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Post by ati "The Hero" on Dec 19, 2014 18:35:48 GMT
I'm keeping it kayfabe, as always. How do you like the new solo reviews, which style is the better in your opinion? |
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Post by ati "The Hero" on Jan 20, 2015 20:22:41 GMT
Okay, so. On the Forum of Solitude, I am doing interviews. (once a week).
This week, my guest was someone you all (most likely) know. And since this interview was kind of a part of my reviews, I thought I'd post it here. Enjoy!
If anyone cares, I could post the next week's too, since that week's guest is going to be Marilyn.
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Post by ati "The Hero" on Feb 25, 2015 19:13:51 GMT
Hey everyone! Most of you have (more than likely) noticed that I've got me self some WWE 2K14. (<- BTW that's totally not racist) Now, let's see if you can guess what I'm going to review today.
...Yep, you guessed it, WWE 2K14! Man, this intro sucks...
Anyways, before we start, let me say that I don't have any DLC yet. If anyone cares about my opinion on the game's DLC, well, there IS a reply button.
Gameplay:
Well, it's a wrestling game. What can I say? Well, well, well well, well well well. Okay, so, since the most recent wrestling game I have played is Smackdown VS Raw 2011, I can only compare it to that. (Unless you want me to compare WWE 2K14 on the X360 to SvR '08 on the PS2)
WWE 2K14 is a slower, more "realistic" game. Now, if you know me, you probably know that I am (most of the times) against games being realistic (unless they are some kind of a simulator) because as I see it, a game being realistic doesn't mean that said game is fun. And now don't get me wrong, I don't want to play a wrestling game where Hulk Hogan lifts Ultimate Warrior up, throws him into the sun and then gets his head cut off by Brutus Beefcake and his giant knife. But, and let me repeat that, but, nor do I want to play a game where I have to bodyslam my controller in front of a Kinect sensor to do a move in game. You see, this game gets it right. It's realistic enough that Justin Gabriel doesn't turn into a wolverine in the middle of the ring ('Cause you know, one of his signs says "Capetown Wolverine" or something like that.) but "arcade" enough that I don't fall asleep in the first five minutes of a Cena/Rock match. (And that has happened to me twice, while watching WM.) I am still getting used to the new grappling system, which (in my opinion) is like the old N64 games. And the new
timed reversals can be a major pain in the ass. (For new players.)
8/10
Visuals:
I like the game's visuals. That being said, I still think that some of the older games looked better. (E.g.:SvR '11, and '07) ...Yeah, that's all I can say about the visuals. That and that the CAWs look better, I guess.
6.5/10
Sounds:
I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE the jukebox. At least now I don't have to listen to Chris Jericho, Cody Rhodes, Evan Bourne, and Ted DiBiase JR.'s themes. (I guess I didn't really have much to worry about on the last two.) I also like the new sound effect(s) used for the bat, and I guess that's it. I didn't really hear new sound effects. Oh, and the commentary still sucks.
5/10
Difficulty:
The game isn't really difficult, I mean, I mostly play on easy (because I want to determine how, when, and why wins who wins. Not get pinned after a clothesline in a 30 second match.), but now that I switched to hard (Achievement hunting) I don't feel much of a difference.
...And then I went into "Defeat the Streak" mode...
When you reach the character select screen, forget all of what I just said. Undertaker is a freaking beast! He's the asshole king of Asstown in that mode. I can describe the whole mode in one sentence;
Undertaker beats your ass until it's bleeding and beyond.
7/10
Conclusion:
Overall, I like the game. It has it's flaws, but I still think it's good. I honestly don't know what to say. I guess I'll go straight to ratings. (Oh, and BTW, the completion bonus is 3000 shirts for John Cena. Because how can anyone live without that?)
I give this game the rating of: 7/10 (Meh.) |
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Post by SRI on Feb 28, 2015 11:23:35 GMT
Nice review, ati. Finally a game I know about.  And if you don't mind me saying, your English has improved leaps and bounds! |
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Post by ati "The Hero" on Mar 1, 2015 13:06:50 GMT
Nice review, ati. Finally a game I know about. And if you don't mind me saying, your English has improved leaps and bounds! Thanks. Yeah, I am trying to review more recent/known games, but with the prices over here, it's pretty hard. I didn't mind. It's good to hear that I'm getting better. |
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Post by SRI on Mar 1, 2015 14:22:38 GMT
Nice review, ati. Finally a game I know about. And if you don't mind me saying, your English has improved leaps and bounds! Thanks. Yeah, I am trying to review more recent/known games, but with the prices over here, it's pretty hard. I didn't mind. It's good to hear that I'm getting better. Well, it's not your fault I don't know about your other games you reviewed. I only know about HCTP, SvR 11, WWE 12,13 and 2k14. And GTA Vice City and San Andreas. |
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Post by ati "The Hero" on Mar 12, 2015 1:25:52 GMT
Hey. Remember when I said that I want to bring these reviews into videos? (Nope? It did happen, though.) So, I recorder the intro of the WWE 2K14 review in sound, and want to know what you guys think about it. Oh, also, While I did it, it was 2 AM, and I may have been a bit too fast. (I mean, "totally", "not" and "racist" basically became one word.) And also sorry for the buzzing. I can't do Jack about it. It's the sound of my computer existing. Either ways, as always, constructive criticism is welcome. (And I'll also try it out tomorrow when I will not be half asleep while doing it.) So, here's the file you'll need to download to hear it. (Because I sure ain't uploadin' that shit to Youtube until I know that it's listenable. And by listenable I mean my talk. Not the buzzing. I know that the buzzing is annoying.) EDIT. File's too big. (It's 4mb) Click "This link" to start the download. And trust me, It's not any shady shit. If it is, feel free to give me a warning or worse. (But it shouldn't be, considering that I checked 5 times.) This link |
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Post by SRI on Mar 16, 2015 4:52:34 GMT
I just get a blank page when I click the link.  |
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Post by ati "The Hero" on Mar 17, 2015 11:05:00 GMT
I just get a blank page when I click the link. It SHOULD take you to one. It's the download link to the file. But if it doesn't work then try this one. It should take you to the folder, in which I placed the file. It's the only file there so you can't miss it. |
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Post by SRI on Mar 17, 2015 13:11:05 GMT
Sooo... I just downloaded and listened to it. I would have to say your English IS good, but you were too fast, atleast for me, lol! Then again, I find half of the YouTube video guys to be fast. How about the opinion of someone who has English as their first language? number1jf, chrisjaiger, justinlynch3 |
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Post by ati "The Hero" on Mar 17, 2015 13:43:54 GMT
Sooo... I just downloaded and listened to it. I would have to say your English IS good, but you were too fast, atleast for me, lol! Then again, I find half of the YouTube video guys to be fast. How about the opinion of someone who has English as their first language? number1jf, chrisjaiger, justinlynch3Yeah, I thought that I spoke too fast too. I mean, again, "Totally", "Not", and "Racist" pretty much became a single word... |
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Post by number1jf on Mar 18, 2015 0:14:01 GMT
ati "The Hero", Just speak a little slower & you'll be good. Your English is fine.
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Post by ati "The Hero" on Mar 18, 2015 0:20:07 GMT
ati "The Hero", Just speak a little slower & you'll be good. Your English is fine. Okay. I'll try to. Thanks to both of you. |
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Post by ati "The Hero" on Apr 20, 2015 19:13:34 GMT
Hey everyone! It's your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man ati! This time, with a (Broken)Dream(s)cast game! In today's game, the protagonist is rolling around at the speed of sound, he's got places to go, and he's gotta follow his... rainbow? Anyways, if you didn't guess already, I will review a Sonic game. Sonic Adventure 2, to be more precise. Also, if you didn't get the reference, GO AND LISTEN TO ESCAPE FROM THE CITY NOW! I'll be here, waiting for you.
Okay, done? Got the reference? Okay, then I'll continue with the introduction. So, before I start, if you expect me to praise this game to no end, then leave this review now. I don't have any nostalgia for this game. I got this game because of the praise it got. Well, let me tell ya' if I (as a newcomer to the game) felt like it lived up to said praise.
That being said, here we go.
Gameplay:
Let's start with the difficulty. The difficulty of the game is... meh. At first I found it to be hard, but that was because of the camera and the controls (more on those later), other than that, the game is... okay, I guess? I mean, it's not too easy, nor too hard for most of the game. Then comes the cannon's core. Let's just say that the difficulty leap/spike/whatever you want to call it is big. Bigger than a million Big the Cats.
The camera is... Oh, man, the bloody camera. The camera is bad. Not "You need to hit three created finishers to inflict as much damage as one in game finisher" bad, but "Savegames wipe in WWE 2K15" bad. There were numerous times the camera blinded me, resulting in me losing a life. And what's worse is that it's pretty much inmovable. You see, it is fixed in place, but still moveable. What I mean by that is that you ARE able to move the camera (most of the times), but once your character(s) move it sets back to the fixed camera angle. What I am saying is that you're better off not giving a shit about camera controls.
Speaking of controls, the game's controls (for the most part) suck. The homing attack when tried to be controlled, moves like it's a tanker. (And when not, it goes wherever it wants) The game controls good, but only at low speed. BUT, and let me bloody repeat that, BUT! Since this is a Sonic game and not Granny saves Christmas, it's moves on high speeds. Which wouldn't be bad in itself, but if you move fast and move the analog stick just half a milimeter, Sonic flies off to the bloody Venus without looking back before you could even say bloody hell.
+The difficulty is spot on for 3/4 of the game
-Huge difficulty spike around the game's end
-Bad camera controls
-sometimes the controls become over sensitive
3.5/10
Story:
Something something, something something, Knuckles and Rouge fight over the master emerald, even more something, then the ARK starts to head for earth. That's all I got from the game.
-I... don't really remember the story, and I only finished it yesterday
+I liked them making Shadow Vegeta. (The villain who becomes good when needed and sacrifices his life for the greater good)
5/10
Sounds:
The soundtrack kicks ass. The sound effects are good. That's all I can say about it.
+Good soundtrack (My favorites are Escape from the City, Live and Learn, and E.G.G.M.A.N.)
+Good sound effects
10/10 (-IGN)
Visuals:
The visuals are what you would expect from a game that came out in 2001 (feel old yet?). Nothing more, nothing less.
-The visuals don't really hold up today
+They are what you would expect though
5/10
The Chao Garden:
Yes, I needed to make this it's own segment. The thing is... a thing of beauty. I love this part of the game. If Sega would re-make this with today's graphics and release it as it's own game, I would pay for it. I like raising my own Chaos, racing, and etc. It's just.. I don't know. You'd have to play it to know what I am talking about.
+Best mode in the game hands down
10/10
Conclusion:
The game itself, is meh. The controls can grow on you, and the camera... yeah, you never get used to it, but The Chao Garden makes up for every flaw of this game. But it is far from what people calim it to be. It's not the best Sonic game (though it is a tough contender), and it's waaay far from being the best game ever. That is why my final rating on this game is...
6.5/10
Buy this game if you are interested. I'd say that my 2500 HUF I payed for it was put to good use.
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Post by ati "The Hero" on May 8, 2015 9:22:18 GMT
So.. remember when I said that I'm working on making video reviews?
Yeah, I did.
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Post by ati "The Hero" on Jun 2, 2015 23:26:12 GMT
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Post by ati "The Hero" on Jun 5, 2015 22:41:27 GMT
So, I think all of you saw (read: none of you cared about) the little logo thingy I posted on 3rd. Well, as I promised, on June 6th of 2015, "we" will be back, baby! But who is we? Well, I'll just say that this has to do with something Xman321 posted on 2nd-3rd this month. I try to please my audience, and if they (read: Xman) want (read: wants) me to give you a blast from the past, I may as well do it. Here you go; my big reveal (read: My "career" if you can call it that, as a "critic".) that no one will care about. Hey everyone, It's me again. And me. And me! ...What in the bloody hell was that? Oh, is that so? We leave you for a couple O' months and you forget who we are? J....Jack? Of course it's me. Didn't think you got your sanity back, eh? Does "Gremer riding Steve into battle" ring any bells? ...Bloody hell. Here we go again......O-kay. So. This is my, ours* shut up, review of the World Wildlife Fund... uhm, I mean, the World Wrestling Federation's RAW for the Super Nintendo, Gameboy, Sega Genesis.. Bloody hell, what console they DIDN'T release this game on? ..Okay, whatever. The game I will be reviewing will be the SNES port.
Gameplay:The gameplay is fine. The difficulty is adjustable, and I didn't experience any frame rate drops in the short timeframe of two bloody hours that took me to play one match in every match type.You can choose up to 4 players to play. Yay, we can play together! No. Jack. I'm hoping you're only visiting. Is that an insult? Well, if you want it to be. The controls are... I guess okay. They need some getting used to, but once you do get used to them, it's good. Well, outside of going up the turnbuckle. I never got how that mechanism worked. Every wrestler has their finishing move which you can only do if you put in a certain button combination that differs for every wrestler. Unfortunately, the only way I could have known this is by reading the manual. I don't have the manual, so, yeah, you see where I'm going. 8/10
Sounds:The only songs I remember being in are the song that play in the intro (which is a replica of the RAW intro fo that time), and the digitized themes of wrestlers. I found some of these songs to be a bit.. weird. What do you mean? I mean Shawn Michaels' theme. Just listen to it. It's not bad, and you can recognize the song, but I just find it a bit weird. The sound effects are good, I have to give them credit. And most of the digitized voices are really sharp and clean. For example, the voice saying "Bam Bam" in Bam Bam Bigelow's theme. It sounds really good for a game on the SNES. ..Wait, Jack, you played the game too? Of course. I stalked you to know what you'll be reviewing and played the game so I can say things about it too. ...Seems like you ARE me after all. 8.5/10
Visuals:The game looks okay. Not the best I have seen, not the worst I have seen. It's on par with most SNES games I've played.What I found interesting is that after you win as a wrestler, it shows the logo of that wrestler. (Interesting thing is that most of the guys in game never really had a logo to begin with, so they made them logos just for this game.) The crowd beats WWE 2K15's. 8/10
Roster:The game has the all-star cast of: The Undertaker PlayaBam Bam Bigelow Luna Bacon ...It's Vachon Owen Hart Bret Hart Didn't watch out for the superkickThe 1-2-3 Kid Pre-Chyna pornDoink The Clown Yokozuna His enormous ass is a locked characterRazor Ramon As drunk as everShawn Michaels Hopefully not nakedDiesel Hopefully won't tear his quad slowly walking to the ringAnd Lex Luger The original Jack Swagger
8/10
Match Types:This game has a pretty good amount of match types.You've got your basic One-on-One match. (Which can be won by either Pinfall, Submission, Count out, or Disqualification.) Your normal Tag team with the same rules. The Survivor Series match that's pretty much just a longer Tag match with eliminations so I guess you could say that they nailed that. The Bedlam match type which is pretty much just an Elimination Tornado Tag. The RAW Indurance match type, which is a... two way gauntlet match, I guess? And finally, we've got the Royal Rumble, which is, and now I'll shock you, the Royal Rumble match. You beat your opponent until they can be thrown out. That's it. 7.5/10[
Conclusion:Hm. What do I think of this game? Do you hate it? No. Do you like it? No. Do you think it is mediocre? Hm, maybe. I wouldn't outright say that it's mediocre, but I just don't have enough emotion going either way to tell you if I found it good or bad.I guess you could say that I think this game is one of the better mediocre games. And that is why my final rating for this game is... 8/10But... you just said that you pretty much found it mediocre? Then why the high score? That, Jack, is because this game isn't bad. Now it can't give me enough to make a clear opinion of it.But I did get enjoyment out of it. So, yeah.I We you shut your bloody mouth, so, I hope you enjoyed reading this review. Guh-bye. |
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Post by SRI on Jun 7, 2015 11:59:17 GMT
Haha, I LOL'd at the roster part. It's like the Honest Trailers "Starring" part. |
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Post by ati "The Hero" on Jun 22, 2015 10:43:56 GMT
"When the time will come, we will join forces. We will Unite our forces, so that they become one. A stronger, faster, more ruthless one. Ultimately, a much better one." Here is your clue: |
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Post by ati "The Hero" on Jun 22, 2015 12:31:23 GMT
Hey y'all. I'm back. Took care of the other two. *whispers* Note to self: Don't forget to hide the bodies So, how have you been? Good? Good. Anyways, today, I'll re.... Wait, I should maybe tell you what that "Unite our powers" BS meant. Well, it meant jack shit. It was just a clue so you could guess the next game I am reviewing, which is...  So, without further wasting your time, here it is. My review, of Assassin's Creed Unibrow. (Note: Review is in spoilers so it won't take over your page once you enter. It's also there so I can post more than two pictures.)
Gameplay:The gameplay is... well, Assassin's Creed. Most of it is what I expected, and what I didn't expect was good. The new climbing and parkour mechanics are amazing, and make up for the lack of hay bales. Hell, I didn't even notice the lack of hay bales until I started working on this review.  "The new climbing and parkour mechanics are amazing"
The new fighting mechanics are, well, alright. For the most part I didn't miss the insta-kill counters. (I only missed them when I fought more than five guys. When that happened I ran.) What I like in the new mechanics, is that you can't just bring over your tactics from the previous games. I needed to learn how to "riot" (more on that later) effectively in this game without being shot in the arse. (Literally.)  Shooting a guy in Notre Dame. You don't see the Phantom Blade because of my genius camera work.
 The new fighting mechanics in action ("in action")
The difficulty mostly comes from the lack of insta-kill counters. And again, I think that this was a great idea. It's like a breath of fresh air. But that is not the only thing that determines if you will fail or succeed. Arno, his armor, and the missions all have levels. Arno's and his armor's levels add up, and that determines how hard the missions will be. These levels are shown by diamnds next to your name. The more diamonds you have, the more powerful you are. The maximum amount of these diamonds is 5, but even if you have 5, you can still get better. You're only done when you have golden diamonds next to your name. That is the end. Then you are undefeatable. (Until you get shot three times. Then you die.) To continue on the riot part, you see, this game analyzes how you play. To check how it thinks you play, search assassin's creed initiates on Google and you should find the website. All you need is a Uplay account and Unity. Now, the Initiates website said that I'm a rioter, and after reading what that meant, I came to the conclusion that the game was spot on. I wanted to tell you a few playstyles the game can recognize, but since, as I am writing this, I don't seem to be able to connect to my Uplay account on the Initiates website, I won't. 9.5/10
Graphics: Showing off the graphics
Honestly, I don't think the graphics are bad. Sure, the character models could still use some work, but other than that, I don't see any problems. Without the models, I thought that the game look like a movie, and with them, I thought it loooks like a high budget animation film. Either way, it looks good. Dunno what else I could say.  Paris looks really good. Especially from the top of Notre Dame.8.5/10
Sounds: Idunno. No, seriously, I don't know. The only songs I heard were a remixed version of Brotherhood's theme (which I think could be called the Assassin's Creed theme now, though, we'll see), and pub songs. I don't like pub songs (though I did recognize some), and I like the new remix so... yeah. I don't know.
5/10
Story:You are Arno Victor Dorian, Normal teenage boy turned into a superhero after geting bitten by a radioctive spider I mean, normal kid from a rich (aristocratic maybe?) family, turned assassin after the death of his Uncle Ben dad. (Seriously though, the way it's presented is pretty much ripped from Spiderman.)
After the death of his father, Arno gets raised by his girl friend's, Elisé's father, François de la Serre. De La Serre gets assassinated by the Templar order when Arno is at age 20. Arno (who runs to De La Serre's body to check if he's okay) gets accused and charged with the murder of "Monsieur De La Serre" as he called him.
In the prison, Arno meets Pierre Bellec (later revealed to be a master assassin), who teaches hom how to defend himself, and tells Arno about the assassins. After setting up a prison outbreak, they escape the prison, and part ways. For now...
That's all the spoilers you're getting from me.
Now to talk about what I thought, well, I liked the story. Sure, it was cheesy at times, but I could enjoy all of it, and that's what matters.
7/10
Customization Options:I loved the customization. I didn't have to stick with the "generic" robes they gave me. I could, and did choose the most powerful and best looking parts of clothing I could. (Then I just said whatever and gave him Ezio's robes, because, Ezio.) Here are the list of things you can change in pictures.   These two pictures had to be taken at different times because of picture corruptions. (Basically me being a jackass, making 3 million pictures, and all of them being the same picture because I took all of them in 1 second.)And here are some of the color combinations you can choose: (used the original red/white/brown assassin combo for an example)  7.5/10
Conclusion:After all, I think that this is a good game. Sure, the microtransactions suck, but it's not like you need them to complete the game. (And yes, while I did need to go through secondary missions to complete the game, THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE THERE!)
In my opinion, this game is only getting hated on because of the starting difficulties it had. OPEN YOUR BLOODY EYES PEOPLE AND GIVE THIS GAME A CHANCE! ....Okay, before I start ranting, all I will say, is that they fixed most if not all problems with the game that came from glitches and bugs. I only fell through the world once, and that was when my download was at 20%, and knowing that in 4 sounds didn't exist fr a while, not even at 70% of being done, I'll just say that it was most likely because the game wasn't done.
I give this game 8.3/10
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