feb 2008
Gaming in general...
2008-02-24 14:42 Filed in: About gaming
Last year I found a fun and novel way to review
games. You have probably
heard of it: "Zero Punctuation" movies. The fast talking British guy totally
crashing most game titles - but in a quality fun way
To be honest, many and most of his reviews are right on the money AND you
get a good laugh or many out of it too.
And now for something completely different....
I own an Xbox360. And it's a special edition of the console too. I got it right at the
release of Halo3. It's a given that I'm a HUGE Halo fan. But that is another story...
One of the other titles I got for this console was Biowares new baby "Masseffect".
There was no way I could walk away from something like that.
Halo and Masseffect were the rationale buying this game console.
Both games confirmed all my expectations so I'm a happy boy.
And now I learn that Masseffect is on it's way to PC. Both a good and bad thing.
on one hand I prefer (very much so!) the mouse and keyboard control method.
I gambled that it would take years to convert ME to the PC platform.
How wrong I was
So now it seems I have to get the game one more time. I mean, can I skip the fact
that excellent can transform into orgasmic if only the resolution, controls and such
things get better? Much better? Or should I simply ignore the pc version to motivate
the purchase of the Xbox360? I've already played both Halo2 and 3 so without
Masseffect I basically do not have any game on the console.
Waste of money indeed!
Despite this I actually like the console. It works flawlessly BUT (and here is another
+ point in favor of the PC) it is very noisy.
Time will tell...
heard of it: "Zero Punctuation" movies. The fast talking British guy totally
crashing most game titles - but in a quality fun way
To be honest, many and most of his reviews are right on the money AND you
get a good laugh or many out of it too.
And now for something completely different....
I own an Xbox360. And it's a special edition of the console too. I got it right at the
release of Halo3. It's a given that I'm a HUGE Halo fan. But that is another story...
One of the other titles I got for this console was Biowares new baby "Masseffect".
There was no way I could walk away from something like that.
Halo and Masseffect were the rationale buying this game console.
Both games confirmed all my expectations so I'm a happy boy.
And now I learn that Masseffect is on it's way to PC. Both a good and bad thing.
on one hand I prefer (very much so!) the mouse and keyboard control method.
I gambled that it would take years to convert ME to the PC platform.
How wrong I was
So now it seems I have to get the game one more time. I mean, can I skip the fact
that excellent can transform into orgasmic if only the resolution, controls and such
things get better? Much better? Or should I simply ignore the pc version to motivate
the purchase of the Xbox360? I've already played both Halo2 and 3 so without
Masseffect I basically do not have any game on the console.
Waste of money indeed!
Despite this I actually like the console. It works flawlessly BUT (and here is another
+ point in favor of the PC) it is very noisy.
Time will tell...
Fate...
Now and again you find true jewel. The indie scene
containing it's many shareware and
freeware titles is a fantastic source of these gaming gems.
A couple of years ago I stumbled upon a game called "Fate". At it's core it is a smaller
more colorful fantasy version of Diablo. Random generated levels, monsters which gives
a huge replay value. You can basically run around in these dungeons killing monsters
forever. It looks and sounds fantastic. The controls are simple without taking away choice of
tactics from the player.
Since I discovered this game both me and others have played it constantly. The thing is that
despite the fact that it's quite repetitive after the ten or twenty levels, it still manages to serve
you new cool weapons, spells, monsters and a nice increase of difficulty levels.
So for some reason you come back again and again. Like any good game should aspire to
offer.
As long as you do not install it on a windows vista system and keep away from the many mods
the stability of the software is very good.
So at a price of 1/4 of a full commercial game, you get a almost never ending fun and mayhem
until the end of time. THAT is the true wonder of indie shareware games in my book!
Home site
Wikipedia - about the game
freeware titles is a fantastic source of these gaming gems.
A couple of years ago I stumbled upon a game called "Fate". At it's core it is a smaller
more colorful fantasy version of Diablo. Random generated levels, monsters which gives
a huge replay value. You can basically run around in these dungeons killing monsters
forever. It looks and sounds fantastic. The controls are simple without taking away choice of
tactics from the player.
Since I discovered this game both me and others have played it constantly. The thing is that
despite the fact that it's quite repetitive after the ten or twenty levels, it still manages to serve
you new cool weapons, spells, monsters and a nice increase of difficulty levels.
So for some reason you come back again and again. Like any good game should aspire to
offer.
As long as you do not install it on a windows vista system and keep away from the many mods
the stability of the software is very good.
So at a price of 1/4 of a full commercial game, you get a almost never ending fun and mayhem
until the end of time. THAT is the true wonder of indie shareware games in my book!
Home site
Wikipedia - about the game
Tank Universal
Since many years back I have been checking out
Blits Basic forums
around the net.
Most notably their own developer showcase forum. Now and again you see cool stuff
at that place.
Late last year I found the title "Tank Universal", which is what it sounds like.
You play a tank driver in a 3D "Tron Esque" world. The perspective is in third person
and the turret is controlled independently from the tank it self. This takes some practice
to get used to. It can be turned off so stop screaming
At the game web page you can download a demo. It's a BIG download so you better have
nice connection.
It does however not stop here. The game has not only one A-story but also a very clear
B-story. Both interlinked at special points in the game. This is also the first of several
parts, so the stories does not rely end at the end of the game.
The game it self is broken up in several levels. Some with tank, other on foot.
The goal is also different depending on the stories.
Also the physics absolutely rules! You can very much take potshots at enemies from
very long distances. And objects move when hit and from the weapons recoil. Yummy!
One thing that is VERY obvious is the beautiful environment you as a gamer take
part in. I mentioned the old classic movie "Tron" earlier. The colors are bright neon and
both particle effects as well as general 3D is brilliant. Some of the levels are so nice that
I actually forgot to defend my self.
The levels themselves are nicely made. The game balance is quite good.
Some are harder than others (much so to some). Others you transport your self from A to B.
But personally I enjoy the different types of pace you experience in the levels.
When taken in to account that this is a game title made by only ONE person,
and also created in Blitz Basic 3D (which only supports DirectX 8.1) you can
understand my excitement!
The only sad part is that it's windows only. I would have loved to run this
on my new macbook
To put it simply: this is THEE best blitz basic game I've seen so far. :-O
And it is one great indie game full stop! Worth to register no question!
So jump to the game web page (link below and in the portal link section)
and look at the terrific pictures. Download the demo, read the forum and enjoy!
Just a quick end note:
The author of the game is presently improving the game in many ways.
So hopefully a better and cooler version of this first parter comes out later this year.
Link
Most notably their own developer showcase forum. Now and again you see cool stuff
at that place.
Late last year I found the title "Tank Universal", which is what it sounds like.
You play a tank driver in a 3D "Tron Esque" world. The perspective is in third person
and the turret is controlled independently from the tank it self. This takes some practice
to get used to. It can be turned off so stop screaming
At the game web page you can download a demo. It's a BIG download so you better have
nice connection.
It does however not stop here. The game has not only one A-story but also a very clear
B-story. Both interlinked at special points in the game. This is also the first of several
parts, so the stories does not rely end at the end of the game.
The game it self is broken up in several levels. Some with tank, other on foot.
The goal is also different depending on the stories.
Also the physics absolutely rules! You can very much take potshots at enemies from
very long distances. And objects move when hit and from the weapons recoil. Yummy!
One thing that is VERY obvious is the beautiful environment you as a gamer take
part in. I mentioned the old classic movie "Tron" earlier. The colors are bright neon and
both particle effects as well as general 3D is brilliant. Some of the levels are so nice that
I actually forgot to defend my self.
The levels themselves are nicely made. The game balance is quite good.
Some are harder than others (much so to some). Others you transport your self from A to B.
But personally I enjoy the different types of pace you experience in the levels.
When taken in to account that this is a game title made by only ONE person,
and also created in Blitz Basic 3D (which only supports DirectX 8.1) you can
understand my excitement!
The only sad part is that it's windows only. I would have loved to run this
on my new macbook
To put it simply: this is THEE best blitz basic game I've seen so far. :-O
And it is one great indie game full stop! Worth to register no question!
So jump to the game web page (link below and in the portal link section)
and look at the terrific pictures. Download the demo, read the forum and enjoy!
Just a quick end note:
The author of the game is presently improving the game in many ways.
So hopefully a better and cooler version of this first parter comes out later this year.
Link
Welcome...
2008-02-22 14:40
Welcome to this brand new all english "mini blog" at
my equally fresh web portal.
I hope to take a look at some really nice game titles during the coming months.
My priority are with the many independently developed games. In the years of
late they have really taken off. Today you can find many, many brilliant and excellent
games of all kinds of genres. Some free others not. But even the shareware titles are
not especially expensive. And they are most of the time very nice to your hard drive space too
I hope to take a look at some really nice game titles during the coming months.
My priority are with the many independently developed games. In the years of
late they have really taken off. Today you can find many, many brilliant and excellent
games of all kinds of genres. Some free others not. But even the shareware titles are
not especially expensive. And they are most of the time very nice to your hard drive space too