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Monday, June 6th, 2011WR: Dragon Age 2 (Xbox 360, PS3, PC, Mac)
Friday, June 3rd, 2011
Developer: BioWare
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Genre: RPG
Players: 1
Console: Xbox 360, PS3, PC, Mac
ESRB Rating: M (Mature)
Hours Played: 35
Progress: Completed the main quest and all side quests
BioWare surprised at the end of 2009 with what seemed like a 3D version of its venerable dungeon crawling franchise, Baldur’s Gate. In reality it combined the same great storytelling and party-based combat found in its sci-fi epic, Mass Effect but in a Dungeons & Dragons-inspired setting. The highly anticipated sequel to 2009’s Dragon Age: Origins takes a more focussed approach, centering on a family, stranded as refugees from the Blight in a strange city, far away from home. So does this change in approach pay off and does this sequel innovate enough to satisfy? Read on to find out…
WR: Crysis 2 (Xbox 360, PS3, PC)
Wednesday, May 25th, 2011
Developer: Crytek
Publisher: EA
Genre: First-Person Shooter
Players: 1, 2-12 (online)
Console: Xbox 360, PS3, PC
ESRB Rating: M (Mature)
Hours Played: 16
Progress: Completed campaign on “Veteran”
When posing the question “Does it run Crysis?” to console owners, considering it was a PC-only title, the answer would always be unequivocally, “no”. But now PS3 and Xbox 360 owners need no longer feel left out as the sequel to 2007’s Crysis is finally here and available on consoles. This time around gamers will run through the crumbling city of New York instead of Asian jungles, however the frenetic FPS action along with the power of the “Nanosuit” make a welcome return. Is Crysis 2 relevant enough in this console environment populated with top notch FPS titles? Read on to find out…
Black Ops Achievement
Tuesday, January 11th, 2011
By accident I discovered that I had achieved something quite special in Call of Duty Black Ops. It’s not the usual kind of achievement that gives you GamerScore points or Trophies, but a wholly more awesome one. As you can see above, in my Combat Record on Black Ops, I have made 1337 kills with my favourite weapon, the very cheap AK74u. Now I have the dilemma of deciding whether I should keep using the gun and ruin my record or try to use other weapons. ^_^ See after the jump for a detail of the awesometude.
-Miyamoto
WR: Fable III (Xbox 360, PC)
Wednesday, December 1st, 2010
Developer: Lionhead Studios
Publisher: Microsoft
Genre: RPG
Players: 1
Console: Xbox 360, PC
ESRB Rating: M (Mature)
Hours Played: 35
Progress: Finished the campaign
Each iteration of the Fable franchise has been preceded with great promises of innovation that would turn the genre on its head. This has mostly materialized in a pretty standard, real-time combat RPG with some SIMS-type gameplay features sprinkled in. For Fable III, Lionhead Studio’s figurehead, Peter Molyneux, was once again quick to proclaim a new dawn for this successful franchise with creative new updates that would revolutionize the genre. So are these yet more overstated promises or has the prodigal son of video games finally arrived? Read on the find out…
WR: Fallout: New Vegas (Xbox 360, PS3, PC)
Sunday, November 21st, 2010
Developer: Obsidian Entertainment
Publisher: Bethesda Softworks
Genre: 1st-person RPG
Players: 1
Console: Xbox 360, PS3, PC
ESRB Rating: M (Mature)
Hours Played: 60
Progress: Finished main campaign and reached level cap (level 30)
Almost exactly 2 years to the day Bethesda published the follow-up to Fallout 3, one of the best open-world RPGs of this console generation. This time around the developer is not Bethesda Game Studios however, but Obsidian Entertainment, a group not unfamiliar with taking over a “grade A” franchise, see their development of Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II for instance. Now observant people might recall that although decent, KOTOR II didn’t outshine its predecessor, so what about Fallout: New Vegas, did Obsidian manage to elevate it to new heights? Read on to find out…
Second Opinion: Halo Reach (Xbox 360)
Tuesday, October 12th, 2010
Developer: Bungie Software
Publisher: Microsoft
Genre: First-Person Shooter
Players: 1-4 (2-16 online)
Console: Xbox 360
ESRB Rating: M (Mature)
Hours Played: 20 (around 8-9 in single-player)
Progress: Completed the campaign on Heroic in Co-op, Reached Warrant Officer in Multiplayer
Read our original Halo Reach review here
nwitbraad recently posted a glowing review for Halo Reach. I had a fairly different experience with the new Halo game and would like to share it with you. To give context, I am a proponent of Halo in general. I bought the Legendary editions of both Halo 3 and Halo Reach as well as the controller bundle of Halo 3: ODST. I have played through all of the Halo games (with the exception of Halo Wars) and enjoyed them all to varying degrees. I played 199 Halo 3 online matches since the game came out and am therefore well acquainted with the series. How much less do I think the latest Halo game deserves than the 9.4 it was awarded recently? Read more to find out…