Looking Back and Forward

Before I jump into my gaming session tonight I decided to clear up the stats page for the blog and setup a new page for this year's progress. Got to say it was disappointing to look at when I've only earned just over 7k in gamerscore this year compared to the normal 17k that I did in 2012 and 2011. Can clearly tell that the PlayStation took over most of my time in the year and then work at the end of the year.

My new games completed dropped over 10% as well and was only just over the 30% thanks to a few games I clocked in my free time (what little I had). Hoping that 2014 will a great year for gaming for me and this year I'm determined not to make a pile of shame. Most of my past pile is gone now thanks to it being traded in to pay for my new consoles and games, was sick and tired of not playing games and having them gather dust on the shelf.

In fact I'm being quite brutal lately and even trading in new games if I'm not playing, whats the point of having them if I don't play them. Plus I can still get quite a high amount for the trade in if I don't let them sit on the shelf for two years. Already gutted half my new generation collection since I picked up multiple games to play with friends on different consoles and no one was bothering, so off they went. No more clutter this year....famous last words and no doubt I will be regretting that at the end of 2014.

Anyway the pages are setup for this brand new year, several new games on the horizon for the next few months so I think it's time to start clocking a few games and get a good head start (rest of the year seems quite dead right now). On this note I'm going to leave you with two pictures of my starting stats and I'm off to have some food then decide on what to play tonight.

~Iznic

Xbox Gamerscore

PlayStation Trophies

Happy New Year

Evening folks,
Well it's a brand new year and things are slowly starting to get back to normal for me, it's great having some time to actually write a post out for once. 2013 will go down in the history books for one of the busiest Christmas's I've ever worked. But you not here to hear about that so let's talk about games, well this year I've decided to go all out and do a few challenges.

For the last two years I've always set myself a goal for the PS3 with a friend from work, get x trophies or mostly get x platinum trophies and this year is no different. Originally it was meant to be ten new platinum trophies but after five minutes I could already work out what they was and realised I would have them by the summer at the latest. So I've made it a little harder and set it to twenty new platinum trophies, no pressure of course (trying not to panic).

Of course I did joke about setting some stupidly hard goals to go along side this and here they are, first up ten of those platinum trophies must be on the PlayStation 4. Might be a little hard since I cannot even name ten games yet for me, not to mention how hard they are to get the platinum. Then the cherry on the top, to finally reach 200,000 gamerscore on the Xbox. Yeah I bet you laughing with me since I barely get 17k gamerscore a year and I'm talking about a 45-50k increase. But where is the fun without a little challenge! so bring it on 2014 and let's get the gaming started.

Readers set yourself some goals, have a laugh and a great new year!! I will update again very soon but until then have a great day and new year.
 ~Iznic

E3 2013 Sony Conference

Finally getting around to getting up the posts for the main two big conferences, starting off with the Sony one of course. Right now the PlayStation 4 is looking to be my first next-generation console so I was looking forward to seeing what else they had up their sleeve for the console.



Like all my posts for E3 I will only be speaking about the stuff that interests me, sorry folks. Anyway let's start with Beyond Two Souls a game that I'm not too sure what to make of to be honest. It looks amazing but yet I keep hearing different things about the story and every time we see a new trailer it's a completely different place. One minute shes on the run from the Police then the next shes an homeless girl on the street and now a agent working for the FBI/CIA. Really worried they trying to do too much with this game and that it will become one giant mess, fingers crossed it won't happen though.

Small glimpse of the new Batman Arkham Origins which is looking to be just has good as the other games, love the new grappling hooks that attaches to two things. Also glad to see the Joker will be in it although I'm hearing this will be their first meeting which could be awesome if it's done right.

Next up The Order 1886 and what a nice surprise that was, although it reminds me in some ways of a HD Dishonored with the setting. Looking forward to seeing some gameplay and more information for this game when the time comes, hopefully at Gamescon next month.

Killzone Shadowfall is still looking beautiful so far and the new A.I companion bot could be useful, I'm still on the side lines with this game. Mostly because in the past Killzone has a reputation of showing off awesome trailers but delivering something different to what we see. Don't think it will be the case here but I just don't want to get my hopes up just yet.

Final Fantasy XV not a surprise there to be honest, soon as the delays started for Versus XIII it was clear they wanted to hold off for the next-generation consoles. Glad they did because the small fight scene gameplay they showed off looks breath taking and it reminds me I really need to finish a Final Fantasy game. I was a bit surprised when they announced Kingdom Hearts 3 straight after this trailer though, well it's in development finally but still. Need to get the HD collection so I can start playing the series, in fact I think I have one and two still sealed for the PS2 under my bed somewhere.

Next up one of my games that I am looking forward too, Assassin's Creed 4 Black Flag and they showed off a demo. Now at first I got really worried, the graphics looked amazing but it looked like every other Assassin game. Follow the target and stay hidden while you listen in for information, but then it just got amazing. Watching the town get blasted apart then having the Edward jump onto his ship and jump seamless into the ship battle with no loading screen. Thank you Ubisoft! I really cannot wait to get my hands on this game now. Shame the demo crashed during the ship fight but still it looks like this game will be everything I want.

Another nice surprise was the demo for Watch_Dogs, think Sony and Ubisoft wanted to get me hyper. Really cannot describe how excited I am for these two games. I loved how they used the cameras to guide his mate past the patrols but at the same time take action to take out a guard or two yourself. Fingers crossed both of these games will be launch titles for the PlayStaton 4.

I'm having to re watch the conference, well fast forwarding anyway to remember what games was shown because there was a lot. I was really surprised how much stuff I wanted from this years E3, don't think there was a conference without any games I wanted. Anyway back to the games and they did show of Elderscrolls Online coming to the consoles. Really not sure what to make of this game because it looks just like any other MMO and nothing special, glad to see they gone for the first person approach since everyone wanted that interface. But still just not sure about it because I feel there will be nothing amazing to make it stand out.

Nice way to end the conference with was the Destiny gameplay demo, ignoring of course the script talking the game looked amazing. Seriously though the guy needed to be more quiet and learn to aim because I lost count how many times he was shooting the floor. Still though the game is going to be awesome if it's done right.

So that is it folks for the Sony conference and from me this morning, I need to go get myself sorted for the day. Have a good one and I will catch you all later!
~Iznic

The Day After

Morning gamers,
Well all the main companies have now done their conferences and all that's left now is the show floor information to come. It's been one hell of a E3 this year and I got to say I've been really impressed with all the games this year, I was really shocked how much there is I want this year. Of course it was just games though was it, we had the next generation consoles being fully revealed and now the dust is settled I think its time to start catching up with my blog posts and talk about what I thought.

To start with Sony have won this war with out a doubt, undercutting the Xbox One price by £80 and announcing there won't be any DRM or blocks on Pre-owned was a killing blow. Yes I have read yesterdays comment and saw people was annoyed that publishers can do one time use serial keys but that's already in place with the PlayStation 3. Sony was just confirming that they are keeping the PlayStation 3 policy, chill people.

Anyway for the best show I'm going to go with EA believe it or not, they really surprised me with the amount of games they showed off. Not just the amount though but how impressive they was as well, the 64 player match for Battlefield 4 being shown off was brilliant. Also Plants vs Zombies Garden Warfare then the teaser for Battlefront, think they killed the internet when they showed that off.

So yeah it has been great E3 this year and thanks to it I've decided I'm getting a PlayStation 4 first, I do want a Xbox One since they have some nice exclusive games like Ryse, Titanfall, PVZ Garden Warfare, Halo 5 and Project Spark to name a few. If I could buy both at launch I will but the PlayStation 4 is the first thing I'm buying, the console looks better, cheaper, no restrictions and the share stuff looks amazing. Plus they too have some nice exclusives, e.g. Killzone, The Order 1886, Witness, Knack etc.

Think I need to put a list together of all the games I want and start working out a savings plan because it's going to be a expensive year that's for sure. It's a great time to be a gamer right now though, anyway I'm going to shoot so I can start getting the E3 conference posts up.

By the way before I do run off I do have to say this year had way too many techincal problems, games crashing, bad feeds etc. quite a lot to be normal plus for god sake stop with the terrible scripts. Watching people playing the demos on stage and do the robot talk is annoying "this is fun" "lets go this way" "hi friend, you come to join me on adventure". Stop it! it's annoying!

~Iznic

P.S. Your thoughts on E3 this year? Loved it? Hated it?

God of War Ascension Collectors Edition Unboxing

Thought it would be a good idea to get another unboxing post up, this one has been on the cards for the last few weeks now. This is the God of War Ascension Collector's Edition, it contained the steel book special edition plus the extra season pass and Kratos figurine.

The box was just simple cardboard design with the golden dark shadow effect that's been used for the theme through out the advertisement campaign of the game. On the one side you could see the front cover of the steel book and the other side shows the figurine it self.

As you can see in the top picture there was some assemble required when it came to the Kratos figurine, both arms needed to be attached. I was bit disappointed with the figurine it self due to the fact the plastic was quite cheap, the figure was painted nice and the detail was good. What was really annoying though was the arms had to be slotted onto pegs to be attached and who ever did the design cut the peg shape wrong on the one arm. It took me nearly thirty minutes to finally get the arm on and I had to use a knife to cut the shape inside better. This was a huge mistake on their part and when you forking £80 out for a edition like this, this should not be happening.

Another thing you will notice is that on the head is a red dot where a bit of paint was splashed, I've ignored it and counted it as blood but overall I really expected better quality control. Least it still looks good on my shelf with the rest of my collection. So other then the figurine in the box was the special edition which was a steelbook case with several DLC included (plus the season pass for the collectors edition). In the way of the DLC it was all multiplayer bonuses and the soundtrack, so lets skip over that and talk about the steel book.

Steel book Cover and Slipcase

The outside is just black with the God of War symbol and a slip case cover for protection, the inside though had some amazing artwork. It features two warriors from the multiplayer mode and I loved the work gone into the drawing, I would preferred this on the cover to be honest.

Steelbook artwork

Overall it was an ok Collectors edition but I really did not feel like I got my money out of it, a lot of the bonus DLC was multiplayer in the ways of XP boosting. The season pass content has not gone live yet, well I don't think it as but there is no options on the menu to find out in the game. Guessing I have to complete the multiplayer tutorial to find out. Anyway I'm getting off topic, nice steel book and the figurine was just ok but could had been a lot better. Not the best collectors edition out there and if I was given a choice then I probably would had just picked up the special edition instead. So that is it for my short unboxing today folks, I will find a much nicer collectors edition to talk about next time but until then have a good one.
~Iznic

Summer Begins

Afternoon folks,
Well the summer has begun and it's been nearly two weeks since I've done anything really on my blog. Sorry about that folks but I thought I had only missed last week but checking back I let the side down on the week before as well.

It's been quite busy here and I've had a lot of my plate, any free time I had spare I decided to use for gaming of course. Anyway I'm off for the week now so time to chill, have a few days out and maybe get some gaming in as well. In fact I just got back from the Last of Us lock in in my local GAME store and I got to say I am shocked and amazed on how great this game is.

The demo I played is an extended version of the God of War demo that had just gone live on Friday. So starting off I was given a run down of the information I need to play through with, first up I had only four bullets and told not to expect to find many either. Nice start and I feel really weak now, next up yes I have shiv type knife for stealth kills but be careful it can break after use. Dang I was not expecting to be this defenceless, good news there is a crafting system so through the game you can search for items to use to make useful stuff. So for example scissors, tape, cloth etc can all help to make med kits, knifes, hell there is batteries to power your torch. At one point I combined a plank of wood with scissors using some tape to make a pick club.

I will say this now do not expect to run through blasting away and full on attack, the horrible mutants are blind but can hear noise. Soon as you start shooting they know where you are plus it takes some good head shots to kill them, if they get close it's over. The game is about strategy, using stealth and cunning to get through the level. For example they blind but can hear noise, later on in the demo I got a Molotov cocktail so I had no regrets throwing it on the floor to watch the mutant charge over to the noise only to set it self on fire while I move past quickly. I even got into a one versus three brawl mid way through the game after killing a mutant with an headshot because they heard the gun go off.

The game is brilliant and hard if you not thinking about what you doing but my god folks I would recommend this game to anyone after playing this short demo. I really cannot wait for 14th June now so I can start getting into it.

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So other then going to play the lock in I have finally finished Lego Lord of the Rings on the PlayStation 3 last week, clocked the platinum trophy on Sunday I think it was. Very happy to finally finish it and get it sent back to Lovefilm and since then I have been working on Ratchet and Clank Qforce which is a tower defence game. It's quite short with only five levels so I finished the story this afternoon and now just moping up the missing trophies.

I've currently not really got any plans for this weeks gaming other then just play what I feel like, found it quite hard to be honest to get into anything. Got plenty to finish up and plenty to start as well, just need to find something that will take my interest. Well anyway that's it for now folks because I want to go play some games, have a good one and I will try to get a few more posts up later.
~Iznic

Xbox One Announcement

So it was finally announced last night and confirmed that the next generation console for Microsoft would be the Xbox One. Why a name like that? well it seemed I did call it and it's an all in one entertainment unit and not just a video game console. Below is the replay video from Gamespot.com so if you not seen the conference then check it out, if you have jump over the video to see my thoughts.



This is the second attempt to write this post because I'm finding it hard to write my thoughts for this console. When I first saw it I was really impressed with the look of the controller, it looked comfortable and brought all the great stuff from the Xbox 360 one. The console itself though looked just ok, one giant beast of a machine but as long as it does its job then I don't mind.

So it comes with 8GB ram, great that means it can cope at least then you got 500gb hard drive. Liking the extra space because I'm getting close to hitting my 250gb xbox 360 one. Then we finally have Blu-Ray player, hooray for taking a step forward. Then it went down hill after that, I think Microsoft forgot that the Xbox should really be a video game console first. Instead we spent a good part of an hour listening to all the TV features that it can do, don't get me wrong i love the snap feature if it can be used for gaming as well. I would love to open the Internet Explorer mid game so I can check out a collectible guide or a guide what Ingredients I need to make a potion. 

But how great that could be they never did once mention it about being used with gaming, if I did miss that please comment at one point in the conference it was so I can re watch it. It really got to me how they skipped over all the gaming stuff, Xbox Live was barely talked about. A lot of us want to know what the new features are, it's great to know we can transfer are profile over but will it be permanent. If I transfer over am I stuck there for good because I want to be able to continue to turn my Xbox 360 on with my profile since the new Xbox One is not compatible with Xbox 360 games.

A lot of people was shocked they could not play their old games, I'm more shocked you did not see that coming since the Xbox One hardware is a massive step forward over the Xbox 360. To run the old games they would have to put more stuff in to get them to play, so to sum it up more money would have to be spent so the cost would rise up. Don't get me wrong I feel your pain because I would love to play all my games on one machine.

Anyway back to the poin at hand, Microsoft paid way too much attention to the TV part and the worst part is after the conference ended it was announced the Live TV would only work for America on launch day. Nice one Microsoft because it's not like the rest of the world was watching today.

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I walked away not impressed with the console and the amount of conflicting interviews yesterday is just making it worse, everything from it can run pre-owned to having to pay extra to play co-op. Microsoft really need to step up and do some damage control, answer a lot of the questions because right now they making Sony look angels at this point. If I had to decide on a console right now this minute I would say none, don't get me wrong the PlayStation 4 sounds a lot better right now over the Xbox One but that's the problem, the console was never shown off working. It was all this is what we want, this is what we doing so it was concept stuff so I'm waiting to actually see the thing running all their the stuff they promised first.

In around 18-19 days is E3 so hopefully we will see more and a lot more games to make buying these consoles worth it. Too many so called next generation games are going to come out on current generation meaning that the next generation versions are just ports with slightly improved graphics etc. Not really worth the extra £10 price tag and really not worth forking out £400+ on the console to play them when the console sitting under your TV right now can play them.

So that's my thoughts folks, like everyone else on the Internet I was not impressed with the conference and I just hope E3 is better then I hope because right now I'm worried that won't have this great show. For now though I'm going to sit on the fence and wait to see what they do with the next generation.
~Iznic

P.S. Kinect 2 having to be plugged in all the time, what the hell was they thinking! I hope it takes less space because I could not get it working properly in my living room.

PlayStation 4 Teaser Trailer

You all know this would happen yesterday and to be honest I had bets that it would happen today but oh well. Sony has officially posted a quick teaser trailer showing of a blurred version of the new PlayStation 4. At the end the data shows that the full reveal will be at E3 so make sure to be there.



It's causing quite a stir and it will be interesting to see how Microsoft will top it today with the new Xbox, but anyway back to the PlayStation trailer. Well looking at the blurred image and the quick clips shown it reminds me a lot of the PlayStation 3 slim model. What do you guys think? anyway there quite a few sites that have slowed the trailer down to show off each image but to be honest you not going to get the full picture. Just one more reason why this years E3 will be epic.

~Iznic

Kingdom Hearts HD Pre-Order Bonus

It's been a while now since they announced there would be a HD collection for Kingdom Hearts. I've been looking forward to it since I never really gave the games a chance, I do have the first two and I think they still sealed on my shelf somewhere.

So yeah I'm finally determined to give them a chance with the HD collection, of course there is no 2 in this collection. It's the updated first one that never arrived in the West then the other two are in fact from the handheld so that will be interesting to see.

Anyway the other day it was finally announced that the west will be getting a pre-order bonus in the way of a artwork book, check out above to see two pages from the book. Looks pretty awesome and in fact I love the concept artwork in the announcement picture as well.

With the announcement of the bonus Square Enix also finally gave a release date of 13th September for Europe and 10th September for North America. So far Shopto.net is the only one taking orders in the UK but GAME did post on their twitter feed that orders will be up soon, no signs from any other retailer just yet.
~Iznic

Beyond: Two Souls Special Edition

Steelbook

Say hello to the limited edition for Beyond: Two Souls and I got to say it looks, well boring really. This was announced several months back but I've been waiting for more details about it since back then it was just the steelbook case, now it comes with some goodies that make up for the lack of artwork. So here is what you get in the box:

• Extra in-game scene 
• Avatar pack
• Soundtrack
• Dynamic Theme
• Making of feature

I'm betting the soundtrack will be awesome for this game and not sure what to think about the extra in-game scene. This is not the type of game I had expect to have extra stuff added to it so I'm wondering how good this extra gameplay will be. Plus the steelbook is really putting me off getting it, seriously how can you make it so boring. Anyway a few retailers have started taking orders so if you are interested in getting it then make sure to pre-order since the rumour is this will be really limited.

I've put my order down just in case but still unsure, the steelbook is really putting me off it.

~Iznic

Sunny Day

Afternoon folks,
It's a wonderful day right now and the Sun is out with no clouds, so of course I'm planning to spend the day inside gaming. Well I'm not sure what I will be playing to be honest and I better explain that, as you all know if you read my blog regularly that I've been working on the Hitman HD collection for the PS3. I started last week working on Hitman 2 Silent Assassin and had some real bad luck with glitches and bugs, after nearly two hours I was able to get the first mission done.

Well since then I did get the first missions down with a lot less restarting and I was able to nab the 5 Silent Assassin ratings trophies. So the other day I got up to level 13 and then, well it was like running into a wall. It hurt and smacked me down, no matter what I did I some how had to restart because of a glitch. Buttons not responding, freezing or the weird A.I going crazy and able to spot me through walls. Anyway after an hour I finally clocked it and went onto level 14 then just gave up, why you ask? after my tenth restart I just couldn't do it no more. The game is slowly putting me off gaming for good, I know games need to be hard and especially when I'm playing on Professional difficulty. But when you got glitches and bugs it really does not help, it's worse since on Professional you get no saves so if something happens you have to do the entire level over again.

Hell I had it several times say "Mission Failed" soon as the level loaded up, not even had chance to move my character. So the game is being shelved for the time being before I brake my pad in anger and give up on gaming.

Of course that means I have no clue what to play now, I did pick up the Unfinished Swan on the PlayStation this weekend since it was half price off. A beautiful game I must say and I would recommend it to everyone, it's short but amazing. First person shooter except instead of guns you have paint, you start in a white room and I mean white. It's blank there is nothing there but fire the paint and you can start to see the walls, you use the paint to find your way outside and my god it's just amazing. Here is a gameplay trailer for the first opening trailer and it explains it better then I can describe it, the only thing I have noticed is this is an earlier gameplay so it's missing the soundtrack in most places.



All the levels have different art styles and tools to work your way through them, it's all about exploring and finding out the story of the world. It took me around three hours to get all the trophies in the game so I would say an hour to two to finish the story. Short but brilliant and just go buy it while it's cheap.

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I think I might have a game to play, well that's a lie I have a pile of shame to play but I think I know what I want to play. You see yesterday someone on Twitter posted up a link for a new mod for the PC version of Skyrim. This mod basically changes the dragons in the game to be a lot tougher, we talking graphics, A.I and skills improvement. The article is over on PC Gamer and the writer describes in a lot of detail about his journey with the Mod and I got to say I had chuckle hearing about his mistakes. Check it out if you got a minute or two since it's a very good read, PC Gamer Mod of the Week.

It's one of the reasons I would love to play the PC more since there are a lot of fans out there that build and improve the game with their own mods. Of course my PC gaming time as decreased a lot since I've got into the consoles more, a lot more easier to play games by just putting the disc into the tray where with a PC you have to install and hope your PC can run it. Anyway I'm getting off topic again so yeah, I really want to play Skyrim since well I never really gave it the time of day that it deserves. In fact I own two copies of the game (Xbox and PS3) and I'm sure I have all the DLC on the Xbox as well since they went into the sale at one point.

So this week I might just jump into Skyrim finally, I do still have Lego Lord of the Rings from Lovefilm to work on as well so I can work on that when I want a break. That's it anyway folks for my update and I will no doubt catch you soon with more posts, until then have a good one and enjoy the sun.
~Iznic

Future Plans

Good morning readers,
Hope you enjoyed watching the FUSE trailers in this mornings post and that I might have persuaded you to get another game, if not oh well there is always next time. So I have quite a few things I wanted to talk about today which is unusal for me since I only normally do a general blog post once a week and this will be the third one.

Anyway first up pre-orders have started on Diablo 3 and not for the PlayStation 4 but in fact for the PlayStation 3. I honestly could not remember the announcement about this and was a little shocked, anyway I've put my order in mostly because GAME is offering a pre-order bonus. You get a in-game "Infernal Helm" which offers bonus xp when it's equipped and a giant poster (see below) which is doubled sided.

I love my poster collection so it was a must have for me so my pre-order is down, hopefully a few friends will pick it up as well so I can get a team together for a laugh or two. Speaking of upcoming games Sony posted up two trailers showing the unboxing of the Last of Us UK special editions, the Joel and Ellie editions. They are both exactly the same just focusing on one of the main characters, personally I've got my order down for the Ellie edition.





I was a bit uncertain about the canvas wrap box but after seeing it there I've changed my mind, it looks pretty sweet and perfect for this type of game. Also very happy to see the awesome poster is included as well, I've seen a couple of them in stores for display purposes and they look awesome.

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So that's for gaming news the last thing I want to talk about is the main topic title for this post and that for future things I want to do for the blog. I'm thinking about doing a round up post each week which will list all the posts I've done for the week with links to them. Of course if there are no posts for the week there won't be a round up post.

Another plan as to do with yesterday when I was on shopto.net website, I cannot remember for the love of life why I was on there but I was searching for a game that was coming out. Anyway as I was searching I was shocked on how many games I found that are coming out that I've not seen in ages, we talking last E3 and beyond. Plus plenty of games I've never heard about but the main ones that stood out to me was the games I remembered seeing that I had forgot about. So what I want to do is create a page on the top of my blog where it will list everything, bit like the next generation and E3 pages where the games will be listed in categories so like keep an eye and must buy.

I want to keep this list updated regularly so once a week or two weeks, of course adding new games as it happened. But this way I won't forget these awesome games that get forgot about because of the main triple A games come out and push them to the side.

That's my idea anyway for the next two updates/changes for the blog, plus I need to start something for Game of the Year this year. I've played through several new releases so far so I need to start a list on where I think certain games stand so far. Right I really could do with finishing this post and get ready for work, if you guys have any ideas you would like on the blog don't hesitate to comment or send me a message on the Facebook page or even my twitter account. Both are linked on the bottom right of the blog, I'm always up for hearing new ideas.
~Iznic

Midweek and Start of the Month

Morning gamers,
Thought I would get another post in before work and update you with my latest gaming news. So I've pre-ordered the DEDSEC Edition and the Vigilante Edition for Watch_Dogs, I'm still excited for that game. In the ways of gaming not much as happened since Sunday/Monday where I had a nightmare with Hitman 2 Silent Assassin.

The game is quite old now and back in the day it had quite a few bugs that I had forgot about, well they back since they just ported the game over and gave it a quick HD look. It took an hour to two just to finish the first level, I had everything happen to me like the game froze so had to reboot the PS3. Best one was the fibre wire would not work as in it just went through the guy and not kill them, buttons not registering is the best so trying to go into sneak mode quickly is luck based (lost count how many times I've failed mission because of this).

Oh and the beautiful one when I loaded up the level and got a warning that I had been spotted, yeah this guard on the other side of the map (two buildings, trees, fences walls etc in the way) somehow spotted me doing something bad. Loved to know what it was since I just loaded the level and not even moved, was quite comical really.

Anyway after two hours I've finally clocked it and got the Silent Assassin rating (pure luck), the second mission went a lot better and nothing to report wrong. So fingers crossed it was just the first mission that was the problem but it did leave me annoyed.

Other then that I did play Minecraft for a little bit on Monday, it's nearly been a year since the game came out on Xbox Live and got me addicted (9th May). So I thought about starting a new map/game as a Birthday Celebration, so far I've just got a small one room building made and had some bad luck with creepers on my second day. Will be putting some more time into this week and hopefully get some screen shots up for you with what I make.

That's it then folks for what I've been up to, I will be continuing Hitman and Minecraft this week. Oh there is a new game that as caught my attention, Zombie Tycoon 2 which is hitting the PSN today.



Zombie vs Zombie real time strategy game and it looks like a lot of fun, so might try the demo if they have one and give it a go. On that note I better go get ready for work so have a good one folks, hope you all having a good week.
~Iznic

P.S. Saw Iron man 3 yesterday evening, how great was that film!

BEYOND: Two Souls

Well I was about to go play some games and get on with same games after that last post but then I saw this trailer on the Sony Youtube page.



Even with the next generation consoles coming out the current generation is going out with a bang with some great games and the PlayStation 3 seems to be getting the best. Last of Us in June and now this in October.

It's been a while since the E3 trailer giving you that small tease but dang it was worth the wait, the graphics look amazing although there was a few moments where I though improvements could be made. But who cares the plot looks amazing! there is so much I want to know and my god why does it have to come out in October with so many other releases, I might as well not bother buying anything else.

 I can safely say I'm excited for this game
~Iznic

PlayStation 4 Games

Morning folks,
To start this weeks posts off I thought I would do a little post about some of the upcoming games for the PlayStation 4 which was shown on the reveal day. I would give them a post each but in the end I found them to be a really short post. So let's start with the new puzzling game, the Witness which looks to be a PlayStation Network game.



I'm a huge fan of puzzle games and stuff like Professor Layton and Portal are up there on my favourite list. This looks fun and pretty addictive, not much to say about the game though since the only information released is that you are on abandon island. Talk about being vague with the story but oh well least the puzzles look fun and I love the idea you get to explore the island, so no doubt I will be getting this on day one.

The second up game is Diablo 3 which I want to say I'm shocked to see coming to the console market but at the same time I'm not. There have been rumours for a long time now about Blizzard releasing a game so it was bound to happen. I own the PC version and I do have to say I do enjoy playing the game even though I'm not that far into it. Problem is the game had massive trouble at the start with online issues (needs constant Internet connection), graphics and lag issues. It kind put me off and I've not been back since, I do keep saying I need to go back and play but you know how it is.



I have my fingers crossed that the console version will have a lot less problems then it's PC counterpart. The game is huge and the maps are randomised so you might be exploring different dungeons each time you load up the same area. Plus plenty of loot to be add and I've heard now they done a huge levelling system after you finishing with plenty of extra hard bosses to fight.

Anyway next up is a new IP from Capcom called Deep Down, fantasy action adventure game that really does shown off the new graphics on the PlayStation 4.



Here is the thing though about this trailer, was that gameplay? because if you pay attention to the bottom left you will see a item menu select there. Of course this would not be the first time a fake ingame trailer is put together that looks amazing but turns out like nothing like the real product, but one can hope.

So on that note lets end the post with the Final Fantasy tech demo which looks beautiful and I really hope they will turn into a game.
~Iznic

Fifteen Hours to Go

Morning Gamers,
Well only fifteen and half hours to go until Sony's big announcement happens, I'm very excited to see what they announce today. We all know it's pretty much their new console thanks to the teaser trailers talking about their past consoles plus with the advertising say it will change gaming you know it's got to be a new console. That or they announcing a brand new exclusive game but it would be a little too much hype just for that.

Anyway I thought I would put down a post before the event with what I'm hoping to see, plus I needed to do a general update. Well I'm hoping the rumours are trouble with the new controller design, I like the Dual shock but I hate the triggers, I find it annoying that I had to go and buy Gioteck clip on triggers to stop my finger slipping. Also the analog sticks need a better grip for your thumbs, maybe a slight indent could help there. So yeah I'm hoping for those two things to change and that's it for me, long as the pad is comfortable I'm happy.

The Console itself, well I'm not sure what I want it to do just as long as the download/install speeds improve because the PlayStation 3 is a joke when it comes to that. It's like being on dial up all over again and there is no excuse how it can be so bad. Oh yeah there is something I don't want, constant Internet connection and no Pre-owned. Now don't get me wrong all my consoles are pretty much constantly connected to the Internet but what happens if the net goes down, everyone has had that problem at least once. I don't want the net going down and then making my console useless to play while I have to wait for it to come back on. What happens if it happen suddenly in a middle of game, does it shut off and not let me save? if they going to do this they need to really look into properly since no Internet Provider is 100% up.

Pre-owned is a tough subject for everyone, I can understand completely that the Publisher and Developers get zero of the profit made from Pre-Owned. But on the other hand you got to expect a decrease in sales if you wipe out the Pre-Owned business, too many games are released in the same time frame and most people cannot afford all of them. Without trading in old games there be no way I could get all my new games, plus what if a game sucks? I'm stuck with it forever? then I won't be taking chances with games I'm not sure on. As I said it will decrease sales no matter what anyone says but I do understand something needs to be done so they see some of the money, hell they made the game.

Think I'm getting off track right now, basically I want an awesome console announced tonight with lots of new sparkly features to keep me entertained. I would also love to see a release date and that it will be this year, plus if we lucky some games to go with it. Uncharted 4 for launch will make it a day one purchase for me.

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Actually before I change the subject fully away, the event is at 11pm GMT tonight so what the hell! typical since I will be at the Gears of War Judgement Lock-in at that time. Will have to take my iPad with me so I can stream it in the background, multi-tasking for the win although it is a Microsoft event so wonder how that will go down. So yeah subject change, Gears of War! cannot wait to play it tonight and see it in action although in another way playing it a month early will only make me want it right now. I played the God of War the other weekend as well, wasn't it a lock-in event more of a demo pod but my god the level was fun. Also walked away with a free Kratos Sackboy keyring as well which is awesome. As I said the other day it's going to be a busy day, since I will have a few hours after work and before the event I'm not sure what I will be playing.

I clocked Call of Duty the other day so I'm now balanced again with my challenge, I ordered Hitman HD collection for the PS3 since it was in the Mega Monday sale on Zavvi for £15. £5 for each game was a steal to me so had to order it, actually I could work on that. Also still got Saints Row the Third and Ni No Kuni to work on as well, the PlayStation 3 is really getting some love lately. Probably because I do love the Trophy system and a lot of my friends have moved over from the Xbox, of course it does not mean I've given up on my Xbox.

Think my challenge is going to struggle over the next few weeks since the March line up will be starting, not sure how I had originally planned to complete that many games to get all that lot. But I will be trying my best to keep clocking as much as I can, cannot allow my Pile of Shame to get any bigger. Well on that note I'm going to head off, too much rambling on this post so I think it's time to end it. Have a good one folks and no doubt I will be posting later or tomorrow with the outcome from today.
~Iznic