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Posted on 07.13.07 by skintari @ 1:22 pm
Here I stand, peasants. Ready to unleash my demonic throngs of minions so I can rule this pathetic, fertile land.
That’s what I like to say every time I boot up Overlord. This game is plain, ol’ fashioned fun! The premise is that you are an overlord that is woken up by like gremlin type creatures. These little guys provide a lot in the way of humor as well as destruction. You have the ability to send out these little minions to do your bidding. As they are busy rampaging, they will return to you with their spoils. Or, if they happen to find themselves some makeshift weapons, they will gladly outfit themselves followed with some witty commentary. In an effort to not give away too much of the game, you are in charge of a total of four different groups of minions (there are the stronger fighters, and then the fire/water/poison minions) that you must unlock as you advance throughout the “world”. I quoted world because it mainly of consists of different stages, not a traditional open roam experience that you would expect. To me, this is ok, as I wasn’t necessarily focused on a roaming experience, more on the interaction between myself, the surroundings, and the minions. Which gets to my next point. The minion controls are solid with the ability to send out the minions of your choice with merely a push of a button. You can also send out all your minions or post them in a strategic position with ease. Calling them back is also a one button operation, which is very helpful when dealing with enemies from all angles. Your amount of minions also increases as you advance. This gives you the ability to take many different combinations of minions. Accruing additional minions is as easy as going back through early levels and killing off sheep or small creatures. Once a creature is attacked, the minions will grab the life force which, in turn, goes into your stock of minions. This is great as there are some enemies that will take several minions to get through, so there is never a worry of running out! Speaking of minions, you can also use them to upgrade your armor and weapons. You can increase your own skills by sacrificing different amounts of the four minions. This adds to the strategy a bit as you don’t want to kill off an entire section of minions while increasing your personal stats. You also determine how “good or bad” of an overlord you become. You have several choices throughout the game that helps determine the fear level that the peasants have of you. In this round, I am choosing to be a generous bad overlord. I shall play it once more as an evil emperor once I am finished. The one negative is the camera controls. While you do need all of the xbox buttons to move and control your minions, i find the lack of decent camera control for your overlord to be hindering. Many times, you can be attacked from the blindside and not have a real understanding why or who’s attacking you. With that said, it doesn’t happen enough to take away from the game, just enough to be a pain in the behind. So my overall for this is 4.75/5. I enjoy the “evil Pikmin” aspect and I think that there’s a lot of fun just going through the levels and creating 100’s of minions. Plus, the thought of sending others out to act out my evilness is always a plus to me! I’m just waiting now for some friends to get this game so I can check out the online multiplayer!
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Posted on 07.10.07 by A 47 Danger @ 10:48 pm
Peter Moore is tone deaf, and probably sings loudly in the car by himself. Viva Pinata is being brought back in a terrible party game form. Mass Effect comes out this November. That’s one of those months that ends in “ember.” The thirst one. We’ve spent billions of dollars on our Xbox 360s. I wonder if that was before or after the Ring of Death repair refunds. Haven’t been excited about any games I wasn’t aware of. Assassin’s Creed, Rock Band, Bioshock, and some smaller games. SceneIt?, the board game, coming to Xbox Live? It comes with a new controller style. A controller with a big red button. You know, in case you can only play games by using your nose. It always knows. Somehow, I have been tricked into watching a PowerPoint presentation. Hey, it’s Reggie Bush! From the New Orleans Saints! That’s what the gamers want! The crowd is really impressed, as you can tell by my sarcasm. The Xbox Live presentation is boring me. 7 million members. Oooh, and he mentioned Pac-Man: Championship Edition. Bad call, dude. Oooh. Hexic 2 is coming. I think I’m the only person who played the first one. But, hooray for me. OMG Golden Axe OMG! What’s more, Golden Axe is available tonight! Quit playing it on your Dreamcast or Wii and start playing it on XBLA! Disney movies on Xbox Live? Right now? I’ll start ignoring those movies right away! PGR4 will have motorbikes and weather effects. I will remember this as the moment all of my dreams finally came true! Lost Odyssey doesn’t look bad. In fact, I find it hard to say bad things about it. Hold on, the dialogue is cheesy. There you go! Thought I was loosing my touch for a second. Wait, there is a Games for Windows section? Viva Pinata and Gears of War are coming to Games for Windows. So for the two people out there who like playing Xbox 360 games much later and on PC, there you go. Call of Duty 4 looks pretty good. Then again, it is another war shooter. A MODERN war shooter. From the distant future of today! Hey, thanks for showing us the Grand Theft Auto 4 trailer again. We haven’t seen that a million times before. Resident Evil 5? I didn’t know about that! While Assassin’s Creed still looks great, it still looks the same as it did a year ago. But the AI looks great! In a group of enemies, only one will attack at a time! Brilliant! There is a Halo themed console? Come on now. Haven’t we learned that this doesn’t work yet? I’m not going to sell my white console for a green console. At least the Halo 3 preview was neat. And that’s it. Go to sleep. Filed under: A 47 Danger and General and Xbox 360 Comments: 2 Comments |
Posted on 06.22.07 by A 47 Danger @ 2:04 pm
 I give up. Not only am I a video game geek, but I’m a geek geek. There is no hiding it any more. More specifically, I’ve become a Halo geek. Sure, I’ve played Halo my fair share of Halo 2. Who hasn’t? But it has gone beyond that. The first nail in the glass coffin was the Halo 3 ARG that just started. The “alternate reality game” is a long and involved community game that will bring players deeper in the Halo story through interaction. Fine, that’s still in the realm of games. Video games, at that. That doesn’t bring my geek factor up to radioactive levels. Oh, but what’s this on my credit card statement? It looks like someone who is me purchased a copy of The Fall Of Reach, the first Halo novel. Should I say that again? Halo novel. And what’s worse? I’m enjoying it. Instead of watching TV while sipping the remaining milk from my breakfast bowl, I’m reading The Fall Of Reach. It’s the great depression of my coolness stock market. If you purchased shares in my hip and with-it-ness, you are now bankrupt. I apologize. But, as long as we’re here, anyone want to talk Halo? Anybody? Echo? Filed under: A 47 Danger and General and Xbox 360 Comments: 4 Comments |
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Posted on 06.12.07 by skintari @ 9:56 am
Hello everybody, It’s been awhile since I posted, as I’ve been on vacation. But I’m back now with an all new review! First off, Tiberium Wars (Command & Conquer, like 45..) is a good game. If you are a fan of the RTS or if you’ve just enjoyed a previous C&C game on the pc, then you will like this game. I say that, because I’ve only played a couple of the pc games and have always had fun with them. By no means am I swayed by the name itself or the genre, they’ve just been entertaining to me! Alright, on to the game facts! TW works well on the 360. The controls are fluent and the game play hasn’t lost anything in the transition to the console. Most of the commands can be activated using the trigger buttons, and you still maintain control over your home base while in the midst of battle. Using the sticks give you the same versatility as using of a mouse to scroll over troops or to view the map and the a/b buttons work as well as mouse clicks. The graphics, to me, are equal as to what you’d see on a pc. Although, I think they did a fantastic job on the actual cutscenes. If you have a “hi-def” setup, you can certainly tell that they put a lot of effort into the quality of the scenes. I think this adds to the overall viewing of the game as I found myself wanting to watch them in between the battles. Another thing to note is that they actually brought over all of the actors to resume their rolls in the series. They also added a very special guest. I will not divulge who that is, as it was a treat when he strolled onto the screen! Now, onto the bad. One of my biggest gripes of this game is the squad selection. There are some instances when you want to select a few troops. In order to do this, you have to hold the left trigger and select the troops with the A button. This can be a little flaky and you either end up selecting too many troops, troops that you did not want to select, or it’ll just give you directional arrows (which I do not understand what they do at this point because it’s all relatively point and click). The only correction would be to reselect the armies you want. This doesn’t take a long time, it’s just frustrating when it happens in the middle of battle and you’re trying to bring in reinforcements. This issue is so sporadic that it doesn’t necessarily effect game play, it’s just a hassle every once in a while. Another problem I have with this game is the menu to see your current missions. The way it works now is that you have to hit the back button to go into the mission archive. I wish that they had put it as an overlay screen instead of pausing the game to review what is left to accomplish. And finally, the building process can be a tad tedious. Once you have a building ready to be built, the game makes you cycle through your commands to actually build it. It would be a bit more fluid if it would just select the building automatically when it’s available. Most of my complaints are cosmetic and do not necessarily hurt the game play. In fact, These are really the same complaints that I’ve had with the pc versions as well. So with that being said, I really encourage gamers to give this one a shot. It’s a good game and is quite fun, even if you’re not a true RTS fan. Plus, you’ll enjoy the special guest in the cutscenes, I promise! I give this game a 4.5/5. It’s worth a rental to see if you like it! And definately worth buying if you do! Filed under: Review and Xbox 360 and skintari Comments: None |
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Posted on 05.31.07 by A 47 Danger @ 8:15 am
I will always wait for game reviews before I buy games. With $60 at stake, it would be foolish to rush into purchases. With that being said, where the hell are the Shadowrun reviews? The videos for the game have looked fun, but you can’t base purchases on the pretty pretty press. Give me something! Someone! Metacritics? You haven’t found anything either? Filed under: A 47 Danger and Rant and Xbox 360 Comments: None |
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