geometry wars

Well now why would I be doing a review about such a small title? Well you underestimate the power of geometry. Geometry Wars is the most downloaded game on the Xbox 360 (so i hear) and is available on Steam for as little as the price of two goes on the DDR machine (thats four dollars).

I do like a good arcade shooter so I thought I'd give it a shot.

I have to say it's quite good. If you've ever played a game called "Mu-Cade" then that's a good comparison to this. But I also have to say if you took away the flashy effects and the really cool "mesh-wave" effect in the background.. this game might not be as interesting. I play it just to see how the effects of my new and improved blaster, will interact with the background mesh.

and of course with something as cool as that you've got to have a black hole or two, just to see what happens!

Yeah this game is pretty dam hectic, and the weak of heart might just a have a seizer... or two, but it's worth the risk. Of course game play consists of shooting things, and blowing things up, but were not playing this for the storyline, that's for sure.

and although it does chug a bit when my video recorder is in effect, it moves very quickly.

It really is your standard shooting gallery kind of game, but for four bucks... I'll take it.


Heres a small sample of the game, the only thing is, the music leaves much to be desired, so i added one of my fave's. Look away if you start to blink a lot



by the way if your wondering why I didn't rate this, it's because I don't think it really deserves to be judged, I just think its a good value.

STEAM

ive said it before and ill say it again, steam is the place to go for a wide selection of entertaining games!


and due to recent events, i will be able to play most of that that wide selection! hooray!

the first game on my list believe it or not, was a delightful game called "the crazy adventures of gumboy" a wonderful sidescroller, thats got a lot going for it!

firstly, this is one of the most visually pleasing games i have ever seen. i have to put it right up there with guildwars for graphics. yes it is a 2D game, but it has such a magical feel about it, i think the developers must have done every single image in photoshop or something because this game, is friggin sexy-looking, and i dont say the term likely...

second of all, the gameplay is just.....fun. nothing more then that, its just plain entertaining, and thats why we play games isnt it? forget the story, games are usually better without it, and i know i gave gears of war shit for not having story, but thats because it should have a story.

why? becuase throughout the game, it feels like it leading somewhere... what are these creatures? why are we at war with them? what do they want?

gumboy, doesnt even try to have a story and thats what i like about it. it tries to be fun, and a lot of games these days are trying to be a lot more then that.


ive always said, i would rather play a good game that tried to be simple, then a bad game that was trying to be complex.


the only thing i dont like about this game, is the control. not like..the buttons, or anything, but how you actually control your dude. it gets kind of agrivating sometimes, when he bounces around where you don't want him, but this is not too common, and i forgive it, just because it looks so nice :)

so i give this game a 8/1o its a good game and for TEN DOLLARS!?!? holy shit... buy this game, buy it now...





this is my video, the music is ...not mine, i got it from newgrounds a long time ago...

if you cant see, that means you are reading this not so long after i write it! thank you reader!!

gears of war...

ok i know ive already done it, but i went back and played it all the way through, this time with a friend...


i have to admit, with a friend, even the stupid beserker levels are fun, and thats saying a LOT!

i bought another controller, so i could play halo with my friend (i know its on my hate list....dont ask)

and i played a selection of xbox games with my friend master gex...

it was fun working together, and i might even replay the game on a harder setting, but the storyline is still lame and dried out, like a shriveled 1up shroom.

so, although i forget what i gave it before, ill give this game an updated 7/10

well well well i havent done anything in a while havent i?

thats going to change, first off shadowrun.

i have to say i was kind of dissapointed with this game, in more ways then one. first off id like to say that the PC version of the game is only available on vista, and cant be installed on XP. second of all you have to own a live account which means you have to pay microsoft money just to play online. thirdly the single player in this game, is.....fairly non-existant. four.. well thats enough for me at that point...

the gameplay is interesting, new and somewhat innovative of the first person shooter. now with the new addition of magic to the playing field, almost anything is possible.

i thought i might segragate this a bit...

teleportation

neat, its a good way to flash in and out of battle. if your in trouble, you can get out in a second, and your enemy probably wont know where you went, unless you were obvious about it.

drawback... of course there are always solid walls, and sometimes they arent so blatently obvious, so the next time you need to get out of a battle, you might not be able to, and that extra second really counts in this game...

Ressurection

a cool thing about this is that you arent quite alive. if the person that ressurects you dies then you lose health until death.

drawbacks... of course this means that when people die more and more, eventually everyones going to rely on one person to stay alive...

i havent tried to ressurect someone who ressurected me... im not sure how that would work...


smoke

i think of it as "ghosting". you leave your body and become this whipsy seethrough ghost of yourself, inpenatrable to bullets and weapons. although you can be hurt quite a bit by a ability called "gust" but the ability is so useless the only reason you would want to have it is for this.

summon

the last of the "major" spells, which of course summons a big fiend that tears your enemies apart, a fitting end.

you also have some technology at your disposal, including the ability to see through walls, a glider, auto-aim, and grenades...




the game is fairly fun, but gets kind of tiresome quick, also there arent too many levels to choose from and there is a lot of dying involved...

as for online, it might have been enhanced with a mic and earphone, but i think a 40 dollar price sticker for microsofts golden microphone, is asking too much, so they will have to deal with my dissapointment.


i give this game a 7/10

neat idea but there are just too many factors, that kill this game

wow..... haven't made a new post in a while... maybe because ive been playing garry's mod...

they've vamped it up to the point where you really can....do ANYTHING!

heres a short 5 minute video that i made over the weekened to prove it...




ps, ill be doing shadowrun shortly, looks like a fairly interesting game...