Why Do I Even Bother, Sarge?

So the most anticipated first person shooter of the year, has been out for a week. and I really couldn't care. This is because I SUCK at FPS's, well, I'm OK if it has a story mode, but I never play then on any difficulty higher than easiest. What I am really bad at is online games, I have never been good at them, and due to the fact that everyone is better, I never live long enough to get any better, my average kills per match is around 4, whereas I get killed at least 15 times a match. Also, there is never any "good" sniping spot, which is where I excel, having some out-of-game experience with them.
Anyway, so you may have guessed that I've given this game a miss, and you'd be right. But my brother picked up a copy the other day, so I'd thought I'd give it a go. And to be honest, the story mode is great, much that we've come to expect from the CoD series. It follows 5 years after the events of Modern Warfare 1, with Soap having been promoted to Captain and the Russians have kicked up a fuss about the death of Imran Zakhaev (the Russian Dude with one arm, 'case you forgot). As before, you play as multiple characters throughout the game, fighting as the USA's Rangers and CIA and Britain's SAS 141 squad. 
The selection of weapons at you disposal is as always massive, with something for everyone's taste. The environments range from Russian tundra, to the slums of Brazil. 
MW2 newest feature is Special Ops, which has 23 short missions for you to complete, ranging from killing waves of enemies, or a racing against the clock on a snowmobile. 
And finally, my least favourite bit of the game, the online mode. New maps, new perks, new attachments for your guns, and the cool new "Callsigns" which allow you to display an banner and an icon whenever you kill, get killed or complete an objective. The banners and icons are preset and you unlock then by completing hidden tasks, such as kill someone as they are cooking a grenade. 
It is a great game, and I recommend it to everyone, but... if you aren't confident at FPS games, stay away from online mode, you'll just get frustrated.

Phyonix's Gaming Update

Been a while since I've done one of these... Anyway...

Fallout 3

Yes I am still playing this one. But I recently bought the Game of the Year edition so I now have the 5 download packs. I have finished the Mothership Zeta pack which was slightly disapointing as it was so linear, a completly different play style compared to the rest of the game. I'm now working through the Point Lookout pack, which is more like the main game with mutliple ways to complete missions.
I would enjoy it a lot more if my PS3 would stop crashing every time I enter a building or use VATS.

inFamous

I've completed the game being as evil as possible, which honestly is the easy option, as being evil comes so naturaly to me... Now I've started again, and this time I'm going to be the good guy, just so I can try out the good powers and collect the hero trophies.


Tales of Symphonia

I know it's a very old game, but it is also a pretty rare game. Which means that I haven't been able to find a copy until recently. It must be at least 5 years old, yet people can still make £80 selling them online ( I was lucky to find someone who didn't realise the value of his game, so I got mine for £20). It's a brilliant game. One of the best Tales games. This nicely tides in with the release (finally) of Tales of Symhonia 2 in Europe, I have a copy ordered yet I'll have to wait a while, because the Government says I have to spend my money on car tax :-(.

Scribblenauts

Not exactly playing this awseome game in the way it was created. I haven't played many of the puzzles, I've really just stayed on the opening screen and messed around on there, seeing who would win between random entities (btw vampires can beat God). I'm also trying to find out the limits of the vocabulary, which so far seems huge.

Lucky Number 7?

Last week saw the release of Windows 7. Microsoft's more polished version of Vista. I appoligise for being cynical, but a shined up piece o'crap is still a piece of crap.

Also what is the point of only selling it to people, surly if you had to suffered through Vista you should get 7 free or at least at a discount. I mean if you went out and bought a sandwich, and it was given to you on moldy bread, you'd want a replacement, or new slices of bread.

Anyway... 7 offers a better interface, promises faster loading/start up times, and more sidebar gadgets than you could shake your mouse at.

Personally I'm going to stick with my XP. But looking at the stats for this website I can see some of you have 7. So my question to you is... What do you think of 7? Am I completly wrong about it, or I'm I right in sayimg that it is Vista with a spit shine?

Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2

There is only 1 word to describe this game and its the word "disappointing", the original was great and unique at the time but this sequal has turned it stale and unlovable unlike the first game, the amount of costumes is a joke because in the first game you got 4 different costumes for each character and this one you get 2 thats it no choice just 2 which have been used the Civil War and the Secret War stories in the Marvel Universe, and as for the story? its short its abit confusing and the sound is unbarable as everyone sounds like they have been recorded with a cheap Fisher Price microphone

This game is simply a slap in the face for anyone like I really loved the original and the cheapness certainly shows.
This is should have been DLC then it wouldnt have been so poor for the £45! (yes i paid 45 bloody quid for this pile of shit) which is RRP which again is another slap in the face for Marvel fans and Gamers alike

'Bout freaking time!

One of my favourite games of all time is Fallout 3, and seeing it win Game of the Year, its a lot of others as well. The only thing that I didn't like about the game was that it was on PC and XBox, but this was because of the exclusive DLC (Blech) that Microsoft wouldn't share.

Now just after the final DLC Mothership Zeta was released, Broken Steel has been released on PSN, for the price of £7.99 or $9.99 (us Brits are getting ripped!).

Fallout 3 DLC will continue next week (October 1st), with the release of Operation: Anchorage & The Pitt. The week after (October 8th), Point Lookout & Mothership Zetawill be available.

The Beatles: Rock Band

I recently bought this game to keep my mum and sister quiet over the winter months until the inevitable splurge of casual games come out for the Wii around christmas time which handle like boat used to tackle aboriginals in the old black and white films and thought id have a go...and realised what a game that has been created.

The graphics are awesome, the sheer amount of songs (45 to be exact and more to come via XBL and PSN including their famous album Abbey Road) that you actually recognize and realise that they were right, they were the greatest band to ever live and probably ever will and this comes alive within the story mode which you start off at the beginning of the band leading up to their last gig 10 years later.

This game is truely amazing, if you own Guitar Hero World Tour or Rock Band this is worth shelling out £40 for (or a tenner if you were lucky enough to preorder the game from Gamestation or Game in Liverpool and go to the Cavern Club for the launch) and if you dont own either I urge you to go out and buy the band bundle (1 guitar, drums and a microphone) and the game as this is undoubtedly the best Rock Band or Guitar Hero game that has ever been made.

Achievement Unlocked

Since Xbox Live launched, the craze of unlocking achievements has really rocketed, from completing the tutorial levels, to finishing the game on hardest difficulty without dieing and never using the X Button.

Thanks to achievements there is now a record of your gaming abilities other than high score tables, cause anyone can get a high score.

Now it seems to have come to a point where you have to produce the achievement to prove that you have done anything in a game, which has raised the question in some people (me NOT included), "Should real life have achievements to prove what we've done today?" Well for these people there is an answer, for the iPod/iPhone is Booyah Society, A free app which allows you to create your own life achievements and post them into the community, also with twitter and facebook connectivity, you can reach out to even more people and tell them you got the 'Watered the Plants' Achievement.

The way it works is you right a short statement of 140 characters or less, and choose a category for your achievement, or (apparently, haven't found it yet) select from a list with others have posted.

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