The Daily Grind - Day Forty-Eight

Wednesday 14th September 2011

Evening folks,
Last night I finally clocked Deus EX Human Revolution, it was amazing!! according to my raptr account it took 37 hours give or take. Also saved right at the end so I could see all four endings which to be honest was a bit of a let down since I was expecting to see some in game consequences but instead just a different speech for each ending. Oh well was still worth every minute since the story was amazing and I really enjoyed how the game played. Anyway I will get a review for it done later and get some more updates on the site as well, really need to get the next part of my upcoming games post.

So what you guys been up to this week? anything fun? clock any cool games?

With Deus EX finished now I'm currently excited for GAMEfest on Friday, going to be my first convention so it should be interesting. Looking forward to playing Batman, Mass Effect, Battlefield 3 etc in fact I think it will be hard to get rid of me at closing time. Then next Tuesday is the Gears of War launch!!! exciting stuff!

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Although I do have to talk about Gears, basically I've seen the epic edition and the console. First off the epic edition, I was a tad disappointed to find the statue was just made of plastic but the level of detail gone into it is beyond belief and the paint job is amazing. There is no doubt to buying this on the launch day and having that statue on my desk.

Now when there is a good thing there is a bad thing to go with it, yin and yang. This time the bad thing for me is the console, yep I said it! I was shocked when I saw the console. The core design is still there but its a vinyl transfer that is stuck on and you can tell (even feel the edge at the back). I'm really am surprised they didn't do a matt finish job like the Halo Reach console, I feel the design as lost the effect thanks to that stick on job (bit too shiny). Also if you look at the pictures you can clearly see several shades of red representing the blood effect but on the console its not as detailed.

Also was shown the sound effects when the console is turned on and the disc tray is open. When it was turned on I had to put my ear against the console to make out what the sound was, its in fact the locust weird sound on the menu but sounds like someone as kicked the speaker inside its that muffled. Then the disc tray....well I don't know what that sound is meant to be, could not make heads or tales of it and if I got to look it up to find out then you failed to get it right.

So ladies and gentleman that's my order cancelled, but I will say this I did like the controller. It does have a shiny finish instead of a matt but still looks good so I did order a separate controller. Maybe one day I will pick it up if there is a price drop but at £270 it's a flat out "no thank you".

That's it for my rant, sorry about that peeps but I had to get that off my chest and now back to the fun news of my gaming life.

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Where was I...oh yes what I'm up to now, well I'm thinking of trying to get my rental finished (Lego Pirates) and jumping back into Space Marines since I put that on the shelf while I was trying to finish Deus EX. That's my plans anyway but I do want to pick up the God of War HD Collection 2 this week and Gears of War 3 next week will dominate all my time when that gets home so will have to see.

Right I better log for now since I need to finish making my tea and then update my stats to add Deus EX to the list, stay tuned for more updates soon but until then "have a good one".

~Iznic