Holiday Fun

Morning folks,
It's been a few days since I got back off my holiday and just settling back down again. I thought since I've got the day off today it would be good to get another blog post up before I started any gaming.

Awesome start to the day with the announcement of Minecraft for the Xbox One coming out this Friday! that woke up me quite quickly when I checked the news this morning in bed. No doubt in my mind that we will see the PlayStation 4 any day now along with the Vita version as well. Will have to dedicate some time this weekend into making some awesome worlds, really cannot wait to get back into it since I've been holding off building anything lately.

I know you can transfer the worlds over from the old consoles but I wanted a fresh slate and start a new. Good news though is any DLC packs bought will be transferable, picked up several packs early on the year when they was on sale so that's a bonus. Also the price is awesome since if you own it already you get a discount. This was posted up earlier on twitter...

"Minecraft: Xbox One Edition is £3.99 / €4.99 if you own the Xbox 360 Edition, and £15.99 / €19.99 if you don't. Out Friday!"

£3.99?! bargain! just hope the same happens with the PlayStation 4 version when they announce the date.

Anyway enough about Minecraft for now since I will no doubt be posting a ton this weekend about it. So let's talk about another upcoming game and thats Destiny which is out next week. I really do not know what to say about this game, it looks good and I did enjoy the Beta. Do I think the hype for it is bang on? no I don't, I really don't see this being the game of the century that everyone claims it is. Don't get me wrong it looks amazing and it probably will be good, but don't think its this ten out of ten.

I have it pre-ordered on the PlayStation 4 just a box standard edition but I'm really not sure if I will get it day one now. Thing is though if I do wait and then when I pick it up later it could be brilliant and I will have a long grind to catch up with my friends. Also to note I have no games other than Minecraft slated for this month and October is already falling a part with delays so I would have plenty of time to play it or to work on some old games.

Will have to think about it over the weekend, probably wise to check out what is coming out over the next few months so I can plan my spending. I know November is jam packed this year with lots of goodies.

Anyway on that note I'm going to shoot since I want to get some time on Diablo, have a good one folks
~Iznic

Evolve & Destiny

Morning folks,
Well I was planning to play a little of Hearthstone and World of Warcraft this morning but maintenance on the servers has cancelled that idea. So I thought instead to get a post I was going to do later sorted now. You see I wanted to talk about two upcoming games that have my interest and of course show you guys the new trailers in case you missed them.

What are the games you ask? well Destiny and Evolve of course!

So let's start with Destiny which everyone should know about now, if not its a first person shooter MMO without the fees that is coming out to consoles in early September. Bungie have made some huge statements about this game for the last year and it promises to be one hell of a game if they stick to what they say.

And that is where I have my doubts you see, so far from what I've seen it's just a generic shooter and nothing amazingly special at all. Don't get me wrong I like my shooters and I will probably pick it up but I just don't see any "OMG!" moments when I watch the trailers so far. Check out the newest trailer showing off the "Devils' Lair".



Looks good but I just don't see anything special that makes it greater than anything else. Graphics look good and the gameplay reminds me sort of Borderlands in some ways but other then that what's the big thing? where is the wow factor.

Hopefully we will see some amazing stuff very soon, no doubt at E3 in June and closer to the release. Think it will help if they showed off trailers where you can see more people playing because it looks quite empty right now, graphics are stunning but you got to get that wow factor to make people stick with it. But anyway this game is still on my list to buy and keep an eye on of course. In fact it was just announced that GAME in the UK is giving away a faster speeder in game when you pre-order and buy the game from them. You can see the upgraded sparrow in action below which is a nice little bonus, wonder how long until we will see some collectors editions.



So onto the second game and one that has really got me excited to play it and that is Evolve. It was announced quite a while back and if you don't remember then it's coming from the girls and boys that made Left 4 Dead (amazing game). This game is basically a online multiplayer game where it takes 4 vs 1, you have a hunter team chasing then a weird alien monster.

It had my attention straight away when they said they made Left 4 Dead, the concept sounded very interested. You have this monster that starts off slightly weak but can evolve into different phases making it stronger. Then you have a team of four players with different classes trying to hunt it down quickly before it gets too powerful. Sounds good and I put the game onto my list to be watched, now we have a trailer showing off gameplay in action. Check it out below but just watching it has one hundred percent sold this game to me.



You can tell the players are doing things a little slow and scripted so people can see what is happening but you got to be excited for the game. I love the hunter traps that keep the beast down but even then you got to realise how powerful this creature is when it turns on them. Also I was amazed with the environment map working against everyone, that moment when the creature comes out the water and eats one of the team. I kid you not I was cheering and jumping out of my seat, plants as well trying to eat one of them. Amazing, simply amazing! this game is a must in my books and I'm very excited to get my hands on it. Some awesome different skins and a new monster for downloading later are being offered for pre-orders if you look around.

Well that's it for me folks and hope I've sold Evolve to you guys, it worth a pre-order in my books. Hopefully Destiny can wow me soon but it's not off my buy list just yet.
~Iznic