Minecraft Review

I guess with how much time I spend playing it I should review Minecraft finally.

Minecraft is an open world survival/creative based game. In it you are stranded in a strange and unknown world where you must collect resources, food, and build to survive and bring your dreams to reality. In the game there are two modes: Survival where you can be hurt and killed by monsters and hazards and must eat and collect resources to survive(duh); and Creative where you have almost all items given to you and you are invincible and can fly.
One of Minecraft's best qualities is that it is almost constantly updated. Most bugs are quickly eliminated and new features added.

On a scale of 1-10 I give it:

Ease of Play: 7 (While the game lacks a true manual it makes up for it with an easy to use, understand, and very extensive Wiki.)

Graphics: 6 (The game has block based graphics but is still beautiful nonetheless, also new texture packs can be downloaded from many sources and in many styles, I currently am using a Steampunk style. Also the Game is very forgiving on lower graphics cards and on board graphics of newer computers, though you will have to turn your draw distance to small or tiny.)

Replay: 10 (I play this game more than any other game I own. When I "Complete" the world I am in I plan on making a new one since I created the current world before upgrades where made to the generator, also world generator mods can be downloaded as well.)

Family Friendlyness: 9 (Very family friendly. No cursing, blood, and minimal violence. The only problem you might run into is scary nights when the monsters seem to be overly active.)

All in all I give it a 9.

I would highly recommend this game to anyone. No cons so far.

Birthday!

It's my Birthday! No post today. Maybe later in the week.
Just wanted to say that it was my Birthday! 18 WOOOO! I can buy cigarettes(Ick.) now... Or a rifle where i live. The pawn shop my family gets it's ammo from has an AR-15 I have been eying but first I am going to build a computer. Almost have all the parts. I'll post pictures and specs when it is done.

Rage Xbox360 Game Review

Rage is set in post apocalyptic America approximately 160 years in the future. The planet has been devastated by a meteor that has turned at least the U.S. into a wasteland. Your character is an Ark survivor, the Arks were essentially big bunkers where about six people per unit where frozen and all that kinda stuff.

Your character must fight for survival in the wasteland and do jobs to prove his worth and fight the authority.

I found this game to be very very fun entertaining. My only complaint is that while the game is stored on 3 disks it is surprisingly short. The main game can be beaten in under 10 hours easily and is only stored on 2 of the 3 disks. I realize that the most probable reason for the extra disks is that the game has absolutely stunning graphics which understandably take some space, however I expected a much longer campaign and more of a sandbox type experience because Bethesda(Elder Scrolls) was involved in production.

However despite the shortness of the main campaign I still greatly enjoyed the game and can see myself returning to it to beat it on as many difficulties as possible.

On a scale of 1-10 I give it:

Ease of play: 7 (The game does and acceptable job of teaching the player how to play, however I have noticed that FPS games are surprisingly difficult for some people to play. I also did not like that I couldn't bring up a help tab or something for weapons with extra controls, such as sniper zooming, later in the game.)

Graphics: 10 (This is one of the best looking games I have played.)

Replay: 6 (I don't see that much replay in the game other than people wanting to beat it on all difficulties.)

Family Friendliness: 3 (The game is one of the gorier FPS game out, being able to decapitate enemies with the shotgun and wingsticks or blow them to pieces with various weapons makes this game a no no to violence wary families. The game has fairly severe language though not by the main casts, Most cursing will be heard from enemies during firefights or in conversation. No nudity that I noticed so if that is all you are concerned with then you are clear.)

All in all I give it a 8.

I would have given it a 10 but it was just to short to for me, I feel like the end was just cut off.

Over all I would urge anyone who enjoys FPS games to pick this up if they haven't and have fun and I look forward to hopefully seeing a sequel.

...Dynamite crossbow bolts are fun by the way.

Iron Giant Movie Review

Today I am reviewing "The Iron Giant".

This is one of my all time favorite movies. It actually ranks higher than any "Star Wars" title.
The basic plot involves The Iron Giant who has come from (Space?) and makes friends with Hogarth and Dean. Together they must hide the giant from Kent Mansley who is a Government agent.

I highly recommend this movie to all ages. However, To parents with overly young children a word of warning, there "Bad words" in this movie, including: Butt, Dammit(muffled by explosion but noticeable to those with sharp ears), and stupid. Also the movie takes place during the cold war so there are some grown up ideas in the movie. And last but not least, ****SPOILER ALERT****
If you do not want to know this part and are willing to risk it don't read this next part.















****SPOILER START****
The giant is in reality a giant weapon so there are scenes with extreme violence. Also in an effort to kill the giant the Navy launches a nuke that will destroy an entire town. The giant then sacrifices himself and "Dies" to save the town by flying into the missile. (This part will make almost any children, and some adults, cry. I recently watched it with my 11 year old brother, who hadn't seen it before, he cried.) However, in the end we see that the giant is all right and putting himself together in Iceland.
****SPOILER END****















Once again I highly recommend this movie. It is available from iTunes and Netflix.

Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit Xbox 360 review

I have not beaten the game yet but it appears to be a very strong contender for my favorite racing game. In this game you play as either a racer or the cops. As the racers you must win races and other challenges while trying to not get caught, While the cops try and stop you. So far I haven't played online yet. This is mainly due to me not feeling comfortable playing with people I don't know.

On a scale of 1-10 I give it:

Ease of play: 6 (Being an EA title there is almost no tutorial. Those buying the game used will have trouble starting out. Anyone who has bought any number of games used knows why. Also EA uses a system where to play online you must have a pass. If you buy the game used the only way you can play online is either purchase a pass online or be lucky enough to buy one where the previous owner had not entered their code that came with the game.)

Graphics: 9 (Very pretty graphics and realistic cars and buildings. Though you won't notice most of the scenery at 150 MPH.)

Family friendly: 8 (No cursing mixed with vehicular violence makes this game a good family game.)

Replay: 6 (Not very much replay value since there aren't collectable items in the game. The only thing you will replay for is to get all gold or just enjoy beating on easy levels.)

All in all I give it a 8.

Edit 12/30/2011 12:36 PM: Edited the ratings to fit in with the other reviews. Sorry. Under the weather right now.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

First, I am sorry for the lack of posts. Been busy and stuff. Probably will be able to post a game review later this week and maybe some photos.

Second, Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! Hope you have all had a good year and hope the next is even better!

Evil Overlord Tip #1

This is something new I am going to be doing. These are going to be weekly tips for any Evil Overlords.

#1 If you have defeated the hero and/or have trapped him in a suitable manner and feel the irresistible need to turn him to your side somehow (The best choice you could make here would be to just kill him than separate his limbs and head than cremate each separately.), Turn him into a Cyborg and insure that you COMPLETELY REMOVE THE BRAIN! Any course of action that does not remove the brain totally will most likely result in him turning on you at some very inconvenient moment. It should be a no brainier (Pun intended) but after removal the brain should be destroyed.