The Guildmasters

Hi All,
Yes, we can finally view exactly what the PS 4 looks like now that it is readily available for ordering, and if you get it now you can have it in time for Christmas, how cool is that. Keep on reading for pics and specs. Firstly, let’s have a look at what we’ve all been waiting for:

Even though Sony has done away with the curves, this latest machine looks very cool. It looks chunky, rugged, yet still elegant. It really looks like there is something big under the hood if you know what I mean.
Many have said they weren’t surprised at the price, but I think they all said that afterward. I was extremely surprised seeing as that was the price of the PS 3 when it first hit the shelves. I thought for sure this one was going to be much higher if not more, Therefore,  I am impressed with that.
So what exactly is the PS4 offering us that we don’t already have? Let see what we now know:

This is the official info as on the Amazon website:

PlayStation 4 redefines rich and immersive gameplay with powerful graphics and speed, intelligent personalization, deeply integrated social capabilities, and innovative second-screen features
“Suspend mode” eliminates the load time on your saved game and allows you to immediately return to where you left off by pressing the power button.

Background downloading and updating capability also allows you to immediately play digital titles as they download, or update the system when the hardware is powered off.

PlayStation 4 lets you instantly share images and videos of your favorite gameplay moments on Facebook with a single press of the “share” button on the Dualshock 4 controller.

Broadcast while you play in real-time through Ustream, allowing friends to comment or jump into your game in new ways.
Games already announced for the PlayStation 4 include first-party titles Killzone: Shadow Fall, inFamous Second Son, Driveclub and Knack as well as partner titles Destiny, Diablo III, Deep Down and Watch Dogs.

I will post more news on the PS 4 as I get it. I also believe that most games will be made at 60 frames per second to give an even better gameplay. In the meantime, if you’re one of those who can’t wait to get your hands on one Amazon is taking orders right now!!!  Just click this link here to take you there, or you can also click on the picture below to take you right there too.

Hi all,

Sorry for not posting in a while, but I do get carried away once I get to playing a game I’m really enjoying it. The latest on my list is Far Cry 3, I really didn’t expect to get hooked so easily on this game but it’s absolutely great. I’m loving it, there is tons of stuff to do and the storyline is pretty cool too.

I’ve also got Tomb Raider which is coming tomorrow or the next day, which should also be cool, and I also took advantage of the PSN offer of spending $50 and get $10 back, so I pre-ordered Bioshock Infinite which I will now be able to download one minute after midnight on the 26th of this month, how cool is that? Which, means it only actually cost me $49.99 instead of $59.99, awesome.

There are some pretty awesome games coming out this year, also there is Sniper 2 Ghost Warrior, I enjoyed the first one so this one should be pretty cool, then you have The Last of Us later this year, which is certainly going to be another game of the year game, just hope I can get that one the day it releases, we’ll have to wait and see.

I’m still in the process of trying to get a recording system setup, but I’m short of a couple of cables, once I have those in place I should be able to start doing the video walkthrough’s again, so looking forward to that.

Well, that’s about it for now, happy gaming.

Tony 🙂

 

Hi all,

I’ve just been over to youtube and watched this amazing footage of one of the first videos online of the first part of Assassins Creed 3, it doesn’t really spoil anything as it just shows the introduction and part of the tutorial. It’s worth checking out so you can see how good it is compared to previous Assassins Creed games, so if you don’t have it yet this will give you a taste.

There are more of them but if you don’t want to spoil anything for yourself I would recommend just watching the first one, this guy is pretty cool too. And giving you a chance to win a collectors edition AC3 and console, very nice. Hope I win one, lol.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cppwdn61zW4&feature=colike Link will open in a new window, if not just copy and paste this link in your browser so you don’t have to search through all the nonsense.

Tony 🙂

Hi all,

I’m referring to purchasing games, i’m sure not all of us do this but I refer to myself as an old school gamer, not just because of my age, more because i’ve had every system since the Atari. Now when it comes to purchasing these latest awesome games, it is worth the wait, more often than not you don’t have to wait too long before a price on a great game can drop as much as $30, which now can be a lot for some.

Also even though I would love to own a specific game on the day it releases, i’ve learned over the years that it can pay by being a little patient. Lets take an example here, within 5 months of Mass Effect 3 and Kingdoms of Amalur, the price had dropped to less than $20. When you think that these games are the standard $60 when they first come out, for the sake of waiting 3 to 5 months it really is worth it.

The added bonus of waiting these few extra months is pretty good too, firstly you have all the info posted online if you ever get stuck when you do start to play, also this is about the time when download content such as add-ons start to appear to keep the game play interesting and keep players playing the game for longer. On top of that when you do start playing there are a ton of players already playing the game that don’t mind helping you out.

So this is why us old school gamers prefer to wait a little while, if you have $60 to blow on a brand new game, save your money, let the game come down to around $30 and you then have the money to buy either another game or two or get all the add-on content, not a bad policy really. Using this argument I also see quite a few kids making deals with their parents, you know like “well if I wait for 3 months can I have two games? pretty please?” you get how it goes.

Ok now in order to answer the question i’m obviously going to get after this post, I am looking to get Kingdoms of Amalur as it looks like a really cool game, also if I buy it at the price now (less then $20) and it turns out to be not to my liking then I haven’t lost too much. I was never going to buy Mass Effect 3 but at the price you can get it now I probably will.

Of course there are still games I would love to own the day of their release ( like AC3) but I won’t let it get me down too much if I can’t afford it, as I know I will be able to get it in a few months and probably with all the DLC too.

To finish off I would also like to point out that over the course of a year, even if you just buy 2 games per month, by waiting until they come down to around half price, that is a saving of $720, bet you hadn’t thought of it like that, I mean that’s the price of two PS 3 systems.

Tony 🙂

Another new game released by Bethesda, yes that got your attention, because they make some of the best games ever, is called Dishonored.

This one is an extremely good stepping stone for those who was hoping for a Thief 4 release, as your pretty much an assassin, lots of dark shadows and places to hide, making kills or choosing not to. Of course you never started out that way, you was a bodyguard of an Empress, until you were framed for her murder. Already interesting isn’t it?

So now you have to set out to get those that framed you, sounds easy, and fun, yet there is a lot more to it than that.

The game is a vast open world and you have numerous weapons and abilities some of which will quite amaze you. A very realistic game of stealth, or not, depending how you want it to play out. See you can either kill all your targets head on, or you can choose to surprise them and kill them stealthily. Ahh, but it has also been said that you can go through the entire game without killing anyone, how cool is that?

This game has a lot of playability, and when I say that I mean you won’t mind playing through it a second or even a third time.

There are so many different ways to kill someone in this game you won’t get bored of it, and the scenery, graphics and animation puts this at the top with all those other epic movie type games out there. The story could have been more detailed and slightly better but that takes nothing away from the gameplay.

This is another one on my personal list and it’s already available to buy, on both the PS3 and XBox360, so if your looking for a cool assassin game to play while waiting for AC 3? Go buy this one, you won’t regret it.

Tony 🙂

Hi all,

Yes there are at least two gameplay videos of the new Assassins Creed 3 on PSN which I really recommend you download and watch. One is of the city and one is out of the city and surrounding area.

After watching them several times, and yes it is addictive just to watch, I couldn’t believe how everything flows so well, very natural and seamless. I love the part where you can blend into cover, a little brush and you can crouch and become almost invisible.

This becomes part of not only stealth play for assassinations, but also for hunting game so you can sell for profit to stalls in towns.

There are also many new ways to distract guards, like using the dart rope to hang a person which, in turn attracts the guards while you sneak around another way. Also assassinating from moving carts is a new area. Before you could only do this from stationary carts, now you can jump onto and into things while they are moving.

You won’t be able to heal while in battle, although this seems like a downside it is more true to life, you can heal once a battle is over. The idea is to keep all the movement, even in battle, flowing and getting the right moves performed so you can get through in one piece.

Much of it sounds complicated but as with all the great games it always takes a little while to get used to the mechanics of the game but it is always worth it in the end and I think this will take little time to get all the controls down pat.

Check the two downloads out, you won’t regret it and you will be even more desperate to get your hand on a copy of this, I can’t wait, lol. The downloads only take a few minutes on a good connection and you can watch them while they are downloading.

Tony 🙂

This game is really going to blow your mind, just like Skyrim did with never before seen graphics and animation, this one has gone even further.

The Ubisoft Anvil Next engine has taken the game to the next level. Everything in this latest installment is bigger and better than ever. More realistic than you could ever imagine a game to be.

The story is set around the 1770’s and the american revolution, you play as Connor, whose mother is American and English father and you are fighting to save your homeland.

This world is massive, going from cities, to woodland and battlefields to oceans. A huge game with an awesome storyline, many new weapons, including more guns. There are also tomahawks, rope darts, knives and more.

Even the weather system is magic and extremely realistic compared to many previous games. The battles are much more detailed and realistic and you can either fight face to face or use your stealth to take enemies out either by surprise or from a distance.

It’s actually quite impossible to describe a game like this to someone who hasn’t seen it, you just have to, at the very least, watch some gameplay or trailer to get where this is coming from. The minute you see the detail, combat, graphics, weather and massive environments your going to just want this game so bad.

On top of all this the new multi-player promises to be the best yet, with new characters, maps and modes to give us even more time enjoying what is an epic game.

To put it simple, every so often a ridiculously realistic game comes out that you want the minute you see it, it just draws you in like a really good movie. Well, this one is one of those, you would have to be deaf, dumb and blind not to want this game.

Assassins Creed 3 releases October 30th but you can pre-order now from Amazon:

Get this one, I will be.

Tony 🙂

Hi all,

Yes you read it right, a 500 Gig PS3 system. It will be available in either Black or White color. Apparently it is 25% smaller and a whopping 20% lighter than the current PS3 model.

Also the 250 Gig model will be out as a bundle in United States on 25th September for about $270 which will include Uncharted 3 and a $30 digital download voucher for Dust 514. However this probably won’t be your best bet as on 30th October United States can get their hands on the 500 Gig model bundled with Assassins Creed 3, no price has been given for that bundle as yet.

I don’t have a date yet for Europe release but it will be before U.S and they won’t be getting the 250 Gig, only the 500 Gig, which in my opinion is the one to go for anyway.

Eventually everything is going to get bigger so if there is a choice to have either 250 or 500gig you may as well go with the larger one.

There will be comments how this one looks less appealing than previous models, and maybe even cheaper looking but at the end of the day with that much space added, you won’t suddenly find yourself having to delete previous games to make room, at least not as much.

My concern is why make this now when the next gen has been announced and will probably hit the market in a year or so, either Sony is having some financial troubles (which i doubt) or there are going to be some insane games due out that takes up a ton of space, this is fairly likely due to the realistic games that are being made with constantly evolving engines giving extremely realistic graphics, story lines and extremely fast loading times.

Another point to mention is why come out with a 250 Gig version when we already have a 320 Gig version (as seen below) for less than $300.

Well, let me know your comments on this and I will try and get hold of the two screenshots that Sony released.

Tony 🙂

I’ve been watching some videos of the latest Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and every time I watch something that I haven’t seen before it just makes me want it all the more.

The latest video I saw was Todd talking about how they moved into new ground again by giving us an infinite amount of quests. I don’t understand the technical side of this but its all to do with this new engine they used which seems to be able to create quests on the fly, meaning you will never actually be able to finish everything in the game because its endless, talk about cool.

I played morrowind for what seemed like forever but this one, at least for a while, is going to be the ultimate gaming experience. The first game of its kind that doesn’t end, and lets face it, fans of the Elder Scrolls don’t really want it too.

One of the most frustrating things about really good games, is that once you’ve completed them, you have to wait like 2 maybe 3 years to get the next one, with this, we will have something to continue playing right up until the next installment.

I think my biggest worry with something this huge and open ended is whether I will get any time free to play some of the other awesome games out there. Being able to make a game that is endless certainly gives value for money, one of the biggest letdowns with games is they cost so much and when you get a game that can be completed in a few days it seems a waste of hard earned cash. With a game that is never ending we will definitely be getting our moneys worth, thanks Bethesda, now let me play it already !!!

Tony:)

Yet another epic game, highly anticipated and I know millions will buy this one.

I loved the previous assassins creed stories, graphics and online play and this one will be even better, so looking forward to getting this one.

So, lets give you the main game description and storyline:

Game description:

When a man has won all of his battles and defeated all of his enemies; what is left for him to achieve? Ezio Auditore must leave his life behind in search of answers, in search of the truth. In Assassin’s Creed® Revelations, master assassin Ezio Auditore walks in the footsteps of the legendary mentor Altaïr, on a journey of discovery and revelation. It is a perilous path — one that will take Ezio to Constantinople, the heart of the Ottoman Empire, where a growing army of Templars threatens to destabilize the region.

In addition to the culmination of Ezio’s award-winning story, a refined and expanded online multiplayer experience returns with new and additional modes, maps, and characters, allowing you to test your slaying skills against others from around the world.

When a man has won all of his battles and defeated all of his enemies; what is left for him to achieve? Ezio Auditore must leave his life behind in search of answers, in search of the truth. In Assassin’s Creed® Revelations, master assassin Ezio Auditore walks in the footsteps of the legendary mentor Altaïr, on a journey of discovery and revelation. It is a perilous path — one that will take Ezio to Constantinople, the heart of the Ottoman Empire, where a growing army of Templars threatens to destabilize the region.

Become Deadlier Than Ever — Wield the lethal skills of a wiser, more efficient and deadlier Ezio. Swiftly eliminate your adversaries by deploying a new arsenal of weapons and abilities, such as enhanced free-running and hookblade combat. Experience new levels of gameplay customization with bomb crafting, and use heightened Eagle Sense to vanquish your enemies and the environment.

Customize Your Attack — Ezio has mastered the use of explosives and can now combine materials from the world to create a variety of bombs to serve a multitude of functions. Choose from different categories of bombs, including; lethal, tactical and diversion.

* Need to distract a guard? Use a non-lethal Cherry Bomb to create a diversion.
* Crushed by a crowd? Use a Blood Bomb to clear the area for a quick getaway.
* Time to make the kill? Use a Splinter Bomb with a brittle casing that explodes on impact to create deadly consequences.

Herald The Return Of A Legend — Experience the return of
Altaïr, the hero of the original Assassin’s Creed, as a playable
character.

Test Your Skills Against The Best — A critically acclaimed multiplayer experience gets even better, with all-new team modes and infinite replay value.

Journey To Constantinople — Explore the vibrant and exotic Constantinople, the crossroads of the 16th Century Ottoman Empire and the intersection of two legends of their times, Altaïr Ibn-La’Ahad and Ezio Auditore da Firenze. This vast city provides more diverse environments than ever before encountered, enabling faster travel via zipline, aerial assaults, travel by sea and more.

Product Description:

In Assassin’s Creed Revelations, master assassin Ezio Auditore walks in the footsteps of the legendary mentor Altair, on a journey of discovery and revelation. It is a perilous path – one that will take Ezio to Constantinople, the heart of the Ottoman Empire, where a growing army of Templars threatens to destabilize the region. In addition to Ezio’s award-winning story, a refined and expanded online multiplayer experience returns with more modes, more maps and more characters, allowing you to test your assassin skills against others from around the world.

You can pre-order from amazon as usual, let me know what games you’ll be getting this christmas.

Assassins Creed: Revelations is available on PC, Xbox360 and PS3 so no excuse not to have this one.

Tony 🙂