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Opinion: COD4 Vs. CODWAW It’s In The Numbers

Wednesday, March 4th, 2009

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RESPONSE: COD4 Vs. CODWAW Vulnerable Humility

The main difference between these two games is apparent without even discussing their content.  The simple fact that not everyone knows is that these two games are made by entirely separate companies.  COD4 was made by Infinity Ward, the makers of the most award-winning entries in the series.  Call of Duty, Call of Duty 2, and Call of Duty 4 are the sole productions of Infinity Ward.  That is seriously all they make — great COD games.  The first COD (Metacritic score: 91) won over 500 Game of the Year awards when it was released in 2003.  Call of Duty 4 (Metacritic score: 94) holds such titles as “#1 FPS of All Time” and “#1 Best-Selling FPS Ever” with over 11 million copies sold (compared to, say, 8.1 million for Halo 3).  Treyarch, overall, generally makes B-List games.  Recently, in addition to CODWAW (Metacritic score: 84), they’ve made the licensed Quantum of Solace (Metacritic score: 65), Spider-Man Web of Shadows (Metacritic score: 68), Spider-Man 3 (Metacritic score: 62), and Ultimate Spider-Man (Metacritic score: 75).  Treyarch has essentially never made a game on their own with a Metacritic score over 90.  That is all that Infinity Ward makes.  With that said, I’ll touch on the true differences between the games as well.

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Classic Review: Final Fantasy Tactics (PS)

Monday, March 2nd, 2009

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Developer: SquareSoft
Publisher: SCEA
Genre: Tactics RPG
Rating: T (Teen)
Players: 1
Console: PlayStation
Progress: Completed main story in game numerous times

This is Game Usagi’s first Guest Review.  It was done by Joey G. especially for Game Usagi.  Enjoy!
-Miyamoto

Final Fantasy Tactics is possibly the best Final Fantasy to ever be released. There are flaws, but they take NOTHING away from the game’s enjoyability. A wonderful story, amazing gameplay, and tons of jobs and skills to work with.  So you don’t have to sit and read 3 pages of a single review, I’ll tell you in a moderately short amount of reading why this classic game is a must own for Final Fantasy fans and casual gamers alike.

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Usagicast Episode 2

Saturday, February 21st, 2009

Re-introductions, Nintendo DSi, Being Canadian, General Confusion, and Female Celebrities in the latest Usagicast.

Retro Console of the Day: WonderSwan.

Important URLS:

https://gameusagi.com/
http://ugomemo.hatena.ne.jp/

Also, the continuing quest for sponsors and responsible review copies of games.

More WonderSwan pics (click to enlarge):

This is not a sports podcast. 😀

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Usagi Issues

Monday, February 16th, 2009

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We just updated to WordPress 2.7.1, and the nice automatic upgrader somehow killed my front page and backups.  Thus, I am having to rebuild the front page from scratch, which I shall do after work today, closer to 12:00 am CST.  Thanks for your understanding, and the Usagi will be as good as new in no time.

-Miyamoto

WR: Fallout 3 (360, PS3, PC)

Thursday, January 8th, 2009

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Developer: Bethesda Game Studios
Publisher: Bethesda Softworks
Genre: First-Person Action RPG
Players: 1
Console: Xbox 360/PS3/PC
ESRB Rating: M (Mature)
TestFreaks Score: 9.6/10
Hours Played: ~ 40 hours
Progress: Beat main story, completed about half of side quests

Bethesda is a video game company known primarily for its development of one of the biggest first-person action RPG game series in the world, Elder Scrolls.  With their track record of primarily awesome games and their renown in the world of RPGs, extreme quality is most certainly expected from any game that they produce.  When it was announced that Bethesda was going to take the reins for a first-person iteration of the popular Fallout series for current-gen consoles, there was a mixed response from the gaming community.  Isometric turn-based RPG purists were disgusted that Fallout 3 would not be receiving the Diablo treatment again, and fans of the Elder Scrolls series rejoiced as Bethesda was embarking to create another game so much like thier beloved series.  I was in the latter of the two categories, so my expectations for this game were quite high.  Was Bethesda able to deliver on all of the hype surrounding their newest RPG?

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iTunes loves The Usagicast

Thursday, January 1st, 2009

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Well, with the successful launch of our first podcast, what could make the deal any more sweet?  How about being a featured New & Notable podcast on iTunes?  Well, we certainly are, and special thanks to the Apple folks for enjoying our podcast.  You can check out a screenshot of it by clicking “Read the rest of this entry”, or by going into the iTunes store and navigating to the Podcasts > Audio Podcasts > Games & Hobbies > Video Games section.

 
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Usagicast Episode 1

Tuesday, December 30th, 2008

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Introductions, Top 10 Best Video Games, Talking Speakers, and Zombie Plans in the premiere episode of the Usagicast.

Retro Console of the Day: Neo Geo Pocket Color.

Hope you have as much fun listening as we did recording!

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