Right guys, time for number 2 in the epic metal gear saga, as I explained before, I'm doing the metal gear solids first then going onto the metal gears, so don't be bitchin'
The game starts off well, with the first part of the story, the tanker. Which is a good storyline, really gets you back into metal gear and helps out with learning all the new moves and getting used to the game. My issue is its got to make its mind up, if it's apart of the game, then it's too short, but if it's purely to get you used to the game its too long, it's in that purgatory of length of gameplay time.
Then we kick off into the main game, the ocean station octagon thingy. I can never remember the official name. But in this you do not play as the epic solid snake, instead you play as the girly raiden, who may look like a woman, but can really kick some ass.
The storyline is epic, but strangely familiar, keep that in mind... But it's a great game and definitely in my top 10, but now comes to putting on the independent hat and, if you've not played the first game, the tanker saga can become confusing, and the controls are a bitch, the guards are retards and the ninjas and cool.
The good
It's an all round good game the storyline is EPIC, the characters are likable and the way it's carried on is done nicely, normally sequels go down like a pile of cat shit, but MGS2 really held its own
The bad
As I said if you haven't played the first then the tanker will confuse you slightly, plus throughout they make references to the first on, so just play the first one and you'll be right as rain. Another thing is the difficulty setting is very odd, on every difficulty par European extreme, the enemies are full blown retarded, but when your on european extreme, it's like every enemy has the sight of a hawk and the aim of dead shot (batman reference ) so it's completely out of whack, but I have got my independent hat on, so I'm just nitpicking
The rating
My personal judgement 10/10
Independent rating 9/10 so still a good score
Daftboss
Friday 29 June 2012
Crysis 2
First Person Shooter.
The Good.
It's not what you think it's going to be. I thought another brainless halo knockoff but actually there are some really clever elements to this game. There is a lot of stealth involved and there are many options for completing missions which are presented through the visor either full out frontal assault(not recommended) or more stealthy thoughtful options. The AI is good as well making enemies interesting to take down. There are a variety of enemies as well from aliens to soldiers and they require different ways to take them down. There are a lot of weapons to keep things interesting and quite a good plot. The suit itself is great you can armour up for periods of time or turn invisible which is great fun.
The Bad
It takes a little while to get into I didn't realise the capacity for playing the game in different styles because the instructions aren't very explicit. It could do with more of a tutorial opener even though for some gamers it's painful.
As the levels progress the enemies get harder to kill but not really any smarter which can get frustrating.
The Rating.
If you want a futuristic shooter it's a good one. Will test your brain and your aim.
Larnerman
The Good.
It's not what you think it's going to be. I thought another brainless halo knockoff but actually there are some really clever elements to this game. There is a lot of stealth involved and there are many options for completing missions which are presented through the visor either full out frontal assault(not recommended) or more stealthy thoughtful options. The AI is good as well making enemies interesting to take down. There are a variety of enemies as well from aliens to soldiers and they require different ways to take them down. There are a lot of weapons to keep things interesting and quite a good plot. The suit itself is great you can armour up for periods of time or turn invisible which is great fun.
The Bad
It takes a little while to get into I didn't realise the capacity for playing the game in different styles because the instructions aren't very explicit. It could do with more of a tutorial opener even though for some gamers it's painful.
As the levels progress the enemies get harder to kill but not really any smarter which can get frustrating.
The Rating.
If you want a futuristic shooter it's a good one. Will test your brain and your aim.
Larnerman
Monday 11 June 2012
Red Faction Guerilla
Third person/action. Sandbox.
The Good.
This is basically grand theft auto on mars. Unlock different zones for the terrorist group The Red Faction on the planet as you play carjack and kill people for the greater good. There are a variety of different weapons but you can't be separated from your hammer which you can use to smash buildings, people or anything that gets in your way. There are loads of different missions to do with plenty of variation. There is not story or long cut scenes to drive you mad. You can do what you like until you die when you are teleported to a home base with few consequences. There's even a mayhem counter that tots up damage costs for the enemy. The best bit: completely destructible maps and a gun that dissolves buildings.
The Bad.
The AI is very poor with helpers often standing in your way or getting themselves killed when you were supposed to be rescuing them. The computer enemies seem to know where you are all the time so it's hard to hide when you're damaged. The biggest problem though is the money system where you collect salvage by running around collecting it from the floor like sonic, which is a slow process you then use it to pay for your upgrades and weapons. This is normal practice in most games and fine but it's so hard to find you have to aimlessly wonder around for hours smashing stuff up to get it in the earlier levels, which can get a bit tedious, you will probably never buy all the weapons. The weapons don't hold much ammo which can be quite frustrating when you run out and the enemies have infinite supplies and always know where you are at which point you have to run to a red crate to refill a little bit, you can buy upgrade but it isn't much more and it's more wondering around in the desert blowing shit up for salvage which is fun to a point. Friends often have better weapons so you find yourself bludgeoning them to death for them because you A: can't afford them or B can't find them anywhere else.
The Rating.
Despite this massive negative section. This is a really fun and playable game but the greatest joy is destroying property and breaking into enemy bases to see how much damage you can get away with before escaping in a tank. This is worth a buy if you see it cheap but don't shell out loads for it! The more you play it though the more you'll like it.
Larnerman
The Good.
This is basically grand theft auto on mars. Unlock different zones for the terrorist group The Red Faction on the planet as you play carjack and kill people for the greater good. There are a variety of different weapons but you can't be separated from your hammer which you can use to smash buildings, people or anything that gets in your way. There are loads of different missions to do with plenty of variation. There is not story or long cut scenes to drive you mad. You can do what you like until you die when you are teleported to a home base with few consequences. There's even a mayhem counter that tots up damage costs for the enemy. The best bit: completely destructible maps and a gun that dissolves buildings.
The Bad.
The AI is very poor with helpers often standing in your way or getting themselves killed when you were supposed to be rescuing them. The computer enemies seem to know where you are all the time so it's hard to hide when you're damaged. The biggest problem though is the money system where you collect salvage by running around collecting it from the floor like sonic, which is a slow process you then use it to pay for your upgrades and weapons. This is normal practice in most games and fine but it's so hard to find you have to aimlessly wonder around for hours smashing stuff up to get it in the earlier levels, which can get a bit tedious, you will probably never buy all the weapons. The weapons don't hold much ammo which can be quite frustrating when you run out and the enemies have infinite supplies and always know where you are at which point you have to run to a red crate to refill a little bit, you can buy upgrade but it isn't much more and it's more wondering around in the desert blowing shit up for salvage which is fun to a point. Friends often have better weapons so you find yourself bludgeoning them to death for them because you A: can't afford them or B can't find them anywhere else.
The Rating.
Despite this massive negative section. This is a really fun and playable game but the greatest joy is destroying property and breaking into enemy bases to see how much damage you can get away with before escaping in a tank. This is worth a buy if you see it cheap but don't shell out loads for it! The more you play it though the more you'll like it.
Larnerman
Friday 8 June 2012
Metal Gear Solid
Yes, its time to review, (in my opinion) one of the best gaming series, next to assassins creed and resident evil. Im starting from the first metal gear SOLID, a lot of people who claim their a big fan, forget to realise that it all started with Metal Gear, and metal gear 2: Solid Snake. Which were both released for the MSX2, which were both classic games, but I shall start with Metal Gear Solid because, simply put more people will want to play metal gear solid than metal gear. So...
It was released for the PS1, and it is a top game, the graphics are good (for the PS1) and the way they've combined story with gameplay is excellent.
THE GOOD
It's an all round good game, as I say the story line is good, the way they've combined cut scenes with actual game play is done very nicely. If you like your storyline based games, it's one for you
THE BAD
The controls can be a bit hard to get used to, but of course in not picking because I can't think of anything bad about
THE RATING
It is one of my favourite games, but that may be because I've played the whole series, so in my complete opinion it's a 10/10 hands down, but for someone who's not played this game before, i would give it 8/10 purely because if you've never played the game before the story can leave you baffled
It was released for the PS1, and it is a top game, the graphics are good (for the PS1) and the way they've combined story with gameplay is excellent.
THE GOOD
It's an all round good game, as I say the story line is good, the way they've combined cut scenes with actual game play is done very nicely. If you like your storyline based games, it's one for you
THE BAD
The controls can be a bit hard to get used to, but of course in not picking because I can't think of anything bad about
THE RATING
It is one of my favourite games, but that may be because I've played the whole series, so in my complete opinion it's a 10/10 hands down, but for someone who's not played this game before, i would give it 8/10 purely because if you've never played the game before the story can leave you baffled
Wednesday 6 June 2012
IMaschine
No i can spell, thats just the name of this app for the Iphone, IPad, Ipod Touch. This is actually quite a good app, if you are into your music design, but even if your not technically minded when it comes to music making, its easy to use and gives you an excellent result, the way it works is you have 3 sections, a drum pad, a keyboard and a microphone, lets start with the drum pad. The drum pad can have different samples loaded to it, aswell as uploading your own, via microphone. Next we have the keyboard, where you can again upload your sesired sample and mess aroud with the pitch and what not. Finally we have the microphone, pretty standard, press record and magic happens.
The Good
It's a brilliant programme that you can potentially create some professional sounding music from the palm of your hand. Just look at the video that i have conveniently placed at the bottom of this post like a freaking technical genius
The Bad
Theres not much i can say thats bad about this one, but if i was to run through it with a fine nit comb. Then i like to play my apps while im travelling on a train and what not, but im afraid i shall not be breaking out into song randomly while on the 08:57 to manchester Piccadilly. plus becuase your wearing headphones even when your in your home getting into the zone, if you break out into song recording a masterpiece, your partner is only going to hear your bad singing, not the epic track you've created so be warned!
Rating
This is a top class app, but I feel the audience for this is rather little because you've got to have some musical bones in your body, and that doesn't mean dancing in your underwear to justin beiber with your dog rather confused in your direction
8/10
Daftboss
The Good
It's a brilliant programme that you can potentially create some professional sounding music from the palm of your hand. Just look at the video that i have conveniently placed at the bottom of this post like a freaking technical genius
The Bad
Theres not much i can say thats bad about this one, but if i was to run through it with a fine nit comb. Then i like to play my apps while im travelling on a train and what not, but im afraid i shall not be breaking out into song randomly while on the 08:57 to manchester Piccadilly. plus becuase your wearing headphones even when your in your home getting into the zone, if you break out into song recording a masterpiece, your partner is only going to hear your bad singing, not the epic track you've created so be warned!
Rating
This is a top class app, but I feel the audience for this is rather little because you've got to have some musical bones in your body, and that doesn't mean dancing in your underwear to justin beiber with your dog rather confused in your direction
8/10
Daftboss
Portal 2
Portal 2, its not bad, its not particularly good, its... meh. yes the character wheatley, voiced by steven merchant, and the puzzles are actually puzzling and require someone with a higher IQ than a chicken to complete them, the game lacks that exciting edge that good video games have. its a bit to bitty in my eyes, its a case of section 1, story line, section 2, puzzles, section 3 storyline, section 4 puzzles, etc... they never really merge and it gets a bit boring after a while. Valve really needed to decide whether to make a storyline based game or a puzzle based game, not alternate between the two until the player gets so bored they shove the disc through the TV.
The Good
As i said earlier the puzzles can actually be fun and challenging, its a good game to play if your sick of all them shooters and horror games, and just want a brain tester. Also the co-op mode is an excellent add-on to this game, you ca really co-ordinate between each other how to complete the puzzle.
The Bad
The storyline is fucking dreadful, if they would of done what they did with portal and just added the co-op game, it could of got my game of the year, but sadly the storyline ruins it, and doesn't even flow nicely with the puzzles, they just shove the story in like a toddler playing with lego
The Rating
This is a good puzzle game if you base it off the co-op and not off the main game so i'm doing 2 ratings today.
Main game - 5/10
Co-op 9/10
Daftboss
The Good
As i said earlier the puzzles can actually be fun and challenging, its a good game to play if your sick of all them shooters and horror games, and just want a brain tester. Also the co-op mode is an excellent add-on to this game, you ca really co-ordinate between each other how to complete the puzzle.
The Bad
The storyline is fucking dreadful, if they would of done what they did with portal and just added the co-op game, it could of got my game of the year, but sadly the storyline ruins it, and doesn't even flow nicely with the puzzles, they just shove the story in like a toddler playing with lego
The Rating
This is a good puzzle game if you base it off the co-op and not off the main game so i'm doing 2 ratings today.
Main game - 5/10
Co-op 9/10
Daftboss
Goldeneye. Nintendo 64.
1st person shooter.
You play Brosnan's Bond as he blasts his way through the missions of the film.
The Good.
This is the shooter that spawned so many games and for that reason it's a must have. But it's still a very playable, fun game. With a variety of weapons and varying missions.
The missions stay close to the story and the lack of a second joystick is compensated for with a decent but not overpowering auto aim.
There are also stealth elements to the missions which can be fun, or you can stuff that, set them off and see what body count you can rack up.
The Bad.
Very little on the bad front. Limited graphics are one but what more can you expect from N64? The multiplayer is a bit stilted but this isn't what this game's about.
Rating.
It's a must have. Play it and you'll see the lineage to all modern shooters. It's fun easy and there's are more elements than you'd expect.
Larnerman
You play Brosnan's Bond as he blasts his way through the missions of the film.
The Good.
This is the shooter that spawned so many games and for that reason it's a must have. But it's still a very playable, fun game. With a variety of weapons and varying missions.
The missions stay close to the story and the lack of a second joystick is compensated for with a decent but not overpowering auto aim.
There are also stealth elements to the missions which can be fun, or you can stuff that, set them off and see what body count you can rack up.
The Bad.
Very little on the bad front. Limited graphics are one but what more can you expect from N64? The multiplayer is a bit stilted but this isn't what this game's about.
Rating.
It's a must have. Play it and you'll see the lineage to all modern shooters. It's fun easy and there's are more elements than you'd expect.
Larnerman
Forza 4
Driving simulator.
The Good.
The graphics are absolutely amazing. The tracks are as close to real tracks as they can get. There are plenty of cars to unlock and tune. The realism is very good and the cars are very responsive.
It is an exceptional simulator.
The Bad.
This is a simulator not a racing game if you want to race your mates then get burnout or something a bit less precise.
This is seriously hard to play. If you like to tune and fiddle it's great but if you're like me and you have no idea what's going on it's very complex.
To get the best out you're going to have to buy a wheel and pedals. That's clearly how all the high scores have been set.
Rating.
It's a very good simulator but if you want a simple racing game it's not the one for you. Very complex and precise you have to know your stuff to play this.
Larnerman
The Good.
The graphics are absolutely amazing. The tracks are as close to real tracks as they can get. There are plenty of cars to unlock and tune. The realism is very good and the cars are very responsive.
It is an exceptional simulator.
The Bad.
This is a simulator not a racing game if you want to race your mates then get burnout or something a bit less precise.
This is seriously hard to play. If you like to tune and fiddle it's great but if you're like me and you have no idea what's going on it's very complex.
To get the best out you're going to have to buy a wheel and pedals. That's clearly how all the high scores have been set.
Rating.
It's a very good simulator but if you want a simple racing game it's not the one for you. Very complex and precise you have to know your stuff to play this.
Larnerman
Tuesday 5 June 2012
Silicon Valley. Nintendo 64
3rd Person. Puzzle Game.
I'm going to give you a quick overview on this one because frankly, it's mental. You are a robot involved in a spaceship crash and your body gets destroyed. The microchip with your brain in it survives and is able to possess the robotic animal inhabitants of the space station you crashed into. Whilst your human partner stays in the ship you must solve puzzles to find replacement parts for the downed ship.
The Good.
It's bonkers so you'll have a good laugh playing it. It's very original, each animal has different abilities so it's really good fun just to find out what each does and just mess about.
The puzzles are very weird and definitely not repetitive or ones that you will have encountered before. Which is always good.
The Bad.
It makes no sense. None at all. Took me a while to realise what was going on to be honest.
Sometimes the puzzles are too hard. I had to look up the solutions to a few which weren't anything close to what I'd been doing.
Rating.
If it's cheap, buy it, but it's definitely a connoisseurs game. It's for the generation that loved nintendo, games that made no sense and you couldn't complete.
Larnerman
I'm going to give you a quick overview on this one because frankly, it's mental. You are a robot involved in a spaceship crash and your body gets destroyed. The microchip with your brain in it survives and is able to possess the robotic animal inhabitants of the space station you crashed into. Whilst your human partner stays in the ship you must solve puzzles to find replacement parts for the downed ship.
The Good.
It's bonkers so you'll have a good laugh playing it. It's very original, each animal has different abilities so it's really good fun just to find out what each does and just mess about.
The puzzles are very weird and definitely not repetitive or ones that you will have encountered before. Which is always good.
The Bad.
It makes no sense. None at all. Took me a while to realise what was going on to be honest.
Sometimes the puzzles are too hard. I had to look up the solutions to a few which weren't anything close to what I'd been doing.
Rating.
If it's cheap, buy it, but it's definitely a connoisseurs game. It's for the generation that loved nintendo, games that made no sense and you couldn't complete.
Larnerman
Resident Evil 4
Third Person - Horror
With Resident Evil 4, i cant say much too bad about it, its a good game, good storyline, and not too hard to play, they have brought in the same character again, leon, from resident evil 2, which is a thing that i like because i did like him, but the thing i do not like is the fact that your not actually fighting zombies, your fighting spanish people with a virus which makes tentacles explode out of there head, which in my opinion is just fucked up.
The Good
The Storyline is good, the characters are likeable, and the merchant is a fucking legend! all in all the game is extremely good, the bosses are easy towards the beginning but gradually progresses in difficulty, resulting in a disgustingly difficult boss
The Bad
There's not much to not like about this game, its a really fun game to play, the only issue is that Capcom have steered away from what makes a good resident evil game.
Rating
This is a good game, but it feels a little like Capcom are losing their touch on what resident evil is all about, so its got to be a 7/10
Daftboss
With Resident Evil 4, i cant say much too bad about it, its a good game, good storyline, and not too hard to play, they have brought in the same character again, leon, from resident evil 2, which is a thing that i like because i did like him, but the thing i do not like is the fact that your not actually fighting zombies, your fighting spanish people with a virus which makes tentacles explode out of there head, which in my opinion is just fucked up.
The Good
The Storyline is good, the characters are likeable, and the merchant is a fucking legend! all in all the game is extremely good, the bosses are easy towards the beginning but gradually progresses in difficulty, resulting in a disgustingly difficult boss
The Bad
There's not much to not like about this game, its a really fun game to play, the only issue is that Capcom have steered away from what makes a good resident evil game.
Rating
This is a good game, but it feels a little like Capcom are losing their touch on what resident evil is all about, so its got to be a 7/10
Daftboss
Assassins Creed Series
Third person. Adventure.
The Good.
The game play is very smooth and the sandbox environment gets bigger and better with every game. I'd recommend playing through each game so you understand the plot, as it's quite confusing. But very cool(no spoilers). Each game gets more in depth allowing the game to be engaging in different ways each time so you can complete one after the other without getting burnout.
The character begins to become more customisable and there are plenty of weapons available in the later games. Though in brotherhood and revelations you often have to find objects to trade for the better weapons.
The Bad.
I have to say there isn't much bad apart from the wayward 3rd person camera. Sometimes during combat in tight spaces the camera has a mind of it's own going behind trees and other objects blocking combat from view leading to a severe loss of health (and temper) until you manage to regain control.
The first game features segments where you are let out of the animus which can often be a bit dull but necessary for the story. These cut scenes disappear in the sequels do don't worry.
Rating.
I loved it. Addictive and massive the games get better every time but it's definitely worth playing them all for the full effect. There are so many elements I couldn't fit them in this review.
Larnerman
The Good.
The game play is very smooth and the sandbox environment gets bigger and better with every game. I'd recommend playing through each game so you understand the plot, as it's quite confusing. But very cool(no spoilers). Each game gets more in depth allowing the game to be engaging in different ways each time so you can complete one after the other without getting burnout.
The character begins to become more customisable and there are plenty of weapons available in the later games. Though in brotherhood and revelations you often have to find objects to trade for the better weapons.
The Bad.
I have to say there isn't much bad apart from the wayward 3rd person camera. Sometimes during combat in tight spaces the camera has a mind of it's own going behind trees and other objects blocking combat from view leading to a severe loss of health (and temper) until you manage to regain control.
The first game features segments where you are let out of the animus which can often be a bit dull but necessary for the story. These cut scenes disappear in the sequels do don't worry.
Rating.
I loved it. Addictive and massive the games get better every time but it's definitely worth playing them all for the full effect. There are so many elements I couldn't fit them in this review.
Larnerman
Battlefield 3
First person shooter.
The Good.
Battlefield is the shooter that COD wants to be. The graphics are lush and the gameplay is absolutely outstanding. The maps can be immense and slow, tight and fast or anything in between. With various game modes to keep you occupied and a kill cam designed to make it hard for campers you will not find yourself getting bored. There is also a online co-op available from which you can unlock more weapons. There are so many unlock ambles and variants available that you can spend hours trying to find the right combination. You can change classes mid game as well allowing you to constantly change how you play a game. You can even change your players camouflage. Which is a bit pointless but cool.
The online play is by far the best bit and the destructible terrain and cool vehicles just add to the mayhem.
The Bad.
It takes a long time to get any decent weapons and trust me everyone else has amazing weapons and will kill you at distance a lot before you get to their level.
The vehicles suffer from the same thing but once you have unlocked the good stuff you can destroy everyone else with ease. Watch out for planes I had to look up how to unlock anything for them and my flatmate is still better than me. They are exceptionally difficult to use at first but once you have worked it out using them is one of the best parts of the game.
The campaign is really, really easy with the occasional absolutely impossible section that will take a few goes to get through. But hey the real playable time is the online portion of the game.
Rating.
It's a must buy for online shooters. The learning curve is massive but once you've got there you'll appreciate the gameplay.
Larnerman
The Good.
Battlefield is the shooter that COD wants to be. The graphics are lush and the gameplay is absolutely outstanding. The maps can be immense and slow, tight and fast or anything in between. With various game modes to keep you occupied and a kill cam designed to make it hard for campers you will not find yourself getting bored. There is also a online co-op available from which you can unlock more weapons. There are so many unlock ambles and variants available that you can spend hours trying to find the right combination. You can change classes mid game as well allowing you to constantly change how you play a game. You can even change your players camouflage. Which is a bit pointless but cool.
The online play is by far the best bit and the destructible terrain and cool vehicles just add to the mayhem.
The Bad.
It takes a long time to get any decent weapons and trust me everyone else has amazing weapons and will kill you at distance a lot before you get to their level.
The vehicles suffer from the same thing but once you have unlocked the good stuff you can destroy everyone else with ease. Watch out for planes I had to look up how to unlock anything for them and my flatmate is still better than me. They are exceptionally difficult to use at first but once you have worked it out using them is one of the best parts of the game.
The campaign is really, really easy with the occasional absolutely impossible section that will take a few goes to get through. But hey the real playable time is the online portion of the game.
Rating.
It's a must buy for online shooters. The learning curve is massive but once you've got there you'll appreciate the gameplay.
Larnerman
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