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COD: Modern Warfare 2

d-shade — Fri, 14 May 2010 14:35:16 +0000

I have been playing Modern Warfare 2 online a lot lately. I never played the first one so it was all new to me when I initially picked the game up. I know this has always been an ongoing issue but why in the hell are people boosting so much in the game? Is it seriously that hard to just play the damn thing? Also why would you pay some dumb kid to host a prestige lobby what would be the point of that. I just don’t get it… But other then that I think the game is great! It is a lot funner to play then the Halo Reach Beta, but I only played it for an hour and got stuck playing head hunter the whole time when I just wanted to play slayer..

Final Fantasy XIII… disappointing…

d-shade — Fri, 14 May 2010 14:22:58 +0000

So I beat Final Fantasy XIII a while back… and I am really disappointed with it. I haven’t really played much in terms of Final Fantasy in the past few years. I have only played IX and XII and didn’t beat either. It didn’t hold my interest enough to keep playing plus I was playing while games like Mass Effect and such were coming out. I did play a lot of Final Fantasy XI but I stopped playing a long time ago. I am sure you heard all the rumors or even played the hours of the linear tunnel/hallway maps scattered with monster. It took me 30 hours until I finally got to a open map just to find out that I can’t do much on this map other then a small portion of the side quest unless I either level like crazy or beat the game.

Now the cut scenes, fighting system, graphics, story and music are all pretty good. The biggest problem of the game like I mentioned earlier is that most of the game you are running down a hallway with enemies. Now for a final fantasy game it seemed a little too linear, there was no exploring towns or talking to people. I wish there was more exploring, all you get is a couple a maps that you can explore and for those that are playing it on the 360 like me that is not till the 3rd disc. I will admit that game is pretty good but it just wasn’t what I was expecting for final fantasy.

DJ Hero

d-shade — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:15:37 +0000

Well I thought about it for a while listening to most of the tracks and watching a lot of gameplay videos and I finally decided to add another plastic instrument to my collection. Currently I have a GH3 guitar, RB1 guitar/drum/mic, and Rb2 guitar/drum(with cymbals)/mic. The game is actually really good most of the mixes are great some are a bit on the annoying side… like jackson 5 vs third eye blind. Now I wouldn’t say playing this game will turn you into a DJ nor will it help you DJ better. This is just a game… just like how playing plastic guitar wont let you shred like . I currently can only play it up to hard but I get a lot of misses. I had to stop playing because I got complaints from my girlfriend that she keeps getting songs stuck in her head. Considering these are mixes you can’t really sing along to them unless you A: either have the game or B: have the soundtrack. So I decided to take a break from it I was able to clear all the songs on medium on two days(which shows how much I was playing it when I bought it).

Now the controller is well built the platter feels smooth the crossfader kind of feels like something off of a cheap radio shack mixer that I used to own. The “hidden” control panel is great, although I would of had the headset jack on the front side of slider portion of the controller, this way the cords would be out of the way. I do love the fact that you can change the controller up completely for left’s and the fact that you can move the buttons to either side of the platter. One thing I am wondering is if they will ever make the game where you had two platters one for the blue and one of the green stream to give you a more realistic DJ experience.

Now if your a fan of rhythm/music games and like listening to mixes then this is a must have game. You may want to actually try the game out at your local game/electronics store or at a friends house. I have friends that love the game but just can’t handle the crossfader, and they end up just completely screwing up. Now if you have a friend that is fairly good at the game(can handle hard) you can get about 250 points by playing the tutorials, and 2 setlists(on hard). The first setlist would be the one right after the tutorial and the second would be the Grandmaster Flash set(if you can unlock it that fast you may have to play another just to get more stars). You will also need to create a dj/guitar setlist with one song in order to get the 2 guitar achievements. Also make sure you have a mic connected not a headset and have someone talk into it while your playing.

No that’s not me playing… but its one of my favorite songs in the game

Borderlands

d-shade — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:16:28 +0000

Well I bought Borderlands and the game is well….. AWESOME!!!! Its like they got fallout3 and made it 1st person only, added a “Bazillion” Guns, vehicles, and made the co-op seamless. Now for the wish they had part…. Customizable Characters(not just color parts), Vehicles that don’t get stuck so easily, an easier way to compare guns while in shops.

I have been playing co-op with my girlfriend and its been going good.. I have also been playing solo on a different character which is behind my co-op character so I am always playing catchup with it… Playing co-op is a litter easier than playing solo so you have someone to draw the enemy fire away from you or you have someone to pick you up when you go down. I haven’t done any 4 player co-op but I am sure that would be a blast..

After playing this game I hope fable3 will have the co-op set up similar to this where you can go to any point on the map until someone zones to the next map. As the co-op for fable2 was horrid.

So if your thinking of getting Borderlands you should ask your self this.
Do I like FPS games?
Do I like doing quests in game like fallout3 and mmorpgs?
If you answered yes to both questions then the game is for you… If you answered no to both then you prob wont like it too much and if your answer was split then its a toss up because if you can’t play FPS games because you get motion sickness or if you just suck then you will have a hard time.. and if you hate doing quests/favors for people then you will hate doing it for this game too.

Also since the game is pretty questy from what I have played so far you may get a little side tracked from the main story like in fallout3 for those that played it.

Fable 2

d-shade — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:40:14 +0000

Well its been a few weeks since Fable 2 has been out. And I must say that the game is pretty short, which is slightly disappointing. I mean in 2 weeks I was able to get almost all the achievements, expect 1 which you have to trade dolls with other players. Hopefully there will some kind of download or something that will maybe extend the game play.

Broken Pedal

d-shade — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 08:07:24 +0000

Well I broke my Rockband Drum Pedal.. Its put back together with ducktape….

GTA IV

d-shade — Thu, 01 May 2008 19:55:41 +0000

YAY!!!! I got GTA IV…… played it for about 3 hours now.. and its pretty good.. needs some more cars without alarms though… but so far its pretty impressive..

RockBand & Guitar Hero III

d-shade — Thu, 01 May 2008 19:53:57 +0000

Well we ended up getting RockBand.. I started playing the drums on in.. Which is kinda kicking my ass when it comes to playing on Hard.. But because I have been playing RockBand and made the switch back to Guitar Hero III I was able to play through hard a lot easier, although now I am stuck in the Kajiu Megadome not being able to get past 60% on any of the songs..

Army of Two & Condemned 2

d-shade — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 19:08:39 +0000

Well I got both of those games.. and I ended up beating them… lol
Condemned 2 I had to start over once since my file save for corrupted…

I have yet to beat Army of Two with an AI but I have beat it with my gf on professional…

Currently im just playing Devil May Cry 4… Rented it from GameFly.. Woot for GameFly!!!

Waiting for Army of Two!!!!

d-shade — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 19:50:59 +0000

Well Army of Two is coming in a few days… thinking of pre-ordering it for the extra weaps… but not sure if I will be able to get to the store to do so…

There seems to be mixed previews of the game so far.. some people are calling the game a flop due to EA’s rep lately… but others are claiming it to be an excellent game… There are a few people that already have copies of the game… They say the game is pretty good so far…

I just can’t wait to see how the co-op is integrated into the game.. Wondering if it would be more extensive then the gears co-op or just more of a sidestep to what they had…