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Daily Needs "People on the internet are just like fishing. You might get the biggist fish out there, you might catch a few decent fish, but most of the time it's worthless tiny things, boots or just plain shit."
And if the person I'm currently "having fun with" on DA reads this, then calm down child, you're pretty low on the list surprisingly, but I've said enough about my "gloryfag" exploits, back to the usual talk about VIDYA GAMS
Now, E3 is amazing. Bear with me, the point's coming.
At least, it looks amazing from the pictures and videos I watch. And yet I've never been able to go as I'll probably never have enough money to fly over to the USA just for the show, or anyone to go with considering the distance. So all I can do is grab the E3 special of GamesMaster, read all the summaries on gaming news websites and sigh at the thought that it's probably never going to be something I can witness first hand.
Then, my manager at GAME tells me about this : [link]
So, the breakdown. This is a large event being held in Birmingham. It's pretty much under an hour away on the train, and it's only a tenner to get it. I'm not working, and I'm clearly not going to get a job within the next two weeks despite how much I look and apply for. Isn't the first time I've heard of the event, in fact I think it only started a year or so ago, but I've never been that interested.
Then I have a shitty couple of months with everything getting to me.
So fuck everyone, I'm going this time XD.
Cannot wait. And to cap it all, I'll probably not buy anything I play down there due to me trading my 360 in. WHOOPS!
I'll leave the games I've been playing for another day, In short, Deus Ex Human Revolution?
Mass Effect + Rainbow Six Vegas + Fallout style quest branching (At least I bloody hope so. Looking like it atm. If not, Bioware quest branching) = Win for TheMadDJ
Sentence wise? Enjoying it. Completed the prologue and the first real mission so far and yet to play with the Augs that much. Rare occasion I agree with the "reviewers" really.
Anyway, Enough emo time. I'll just focus on what I'm looking forward to seeing there.
"THE BIG BATTLE" between Modern Warfare 3 and Battlefield 3.
Ok. I can lie and call one better than the other, or I can simply say they're exactly the same and more on. Seriously, this is Same Old CoD going "up against" Bad Company 2. The only differences solely remain with BF having vehicles and a slower pace, and CoD simply being MW2 + a part of another game we're ripping off for kicks. MW2 and Black Ops chose the credit system and theatre mode from Halo Reach last go around, and now we're going to throw in Gears Of War 3's revamped Horde mode. Because all we want to do Co-Op is sit in a very small map shooting the same three models of enemies with different guns for hours. The only reason I play a horde mode is for the banter of my friends, and that is only when they can convince me too. Once the achievement boosting was done, or after two or three games? Back on the shelf.
Now, this is pretty much highlighting the decline of the shooter based game as a whole. Every "gamer" likes to rant about the growing "problem" with the Casual crowd, but when you see two major top flight games looking almost EXACTLY THE SAME, playing slightly differently, then I say we're looking in the wrong place. We can blame the casual crowd for credit point buying for the setup you "need" (Read as watched [x] on Youtube and decided to copy said player to try and get the same score). Thank the casual crowd for the death of true PC games, and not just crappy console ports, broken matchmaking and clear beta releases. Thank the casual crowd for indie games becoming massive (Minecraft, Limbo and Super Meat Boy anyone?) because the "hardcore" guys are bored with sequels? It's hard to get excited for a new shooter because when it drops after all the paid hype whips everyone into Full Retard mode, we're just playing a rehashed title year in, year out. I again bring up the massive joke that was Bulletstorm. Promised to turn the genre on it's head, even going to the lengths of laughing at the other titles with Duty Calls. And in the end, it stank. It stank to the sound of The Club, a largely forgettable PS2 era game, and followed the exact same formula every shooter's following. I digress.
Screw both titles. Seriously. Forget both of them. You already know which one you'll buying on launch, and you know which one you'll be getting soon after when the other side of your friends coax you to get the other game as everyone else is playing it. You know it'll draw countless players off the previous titles and other games to play, only to go back into them after a month or two. And you know the Youtube commentators will have plenty to say about both of them.
Personally? I've played the alpha of BF3. It played exactly the same as BFBC2. Based on the changes to Spec-ops that MW3 is bringing, I'd go with that on the basis that at least it's changing SOMETHING and announce MW3 the "winnar". Even if it is trying to cash in on the new Gears of War horde mode. Then again, we all know it'll be breaking records....*sigh*...Bloody sheep.
Anyway, speaking of Gears 3.....It'll be a decent single player game, and the multiplayer will be a glitch filled bitch-a-thon GoW2 was. The only thing I'll say is that the Horde mode does at least look like it'll take five more IQ points to play it without dying. But even then, it'll still be down out copying a tested method in the same part of the map. Oh, and who remembers the whole "Play as the locust mobs!" thing from GoW2 that was cut before it was released? What's to say those deployable fences don't turn out to be areas you can "buy" like in Nazi Zombies since CoD WaW map pack 2 eh?
Exactly. d
. Moving on.Mass Effect 3.
Cannot wait. Next Se....Ok, I'll go into details.
Seriously, I cannot wait for ME3 even if it's to work out where we're going on the roller-coaster this time. Liking the idea of those new melee moves, if only to make close quarter actions a little more fun rather than shotgun and forget. I'd talk about the Kinect voice commands, but that's just Bioware appeasing their old masters into making use of the overpriced Eyetoy (This coming from the guy who demoed Kinect sports happily whilst with a sprained ankle. HURT SO GOOOOOOD). Only thing it adds to the game is make it easier to order the squad around, which I barely used in both games. Still, here's to hoping I can run the PC version. XD
Assassins Creed Revelations.
Now, I am a MASSIVE fan of the AC series. Not so much one, but still, I am squeeing like a Japanese school girl at the thought of being able to play this at the 'con in two weeks time. Fuck, I MIGHT EVEN QUEUE.....All jokes aside, looking forward to seeing where Ubisoft goes on the multiplayer. Seen the changes thus far thanks to the awesome Escoblades, and so far so good. The idea of the bombs I really would like to just stay in the Story mode, or at least be limited to just certain equipment, like Fireworks, to be honest. The thought of tossing a offensive smoke to freeze a target for a piss easy focus roof kill is merely raging me out d=S. But still, unique game and I'll miss Ezio when he's gone. Even if he is a bit of a dick sometimes XD.
Dark Souls.
Now, one of the games, that's even now tempting me to the Dark Side of the console war and the PS3 that I shall "reward" myself for surviving another year without going postal, was Demon Souls. I'm not sure why, considering how hard as nails everyone was yelling about, but it was there. When I heard about this being made for the 360, I was pretty happy about it. It might of even saved my console from the Preowned shelf too were it not for other disappointed. Can't say a whole lot on it other than that to be honest.
Anyway, that's about it. Might try and grab a decent digital camera or even a video camera to grab some more re-playable memories from my first 'Con, and if I do, I'll be sure to throw links onto here.
That is, of course, if anyone actually reads my blabbering. Need a fucking medal if you do to be honest d
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