Duke Nukem Forever - What I think

Duke Nukem... Really... That game was probably the worst game I have ever bought and played it sucked real bad and I struggled to have fun and ended up just you tubing the last boss or mission or whatever. Even though this game is boring there are some good features in the game that I have enjoyed such as the Multiplayer. 

Duke Nukem Forever, the whole story well I haven't completed it but I have finished most of it the story in the game is pretty long which means more time it takes to complete the actual game. I took a lot of breaks from this game because of how boring I found the story. The reason I bought this game is because I was so intrigued in the determination of how the makers of this game has been working for it for years! But other games worked on their games for a few years and I think it turned out 10x better!

The multiplayer in the game is... Alright I enjoyed it but not for long... You can gain levels in multiplayer and unlock stuff for your home such as mini games which I found pretty interesting since I haven't seen this in other games. The way the whole thing works in Multiplayer is pretty funny... There are power ups you can use to kill your enemies which makes the whole thing unfair... really unfair since its so common to find.

Sorry for complaining a lot in this post I just don't like buying games that really do get boring and have my pockets emptied I have played this game for 9 hours

Terraria - What I think

Am I the only one that has actually started playing the sandbox game minecraft because of this game Terraria? Terraria is a so called "2D" version of minecraft (mostly said by people that hasn't actually played terraria) I can disagree on that at some points... and agree as well... Here is Notch's quote of what he thinks of Terraria "Notch: Nope, we're not. It's an amazing looking game, and it doesn't contain any of our code or art. I'm looking forward to playing it"  Notch answered this to someone when they asked Notch if he would sue terraria, incredibly enough he actually approves this game, its a shame that a certain game company couldn't do the same with Mojang though. 

Terraria has both Single player and Multiplayer, you get to start the game by making your own character and sending him off in a random generated (which can be small, medium, or large)
world you start off by making gear that is for starters working your way up to the best possible gear simply by killing bosses and unlocking tools to destroy certain blocks for crafting.


This game can eat off a lot of time when playing I spent 70+ hours on this game without even knowing and really I can say its worth it! it only costs £7.99 but you can get a good price of £2.99 with the winter sale of steam! I recommend getting this great sandbox game


You can also have NPC's in rooms you build so they can help you in different ways such as selling you items and giving you advice on what to do or what you have to craft. There is many stuff you can do in this game you can dig down without falling into lava without even knowing its right under you! If you dig down you encounter a new world with new monsters that do a lot of damage and you can fight a large range of boss which requires you to build up your character to fight them. And at nights you can fight off hordes of zombies and flying eyeballs and if there is a blood moon then prepare for a lot more of zombies and flying eyeballs and at daytime if your lucky, or not so lucky you get a horde of orc's attacking your house/castle or whatever your home base is and if you are lucky you can loot the awesome rocket boots!


Building in this game is pretty awesome build whatever you want! Build a castle, build a house, build anything, but it has to be in 2D there is a large variety of blocks to chose from when it comes to building such as dirt, wood, and a lot more of blocks! If you want to watch some videos to get know more about terraria then watch Totalbiscuit's and Jesse Cox's episodes of terraria 

GTA IV - what I think

GTA IV was my 2nd most favorite sandbox game since GTA: San Andreas in GTA IV you play a Russian man named Niko Belic new to america trying to pursue the american dream... but Niko wants to kill a man that has betrayed Niko's squad in the army.

GTA IV has a large range of vehicles like boats, ground vehicles, and different kind of helicopters no planes (which I wanted!) but the vehicles are fun to use and with mods you can add planes with the mechanics of a helicopter if you are really that desperate. There is also 2 other DLC's you can buy for the game which makes the story more interesting because they have something to do with Niko Belic's life in america.

Many of the missions are about killing people making money or doing favors for your friends to know more about the person you are looking for. The storyline of the game gets more interesting over time and you can face betrayal of your friends. If you get bored of the missions you can enjoy the vehicles in the game because of the mechanics in the game.

Star wars the old republic

Hello, I will be talking about the MMORPG Star wars the old republic which will be dominating the World of Warcraft subscribers over time, well that's what I think. I picked this game because I have bought it and I think it would be the next MMO in the gamer's eyes. There are two sides to star wars which is Galactic Republic and the Sith Empire, there are 8 unique classes you can pick in the game and 4 classes are split between the two factions. So both of the factions have totally different classes nothing is the same. The subscription rate is a fair amount it is about the same to world of warcraft.


There is also the Pre-order each pre-order will have 30 days game time on them here is a link to their website to pre-order this game. This game will be released on the 20th of December so get this game before its actual date to receive great bonuses (http://buy.swtor.com)




The quests in the game is great and you have a very long quest chain for your class which brings you to new planets for you to travel too. You also get companions when you slowly progress through the game allowing you to summon at least one to fight by your side or when they are idle you will be able to send them out on missions to increase your profession skills. You can have up to 6 companions. The quest's in SWTOR is very different to other MMO's because you are able too interact with the quest giver, answering the questions for the quest givers allow you too gain points such as light/dark side points and your affection with your companions which allow you too buy a large range of new items.

IGA - Best game award

Skyrim has won... A great game it has so much stuff that everyone has been talking about right now, and what makes this game even more interesting are the mods which opens up whole new features for the players that really just want to see new stuff.


I was thinking Gears of War 3,  Dead Island, or one of the greatest multiplayer that I have played this year Battlefield 3 but they all took an arrow to the knee by Machinima. But obviously the best game has to win Skyrim. I'm thinking maybe Elder scrolls will be winning again the Best game of the year award.

Saints row 3 - what I think

Saints row: The third

My favorite sandbox game. This game is crazy it has a good story line as well as game play after game completion there is other stuff to do such as activity's, assassinations, and car jacking. I have spent 25 hours on this game so far I have only completed the story, capturing enemy territory, and completing all the activity's in the game. 


Story
The story of Saints row 3 is very different to the other two previous games in Saints row 3 you start of as the boss instead of starting from the beginning. The story begins by you and your team robbing a bank owned by the syndicate which you don't know about. They are a strong gang that control Steelport which you later play on through the game. I wont carry on with telling you about whats going to happen because I don't want to spoil it for those that want to get the game. It took me about 10 hours to complete the game and I completed it in one sitting with only two breaks the reason for this is because I kept wanting to do the next missions because the game is clearly just awesome and you will never guess what fun things will happen on the next mission.


Aircraft's and vehicles etc
In saints row 3 there is a large variety of vehicles like cars, boats, planes, and helicopters there is also two interesting vehicles in the game which is the VTOL and the hoverbike which is pretty interesting to use in the game the VTOL (Vertical take off and landing) is a jet that can hover and be flown like a plane, if you watched the trailer you can see the VTOL. And also the hoverbike which can also hover and fly like a plane/bike but you can only use the bike in the air so you cant use it for ground. The cars in this game has very different mechanics from the other previous saints row series the mechanics for the vehicles feel pretty useful and fun to use. The aircraft's feels the same as before. Like always in saints row you can customize your vehicle to your liking. You can now increase the armor of your vehicle so it barely takes any damage and makes any dents in the cars. There is also new helicopters once again a VTOL kind of helicopter that can hover and has a Gatling gun on it which proves useful, but then again the VTOL jet in my opinion is better, the other helicopters in the game doesn't feel that much different.


Weapons
The weapons for me is probably the most biggest improvement in the game since there is new special weapons which I will talk about later. The weapons that are in the game can now be upgraded to become better and more useful in combat. Nearly every weapon is up-gradable (Including the RPG). Now about the special weapons! There are new ones which is air strikes, predator drones, and an RC gun. The air strikes are pretty awesome since you can simply aim somewhere shoot and a rocket comes from the air splits into little rockets and spreads out around the area to kill a group of enemies. The predator drones are kind of the same thing but you can use it if your behind a wall taking fire or if there is a bunch of enemies around the corner, you use the predator drone from the birds eye view you can simply shoot it so it just goes to the area you want it to go or you can control the drone itself. And finally the RC gun you can shoot it at any car and you can do whatever you want with it without you being seen doing whatever crime you are doing, but with the RC gun there is a range where you cant  
take the car you are controlling far. Oh by the way all the special weapons require ammo.


Activities
The activities in saints row 3 are alike from saints row 2 so its kind of the same activities with some new ones I'm not exactly sure of the name of it but you have to drive around with a tiger next to you and you have to drive fast to reach max courage by reaching high speeds oh also there are vans trying to take you out which will make the tiger hurt you. There is also a new diversion which is jumping off a building or jet, helicopter, and landing on the target. Doing activities will give you respect and unique rewards you also need to do activities to capture territory. There is also a new activity where you have to find the required ho's and bring them back to the required location.


Initiation station
The initiation station in Saints row is just awesome there is a lot of options to pick from to make the character look like how you want it to be. So if you want to make it green go ahead if you want to make it look like a person in real life then I can say its pretty possible for it happening. 


Upgrades
A new feature added to saints row is the upgrade in the game you can upgrade stuff via the phone you get which will be required to do certain stuff such as checking missions and collecting your hourly cash from the stores that you own. There is also an upgrading section in the phone which will come into great use since you can upgrade your gang and your own health also to duel-wield weapons you will need to buy the upgrade which is pretty expensive but once again its going to be worth it. From the upgrade section on the phone you cant upgrade your weapons which will need to be done in the friendly fire shops through out Steelport. 


Also the executive Danny Bilson says that the team is already making Saints Row 4! And its going to be more wilder than saints row 3 which is hard to imagine if it will be since saints row 3 is clearly incredible. 

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - what I think

I'm simply going to start by saying The elder scrolls never disappoints. This game has very good first impressions I havent played much I have only reached the first town in the game and you can build your own weapons, armors, also you can increase the damage and the defence rating on your armor. This game is so awesome the graphics is incredible, bethesda has worked really hard making this game, its really easy to see how they worked on every small pixel just to make this game.


The enemy in the game well the only things I fought is the imperials, spiders, and lastly the bear. The texture on these enemies is wonderful it looks very realistic and also very interesting, such as the spider which actually looks like it has little hairs on it.


Travelling
Skyrim is a huge place, so there will require a lot of travelling. There is different ways to travel such as using the horse, instant travel, taxi. Running to your destination isn't ideal since it will take long and obviously its faster by horse, you can sprint which costs stamina but the stamina will deplete in 10 to 15 seconds, doing this is pretty long but you will sometimes end up having to do that because sometimes its hard to find a horse. Horses in the game is pretty hard to find as I said but you can buy a horse just outside of the town "Dragonreach" the horses cost 1000 coins but its way worth it since running normally on the horse is faster than running on feet, and the pace on the horse is very fast. The instant travel in the game works only for places that you have located this is good in some ways but I prefer it to have more instant travel options rather than just places you know since the map is huge using instant travel costs nothing. Taxi at least that's what I call it, well its the dudes that rides you around in the carriages, using these is a fair way to travel the cost depends on where you go the only prices are 20/50 coins and you can only travel to towns known, or not this is a good way to travel to quest locations near to towns rather than just running from the town that is far away. You can find the taxi's in front of some towns not all. 


Story line
Fairly interesting. Skyrim has a good storyline which is about dragons. I'm not going to go further into it because I don't want to spoil it for you readers. The story in skyrim is as good as the one in oblivion. There is also side quests you can do where you can earn money or new items. You can also join guilds which is cool since you also get side missions from there and work your way up the ranks into becoming a professional.


Gear
The most important part of the game. There is different types of gear in the game the usual leggings, boots, chestlplate, gloves, you can also equip Rings, necklaces, crowns, that sort of stuff to increase your skill or do something else maybe summon skeletons. There is also 3 different types of weapons Swords, Axe, and the Warhammer, these 3 listed are for melee attacking there is also weapons for the range like a staff basically the sword is faster than the axe and the axe is faster than the warhammer but warhammer deals more damage than the axe and so on. You can craft your own armor or buy them from a blacksmith, 


Leveling system
The leveling system in skyrim is fairly interesting since you can level up obviously but you can only gain levels from gaining skills (which I will talk about later) as soon as you level up you can pick from the 3 Magicka, Health, Stamina, you can only pick these 3 for a few levels then you can start putting some talent points into perks, there is so many perks I wont be able to talk about it. The skill system is fun in Skyrim there is a large range of skills here's an example the Two-handed weapons skill you can gain skills by attacking enemies with a Two-handed weapon, when you gain skill you will be able to put your skill points into that type of perk such as putting a point in doing 20% more damage for example but I'm not sure if I'm truly correct.
there is also the Armor skills which falls down into Heavy armor skill and Light armor skill where you skill up simply just by taking in damage with that sort of armor on.

Skyrim perk system

Crafting

Crafting in skyrim is good its what you expect. You can do certain crafting in the game like Blacksmithing, Alchemy, Enchanting (Disenchanting), these are some of the stuff in the game, To increase what you can craft or making it have more effect then you will have to skill it up and use the perk system to spec into it. Also the best Armor you can have is the one you can craft. in enchanting you can increase how much power it gives by putting a point into the perk. This also works for alchemy.


NPC's
In the game of skyrim the NPC's play a big part since you have to collect and deliver quests. You can also attack NPC's in skyrim such as the blacksmith and the jarl, (I tried killing the jarl but he simply didn't die) but I managed to kill the blacksmith so now he doesn't re-spawn and I cant sell my items. I'm sure you are simply thinking why don't you sell your items to a different vendor. Well because the vendors usually buy different items e.g alchemists only buy herbs and potions from you. The way the NPC's work is great! I killed a man that is married and when I went to talk to his wife she was mad! The NPC mechanic is great and I have never seen such wonderful mechanics. 

Shouts and spells
There's 3 simple classes in skyrim Mage, Thieve, and the epic Warrior. I obviously play warrior since its so epic also a 2-handed one. I haven't really played with the spells much in skyrim the only thing I used for spells is actually restoration and I only spent about 2 skill points in it which is to reduce the usage of magicka by 50% and using the healing spell in both hands will increase healing done. There is also shouts which I know quite a lot of about. You gain shouts by clearing dungeons and sometimes if you are lucky you can gain a spell by the end of it which is written on the walls. When you kill dragons you gain Dragon Souls which allows you to spend it on spells you learn so you gain access to use it. There is a good amount of shouts in skyrim such as the unrelenting force (Which is now becoming a internet meme) which shouts at the enemy and throws them backwards this is a good thing to use if you are fighting a difficult enemy so you can knock him to the ground and beat him a little until he gets up.