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Sep 17th, 2012 at 09:41:58 - The Walking Dead (iPd) |
As a huge fan of the TV series, there was reasonable doubt within me that the game would be mediocre as most games from movies/TV series turn out to be. However, The Walking Dead for the iPad is a role playing adventure game that utilizes point-and-click features that allow you to interact with the environment around you. The highlighting feature of this game would have to be the impact of the moral decisions you have to make. Due to this feature, the decisions you make impact the relationships with the other characters in the game. To me, the whole premise of this game is more based on emotions and actual character development than most zombie adventure games who focus more on action and violence. Another great feature of this game is the stylistic environment. The utilization of a comic book style actually allows the player to feel like they are within the comic book series; however, they have the ability to control what happens instead of the typical predestination that is programmed in other zombie adventure titles. However, The Walking Dead has been released as a downloadable game through Playstation Network, XBOX live, Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, and the iOS. Unfortunately, due to my lack of PSN credits to buy the game for the PS3 console, I decided to purchase the game via iTunes for the iPad. Thankfully, due to the games point-and-click features and the minimal moving around you have to do, the game controls are not annoyingly frustrating and is actually quite enjoyable to play on the iPad and the iPhone as well. However, I would still recommend that you purchase it for your preferred console or for the computer, but the iOS version can provide a nice getaway whenever it is necessary. In conclusion, if you enjoy RPG, point-and-click, and making decisions that impact your gameplay, then I would highly recommend that you play this game.
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Sep 9th, 2012 at 21:17:47 - Dead Space (PS3) |
On January 1, 2011, it was my birthday and in the same day I was introduced to Dead Space. During that time (last year, I know), I was familiarized with the Resident Evil and the Silent Hill series. However, I did not know how I missed Dead Space. Therefore I will proceed to say that Dead Space flat out is a fantastic game. It is the only game series to this very day that still scares the crap out of me. My reason for concluding this is because of Dead Space's basic elements: terrifying ambiance, horrific monsters, an engaging story, and it's basic gameplay. The whole notion of Dead Space is to create an atmosphere of hopeless and isolation. Therefore, you play as an engineer, Isaac Clarke, whom is sent to a space mining vessel, the USG Ishimura, with a team to repair a communications black out on board of the vessel. However, the mission does not become what it all cracks up to be, instead you are fighting to survive and trying to find a way to get the hell out! Pretty basic stuff, right? Wrong. Oh so wrong. There is more then meets the eye. Not only are you fighting the horrific alien specimen that has taken over the USG Ishimura, but you are fighting with other survivors, your repair team, and an archaic religion that worships fanatically over an alien artifact that may have caused all these horrific situations! Other than the story, the soundtrack of the game also amps up the experience. The soundtrack develops with the environment and the encounters you face on board the Ishimura, therefore, making the ambiance in the game tense and stressful. However, the soundtrack isn't the only thing that makes this game frightening. It's the environment itself! You're in a space ship that is over 60 years old and it's in disarray. You have blood everywhere, bodies strewed all over the corridors and rooms, organic materials scaling the walls, monsters in the vents, and frantic messages scribbled on the wall with blood. It's extremely horrifying and fills your every cell with dread. Aside from the basics, the gameplay is relatively simple. You shoot weapons, stomp, and hit. However, you can upgrade your weapons, your RIG (contains your armor, health, oxygen counter, and archives), kinesics module, and status module. The controls are fairly simple, therefore, allowing the player to become accustom to them very fast. I can rant and rave about this game all day. I can admit with much pride that I have all the video games ( the iOS version as well), novels, comic books, and movies. I even have the Twinkle Twinkle Little Star (Dead Space Version) song as my ringtone! Anyways, if you enjoy a good scare, a great soundtrack, and an engaging gameplay. Play this game!
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Sep 3rd, 2012 at 13:07:54 - Silent Hill HD Collection (PS3) |
When friends ask me what survival horror game I would recommend to them I would usually endorse Resident Evil, Dead Space, and other such games that fit the “survival horror” agenda. However, I usually don’t endorse Silent Hill for two reasons. First, it’s not for the faint of heart. Second, it’s extremely time consuming. Just because I stated those two reasons doesn’t mean that I think it’s a horrible game. On the contrary, it’s a terrific game but you have to have the mindset and the will of heart to complete it. When, I first heard that Konami was going to release the Silent Hill HD Collection, I wasn’t necessarily shocked since they have already released a Metal Gears Solid HD Collection and Capcom did the same for the beloved Devil May Cry franchise. However, I still wanted to check it out with claims that the music ambiance and voice acting was improved. So, I bought it and played through it. The HD Collection only comes with Silent Hill 2 and Silent Hill 3 (honestly, I really did want Silent Hill to be there as well but I digress). Silent Hill 2’s storyline consists of, you the player, descending into a character named James Sunderland whom is searching for his deceased wife after receiving a letter from her that she is anticipating him at a town called Silent Hill. Through, the progression of this story you devolve in a nightmarish world with puzzles and enemies trying to hinder your progress. Lastly, in Silent Hill 3, you play as Heather whom encounters Silent Hill’s cult and thus discovering her origin as well. As stated earlier, you have to solve puzzles and battle with enemies as well. Now to get down with business, I have played the original games before on the PlayStation and PlayStation 2 when I was a child, who was absolutely obsessed with the horror genre after watching her first Stephen King film, became emotionally and mentally damaged after playing those games but still enjoyed playing them just for the highly sought after adrenaline rush when trying to obliterate an enemy in which I failed numerous times but accomplished after a three week absence. And honestly, Silent Hill is one of those games that will just infuriate the crap out of you but makes you still want to play it because you are too stubborn to actually give up on it. Therefore, you tend to do your best in the game when you come to a point in which you can’t progress through and just stop playing it for numerous days, weeks, months, years, and whatever the case maybe and start right back up again. But nonetheless, I found myself to this very day playing Silent Hill 2 and just walking around praying for some progress. When you do make some progress it is the best feeling in the world and it is all worth it in the end because the story is absolutely terrific and engaging. However, what I found to be the most frustrating with the Silent Hill HD Collection is that it can become buggy in times where you absolutely do not need it to happen (i.e. when you fight a boss), however, Konami has since updated the problem and released a software update that did fix it for my PlayStation 3 but Xbox 360 players did not receive the relief that I was graciously offered, thus, Konami offered to refund the purchase of your defected Xbox 360 copy. But to make the long story short, if you love a good scare, an engaging story, unique controls, and horrifying monsters; I would definitely check out the HD Collection. However, please be warned that when playing your first play through of the game please. . . .PLEASE . . . select the original voice actors of the series. It will make you feel like you’re playing the game on your PlayStation or PlayStation 2 which, for me at least, makes the experience of playing the game more enjoyable. So, yeah, check it out whether you are new to the series or have been playing the series for quite a while now and just want to relive those moments in which you were having a sleepover at your friend’s house and were cuddled up in a blanket with the lights turned off, head phones plugged into the bulky TV set, and the constant praying that your friend’s parents in the other room won’t hear the whimpers that you emit when you see Pyramid Head roaming through the halls of an abandoned apartment complex. Yeah . . . . good times . . . . good times.
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