Top 5 Games For Each System

     I've decided to tell you what my Top 5 favorites games for each systems are. I've own every game system after the SNES on and would like to talk about all of them, but not enough time to talk about every single one. If I just mention them though, well thats good enough for me. (Note: these are top 5 games I own and played If there are games better than what I put that means I didn't play it. These are all in my opinion. Edit: Due to how much I can talk about just 1 game I will Split this to more than 1 blog.)

SNES

SNES (Super Nintendo Entertainment System)

5. Donkey Kong County 3 

     This game was the weakest of the trilogy of the Donkey Kong Country games, but it was just as fun to play as any other. You play as Dixie Kong and her toddler cousin Kiddy Kong. They discovered that Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong were captured by robot KAOS, but discover that it was under control by Kaptain K. Rool's brother Baron K. Roolenstein. The game was a little easier than the other 2 games, but has astonishing background views of the levels from the high mountains to the mechanical factory theme. Thats why its going to be number five.

4. Super Pang/Buster Bros.

     Super Pang is a single- screen shooting game and the goal is to pop all the bubbles. When you shoot a bubble it splits into multiple smaller versions of that bubble. This game's learning curve goes from easy to just plain impossible, but I beat it regardless due to hours of frustration and just wanting to beat it out of satisfaction. It is very addicting and every level takes you to famous monuments of Asia, Europe, and America. Each level has 3 stages before you move on to another location. From time to time I will still play this game if I get an urge to play a classic game again.

3. Donkey Kong Country

     My first game I ever had at the age of  3. This is one of my personal favorite for any game. If any of my friends gets that urge to play an old game again we think of only one game and that is Donkey Kong Country. Its side scrolling action is so fun and one of the best levels is going at high speeds on a mine cart dodging other Crocks in carts coming at you. The story is Donkey Kong's banana horde has been stolen by King K. Rool and his Kremlings. Its up to Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong to get their banana horde back. in each area of the Kong Island there are a bunch of levels leading to the boss level of that area. The bosses go from very easy to hard. The levels are the most memorable out of the trilogy as well as the music. I listen to the music in the water on my ipod as well as the theme and other levels like fear factory. This game sold over 8 million copies worldwide, making it the best-selling non-bundled SNES game of all time. This game was one of the first games for mainstream home video game console to use  pre-rendered 3D graphics. Surprisingly enough this is only my 3rd best for this countdown.

2. Starfox-SNES

      Allot of my fiends where Starfox fans when they first known about him in Starfox 64. They always wanted to know about the past story with Fox James Mcloud's father. Well I was a fan of the original first game Starfox which is about his father Fox Mcloud. I find this game very addicting even though it had bad 3D graphics. Back then however it was like nothing I've ever seen. Its the same game as Starfox 64, but I find Starfox-SNES allot harder and better memorable music in the levels surprisingly enough. I can't tell you how many remixes I've heard for the level Cornaria. Not to mention In Super Smash Bro. Brawl they made a stage for Fox that in the background is the level (original) Space armada  in the original Starfox game along with a remastered song in honor of the franchise (remake). 

1. Donkey Kong Country 2
      I was really struggling on who would take the number 1 spot, but im pretty satisfied with my decision. So why the sequel as number 1 instead of the first game? Well the second game improved every aspect of the first game. The game opens with Diddy Kong standing on the deck of a pirate ship. In the ship's cabin, he finds a note stating that Donkey Kong has been kidnapped by Kaptain K. Rool, a pirate Kremling, who had demanded the entire Banana Hoard that he stole in the previous game for a ransom from the Kongs. Diddy Kong subsequently attempts to rescue Donkey Kong from the Kaptain, and accompanying him is his girlfriend, Dixie Kong. Together, they travel through Crocodile Isle and go through areas which leads to bosses like in the first game. The music Is just as memorable as the first one. They added more gameplay and secret levels compared to the first game and there is a fake ending and a real ending. This one by far is the best and the hardest in the franchise.


Next blog I will give my top 5 Nintendo 64 games.

       

Dead Rising 2 Review

     Dead Rising 2 is a step up from the first game and is allot of fun to play. It will definitely satisfy your needs  to kill zombies in many creative ways.

 Plot

     The story takes place five years after the first Dead Rising game. The main character, former motocross champion, Chuck Greene takes part in this competition/game show called Terror is Reality. The objective to the show was to kill gathered zombies for money and fame. When you first play your killing zombies while on a motorbike with chainsaws attached to it.
     The latest show was held in Fortune city. Fortune city is an amusement and entertainment resort somewhere in Nevada, and based off the casino strip in Las Vegas which was destroyed by a zombie outbreak 3 years ago. The host of the show is Tyrone King (called TK throughout the game after hearing his full name once) who will later be an Important character later in the story. Chuck participates in the show for the purpose of raising funds to buy Zombrex for his daughter, Katey, who was bitten by her zombified mother in the previous outbreak. Zombrex is a kind of medicine that prevents bitten people from turning into zombies.

      After Chuck wins the prize money in the latest event, he retires to the backstage where he is trapped in an elevator after a mysterious explosion. Upon exiting the elevator, he finds that an outbreak has occurred in the city and many people are killed or changed into zombies. Finding Katey, Chuck takes his daughter to an emergency shelter where survivors have gathered. Chuck is blamed for the outbreak by a reporter, and must vindicate himself within 72 hours -- the time it takes for the military to arrive. With the show Terror is Reality show gone, Chuck must find other ways of obtaining Zombrex for Katey.
     After Chuck does the show and collect his prize money from the latest event, he goes backstage to buy some Zombrex for his daughter. When he gets in the elevator, he gets trapped and becomes unconscious after a mysterious explosion. Upon exiting the elevator, he finds that an outbreak has occurred in Fortune city and most of the people are killed and changed into zombies. Finding Katey moments later, Chuck takes his daughter to an emergency shelter where survivors have gathered. Chuck is blamed for the outbreak by a reporter, and must vindicate himself within 72 hours before the military arrives and taken into custody. Chuck must find other ways of obtaining Zombrex for Katey as well. Overall the story is ok. I laugh at almost all the scenes because they tried to make it serious, but I have my Chuck Greene have the kill bill suit with blue hair and a ninja mouth bandanna. So I can't take it seriously. The upside is Chuck sounds almost exactly like Leon from the best game on the gamecube Resident Evil 4.

Gameplay 

     This game is so addicting and fun. This is a leveling type of game so the more zombies you kill and the more survivors you save the more experience you get and level up whether its learning new fighting moves, health increase, or more item capacity your going to need to be a high level just to kill early bosses. If you beat the game your level carries over to a new game if you want.  Thank goodness the A.I of the survivors are much better and will not die on you and rarely will unlike the first game.

     There are 2 new things from this game. First is the fact that you can combine weapons/items. There are so many combinations that is really hard to do them all. To combine a chainsaw and a paddle to make a duel chainsaw staff is the best idea ever! You can even make a light saber by combining gems with a flashlight. With combinations like these, it is very hard to get bored by this game. The second thing is their is online Co-op. This was the best idea ever! I have a friend and we would talk about the first dead rising as we played it online, but now we can just play together which is awesome.
     The learning curve for this game is just cruel. You have to be a high level just to kill the easy bosses and I think its impossible to kill some bosses without a friend helping you. Not to mention the zombies get harder as the timer gets closer to the 72th hour where the military arrive. The only other complaint I have is when you die. Its either load your last save or restart the campaign. If you miss a main objective that happens to but you can chose to continue, but you'll get the bad ending. 

Final Verdict

 I'm going to give this a 7 out of 10. For what it lacks in Story It makes up for it in gameplay.

NY Comic Con 2010

     My first comic con and it was an awesome experience. I had never thought of Comic-con as a big deal, but I had no idea what I've been missing! I got my hands on exclusive figures for Halo Reach, Demos of upcoming games such as Dead Space 2, Donkey Kong Country Returns and allot more!

     Friday was the day to get the stuff you want. Its the day to buy the things you want, because by the time Saturday comes everything you looked at that you thought of buying Will be gone. My first stop was at the Intel booth. There they had all kinds of computer tournaments and sponsored MLG teams where there playing Counter Strike, Starcraft 2, and much more.

Counter Strike Tournament finals

       Friday is very roomy and not that much cosplay. It was very pleasant and was the best time for me. I manage to see Stan Lee. He was walking in the middle of Comic-Con like he was one of the people visiting. Much as I like video game I came also to see the stuff they had for the anime festival part as well.

       First game I had to try out was Dead Space 2. I was very pleased of how well the first Dead Space played except the replayability is 0. The monsters come at you the same way and you know exactly whats going to happen. Hopefully they fixed that problem in the second one. The demo was very good. It made me jumpy, only because you wear these $300 headset and it was loud.Graphics were very nice and smooth. I couldn't believe I died once. The big news about it is that they added multiplayer,  but it wasn't in the demo.

     Manage to see a first look at Final Fantasy 14 online. Was never much into the online version of Final Fantasy games, but tried it out anyway. After that bought some comics, shirts, and Halo Reach figures. That was pretty much just Friday. Saturday I focused on the Panels. Went to the Capcom Panel to know more about whats to come for Marvel vs Capcom 3. I manage to meet Keiji Inafune who is the head of Research & Development and Online Business and Global Head of Production at Capcom. He is Mostly known for his character design for Mega Man and the Dead Rising games. After that I went to a Panel for Animation and met Crispin Freeman. He is a famous voice actor that is know to be the voice of Alucard from Hellsing and Togusa from Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex.

      After those panels I had just enough time to check out Goldeneye 007 and Dragonball Raging Blast 2. Goldeneye was a big let down. the graphics were bad and the gameplay was horrible. Dragonball Raging Blast 2 was very good. They fixed the balance system when it came to characters being overpowered and the gameplay was excellent.

That's me!

     On Sunday I did some more hands on with game demos. First I wanted to try Donkey Kong Country Returns and I had mixed feelings about it. They kept it tradition like the SNES version just with bumped up graphics, BUT they made it simplified. You have 2 hearts per person. So if you had both Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong you have 4. Back in my day ( I can't believe I said that) It was one hit you lose your kong and get hit again you lose the level. Why are all the Wii games getting Simplified, even for the hardcore fans?
     After That I headed for the Capcom booth to try Marvel vs Capcom 3 and it is amazing. The graphics are just as good if not better than the Super Street Fighter 4 Graphics and The characters so far are awesome. I played as Dante, Iron man, and Wolverine, but got demolished by the opponent for they have been playing since the beginning of this weekend and they have a feel to the controls already. The only complaint I have is the controls for the arcade stick (I only play fighting games with the arcade stick) instead of 4 buttons its 6 and they changed them around so I had no idea what I was doing.

       After that well... That pretty much sums it up. I probably had one of the best times of my life there and will go again next year without a doubt. For 2010 the next event video game related that I will attend is Video Games Live in December and next year I'm taking on E3! If you want to see more people in costumes go to my Facebook page. I made it so everyone can see them.

League Of Legends

     Ok If your looking for a really addicting free real time strategy game, then League of Legends is your game. (LoL for short) I was introduced to this game from a friend being a little turned off to the fact that it was free. I thought since it was free that means it was going to be bad gameplay and with bad graphics. Man was I wrong! This is really addicting in both the good and bad way. This game is actually base off of DOTA. For any of you who don't know what DOTA is its a game within a game. A game scenario made in of Warcraft 3. There is even a famous song made for this game by Basshunter

     So its pretty much easy to pick up. You play in games either 3v3 or 5v5 and your objective is to destroy their Nexus. only thing thats stopping you is the other team and defense turrets. Before you play you have to chose a champion. Now each week their are about 7 champions you can choose for free and I rotates each week. They do this so you can try them out until you find the right one you like. You can have a champion that is a tank, meaning he has allot of health and can take allot of damage, DPS (damage per second) meaning that you can do allot of damage, mage and allot more to choose. Each champion has their own abilities and ultimate attack. Currently their are 62 champions to choose from and the number keeps growing.

     Their are as of right now 2 maps one for 3v3 and one for 5v5. in the 3v3 their are 2 columns to get to the Nexus and 5v5 their are 3 columns. in these columns their are turrets that defend. When the game starts you have 30 seconds until minions spawn. You start every game with your champion as level . The highest level is 18. In between the columns there is forest area where you can go to one column to the next. In the forest there is neutral creatures you can kill. Some have special buffs to give you when you kill them. So you kill either the creatures or the other teams minions to get experience to level up your champions. You also get gold which you can buy items to help your champion. They give you recommendations on what to buy for that champion, but I you really know how to play your champion you will know other weapons to go for instead.
     If you kill the other teams champion you get allot more gold than a minion and allot more experience. Their all kinds of strategy you can do in this game. You can get all the players to go in one column and kill one of their champions when one of them goes out and your all hiding in a bush. You can just kill creatures from level 1 and try to become a much higher level in less time and overpower you enemies. Or you can farm minions for gold.

     I highly recommend this game for anybody because its free! Sign up and try it out at http://signup.leagueoflegends.com/en/signup/index They even made a cinematic video  
   Tomorrow the day for the NY comic con so I will be attending for the weekend. I'll talk about that for my next blog.

HALO REACH

    STORY

     Halo Reach is the newest game of the Halo Franchise and also Bungie's last Halo game. This is a prequel to the first Halo game. Reach is the planet where the Spartan-II and Spartan-III programs took place and where Master Chief was trained and made into a Spartan. Now there is a book before this game called Halo: The Fall of Reach that explained the back story to everything up until the beginning of Halo and its alot to explain. So click the title of the book to see the summary of it.

 

     If you have read the book ultimately you will know what happens in the end, but its not about that. It is about the struggle to fight till the end and how the Master Chief ended up to be the only Spartan left.

That is you!

     This game does not focus on Master Chief. Instead you play as a Spartan Noble Six who just starts off replacing one of the noble teammates that was KIA (killed in action). What the really cool part about not being the Master Chief is that this Spartan is really you. You can customize your armor in any way and it will show in the Campaign even in cut scenes. The only difference is everyone on noble team including you is a Spartan-III which is a cheaper version of a Spartan-II , except for Jorge (he's a Spartan-II)  Your first mission with noble team was to check a distress call thinking that it is rebels from the farms retaliating, but as you check there was people slaughtered no human could ever do. Then you find the Covenant there.

NOBLE TEAM

( From left to right  Jorge 052, Carter 259, Emile 239, Kat 320, Jun 266)

       I don't know why but there is a cut scene in that level that I think is the best scenes in this game. It is the Elite Zealot Ambush.  It is a cut scene where elites attack then it goes into a first-person view and the elites take the two surviving civilians you found and take them hostage as they make their escape at that moment. Then you follow them with Jorge and close the way you came from. I think it was the suspense and timing with the music that made is such a good cut scene. At the end of the level you contact the higher ups to tell them that the Covenant are on Reach.
     The Space Battle has never been done before in Halo so I was really afraid of how it would play and then I found out one of the people that made Crimson Skies was helping to make the space battle controls and I was relieved to see that the game play for it was very good. 
     Ok from here on if you don't want to read spoilers then do not read anymore on the story section. During all your missions a Spartan from the noble team makes a brave sacrifice and gets killed. The most awe shocking death was when noble team was running to an elevator and Kat was telling a plan when all of a sudden she gets sniped in the back of the head Mid-sentence and I was speechless. The only noble team Spartan we don't see die is Jun because he went Dr. Halsey to take her to escape Reach. 
     The last mission was to take the smart A.I. that Dr. Halsey created ( Cortana) and give it to Captain Keyes at the Pillar of Autumn. When your on that last mission its just you and Emile left in the noble team. When you arrive where the Pillar of Autumn is you have to defend that area till Captain Keyes arrives with a pelican. You hand it to him and as you do the pelican was taking fire causing it to get out of there without you. Emile who was operating a big turret to shoot the ships gets stabbed in the back by an elite energy sword but falls with the elite taking it with him. 
       So know you have to get to that turret to shoot at a covenant ship before it glasses the Pillar of Autumn. You do it and the ship escapes out of Reach ending with the ship making a random slip space jump arriving at Halo just like in the first game. After the credits there is one more mission it shows you alone while the Covenant are glassing the planet and all around the area. Then you take control of your Spartan and all it saids is to survive, but it is impossible the number of Covenant increase to an overwhelming odds and you eventually get to low health and it goes to a cut scene where your killing elites left and right till your overwhelmed and eventually get killed. This last scene depressed me even though I knew the end it still depressing to see. At least he went down like a Spartan.

MULTIPLAYER

Theirs Jetpacks! 

      This is by far the best Multiplayer system yet for the Halo franchise. You have firefight, slayer, big team battle, Invasion, arena. So many new armor pieces to unlock not to mention firefight voice and armor effects. There is so much  to unlock, but I saved up to unlock Master Chief's voice. Thats right the way he talks you can give him the stupidest dialect to tell him and he will still sound badass. The forge mode is improved big time and has snap on features so you can be nice and organized. 

Some one using Armor lock ability

      They incorporated some new things in the muliplayer. Their is a flashy way to assassinate people now just by holding down melee button.  There are new loadout were you can choose a jetpack, sprint, cloak, projector image, and armor lock.  More importantly they added this new thing called challenges. Their are 5 challenges. 4 are daily and 1 is a weekly challenge. The challenges can ask you to even do something in firefight multiplayer or campaign. I think this is ingenious because now it gives people to go back and do things again. It gives me a reason to go into campaign again and again and again.

Final Verdict   

Overall im giving this a 9 out of 10! Why not 10 out of 10? Their are 2 complaints I have:

1. The music is not as memorable then the other Halo games there was only a few that caught my attention, but nothing I would remember Halo for.
2. We are lacking maps..... AGAIN!? why is it whenever a new halo game comes out there is only a few  multiplayer maps. there are 13 maps and about 5 of them if not more are different structured maps in the same forge world map and there calling them official. 4 of them are remakes of halo 2 maps.