Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Hello. Today was my day of slacking. I decided to to study anything until this week is over, then I'll resume my O level revision next week. So today I only played Xbox. I woke up at 11.45 am, because I slept at 3.15 am earlier today. My father was at home, because he had a forklift training course today instead of work. At about 12pm, my mother sent my father to the place. I was alone at home, so I decided to play some games.I turned on my Xbox and connected to Xbox Live because I wanted to download the PURE demo. Then my aunt's dog went to the door and looked at me. That meant that it needed to go. So I brought it down and it went. I came back and started to play some games while my demo downloaded.
I played 6 games today [Gears of War, Call of Duty 4, Fifa 2007, Def Jam Icon, Burnout Paradise, Guitar Hero 3] and I realised something about each of them:
Gear of Wars: Insane mode is freaking difficult and once you encounter the Torque Bow wielding enemy on level 3 the game pretty much becomes impossible.
Call of Duty 4: Veteran diffuculty is even harder than Gears of War's Insane mode.
Fifa 2007: Has the most stupid ass achievements ever that require you to play like an absolute god in order to earn them.
Def Jam Icon: It was stupid when I played it last year, it is still [if not more] stupid now. I'm sorry for myself that I tried to play it again.
Burnout Paradise: The Cagey update actually adds a cool screen that displays the temperature, weather and time of day of the city you are living in. We live in Singapore, so the temperature was shown as 32 degrees Celsius, and the weather was sunny. Nice.
Guitar Hero 3:Practice mode actually works. When I first played The Pretender [Foo Fighters] on Hard mode, I failed. I practiced for 30 mins, then tried again, and I got 93% Amazing.
After that I watched The Incredible Hulk on my computer, then I went to play the PURE demo, which is really fun. Here's a video of the demo:
I spent the rest of my day reading comics on my computer, the I surfed the net a bit, then I started working on some Bleach drawing [Yan Ming I know I told you that I'll be drawing the 3 sannins from Naruto, but I can't find a good pic.] After two hours I called my friend. Talked a while. I think everything is okay now. I hope so.
RANT ON BRAINLESS FANBOYISM
It also proves the fact that the Wii is shit, PC gaming is a dying breed, the DS is more popular than the PSP, and mobile phones should just remain as phones. All stuff that I've said before, and yet everyone doesn't believe me.Seriously, get on my level first before telling me about your thoughts on gaming. I'm been into [like REALLY into] gaming for 6 years now, so you need to work hard to close that permanent gap you people have between yourselves and me. Good luck.
Now you know why I get frustrated when I'm talking to others about gaming. It is not the fact that some one supports a system that makes me mad, it the way they support it although they don't know shit about what they're talking. At least I can respect the fanboys and the internet because they know what they're talking about. Brainless fanboyism is for retards and I'm getting sick of it. Argue, fine, but at least know what you're arguing about. Oh well. Rant over.
I also sorted all my games into 3 groups, those that I've completed, those that I plan to complete, and those I refuse to complete due to various degrees of suckiness. Here's the list:
Games I have completed
Dead or Alive
Gears of War
Marvel Ultimate Alliance
Crackdown
Guitar Hero 2
Halo 3
Naruto Rise of a Ninja
Call of Duty 4
Assassin's Creed
Devil May Cry 4
Army of Two
Grand Theft Auto 4
Ninja Gaiden 2
Guitar Hero 3
Games I plan to complete
Tony Hawk's Project 8
Lost Planet
Dead Rising Rainbow Six Vegas
Bioshock The Orange Box
Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga
Burnout Paradise
GUN
Unreal Tournament 3
*Battlefield Bad Company
*Alone in the Dark
*Tomb Raider Anniversary
*Mercenaries 2: World in Flames
Note: Games with * in front of them mean that I have the game but I have not played it yet]
Games that are too shit for me to bother
Fifa 2007
Superman Returns
Def Jam Icon
Command and Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars [I hate all RTS except Endwar and Halo Wars]
Finally, I have to say this: I LOVE CRITERION!! They are the best videogame company ever. They are the only one who really understands us gamers. While companies like Bungie charge $16 for 3 maps, and Team Ninja charges $4 for Ninja Gaiden Armour[Seriously, wtf?], Criterion is GIVING us the latest update for Burnout Paradise for free. And unlike the Halo maps and Ninja Gaiden armour, this update is actually game changing.
It introduces bikes into the Burnout series, as well as a day and night cycle, and 70 new challenges. For free. Damn, I'd expect that to cost at least $10. Thanks Criterion! Keep doing stuff like this, and I'll keep supporting you. If you don't already have Burnout Paradise [It's only $40 and it's like the best racing game so far], you should seriously consider buying it. Here's a trailer of the upcoming update:
In the future, when my game is released [noticed I said WHEN and not IF] exclusively for the next Xbox, I'm gonna do the same with my downloadable content. But my downloadable content isn't just gonna be new characters or maps, it's going to be entire cities, each with its own unique set of character, and each character is going to have a story mode, so that means each DLC will be around 8-10 hours long.
And I'm gonna release them FOR FREE whenever I can [sometimes the companies of the consoles for you to put a price on you DLC, because part of the profit goes to them]. Sure, I'll lose money, or I won't be able to make as much money as I could, but honestly, I don't care. I'm not striving to get into the game industry for the money, I want to do it for my love of gaming!! If I wanted money I'd just become a lawyer or some other [loser] office job.
Ok ending off this post. See you tomorrow everyone.
Gears of War
Marvel Ultimate Alliance
Crackdown
Guitar Hero 2
Halo 3
Naruto Rise of a Ninja
Call of Duty 4
Assassin's Creed
Devil May Cry 4
Army of Two
Grand Theft Auto 4
Ninja Gaiden 2
Guitar Hero 3
Games I plan to complete
Tony Hawk's Project 8
Lost Planet
Dead Rising Rainbow Six Vegas
Bioshock The Orange Box
Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga
Burnout Paradise
GUN
Unreal Tournament 3
*Battlefield Bad Company
*Alone in the Dark
*Tomb Raider Anniversary
*Mercenaries 2: World in Flames
Note: Games with * in front of them mean that I have the game but I have not played it yet]
Games that are too shit for me to bother
Fifa 2007
Superman Returns
Def Jam Icon
Command and Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars [I hate all RTS except Endwar and Halo Wars]
Finally, I have to say this: I LOVE CRITERION!! They are the best videogame company ever. They are the only one who really understands us gamers. While companies like Bungie charge $16 for 3 maps, and Team Ninja charges $4 for Ninja Gaiden Armour[Seriously, wtf?], Criterion is GIVING us the latest update for Burnout Paradise for free. And unlike the Halo maps and Ninja Gaiden armour, this update is actually game changing.
It introduces bikes into the Burnout series, as well as a day and night cycle, and 70 new challenges. For free. Damn, I'd expect that to cost at least $10. Thanks Criterion! Keep doing stuff like this, and I'll keep supporting you. If you don't already have Burnout Paradise [It's only $40 and it's like the best racing game so far], you should seriously consider buying it. Here's a trailer of the upcoming update:
In the future, when my game is released [noticed I said WHEN and not IF] exclusively for the next Xbox, I'm gonna do the same with my downloadable content. But my downloadable content isn't just gonna be new characters or maps, it's going to be entire cities, each with its own unique set of character, and each character is going to have a story mode, so that means each DLC will be around 8-10 hours long.
And I'm gonna release them FOR FREE whenever I can [sometimes the companies of the consoles for you to put a price on you DLC, because part of the profit goes to them]. Sure, I'll lose money, or I won't be able to make as much money as I could, but honestly, I don't care. I'm not striving to get into the game industry for the money, I want to do it for my love of gaming!! If I wanted money I'd just become a lawyer or some other [loser] office job.
Ok ending off this post. See you tomorrow everyone.
posted @ 10:58 PM
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