It is now simpler, if I don't like a game, I may post a short article on it, but that's it. Mainly, the posts will include information about good games and my computer.
ME!
Monday, February 8, 2010
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Review: Movie - District 9
Well, I will use my new rating system, which I will discuss in a later post for this.
Keeping it simple:
As someone who likes this sort of thing. I give it a 9/10, if you are into this sort of thing. watch it.
Being objective and "for the masses". I give it a 7/10 (some people will love it, others... meh).
There, go buy it, watch it, and comment after.
Keeping it simple:
As someone who likes this sort of thing. I give it a 9/10, if you are into this sort of thing. watch it.
Being objective and "for the masses". I give it a 7/10 (some people will love it, others... meh).
There, go buy it, watch it, and comment after.
Friday, January 1, 2010
Review: Console, Halo 3
As a PC gamer, I find it hard to enjoy console games as much as I enjoy PC games. especially when they have problems as big as halo 3 did. I saw a glimpse of someone going off at halo 3 because it was "unrealistic". The whole reason we play games is for their unrealistic nature, if you wanted realism, go join the army. I guess I should get the cons out of the way first:
The first thing that struck me was the tiny Field Of View (FOV), console only gamers might not know what that is, but it is basically how many degrees your character in game can see from left to right. In most PC games, the FOV is 90 degrees, resulting in a comfortable viewing angle without looking like a fish eye. In 'Halo 3', the FOV is something like 60 degrees or something, it made everything feel zoomed in. More than likely, this was due to my 4:3 CRT (Fat) TV. If not, I guess it was to save on hardware resources (higher FOV places a strain on the hardware), even though the game could handle extremely long view distances.
Probably the next bad thing was the shoddy level design. I would often find myself wondering around in circles in an empty room waiting for the navigation marker to kick in (it took about 2 minutes... to help players who can't figure out where to go). This just shows lazy map making by the developers. Other times, if there is some sort of scene going on to do with a crashing drop ship or attacking enemy, I would be looking in completely the wrong direction.
For some more positive notions. Gun play worked well enough, enemy and ally AI was good enough to make it look like they were aware of what was going on in the current situation. The story of 'Halo', was probably the main thing holding the game together.
I didn't get a chance to play multi player online as I don't believe in paying for something that is inferior to what I can get for free on the PC platform.
I give 'Halo 3', a score of 6/10 due to it's story. If the story of the halo universe had been crap, it would have got a 5/10.
The first thing that struck me was the tiny Field Of View (FOV), console only gamers might not know what that is, but it is basically how many degrees your character in game can see from left to right. In most PC games, the FOV is 90 degrees, resulting in a comfortable viewing angle without looking like a fish eye. In 'Halo 3', the FOV is something like 60 degrees or something, it made everything feel zoomed in. More than likely, this was due to my 4:3 CRT (Fat) TV. If not, I guess it was to save on hardware resources (higher FOV places a strain on the hardware), even though the game could handle extremely long view distances.
Probably the next bad thing was the shoddy level design. I would often find myself wondering around in circles in an empty room waiting for the navigation marker to kick in (it took about 2 minutes... to help players who can't figure out where to go). This just shows lazy map making by the developers. Other times, if there is some sort of scene going on to do with a crashing drop ship or attacking enemy, I would be looking in completely the wrong direction.
For some more positive notions. Gun play worked well enough, enemy and ally AI was good enough to make it look like they were aware of what was going on in the current situation. The story of 'Halo', was probably the main thing holding the game together.
I didn't get a chance to play multi player online as I don't believe in paying for something that is inferior to what I can get for free on the PC platform.
I give 'Halo 3', a score of 6/10 due to it's story. If the story of the halo universe had been crap, it would have got a 5/10.
Nickname: Strange
Games on: PC
Fav Genre: FPS
Fav Theme: Sci fi/Horror
Game Pace: Linear
Play Style: Support
Genres that don't interest me: RTS, Racing, Train Sim
Monday, December 28, 2009
Why the xbox 360 is stupid
First things first, I own an xbox 360, I bought it because there were more games on the xbox... supposedly good games, I never imagined that these games would be more expensive than what I can get for PC. I also never imagined that it would have annoying hardware problems that is a result of the cut corners attitude of Microsoft. Oh and the games themselves are mediocre at best... except maybe fable 2 (Which I don't have).
Here is an example: I bought halo 3, preowned. It had this very slight scratch on it so I thought it would be fine( I have original xbox games with way worse scratches than this... they are preowned ones too). So I pop it in, start playing and it works, kind of. The only problem is the sound skips like when you have a cd player and stamp your foot near it. The reason why this happened is because the xbox uses a regular DVD drive, but essentially OVERCLOCKS it to allow for a higher capacity DVD.
I got the game cleaned at er, game. Now it doesn't work, so I will be taking it in later for replacement or refund.
Any other decent games, like dragon age origins, which I think follows the modern game formula of appealing to all gamers resulting in a dumbed down experience, are available on either PC, or the PS3. Think on this for a bit, and don't reply with any fan boy brainwashed comments such as "THE PS3 SUCKS AND THE XBOX IS AWESOME BECAUSE OF ALL THESE FEATURES LIKE AVATARS AND GAMERTAGS AND GAMER SCORES ETC".
Here is an example: I bought halo 3, preowned. It had this very slight scratch on it so I thought it would be fine( I have original xbox games with way worse scratches than this... they are preowned ones too). So I pop it in, start playing and it works, kind of. The only problem is the sound skips like when you have a cd player and stamp your foot near it. The reason why this happened is because the xbox uses a regular DVD drive, but essentially OVERCLOCKS it to allow for a higher capacity DVD.
I got the game cleaned at er, game. Now it doesn't work, so I will be taking it in later for replacement or refund.
Any other decent games, like dragon age origins, which I think follows the modern game formula of appealing to all gamers resulting in a dumbed down experience, are available on either PC, or the PS3. Think on this for a bit, and don't reply with any fan boy brainwashed comments such as "THE PS3 SUCKS AND THE XBOX IS AWESOME BECAUSE OF ALL THESE FEATURES LIKE AVATARS AND GAMERTAGS AND GAMER SCORES ETC".
Friday, December 25, 2009
What gamer am I (Me personally)
First off, let me clean my keyboard, I will be back in a few minutes... ok back.
Now, There are many types of gamers out there. Ranging from console only gamers, horror only gamers, RPG gamers etc. They range from all genres, platforms, themes and mix together to form one confusing mess.
Personally, I like to simplify things down to organise what gamer I am by asking myself some questions (which I will now ask myself).
1: What is your favourite platform for gaming: My favourite platform is the PC (windows PC to be precise.).
2: What is your favourite Genre: I like First Person Shooters(FPS) more than anything, this includes role playing games in first person.
3: Your favourite theme is?: Horror. Sci Fi/horror to be more precise, don't like those psycho killers running around maiming helpless girls/guys. I prefer zombie/mutant games.
4: Do you prefer linear gameplay or non linear gameplay? : I prefer Linear, but if done well, non linear a lot as well.
5: What play style do you favour? Rambo, Ninja, Support or Sniper?: I usually play support, but if need be I am capable of playing any style(although not as well as I do support).
There are some other questions to ask, like atmosphere (dark and gritty) but that is just overcomplicating the questions, and 5 seems like a nice number. So after answering those questions, my profile will look like this:
Nickname: Strange
Games on: PC
Fav Genre: FPS
Fav Theme: Sci Fi/Horror
Game Pace: Linear
Play Style: Support
Genres that don't interest me: RTS, Racing, Train Sim
Now that is out of the way, you will see a profile like that every time I write a review. It might be different if I have changed my mind, but that is unlikely. The tags down below, or labels as blogspot calls them, will contain the game being reviewed. It can be assumed that because I chose PC, I don't like consoles as much. However, I will still review console games so you can see how a PC gamer sees console games.
Thanks for reading,
Strange.
Now, There are many types of gamers out there. Ranging from console only gamers, horror only gamers, RPG gamers etc. They range from all genres, platforms, themes and mix together to form one confusing mess.
Personally, I like to simplify things down to organise what gamer I am by asking myself some questions (which I will now ask myself).
1: What is your favourite platform for gaming: My favourite platform is the PC (windows PC to be precise.).
2: What is your favourite Genre: I like First Person Shooters(FPS) more than anything, this includes role playing games in first person.
3: Your favourite theme is?: Horror. Sci Fi/horror to be more precise, don't like those psycho killers running around maiming helpless girls/guys. I prefer zombie/mutant games.
4: Do you prefer linear gameplay or non linear gameplay? : I prefer Linear, but if done well, non linear a lot as well.
5: What play style do you favour? Rambo, Ninja, Support or Sniper?: I usually play support, but if need be I am capable of playing any style(although not as well as I do support).
There are some other questions to ask, like atmosphere (dark and gritty) but that is just overcomplicating the questions, and 5 seems like a nice number. So after answering those questions, my profile will look like this:
Nickname: Strange
Games on: PC
Fav Genre: FPS
Fav Theme: Sci Fi/Horror
Game Pace: Linear
Play Style: Support
Genres that don't interest me: RTS, Racing, Train Sim
Now that is out of the way, you will see a profile like that every time I write a review. It might be different if I have changed my mind, but that is unlikely. The tags down below, or labels as blogspot calls them, will contain the game being reviewed. It can be assumed that because I chose PC, I don't like consoles as much. However, I will still review console games so you can see how a PC gamer sees console games.
Thanks for reading,
Strange.
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