The first time Kratos and Atreus head into Svartalfheim, the story keeps you moving fast enough that a lot of side content slips by. The Myrkr Tunnels are one of the worst offenders. You come through them on your second trip to the realm, the story pulls you forward, and by the time you think about going back you have no idea how to get in again.
I played the biplane missions in Battlefield 1 and a handful of missions in Red Dead Redemption 1 on Xbox One, but I spent more time replaying The Order 1886 on PS4.
Good morning and Happy Monday to you good people. It is a windy morning here in Southern California and the streets are full of RV’s leaving the area because the last music festival of the year is over and this is when everyone is headed back to reality, and I avoid the streets as much as possible. Of course I also have to run errands but I am holding back on those for later. So today I thought it would be fun to do a combo Gaming on the Cheap/Quick Hits because I didn’t get around to it last week because I got caught up in the NFL Draft. I watch the dang thing every single year, and this year is no different, except at times I played some NCAA Football and had the draft going on my phone. Anyways let’s get started!
I believe you can make a good game out of anything. Pulling off some concepts will be harder than others, but if the right approach is taken, then even the most boring or trite idea can be turned into something extraordinarily engaging and compelling. The reason I believe this is because of my strong love for the Ace Attorney franchise, video games where you play as a lawyer defending clients. Yet these are also games where just tapping “Present evidence” on a touch screen can have me shaking from anticipation and excitement.
It’s absolutely dumbfounding to think that PixlBit has existed in this world for five years now. I can’t even begin to tell you all how many times Chessa and I considered hanging it up and just moving on with life. But we never did and I’m not sure why that is. The early days were grim at times; visitation was extremely low, the hours invested were high, and my day job was absolutely soul crushing. I guess we always felt there was a light at the end of the tunnel – a point at which it would all pay off. And boy has it.
So apparently Rise of the Tomb Raider will be an xbox exclusive, I dont know if its jsut a timid exclusive but Im honestly calling bullshit. Why take a game after the first one was multiplatform and make it an exclusive to one console, I mean what the fuck really Crystal Dynamics?? Well I shall have to inform my dearest system she will have to buy a xbox one to continue tomb raider. She will not be impressed nor happy. I just dont understand the decision making in this, I mean seriously I was totally excited to continue this series on my PS4. Well I guess that means I effing cant unless they get bitched at enough to change their mind. *sigh*
Well happy Tuesday Pixlbit. I didn’t write my usual Monday blog because I had a dang sinus headache that just wouldn’t go away. I like to blame the recent rainstorms we had here in what is normally sunny Southern California. It was off and on but when it was on it sucked. I think I shook the majority of it, which means back to writing about my random gaming experiences for the week. Sound fun? For today’s entry I thought about going with a tablet theme and talk about the tablet games I’ve been playing. They are nothing new but I’ve been caught up.
a day where I played some Mii-Plaza games, EDF 2025 and Weapon Shop de Omasse.
With hundreds of new indie games spilling onto the scene each month, it's easy to overlook some of the more deserving but obscure titles. Thus, this blog.
When I first started Deadpool, I didn't really expect to like it. I knew it wasn't going to be a grand masterpiece, and I just thought it would be mildly entertaining. I love Deadpool as a character, and enjoyed the comics, but I wasn't sure how it would all come together in the game.
The last time I blogged was a good 2 months ago as the holiday season started hitting, so I certainly have some catching up to do. Even though I was out of the blogging game for a while I was still running a guerrilla campaign in the shadows reading lots of good articles on Pixlbit, Polygon, reading blogs, leaving comments occasionally, and listening to gaming podcasts. Over at Pixlbit, editor and writer Julian Titus put together quite a passionate Final Fantasy retrospective for the 25th anniversary which he worked on for several months. If you are of the Final Fantasy persuasion you should certainly check it out, but if you're not it's still a worthwhile adventure.
Video games are truly a unique medium. They blend graphics, sound, characters and story with intricate mechanics to create a completely immersive experience that simply can’t be duplicated anywhere else. When a game is crafted well, these elements merge together seamlessly, forging an illusion that is difficult to break. Then there are games like Red Johnson’s Chronicles: One Against All, a game so disjointed and jarring that it not only broke the immersive illusion for me, but it actually forced me to think long and hard about video games as a whole, and ask myself if they’re worth my time.
In a world where so many licensed properties are turned into video games to coincide with a movie release date for a quick buck and low expectations, it’s rare to see an IP leveraged for all it’s worth. That was the case with 2010’s Transformers: War for Cybertron. The third person shooter wasn’t tied to any current movie, cartoon, or toy line, which gave developer High Moon Studios the freedom and time to create a high quality game set in the expansive Transformers universe. It stood out, and did for the Transformers what Arkham Asylum did for Batman. High Moon is at it again, and this time the war has become much more urgent. The battle between the Autobots and the Decepticons has taken its toll, and soon Cybertron will fall.
Asura’s Wrath wouldn’t seem like an obvious candidate for a whole slate of DLC, considering it’s a new IP that wasn’t aggressively marketed by Capcom. But that’s just what’s in store for the heavily anime-inspired action game. We’ve learned details for the DLC schedule, and it’s surprisingly robust.
In a world devastated by “The Calamity,” a mysterious and catastrophic event, we find the Bastion, a powerful and mysterious place, and namesake of Supergiant Games' XBLA title. With a small cast, the first acting as the avatar of the player in the world, and is simply known as “The Kid,” Bastion feels like something truly special in the video game world. Part of the reason is the second character Rucks, who doubles as the narrator. Brushing beyond his role for a moment, understand there are only two other real characters in all of Bastion; The Calamity appears to have razed all other human life in the kid's homeland of Caelondia. Don't misunderstand, there are survivors. Unfortunately for the people left, those who survived the Calamity are more of the angry, confused, enemy monster type than they are of the human variety. These monsters remain to assault the kid, but as he begins his journey through the Bastion, Rucks promises completing his quest will help to fix all of Caelondia.
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment announced today that they will be publishing the latest work of Double Fine Productions: an Xbox 360, Kinect-enabled Sesame Street game, titled Sesame Street: Once Upon a Monster. Double Fine Productions, a company best known for their original IPs, namely Psychonauts and Brutal Legend, has chosen to work on this licensed IP due to their love for the brand and children's TV show.
Unquestionably, 2010 was an impressive year for gaming, with many great titles releasing across all of the modern systems available on the market.