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The world's population is consumed with panic and loss. Natural disasters have swept the globe, pushing society to the edge of extinction. Now, the aliens have returned to complete their genocidal goal of annihilating mankind in a deluge of fire and pain. Neither the local law enforcement nor the US military machine have been able to put down the alien threat and it seems like you've been chosen to do what they can't. Don the Nanosuit 2 and arm yourself with an arsenal of technologically advanced weapons to decimate the invading hordes before humanity goes up in flames. Can you survive this Crysis?Planet Earth is in ruins and now the aliens have returned to hit humanity where it hurts — New York City. In Crysis 2, you will be outfitted with the combat-enhancing Nanosuit 2, allowing you to absorb devastating blows and delve into a flood of creatures not from this world. Resurrect the world as you once knew it by battling the invaders that infest the Big Apple. As a super soldier, you must rage across the urban landscape of New York City to handle this Crysis before it's too late.
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5
Top 3 FPS ever
on April 5, 2011
Posted by: KingDave101
from Mesa,AZ
When I decided to play this game, I had heard of Crysis before, but have never played it. I didn't really hear much about the quality of the game, but just how incredible the graphics were, and how you had to have the top of the line computer to run it. I was never a PC gamer, but I jumped at the opportunity to play it when it came to the consoles. Once I picked it up, I definitely saw what all the hype was about. It is a game that has multiple ways to complete almost any objective, and that lets you choose how you want to play.
Graphics: Simply put, these are the best graphics any console has ever seen. I played it on the 360, and have yet to see any game even compare to the quality of this game. If you are a gamer that cares a lot about graphics, you can not go wrong with this game.
Story: The story is interesting and confusing at the same time. You start as a silent protagonist who is with his army unit, and are on a way to a mission, but nobody knows what the mission is. After a little speculation of what the mission entails, your ship is attacked by aliens before you get there. Your entire unit is massacred, and you are left stranded in some large body of water. A man in a metallic suit appears while you are at the verge of blacking out, and he is able to fight off the alien ship and pull you to shore.
When you wake up, you find yourself in the metallic suit the stranger was wearing, and the stranger dead on the ground next to you. The suit activates a piece of memory footage, and shows the stranger telling you how he has become infected as he puts the suit on you. He also tells you that you are the last hope before he kills himself.
As soon as you become aware of your surroundings, you are contacted through the suit by a man who mistakes you for the stranger, and starts instructing you to meet up with him. Immediately after, you are attacked by members of the military. From there you just try to get to the man who has contacted you while fighting your way through the military and an alien invasion.
The story itself is pretty confusing, but I think it is meant to be that way. You really don't know what's going on or why the majority of the time, but neither does you character, so it works out. I just wish the main character wasn't silent, so you could hear what he thinks about what is going on.
Gameplay: Just wow. When I said that there were multiple ways to play, I wasn't kidding. The mysterious suit that the stranger gave you gives you incredible powers to use. The suit itself will have an energy meter, that will be drained when you use one of the various abilities that it has to offer. The run command as well as the super jump are two of the more basic abilities, but they still drain the suit energy. The suit also gives you the ability to use cloak, essentially turning you invisible to enemies that have not already detected you. This is very useful for playing a stealth style throughout the game, or just remaining undetected until you can get to a better location for fighting. You also have the "maximum armor" ability with the suit. This ability lets you take massive amount of damage like falling from the roof of a building, taking a round from a tank, or just taking a bunch of bullets. There are a few other you will run into while in the midst of combat and not really think twice how awesome they truly are, like the ability to eliminated recoil from firing your gun. While it may not sound like much, it helps a lot when taking out enemies from a distance while minimizing the waste of ammo.
When you first enter an area, you will usual have "tactical options available". You are able to view these tactics by pulling down your visor, and taking a look around the environment. This visor will show you what options you have such as a possible location to flank your enemies, avoid your enemies altogether, or to just mark enemies and ammo on your mini map so you are not taken by surprise. "Nanovision" is also another visor you are able to equip, and it basically acts as a heat detector, which lets you view enemies easier when they are somewhat camouflaged or hiding.
Another cool feature this game offers is the ability to customize your weaponry in the go. You just tap "select" and you are able to change if you have a silencer, what the secondary attachment is, as well as what type of sights/scope you want to equip. This allows you to go from all out close quarters combat to long range stealth combat in a matter of seconds. Holding "select" will instead bring up the menu that will allow you to customize your Nanosuit. These abilities include stuff like reducing the amount of energy used when running or doing a super-jump, or being able to see the path of bullets that are being shot at you, or being able to see the path that enemies are currently walking on. They way to upgrade these abilities are to kill aliens pick up the items that they drop. Early on you will not earn to many, but by half way through the game you will have more than plenty if you are playing with a combat style.
Overall: This game is amazing. If you try and play it like a traditional FPS you will fail. That is how I was first playing when I started this game, but as I became more familiar with the Nanosuit and its abilities, I started to make it through the levels much easier. The ability to switch up play styles is also very helpful. I found myself using the "maximum armor" a lot of the time and just tanking my way through enemies, though there were times where I found myself using stealth to avoid a huge fight.
Easily one of the best single player FPS I have ever experienced. I will say that I did not get a chance to try multiplayer yet, but from what I have heard it is equally amazing.
What's great about it: The abilities of the nanosuit make it unlike all other fps out there
What's not so great: While great for most of the game, the AI can be terrible at some points
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Learn more about Fable III. (Flash demo) Five decades have passed, and the distant land of Albion has matured into an industrial revolution — and the kingdom's fate is in peril. Rally your people and fight alongside them as you defend your homeland, rise to power and experience the reality of protecting the throne. How will the choices you make affect the world around you? As you embark on your epic adventure, will you choose the greater good or personal gain? Fable III is the latest chapter in the Fable series. In the 50 years since Fable II, the kingdom of Albion has flourished into an industrial revolution — but the kingdom's fate is in peril. Called upon to rally and fight alongside your people, you must choose between the greater good or personal gain, and who you will become. Will you rebel and fight against the power you detest, rise to power and become a tyrannical ruler — or become the greatest leader that ever lived?
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2
I used to love the Fable series...
on April 2, 2011
Posted by: KingDave101
from Mesa,AZ
In the old Fable games, choosing good or bad often resulted in a choice of gameplay. Like, protect the barn or attack the barn, giving you two distinct missions to choose from, and two distinct versions of the aftermath. This one completely takes away the gameplay choice, you are going to protect the barn either way, but after you protect it, you can choose to let the owner remain the owner or take the farm from him. This is not an actual example, but it just shows that you no longer have that gameplay choice. The game itself has also been dumbed down significantly, taking away the majority of any customization you had as well as stream lining combat so that any 4 year old can play.
Graphics: Pretty much the exact same as Fable 2. Decent for the 360, but they aim more towards cartoonish than realistic.
Storyline: The storyline was decent. You are the son/daughter of your character from Fable 2, and your brother is king and is abusing his power in many ways. He has made promises all across the kingdom that he has broken in the name of saving the kingdom, the classic excuse from a tyrannical king. In the begining of the game, you are faced with probably the largest moral question of the game, where each choice has a negative impact. This forces you to examine your life, and flee the kingdom in hopes of starting a revolution. The first half of the game is all about this. You must go from village to village trying to recruit soldiers, and in the process prove that the results of your revolution will be nothing like the rein of your brothers.
The second half of the game is when you become king, and must make decisions larger than any seen in the Fable universe. As said previously, the decisions are usually "play mission A, choose ending A or B" as opposed to the "choose mission A see ending A, or choose mission B see ending B" as it has been in the past. The decisions you have to make are on a much higher level than you have seen in the past, because you are now making decisions for the entire country of Albion. Generally the idea is, do you become a good king and make the people like you, but run out of money in the treasury thus facing certain doom, or do you make the hard choices, and become a bad king and save everyones life in the end.
Some of the decisions are just ridiculious though. For example, you are faced with an issue one day as king. The old king has placed a limit on the number of alcoholic drinks that a pesant may buy. You can be a good king, and take away the limit, be neutral and keep the limit, or be evil and ban alcohol. I am shooting for a good king, so I decide to take away the limit to make my people happy. They do end up being happier, but now 90% of the population in my kindgdom is throwing up on the streets. This is not a joke, it is literally at least 90%, it completely takes away from the experience of walking through a town when everyone except the children is throwing up everywhere. All of your decisions are like this, they are either one extreme or the other, often way over the top as well.
Gameplay: Your basic hack n slash combat here. They make combat easier by assigning the melee weapon to the X button, gun to the Y, and magic to the B, the same layout they had in Fable 2. Unlike Fable 2, they basically eliminate any customization you had with weapons. In 2, you could expect to pick up a new weapon in every dungeon. Even if it wasn't a better weapon than what you had, you would at least get a choice of what you wanted to use. In this game, most people will be using their original melee weapon and gun the entire game. The reason for this is that they claimed the weapons would "evolve" based on your gameplay. All this means is that when you level up your weapon, it changes appearance, and maybe a little stats, but you have no way of checking that. So we go from having 200+ weapons in the last game, to having less than 30 in this one (and most of those weapons are legendary weapons). In this game, you also only have a total of 6 magic spells, and are not really able to use more than one on the fly. You basically choose one, and stick with that the majority of your time. This doesn't make magic any less overpowered though. If you use nothing but magic the entire game, it would probably cut the difficulty of the game by half (and the difficulty is already a joke). You also have no healthbar- the screen just starts to red when you are about to die, and it gives you the choice to use a potion. To put it in perspective, I died multiple times in 1 and 2, and used at least a 100 potions in each to keep myself alive, in this game I did not die a single time, nor did I use a single health potion.
Upgrading has also been worsened. You still get experience, but not nearly as much and there are about 1/5 of the avaliable things to upgrade as in Fable 1 or 2. Before, when trying to upgrade melee weapon strength you would see a number of sub-sections. In addition to upgrading weapons strength, you would have the choice to upgrade health, toughness (armor), or strength (weapon power). In this one, all you upgrade is weapon strength. They took away almost ALL the customization there used to be in upgrading, and turned it into a giant letdown. This used to be one of the huge aspects of the Fable series, and now it is something that is almost entirely left out. Even if they didn't touch is and left it the same as it was in Fable 1 or 2, it would have been much, much better than it is now. To put it in perspective, you had a total of 27 unique attributes you could upgrade in Fable 2, in Fable 3, you have a TOTAL of 48 upgrades. Fifteen to upgrade your melee,gun, and magic (5 levels for each=15 total), fifteen to upgrade your job (in this one you don't upgrade the amount you make on a job from working, you make more from upgrading, and these account for 15 of your total 48 upgrades). So we already have 30 of 48 total upgrades accounted for. Then you also have about 10 upgrades for actions, like buying property, using the kiss emotion, and stuff like that- things that you had right from the get-go in Fable 1 and 2. So a total of 40, plus then the 6 spells you can choose from, which don't really do anything different other than have a different animation. I really don't count the jobs or the emotions as things you should upgrade, so basically you are looking at a total of 270+ upgrades from Fable 2, to 23 TOTAL upgrades in Fable 3. A huuuuuge decline for the series.
The world is just as impressive as in Fable 2, but odds are you will not be enjoying it nearly as much. Since you have no reason to go to the shops to upgrade weapons and armor, or to go to the pubs to engage in gambling at the table games, you will most likely go from town to town completing the quests without taking much of the scenery in.
If you want to get the "good" ending, you will also have to pretty much buy every avaliable buisness in the entire game. If you want to keep your promise to everyone, it will put you massively in debt. You don't really get any money in this game outside of working at your job or real estate, though it really doesn't become an issue until you become king, because, once again, the lack of purchasable weapons and armor. Once you become king, you will have most likely have made less than 100k total, only to find out that you need to gain 8million to get the good ending. This requires purchasing massive amounts of real estate which will get you about 200k each time once have obtained it all, but takes a long time to get even that much.
Overall: This game is, in every single way, a step down from the original 2 games- worse combat, worse upgrades, worse interaction with NPCs, worse quests. I also don't remember the first two being that long, but this one was a joke. I could have beaten it in 10 hours, but because I was forced to farm tons and tons of money through real estate, it tacked on another 4 hours of gameplay, so I could get the good ending.
You'll notice that I did not review this as an independent game, but clearly as part of the Fable trilogy. I feel that we have already played this game, and that it is up to the creator change it or not based on how they feel they can make the game better. Obviously, they felt that Fable should be made easier to be open to more people, and in doing so they have destroyed the respect of the Fable franchise that they had built up to this point. I was a very huge fan of the first 2, and was utterly dissapointed in the game. I honestly can not even believe they let the Fable name be put on this piece of junk.
If you are a Fable fan, stay far, far away. If you are looking for decently fun hack n slash combat with almost no reward for your efforts, welcome.
What's great about it: Deep moral choices
What's not so great: Everything else
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
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SynopsisThe smell still lingers in the air, the delicious scent calling to you, teasing you. Your mouth waters but your heart drops. Your banana stash, the one you have conquered countless jungle foes and jumped deadly chasms in a mine cart to assemble, is missing. Controlled by a group of mischievous Tikis, the jungle creatures have betrayed you and raided your Banana Hoard. Now you'll have to jump, slap, run and fight to get back your bananas — but this time you'll have some major help. Equipped with his trusty backpack full of Peanut PopGuns and a Barrel Jet, Diddy Kong is ready to take on the Tikis with Donkey Kong, and this time, he's not leaving your side.For the first time ever in the Donkey Kong franchise, you and a friend will be able to play together at the same time in Donkey Kong Country Returns. You'll have even more abilities and special moves when you get a friend to navigate Donkey Kong's trusty sidekick, Diddy Kong. Navigate through lush jungles, tropical beaches and abandoned mines with the Wii Nunchuk controller's control stick, and express Donkey's outrage and brute force by having him slap the ground when you shake the Wii Remote. With mine carts, barrel cannons and side-scrolling action, this Donkey Kong adventure has all the features you loved in the original version paired with new challenges and enhanced graphics, including levels created with fully rendered 3D environments.
Customer Rating
5
Almost as good as the original trilogy
on December 31, 2010
Posted by: KingDave101
from Mesa,AZ
Graphics: These are going to be your standard Wii graphics. The game choose to stick with its cartoonish looks, which works out well, but there is also a lot of minor items that are very detailed. The fur of DK, for example, looks really nice. The backgrounds often have a lot going on in them. In some levels you will actually get thrown into the background, and move around on the background. Since there is always a lot going on, you are always looking for new barrels to get shot back there with.
Sound: They have the up-tempo driving beats you have come to expect from the Donkey Kong series. The music usually matches the level/world type fairly well.
Plot: The same plot as any Donkey Kong game, someone stole DK's bananas, and he wants them back! The Donkey Kong franchise started with DK as a villain, so it just makes sense that his adventures involve him helping himself, and not saving the world like many other Nintendo franchises. No story along the way, and bare bones plot, but it works for a platformer.
Gameplay: To start with, it is your basic platform game. You try to get to the end of the level by continuously traveling to the right of the screen. The majority of enemies can be killed or avoided, but there are certain circumstances for some enemies that require you to specifically do one or the other. When you get Diddy Kong, he is not an entirely separate character at all, like in past games. Instead, he jumps on Donkey Kongs back, and allows you to use Diddys jetpack, which is just like a glide move. In addition to the jump/glide, you also have a ground pound, a roll, and a "blow air" move in this game. The ground pound is usually used to stun enemies or to trigger buttons on the screen. Roll is often used to just kill enemies or to destroy obstacles, and "blow air" is used to extinguish enemies that are on fire (making them easier to kill). The one major downside that I saw in this game was that all of these move just mentioned require that you use the motion controls. I wish you could switch control schemes or something to make it so you had an action button or something, but nothing, just the motion controls. It didn't really bother me until I get to a point that requires really precise accuracy. When you have to jump over an enemy and do a ground pound to trigger a button in only a second or so, the inability for the controller to track the motion control fast enough can become frustrating.
In past games, one hit killed Diddy Kong, and the next hit killed Donkey Kong. In this game, each character has 2 heart containers, and can take two hits each. Some people have complained about the difficulty of the game, but I assume these are people who have never played the original, since the 4 heart containers makes most boss battles a breeze. That is not to say the game isn't difficult in all places. The worlds become progressively harder, and to actually complete the full game you have to collect all the KONG pieces and all the puzzle pieces. There are 4 KONG on each level and between 5-9 puzzle pieces on each level. While the levels themselves might not be that hard, getting all the KONG pieces and puzzle pieces on each level can be insanely hard at some points.
Players of the original game will also be disappointed with the lack of "animal friends". There used to be a ton of different characters, each with a unique style that you could play with, but in the game you only get to play as the Rhino and the Parrot, but neither are required. It is also disappointing that when you get Diddy, he only jumps on DKs back. Instead of having two unique characters like they did in previous games, you are stuck with the same character all game long (just with or without a jetpack).
Overall: Is it a great game? Of course. Is it as good as the original 3? In my opinion, no.
What's great about it: Tons of collectable items, fun gameplay
What's not so great: Only one character, very few "animal friends"
I would recommend this to a friend!
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SynopsisThirty years in the past, a legion of heroes restored the healing power of the Golden Sun back to the world of Weyward. They could never have imagined that it would rise to such a Dark Dawn in the future. The mysterious, alchemic powers of the Sun have drastically metamorphosed the landscape of Weyward — shifting continents, giving birth to new species — and harboring new evil. Now, the sons and daughters of the legendary heroes must continue the quest that began before their time and destroy a new Psynergy-sucking force before the entire world as they know it succumbs to eternal emptiness.In Golden Sun: Dark Dawn, return to Weyward, the world where alchemy rules and rare individuals called Adepts have mastered the magical skill of Psynergy. In this epic continuation of the classic role playing series, control a new intrepid league of warriors on a quest to stop the threatening Psynergy Vortexes. This time, advanced touch-screen controls give you greater command of the battlefield, increased ability to manipulate your environment and new powers to conquer dangerous creatures. Summon the help of elemental creatures called Djinn, and get other-worldly magic on your side. An epic story of good versus evil, Golden Sun combines brilliant graphics, a great combat system and even a multiplayer competitive mode into a stunning role-playing game. Can you restore the light to this Dark Dawn?
Customer Rating
4
A solid, but easy, RPG
on December 15, 2010
Posted by: KingDave101
from Mesa,AZ
To start with, this is my first game in the Golden Sun series. It's a great RPG, with a very fun upgrade system.
Graphics: Your basic run of the mill DS graphics here. It has colorful, unique environments. At its best, it looks like a PS1 game.
Story: The game focuses heavily on the story, and because of this there is often a TON of text. If you're not interested in reading, you probably won't enjoy this game, or any RPG for that matter.
Basically the world is controlled by four main elements: earth, wind, fire, and water. There are people who are able to manipulate these elements called "adepts". When combining elements, you can create powerful magic called "alchemy". Unfortunately, alchemy was too powerful, and was starting to be used by nations to wage war against one another, tearing the world apart. Then came along a group of adventuring adepts, who decided that if the use of alchemy was continued, it would eventually destroy mankind. They the decided to seal away the secrects of alchemy, and succeeded.
Thirty years later is when this story begins. The sealing away of alchemy has cause the earth to react violently. While alchemy was being used, man was destorying the earth, when the elements were locked away, the earth begin to destroy itself, for it could not function without the basic elements. Those original heros were now observing the effects that this had on the planet, to help restore it to how it once was.
In order to continue observing the planet, they would need a special part from a land far away. This is where you come in. You main party is a group of the sons and daughters of those old heros, and you must travel to the other edge of the earth to obtain this item. Along the way, you find a lot more destruction then originally anticipated, and must start a journey of your own.
Gameplay: This game has one of the most unique upgrade systems I have seen in almost any RPG. Basically, hidden around the world are creatures called djinn. These djinn are equipped to your characters, and they give them stat bonuses as well as give them the ability to use spells unique to the type of djinn equipped. The 4 different types of djinn which mirror the elements in the game: earth, water, wind, and fire. When you equip multiple djinn to the same character (which you definately will be doing since there are 72 total) they change the stat bonuses and the spells you are able to cast. The kicker here is, you are able to use djinn in battle (think of them as mini-summons, not to be confused with summons which I will get to in a second), when you use the djinn in battle, it basically has the same effect as if you were unequipping it. For example, if you equipped a water djinn, and it gave you the "heal" spell, if you used that water djinn in battle you would lose that "heal" spell along with any stat bonuses it might have given you. You see, when you use them in battle, they basically go into a rest mode. Only when you have the correct number and combination (the game will tell you what you need, like 2 fire and 1 water) of djinn in rest mode are you able to use a summon. In order of power it would go: spells, djinn, summons.
The battle system is incredibly fun, unfortunately there is very little battling. You will only fight a few times per dungeon, and if you feel the need to "grind" you will be way too overleveled for any boss to be challenging.
The puzzles are pretty fun though, and that is what you will be doing the majority of the time. Each of your characters will have certin abilities such as "push", "grow", "whirlwind", and "fireball". You must use these abilities in dungeons in order to advance anywhere. You see a small root on the ground? Why not try using "grow" and see if it turns in a vine ladder? See a block of ice blocking your path? Throw a "fireball" and continue on your quest. There are a ton of little puzzles like this, and pretty much all of them require you to use some type logic and ability to get past them.
Overall: I would give this game a 4/5. I really enjoy it, and find the djinn system to be one of the coolest upgrade systems in any RPG I have ever played. The downside is you really don't get to battle enough to really have as much fun with the djinn system as this game could have given you. The story is good overall, but sometimes what they try to pass off as character development turns out to be nothing more whiney conversations among party members. If they had a number of difficulty levels, I would have no problem giving this title a 4.5/5 or maybe even a 5/5 depending on how it panned out, but they don't so I'll stick with my rating of a 4/5.
What's great about it: Awesome upgrade system
What's not so great: Way too easy, not enough focus on battles
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Winner of more than 100 Game of the Year awards, including Spike Video Game Awards, Machinima Inside Gaming Awards, GameSpot, Games Radar, Spin, CNET, Associated Press and NY Post.America, 1911. The Wild West is dying. When federal agents threaten his family, former outlaw John Marston is forced to pick up his guns again and hunt down the gang of criminals he once called friends. Experience an epic fight for survival across the sprawling expanses of the American West and Mexico, as John Marston struggles to bury his bloodstained past, one man at a time.
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5
The Best Western Game Ever
on November 20, 2010
Posted by: KingDave101
from Mesa,AZ
Imagine Tommy Vercetti with a pair of spurs and a horse, and there you have Red Dead Redemption.
The way the game plays is almost identical to the Grand Theft Auto series, but in the Old West. You start with nothing, just a poor rancher trying to take care of his family. As you get more into the game, you find that the main character, John Marston, doesn't come from the best background, and some of the choice hes made in the past are morally questionably, at best. The story itself is pretty cliche, bad guy turns good then his past catches up to him.
This game is all about the gameplay though. Even if you plan to do nothing but the main missions, this game is still going to take you a pretty long time to beat. Good thing there are tons of side missions and random questions the extend that game time, though. Even after you beat all the main missions and side quests, you can have fun for days on end, just riding around, lassoing people and hunting animals.
There are tons of different weapons to choose from, such as shotguns, pistols, rifles, sniper rifles, lassos, and knives. And usually there are at least a few variations for each of the different weapons avaliable.
The game is pretty easy, if you keep it on its default settings, but you can always challenge yourself and take auto-aim off.
The map is huge, and take at least 15 mintues to get from one end to the other when riding a horse, and there are couple of cities that fill up the map, but it does a good job at giving you that open, expansive feeling of the Old West.
After you finish the single player mode, you can always hop online and playwith some friends. You can either do a free roam mode, where it is basically like the single player mode, but with 16 players, or you can do a deathmatch mode if you preffer.
Tons of stuff to do, extremely fun, and pretty long. For good reason, this is the stuff we've come to expect from Rockstar.
The way the game plays is almost identical to the Grand Theft Auto series, but in the Old West. You start with nothing, just a poor rancher trying to take care of his family. As you get more into the game, you find that the main character, John Marston, doesn't come from the best background, and some of the choice hes made in the past are morally questionably, at best. The story itself is pretty cliche, bad guy turns good then his past catches up to him.
This game is all about the gameplay though. Even if you plan to do nothing but the main missions, this game is still going to take you a pretty long time to beat. Good thing there are tons of side missions and random questions the extend that game time, though. Even after you beat all the main missions and side quests, you can have fun for days on end, just riding around, lassoing people and hunting animals.
There are tons of different weapons to choose from, such as shotguns, pistols, rifles, sniper rifles, lassos, and knives. And usually there are at least a few variations for each of the different weapons avaliable.
The game is pretty easy, if you keep it on its default settings, but you can always challenge yourself and take auto-aim off.
The map is huge, and take at least 15 mintues to get from one end to the other when riding a horse, and there are couple of cities that fill up the map, but it does a good job at giving you that open, expansive feeling of the Old West.
After you finish the single player mode, you can always hop online and playwith some friends. You can either do a free roam mode, where it is basically like the single player mode, but with 16 players, or you can do a deathmatch mode if you preffer.
Tons of stuff to do, extremely fun, and pretty long. For good reason, this is the stuff we've come to expect from Rockstar.
What's great about it: Very fun, long, great online modes, great landscape
What's not so great: Ninja Cougars
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Learn more about Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time. (Flash demo) When Clank is ensnared in a plot by the evil Dr. Nefarious, Ratchet must push himself to the limits to rescue his best friend. The longer this dynamic duo is separated, the greater the peril that threatens the universe. Embark on a journey through space and time as you take on the roles of both Ratchet and Clank and attempt to reunite the separated friends and, in doing so, discover the secrets that lie at the heart of their very existence.Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time thrusts you into a thrilling new Ratchet and Clank adventure that draws you into these compelling characters' origin stories and answers long-held fan questions. Explore exciting, nonlinear levels filled with hidden areas to discover, and take advantage of special "Time" abilities that lend whole new meaning to the concept of "past selves." Arm yourself with powerful new weapons ripe for customization, and enhance the excitement with a variety of brand-new gadgets, such as Hoverboots that help Ratchet reach new heights.
Customer Rating
5
Fun for all ages
on November 20, 2010
Posted by: KingDave101
from Mesa,AZ
Let me start off by saying that this is the first entry I have played in the Ratchet and Clank series. This game is basically a third person shooter with an insane collection of weapons.
Graphics: The game is far from looking real, but it isn't really going for that at all. It is a cartoon, and it recognizes that. Since it isn't actually trying to look real they are able to add a lot of detail in to miniscule things like the way metal shines or the way water flows.
Story: I imagine the story would have been better if I have played ay Ratchet and Clank games previously, but it was still pretty good. Ratchet and Clank end up getting seperated, and Rachet must risk life and limb to save his old buddy. Clank ends up going on his own adventure, but instead of having a huge arsenal of weapons to choose from, like Ratchet, he instead has a simple melee weapon with the ability to control time.
Gameplay: Personally, I didn't like playing as Clank nearly as much as I enjoyed playing as Ratchet. As Ratchet, you get the same thing previous installments of RAC have given you, a fast-paced third person shooter. When you play as Clank, you deal with very few enemies and a focus is put more on puzzle solving while using his time control abilities. The puzzles you play as Clank are not that hard, but it can be depending on the age of the player. It involves going through a certain level muliple times, each time turning on a different switch as your "ghost" turns on the switches you used in your previous run throughs. So you will have a "ghost" Clank hit a switch, that will allow you to access another switch, and then in your next run-through, both ghost will open the switches to allow you to finish the level.
As I said though, playing as Ratchet is much much more fun, and is the bulk of the game. Its your basic third-person shooter with a WHOLE LOT of weapons to choose from. Using a weapon more often will also upgrade it so it become more powerful and shoots faster. There are many different types of enemies and the ammo you recieve in crates and from killed enemies vary, so it forces you to use different weapons based on what the circumstances call for. Certain enemies can be a real hassell when you don't have the gun (or ammo) needed to exploit his weakness, but for the most part the game isn't that hard. My favorite weapon would have to be the "razor gun" which just shoots a ton of razors at the enemy. It is deceptive at first, since it is terrible when it is only at level one, but easily becomes the most useful weapon later when it is fully upgraded.
What's great about it: Tons of weapons, fun shooting adventure
What's not so great: Clanks puzzles seem out of place
I would recommend this to a friend!
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It's game seven, tie game and there are only eight seconds remaining on the clock. Your teammate inbounds the ball to you, and you start to dribble up the floor crossing midcourt. Quickly you cross over and head to the left as the center sets a hard pick — knocking your defender off his feet. Seven seconds to go. You pass to the wing and cut to the right. Seconds continue to tick away as the forward comes up to set a screen. Your defender recovers and rushes up to cover you just as you receive the ball at the top of the three-point arc. You pump fake — he doesn't budge. You decide to put the ball on the deck and dribble to the right — three seconds to go. You stop and cross over to your left, causing the defender to lose his balance. You rise into the air and release the ball. Two seconds — flashbulbs pop and the crowd holds its collective breath. One second — the ball approaches the hoop, will there be overtime or glory?NBA 2K11 builds on the momentum of NBA 2K10 by improving every aspect of the series. In addition to the authentic professional basketball experience, NBA 2K11 pays homage to 14-time NBA All-Star and six-time NBA World Champion, Michael Jordan. Put your hoop skills to the ultimate test as you attempt to relive 10 legendary games from Jordan's career and replicate his athletic feats on the hardwood in the Jordan Challenge. Successfully reenact all 10 scenarios to unlock the MJ: Creating a Legend a mode which allows you to take control of a newly drafted rookie Michael Jordan — and create your own historical career in the NBA. Have you ever wondered how the Jordan-led Chicago Bulls would fare against today's NBA teams? The legendary Bulls squads from the 1985-1986, 1989-90, 1990-91, 1991-92, 1994-95, 1995-96, 1996-97 and 1997-98 seasons are at your fingertips in Quick Game mode. Hit game milestones and accomplishments as you play through the game to earn and collect pairs of Air Jordan shoes that Michael wore throughout his legendary career. Take full control of the ball with the all-new IsoMotion Dribbling controls and Dynamic Shot control allowing you to unleash ankle-breaking moves to separate from your defender, drive to the hole, pull up and hit the open jumper, lay the ball in gently or slam it home. With new and improved features, including My Career mode, in-game highlights, side-by-side commentary, dynamic crowd attendance and an exciting soundtrack, NBA 2K11 delivers all the realism, excitement and energy of the NBA.
Customer Rating
5
So good EA didn't even bother trying to compete
on November 19, 2010
Posted by: KingDave101
from Mesa,AZ
Graphics: Good graphics overall, not too much different from last year though.
Gameplay: There has been a lot added here. The main focus this year is definitely on the defensive side of the ball. There is now switching players on defense, rather than just guarding the player in your position for the whole game. This makes the game a lot more interesting and realistic. Say I pick and roll the guy defending me, and he gets hung up on the screen, then the man that was defending my guy who set the screen would now be defending the ball handler, then with a C defending a PG, you can easily blow by him for a lay-up. This is a big deal, because of the huge difficulty increase they made when driving the ball to the basket. In previous installments, you could take Lebron and drive to the basket every single possession, with very limited juking needed. In this years version, you us find an opening between defenders to even have a chance at getting to the basket. You can get around this by learning the juke moves and breaking your opponents ankles, or working till you get a mismatch that you can easily take advantage of (C guarding PG).
While there are tons of little things that they improved on that you won't really appreciate unless you've played previous versions, they have made this game very realistic. The only downside to this realism, in intercepting passes. The defense is a whole lot smarter, so they are able to pick up a lot more lose balls or bad passes, but they even pick off passes that they would have had no chance of seeing. Like, if you were behind a defender, and passed it to another player, also behind the defender, he would still pick it out of the air even though he never saw it and had no chance of seeing it. So you kind of have to adjust your gameplay to not pass anywhere near defenders or risk having a turnover, which you will see much much more of in this game than years past.
Overall, the game play got much better and much more realistic. They listened to what the players wanted, and implemented quite a bit of it.
Gameplay modes: They have the standard game modes: exhibition, season, association, and my player
The only thing I noticed added to exhibition is the ability to play as some of the classic teams like the 91' Lakers or the 95' Bulls and many other teams.
For association mode (dynasty mode) they have now made player roles more specific, and they have also made the team chemistry work better as well. The team managers now act like those teams in real life as well. Like in previous games you could steal a teams franchise player for a few draft picks and a role player, that is no longer the case.
My player was a mode that was introduced last year, where you could create a rookie and have him go through the draft combine, attend summer league, and eventually make it to an NBA team. They added a lot more depth to it this year in terms of after game press conferences and the ability to request trades. The conferences don't do much, they ask you a question after every game and depending on how you answer your team chemistry, local popularity, and league-wide popularity will either go up or down. Supposedly, if you get on bad enough terms with your team, they will refuse to pass you the ball, and getting on bad terms with fans will cause them to boo you. The gameplay in My Player is also quite a bit harder now as well, and this stems from the game focusing on defense this year. Rather than just being able to drive the ball every time, you have to play smart, creating on/off ball screens, finding the open man, and focus more moving the ball around. Since the mode is harder, it take a bit longer to level up your character than it did in the last one, but once you decide what you want your character to focus on (defense, 3-point shooting, post scoring) it will start to build up points much quicker.
The last mode is the mode that is new this year, and that is the Jordan Challenge. Essentially, you have to recreate all of Michael Jordans greatest moments throughout his career. Basically, you play a game with classic teams, and you have certain goals that Jordan has to achieve during that game. One game you have to score 69 points or more with a shooting percentage of 50 or better. In another game you have to get 7 rebounds, 6 assists, and 22 points. There are 10 of these challenges, and once you beat them, you are able to play My Player mode with Jordan as a rookie.
Very fun, lots of improvements, definitely a buy.
What's great about it: Realistic gameplay, classic teams
What's not so great: Some glitches, but should be worked out in a patch
I would recommend this to a friend!
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You may just be an average city guardian with the same routine and duties every day, but today everything will change. There's a special spark about you that catapults you into the spotlight and straight onto the road of adventure. You have been chosen to embark on an epic quest, a life-changing journey that could end with the golden reward of treasure or the dark face of death. Make your way through a vast landscape filled with fearsome monsters and mighty opponents. The road is perilous, but the rewards are great. Can you make it to the sacred tree and retrieve its wish-granting fruit, or will you find yourself just another traveler fallen by the wayside?The latest installment in the Dragon Quest series takes you to a new level of excitement as you battle through a magical land with a customized hero. Sentinels of the Starry Skies allows you to fully personalize your character as you choose a vocation, class, facial expression and hairstyle. Discover your own sense of style as you dress your hero in over 1,000 pieces of clothing, armor and weapons. Keep an eye out, some items could even affect your abilities and strengths. With plenty of side quests to unlock and download, you can fully explore the Dragon Quest world and storyline. Tag Mode is an innovative new feature that allows your avatar to continue exploring and interacting even while you are busy at work, school or home. With plenty to do and see, you'll find yourself wishing the quest would never end.
Customer Rating
5
A great new rpg with a classic feel
on October 3, 2010
Posted by: KingDave101
from Mesa,AZ
While there might be many of you out there that are going to buy this game simply because it is part of the Dragon Quest series. For me, I had never played any of them before, so I decided to give it a shot. I was pleasantly suprised.
Graphics, as always for the DS, are not the greatest and for the majority of the game it will look like an SNES game. For most people that play RPGs, it shouldnt be a big deal.
The story is bare bones, but its there. You start off as an angel-in-training trying known as a Celestial. Your goal is to do good deeds til your goddess gets enough power to take your entire species to Heaven. Unfortunately, someone attacks your village and a crucial part of the goddesses power is spread throughout the world. It is then your task to go from town to town collecting them, and defeating the evil individuals that possess them.
You have a party of 4 and you get to choose which classes each of them become. Later on, you can even switch classes and level them up. So you can, for example, get a priest as a healer, then switch him to warrior later to boost his attack and then switch him back. The end result would be your original priest with quite a bit more strength.
The battles are turn based, so in one rotation every person would get one attack. The battles range from very easy to impossible and anywhere inbetween. There are "limit breaks" in this game, which is based on the class of the character using it, although they seem to be random, and few and far between. Expect to have to grind inbetween bosses to even have a chance to beat the next one. Just doing the basics without even touching the side quests you are looking to log anywhere from 30-50 hours depending on your familiarity with the DQ series or the mechanics of rpgs in general. If you do decide to mess around with the side quests (there are over 100) then you are looking to add at least double that. While the main quests aren't that hard (as long as you are grinding in between bosses) there is a huge leap in difficulty in the post-game quests.
There is almost an endless amount of stuff to do during and after you beat the game, all of which is very fun. The game caters to a new RPG player to the hardcore RPG enthusiast, and if you fall somewhere in there, you are going to LOVE Dragon Quest 9.
What's great about it: Feels like classic RPG, tons of stuff to do, 100+ to beat everything it has to offer
What's not so great: Some may not like the level grinding that is needed in between bosses
I would recommend this to a friend!
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On the edge of known space, entire human colonies have vanished. Once again Commander Shepard must step in, this time to repel the alien abductors, but he can't do it alone. Shepard calls on Cerberus, a ruthless organization dedicated to human survival at all costs. Faced with a common enemy, Shepard and Cerberus unite, assembling an elite squad of fighters from throughout the galaxy. As they board the most powerful ship ever built, this newly formed crew carries with it the hopes of every last human. Embark on a mission to save the human race in Mass Effect 2, the second title in the Mass Effect trilogy. This action-packed thriller takes you to familiar locations, such as the Citadel, as well as to deadly unknown new worlds. As you navigate new planets and go forth on side missions, you'll reveal new secrets in the Mass Effect universe. In battle, defend yourself and your team with an improved combat system and weapons from 19 classes. A new location-based damage system lets you target key weak points, blast off limbs, set enemies ablaze or take down entire enemy troops.
Customer Rating
3
Not the same action/rpg as the original
on October 3, 2010
Posted by: KingDave101
from Mesa,AZ
To start with, graphics are fine. I wouldn't say they are the best ever, but they are pretty decent.
You've heard the story thousands of times before, a lowly solider rises up and saves the universe from evil. The only cool part about the story is how much of it is changed based on your own actions.Even the opening sequence of the game will be different depending on if you played the original and what decisions you made in that. Decision you make in this one will also carry over to the next game in the series as well. Don't get me wrong, as cliche as it may be, the story is where this game really shines.
Unlike the original, this game has more of a focus on the action aspect and distances itself for the rpg portion quite a bit. You still have basic customization ability like choosing what weapons you want to specialize in, and if you want to have supernatural or techy abilities, but not much more than that.
Looking at the just first person shooter part of the game, it does well, but there are other games out there that do the same thing but better.
On the plus side for the game, the environment they have created is quite magnificant. There are TONS of planets to explore many of them with large cities that you can explore as well. If I were ranking this game stickly on the environment they have created, it would be easy to give this game 5 stars.
Unfortunetly this game can't decide if it wants to be an action rpg or just a straight up first person shooter. Hopefully in the next instalment they will be able to find the middle ground they are looking for.
What's great about it: Epic universe to explore, great story
What's not so great: More of a focus on the fps aspect, which can be good or bad depending on what kind of games you like
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Imagine a world in which you need only think of an object, and you can make it appear. In Scribblenauts, your imagination is the key to your success. Solve puzzles with the help of virtually any object you can imagine — simply write it down, and watch it come to life on screen. With your own creativity guiding your way through the game's puzzles, the possibilities are nearly infinite.Combine your stylus and the power of your imagination to help Maxwell in Scribblenauts. Play your way through more than 200 exciting levels, writing and tapping through an array of puzzles and action sequences. Think creatively to find solutions to puzzles, writing down different objects on the DS notepad to achieve different results. Will your imagination be up to the challenge?
Customer Rating
5
Most Original Game Since Okami
on October 3, 2010
Posted by: KingDave101
from Mesa,AZ
The graphics for this game are pretty bad, but if you own a DS, you probably aren't too worried about graphics. For the DS, they are pretty standard graphics, and look like a game that could have been made for the SNES.
There really isn't a story at all, so if thats what you're looking for, look elsewhere. You collect stars, there is no reason given as to why, but you do.
Basically, you are put on screen and given an objective and you must create objects to solve the objective. The only limits are your imagination, seriously. You open up a screen and type in the object you want to use and it appears on screen. They have over 10k items at your disposal, so if you and your friends play this game, you will each solve levels very differently depending on your imagination.
There are two different kind of levels, there are puzzle levels and action levels. Puzzle levels are where you have to solve the objective while only using a certain number of items. While in action levels you just try to get to the end of the level where the star is hiding.
There are 10 worlds, each world has about 20 action levels and 20 puzzle levels, and will take you a very long time to beat.
The only downside to the game is that you use the stylus to move as opposed to the d-pad. This can sometimes cause your chacter to inadvetently kill himself, but its not too big of a deal since most of the game is trial and error anyway.
What's great about it: Creative, very fun, very long
What's not so great: Have to use stylus to move chacter
I would recommend this to a friend!
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what accessories are needed to play xboxlive?
A Xbox Live Silver account is free, and will allow you access to game demos and downloadable content for games.
A Xbox Gold account does cost money, but you will need it to pla games online against other people. With a Netflix account and an Xbox Gold account you can also stream movies instantly to your tv through your Xbox.
A Xbox Gold account does cost money, but you will need it to pla games online against other people. With a Netflix account and an Xbox Gold account you can also stream movies instantly to your tv through your Xbox.
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Do special offers online apply when you purchase in store.
If it specifically says "online only" then it is... online only. There are a lot of online specials that do not say this and that are avaliable in store though.
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Ok in NBA 2K9 some people have new dunk packages like kobe 2.0 I was wondering how do you get new dunk packages.
If you are talking about in "Be A Player" mode, your dunk stat has to be at at least 80 before you can customize their dunk package.
If you are just talking about in general, you can do it through the "edit player" section in the main menu.
If you are just talking about in general, you can do it through the "edit player" section in the main menu.
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How much do I have to put down for a deposit to preorder a video game in-store?
If your local Best Buy has the pre-orders in store, it would be 5 dollars down to pre-order a game. If they do not have it in store, you have to pre-order online (for delivery or in store pick-up) which requires paying the full price upfront.
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