way to do everything you could want to do within Battlefield 3. Changing your in-game clan tag and customizing your class for your next match is all at your fingertips with the outstanding service. But who sits and their computer while playing games. That's just what the genius minds at EA thought. Now Battlelog is on iOS and Android. It is a condensed version of the desktop site, while still giving you all that you need while mid-battle or on the go. This app is a must have for all Battlefield 3 players! There is no exception for greatness!
Have BF3 on the 360? Hit me up and let's kill some Russians! GT: WelcomParadise
Aliens VS Predator
By: Thegreenback
Aliens VS Predator is a game mostly based off the movies
with how things work. As you get to play three different campaigns. Each
showing you bits of a major story of how things unfold and crossing over each
other.
The Aliens campaign involves you being born into captivity
as you are labeled number 6. As you break free you reek havoc to the scientist
that put you where you are. Trying to reach the hive as the queen tells you
what needs to be done.
The Predator campaign has you going to earth to stop the
Aliens from taking over the area and eventually the planet. As you kill humans
and Aliens alike to take them all out for messing with your ancient hunting
grounds.
The Human campaign involves you being a Marine as you are
labeled “Rookie”. Just trying to survive and kill the Aliens that have killed
the scientist to get back control of the base.
The combat of the game is varied with each different
campaign.
As an Alien you are very fast and can climb on about
anything. But you can either press a button every time to do so or do and auto
transition. In small areas you keep grabbing onto different walls that you
don’t want to so it gets annoying. Making the world a big playground as you stick to
the dark to hide from the Marines who shoot to kill you on site. So you have to
be sneaky while playing you can hiss to make enemies come closer to you then
take them down one at a time. Or try all at once but with much greater
difficulty. Or you can get them into a finish move where you do a short grab and
either kill them instantly or harvest them. Leaving you open for a bit even if
your getting shot you cant stop it and have a chance to die. As your health
naturally regenerates you don’t have to worry about looking for ways to heal,
just how to kill your prey. Messing around with the lighting to keep you
hidden, but still can be seen even if in dark areas tends to make some stealth
kills harder to do in areas.
Playing as the Predator you can turn on invisibility defense and
stay that way for the whole game. Making it work very well against Marines to
take them out and get a nice trophy for your collection. You can even pick a
spot on the ground and copy their words to make them go in that direction to
either take out or get past. As you get more into the story you come across
more of your weapons giving you a wider variety of killing your enemies. Most
of them are cool but you tend to stick just too just a few that you’re given or
wanting to get up close to take them out. You can also jump to places that give
you a better view point and move around in a faster way. Some times you can’t
get to place to jump on even if highlighted and leaves you wondering why that
was put in the first place. You also need to heal as you take damage making you
more tactical about your kills.
Into the Marine campaign you have a wide variety of weapons
that you can choose from as you progress into the game. From a standard pistol
to flamethrower to keep you living longer. As the game is very dark compared to
the other campaigns. You use flares to light up areas to see the Aliens shine
then shoot them down quickly. Also equipped with a flashlight and motion
tracker to give you a heads up to what is coming. Most of the time you are
surrounded by enemies just trying to survive making you feel very fragile and
at any moment you can be taken out. As you just stick to shooting almost
anything that moves you keep in contact with other Marines battling the same
enemies.
There is also and online capability where you can pick your
race and try to kill other players across the world. They even have odd games
like one becomes the hunter and others prey. Or you can do a four co-op game to
survive though waves of enemies and work as a team to make it out alive.
The overall is that you can play as different characters and
each has a story to tell. As you can just kill lots of enemies it can get
repetitive in some areas specially the quick kills only have a few to select
from. The combat is alright but not that great to you can kill about anything
with just button mashing. The graphics are ok but if you get to close to some
things you can see the glitches stand out.
So I would give this
game 5.1 out of 10
~Thegreenback~
June 3, 2012
Beyond Good & Evil HD
By: Thegreenback
If you like action adventure, sneaking, camera, and trying
to save lots of people from enemy aliens then this is the game for you. Beyond
Good & Evil takes you across the universe to another planet where things
called the DomZ attack the planet taking people called Hillyens for
reasons unknown.
You play as Jade a girl who lost her parents to the DomZ
years ago. Jade is keeping up an orphanage to help other kids who lost their
parents to the attacks with Uncle Pey'j. Adventuring down the long road to helping the people of Hillys
you use your staff to fight enemies all around. You can also charge up and
attack to do an explosion of energy to take out more. As your biggest weapon is
your camera. Taking pictures to help you do your report for a band that fights
the government called the Iris Network. You can also take pictures of animal
around the world making lots of money to help you buy things and make pearls, which help you upgrade your hovercraft.
You also have a comrade who helps you out in fights also helps solve puzzles. They
have their own health so you have to watch out for them and they will watch out for you. Each
having their own attacks and dialog. Saying how they feel about certain things
you get attached to them and wanting to keep them safe. One of them is your
uncle Pey’j who is funny but can be serious and caucus. When he attacks he puts
enemies in the air when he uses his jet boots attack. The other is Double H who
is very serious but always is willing to help you fight and protect the people.
As his attack is like a bull rush and can slam into enemies taking them out or
even bars that get in your way. He also has armor that allows him to pass
through lasers that stand in the way.
You have a feel of some free world roam around in-between
the big missions you do to take down the DomZ. As you travel around on your
hovercraft to take you where you want to go. As you can upgrade your hovercraft
with things called pearls that you find by killing DomZ or doing certain tasks
as side missions. Or even looking for animal to take pictures to earn some extra
cash. With even some areas that you chase down some people to get back the cash
they stole from you or racing for some pearls.
Most of the missions you do involves sneaking with action.
As you figure out how to get past guards that stand in your way. Figuring out
patterns and ways to take out enemies keeps changing throughout the game some
places pushing what you know to the limit. As you get past areas to find
pictures to take for the Iris Network.
The boss battles are grand that have a mini puzzle to figure
out how to take them down. Some with help and others doing a solo act. With
each boss the difficulty goes up a lot more on how to hurt them. Each boss
is unique of their fighting style and will kill you if you’re not paying
attention. There are no repeatable bosses or any creature that you see in the
world like them.
The game was originally made for the PlayStation 2 so a lot
of the graphics are last generation. As they touched it up in a lot of points to
get it looking smoother and with the little touches. But you can see in certain
areas where they couldn’t get it or some cut scenes.
The game is very fun with a bunch of combos of different
style games that just work together to make a great adventure. With only a few
things bugs and great game play with a compelling story and characters. Showing
some of the last generation graphics doesn’t slow down the game at all. So for
playing on the PS2 I would give the game a 8.9 but with it showing loading
screens, and some age in areas for the 360 is not that amazing.
So I would give the
game a 8.5 out of 10
~Thegreenback~
May 26, 2012
There's An App For That!
This week's app is.... NinJump Deluxe
This is an app for people who have a little time on their hands and want to play a short and easy game. Its about playing a ninja where you climb up walls and when you tap on the screen you jump to the other side. Taking out enemies as you go to reach the highest possible point.
This is an app for people who have a little time on their hands and want to play a short and easy game. Its about playing a ninja where you climb up walls and when you tap on the screen you jump to the other side. Taking out enemies as you go to reach the highest possible point.
May 23, 2012
Minecraft: 360 Edition
By: B-Rad G From Malibu
Have you ever seen yourself excited or
anxious to get off of a long day of working hard, only to go home and
dig up some dirt to build a house or suspension bridge? Me neither.
But with Minecraft: 360 edition, you'll never be more stoked to do
just that!
Minecraft 360 is part of the XBLA
“Next” series. At 1600 MSP ($20 USD) it's defiantly one of the
higher priced games on XBLA, but if your a fan of Minecraft or just
burnt out on FPS's then a great way to spend a hard earned twenty
bucks.
This game only released with the 1.6.6
version of the game but updates are promised soon. This version does
have a few bugs in it but most are minor. For example, the sugar
canes are solid when you should be able to walk through them. A few
with the tall grass in the game like spiders being immovable when hit
in tall grass or mobs taking no damage in tall grass. Minor problems
with the bucket not actually placing water when you empty it (this
happens with Lava, too). But the glitches are few and far between
with fixes being worked on now.
They have simplified the crafting in
this game over the computer version. Now instead of having to know
where to place your raw materials in the crafting table, all you have
to do is just pick what you want to make and it adds everything into
the crafting table, in the correct location, for you. This is a much
better and quicker system over the computer version. Allowing for
more time for actually building an amazing world instead of
researching how to build single building blocks.
They did limit the size of the maps
from the PC version. Giving you only the area that's the size of the
map that you carry around. But even on this condensed map size, the
playing area is still pretty huge. Giving you more than enough room
to build a great sized castle or even a decent sized city.
They did add a lot of very cool
features when it comes to Minecraft 360. You can have up to 8 players
online in one game. Hopefully this will go up to something like 16 or
even 32 players as game updates come out for it in the future. But
for now, 8 is a nice number of players, especially cause the maps are
huge yet. They have also added 4-player split-screen. This is a very
nice thing over PC because chances are that your friends or
girlfriends aren't going to want to sit around the tiny computer
screen to watch you move around blocks. But, in general, when your
buddys come over, you all gather around the tube and play some games.
This is a fun way to have everyone get involed in the game but you
should never turn down free labor when building your empire! Please
note that if you do not have an HDTV you will not be able to play
split-screen. This is currently nothing in the works to fix this
problem and probably never will be. If you bought this game for this
feature in the first week or so of release, Microsoft is offering a
full refund of the game if you only have a SDTV.
All-in-all, I really enjoyed this game.
I had never played Minecraft before it come out on XBLA, and with
everyone telling me it was a game where you dug out a block then put
that block somewhere else, I was seriously considering getting new
friends because they kept saying the were addicted to this game.
After playing the demo for half an hour, I spent the 1600 MSP and was
immediately addicted! I promise that you will enjoy this game if you
are a gamer.
I'm giving Minecraft 360 a 9.5 out of
10.
Come check out my world or let us check
out yours,
Add me on XBL: WelcomParadise
May 20, 2012
No More Heroes
By: Thegreenback
You play the game as Travis Touchdown going to be the number
one ranked assassin. Trying to make some money since you are broke. You hear
about a job where you can kill someone for some quick cash. Then you are some
how put into a ranked fight with a group called the United Assassins Association.
While working with a girl called Sylvia Christel. Where they have some of the
best assassins around as you try to battle your way up to reach the top.
The game is a cell shade cartoon type game. As light and
darkness play a lot with how things look. Also making it into a last generation
graphics game that is blocky on some stuff and melds together with some colors.
Some with not many things to look at as you travel either down a hall. Or even
out in the main world to get what you need for your next mission. Riding around
on your bike or just running looking to see what you can find in dumpsters to
be either money or some of your cloths that you can change into. Giving you
options to get different gear and look style if bored.
The combat is far the best part of the game as you use your
beam katana to slash and cut down anything in your path. While having to stop
and charge up the battery you do a very suggestive motion to do so. As you move
your wii remote up and down to do either a high attack or a low attack. Some
enemies can block your attack so you have to be able to switch when you want to
damage them. You can also charge up your attack for a none block hit but leaves
you vulnerable and you loose a lot of charge to your katana. When you get them
either in a near death of major damage you can do a killing blow. Where you
have to swing your remote in the direction on the screen or it fails. Some time
you swing your sword and hit an enemy’s weapon at the same time making you do a
battle for control if you will then its right to a killing blow. After killing
them you get money to upgrade your katana in the middle of ranked missions is
optional but wanted.
As you go to your ranked fight you get waves of enemies
going through the areas looking for the main boss. They get annoying in some
area's but you make money and get better practice and hone your skills to take
down what’s coming. As you kill them the blood runs everywhere and you say
things that can be funny about their deaths. With each death you get a chance
to go into dark side mode. Where you have five different types of special attacks
for a very short time. Entering it makes you almost unstoppable showing no
mercy to anyone. While looking for some spare cash lying around or card to go
on your wall. Even wrestling techniques to help in your next battles to take
down anyone to stand in front of you.
The boss battles are very memorable each having their own
unique fighting style. You have to learn quickly how to take them down and when
to attack. As they give you a run for your money trying to kill you. Each
battle you do gets harder and some more twisted than the last, showing super
natural powers to just plain skill. Making you want to do the next ranked battle
right away to just see your next opponent.
The overall is that is a violent game with a lot of adult
humor. With epic boss battles that make you want to keep going to take on the
next one. While killing minions can be fun but gets a bit repetitive. Making you do
a lot of side missions to make money that seem taxing after a while. As the
cell shade is cool it just feel bland after a while going around the city. And
the story isn’t much there just get to rank one and be the best.
So I give the game a
6.9 out of 10
~Thegreenback~
May 16, 2012
Trials Evolution
By: B-Rad G From Malibu
You close your eyes and suddenly your
falling... The breeze in your face, the wind in your hair, the sheer
feeling of total amazement. Then, you open your eyes and realize that
your patio door is open and your sitting on your couch playing Trails
Evolution. Yeah, it's that good!
This is an XBLA title that is a sequel
to a great game, Trials HD. Like it's predecessor, this is a puzzle
typed driving game. It has tens of dozens of levels ramping up from
beginner to extreme. This game will set you back 1200 Microsoft
points. ($15) But you won't find a better or more challenging game
that you'll want to spend your points on.
Trails Evo has 1-up'd the graphics.
Setting the whole game outside, instead of in a huge warehouse.
Giving great scene's ranging from desolate oil fields to a live bomb
range complete with an exploding bunker killing your hero after
beating it. They have taken this game to a whole new level as far as
just the enjoyment that you'll get out of it.
There are very few minor tweaks to the
physic's engine, so anyone that has played to first game is going to
pick up and go with this game very easily. But even if your new to
Trials then it is a very simple control setup. You have gas and
brake, and you lean forward or backward to control whether or not you
land on your head or wheels.
This game also features a multi-player
option that I thought was going to be butched. But I was very happy
with it on the release. It's as fun as I hoped it would be. You race
side-by-side, 4-deep, on all the tracks that you've raced on and beat
in single player. It's a very entertaining way to get a few friends
online and really show them how to beat them with a double backflip
to endo finish.
Evo also features a slew of mini-games.
They have brought back the classics like riding on a death ball. But
have also spiced it up a bit by adding brand new mini-games like best
ramp or furthest kamikaze launch. Definitely a very addicting time
waster. Overall, I was very satisfied with this game, with the
addition of online and a broader outlook on single player. I loved
it.
I'm giving this game a 8.5 out of 10.
Game with me! XBL: WelcomParadise
May 13, 2012
There's An App For That!
This weeks app is... Break.com
This is a great app for anyone with a sense of humor! It features thousands of videos, funny pictures and gallery's that are filled with some of the craziest and funnest stuff on the web. And all of this is at your figure tips... on the go!
This is a great app for anyone with a sense of humor! It features thousands of videos, funny pictures and gallery's that are filled with some of the craziest and funnest stuff on the web. And all of this is at your figure tips... on the go!
Dragon Age: Origins
By: Thegreenback
Dragon Age is a epic save the world from destruction game. As
a range of monsters called the "Blight" lead by the Arch-demon goes to kill
everyone in their way.
You start by making your character giving you a list of
different races to choose from. From being a normal human, elf and dwarf. Each
race has a different abilities boost to their stats. Humans are a all around
character as much of the world is also human you see how people react to you.
Elves are a more magical intoned and a lot of people look down on them thinking
they are inferior race. While the dwarves though small are sharp with their
tongue and are know for making some of the best weapons around.
Then you can choose your class of a warrior, mage and rouge.
Warriors are strong and using stamina can be put with a shield to be made into
a damage taking tank, or a great sword to deal major damage. You can also get
them into archery abilities so they have a lot of hit points and can deal
damage from a distance. As they can switch weapons even in the middle of the
fight for changing how the battle is turning out to be. A mage class is about
magic with lots of abilities either to do a huge amount of damage to the
enemies with your mana abilities. Giving you a wide range of helpful character
to destruction making it how you want to choose your way of fighting. The rouge
is a sneak class as you can flank an enemy to get extra damage and hide from
them as well. They also are the only ones to be able to unlock chest and disarm
traps. Deciding to use two handed fighting style to do quick attacks or even
archery for the switch to hit far enemies. It may not seem like a lot to choose
from but each class has 3 specialization classes to choose from when they reach
a certain level. Each one you decide to be gives you a bonus stats boost and
skills to that class have varied abilities unique only to that specialization.
To change how you want the battle to play out or have a better party to help you
out.
After choosing what you want to be class, race and looks it
decides what role of the first personal story from one out of six you will be
playing. Some you can decide what you want to be. To be drafted into the Grey
Wardens to stop the Blight and fight for the people.
Leveling up you’re your players you can pick passive
abilities to help you see what’s coming to how you talk to people getting more
of an option of how to play the game. As some will need you to keep adding
points to get the higher, stronger abilities.
The fighting style can be one sided from having lots of mages
to do big area attacks, but not being able to take hits. You can also have warriors dealing
attacks but not being able to heal without potions. So trying to find the
middle ground up to the player of how he wants the party to be having up to
four members. Able to switch between them at any point picking the ability or
spell you want at that time or wanting them to attack a certain opponent. You
can also pick the tactics you want to your party to have when you are not in
the middle of a fight. Giving them a personal fighting style when you are not
using them or using one of the lists the game already has available. As it can
be a bit of a challenge making sure you all live. The bosses in the game are a
range from to a band of thieves that want what you have to epic dragon battles
that test the limits of your party swatting you around like your flies
bothering it.
The story is a semi open world letting you go to where you
want to start a story to have people help you battle to stop the Blight. Giving
you a lot of choices of dialog and decision making options gives it a lot of
replay value. You have quests and side quests with multiple endings or how you hold
your party. By what you choose or do affects how your party sees you and will
like or dislike making some more willing to help with you’re fighting or others
might just leave and never come back. Also picking how you want to be will
affect how saving the world happens some could be good and could come back to
haunt you.
Some of the game has small glitches from a few items
disappearing or that you will die a little faster then normal cause the health
bar didn’t work just right. But all and all not many glitches to be seen in the
game. As for the look of graphics can go from very nice to a cluster to look at.
Playing the game is very fun making you want to have the
best party you can make. Wanting you find epic gear to take down anything that
stands in your way. Boss battle can be hard and make you want to figure out how
to take them down. Wanting you to pick the best skills and abilities to fit you
fighting style as you level up through the game. So it’s a good game with a lot
of replay value to see how things turn out. With a 6 different starting stories
to what you pick for you character.
So I give the game 8.4
out of 10
~Thegreenback~
May 6, 2012
There's An App For That!
This week's app is... Voxer!
Voxer is a great app that can be used not only through Apple's App Store but also available on almost every smart phone out right now. It is a app that uses a walkie-talkie function. Letting you connect to everyone using the app from your friends list on Facebook. Turning bland conversions using ":)" into hearing the other persons voice and actually :)!
Voxer is a great app that can be used not only through Apple's App Store but also available on almost every smart phone out right now. It is a app that uses a walkie-talkie function. Letting you connect to everyone using the app from your friends list on Facebook. Turning bland conversions using ":)" into hearing the other persons voice and actually :)!
Wii Fit
By: Thegreenback
The Wii fit is an odd kind of game. It
tries to show you different positions of either yoga, fitness,
balance or acrobatics to make your body move. You first start out
choosing your age, height and weight to figure out how to make you
get more active. Unlocking more activities and mini games with the
more time you play.
You can also choose your trainer that
will show you how to do the positions. Giving a demo if you need and
will do the motions with you. As you stand on a flat white platform
that keeps track of your weight movement to make sure you’re doing
the right thing with-in the parameters. Allowing you to get to use
your personal Wii characters and see them change with your body
weight. Keeping your trainer doing the actions with you assuring you
that you’re doing ok or need improvement. As the remote is mostly
just used for picking the game that you want to do.
Yoga stretches you and shows how to
balance with relaxation. Keeping up with your trainer while moving
around. While the fitness gets to do more activities with either
push-ups to jackknives keeping a much faster pace. The balance is
more of short mini games that can get you moving or just an easier
pace.
It’s a very easy jump on, jump off,
game that almost any age can use. It does not leave to big of a
selection to choose from. Most of the games to unlock take a long
time so you have to put a bit of effort into it. It also has a hard
time figuring out whether or not your standing on the mat sometimes.
With the basic Wii graphics, it's not a stand out type of game.
It is a nice simple game with easy
graphics. The Wii mat will lighten up your wallet which is a big
throwback to this game. Leaving it to be a game of all ages. Kids and
casual gamers will like this game more than the hardcore gamers will.
So I will give it a 4.6
out of 10
~Thegreenback~
April 30, 2012
Dante's Inferno
By: Thegreenback
Dante's Inferno is a remake of the old
poem of his love taken to hell as he goes to save her from the Devil.
Some of the good points about the game are that it handles a lot like
god of war and even has some of the same feel for a lot of places.
With the same fast paced acting to getting though some situations as
well as light and heavy attacks, dodge, magic, grabs, jumps and then
a weapon called “The Cross.”
A good thing about it is the skill
tree, depending on if you punish or absolve your enemies. Say if you
stick to one side of the tree, you will get much better at doing that
kind of attack. Like using The Cross to kill enemies from afar also
when you kill them you get more mana so that you can do a lot more of
your magical abilities. Then if you use the more of the “punish”
side of your abilities you do a lot more damage with your death
scythe. After killing them you get health orbs to make it so you can
keep your carnage going. Some of the magic abilities are nice with
some spells that kill just about everything in one shot. But others
are not so good that don't really seem to help and just get annoying.
The game is very action paced, not
really letting up. Going through the different levels of hell you
feel how they change from creepy to sad then just odd. Getting to see
the different areas are nice and you feel that it’s a version of
hell. Seeing the people stuck in the wall screaming for you to help
them as you climb over their bodies to find your love. As you fight
varied monsters and demons some of them stay in a certain place, and
you get different kinds of enemies on different levels going through
the game. But near the end you feel a slight repeat of the enemies
that you fight. There is also some puzzles that take a moment to
figure out, others are just simple and can be figured out at a
glance. As you play, looking around for souls that have become lost
in the layers of hell, and you can determine if they should stay in
hell or go to heaven for their miss deeds. Also choosing their fate,
either punish or absolve, makes it go to your skill points. Doing the
punish side you end it quickly then move on but absolve you do a
little mini game to get the max points you can.
Some of the boss
battles in the game are memorable. Like when you start off and in the
first 5 minutes you battle the Grim Reaper. That put up a good battle
showing you who is boss. One of the hardest bosses, it definitely
takes a few tries. But it's great practice for the rest of the game
once you get the hang of it. Other bosses were varied from hard to
kind of easy. Most of the bosses didn't leave a lasting impact, as
there were too many quick time effects and seemed over used.
What did suck is that the game is very
short even the first play through I got done in about 6 hours. Then
you’re asked if you want to do it again with the skills you have
learned, making it wanting you to do a replay. But if you do it cuts
out the Reaper fight and the first bit of the game putting you right
in the Limbo stage. So as far as replay value goes it’s not really
worth it in my opinion. Anther feature they put in is after you beat
it you can go to the arena, to test what you know and fight though
the 50 waves of enemies with a time limit. So you start out with
about 3 minutes and if you kill them quickly you get more time added.
So if you keep your cool and know how to take enemies down you will
not have to much trouble to keep the waves going.
So the overall review I would give is
that its fun for a bit but gets repetitive. Most of the bosses are
not that hard, or make you want to battle a few of them again. As the
story goes its very light just go save your girl from the devil
that’s about it. The combat is swift fast paced but not that
varied.
So a rating score out of
5.0 out of 10
~Thegreenback~
April 29, 2012
There's An App For That!
This weeks app is... Draw Something!
This is a social game that is between either your facebook friends or just random people from within the game. It is, simply put, Pictionary for the modern family!
It's is great fun. Super addicting. And just all around a good game for your iPod collection!
Fable 3
By Thegreenback
Fable
3 is the third game of the series, starting with the
first on the original Xbox. Taking after the second fable where your
father
became the king of Albion and you’re his
offspring. The story is much deeper then the previous Fables. Where it
seems
you keep doing stuff to help your way though the game story. The story
is very
compelling making you want to do the next mission just to see what will
come up
next. As the people you meet and get to know become more involved than
ever
before, making you want to know about the people of Albion and help them
and have them work
with you. As you may have to help them through the areas, taking their
hand instead of making them follow you. It makes so you don’t have to
wait for them to come to you or the character run off into the middle of
a
fight. But you get slowed down and have to let them go or get hit by
enemies. It's a
little annoying.
There are a number of
glitches in the game. Some of them being the trail to find stuff will disappear for a bit
and you don’t know the way to get to the spot. Also the people get very quiet
and sound distant unless you crank up the sound system or having trouble to
get the hand of someone your trying to help lead. But they are few to be seen
in the over all scale of the game. As most of it is smooth and looks good with either
combat or the cut scenes. But others you can see the game load it as it
plays leaving a "Whoa, what?"
The combat has gotten a lot smoother. You can hit an enemy
with a sword then shoot the guy right behind him with a gun, with just a simple
push of a button. As your dog will attack your fallen enemies or smash their
head with your hammer, or stab them in the chest for the final blow. While the
magic system become cool but very limited. You can take one spell and weave it
with another to make it a unique, but you only get up to 12 spells max, way less
then all of the other spell then you could do in the predecessors. Making the
spells you do become your own style of fighting but repeatable. The other, is
that you can only have one spell on at that time, you cant switch unless you
go to the menu and change it. Giving a drag to wanting to make different spells
happen. Leveling up your character is different, too. No longer using, say a gun,
then getting better at your ranged skills and leveling that area. Now all
things from enemy kills to getting to know your people all goes into one
lump sum called Guild Seals. So you can no longer get great at one class
anymore, just making an all will user or ranged or melee based. Making all kind
of characters just about all around the same type. Though if you find a weapon
you can do a certain requirements that it tells you to get special powers on
your weapon of choice. Turning your weapon into a killing machine as all your
weapons and spells level up with you leaving you not needing to keep upgrading
to better ones.
Now the bosses in the game are a little different. You know
when you’re fighting one and even get an entrance to when it’s going to start.
But after you defeated the boss they will show up later in the game. Just as a
harder enemies but not making the value of the boss unique anymore. Losing of how
you may have defeated it earlier in the game and now just losses its value.
The
interactions of your character and of other people you
meet either in missions or on your way just roaming around. You can
select
the person you want to have an interaction with, then chose either to be
good or evil and even now just funny or neutral. Giving the people of
Albion a different outlook on your Hero. But you only do one
on one, never doing the big crowds to see how many you can get to give
you
attention. Also there is no longer trying to get people to know who you
are,
everyone seems to know. They also changed up how you have a family or
adoption
or have your own like the old way in fable 2.
The enemies get smarter and some harder. Being the funny
with how bandits attack you or how Hobbs
want to kill you. Changing some of the old ones into new fighting styles, but
also removing others from the other games making you wander if you will see
them or not. As you figure out how to handle the combat styles and what fits
you.
Then they also added a new feature that changes some of the
game. You can play online with other people either joining their game or them
to yours. Also you can just jump on a local game as a henchman. It can give
you a different way to take on enemies, an example: a melee fighter hitting an
enemy as the other hits them from a distance with magic. Leaving an over-the-top
view so that you can see both characters, but you cant travel to far away so
you can get stuck if you playing side to side players. You can also do the same
interactions and even marry them and have a kid. The game even pushes you to
play online so if you want to get all of the achievements, you have to. So for
the people that play no online features you can play just as normal, but you
can’t ever get 100% game completion.
So, the over all is that it’s a good game that is fun to
play. With a good story that keeps you going and nice combat system though
tends to feel lacking. As you feel some of the game wanting to stretch out in
many different directions. Not quite choosing a role of what the game wants to
be, making it a little confusing of how you want to be in the game. Being
either good or bad or even in the middle for choices, for you to do a replay
value to see what would happen if done another way.
So I give the game a 7.8 out of 10.
~Thegreenback~
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