• 29Dec 09

  Happy New Years

  I won't be here for new years, so I'll just wish you a Happy New Years now. I'm going down to a camping/beach site with some friends, what are you doing? Also, for those in my unions, I shut them down because I didn't find them necessary and decided I needed more effort going into the unions which I serve officer. So why not just make someone else leader? Because they weren't very active, and there are other boards that are. Assassin's Creed 2 is out and everyone's playing it, why should I keep my union up if there are official gamespot boards for people to post on? Force Recon Shooters was basically just a Modern Warfare 2 board, we have enough of those, and the TMNT Union... well that speaks for itself . I hope you understand and have a great week.

  ~Bio

  • Posted Dec 29, 2009 12:27 pm PT
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• 27Dec 09

  Assassin's Creed 2 is amazing, and just shut down my unions

  I was leader of 3 unions, but I decided to shut them all down. Not much activity in them and I lack theeffort to bring them up. They were the TMNT union, Force Recon Shooters and Assassin's Creed 2 Union. Speaking of which, Assassin's Creed 2 is an absolute masterpiece. I love every bit of it, but the controls can stuff you up at important parts and the camera can get iffy in small spaces. Apart from that, sure, I'd give it a 10. I'm not sure how much I'm through it, I think DNA sequence 7 or 8. Can someone tell me what happened to Mario? I'm inVenice and I can't remember what happened to him, if anything, and can't find him at the Villa. And also, how much longer do I have to wait before I can go for the glyphs in Venice? Because I'm not able to "activate" them. I only have something like 5 - 7 to go. Thanks for reading and have a great new years.

  ~Bio

  • Posted Dec 27, 2009 11:37 pm PT
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• 26Dec 09

  Bio's Game of the Year Awards: 2009 Edition

  Welcome to my Game Awards of 2009. I've been putting a fair bit of thought into what games I will award, and had a great time playing them. I haven't completed any Xbox 360 games this year, so there won't be any exclusives from that system, but there may be games that are cross-platform which feature on it. I haven't played it, but I think Gamespot made the right decision making Demon's Souls their GOTY. It had little hype, but managaed to show everyone great new ideas.

  So, I hope you all had a great Christmas. I got a 22" HDTV for my room, and a few other small things. You may also notice my new 2010 avatar, how do you like it? It's Zack Fair, but when he's in the Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep universe. Anyway, without furthur adue, I give you my awards. Kicking it off is...

  Best Male Performance of the Year

  

  Captain Soap MacTavish (Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2)

  Possibly one of my favourite voice acting in a game, Kevin McKidd does a great job of helping the immersive feel and sets a tone of realism and chaos. The commands he gives sound legit, and his actions prove that he has learned since the first Modern Warfare game. John "Soap" MacTavish is a great character and a powerful leader. I look forward to seeing him in a future game... if there is one.

  Best Female Performance of the Year

  

  Chloe Frazer (Uncharted 2: Among Thieves)

  Some may have heard of Claudia Black, some may of haven't. She's an Australian actor, and in this case, the perfect voice for Nathan Drake's love. The best element of her character is the blend of every-day-women and with a semi-over-the-top attitude. She'll crack jokes, and crack skulls, but moslty crack you. Don't know how... or why... but she will...

  Best Graphics

  

  Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

  Yet another award goes to the perfectly polished and presented adventure extreme. Not only is the sound great, the high quality shades and nicely mixed colours go well with the tone – and the variety of it all help it feel all fresh and not at all forced. Each location brings new themes, and new themes bring new feelings. One feeling is certain, the environments are stunning to look at and the character's look more real than any game I have played.

  Best Moment

  

  Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

  Which moment is it? THE WHOLE LOT OF IT! Sersiously, the amount of amazing and astounding moments in this game are so fantastic and memorable it's so hard to decide on one of them! I'm not going to reveal any of them, so you can find out for yourself, but there are more than a dozen moments, for me, that make me say 'wow' every time I see them. Definately one of the most epic games of 2009 and, possibly, of all time.

  Game of the Year Nominees

  Assassin's Creed 2

  

  I absolutely loved the first game. Months before I got my PS3 (with Assassin's Creed) for Christmas I bought the strategy guide and art book and read them from cover to cover over and over again; it was essentially the game of the year for be beating any other game, I absolutely loved it. Now, I hope you can guess how much I love the sequel? Assassin's Creed 2 makes so many improvements over the original making it less-repetitive and a whole lot more entertaining and diverse.

  Ratchet & Clank: A Crack In Time

  

  One of my favourite game duos of all time, the two buddies travel across the universe one more, in different aspects and new ways that haven't been seen before in an R&C game. From penetrating enemy warships to scaling alien planets to solving time puzzles, each and every forumla that went into this game is surely entertaining. While it may not be as big as an improvement over it's predecessor like AC2 was, this is close to surpasing every Insomniac game before it. Oh yeah, and the Australian version doesn't have "future" in the title. Take that.

  Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

  

  Offering a great storyline and superb graphics, this game shows off the capabilities of the Playstation 3 with pride. This is definately one of the most polished and refined games of the year. When I saw the announcement trailer I was a little skeptical. It just looked like a snow version of the first, but the amount of variety and environments holds it far away, but also close, to the original game.

  Those 3 games were amazing in every way, butthe winner of Bio's Game Awards of 2009 is...

  Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2!

  

  As if you didn't know! Wait, you didn't? Yes, of course you did. The critically acclaimed FPS series is back in modern times and it is better than ever. The single player experience is the best I have had in a shooter in such a long time, with great and memorable moments with intense and realistic action. But, the campaign is nothing compared to the amount of diversity and creativity put into the multiplayer. It's a definate improvement over the last game, and that's saying something because the first Modern Warfare game was stellar.

  There are many maps, prestiges, game modes, callsigns, killstreaks, cIasses, weapons... the amount of variety in each aspect of the multiplayer is sure to make any shooter-lover fall in love with it. The characters are enjoyable and the way Infinity Ward present each mission helps the innovation, the plot twists are hard to see coming, but very inventive. How much more can I tell you how good this is? It's an interactive hollywood blockbuster, with a great online community with hundreds of hours to be spent. It's just waiting for you to get into. Definately game of the year me.

  Previous Winners:
  2005 - Star Wars: Battlefront 2 (PS2/Xbox)
  2006 - Kingdom Hearts 2 (PS2)
  2007 - Assassin's Creed (PS3/X360)
  2008 - Metal Gear Solid 4 (PS3)

  If your more of a movie fan, then check out my Movie of the Year Awards of 2009. Thanks for reading and have a great week!

  ~Bio

  • Posted Dec 26, 2009 2:01 am PT
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