Your car shakes as bullets ping and bounce off it. A beeping sound alerts you to the fact that your back armor just blew off. You pull a trigger on you dashboard and a mine drops out of your car, immediately getting rolled over by another racer. Perfect, you think. The mine detonates and destroys the car. You look back to see the ensuing destruction, but an explosion hits close by your car, sending it off course. You hit a large rock at 70 miles. Your car is sent flying 100 feet in the air, and other racers zip past you, and you open up with two 50.caliber machine guns mounted on your hood. The bullets find their target and rip another racers car to shreds. Then you car starts flipping in mid-air. You land on your side and keep sliding, the grating of the metal producing an awful sound. Your car comes to a stop on its side. Another car smashes into yours, wrecking it and killing you.
All this and more can happen in Full Auto, an over the top car combat game where you must race to be the first to cross the finish line with your car in one peice. The actuaal gameplay is like what I described earlier, but with one big twist: the ability to unwreck stuff. Lets say you crash and burn. A quick tap of the right bumper (this game is for the 360) brings you a couple of seconds back to before the crash. Add this to the aforementioned car combat, and you have a winner. Well unless you manage to screw it up like Sega did.
To many times you will be cruising along and an explosion sends you flying killing you. You unwreck it, but some guy shreds you with bullets. Again you unwreck it, but someone rams you and kills you. It seems that once you get killed, but unwreck it, the game concentrates all its efforts on you and kills you. It's ridiculous.
And I really wanted to tweak my ride. As it is, you can choose your car and weapons, killing almot all customization. But besides all this, Full Auto is still extremely fun. You can destroy anything you want Including buildings, it has great graphics, and some extreme gameplay. So this game is definetly fun, just rent it before you buy it.
Overall 7.5 out of 10
note: This game is extremely fun and you should give it a test drive, but some features are broken and frusttraing, which is why it only gets an average score.
Thursday, April 12, 2007
Friday, April 6, 2007
360 blogs
If have a 360 and am x-box live gamertag, then you will like this site
www.360voice.com
It will give your 360 a blog! It's an extrmely safe site, so don't worry about virus's.
Anyways, I have got to go, just check out the link!
P.S
When your on that site, search for funkyskunk5. That's my gamertag, and my 360's blog.
www.360voice.com
It will give your 360 a blog! It's an extrmely safe site, so don't worry about virus's.
Anyways, I have got to go, just check out the link!
P.S
When your on that site, search for funkyskunk5. That's my gamertag, and my 360's blog.
Wednesday, April 4, 2007
Artemis Fowl book reveiw
Artemis Fowl is not a game. It is a book. Just wanted to tell you that. So anyway, here's the reveiw:
Artemis Fowl starts simply. Artemis Fowl is a criminal. He has completed more schemes then most Kingpins even think of. So the book starts with him looking for a contact. Artemis Fowl has another scheme up his sleeve, and this one will piss off an entire civilization. At this point in the reveiw, it is wise to mention Artemis's bodyguard, Butler. His last name is actually Butler. Allow me to qoute the book: ( this whole conversation takes plave when the contact asks if Butler is armed)
Contact: Are you armed?
Artemis: I am unarmed. Butler however, has a Big Sauer pistol in his ankle holder, three throwing knives up his sleeve,and a aoutamatic tranquilizer rifle on his back. Am I missing anything Butler?
Butler: The stun grenades.
Artemis: But none of those would be nessacary to kill you. Butler could kill you a hundred ways comepletly unarmed.
This sums up Butlers character quite well. Well, that, along with the fact that he broke an unfortunate pickpockets fingers when he tried to pick his pocket.
I don't believe I will be spoiling anything when I tell you that Artemis is 12.
He is also a genius.
Overall 9.5 out of 10
Artemis Fowl starts simply. Artemis Fowl is a criminal. He has completed more schemes then most Kingpins even think of. So the book starts with him looking for a contact. Artemis Fowl has another scheme up his sleeve, and this one will piss off an entire civilization. At this point in the reveiw, it is wise to mention Artemis's bodyguard, Butler. His last name is actually Butler. Allow me to qoute the book: ( this whole conversation takes plave when the contact asks if Butler is armed)
Contact: Are you armed?
Artemis: I am unarmed. Butler however, has a Big Sauer pistol in his ankle holder, three throwing knives up his sleeve,and a aoutamatic tranquilizer rifle on his back. Am I missing anything Butler?
Butler: The stun grenades.
Artemis: But none of those would be nessacary to kill you. Butler could kill you a hundred ways comepletly unarmed.
This sums up Butlers character quite well. Well, that, along with the fact that he broke an unfortunate pickpockets fingers when he tried to pick his pocket.
I don't believe I will be spoiling anything when I tell you that Artemis is 12.
He is also a genius.
Overall 9.5 out of 10
Monday, April 2, 2007
Skateboarding
You have not lived until you have skated. It's just such a rush. Going down a 7 plus foot ramp onto a half pipe, popping a 180, and finishing it all off with a backside manual to stop yourself really gets the blood pumping. Theres not even that many bails. I went to a skate park for 3 hours, did lots of stuff ( Mostly ramps and vert half pipes ) and only fell 6 or 7 times. Not to say their's not many screw ups. You jump off your board a lot, right before .you bail so you only have to chase after the board.
It's hard to get started, but skateboarding is 50 percent mental. If you think you can do it, you probaly can. So if you go off a ramp and think oh-no and pull the board up, your screwed- your gonna end up on the floor with your elbow bleeding. And if you just started, then you should probaly wear pads. While I don't fall on the ground much ( I jump off my board alot though) a n00b will. Like alot. And while you ussually don't get hurt to much, a bad bail will frustate you alot. And hurt. Like hell.
It's hard to get started, but skateboarding is 50 percent mental. If you think you can do it, you probaly can. So if you go off a ramp and think oh-no and pull the board up, your screwed- your gonna end up on the floor with your elbow bleeding. And if you just started, then you should probaly wear pads. While I don't fall on the ground much ( I jump off my board alot though) a n00b will. Like alot. And while you ussually don't get hurt to much, a bad bail will frustate you alot. And hurt. Like hell.
Friday, March 30, 2007
Oblivion review
Obvlivion sucks. Do not get me started on this thing's faults. Well, to late I already got started. Anyway here is a list of why Oblivion sucks:
1: Someone screwed with the thermostat in the plane of Oblivion, so it's now blisteringly hot.
2: everysingle item, quest, person and thing in Oblivion is sucktacular. Don't ask me why, they just are.
Man, bet I had you thinking Oblivion was a really bad place, eh? Well the place is, but the game does not ( that was a reveiw for the city of Oblivion, in the small country of Hell.). Anyways, this a review for the game Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. Luckily, that game is nowhere as bad as the city it named after.
Elder Scrolls Oblivion reveiw
So heres the review you probaly are reading this for:
Oblivion is massive. As in mind-numbingly huge. As in nearly as big as The Elder Scrolls Morrowind ( great game, get it now). Your brain would pop out of your skull just thinking about how big it is. It probaly takes around 200+ hours to beat.
Will you play all those hours? Probaly not. Id say you will probaly beat about 50 hours or so of the game. The gameplay consists mainly of talking to peeps, killing monsters, doing quests, and LOADS of other stuff. The combat is pretty enjoyable, as are most of the quests. There's so much to say on this game, I'm just gonna list the stuff:
Pros:
Combat: Combat in Oblivion is throughly enjoyable. All the weapons hit with a nice thud, but it gets repetitive when you fight the same enemie again and again, which happens alot in CENSORED FOR SPOILERS.
Magic: is done pretty well, but most spells look the same. There's a good amount of them, but they all feel too similair.
Monsters: Pretty good. They all feel and fight pretty well, with some good sound effects.
Quests: Each one is great, and there are tons, so this area of the game is quite good.
Characters: Usually pretty bland, but the major ones ( mostly quest givers and important figures ) are all extremely memorable.
Tons of other stuff: most of the other stuff is genarelly pretty well done.
Con's:
Oblivion: everything in the plane of oblivion is pretty craptacular.
not really to much else.
Overall, Oblivion is a pretty crappy city. But a great game. So if you have held out on buying this installment in the Eldar Scrolls, I strongly urge you to buy it before I open a gate to Oblivion in YOUR living room.
Overall 9 out of 10
1: Someone screwed with the thermostat in the plane of Oblivion, so it's now blisteringly hot.
2: everysingle item, quest, person and thing in Oblivion is sucktacular. Don't ask me why, they just are.
Man, bet I had you thinking Oblivion was a really bad place, eh? Well the place is, but the game does not ( that was a reveiw for the city of Oblivion, in the small country of Hell.). Anyways, this a review for the game Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. Luckily, that game is nowhere as bad as the city it named after.
Elder Scrolls Oblivion reveiw
So heres the review you probaly are reading this for:
Oblivion is massive. As in mind-numbingly huge. As in nearly as big as The Elder Scrolls Morrowind ( great game, get it now). Your brain would pop out of your skull just thinking about how big it is. It probaly takes around 200+ hours to beat.
Will you play all those hours? Probaly not. Id say you will probaly beat about 50 hours or so of the game. The gameplay consists mainly of talking to peeps, killing monsters, doing quests, and LOADS of other stuff. The combat is pretty enjoyable, as are most of the quests. There's so much to say on this game, I'm just gonna list the stuff:
Pros:
Combat: Combat in Oblivion is throughly enjoyable. All the weapons hit with a nice thud, but it gets repetitive when you fight the same enemie again and again, which happens alot in CENSORED FOR SPOILERS.
Magic: is done pretty well, but most spells look the same. There's a good amount of them, but they all feel too similair.
Monsters: Pretty good. They all feel and fight pretty well, with some good sound effects.
Quests: Each one is great, and there are tons, so this area of the game is quite good.
Characters: Usually pretty bland, but the major ones ( mostly quest givers and important figures ) are all extremely memorable.
Tons of other stuff: most of the other stuff is genarelly pretty well done.
Con's:
Oblivion: everything in the plane of oblivion is pretty craptacular.
not really to much else.
Overall, Oblivion is a pretty crappy city. But a great game. So if you have held out on buying this installment in the Eldar Scrolls, I strongly urge you to buy it before I open a gate to Oblivion in YOUR living room.
Overall 9 out of 10
Sunday, March 25, 2007
Half Life 2 reveiw
In case you do not know now about Half life ( highly unlikely ), it is a popular fps series. The first game took ai to the next level, with enemys covering there squadmates, chucking grenades, flanking you, and many more manuvers. It also happened to be one of the best games on earth. If you do not own it, get it. Like right now. Get out of your seat and go to your local gamestore and buy it. If I had to rate that game on a scale of 1 to 10, it would get at least a 12 ( note: it you look at my top five list and see GoW at the top, it is because I play that the most now).
So can the sequel measure up? Definetly. Is it better then the origanal? No way. So anyways, here is the reveiw:
To start off, one thing Hl2 does right is atmosphere. Valve has always been good at making atmosphereic fpses, but this takes it to the next level. From the moment you boot up the game, you feel immersed in an oppressed world. You watch as citizens are interrogated for no reason, and Civil Protection officers harass you and then beat you with stun sticks. And the plot only adds to this.
Apparently, aliens known as the combine have invaded, enslaved, and oppressed the people of Earth. You job is to topple there empire. Suffice it to say this game's plot, while it sounds cheesy on paper, is one of the best in gaming. I do not want to spoil anything, so I will just leave it at that.
Also worth mentioning are the characters, who are memorable and realistic. You can really see there expressions, and this is digital acting at it's finest.
And Hl2 does not stop with all these story elements. The gameplay, while standard for fps gmaes, is executed with alpomb. Enemies realisticly react to the enviroment and zombis will throw debris at you, while Combine chatter on the radio and call for reinforcements. And, suprisingly, they will come. Not scripted, but Combine will pull out a flare gun and shoot off a flare. This will draw more Combine to the area, making you life a hell of a lot harder.
All in all, Hl2 is a masterpeice shooter.
9.5 out of 10.
( note: While you are at the game store, buy this too. You will not regret it.)
So can the sequel measure up? Definetly. Is it better then the origanal? No way. So anyways, here is the reveiw:
To start off, one thing Hl2 does right is atmosphere. Valve has always been good at making atmosphereic fpses, but this takes it to the next level. From the moment you boot up the game, you feel immersed in an oppressed world. You watch as citizens are interrogated for no reason, and Civil Protection officers harass you and then beat you with stun sticks. And the plot only adds to this.
Apparently, aliens known as the combine have invaded, enslaved, and oppressed the people of Earth. You job is to topple there empire. Suffice it to say this game's plot, while it sounds cheesy on paper, is one of the best in gaming. I do not want to spoil anything, so I will just leave it at that.
Also worth mentioning are the characters, who are memorable and realistic. You can really see there expressions, and this is digital acting at it's finest.
And Hl2 does not stop with all these story elements. The gameplay, while standard for fps gmaes, is executed with alpomb. Enemies realisticly react to the enviroment and zombis will throw debris at you, while Combine chatter on the radio and call for reinforcements. And, suprisingly, they will come. Not scripted, but Combine will pull out a flare gun and shoot off a flare. This will draw more Combine to the area, making you life a hell of a lot harder.
All in all, Hl2 is a masterpeice shooter.
9.5 out of 10.
( note: While you are at the game store, buy this too. You will not regret it.)
Thursday, March 22, 2007
Exclusive! Or is it?
Recently I have seen several games jump ship on exclusivity ( Assasin's Creed, Devil May Cry 4) and it it seems like there are a lot less exclusive games nowadays. In fact, it seems that exclusive now means on so and so's console first, and other platforms later. Now I am not saying this is a bad thing, in fact it is a good thing, since gamers without deep pockets get to play more games. But it could be bad, as Sony is undoubtedly learning. Many of their games are jumping ship, ( I hear Final Fantasy XIII is getting off the boat) and some already have.
So is exclusivity dead? No way! Flagship titles like Halo, Mario, and Resistance will more than likely stay on the publisher's consoles. But it is still pretty likely that other franchises will stray to the other consoles. It also seems like there could be a case of everybody buying a game on a particular console for better graphics and online support. If a Wii and 360 owner is excited about a game, they will probaly buy it on 360 for the better graphics and online support ( Wii online makes use of "Friend Codes" and Live is just easier to use). So Wii and Ps3 could lose out to the 360 because it has better online support.
It will be intereting to see if any of the consoles become the one to buy a multiplatform game. Please comment.
So is exclusivity dead? No way! Flagship titles like Halo, Mario, and Resistance will more than likely stay on the publisher's consoles. But it is still pretty likely that other franchises will stray to the other consoles. It also seems like there could be a case of everybody buying a game on a particular console for better graphics and online support. If a Wii and 360 owner is excited about a game, they will probaly buy it on 360 for the better graphics and online support ( Wii online makes use of "Friend Codes" and Live is just easier to use). So Wii and Ps3 could lose out to the 360 because it has better online support.
It will be intereting to see if any of the consoles become the one to buy a multiplatform game. Please comment.
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