That’s right folks; I’ve been working on an an album. I am not releasing to much info about it right now considering I’m still in production but I will say this - “It’s beautiful hip-hop infused electronica mashed with 8-Bit greatness!”
I will, in the near future, be releasing some singles for preview - till then enjoy the album cover art.
You can also listen to more of my audio on GameClucker Music.
It is with a heavy heart that I announce that XBL Radio will be leaving Platform Nation. Platform Nation has been great to us, as well as all the other shows, hosts, and members of the community. This move is for the best of XBL Radio and Platform Nation. Our last show with the community will be recorded on Friday, January 30 and aired live on Ustream, show will be played below. We would like all of you to come chat with us during the show. We will be doing a normal show, but also answering any questions or comments you may have for us. We also have another announcement that will be made during the show. So stop by and give us a listen. Again the show will air Friday, January 30, 2009 at 11pm est.
Due to technical glitches we had to move the show to blog talk radio, here is the link http://www.blogtalkradio.com/XBLRadio/2009/01/31/XBL-Radio-episode-165-Good-Bye-Jericho
To tell you the truth, I am the type of gamer who sometimes just loves to play a mindless game, with no story, that is alot of fun. That is the type of game that The Club is down to the T, and to be honest with you, there is nothing wrong with a little mindless, third-person shooting fun every once in awhile.
Let us get right into the review:
First of all, as I said earlier, there is no in-depth story, with richly detailed characters, who develop over time in The Club. The concept is that you are a participant in a Tournament that takes place in 8 different locations, and has up to 6 rounds in each location. It basically plays out like a Mariokart game, but instead of racing go-karts, you shoot everything in sight round after round, and accumulate points as you go, leaving who has the most points at the end of each round the winner, and whoever has the most points at the end of all of the rounds declared the winner of that specific tournament. A basic and simple concept, but in all honestly, it works out pretty well, and keeps the game moving at faster pace than most other shooters out there today.
The graphics are not superb, but there not bad. All of the 8 different characters are nicely detailed, and each one of them has their own attitude that is represented very well by the clothes that they wear, and the facial expressions that they make. The environments however, are simple, not full of much detail, and do not offer that much in the way of exploration. Every once in awhile you will come across a secret area, with a Skullshot (point booster) for you to shoot, but that is about it.
The gameplay and entertainment value of this game is the meat and potatoes of where this game shines. The modes that you play are not always kill everything in sight, and running to the end of the goal as fast as possible. There are also modes in which you have to stay withing a certain area, for a certain amount of time, and survive the onslaught of enemies that come out at you (Survivor). Or you can also race through the level, to the exit, as fast as possible, while killing enemies to add time to the clock along the way (Time attack), You can also go from the beginning to the end of a level, shooting down enemies, and adding points to your score as you go (Sprint). Each of one these event types is fun to play, and easy to understand. There are a few weapons to choose from, including rocket launchers, machine guns, shotguns, etc., all of which are standards of the shooter genre, and do add some variety in how they affect each one of the modes in the game, but are nothing spectacular.
Controls are about as simple as it gets. You shoot with the Right Trigger, precision aim with the Left Trigger, and perform dodging moves, or break down walls with the A button. Even though there is no variety to the controls, they are simple to understand, and honestly, I am all about simplicity in control schemes for these types of games.
There is a little bit of replay value in this game, but not much, After you finish the Tournament, you can either participate in the Single Event mode, in which you can play each event one at a time. Or you can create a playlist of these events in the Gunplay mode. There is also a Multiplayer feature that allows you to play with up to 8 players( that is the most i played against at least) in a few different modes such as Team Deathmatch, Hunter (King of the Hill), and Free for all Deathmatch. They are nice additions, and fun to play, but other than playing through each of them to earn achievements, or to gain bragging rights, there is no reason to play any of these modes more than once. There are also Skullshot targets that you can shoot out in each level to add a multiplier to your score, but it does not unlock anything, so they are not really all that necessary to shoot.
In the end, I would have to say that I had a great amount of fun playing this game, even though the experience was short lived. The tournament and multiplayer modes were fun for awhile, but once you play through every event in each one of these modes, you have seen everything that this game has to offer. The fact of the matter is, a game like this can still be a fun experience, even if it is lacking in some aspects of other games that have made the shooter genre popular over the years.
My verdict: If you are someone who enjoys playing mindless games sometimes, and can find this title at a cheap price used, then pick it up, you will not be disappointed, otherwise, just leave this game alone.
Overall Score: B-
Whats up gamers, Mr B4 here bringing you the latest news as to what is going on in the gaming community, and also what is going on here at XBL Radio.
It is almost about that time for another gaming night this week. It will be this Saturday starting at 10 pm est/ 7 pm pst in an Xbox Live party room. Either join in willingly, or send us a message over live to let us know that you want to join in the fun.
It will be either myself, or one of the other hosts who will be hosting the Xbox live party, but we will let you know either way whats going on.
The only question that we have for all of you is…what game should we play for this upcoming gaming night?
Here are the games:
Halo 2
Halo 3
Gears of War 2
Marvel Ultimate Alliance
Left 4 Dead
Endwar
Call of Duty 4
We can play more than one of these during gaming night, but we need your help as to what game we should start with?
Go ahead and please cast your vote by clicking on the link below, or just leave a comment here and let us know that way, either way is fine with us.
http://forums.platformnation.com/index.php?showtopic=8409&pid=39419&st=0&#entry39419
Hope to see you all there.
Until next time gamers, this is B4 signing off,
Take care,
Mr B4
If you like Devil May Cry or similar Beat em’ up button bashing titles, expect a new IP from Sega in 2009. The game’s Bayonetta and it’s beginning to really excite me (in more ways than one).
She will be flipping, jumping, and shooting from head to toe (literally - she has boot guns) onto consoles this year; exactly which consoles, I’m not sure.
What I am sure of is if Bayonetta doesn’t end up being a “dud Devil May Cry” it looks like it will be tons of fun.
Click the link below to view the preview trailer.
http://www.1up.com/do/blogEntry?publicUserId=5685007&bId=8926374
Now available on the Xbox Live Marketplace for 800 MP is the “Operation Anchorage” DLC for Fallout 3, which takes you through a simulation of the liberation of Alaska from the Chinese. I don’t want to ruin anything for anyone - so I’m going to keep this as detail free as can be.
Don’t expect any new blip location on the map when you load up your Save file, after the DLC download. That’s not how you activate the new content. Actually, you receive a new radio transmission on your Pip Boy from some “Outkast” looking for help in the form of fire power. I didn’t receive the transmission at load up either; it took a minute or two. Wait for it.
This is a nice departure from D.C, to say the least. The new achievements and weapons are “easter egg” additions. The enemies make me feel like I’m suddenly playing Golden eye and not Fallout. The locations are brighter and more “lit up”.
4-5 hours worth of exploring and gun fights compose the Anchorage DLC and I will gladly pay for more content like this. It may be true that it’s not everything I wished for in DLC content for my favorite game of 2008 – but I understand how hard it must be for Bethesda to balance the variations of character levels walking through the game at this given moment.
Anchorage gets thumbs up from me. If you consider Fallout 3 your favorite game of 2008, I’m pretty sure you’re going to really enjoy this.
(Screens taken from Planetxbox360.com)
Recently, I stopped at a few different GameStops to purchase a copy of Burnout: Paradise (I should have owned it already…I know) and left with only a conspiracy theory.
Could it be that GameStop only re-stocks high quantities of new release titles in attempt to force consumers into buying used copies of older games?
Considering they make more of a profit margin on used titles this would be a smart yet corrupt business move on their part. Why restock 10 more copies of Burnout:Paradise when there are 10 used copies on the shelf? Will a casual consumer that walks in looking for that title most likely buy the used copy instead of waiting for a new re-stock to arrive?
Probably
They’ve already taken the trip to the store; why leave without a game? Casual gamers don’t even know who or what Criterion Games is – never mind care about who’s getting their money.
Needless to say - none of 3 local “Stops” had a NEW copy of the game, and in attempt to support Criterion Games I didn’t rest until I found an unopened copy. I would much rather give $20 bucks to Criterion than $17 to GameStop.
Maybe I’m on to something here. Maybe Game Developers should start paying attention to how and what these businesses are shipping.
That’s correct folks, we’re at episode 164 (84.0 by the old numbering scheme)! Join Kemanswar, X3R0 9, Mr B4, Silverthorne, and special guest Qualitybeats84 as we continue with the new updated weekly show. Again folks, use caution as this is an explict podcast.
Topics Include:
Obama staff member says they are now in the Atari age.
Lego Batman nominated for a TOADY.
Splinter Cell Conviction, 360 exclusive.
Gamerscore Blog nailed by Mircrosoft’s first round of layoffs.
Megan Fox is the new Lara Croft.
All this and more on this weeks show.
Thanks for listening, Please leave us a comment on the show or send us an e-mail at: xblradio@platformnation.com
A little over 2 years, and Prey hasn’t lost anything it originally hit the Xbox360 with since release. If you have yet to play this game, you definitely should; and more so if you enjoyed Valve’s Portal. Read the rest of this entry »
Appearances can sometimes be deceiving, especially when it comes to the front cover of a video game. I felt this way as soon as i saw the case cover art for a game on the Wii called “The Monkey King: The Legend Begins”. I thought I was going to end up with a game similar to God of War, kind of like a hack and slash type of deal, oh boy was I wrong. This is an old school 2D side scrolling shooting game, but it is mediocre at best. Anyways, let us get right to the review, shall Wii.
First of all, the story is lame, predictable, and way too short. You can choose to either be Wukung Chen or Mei Mei, who are both training to be cloud masters (whatever that means), and fight your way through 6 different levels in order to save the world from cute pets who have turned into monsters (again, very boring and lame). There is no spoken dialogue in the game, instead there are just text scenes to explain the story. These are cheesy, and are not really needed because the premise is so simple to begin with. Let us move on to graphics and gameplay.
The graphics are refreshing and simple. Everything is presented in a side-scrolling 2D matter, which is nice to see, but at this point, games on the Wii need to look at the very least a little bit better than this. I honestly felt like I was playing a game on the SNES, do not get me wrong, the SNES was awesome, but if I wanted to play an SNES game, I would just play one of my virtual console games instead of wasting my time on this. The graphics can be summed up in one word, outdated.
The gameplay is a little too easy as well. you hold the Wii remote sideways, move with the d-pad up, down, left, and right, shoot your weapon with the 2 button, and that is about it. You can also tilt your Wii remote from side to side to tilt the screen, but this is neither a necessary task to accomplish in order to complete the game, or fun to do, it is more of just an addition that means nothing. You do also get special moves that you can use by pressing the 1 button, but you do not need them, simply because every enemy in the game can be defeated by holding down the 2 button to shoot your weapon until an enemy is defeated. The boss fights are a joke, and take about 30 seconds to complete each time, so the game is not much of a challenge either. If the boss fights were a little more difficult, and if there was more powerups to use, the gameplay might be exciting, but it is not.
If you are looking for a game with replay value, great graphics, and interesting gameplay, look elsewhere. I completed this game in less than an hour, and there ws nothing to do expect play the levels in an arcade mode, or race through each of the levels as fast as possible after I was done with it. With nothing to unlock from playing either of these modes, there is no reason to explore this game past the main quest. You can also play through this game with a friend, but I would not recommend it, mainly because your health bar is split into halves, when it should just be one full bar for each character, very disappointing.
My final verdict: Rent it, play it once, finish the game, then return it, and never look back. Even though it is only $9.99, i still cannot recommend it to anyone, there are just way too many problems with it.
Until next time gamers, this is B4 signing off
Take Care,
MrB4