30 June 2010
26 June 2010
Naughty impressions...
I have to start by saying that although Naughty Bear is enjoyable, I'm a little disappointed by it considering how long it has taken to develop. I've not played it to death BUT, over the 3 hours I have played it, there's not a lot left for me to do!
Synopsis:
You play as Naughty, a teddy bear who tries to be nice to the other bears but, get humiliated and teased for being different. One day, Daddels decides to have a party but, Naughty isn't invited. As a gesture of good will, Naughty still makes Daddles a present and goes anyway hoping to be excepted but is instead, laughed away :(
That was the final straw and now Naughty is going to make them ALL pay for his suffering...
As you can see, the premise of the game sounds pretty fun and the video in the previous post makes it look fun. In whole it is fun however, the fact that you are taking revenge on the same bears over and over again on exactly the same map over and over again gets a little tedious!
What's more, the game upon installing it to my 360 is a little over 750MB... YES, 750MB instead of the usual 6 to 6.5GB giving you an idea of how small the game actually is! Due to the "size" of the actual game I feel a little robbed at paying the 30-odd pounds and can't help but feel they really could have just released this as a Live Arcade or PSN title much like they are doing with Hydrophobia (originally due to be released as a retail title).
My fears for this game lay with the DLC though and I can't help but think that due to the limited "play area" of the game, purchasing it for £32(ish) will force a lot of people into buying bigger/new maps, different game modes and such. I don't like companies who makes games to be a money traps so, I'll have to wait and see how they go about the DLC as paying for "additions" which really could and should have been in the game to begin with (I POINT AT YOU RESIDENT EVIL 5!!), is something I'm not prepared to do.
Let's hope they take a page from Rockstar's "Red Dead Redemption" and their recent FREE DLC that extended the life of the multiplayer experience.
In regards to glitches, I've read that there are people out there running into some pretty horrible glitches but, other than invisible bear traps/landmines and teleporting into building after breaking a bear's neck, I've not had any problems other than trying to connect to an online game.
Online, for me, seems like an important part for this game. I've tried a couple of times to actually play a game however, upon the map loading, I've lost connection to the other players =(
What I can tell you though is I'm not impressed with what I've seen as it seems a game can hold no more than 4 players. There is a badge system in place that allows different perks to be added to you bear but, even with my early progress into the game, I've already unlocked a badge that gives you an extra 75% health. How these actually effect the game I don't know but, with so little unlocked, what other nasty surprises await!?
Enough with the negative about this game though, surely there's some fun to be had for the £32 price tag?
Sure, the game itself is enjoyable but, if you are interested, I'd recommend either renting it or waiting until the price drops (which, I'm assuming it will VERY soon). It has a child-like quality to it which I personally feel adds a whole lot of humor to ramming a bear's head into a cooler and stamping down on the lid and I can't quite put my finger on it but, something is constantly screaming KILL THE TELETUBBIES at me while I play! I can't comment on the multiplayer as such just yet but, it has potential and when killing a bear with a turntable justifies a guy sounding like a pre-school tv presenter saying "Gruesome DJ-ification" you can't help but, laugh.
Honestly, I think this game would have done better as an Arcade title on the 360 with a heap of DLC to support it as in short bursts, this game is great to kill (excuse the pun) an hour or so while you wait for a pizza or something as it's highly repetative and more of a short term entertainer.
If you're looking for something that's gonna keep you playing for 19 hours straight you'll be wanting to look for something different like Crackdown 2. On a plus note though, I should have the full 1000gs before Crackdown 2 is released so, at least I won't be paying full whack for that on the 9th July!
Synopsis:
You play as Naughty, a teddy bear who tries to be nice to the other bears but, get humiliated and teased for being different. One day, Daddels decides to have a party but, Naughty isn't invited. As a gesture of good will, Naughty still makes Daddles a present and goes anyway hoping to be excepted but is instead, laughed away :(
That was the final straw and now Naughty is going to make them ALL pay for his suffering...
As you can see, the premise of the game sounds pretty fun and the video in the previous post makes it look fun. In whole it is fun however, the fact that you are taking revenge on the same bears over and over again on exactly the same map over and over again gets a little tedious!
What's more, the game upon installing it to my 360 is a little over 750MB... YES, 750MB instead of the usual 6 to 6.5GB giving you an idea of how small the game actually is! Due to the "size" of the actual game I feel a little robbed at paying the 30-odd pounds and can't help but feel they really could have just released this as a Live Arcade or PSN title much like they are doing with Hydrophobia (originally due to be released as a retail title).
My fears for this game lay with the DLC though and I can't help but think that due to the limited "play area" of the game, purchasing it for £32(ish) will force a lot of people into buying bigger/new maps, different game modes and such. I don't like companies who makes games to be a money traps so, I'll have to wait and see how they go about the DLC as paying for "additions" which really could and should have been in the game to begin with (I POINT AT YOU RESIDENT EVIL 5!!), is something I'm not prepared to do.
Let's hope they take a page from Rockstar's "Red Dead Redemption" and their recent FREE DLC that extended the life of the multiplayer experience.
In regards to glitches, I've read that there are people out there running into some pretty horrible glitches but, other than invisible bear traps/landmines and teleporting into building after breaking a bear's neck, I've not had any problems other than trying to connect to an online game.
Online, for me, seems like an important part for this game. I've tried a couple of times to actually play a game however, upon the map loading, I've lost connection to the other players =(
What I can tell you though is I'm not impressed with what I've seen as it seems a game can hold no more than 4 players. There is a badge system in place that allows different perks to be added to you bear but, even with my early progress into the game, I've already unlocked a badge that gives you an extra 75% health. How these actually effect the game I don't know but, with so little unlocked, what other nasty surprises await!?
Enough with the negative about this game though, surely there's some fun to be had for the £32 price tag?
Sure, the game itself is enjoyable but, if you are interested, I'd recommend either renting it or waiting until the price drops (which, I'm assuming it will VERY soon). It has a child-like quality to it which I personally feel adds a whole lot of humor to ramming a bear's head into a cooler and stamping down on the lid and I can't quite put my finger on it but, something is constantly screaming KILL THE TELETUBBIES at me while I play! I can't comment on the multiplayer as such just yet but, it has potential and when killing a bear with a turntable justifies a guy sounding like a pre-school tv presenter saying "Gruesome DJ-ification" you can't help but, laugh.
Honestly, I think this game would have done better as an Arcade title on the 360 with a heap of DLC to support it as in short bursts, this game is great to kill (excuse the pun) an hour or so while you wait for a pizza or something as it's highly repetative and more of a short term entertainer.
If you're looking for something that's gonna keep you playing for 19 hours straight you'll be wanting to look for something different like Crackdown 2. On a plus note though, I should have the full 1000gs before Crackdown 2 is released so, at least I won't be paying full whack for that on the 9th July!
25 June 2010
Naughty AND Nice...
Naughty Bear was released today ~YAY!~ and if you have no idea what I'm on about watch this:
Now you understand what I'm on about, hopefully you can see why I'm a little itchy to get home and start the chaos :D
I have to say that this is shaping up to possibly be a multiplayer experience I'll enjoy like Left 4 Dead (Only ever beaten once on that I must add) but, I'll hold my verdict on that until I actually play it!
In other Non-game/game related news, the graphic novel series "Scott Pilgrim vs. The World" is due to have a film released very shortly (Not seen it yet? Check out Youtube ya lazy so-and-so!) and true to form, somebody has seen an opening to turn a comic into a film and then ruin it's credability with a poor game based loosely on the film that was actually a success.
Now you understand what I'm on about, hopefully you can see why I'm a little itchy to get home and start the chaos :D
I have to say that this is shaping up to possibly be a multiplayer experience I'll enjoy like Left 4 Dead (Only ever beaten once on that I must add) but, I'll hold my verdict on that until I actually play it!
In other Non-game/game related news, the graphic novel series "Scott Pilgrim vs. The World" is due to have a film released very shortly (Not seen it yet? Check out Youtube ya lazy so-and-so!) and true to form, somebody has seen an opening to turn a comic into a film and then ruin it's credability with a poor game based loosely on the film that was actually a success.
NOT THIS TIME SUCKAS!
Take "Streets of Rage" and strip away it's 16bit glory... replace said 16bit glory with the likes of "Metal Slug's" 32bit sex-a-thon and instead of basing it on the film, go back to it's roots and base in on the original comic and you should have something that looks like this:
It's also due to hit X-Box Live too so, nerr! Besides, I've got both consoles so I don't care which one it comes out on as I'll be getting it!
What this brings me to though is my love of games or more so the cult classics. I'm really glad that Ubisoft have decided to go old school with this title and as a result, I'm itching to play it almost as many times as I played Metal Slug in my msi-spent youth! I just wish more Live Arcade/PSN developers would go down this route of focusing on playability and enjoyment rather than:
"Our game has a complex and confusing storyline that makes no sense but, you don't care about that because the graphics are so good you can see the veins in his eyes and the deodorant stains on his shirt! Oh and there's also a female character with huge boobs to distract you!!"
Bring back the oldies and screw all this NOW IN HD crap! It wasn;t in HD then and I enjoyed it so, why does it need to be now??
23 June 2010
Marvel vs. Capcom 3
I uploaded this a few days ago... maybe a week... either way, I'm looking forward to this so, enjoy the trailer and I'll keep you up to date!
PS. From what I've seen, it will look like Street Fighter IV visually... I just hope it retains the speed *crosses fingers*
22 June 2010
WARNING! MASIVE UPDATE IMMANENT...
It's been a little bit dry since my last update mainly because I've been lazy and hideously disappointed with pretty much every over-hyped release since the beginning of the year!
My last update was regarding AvP and the clip actually contains more action than the game to be honest!
Let me break it down for you;
Aliens:
You're a bad-ass space mofo that has acid for blood, can see in the dark and isn't afraid to jump out screaming "SUPPRISE!" as you run past holding the limp body of a marine... well that's how it's supposed to be!
Considering the Alien (for my money) is the best character in the entire game, you're left wanting more after the story ends after 5 levels! To make things worse, your exoskeleton has suddenly been reduced to wet tissue and you realise this after your looking at the contents of your head on the wall.
However, to "even" things out, the marines will blindly walk into shadowed corners where a pile of their brethren lay slaughter just because you went "Hissss..." and don't bother even presenting a challenge as they stand there looking at a wall like the classroom dunce. Even the auto-turrets are smarter then the grunts!
Predator:
Not only are you now the hardest thing since giving birth to a 30 year old man wrapped in barbed wire, you can go invisible too! Probably the one thing they got right in this game... the Predator is an actual bad-ass.
It's all a bit challenging to begin with, you only have your heat mask which is useless against Aliens as they produce no heat. You've got minimal weaponry until much later in the game but, everything you do wield is super effective at eradicating all life in the universe!
On a negative, the marine A.I is still retarded as they'll investigate your mimicry based on where you AIM your voice even if it's right in front of them.
BAD. ASS.
Keeping on the mimicry, you can't choose which phrase the predator will say and thus having a marine investigate the predator saying "Come on you ugly freak" with the reply "Alright, I'll be there!" just makes the whole thing a bit stupid and kinda ruins it. I personally think they should have allowed you to record phrases from the random chatter you hear.
But, the marine ship gets pwned by the predator's at the beginning :D
Marine:
The marine is at a complete disadvantage in this game. His weapons are shit against the aliens (strange how their exoskeletons can withstand a hail of rifle bullets now, bastards!) and equally as shit against the predator. Don't bother picking up the flame thrower, it kills NOTHING and the best gun ever (the "smart" gun) is encountered twice in the entire game.
Marines vs. Aliens/Predator: Considering both of their speed, razor sharp claws and general evilness/awesomeness... the aliens/predator should (and would) win outright in a one-on-one (unless it's against Ripley or Danny Glover of course). However, once you figure out that the ROOKIE marine is in fact Bruce Lee and can block a lightening quick attack, counter-attack and execute the biatch... what was once actually quite a scary game becomes a big "Imma keep mah pimp hand strong" joke.
On a plus though the marine has got one of the best levels (The Nightclub) and his mission collection is the same size as the pred's (8 levels)
Multiplayer:
Don't get me started on this... I would like to think that playing this on the PC is a much better experience as console play is hideous and victory is determined by the host connection only.
And there we have it... AvP was overly hyped and although it's enjoyable, it could have been so much more :(
My last update was regarding AvP and the clip actually contains more action than the game to be honest!
Let me break it down for you;
Aliens:
You're a bad-ass space mofo that has acid for blood, can see in the dark and isn't afraid to jump out screaming "SUPPRISE!" as you run past holding the limp body of a marine... well that's how it's supposed to be!
Considering the Alien (for my money) is the best character in the entire game, you're left wanting more after the story ends after 5 levels! To make things worse, your exoskeleton has suddenly been reduced to wet tissue and you realise this after your looking at the contents of your head on the wall.
However, to "even" things out, the marines will blindly walk into shadowed corners where a pile of their brethren lay slaughter just because you went "Hissss..." and don't bother even presenting a challenge as they stand there looking at a wall like the classroom dunce. Even the auto-turrets are smarter then the grunts!
Predator:
Not only are you now the hardest thing since giving birth to a 30 year old man wrapped in barbed wire, you can go invisible too! Probably the one thing they got right in this game... the Predator is an actual bad-ass.
It's all a bit challenging to begin with, you only have your heat mask which is useless against Aliens as they produce no heat. You've got minimal weaponry until much later in the game but, everything you do wield is super effective at eradicating all life in the universe!
On a negative, the marine A.I is still retarded as they'll investigate your mimicry based on where you AIM your voice even if it's right in front of them.
Therefore, they deserve this:
BAD. ASS.
But, the marine ship gets pwned by the predator's at the beginning :D
Marine:
The marine is at a complete disadvantage in this game. His weapons are shit against the aliens (strange how their exoskeletons can withstand a hail of rifle bullets now, bastards!) and equally as shit against the predator. Don't bother picking up the flame thrower, it kills NOTHING and the best gun ever (the "smart" gun) is encountered twice in the entire game.
Marines vs. Aliens/Predator: Considering both of their speed, razor sharp claws and general evilness/awesomeness... the aliens/predator should (and would) win outright in a one-on-one (unless it's against Ripley or Danny Glover of course). However, once you figure out that the ROOKIE marine is in fact Bruce Lee and can block a lightening quick attack, counter-attack and execute the biatch... what was once actually quite a scary game becomes a big "Imma keep mah pimp hand strong" joke.
On a plus though the marine has got one of the best levels (The Nightclub) and his mission collection is the same size as the pred's (8 levels)
Multiplayer:
Don't get me started on this... I would like to think that playing this on the PC is a much better experience as console play is hideous and victory is determined by the host connection only.
And there we have it... AvP was overly hyped and although it's enjoyable, it could have been so much more :(
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