Sunday, March 30, 2008

Join the Resistance!!




I am Writing to try and spread the word, EA is going to make Battlefield Bad Company in such a way that the initial game is technically playable, but incomplete, as character models,Guns, Levels and other content will cost money ON TOP OF the original price.
Click the Image above to visit the SARCASTIC GAMER site and learn more, Also the images can be downloaded and used, Boycott Battlefield, Show EA what we think of this idea!!!

Thursday, March 20, 2008

Frizzle Wizzle Updizzle(i.e.Freeware Update)

Okay, so it sounds lame, leave me alone and read the stupid post.
Anyway, I am a big Desktop Tower Defense fan, and I recently found a couple of analogs to that that can be downloaded. So I did.
Castle Defender, a little different from DTD in that you protect an object from surrounding enemies, rather than an exit from a stream.
Not a problem, the game is smooth and the graphics do their thing, as for the towers...there are like 5 total, because mud pits,pungee pits, and concrete walls fill out your set rather than only attacks, you can slow them and cause damage.
I would say that the game is great but as with most non-restricted tower games, you can make a wall of towers so thick that even a plow-through attack would die running.
But even then the economics of using money to upgrade and purchase more stuff is fun.
Final thing, This one is safe, at least for me, it has done nothing to my PC.
Overall:8/10
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Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Cod4 Maps

I know it isn't breaking news, but Infinity Ward is releasing new maps for Call of Duty 4.
I personally am Ecstatic I LOVED Cod4 and I still play it over Halo and most other games I have, new maps will make it better.
I hope the maps are a little more glitch-proof as getting shot from a spot that is not supposed to be reachable is not cool.
I tentatively hope for a perk or two but I'm talking out my keister here, as IW has said nothing about it.
I am not one of those who wishes to see "fixes" in the guns, Leave everything alone(snipers excepted, they suck) , or to see perks removed, leave martyrdom, Last Stand and 3xfrags alone, they make it what it is, as forM16's?
I'd say the problem is the people being to eager to win, so much that they'll take cheap options.
Again, no news, but my opinion makes good filler.
I would say that if they kept adding to this game, an new one could wait for YEARS to come out and I'd be happy.
I just hope they keep the support up.

Saturday, March 8, 2008

Army of Two

This Game is better than I thought it would be, and worse...
I love the way multiplayer worked out, and the AI in singleplayer is smarter than several of my friends, but certain things were promised that only worked out in a VERY loose sense.
The Weapons are good and combat is more fun that Gears of War(which is the game with combat most like it), the issue is some failure, I pull the trigger to fire my rifle and the gun never fires, or it delays until the guy hides, rather annoying, but not truly game breaking.
They promised a huge array of guns, there are about 10 in the main category, 8-ish in the sidearm category and 6 or so in the Sniper/rocket launcher category.
Huge? Hardly, but small still as an issue, the real problem in the weapons category is that they are all the same. There are about five Assault rifles, Two LMG's 2 Shotguns, a Gatling Gun, and Two Grenade launchers.
Now obviously they aren't all exactly the same, but if you upgrade them all to max the stats are not very different.One gun is Way accurate but it doesn't really show up in use, nor does the fact that my gun is silenced really keep the baddies from spotting me.
That was...disappointing but the game was still Great.
Now comes a small issue that just seems pointless, that is the way they make the shop work, you could build up your original gun, or , In the Space of one level, work up the money to buy the best gun and upgrade it right off, this means that 4 out of five weapons in the game are not needed, rather than a sort of balance where each gun is good for one thing.
All this sounds big, but it pales in comparison to the fun of the main game.
I was surprised to find that the masks that you saw in the movies and trailers, were only the first you get, you can unlock ten masks for each character, and a lot of them are really creative.
The plot is very interesting, the Characters were hilarious, and the bad guy was a fun to watch as any I've seen,(without spoiling anything, he is extremely good at killing).
I like the way they give you an opportunity to visit the gun shop in between battles so that you don't have to wait till the end to make your big dream gun.
As for multiplayer competitive matches, they are so so, basically you and a friend go against another pair to complete some sort of objectives in a 20 minute match, unfortunately the servers are busted, as I have completed one match in 4 days, the games cannot go on if someone leaves, and the matches jsut aren't that great.
But this game is about Co-Op and it does that right, Oh so right.
If EA actually supports their game, (with DLC and patches) I can see this game becoming Huge.
I give Army of Two an 8.5 out of 10

My Favorite Whizkids

  • Mom-The Sleepy Reader
  • My little Sis- Myspace Guru
  • Dale Reynolds-Remakes of popular songs
  • GaMeR- Owner and Creator of PWNEM.com
  • Me(lol)- I do Internet Graphics in my spare time.