Sunday, 13 January 2013

Remember Me Trailer

Over the Christmas holidays I noticed quite a few leaflets appearing in Capcom games for their future titles, one half was dedicated to Lost Planet 3 which I have high hopes for but the other half I had no clue about. The picture showed this futuristic looking girl with bright orange colours and the giant logo of "Remember Me", so I finally sat down to find out what this game was about. Well actually I did not really since when I got back in Twitter had the trailer posted up waiting for me, check it out below...



So from the looks of it an action pack game with elements of stealth that remind me of Splintercell and Assassin's Creed, could be an RPG but not sure. So this morning I'm currently researching the game to find out what is the story for this game and what type it's meant to be. Which was not too hard since the youtube channel had everything, here is the quote for the background story.

"Neo-Paris, 2084. Take on the role of Nilin, a former elite memory hunter with the ability to break into people's minds and steal or even alter their memories. Arrested, and with her memory wiped clean Nilin must now set out on a mission to rediscover her identity"

Could be a brilliant story if done right and after watching the official trailer I'm quite excited to play this game now, check it out below.



Looks like 2013 is going to be another great year for gaming with the way these trailers keep coming.
~Iznic

Cyberpunk 2077 Teaser

I had no clue about this game until I saw the trailer over at Xbox360achievements.org, my god it looks awesome and yes I know it's just a teaser and the graphics won't be in game. But this could be a great game if this teaser is to go by, check it out below...



It's going onto my "To Watch" list anyway and hopefully over the next few months we will see more, although the ending saying "when it's ready" could mean years but fingers crossed. According to Xbox360achievements.org the game is an action RPG and the story is about a special unit of the Police force hunting down individuals known as "Psychos". They are individuals that have gone overboard with implants, drugs and anything else that can push them beyond their mortal forms which leads them to go crazy and go on a killing spree. 

It as potential to be a good story, be interesting to see how they do it and what they will do for the main theme. Anyway only time will tell but I'm hoping to see more at this years E3, what do you guys think? good? bad or not interested.
~Iznic

Thursday, 10 January 2013

Professor Layton and the Azran Legacies

Afternoon folks,
Well it seems the 3DS is getting a bit of love this week, with Pokemon announced the other day it seems the date for the new Professor Layton was announced for Japan which was 28th February 2013. Really hoping we will get to see it this Christmas like the past ones but I'm bit gutted that this will be last of Herschel Layton, wonder if they will do a spin of series with one of the other characters.

Anyway the date was announced a few days ago but today a teaser trailer as gone up for it, it is in Japanese but it gives you a clue of what to expect. Hmm ok for some reason I cannot find the trailer on youtube so here is the link to VG24/7 article which has the trailer.

But I did find this other trailer which I'm assuming was the older announcement trailer which is English subtitled.




Either way I'm looking forward to seeing the conclusion to this story and cannot wait for this game, fingers crossed for this Christmas.
~Iznic





Tuesday, 8 January 2013

Pokemon X and Y Announcement

Evening folks,
Very shocked to see what I hoped for announced today, finally a Pokemon game set for the 3DS. If you not seen the announcement then take ten minutes to watch the full Nintendo direct video (link here), if you not got the time the game trailer is just below which is only a few minutes long.



Graphics look amazing and I'm excited to see what the new Pokemon will be, the two new legendary Pokemon look awesome though. The only problem I've got with the new games is the release date, October is ages away! swear I'm going to be like a little kid "is it October yet? is it October yet?". Of course it leaves plenty of time to make lots of announcements about new Pokemon and battle features.

How about you my readers? excited or not bothered?
~Iznic


Monday, 7 January 2013

Patch 5.2 Teaser

Blizzard have posted up the teaser trailer for the new upcoming patch 5.2 The Thunder King. The dinosaur mounts look amazing and I'm assuming the boss monsters for the new raid/dungeon? although I really do feel out of sync with Warcraft right now. Two months with out the computer and there's a new big patch coming up and I can honestly say not sure whats it about or what to expect, well other then dinosaur mounts.



You know it just came to that I was on Patch 5.0 since Mists of Pandaria had just come out so I need to look up 5.1 as well. Blimey plenty to keep me busy for the next few weeks from the looks, anyway Warcraft readers are you excited for the new patch? the mounts look amazing.

~Iznic

Pokemon Announcement

Nintendo Direct is doing a special Pokemon version tomorrow, starts at 11am GMT, 6am EST and 8pm JST and will last ten minutes. Everyone seems to be expecting a Wii U announcement or a remake of the 6th generation games (Sapphire/Ruby/Emerald).


Personally I do think the remake of the 6th generation games would be more likely since its been a while when Heartgold and Soulsilver was released. Plus the direct is meant to be only ten minutes long so not expecting anything big announced, although it would be great for a 3DS Pokemon game to be released. One can dream but anyway don't forget to check it out tomorrow and let's hope for something good.

~Iznic

January Fun

Morning folks,
Well so far the challenge is going great, as you know I finished Professor Layton at the end of December. On the first day of January I finally clocked Lego Lord of the Rings for the full 1,000 gamer score and now yesterday I clocked Hitman Absolution (just the story this time). So I've covered Ni No Kuni and I'm half way to covering the Hitman HD collection, currently working on Halo 4 right now so hopefully I should get that done by the end of the week.

I say hopefully since my PC is back, spent the weekend rebuilding it and installing the software back on. It's so fast thanks to my new Solid State Hard drive, really kicking myself for not getting one sooner. Cannot play any games yet since my current monitor is out of date and not supported by Windows 7 (even though I had Windows 7 for most of last year and it was working fine), got a new one coming tomorrow so I should be back on Warcraft tomorrow.

Need to make sure to balance my time so my PC does not take over my two for one challenge will be impossible, although I do have a huge line up of games I want to play right now. Finding it very hard not to keep switching games and trying other ones, I know if I do that then I won't get anything finished by the end of the month.

Anyway that's it really for an update, I just wanted to pop on to make a quick post about how the challenge is going. I might post later if I can get the list done, but I want to write out all the games I want this year to get an idea of what to expect. Knowing my luck it will be two pages long or something, god help me if they launch the next generation consoles as well.

~Iznic

P.S. Updated the year progress stats this morning and yes I'm aware of some of the display issues with the site, will be looking into this over the next week.

Tuesday, 1 January 2013

Happy New Year

Evening folks,
Hope you all had a great New Year Eve last night and not too hung over, I spent the night watching movies and had a great time with the girlfriend.

Now it's no New Year with out some resolutions and so for my new years resolution I've decided to do a challenge. The2 for 1 challenge has started for me today, well actually it started last Saturday but who care about the minor details. Anyway the rules are simple "I cannot buy another game until I've finished two out of my pile of shame", originally it was 1 for 1 but a work friend changed my mind.

Of course I'm kinda now regretting that decision since I just realised how many games are coming out across the next few months, so I really could do with getting my ass into gear and get something finished. In fact I'm very close to finishing off Lego Lord of the Rings for the Xbox 360 which will be my first game of the year, plus it would be the second game of my challenge. So I'm off to a nice start which will cover me for Ni No Kuni at the end of the month but still need another two since I've heard the Hitman HD Collection is out as well at the end of the month.

If I stick to one game at a time I have no doubt that I will get through my collection, my problem as always been there are too many games I want to play at the same time. So a lot of stuff gets pushed to the side or half finished, so I need to cut down on how many I'm playing. Also would be wise to try and clock the new games I buy instead of letting them gather dust, though to be fair I did well this Christmas with a good chunk finished.

It will be a interesting year anyway, just made a quick note on the games coming out the first quarter and I'm now really regretting making the rule two games.

Dynasty Warriors 7 Empires
Starcraft 2 Heard of the Swarm
Ni No Kuni
Hitman HD Collection
Gears of War Judgement
Tomb Raider
Last of Us
Bioshock Infinite
Crysis 3
God of War Ascension
Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII

That's a lot of games for the first three/four months, well wish me luck and lets hope I get that pile of shame down.

~Iznic

P.S. Any gaming new years resolutions readers? drop a line with what you got planned

Wednesday, 26 December 2012

2012 and 2013

Afternoon folks,
Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas yesterday and still enjoying the holidays, I'm currently sitting on my new double bed and pretty much chilling. Not done much gaming yet but I will be making up for that in a bit with some Lego Lord of the Rings.

I thought that before I got stuck into anything it might be a good idea to get a blog post up since the the last few months have been a bit quiet. So this post is all about the new year that's coming up and my thoughts about 2012, I was going to begin with talking about my plans for the new year but I have none. A work friend the other day asked me what my goals would be for the year and I really had no clue, maybe match the same amount games I completed this year. I just don't know so I was thinking that if I write down what I thought was good and bad about this year I could come up with my goals for the new year, sounds like a solid plan right?.

Going to start off with a bad for this year gone and that was the backlog of games, I still have quite a few games from 2011 and longer still not touched. I really wanted to play Oblivion and Skyrim this year and it did not see any day light, Skyrim as had several new DLC packs that look amazing and I still did not make the time. In fact I think some of the DLC is going on the winter sale any day now so I really could do with actually dusting this disc box off and getting stuck in. There are other games as well like the past Dynasty Warriors that are still waiting to be finished off, I've also still not completed a Japanese RPG yet! and I really wanted to finish Final Fantasy XIII this year. So I think that will be a goal this year and it's too get through my back log of games before it gets any more worse.

I'm pleased with myself for completing a good chunk of the new releases this year but I'm still going into 2013 with a lot not finished yet or even touched. So I know this will be a tough goal but I want all my 2012 purchases completed by the end of next year. Reason I say this will be tough is because the start of the year is like Christmas 2 with the line up then there is the possibility of a next generation consoles being launched at the end of the year so 2013 is going to be busy.

You know what, this is my goals for the new year...

1. Do not let the back log get any bigger, new games can only be bought if an old game is completed (story at the least).
2. Play multiplayer more

That's my goals and I think that would be a good way to stop me over spending, actually laughing at myself right now because I doubt I will stick to it. But it would be good if I can resist buying new games until I finished old ones, would save money and it would get rid of the pile of shame that I've created over the years. The second goal is there because I barely play multiplayer anymore and I keep saying I will but something always comes up, I need to make more time since I got gears of war still to work on, COD and Battlefield. By the way I will probably have more goals but right now I cannot think of any and to be honest I want to enjoy games for what they are, not turn gaming into a chore.

Anyway on that note I'm going to go play some games and yes I will update the 2012 gaming progress page soon since I do have more completed games to add. Give me a shout if you have any goals yourself for next year, until then have a good one folks.
~Iznic

Tuesday, 11 December 2012

Too Many Games For Christmas

It's been a while since I've posted here but with my main PC still down it's hard to update. Also I'm doing very long shifts thanks to working in retail and so my routine right now is "sleep, wake, eat, work, eat, sleep and repeat". Anyway I thought I would get a quick update in while I wait for my PlayStation 3 to do a small download (which will take forever, what is with this console and downloads).

From the title of the post I bet you can guess what I'm going to write about today, yup I spent way too much on games again and even though last week was the last of the big releases I still ended up buying two more games today thanks to the deal of the weeks at work. PlayStation all stars for £19.99 is a joke plus it's the cross play one as well, so I get a copy of the Vita version as well included for no extra cost. The second game was the Mass Effect Trilogy for the PlayStation 3 which finally arrived instore today since it missed the launch last week, just one copy arrived in so I took that as a sign to get it. So want to see what I picked up this quarter so far then take a look below in the picture I took, minus off the PlayStation Vita in the top left corner. (I say so far since you never know with all these bargains keep popping up, although my budget is getting tighter and tighter every minute).


Not a bad haul really and I got plenty to keep me going for the time being but the 2013 releases will be starting quite quickly after the new year, in fact I'm sure Ni No Kuni is the end of January. Then I'm sure February and March are packed with plenty of new releases, bring on Christmas 2.0!

Well I'm going to end it on this note mostly because it's 11.32pm and PlayStation All Stars is calling, I want to at least try out one match before bed. Would like to do some Professor Layton as well but I know I be too tired to even think about it, plus work again in the morning. I really need to come up with a device to stop time so I can catch up. Hope you all having a good time and you been enjoying all the new games, drop a line with what you got!

~Iznic

Wednesday, 14 November 2012

Horrible Few Weeks

Good Morning.
So it's been around two to three weeks since you last read a post and I am sorry about that. You all know how much this year as played me up and well it got worse, my PC died last week and on top of that the hard drive in my TV went five minutes later. Plus throw in a few technical problems with other devices and you can imagine I was ready to bang my head against the wall. It does not help that my work shifts have gone to six days and because of the big game launches I'm working long hours, so the time to sort all these problems went right out the window.

So I'm currently sitting on my bed with my laptop right now typing this so you guys know I'm still alive, took me a while since I had to get Windows 7 installed on it and make sure it was ready to take over for my PC for a while. I really had no clue how bad it would effect me to not have my PC running, need to try and get World of Warcraft installed on here since my subscription is still running. Anyway enough with the ranting and moaning about my life, you are here to see what I've been up to in the world of gaming.

Well I finished XCOM in the week and it was not a bad ending, could had been a little better but still one of the best games this year by far. I really want to play through it again on the harder difficulties but I've got to much sitting on the back log shelf to get through. Pokemon Black 2 as still not seen any light of day since the launch weekend where I put a couple of hours into it, mostly because I've spent most of my weekends playing the new Professor Layton on the 3DS. So far I'm on chapter three for it but that's really not far into it but I'm hoping to get a few hours into it this week. Story is ok so far and I really like learning about Laytons back history when he was at college/school. Puzzles seem easier though this time around since I've not really got that stuck so far, which is unusual for me since I've always found myself having to spend all my hint coins trying to solve one or two puzzles.

Yes I've been playing quite a few games like I normally do, in fact I'm a good chunk into Assassin's Creed 3 and so far it's the best one in the series by far. Played the first chapter of Halo 4 on legendary difficulty which was great, hard but great. Then last night I picked up Call of Duty Blacks op 2 and did the first two levels on veteran and really enjoying it so far, the future levels are brilliant with the new technology. Trying to think what else I've been playing and yes there is probably more but I have forgotten them, oh wait! Testament to Sherlock Holmes was my latest rental and I've only just started. I loved the one before Sherlock Holmes vs Jack Ripper so it was a must rent for the latest one, so far it's not bad but the story as not kicked off yet.

So that's it for me in the world of gaming, I did just pre-order the Starcraft 2 Heart of the Swarm collectors edition on GAME.co.uk this morning since it was announced yesterday. Very annoyed they picked March 12th for the release date, it's not like any other games are coming out around the same time.

Anyway I better shoot off since I need to get a few jobs done before I head to work, hope you all having a great time and better luck then me.
~Iznic





Monday, 29 October 2012

End of October

Good Morning,
Just updated the blog stats for the progress this year and you be happy to know there is a new game on the completed list. Thanks to my friend Mike I was able to finish off the CO-OP on Portal 2 for the PS3 so the Platinum trophy was mine last night. Brings me up to seven platinum's this year and nineteen in total overall, so not a bad run really and hopefully number twenty soon once I've got a game to play.

So hows things for everyone? are you busy with all the new releases so far or as your game not come out?

Me well I'm swamped with games and I'm trying my best not to sink right now, currently working on Warcraft since the Halloween event is live. Of course they added a new Trick or Treat achievement for the new zone so I'm trying to level up so I can visit all the areas to get it (I have all the achievements for the holiday events except one). Currently hit level 88 the other day and around 70% towards level 89, think I have three zones to work on so fingers crossed I can get it done by end of Wednesday. Well I'm out Wednesday night so I need to get it done by end of tomorrow or I will have to wait another year to finish it off.

Apart from Warcraft I'm really getting into XCOM and I got to say it's one of those games you must play this year. I just had to revert my save since three missions pretty much took out all my squads and it was a disaster. For those who have not played XCOM its a strategy game where you control a squad of troops fighting an alien invasion, it's turned based and I'm not sure how else to describe it other then it's amazing. I will warn you it can be hard since you have to run the finances of the Home base, choose research projects and manage the planets panic levels. You given choices on what missions to take and of course the ones you don't go to cause panic in that country, if the level gets too high they drop out of the project and you loose funding. It can get very overwhelming at certain parts, especially when things hit the fan and you got three problems all at once. Will be jumping back on that game in a minute but check out the trailer below and the website for more information on the game.



Holy feck! that's the first time I've watched the trailer and a lot of the aliens in it I've never seen before, cannot wait to get back into it now.

So where was I? oh yeah talking about the new releases that have come out, well I've shelved a lot of games and I'm struggling with all the releases. I know I know, why in the world do I buy them if I'm not going to play them and I have no answer other then I'm an idiot. I did take back Pokemon White 2 since I've only played one hour of Black 2 on the launch day and that was it. The money went towards deposits for upcoming games and Professor Layton which came out this week. I've started the first chapter and I'm determined to finish it since I love the series but I am worried it will get shelved when Assassins comes out Wednesday. Speaking of which I'm still waiting for a order sent email from Ubisoft, I really hope I do get it on launch day.

This is the quarter four list I've purchased and the status so far:
  1. Borderlands 2 - Shelved
  2. Angry Birds Trilogy - Shelved
  3. Dishonored - Completed
  4. Pokemon Black 2 - Shelved
  5. XCOM Enemy Unknown - Playing
  6. Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask - Playing
  7. Pokemon White 2 - Returned
I have plenty to do if I want to clock all these games and I need to stop buying games if they going to just get shelved. Easier said then done since I'm addicted to my gaming but fingers crossed that soon I will be posting that I've completed XCOM and Professor Layton, well I can hope anyway.

On that note take care folks since I'm off to do some gaming, have a good one and don't get swamped like me with the new releases.
~Iznic




Thursday, 25 October 2012

Pokemon Event: Genesect

Morning folks,
I really need to get back into "sleep ins" because getting up at 7am with no work for hours is just killing me. Anyway since I'm up I thought I would start with getting all these posts up I've been promising myself for the last month, so first up is the Pokemon White 2 and Black 2 download event for Genesect.


This is the first time anyone has been able to get this Pokemon (legally), the event is through the normal Wi-fi channel so just connect your DS. The event ends on November 12th for America and Europe so don't leave it too late to get it. The Pokemon is level 15 and will activate a special event at the P2 lab in Pokemon White/Black/White 2/Black 2, it will also come with the move set Solar Beam/Signal Beam/Techno Blast/Magnet Bomb.

Well I did think that was it for the Pokemon event but I just checked the official site for the Europe end date and found a few C-Gear skins events are live on the Global Link site. So let's begin with three new Pokemon dolls for your dream house (Black Kyurem, White Kyurem and Meloetta), in game you get a mail from the Pokemon Fan club this month giving you the password. Make sure to check your club mailbox for that password since I cannot find one on the net so I'm guessing it's one time use instead of the normal generic ones.

Next up is a Pikachu doll and the password is somewhere on the Pokemon Black 2 and White 2 website, for the UK the password is RAPDRA (if you live elsewhere just pop to www.pokemon.com/BlackWhite2 then go to news).

Keldeo Ordinary form C-Gear skin is also up for the original Black and White games, password is KELDEOCGEARBW for the UK. Again just pop to your local Pokemon web page and look at the news stories to find a post with the passwords. There is also a Keldeo Resolute form for the new games White 2 and Black 2, again the password should be in the same news post but for the UK it's KELDEOCGEARBW2.

Important: Make sure to register your new games to the global link, I forgot to register my Black 2 so all the events related to that game would not appear until I had done it.

Finally there is a Halloween C-Gear for Black 2 and White 2, it's a Pumpkin Pikachu and it does not need a password just click the button to get it. So that's it folks so make sure not to miss out on any of these and the list of ends dates are below.


Genesect Event - 12th November 2012
Halloween CGear - 15th November 2012
Pokemon Dolls - 15th November 2012
Pikachu Doll - 15th November 2012
Keldeo CGears - 17th January 2013


~Iznic


Source: Serebii.net / Pokemon.com

Tuesday, 23 October 2012

Assassin's Creed 3: Eight days to go

It's so close! but to keep everyone going for the time being Ubisoft have released the launch trailer.



Got my Freedom edition on order and praying it will arrive on time for the Wednesday launch. I am gutted though since it's just been confirmed that the PlayStation 3 will be getting extra content in the way of a mission series based on the traitor Benedict Arnold. Check out the preview trailer below and see what you think.



So my readers will you be picking up the game and if so what platform and edition?
~Iznic

Monday, 15 October 2012

The Week After

Morning folks,
You know last Wednesday when I decided to do a marathon attempt to complete Pokemon White? well it worked. I spent around sixteen hours on Wednesday (I did have breaks) in which I took out the last four gyms and got myself to Victory road, then on the Thursday morning I took out the elite four plus the champion. Then the last boss was taken down after work on Thursday evening which finished the story for me and my god was it great. I never finished Ruby/Sapphire or Pearl/Diamond so I'm not sure if they had a improved storyline but I love it in Black and White. I like how they trying to give more of a reason to play other then beat the elite four to become champion, it was nice to see mini cut scenes as well and I really cannot wait to get stuck into Black and White 2 now to see what they have done with this set. Also makes me wonder what they will do with the next games on the 3DS, especially with the improved graphics and better cartridges to hold more memory.


 I did pick up quite a few games last week and in fact I bought all the new releases I wanted, my will power pretty much caved in on Friday and Saturday. I did some trade in's which covered Dishonored then I picked up both Black 2 and White 2 (yeah I always get both except Heart Gold which I'm still missing), which was meant to be it for the week but then I tried the demo for XCOM. Forty minutes later I could be found at my local GAME buying it for the Xbox 360, it really shocked me how great it was for a turn based squad RTS. Not tried it yet since I pretty much spent all of yesterday playing Dishonored which I'm about half way through now since I hear there is only nine missions and I'm on number five. In a way I want to get Dishonored done before I dive into XCOM but everyone keeps talking about, especially how hard it is and how they keep losing their squad members.

I do have a plan to try and get Dishonored done before Assassin's Creed 3, I would really love to get another game done as well but all the new releases I've picked up are time consuming ones. So I really don't see myself finishing a second one, but I am determined to try at least instead of increasing my pile of shame.

So how about you folks? what new releases if any did you pick up last week?
~Iznic

P.S. Just remembered Professor Layton and Medal of Honour Warfighter are releasing the 26th October just before Assassin's Creed 3, DOH!




Thursday, 11 October 2012

God of War: Ascension Collector's Editions

Well if this Christmas was not costing you an arm and a leg with the amount of games that are coming out, they go and make the start of next year jam packed with new releases as well. Of course they have to go and throw a spanner into the works by announcing collector editions now. Today Sony announced on the Europe Blog they will be doing two editions for the new God of War game.


Special edition is up first which is basically the steel book case with a few extras. I love the simple look of the case and the use of the glowing logo, it works for me so if I don't get the big edition then this will be a must. Also includes the soundtrack, double XP for the multi player then throw in a avatar pack and theme for the console. Nice special edition on all accounts but I do think it's missing something, maybe a figurine? well they have you covered for that.


Look at this bad boy! the figurine! the box art and all the extras! they designed this with me in mind. Ok down to business and let's talk about what is included, well first off the awesome looking box which I regret throwing away the God of War 3 one now. All the stuff from the special edition is included as well plus an extra armour set based on Mythological Heroes which is a bit annoying since it's also the pre-order bonus.

Now the first extra awesome bonus and that's a pass for all future DLC will be included, now that's a bonus! so a season pass basically but of course it depends what type of DLC it will be. I'm hoping for some extra single player stuff and not just multi player maps/skins.

Finally the best part in the box and it had to be last of course, the Kratos figurine and how cool does it look. In fact just to be nice to you my readers I've cropped the figurine out of the original image of the blog so you can see it up close. Just click the imagine below to the full size version of it then when you done go place an order for it, well actually you cannot yet but still start saving!.


So folks what will you be getting out of this lot? me I'm hoping for the collectors if I can get the money together in time, reason I say that is because Tomb Raider is out the week before and Gears of War Judgement is the week after. March is turning out worse then November and that's saying something.

~Iznic

P.S. I forgot to post up the picture of the pre-order bonus armour set which is also included in the Collector's Edition.

Wednesday, 10 October 2012

Got to Defeat Them All

Afternoon folks,
Currently having a giant marathon of Pokemon White today in the hope that I can get the story completed in time for the sequel. The other day for some reason I had it in my head there was only six gyms so that was why I posted it was possible to get the game done, then I remembered you needed eight gym badges. Anyway I'm currently on five thanks to this morning and now fighting Team Plasma but I needed a break since my 3DS needs charging, plus I could do with a cup of tea.

I'm currently using the one Pokemon strategy that I talked about several months ago, my starting Pokemon Tepig is now a Emboar and it's level 44. It's great since most of the NPC's right now are average 24 so a lot of the time I'm just breezing through the fights, really got my fingers crossed that I can do the story by tonight. It would be so awesome since I've not done the Elite Four since Pokemon Gold (first time around) back in the day, I always pick up the games when they come out but usually stop around the 4th gym. No shock there really since most of the games I get shelved, anyway so yeah it's all about Pokemon right now.

Thought I would give you guys a small update before I get back to it, really enjoying it to the point I've actually had the TV show in the background playing.

Geek is what I am and proud of it!
~Iznic

P.S. Will be sorting my trade in pile later ready for Dishonored and Pokemon White 2, going to be a costly week but at least nothing else now until the 30th with Assassin's Creed 3. Although I do have a bad thought that I might had missed something.

Tuesday, 9 October 2012

Another Starcraft 2 Battle Report

Been meaning to post this up since August but the video turned up when I just went on holiday and well I forgot to post it when I got back. Blizzard have put up a third battle report video showing off Heart of the Swarm, the first expansion for Starcraft 2 which everyone is banking on coming out early next year. The videos are great since you get to see most of the new units in action and it's amazing how what should be a win/lose in certain parts can just be overturned in the matter of moments thanks to the new units. Anyway check out Protoss vs Terran in the video below...



If you missed the other two battle reports they can be found on the same youtube channel or check out my past post "Starcraft 2 Heart of the Swarm".

~Iznic

Monday, 8 October 2012

Batarang Controller

Say hello to my new Xbox controller that I picked up several weeks ago, yes I have been meaning to post this up for a while now but you know what I'm like. What made me get a wired controller? well its the Limited Edition Batman Arkham City controller plus it was Pre-owned but still sealed.


So for a whooping £12.99 I could not say no when I first saw it, I then read the box and realised that yes it lights up! such simple things keep me amused. The middle button between the start and select turns the light on and off, plus pressing it also cycles through the colours as well. It as seven different shades of colouring for the light (Blue, Green, Yellow, White, Lilac, Red and Turquoise).


At first when I bought it I was worried that it would not be comfortable since most third party controllers I find lacking compared to the official stuff, but the Batman one really is good. It's now currently the main controller that I use for my Xbox and saves having to keep finding out the play charge wire. I've not tried it with my Turtle Beach headset yet so that will be the next test, it will not matter though if it doesn't because it will do when I'm having a long single player session.

Just an heads up though folks before you rush off to buy, yes it is comfortable there is a small lip under the controller on the handles where the light section meets the controller that can be annoying at first. That's the only down side to the controller but after using it for a week I don't notice it anymore and on that note I will end this post. My final thought on this controller? well I'm not doing review scores anymore but I will say it's a great controller and a steal for that price.

~Iznic

Sunday, 7 October 2012

Hello October

Seems there was a glitch with my Lovefilm app on my iPad so Lego Batman 2 for the PlayStation 3 did not arrive after all. Instead Portal 2 was sent and it's took over my life this week, every other game as pretty much been shelved thanks to it. Yes I know I said I would work had this week on all my new games that I picked up but it's Portal 2, have you played it? then you would know why I'm addicted to it again. If you not played then you need to stop reading this post and go get it! go on shoo! go buy/rent and play it.

I was hoping to finish the story for Pokemon White this week so I was ready for the sequels on Friday, it could still be possible since I just arrived in Nimbasa City yesterday which is the fourth gym. Funny thing is I think this is where I got to in Pokemon Black then I stopped, think I got stuck with a Team Plasma battle since my party was not high enough level to take them on. Anyway so yeah it could be possible to finish if I put the hours in this week, but you all know what I'm like that probably will not happen.

I've also not played Warcraft or Borderlands 2 this week either, not since last Sunday session so I really could do with making some time for them both. I promised myself that I would get the news games completed when I buy them and not just shelve them. I've got pretty far with Borderlands 2 so I really do not want to forget the story and controls, which would mean having to start over again which I hate doing. Plus in Warcraft I just did my first couple of Dungeons and hit level 87, I was well on my way with the progress plus I just found out you can run your own farm so I was working on that.

Really could do with some more time and I've got Pokemon White 2 and Black 2 this week coming out as well, plus Dishonored which I'm still not one hundred percent sure on just yet. Think I will just have a small scream and bang my head against the wall, anyone got any spare time to sell to me? could do with Lot's.

Ok enough with the moaning and complaining, my goal this week is to try and clock Pokemon White, put some hours into Warcraft and Borderlands 2. On that note I'm going to go play some games, don't forget to drop a comment with what you guys are playing.

Until then have a good one folks
~Iznic