X-men Legends: Rise of Apocalypse: So, I've covered the original X-men Legends game before. Most of what I've said applies to this game as well. The controls are pretty much the same and so's the gameplay. The major differences are obviously the storyline and the characters. Due to the story involving the Brotherhood of Mutants and the X-men teaming up, you get a much wider selection of characters (even at the very start of the game). This makes for a game with more scope than the original and also means you're not stuck playing the same characters over again. Another change is how things like experience points and equipment are applied. The first time you get anything, you're given the option to manually apply them or to have them applied automatically. You can also select whether to keep this behaviour throughout the game. This is a great feature as before, whenever I reached a save point, I found myself interrupting the game for a while as I sorted all my characters out. Definitely a game to pick up for anyone who enjoyed the first game.
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Tuesday, 10 June 2008
More X-men
So, I'm not going to bother to date this as these posts are now so erratic. I'll just give my opinion on the game.
X-men Legends: Rise of Apocalypse: So, I've covered the original X-men Legends game before. Most of what I've said applies to this game as well. The controls are pretty much the same and so's the gameplay. The major differences are obviously the storyline and the characters. Due to the story involving the Brotherhood of Mutants and the X-men teaming up, you get a much wider selection of characters (even at the very start of the game). This makes for a game with more scope than the original and also means you're not stuck playing the same characters over again. Another change is how things like experience points and equipment are applied. The first time you get anything, you're given the option to manually apply them or to have them applied automatically. You can also select whether to keep this behaviour throughout the game. This is a great feature as before, whenever I reached a save point, I found myself interrupting the game for a while as I sorted all my characters out. Definitely a game to pick up for anyone who enjoyed the first game.
X-men Legends: Rise of Apocalypse: So, I've covered the original X-men Legends game before. Most of what I've said applies to this game as well. The controls are pretty much the same and so's the gameplay. The major differences are obviously the storyline and the characters. Due to the story involving the Brotherhood of Mutants and the X-men teaming up, you get a much wider selection of characters (even at the very start of the game). This makes for a game with more scope than the original and also means you're not stuck playing the same characters over again. Another change is how things like experience points and equipment are applied. The first time you get anything, you're given the option to manually apply them or to have them applied automatically. You can also select whether to keep this behaviour throughout the game. This is a great feature as before, whenever I reached a save point, I found myself interrupting the game for a while as I sorted all my characters out. Definitely a game to pick up for anyone who enjoyed the first game.
Thursday, 13 March 2008
28/2/08 - 13/3/08
Games I've been playing this week:
Ok, so I missed a post last week, so today you're getting two weeks for the price of one!
X-men: Next Dimension: Once again, it's X-men, so it was pretty obvious I'd like this game even if it wasn't so great. Definitely an enjoyable game but very hard when playing against the computer opponents. I couldn't work out how to get my characters to do any kind of ranged attacks, so I'd be constantly getting beaten as I just attempted to get close enough to the other character in order to just hit them. Apart from this problem, which can be overcome with practice, I found the range of moves and ease of executing them to be very good. Definitely one I'll have to play more (even better if I can get a human opponent).
Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks: I've always loved Mortal Kombat games. Ever since I spent a day just sat with my old Master System, working out all the special moves for all the characters on the original. I even have the first film on DVD! I own Mortal Kombat Gold for the Dreamcast and it's not very good. Shaolin Monks has renewed my love of the series. It's not a traditional "beat-em-up" like other MK games, instead (in single-player mode, at least) it's more like an
RPG, but with the bonus of keeping a beat-em-up style fighting system. So rather than just hitting one button repeatedly, so you can hack and slash with a sword, you get to perform combos and (the ever-popular) fatalities.
Burnout 3: Takedown: I've mentioned this game before, but I thought it deserved another mention. As I mentioned in my last post, I'm getting better at this game. This is pretty much unheard of for me in a racing game. I've found I'm no longer just holding the accelerate button all the way and bouncing off the sides of the track, rather than braking and turning properly. I'm being strategic and learning when to boost and when not to, so I don't go flying into some obstacle. This learning is making me enjoy the game even more and I'm finding I enjoy redoing tracks over and over, learning how to drive them best and how to get the best times. My one complaint is that I can't edit the playlist enough so that I don't have to hear some of the horrible tracks on there (New Found Glory and My Chemical Romance, I'm looking at you).
Ok, so I missed a post last week, so today you're getting two weeks for the price of one!
X-men: Next Dimension: Once again, it's X-men, so it was pretty obvious I'd like this game even if it wasn't so great. Definitely an enjoyable game but very hard when playing against the computer opponents. I couldn't work out how to get my characters to do any kind of ranged attacks, so I'd be constantly getting beaten as I just attempted to get close enough to the other character in order to just hit them. Apart from this problem, which can be overcome with practice, I found the range of moves and ease of executing them to be very good. Definitely one I'll have to play more (even better if I can get a human opponent).
Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks: I've always loved Mortal Kombat games. Ever since I spent a day just sat with my old Master System, working out all the special moves for all the characters on the original. I even have the first film on DVD! I own Mortal Kombat Gold for the Dreamcast and it's not very good. Shaolin Monks has renewed my love of the series. It's not a traditional "beat-em-up" like other MK games, instead (in single-player mode, at least) it's more like anRPG, but with the bonus of keeping a beat-em-up style fighting system. So rather than just hitting one button repeatedly, so you can hack and slash with a sword, you get to perform combos and (the ever-popular) fatalities.
Burnout 3: Takedown: I've mentioned this game before, but I thought it deserved another mention. As I mentioned in my last post, I'm getting better at this game. This is pretty much unheard of for me in a racing game. I've found I'm no longer just holding the accelerate button all the way and bouncing off the sides of the track, rather than braking and turning properly. I'm being strategic and learning when to boost and when not to, so I don't go flying into some obstacle. This learning is making me enjoy the game even more and I'm finding I enjoy redoing tracks over and over, learning how to drive them best and how to get the best times. My one complaint is that I can't edit the playlist enough so that I don't have to hear some of the horrible tracks on there (New Found Glory and My Chemical Romance, I'm looking at you).
Monday, 25 February 2008
14/2/08 - 21/2/08
I didn't manage to play any games this week, but there's lots of stuff to come. I've got various articles I need to read and write up and these are currently on my "to play" list:
Total Annihilation
Total Annihilation: Kingdoms
Supreme Commander
X-men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse
X-men: Next Dimension
Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks
Total Annihilation
Total Annihilation: Kingdoms
Supreme Commander
X-men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse
X-men: Next Dimension
Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks
Friday, 1 February 2008
24/01/08 - 31/01/08
Games I've been playing this week:
Kingdom Hearts: Been playing this for a while and I still love it. I'm currently on the Atlantica (Little Mermaid) level. It's not too hard, so I don't get frustrated, but it's not like Final Fantasy X where I feel like I may as well just be watching a film so I could do away with having to press some buttons...
X-men Legends: An X-men RPG? I am quite obviously in heaven. The 2-player mode is great too, as it's a welcome change to be working with a partner rather than against them. Especially enjoyed the part of a mission where pretty much everything could be destroyed...
Capcom Vs. SNK 2: A very frustrating game. The controls are simple (like most fighting games), but getting to do anything other than simple moves is a lot more difficult. We read through the instructions multiple times and still had no idea. Not to mention having no clue what the various "grooves" did...
Kingdom Hearts: Been playing this for a while and I still love it. I'm currently on the Atlantica (Little Mermaid) level. It's not too hard, so I don't get frustrated, but it's not like Final Fantasy X where I feel like I may as well just be watching a film so I could do away with having to press some buttons...
X-men Legends: An X-men RPG? I am quite obviously in heaven. The 2-player mode is great too, as it's a welcome change to be working with a partner rather than against them. Especially enjoyed the part of a mission where pretty much everything could be destroyed...
Capcom Vs. SNK 2: A very frustrating game. The controls are simple (like most fighting games), but getting to do anything other than simple moves is a lot more difficult. We read through the instructions multiple times and still had no idea. Not to mention having no clue what the various "grooves" did...
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