here i talk about growing problems with the wiis quality games... I have noticed for a while now, the wii has seemed to return to the old problems of crap games, just like in the days as the nes, i thought that nintendo was over this problem but it seems not, look around gamespot and you'll see dozens of reveiws with games of 6.0 or lower, all on the wii, this has bothered me for quite a while now i thought with the great control scheme great games would be comming out for the wii, sadly, no, it seems the thing that makes the wii so great, is also it's problem, and that is the controls, no matter how much avertising you put into a game there should be some tweaking with the controls, but it seems like devolpers really don;t care, and regard the wii as a a place to put lesser games at their customers expense, and we get a handful of truly great games, but until then were forced to wait, with their best games already out, i wonder what nintendo has up there sleeves for this comming holiday season, and the one after that, there's always a need for great games on any system, and with the wii it seems that there's too far inbetween the grerat games, and huge amount of bad and worse games...

• 3Feb 13

  Newer games

  For the last few days I have been playing some older games that slipped under my radar, and have no idea howq I missed them, the first game, Organ trail, is a zombie take on Oregon trail, an edutainment game made by the learning company and lreleased to school, I remmeber the game well, as most people my age do, This game puts you in a zombie outbreak, and tasks you with the impossible task of surviving across america, from washington DC, To oregon, all with dealing, with illnesses, theives, biker gsngs, supllig your people with food, I have played the demo version, and while the full version has other elements, I don;t mind playing the demo, But do lan on getting the full game, not much doubt, The game is presented in a blocky sprite style, that many younger gamers may not appreacate, But I say give the game a chance, the demo is free, and will only vcost you your time, I have played the game a few times, and at best got about half way through the games world, (to my estimate) 3500 miles before thegame adurtly stopped, to show me my headstone, (which i think should be changed, but that's just me) It maybe cause I was struggling to barter more gasoline, and that may have spelled my doom, But i am unsure, the sounds sound as if their coming from an internal speaker, (like most games did back then) and gave the game more of a genuine feeling to the presenation, the full version, have kind of a mp3 quality soundtrack, and detracts from the games retro style, and feel, making it feel like it's trying too hard to be modern, short tunes should have been used instead But that's just me, This game dose a good job in capturing the feel of a zombie adventure, while paying homage to what a lot of people from my generation, may conssider to be their first gaming experience, even if it was an edutainement title... 

  Arcadecraft: This indie game, I stumbled across while on in the indie section of xbox's games Arcadecraft is a managment simuulation title. set in the 80's with a focus in the arcade craze of the 80's, You'll have to watch out for unruly gamers who will damage your machines, but most are good mannered, and will happily play your arcade machines, buy drinks from your soda machine, rock out on the juke box (if you have those) and will cause no trouble at all, Clone titles, like space rocks, lunar module, titles that parnets might actually have considered buying, instead of the full priced asteroids, or space invaders, leave a lil to be desired, as dose the control... your avatar stands behind a counter, as you with controller dose all the work, I wanted to see my avatar walking the store, interacting with the machines, and customers, but sadly, that dose not happen the game drew me into the idea, of having a clue what it would be like to own an arcade, from just a few machines to, numerous to count, I too plan on purchasing this game, but the 240MS is a lil high, but I enjoyed this demo, as long as it would let me, before cutting me off, shortly before christmas (ingame) I felt satisfied having saved my game, being able to come back to it, before the time contraints pulled me out of the game, Arcadecraft is a glimpse into a forgotten (to most) career, Sadly the game only takes you through 8 sim years, from 1980, to 86, (which is an odd year given the great crash of 83) I would have liked to see the game take you through the crash, and have to maintain or rebuild your bisuness, as the industry crashed around it, and lead to the high tech games that came after it, in the 90's and 2000's and on upto current, But all good things must end, but this game seems to end too early, but i have yet to play the full, the game boasts 80 machines, and the propmt screen shows quite a few, Hopefully we will see many updates to a game, I have enjoyed thus far

  • Posted Feb 3, 2013 8:39 pm GMT
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• 10Sep 08

  upcomming titles

  quite a few upcomming titles have my attention, and i thought i would list them here

  rock band 2: now don't get me wrong, i like gh world tour too, but sense i already have rockbands perphils why plunk down another 160 (or so) to get a new set, i will probally get this one at launch...

  fable 2: a follow up to one of my favorite action rpgs, fabel 2 seems to be set in a much larger world, introcudes job minigames, and a new conversation system, as well as the new magic system and guns tp use for ranged combat... i will probally get this game at launch as well...

  INfamous: an upcomming action game that places you in the shoes of a mutant that weilds tremendous eletrical powers, in what looks like a huge open world, the game looks nice, but i wish there was a character creation system and a list of powers to choose from, i will get this game later probally...

  Prototype: i can't mention INfamous without mentioning Prototype an upcomming game that places you in a role of a shapeshifting mutant, that can morph his bosy in other ways to better has offensive and defensive stats, prototype also lets you absorb certain npcs memories, unlocking plot points and triggering cutscenes... i will also get this game later

  i had to choose between the two games i would get INfamous before Ptorotype, because it's a ps3 exclusive, and you seen to be playing a good guy in INfamous, or atleast given the chance to be good... while in Prototype, it seems your cast as a bad guy right away, which i do not like...

  Golden axe beast rider: no it's not golden axe 4, but it seems to be a step in the right direction, you play as Tryis flare, a female warrior, who is fighting to free her homeland i guess? not much has been said about the games storyline, even the arcade game set you on a path by saying, you king and queen was captured and the golden axe taken, unless they're hiding something about the games storyline, it seems they missed an important part of the game, the storyline...the thing that boithers me about this game is it seems to be more about cool kills more than anything else... But i will try to support this game nevertheless, and will try to get this game at launch, if not maybe a month afterwards...

  Fallout 3: Though i have not been able to play the previous fallout games, or brotherhood of steel on the ps2, this game looks pretty interesting, roaming though a post apoc washington dc, (or any city) sounds interesting, and i am up for a postapoc game, i will probally get this in a few months after release, if not later...

  • Posted Sep 10, 2008 10:59 am GMT
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• 19Mar 08

  Gaming ATM

  yesterday i read in gamespot news EAs even more greedy intentions, with EA trying to instagate a hostile take over, by buying shareholders shares, and reducing the vaule of the company as a whole, I gritted my teeth as i read this report, and began to wonder, how much is too much, and why dose the fair trade commision look into the fact that EA owns so many devolpers these days, and still wants more as if this isn't bad enough, my hatred towards nintendo as well, as i see how nintendo (IMO) is short changing stores, of wiis just to keep interest in their product what nintendo fails to realize is if they had much more wiis on the market, they would make much more, and there wouldn't have to be this rush when people enter a store to get a wii either for themselves or their children, but with the low quality of their games, one wonders why even get a wii, and i guess the ansewer is, cause it's popualr... also, with gamestop bragging about their earning over 7 billion dollars, i guess this is what happens when you buy up all the competion, i was always proud to call myself a gamer, but with greedy companies leading the market, it worries me, and makes me kinda ashamed to call myself a gamer...

  • Posted Mar 19, 2008 2:10 pm GMT
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