Recently I have been hammering my PC (once again.) I went back to the Xbox 360 for Black Ops, but after the first month of brilliant gameplay, good community and of course great team play, kids start hammering the game. Naturally, I am all for the younger generation gaming and enjoy online game play with the facilites we have now. But I can't stand it when I am in a game, and just because I may not get 300 kills to 1 death, it doesn't mean they can start shouting abuse and having a go. Stresses me out, so I always end up hating the Xbox and visiting the PC again. In this short but sweet post I will briefly discuss two of my latest games I have been playing on Steam, and of course, the one game I cannot wait for...
Dragon Age 2
To begin with, I was a major fan of the first Dragon Age. Finished the game with each character, unlocked the endings etc etc. It was perfect, everything about it, apart from Sten... he was a bit creepy. But anyway, Dragon Age 2... how can I put this game in a simple sentence, covering the main points. Well actually, I can't there is so much to say about this game, I couldnt possibly describe it's unique game play and story in one simple way. Basically, all I will say is purchase this game. Preferably on PC, as everyone knows that RPG's are terrible on consoles. But anyway, the story (so far) is actually perfect. There are so many things included in the second one that you learn about through the first game (so I advise you hammer the first Dragon Age before battling through the second, it may help you out a lot.) Secondly, the option of importing your Dragon Age 1 character background into the second game introduces a whole new feature of gaming. Although you can choose one of three default character backgrounds, it's always nice to know all those hours played on the first game became useful after months of keeping that game save on your hard drive. The graphics within the game look great, on PC the graphics have DirectX11, so all the textures have tesselation. Making the game like ten times better and the over all appearance of the surroundings, characters and items look much better. The dialogue, character animation and lip sync is all spot on. Bioware really did do a brilliant job with all the small details. Also the new fighting styles within the latest engine are much better than the first Dragon Age, so the fights are much more realistic and gorey :) Anyway, I could write about Dragon Age 2 all day and fill my blog with facts and reviews, but the moral of this short review is "Buy the game... you won't be disappointed."
Lead and Gold - Gangs of the Wild West
Now, I'm not going to lie... I was never a fan of Red Dead Redemption, but a major fan of Red Dead Revolver. To be honest, I don't think I like RDR because it is basically Grand Theft Auto 4, but with horses... and I never liked GTA4 (expecting comments of hatred right about now.) However, I am a major fan of Team Fortress 2, and Lead and Gold is basically TF2 + Red Dead Revolver. The game play is great, the different multiplayer choices are brilliant and the feel to the game is great. Imagine heavy in a cowboy hat... that is Lead and Gold. I only bought it today from Steam so I haven't had much time to play it, but myself and my friend Matt were playing some of the co-op mode which makes you, the player, raid small camps for bags of gold and fight off waves of enemies whilst doing this. At the beginning of the game type the enemies are really dumb and they hardly fight back, but towards the final waves and as the player ranks up they A.I gets much smarter and the enemies become faster and have much better accuracy. So team play really pays off, especially when choosing the different character classes. I will most probably write an entire blog post about Lead and Gold once I have played more covering all aspects of the game, so if you are interested in knowing more, keep an eye out on my blog and I will post some information up soon.
...And Now The Game I Can't Wait For
PORTAL 2. Enough said. Seriously though, the pre-purchase has gone through on steam... it is only a matter of time before my game library is happy once again. I really hope it delivers as much fun and challenge as the first one. Oh and btw, pre-purchase it now on steam and Gabe will allow you to save 10%. What a nice guy.
Anyway thanks for reading, I really need to start using this blog more often as I have so many things I want to discuss about games, software and programming, I just need to find the time and effort to complete all the posts, Thanks again. Buhbye for now.
Remtard.
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