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Hey all, I tend to write about a blog a month, and with this one I am keeping the pace.

One thing I have found extremely disappointing with this site of late is my ability to post blogs. I have tried to post this blog you're currently reading originally on 2/5/14, and if you're reading it, I just finally got it on the site (almost 20 days later). I have tried atleast 5-6 times. I have added a bunch of content as a result.  

I believe that the last time I wrote a full blog, it was right before New Years. I have been to a fair amount:
 
GAMES I BEAT
  
The Walking Dead (PSN)
  
 
During my last blog entry, I was playing through this game. Since, I have beaten the game and have to that I enjoyed the game thoroughly.

One thing that kinda bothered me though was the death of a certain character who I won't divulge. I rewinded after the portion to see if I could avoid the death but no. Oh well, I enjoyed it nonetheless. There is a certain decision regarding a car that I wonder how the end of this game would be different had I made a different choice.

With Season 2 coming out, the first episode at least, I am going to wait for all the episodes to be released first.

  
  
  

Asura's Wrath (PS3)
 

  
What got me inspired to clear this game out of my backlog was the Backlogger's Anonymous feature on this website.

I had also bought the "true ending" DLC when it was on sale and have been meaning to play it.  The immediate influence of this game was obviously Dragon Ball Z, even after chapters in the game, there is a "preview" of the next episode and a short still drawing giving further insight on the behind the scenes.

Honestly, the whole draw to this game is the story, the gameplay is 90% QTE's. The free fighting sections was simply building up the meter and than more QTEs. I liked the game story and  graphics, gameplay, not so much.

TRUE ENDING DLC: I liked the final boss fight in the DLC a lot, to me, that battle alone was worth buying it. It has some very neat special effects.

Overall, I do not think I could recommend this game, unless you are big into anime. I am not, but I did enjoy myself though.
 
  
  

The Last of Us (PS3)
 

  
I had to play this game. After everything I heard, I had no choice, lol. My first impression of the game booting it up and watching the cutscenes was WOW, the cutscenes look awesome. I even had a moment where while watching a cutscene, my nephew walked into the room and asked me what movie I was watching, lol.

The real time gameplay also looks pretty amazing, easily the best looking game on Playstation 3. Brutal, that describes this game in one word. Joel begins the game normal, but by the time things really get going, you know that he has been through some shit. Winter, I heard someone mention that one portion as a great portion of the game, and it didn't disappoint. The clickers and infected in this game I was more nervous around than normal zombies, again, they are brutal, and I died a lot.

I loved the Uncharted series, so I kind of already knew this game was in my favor. Definitely recommend this game!
 
  
  
CURRENTLY PLAYING


Rayman Origins (PS3)
 

  
I really wanted to buy Rayman Legends for PS4. The only thing is that I never played any of the games in the Rayman series before, just a demo at one time, I think. I picked up this game for $8 so I can make sure that I like the series before I jump fully in. I have been dabbing in it and I am liking it a lot.

This game's visual are very appealing and I don't know how the PS4 version of Rayman Legends can improve. Liking this game :), so far so good.

UPDATE: The more I play this game, the more and more I like it. I especially like the portions where you chase the treasure chest. I have been replaying the levels again and again trying to find everything. The time trials seem impossible, lol.

I have decided I will buy Rayman Legends for PS4, definitely. :)

 

Resident Evil 4 HD (PS3)
  

  
This game has been on my hard drive for a while, and I have never played it. I started playing and one complaint I have is the audio, the yelling and voicework seems really bad to me. I don't know what it is, I haven't enjoyed this game as much as I thought I was going to.

I did enjoy Resident Evil 5 for what it was, although I wish that if another Resident Evil is made, they go back to the roots (Resident Evil 1-3, REmake). This seems more like an action game than anything else.

 

Path of Exile (PC)

 

 

I downloaded this game after hearing a lot of good things about it. First of all, I have never played any of the Diablo games. I did play the Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance and Champions of Norrath games for Playstation 2 though. So that is what I will be comparing it to.

It is very similar DA and CoN, except the other two were for consoles, you had direct control over the characters. This game is like Torchlight (which I have played), where you just click on the enemy and your character attacks accordingly. I prefer the console controls.

I played for like an hour, seems pretty good. I may play in the future, I just wish that I could play with a controller, I would much prefer that. Maybe I will just play Diablo 3 on PS4…

 

TitanFall Beta (PC)

 

A friend of mine informed me literally a day before the beta came out to go sign up for it. I downloaded it on my slow internet, took about a whole day, 24 hours. First thing I should say is that I have been a big Call of Duty franchise fan since Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and have played every game since. Jumping into the beta it felt very familiar. At first the game is like Call of Duty with jetpacks, just running around shooting enemy pilots and AI drones.

One polarizing thing I can see that will come up with the release of the game is the Smart Pistol, basically the pistol aims and locks on for you, so all you do is pull the trigger. I didn't mind it too much since I was playing with a controller and it kind of evens the odds against veteran PC players who are infinitely faster with their mouse and keyboard.

So basically there is a countdown and every kill takes time off the clock for every single player. When that timer hits 0, you're ready to summon your Titan. Personally, I got tag teamed on every time I would call my Titan while I was waiting for it. Like the enemy team was camping at my Titan fall drop point and just sniped me and destroyed my Titan. I got so frustrated, I would just call my Titan and when it finally arrived, I would put it on Auto-Mode where it followed you and gave you backup. This really put a damper on  my experience with this game, I mean the main attraction of the game was now taken away. I can only imagine that upon full release, this problem will only get worse.

At the end of the match, a winning team is declared and the losing team must high tail it to a dropship for extraction. I thought it was fun the first time, then got old fast with every succeeding match. Again, you will have enemy team members camped at the dropship obliterating everyone running to the dropship.

A disappointing aspect about the game also was that it was 720p. I am spoiled, lol. Every game I run on my computer I can run at the highest settings, maxed out basically. So messing with the settings and only being able to play at 720p kind of seemed like WTF. I know it is only a beta, but I would have liked to see the game at full 1080p resolution.

Overall, I was disappointed with the beta. I would say the thing that ruined the experience for me more than anything was the cheap play by other human players. I think I got in my Titan like 3 times total, lol, out of the whole time I played the beta. In the end, this is why I am slowly becoming more and more of a single player gamer than multiplayer. The resolution issue not so much a big deal.

 

 

RECENT PURCHASES

Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition (PS4)

 

I have never played this game and I need something to play on my Playstation 4, so I picked it up. I popped it in to check out what it looked like, I have to say it looks pretty gorgeous. Will start to play soon.

Killer is Dead  (PS3)
 
 
This game looked interesting and at $13, couldn't resist.

 

Rayman Origins (PS3)
 
 
See above.

PLAYSTATION PLUS

Playstation Plus has been on a roll as of late. I mean the games look at the games they are giving away free recently:

Borderlands 2 (PS3)

Bioshock Infinite (PS3)

Metro Last Light (PS3)

Outlast (PS4)

Pretty awesome lineup there. Now that I am required to pay for PS+ for Playstation 4 online multiplayer, these are pretty nice extras. I always look forward to hearing what is next.

 
 Gitaroo Man (PS2)

 

I wanted to highlight a game from the Playstation 2 era. I remember playing this kind of obsure game on a demo disc back in the day. I was fortunate enough to obtain a copy at the end of the PS2's mainstream run, I believe it is sorta rare now.

I loved the demo of this game. It is basically a music-rhythm game where a kind of dorky kid gets a "magical" guitar and is transformed into a rock super hero. It is different though in the way you control it, where you must face the control in directions while pressing the corresponding button to the beat of the music.

The music in this game is damn catchy, probably the whole reason I liked it because it is really hard, lol, or atleast that’s what I recall. I remember playing the boss battles (basically that is what the whole game is) numerous times before finally beating it, and enjoying every minute of it.

I recommend this game if you like these type of rhythm games and are looking for something a bit "different".

MY GAMING SETUP:
  
I don't think that I have ever posted a picture of my gaming setup, so here it is. Also, below I posted some pictures of my game collection (PS3, PS4 and Xbox 360 atleast).
 
 
 
Well thank you to anyone reading my blogs. I try to do them often, but only get about one a month done. I do read everyone else's and comment as much as I can. I recently got a new job with an hour long commute there and back, so I don't have as much time as I used to for blogs + gaming from this point on. I will try to keep a blog a month pace though.