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Hi all,

Sorry haven’t been around much but since Christmas and the New Year is behind us i’ve acquired a few new games to play. Although new to me they are fairly old but i’ve been looking forward to playing these for quite a while. First up is Thief, which I have wanted since it first came out last year, well I now have it so i’m really looking forward to playing this one.

Second game is Splinter Cell Blacklist, again not that new but hasn’t been out too long and i’m looking forward to playing that. Apparently it has split screen so you can play with a friend or family member, that will be cool and it is also online so really looking forward to that. Other games I have recently got is Rage, which I played a little of and seems pretty cool and Red Dead Redemption, this one i’m sure will be totally cool and unique. I have always wanted to play a western and this one looks like one of the better ones out there.

Hoping to create a few videos this year too and upload them to youtube. If I can get hold of a decent camera will be making other videos too but i’m definitely going to make some gameplay videos so keep your eye out for those, will post here once I get going on that.

At the moment i’m trying to platinum Bioshock Infinite and have only got a few trophies left to get, have completed 1999 mode but had to play through it again as the trophy didn’t pop for not using any dollar bill machines so hopefully that will pop this time around, I am on the final battle again. Other than those I will have to fly through it again one more time (probably on easy) to collect the last 3 or 4 trophies. I know I have to get the one where you kill five enemies while drunk, and also have to kill so many enemies from a sky-line and that’s about it.

Hope your all having fun playing your new games, let me know what you got for Christmas and feel free to add me as a friend if you play any of the online games that I have, take care 🙂

Tony 🙂

Hi all,

I do apologize for being away for so long but as always I am back. There have been many reasons for me not being here but mainly it’s been due to personal reasons offline. Basically I haven’t played a game in months but there is plenty to talk about, there have been some amazing games released since i’ve been gone and I would like to discuss many of the upcoming releases.

I will be back on a regular basis now, not because i’m playing again but I want to keep the site going, if I can’t get time to play I want to be able to at least talk about gaming and hearing some of your feedback as to what your playing.

My last post was in the draft section and hadn’t been posted so I have posted that, it is the one about Thief 4, which actually turned out to be an awesome game. Sadly I haven’t got to play it yet but I have seen much game play as well as the trailer. I did manage to watch an hour of game play of Thief and really I want to play this game so badly, hopefully I will get the chance very soon.

Ok that’s all for this one, let me know what your up to, what games your playing, are they great or just passing time until the next big release, give me some info guys, lol. Take care.

Tony 🙂

Hi all,

Sorry it’s been a while since posting but i’ve just platinumed Dishonored again under my new account, that means I have 3 platinums now, which isn’t too bad. Also platinumed Uncharted: Among Thieves and the new Assassins Creed 3.

I’m actually waiting for a game called The Last of Us, which comes out 7th May so in between i’ll be playing a few other games, one I have coming tomorrow is Final Fantasy 13 part 2 (i think) This game came out in January 2012 so it’s not a new game but I felt like giving it a go after seeing a trailer on youtube. There is another Final Fantasy coming out but a date has not been announced, it’s called Final Fantasy 13 part 3: Lightning Returns so that may be one to look out for.

I’ve also been looking at some trailers on a game called I am Alive, this doesn’t look too bad and it’s fairly cheap on the PSN, around $15 so I may get that one, not sure yet. Also on the 21st May this year there will be Resident Evil Revelations due out, haven’t seen any trailers on that yet but will update as soon as I see anything, I don’t even know what the story is or what characters are in there.

That’s about it for now, will update again over the weekend and let you know how FF 13 part 2 is going.

Tony 🙂

Hi all,

Well my first full day playing Uncharted:Drakes Fortune got me 60% of my trophies, completed the game on Hard Mode, which has now unlocked Crushing Mode for me. Today I’ve been playing Uncharted: Among thieves, part way through story mode, then I switched over to mulitplayer, going to give myself a couple of weeks to platinum these two before moving on to something else.

I don’t enjoy multiplayer on among thieves so much as Uncharted: Drakes Deception, I got to beta test that one and I thought it was pretty awesome so i’m looking forward to getting that after completion of these first two games.

Because of everyone in the house getting new ps3 systems for christmas we all got the same bundle so we each own a copy of Among Thieves so we can help each other get the online trophies when our friends are not playing. That’s about it for today so have fun out there and have a happy new year everyone:)

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 🙂

Hi all,

Just wanted to bring a couple of things to your attention if your just starting to play White Knight Chronicles 2.

First of all, when it comes to rebirthing, which enables you to gain extra points to put into your skill trees, try and hold off until around GR 22 as it is a long process to get back to level 80 otherwise.

I just did my first rebirth at GR 21 and it took me around 4 days to get back to level 80, admittedly my time is limited so that wasn’t four straight days but still, it took a while.

I have been told by various guild members that it is much quicker if you wait until your GR 22 or higher. Having said that, if you do decide to rebirth before hand, I found the quickest way is to go to bunker load caverns Free Monster Quest and enter Chaotic Rift, go alone and let your two other characters die, this way you will get around 1200EXP per lizard/sprog kill which is pretty good.

Another thing to wait for is your geotown, it is easy to want to create a town early on but it doesn’t really do you any favors, it costs a ton of money to upgrade and a lot of time and effort to get any decent harvest points. I recommend you wait and quest from those towns which have 60/60/60 stats to maximize your harvest after each quest.

Also try and keep at least 25-50 of each items you get, every item in the game has a use and if your going for all trophies you’ll need even the smaller items for binding etc..

Later in the game, from around GR20+ you will get items that are worth lots of money so it is easier to get a ton of money after GR 20, some items sell for as high as $5,000 or more.

Lastly make use of your guild, every day log in and visit your guild town to get 3 tokens, even if you don’t have time to play get your tokens as they help you and the guild progress and get better items.

Ok that’s about it for now on the game i’m playing, if your looking for help just look for me under username Assassin or find the guild “In God We Trust”.

I’ve been reviewing the new Assassins Creed and will post my review later tomorrow, believe me, it’s worth the wait.

Tony 🙂

For those who haven’t yet got the game and are thinking of buying it now would be the time, it’s a great game with so many hours playtime it was worth the price when it was new, but now you can get it for as little as $10 at amazon.

Hi all,

I’ve been playing WKC 2 for about 6 weeks now and it’s a much more enjoyable experience than the previous one. Those that know me realize how much that means as I played the first one for two years.

The option to join a guild is great and if your going to play this game you really must join one. This gives you extra benefits, such as upgrading your knight, better materials in stores depending on your guilds level, plus the added extra of other guild members helping each other out.

I’m guessing there will be various guilds which are not as helpful and those that are. Thankfully I have joined a guild that virtually dedicates play time to helping the lower guild ranks as well as helping others gain materials and points.

The guild I joined is run by Kiya who, along with Kayden is extremely helpful, if your running a new quest they will even give you a run down of whats to come and allocate specific people to do specific tasks when needed, especially helpful in hard quests that are being run for the first time.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone in the guild “In God We Trust” as I don’t remember all the names. Special thanks goes to Kiya, Kayden, Rodrigo, Hawk, N4T…, Abu, Kaito and Shy who have at different times helped me get to where I am in the game. I really do appreciate all the help you guys have given me and look forward to running many more quests with you all daily.

Those that read this and do not yet have a guild, check this guild out, it’s how a guild should be, like a family, helping one another out to get the most enjoyment and satisfaction from the game as a whole.

Ok enough plugging, where i’m at, I have reached GR 20 and level 80 (phew) and I managed to complete all errands, yes I finally got that ridiculous Flemron 108, and before anyone asks I did nothing special, I ran the forest FMQ for two weeks off and on and around 120 times with nothing, then yesterday morning I thought I would spend the whole day running it until I got the 108, second run in it dropped. I did nothing different so I cannot give any tips on that, it’s just one of those really rare drops that you will either get early if your extremely lucky, or eventually, after lots of runs.

Well this post has gone on long enough, I will be talking more about other games over the coming weeks and also go into some detail about the new gaming forum i’m going to be opening in the new year.

Tony 🙂

Hi all,

Long time no talk, yes it’s been a while and I apologize for that. This has been due to circumstances beyond my control.

I actually lost my whole site for the last few months, there was no backup available and we had to work back and forth with our hosting to get our work back up and running, it’s taken a very long time but we are indeed back.

Hopefully this set back will never happen again and I have been using the time wisely. I’ve been reviewing all the latest games, and we do have some really epic games hitting the shelves over the coming weeks and months.

I have also been working on a great idea that I will be talking about over the next week or so, it will be a new site, actually a forum, but an exclusive one. Like I said I will be talking more on that later in the week to get some feedback.

So, games we have coming out soon that just about everyone will be buying or renting, Call Of Duty: Black Ops II, nothing else needs to be said does it? You know everyone will be getting this one.

Assassins Creed 3, wow, this one is going to be awesome, even for those who are not fans of AC series, and who are they, everyone loves these rpg’s but this one will blow you away, seriously.

Borderlands 2, yeah another great one to look forward to, actually you don’t have to look forward to it as it’s just been released, how cool is that?

Ok well this post was really just to aplogize for my long absence so I will chat more about new releases and upcoming games soon, and also about our new venture which I think most gamers will love.

Take care and for those wanting to know, yes I am playing WKC 2 at the moment. I’ve joined the guild “In God We Trust” and it’s awesome, very good help on there, with events, i’m still wondering why more people aren’t playing this one, it’s a really cool RPG and with up to 16 people in a room and up to 6 players questing at once it’s a very nice game.

Tony 🙂

There is a real simple way to get more people to buy more games, it’s been done before and I really don’t know why it isn’t done more often, especially since it is also a great marketing technique and works for both gamers and gaming companies alike.

Offering a substantial amount of prize money isn’t something new as i’ve said, it is a way of enticing more players to buy a specific game, it even gives gamers more of a reason to give more hours to a game, also gives them the perfect excuse as to why they play games so much, not just enjoyment but a chance to get hold of some serious cash.

This wouldn’t even be something the game developers (or marketers) would have to dig in their own pockets for either. A $50 game could quite easily add $15 or even $25 more for one that offered say 1 million in prize money, and that would be like a drop in the ocean compared to the huge profits it would generate.

Let’s take a game, any game, white knight chronicles for instance, this could be any game but just as an example, they could hide extra treasure boxes that actually contained cash rewards, or even extremely hard to find harvest points. You could quite easily incorporate something like this into a game so that even several hundred players had a real chance of winning say $100 up to $500, not a great amount but for those that did win, wow, what a great feeling, how cool would that be.

It’s been done before? When? Many years ago actually when the commodore 64 was the “in” thing, a computer keyboard which took games by way of a slot in the side or back of the keyboard. A game called Eureka offered 25,000 british pounds to the first person to solve the game, it was won by a 15yr old, man how must he have felt, like the richest kid in the world, but no loss to the game makers, that prize money generated millions in extra sales.

How much more satisfying and enjoying would a game be if it offered prize money for solving certain quests?

Any thoughts on this? With game sales at record lows and in the biggest recession ever how better to draw those players back?

Tony:)

Sorry haven’t posted in a few days but i’ve started the walkthrough for Assassins Creed 2 which is going to take quite a while. I’ll be putting my own spin on it and attempt to give a very accurate walkthrough and also try and make it easy to follow so keep an eye out for that in the coming weeks.

I’m also in the process of researching the latest RPG’s which are hitting the market from now until the new year and will be posting the best ones here so check back in a day or two, there are some excellent ones out already with some more on their way.

If your interested I saw an ad the other day that Target has the new PS3 250 gig but I cannot confirm that at this time, might be worth checking if your in or near a Target store though.

I’m writing walkthroughs in a forum which hasn’t been linked to the blog yet and i’m also thinking of throwing some games your way in the new year, or maybe some T-shirts, not sure yet so if you have any ideas i’m all ears.

That’s all for today, please post your thoughts, game experiences, what you’d like to see on The Guildmasters. I”m not necessarily looking for thousands of members, just trying to create a good gaming community where we can chat about our gaming experiences and a place to hang out and arrange some online play, a gaming site which is laid back, interesting, easy to relate to and to chat about what you really want to chat about as far as gaming goes.

Come on, join in, I don’t bite, unless you bite me first,lol

Tony