Pink Floyd - Shine on You Crazy Diamond

Synopsis: It's time to do your part in the action packed battles of the World War II Pacific Campaign! Pick your path - be it as a rifleman crawling the trenches, a steel fisted tank commander or an ace fighter pilot dog-fighting to protect the skies. Play as a lone wolf or with your friends, coordinating to turn the tide of battle. Whatever you choose, you get to enjoy the thrill of a fully featured online shooter with the unique Battlefield gameplay. bf1943.com


Review: Battlefield 1942 has been revamped for the Xbox 360 and PS3 and retitled Battlefield 1943. It's hard to imagine that anyone who considers themselves a first person shooter fan would not have tried the Battlefield series by now. In a nutshell, this is team-oriented combat based on capturing and holding points on the map. Obtain a majority of the five points, and the other team's point ticker moves towards zero. The more your team captures, the faster the other team moves towards a loss.

The game ships with only three maps, and the bonus map that was unlocked (Coral Sea) is dog fighting only. Honestly, that is the only knock against the game. For $15, I dare you to find better value for your money. This is the best selling XBLA/PSN game for a reason, and people will be playing this for months and maybe even years to come. Now give us more maps, EA!

Rating: Buy

Labels: 1mr, games, xbox 360

Rock Band 2

I know I haven't posted in a while. Blame videogames. Specifically Street Fighter 4 and Rock Band 2. Oh, and Link.

I'll make a real update one of these days.

Labels: games, xbox 360

G4 Halo 3 Special (terrible)

Fall 2007 Preview

Synopsis: The epic saga continues with Halo 3, the hugely anticipated third chapter in the highly successful and critically acclaimed Halo franchise. Master Chief returns to finish the fight, bringing the epic conflict between the Covenant, the Flood, and the entire human race to a dramatic, pulse-pounding climax. Halo 3 represents the third chapter in the Halo trilogy—an international award-winning action series that grew into a global entertainment phenomenon, selling more than 14.5 million units worldwide, logging more than 650 million hours of multiplayer action on Xbox LIVE, and spawning action figures, books, a graphic novel, apparel, an upcoming film adaptation, and more.


My Take: Ever since I camped out at Best Buy for the Xbox 1 and picked up Halo for no reason other than needing the latest thing (didn't know jack shit about Halo other than it was made by Bungie), I've been a fan of the series. That's really all that needs to be said, everything else can be found on exactly one billion websites. See you on the other side.

Labels: games, xbox 360

Stone Temple Pilots - Big Bang Baby (Squizz XM48)

Fall 2007 Preview

Synopsis: A science-fiction action and role-playing game (RPG) created by BioWare, the commercially and critically acclaimed RPG developer of "Jade Empire" and "Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic." "Mass Effect" will deliver an immersive, story-driven gameplay experience with stunning visual fidelity. Published by Microsoft Game Studios, "Mass Effect" is an exclusive title for the Xbox 360 video game system.


My Take: Having been a huge fan of BioWare games before they started making Xbox games, I'm looking to get back into the fold. Baldur's Gate was one of my favorite computer RPG's, and permanently glued me to the Bioware brand. Now that that Star Wars bullshit is out of the way (sup Guakus), they can finally get back to making good, non-light saber related RPG's.

The main quest in Mass Effect is supposed to take anywhere from 20-30 hours, with an extra 20 hours of additional side quests. On top of all this, Bioware will be releasing downloadable content for the game over Xbox Live. I've said about as much as I can handle about this game until it comes out on the recent #videogames podcasts, so if you want to hear more, head over there. The race for RPG of the year is between this game and The Witcher. It'll be fun playing through two incredibly different styles of games to see which comes out on top.

Labels: games, xbox 360

1up Yours (8/31/07)

Fall 2007 Preview

Synopsis: War rages on in the fourth edition of Activision's acclaimed war game. For the first time in the series, Call of Duty moves away from WWII to the modern battlefield.


My Take: I guess when your game is going to sell no matter what, you don't need an interesting synopsis, huh? The beta has been going around for the 360 lately, and I've had a good amount of fun with it. What adds to the experience is that I've been able to play the game with people I know, and it's been a while (Gears) since I've been able to play multi with those people. That is the sole reason why, if I lay down the cash, it would be for the 360 version and not the PC version.

The multiplayer demo is fast paced (read: people spawn behind you and kill you), and the mechanics seem to be on for the most part. There's even a Counter-strike, as imitated by Infinity Ward, mode that's fun to play. This Fall it's going to come down to two multiplayer games on the 360: Halo 3 and CoD4. Fortunately they play nothing like each other, and both should be able to foster some pretty strong communities. Finding a match at 3am on a Monday night in either game should be no problem.

Labels: games, xbox 360