The Guildmasters

Uncharted 2, yes there has been a lot of hype over this game, I  read the world first review on this game in my latest edition of  Playstation magazine and I must admit it has made me really want to give this one a go.

I’d heard about this game several times before but didn’t pay it much attention but after reading up on what has gone into the game the graphics, the story and the type of action it really does sound pretty cool, if I like it enough then i’ll give a play by play post like I did with RE5.

Anyway here is a little about the game, it seems there isn’t a movement you can’t do, hang, drop, jump, slide, take cover, you name it you can do it.  There is also a lot of  shootouts, but more than that is a lot of puzzle solving, this is what caught my attention, I don’t really like just shoot em ups, I like a good rpg with a storyline and a bit of shooting, but I also like puzzle solving and using tactics, this has all the elements of being a great rpg.

Another unusual aspect is there are five difficulty levels whereas most games will only give you three so there will be a difficulty level for everyone,  I personally start on the easiest on most games and work my throught to the hardest so this one will obviously keep me going for many hours.

There is also some massive online play and that was just in beta, earning in-game money will allow you to purchase unlockables like weapon upgrades and new skins. Online modes  vary from deathmatch to goldrush, there are co-op modes for two or three players so all in all it’s sounding cool.

The game doesn’t release till October 13th so I may just download the beta online version tonight and give it a go, i’ll post here once i’ve had a first hand experience of this and let you know what I think.

If your interested you can pre-order Uncharted 2 from amazon, you can check them out from the ad on the far right hand column, just make sure the store has a good lifetime rating and you’ll have no problems.

Tony

Here is a picture of one of the figurines I took from my TV using my cellphone, just wanted to see what it comes out like on the blog, had to mess around with it a bit with contrast and brightness etc… If it comes out ok I may go ahead and publish more as I think they look pretty cool, they are surprisingly much better than the figurines on RE4.

Majini (Wetlands A)

Well it’s not brilliant, but it came out better than I expected, may try and sort out my digital camera, hope you enjoy the pics once I get them all sorted.

Tony

Yes started to play RE5 today, in some ways it was excellent, I am really enjoying the game but at the same time there is a bit of disappointment there.

I was surprised they took the merchant away, he was an excellent addition to RE4 but again I like the fact the inventory system means you can carry unlimited amount of things, well at least to a certain degree, you can’t access the full inventory until the end or beginning of each level, during each level you can carry up to 9 items, you can still combine the herbs which is good.

The most noticeable change ( apart from graphics ) is the Zombie’s, they are so fast now, it is a very fast paced game, when you come across enemies it’s usually in groups so you’ve got 4 or 5 minutes of non-stop action, panic almost in some areas, ammo is fairly limited especially early on, my first two groups of zombies was mostly fought with the knife.

Something I miss from RE4 is the lack of speed, I liked being able to work out what my next move would be, knowing the enemy was slower than me gave me the chance to experiment with tactics whereas RE5 is so quick you don’t have chance for tactics, you can’t outrun the enemy so it’s a stand and fight or die situation, although in a few areas if you get the chance you can get yourself on higher ground to pick enemies off more leisurely.

Well I played with my son for about 4hrs straight and we made it to chapter 3-1 and called it a day, i’m pleased with the game overall, just miss some of the aspects of  RE4 but i’m still getting used to this, resident evil fans will love it, it will be another keeper i’m sure.

Will  update as a review once completed, looking forward to the unlockables, it seems there might be more than in the previous resident evil, plus we have trophies to go for now which I think is fun.

Tony

Yes after all this time i’m still playing fallout 3 , i’ve got about half the trophies ( ps3 ) and i’m still having fun, the reason I decided to write a post is last night was the first time in ages a game made me jump, no i’m not a scaredy cat, it actually takes a lot to surprise me but I was looking for the white house, as you would in a game like this because you just know there is going to be stuff worth finding in the white house, a bobblehead maybe, obama’s skeleton with a pack of ciggy’s in his pocket, you know the type of thing.

Anyway i’ve killed all the enemies in the area and it’s pretty quiet, it’s also late at night in the real world and i’m tired which is probably why it was easier to make me jump, ( it was 2am ) anyway, I here this noise and go to investigate, as I get closer I realize it’s a baby crying , wierd I thought, i’ve not come across a single baby in this game apart from when I killed my mum, when I was born, that was probably not really my fault as the radiation in the food my mum ate probably effected me adversely in some way and gave me a huge head which in turn ruptured something on my way out which in turn killed my mum so don’t hold that against me ok?

And what’s with that? the first thing I see coming into the world is a huge bright light and someone talking to me with no mouth and nose ( my dad’s face covered with a surgical mask, come on do I have to explain everything? ), it’s enough to start anyone out on the “bad karma” road,  so anyway I round this corner and sure enough there is a baby carriage with a baby in it crying, I go investigate, thinking i’m going to pick this baby up and it’s going to be some kind of quest where I have to find it’s mother and “wham!” it explodes in my face, wow, now i’m awake, better check my stats and my heads nearly gone so have to use most of my stinpacks and now the explosion brings a couple of super mutants to see yours truly and try to decapitate me.

All I can say is you guys at Bethesda are definitely original, oh yeah and sick too, I love this game and i’m looking forward to many more games being created using this engine, thanks for the fright you animals.

Anyway keep an eye out for my review which i’ll be writing soon.

Tony