Sunday, December 5, 2010

Splatterhouse Review



For those who is interested in the whole horror that have unnaturally violence, gore seem to be coming out from the 80's movie here's a game that can that can refresh those history. Splatterhouse.From Namco, the game is a remake of its ALSO 80's game with the same name. the just add a few twist to the story.

You start of as the protagonist, Rick near death after his girlfriend, Jennifer been kidnap by the antagonist Dr. West, a 'necrobiologist' professor who is hell bent on opening the portal for the corrupted to take over. a few moment before dies, a mask talk to him saying it can save both him and Jennifer if he put the mask on. seeing no other option, he wear the mask and transform into a hulk-type beast and is set out to stop Dr. West Plans.

So having a remake from the 80's beat'em up game, the just pretty just add a few features such as upgradable skills, birds eye view and of course finishing move which is call "splatter kill". Now the graphic isn't that bad, you do have to wait a loooooooooong time for it loading screen, so make sure you minimize your game over habits. the remake of also took the liberty of taking its battle not just in the mansion like it predecessor. you battle and find 18-rated 'breadcrumbs' left by Jen for rick to find from (mostly) a post-apocalypse junk yard, a rundown circus and even to the past 18 century.

now the battle is pretty much upgraded. you can stil carry weapon if you found any in the game. but its a lot focus more on beating'em-up-with-your-fist. you chain your attacks to make combos and gaining more blood. blood is use so you can upgrade you battle. upgrading your battle means more chain, also more blood. you can also use a "splatter Kill" to gory finish your opponent to, also, earn more blood. other than that you can enter what they say "mask mode", where rick get temporary strong depending on its rage meter. once you finish level 1. you can play survival arena where they throw at you wave upon wave of enemies, and the reward is a collectible. you can even unlock the original game including its splatterhouse 2 and splatterhouse 3.

This game is how the 80's horror movie use to do it. a lot of girl screaming, unnaturally gore. for splatterhouse fan, which i doubt have a lot of in the age of 20's. this is a game to recon for. For newcomers. i gave it a 3 out of 5. try collecting the 'breadcrumbs'. this should keep the guys motivated.

Thursday, November 18, 2010

Yu-GI-Oh! 5D's Tag Force 5.




Yu-Gi-Oh, the world where card game is serious effing business. Yerp, that's right folk; where a simple card game can determine your fate. Whether you kill a person or not, kick your neighbor pet, thrash your friends toy, or even whether your are a semi-divine being in your past life can be determine by a simple card game. However we're not talking about that today k? Today we're (or rather I) gonna talk about the latest addition to the Yu-Gi-Oh! PSP game titled Yu-GI-Oh! 5D's Tag Force 5.

The story is quite simple in this game, set in the time where Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's series happen; you are a simple no name red hat (until you enter his name that is) interacting and befriending with various character from 5D's to save the world, or just couple with the mook to win a card game tournament. Simple right?

However to meaty point of this game is the shear amount of card it offer. There are 4,727 cards, including cards from Starstrike Blast, Duel Terminal 10 -Raid of the Inverz!!-, Structure Deck 19 -Dragunity Drive-, and Extra Pack Volume 3 and game exclusive card to be collect and utilize to completely decimate your opponent! (Note: No actual character were killed in the game). For Yu-Gi-Oh! fan this is a good chance to create and test your RL deck. For those who can't afford to by those physical card, now its time to try the virtual one and battle with your friends thru ad-hoc!

The control is quite simple (Hey, its a card game. How hard can it be?). Basically your will be pressing the X button to interact with different command. The sound is fine. Although there is no voice-over..and I think they re-use some of the sound from last Tag Force. The graphic however is beautiful. The picture on the card can be clearly seen. The character portrait/profile is superb. And I must say, as usual for Yu-Gi-Oh! game, there ton of re-playability. There are tons of card to be collected, and each main character storyline is different from one another.

Well the flaw is there is quite a lag in this game. For one in battle, the AI will really take their time setting their card and all. And another is when your accessing your card collection. There are really noticeable lag.

My 2 cent? I'd say this is a must for Yu-Gi-Oh! fan. The number of the card available alone is  a big plus. You may even learn some new trick for your game.

-Ultima

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Call Of Duty: Black Ops Review



Now.for all those FPS who love war theme. you sure know this game. and for those who havn't.make sure you dont miss this one. Yes. the game that even if it keep getting violence and violence yet still manage to make a major hit. Call of Duty. and its newest series, Call of Duty: Black Ops.

First of its kind, set in the time of the cold war. You play as Special forces agent, Alex Mason who is being interrogate to as the goverment need infomation. from here you play trough flashbacks. the storyline is great. duh. they been game of the year since its first game. they pick well their voiceover, Sam Worthington, Ed Harris, Gary Oldman, Topher Grace and many more.

The graphic is done perfectly. you visit from The Bay of Pig, Cuba, to The Gulag in Russia. You get to use new weapons such as a crossbow, dragonbreath and a ballistic knife (multiplayer Only). They took their violance up a notch. How? Instead of blowing them to pieces, you actually get to see them in shock when you blow thier limbs off.

The multiplayer got itself a new system which they threw out the leveling/gaining experience and focus alot more on socialization and customization. You get to customize your weapon not just its equipment, but also its style suiting to the player taste. for example, you can add clan tag on you weapon or even customize the color of your reticle in scoop such as red dot. so no more easy kill streak for the level 99 and no more getting owned for the newbies.

how should i conclude this? the game been a mojar hit from its first edition. its a game you knew its going to be a great game before its even coming out. with the new timeline, equipment, gameplay its a 4 out of 5 game you dont want to miss.

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

God Of War: Ghost Of Sparta



Fighting mythical creature, slaying gods, chaining atlas. yup, there no other than the one and only brutal badass Kratos. and back for another round in new game, God Of War: Ghost Of Sparta for the PSP.

Set between God of war 1 and God of war 2 Kratos is still haunted by his vision of his past. and is set a quest to save his brother Deimos. pretty much like that. from here he encounter Scylla, callisto, titan Thera, and even the god of death Thanatos.

The graphic is better than the previous PS2 game, which is amazing for a hand held game. you get to travel trough a lot of places from Atlantis, to his home town, Sparta. the campaign is a bit short. i finish it in one night. but the storyline is perfect. this time its involve a lot more of Kratos mortal side and get to see how it was that created Kratos signature scar and tattoo.

for its gameplay, not much difference from its previous game.you hack and slash brutally. having quick time event. puzzles and boss fight. you can obtain other special weapon and magic along the way and upgrade it to increase Kratos demolitions. its still the same as before but not a bad thing, since its that that made Kratos one of the most badass anti hero of all time.

Simply saying. God of War: Ghost of Sparta is a must play game for those who wish finally wish to see Kratos past. of those just hungry for he distructive act. trust me you be impress. i give it a 5/5

Monday, November 1, 2010

Star Wars The Force Unleashed 2


ever felt playing a game but you know how it already end before even starting the game? That how i felt when i played Star Wars series. You fight darth vadar in the end of the game but you know he will still be one of the villain till Star Wars final movie Return of the jedi. yet you still play it. now its newest action games, Star Wars: The Force unleashed 2.

Set seven month after the Star Wars the force unleashed. you play as starkiller clone, who escape from darth vadar cloning facilities and in search of himself. On his quest he met most of the characters from the previous game. Still hillarous when he met General Kota.

The storyline is less impressive as before which is too light and there not much of a character developement. even the minor character is minor in it. They improve the graphic while lowering some specs, the game is not as heavy as the previous one. the enviroment is also improve alot. but theres only 9 level to it. and only when to 3-4 places. which is the downside of it. there not alot of enemies and boss fight.

the gameplay is pretty much the same as before. Heavy combo. mix with force. cinematic battle. but now Starkiller(?) can use to light saber instead of one and a saber is no longer a baseball bat.it can actually dismember and decapitate enemies. what new to the system is that starkiller(?) can use "mind trick" which can control enemy to either suicide or attack its own member and "force Fury" which put Starkiller in a force frenzy.

In conclusion, the game is have not much improve from its previous game. You can easily die alot in the game and still manage to finish it in a day. it only earn a 3/5

Sunday, October 31, 2010



From the group that brought you resident evil franchise. then devil may cry which start of the whole extreme/hardcore combat era. this time they come up with a new fast pace action combat call Vanquish.

 Vanquish is a fast pace TPS game which is for the xbox 360 and playstation 3. you play Sam Gideon, a arrogant DARPA researcher equipped with ARS suit to stop the Russian terrorist from activating a space station super weapon from activating while saving a proffer which aboard that station

The graphic is not bad. its a futuristic war environment and with all the adrenaline rush. you actually feel like in war. the storyline is pretty much as it is. there a start, a middle, a climax and the end.

What i can tell you about this game is that it is simple and super fast. the gameplay lets you control a suit that have a sliding dash type that lets you slide to one cover to another quickly. TOO quick. it also have an slow time if your aiming while sliding and also cool cinematic battle. there not much to the weaponry since there a few but it can be upgraded to improve the weapon stats. Mostly everything you do in this game use an energy; your dash, your slow time, even your melee which is kinda annoying to those who prefer close combat.

This game really bring back the old school game where there not much to the plot and is fast pace action pack game. in fact it is to fast you just might end the game in less than 4 hours. but its a good game and there are still room for improvement. i give vanquish a 3.5/5.

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Enslaved: Odyssey to the West


Its not that easy finding an adventure game ever since Devil may cry franchise and God of war won people attention. a lot of game tried to meet player attention and would say? "its a rip off". but Ninja theory manage to pull it off with thier game Enslaved: Odyssey to the West.

Enslaved: Odyssey to the West is a tactical action adventure game for the xbox and ps3 developed by Ninja Theory and published by Namco. the game is set 150 years in the post apocalyptic future where human lost a global war to the mechs. the game starts as the protagonist name monkey manage to escape a slave ship with a women name trip. the plane crash and he was save by trip which ironically she put a control headband on monkey head where if she dies, he will die too. she promise to take it off if only monkey help her to home to the west. Its loosely base on a Chinese novel journey to the west.

the game graphic is breath taking. for a post apocalyptic future. they really put on a forestation environment to make it as if its a new world. the design for the characters is also great including variety of enemy design.the storyline is light, making it easy to understand the main point of the story without going to have to understand the whole world history and just focus on the character development. the voice acting match up for the character personality and have its personal aura for it too.

but theres con to it; there no much to its gameplay.the scenario is a bit too short and theres not much challenge to it. you get to use monkey skill as to jump here and there but there's too many invincible wall so making it hard to know where to go and once you hit the next checkpoint its hard to backtrack. the battle system is pretty straight forward; its a cool combo and you can upgrade it to improve combat but you're limited to one combo so dont expect any flashy-mashy button style. you dont have to worry much though. even if the game is about to make sure trip doesn't get killed, its not really that of a escort mission. you could play this game without having to worry that much about trip.

Even with all these con, i would still recommend you to play this game. the storyline is well planned and the flow of the game still make it a worth while game for those who are looking for a focused single player experience. i give it a 4 out of 5

Monday, October 18, 2010

Castlevania Lords of Shadow


Castlevania: Lords of Shadow is a Xbox 360 game publish from Konami and develope by Mercurysteam. Its a reboot to the Castlevania franchise and have no connection to the previous version. The story is set in 1047 during "the end of days". Brotherhoods of light, an elite group of holy knight sent Gabriel Belmont (the protagonist) on a quest to save the world arm with a whip called the Combat Cross. while he's at it, he is on a personal quest to fine his beloved wife murderer.

The storyline is abit to light. its like your just walking from level to level without few story development. buts its not that bad. Gabriel is voiced by Robert Carlyle( The world is not enough, eragon) and his mentor his voiced by Sir Patrick Steward ( Star track the next generation, x-men). 
You can expect a good voice over and since Hideo Kojima gave a helping hand in it's developement. you can know for sure its a game u wont want to miss.


While the game is a reboot form the previous franchise, the game is not really that 'castlevania' since most of its battle are mostly on the outside that range from a decaying village to a hand grabbing swamp to a music box....it sounds funny/cute but it's actually kinda cool.

The battle system is pretty much the same as before; battling from goblin, vampires, werewolves to colossal titans using a whip. This time you can see a a lot more of the whip action rather than a gymnast with a ribbon. you can slice, dice, grab and pummel enemies. there is also a quick time action for grabs and certain cinematic battle. you can also upgrade you whip to add more of its destruction level. but can be a bit toooo pricey. and it take a while to get use to the battle system so expect alot of dying.

in the nutshell, its a good game. its pretty much similiar to God Of War but nowaday, which game cant be compared to that game. and i say its a pretty much a very good game. so good i'l give it a 4/5.


by
arip 

 

introduction

hi im ariff and im a 24 years old malaysian male who enjoy playing game.yes, i am a heavy gamers.i cannot live my life without playing game for at least 2 hours. il rebel.XD.i own a pc and a psp and a xbox that belong to my family member.

i would play anything as long there no other better game to play.my favourite type of games are mostly adventure and horror. so im gonna make a review of the game i played.for some game i would ask my friend, ultima, to give his review.he will cover some game on the psp.=D
i'll give our review base on storyline,graphic,gameplay and give our rating by ?/5.


this is my 1st(?) blog.so i would try to do my best.if there is any suggestion,comment,updates you would like to know can send it here....i tink.>_<.

im stil having trouble in choosing wat language.im comfortable in english.but can give a review in malay if there's a request for certain game.