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!
Developer: Epic Games
Publisher: Microsoft
Players: 1-2 (10 online)
Console: Xbox 360
ESRB Rating: M (Mature)
TestFreaks Score: 10/10
Hours Played: ~ 15 hours
Progress: Beat game on Hardcore, played lots of online
Well, we didn’t kill all of them critters last time, so here we are again. An instant flagship title for Microsoft, the Gears series has made quite a name for itself in the gaming world. Known particularly for ridiculously tasty visuals and plentiful gore, can this game possibly live up to the ridiculous standards set by the original? (All screens in this review can be clicked to be enlarged and are all taken from IN GAME action.)
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Well, Club Nintendo has finally been implemented for North America. Does this long-awaited turn of events live up to all of the hype?
Developer: Valve (Turtle Rock Studios)
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Players: 1 (1-8 online)
Console: PC/Xbox 360
ESRB Rating: M (Mature)
Hours Played: 16 hours
Are you ready for the zombie apocalypse? Have you ever seen George A. Romero?s Day of the Dead, made way back in the 80?s? How about the latest remake? You know the movie where the zombies actually run at the people instead of sleep walking and groaning about back pains? Well, Left 4 Dead is a lot like the new Day of the Dead, it has zombies, blood, guns, and a lot more zombies! The zombies charge at you at full speed, none of that sleep walking business. You and your three other teammates (either humans or bots) will have work together and learn how to coordinate extremely well on the higher difficulties if you plan to survive.
Here’s the latest video review from GameUsagi, enjoy.
November 18th-25th
Are you ready for the Game Usagi Meta News? Grab your stuffed animal and bunny slippers, its feeding time!
Nintendo DS
Nintendo has announced they are releasing two new DS bundles for Black Friday, this Friday November, 28th. One of the bundles comes with a red DS with a Mario “M” on the bottom right of the front and will come with Super Mario Bros. The other bundle has a ice blue DS that comes with Brain Age and a carrying case. Both bundles will be priced around $149.99. Hopefully this can tide you over until the new DSi comes out.
Developer: CDProjekt RED
Publisher: Atari
ESRB Rating: M (Mature)
Players: 1
Genre: 3rd-person real-time RPG
Hours played: A Ton
The original Witcher game received many awards including RPG of the Year from IGN, PC Gamer, GameSpy, and GameSpot. CDProjekt, hoping to further this great success, recently released an entirely updated version of the game with improvements covering essentially every aspect of the game. 80% faster load times, vastly improved graphics, new quests, and all-new dubbing in 8 different languages are just a few of the improvements that were put in to enhance the original award-winning game. This is all quite impressive, but does the game fare well under the Usagi’s metaphorical gaming microscope?