Join The Resistance

I just defeated Resistance Fall of Man and I have to say it feels like I am playing War Of The Worlds and I wouldn't be surprised if this game was based on it. It's a pretty good game with good graphics and fights. I found it a lot more exciting then Gears Of War and I can see why the two games are always compared to one another. When I first played this game I was always in a state of panic, trying to protect my squad and fight against the monstrous beings. After when I found out that the main protagonist Nathan Hale is the only survivor for a long period in the game. So seeing bodies after bodies fall to the floor it was no longer surprising or trying to find ways to save them. Even if I do manage to save one or two, when a movie sequence happens they will magically fall dead (probably from the shock of living.)
Hale is the only human that can with stand the attacks of Spires. While anyone else would be dead, with the virus of the Chimeran Hale is the only one who isn't. But it also seems that Hale is infected with something as glimpses of his eyes are shown to be a golden yellow and you get enhanced speed when you have a sniper gun. For a long while I thought Hale was a mute character, but he just seems to be the quiet type. His body language is portrait well in sequences that occur.

The one person who stood out for me in the whole story is Cartwright, a witty British soldier who will lend a hand once in a while. His skills at times I find to be plain luck, he can take down stalkers single handily and still can crack out a few British humor while at it. He was a strong help and probably the only soldier who didn't seem to be a generic copy of one another.

Everyone thinks that there is a "thing" going on between Rachael Parker and Hale, yes I see something. Captain Parker sees Hale as a science experiment. Hale who has no interest in the woman tries to avoid her as much possible by going on suicidal missions.

My favorite part in it was the driving through the gates with Cartwright shooting the Chimeran soldiers. Cheering you on to run them over with the vehicle and cheering when you do. I love driving games like that not racing but driving parts like in 24 The Game or Raw Danger. I also liked when Hale and a few others had to hold off the Chimeran while others blew up London Bridges. I admit a couple of times I did sing London Bridges falling down, falling down, falling down. Mostly because it was 5:30 am when I finally gotten to the part and I was silly from being tired.
Resistance Fall of Man is a first person shooter it was a game that I tried to ignore for a very long time. In fears of getting a bad case of simulation sickness once again. But I found a way to avoid it with drinking lots of liquids I made a large jug of apple juice with small breaks here and there. I felt little to no dizziness and managed to defeat the game in two days.

I am looking forward to Resistance 2 there is no release date so far for the game but the trailer I saw looked awesome and a lot better then the first one. As well as footage as Hale being less human from the beatings he gets from a massive chimeran he tries to take down. The other Resistance game that is coming out isn't well known compared to Resistance 2, is the third person shooter Resistance Retribution.

Gears Of War

I never expected to be done so quickly. I just started this game yesterday and I just defeated the last boss today. I didn't even know it was the last boss, I thought it was an annoying boss that was in the way of my destination. The game itself is far from my expectations of it, both in a good way and bad.

I remember when I first heard about this game and looked at their webpage. As the main character gave a small briefing of the monsters while he talked inside a cell with nothing but a small box of matches. There is a lot of things that I hope they will explain in the future Gears Of War 2 such as where these things came from, why they want war and even these out cast who live as homeless colony within cities.

I had a couple of issues with controls like when he is ducking and sometimes if you move to get a better cover or better aim he will all of a sudden stand. Or how it's hard to get a clear cut with the chainsaw. I will pretty much try to button mash the chainsaw button trying to activate but to no affect. I also found Hammer of Dawn too much of an advantage, and the satellite position seems to be always in the right when it is needed.

Also the NPC I just want to smack if they aren't randomly jumping over things they are rushing ahead to either be shot down or myself shooting them. At other times when I need them they wont even come over from there hiding spot to pitch in and I am stuck taking down a swarm myself.

Listening to your teammates is like listening to 20 year olds, they swear and pretty much make fun of everyone's mom, a lot of the time seem to not take the war serious. The only person who is serious is Marcus. But they are funny and I couldn't help but laugh at some of their conversations.

I guess I should consider myself lucky to start this game so late, so now it's fresh in my mind as Gears of War 2 comes out very soon.

I'm Sorry Daddy!

If there is one goal I set this year it was that the first game I defeated on the XBox 360 it would be Beautiful Katamari. Being a fan of the Katamari series Beautiful Katamari was a bit of a disappointment compared to the others.

Prince is once again set out on a coarse from the black hole that his abusive father, King of the Cosmos created. So the story goes, to me it feels shorter then the other ones and instead of taking in request like you did in the other Katamaris. The Prince just goes from building to building to all is complete. A lot of the levels seemed to be repeated from previous games such as the endings credit game which was first used in Me and My Katamari. As well as the rolling up countries, the only things they did different was extended it further into outer space. I can see a reason for this, for people who haven't played any of the other games because of them owning an XBox to have some of the experience. But for me it feels like playing the PSP version all over again.

The opening theme song doesn't seem as energetic compared to the other three such as We Love Katamari. It was the first sign that this game wasn't going to live up to it's name. The thing I was really disappointed in was there no story within a story. In both Katamari's for the Playstation 2 there was a story that followed every roll completed. In the first one is was about a boy and his family who want to go to a moon that wasn't there. It was up to the Prince to roll up a Katamari to make the moon as well as the universe. We Love Katamari was a memory of King of the Cosmos as he grew up with a strict father and ended up running away. Only to meet his love Queen of the Cosmos. But Beautiful Katamari feels incomplete because of this, felt like they didn't care much about it or it was rushed.

Just like in every other Katamari game Daddy of the Cosmos finds new ways of punishing the Prince for his errors. This time it's a cosmic billiard table and Prince is set in the middle running for his life against the billiard balls that are striked to him. Earning the King points as he lectures you about so and so.

I have yet to play the online because I just recently got a XBox 360 and haven't hooked it up to the internet yet.

The Casual Gamer

When it comes to games I never considered myself hardcore. I play games because I enjoy them and I try to cheat the grind system which 90% of the time works. I thought myself more as a casual gamer compared to the ones out there who spend every breathing second doing all the quest and leveling every sing character. But then it turns out I am not a casual gamer ever since I stumbled across this blog. It's a blog all about casual gaming playing games I would never even think about picking up. Games such as Peggle, Jewel Quest, and Dino Run, well okay I do play Dino Run when I am very bored and don't feel like playing a main stream game. But that's as casual as I get but guys play them and loves it to the point where they makes a blog out of it.

Final Fantasy: Dissidia

I was looking around at a few websites and stumbled across this video for Final Fantasy: Dissidia. It's the character from Final Fantasy III as he fights the Cloud of Darkness. He makes it look easy compared to when I fight the Cloud Of Darkness. For people who unfortunately never played the DS version of Final Fantasy III. The Cloud of Darkness is the void with a face and a figure. She is neither good nor evil her only purpose in life is to bring the world to what it once was. Nothing.

But now it seems she has more of a figure then just a bunch of clouds shaped as her. The whole fighting style is pretty much like any fighting game but with jumps that make you pretty much fly, and a humorous classic battle system to choose one attack to fully unleash with no counters.

Technical Problems

Due to certain problems I decided to change my blog website. So I decided to redo my whole blog while I was at it. Including the title itself. Just like so many gamers, I love coffee and energy drinks. That is where I got the title from.