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Monday, 18 April 2016

Rocket League - Football, WITH CARS

When Rocket League first came out, it was free on PSN and I was still apprehensive to download it. Is it because of my hate for all things sport, or because driving games are the bane of my life? Nope, it was a mixture of both, football and cars, I could think of nothing worse. However it was free and who doesn't like free shit? So I went ahead and downloaded it, with expectations to delete it after one play, if after playing it at all.

So I turned it on and first thing I hear is the music, which I loved. It was just a nice relaxing tune which I didn't expect. Then I noticed I could customize my car, any game that gives me customization options of my player/character/car etc instantly gets good game points. You can't do much to begin with, so I go in to an offline mode game to figure out how to even play the game. So I quickly got around to learning the buttons, but not any techniques.

I got off it after about two games with a sense of 'meh, that could of been better', yet within hours I was back to it. Something was compelling me to play it, and I soon delved in to the Online arenas. As my skills increased and I found myself frequently getting MVP, I was dragged in to the game. Customizing my car (which is now purple with a witch hat on top) and getting goals quite often I was thrilled. This pulled in with playing with friends (which you can see from our videos below) really make this game what it is all about. To me, this game is just a bit of fun, ramming in to the opposing team and blowing them all, all whilst smacking a really bouncy ball around a virtual arena.

I say this all from a good place, without having played it today as I am sure my opinion would be much different had I played online today. This would have brought me to constantly swear about my team mates and how there is a complete lack of teamwork on this game. The online community for this game seems to be split in to two parts, the try hards and the glory hunters. By that I mean you have the group who genuinely want to try and work as a team, then you have the absolute morons who will ram you when you're about to score, or are with the ball because they want to be the ones to score. This, for me, really detracts from the online experience and is a massive reason I tend to avoid online games.

Overall, Rocket League is a fun, quirky little game that's good to pass quite a bit of spare time, because you'll find yourself saying 'one more match'. Would I pay the price they're expecting now? Hell no, because without knowing what to expect from it, I wouldn't dive head first. Once you get in to it though, it becomes quite fun and time consuming.

Pros:
- Able to customize your cars
- Fun gameplay
- great killer of spare time

Cons:
- Glory Hunters online
- Football

Overall: 5.4/10

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Fallout 4 - A Big Nuke In My Spare Time

By Unknown 20:59 No comments:

It's been a while since Fallout 4's been released now so I feel it's time to do a review on what I thought of the vanilla game. I want to start by saying I was not a massive fan of Fallout 3. I know that may be an unpopular opinion but whilst I enjoyed the first play through, I tried again and just could not enjoy it one bit. So I went in to Fallout 4 with a bit of a bias opinion that it wasn't going to be brilliant but I wanted to give it a shot. I was VERY wrong...to an extent.

Fallout 4 starts brilliantly, you create your character (in an incredibly powerful character creator) and you start your story in your quaint family home with your recently born son. Not much happens to begin with, you walk around, talk to your wife, play with your son, then BAM. There's a news report on the TV saying that everything is pretty much (and literally) about to blow up in your face. At this point you're raced to Vault 111 and dragged underground.

It doesn't take long before shit hits the fan and you're thrown right in to the main portion of the game. Everything is dead, everyone you know is gone and we're soon introduced to the most annoying character in the game, Preston Garvey. This is unfortunately the first point I found incredibly annoying about this game, the quests he gives you never change. It is always 'I've got word of a settlement that needs our help' which in turn just ends up with you killing some raiders for little to no reward. I found a lot of the side missions to be in a same vain.

Now let's talk graphics which aren't the best on the PS4, now that being said I also completely understand that this is a massive open world so takes a lot of power to do what they have done. It doesn't detract from the overall experience of the game however. Which leads me to the best point of the game, the world space. Now this is impressive, the shear size and time it takes to walk somewhere and the environment being so vast and different is amazing. From barren wastelands filled with radiation, to areas that are covered in foliage is what really brings this world to life. That, along with some of its residents really makes this game shine.

The story also is brilliant, it takes you from twist to turn all in search of your son. You meet different people along the way and how you play the game and which faction you join can change the ending even if only slightly. That's what is so captivating about the story, the fact there are different groups with different views, all thinking that what they are doing is for the best. The world is incredibly immersive minus just a few minor hiccups (minus Preston Garvey, I'll never forgive them for him).

Pros:
- Vast, filled world
- Impressive Story
- Graphics hold up in such a large open world

Cons:
- Some repetitive features
- Hard to come across materials
- PRESTON GARVEY

Overall: 8/10

Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Average

By Unknown 21:01 2 comments:

Elder Scrolls Online is a different take on what we've come to understand from the Elder Scrolls series. Even though it is set in the fictional world of Tamriel, the game is an MMO, which is far from what we already knew of the ES universe. The story begins as many in the series do, with the player being held prisoner and needing to escape. However this time you have been sacrificed to the Daedric Prince Molag-Bal and have had your soul taken from you.

The game is very similar to the rest of the series in that it is very non-linear and you can venture off where you please, taking on side quests which you can get from randomly meeting people along the road. Some can seem very meaningless however and reap very little reward, so they come to feel more like filler content to make the game seem more expansive than it really is.

That being said, I was thoroughly impressed with the graphics in game for an MMO. I don't tend to play many MMOs usually due to the community within them, and I usually notice the graphics really aren't that great. Touching on the community aspect, I have not had a single problem in the short time I have been playing the game. If anything I have had nothing but positive experiences in the game. I had one stranger approach me and ask to trade, instantly thinking to myself 'I've got nothing useful for you, so let's see what he does'. He gave me a new staff, which was far better than the one I began with and he just ran off in to the distance. I'm still using that staff now!

One thing I am still struggling with is the concept of currency in this game. I've come to understand Crowns cannot be found and must be bought from the PS store, however Gold I come across in small amounts. Problem being, I am still far from finding any sort of store I can buy from which is quite frustrating if you're trying to improve gear.

Another thing that is a opinion splitter on this game, seems to be its definition of MMO. Some people see it as an MMO, others see it as a Single Player game masquerading as an MMO. Personally I'm split in the middle. Sure the game doesn't have much in terms of the bigger ones, however the feeling that there are thousands of other people running around the world, immerses you a bit further in the game...

Pros:
- Brilliant graphics for an MMO
- Similar Elder Scrolls feeling

Cons:
- Pointless side quests
- Not much guidance to follow

Overall: 5/10

Diablo 3 - Reaper Of Your Time

By Unknown 09:54 No comments:

Diablo has always been up there as one of the best RPG (action role-playing, hack 'n' slash) that graces the market and they really have brought their A Game with Diablo 3: Reaper of Souls - Ultimate Evil Edition. This game has been out for some time now and yet it keeps drawing me back for more and more. First of let's just say, it's not because of the story. Infact I haven't played the story again since I first completed the game, there's just nothing more to the story than what you get from it initially. What you do get from this game though (and thank God) is constant updates filled with new content.

This keeps the game feeling incredibly fresh throughout with myself still finding new things over a year on. The updates are always introducing new features or dungeon areas, with one of my favourite updates being Kanai's Cube. This cube allows you to do many things, but the best is the ability to extract powers from Legendary Items and equip them to your player, giving some amazing abilities. As shown in the video below, one of my equipped powers allows me to cast one Mana consuming ability, for it to auto-cast another without any Mana being consumed.

That all being said, the game can become extremely repetitive. Some missions you will get constantly once you unlock Adventure Mode which can become laborious, but once you do higher levels, it becomes a bit better as you get more Loot. However you can keep it a challenge by upping the difficulty levels which is the best way, or creating a new character to start fresh and unlock more abilities. Myself, I currently have a Witch Doctor along with my Wizard for this exact reason.

The game doesn't feature much in terms of customization for your Characters, you select a class and a gender, then it gives you a pre-built character. This doesn't detract much from the game, as your armor can be changed to look a bit different through transmutes or clothes dyes. However it does feel lacking if, like me, you enjoy creating your own character from scratch to really make it your own adventure.

If you play games online, this is definitely one to do just that on to as it increases the challenge, but also increases the rewards. Teaming with up to an additional three people, you can become an incredible force against the hordes, but it becomes hard if you all have the same class as the choice is limited.

With all this in mind, this game is still drawing me back to this day, with the new content and the simple pleasure of being able to run through hordes of enemies and slaying them with ease if I so wish, or with a slight challenge if I up the difficulty quite high. Do I recommend this game? Definitely. You can pick it up quite cheap now at CEX and Game, and with myself getting over a Year of gameplay out of it (and I expect much more) I can't see why anyone should be without this game.

Pros:
- New features added constantly
- Lots of playtime
- Challenges feel rewarding

Cons:
- Repetitiveness
- Lack of character customization

Overall: 8/10

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Monday, 18 April 2016

Rocket League - Football, WITH CARS

Wednesday, 2 March 2016

Fallout 4 - A Big Nuke In My Spare Time

Tuesday, 23 February 2016

Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Average

Friday, 19 February 2016

Diablo 3 - Reaper Of Your Time

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