Few months ago I posted about glancing through my collection of games on my xbox profile that had easy achievements and yet I did not have them. Last night I decided to have a closer look and got to say there is easily 5,000+ gamer score waiting there, some of the stuff is just daft stuff like collectibles or make a item in a game or complete one game on line. I'm very shocked with myself for not picking up them straight to be honest but the past is the past.
So my plan is to go through again but in a lot more detail in the way of making a note of them in a list so then I can start going through them, think it will be a nice boost. On top of that I've got a ton of games not open so I really need to start getting my ass into gear again, in fact I've got a new mate at work who will be helping me do some co-op nights and he's a fan of achievements too so hopefully be clocking a lot more stuff soon.
On the subject of playing games, Assassin's Creed Revelations is amazing! as to be the best one in the series so far and I'm now stuck on what to pick for my game of the year. It's between Batman Arkham City and Assassin's Creed now, both where outstanding games for me. Decisions, decisions.... hmm think I need to put some more time in before I pick.
Anyway that's it for this post, I'm off to go write that list out and in fact I might just post it here.
~Iznic
Wednesday, 4 January 2012
Monday, 2 January 2012
New Year
Cannot believe its the new year already, time does fly by when you having fun. With the new year now here I'm going to revamp the blog, it needs a new look and could do with a clean up in the way of how its organised.
2011 was a good year, a lot more blog posts since I started but once again it did drop at Christmas but that could not be helped. Still need to get into the habit of reviewing my games since only did around eight this year and played 50+ games. I will be doing my game of the year soon but want to play some more of Assassin's Creed before I give my judgement, right now its between Batman Arkham City, Assassin's Creed Revelations and Star Wars the Old Republic.
As I said in the last few posts there will not be any challenges this year ... well not yet anyway. instead I'm just going to enjoy my gaming and make my way through my back log of games. Last year I was able to clock 53 games which I am pleased about, it's a lot of games to finish but at the same time I cannot help but think I was clocking 6-10 games a month at the start of the year. Could had been a lot higher if I kept on track, oh well. Although I did clock those games I did buy a ton more again! in fact I picked up 78 games! so what I did clock was replaced since I only completed 31% of my new releases this year (check out the 2011 stats).
I would say it should be a better year this time around but have you seen the release schedule? check out the start of February, its November all over again. You would think the publishers would wait since everyone spent their money at Christmas. I am going to try and spend less by waiting, I could not believe how fast games dropped their prices last year. Week or two later after coming out you could find them over 30% less, Skyrim was half price two weeks after launch! I know that was a Christmas price drop but come on! I felt like I was being punished for being a loyal fan and getting it on day one.
Anyway enough with the boring and depressing talk, its the new year! so my plans today will be to change the pages, banner and start cleaning the blog up. You should also see more posts starting to appear since I'm getting more free time now thanks to the holiday being over.
Until then Happy New Year folks! hope 2012 is a good year for gaming for you.
~Iznic
2011 was a good year, a lot more blog posts since I started but once again it did drop at Christmas but that could not be helped. Still need to get into the habit of reviewing my games since only did around eight this year and played 50+ games. I will be doing my game of the year soon but want to play some more of Assassin's Creed before I give my judgement, right now its between Batman Arkham City, Assassin's Creed Revelations and Star Wars the Old Republic.
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As I said in the last few posts there will not be any challenges this year ... well not yet anyway. instead I'm just going to enjoy my gaming and make my way through my back log of games. Last year I was able to clock 53 games which I am pleased about, it's a lot of games to finish but at the same time I cannot help but think I was clocking 6-10 games a month at the start of the year. Could had been a lot higher if I kept on track, oh well. Although I did clock those games I did buy a ton more again! in fact I picked up 78 games! so what I did clock was replaced since I only completed 31% of my new releases this year (check out the 2011 stats).
I would say it should be a better year this time around but have you seen the release schedule? check out the start of February, its November all over again. You would think the publishers would wait since everyone spent their money at Christmas. I am going to try and spend less by waiting, I could not believe how fast games dropped their prices last year. Week or two later after coming out you could find them over 30% less, Skyrim was half price two weeks after launch! I know that was a Christmas price drop but come on! I felt like I was being punished for being a loyal fan and getting it on day one.
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Anyway enough with the boring and depressing talk, its the new year! so my plans today will be to change the pages, banner and start cleaning the blog up. You should also see more posts starting to appear since I'm getting more free time now thanks to the holiday being over.
Until then Happy New Year folks! hope 2012 is a good year for gaming for you.
~Iznic
Tuesday, 27 December 2011
Christmas Thoughts
Morning readers,
It's amazing how the post counts drop as it got closer to Christmas and I do apologise like I always do but with working in retail you can guess how busy it gets. I swear next year needs to be different because I cannot go through with another Christmas like that, its nearly killed my Christmas spirit and my gaming time went out the window.
In fact I was on the last bit of Uncharted 3 for the last three weeks, was finally able to finish it off last and got to say it was a great story just a shame the controls are buggy and annoying.
So anyway enough with the ranting and moaning, time for a big update and I'm going to start by updating all the stat pages and challenges.
Just finished updating the stats and I've got to say I'm impressed with the fact that I did complete 52 games this year. Of course I do think that could had been a lot higher if it was not for the last few months with work but oh well, still a good number though.
Of course my challenge for the year as pretty much gone out the window, currently sitting on 32% for games I've bought this year completed. In fact it would not shock me if I had just replaced all the games I've completed, my pile of shame still looks huge. Next year (2012) I don't think I will be doing anything amazing in the ways of challenges and goals, just enjoy my games and do my best to get some finished. Although give it a week or two and no doubt there will be a new goal up on my blog.
Hoping to finish Lego Harry Potter on the PS3 this week which I've rented from Lovefilm and it should be the last game I finish this year. Doubt it very highly that I can get another game done this week. I will be starting Assassin's Creed finally too since I've been waiting until I've finished Uncharted 3, once I've started I can then pick my game of the year which is a very tough choice this year. So many good games have come out and speaking of good games, 2012 is already looking jam packed. Have you taken a look? IGN the other day put up there top 10 they looking forward too and I was shocked what was coming out. I know the Vita and Mass Effect 3, but forgot Diablo 3, Starcraft 2 heart of the swarm, Hitman and many more are coming out/
I need to try and be good next year by spending less but already I can see that being a problem with what's coming out. Anyway going to wrap this post up for now and go play some Lego, catch you all soon.
~Iznic
It's amazing how the post counts drop as it got closer to Christmas and I do apologise like I always do but with working in retail you can guess how busy it gets. I swear next year needs to be different because I cannot go through with another Christmas like that, its nearly killed my Christmas spirit and my gaming time went out the window.
In fact I was on the last bit of Uncharted 3 for the last three weeks, was finally able to finish it off last and got to say it was a great story just a shame the controls are buggy and annoying.
So anyway enough with the ranting and moaning, time for a big update and I'm going to start by updating all the stat pages and challenges.
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Just finished updating the stats and I've got to say I'm impressed with the fact that I did complete 52 games this year. Of course I do think that could had been a lot higher if it was not for the last few months with work but oh well, still a good number though.
Of course my challenge for the year as pretty much gone out the window, currently sitting on 32% for games I've bought this year completed. In fact it would not shock me if I had just replaced all the games I've completed, my pile of shame still looks huge. Next year (2012) I don't think I will be doing anything amazing in the ways of challenges and goals, just enjoy my games and do my best to get some finished. Although give it a week or two and no doubt there will be a new goal up on my blog.
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Hoping to finish Lego Harry Potter on the PS3 this week which I've rented from Lovefilm and it should be the last game I finish this year. Doubt it very highly that I can get another game done this week. I will be starting Assassin's Creed finally too since I've been waiting until I've finished Uncharted 3, once I've started I can then pick my game of the year which is a very tough choice this year. So many good games have come out and speaking of good games, 2012 is already looking jam packed. Have you taken a look? IGN the other day put up there top 10 they looking forward too and I was shocked what was coming out. I know the Vita and Mass Effect 3, but forgot Diablo 3, Starcraft 2 heart of the swarm, Hitman and many more are coming out/
I need to try and be good next year by spending less but already I can see that being a problem with what's coming out. Anyway going to wrap this post up for now and go play some Lego, catch you all soon.
~Iznic
Sunday, 13 November 2011
I'm alive, I think!
Evening one and all,
How have you all been? It's been a busy month for me thanks to all the new releases of games at work. Cannot believe how many games are coming out over the next few weeks and how many have come out.
Been trying to stay on top of my new purchases but still stood on 30% competition for this years releases, I do take that as a good sign though since I've picked up so many new releases and not dropped below 30. Speaking of completing games, quite proud of myself these last two weeks since last Saturday I clocked NCIS for the full 1,000 gamescore and then on Sunday finished the battlefield 3 campaign on hard. This weekend so far I've done the entire campaign for modern warfare 3 on veteran, not bad for a days work. Now working on uncharted 3 and playing skyrim on the side, both games are amazing and breath taking.
Anyway this was just a quick update, I've updated all my stats and challenges as well. Going to shoot for a bit to do some jobs then do some gaming finally. Tomorrow I will be putting a Christmas theme on the site so stay tuned, also will be posting more and doing some reviews finally.
Until then have a good one!
Iznic
How have you all been? It's been a busy month for me thanks to all the new releases of games at work. Cannot believe how many games are coming out over the next few weeks and how many have come out.
Been trying to stay on top of my new purchases but still stood on 30% competition for this years releases, I do take that as a good sign though since I've picked up so many new releases and not dropped below 30. Speaking of completing games, quite proud of myself these last two weeks since last Saturday I clocked NCIS for the full 1,000 gamescore and then on Sunday finished the battlefield 3 campaign on hard. This weekend so far I've done the entire campaign for modern warfare 3 on veteran, not bad for a days work. Now working on uncharted 3 and playing skyrim on the side, both games are amazing and breath taking.
Anyway this was just a quick update, I've updated all my stats and challenges as well. Going to shoot for a bit to do some jobs then do some gaming finally. Tomorrow I will be putting a Christmas theme on the site so stay tuned, also will be posting more and doing some reviews finally.
Until then have a good one!
Iznic
Saturday, 15 October 2011
Not Long Now
Afternoon one and all,
Been keeping myself busy with work and gaming, for the time being I've been keeping myself busy with a mixture of games. Currently got my rental game SAW which is not a bad game, mixture of puzzles with a bit of action but I am finding it quite long since you spend most of your time exploring a run down asylum. I am aiming to clock the game for the full 1,000 gamer score so will keep you updated on that, so far got around 240-300.
Also been playing still Shadow of the Colossus, currently been working on all the collectible trophies and need to finish off the time trails on normal difficulty. Did just find out I might have to complete the game up to four times to max out my stats and get some of the last trophies, don't get me wrong I love the game but I do feel that is a bit much. So think I will just keep coming back to it now and again when I got a few minutes spare, there is plenty coming out soon I rather play.
That reminds me I did pick up Skylanders Spyro's Adventure yesterday, I'm still in two minds on what to think of this game. It's a not a bad platform gaming, complete a few puzzles, defeat a few bad guys etc and the graphics are very nice. Story is ok but its clear its aimed for the younger generation which is a shame since the Spyro games use to be for all ages. You can complete the entire game with the figures that are included in the starter set and to be honest I really do not see the point in buying the other figures. Levels do have secret areas that can only be opened with a character of that element but there is no real reward for opening those areas other then getting a hat or two or some treasure. If you want to 100% every level then yeah you will need the other figures but even then you only need one of a each element.
As I said I really don't see the point, there are some cool looking characters that I would love to play but I can not justify paying for them since there is no real reward. Have to wait and see, I did hear they going to do more games in the series and the sets carry over which could be cool. Also be cool to see some DLC that adds more.
Also keeping my eye on the 3DS version since I hear its a different type of game altogether, more of a side scrolling shooter and the set comes with an exclusive dark spyro which looks awesome. But I would only get it if it went into a deal of the week or sale for a good cheap price, hopefully at Christmas but anyway I will post more once I've got more stuck into the game anyway.
Been keeping myself busy with work and gaming, for the time being I've been keeping myself busy with a mixture of games. Currently got my rental game SAW which is not a bad game, mixture of puzzles with a bit of action but I am finding it quite long since you spend most of your time exploring a run down asylum. I am aiming to clock the game for the full 1,000 gamer score so will keep you updated on that, so far got around 240-300.
Also been playing still Shadow of the Colossus, currently been working on all the collectible trophies and need to finish off the time trails on normal difficulty. Did just find out I might have to complete the game up to four times to max out my stats and get some of the last trophies, don't get me wrong I love the game but I do feel that is a bit much. So think I will just keep coming back to it now and again when I got a few minutes spare, there is plenty coming out soon I rather play.
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That reminds me I did pick up Skylanders Spyro's Adventure yesterday, I'm still in two minds on what to think of this game. It's a not a bad platform gaming, complete a few puzzles, defeat a few bad guys etc and the graphics are very nice. Story is ok but its clear its aimed for the younger generation which is a shame since the Spyro games use to be for all ages. You can complete the entire game with the figures that are included in the starter set and to be honest I really do not see the point in buying the other figures. Levels do have secret areas that can only be opened with a character of that element but there is no real reward for opening those areas other then getting a hat or two or some treasure. If you want to 100% every level then yeah you will need the other figures but even then you only need one of a each element.
As I said I really don't see the point, there are some cool looking characters that I would love to play but I can not justify paying for them since there is no real reward. Have to wait and see, I did hear they going to do more games in the series and the sets carry over which could be cool. Also be cool to see some DLC that adds more.
Also keeping my eye on the 3DS version since I hear its a different type of game altogether, more of a side scrolling shooter and the set comes with an exclusive dark spyro which looks awesome. But I would only get it if it went into a deal of the week or sale for a good cheap price, hopefully at Christmas but anyway I will post more once I've got more stuck into the game anyway.
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Did pick up Dark Souls yesterday as well along with the limited editions strategy guide for it since I got a feeling that I could do with all the help I can get. Was able to get it pre-owned and at a good price, the game had barely been played. Although I'm not sure I will fit the time in for it since in less than a weeks time sees Batman Arkham City coming out! soon as it arrives everything will be going onto the shelf. Then a week after that is Battlefield 3 which again will keep me busy since no doubt I will be online with the guys from work. Then what four days later sees Uncharted 3 released and again everything will be on the side while I continue my adventures as Nathan Drake.
Dang there is way too much stuff coming out and no time to get ready, there are so many games in my back log that I want to play but won't have the time. How you guys coping with all the new releases? panicking yet?
Anyway going to end this post here since I want to get some time on Gears of War, currently doing a game or two every day to work towards that seriously 3.0 achievement. So have a good one and I will post again soon
~Iznic
Sunday, 2 October 2011
Sunday Update
Afternoon one and all,
As you can see I have been doing some updating finally today, earlier on I switched the banner over to Gears of War. and also finally updated all the stats for this year so it's now up to date for the time being.
How's things for you guys? hope you all been busy gaming and clocked some stuff, give a shout with what you been up to.
For me this week not seen much to be far, I did pick up the Ico collection and started Shadow of the Colossus but it went on the shelf thanks to work taking up all my free time. I also caved in at the end of the week and picked up the new red 3DS, normally I would not pick up the random colours but the red was amazing! it reminds me a lot of the Christmas red balls on the tree (reason why I keep calling it a Christmas red). Anyway GAME was doing a launch offer where you can trade in your old 3DS and get £120 off it which meant it cost only £20, plus my reward points knocked so got it for £15 which I gladly pay for.
It's now currently charging on my bed so I can see what I've lost, kept my old memory card but doubting any of the free games will work but we will see. Might have to do all the spot pass stuff again too which I won't mind! and I need to download Zelda four swords since that it up for free right now.
Right going to stop here and go get on with some gaming, got the Battlefield 3 beta downloading so might jump on Shadow of the Colossus for a bit while I wait.
Have a good one,
~Iznic
As you can see I have been doing some updating finally today, earlier on I switched the banner over to Gears of War. and also finally updated all the stats for this year so it's now up to date for the time being.
How's things for you guys? hope you all been busy gaming and clocked some stuff, give a shout with what you been up to.
For me this week not seen much to be far, I did pick up the Ico collection and started Shadow of the Colossus but it went on the shelf thanks to work taking up all my free time. I also caved in at the end of the week and picked up the new red 3DS, normally I would not pick up the random colours but the red was amazing! it reminds me a lot of the Christmas red balls on the tree (reason why I keep calling it a Christmas red). Anyway GAME was doing a launch offer where you can trade in your old 3DS and get £120 off it which meant it cost only £20, plus my reward points knocked so got it for £15 which I gladly pay for.
It's now currently charging on my bed so I can see what I've lost, kept my old memory card but doubting any of the free games will work but we will see. Might have to do all the spot pass stuff again too which I won't mind! and I need to download Zelda four swords since that it up for free right now.
Right going to stop here and go get on with some gaming, got the Battlefield 3 beta downloading so might jump on Shadow of the Colossus for a bit while I wait.
Have a good one,
~Iznic
2011 Games So Far
It's took me nearly ten months to finally sit down and post this list up. As you know at the top of the page is a link to a page listing the stats for my gaming progress this year and one of the stats is how many of the 2011 new releases have I completed. The one thing that it does not show is what games are on the list, just the ones that I have done so I'm finally sitting down and typing it all out (also not been keeping tracking of the last purchases so its time to see what I do have).
So on with the list...
Well that is it, of course some of thsese have been rented and some traded in as well. Of course it's just come to me thats one huge fecking list and maybe I need to cut back next year on the spending or at least put more on the rental list!
Anyway have a good one
~Iznic
So on with the list...
- Ghost Trick (DS)
- Mass Effect 2 (PS3)
- Bulletstorm (X360)
- Total War Shogun 2 (PC)
- Trinity Souls (PS3)
- Killzone 3 (PS3)
- Hyperdimension Neptune (PS3)
- Dragon Age 2 (X360)
- Pokemon Black (DS)
- Tactics Ogre (PSP)
- Knights Contract (X360)
- Warriors Legends of Troy (X360)
- Gray Matter (X360)
- Homefront (X360)
- Lego Star Wars 3 Clone Wars (X360)
- Lego Star Wars 3 Clone Wars (PS3)
- Crysis 2 (X360)
- Samurai Warriors Chronicles (3DS)
- Lords of Arcana (PSP)
- Dynasty Warriors 3 (X360)
- Portal 2 (X360)
- Lego Pirates of the Caribbean (X360)
- Lego Pirates of the Caribbean (PS3)
- Brink (X360)
- L.A.Noire (X360)
- Fable 3 (PC)
- Final Fantasy IV (PSP)
- God Eater Burst (PSP)
- Bulletstorm (PC)
- Hunted The Demons Forge (X360)
- Mindjack (X360)
- Move Heroes (PS3)
- Yakuza 4 (PS3)
- Deathsmiles (X360)
- Dungeons (PC)
- Zelda (3DS)
- Dungeon Seige 3 (X360)
- Thor (X360)
- Green Lantern (X360)
- Dynasty Warriors Gundam 3 (X360)
- Dawn of War 2 Retribution (PC)
- Space Marines (X360)
- Deus Ex Human Revolution (X360)
- Gears of War 3 (X360)
- God of War HD Collection 2 (PS3)
- ICO/Shadow of the Colossus Collection (PS3)
- 3rd Birthday (PSP)
- Atelier Totori The Adventurer of Arland (PS3)
- White Knight Chronicles Origins (PSP)
- Age of Empires Online (PC)
- Gunslinger (X360)
- Batman Arkham City (X360)
- Batman Arkham City (PS3)
- Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 (X360)
- Skylanders (X360)
- Skyrim (X360)
- NCIS (X360)
- Uncharted 3 (PS3)
- Dark Souls (X360)
- Kinect Sports Season 2 (X360)
- Dance Central 2 (X360)
- Battlefield 3 (X360)
- Forza 4 (X360)
- Skyrim (PS3)
- Batman Arkham City (PC)
- Lego Harry Potter Years 5-7 (PS3)
- Lego Harry Potter Years 5-7 (X360)
- Assassins Creed Revelations (X360)
- Professor Layton and the Spectre's Call (DS)
- Red Faction Armageddon (X360)
- Lord of the Rings War in the North (X360)
- Dynasty Warriors 7 Xtreme Legends (PS3)
- Xenoblade (Wii)
- Halo Anniversary (X360)
- Dr Lautrec and the Forgotten Kingdom (3DS)
- Pokemon Rumble Blast (3DS)
- El Shaddai (X360)
- White Knight Chronicles 2 (PS3)
Well that is it, of course some of thsese have been rented and some traded in as well. Of course it's just come to me thats one huge fecking list and maybe I need to cut back next year on the spending or at least put more on the rental list!
Anyway have a good one
~Iznic
Sunday, 25 September 2011
Time for a update
Evening all,
Sorry for the lack of posts recently but I've been hooked on Gears of War 3 and could not stop playing. Yesterday I finally finished the main campaign which is outstanding, seriously if you into shooting games pick it up! Of course most the questions where answered but there was still a few left I felt that should had been dealt with but oh well. Been getting into the multi player as well which is amazing and for me to say that you know its good (if you not read my blog in the past I'm more of a single player and if I do multi player its usually with friends).
Anyway this week is another game launch again, seriously whats with all the games coming out! they need to calm down and let us have a break, my bank account needs it. This week its the HD collection of Shadow of the Colossus and ICO, cannot wait! Shadow of the Colossus is one of those games that as a special place in my heart. Only a few games stick with me that is this great, seriously its mind blowing good and I will be dropping everything to play it and clock it. Also this time I'm looking forward to giving ICO a chance since I did pick it up on PS2 but never really got past the first level. So that is what I will be doing at the end of this week.
After that I think it calms down for about two weeks although I've not checked the release schedule, might be because I'm scared to look. Anyway the end of the month sees the release of Batman Arkham City, what a way to end this month is all I can say. Again another great game that as stuck with me, the first one I've played so many times now and still every time I play it I find some new and great about it.
Until then I'm currently working on my rental still Lego Pirates for the PlayStation 3 and Space Marines on Xbox 360, both good games and worth a play. Hopefully you will be seeing more posts soon so keep your eyes open and don't forget to drop a line and say hi.
Have a good one for now,
~Iznic
P.S. The Gears of War board game arrived the other day so I might post up some pictures and maybe do a test game with the results posted up here, so do keep your eyes open.
Sorry for the lack of posts recently but I've been hooked on Gears of War 3 and could not stop playing. Yesterday I finally finished the main campaign which is outstanding, seriously if you into shooting games pick it up! Of course most the questions where answered but there was still a few left I felt that should had been dealt with but oh well. Been getting into the multi player as well which is amazing and for me to say that you know its good (if you not read my blog in the past I'm more of a single player and if I do multi player its usually with friends).
Anyway this week is another game launch again, seriously whats with all the games coming out! they need to calm down and let us have a break, my bank account needs it. This week its the HD collection of Shadow of the Colossus and ICO, cannot wait! Shadow of the Colossus is one of those games that as a special place in my heart. Only a few games stick with me that is this great, seriously its mind blowing good and I will be dropping everything to play it and clock it. Also this time I'm looking forward to giving ICO a chance since I did pick it up on PS2 but never really got past the first level. So that is what I will be doing at the end of this week.
After that I think it calms down for about two weeks although I've not checked the release schedule, might be because I'm scared to look. Anyway the end of the month sees the release of Batman Arkham City, what a way to end this month is all I can say. Again another great game that as stuck with me, the first one I've played so many times now and still every time I play it I find some new and great about it.
Until then I'm currently working on my rental still Lego Pirates for the PlayStation 3 and Space Marines on Xbox 360, both good games and worth a play. Hopefully you will be seeing more posts soon so keep your eyes open and don't forget to drop a line and say hi.
Have a good one for now,
~Iznic
P.S. The Gears of War board game arrived the other day so I might post up some pictures and maybe do a test game with the results posted up here, so do keep your eyes open.
Sunday, 18 September 2011
GAMEfest 2011
Afternoon one and all,
I did promise I would post about my adventures at GAMEfest and I am sorry it took so long but it got busy all of a sudden and this is my first chance so without further delay I present to you a day at GAMEfest.
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So the journey began the night before with myself and my mate trying to work out what time we should be at the train station, after hearing it was going to be crazy busy we decided the train we picked earlier on in the week would not do (especially if it was late or if we missed it since it would be after 9 when we would arrive). Plan was set to get the train before which would leave at 7.40am, two changes and get us there for around 8.40ish.
Got to say that night I felt like a kid at Christmas, trying to sleep was impossible so I found myself packing my bag and making myself a pack lunch ready. Anyway the big day come and we left earlier to the train station then planned, in fact it was 7am when we was in the car and on are way to the station which is only a ten minute drive. With plenty of time on are hands we grabbed are tickets and checked out to see if any trains where going are way, lucky for us one pulled straight up as we looked at the board.
Now I’ve got to say this had to be are lucky day because soon as we got to are first stop we walked over to the next platform to find another train waiting for us to the next station. So we was at New Street in no time, in fact when we arrived it was just after 7.40 which was the original time we wanted to leave. So a quick cup of tea break and we was on are way again to Birmingham International. Walking through the corridors we had a great site waiting for us!
So we had made it with nearly two hours to wait and pretty much front of the queue as well.
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Anyway let’s skip ahead two hours and the time had come to be allowed in, well sort of they scanned the tickets and we had to wait in front of the entrance which allowed us to see in and see this lovely view.
Soon as they allowed us in and everyone just ran, it was like a scene from a zombie game and I kid you not. No guessing where everyone was going, me and some of my mates just walked in shaking are heads and went in the opposite direction.
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That would be the last time I see the entire group together since most of us split up and went to go check out are favourite places. First up for us was the Ubisoft stand to check out the Assassin’s Creed Revelation game, loved the setup for the multiplayer with the tent and floored logo.
We had a 30 minute presentation of trailers for Ghost Recon which looked outstanding, no joke I’m happy to wait now because that game looked amazing. We got to watch the Ghost team rescue a hostage then escort him through a rundown town, nice feature if you escort someone and get shot at you find yourself unable to move since you go straight into protective mode until then threat is neutralized. After the video we got to see a small demo of the Assassins Creed Revelation single player and I must say I cannot wait for the November to play this bad boy. The graphics were mind blowing and some of the new kill moves where brutal, I would describe some but I would be worried about the age of people reading this.
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Also got to see some of the new bomb making kit in action which I’m not so sure about, in a way it was awesome and would be helpful but at the same time it did feel a little out of place. For example the rep put together a bomb pot which acts like a mine, planted it next to a body and it took care of a patrol. Then there was several hand thrown ones, smoke distractions and proper grenade types that can take out 1-3 people when it hits them. My favourite one had to be when he was getting chased he threw a pot at the floor which exploded into hundreds of metal shrapnel which the guards could not walk across. Pretty sweet if you need to lose a tail but as I said it did feel a little out of place.
The last of the demo we got to see the seal in work with Ezio using it to relieve Altair life, shocking part you ask? It’s before Assassin’s Creed one!! Sorry folks I won’t say what happened (not much was revealed) but it will be awesome.
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After that I really cannot remember where we went next since it was giant amazing dream, honestly we walked around for hours checking out all the sights and there was plenty. So I will describe some of the stands and things that impressed me but I am sorry they are not in order.
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Around the corner was the Warner Brothers stand and to be honest I felt like they could had done more, especially with Batman Arkham City which could had easily stole the show. But it was still awesome from what we could see, unfortunately could not get a go on since it was only three consoles and the crowd around it was huge. We did come back twice later but both times the consoles had overheated since how they were being stored meaning they had to keep turning them off to let them rest. From what we heard and saw the combat is now a lot more smoother and blows Arkham Asylum out of the water, well done Rocksteady! cannot wait for 21st October now.
Also at the stand was a huge Lego Hogwarts Express which housed three consoles with Lego Harry Potter Year 5-7, caught a glimpse and it just as good as the last one. It looked like the attack of the burrow level from what we saw anyway.
Finally at the stand was Lord of the Rings War in the North, again did not get a chance to play it since only three pods again but it looked just like the gameplay trailers. Jaw dropping and could be a good contender for game of the year. We only saw a glimpse of the combat before the crowd completely covered the view so was a bit disappointed not to see more.
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Did get my hands on Binary Domain at the SEGA booth, had to wait 30 minutes to get into the booth but it was worth it. The level was taking on a giant mech that would dwarf your house (unless you live in a mansion then I’m just jealous). Straight away I started blasting away while running off to find cover and I can say now the assault rifle is useless against the bosses, had to grab a rocket launcher and start blowing chunks of armour of its legs. By doing this this reveals power cores built inside the leg which you can then shoot out which shuts down the legs. Of course this increased my threat and next thing I knew I was going flying thanks to a barrage of missiles, my squad did not come to help me (if you been following the game you have to build up loyalty with them and in this case I was guessing there was none) anyway I did have an health pack and quickly got myself up. Just in time to watch the thing loom over me and try to stamp on me, quick dodge and I started emptying every rocket I had left into it. Victory was at hand as I took out three of its many legs and watch it start to tumble to only watch in horror as it stamped on a squad mate and end the level. Word of advice don’t gloat in this game until the thing is dead, so after that I was without doubt picking that game up next year for round two.
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Next up good old Bethesda stand, this had huge queues all day long, while you was waiting there was TV’s all around the walls showing off trailers for upcoming games. Anyway the stand was split into two, first one was Skyrim which was only a video conference which I heard was the same videos on the internet I’ve heard so bit shocked there (also a two hour qait to see).
We did queue up for the other side for an hour to play RAGE. I’m still in two minds about this game, the graphics where great and the gameplay was not too bad but I don’t know. I think it was because the level we got to play was in midgame so was like being dropped into the deep end and only 10-15 minutes of play which did not give us much time to get into it.
The level was some kind of broken down prison, but after shutting down a laser grid I found myself being surrounded but what only I could say where the prison guards. The assault rifle was box standard but it was the crossbow that shined here. Comes with multiple different types of ammo I found myself running around trying them out. My two favourites where the electric bolts which do exactly as they say, one hit and they down for good. The second mind control which allows you to take over them and move them close to their mates in which you then detonate taking everyone out.
Although it does sound awesome I do want to see more footage on it before I pick this one up.
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Did get to see the Star Wars Old Republic stand and they were kind enough to have several giant TV’s displaying people playing. I can say without a doubt that this game will be end of my life, it looked incredible watching some of the fighting. Also on display was the collector’s edition statue which was breath taking and will be worth every penny, what did surprise was me underneath it was a statue of the female bounty hunter from the trailer. Would love to know how to get hold of it
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Did drop by the Nintendo stand and got to check out the preview for Sky 3D on the 3DS, it was really really good. Got to see some clips of boxing and football, I found myself walking away with renewed awe at how good the 3DS can be. Looking forward to seeing the 3D videos when those come out now and the 3D video recorder update in November.
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That reminds me while we was looking around we stumbled across a lovely display at the Xbox stand, all the upcoming consoles!. The Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 looks exactly like the box art work with the colours, it looked amazing and I am now saving up to pick it up. Just as we leaving the stand we spotted the R2-D2 one as well which is just as good, seriously going to have a display shelf of xbox's with the way its going.
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One last game before I wrap this post up, Saints Row the Third. THQ did an amazing job on the stand with it set up like a nightclub from the trailer including a bouncer on the door. Without a doubt this game left an impression on me, because as soon as we walked in on the screen was a player walking around with a giant pink dildo the length of a sword and beating up nearby gang members with it. As you can imagined it left us quite shocked, espically with the character wearing a bright pink bunny suit as well. So we jumped into the game and all I can say it was 20 minutes of chaos as we caused carnage at a local game hideout. Think I might be picking this game up afterall and if you get offered the chance to try it out take it!
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Unfortunately no Battlefield 3, Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 or Mass Effect 3 due to the fact the queues where huge, we was quoted 4 hours wait for COD and 2 hours for BF3. Mass Effect only had 2-3 consoles and took us most of the show to find and then the queue was once again a problem. I would say I was disappointed but at the end of the day the event was amazing and easily made up for it. GAME did a great job and to say it was the first one ever it was brilliant, of course in the future I would like to see some more pods and would love for the publishers to bring stores a long too. Would had gladly bought some Mass Effect and Skyrim t-shirts, posters etc. Also would love to see an official GAMEfest t-shirt for next year, which I’m hoping will be happening.
So on that note thank you GAME for the great event and thank you to all the publishers/staff who made it awesome!
Anyway thanks for reading
~Iznic
Thursday, 15 September 2011
GAMEFEST 2011 - Prepost
Well tomorrow is GAMEFEST for me and got to say I'm like a kid at Christmas, practically jumping off the walls and this will be my first huge convention so it's even more exciting.
No idea where I will be off to first, up on top of my list is Batman Arkham City, Assassin's Creed Revelations, Battlefield 3 etc also want to visit the the GAME store and see if they got any cool items that the normal stores don't have. So plenty to do and it will all depend on what happens tomorrow, but I will be posting on twitter at the event and taking plenty of pictures to post on the blog over the weekend.
It's going to be a blast and hopefully I will see some of you there!
No idea where I will be off to first, up on top of my list is Batman Arkham City, Assassin's Creed Revelations, Battlefield 3 etc also want to visit the the GAME store and see if they got any cool items that the normal stores don't have. So plenty to do and it will all depend on what happens tomorrow, but I will be posting on twitter at the event and taking plenty of pictures to post on the blog over the weekend.
It's going to be a blast and hopefully I will see some of you there!
Wednesday, 14 September 2011
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!
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.
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
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
Monday, 12 September 2011
Free Lego Set With Lego HP 2
GAME is doing a pre-order bonus where you get a mini lego set of the Hogwarts express when you pre-order Lego Harry Potter Year 5-7. Also at the same the time this was the first time I've seen the cover art for the new game and I've got to say it looks awesome!
Anyway don't miss out on this cool pre-order bonus
Sunday, 11 September 2011
The Daily Grind - Day Forty-Seven
Afternoon one and all,
Sorry for never finished the last grind post, got to buys playing Deus EX and forgot. I'm about to sit down and have a massive gaming marathon but first I thought I would do a little post. Just changed the site banner over to the Space Marine one, which by the way is a great game so far. Plenty of gore and fighting, the graphics are not too bad but I can see why people where complaining but at the same time I was not expecting Skyrim or Uncharted style. But what makes me love it is that the story is amazing and sticks to the Warhammer 40,000 universe.
Anyway plans for today are Deus EX and Space Marines, earlier on I clocked the first movie for Lego Pirates so doubt I will do any more today but then again I might change my mind later.
Need to sort my game collection out later to find some trade ins since Gears of War is out soon and I want to knock the cost of the console down, I've got the rest of Septembers releases covered so it's not bad. Think I might trade my Kinect in since I do not see myself playing it any time soon and I do want to get the Star Wars console next year which comes with a Kinect Sensor.
Sorry for never finished the last grind post, got to buys playing Deus EX and forgot. I'm about to sit down and have a massive gaming marathon but first I thought I would do a little post. Just changed the site banner over to the Space Marine one, which by the way is a great game so far. Plenty of gore and fighting, the graphics are not too bad but I can see why people where complaining but at the same time I was not expecting Skyrim or Uncharted style. But what makes me love it is that the story is amazing and sticks to the Warhammer 40,000 universe.
Anyway plans for today are Deus EX and Space Marines, earlier on I clocked the first movie for Lego Pirates so doubt I will do any more today but then again I might change my mind later.
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Need to sort my game collection out later to find some trade ins since Gears of War is out soon and I want to knock the cost of the console down, I've got the rest of Septembers releases covered so it's not bad. Think I might trade my Kinect in since I do not see myself playing it any time soon and I do want to get the Star Wars console next year which comes with a Kinect Sensor.
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By the way if you not saw earlier I did post up the first post for the new series of "Just a week away" which is now called "That time of year". First post is covering just the few games that have already come out which start the year off, will be writing the next posts in a bit so stay tuned for that. Of course I would love to hear from you guys with what you picked up or getting your selves.
I'm back, sorry about how random this post is but I keep coming back to the post and adding stuff through out the day (that's why there are breakers). Anyway just had a huge marathon on Deus Ex and just got past the part where the new dlc will be taking place, I'm thinking that the end is soon from the looks of it.
Anyway going to shoot since got work early in the morning, catch you all tomorrow but until then have a good one
~Iznic
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I'm back, sorry about how random this post is but I keep coming back to the post and adding stuff through out the day (that's why there are breakers). Anyway just had a huge marathon on Deus Ex and just got past the part where the new dlc will be taking place, I'm thinking that the end is soon from the looks of it.
Anyway going to shoot since got work early in the morning, catch you all tomorrow but until then have a good one
~Iznic
Saturday, 10 September 2011
That time of year (Part One)
In the past when there as been a flood of new releases I have done a series posts called "Just a week away", well its back for a another series since we now heading into the end of year gaming releases.
Every year I find myself with a empty bank account thanks to this time, every publisher thinks its a good time to release their game since of Christmas. This year it started a few weeks back for me and wont stop now until the end of November. So anyway enough of the rant lets get on with the post, this first part will cover what as come out in the last few weeks then the next posts will deal with the future weeks/months.
Every year I find myself with a empty bank account thanks to this time, every publisher thinks its a good time to release their game since of Christmas. This year it started a few weeks back for me and wont stop now until the end of November. So anyway enough of the rant lets get on with the post, this first part will cover what as come out in the last few weeks then the next posts will deal with the future weeks/months.
August
Xenoblade (Wii)
Few weeks back in the middle of the August saw the release of Xenoblade, the first title to launch the end of year line up. RPG style game with an open world to explore, heard a lot of good things but right now this game is on the wait list. Will pick it up later once I got the games I really really want, besides I need a game for the Wii since its just gathering dust right now.
Deus EX Human Revolution (Xbox 360)
This was a no brainer, after watching several amazing trailers for it my order was down. I picked up the Augmented edition instead of the collectors since I could not justify paying nearly £40-50 more for the figurine!. Anyway so far I've clocked over 24 hours and two bosses down, great amazing rpg/shooter (a lot like Mass Effect).
Not picked it up? would recommend it to everyone, the story is brilliant, game play is amazing so join in and find the truth!
That's it for August, stay tuned for the next post covering September!
~Iznic
Few weeks back in the middle of the August saw the release of Xenoblade, the first title to launch the end of year line up. RPG style game with an open world to explore, heard a lot of good things but right now this game is on the wait list. Will pick it up later once I got the games I really really want, besides I need a game for the Wii since its just gathering dust right now.
Deus EX Human Revolution (Xbox 360)
This was a no brainer, after watching several amazing trailers for it my order was down. I picked up the Augmented edition instead of the collectors since I could not justify paying nearly £40-50 more for the figurine!. Anyway so far I've clocked over 24 hours and two bosses down, great amazing rpg/shooter (a lot like Mass Effect).
Not picked it up? would recommend it to everyone, the story is brilliant, game play is amazing so join in and find the truth!
That's it for August, stay tuned for the next post covering September!
~Iznic
Sunday, 4 September 2011
The Daily Grind - Day Forty-Six (Part One)
Good morning one and all,
As promised I'm trying my best to get back into my habits of posting quite often, this post will be in several parts since I've got plenty to talk about today. First off thought it would be a good start to get the stats updated on my challenges and the yearly progress, of course not all the stats will be updated since I'm currently in the middle of some games.
With my 2011 Progress I'm now standing on 39 games completed with 12 new releases for this year finished which brings me up to 30% so far. Got to say I've let myself down since I had a really good start to the year with completing stuff, I was easily finishing 6+ games on some months and was knocking my pile of shame down.
The Summer Challenge is now over and I've finished with seven of the fourteen games completed, so in a way it was a fail since I only did half of the games on the list. But to me it was a win, why you ask? the whole point of that challenge was to complete the prequel games ready for the new releases this year and I did all of them. So in my books it was a pass but yes it would had been really cool to finish off some of those side games.
Currently I have no plans to do any more small challenges, pretty much from now until the new year my work load will increase thanks to all the new releases coming out and spare time will go into playing them lol. I have planned to do a list of the upcoming titles I want later and probably will do a tick off list of ones that I buy and when I've finished them. But for now the only challenge will be the Golden Key.
So that's my stats and challenges updated finally, so going to end this post in a minute and start playing some Deus Ex with maybe Lego Pirates on the PS3 later (rental game). Actually one thing I did do last night was look through my xbox profile at the achievements I've got for my games, I was shocked on how many achievements I could do. There are tons of games that have collectibles or achievements for doing a certain thing that I've not done, just by glancing I could several thousand gamer score easily. In fact it would not shock me if I could get another 10k if I pushed it, might go through my profile again later and list everything on a post.
Anyway time to shoot off and get some gaming on the go, catch you later and have a good one
~Iznic
As promised I'm trying my best to get back into my habits of posting quite often, this post will be in several parts since I've got plenty to talk about today. First off thought it would be a good start to get the stats updated on my challenges and the yearly progress, of course not all the stats will be updated since I'm currently in the middle of some games.
With my 2011 Progress I'm now standing on 39 games completed with 12 new releases for this year finished which brings me up to 30% so far. Got to say I've let myself down since I had a really good start to the year with completing stuff, I was easily finishing 6+ games on some months and was knocking my pile of shame down.
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The Summer Challenge is now over and I've finished with seven of the fourteen games completed, so in a way it was a fail since I only did half of the games on the list. But to me it was a win, why you ask? the whole point of that challenge was to complete the prequel games ready for the new releases this year and I did all of them. So in my books it was a pass but yes it would had been really cool to finish off some of those side games.
Currently I have no plans to do any more small challenges, pretty much from now until the new year my work load will increase thanks to all the new releases coming out and spare time will go into playing them lol. I have planned to do a list of the upcoming titles I want later and probably will do a tick off list of ones that I buy and when I've finished them. But for now the only challenge will be the Golden Key.
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So that's my stats and challenges updated finally, so going to end this post in a minute and start playing some Deus Ex with maybe Lego Pirates on the PS3 later (rental game). Actually one thing I did do last night was look through my xbox profile at the achievements I've got for my games, I was shocked on how many achievements I could do. There are tons of games that have collectibles or achievements for doing a certain thing that I've not done, just by glancing I could several thousand gamer score easily. In fact it would not shock me if I could get another 10k if I pushed it, might go through my profile again later and list everything on a post.
Anyway time to shoot off and get some gaming on the go, catch you later and have a good one
~Iznic
Saturday, 3 September 2011
Catch up
So how's things? hopefully everyone is doing good
Sorry for the lack of posts the last few weeks but a lot as changed for me and time was not on my side, so what little I had I made sure it was spent wisely which meant the blog was cut out. Anyway I'm back and hoping to get some more updates on the go a bit more regular again. As you probably noticed when you loaded the site up I've put a new shiny Deus Ex banner, also got some more sitting a folder ready for each new game release.
Anyway on with why you here, to read my madness that I call my gaming life. So what have I been up to? well I did clock two more games since the last time, well I know I did two and if there was more I've forgotten them lol.
Finally sat down several weeks ago and clocked X-men the Official game for the full 1,000 gamer score, for those who don't know when the game came out I completed the entire thing except the last boss on hard mode which meant I was missing two achievements thanks to it. I gave up and kept the save file for a later date, well it's been several years and I finally thought it was time to go back. Problem was the save file was corrupted and I had to do the entire game again, but anyway I did it and god was it easy with the tips (Check out xbox360achievements.org).
After that I sat down and finished off the last of the campaigns for each race on Dawn of War 2 Retribution. Although I did get hit with a lovely bug on my Imperial Campaign so it did not award me the achievement to say it's been done, but after doing the last level twice and still nothing I cannot be bothered to do it again.
That was pretty much all my gaming in total until recently with Deus Ex coming out, which so far I am loving it just hate the boss fights. The entire game you given the freedom of choice on how you want to do but when it comes to the bosses you stuck in a small area and forced to fight. Luckily I am going through the game shooting pretty much with a little bit of stealth, but it was a shock on the first boss on how heavy the fighting was.
Will admit I've not given it as much time as I had hoped but it cannot be helped, hoping to put a lot more time in this weekend and next week. Especially with the fact it's now the start of the big line up of games that are coming out, will be doing a post later for what I'm looking forward too.
Anyway I'm going to sign off for now, things to do and places to be. Will be updating the stats tomorrow and doing the first part of the upcoming games post so until then "have a good one"
~Iznic
Sorry for the lack of posts the last few weeks but a lot as changed for me and time was not on my side, so what little I had I made sure it was spent wisely which meant the blog was cut out. Anyway I'm back and hoping to get some more updates on the go a bit more regular again. As you probably noticed when you loaded the site up I've put a new shiny Deus Ex banner, also got some more sitting a folder ready for each new game release.
Anyway on with why you here, to read my madness that I call my gaming life. So what have I been up to? well I did clock two more games since the last time, well I know I did two and if there was more I've forgotten them lol.
Finally sat down several weeks ago and clocked X-men the Official game for the full 1,000 gamer score, for those who don't know when the game came out I completed the entire thing except the last boss on hard mode which meant I was missing two achievements thanks to it. I gave up and kept the save file for a later date, well it's been several years and I finally thought it was time to go back. Problem was the save file was corrupted and I had to do the entire game again, but anyway I did it and god was it easy with the tips (Check out xbox360achievements.org).
After that I sat down and finished off the last of the campaigns for each race on Dawn of War 2 Retribution. Although I did get hit with a lovely bug on my Imperial Campaign so it did not award me the achievement to say it's been done, but after doing the last level twice and still nothing I cannot be bothered to do it again.
That was pretty much all my gaming in total until recently with Deus Ex coming out, which so far I am loving it just hate the boss fights. The entire game you given the freedom of choice on how you want to do but when it comes to the bosses you stuck in a small area and forced to fight. Luckily I am going through the game shooting pretty much with a little bit of stealth, but it was a shock on the first boss on how heavy the fighting was.
Will admit I've not given it as much time as I had hoped but it cannot be helped, hoping to put a lot more time in this weekend and next week. Especially with the fact it's now the start of the big line up of games that are coming out, will be doing a post later for what I'm looking forward too.
Anyway I'm going to sign off for now, things to do and places to be. Will be updating the stats tomorrow and doing the first part of the upcoming games post so until then "have a good one"
~Iznic
Sunday, 21 August 2011
Free Stuff
Just an heads up for everyone that RAGE for the iPhone/iPad/iPod touch is free right now on iTunes for one week only, both standard and HD editions as well. So don't miss out on some freebie goodies!
Also to note on Windows PC Marketplace you can download a free weapons pack for Fable 3, no idea on the date on how long this offer will be though. You get one hammer "Bloodstone Bludgeon" and one rifle "Gusket's Musket", yeah strange names I know but still free is free! so get downloading if you have the PC version.
Finally Age of Empires Online is also free right now, get the main game for free but be warned if you are collecting achievements you can only get 300 of the 1,000. The rest of the achievements are tied into the paid for expansions and from what I'm hearing will cost around £75+ in total for the lot, that's an expensive game! anyway least the main bit is free so download it while you can.
~Iznic
Also to note on Windows PC Marketplace you can download a free weapons pack for Fable 3, no idea on the date on how long this offer will be though. You get one hammer "Bloodstone Bludgeon" and one rifle "Gusket's Musket", yeah strange names I know but still free is free! so get downloading if you have the PC version.
Finally Age of Empires Online is also free right now, get the main game for free but be warned if you are collecting achievements you can only get 300 of the 1,000. The rest of the achievements are tied into the paid for expansions and from what I'm hearing will cost around £75+ in total for the lot, that's an expensive game! anyway least the main bit is free so download it while you can.
~Iznic
Tuesday, 2 August 2011
Unlock Griffin in Gears of War 3
Head on over to the Gears of War facebook page to get a free code to unlock Griffin in the Gears of War 3 multiplayer!
Just click this link and then follow the instructions on the page, will only take 30 seconds to do then just enter the code give into the redeem code on your dashboard and done!
~Iznic
Just click this link and then follow the instructions on the page, will only take 30 seconds to do then just enter the code give into the redeem code on your dashboard and done!
~Iznic
Monday, 1 August 2011
Gears of War Board Game
Gears of War is getting a board game at the end of the month, now at first I was bit skepitical on how they would pull it off but after watching the trailer below I am exicited to give it a go. Just need to organise a board game night now with some of the lads from work
Also seems so far that Play.com is the one stocking it (UK) and costing a whooping £59.99, sounds a lot but to be honest from the looks you getting a nice quality game. Just need to find a way to get one a long with everything else lol
~Iznic
Source: G4
Also seems so far that Play.com is the one stocking it (UK) and costing a whooping £59.99, sounds a lot but to be honest from the looks you getting a nice quality game. Just need to find a way to get one a long with everything else lol
~Iznic
Source: G4
The Daily Grind - Day Forty-Five (Part Two)
Sunday 31st July 2011
Evening one and all,
Had a really hard time trying to pick what games to play next since I've finished Brotherhood, got quite a few games to finish off along with a few games just for trophies/achievements. Also got two games from Lovefilm but they where off the bottom of my list so not sure I want to play them, got Sniper and Mafia 2.
In the end I decided to hop onto Dawn of War 2 Retribution, if you remember I had finished three of the six races campaigns and was in the middle of the Eldar one. So spent pretty much my evening on that and actually finished it so was very pleased, now just got Imperial and Orks to finish off then I've completed the game.
Course it was not the only game I've been playing, currently addicted to the new free browser game Resistance Fall of Man Global. It's an awesome strategy game set in the Resistance timeline where you help try and take over the world, the only down side to the game so far is that the Chimera force is massively out numbered by the Humans. They need to do something about balancing out both forces, anyway check out this link and take a look.
Did try and start God of War before I went to bed but I don't know, just did not feel in the mood to play it. Think it was because I was taking on one of the mini bosses and the circle button did not seem to work (works fine on my other PS3 games) so wondering if it was glitch in the game. Hope it does not happen all the time or I will be struggling with every boss fight.
Going to end it here and hit the sack, really tired and could do with catching up on sleep. Have a good one folks and I will try to update more regularly.
~Iznic
Evening one and all,
Had a really hard time trying to pick what games to play next since I've finished Brotherhood, got quite a few games to finish off along with a few games just for trophies/achievements. Also got two games from Lovefilm but they where off the bottom of my list so not sure I want to play them, got Sniper and Mafia 2.
In the end I decided to hop onto Dawn of War 2 Retribution, if you remember I had finished three of the six races campaigns and was in the middle of the Eldar one. So spent pretty much my evening on that and actually finished it so was very pleased, now just got Imperial and Orks to finish off then I've completed the game.
Course it was not the only game I've been playing, currently addicted to the new free browser game Resistance Fall of Man Global. It's an awesome strategy game set in the Resistance timeline where you help try and take over the world, the only down side to the game so far is that the Chimera force is massively out numbered by the Humans. They need to do something about balancing out both forces, anyway check out this link and take a look.
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Did try and start God of War before I went to bed but I don't know, just did not feel in the mood to play it. Think it was because I was taking on one of the mini bosses and the circle button did not seem to work (works fine on my other PS3 games) so wondering if it was glitch in the game. Hope it does not happen all the time or I will be struggling with every boss fight.
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Going to end it here and hit the sack, really tired and could do with catching up on sleep. Have a good one folks and I will try to update more regularly.
~Iznic
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