Oblivion, Elder scrolls 4

  Letter from the author: I have finally gotten my computer working correctly on Blogger. Now I shall be unleashing a fresh batch of reviews to all everyone out there. Sorry for the long downtime, but now I'm back!

 Intro: Oblivion has received it's awards for a reason. It creates a new age of gaming, one with an endless amount of fun and creativity. Oblivion has it's rough edges of course, but this is one game you'll want to read about.    

 Pros: The combat system takes a few minutes to get used to, but after that, it's a breeze. The enemies aren't too difficult if you don't push yourself. For those people who like a slow paced game, there are difficulty levels in Oblivion, though playing on normal is perfect for starters. The sheer variety of Non-player-characters is great. Though once or twice you might think, "He seems very familiar..."

 The magic system is vast. And easily might take a few runs through the game to even try out SOME of the magic available. Enemies "level up" as you do, gaining better weapons, better armor, and sometimes better spells.

 The quests that you can play through are very fun and some equally challenging. Tons of quests will fall upon you as you venture into new cities, and areas. Some quests are insanely hard, though if you train very hard for them you can beat them.

 The graphic powers of Oblivion are so, so, so great that compared to Elder Scrolls 3 (Which I did a review on), Oblivion seems like the "Real world". Though sometimes you might not notice the wondrous view right next to you because you are being chased by a pack of seething bandits, it is ALWAYS there.

 Cons: Oblivion is not suited for little children, some children might be fine with this game, but it is violent and will be pretty creepy for kids. If their character is trudging through a rat infested cave, and suddenly a huge zombie jumps out at them, the little kids will be scared out of their wits. The sight of an Oblivion gate might also freak them out. Anyway, let us now go to the real "Cons".

 The graphics might be a little unsharp at a long distance. The NPCs  might glitch and not move, or stand IN a rock. This makes the game a bit silly, when a bandit stands completely still and lets you burn him with fireballs. The next huge compliant on my part is the loading speed. It takes FOREVER to load an area. Sometimes the loading speeds aren't too bad. It still is annoying when you're being chased by a ton of evil ghosts, or robbers, and you run to a door and open it. Then this peaceful music comes on... and you wait... Then finally you find yourself outside! Some might say that they use that time to "Prepare" or "Make battle plans". Those sayings are mostly just to cover up for the fact that they completely hate loading times but don't want to say. Some of the battles in the game are too hard at sometimes, and might need a LOT of training to be able to master them. For some people (Yes, yes... I go under this category) even beating the first Oblivion gate is too hard, and too beat it they have needed to train a ton.

Overall: Oblivion is a great game, tons of stuff to do, tons of quests, and tons of characters to meet. There is an awesome number of dungeons to explore, and a huge amount of enemies. This game is NOT recommended for children. Great for everyone else though, and a perfect game for an RPG fan, or just anyone!

 Overall score: 9.5

Xbox 360

 I have attained an Xbox 360 now, so anytime now, after I stop wasting all my time playing the games on the 360, I will post some new and revised reviews. I will re-review Halo 3 and after I get ODST, I will re-review that. I might get Xbox LIVE, then I'll post my gamertag and Halo Forges.

 J.J.

Halo 3 ODST

Intro: You are the Rookie, a ODST who's drop pod lands away from target and you set out to find survivors. Continues from the end of Halo 2 to the start of Halo 3. A new and interesting look at the world of Halo, from the view of a ODST. I do NOT have this game, but I have done exstensive research on the ODST game, so I can easily say I can make a great review.

 

Pros: The game has better graphic models and the addition of the silenced SMG with a scope, and the silenced pistol with a scope, add a lot of fun to this game. The SMG is very fun to use and easy to use as a long ranged weapon. The world graphical models are almost perfect. The game offers the new gameplay mode Firefight, where tons of enemies rush to their death at your hands in waves. You get points for killing enemies in Firefight and if you kill 2, or more at a time you get even more points. You can play this mode with friends on split screen mode, and people everywhere on Xbox Live. This game includes all mutiplayer maps from Halo 3.

 

 Cons: The gameplay time is just over 6 hours and for some people being the Rookie, not Master Chief, is very boring. The stamina bar might be discouraging for some, those who are\used to the energy bar system might not like this game. For people who like the "run out and go kick some butt, without caring about health" style of game play that Halo CE, Halo 2, and Halo 3 were structured around, this stealth style gameplay might NOT be for you.

Overall: The Halo 3 ODST game is worth a balanced $40-$50. It contains a very fun mutiplayer to keep you busy when you have friends over or just want to play Xbox Live. The price is right so "drop" right on by to your local store and buy yourself a copy.

Overall Score: 9.0

Burnout Takedown 3

 Intro: Burnout Takedown is a well equipped racing game, filled with lots of play time and races. A great game for people who want a lot of fun!

 Pros: Has good graphics and rivals are actually a little challenging. Lots of fun cars to use and great tracks. Has very fun, addictive racing. Has over 100-150 hours of replayability. Split-Screen has choices between a normal race, road rage (trying to smash other cars), and crash(try to crash into traffic to create a huge traffic jam). You always get a fun boost of excitement when you smash another car aganst a railing or traffic.

 Cons: You take a long time to crash unless you smash into a civilian vehicle, rivals can hardly touch you even if you have hardly any skill. The game might take to long to complete for those with zero patience. The game makes you crash imediately when you smash into a car going the same way as you, unlike in Burnout Revenge. The game might seem boring when you get further into it and you think it's too hard to beat a certain level, but then just skip that race and try another race.

Overall: A perfect game for someone who likes Need for Speed but wants some thing with more speed. Fun to the point of liking it better than some PS3 games. Great for the whole family, and easy for people who have just started to play racing games.

 Overall Score: 7.5

Need for Speed Carbon DS

Intro: Need for Speed Carbon is another "Need for Speed" game in which you race cars with awesome vinyl and lots of nitro. Fun for a while, great for everyone.

 Pros: Has great music quality, good graphics, and some nice customizing features. Racing is fun and each boss is challenging. The cars are well modelled nicely and have good preformance. Though some cars seem a bit too fast, making you crash at each turn. Customizing gives a great deal of customizable items and you can even customize your dashboard!

Cons: AI's are not smart and even your "drafter" or attacker" ( A type of partner that helps you, he/she also has a car and races) sometimes hit you, or even mistake you for a rival car. After you beat the game it becomes very boring, at least it did for me. There could be a longer storymode, this one seems very short. It consists of only 6 territorys and 12 bosses, maybe over 60-64 races, and if races only take 3-5 minutes, that takes only 300 minutes ( only five hours!!! ) to complete storymode if you beat it all on your first try.

 Overall: A good game for the family, though only 5-6 hours long you might reconsider buying this game. For this amount of money you can easily get a game with 20-40 hours of game play, on about any console.

 

Overall Score: 5.5

Halo 3

Intro: Another addition to the Halo series. The Flood gets to earth and Master Chief needs to fight them off. I do NOT own this game, I have seen friends play it, and have watched it on Youtube (over 40-50 hours of watching Halo 3 gameplay). I can safely say that I have enough info to easily review it.

Pros: The gamplay is diverse, setting you in a jungle for the first level, and then in a UNSC building. The graphics are simply amazing and the AI's are smart, and never act the same. The mutiplayer is about the funnest thing ever. You can unlock new armor and equip them to your liking. The mutiplayer maps are modelled nicely. There are more weapons than in Halo 2 and all of the weapons are more fun to use. The game even brings back the Halo CE's Assault rifle. With new vehicles like the Chopper, and the Hornet the game adds alot of fun gameplay ideas to the mix.

Cons: After playing over and over again on campaign it might seem boring, but XBOX LIVE solves that. The game glitches some if scratched up, but that is to be expected.

Overall: An awesome game, worth at least $40-$50. Very fun to play with friends, via local mutiplayer, or XBOX LIVE. Fun for just about anyone!

 Overall Score: 9.5

CrossFire

 Intro: A first person shooter thats lots more fun than other free online FPS. CrossFire is a unique free FPS, here's why.

 Pros: During gameplay you can pick up enemy weapons and use them yourself. You also can buy weapons from the weapons shop, with "money" you get in-game, forever! Usually free online FPS games let you buy weapons for only a few days. After you play a match you have the option to "save" the match. This lets to save it for later replay. In replay mode you can view the game from anywhere in the map, from every player's perspective, or from a third person view. You can pause rewind and fast-forward the game. The graphics are ok.

 Cons: Sometimes in replay mode the game glitches and the view gets messed up. It takes a long time to gain "money" and you have to repair your weapons or they will get bad, and less effective. The repair option wastes all your money, and only if you're an ace player will you really start earning money.

 Overall: A great game has it's "money" making problems and some glitches. But it's completely free, so it's worth it.

Overall Score: 7.5

Conflict: Desert Storm

 Intro: Basically you are a squad of soliders in fighting terrorists and try to blow up certain targets. WOOPEE, another FPS game with absolutely zero fun, cliff hanging, suspenseful storyline.

 Pros: You get a squad of soliders so if one gets hurt you can heal him with the other. You get four different types of men, heavy weapons, sniper, detonations, and machine gunner. It's moderately fun playing with friends since then each of you control 2 men and can see who finishes the level first, or you can work together. You can pick up weapons, ammo, and health from inside buildings and if this wouldn't be possible I probably would stuff this game down a toilet at first chance.

 Cons: The third person targeting system is the most horrible thing ever, you can't get a shot to hit a guy a long range, even if you're certain you're aiming at him. The enemies glitch out and one time while I was playing an enemy appeared that was completely black and bullets and grenades couldn't hurt him. He could still hurt you though. I even used a rocket launcher on him ( called an RPG ) and guess what, it went right though him. After my team and I hid behind a box for about three minutes, he suddenly, disappeared into thin air. The graphics are bad compared to other XBOX titles, Halo, Elder scrolls, and lack the fun those games contain. There is no cliff hanger, or suspenseful storyline. I'd rather play Pac-Man.

 Overall: This game is probably the result of a developer that didn't have enough money and staff to support this "project", if you could even call it that. Nice try though, still, I would have more fun with Pac-Man. That might have been a good ending statement, but guess what, when Desert Storm first came out they were asking for $20-$30 for it! This game really is in a big mixed up "Storm".

 Overall score: 3.0

Burnout Revenge

 Intro: Your first thought about this game is probably this, if you haven't played it: It is probably just one of those games like Need for Speed, which puts a lot of cheesy cars, tracks, and stunts into one game. WRONG!

 Pros: This game has one of the best graphics I've ever seen in a XBOX game. The cars zip by, hardly even visible because of the realistic blur. The sound is perfect, getting it just right when you hear a car go wizzing by. Burnout Revenge tops it's predecessor, making it more fun with the added effect of getting revenge rivals, being able to smash cars (if they are not moving, or facing away from you) and not crashing when you smash them, and leveling up your revenge rank, the game's sort way of "leveling up". The cars seen faster, bigger, more powerful, and more fun to drive than in Older Burnout games. The game lets you crash into other racers, and crash, bash, and smash them into other cars, or walls to get a takedown, like shown in the picture below.

 Cons: Some glitches, sometime you might think you hit a car, but you didn't. To some gamers this might be great, but rivals seem to go down to easily, but to even it out, you smash easily too.  There is not a definate story line, all you really do is participate in different races, never for a reason, or cause.

 Overall: The game has no serious cons, and way more pros than cons. The graphics are top notch, and the gameplay is pretty fun.

 Overall Score: 7.5

Elder Scrolls III Morrowind

Intro: Morrowind is an expansive game set in the land of Vvardenfell. The game is great and it makes a great game for everyone.

 Pros: Great replayability, graphics are nice, huge areas to explore. Diverse lands, and people. Lots of weapons and quests. The combat system is nicely made and makes all my expectations of this game very high. Over 200+ hours of gameplay on just the main quest. Probably over 500+ with sidequests.

Leveling up is easy and fun. It's not like other games where you really have to spend 6 hours fighting monsters to gain 2-3 levels, you can gain lots of levels fast in Morrowind.

 Cons: Gets boring if you've played through the game over twenty times. Glitches sometimes and some AIs are so dumb you could kill someone right in behind them and they wouldn't know it. After buying and selling weapons through the course of 20 games the weapons start to get boring.

 Overall: Recommended to everyone who likes or might even dislike RPGs. Great game for friends to enjoy you playing, or for you to watch them playing.

 Overall score: 9.0

Halo CE

Intro: Halo CE started the Halo craze. The game starts a new and exciting era of game play. Character models and ok and the games engine is smooth and doesn't lag.

 Pros: Halo CE has a fun story line and diverse weapons. The games character models are ok, as I said before, and the game runs smooth. Multiplayer is fun and each map is extremely different. There aren't lots of glitches and the enemies are very smart AIs. The story mode is very expansive and can take from 20-30 hours for a amateur, and from 5-10 hours for a master of FPS.

Cons:

 The Graphics aren't perfect and sometimes you feel alittle lost when trying to find a certain area. You can't board enemy vehicles like in Halo 2-3 and there aren't many weapons. The Flood doesn't really even need to be part of the story. Now Bungie is going to come to me and be like "We need the Flood to make the story advance!". Well they could have left out the Flood, which are a pain to fight, and just have Master chief fight new races of Covent.

 Overall:

A great game and really worth it for the price of $5-$10 on Ebay. Nice addition for Halo 2-3-3ODST, and Halo wars fans.

 Overall score: 8.0-8.5

Wizard 101

 Intro:
My friend asked me to do a review for Wizard101, and I can proudly say that this game is probably great... if you're a seven year old. It's filled with child friendly little wizards running around using spells to destroy monsters.

 Pros:
 I ask myself.  Do I even want to do this section this time? There isn't anything that's fun about this unless you're going to dedicate twelve hours on the computer trying to get some new wand, which is utterly pointless.

 Cons:
 Bad-good graphics, Takes too long to make money, and it takes too long to level up once you're a high level. The quests start to dwindle unless you subscribe you become a member, which is $10 a month!!!!! =X

 Overall score: 3.0-4.0

Warrock Review

 Intro:
 Warrock is a free online FPS and is very good for a free game. It still has its faults, alittle bit more cons than pros, but a great game nonetheless.

 Pros: Fun multiplayer,very interactive and lots of weapons. Good player models and graphic secenery. You can drive vehicles, helicopters, planes, tanks, trucks and boats, this makes the game a lot better and more fun. The helicopters make this game the most fun, for people who know how to fly them. The maps vary from small to huge, and usually huge maps have more vehicles. The replayability is very high and the better you get the easier it is to get the fun factor from this game. When you're horrible at this game getting kills is impossible.

 Cons: Glitches, lots of lags, even if you have super fast internet. All the guns can only be bought (with money you win from matches ) for either one day, seven days or 30 days. You never get to keep weapons forever or pick weapons at the start of matches ( like Counter-Strike ) which is a let down. Sometime your teams color ( green or brown) gets mixed up with your enemies, resulting in a team mate, whos really a enemy, killing you. Lots of people hack and that makes the game more boring.

 Overall:
 This game is fun to play and I play it though after awhile I'd rather play something else. Recommended for people who have had experience playing FPS games, not complete amateurs.

 Overall score: 6.5-7.0

If anyone wants to have help playing this game, my ID is 0verkillz. Contact me!

Halo 2 review

Intro:
Halo 2 is an amazing game. Despite the "Halo: Combat evolved" game which set off the craze for Halo, but had bad graphic capabilities, Halo 2 has amazing graphics for an Xbox. Halo 2 has a lot of glitches. But most aren't noticable unless you dedicate your life to trying to find these elusive little annoyances.

Pros:
Halo 2 has a great storyline and the mutiplayer will keep you hooked forever. The weapons are diverse and take along time to master certain ones. The graphics are awesome as I said before. The storymode is surprisingly replayable compaired to other Xbox FPS. You'll have lots of fun blasting aliens with different weapons, and playing the level over again but trying to destroy a Covenant patrol a different way than last time. The difficulty level is a fun addition to the game, you can pick from fighting super easy Covenant to fighting crazy strong Covenant. Also customizing your mutiplayer character might seen boring but Halo 2 gives you lots of options for armor colors, and clan symbols. The game's AI are incredibly smart and will backup a Warthog if it hits a wall, not just keep driving into it. Xbox Live adds so much replayability that this game will never grow old and be set aside... ever... ever!

Cons:
After playing the storymode over and over again half a million times it starts to wear out, and you start getting bored of finding the same Elite or grunt around the same corner. The game will start to develop more glitches as the disc gets more scratched up, like when selecting random spawning weapons for mutiplayer, all you get is sniper rifles spawing. Without Xbox Live, after putting in half a thousand to a thousand hours of game play the game will get boring and non colorful. Playing as the Arbiter ( a Covenant elite) might be discouraging and boring when you have to play as him a few times in the game.

Overall:
Halo 2 is a great game and is completely worth it if you would buy it for $50-$70, but it only costs $10-$15 on Ebay and lots of the deals on Ebay will give you a non-scratched version. I would recommend it for a person that has never played an FPS in his/her life or a person that is a Master gamer. This game is great for everyone!

Overall score: 9.0-9.5

Introduction

Hello guys and gals,

I'll be making mixed reviews on different platforms: Comp, DS, GBA, PS2, Xbox, and when I get an Xbox360, I'll be making reviews for it too. I have a lot of experience with all types of games, and have lots of friends to help me out if I have trouble reviewing a game.
Hope you enjoy!