Well, im buying a couple games today, ones like Red Dead Redemption, Bioshock 1+2 (Cant wait for Bioschock: Infinite), Batman: Arkham Asylum (I read a few articles in Game Informer about Arkham City, and I cant wait XD) and possibly Final Fantasy XIII, though not sure yet. Ima work on Bioshock first, then probably Batman, and then onto Red Dead. Ill try to churn out some reviews for these, though I doubt anyone cares. Anyway, I guess ill put a Halo: Reach and Call Of Duty: Black Ops review into this post, since i have nothing better to do.
For my Halo Reach review, I wont go into too much detail, because you have to expierence it for yourself. The gameplay is extraordinary, it doesnt let you down with that old fashioned blast away at those Covenant alien bastards, though you dont get to listen to Cortana (*cries*) helpful but cynical attitude, nor the Chiefs witty comments. In the Halo timeline, Reach would be placed briefly before the time of Halo: Combat Evolved. You are Noble Six, a new recruit into the Spartan team Noble. You first start off on a Pelican, heading towards a small community to check out some things.. And then guess what, it adds a twist! You get ambushed by covenant. Yippeeeee. The campaign mode is as awesome as ever, and the graphics just keep getting better and better. Of course, if you want a proper review, go read some gaming mag... But for those of you who want someone who isnt getting paid to write a review and someone who cares about the game, listen up ;P. The online play is just.. Awesome. Though of course you have the whiny 12 year old ragers (as always), its still a great experience. The Infection mode is by far my favorite. As for the Forge, it is pretty cool, though I have only dabbled into it a bit over a friends house, the concept is awesome. You basically get to design your own level, including buildings, spawn points, etc etc. All in all, I give Reach a 10/10, for its just pure awesomeness that I cant exactly put into words. I definitely recommend it for those of you both old and new to the Halo series, and for those newer players, its not a bad starting point. Though I do dislike the weapons, since a lot of the newer ones are complex, like the "Needler Sniper" as I refer to, which is basically a high powered needler with a scope on it, so basically a sniper. Its pretty good... But I feel its uneeded. And one of the brute weapons, which seems at first to be a modified Brute Shot, is really a whole new weapon. Think of a Plasma Rifle but instead with orange little beams. So basically its the Brute Plasma Rifle (The red ones from Halo 2) turned orange and given the cover of a brute shot. The human weapons stay relatively the same, and you get the SMG from the first Halo rather than the one from Halo 2, same as the pistol from Halo one. There are a couple new designs, like for the Plasma Rifle, but its just a bit more squared. All in all, I, as a hardcore and longtime fan of the Halo series, think its uneeded for all these new weapons, I rather liked the ones from Halo 2 MUCH better, but they give it a sense of more diversity than the first and second Halo, where you had barely any type of weapons to choose from. And then there are the "powerups". Now, these are actually a pretty nice addition to Reach. There are only a few of them, but they incorporate into campaign mode nicely. Theres even a level built around using the Jet pack upgrade. They are as follows: The spring upgrade, which is pretty much the default one for most of the levels, it allows you to run for a short duration of time (They finally give us a way to move quickly on our feet >_>), the armor lock, which makes you invulnarable for a short period of time, the jet pack, which allows you to fly for a slight period of time. There are also a few sparse things that help you out during the game, like a drop shield that protects you from fire for a little bit and heals your allies, a sort of sentry that flies around shooting, and a few others. Every now and then you will come across these, but you cant really rely heavily on them.
Ah, now for the CoD: Black Ops segment. Mostly anyone who goes to a public school thats in some sort of civilisation has heard of the title of one of the biggest fps (First person shooters) has heard of Call of Duty. Especially with the outcome of Modern Warfare, which had a great online feature. Now, for the campaign, its set in the Cold War era, so around the 60s-70s, or earlier. After the Vietnam War basically. You are a soldier (of course) and you start off in a interrogation room. The whole storyline revolves around you and you shooting up places, calling in bombs, blah blah. Anyway, no one really cares about the campaign am I right (well I do >_>)? Onto the online aspect. The online is virtually the same, you have the same categories like Team Deathmatch, Domination, Headquarters, Ground War, etc etc. The guns are your average ones, as are the perks, albeit with different names. Ah, but they incorporate something new! Its called "cod points" and allows you to buy the guns you actually want (Each level you gain unlocks something, but you cant use it, you have to buy it), perks you want, etc etc. Allowing you to instead of getting a shotgun you will never use, to instead save up for that nice, shiny sniped rifle that youve had your eyes on since the beginning. The perks are virtually the same, you get final stand and whatnot, though they took out the ability to have two primary weapons (sadly). Instead of shotguns being a secondary, they are primaries now, instead of like in Modern Warfare 2. You also get face paint, which is nice. But, other than that, everything is the same old same old. I personally prefer MW2, as do a lot of people it seems, but Black Ops isnt a game you should pass up no lifing and being a shut in just to reach 10th prestige. I also beleive that the final level is 52 or so, so no 70 plus levels to grind through this time. And prestige goes up to 15, in fact. I personally havent played Black Ops in awhile, since my 360 ate it up.
Thats it for my game reviews, expect some Bioshock ones and maybe Red Dead Redemption in the next week or so. Also look forward to my manga reviews ^^. Ill try to stick to obscure ones, but every now and then ill throw in some mangas that you probably heard of, but never actually wanted to read. Know this, I only have a 360 now, so all of my reviews will be handheld or 360 related. I own a Psp, and a Ds, and a gameboy advance, so ill every now and then add in game reviews for them. After I get up the resolve to beat God of War: Ghost of Sparta, ill add a review for that. Until next time guys!
~LeggoMeEggo
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