I'm an Xbox 360 fanboy, but probably due to the release of PS4 with it's own exclusives, I am most likely going to swap to Sony. Sorry Microsoft.

• 5Jan 13

  Telling A Tale Within Games and Conveying Emotions

  Most of us have a say on emotional games, or games that convey strong emotions particularly this year's Telltale The Walking Dead game series and how it brought most of us who played the final episode of the series cry like little babies. I'm not gonna spoil the tearjerker finale to the game series, but it even brought me close to tears. There aren't many games out there that can do this in my opinion, but there are some great gems out there that can do it well. I stick mainly to the Xbox 360 for my gaming so the list I am going to give, probably includes games that are also on the PS3:

  
  

  - Mirror's Edge (Great soundtrack, and emotional scenes)

  - Telltale's The Walking Dead Episodic Series (Touching Ending, but also some strong emotional moments)

  - Dead Space

  - Dead Space 2 (Deep storyline involving guilt and loss)
  

  - Final Fantasy XIII (Great soundtrack, and some emotional moments between characters)

  - Lost Odyssey

  - Mass Effect 1 - 3 (Relationships grow, and destroy over the course of the game and some great moments of sacrifice and heroisim)

  - DisHonored

  - Bioshock

  - Half-Life 2

  - Alan Wake

  
  These are just some of the games that really have some heart-wrenching moments in them, again most of these games aren't overly violent. These games are mainly story and character driven, so for those who aren't fans of extremely violent games its quite a comprehensive list.

  
  I personally prefer a game that develops a character, and their story to the point you actually care about them and wish to impact on their decisions within the game. This is what makes a game, not extreme violence or indeed online qualities to a title. I don't buy many games for their online properties as in multiplayer, simply because I don't have the attention span to play online for hours. I do however possess the attention for long story-driven RPG's, shooters and adventure games because the story pulls you in and you can't personally tear yourself away from it.

  I want to hear people's opinions on this, games they feel that drew them in and they personally hold in high esteem for this value.
  

  
  

  
  

  • Posted Jan 5, 2013 1:20 pm GMT
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• 13Oct 10

  Medal of Honor: Really What Special Forces Are Like or Mainly Just A Game?

  We all know about the new Medal of Honor game, based on the experiences of Tier One operatives of the US army. Recently in the news we have heard of the British hostage killed by US special forces, in an attempted rescue. Reportedly, US special forces used a fragmentation grenade when trying to rescue Linda Norgrave. If US special forces are supposedly one of the best in the world second to British SAS operatives, then how could they mistakenly use a lethal explosive in a hostage rescue. Even British SAS operatives have criticised this, saying that a Fragmentation grenade should never have been used.

  
  As a video game, is it possible Medal of Honor is simply to cash in on the War on Terror and to cover up the mistakes and mishaps of the war itself.

  
  I know this isn't really a video game blog, but anyone else agree or have a take on this?
  

  • Posted Oct 13, 2010 2:36 am GMT
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• 8Oct 10

  Fun Old School Shooters

  Well everyone remembers the old-school shooters, such as Quake 2 and even Half-Life on the PC. I myself grew up with Half-Life, and most of my current gaming trends are based on that game. Now we have a lot of Next-Gen shooters that follow the original Half-Life formula such as Timeshift, The Darkness, Prey, and even Wolfenstein (the 360 version.)

  These shooters stay sort of true and faithful to the dynamics of the original old-school shooters, even if they now seem underated in comparison to current big releases.

  These are still Next-Gen shooters people should collect and keep on their shelves, as they offer hours of gaming even if you've completed them many a time. I myself I kept Max Payne 1 & 2 on xbox original, simply because I loved the game as a teen and couldn't bear to give it up.

  Currently we have the latest release of Singularity, that keeps faithful also to old-school shooter rules.

  I personally believe, these old school shooters should be collected as they are fun, enjoyable not to be taken realistically games. They offer hours of gaming.

  Anyone agree or wish to put up their own view of these shooters?

  
  

  • Posted Oct 8, 2010 4:24 pm GMT
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