For some reason, I thought that this was going to be a third person shooter. I was wrong, it's another dreaded FPS on a console. I'm starting to get the hang of the controls, but I just can't do it. It just doesn't feel natural.
From the little of what I played, I like it. I'd be very happy with this game if it had a PC port. It has the Battlefield gamplay that I love, and a story to go with it. I'm more than likely to play some more of this, to get used to FPS controls on a console, but they're just so fucking awkward.
I can't give a definitive recommendation now. Maybe as I play it more I can do that.
Showing posts with label XBox 360 Demo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label XBox 360 Demo. Show all posts
Monday, October 13, 2008
Monday, October 06, 2008
Hour of Victory Demo
I probably should have thought more about the description of the download. A highly anticipated WWII Action shooter. For some reason, it didn't occur to me that it meant First Person Shooter. I was suddenly reminded of why I don't play them without my trusty keyboard or mouse. Analog sticks are just retarded to play FPS on. I'd rather use trackballs.
The game looks nice. That's about all I can say about it. If you like FPS on consoles, and like WWII, this would probably be a nice game to grab. Personally, I think you're better off with Call of Duty 4 (which I haven't played, and have no real intentions to do so on Xbox) or Battlefield 2 (which I own on PC). CoD4, from what I've heard, is one of the best FPS games on the Xbox, and I just love BF2 on the PC. You don't get better than either of those for modern combat.
I can't recommend this because of my bias towards FPS on consoles. I'm sure if you like that sort of thing, this might be worth picking up. I'd say it's worth at least a rental, even though I couldn't play it for more than five minutes.
The game looks nice. That's about all I can say about it. If you like FPS on consoles, and like WWII, this would probably be a nice game to grab. Personally, I think you're better off with Call of Duty 4 (which I haven't played, and have no real intentions to do so on Xbox) or Battlefield 2 (which I own on PC). CoD4, from what I've heard, is one of the best FPS games on the Xbox, and I just love BF2 on the PC. You don't get better than either of those for modern combat.
I can't recommend this because of my bias towards FPS on consoles. I'm sure if you like that sort of thing, this might be worth picking up. I'd say it's worth at least a rental, even though I couldn't play it for more than five minutes.
Friday, September 12, 2008
Too Human Demo
What do you get when you cross Vikings with Legacy of Kain? If you said it doesn't matter, it has Vikings, you're pretty freaking cool. But if you said Too Human, you're probably right too.
If you're a fan of Stargate SG-1, this game seems to be the past of the Asgard. You're Balder, some super soldier type guy fighting these weird mechanical monster things. Apparently, you're some god. This is kind of evident when you die. A Valkyrie stops by, molests you a bit, then sends you off on your killing spree.
From what little I've played of the game, that about sums up the game. Run around, kill things. Rinse, repeat. There are some RPG elements, but I didn't let those get in the way of me killing things.
I was kind of liking the game, so I might actually have to get a hold of a copy of this and give it a try.
If you're a fan of Stargate SG-1, this game seems to be the past of the Asgard. You're Balder, some super soldier type guy fighting these weird mechanical monster things. Apparently, you're some god. This is kind of evident when you die. A Valkyrie stops by, molests you a bit, then sends you off on your killing spree.
From what little I've played of the game, that about sums up the game. Run around, kill things. Rinse, repeat. There are some RPG elements, but I didn't let those get in the way of me killing things.
I was kind of liking the game, so I might actually have to get a hold of a copy of this and give it a try.
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Braid Demo
This game is Prince of Persia if it went back to it's roots of 2D side scroller with pits to try and jump across. Oh yea, keep the kick ass time reversal stuffs. I enjoyed what little I played of the game. I might buy the full version just to give this review space some justice on this game.
I also got a kick out of the Dinosaur (that looks strangly like the one from Toy Story) told me that the Princess is in another castle. I would have lost it, but my brother is trying to sleep in the other room.
I also got a kick out of the Dinosaur (that looks strangly like the one from Toy Story) told me that the Princess is in another castle. I would have lost it, but my brother is trying to sleep in the other room.
Monday, September 08, 2008
The Force Unleashed Demo
Wow. This is a demo that I can just keep playing over and over again. It's only a small board, can be beat in about five minutes, but throwing storm troopers NEVER gets old. Sept 16th, I will be getting this game. I have a feeling I might get it for both for 360 and Wii. The 360 game is too good to not get. The demo was just freaking Amazing.
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Thrilleville: Off the Rails
Yet another demo from XBox Live. I'm going to say this right now, I didn't even give this game a chance. The only good thing I liked about it was the Stunt bike mini game, and it was too short. This game seems like it's trying to be a graphically superior version of Roller Coaster Tycoon. I cannot recommend this, as I don't think this game will be better than the demo.
Monday, August 25, 2008
Facebreaker
I decided to pick up a few demos off of XBox Live. The first I picked up was Civilization Revolution.
The next gave I've grabbed was Facebreakers. It's a cartoonish boxing game that reminds me a lot of Ready 2 Rumble Boxing. The Demo doesn't offer much to do other than practice or one round of boxing. Either way, it is kind of fun. I say kind of because you can't really get much of a feel for the game with just one round.
To fight that single round of boxing, you have your choice of five different characters (two of which are default 'Create a Characters') and two locations to fight. I still haven't actually gotten three knockdowns in one round, but I wasn't really trying. But the boxing is fairly simple, and easy to do. From this demo, it seems that every match will be won by whomever is the best button masher. There isn't much strategy to it.
I'm nto sure if I can recommend this game or not. The demo doesn't offer much, and it just seems like it would have very repetitive. Unless this game has an amazing story, or at least a funny one, I can't see this game as being very good. This might be something that I have to rent and revist.
The next gave I've grabbed was Facebreakers. It's a cartoonish boxing game that reminds me a lot of Ready 2 Rumble Boxing. The Demo doesn't offer much to do other than practice or one round of boxing. Either way, it is kind of fun. I say kind of because you can't really get much of a feel for the game with just one round.
To fight that single round of boxing, you have your choice of five different characters (two of which are default 'Create a Characters') and two locations to fight. I still haven't actually gotten three knockdowns in one round, but I wasn't really trying. But the boxing is fairly simple, and easy to do. From this demo, it seems that every match will be won by whomever is the best button masher. There isn't much strategy to it.
I'm nto sure if I can recommend this game or not. The demo doesn't offer much, and it just seems like it would have very repetitive. Unless this game has an amazing story, or at least a funny one, I can't see this game as being very good. This might be something that I have to rent and revist.
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Civilization Revolution
It's the middle of the week, I was bored, and decided to pick up a demo on Xbox live. I've decided since I don't have much content, I'm going to add a quickie. Civilization Revolution plays exactly like all of the previous ones I've played (Civ 2, Civ 2 Test of Time, and Civ 3), but it looks soo much prettier. The demo was rather small. it seemed that it was limited to about 20 or so turns (I didn't count). You can only choose from two races to start off with (The Romans or the Egyptians), and your tech tree is severly limited. It's a Demo, so I'm not going to be picky about all of that.
The game looked, and played great. I was a little iffy about playing with the controller after using a keyboard to play the game for so long, but it worked great. The interface wasn't what I was used to, but it felt right. The units were much larger on screen then they had been in previous versions, either that, or they just look bigger on a 37" TV rather than a 19" monitor. Either way, they were large and easy to distiguish what they were.
I didn't get to play it long enough to see if my gripes about Civ 3 were fixed. I'm a purist when it comes to Civilization. I reguard Civ 2 as the best one. I didn't like how they messed with the Wonders with 3. I'm not sure if they were changed for 4 or Civ Rev, but I imagine they hold the same powers as 3.
While that's more of an annoyance for me, others might see it as game balancing. I mean, building the Great Wall in Civ 2 meant that every city had a town wall, and no one could declare war on you. The United Nations did the same thing. Some may see that as over powered, since it was possible to build the United Nations before the Great Wall went out of effect (by anyone researching electricity), but I see it as historically correct. China built the Great Wall to keep Mongolia out. For the most part, it worked. Why shouldn't it work in 3? I remember other wonders losing some of their powers, but that was the one that annoyed me the most.
Even with that, I still highly recommend the game. It looks great, it plays great, and can keep you entertained for hours. And the best part of the game, it never plays the same way twice. If you're into turn based strategy that will keep you entertained for hours, play this game. I would get it, if I didn't already have a large backlog of games.
The game looked, and played great. I was a little iffy about playing with the controller after using a keyboard to play the game for so long, but it worked great. The interface wasn't what I was used to, but it felt right. The units were much larger on screen then they had been in previous versions, either that, or they just look bigger on a 37" TV rather than a 19" monitor. Either way, they were large and easy to distiguish what they were.
I didn't get to play it long enough to see if my gripes about Civ 3 were fixed. I'm a purist when it comes to Civilization. I reguard Civ 2 as the best one. I didn't like how they messed with the Wonders with 3. I'm not sure if they were changed for 4 or Civ Rev, but I imagine they hold the same powers as 3.
While that's more of an annoyance for me, others might see it as game balancing. I mean, building the Great Wall in Civ 2 meant that every city had a town wall, and no one could declare war on you. The United Nations did the same thing. Some may see that as over powered, since it was possible to build the United Nations before the Great Wall went out of effect (by anyone researching electricity), but I see it as historically correct. China built the Great Wall to keep Mongolia out. For the most part, it worked. Why shouldn't it work in 3? I remember other wonders losing some of their powers, but that was the one that annoyed me the most.
Even with that, I still highly recommend the game. It looks great, it plays great, and can keep you entertained for hours. And the best part of the game, it never plays the same way twice. If you're into turn based strategy that will keep you entertained for hours, play this game. I would get it, if I didn't already have a large backlog of games.
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