Picking up my Nintendo 3DS for the first time I felt like a little child on the night before Christmas. It was a simple yet adventurous feeling with more then a little trepidation. I’d just spent £200.00 on a new console that might not be as great as I first though. In all honestly if I realistically look at it I’d spent all that money just to play Ocarina of Time in 3D.
I opened the box as carefully as I could to ensure that my enthusiasm would not wane too quickly. I assessed the instruction manual and several other packaged goodies before I...
Tuesday, 28 June 2011
Thursday, 23 June 2011
Remakes
With the 3DS remake of Orcarina of Time Nintendo seem have created one of the most complete retelling's of all time. However some people have said that the lack of new additions is a poor move to stop previous players buying the 3DS instalment. I don't own a 3DS but I'd like to and I'd probably be straight back in the queue buying his after too.
I've played Zelda multiple time not just on the original N64 version of this but also the Master Quest and Majora's Mask. I always thought Orcarina was the best incarnation of the series and...
Monday, 20 June 2011
E3 2011
The Xbox community has a lot to look forward to over the next year or so. E3 once again produced an outstanding line-up of games for the 360 with several surprise additions. Microsoft pulled out all the stops to show us what we should get excited about and competed against other fantastic titles for alternative platforms and even the next generation of gaming.
Mouth Fart
The Nintendo Corporation released the first images of it's now home console...
Tuesday, 14 June 2011
Storytelling
Storytelling is a massive part of the current video games world. Some games have a compelling story with almost zero gameplay style while others have brilliant gameplay and no direction outlining the actions of the player. Several developers have given their reasons for this recently giving interviews to IGN and it all seems to boil down to one point - story lines have to connect to the player on a personal level for them to become invested in the character/s struggle. The issue with this and the future of gaming is how we differentiate between...
Saturday, 11 June 2011
The Elder Scrolls Updates
Skyrim is shaping up to be another ground breaking RPG from Bethesda Softworks. We are now only 5 months away from the next edition of the the Elder Scrolls, the renowned open world of Tamriel is ready to be explored again. The very first Elder Scrolls game, Arena, came out on the PC in 1994 and since then there have been 14 different incarnations of the series.
Like the previous games, Skyrim is all about taking your personalised character through a series of story driven quests; finding loot, abilities, fighting monsters and more. The game is...
Mass Effect
The revolution of RPG's began with Bioware - the Canadian videos game developer who have brought us classics the likes of Baldurs Gate, Dragon Age and Neverwinter Nights. These guys certainly don't mind trying anything new and this time it's time for the second chapter in Commander Shepherds futuristic trilogy. The series has given new life to sequels with the idea that decision makes an impact in the future entries.
The Mass Effect games are very story-driven; facing you up against intergalactic war, large security companies and even species...
So it's official......
During my early years, my television consumption consisted of He-man & Power Rangers whith a little bit of the Looney Toons. My teenage years mainly of Video Games and a time to prove my poor decision making techniques. The obsession I had/have with Final Fantasy 7 probably consumed so much of my life that I have given up ever realistically choosing another pastime so enthusiastically.
Sadly, my love affair with the Final Fantasy turned me into somewhat of a cheat when it came to my video game collection. I lost many an evening to Perfect...
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