Megaman Let's Play

The Jman has been working on something great for all of you. He's started a megaman let's play. He has up to Dr. Wily and will finish soon. It's a laugh riot watching him die over and over and over and... Well, you get the picture.

Let's Play Dawn of War

Our friend satiodelf has started a Let's Play of Dawn of War. It's his first go at this, so I wish him luck.

Fallout: New Vegas Review

Story: The fallout franchise has always been known to have great story lines. New Vegas is no different. This takes place at the same time as its predecessor; Fallout 3. Your Character is a courier in the “Mojave wasteland” , who has been shot in the head by a man in a checkered suit. You wake up, fully recovered from the accident, and out for revenge. I will not reveal any more to the story. Score: 4/5

Music: The music is old classics from around the 70’s, and was perfect for the setting of a post-apocalyptic wasteland. It is great, but there comes the problem like Fallout 3. There are very limited choices of in-game radio-stations. However, there are more then there were in Fallout 3. The music does cause some lag, but not very often. Score: 4/5

Effects: This is the one category where has very few problems. The sounds actually sound like they’re real. The explosions make your ears ring, the flames sound like they’re burning the plants to the ground, and the blood makes great gushing sounds, like as if they really cut off someone’s leg. The only “problem” is that some weapons fire sounds don’t work, but nothing worth complaining about. Score: 5/5

Voicing: Bethesda, unlike other companies, listens to their customers. The voicing is something to be reckoned with. Not only have they mastered the “pure sound” of voicing, making even whispering sound real, but they have hired some of the top voice actors, including Mr. Las Vegas. Even the Robots in the game sound like they're real. Over all, pretty good. Score: 5/5

Graphics: Using the Havoc engine, New Vegas doesn't pack any special looks. They do look great, better than most games, but there is still some unfinished land. The unfinished land is being patched but some enemies still get stuck. Still very great and doesn’t take time to load new areas. Score: 4/5

Game play: While the graphics may fall short a bit, the game play is not affected at all. They have added new features such as iron-sights and mods for weapons, and hardcore mode, which now makes everything harder, requiring you to eat, sleep, and stay rested. And don’t worry, hardcore is optional and can be turned off at any time. They have also remade certain elements, characters and references from Fallout 2, like the NCR, the Great Khans, and the Speech from Sergeant Dornan. It also now allows you to make ammo, medical devices, like stimpacks and chems. New Vegas also has twice the weapons of Fallout 3, along with some old favourites from fo3. The perk system returns with new perks, always a good sign. It also now uses a companion wheel, which allows plays to select options for companions without using dialog. Your prayers have been answered by Bethesda. Score: 5/5

Final score: 9/10

Dannox and Delf

Dannox and Satiodelf, two members of the site are running a series of co-op games called "Dannox and Delf". Here are the first two videos of their series.

Sonic Colors Review

 

Story: The story here  isn’t the best, but for a sonic game, what do you expect? In this game Dr. Eggman builds a interstellar amusement park claiming it’s an apology for his past attempts at world domination, while investigating Sonic and Tails find out that he has captured aliens known as Wisps which have strange powers. They have to free the captured Wisps and find out what Eggman plans to do with their power. 

Score: 3/5

Sound/Music: The music is great. It’s some of the best in the series thus far.  Its main theme is the best one I’ve heard since Sonic Adventure II.  The music fits the stages very well and is catchy overall. 

Score: 5/5

Sound/effects: The effects in this game are nothing special at all. just the same ones they have been using from the previous games. There aren’t many new effects, but overall, they’re decent.

Score: 4/5

Sound/Voice: Gamers, your prayers have been answered. They’ve fired the old voice actors. Only the voice actor for Dr. Eggman is left. Honestly, he was the only good one of the bunch. The new voice actor for Sonic sounds a lot better than the previous one. He fits the character much better. The voice actor for Tails even sounds like a male. For the most part, the actors play their characters perfectly. They seem very comfortable in the role, and their dialog is funny and well written.

Score: 5/5

Graphics:

The graphics for this game are incredible considering they’re coming from a Nintendo Wii. Each environment is well constructed, and you can see the detail they put in. Although they’re similar to Super Mario Galaxy, they’re enjoyable to look at. The design on Starlight Carnival and Asteroid Coaster is simply amazing. Although the graphics are nice, Sega remembered not to neglect the gameplay.

Score: 5/5

Game Play:

If you’ve played Sonic Unleashed, you’ll notice the gameplay is very similar to the day levels. There are a few tweaks here and there, but most are improvements. The gimmick this year is the inclusion of wisps. These creatures give you special abilities when collected. For example, the green ones let you turn into a laser and bounce off walls, he yellow ones let you drill into the ground. Although they’re necessary for a few stages, purists can avoid them for the majority of the game. One problem I’ve noticed with them is that during the 3D portion of the stages, the wisps are less controllable. For example, you can only use the yellow one in 2D. Apart from these minor details, the gameplay is fantastic. The odd difficulty spike shows up here or there, but aside from that, it’s great.

Gameplay: 5/5

Overall rating 8.5/10