Gamers Year Day 6-20

Might be a little out of date with the keeping you guys up to date with what I've been playing but oh well. So good news in the past two weeks I finally clocked Lego Marvel on the PS4 which the flying stuff was a nightmare for me.  Had quite few bugs and problems as well but overall I really did enjoy the game in the end, if I had to score it I would say a solid 8 out of 10. The graphics was amazing for the series and the open city was brilliant, got to be the biggest lego game so far. As I said though the flying controls and bugs held the game back for me.

Anyway so that was platinum number one for the year and my first next gen game fully clocked (will be referring to the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 as current gen from now on). That was last week and now I'm on holiday this week I decided to give Minecraft a big session yesterday, roughly ten hours in fact and got the platinum trophy for that as well. Got to say the PlayStation 3 version re sparked my interest in Minecraft again, not played it on the Xbox/PC in months but after learning enchants, potions etc. I really want to do more maps again and the Enderdragon was awesome, really good boss and a nice addition to the game.

Took a lot of prep work though to get that stage and I would say 80% of the time I spent playing was working towards that goal. So yeah really good game still and I will be making sure to give Minecraft an hour or two each week, need to make a map that I will use constantly. Don't worry I will post up screen shots of my work and when the versions come out for Xbox One and PlayStation 4 I will be able to do videos finally.

So two platinum trophies so far for my year challenge so not bad at all, I want to get at least one this week while I was on holiday but I was not expecting it on the second day. My next goal is to finish the story for Assassin's Creed Black Flags since I've still not done it. Kicking myself for that but I really want to give the game time it deserved instead of small thirty minute windows. So today that is what I will be playing, of course I will be playing some other stuff as well but not sure yet. On that note folks I need to dash since I want to get on and I have a lot of things to do first before I can play some games.

Have a good one folks,
~ Iznic

Gamers Year Day 3/4/5

Evening,
So four days to cover in this post for my year progress and like I mentioned in the last post not a lot was done this weekend. But I did have a good gaming session yesterday which made up for the whole weekend, anyway onto the day posts.


DAY THREE - 3rd January 2014
Not much to report for this day other then I did start the multiplayer for Assassin's Creed Liberation. This game is on my list to get the platinum for but I won't be doing the singleplayer stuff just yet because I have planned for this year to do a full marathon for Assassin's Creed. The entire series starting with one since it's been a few years since I played the older ones, plus the fact I picked up the anthology set last year on PS3 so got plenty of trophies to earn while doing it. Anyway I decided to start the multiplayer since I heard it was similar to a facebook style game and takes a bit of time to get all the trophies.

It's shockingly bad and I'm really surprised with Ubisoft allowing it to be like this. You send agents out on missions or do combat missions which involve stats, actually that's a lie your stats don't matter you always win. Only thing that does matter is energy since you need that for your agent to bring in points. Every seven days is a cycle where the world fights for control of cities and the side with the most wins, of course everyone picks Assassin's so it's one sided. Honestly if I wasn't going for the platinum I wouldn't be touching the multiplayer at all.

So yeah I've started the grind with that on the night and also I picked up a new game for my collection while I was out. Spotted Lego Chima for the Vita in HMV for half price which was the cheapest I've ever seen it anywhere. Tried out the first level and it's pretty much similar to Lego Lord of the Rings so I've put aside next to the games to be clocked over the next few months ready. I know I'm putting a pile together and shouldn't but it unless I'm going to play but it was cheapest I've seen it all year, was not going to turn it down for that price. That was day three pretty much wrapped up so onwards to Saturday!


DAY FOUR - 4th January 2014
Very little to report other then continue with the grind of the multiplayer for AC Liberation, about half way for the first trophy though.


DAY FIVE - 5th January 2014
Sunday was the best day for gaming for me and especially since it was my day off, had a proper chilled out day to myself. Started off with the PS4 and did a few collectibles on Lego Marvel, even got past the annoying flying challenge I was stuck on (how I hate the flying controls). Actually was really getting back into the game and will be focusing more time on it to try and get it fully clocked.

Jumped over to the PS3 and went back on Minecraft and clocked about another six trophies, I'm pretty much all covered now on the crafting stuff. I spent hours building the mine cart track for the 500m trophy then spent over an hour bow duelling with skeletons to get the 50m sniper trophy. Got to say that was one of the most annoying trophies I've ever earned. So all that is left now is four trophies for the platinum, all combat ones as well so I'm currently working on finding some diamonds to make a full set of armour and weapons so I have the full advantage.

Finally I rounded the day off with a multiplayer session of Tomb Raider with a friend, trying to get all the multiplayer trophies for the PS3 version out of the way ready for the next generation at the end of the month. Did pretty sweet last night and got up to level 16/17 I think with about four to five trophies for my troubles.


Very good end to the weekend really and I'm charging full steam ahead for my year challenge, really getting back into the spirit of earning trophies and achievements. Just wished I had bit more time over the weekend since I really wanted to get something clocked. Not much time left today either as well thanks to work so don't expect Day Six to be any good but I am about to head off and get a small session in before bed so on that note have a good one folks.
~Iznic

Day One and Two

Good morning folks,
I thought it might be cool to try and keep the blog updated with my gaming progress towards my 2014 goals. So here is my first two day entries for the new year and what I've got planned for the next few weeks.


DAY ONE - 1st January 2014
I was hoping to get quite a bit of gaming done today but that went out the window since I got lots to catch up on. Of course it did not mean I didn't get any gaming in, I finally clocked Ryse Son of Rome on the Xbox One. I was just two chapters short from completing so I went for it and this is my first game clocked for the new year, plus my first clocked Xbox One game.

Got to say I really enjoyed it to say how many people keep putting it down, I would not say it's triple AAA but it's a brilliant game. Graphics are outstanding and it would be a game you use to show off the Xbox One. Story is ok and bit predictable in some plays but enjoyable, kept me going anyway and the controls was good. Personally I did find some of the fights a nightmare but I've never been been amazing with these type of fighting games.

 
So anyway I did earn 280 gamerscore for finishing off which I was pleased about and was shocked to find I'm now sitting on 700/1,000. Think I might go for the full 1,000 now since I'm so close, it will involve playing through again on Legendary which I think will be hard for me. Plus quite a few achievements are tied into the multiplayer but I do have a few friends with this game. Seems a doable 1,000 to me plus the fact I still want to play the game, not often that happens.

Other then that I never got around to jump onto anything else for today, was hoping to get some gaming done on the PS4 but that won't happen since of the time.


DAY TWO - 2nd January 2014
Complete opposite to yesterday and pretty much zero gaming done today, I did sneak in a quick small mission on Assassin's Creed 4 Black Flags (PS4) on the morning but that was it. Got a funny feeling that the weekend will be the same since I got lots to do plus I'm going to be out a lot as well. But it wasn't all boring, I did sit down and plan out some of my games for my goals. I have a lot of games I want to platinum or 1,000, not just going out and finding the easiest games. Although I was shocked to see that I could get 10 platinum trophies with just Lego games this year (Hobbit and Movie are out this year). I don't care what people say I love the lego games and one of my favourite series plus they not easy to get, amount of time you have to input for the collectibles can rival a good RPG.

Anyway but yeah I got list forming of some great games I want to work on, not a lot future games on the list since no announcements yet but of course that can change when they come out. Might post up the list later once I've finished writing it out.



So that's my first two days of the new year and has I said I will try to post up each day or merge them together like this. My plans for the next week is to finish off Lego Marvel on the PS4 since the story is finished, just the huge grind of collectibles and challenges to do. Also I'm working on Assassin's Creed 4 Black Flags PS4 as well for the story, really want to know what happens next in my favourite game series.

Right I better shoot since I've got lots to do, have a good one folks.
~Iznic

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

2014 Games List

Here you will find the complete list of this years releases that I have bought so far, fingers crossed that I can get a 50% completion rating this year.

1. Assassin's Creed Liberation HD PlayStation 3
2. Assassin's Creed Liberation HD Xbox 360
3. Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition PlayStation 4
4. Plants vs Zombies Garden Warfare Xbox One
5. South Park Stick of Truth PlayStation 3
6. Titanfall Xbox One
7. Lego Movie PlayStation 4
8. Lego Movie Xbox One
9. Lego Hobbit PlayStation 4
10. Lego Hobbit PlayStation Vita
11. inFamous Second Son PlayStation 4
12. Diablo 3 Reaper of Souls PC
13. Child of Light PlayStation 4
14. Lego Hobbit PlayStation 4
15. Lego Hobbit PlayStation Vita
16. South Park Stick of Truth Xbox 360
17. Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition Xbox One
18. Invizimals: The Alliance PlayStation Vita
19. Invizimals: The Lost Kingdom PlayStation 3
20. Professor Layton x Phoenix Wright Nintendo 3DS

2013 Gaming Progress

Start of the Year Stats

Xbox 360 Gamerscore: 146,809

PlayStation Level: 14 (55%)

PlayStation Trophies:

- Platnium 21

- Gold 114

- Silver 302

- Bronze 888

- Total 1,325

Gamerscore Earned This Year

7,626

Trophies Earned This Year

Level 16 (94%)
  9 Platnium

  54 Gold

132 Silver

  581 Bronze

Games Working On

Games Completed In 2013
1. Lego Lord of the Rings (X360) - 1,000 Gamerscore
2. Hitman Absolution (X360) - Story only
3. Halo 4 (X360) - Story only
4. Saints Row the Third + DLC (X360) - 1,000 Gamerscore + 100% Gamerscore
5. Lego Batman 2 (PS3) - Platinum Trophy
6. Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse (PS3) - Story only
7. Hitman Contracts HD (X360) - Story only
8. Medal of Honor Warfighter (X360) - Story only
9. Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 (PS3) - Story only / Veteran
10. Starcraft 2 Heart of the Swarm (PC) - Story only
11. Tomb Raider (X360) - Story only
12. Gears of War Judgement (X360) - Story only
13. Plants vs. Zombies (PSV) - Platinum Trophy
14. God of War Ascension (PS3) - Story only
15. Rise of the Guardians (X360) - 1,000 Gamerscore
16. Hitman HD Collection - Hitman Blood Money (PS3) - Platinum Trophy
17. Hitman HD Collection - Hitman Contracts (PS3) - Platinum Trophy
18. The Unfinished Swan (PS3) - 100% trophies
19. Lego Lord of the Rings (PS3) - Platinum Trophy
20. Lost Planet 2 (X360) - Story only
21. Bioshock Infinite (X360) - Story only
22. Saints Row the Third DLC (PS3) - 100% Trophies
23. Back to the Future Episode 1 Digital (PS3)- 100% Trophies
24. Back to the Future Episode 2 Digital (PS3) - 100% Trophies
25. Back to the Future Episode 3 Digital (PS3) - 100% Trophies
26. Back to the Future Episode 4 Digital (PS3) - 100% Trophies
27. Back to the Future Episode 5 Digital (PS3) - 100% Trophies
28. Rise of the Guardians (PS3) - Platinum Trophy
29. Ratchet & Clank QForce (PS3) - Platinum Trophy
30. Bulletstorm (PS3) - Story only
31. Back to the Future Retail (PS3) - Platinum Trophy
32. Paint Park Plus (PSV) - 100% Trophies
33. Defense Grid (X360) - Story only
34. Phantasy Star Universe (X360)- 1,000 gamerscore
35. Saints Row IV (X360) - Story only
36. Grand Theft Auto V (PS3) - Story only
37. Diablo 3 (PS3) - Story only
38. Pokemon Black 2 (NDS) - Story only
39. Batman Arkham Origins (PS3) - Story only
40. Beyond Two Souls (PS3) - Story only
41. Call of Duty Ghosts (PS3) - Story only veteran difficulty
42. Wonderbook Book of Potions (PS3) - Platinum trophy
43. Lego Marvel (PS4) - Story only  

2013 Releases Completed

- 16/51 - 31% -
1. Hitman HD Collection - Hitman Contracts (X360) - Story only
2. Starcraft 2 Heart of the Swarm (PC) - Story only
3. Tomb Raider (X360) - Story only
4. Gears of War Judgement (X360) - Story only
5. God of War Ascension (PS3) - Story only
6. Hitman HD Collection - Hitman Blood Money (PS3) - Platinum Trophy
7. Hitman HD Collection - Hitman Contracts (PS3) - Platinum Trophy
8. Bioshock Infinite (X360) - Story Only
9. Saints Row IV (X360) - Story Only
10. Grand Theft Auto V (PS3) - Story only
11. Diablo 3 (PS3) - Story only
12. Beyond Two Souls (PS3) - Story only
13. Batman Arkham Origins (PS3) - Story only
14. Call of Duty Ghosts (PS3) - Story only veteran difficulty
15. Wonderbook Book of Potions (PS3) - Platinum trophy
16. Lego Marvel (PS4) - Story only

2013 Games List

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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

That was quick

Morning my readers,
Surprised to see a post from me? I would be since it's been nearly a month since the last one which promised I would update more regularly. I have been rather busy with work since this time of year is jam packed with plenty of new releases then what little time is left goes to family/loved ones then gaming time so it doesn't leave much time to write blog posts. I will try harder but I know I'm going to be more busy over the next few weeks, might try and at least dedicate an evening once a week just to get one post up. See how it goes anyway but on that note let's talk about games! it's what we are here for is it not.

So we are now slap bang in the middle of the quarter four release window, Assassin's and Battlefield have been released. We have Call of Duty about to hit along with the November line up across the next two weeks then at the end of the month the next generation consoles. Plenty to keep us busy with that's for sure and it really does surprise me how fast this time comes around, does not feel like it's been a year since the last time we did this.

I'm currently working on Assassin's Creed for the Xbox 360, could not wait for the end of the month to get my hands on the next generation version (still going to get it of course). I have clocked the story for Batman and Beyond Two souls last month, so quite happy with my progress so far. By the way Beyond Two Souls is my game of the year by far right now, honestly the story was so gripping that I cannot believe I almost did not pick this game up. Those reviewers who gave it six out of ten have no clue what they talking about, it's not Heavy Rain 2 and it was never trying to be. The story levels jumping back and forth through her history makes sense straight from the start. Just think they wanted to pick faults and want Heavy Rain 2. Anyway the game was outstanding for me and I just could not stop playing it, very rare a game makes me want to play this much.

Batman was good but it could not dislodge Beyond from the first place mark, if you loved Arkham Asylum and Arkham City you will feel right at home. Bit annoyed with some of the button mashing moments but overall a very good game and a decent story, some very geeky moments as well. I be interested in seeing where they take it next year with the Arkham City sequel, hoping for some amazing changes this time around.

So with those two games clocked here is the full list so far for my game of the year in order, of course there are more games to add once I've given them a few more hours of gameplay.

Game of the Year 2013 (Work in progress)

1. Beyond Two Souls

2. Tomb Raider

3. Batman Arkham Origins

4. Saints Row IV

5. Starcraft 2 Heart of the Swarm

6. Bioshock Infinite

7. God of War Ascension

8. Gears of War Judgement

 

So Beyond takes first place by miles and Batman is in third, it was a hard choice for second but I felt I was more excited to play Tomb Raider then when I was playing Batman. Like Beyond if I wasn't playing Tomb Raider I wanted to, I wanted to know what would happen next and the story kept me gripped. Batman was brilliant don't get me wrong but if I wasn't playing it I was not rushed to get onto my console to load it up.

 

Be interesting to see where the other releases will stand since I've got Assassins, Battlefield and Pokemon X sitting by my TV right now. Call of Duty out in a few days and end of the week Professor Layton will arrive. Right folks I need to end this post now since I've got a lot to do and I'm only just getting over my cold so I really could do with having a rest in a bit. I promise to try and get a evening dedicated each week for at least one post. Don't forget to comment and I would love to hear what your game of the years are so far.

 

Have a good one,

Iznic

Start of things to come

Morning folks,
I know the last month as been a little quiet on my side but I've been busy with work and of course gaming. Anyway to change all that starting this month I'm working on updating/changing the blog to have a well sort of fresh start. Already you should notice that several page links at the top are missing which have been deleted since I felt they was not needed, over the next two weeks I will be changing a few more things and probably get rid of some more stuff as well.

Not sure if they overall layout will change yet since I did take a look at some new design templates which looked awesome but I felt they was hard to navigate. We will see anyway as I play about over the next few weeks. So I thought it would be a good time to give you guys an update anyway since there is a lot to talk about. First up I finish the Grand Theft Auto V storyline the other day, a very good game in the end although there was a few disappoints that I really wanted to see. Still it was amazing and I would give it a solid 8/9 if I was to review it, don't think it deserved the 10's I keep seeing though. Looking forward to playing the multiplayer now but going to hang off a few days to allow the teething problems to be sorted first. Hearing huge connection problems, disconnects and loading, plus missing cars which is always good.

Also I'm gutted because the main thing I bought this game for was multiplayer to play some heists with friends, first they delay the multiplayer and now the heists are not in the game and will be patched in "later" with no date. So much for the huge bank robbery with your mates, had it all planned out to the T.

GTA aside I have done some more in Pokemon Black 2 and all I have left is to beat the elite four which should then complete the story campaign, need to get that done this week so I'm ready for Pokemon X/Y. Re-started Diablo 3 again and I mean I've picked up where I left off the other week, in fact I defeated another boss last night which completed Act 2 so I would say I'm at least half-way through. Trying to get this done over the next week since I'm going to trade it in for Beyond Two Souls. Yes originally I was not going to pick up Beyond but I played the demo and walked away stunned with how amazing the game is. In fact check out this link to IGN which shows two videos for the same part of the demo (part of what I played), things can happen differently depending on how you played it. So yeah one more game to pick up this month now thanks to that demo, really cannot wait actually to sit down with it.

Right I'm going to have to shoot since I need to go get myself sorted ready for work but expect some more posts over the next few days while I get back into the swing of things Also keep your eyes open on the blog for some new updated changes as well.
~Iznic

Overload

Good morning readers,
What a week it as been for me and I bet you guys have been busy as well, in fact I bet a lot of you will be playing Grand Theft Auto right now. Yes I picked it up on the day and so far only put in around an hour but I am enjoying it, bit shocked in some ways since the last one really did not appeal to me when I tried it. Looking forward to the multiplayer more though since I want to work with some friends to do all the heists, was a bit annoyed with that being locked for two weeks but oh well least I can try out the controls in the singleplayer campaign.

Nothing really to report this week with games being clocked or anything since I'm still working on them. I did promise myself I would work on Diablo 3 but not had chance so far to be honest, mostly since I could not stop playing Payday 2 over the weekend. Such an amazing game and yes it can get repetitive but it's a lot of fun, in fact I was having a co-op day on the first Payday just last Sunday. Completed all but one mission out of the full list (minus the DLC since not got that yet) since it was extremely hard, never had so much trouble with a level before, but oh well it was a laugh anyway.

So yeah nothing to report but I will report that a lot of my collection was gutted last week, PS4 fund is growing and I really do need to sit down to work out what I want on the launch day. Do I just get one game or two, if so which ones and what accessories will I be wanting.

Speaking of saving and spending, I forgot I had pre-ordered Kingdom Hearts with shopto.net. Such a rookie mistake I know and especially since I was going to just wait for it but yeah it arrived mid-week to my surprise. Had a little go but the start was so boring with the tutorial but I think it's just picking up now finally, won't get to play it too much now though since I will be focusing on Diablo 3 and GTA. Once I've clocked those two I will go back to it ASAP along with Splinter Cell since I really do not want to let my pile of shame regrow again.

Not sure what else to write about now since I think I have covered everything, so before I go I will leave you with this very cool multiplayer trailer for Battlefield 4. How amazing does this look? the flooded level and snow landscape are my favourite two so far.




~Iznic

The Great Clean Up

Morning folks,
Up early since I'm currently having a clean up with my pile of shame. Yesterday I decided enough was enough, I've still got quite a few games in my collection after all the trade-in's over the last year but I still got plenty that are not being played. I love my RPG's and I have tons sitting on shelf, some still sealed from over two years ago. My excuse being I will play them soon and that they would be hard to get again if I trade them in.

Well enough! there is plenty coming out that I really want and I can honestly most of the games I would not play this side of Christmas. Some even I cannot see myself playing after Christmas into 2014, so I'm going through the pile and pulling them out for trade in. Wondering how I'm deciding what to keep? well my most favourite games will be staying, my all time favourite stuff like Halo, Gears and Assassin's etc. Some stuff won't be worth trading in like the £1 and £2 so they will be kept on the side, once I've played them then I might trade them in.

But yeah anyway I'm working on it and all the funds raised will go to the next-generation console, right now my sights is set on the PlayStation 4. If I can raise enough funds then it be games next and maybe if I really do good (doubt it, highly doubt it) I would love to get the Xbox One as well. So yes folks over the next few days I will be busy tiding up and working on to reset my collection. It's not all cleaning though I am playing some great games as well.

First up I'm still working on Diablo 3 although I've not touched in the last few days due to other interests. I will be correcting that today since I really want to put some time into it and get it clocked, might even trade it in after I finish the story. Don't see myself being in the mood to work on the Platinum for a while, especially with so much coming out. That's my first game I'm playing and the second believe it or not is Payday 2. The other night I was watching some "Let's play" youtube videos and got to watch the game in action, it looked awesome.

I tried out Payday the Heist due to getting it free with PlayStation Plus and after two missions I was hooked. Picked up Payday 2 yesterday due to the massive improvements I saw in the video and yesterday I did three quick missions with the A.I. It was brilliant although I did make a rookie mistake during a deposit box robbery, shot the camera outside the bank setting the alarms off before even getting inside the place. Place was swarming with the Police before I had even setup the drill, lesson learnt be more careful!.

So that is my games I'm currently playing right now but I have got several I want to pick up, in fact next GTA 5 is out and it's on my radar now. I like the idea of setting heists and stuff so watching some more videos I want it, plus the idea of the huge multiplayer crew to help just made the deal a lot better. So next week I will be picking up that and I expect my time will be taken up by it, in fact I probably really give Diablo 3 a huge blast this weekend in attempt to try and get it completed it in time.

Busy busy anyway, plenty to play and plenty to tidy up so on this note I'm going to head off and continue with gathering my trade-ins together. Have a good one folks and thanks for reading my nonense!
~Iznic

Pokemon Shiny Event

Folks don't forget that in the UK right now is the shiny legendary event, I say this now because the first Pokemon is about to end on Friday so it's your last chance.

Shiny Dialga is the current Pokemon you can gain right now and then on Friday it will switch over to Palkia, later on and finally Giratina. Not sure how to get your hands on these Pokemon well pop into your local GAME retail store and bring your copy of Pokemon White/Black/White 2/Black 2 along with your DS/3DS.

Just boot the game up and load up mystery gift then check out the wireless connection, all the stores should have a DS in store distributing the Pokemon over a wi-fi channel. It's that simple so don't miss out while you still can get them, don't forget the chances of getting a shiny in the game is something like 1 in 8,000+.

~Iznic


P.S. Gamestop in North America is running this event as well but using a different times and dates so check out your local store for details. Same for any other countries around the world, check out your local major retailer for information or serebii.net will have the answer for you.

Very soon...Patch 5.4

The new cinematic trailer for patch 5.4 for World of Warcraft is up and I'm very excited, really need to get myself a team together to try out the raid. 



I have started to get back into Warcraft this week when I heard that 5.3 was a pre-event for this new event, so I did the introduction quests and got myself a shiny new title/achievement along with the exclusive pet as well. Did not want to miss out on that but it did rekindle that spark so hopefully over the weekend I can pour a few more hours into the game and start getting my character back on track.

Anyway on that note I'm ending this post since it was just meant to be a quick update with the new trailer, will do a proper blog post soon enough though.
Iznic

Gaming Overload

Morning folks,
First before I go into my weekend I should apologise for the bad link in my last post for the Batman Collectors edition. Did not realise that the trailer link was not working so I've just corrected that so you can now watch the latest trailer. Again sorry about that not sure why I did not spot that when I put the post up, must been in a rush or something.

Anyway back to the original point of this post, two more games completed this weekend! that's right folks I finally finished Phantasy Star Universe. This was a big one for me since I've had this game for years and no doubt it was one of the first few games to start my pile of shame off. Plus the fact it was my first Japanese RPG game that I've fully completed to the end. Not a bad story but I would not say it was great or anything, same for the controls and gameplay just ok.

Wish I had played this a lot sooner though because I would have given the multiplayer more time now that I know what to do. Unfortunately the servers have closed so the last three expansion DLC achievements are beyond my reach now. Traded the game in anyway yesterday so that will go towards Diablo 3 next week for the PlayStation 3, looking forward to that game right now.

So what was the second game I completed you ask, well believe it or not Saints Row IV was clocked on Monday. Not all the game just the main story so I still have quite a few side quests to do and the collectibles. Really enjoyed it and I mean it was one of the better games this year, at first I was a bit worried that the super powers would ruin it but instead it turned out like Crackdown where it was a ton of fun. Also there are ton of brilliant parts to the game that are just worth buying for, a Metal Gear Solid level and a Streets of Rage level just quote two.

I'm really happy I got this clocked and hopefully I can do the same for the other games I picked up Friday, also got Disney Infinity and Splinter Cell. Disney Infinity is amazing and so addictive, the toy box is amazing which is sort like Minecraft but not as in depth. Can not describe how much fun this game is anyway, last night I was racing around the wreck-it-ralph track with the soundtrack playing while riding a Mickey Mouse car as Jack Sparrow. This game as potential and I just hope they release some more playsets later on and really expand it.

Splinter Cell I've not touched yet since I wanted to get Saints Row out of the way first, it will be my next game this week to play just waiting for spare hours. Really hoping to get an hour or two today but might be the weekend instead. That's it anyway folks for my weekend, busy with buying and playing games. Plans for this week onwards is to start Splinter Cell, try and finish Pokemon Black 2 sometime and continue to have fun with Disney Infinity.

Before I leave I will update my Game of the Year progress so far, Saints Row was amazing but I still think Tomb Raider was better out of the two so it's taking second place right now. It will be interesting to see where Splinter Cell goes. Disney Infinity I want a few more hours before I make a decision with this game and same goes for Plants vs Zombies 2.

Game of the Year 2013 (Work in progress)

1. Tomb Raider

2. Saints Row IV

3. Starcraft 2 Heart of the Swarm

4. Bioshock Infinite

5. God of War Ascension

6. Gears of War Judgement

 

Right I'm off folks, have a good one and hopefully you enjoying the new games.

~Iznic

Batman Arkham Origins Trailer and Collector Editions

Gamescon is in full swing right now and of course plenty of new trailers for the upcoming games have started coming out. This one below is one of my favourites which introduces Firefly to the mix of villains in the new Batman Arkham game. Plus the fact you get to see a lot more of what you will be up against.


Try and tell me you not excited to play this game? seriously cannot wait for October so I can get my hands on this. But this is not all the news for Batman, last week while I was on holiday the special editions was announced and shown off.

This awesome collectors edition is for North America and I'm hearing Australia as well. Seriously gutted to hear that because that has to be one of the best figurines I've ever seen. And yes there are LED lights in the TV screens behind the joker. This bad ass collectors edition comes with the following goodies:

• Deathstroke challenge pack
• Joker Figurine
• Collectors box
• Batman Wanted Poster
• 80 page artwork book
• Batwing prototype schematic
• 1st appearance Batman skin
• Glow in the dark map of Gotham
• Anarky logo stencil
• Wayne family photo
•  Assassin Intel dossier
• Villains of DC documentary DVD
• 2 key pieces of evidences from the Crime lab of Gotham Police department

One amazing collectors edition that is for sure and I really hope they change their mind and release it every where else as well. Anyway the second one is for Europe only and is very similar to the leaked one we saw a few months back with some changes, I'm guessing the changes was done on purpose thanks to the leak.

As you can see the figurine base as changed a lot and now Joker is no longer holding the joke gun. The box and steelbook as also changed in design from the leaked version. Anyway onto the list of goodies for this edition.

• Deathstroke challenge pack
• 30cm high figurine
• 80 page artwork book
• Assassin Intel dossier
• steelbook with 3D effect
• Collectors box
• 1st appearance Batman skin

The steelbook new design is pretty sweet and I still like the figurine but I did prefer the leaked version over this. In the UK this edition is also exclusive to Amazon.co.uk so my order is down with them right now, hopefully it won't be too much of wait to get it delivered.

So what do you guys think of the new trailer and collector editions? happy? excited? drop a message with your thoughts.
~Iznic

Back from the holiday

Good morning folks,
Well I'm back from my holiday and it went too fast for my liking, in fact it's my first day back to work today so I'm already down in the dumps. Wish I was back on holiday enjoying the sea side and playing Pokemon, what you really thought I would not play at least one game on my holiday. Should know me better then that by now, anyway I did get my last two gym badges for Pokemon Black 2 while I was down there. So I'm now very close to finishing the game, well I say that but I'm sure the story ending is probably going to be quite long then there is the Elite Four to challenge. At least another week of gaming I see ahead for me on that one.

On the plus side it will be one more game complete and I will be ready for Pokemon X/Y, also I've almost finished Phantasy Star Universe. In fact I just clocked chapter nine and I think there is around twelve so I really want to go all out this week to clock it. Want to trade it in for one of the games that comes out Friday since there is a lot. I am excited though because this will be my first JRPG I will have completed. After all these years and collected plenty of those type of games I've never finished one fully. Expect a post later on this week with me cheering and being hyper.

So onto the important thing about this week, the new releases begin!! that's right the end of year line up starts for me this week. I've got on my list Splintercell Blacklist, Saints Row IV, XCOM the Bureau and new to my list Disney Infinity. Originally it was not even on my radar even though the concept looked quite cool but after watching some of the reviews I was amazed with the toy box mode.It sounds like a lot of fun and the possibilities with future expansions it could be amazing, plus the fact once I told the girlfriend about it and she was up for playing it which is a rarity in it's self. Of course that means having to do some trade ins to get the funds needed. Pretty much got rid of all my unwanted games now that I don't see myself playing this side of Christmas at any rate.

To make matters worse only just yesterday the date was given for the PlayStation 4, which for the UK is the 29th November. Right at the end of all the games releases and I count at least eight games that are coming out on launch for me, where to begin! so I'm currently looking at my want list and making some edits to it. Hopefully now we got some dates we will see more information for the games like dates and specials editions. Anyway on that note I need to run since I have work, take care folks and I will try and catch up with you again soon.
~Iznic

Nearly here

Morning gamers,
I know it's been a while since my last post but I've been busy with weddings, work and getting ready for my holiday (finally). Also while I've been doing these things the constant reminder that the big launches are just around the corner is on the back of my mind. For me the end of year big releases starts on the 23rd of this month with three games coming out on the same day. Then barely just after a week two more release with a game each week after that, then don't get me started on October and November.

I am in the middle of working out which ones I would rather have more since of the cost, it's even worse with all the different collector editions that are out there. Especially with the games that have multiple like Ubisoft's stuff. So anyway I thought I would give you a look at my list of games that I'm looking into, of course this is the unedited version before I start cutting any out.

Friday 23rd August
> Saints Row 4
> XCOM The Bureau
> Splinter Cell Black list

Friday 30th August
> Lost Planet 3

Tuesday 3rd September
> Diablo 3
> Rome 2 Total War

Friday 6th September
> Killzone Mercenary

Friday 13th September
> Kingdom Hearts HD Collection

Tuesday 17th September
> Grand Theft Auto V

Tuesday 27th September
> Disgaea D2

Friday 11th October
> Beyond Two Souls
> Pokemon X & Y

Friday 18th October
> Lego Marvel Heroes

Friday 25th October
> Batman Arkham Origins
> Batman Arkham Origins Black Gate

Friday 1st November
> Assassin's Creed 4
> Battlefield 4
> Angry Birds Star Wars

Tuesday 5th October
> Call of Duty Ghosts

Friday 22nd November
> Watch_Dogs


Not a bad list really and don't forget I've still got the next-generation console to throw into their as well with the launch games that I want. Wish they hurry with the dates because I believe a lot of publishers are holding off giving information on their games until the dates are announced. Well I better shoot off since I need to head to work, would love to hear if you have a list of games.

Until next time have a good one folks,
~Iznic

Plans for the evening

Morning folks,
Will be rushing off in a second to head to work but I thought it was about time I got a general post up, I was planning to type this up after work but the more time I got later the better. Over the last week I've not really done much gaming, the only thing to report was I finished the last two-three levels of Defence Grid and that was it.

So yesterday I finally sat down and finish chapter four off for Phantasy Star Universe and then finished Episode 3 of Phoenix Wright Trials and Tribulations. Not a bad way to end the day to be honest but anyway I decided I wanted to do a gaming evening tonight. Planning to try and get the fifth chapter completed for Phantasy Star, well depends on how the boss battle turns out. Then I'm going to jump onto World of Warcraft, my timecard ran out a few weeks back and my new one has just been sitting on my desk since. No doubt I've lost a ton of items in my mail box again, really need to be more organised with that. So yeah anyway I want to reboot it up and do a few quests, see what the new patches have brought.

After that going to take it as it goes, thinking either to jump onto Star Wars Old Republic or watch a movie. Not sure at this point but depends on how the first two games go, might get wrapped up into them and lose all my time.

That's my plans for today and for the rest of the week will be pretty much the same with me trying to finish off Phantasy Star. I'm also tempted to try out a new game that I was looking into last night, Planetside 2. SOE new FPS MMO that is free-to-play, watched a few videos last night and I am really tempted. Reminds me a lot of Battlefield in most ways.



Might try and download the client this week, give it a few hours try but not sure yet since I've got plenty to play already. We will see and on that note I better go run since I will be late for work, have a good one folks and I will try to post soon again.

~Iznic

P.S. On a finally note I will leave you with a gameplay video

Pokemon Event and X/Y Preorder Bonus

There as been quite a bit of information released for Pokemon over the last few days so I thought it be wise to do a post around it in case someone misses it. First off there is a giant Pokemon event happening soon where you can download three shiny legendary Pokemon for Black 2 and White 2.

For those in the UK it's a GAME event and all stores will be taking part (that I can see), it starts 30th August with Shiny Dialga and will end on 12th September. Then the day after 13th September you will be able to download Shiny Palkia up until 26th September. Finally on the 27th September Shiny Giratina will be up for download until th 12th October.

As you can see this all tied into the release of Pokemon X and Y, they have also announced in the UK that GAME will have a exclusive pre-order bonus. A Pokeball 3DS cartridge holder which can be seen below.

Very cool and I better start working on finishing Black 2 ready for X and Y, think I've got 6 of my 8 badges so far so not long now. One last thing was mentioned last night on the GAME twitter account that over the next few weeks there will be some Pokemon news worth checking back for. Really hoping it will be the announcement of the themed 3DS XL's that Japan is getting. Now before I go I have posted the dates for the North America download below which is being run by GAMESTOP, check with your local store to make sure they taking part.

North America Pokemon Download Event - GAMESTOP
19th August - 8th September Shiny Dialga
9th September - 29th September Shiny Palkia
30th September - 20th October Shiny Giratina


see you soon folks,
 ~Iznic




Source of Story: serebii.net
Source of Image: GAME Digital Twitter Account
Source of Story: GAME Facebook Account

Summer Heat

Well it's finally cooled down in the UK today and less of a heatwave compared to the last few days. Since I'm no longer suffering I thought it would be a good time to do a update for the blog and to remind you I'm still alive.

So onwards to my gaming progress which is not a lot to report about this week, did a few levels of Company of Heroes 2. So far I'm really enjoying it but I don't feel the spark like I did with the first game, although the current mission I'm playing right now has opened more gameplay features so my mind might be changed soon.

Other then that I have put a few more hours into XCOM for the PS3, working my way through so far but man I'm struggling trying to keep one of my team all way through every mission I play. Started with four candidates and now I'm down to two, plus I'm not even close to half way through the game yet.

Final game I've been playing is Defense Grid the tower defence game on the Xbox Live Arcade, yes it was a free game for several weeks but I had purchased it years ago (just never got around to playing it). I have to say it's one of the best tower defence games I've played in a long time, really stuck into it and I'm about three to four levels to go from completing the story. I probably will go back and work on getting gold medals for every level but right now I'm just making my progress through the game.

That is it for my gaming progress, not a lot really but I have been busy and my spare time that I do have has been taken up trying to stay cold during the heat. My action plan for this week is, well ... I don't know really. I guess work on these games some more and see if I can clock something, I need to continue with Phantasy Star as well. I was really doing well with that but I stopped some time last week half way through a level, really should get back onto that before I forget the controls and need to start over.

Could do with some Warcraft time as well since I've got a brand new time card sitting on my desk waiting to be used, no doubt I've lost some items that I had in my mail. Really need to be a bit more organised with that. Actually speaking of Warcraft I wanted to talk about the new figurine sets and micro transactions that was announced this week.

This awesome figurine has turned up at Comic con this year and I really want it, I know from the size this thing will cost a small fortune but it would be so worth it. For those who don't play Warcraft this is Deathwing one of my the main bad guys in the lore, anyway I'm looking forward to seeing the painted outcome. Also announced was the first line of new micro transactions for the game, cosmetic armour helmets.

I like all of them but the Eternal Winter looks the best in my books, although they do look awesome the cost is not. £10 each is a ridiculous price for what you getting, it is cool that every character you own and any future ones you make will get this item. It's just hard to imagine paying £30 for all three which is the cost of the expansion at full price on day of launch. I really do wonder how many people have forked out the money for these items.

Anyway on that note let's change the topic to one more announcement before I end this post and that's a new game has been announced, well sort of anyway. Angry Birds Star Wars is finally coming to the consoles, took long enough to port it over. I'm really excited because it was announced that the PlayStation Vita will be getting it as well, this will be perfect for the Vita touch screen. Plus it's finally another game to get on the Vita but of course there is a bad side to this announcement. Europe release date is the 1st November 2013, yeah they launching it on the same day as Assassin's Creed 4 and Battlefield 4. Plus a few days after is Call of Duty Ghosts and any time around there the next-generation consoles. What a bad time to release a casual game like that, you would think they would aim for September/October or even wait until January/February next year. I would had got it on day one but since of the time it's going onto the wait list for now.


That's it folks for today so thanks for taking the time to read my thoughts, have a good one and I will catch up with you soon.
~Iznic