Thursday, January 22, 2009

I'm sick of MMO Comments that is Stupid!


I know that all kinds of People are posting all kinds of Comments for Various MMO's, like Age of Conan Hyborian Adventures that is pictured. The Comments are on all over the internet that says "Don't play Age of Conan because it will be dead by 2009 since it's [Bleep]." and "AOC is [Bleep]", and etc. I think that most people are saying comments on the internet is because they troll the internet to be a troll to get people to play a game they like, or not play a game at at out of the troll's emotional with no facts stance of opionion. My advice is that don't go by what others say, just try the game out for your self to see if you like it. Also if you're going to be a troll, and complain all the time then don't play the game at all then.

Have a good day and Game ON! :)

Friday, January 16, 2009

Mulit GPU Systems, Nvidia SLI and ATI Crossfire

Most reviews say stay away from SLI or Crossfire because of not much of a performance boost in Dual card setup, but not any more performance boost in Tri, or Quad Card Setup. Second reason is that it's expensive, for example a Nvidia Geforce GTX 295 costs $500.00, which equals $532.00 after taxes in US Dollars. That Means it will cost $1,064.00, which equals around $1,124-$1,200 for a Quad SLI Setup.

My Opinion is that it is necessary for a SLI or Crossfire setup for Ultra High Resolutions and Settings if you're a hardcore gamer with lots of money, or can save a lot of money in small amounts of time.

So My conclusion is don't trust what Reviews, bloggers, and other websites and the people that runs them ruin the fun of playing a game for ya, if you have the money and want to have a better gameplay experience than a Console can provide than it is recommended to go SLI or Crossfire for the graphics horsepower.

Also just want to tell you the comments are off for this article because people will say that they can build a very high end computer for $500.00, which is false because it is going to not run the newest games, and any recent to a few year old games at the highest settings (unless it's a old game Like Half-Life or 2.)

Gears of War 2 (Xbox 360) (Review)

Intro: Series

Gears of war starts out as this COG Soldier named Marcus Fenix, who is just got out of prison for disobeying an direct order to serve duty, and save his father Adam Fenix. Dom Santiago is Marcus Fenix's Friend, who both of them, and 2 other guys named Cole, and Baird, teams up. All of them is in a Squad called Delta Squad, who's job in the first game was to retrieve the Resonator, map the Locust Horde's Tunnels (Locust are the main enemies of the Cog in GoW), so they can get a Lightmass bomb (Gears of War version of Nuclear Weapons) and bomb the Locust out of commison, and save humanity. [Spoiler] The locust survived the bombing, and is in the hollow, an underground place under Jacinto (Jacinto is Humanities last refuge in GoW). So now Delta Squad is back, and there job this time is to prevent the Locust from sinking Jacinto.

Story

Gears of War 2 has a better story this time around by introducing new characters. Tai, who is one of the new guys that will help Marcus and Delta Squad in GoW2. Dizzy, who is the driver of the Derrick that Marcus, and Dom rides in (Derrick is a Big rig that the Cog use in GoW2 to get to the hollow where the locust horde is underneath Landown, a city by Jacinto) Maria, who is Dom's missing wife, which Dom is searching for in the game. Also there's many other characters that I can describe, but won't because it will ruin the game for ya.

Emotions are a big deal in the sequel because you feel connections to the characters, and the characters will make you feel what they are going through in the game even though there not real. For example, Marcus cares about others and is a little bit more soft towards his teammates and others. Another example is a Scene in the Latter part in GoW2 when Dom finally finds out what will happens to his Wife, Maria. [Spoiler] Something bad happens to Maria, but I won't tell you because it will also ruin the game for ya.

The game does aims to what Epic Games explains their game being more "Bada** and Badder" which stays true to what Epic games claims the product to be.

Story: 10/10

Graphics

The Unreal 3 Engine does get more graphical to the game by adding realistic water effects that are simular to what is in Bioshock (which uses a Modded Unreal 3 Engine, which it's purpose is to create realistic water effects for the Underwater Dystopia of Rapture as the setting of the game [Bioshock]), and more realistic Character body animation that reacts to the bullets in game.

Gears of War 2 looks fantastic in 720p to 1080p HDTV, if you have a HDTV that can handle the game. The native Resolution of the game is 720p, which is with the majority of Xbox 360 games, and the game can get early xbox 360's the RROD on the Systems (short for "Red ring of Death", which means the CPU and GPU on the system is broken).

The Gore Filter in the game does do it's job to shelter younger audiences, but the Language Filters is not.

Also the Graphics is still top notch even it has the Gore Filter.

Graphics 10/10

Sound

Sound is really good, better than in Gears of War, So if you have a sound system that is 5.1, I recommend cranking this game up, but the Music does get tiring in some moments of the game. The language Filter does not do it's job, it only blocks religious words like gd or gdit, to explicit words like the f, and s words, but not all the bad language (such as Jack***, or A-hole, A**, wth, etc.)

Recommendation for Parents with kids that want to play this game, not recommended because the Gore is still accessible with the filter on or off, and the language filter does not block all the words.

Sound: 8/10

Multiplayer

Multiplayer in Gears of War 2 is better than the first one, but is still in good positions in the most played Xbox Live games, but not as much as Halo 3.

MP 8/10

Replay Value

This game is great on Harder Difficulties, and the online is great factor to make you want to replay the game again.

8/10

Overall: Recommended for People 17+, but Game is a Must Have. (9/10)

Rating: Mature 17+ for Blood and Gore, Strong Language, and Intense Violence

Posted On: Jaunary 12, 2009 at 6:00PM eastern Time USA

Mass Effect Xbox 360 Review

Note: I have both the Xbox 360 Version and the PC Version. I'm not going to review the PC version until I get my new computer up first so this way I won't utter any thing that other people think I'm wrong. Both Versions will Be Up but only the 360 version first. The 360 version review is first because I played it alot before my xbox got RROD.

Hello fellow gamers.

Mass Effect is a Action Role Play Game that is out for a while on the 360 since November 2007, and the PC since May of 2008. This is one of Bioware's recent RPG games, which is the same guys that brought you (all the gamers) Jade Empire, Star Wars Knights of the Old republic, Neverwinter Nights, and Baldur's Gate. Bioware is also having there Austin Texas Studio in the US making Star Wars the Old Republic, which is their first MMORPG game that been recently announced back on October 21,2008 at an Special Event (not E3, CES, TGS, GC, or any convention, it was actually an Conference that LucasArts and Bioware had put together for the Press.).

Story

You play as Commander Shepard, who is a Alliance Soldier that is a candidate for the Spectre's. Spectre's are an elite operate special forces that Citadel Council chooses for special tasks that are only be can be dealt with secrecy instead of Diplomacy or Warfare. After an Mission on Eden Prime gone wrong you are tasked by the Council to stop a rouge spectre that can endangered the entire fate of the Galaxy and your the only that can stop him.

Along the Way, Shepard encounters allies that will help him/her stopping Saren, and they will venture the Galaxy to find clues to Saren's downfall, and what is really at stake. Your Choices can either or Save the Galaxy or Doomed to annihilation.

10/10

Graphics

The Unreal 3 Engine does really help the game come to life from environments to the characters. At some points in the game can have frame rate drops and texture pop ups, which won't ruin the game experience. Try to install the game with NXE on 360, which could solve these issues but I don't really know (I'll let it up to you to find out for you self). Also The Engine does not get the graphics like in Gears of War, but it still does a good job for an RPG.

9/10

Sound

Sound is done fantastical, which does set the tone for the Game. The Game soundtrack makes the game like it's Blade Runner but more better in the Popularity and People that knows the game departments. The setting of the game is golden for Sound Design.

8/10

Multiplayer (Can't Review due to no MP Component over Live, except Downloadable Content Like "Bringing Down the Sky")

Replay Value

The Game has more depth for an RPG, so this will requires you to replay a lot just like any other RPG.

8/10

Recommended for People mature 17+, must have game.

PS: Fox news and Copper (Cooper is a B***h, and Fox News is BS for Gaming Community) have the Sex Scene Wrong in the game, so here's a link so you can see for your self for the Truth.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYKCmB_vOyE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYxiL26llwQ&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pnj5HW2gOU&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mp59Ez4HV8Y

Have a good day and Game On. :)

Video Game Addiction 3

There some Recent news for Game Addiction that I need to talk about to make people get the real idea that they need to be understanding and not idiotic BS.

Here's a Break down of some topics, and links to check them out.

Cooper Lawrence, the psych that made Mass Effect Sex Controversy on Fox News is talking Game Addiction Now

http://www.bingegamer.net/2009/cooper-lawrence-talks-about-video-games-again/

and

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/usermovies/300575.html

Halo 3 Game Addiction Case is Rejected Daniel Petric's "Halo 3 made me kill my Parents!" plea.

http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/692402/Judge_in_Halo_3_Case_Has_Words_for_Game_Addiction.html

http://www.gamepolitics.com/2009/01/13/judge-comes-down-hard-video-games-halo-3-murder-trial

and

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090112/1914323385.shtml

How Seriously We Need to take Gaming Addiction.

http://kotaku.com/5129890/how-seriously-should-we-take-game-addiction

Okay heres my opionion for all the articles

Halo 3 Case

It's BS because the kid didn't kill his parents because of a D*** game. What is the problem is what the parents did for the kid. Here's a theory, which i could be wrong but.... Maybe he kill his parents could be how his parent's raise him during his childhood to teenage hood. This could be a number of things. Also the Judge that was on the case was a jack*** and the comment was BS for his comment about video games, but that his opinion of video games and my opinion about his comment being BS and for him being a jack***. Mr. Petric is a Jack*** A-hole that is a DISGRACE AGAINST ALL HALO PLAYERS FOR WHAT HE DID! If it wasn't for Mr. Petric for what he did to his parents, all Halo Players won't fell a DISGRACE now. To be honest I am a hardcore Halo Player, I beated All 3 in about 4 Hours on Easy, but can't beat it on Legendary now since I don't have a Xbox 360 (since it got RROD), and don't have a computer to run Halo 2 (which I have the first on PC, but not the second, or third (third is not out, but maybe in future)) This made me feel like a Disgrace for playing this game, because Mr. Petric ruin the Halo community for his actions. We all have to relized that Video Game Violence and Addiction is Not linked to anything except PARENTING! So in this case they find all the evidence pointed towards PARENTING and they want to blame Halo 3 for the Case for Game Addiction and Violence. That is making an jack*** a** out of your self for blaming a Game when the game doesn't do anything but is played, while the parent you interact with for how you grown up being raised by them.

Cooper Lawrence talks Game Addiction

She's is being a Jack*** talking BS Junk science. Game Addiction is there if the Parent doesn't put a limit on Game Time. So Game Addiction is not there and not real, it's BS. I'm not going to censor my self, it's B***s***. So to me Cooper should say good bye to her Psychologist Job because she doesn't know W*** T** H*** she's talking about! So next time Cooper, before you go on to blab about something on TV, do your homework before uttering B*** s***, and also say it's the parent not the game that is causing the problem.

I will tell you what the News Reporters, and Cooper is Saying.

News Reporters

"Babysitter in a Box"= I use the Game as a Babysitter for my Kids.

"Video Games are Stationary"= Video games causes people to sit on their A** and do nothing, so I bought the Wii to use for my kids to get off their A** so they won't get overweight and addicted easily.

"Is Wii get Games get Kids exercising" =Cooper, Tell me is the Wii also get the player addicted easily and is still call Game Addiction?

"When People play games, they're not talking to each other... like when we were younger."=Today kids are not talking face to face with each other like we use to when were kids, so why is that?

"how is TV Different than Games"= Is TV addictive as Games are?

"TV has bad programming"= TV has a lot of Adult Shows on, how is it still called and Addiction?

"You feel like a Winner... My kids get very competitive against each other and their friends."= Is people get addicted to games easily because you feel you win all the time?

"Video Games used to be social... Arcade Games... Not social anymore because you can do it at home, and in your basement."= Video games are not Social anymore because people are in homes and Basement by them self playing a game instead playing a game at an Arcade with people.

"I'll limit my games."=I will keep games out of my kids reach.

"I play Asteroids. I Play Tetris"= I Play old games only.

Cooper

"Do not sleep, eat, run off, anger"= The Game is the problem.

"Playing Wii, 12, 15 hours a Day"= Kids play games all day long, I think they should play only Less than 30 Minutes, not even an Hour.

"Not getting Social Development, and going outside (which Social Development and Outside is Important to do)"= Not being with Friends, Family, and not getting exercises and enjoying reality.

"Not doing homework, all research shows"= Research only points out that Kids needs video games just like a drug, smoke, or alcohol addict is.

"TV is addictive like games are"= Anything you get addictive to.

"Look at warning signs."= kids are using the game to escape real life, and game addiction is real.

"Social Development is Decreasing"= Kids are not enjoying real life, and is not talking to other humans outside.

"I play Pac-Man"= I play only old games.

So let me tell ya the real facts

1: Video Games are social still, but that is because of the Internet, PSN, XBL, GFWL, Myspace, and other technologies makes it impossible to be connected with others. Since it's not Face to face has the Doctors and Scienctist Concern because they want people to be living in reality instead not play a game which is Fictional. That is saying that Games are not social is BS.

2: Not All Research shows that Games are an Addiction. That's because there's all kinds of studies out there either or saying that "Video Games is Addictive and People can get addictive" or "Video Games are not Addictive." this goes for Game Violence and other concerning topics to. Just on to the internet and Google "Game Studies" and inbetween stuides put the topic you want, and this will pull up all the studies that been published onto the internet.

3: Video games are not stationary because you can stop it and go excersie if you want without to let get overweight and ruin your life.

So in my opinion Game Addiction and Violence is only linked to bad parenting, so this is why Fox News is BS for the Gaming Community.

How Serious We Should Take Gaming Addiction

This is a funny topic on one of the top video game blogs about Game Addiction. I think there are some points in there but I wil tell you that it's saying is that it's these people are blowing it out of proportion, and is using it to get everyone attention for Ratings, which I agree with what I'm saying about the article.

So my conclusion for this post is that Video Game Addiction,Violence, Sex, Drugs, Smoke, Alcohol, Language, and other Game concerns that make kids be doing the content, or do the addiction is the result of BAD PARENTING! This means if we give some time to be in our kids lives and tell them real to make believe, right from wrong, have the sex/drug/smoking/alcohol/language talk, and make sure they get a real parent in there lives then won't have this controversy happening in this world and no more BS topics as Good PARENTING.

Now have a Good day, and Game On. :)

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Video Game Reviews

I will tell you the upcoming plans for video game reviews. Before I get to them I need to mention something. Some of the games I will review, I'm going to not appreciate comments that are negative ("[game title] is g**". Or "[Game Title] is Dead, go play [game title] because it's better than this s***.) mainly MMO games such as World of Warcraft, Age of Conan, Lord of the Rings Online, Warhammer Online, you get the idea. That means the comments are not to be on the MMO games. If the comment is on an MMO game will have to be a nice comment or no comment at all. This comment rule is the same for the other games.

Note: Not all games will be reviewed until I get the equipment to play the game on.
Here's a Break down of Game Reviews by Platform.

Windows PC
World of Warcraft, Burning Crusade, Wrath of the Lich King

Age of Conan Hyborian Adventures

Lord of the Rings Online, Mines of Moria

EVE Online

Star Wars Galaxies

City of Heroes/Villians

Champions Online

Star Wars Kotor, 2

Crysis, Warhead

Halo, 2

Fallout 3

Grand Theft Auto 4

Assassin's Creed

and Many More to come....


Xbox 360
Fallout 3

Fable 2

Halo 3

Grand Theft Auto 4

Assassin's Creed

Halo Wars

Halo ODST

Bioshock 2 Sea of Dreams

and Many More to come....


Playstation 3
Resistance Fall of Man, 2

Fallout 3

Killzone 2

and Many More to Come....


Wii
Super Mario Galaxy

Mario Kart Wii

Zelda Twilight Princes

The Conduit

and Many More to Come


So that is a brief list of what I'm planning to review in the future, but for now just treat this as a plan for the blog. That means don't think that I'm going to do them, it might happen but it will take time.

Have a great day and Game On. :)

Video Game Addiction 2

The reason that parents buys these technology for their kids is to babysit them so the parents won't have to pay attention to the kids.
So If parents can somehow help everyone out, then we won't have people blaming the media for it.
I'll post on this topic latter.