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Monday, December 1, 2008

Conclusion Blog

By doing in depth game play, I noticed little things about video games that I wouldn't notice before. I would see small little details that made the game good or bad. Basically all the games I reviewed had little flaws here and there but they may not be flaws to everyone. I could probably make a better game than Shootout 2, by adding more levels and making it a little more difficult. But something like Goldeneye: Rogue Agent or Resident Evil 4 will be something I probably wouldn't be able to pull off. I also realized that making video reviews was a lot harder than it seemed, since I was gonna make every review a video review.
In the end, reviewing these games were fun. I also had lot's of fun making video reviews for this blog. I hope you enjoyed them.

Wolf

WarGames


1. I would believe that most of the events portrayed in this film were accurate at the time or was going to be accurate within time. It does show the age of the computer hacker, and I would believe that computers were easier to hack in to back then. Today there is a lot more tighter security around computers and it probably takes a longer time to hack in than back then. As well the film was made in the early 80's, so the cold war was still happening, so for an audience back in the 80's seeing this film they probably would believe that something like this would happen. Luckily it's over now.

2. Correct Answers: 17/20
Score: 1120

Sunday, November 30, 2008

Mortal Kombat Deception



I have been a big fan of Mortal Kombat since I was little. I always thought it was a great fighting game and still do. Mortal Kombat Deception, I would have to say is purely and simply amazing. This Mortal Kombat game takes it to a whole new level. Instead of being just a fighting game, it has an RPG-style mode called Konquest.
In Konquest, you play the character Shujinko. You basically play his whole life out, from a 10 year old boy to a 60 year old man. You get to travel realms, to quests, fight people and learn new attacks. Konquest mode has a great storyline, with a great twist at the end. The storyline also picks up where Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance left off.
Deception also has many mini games such as puzzle games and chess, but in Mortal Kombat style. Which brings on a new twist of things. It also contains new fatalities, hara-kiri's and stage fatalities, which are all very cool looking. We also get new characters as well as the older characters. I'm happy that Liu Kang is back. He is my favorite character and he was absent due to his death in Deadly Alliance. It's funny cause in this one, he is actually a zombie.
The graphics are really well done, as well as the blood effect looks really cool.
I would have to say that Mortal Kombat Deception is the ultimate Mortal Kombat game, it's a big comeback after the little bit disappointing Deadly Alliance. If you are a Mortal Kombat fan, play this game.

Rating: 4/5

Friday, November 28, 2008

Bitefight


Bitefight is an online game. In this online game you get to choose your race, either Vampire or Werewolf. I, myself am a Werewolf. The main point of the game is to train your character to get to higher levels by doing quests, raids and attacks against the other race. You can join clans and have clan battles against other clans. You will also get gold, which can be used to get your stats up, as well as getting equipment like weapons and armor.
The main problem with Bitefight....... IS THAT THERE IS NO GAMEPLAY!!!!!
Basically, it's like what the heck. This game is basically a click game. You click on the button to train, it takes 10 minutes. Work in the graveyard, it takes 8 hours. And you have to wait for these. It can get pretty annoying and I wish there were some actual gameplay. They could have probably have done something like Runescape or something. Even though Runescape is not that amazing, at least Bitefight would have some gameplay.
So in the end, you have to ask, why am I playing this? Well the answer is, is that I am a big fan of the Vampire/Werewolf legend. I find it very intresting. Also my friend Dummysoul is playing as well, he's a Vampire and sooner or later, we will have a showdown.
Bitefight is not a game for everyone, I would say only for people who are interested into the Vampire/Werewolf legend.

Thursday, November 27, 2008

Goldeneye Rogue Agent




















For me, Goldeneye Rogue Agent was a big disappointment. Supposedly it was a disappointment to a lot of people and it also got mediocre reviews. When making this game, I feel that they were trying to make ties to Goldeneye the Nintendo 64 game with it's title, but ultimately failed at that.
Goldeneye Rogue Agent has excellent graphics and smooth gameplay, but I can't get pass the fact that the storyline is hardly anything and is farfetched. Like you can move people and open doors with your "Goldeneye", it's kind of stupid and not really believable. This game has loads of violence for basically no apparent reason. It just seem bland and just not a good game. In the levels I lose intrest and basically give up playing. I like the idea of being able to use two guns at once, but its just the flaws of the game that make it very disappointing.
In the end, Electronic Arts did have something here. The idea of being able to play the bad guy for a change, but they didn't give it the full attention it needed to be a great game. This "James Bond" game will be forgotten and I would recomend you avoid it, unless your die hard James Bond video game fan. Just stick with the original Goldeneye and OO7 Nightfire.

Rating: 2/5

Eighteen Wheeler American Pro Trucker




















Eighteen Wheeler American Pro Trucker was originally made for the Arcade by Sega, in 2001 it got transformed onto platform release. This game does have a few flaws, but for some reason I find it fun.
First off, the game starts and you get to choose your truck. Either Asphalt Cowboy, Highway Cat, Long Horn and Stream Line. With Asphalt Cowboy being the average truck, I usually choose Stream Line due to the fact it's the fastest.
The main objective of the game is to drive to destination to destination, carrying shipments. What is really weird is that the whole destination and time thing is all messed up and is impossible. In one level you drive from New York to Florida with 2-3 minutes. Now that is just impossible.
A problem with the rival is that he always goes faster than you, it doesn't make sense at all. You can be driving over 80 miles per hour (This is a transport truck, so that is pretty fast) he will pass you. It's difficult at times to beat your rival.
Another problem with the game is actually steering the truck. Yea, I know it's a transport truck and it is hard to drive one in real life, but couldn't they have made it a little easier. To steer the truck well is to get your finger off the accelerator button and slam down on the brake to turn. It sucks because your trying to beat the time limit, so your in a rush. I actually played this game in the arcade version, and its huge steering wheel was even worse at turning.
The time limit is also another problem, it can be very annoying at times because it does feel that it doesn't give you enough time.
The controls are messed up too. Usually in driving games the accelerator button is usually X. But not in this game, it's R1. Why R1??? Like come on. When I first played this I had to tap all the button to figure out that R1 was the accelerator.
The thing that sucks is that the game is only 4 levels. Short 4 levels but very difficult 4 levels. Like really, not enough time limit, a rival that is faster than you, and control problems. Basically the only way I beat this game was through cheats because it is too hard and I don't really have the patience for it.
The good things about this game is that the visuals are pretty good for 2001. And the levels are very interesting. On the second level, while your driving on the highway, a tornado comes and throws vehicles at you.
In the end, I dunno why, but I like this game. I find it fun.

Rating: 3/5 Stars

Rocky Legends




















I am a big fan of Rocky. The video game Rocky Legends is a satisfying game for Rocky fans, but does contain a few flaws though.
First of all the graphics could be improved. When you see the game play, they are not the best and could be way better. A thing that is interesting is that the game keeps it realistic. If you get punched in the face a few times your gonna have cuts and bruises. And that happens within the game. When the character get punched a lot, you will see damage to his face.
Another flaw would have to be that the controls are hard to get used to. It is pretty difficult to do combos, so in the end your basically just tapping random buttons and hope your opponent goes down.
A flaw that needs to be fixed is the games difficulty. The levels of difficulty are: Novice, Contender and Champ (Basically, Easy, Normal, Hard) Problem with this though is that Novice is too easy, Contender is a bit difficult and Champ is extremely hard. It's basically all messed up.
Other than that the game is pretty good. You can choose career mode, and basically you play as either Rocky Balboa, Apollo Creed, Clubber Lang or Ivan Drago for their career, rising from the bottom to the top. There are also many training mini games that are fun. Makes you feel that you are actually training for the fight. When you win fights, you get money. You can you use the money to buy more training games, new boxers, new venues and you can actually get movie trailers from the first five Rocky films.
In the end, Rocky Legends is a fairly good Rocky game, just needs some improvements.

Rating: 3.5/5 Stars