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[x007AceOfSpades]

Yeah that definitely makes sense to just upgrade if your 360 is already having issues and just getting an xbox one. I don't see myself buying one anytime soon and I love my 360! Nice review Ace! I am sure that I won't get this though because racing games aren't really my kind of game to play.

 

Thank you! I ended up getting it repaired, it was way cheaper than expected ($45.00). Last game I bought was Borderlands 2 Game Of The Year edition for about $27.00 on the Xbox Live Sale. That will be the last game I get on the 360, as This upcoming month I'm looking to buy the Xbox One and start building my games from the ground up on that. I'm already looking to be getting Dead Rising 3, Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition (despite owning the current edition) and possibly Ryse: Son Of Rome. It'll be nice to finally put my 360 away to rest for a long time.

[Iceskater101]

Oh you're getting Tomb Raider? I have played some of it already and I love the gameplay! It's really interesting! If you do end up getting it, you should post a review because I want to see what you think about it. 

 

Anyone else handheld players? I love my 3DS and I play Animal Crossing any chance that I get. 

[x007AceOfSpades]

Oh you're getting Tomb Raider? I have played some of it already and I love the gameplay! It's really interesting! If you do end up getting it, you should post a review because I want to see what you think about it. 

 

Anyone else handheld players? I love my 3DS and I play Animal Crossing any chance that I get. 

 

I'm holding of on getting the Xbox One for the time being (I will get it, just not now). I've had Tomb Raider for almost a year now, and I can't seem to find a time to finish it. It's a really repetitive game sad to say. I might finish it up in the coming weeks to finally have it off my shelf, but I'm not looking forward to it.

[seawolfnyy]

The Last of Us: Left Behind

 

9/10

 

Naughty Dog has really found something with The Last of Us. While only clocking in at about 2-3 hours (at most), TLOU: Left Behind does a great job to elevate The Last of Us to even another level. The story takes place both during and prior to the events of The Last of Us. Ellie is tasked with finding first aid equipment to save a near-mortally wounded Joel. While she searches through an abandoned mall, she reminisces about the day she was bitten with her friend Riley, also at a mall. The story is short, but gives us infinitely more insight into Ellie's character. We see her act as a child, start to grow up and even have to face her own mortality. What makes the addition better, is the decided lack of combat in the flashbacks. It seems more like a real memory than something designed for a game. Upon reaching the end, it leaves you every bit as torn as The Last of Us' main campaign. My only complaint with Left Behind is that (like 95% of DLC) the scenario seems as if it's more of a deleted scene that was taken out of the main game during development and then completed and released in it's current form. This may not at all be the case, but you can definitely get this feeling playing through it. Having said that, Left Behind is an excellent addition to The Last of Us and it's truly sad that there won't be a second story-based DLC. 9/10

[tdalton]

Rocksteady announces Batman: Arkham Knight, for PS4, XBOX One, and PC

"In the explosive finale to the Arkham series, Batman faces the ultimate threat against the city he is sworn to protect. The Scarecrow returns to unite an impressive roster of super villains, including Penguin, Two-Face and Harley Quinn, to destroy The Dark Knight forever.'

[thecasinoroyale]

Well this certainly sparks a hope that the Batman will be back, bigger and better than the failed 'Arkham: Origins'!

 

BUT still early days yet and a video can look as slick as they want it to.

 

Nice to see Two-Face back!

 

I'm loving the selling line of  "The explosive finale to the Arkham series...", that sounds very Nolan-esque.

 

I hope this comes to Xbox 360 also however...

[tdalton]

I'm hoping for a 360 release as well.  It would be disappointing to have played the rest of the series only to not be able to play the finale due to its jump to the next generation consoles. 

[thecasinoroyale]

Yeah, £400 isn't the price I'm willing to pay for the chance to play 'Arkham Knight' and other future games...I'd hope they'd see a lot of people are in that position too and will bring it out for the more than capable 360.

[tdalton]

Sadly enough, there are a lot of people willing to pay the $400 that it costs to go to the next generation of consoles.  I won't be one of them, I don't think, either now or at any point in the future.  With the exception of the marquee title that comes around once or twice a year (the GTAs of the world and such), I think my gaming days are very rapidly coming to an end.  Still, I wouldn't mind getting to finish off the Arkham Quadrilogy at some point, although I suspect that will ultimately be accomplished on the PC.

[thecasinoroyale]

http://www.videogame...y_confirms.html

 

Well. That's really annoyed me to be honest...!

 

So the 360 is pretty much having the life-support switched off then, if future games aren't coming the consoles? Never mind the previous series we've all paid for and supported, now we can't finish the series on an older, but still worthy, console?

 

That's bad.

[Iceskater101]

Well this certainly sparks a hope that the Batman will be back, bigger and better than the failed 'Arkham: Origins'!

 

BUT still early days yet and a video can look as slick as they want it to.

 

Nice to see Two-Face back!

 

I'm loving the selling line of  "The explosive finale to the Arkham series...", that sounds very Nolan-esque.

 

I hope this comes to Xbox 360 also however...

 

 

Failed Arkham Origins? I think I am missing something here.. Did you not like the game or did it actually bomb in sales?

[thecasinoroyale]

Sorry Iceskater - well a bit of both, it'd didn't' do well in sales (it did alright, but nothing to what they expected), and I liked the game but that it had major flaws and was a failed game to expand or develop the 'Arkham' story.

 

Too similar to 'Arkham City' with nothing really new to add overall.

[tdalton]

The biggest problem that Arkham Origins had going against it was that Rocksteady handed the game over to another developer so that they could turn their attention to Arkham Knight.  I don't think there's any doubt that Rocksteady would have turned in a much better game than what Arkham Origins ultimately turned out to be.  

 

With that said, however, the story for Arkham Origins was fantastic, much better than that of Arkham City, which really began falling flat as more and more of it was unraveled.  It was refreshing to see a Batman origin story that didn't go down the usual path.  The gameplay and graphics could have been much better, and they could have livened up Gotham quite a bit more (does nobody live there but Batman and the bad guys?), but I think had it not followed the much better Arkham Asylum and Arkham City, the game would be viewed much more favorably.

[seawolfnyy]

South Park: The Stick of Truth (2014)

 

Developer: Obsidian

 

Publisher: Ubisoft

 

Platforms: PS3, X360, PC

 

Rating: 9.5/10

 

It's finally here! The game I have been waiting for my whole life (even if I only knew it existed for a few years). Fully written, produced and voiced by Matt Stone and Trey Parker, South Park: The Stick of Truth is quite possibly the greatest licensed game ever. Combining the best elements of the television show with the great turn based combat of the best of JRPGs of yesteryear, Stone, Parker and the Obsidian team have crafted a tale that fits perfectly into South Park's world and will please even non-South Park fans alike.

 

The plot of the game is set after the events of the Black Friday trilogy. The boys have once again split into factions: Cartman leading the humans and Kyle leading the elves. They battle of the Stick of Truth which grants the wielder control of the universe. You play as the "new kid," newly arrived in South Park and forced to make friends by your parents. You start by meeting Butters who takes you to see Cartman. From there, it escalates (in classic South Park fashion) to a tale of deceit, violence and nazi zombies. One thing that must be said, is this is not a game for the squeamish or easily offended and I know that Matt and Trey wouldn't have it any other way.

 

The production values for the game are incredible and naturally for South Park, that means they are total crap. The game looks EXACTLY like the show. You almost feel like you are in South Park. The voice acting is as good as it ever is in South Park. The full voice cast of the show contributes to make the characters feel as authentic as possible. One annoyance I would say is that the background music isn't all that great and after 10 hours of listening to the same song it can get pretty tiring. The game also suffers from the occasional technical glitch, which is par for the course for an Obsidian game. Having said that, they never truly hamper the experience and definitely are not anywhere the level of some of Obsidian's more infamous technical faults *cough cough* Skyrim *cough cough*.

 

The best of the game though is the sheer amount of content available. Numerous side quests add to the relatively short campaign (for an RPG anyway). For me, the best part was just walking through South Park when I first booted up the game. For a massive South Park fan like myself, this is the closest I'll ever get to actually visiting South Park. So being able to finally walk through the town that has provided me with so many laughs throughout my childhood is basically a dream come true. Not only that, but the game does incredible fan service by including so many references to classic and even insignifcant moments throughout the entire history of the show.  For example is incredibly satisfying to walk into Cartman's closet and see both the AWESOM-O suit and his Coon outfit both hanging up. It makes the game feel even more like South Park.

 

Overall, I could not ask for a better game to accompany my favorite show. Matt and Trey clearly had a vision and knew what the fans wanted when the first undertook this project. The game tells an absolutely hilarious story, which is in itself basically the 18th season of South Park. The game never outstays its welcome and only ever looks to please all of us fans that have been with South Park for so long. As already stated, it is almost a dream come true for me to be able walk around South Park and play with Stan, Kyle, Cartman and Kenny. Once again Matt and Trey have proven themselves to be geniuses and I will be forever unworthy in their shadow.

 

9.5/10

[Iceskater101]

^ I have heard really really good things about this game! I definitely want to own it eventually. 

[thecasinoroyale]

The adverts for 'Titanfall' are really interesting me at present - another worthy Xbox One title? Not that I could play it yet however, but it certainly looks fun.

[S K Y F A L L]

Hey everyone just jumping into this thread blind.

 

I have a Nintendo Wii but got a PS3 recently and wondered what games if any, anyone would recommend.

 

I got GTA VI already, want to get GTA V and 007 LEGENDS (even if it kind of sucks from what I've read).

[Iceskater101]

GTA VI hasn't come out yet? I think you mean you have GTAIV and want GTA V?  

Well for the Wii you should get Super Smash Bros Brawl, Mario Galaxy and Mario Kart. Mario Party is also a really fun game!

[seawolfnyy]

Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes releases today in the U.S. and in 2 days in Europe. Will be downloading this one soon, been waiting far too long for more Metal Gear.

[seawolfnyy]

Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes (2014)

 

Developer: Kojima Productions

 

Publisher: Konami

 

Platforms: PS4, X1, PS3, 360, PC

 

Rating: 7.5/10

 

A short review for a short game. Okay, in all fairness, Ground Zeroes isn't really a full game. It's essentially the PTS for Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. That said, it does a fairly good job of setting up the story of MGSV, even if it waits until the absolute very end to do so. The game's story picks up shortly after the events of 2010's Peace Walker and sees Snake (Big Boss) infiltrating a POW camp in Cuba to rescue Chico and Paz. There isn't much to the game's story as it is only meant to serve as an intro and basically a tutorial for the rest of MGSV.

 

The game looks great (even on the older consoles, I played it on PS3). Most everything we've come to love about MGS is intact here. David Hayter's gravelly voice notwithstading, the voice acting and music are superb as usual. Kiefer Sutherland does a fantastic job as Snake and I cannot wait to here how he does in the full game.

 

The gameplay, however, is where Ground Zeroes excels. Kojima Productions has completely revamped the stealth gameplay to feel more natural and real. Despite Snake's age, he feels more agile than ever. Movements no longer seem stilted and seem to flow far better. The enemies can finally see farther than about 2 feet, making it completely nerve-wracking to sneak around in the daytime. Also, while the main campaign only lasts for roughly an hour (cutscenes included), the game more than makes up for it in replay value. The extra and side ops easily boost the gametime to a still rather lein 5-6 hours, however, for a game that is basically pre-game DLC, it's not bad.

 

Overall, it's disappointing that Ground Zeroes is so short and that the main game is still over a year away. However, what Ground Zeroes lacks in time and story, it makes up for in extra content. It may not be a long game, but it more than serves it's purpose as a prologue and to wet our appetites for the rest of Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. Too bad it's still a ways off.

[Iceskater101]

Far Cry 4 in the Himalayas?

 

http://www.ign.com/a...eable-elephants

 

Murdered Soul Suspect! 

http://www.computera...th-new-trailer/

 

^ This game is going to be cool. It's about Ronan O'Connor, a detective in Salem, Massachusetts. He is murdered and he becomes a ghost. He is trying to solve his own murder. It reminds me of L.A. Noire (by the detective gameplay in this) plus a supernatural twist to it. 

[x007AceOfSpades]

Titanfall - Xbox One - 7/10 - Developer: Respawn Entertainment - Publisher: EA Games

Titanfall is one of the biggest games to hit the next generation of gaming but more so for the Xbox One. It's been said that if you are going to get an Xbox One, the one game you definitely have to get must be Titanfall. It's a very fast paced video game and it runs very smoothly and looks great, however it isn't this innovative next gen game that many people are making it out to be.

The game is heavily multiplayer focused, which isn't a bad thing. It's extremely fast paced and there's a load of combos with weaponry and movements you can do, like ejecting from your titan and firing off a few more rounds at nearby enemies. You string together jumps which can be life saving, and you can wall run which can help you dodge enemy players' line of fire. The titans are a unique aspect of the game, they do just enough for being heavily focused. They can move fast and are essentially a mechanized version of you, a pilot. You are armed with a few weapons and can battle other enemy titans and other enemy pilots, along with Minions. The graphics in the game are wonderful. Everything looks crisp and is rich in detail. The game is presented on a large scale and everything is so smooth, from movements, to destruction all around you. The sound is another high aspect.

This isn't without some flaws however. The campaign is the biggest flaw. The developers tried to weave a compelling story with the heavy multiplayer aspect, but it just flies over your head and you quickly forget about it. Another thing regarding the campaign is that it's basically just another multiplayer mode. It feels as if the developers didn't have a clear vision regarding the campaign and just made it almost like a carbon copy of their online. The voice acting at times can feel bland and poor as well, leaving with really no personal connection to these AI characters. I may have said that the game looks great, but that's it. For being on a next gen console, the game itself really looks like where current games on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 are looking like as of now. It doesn't really bring anything new to the table or look like this magnificent piece that everyone was saying at last years E3. Even on 1080i and 1080p on my new tv, the game looks on par with say, Grand Theft Auto V.

It's a fun game while it lasts, as it can get really repetitive quickly, and unless you have some friends, it can get old playing by yourself. I look at it more like Call Of Duty in a different type of world, just with slight differences. I don't think it's worth buying an Xbox One for, and it surely isn't worth the retail price of $60.00. Being solely just multiplayer focused, I think $40.00 or even $50.00 is more suitable. You can standby for Titanfall, but it's nothing truly epic or special.

Tomb Raider - Xbox 360 - 7.5/10 - Developer: Crystal Dynamics - Publishers: Eidos Interactive and Square Enix.

This is a review I've been meaning to have up for some time now. Being busy and trying to finish this game on many other occasions have delayed me from doing so. Tomb Raider is a reboot of the franchise, giving us a clear slate reboot and telling a new origin of Lara Croft. She's on an expedition when it it is shipwrecked and she winds up a strange mysterious island. Over the course of the game she learns to accept the fact that help isn't coming right away and she must rescue her friends from the deadly inhabitants on the island.

The game looks fantastic, there's a lot of crisp details the mountainous regions of the island, be it in a tropical style, the rangy forests, or the cold winter region. It all looks wonderful. Over the course of the game you work with gather supplies, or salvage which you can use towards upgrading your weapons and bow. They are very common throughout the game as are GPS caches, relics, and other items. There are I believe 12 (If I remember correctly) optional tombs throughout the game that you can explore and collect items in. The game has for the most part, 90% of the island being able to go back to explore making it in a way like a sandbox style video game.

There are some issues with the game though. While it is a great survival tale, it plays out more like some Hollywood Michael Bay action film. I would've loved for there to have been more puzzles and more of Lara having to fend off against dangerous island animals, like wolves than battle against enemies with weapons or mash buttons. It is pretty ridiculous with the ammount of damage she's taken by the end of the game and still able to move in one piece. There's things that happen where you must brace yourself and take leaps of faith, but your question yourself, wondering whens the game going to come back on a little more serious note level than continue with action scene after action scene.

Tomb Raider isn't a bad game, it really isn't, it's just the repettive nature of it that brings it down many notches for me.

 

[Iceskater101]

It is pretty ridiculous with the ammount of damage she's taken by the end of the game and still able to move in one piece. 

 

This sums up a lot of the game for me. I mean she gets stabbed with that stick in the beginning of the game. Does she fix that wound? Nope. She bandages it but she doesn't actually fix it. This kind of bugged me when I first started playing through the game.

[seawolfnyy]

Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag    Rating: 8.0/10 (PS3)

 

Finished Assassin's Creed 4 finally. Not going to really review much as the game itself is several months old now. I found it to be far more enjoyable than the last few AC games. The game world is more fleshed out and the game itself is actually very beautiful, even on the 8 year old Playstation 3. The naval battles are superb and can be very addicting. However, the defeciencies that have plagued Assassin's Creed for several installments now, just will not go away. Repetitive missions (god, if I have to do one more tailing mission, I might just fling my controller at the TV), too much travelling, the same inconsistent combat and the story that is quite frankly going all Matrix on itself. Seriously, can anyone actually follow what the hell is going on in the overall narrative? I thought this, after AC3, and while I enjoyed 4 much more, I still feel that AC needs to take a break. Go back to the drawing board and come up with something fresh. Something just isn't working there.

 

Also, question Ace, I'm curious about your rating scores. Is it supposed to be out of 10 and that's just a typo? Or did I miss an explanation somewhere? (which would not surprise me at all )

[x007AceOfSpades]

Also, question Ace, I'm curious about your rating scores. Is it supposed to be out of 10 and that's just a typo? Or did I miss an explanation somewhere? (which would not surprise me at all )

Ahhh, Yes! It is indeed a typo! I was probably still stuck in film scoring mode instead of games.

Films are out of five, games are out of ten due to the grand nature of them.

 

Thank you for pointing that out, I'll fix it right away!

 

It is pretty ridiculous with the ammount of damage she's taken by the end of the game and still able to move in one piece. 

 

This sums up a lot of the game for me. I mean she gets stabbed with that stick in the beginning of the game. Does she fix that wound? Nope. She bandages it but she doesn't actually fix it. This kind of bugged me when I first started playing through the game.

 

It really takes me out of the supposed realistic nature of the game and puts me in a Michael Bay like world which gravely irritates me. It would have been great to see here get slower and weaker over the course of the game due to her body breaking down from the damage she has sustained. I think that would've been much better and would've propelled the gamer to be much more careful and make much more wiser choices heading into combat to try and take little to no damage.

[Iceskater101]

 

Also, question Ace, I'm curious about your rating scores. Is it supposed to be out of 10 and that's just a typo? Or did I miss an explanation somewhere? (which would not surprise me at all )

Ahhh, Yes! It is indeed a typo! I was probably still stuck in film scoring mode instead of games.

Films are out of five, games are out of ten due to the grand nature of them.

 

Thank you for pointing that out, I'll fix it right away!

 

It is pretty ridiculous with the ammount of damage she's taken by the end of the game and still able to move in one piece. 

 

This sums up a lot of the game for me. I mean she gets stabbed with that stick in the beginning of the game. Does she fix that wound? Nope. She bandages it but she doesn't actually fix it. This kind of bugged me when I first started playing through the game.

 

It really takes me out of the supposed realistic nature of the game and puts me in a Michael Bay like world which gravely irritates me. It would have been great to see here get slower and weaker over the course of the game due to her body breaking down from the damage she has sustained. I think that would've been much better and would've propelled the gamer to be much more careful and make much more wiser choices heading into combat to try and take little to no damage.

 

 

 

That would have been really cool or even if one of the missions was for her to try and find medical supplies and then part of that mission was a timer and if the timer went out she would pass out and die from her bleeding. That would have been an interesting concept. 

[seawolfnyy]

Those are all valid points. I just think I suspend belief seeing as it's a video game. I mean, if these movies/TV shows/books/games/whatever were all based in reality, they just wouldn't be any damn fun. I'm looking at you The Dark Knight Rises (and that's even more outrageous despite TRYING to be based completely in reality). Having said that, I wouldn't mind the next Tomb Raider to be slightly less dark and grim than last year's offering. Does everything need to be depressing to be good?

[x007AceOfSpades]

For me the game was far from being dark and depressing. I wouldn't mind it going into the strange-land territory, but I don't want it going back to the way the original franchise, and hopefully Not the ridiculousness of the first game in the rebooted franchise.

[Iceskater101]

Those are all valid points. I just think I suspend belief seeing as it's a video game. I mean, if these movies/TV shows/books/games/whatever were all based in reality, they just wouldn't be any damn fun. I'm looking at you The Dark Knight Rises (and that's even more outrageous despite TRYING to be based completely in reality). Having said that, I wouldn't mind the next Tomb Raider to be slightly less dark and grim than last year's offering. Does everything need to be depressing to be good?

 

Yes that is true it is a video game. I also agree with your statement on dark. I watched Man of Steel again recently and I wish it would have been less dark. I still enjoyed the movie, but still it was very dark. Sorry that was a little off topic. 

 

I have a long list of games I have to complete in the summer so I am hoping I will get to them! 
 

Lara Croft (played but still haven't beaten yet) 

Far Cry 3 (played but still haven't beaten the main campaign plus collectibles) 

Injustice (borrowing from my boyfriend) 

Bioshock (replaying) 

Bioshock 2(replaying but I also want to beat Minerva's Den, it might be free now)

Assassins Creed 3 or 4 (the one that takes place in the Revolutionary War) 

[Janus Assassin]

Has anyone played Splinter Cell Blacklist yet?? I've played and beaten all of the others, I totally forgot about the most recent one, until I dusted off and played Conviction last night.