The Guildmasters

This game is one i’ve been waiting for a long time now, i’m a final fantasy fanatic ever since I played my first final fantasy on ps1, I think at that time it was about final fantasy 6 or 7 and it was awesome.

I’ve just watched the trailer for this latest final fantasy and it looks like it’s been worth the wait, the graphics are stunning, no other word for it, the gameplay looks like it’s as good as it’s ever going to get, in fact i’ve just pre-ordered mine without even thinking too much about it which is rare for me, it looks that good.

Available on both the PS3 and XBox360 and around $60 I believe it’s going to be one of the few games worth the money you spend on it.

You can pre-order from amazon with the pre-order price guarantee and this is one game you won’t be disappointed with.

If you have on demand on your tv the final fantasy official trailer is under cutting edge, check it out man.

Well Assassins Creed 2 arrived in the mail today and i’ve been playing it for about 3 hrs. It would be hard not to call this game awesome, cool and all the other great words that come to mind when discovering a new game that doesn’t let you down.

After only 3hrs this game is way beyond expectations, there is so much to do, the story is unbelievable and it’s an enjoyment to play at every turn.

For the first two hours I didn’t even have a weapon but it didn’t give me that feeling of “where the hell is my weapons”, there is so much to do and explore, and just when you think you’ve got most of the moves down it gives you something new to learn.

The graphics are excellent and it’s as close as it gets to playing like a movie.

So far i’ve learnt to steal, to blend in with a crowd to avoid detection by guards, and i’ve just had my dad’s glove and dagger repaired by my friend leonardo.

It seems i’ve now taken on my fathers role of an assassin since he was betrayed, carted off to prison and hanged, yes I witnessed the hanging which is why the guards are now after me, it’s so cool.

To distract you can throw coins on the floor, there are many different moves when fighting, I like the idea of grabbing an enemy and being able to throw him in the line of fire.

You can swim, dive, steal, upgrade weapons, there looks like there are plenty of unlockables, you can easily scale walls and the scenery at the top of some of the highest buildings is very cool, then after a look around dive off and land in a cart load of hay.

I’m thoroughly enjoying this game and i’m going to take my time, I want to find all the hidden treasures so i’ll go on a bit over the next week or so, it really is amazing, if you can’t afford to buy this game at least definitely rent it, i’ll definitely pay the keep price for this one.

Will post more tomorrow night as I progress through the game.

Tony

Wow, one of the best games i’ve ever played, this game is awesome, i’ve just finished all that I can, meaning the basic game not the one with all the extras, it’s the only thing that stopped me buying it, i’ll wait until I can get the version with all the extra quests.

I did finally manage to get all the trophies for this game and as soon as I get the chance i’ll sync it with the playstation server for all to see.

Ok review time, there isn’t much else they could have done with this game which would have made it better, it really was that good.  The main quest again could be completed fairly quickly but with the amount of side quests and some very hard to find quest items and bobbleheads it made for many many more extra hours of game play.

There seemed to be traces of so many other good games in this one, in some cases it was very much like Morrowind and Oblivion with guns yet it was nothing like those two games, when one of my boys first saw Fawkes he said “cool, a better version of Nemesis” I thought that wasn’t a bad description really, Fawkes was pretty cool.

I have to admit there were two bobbleheads  I would never have found on my own, one in particular I ended up having to look for the location online, even after finding it I knew I would have never found it on my own, a place called Rocopolis  ( or similar ).

The quests in this game aren’t boring either, there always seems to be something new wherever you go, dialogue can play an important part but it’s not a have to, you can be very good and get rewarded for your goodness or you can be downright evil, or of course you can be a bit of both, it works on a good, neutral or bad karma rating.

I think the thing that is really going to draw the playtime out for you is if your like me and decide to go for every trophy in the game, I would say hunting all the trophies gave me an extra 20 hours of playtime at least,  I really enjoyed going away from the main quest to explore, the fact that you could get certain beings to hang around with you was cool, I used my extra buddies to carry an awesome amount of stuff when I would have had to go back to my house if i’d have been alone, and a dog too, how cool was that? Get your own dog who can hunt down meds or ammo for you, my next dog I get i’m going to call him “Dogmeat”.

Overall rating i’m giving 10 out  of 10, it was so enjoyable to play this game, I can’t wait to pick up the game of the year edition with the extra quests.

Tony